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What is a Witch’s Familiar?
While many Witches have cats as familiars many of us have other furry or winged beings. A familiar is not an animal that goes out to do a Witch’s bidding, or to spy on their enemies or steal energy from others. A Witch’s familiar is their companion, a being that can help calm them as well as add power to some spells and/or rituals. They are not mean and attack people as they are so often portrayed as doing in films, TV shows, books, etc. You may be asking yourself “How do I know if a pet is my familiar or not?” or even “How do I find my familiar?” The best answers I have for these are if you feel a special bond with your pet, I’m not talking about a normal I love my pet kind of thing but
You may be asking yourself “How do I know if a pet is my familiar or not?” or even “How do I find my familiar?” The best answers I have for these are if you feel a special bond with your pet, I’m not talking about a normal I love my pet kind of thing, but it is hard to put into words, but I will try, it is a calming effect whenever you are upset and your pet comes to you or it makes you feel complete as a living being. You more than likely have one of your familiars for this lifetime. Now if you don’t have it or any pet and are looking for one my suggestion is first figure out if you are more drawn to dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters or…well I think you get where I’m going here. After that visit shelters, reliable pet shops, rescue places or even read the
Now if you don’t have it or any pet and are looking for one my suggestion is first figure out if you are more drawn to dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters or…well I think you get where I’m going here. After that visit shelters, reliable pet shops, rescue places or even read the classifieds in the newspaper and then go to see the animal(this is how I found my Cleo). Make sure you meet any animal that catches your eye. Do not make a snap decision but visit with the animal and see if it pick you as its human, pick it up cuddle with it or if it is to big for you to pick up and you can get down on its level. Believe me when I say you will know the animal is your familiar as soon as you make close physical contact with it. You will have a feeling a connection to that animal immediately.
Now we all know our lifespan is a lot longer then our companions/familiars is. Not to worry just as we live many lifetimes so do our familiars. So far for me in this lifetime my familiar has come to me as a cat, Tuffy, when I was 10 years old, he lived to be 17, then I got (my children…hahaha) a half cocker spaniel-half shelty mix, Boots, in my 30’s who lived for 14 1/2 years and now as my beautiful Cleo. The reason for me going so long in between Tuffy and Boots was I was in a rocky place on my life path barely able to take care of myself some days much less a pet plus I had fallen away from my Spiritual self and I hadn’t met the right companion for me during that time. Then between Boots and Cleo there was about a year and half while I was deciding what kind of pet I wanted. One day a friend of my husbands came over and brought his 4-month-old Min Pin, I had never really seen the breed before even though I had been working with canines for over 40 years and fell in love with the breed. So the search began and about 5 months later my hubby came home with an ad he had pulled out of our local newspaper for a breeder selling Min Pins very cheap. We called, made an appointment to see the litter, went to the breeders home and there were 3 girls and 1 boy. I was looking for a male only because up until this time my familiars had been male but the Universe had different plans for me this time. I put my hand into the enclosure the puppies were in and Cleo came up to chew on my engagement ring, lick my hand and try to climb over the fence, mind you, she was only 5 inches tall and weighed in at 2 pounds. I took my hand away from her trying to pet her siblings, she would have none of that as she pushed them away from my hand. So after putting my hand in and out a few times to see if she would keep coming over, which she did. When my hubby put his hand in there the same thing happened, she pushed everyone else out of the way to get to his hand. I asked to hold her and there was instant bond with her and I. While her and my hubby are friendly there is no doubt that she is my companion and familiar.
Added note 2015– In 2014 I got a rescue Chihuahua, named Starbabie. She is now three years old and is another familiar of mine. I do not know why I have two of them in my life right now, but I am grateful for it. Towards the beginning of this year I was alone in our home for almost week with just my girls, I live next door to a state-run group home for boys some of who just got out of jail for violent crimes. Even though my girls are small I was not worried because Cleo kept watch on the outside of the house (through the picture windows in the living room and my den) and Star never left my side
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1 Persons Opinion on What Does It Actually Mean To Be A Witch?
