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Herbs and Spices
Here is list of herbs associated with luck:
- Alfalfa
- Angel's turnip
- Ash tree leaves
- Basil
- Blessed thistle
- Chamomile
- Cinnamon
- Clover
- Galangal root
- Grains of paradise
- Mustard seed
- Peony
- Yellow dock
- Wonder of the world root
- Jezebel root
- Mandrake root
- May apple root
- Little John chew
- Lucky hand
- Tonka beans
- Irish moss
- Queen of the meadow root
- Quince seeds
- Parsley
- Five-finger grass
- Swiss leaves
- Silver weed
- Seven barks
- Sacred bark
- John the conqueror root
- Four leaf clover
- Jamaica ginger root
- Rosemary
- Sumbul root
- Ruler: Venus, Celtic goddesses
- Type: Herb
- Magickal Form: Oil, Leaves, Powder
- Latin Name: verbena officinalis
This is one of the most sacred fragrances of the Welsh witches, who wore it or burned it to prepare the way for connection with the God and Goddess. Use Vervain in your protection, love, and immortality spells. Grown on the property, it brings blessings of prosperity to the household.
Take Vervain baths to prolong your life and renew hope. Dust your hands with the powder to make sure the one you love will love you back. When worn, it protects from nightmares and lightning. Use to attract wealth. Vervain is an excellent herb for artists; its use before any creative attempt or performances ensures success.
Burn pure Vervain (or mix with equal parts of frankincense) for a fantastic purification incense.
Great for magickal cleansing baths, purification incenses, and personal safety amulets. Best gathered at Midsummer. Hang up on the bed to keep you free of nightmares. Helps soldiers to escape their enemies. Bury in your fields to make the crops bountiful and profitable. Amulets are sometimes given to babies, for it is said to make its bearer a quick learner. Used in many love and protection sachets.
Juice of the Vervain is believed to suppress sexual desire for long periods of time, and is consumed by religious ascetics to make life a little easier. This same juice, if smeared on the body, will enable a person to see into the future.
Verbena vs Vervain
Vervain (Verbena Officinalis) is a flowering plant in the Verbena (Verbenacea) family of plants. Lemon verbena is actually an entirely different plant. Both Vervain and lemon verbena are in the same plant family, but there are many plants in the Verbena family. Not all are used medicinally in the same ways as Vervain.
Verbena actually means "altar plant" because of the use of bundles of twigs that were tied together and used to sweep altars.
Folk Names
- Juno's Tears
- Herb of Grace,
- Pigeon's Grass
- Enchanter's Plant,
- Simpler's Joy,
- Holy Herb
- Pigeonwood
- Herb of the Cross
- Verbena
- Herb of Enchantment
- Vervan
- Van Van
More About Vervain
The belief that Vervain is a holy and magickal herb is very old. In Norse mythology, it was sacred to Thor, and in ancient Persia to the sun. The Persians believed that people carrying it would receive friendship and affection from everyone they come across. It was called "tears of Isis" in ancient Egypt, and later called "Hera's tears". In ancient Greece it was dedicated to Eos Erigineia.
The Romans believed this herb was sacred to Mars, God of War, and so they also believed that Vervain would repel the enemy. Crowns of the herb were worn by envoys sent to other countries, whether they were there for peaceable purposes or otherwise. The ancient Romans also believed it promoted fertility, and kept it in their homes to ward off evil.
It was venerated by the Druids almost as much as mistletoe and, when gathered under the Dog Star with appropriate rites, was used by them for magickal and healing purposes. Vervain was so sacred to the Druids that anyone who picked one had to immediately place a honeycomb on the spot.
In Christian legend, it is said to have been first found growing under the Cross on Calvary, and to have been used to staunch the bleeding of Our Lord's wounds. For this reason, it was sometimes called the Holy Herb, and was believed to have the power of averting evil of all kinds, arresting hemorrhage, and healing serious wounds.
It had, however, to be gathered with great care, curing certain phases of the moon and while repeating secret words or incantations. If this was not done, its full strength and virtues were lost. One method of gathering it is described in an Elizabethan manuscript kept in Chetham's Library in Manchester:
The seeker went to the place where the herb grew and said,
All-hele, thou holy herb,
Growing on the ground;
In the Mount of Calvary,
There wast thou found.
Thou helpest many a grief,
And stanchest many a wound.
In the name of sweet Jesus
I take thee from the ground.
O Lord, effect the same
That I do now go about.
While actually plucking it, he said,
In the name of God,
on Mount Olivet
First I thee found.
In the name of Jesus,
I pull thee from the ground.
Vervain, like St John's wort and dill, "hindered witches of their will," and guarded its owner from the effects of overlooking and many other misfortunes. Nevertheless, it was sometimes said to be an "enchanter's Herb," and witches, if they were often defeated by it, were also supposed to use it in their spells.
In Hungary, it was beloved of thieves because, like moonwort in England, it has power over locks and bolts. If a man made a small cut in his hand and pressed a fragment of the leaf into it, that hand would afterwards be able to open any locked door or chest lid simply by touching it.
In Hoodoo and other folk magic traditions, Vervain is used to make Van-Van oil – this is simply a blend of Vervain and a base oil, simmered and strained. This oil is used to provide magical protection, and clear away evil energies.
The roots hung about a man's neck when he went to bed kept away bad dreams, and a tea made from the leaves soothed nervous excitement and prevented insomnia. In the Supplement to the London Pharmocopaeia (1837) it is stated that a necklace of Vervain roots, tied with a yard of white satin ribbon, would help to cure the King's Evil.
Marcellus of Bordeaux mentions a magickal remedy for a tumor in De Medicamentis (XV). A root of Vervain had to be cut in two, and one half had to be hung round the patient's neck. The other was smoked in a fire. As it dried in the heat, so would the tumor dry up and vanish. A sinister rider to this receipt says that if it was desired to bring the tumor back again, all that was necessary was to throw the smoked portion into a abasin of water. As it swelled with the moisture,m the tumor would return.
It was also used in love-charms and aphrodisiacs. In Germany, a wreath made from Vervain was often presented to a bride on her wedding day, both to bring her good luck and to ensure the fertility of the marriage. In many forms of folklore, Vervain is associated with workings that decrease lust – however, the scent of Vervain is a well-known aphrodisiac. Another way to tap into the aphrodisiac qualities is to place a few seeds of Vervain into a small bag and wear it around your neck.
In addition to matters of the libido, however, Vervain is commonly incorporated as a cleansing herb. Vervain is the best ingredient to use to wash down an altar or temple before attempting magickal work. It charges the space with power and immediately raises the consciousness of all who enter the space. You can brew up a batch of Vervain water to cleanse your magical tools, asperge around a sacred space, or purify your altar for ritual.
You'll need:
- 1 / 2 cup fresh Vervain leaves
- 2 cups boiling water
After your water has come to a boil, pour it over the Vervain leaves in a pitcher or bowl. Allow the leaves to steep for half an hour, and then strain. Use a funnel to pour it into a jar. Use the water for cleansing and purification.
- Patti Wigington
- Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients
- The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
- Magical Herbalism
- Ruler: Mars
- Type: Spice
- Magickal Form: ground, whole
Heat producing and fiery chili pepper makes a great lust ingredient. Add to coconut and chocolate to turn up the flames of desire. Place a circle of red peppercorns around a photograph of your lover to keep others away from him or her.
Pepper is also used for war and separation spells. Sprinkle white pepper in the corners of a room to overcome anger and dissension. Black pepper and peppercorns can hurt others or give protection. Black pepper mixed with salt and sulfur gets rid of someone you don't want around.
Cayenne pepper makes a good boundary, and can be used to seal a sacred circle protecting those inside the circle from negative or harmful energies.
- See also: Peppercorns and Binding Agreements
One of the oldest and simplest spells in hoodoo is to throw ground black pepper and salt after departing witches or unpleasant people, to prevent them from returning. Sweeping the mixture out after them with a broom makes the trick stronger.
