She Wrote the Book on Fakin It

She brought the guitar into vogue. She created the first "fake" books designed for regular folks who didn't want to or were unable to invest the time and effort to master the guitar. Who was she?Catherina Josepha Pelzer was born in 1821 in Mulheim, on the Rhine. She was the... Read More

Spain´s Flag - A Red And Yellow Beauty

Spain´s flag (the national one) is as colorful as the country itself with its red and yellow horizontal triband.The yellow stripe is in the middle and is twice as tall as each red band, and the height of the flag is two-thirds the width.A simplified version of Spain´s coat-of-arms is... Read More

Hello I Must Be Going: The Vanishing Twin

They walk among us. By the mid nineties, science had only smoked out a few dozen of them worldwide but there are undoubtedly many more. You may well know some of them. You may even be one yourself. Perhaps you're sometimes haunted by the sense that there is someone lurking... Read More

Painting as a Spiritual Expression

Is a painting no more than a piece of paper with lines and color or is it more than that? In the hands of the master painter, who is painting in the spirit; the lifeless piece of paper with its lines and colors, is transformed into a creation that has... Read More

Art, Artists, and the Web: Part 1--Why Every Artist Should Have Their Own Website

First rate art is in danger of being left behind in this new age of the global Internet highway. The World Wide Web is like Walmart or Home Depot coming to town. Art galleries as they now exist, are going to become the Mom and Pop version of selling art.Chances... Read More

Saturn: Your Challenge to Become An Expert

The true meaning of Saturn is that he is the teacher of the deeper lessons of life. Therefore, what he demands is that you learn your life lessons so well that you will never forget them. If you do learn these lessons well, you will become an expert and can... Read More

Learn How to Solve Problems With a Feng Shui Mirror

A mirror, when becoming a feng shui mirror, can be used to many more things than allowing us to see how we look. Feng shui teaches how a feng shui mirror can be used in order to solve many different problems, and we will describe some of these uses through... Read More

Can You Hear My Secret Calling

A true love story"So, was it an eyes-meet-across-the-room-thing and you knew you were destined for each other instantly?" I asked my Mom. "No," she laughed, "it was a swinging-door-thing and once we met, then we knew it was destiny."It was 1946 when my parents met in postwar Oldenburg, Germany while... Read More

African Masks The Art of Creation

With western eyes we tend to view a tribal mask as a piece of fantastic sculpture. It is a decorative object to be displayed and enjoyed as a work of art. A piece of art that allows us to touch the world of the other, which we vaguely understand. Yet... Read More

Ancient Indian Civilizations - Where Did They All Go?

In 1350 AD we were still quite a few centuries from settling at Plymouth. I have been luckily in that I have found adequate records back to 1200s in my family tree. But this is the time of the end of the inhabitants and Civilization of the Mesa Verde Cliff... Read More

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Authenticity of Eskimo Inuit Art & Native Indian Art

Both Inuit Eskimo art and Native American art have gained... Read More

The Power of Words

I freely confess that I have had a life-long love... Read More

Native American Life After Prophetstown

My name is Luksi Humma, I am Choctaw or, Chahta,... Read More

Ancient Indian Civilizations - Where Did They All Go?

In 1350 AD we were still quite a few centuries... Read More

How to Make Your Civil War Uniform Shirt

Your own shirt designed and made by you for your... Read More

Birthstone Jewelry Beliefs and Celebrity Birthdays

Wearing birthstone jewelry is very popular today. Not only is... Read More

Mexican Living: Issues of Life

This morning when I got out of bed, I had... Read More

History and the Cathars (Courtly Love):

This is an entry from my three volume encyclopedia.CRUSADES, CATHARS... Read More

The Life of Nikola Tesla - Intro

It is not my purpose to claim to know all... Read More

The Crisis of Human Survival

Environmental Pollution1. Damage to The Ozone Layer Causes Radiation PollutionThe... Read More

Native American Art Thunderbird

The thunderbird has been one of the most dominant icons... Read More

Shakespeares Art: Understanding King Lear

Students of Shakespeare have spent a very great deal of... Read More

Her Last Day in Court

"Ron, I can't take much more of his sleazy behavior!... Read More

Celebrating Obscurity: A Tribute To J. K. Rowling

A single-parent rose from obscurity in 8 years to become... Read More

Old Russian Symbolics on a White and Blue Porcelain

Russian porcelain is widely known and is often used as... Read More

Miss-story

Many 'fabulous' personages and concepts are created by man. Some... Read More

Rasputin

GRIGORY EFIMOVICH NOVYKH (RASPUTIN):'Hail, Hail, Ras-putin'. This man's story has... Read More

The Wandle Trail - Announced Regeneration Project

The River Wandle is sourced from the North Downs above... Read More

Astrology Refuted: They Should Have Seen It Coming

A comedian once showed a newspaper to his audience. The... Read More

OM to Ogham

Plato observed that the advent of an alphabet making writing... Read More

What is Feng Shui, and How Does It Work?

Feng shui (say "fung shway"), often called the art of... Read More

Tarot Cards Demystified: The Suit of Cups

There are many ways to interpret the symbolism found in... Read More

Sir Francis Drake

FRANCIS DRAKE: - It is my perspective that history has... Read More

The Masked Fool

The FoolMy first direct experience of the fool in masking... Read More

Europes New Jews

They inhabit self-imposed ghettoes, subject to derision and worse, the... Read More

I, Ego, and Power

I: - A vowel that didn't appear in sacerdotal alphabets... Read More

Josephine the Merovingian

I cannot emphasize enough the dearth of information, or the... Read More

Zorro

ZORRO:Timon of Athens. But most often they wrote in code... Read More

Precious Stones -The Big Five: Part 1, The Emerald

The emerald is probably the most rare of all precious... Read More

Was there Always Bias in Journalism? Ask George Washington. Hell tell you

There is bias in the elite media! How often do... Read More

When We Was Kids In Chicago

Radio was the big communicator, back when I was a... Read More

The Western Cowboy

In the State of Texas the Western Cowboy can be... Read More

A Maiden Trip

I belong to a hamlet called 'Konthai' which is in... Read More