What Does It Mean To Be A Witch? By: Laurie Rihiimaki |on gaia.com
The term, ‘witch’ gets thrown around in everyday life soaked with a long history of negative connotation.‘Witch’ derives from the Old English noun, ‘wicca’ meaning a male witch and ‘wice’ meaning a female witch or sorceress. However, this negative stigma has recently been viewed as outdated and tired. So, what does it mean to be a witch?
Definition of A Witch
In general, witches today can be defined in three ways: someone who actively practices magical rituals or spells, someone who has a spiritual connection such as a psychic medium or a tarot reader, or someone who worships the Pagan gods.
The reality of what it means to be a witch today carries many traditions of the Pagan religion; something which was previously thought to be tied to the devil or satanic rituals. Modern day witchcraft often includes the lighting of candles, meditation, yoga, incense, the smudging of sage, crystals, dream analysis, and other rituals connected to Pagan roots.
However, witchcraft is simply about using the power of the universe and the mind to attract wants and desires. It’s about being in tune with Earth’s natural resources and using them to mystically quench a spiritual thirst.
How to Spot A Witch
Spotting a witch today compared to the 1600s is an entirely different puzzle. Nowadays, it’s rather easy to determine who’s a witch because they are generally proud of their mystical practice. We now know you can’t simply label someone a witch based on their physical appearance or outspokenness.
But, in the late-1500s to mid-1600s in Eastern Europe and early colonial America, witches were named purely based on societal suspicion. For example, if a woman was outspoken, she was a witch. If she owned land or had a great deal of assets, she was a witch. If a woman was widowed or a spinster, she was considered out of the ordinary, therefore, she was deemed a witch.
After the label ‘witch’ was plastered on a woman in the community, there were many ways to theoretically prove her connection to the feared and mysterious craft. One of these tests included the bizarre witch cake; a rye flour cake baked with the urine of the accused, which was then fed to a local dog that the community observed to determine if it showed the same behaviors as the ‘witch.’ People believed the urine would transmit satanic juices to the dog because of its supposed association with the devil.
There were many other devised strategies to determine the presence of a witch in the community including:
- Weighing the accused against a stack of bibles
- Asking them to recite the Lord’s prayer
- Counting the number of pets they had
- Counting the number of marriages they had
- Asking them if they had dreams that included Native Americans or their culture
- Observing if they talk to themselves
These tests and many others determined a community member’s right to continuing living.
The accused was also searched for the physical mark of a witch, including birthmarks, scars, or extra nipples. These mysterious physical marks, which we now discern as common biological features, were considered signs of the devil’s presence. The accused were pricked with knives on these marks; if the mark did not bleed, they were deemed a witch.
The Destigmatization of Witches
Witchcraft is not as highly feared as it once was. There are no widespread witch hunts or constant fear associated with the neighborhood spinsters and widows. The destigmatization of witches is seen more and more in our everyday lives as popular stores sell tarot cards and crystals. While smudging with sage and owning a spell book is a trending lifestyle add-on visible all over Instagram.
While this destigmatization of witches may seem trendy on the surface, as it’s popularly marketed, the spread of witch-awareness is closely related to a greater cause: the women’s empowerment movement rapidly spreading across the world.
Today, people recognize the need for a change in energy relating to the female’s place in society, but often women are feared for being strong-willed and outspoken. Then, like now, powerful women or those with important titles often face greater challenges than their male counterparts. In the 1600s they were burned at the stake or stoned to death; today, they can face belittlement of their accomplishments, their morality questioned, or reputations intentionally tarnished.
With that being said, one could argue that witchcraft is a necessary addition to modern society as it illuminates the daily struggles of women on various levels. With that feminist insight in mind, it’s vital to remember that witchcraft is not just one single thing across the board. It’s certainly not just the performance of spell casting or the donning of crystals. It’s an understanding of one’s own spirituality. And, at this period in time, which is faced with drastically polarizing viewpoints, it is essential to have beliefs that we can mold to our own specific needs.