More Pepper Lore
It is bad luck to spill pepper because this will start a fight. The way to remedy this is by putting sugar on the spilled pepper, and leaving it there until it's cleaned up.
It's also bad luck to hand pepper to someone. it means you will have an argument with them. Alternatively, if you wish to create problems between a couple, you might be able to organize a situation whereby they hand each other some pepper, in which case, the argument is something you might want.
To prevent something nasty from happening, knock on wood while reciting "peppar, peppar, ta i trä" so they're not jinxed. It means, "Pepper, pepper, touch wood."
- The Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients
- Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic
What follows is a dry and lengthy discussion about peppercorns as legal tender. I included it here at the Magickal Apothecary because it interested me and because I think the concept can be used in magick as well.
Consider this – you want to do magick, and you'd like to invoke the aid of a deity, an elemental spirit, or some magickal entity but you are unsure as to how to "seal the deal." In a court of law, a "legal" contract, in order to be binding, requires that both sides provide consideration, and I think that in magick this could be true as well.
So, my thought is, that a peppercorn might be offered up when food, or other offerings are inappropriate or inadvisable. A tiny little peppercorn could be left anywhere! I think peppercorns could also be used in binding spells and rituals, as well as other types of magickal agreements.
The Dry and Lengthy Discussion from Wikipedia:
A peppercorn in legal parlance is a metaphor for a very small payment, a nominal consideration, used to satisfy the requirements for the creation of a legal contract. "A peppercorn does not cease to be good consideration if it is established that the promisee does not like pepper and will throw away the corn." Somervell LJ in Chappell v Nestlé [1960] .
In English law, and other countries with similar common law systems, a legal contract requires that both sides provide consideration. In other words, if an agreement does not specify that each party will give something of value to the other party, then it is not considered a binding contract, and cannot be enforced in court. This requirement does not exist in contracts with civil law systems.
However, courts will not generally inquire into the adequacy or relative value of the consideration provided by each party. So, if a contract calls for one party to give up something of great value, while the other party gives up something of much lesser value, then it will generally still be considered a valid contract, even though the exchange of value greatly favors one side. Courts, however, will reject "consideration" that was not truly bargained for.
For example in the American case Fischer v. Union Trust Co., the Michigan court held that one dollar paid in exchange for the sale of real property did not constitute valuable consideration since the transaction was not bargained for. The dollar is considered nominal consideration, not because the dollar was too small an amount, but because it did not induce the seller to part with the property. Such promises that are motivated by love and affection are insufficient to constitute consideration.
So, in order for an essentially one-sided contract to still be valid and binding, the contract will generally be written so that one side gives up something of value, while the other side gives a token sum such as one pound, one dollar, or—literally—one peppercorn.
Peppercorn payments are sometimes used when a struggling company is sold. A failing company's net worth may actually be negative, since its liabilities may exceed its assets. So if some other party agrees to take over the company and assume its liabilities as well as its assets, the seller may actually agree to make a large payment to the buyer. But the buyer must still make some payment for the company—even if that payment is only one dollar or one pound—in order to establish that both sides have given consideration.
A peppercorn is also used in more balanced contracts, where one side wishes to conceal the nature of their payment. For example, since real estate contracts are generally matters of public record, the purchaser of a house may not wish to list the exact amount of the payment on the contract. But there must be some specific payment listed in the contract, or the contract will be considered void for lack of consideration. So the contract may be written to reflect that the house is being sold in return for "ten dollars and other good and valuable consideration". The ten dollars is the "peppercorn" that provides concrete consideration and ensures that the contract is valid, while the actual amount paid for the house is hidden and referred to only as the "good and valuable consideration".
Another common example of a peppercorn payment being used in legal contracts is the English practice of peppercorn rent, which refers to a nominal rental sum for property, land or buildings. Where a rental contract is put in place and the owner of the property wishes it to be rent free it is normal to charge, say, one pound sterling as a peppercorn rent. Again, this is because, if the owner wants to lease the property, they must charge some rent so that consideration exists for both parties.
Furthermore, a peppercorn rent is often used as a form of nominal ground rent where a (potentially substantial) premium has also been paid on commencement of a long lease of, say, 99 or 125 years (a "virtual freehold"). The notional collection of the annual peppercorn rent helps to maintain a formal Landlord and Tenant relationship between the two parties, precluding the risk of a claim for adverse possession from the tenant arising, were no consideration to be paid for an extended period.
This is a, by no means complete, listing of plants and herbs that come especially under the dominion of the Moon, or are strongly Lunar. Many of these plants are also deeply associated with other planetary influences as well.
- Acanthus – Acanthus mollis
- All-Seed – Atriplex silvestris
- Cabbage (all kinds) – Brassicae
- Cabbage (Lettuce) – Lactuca sativa
- Chickweed – Stellaria media
- Cleavers – Galium aparine
- Cuckoo Flower – Cardamine pratense
- Cucumber – Cucumis sativus
- Daisy – Bellis perennis
- Duckweed – Lenticula palustris
- Galium – Galium aparine
- Goose Grass – Galium aparine
- Gourd – Cucurbita Pepo
- Hawkweed – Hieracium pilosella
- Hyssop – Hyssopus officinalis
- Iris (Florentine) – Iris florentina
- Iris (German) – Iris germanica, dark blue flowers
- Iris (Pale) – Iris pallida, pale blue flowers
- Lady's Smock – Cardamine pratense
- Lettuce (Cabbage) – Lactuca sativa
- Lily (White) – Lilium album
- Lime Tree – Tilia
- Moneywort – Lysimachia nummularia
- Monk's Pepper – Agnus castus
- Moonwort – Ruta lunaria
- Mouse Ear – Hieracium pilosella
- Myrtle – Vinca minor
- Notchweed – Atriplex silvestris
- Nutmeg – Myristica fragrans
- Orache – Atriplex silvestris
- Orpine – Sedum telephium
- Papaya – Carica papaya
- Periwinkle – Vinca minor
- Poppy (Corn) – Papa ver rhoeas
- Poppy (Opium) – Papaver somnifrruni
- Privet – Ligustrum vulgare
- Pumpkin – Cucurbita Pepo
- Saxifrage – Saxifraga
- Sedum – Telephium vulgare
- Sharp Stonecrop – Sedum acre
- Speedwell – Veronica officinalis
- Turmeric – Curcuma longa
- Wallflower – Cheiranthus cheiri
- Wall Pepper – Sedum acre
- Water Chestnut – Trapa natans
- Watercress – Nasturtium officinale
- Water Lily – Nymphaea alba
- Willow (all kinds) – Salices
This is a, by no means complete, listing of plants and herbs that come especially under the dominion of the Sun. Many of these plants are also under the dominion of, or are deeply associated with other planets as well.
- Angelica – Angelica archangelica
- Angelica (Wild) – Angelica silvestris
- Ash – Fraxinus excelsior
- Bergamot – Citrus bergamium
- Blueweed – Fchium valgare
- Calamus – Calamus aromaticus (Acorus calamus)
- Chamomile (German) – Matricaria chamomilla
- Celandine – Chelidonium majus
- Cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon – Cinnamonum ceylanicum
- Cinquefoil – Potentilla reptans
- Clove Tree – Caryophyllus (Syzygium aromaticum)
- Dittany – Dictamnus albus
- Elecampane – mula helenium
- Eyebright – Euphrasia officinalis
- Five Leaf or Finger Grass – Potentilla reptans
- Gentian – Gentiana lutea
- Ginger – Zingiber officinale
- Grape Vine – Vitis vinifrra
- Ground Ivy – Glechoma hederacea
- Juniper – Juniperus communis
- Laurel – Laurus nobilis
- Lemon Balm – Melissa offtcinalis
- Lemon Tree – Citrus limonum
- Lesser Centaury – Erythrea centaurium (Entaurium umbellatum)
- Lingwort – Angelica archangelica
- Marigold – Calendula officinalis
- Marshmallow – Althaea officinalis
- Mistletoe – Viscum album
- Mustard (Black and White) – Sinapis nigra, alba
- Olive Tree – Olea europea
- Orange Tree – Citrus aurantium
- Passionflower – Passiflora incarnata
- Peony – Paeonia officinalis
- Pepper (White and Black) – Piper
- Plantain – Plantago major
- Ribwort – Plantago lanceolata
- Rice – Oryza sativa
- Roman Chamomile – Anthemis nobilis
- Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis
- Rue (Common) – Ruta graveolens
- Saint John's Wort – Hypericum perforaturn
- Scarlet Pimpernel (Common) – Anagallis arvensis
- Sundew – Drosera rotundifrlia
- Sunflower – Helian thus anuus
- Viper's Buglass – Fchium valgare
- Walnut Tree – Juglans regia
- Wild Strawberry – Fragaria vesca
- Zedoaria, Zedoary – Curcuma zedoaria
- Angelica:
Angelica was linked sometimes with St. Michael the Archangel and was even called "The Root of the Holy Ghost". It protects against witchcraft, evil spirits, spells and enchantments.
