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Spirit of the Tao Te Ching
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Laughing Stock
Carries a strong pull into film through folklore and after-hours.
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Nevermind
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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Carries a strong pull into books through Nahoko Uehashi and folklore.
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Juliet of the Spirits
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and memory.
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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
first season of the fantasy drama television series Moribito
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The House of the Spirits
1980s
Four generations of a Chilean family. Magical realism meets political history.
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Spirit of Eden
1980s
A synth-pop band invents post-rock. Silence, texture, and the courage to disappear.
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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2000s
On the precipice of a cataclysmic drought, the Star Readers of the Shin Yogo Empire must devise a plan to avoid widespread famine. It is written in ancient myths that the first emperor, along with eight warriors, slew a water demon to avoid a great drought and save the land that was to become Shin Yogo. If a water d...
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Film 2000s
Spirited Away
A girl enters a spirit world bathhouse. Miyazaki's most complete vision of childhood, greed, and transformation.
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Books 1990s
The Famished Road
A spirit child in a Nigerian slum. Magical realism rooted in Yoruba cosmology.
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Music 1990s
Nevermind
Smells Like Teen Spirit and the end of the 80s. Grunge's seismic moment.
Anime 2000s
Mononoke
The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcis...
Film 1970s
The Spirit of the Beehive
The Spirit of the Beehive is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed and co-written by Víctor Erice. The film was Erice's feature directorial debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema. The film, set in a small town in post-Civil War Spain, focuses on a young girl named Ana. It traces family and school dynam...
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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
first novel of the Moribito series by Nahoko Uehashi