An Herbal Grimoire – Aloe and Angelica
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Continuing our working with herbs in Magick. We are going to dial this back so we can study two herbs per week. Understanding the herbs and what their magickal properties are is essential when working magick. When harvesting herbs, always remember to thank the plant for its sacrifice and bless the herb before use in ritual. A simple blessing will suffice, as herbs are part of the Earth.
Goddess Herb
Picture by Lady Carla Beltane’s 8 years old Aloe Plant (in southern kitchen window – kitchen needs to repainted lol)
Aloe
Aloe has a feminine aspect. It is closely connected with the Moon and with the element of Water. In magickal workings, we use Aloe for beauty, protection, peace and success. Known for the healing qualities it can bring, using this herb in magickal working can help to boost any healing energies that you wish to send to the Universe.
When working a magickal healing spell, one could place this herb on the altar and ask the plant to lend its energy to your workings. There is also an element of luck that accompanies this particular herb as it has the ability to heal itself, the plant itself is lucky. But what this herb is most used for in magickal working is protection and healing.
The healing this herb will lend in Magickal working, as it is connected to Water, are to the Ears, Eyes, Stomach and Uterus. If you are having issues in any of these areas, you can ask the herb to lend its energy to help to heal you.
God Herb
Angelica
Angelica has a masculine aspect. It is closely connected with the Moon and Jupiter and with the element of Fire. In magickal workings, we use Angelica for protection and exorcism. Priests have used this herb in their sensors for centuries to rid those afflicted. (Disclaimer: If you are faced with an entity, please reach out to Lady Beltane as she is very versed in this. Do not try to take on this entity alone.) This herb can help to add a layer of protection for you in life.
When working a magickal protection spell, one could place this herb on the altar and ask it to lend you its energy. You can also fashion this into an amulet to carry with you for protection while on the go.
This protection herb can lend its energies for protection, as it is connected to Fire, the protection will go to the Abdomen, Genetalia, Heart and Mind. If you need protection in any of these areas, you can ask the herb to lend its energy to help protect you.
Remember, when using herbs, you have to understand what the herb can do, as well as understand the direction/element that the herb attunes to and the planetary alignment. Remember, understanding comes with research, education and practice.
Blessed Be Brothers & Sisters!
Happy Spellcasting!
April 15th Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1755 Samuel Johnson‘s “A Dictionary of the English Language” published in London
1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by US President Abraham Lincoln (US Civil War)
1874 First ‘Impressionist’ exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot
1877 Boston-Somerville installs the world’s 1st telephone in Massachusetts
1912 RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people
Today’s Historical Events
69 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy
1205 Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1250 Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council
1250 Pope Innocent IV refuses Jews of Cordova, Spain their request to build a synagogue
1385 At war with Castile, John I of Portugal instructs his ambassadors to negotiate an alliance with Richard II of England and to raise loans to pay his troops
1450 Battle of Formigny: French defeat the English decisively in the Hundred Years’ War, paving the way for the capture of English strongholds in Normandy
1493 -20/4] Columbus meets with the Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II in Barcelona
1528 Pánfilo the Narváez, Spanish conquistador arrives in Florida with 350 men to a hostile reception from native indians
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt win
1961 Meredith Willson’s musical “The Music Man”, starring Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC. after 1375 performances, 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy
1963 Steve Allen‘s musical “Sophie”, based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1729 Johann Sebastian Bach‘s “St Matthew Passion” premieres in Leipzig
1738 Premiere in London of “Serse”, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel
1960 Guy Carawan sings “We Shall Overcome” to a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Raleigh – popularising the song as a protest anthem
1965 James Baldwin‘s 1954 stage drama “The Amen Corner” opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 84 performances
1966 The Rolling Stones release “Aftermath”, their fourth studio album in UK (6th in US)
1967 “Wait A Minim!” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances
1970 “Cry for Us All” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances
1971 “70, Girls, 70” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1896 1st modern Summer Olympic Games close in Athens, Greece; USA wins gold medal count, 11; Greece wins total medal count, 46; IOC has retroactively assigned gold, silver & bronze medals to 3 best placed athletes in each event
1901 5th Boston Marathon won for second straight year by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:29:23.6
1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Tom Longboat in race record 2:24:24
1910 William Howard Taft is first US President to throw out the 1st ball at a baseball game
1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
1912 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan in race record 2:21:18.2
1915 NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0
1918 22nd Boston Marathon won by Camp Devens relay team; race run as relay for 10-man military teams
April 14th Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1865 US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; he dies a day later
1912 RMS Titanic, the world’s largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland, sinks in the early hours of 15 April
1914 Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes Typhus Fever (Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City)
1935 Black Sunday: Severe dust storm ravages the US Midwest, led to the region being named “the Dust Bowl”
1981 1st Space Shuttle, Columbia 1, returns to Earth
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%
Today’s Historical Events
43 BC Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar‘s assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is killed.