- Basil (Sweet):
Basil is believed to have derived its name form the Basilisk, the fabulous dragon-like creature that was deadly to anyone who looked at it. This may have spawned the old belief that Basil begot scorpions.
- Betony (Wood):
Betony, the original herb of Magic and medicine discovered by Chiron the Centaur. Cured against 'elf sickness'. Believed that animals seek it out when ill. Old lore says that if two snakes are put into a ring of Betony, they will fight to the death. Considered magically powerful against evil spirits.
- Bistort:
The word bistort means 'twice twisted'. The twisted root resembles a snake. English names include snakeweed and adderwort. Regarded as a cure for snake bites. Lore also says that this herb can help a woman conceive a child.
- Blackberry:
Blackberry was considered to be a holy plant. In the Highlands, they're called Blessed Brambles. If twined into a wreath with rowan and ivy, will keep away evil spirits. Brambles or alternatively osieres, would be plaited around a grave to keep a ghost from rising. Believed that Christ used a bramble to drive the money changers out of the temple and to spur his donkey onto Jerusalem. Thought to cure various ailments if the sick would walk under an archway of bramble rooted at each end.
- Broom:
A piece of broom is worn in a cap because its ancient reputation as a plant both useful to witches and against them. Was also used as a magic sleep enhancer and as a power in love spells.
- Byrony (White):
White Byrony is used in place of European Mandrake root. Helped in fertility spells for barren women. Also called Womandrake and related to the Yam family. In France was called "Herb of Beaten Wives" because the berry juice resembles the black and blue marks of beatings.
- Centaury:
Discovered by Chiron the Centaur. Centaury was used to cure fevers. Was considered to be another powerful herb against Witchcraft and Magic.
- Chicory:
Chicory was believed to be a cure for failing sight and poor eyes because its flowers only open during sunlight. If gathered by a special ritual, it was believed to make one invisible and also open locked doors and chests. To do so, one must cut the plant with a gold blade on St. Jame's Day, July 25.
- Cinquefoil (Potentilla):
Cinquefoil meant "small and powerful". Hung in doorways to keep out evil spirits. A main ingredient in Witch potions and ointments.
- Devil's Bit (Scabious):
Old lore says that the Devil bit it for envy because the herb had so many good virtues and was so good for mankind. In Cornwall England, was referred to as Devil's Button and to pick the plant one was sure to receive a nocturnal visit from the Devil.
- Dill:
Dill was known as an anti-witch plant. Was used to lull people into stupors and thus mothers used it on their babies to keep them sleepy. Used in and against spells.
- Eyebright:
St. Michael used it along with rue and three drops from the Well of Life to anoint his hurt eyes after his battle with the Devil and the latter's fall.
- Fennel:
Fennel has genuine wind-expelling properties. Used to keep evil spirits away especially on Midsummer's Eve when it would be hung with St. John's Wort over doorways. Keyholes blocked with fennel would keep out ghosts. Was also believed to confer longevity and improve strength and courage.
- Foxglove:
Foxglove was associated with fairies and elves as they gave gloves to the fox so he could raid the chickens and escape harm. Said that if the fairies wore these 'gloves' they could do anything. Was believed to be dangerous to cut foxglove but once you'd done so and lived it was a good defense against the little people.
In Wales it's juice was rubbed into a floor in the shape of a cross to protect the home from the fey folk. It could also be used to kill a changeling child. Also believed that the souls of the dead inhabited the flowers thus the alternate names of 'bells', 'thimbles' or 'deadman's fingers'.
- Mugwort:
Known alternatively as St. John's Herb and Mugwort was considered to be the "Mother of Al Herbs." Some believed that St. John the Baptist wore a girdle of Mugwort in the forest where he lived. Was cured in the Midsummer bonfires and hung up over doorways to keep evil at bay. Also used to keep travelers from getting too weary.
- Orchid:
Orchid, another name for Satyrion root which was believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac. Men and women ate the tubers as sexual stimulants and in the hopes of defining what sex a newborn would take.
- Parsley:
Parsley was not originally considered an herb but rather in connections with both 'noble' and 'funeral'. The Greeks strewn it on graves. It was used on food plates as a garnish as an antidote to poison and thus put on a plate was considered a token of trust. It was also thought if a man ate some of the seeds prior to drinking he'd be able to drink more and still retain his faculties.
- Peony:
The Peony was regarded as having a divine origin. Sacred to Peon, physician to the Gods. Would protect from evil spirits and storms and would in particular protect shepherds and their flocks, farmers and their crops. Was considered as dangerous as Mandrake to dig up and thus the same kinds of protections must be used. It was also believed to be highly dangerous to dig up if a woodpecker was nearby as the gatherer of the herb would lose his sight.
- Plantain:
Plantain was known as 'healing herb' in Scotland and Ireland. Was considered a very powerful plant since it could stand back up against the boot heel or chariot wheel crushing it down. Due to this belief, it was used to treat wounds and bruises.
- Rosemary:
Rosemary was dropped into coffins as a way of letting the dead know that you'd not forget them. Also very protective against physical injury and thunder and or lightning. Could renew youth and help 'special' enterprises to grow and succeed.
- Sage:
Sage has an ancient reputation as a healing plant and thought to confer long life. Tradition says that if the plant lives or dies so will a business owner's livelihood thrive or fail.
- Solomon's Seal:
Solomon's Seas is said to bear a symbol on its roots, the two interwoven triangles which make up the hexagram, will scare off evil spirits! The white flowers were used in love potions and the plant was used to help 'knit bones' together.
- Tarragon:
Also known as Little Dragon, Tarragon is reputed to have sprung up where the banished serpent from the Garden of Eden brushed up over the ground along with Mugwort and Wormwood. Since Dragons were both terrifying and protective, it was believed to cure snake-bite.
- Viper's Bugloss:
The seeds of this herb resemble a viper's head and thus thought to be another cure against snake bite.
- Yarrow:
Yarrow, also known as Bloodwort is noted for its wound healing powers and was regarded as another herb dedicated to the Devil.
Collected from various sources
To prepare herbal tea, use approximately one to three teaspoons of herb per cup of boiling water. Boil water but do not use an aluminum kettle. Pour water into a mug or pot leaving herbs to steep for at least five minutes, but don't leave for longer than ten minutes or the tea may become bitter. For stronger tea, use more herb rather than steeping the tea for a longer time.
Store herbal tea in amber colored or opaque jars, never in clear glass jars. The potency of the herb may be destroyed by light. Mild teas can be used daily over long periods of time with no ill effects.
- Anise: Protection, purification, awareness, joy, calling Spirits.
- Basil: Protection, love, healing relationships, courage, fertility, exorcism. Calming the nerves.
- Bergamont: Success
- Burdock Root: Purity, Protection
- Caraway: Protection, passion. Has the power to prevent the theft of any object that contains the seed and to keep lovers from losing interest in one another.
- Catnip (flavor with mint): Peace.
