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Tlingit Indian by Cenk Unver (Fotolia) and Alaskan background (Fotolia) — 26 Oct 2018

The Supernatural Traditions of the Alaskan Shaman

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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When the word ‘shaman’ is mentioned, it is common for one to visualize semi-naked cat-skin clad witchdoctors, wheeling around fires in mild southern climates. Less often does one picture holy men wearing seal skins with bear fur boots, fighting...
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Tlingit Indian by Cenk Unver (Fotolia) and Alaskan background (Fotolia) — 26 Oct 2018

The Supernatural Traditions of the Alaskan Shaman

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

When the word ‘shaman’ is mentioned, it is common for one to visualize semi-naked cat-skin clad witchdoctors, wheeling around fires in mild southern climates. Less often does one picture holy men wearing seal skins with bear fur boots, fighting...
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Diamonds and ruby. — 10 Oct 2018

King of the Ancient Gemstones: Ruby Trumps Diamond

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Western culture has a relatively shallow relationship with gemstones. Most people place great value on diamonds as being symbolic of commitment and only a few know this entire ritual began in a 1947 De Beers advertising campaign which pushed the...
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Diamonds and ruby. — 10 Oct 2018

King of the Ancient Gemstones: Ruby Trumps Diamond

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Western culture has a relatively shallow relationship with gemstones. Most people place great value on diamonds as being symbolic of commitment and only a few know this entire ritual began in a 1947 De Beers advertising campaign which pushed the...
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“Goddess of Luck” Blind Fortuna by Tadeusz Kuntze (1754) — 05 Oct 2018

Pure Luck: The Role of Chance in History

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery, Health & Well-being

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Luck is a way of understanding or judging how chance events affect our lives. Chance may be a mixed bag of marshmallows and razor blades, a flowing river of good and bad experiences; positive, negative, or improbable events. Throughout history,...
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“Goddess of Luck” Blind Fortuna by Tadeusz Kuntze (1754) — 05 Oct 2018

Pure Luck: The Role of Chance in History

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery, Health & Well-being

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Luck is a way of understanding or judging how chance events affect our lives. Chance may be a mixed bag of marshmallows and razor blades, a flowing river of good and bad experiences; positive, negative, or improbable events. Throughout history,...
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Market in Ouidah, in Benin, selling ingredients for African magic. — 21 Sep 2018

From South to North, Africa is the Continent of Ancient Magic

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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The word ‘magic’ makes us think of sleight of hand, tricks and illusion, but historically African magic was a way to achieve goals by harnessing the creative powers of nature, which were regarded and revered as supernatural entities. The...
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Market in Ouidah, in Benin, selling ingredients for African magic. — 21 Sep 2018

From South to North, Africa is the Continent of Ancient Magic

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

The word ‘magic’ makes us think of sleight of hand, tricks and illusion, but historically African magic was a way to achieve goals by harnessing the creative powers of nature, which were regarded and revered as supernatural entities. The...
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Rosslyn Chapel Founded in the early 15th century by Wm. St. Clair, Earl of Orkney. — 07 Sep 2018

Unveiling the Secret Behind the Rosslyn Chapel’s and Dornoch Cathedral’s Green Men’s Missing Teeth

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Scotland’s Rosslyn Chapel came under the world spotlight in 2003 after Dan Brown featured it in his bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. A hitherto unseen correspondence between this legendary chapel in southern Scotland and the magnificent Dornoch...
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Rosslyn Chapel Founded in the early 15th century by Wm. St. Clair, Earl of Orkney. — 07 Sep 2018

Unveiling the Secret Behind the Rosslyn Chapel’s and Dornoch Cathedral’s Green Men’s Missing Teeth

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

Scotland’s Rosslyn Chapel came under the world spotlight in 2003 after Dan Brown featured it in his bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. A hitherto unseen correspondence between this legendary chapel in southern Scotland and the magnificent Dornoch...
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Hell - Unknown Master - Portugal - 1st third of 16th century. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga — 29 Aug 2018

Where on Earth is Hell, Or Is It in Our Minds?

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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One of the most common fears shared by most humans at some time in their lives, is what will happen to them after they die? Many parents freeze when their children ask this question and avoiding the finality of the cold truth ‘we don’t know’,...
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Hell - Unknown Master - Portugal - 1st third of 16th century. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga — 29 Aug 2018

Where on Earth is Hell, Or Is It in Our Minds?

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

3

One of the most common fears shared by most humans at some time in their lives, is what will happen to them after they die? Many parents freeze when their children ask this question and avoiding the finality of the cold truth ‘we don’t know’,...
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Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, shows how ninjas concealed and booby trapped their weapons. — 22 Aug 2018

Fly and Violently Dance: The Explosive History of Alchemists, Knights and Ninjas

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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The first European records of gunpowder were written in the 13th century by Roger Bacon, the English philosopher and Franciscan friar who was believed by many to have been a wizard. In 1248, a missionary allegedly brought Bacon a device from...
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Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, shows how ninjas concealed and booby trapped their weapons. — 22 Aug 2018

Fly and Violently Dance: The Explosive History of Alchemists, Knights and Ninjas

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

The first European records of gunpowder were written in the 13th century by Roger Bacon, the English philosopher and Franciscan friar who was believed by many to have been a wizard. In 1248, a missionary allegedly brought Bacon a device from...
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Illustration of Paleo-Indians hunting a glyptodont by Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) — 08 Aug 2018

The Great American Origins Debate: Clovis First vs Pre-Clovis

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The standard school curriculum teaches that Native Americans descended from a small band of Paleo-Indian people from north-east Asia who walked across the now-vanished Beringia land-bridge between Siberia and Alaska, sometime during the final...
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Illustration of Paleo-Indians hunting a glyptodont by Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) — 08 Aug 2018

The Great American Origins Debate: Clovis First vs Pre-Clovis

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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The standard school curriculum teaches that Native Americans descended from a small band of Paleo-Indian people from north-east Asia who walked across the now-vanished Beringia land-bridge between Siberia and Alaska, sometime during the final...
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Los Angeles Public Library, courtesy, California Historical Society, CHS2015.1897 — 01 Aug 2018

Does the Ancient Symbolism of the Los Angeles Public Library Hide a Luciferian Undertone?

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

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To most people the Los Angeles Public Library is a functional city building providing books and reference material to the public. Online, however, the library has come under attack by a growing army of misguided New Age writers, who paint the...
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Los Angeles Public Library, courtesy, California Historical Society, CHS2015.1897 — 01 Aug 2018

Does the Ancient Symbolism of the Los Angeles Public Library Hide a Luciferian Undertone?

By ashley cowie

Archaeology & Science

0

To most people the Los Angeles Public Library is a functional city building providing books and reference material to the public. Online, however, the library has come under attack by a growing army of misguided New Age writers, who paint the...
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Silbury Hill on the left, is the largest prehistoric mound in Europe. — 18 Jul 2018

The Mythologized Legacy of the North American Mounds

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Ancient landscapes the world over were once encrusted with earthen mounds, variously called cairns, tumulus, barrows, burial mounds and kurgans. In England, Silbury Hill near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire, is a prehistoric...
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Silbury Hill on the left, is the largest prehistoric mound in Europe. — 18 Jul 2018

The Mythologized Legacy of the North American Mounds

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

0

Ancient landscapes the world over were once encrusted with earthen mounds, variously called cairns, tumulus, barrows, burial mounds and kurgans. In England, Silbury Hill near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire, is a prehistoric...
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