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Taking Five: Rekindling Wonder For the Spirit

Taking Five: Rekindling Wonder For the Spirit

Taking Five: Rekindling Wonder For the Spirit Juleigh Howard Hobson

 Lethargy of spirit. It happens to all of us, from time to time, because the nature of existence is cyclic. Egg worm butterfly. Fall winter spring summer. Maiden mother crone. This doesn’t mean, though, that the lethargy we feel weighing upon us is any less painful to deal with just because we can acknowledge it to be part of a…

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Celtic Poetic Inspiration: The Triple Gift of Imbas Celtic Poetic Inspiration: The Triple Gift of Imbas Juleigh Howard Hobson Imbas (pronounced: im-bus) is an ancient Celtic term for inspiration.

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Sāmkhya-Yoga, Shramana, Brāhmana, Tantra - The Religious Traditions of the Ancient Indians

Sāmkhya-Yoga, Shramana, Brāhmana, Tantra – The Religious Traditions of the Ancient Indians

Sāmkhya-Yoga, Shramana, Brāhmana, Tantra – The Religious Traditions of the Ancient Indians

  Alexander Jacob

    I hail the superhuman;

I call it death-in-life and life-in-death.

W.B. Yeats, ‘Byzantium’

  The questions regarding the original enlightenment of mankind, the race that was first endowed with a spiritual vision of the universe, and the beginnings of Yogic wisdom are obscured by the…

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Crowning Magic of the Bay Tree

Crowning Magic of the Bay Tree

Crowning Magic of the Bay Tree Juleigh Howard-Hobson

  Folk magic being what it is: directed arcane power practised by people using supplies readily available to them rather than wasting time and money accumulating the more rare and/or expensive pointedly-occult items — it is hardly surprising that the kitchen pantry holds more magical potential than most people think.

Laurus nobilis, the Bay…

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White Topaz Necklace Sterling silver and white topaz. The topaz has been known for at least 2000 years and is one of the gemstones which form the foundations of the twelve gates to the Holy City of the New Jerusalem.

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Silver Eagle Green Amethyst Pendant

Silver Eagle Green Amethyst Pendant

Stunning sterling silver eagle pendant with large green amethyst. The smaller top stone is a light blue topaz.

Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely employed in antiquity for intaglio engraved gems. The Greeks believed amethyst gems could prevent intoxication, while medieval European soldiers wore amethyst amulets as protection in battle in the belief that…

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Opalite Necklace

Sterling silver Opalite necklace.

Opalite is a trade name for synthetic opal simulants.It is also used to promote impure varieties of variously coloured common opal. Opalite is sometimes called the Tiffany Stone or Bertrandite.

Inside of opalite a range of colours may be visible – from certain angles, different colours are visible too.You can read through Opalite, because it is translucent.

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Chalcedony Bracelet Sterling Silver chalcedony bracelet. The name chalcedony comes from the Latin chalcedonius (alternatively spelled calchedonius). The name appears in Pliny the Elder's…

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Review - Ayurvedic Astrology: History and Insights from the Most Ancient Vedic Periods to the Modern Day

Review – Ayurvedic Astrology: History and Insights from the Most Ancient Vedic Periods to the Modern Day

Ayurvedic Astrology: History and Insights from the Most Ancient Vedic Periods to the Modern Day Durgadas (Rodney Lingham)

  Review: Gwendolyn Taunton

    This is an intriguing gem of a book which is suitable for anyone interested in its signature topics; Ayurveda and Astrology. A fascinating aspect for prospective readers is the fact that unlike many books on Ayurvedic material, this is not a…

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Śiva, Bhairava, and the Great Burning Ground

Śiva, Bhairava, and the Great Burning Ground

Śiva, Bhairava, and Kāśī

Extract from a forthcoming work

Gwendolyn Taunton

One of the names by which Kāśī is known is that of the title Manikarnika or the Great Burning Ground – this is the name of one of the two great burning ghats in Kāśī which is believed to be the permanent abode of Śiva and his consort Pārvatī.[1] The imagery of the burning ghatis not only associated with death, but also…

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Veil Between the Worlds: The Heathen Altar Cloth

Veil Between the Worlds: The Heathen Altar Cloth

Veil Between the Worlds: The Heathen Altar Cloth  Juleigh Howard-Hobson

  Whether one practices Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, Odinism or Asatru, there are certain constants. One of the most constant constants is the use of an altar. An altar is a structure upon which offerings and blessings are made. It can be outside or indoors, of natural materials or not.

On this altar, there can be an Oath Ring, a…

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Kali the Mother (English) Kali the Mother Sister Nivedita Edition: 2008 Publisher: Advaita Ashrama ISBN: 9788175050402 Language: English Publisher's Note…

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Facets of Saivism (English)

Facets of Saivism (English)

Facets of Saivism Author: Swami Harshananda

Edition: 1999 Publisher: Ramakrishna mission Language: English

  Saivism is the religion and philosophy of those who believe that god Siva is the supreme Being .

Whether Rudra, the Terrible of the Vedas and Siva, the Auspicious One, of the ‘non- Vedic’ (‘non-Aryan’) ‘Dravidian’ cults battled for centuries and then blended to emerge as one deity of…

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Hymn to Goddess Durga – The Destroyer of Mahishasura (English) Hymn to Goddess Durga - The Destroyer of Mahishasura (English) Publisher:Sri Ramakrishna Math ISBN:9788178230238 English translation.

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Swiss Blue Topaz Silver Pendant Swiss Blue Topaz Sterling Silver Pendant. The topaz has been known for at least 2000 years and is one of the gemstones which form the foundations of the twelve gates to the Holy City of the New Jerusalem.

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Rubellite Tourmaline Silver Pendant Rubellite tourmaline silver (sterling) pendant. The rubellite is a transparent gemstone from the colorful family of the tourmalines.

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Tanzanite Silver Pendant

Tanzanite pendant in sterling silver.

Tanzanite is the blue/violet variety of the mineral zoisite. It was discovered in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro.

The gemstone was renamed as tanzanite by Tiffany & Co., who wanted to capitalize on the rarity and single location of the gem, and thought that “blue zoisite” (which might be pronounced like “blue…

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