Catherine the Great and Islam

became a pillar of a conservative imperial order, ie her government even endorsed Islamic laws in relation to marriage, family and public morality. This was of interest in that Islam has always been a part of Russian history.

I am at my best, Freudian

and somehow that translates in my being Islamic... Everything seems smart about it.  It is intellectual, practice is ongoing and Abraham is all relevance to the practice.  The beauty story tells us how to make decisions, not unlike Freud, encompassing the psychological!