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The Beginners Guide To Palmistry

The Beginners Guide To Palmistry

First, decide which is your hand type : 1)         Elementary Hand             Strong, broad and course with short fingers and nails, and heavy palms. 2)         Square Hand             The palm is square both at the wrist and the base of the fingers. A sturdy hand, with fingers that are held together as broad as they are individually long. Even the tips and nails look square. 3)         Spatulate Hand             Shaped like a spatula, as are the figer tips. The palms are usually broad at the wrist or the figers. Usually a large hand with well developed fingers, broadened and flattened…

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Dowsing

Dowsing

Locating anything underground, whether buried utilities, metal, or even water, is a complex task. While today’s utility locating involves using sophisticated equipment, locating underground objects has a long history. The ancient technique of using dowsing rods to find underground objects is still used by some today. But how do people use them, and is it possible that they could work? Dowsing, or water witching, refers to the act of using two L-shaped instruments, e.g. Hazel twigs, one held in each hand, in an attempt to discover the position of something underground. That something can range from water to underground utilities,…

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Guest Blog by P.J. Rosco

Guest Blog by P.J. Rosco

Ten tips I wish I’d known when starting on this writing journey! 1) Book covers ARE important!! I really wanted to believe in the early days that people wouldn’t judge a book by its cover – but they did and still do! I thought I was being clever with minimal book covers for my first book, Echoes. Don’t get me wrong, the artwork had meaning and I didn’t have the money to invest and I loved the artwork a friend had done for me. – Judges loved the story and I won 3 awards – but readers did not even…

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What do you know about Doppelgängers?

What do you know about Doppelgängers?

There is roughly 0.11 percent chance of any given person in the world having a “Doppelgänger.” A doppelgänger is an exact double of a living person. It’s a German word that literally translates to “double walker” or “double goer”. A doppelgäanger isn’t someone who just looks like you, but is an exact double, right down to the way you walk, act, talk, and dress. The idea of the existence of a spirit double is an ancient and widespread belief. To meet one’s double apparently is a sign of your imminent death! This theme has taken on great complexity in stories…

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Truth behind the Nursery Rhymes we grew up with.

Truth behind the Nursery Rhymes we grew up with.

Doctor Foster Went to GloucesterIn a shower of rainHe stepped in a puddleRight up to his middleAnd never went there again The origins to this rhyme may date back more than 700 years to the time of King Edward I. Edward was known to be a powerful man,  over six feet tall, but he was also recognised as a learned  man and hence one of his nicknames was Dr Foster. Why the name ‘Foster’ isn’t adequately explained anywhere. The story tells us Edward was visiting Gloucester due to the town’s strategic position.  He arrived during a storm and mistook a…

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Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Finder General

Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Finder General

The kingdoms of Scotland and England were united in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland also became James I of England. James had a long fascination with the occult. Soon after assuming the throne, he released his best-selling book, ‘Daemonologie’ which explored the areas of witchcraft and demonic magic. He was so obsessed with the ‘black arts’ that he even convinced Parliament to pass the Witchcraft Statute of 1604, which ruled witchcraft as a crime punishable by death. Such a background  led to a heightened public anxiety about witches that would slowly fester in the decades that followed, inspired…

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Independence Day

Independence Day

The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day, has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. When the initial battles broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical. By the middle of the following year, however, many more colonists had come to favor independence, thanks to growing hostility against Britain and the spread of revolutionary sentiments. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence,…

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Guest Blog by Paula Roscoe

Guest Blog by Paula Roscoe

10 Things you always wanted to know about Mantras Just notice how you feel on reading those words. The experiments done on how words can influence objects has been done extensively, such as the plant reaction or the ice flakes. Take as many plants as you like. Separate each one so they aren’t close together and assign each one with a word. Love. Joy. Hate. Fear. Happiness. Panic. Etc Write the word on the plant pot and every day say those words to the plant with feeling (good acting skills not required!) The simple ritual of speaking the word, some…

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