- Chamomile: Love, Relaxation. Calming, Mediation
- Cinnamon: Spiritual quests, augmenting power, love, success, psychic work, healing, cleansing.
- Clove: Dispels negativity, protection, draws money, defrays gossip, vision, cleansing.
- Comfrey: Safe travel, draws money, healing.
- Dandelion: Divination, welcoming, messages.
- Elder Flower: Divination
- Eyebright: Mental and Psychic Power
- Fennel: Purification, protection, healing, money.
- Ginger: Protection. Power, success, love, money. (place a few slices of fresh ginger in boiling water).
- Ginseng: Love, wishes, beauty, desire.
- Hyssop: Purification
- Lemon: Purification, love, blessings.
- Lemon (Leaves): Lust
- Lemon Balm: Health, Success
- Licorice Root: Love and Sex. (boil licorice root)
- Mint, Spearmint, Peppermint: Draws money, healing, strength, augments power, purification, luck, safe travel.
- Mugwort: Divination
- Mullein: Divination
- Nettle: Averts danger, protection, healing. Use gloves to handle so as to avoid getting pricked.
- Rose Hips: Psychic Power and Divination
- Rose Hips and Hibiscus: Love, friendship, luck, protection, psychic power and divination.
- Rosemary: Improves memory, sleep, purification, youth, love, power, healing, protection, intellectual.
- Sage (sweetened with honey): Long life. Fertility, wishes, wisdom, protection.
- Thyme: Sleep, psychic energy, courage, healing. Use both the leaves and flowers.
- Valerian: Love, calming, sleep. Gets fighting couples together.
- Yarrow: Courage, love, psychic abilities, divination. The tea drunk prior to divination will enhance one's powers of perception (a touch of added peppermint enhances its action).
- Ruler: Zeus, Obatala, Ra, Bast, solar deities
- Type: Plant
- Magickal form: oil, bark, branch, flower
- Other names: Cassie Flower, Catechu, Egyptian Thorn, Gum Arabic, Cape Gum
- Basic powers: Protection, Clairvoyance
Acacia is much revered in religious and magickal practice as an emblem of immortality and of initation, in the sense that initiation is symbolic of resurrection. The ancient Egyptians made funeral wreaths of Acacia leaves and the Hebrews planted a sprig of evergreen Acacia to mark the grave of a departed friend.
Carry the wood as a protective amulet.
Acacia wood is the Biblical shittim-wood from which Noah's Ark and the Tabernacle and Altar wer made. Jewish legend tells us that the Burning Bus of Moses was an Acacia. Christian lore links an Acacia tree with the Cross and its spiny branches with the Crown of Thorns. The sap of some spiny Acacia species yields Gum Arabic, used as a binding agent.
Sitting under an acacia tree or burning the dried flowers brings wisdom and insight. The oil extracted from the plant is considered holy and used for purification and anointing. It is especially powerful when attempting to contact the dead and should be rubbed into white candles and not worn on the body while attempting such work. For personal anointing, mix with other oils (like musk or camellia) to cut and then it is said to bring happiness.
- To contact the dead:
Dip acacia leaves in holy water and sprinkle an altar with the water, or burn Acacia as incense to communicate with or to memorialize the dead.
- To open the mind to visions:
Acacia leaves are burned on charcoal to induce spiritual phenomena and develop personal psychic power; adding Frankincense and Myrrh is used to intensify the effect.
Mace is a spice made from the waxy red covering which covers nutmeg seeds. It is completely different from the protective pepper spray with the same name.
Mace is produced by, Myristica franrans, a member of the mayriticaceae family. This plant, native to Indonesia, grows into a tropical evergreen tree of up to thirty feet tall.
Mace is actually the aril of the nutmeg seed shell. It is removed from the shell. The broken part of it is generally known as blades. Nutmeg and mace are treated separately. But the history of both of them is related to each other. The color of mace can be different from one to another place. The mace from West Indies is generally yellowish brown. On the other side mace from East Indian nutmegs are actually orange when dried. Mace is sweet and fragrant but quite stronger than nutmeg. The flavor of mace is aromatic, sharp and warm and is sweeter than nutmeg.
Magickal Uses for Mace:
- Planet: Mercury
- Element: Air
- Magickal influences: Psychic awareness
Mace emits a powerful, spicy odor and is well known from its use in cooking. It smells a lot like nutmeg, which makes complete sense, since mace is actually the covering of the nutmeg nut. Because it has this aspect of being like a peel or rind, it is usually considered ruled by Mercury according to sources like Agrippa, even though its scent is warmish, reminding one more of Jupiter or Sun. But Mercury works well for just about any magical purpose, since Mercury rules magic itself.
It is designated as the primary incense in Grimoirium Verum, in particular for censing the Circle. Mace has a more complex scent than nutmeg, perhaps not as flowery: a blend of spice, bitterness, clove, and pine. Mace is one of the winter spices in Wassail bowl, along with cardamom, clove, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and coriander, and is often, along with them, used in prosperity charms. The nice thing about blade mace is that you can be sure there is nothing in it but mace.
To enhance psychic awareness, sit comfortably and inhale the aroma, visualizing it penetrating your conscious mind, relaxing its hold and traveling to your deep consciousness. Psychic awareness will blossom.
Sprinkle some outside doors and windows for protection. Mace also stimulates brain activity and creativity. Smell the spice for inspiration, or mix with success formulas and burn as incense. You can also dust your hands with the powder.
Mace at one time found use in a money-drawing douche among prostitutes, who mixed the powder with distilled vinegar and water. It was said that a man whose member came in contact with a woman who had thus "dressed her pussy" would be under her control, and would seek her out and pay her well for repeated trysts.
The money drawing powers of mace makes sense because mace grows attached to the nutmeg, itself a celebrated money drawing spice.


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How Many Of These Cities Can You Identify Using Only Their Transit Stops?
Can you "Guess The City" with nothing more than bus stops and train stations?
image via "Guess The City" screen capture (Portland, OR)
I can still remember the city bus route that took me home every day after high school (good ol' B-84) and, if hard pressed, could probably rattle off at least 60% of the stops it made along the way. Public transportation is unique in its ability to bring people together while easily letting them explore the contours of their shared metropolis. There's something about public transit that sticks with you, and helps define your very understanding of what makes a community tick. Spend enough time on mass transit and it becomes impossible to separate your time on the rails or roads from your sense of the city as a whole.
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The last new moon of 2018 and who better to help us reflect on our journey than Sagittarius.
In this ritual, you'll be guided to contemplate about the lessons you've learned and experiences that you'll cherish. Take a moment to gather the materials noted below and make sure you'll have some quiet, undisturbed time for yourself.
Don't think too hard about the crystal or card deck. Trust that your intuition is guiding you to the exact ones you need right now. Turn on your favorite playlist to listen to for getting into the energetic space of going within. If you don't have one, check out my Zen Vibes playlist on Spotify.
Find a place to sit and take a few deep breaths.
Call on your angels and guides who can most serve you now to be present with you.
On a safe, stable surface, place the four candles (unlit) in front of you in placement of the four directions (north, south, east, and west) with enough space in the middle for two cards and the crystal.
The crystal you chose represents the energy that is strongly with you as you close out 2018 and go forth into 2019. Take a moment to note in your journal which crystal you chose and why you think your intuition led you to that crystal.
Place the crystal in the center of the candle formation.
Draw a card using the prompt, "what do my angels and guides desire me to know most about the journey of this past year?" and place card with the crystal.
Light the candle that represents the South. Take some time to write down the obstacles you have overcome over the past year and the lessons you've learned from those obstacles.
Light the candle that represents the North. Reflect on the dreams and goals you had for the year, did you accomplish them? What are you most proud of from the year?
Light the candle that represents the West. Jot down all the gratitude you have for other people, places, things, experiences, etc.
Light the candle that represents the East. Go deep with the gratitude for all that is within you, the lessons you've learned, and why you are grateful.