193 Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
754 Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
966 Christianisation of Poland – Polish ruler Mieszko I and his court baptized
972 Notger becomes bishop of Liege
979 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
1028 German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king
1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1894 1st public showing of Thomas Edison‘s kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1926 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin‘s 1st collaborative musical “Lady, Be Good!”, featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at Empire Theatre, London’s West End; runs for 326 performances
1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Lee Adams and Charles Strouse’s musical “Bye Bye Birdie”, starring Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera, and Dick Gautier, opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC; runs for 607 performances
1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1883 Leo Delibes’ opera “Lakmé” premieres with the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris
1932 Bizet, Massine & Mira’s “Jeux d’Enfants” premieres in Monte Carlo
1936 French singer Édith Piaf questioned after nightclub owner and her patron Louis Leplée murdered in Paris
1946 “Day Before Spring” closes at National Theater NYC after 167 performances
1956 “Plain & Fancy” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
1956 Cole Porter‘s final Broadway musical “Silk Stockings”, loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel’s “Ninotchka”, closes at the Imperial Theatre, NYC, after 478 performances
1960 American record company Motown, founded by Berry Gordy Jr, is incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit. Michigan
1963 Quiet Beatle George Harrison is impressed by unsigned British blues band “Rolling Stones”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1904 NY Highlanders’ future Baseball HOF pitcher Jack Chesbro‘s first of 41 wins this season; pitches complete game and beats Boston Americans, 8-2 at Hilltop Park, NYC
1910 US President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of baseball season
1925 First regular-season Chicago Cubs game broadcast on radio (WGN) by caller Quin Ryan; Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-2
1928 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: In only their 2nd season in the NHL, New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 2-1 for a 3-2 series win
1931 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 2-0 for a 3-2 series win; Canadiens’ back-to-back Championships
1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 2:30:38; his third victory in the event
1948 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Toronto Maple Leafs go back-to-back with a 7-2 win over Detroit Red Wings for a 4-0 series sweep
Can I Be A Christian Wiccan or Witch? (1 Person Opinion)
Many people in the Pagan community were raised in a religion that wasn’t Paganism, and sometimes, it can be a challenge to set aside the beliefs with which you were raised. Occasionally, however, you’ll encounter people who didn’t set their beliefs aside at all, but have found a way to blend their Christian upbringing with Wicca or some other Pagan path that they’ve discovered later in life. So, that begs the question, what about that whole “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” thing that appears in the Bible? There’s an argument in some circles that the word witch was a mistranslation, and that it’s actually supposed to be poisoner. If this is the case, does that mean it’s possible to be a Christian Wiccan?
Christian Wicca
Unfortunately, this is one of those questions that has to get broken down into a bunch of really small bits, because there’s no simple answer, and no matter how it gets answered, somebody is going to be upset with the response. Let’s try to break this down a bit, without turning it into a debate on Christian theology.
