Legends and Lore for September

September, the ninth month of the current Gregorian calendar and the first month of Autumn, derives its name from septem, the Latin word meaning “seven”, as September was the seventh month of the old Roman calendar.
The traditional birthstone of amulet of September is the blue sapphire; and the aster and the morning glory are [...]

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Sex and our cities

   Today I was reading a post from Calvanists4Conservatism about a recent spam article that included porn. It made me realize again how biased america and the world is. I heard that in the olympics they were pushing the women in tennis to wear skirts and more form-fitting outfits to attract more attention because it [...]

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Vodou and spiritualism

 

The most common depiction of the loa Erzulie Dantor is derived from this variant of the sacred icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

Haitian Vodouisants believe, that there is one God who is the creator of all, referred to as “Bondyè” (from the French “Bon Dieu” or “Good God”). Bondyè is distinguished from the God of [...]

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Sasquatch hunters claim hairy corpse is Bigfoot

But skeptics say the evidence is ‘not compelling in the least’

KSBW-TV

updated 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Two men claim they’ve bagged Bigfoot, and they say they have the hairy corpse of the legendary creature stored away in a freezer.
Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer say they stumbled across the corpse in the woods [...]

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Olympic opening uses girl’s voice, not face

By The Associated Press
Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:23 AM ET

AP Photo/Zhou Liang
Lin Miaoke, a nine-year-old Chinese girl who performed at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on the day before, returns to the Xizhongjie Primary School of Dongcheng District in Beijing on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. A 7-year-old Chinese girl’s face was “not [...]

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Marie Laveau

  Marie Laveau (September 10, 1801 – June 16, 1881) was an African-American practitioner of Voudou renowned in New Orleans. She was born free in New Orleans.
Her daughter Marie Laveau II (1827-c.1895) also practiced Voudou, and accounts confuse the two women. She and her mother had great influence over their interracial followings. “In 1874 as [...]

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The Dark Magic of …Disturbed Teens!

A string of nine severed goat heads found in northwest Florida has some pointing the finger at a “dark branch” of Santeria.
“[Dee] Thompson [director of animal services for PAWS] said those involved in the investigation have discovered a possible link between the killings and Palo Mayombe, a dark branch of the Afro-Cuban religion Santeria, whose [...]

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Why should we vote for Obama?

  As one of my viewers said,
    “If you don’t, YOU”RE RACIST!!!”
  Which brings up a good point. When it first came out that he and Hilary were running, I liked him because he could be the first black president. I didn’t think of what his plans were, and what he was going for. and I [...]

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Element Gestures Ritual

    Stand in the area you have chosen for your ritual. Still your thoughts. Breathe deeply half a minute or so until composed and calm. Turn your mind to your Deities.
    Face North. Lift both hands to waist height, palms down. Press your fingers together creating two solid, flat planes. Sense solidity, foundation, fertility. Invoke [...]

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Legends and Lore for August

 August, the eighth month of the current Gregorian calendar and the third month of Summer’s rule, derives its name from Augustus (Augustus Caesar).
The traditional birthstone amulets of August are the peridot and the sardonyx; and the gladiolus and the poppy are the month’s traditional flowers.
August is shared by the astrological signs of Leo the Lion [...]

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