With all the candles lit, take in all the light that you have created this year and are bringing forth with you in the year ahead. This has been a magical year and there is more good on the way. Draw one more card using the prompt, "what message do my angels and guides have for me about the year ahead?" and place in the circle.
Write down any final reflections you have from the ritual.
I encourage you to take a picture of your final spread with the candles, crystal, and card. Keep it to look back on throughout 2019. If you feel called to share on social media, please do so and tag me @chakrachelsie in your post and use #essentiallysacred.
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– The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is the latest product in the Raspberry Pi 3 range, boasting a 64-bit quad core processor running at 1.4GHz, dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless LAN, bluetooth 4.2/BLE, faster Ethernet, and PoE capability via a separate PoE HAT.
– The dual-band wireless LAN comes with modular compliance certification, allowing the board to be designed into end products with significantly reduced, wireless LAN compliance testing,improving both cost and time to market.
– The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ maintains the same mechanical footprint as both the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B and the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.
– Processor: Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz
– Memory: 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM
– Connectivity:
1. 2.4GHz and 5GHz IEEE 802.11.b/g/n/ac wireless LAN, bluetooth 4.2, BLE
2. Gigabit Ethernet over USB 2.0 (maximum throughput 300 Mbps)
3. 4 USB 2.0 ports
– Access: Extended 40-pin GPIO header
– Video&sound:
1. Full-size HDMI
2. CSI camera port for connecting a Raspberry Pi camera
3. DSI display port for connecting a Raspberry Pi touchscreen display
4. 4-pole stereo output and composite video port
– Multimedia: H.264, MPEG-4 decode(1080p30);H.264 encode(1080p30); OpenGL ES 1.1,2.0 graphics
– SD card support: Micro SD port for loading your operating system and storing data
– Input power:
1. 5V/2.5A DC power input
2. 5V DC via GPIO header
3. Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) support (requires separate PoE HAT)
– Environment: Operating temperature, 0-50°C
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– This product should be operated in a well-ventilated environment and, if used inside a case, the case should not be covered.
– Whilst in use, this product should be placed on a stable, flat, non-conductive surface and should not be contacted by conductive items.
– The connection of incompatible devices to the GPIO connection may affect compliance, result in damage to the unit, and invalidate the warranty.
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The maker of America's iconic Harley-Davidson bikes, rocked by President Donald Trump's commerce conflict and falling demand, barely broke even in its newest earnings report and shares plummeted probably the most in a 12 months earlier than recovering.
Harley's American retail gross sales tumbled 10 % in 2018′s last quarter — the eighth quarter they fell ― and revenue missed what analysts anticipated in Tuesday's report.
The dismal earnings mirrored the corporate's continued wrestle with declining gross sales as Child Boomers age and youthful generations flip to lighter and cheaper opponents.
The report additionally reveals Trump battle scars. Trump, who extolled the corporate throughout his presidential marketing campaign and in 2017 invited Harley executives to the White Home, added to the Milwaukee firm's woes with tariffs that resulted from his commerce conflict with Europe and China. Then, when Harley introduced it could transfer some manufacturing abroad to keep away from the tariffs, Trump angrily advocated a boycott of the corporate's bikes.
The corporate stated in a regulatory submitting final summer time that retaliatory tariffs imposed on American exports by the European Union rose between 6 % and 31 %, leading to a mean $2,200 per motorbike exported to the EU.
Demand for the cumbersome bikes dropped in Europe and Asia, with worldwide gross sales down 6.7 % within the quarter, famous Bloomberg. The corporate's turnaround plan requires half of gross sales to be exterior the U.S. — which executives imagine has a much bigger demand upside — by 2027.
Harley is investing in a brand new manufacturing unit in Thailand to supply the vast majority of bikes bought within the EU and China by the top of this 12 months. The plant will imply that tariff prices of as a lot as $120 million this 12 months shall be eradicated subsequent 12 months, in accordance with Bloomberg.


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History of Photography
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The Photography Seminar -Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
The Photography Seminar
Hilary Term 2016
Tuesdays (Weeks 1, 3, 5 and 7) – 12:30pm – 2pm*
Co-organizers: Mirjam Brusius & Geraldine Johnson
January 19th (Tuesday, Week 1) – 12:30pm — 2pm: Portraiture and Time: The Photographs of Edward S. Curtis Shamoon Zamir, NYU Abu Dhabi Location: Dept. of History of Art, Littlegate House, St Ebbes
February 2nd (Tuesday, Week 3) – 12:30pm – 2pm: The Engraved Photograph, the Victorian Periodical and the Nature of Photographic Trust Geoff Belknap, University of Leicester Location: Dept. of History of Art, Littlegate House, St Ebbes
February 16th (Tuesday, Week 5) – 12:30pm – 2pm: From Documentary to Abstract Photography: Aaron Siskin's Aesthetic Transformation Richard Howells, King's College London Location: Dept. of History of Art, Littlegate House, St Ebbes
March 1st (Tuesday, Week 7) – 12:30pm – 2pm: Site Visit—Photography at the Sackler Library: Eadweard Muybridge's 'Animal Locomotion' Martin Kemp and Kelley Wilder in conversation Location: Sackler Library, St John Street Register to book a place** (limited places—only 8 can attend) Location: Dept. of History of Art, Littlegate House, St Ebbes *Please bring your own lunch for informal conversation from 12:30pm to 1pm. Formal presentations will begin at 1pm and finish by 2pm. **To register for the Sackler Library site visit, please go to: http://www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/events Co-sponsored by Dept. of History of Art (Centre for Visual Studies) and Bodleian Libraries
About (Some) Women Photographers 1839-1919
History and Theory of Photography Research Centre – Forthcoming Events
Free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
Friday 27 November 2015 – 6-7:30
Room 112
Thomas Galifot (Musèe d'Orsay)
About (Some) Women Photographers 1839-1919
Detail from Julia Margaret Cameron Mrs Herbert Duckworth April 12, 1867 (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Relying on the histories of photography that have been re-evaluating, over the last forty years, women's role in the development of the medium, the exhibition now on view at the musée de l'Orangerie is the first, in France, to approach the first eighty years of this phenomenon. Based on new research, it is also the first extensive study of French women photographers of the 19th and beginning of the 20th Centuries. Forgotten or unknown talents are brought to the light of the exhibition walls next to their counterparts from Britain, where amateur and professional women's camera work attained unparalleled levels of achievement and variety. This talk will give some keys to understand the disparities in the development of women's photography in the different countries. It will also highlight previously unpublished or little-known photographs that help appreciate how a practice that has long borne the hall-mark of femininity actually revealed itself to be a potential vehicle for subversion and emancipation.
Tuesday 26 January 2016 – 6-8
Marta Weiss (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Julia Margaret Cameron: New Discoveries
Responding: Colin Ford (Founding Head, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television [now National Media Museum] Bradford)
Wednesday 17 February 2016 – 6-7:30
Linda Mulcahy (London School of Economics)
Docile Suffragettes? Resistance to Police Photography
Wednesday 9 March 2016 – 6-7:30
Jennifer Tucker (Wesleyan University & Birkbeck Institute for Humanities Visiting Fellow)
Picturing Modernization: Vision, Modernity and the Technological Image in Humphrey Jenning's Pandaemonium
Saturday 2 July 2016 times and location TBC
Law and Photography
In collaboration with London School of Economics
European History of Photography Network
History of Photography European Network
1 History of Photography
History of Photography is a relatively new discipline with a strong connection to History or to Art History; it entered the museum before entering the university. There is a clear corpus for history of photography, and this corpus is beginning to be widely known by the greater public, up to the point of being used in advertising. This is to be expected by a image centered society, however critical thinking on photography is not so widely known, and it is still possible to write a history of art or a general history, without any reference to photography, or at least taking its role in serious account.
Up to recent years History of Photography has been mostly centered in a few central countries, only recently researcher from other countries arrived to bring some light into their local histories, but peripheral countries history of photography is still rather confidential outside their respective countries. Fortunately there is a lot of work being done.