First, let’s clarify one thing right off the bat. Wicca and witchcraft are not synonymous. One can be a witch without being Wiccan. Wicca itself is a specific religion. Those who follow it—Wiccans—honor the deities of their particular tradition of Wicca. They don’t honor the Christian god, at least not in the way that Christianity mandates that he be honored. In addition, Christianity has some pretty strict rules about what gods you get to worship—pretty much none other than theirs. You know, there’s that “thou shall have no other gods before me” bit. By the rules of Christianity, it’s a monotheistic religion, while Wicca is polytheistic. These make them two very distinct and very different religious belief systems.
So, if you go strictly by the very definition of the words, one could not be a Christian Wiccan any more than one could be a Hindu Muslim or a Jewish Mormon. There are Christians who practice witchcraft within a Christian framework, but this is not Wicca. Do keep in mind that there are people who declare themselves to be Christian Wiccans, or even ChristoPagans, honoring Jesus and Mary as god and goddess together. It’s generally rude to argue with how people self-identify, but if you go by actual semantics, it seems that one would rule out the other.
There are some practitioners who follow what they call Trinitarian Wicca, which “is a tradition based on American Wicca, boasting no direct lineage. Trinitarians work exclusively with the Goddess-inclusive Christian Pantheon. This tradition is not eclectic nor is it ChristoPagan because our devotion lies exclusively with the Christian pantheon.”
Witch, or Poisoner?
Let’s move on. Let’s assume that you’re interested in becoming a witch, but you plan on remaining Christian. In general, the witch community isn’t going to care—after all, what you do is your business, not ours. However, your local pastor might have quite a bit to say about it. After all, the Bible does say “thou shall not suffer a witch to live.” There’s been a great deal of discussion in the Pagan community about that line, with many people arguing that it’s a mistranslation, and that originally it had nothing to do with witchcraft or sorcery, but that the original text was “thou shall not suffer a poisoner to live.”
In general, the notion of the line in the Book of Exodus applying to poisoners and not witches is one that is popular in Pagan circles but has been repeatedly dismissed by Jewish scholars. This theory of mistranslation of the word “poisoner” as “witch” is acknowledged as being patently false, and based upon ancient Greek texts.
In the original Hebrew, the text is very clear. In the Targum Onkelos, which is an ancient translation of the Torah into Aramaic, the verse in question reads M’khashephah lo tichayyah, which loosely translates into “A M’khashephah you shall not let live.” For the early Jews, a M’khashephah was a witch who used herbal magic as a form of sorcery. While herbalism could have involved herbal poisons, if the Torah had meant to say poisoner, it would have used a different word, rather than one that meant, specifically, witch.
While this doesn’t need to turn into a discussion on Biblical theory, many Jewish scholars have asserted that the passage in question does in fact refer to witchcraft, which seems fairly sensible, since they’re the ones who speak the language best. Keeping that in mind, if you choose to practice witchcraft under the umbrella of Christianity, don’t be surprised if you run into some opposition from other Christians.
The Bottom Line
So can you be a Christian Wiccan? In theory, no, because they’re two separate religions, one of which forbids you from honoring the gods of the other. Can you be a Christian witch? Well, maybe, but that’s a matter for you to decide for yourself. Again, the witches probably don’t care what you do, but your pastor may be less than thrilled.
If you’re interested in practicing witchcraft and magic within a Christian framework, you may want to look into some of the writings of Christian mystics, or perhaps the Gnostic Gospels, for further ideas.
SOURCE: Wigington, Patti. “Can I Be A Christian Wiccan or Witch?” Learn Religions, Apr. 5, 2023, learnreligions.com/can-i-be-a-christian-wiccan-or-witch-2562901.
