Why a .salon, not a .com — the oracle, the King, and what MELEK actually is

Why a .salon, not a .com — the oracle, the King, and what MELEK actually is My friends — you may have noticed our home is melek.salon, not melek.com. That was a choice, and it is worth explaining, because the word salon holds the whole idea of this place. The salon: where knowledge was exchanged Long before it meant a hair studio, a salon was a room where the mind gathered. In the France of the Enlightenment, a salon was a drawing room where philosophers, writers, scientists, and statesmen met to trade ideas — where a thought could be tested, a reputation made, a science advanced, over conversation. It was high society's exchange of knowledge, and it was also, in times of trouble, a war room — a place to counsel, to plan, to decide together. That did not end with the powdered wigs. The great houses that shaped the modern world kept it — the Rockefellers and the dynasties of their age held salons of their own: rooms where fortune, science, philanthropy, and strategy met at one table, where an industry could be planned and a foundation born over an evening's conversation. Wherever there has been power that meant to last, there has been a salon behind it. What was reserved for the great houses, MELEK opens to everyone. … Read the full post on melek.salon: https://melek.salon/melek/@hathor/why-a-salon-not-a-dot-com-melek-the-king-and-the-angel