2 The need for a network
History of Photography researchers are a mostly dispersed and heterogeneous community with just a few research centers dedicated to History of Photography, a number of researchers working on diverse research centers, ranging from architecture to literature, but including History, Art or Social Science. There are also a great number of researchers working in archives and museums, not to speak of independent researchers. As a whole History of Photography researchers are more disperse than those working in other areas.
EU and national official funding has been central to European research, however this funding has been progressively more centered on exact science. This funding does have also a strict set of rules not easy to fulfill by history of photography researchers. There is the need to have work on smaller sets of countries with similarities, as well as to have work done on greater geographic entities not comprehended by EU projects.
Dispersion means there lack of communication, even if we are now better than a few years ago, and the difficulty to create cooperative projects. It is even more difficult to include independent researchers into projects.
At this point there is also the need to overcome some cultural difficulties in order to create a wider community of researchers.
A History of Photography Research Network could contribute to connect those who are isolated and to overcome cultural differences. It should be an important tool for the development of History of Photography as a recognized area.
3 The network
Modern communications and web based services make easy and not expensive to create such a network, its success depends more on getting a wide researchers acceptance than from having great resources.
This network is supposed to act like a meeting point for researchers and a place to share contacts, experience, work, resources. It could also be a repository for texts and other work, a platform for divulgation of books, exhibitions, conferences, information, and, not the least, a platform for discussions and joint projects.
It should be important for the scholar and the researcher, but also to the general public with more than a passing interest in History of Photography.
4 The site
The site is one of the most important parts of this network. It is the way of presenting the network to a wider audience, but it is also the main means of communication. It would be possible to have free hosting and amateurish in house design, however it would be desirable to have a professionally designed site. Skipping free housing would also give control over advertising. The website creates the need for private funding, as it does not into current funding programs. Funding by the photographic industry is could be also an endorsement and a mutual benefit.
5 The congress
Among the goals of this network should be organizing a European History of Photography Congress. Recent conferences organized in several countries were remarkably successful, and there is a definite possibility of organizing a more comprehensive activity if there is a joint effort between several research centers and other organizations. Having an annual congress may be not feasible; however a bi-yearly congress seems to be a realistic proposition.
6 Further possible developments
Among suggestions are theme related and general European Photographic Histories, and an E-Magazine, or with the necessary resources a paper magazine.
We hope this network to organize research centers, archives, museums and other institutions, as well as independent researchers and collectors. At this point we are passing the stage of individual contacts to try to reach a broader audience. This is far from a finished project and all feedback is most welcome. We would also like to know of your view on the subject, even if not positive, and of your personal and/or institutional willingness to be a part of the network.


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Situated beside Pen y Bryn Farm House, this range of stone barns has planning consent for conversion to two dwellings separated by the double garages. Denbighshire County Council planning ref 31/2011/0280 contains the documentation relating to the permission. These new homes will benefit from the rural setting and unspoilt countryside views down the valley towards the River Elwy. Although rural in setting, St Asaph and the A55 are a short drive away therefore opening up access to the region and beyond.
- A great opportunity to acquire a range of traditional farm buildings which have planning permission to convert into two dwellings with double garage. This rural location benefits from extensive countryside views and the barns themselves offer a wonderful opportunity. The barns will have courtyard frontages, integral garaging and rear gardens. Our client has indicated that should a perspective buyer make enquiries regarding purchasing additional land then this may be available by separate negotiation. There is also a detached swimming pool located towards the front of Pen y Bryn and this could be negotiated upon. The location is rural but within a short drive of St Asaph and the A55. Therefore access to the local and wider region is at hand. As mentioned earlier, there is an option to acquire additional land, the indoor swimming pool and a three acre wooded area on the approach to Pen y Bryn.
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|Date: 8/9/2015 10:18:52 AM
August 9, 2015 For Immediate Release
Wednesday, August 12 (7:00 p.m.) Test & Tune, Any cars from any track 7 – 9 p.m., General Admission Free
Saturday, August 15 (7:00 p.m.) Back To School Small Fry Night, 2nd Annual K-Lynn Management 20-Lap Pure Stock (Double Points), Late Models 30 Laps w/$3,000 to win, Late Model Sportsman 25 Laps w/$800 to win + E Mods
Saturday, August 22 (7:00 p.m.) J.G. Cochran Auction Night, Small Car Nationals Qualifier (Home Track Rules), Late Model Sportsman, Pure Stocks + Late Models
Rodney Walls Wins First Sportsman since 2010, Chris Ebersole Posts Fourth in Pure Stocks, Matt Wampler Wins Hobby Stocks on First Visit, Kurt Welsh Claims Classic Car Series Victory
HAGERSTOWN, MD – Brian Tavenner was the Topless Late Model winner on Ernie D's Auction Night at Hagerstown Speedway /Dirt Capitol Saturday evening, picking up the $2,500 triumph plus another $600 from Ernie D's.
It not only was a triumph, but Tavenner's career first in Late Models and the first for the Winchester driver since he last won in 2005, a season in which he won seven Pure Stock features, the last one on September 17th.
Tavenner was greeted by a throng of well-wishers upon exiting his racer; family, drivers that he just beat, former drivers, crew and the last to pass his congratulations on before being interviewed was Winchester legend Buddy Armel.
"I don't even know when I won last," Tavenner said. "It was back in my pure stock days, back in 2004, 2002, something like that. This is crazy. I know starting position is everything here. When you have that #72 (Jason Covert) sitting there looking at you on the outside, you're looking like "Man." You have a lot of tough guys here to beat; Hagerstown has the class of the field. Starting up front definitely helped. This just goes to show you dreams really do come true. Everyone does so much for this team, I'm just so glad it finally showed."
Tavenner and Covert occupied the front row from the time trialed heat wins but Covert was called for jumping the initial start and sent back five rows. Keith Jackson advanced alongside as Tavenner took the lead over him and group one fast timer Marvin Winters.
The green flag remained over the field as Tyler Hershey got past Winters on the eighth lap while Tavenner maintained his lead over Jackson and got to the rear of the field by the 18th lap, lapping one car and another with two to go which allowed him to open his lead just a little more as he drove on to win by 2.149 seconds over Jackson, Hershey, Winters and Andy Anderson.
The Topless Late Model Sportsman $1,000 to win 25-lap feature went heads up from the invert with Scott Palmer and Rodney Walls on the front row with Walls rolling around the top to take charge leaving Palmer and Justin Weaver to battle for the runner up spot.
Cautions on the 15th and 18th adjusted the field with Bobby Beard powering past the pair to take second on the 20th lap but Walls had the car to catch and pass and he went on to claim his first win since September 2010 by 1.376 seconds over Beard, Palmer, Weaver and Cody Kershner.
"This is great. It was 2010 since I won here," Walls said. "That's why we concentrated on running here this year. I wanted to get another one. I didn't know what kind of a lead I had. I just tried to hit my marks; I wasn't slowing down for anything tonight."
With a heads up start from the heats, Chris Ebersole pulled to the Pure Stock lead with Kevin Koontz into second the next lap. Ebersole maintained a comfortable lead as Mike Corbin worked his way from 14th to take second with three to go. Ebersole's fourth triumph of the season was by three lengths over Corbin, Craig Parrill, Brandon Churchey, and the A Bargain Towing Hard Charger from 17th and 15th starter Keith Koontz.
Gary Proctor charged from seventh to the lead following a second lap restart while Tom Caravello moved into second on the same lap as did Matt Wampler into third after starting tenth. Wampler went to the outside to take second on the tenth lap and then went around Proctor on the 12th for the lead and win.
Kurt Welsh took the lead of the Classic Car Series from the outside pole and led all 12 laps with pole setter Steve Clemo following for second and third was Charlie Summers, winner during the series' visit in May.