April 11 Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
1783 Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War [1]
1814 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and he is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
1955 Chartered Air India plane the “Kashmir Princess” is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent
1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1979 Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya
2015 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution
2019 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 29 years in power
Today’s Historical Events
491 Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I – often called the first Byzantine Emperor
672 Deusdedit II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1079 Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland
1241 Battle of Mohi: Mongols led by Batu and Subedei defeat Hungarian King Béla IV in the major battle in during Mongolian invasion of Hungary, with 30,000 Hungarians slain
1471 Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI
1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
1551 English premier John Dudley appointed Duke of Northumberland
1564 England & France sign Peace of Troyes
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1955 “Marty” directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
1959 Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Harold Arlen‘s musical “Jamaica”, starring Lena Horne, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 558 performances
1966 Frank Sinatra records “Strangers in the Night” single for his album of the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts
1967 Tom Stoppard‘s play “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” debuts in London at the Old Vic
1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: “Inchon!” wins
1983 55th Academy Awards: “Gandhi”, Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1830 Robert Schumann hears the violinist Paganini play in Frankfurt
1888 The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated
1936 George Abbott, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart‘s musical “On Your Toes”, choreographed by George Balanchine, and starring Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva, opens at the Imperial Theatre (later transfers to Majestic), NYC; runs for 515 performances
1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater in racial incident
1961 Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City
1964 Stephen Sondheim‘s musical “Anyone Can Whistle” closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 9 performances
1967 “Illya Darling” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
1970 Beatles’ “Let It Be” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1750 Jack Slack retains Champion of England boxing title, beats Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds in Harlston, England; acknowledged as first international prize fight
1831 The 12th century Lewis chess pieces are exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, shortly after their rediscovery in a sand bank on the Scottish Isle of Lewis
1896 Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós beats Otto Herschmann of Austria by 0.6s to win the inaugural Olympic 100m freestyle final in 1:22.2 at the Athens Games; also takes out the 1,200m on the same day
1896 Irish tennis player John Boland, representing Great Britain wins both the men’s singles and doubles finals at the Athens Olympics; Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece loses both matches
1907 New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame backstop Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards
1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1924 1st men’s college swimming championships begin
1936 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2 for a 3-1 series win; Red Wings first SC Championship
April 10th Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1815 Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people, causes global volcanic winter
1858 “Big Ben”, a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1998 The Good Friday Agreement [Belfast Agreement] for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments
Today’s Historical Events
837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
879 Louis III becomes King of West Francia
1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
1500 France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz
1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1953 “House of Wax” 1st color 3-D movie, premieres in New York
1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1957 “12 Angry Men”, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb, is released
1967 39th Academy Awards: “A Man For All Seasons,” Best Picture, Elizabeth Taylor & Paul Scofield best actress/actor
1968 40th Academy Awards: “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger & Katherine Hepburn win
1968 Musical “George M!”, based on the life of Broadway star George M. Cohan, opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
1972 44th Academy Awards: “The French Connection”, Gene Hackman & Jane Fonda win
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1868 1st performance of Johannes Brahms‘ “A German Requiem”
1935 Vaughan Williams’ 4th Symphony premieres in London
1970 Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
1986 “Big Deal” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, George Strait, and K.T. Oslin win
1994 “Les Miserables” opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
1995 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 performances
2006 40th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney win
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1874 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Mungo Park wins first title by 2 strokes from Tom Morris Jr
1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
