Zoé Oldenbourg

Oh What a Circus, Oh What a Show?! Watching David Wells’ video just now reminded me of a book wot I have, that I’ve been mining for my next post on the Cathars. A don’t-hold-your-breath-vibe :o( What a co-inky-dink? What’s in a name of the game?   A best-selling history of the Third Crusade, when […]

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Morphology of the Folktale

I’ve had this book for several years and it’s taking me forever to get to grips with it. Maybe that’s a good sign. I’ve stuff that I still need to learn (?) It is written by a Russian so pretty deep and darkly layered. I find something new each time I read it :o)   […]

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The Bloofer Lady

If you haven’t read Bram Stoker’s Dracula…. ….Spoiler Alert   StickyAussieWiki : Lucy Westenra   I maybe/might’ve/somewuheres said – the audiobook spoken by Greg Wise (Schwoon even tho’ he is Emma Thompson’s second husband after DeathNeverRecoveredSchwoon Ken Bran) and Saskia Reeves

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Venus

That girlie band with the stoopid name :o) A VenusRose (VR) by any other name etc etc etc

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Archangel Uriel

In modern angelology, Uriel is identified variously as a seraph, cherub, regent of the sun, flame of God, angel of the divine presence, presider over Tartarus (hell), archangel of salvation, and, in later scriptures, identified with Phanuel (“face of God”).   By the by Tartarus is NOT Hell !!!!!!   Take it or Leave it Vibe. Free Will. Wiki : Uriel […]

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Ightham Mote

If you’ve read Anya Seton Green Darkness, this makes sense. If not…m’eh!   Wiki : Ightham Mote Not been there but would love to!   Wiki : Midhurst Been there! Lots. Always alone! It’s near Chichester. Spread Eagle Inn, anyone?   Wiki : Green Darkness Eyes to see? P.S. And I can’t even go into […]

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My Head in “The Clouds.”

Way back – I posted this. Aristophanes – The Clouds I think it’s time to rewind and finish the story :o)   From SparkNotes : Character List   Strepsiades – An Athenian citizen and harried father, burdened by the debts his son, Pheidippides, has incurred. Strepsiades is the “hero” of the play, but he is not very […]

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The Norman Theory

There are plenty of sources out there “explaining” The Norman Theory. A Good Place to start is — Encyclopedia of Ukraine   I’ve covered bits of 1066 and all that here. Let’s see what NC has to say about The Norman Theory :   It should be abandoned the idea that the chronicle records that […]

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Zvenigorod Bell

I’m spending some time with the history of the Zvenigorod bell. The bells. The bells. And the inscription on it which has been decoded and then re-decoded by NC. Very interesting :o)  

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The Biggest Secret of MY Life (Don’t Tell Anyone!)

In 1425, English and Burgundian forces drove off all of Domremy’s cattle and burned the town. The same year of this trauma, when Joan was 13, she started hearing “voices.” The first of these voices spoke to her from her father’s garden, and was accompanied by a blinding white light.   God’s Honest Truth here. Never told before. To any living soul. […]

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Hekate Liminal Rites

I seem to have collected a very strange assortment of books on multiple subjects. It’s a real shame that so many around me see that as a reason to deride me. Sigh! ‘Snot gonna stop me tho’!   At the crossroads of life, death and rebirth stands the Goddess Hekate. Honoured by men, women and […]

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