Follow the speedway on Twitter and Facebook at Dirt Capitol LLC and also check out Ernie D's Turn 5 on Facebook with information about events, driver's interviews and more. The latest news, results, photos, schedule or rule changes can found be on the speedway's website: www.hagerstownspeedway.com. Also check the website for any changes in weather conditions that may delay or cancel the program or contact the speedway office at 301-582-0640.
Ernie D's Auction Topless Late Models, 25 Laps: 1.Brian Tavenner, 2.Keith Jackson, 3.Tyler Hershey (Sharrett Collision Center Hard Charger), 4.Marvin Winters, 5.Andy Anderson, 6.Trever Feathers, 7.Gary Stuhler, 8.Jason Covert, 9.Jerry Bard, 10.Barry Miller, 11.Roy Deese Jr., 12.Allen Brannon, 13.Jason Miller, 14.Brad Omps, 15.Bryan Bernheisel, 16.Austin Hubbard, 17.Tom Decker Jr., 18.Tom Decker III
Malloy Ford Late Model Sportsman Topless, 25 Laps: 1.Rodney Walls, 2.Bobby Beard, 3.Scott Palmer, 4.Justin Weaver, 5.Cody Kershner, 6.Kyle Lee (Remsburg Paving Hard Charger), 7.Wayne Dillman, 8.Dave Dunkle, 9.Paul Cursey, 10.Jimmy Jesmer Jr., 11.Brayden Anderson, 12.Eddie Cornett, 13.Jason Nace, 14.Keith Walls, 15.John Rowland, 16.Elwood Sord, 17.Joe Westerman Jr., 18.Ryan Walls
K-Lynn Management Pure Stocks, 15 Laps: 1.Chris Ebersole, 2.Mike Corbin 3.Craig Parrill, 4.Brandon Churchey (A Bargain Towing Hard Charger), 5.Keith Koontz, 6.Brian Miller, 7.Joey Carter, 8.Nick Dibella, 9.Wayne Hawbaker, 10.Terry Staton, 11.Michelle Walls, 12.Frank Dibella, 13.Brian Swiger, 14.Kevin Koontz, 15.Drew Fitzsimmons, 16.Jamie Zentmyer, 17.Jeremy Mills, 18.Rick Stouffer
Mason Dixon Auto Auction Hobby Stocks, 15 Laps: 1.Matt Wampler, 2.Gary Proctor, 3.Tom Caravello, 4.Jamie Mills, 5.Marshall McMullen, 6.Jeff Dillon, 7.Dwayne Snyder, 8.James Jones, 9.James Clark, 10.KennyThomas, 11.Ralph Hansberger, DNS – Davey Gross Jr.
Classic Car Series, 12 Laps: 1.Kurt Welsh, 2.Steve Clemo, 3.Charlie Summers, 4.Kevin Marsh, 5.Steve Cantwell, 6.Neal Reamer, 7.Charlie Weaver, 8.Ron Grove, 9.Shaun Abney, 10.Lance Grove
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The playground
On an area of 6500 m2, Doraville offers a wide variety of games and activities including giant inflatable castles
Vacation Activities
For the long vacation, starting on 2 July 2013, Doraville is proposing a special offer for children aged 4 - 13 years.
The restaurant
DORAVILLE has a restaurant on a terrace overlooking the pool and a restaurant in its large air-conditioned room.
Open daily and accessible to all during working hours of the center.
These restaurants offer our customers a wide range of Ivorian dishes, grilled meats, snacks and sandwiches as well as popcorn, pancakes and ice cream.
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Doraville has a beautiful rectangular pool about 1m/2m deep (two pools in one), and 15m long, equipped with appropriate swimming equipment (swimming belts,swimming plates, water toys, pull-boy) for the well-being of children.
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Welcome! As a Sanctioned Teacher and Lineage Carrier in the The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition: Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal, Curandera Mona Rain is honored to facilitate Introductory Pachakuti Mesa Tradition (PMT) Workshops.
PMT is a way of doing and being in the world that encompasses both personal and planetary healing for harmony within, and without. It is a robust wisdom path that organically opens the doors of the heart, mind, body, and soul for a clearer and deeper understanding one's value and service within the cosmos.
Mona describes the three PMT Introductory Workshops as opportunities to begin experiencing the empowering foundational practices of this cross-cultural shamanic arts tradition – particularly the importance of conscious presence. These workshops impart rich ancient wisdom that's fully relevant to modern times; those attending will gain an understanding of the powerful applications for this shamanic work that can be applied immediately to their everyday lives.
These half-day (four-hour) workshops can be offered separately, on different days, or together as a weekend workshop. Workshops may be arranged to take place anyplace throughout the USA, and Peru. To attain the full benefit of the teachings shared, it is recommended that the Workshops be attended in the order they appear here:
Workshop 1~ Ritual Cosmos: Introduction to the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Shamanism
A centerpiece of the PMT tradition is ritual and ceremonial mastery of the mesa, as passed down through the lineage of Peruvian curanderos. The mesa is an altar-like arrangement of empowered objects that serves as a shamanic tool; it is used in PMT practice to engage enlightened beings and elemental energies for restoration of balance, health, and harmony between humans, other dimensions, and our natural world.
Mesas are used for healing, ceremony, journeying, manifesting, divination, transformation, and communion with the spirit realm. The mesa is both a reflection of you, and an extension of your Self. Come create a basic mesa, and begin to experience yourSelf, and all sentient beings, in a whole new way!
Workshop 2~ Enchanted Ground: Creating Sacred Spaces for Healing and Holding Council
In this workshop, we will discuss the creation and holding of sacred space for the self as a "personal retreat," and doing the same on behalf of others for group ceremony. We'll demonstrate concepts of sacred space that are used in indigenous traditions from around the world, and share ways of deepening our relationship with the sacred landscapes of Mother Earth. We'll also practice the council process typical of many indigenous traditions.
This workshop is open to anyone who is interested in learning how to establish an atmosphere supporting the honoring of such traditions in community, and/or for personal spiritual practice.
Workshop 3~ Food of the Gods: The Despacho as Ritual Expression of Gratitude and Reciprocity
This workshop engages the community in a uniting and healing ceremony involving the creation of a despacho. Despacho is the Spanish word for a ritual offering made with reverent intention in sacred reciprocity ("AYNI") for that which has been given to us. Despachos are most often created to honor and give thanks to Pachamama (Mother Earth) and the Apukuna (Mountain Spirits). They can also be done as offerings for good luck, marriages, births, deaths, prosperity, and new homes or jobs.
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The Setting of "Young Goodman Brown"
This essay will examine the main physical settings within Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Young Goodman Brown." These are four in number and begin and end in the village of Salem.
The tale opens at Goodman and Faith Brown's house, in the doorway where the protagonist is telling his wife goodbye, and where she is trying to dissuade him from his planned adventure on this particular night. Most of the elements in this setting are positive, bright, hopeful: a sunset; a familiar street and home; pink ribbons on Faith's cap.
As Goodman departs and walks down the street past the meeting-house, his physical setting begins to deteriorate as he turns onto a "dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind.""His new setting in the woods is "lonely," has "solitude," and reflects Goodman's footsteps, which are "lonely." His suspicion and fear grow as he reflects: ""There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him, as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!"
When he turns his head to the front again, after passing a crook in the road, there stands the fellow-traveller in "grave" attire, and "It was now deep dusk in the forest, and deepest in that part of it where these two were journeying." The ominous darkness of the forest and the traveller's attire emphasize the increased power of evil in this setting where the coven is to take place. The fellow-traveller's staff "bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought, that it might almost be seen to twist and wriggle itself like a living serpent." Bringing a large black snake into the physical setting is indeed one way to dramatically ratchet-up the tension and the foreboding of ill. In this passage the narrator identifies the traveller with the snake: "Sayest thou so?" replied he of the serpent, smiling apart."
In turn, the traveller identifies the forbears of Goodman with part of the physical setting, namely the path through the woods:
"Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that's no trifle to say. I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem. And it was I that brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in King Philip's War. They were my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this path [my italics], and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain be friends with you, for their sake."