1896 American athlete Thomas Burke claims the sprint double at the Athens Olympics winning the 100m final in 12.0s; his 2nd victory of the Games after success in the 400m
1896 High jumper Ellery Clark leads an American sweep of the placings with a leap of 1.81m at the Athens Olympics; his 2nd victory of the Games after taking out the long jump
1896 Spyridon Louis of Greece wins inaugural Olympic marathon (2:58:50) in Athens; runs last lap accompanied by Constantine I
1913 New York Highlanders play first MLB game as the New York Yankees; lose to the Washington Senators, 2-1 at Griffith Stadium
1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
1916 The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City
April 9 Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1483 Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the “Princes in the Tower”)
1731 British mariner Robert Jenkins’ ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain
1768 John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies
1865 Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War in North Virginia
1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada
1992 John Major elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history
2003 Baghdad falls to U.S. forces, ending the Invasion of Iraq, but resulting in widespread looting
Today’s Historical Events
193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum
475 Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position
715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
817 Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, barely survives when wooden gallery collapses in Aachen, prompts him to later name his succession
1241 Battle of Liegnitz – Mongolian armies inflict one of the largest defeats in Polish history on Polish and Germans force led by Henry of Silesia with 20-25,000 killed or massacred, including Henry
1388 Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
1413 Henry V crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
1440 Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark (1440-48)
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1928 Mae West‘s NYC debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil”
1950 Bob Hope‘s 1st TV appearance
1954 7th Cannes Film Festival: “Gate of Hell” directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1962 34th Academy Awards: “West Side Story” (Best Picture, Director, and 8 more), Sophia Loren (Two Women) & Maximilian Schell (Judgement At Nuremberg) win
1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide’s transmitter burns down
1971 Ringo Starr releases single “It Don’t Come Easy” in the UK
1973 “Paper Moon” film starring Ryan O’Neal and his daughter, Tatum O’Neal, directed by Peter Bogdanovich premieres in Hollywood, California; Tatum O’Neal becomes youngest (age 10) Academy Award winner (Supporting Actress)
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner‘s 5th Symphony in B in Graz
1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1942 Alexander Gretchaninov‘s 4th Symphony premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC, with John Barbirolli conducting the New York Philharmonic
1949 Revival of Sidney Howard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1924 stage drama “They Knew What They Wanted”, closes at the Music Box Theatre, NYC, after 61 performances
1950 4th Tony Awards: “The Cocktail Party” (play) & “South Pacific” (musical) win
1957 Howard Hanson‘s “Song of Democracy” premieres in Washington, D.C.
1965 Beatles “Ticket to Ride” is released in UK
1967 “At the Drop of Another Hat” closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1880 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Scotsman Bob Ferguson wins first of 3 straight titles; beats Peter Paxton by 5 strokes
1896 Australian athlete Edwin Flack claims the middle distance double at the Athens Olympics winning the 800m final in 2:11.0; his 2nd victory of the Games after success in the 1500m
1896 Greek shooter Pantelis Karasevdas scores a perfect 40 hits to win the military rifle event at the Athens Olympics; Greek 1-2-3 with Pavlos Pavlidis and Nicolaos Trikupis taking out the minor placings
1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1913 Brooklyn Superbas’ (later Dodgers) Ebbets Field opens; visiting Philadelphia Phillies win, 1-0
1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Montreal Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
April 8th Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1767 Ayutthaya kingdom falls to Burmese invaders
1886 William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1913 Opening of China’s 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
2004 Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups
Today’s Historical Events
217 Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus
1093 The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by bishop Walkelin in Winchester, England
1139 Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated
1149 Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum
1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor
1232 Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng – 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement
1271 Krak des Chevaliers, the greatest fortress built by medieval crusaders in the Levant, is finally taken by the forces of Mamlūk sultan Baybars I
1341 Petrarch crowned a poet on the Capitoline Hill in Rome
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1963 35th Academy Awards: “Lawrence of Arabia“, Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win
1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 Discovery Island opens at Walt Disney World, Florida
1975 47th Academy Awards: “The Godfather Part II”, Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win
1979 205th & final episode of “All in the Family”; followed by “Archie Bunker’s Place” for 4 seasons
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1781 Premiere of Mozart‘s violin sonata K379
1876 Amiliare Ponchielli’s opera “La Gioconda” premieres in Milan
1931 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s ballet “The Arrow” premieres
