Merton Abbey Mills Developments
For those who don't know, Merton Abbey Mills is an idyllic riverside craft village, just down the road in Colliers Wood running along side the river Wandle.Merton Abbey Mills offers a variety of markets on the weekend including craft stalls, a farmers market with free range eggs, organic meat, cheeses,... Read More
Better Red than Dead!
Red, perhaps the first color our eyes perceive.It is said that people suffering from temporary color-blindness for whatever reason start to perceive red before they can discern any other color.Red simply screams at us, demanding our attention. It may be the force of our collective human history, culture or genetics;... Read More
Feng Shui North versus South Hemisphere
The North South Hemisphere Question:The question of whether or not the orientation of the Lo Pan, Lo Shu should be reversed when applied to the Southern Hemisphere has been thrown back an forth for years so lets consider the excellent arguments put forward in Qi Concepts at the www.dragonsbreath.co.ukFeng Shui... Read More
Astrology Refuted: They Should Have Seen It Coming
A comedian once showed a newspaper to his audience. The headline read, "1-800 Astrology Business Goes Under: They Should Have Seen It Coming." Everyone laughed, including me. We chuckled at the irony of a real contradiction here. If such a business could provide the service they claim, then its owners... Read More
A Brief Biography of Rene Boissevain the Agate Adventurer and Creator of The Crystal Caves Museum
In 1964 myself (René), Nelleke my wife, and our daughter Iefje emigrated from Holland to Australia. I was 29 years old and Nelleke a few years younger.We choose to live in the tropics of Far Northern Australia, a place unknown to many people around the world.Cold weather and a longing... Read More
An Interview on History and Educational Media
1. Can you briefly summarize why you think history is a weapon of war against people?Briefly?, not really, except to say Sun Tzu wasn't the first to notice that propaganda was the first and most important part of conquest. Caesars won more through secret deals and blackmailing the likes of... Read More
History and the Cathars (Courtly Love):
This is an entry from my three volume encyclopedia.CRUSADES, CATHARS AND 'COURTLY LOVE': - One of the greatest legacies of the revitalization of the teachings of 'brotherhood' in the 13th century of the Troubadors was sexual and gender respect. The Cathar 'dove' and Peace were not destined to last, but... Read More
Troubadours
CHRETIEN DE TROYES:Academics will freely admit that this man was a troubadour. But what is a Troubadour? They were important to the genesis of the Cathar mystique for a certainty and the Princeton people I will shortly quote will say that Chrétien was one of the first Troubadours in this... Read More
The Trickster of Folklore
Folklore includes a traditional trickster figure, the subject of many stories in a cycle. Trickster tales are in the animal tales genre, with the trickster himself -- he seems always to be male -- identified with a particular animal. These include the fox in Japan, mouse deer in Southeast Asia,... Read More
OM to Ogham
Plato observed that the advent of an alphabet making writing efficient for average people actually lead to less knowledge or disciplined communication. We need not blame the Phoenicians for this because people really could benefit from writing.John Locke and many other scientists during the time when man thought there was... Read More
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Sterling Silver Jewelry - The Rest Of The Story
Silver is widely diffused but is rarely found in the... Read More
Ancient Indian Civilizations - Where Did They All Go?
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Smart Art Investments - Buy What You Love!
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Throughout the ages, men and women have used gemstones and... Read More
Violence
Flashes of memory stream into my consciousness. They take me... Read More
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The Million dollars was my life-savings earmarked for prime the... Read More
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The Origin of Americas Corporate Elite (BC)
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Authenticity Of Vastu (Science of Indian architecture)
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Around my twentieth birthday life became a series of incredible... Read More
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The American Melting Pot Myth
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