Goody Cloyse is also connected with this part of the physical setting: "As he spoke, he pointed his staff at a female figure on the path [my italics], in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and exemplary...


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Some couples are in a situation where one partner is an Australian citizen/resident and the other is a foreign national. As part of the Australian citizen/resident's Prospective Marriage Visa Application to bring their partner to Australia to be married, the Australian Government requires confirmation from a Celebrant that the couple intends to be married here.
This is provided by a Celebrant, in the form of a letter, stating that the Celebrant has received a 'Notice of Intended Marriage' (NOIM) form from the couple, and the Celebrant is willing and available to conduct their wedding on a particular date.
The process for provision of this letter is initially the same as if it were a couple from Australia. The partner living in Australia would meet with the Celebrant, sign a contract with that Celebrant booking the Celebrant's services, pay a non-refundable booking fee and provide all relevant birth certificates, divorce/death certificates, photo identification, etc. Using those details, the NOIM would be lodged with the Celebrant. Once this is done, a letter would then be supplied to the client (advising that a NOIM has been lodged with the Celebrant), for forwarding on to the relevant government department.
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Certainly, all children are unique, and what works for one may not work for another, but in my experience there's a few very reliable methods you can use to get most children riding a bike quickly and easily. For what it's worth – these aren't just my words. These are techniques that are used the world over, by professionals, and also just by people like you and me. However, from first-hand experience they worked for us, and many of our friends.
1. Get a balance bike/runbike
If you want your child to learn how to pedal, get a trike/car/bike-with-training-wheels* (if you really, really must). But, in reality, it generally only takes minutes for a kid to learn how to pedal. The much trickier thing to learn is how to balance.
A balance bike allows a child to, at a pace that suits them, learn balance. Now balance isn't just keeping the bike upright. It's also vital in turning the bike. In fact, leaning provides a greater degree of the turn action than moving the handlebars.
Depending upon your child's height and age, I've seen kids not even two years old with quite good balance on a runbike. For us, it was a little past our girls' third birthday before it started to 'click' for them.
For a balance bike to be of appropriate size, your child needs to be able to be seated and have both feet flat on the floor. This allows them to feel confident in not falling over.
I modified this one by flipping the frame upside-down, to drop the saddle by about 10cm. In the end, this probably didn't really get her riding it (balanced on it) any faster, but it did mean she could 'ride' it around the house much earlier, and build confidence. Thankfully nowadays, there's many great models of balance bike available which have a low saddle height.
I'd recommend you start out with it within the house… just like any other of their playthings, before progressing outside. Don't make a big deal about it – just treat it like any other of their belongings. At first, they won't be going quickly, so they're unlikely to cause any damage.
Most kids will progress through the following stages (more or less) :
- walking with the bike underneath them – not even in the saddle
- walking, seated on the bike
- a little bit of rolling forward – perhaps still 'walking' along
- one foot shuffles
- two foot walk/run/shuffles, with semi-balancing (they can graduate to outside at this point – and that's when I'd start with the helmet, if you hadn't already)
- balanced coasting with/without two-feet-at-the-same-time propulsion
There's a few other great things about balance bikes worth sharing before I move on. They allow your child to move at adult walking pace, or faster, so they really get a sense of self-worth and independence. Whenever we walk anywhere, she was on her balance bike. Being purely selfish, you never got the 'slow dowwwwn… you're walking toooo faaaaaast'. Also, they're quite light, so most kids can handle them up gutters/steps/whatever.
Even though our (then) 4 yr old daugther could ride a pedal bike, her RunBike was still her most often-used bike until she was over 5. And she's not alone – here's a few others from her childcare.
There used to be a great video on YouTube which showed the progression I outlined above. That was, unfortunately, removed from YouTube, so I made my own.
Now if you haven't gone the runbike route, don't dispair. You still don't need to go for training wheels.
2. Convert their pedal bike into a balance bike (even if only briefly)
Whether or not you kid has had a balance bike, the same principles still apply. In fact, a mate regularly uses this technique for adults (able bodied and those with special needs) to teach them how to ride.
So, what am I on about? Remove the pedals, and drop the saddle so that they can place their feet flat footed on the ground*. They can then go though the steps above. Depending upon the child (or adult for that matter), those steps could take weeks, days, hours or even for some, only minutes. If they seem to have balance and are comfortable, try with the pedals back on. (It IS good if your child has had some pedaling practice on 'something', and it doesn't really matter what it is – trike/bike/whatever, so they understand the motion and their feet don't fall off the pedals).
My daugther's first ride on a pedaled bike (the day before her fourth birthday) was with the pedals removed. It helped build confidence, and familiarity, with a different, much heavier bike. Only once she was comfortable did I put the pedals back on. (About 20 mins).
I, literally, picked this bike up from the side of the road.
3. Pick your venue (and, potentially, your teacher)
When moving to outdoors, it's important to allow kids to progress… but to progress slowly. So… the perfect venue is somewhere that has grassed slopes, and paths… with a variation of gradients, and even some runoff so they can't build up too much speed. Some obstacles are OK – because they need to learn to avoid things (and best to learn that the hard way at low speeds, early on, should it come to it).
The teacher? Often, kids learn much more effectively from someone other than their parents. Like it or lump it – they often have us wrapped around their finger and/or are all too quick to go into whinge/complain mode (or is that just ours?) So, uncle/aunt/neighbour/friend/whoever. But someone your child can trust. (Similar to learning to swim as well).
4. Be an example
Kids learn by mimicry and following example. If you want your kid to want to learn how to ride… ride yourself. And let them see you leaving. Or coming home. Or ride with them. Demonstrate the behaviours you want to see.
5. Practice
I firmly believe the main reason my daughters have such great balance on their bike(s), and particularly at very low speeds, is because of the amount of time they've spent on them. Another reason the balance bike works so well is it helps allow this. Kids can just grab them and ride them. They're easy to throw in the car, or the pram, or even take on your bike with you. So, every time you walk somewhere, it's an opportunity for them to ride. Or… as said above, be an example, and ride with them.
So… what's so bad about training wheels?
Training wheels transform a bicycle. It's no longer a bike. It's a machine you can pedal along (sometimes, when the rear wheel doesn't get 'marooned' and spin in the air because the training wheels are up on some uneven ground). Kids sit differently on them. They learn differently on them. But, most-importantly, they turn differently on them. And everything they learn, is counter-productive to being able to balance. In fact, I've seen much worse spills from a bike with training wheels than I've seen on a runbike. Kids 'trust' the training wheels. And, naturally, lean against them. So, when the bike does inevitably flip over, the kid will fall harder, and also has no reflexes to counter it or react otherwise.
Riding on training wheels is much better than sitting in front of the TV, but are best avoided if possible
If the bike you have won't allow you to put your saddle down far enough to put their feet on the ground, then you are a bit stuck until they grow. Or… until you can procure a bike (runbike/pedaled bike/otherwise) from somewhere which allows it. You may only have to borrow it for a couple of weeks.
We get a lot of kids in our local park. Many I know by name, but plenty of others I just know from seeing them around. I have quite a good knowledge of who has learned to ride via the above techniques, and who have learned from training wheels. (Well, apart from the obvious ones who are still on training wheels – including those who have now progressed through three sizes of bike – still on training wheels).
The kids who have learned from training wheels have great difficulty riding slowly (another very important safety skill). Now sure, I reckon they'll get this in time. But because they haven't learned balance early, it will take longer. And, (just like them hot-housing tennis players from age 4) I think it's best to start on these balance reflexes as early as possible.
So summing up
Get a balance bike. Or… temporarily transform a normal bike into a balance bike until they're confidently balancing. And it works for adults just as well as for kids, if you know someone who never learned to ride.
*Unfortunately, because training wheels have been so endemic for so long, many bike manufacturers build kids bikes with a geometry that's set up for them. So… upright, with appropriate leg extension for the pedals, but not allowing the kid to put their feet on the ground. (After all, they don't need to do that – the training wheels will keep them up).
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