1935 Béla Bartók’s 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.
1938 Walter Piston‘s 1st Symphony in E, premieres in Boston, by the Boston Symphony, conducted by the composer
1942 Arnold Schoenberg & Tudor’s ballet “Pillar of Fire” premieres in NYC
1950 “Miss Liberty” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
1954 “By the Beautiful Sea” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1935 2nd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Gene Sarazen wins Monday playoff with Craig Wood by 5 strokes
1941 In his 4th title defense in 9 weeks Joe Louis beats Tony Musto by TKO in the 9th round at the Arena, Saint Louis, Missouri to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown
1943 1943 NFL Draft: Frank Sinkwich from University of Georgia first pick by Detroit Lions
1943 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins, 2-0 for a 4-0 series sweep and their 3rd SC Championship
1945 1945 NFL Draft: Charley Trippi from University of Georgia first pick by Chicago Cardinals
1956 20th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jack Burke Jr. wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi; final Masters played without a 36-hole cut
1963 Detroit Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain on waivers from the Chicago White Sox; McLain goes on the win Cy Young Award 1968, 69 and AL MVP 1968
1966 American Football League votes in 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner after Joe Foss resigns; appointment lasts 3 months when AFL merges with NFL
Witchcraft Symbols, Terms and Definitions – Pentagram
Pentagram from thoughtcatalog.com
A pentagram (or pentacle) is a circled five-pointed star that most people associate with witchcraft or satanism. Far from being an evil symbol the pentagram represents protection, the self, or the spirit. The five points of the pentagram represent five basic elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit.
Represents: the elements.
Used in rituals for: protection.
April 7 Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
30 Scholars’ estimate for Jesus’ crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem [or April 3]
529 First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (fundamental work in jurisprudence) issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I
1948 World Health Organization formed by the United Nations
1954 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in news conference is first to voice fear of a “domino-effect” of communism in Indo-China
1969 The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1
1999 The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas
Today’s Historical Events
30 Scholars’ estimate for Jesus’ crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem [or April 3]
451 Attila the Hun plunders Metz in Northeastern France
529 First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (fundamental work in jurisprudence) issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I
1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, forcing him to flee Rome and rule in exile
1348 Prague University, first university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
1456 Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
1498 Crowd storms Savonarola’s convent San Marco Florence, Italy
1509 France declares war on Venice
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1927 First long distance television transmission: An image of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover sent from Washington, D.C. to NYC by AT&T
1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, GA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray’s musical “High Spirits”, based on Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit”, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 375 performances
1970 “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” film directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife Joanna Woodward, premieres in NYC
1970 42nd Academy Awards: “Midnight Cowboy” – Best Picture, John Wayne (True Grit), and Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jane Brody) win
1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals
1986 WrestleMania II at 3 locations: Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy; Mr. T beats Roddy Piper in a boxing match
1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on “Nightline”
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1724 Johann Sebastian Bach‘s “St John Passion” premieres in Leipzig
1805 Premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s “Eroica”, in Vienna, conducted by the composer
1824 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s “Missa Solemnis” in St. Petersburg, Russia
1949 “South Pacific” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances
1973 18th Eurovision Song Contest: Anne-Marie David for Luxembourg wins singing “Tu te reconnaitras” in Luxembourg
1981 “Street Songs” 5th studio album by Rick James is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1981)
1990 Farm Aid IV concert at Hoosier Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana) features Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp, John Hiatt, Carl Perkins, Arlo Guthrie, Garth Brooks, Bruce Hornsby, Elton John, Lou Reed, Taj Mahal, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Willie Nelson, Iggy Pop, and others [1]
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1896 American athlete Robert Garrett wins the throwing double at the Athens Olympics by taking out the shot putt (11.22m); wins the discus the previous day
1896 Australian athlete Edwin Flack wins gold in the first Olympic 1500m final at inaugural modern Games in Athens; goes on to win 800m two days later
1928 44-year old NY Rangers GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game and beats Montreal Maroons, 2-1 in OT; Rangers go on to win series, 3-2
1940 7th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jimmy Demaret wins the first of his 3 Masters titles, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum
1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule; helmets made mandatory and 10-game schedule for all teams approved
1946 10th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: American Herman Keiser wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of tour money-leader Ben Hogan; first Masters in 4 years because of World War II
1951 105th Grand National: John Bullock wins aboard 40/1 shot Nickel Coin; of 36 runners, only 3 complete the course
1951 15th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ben Hogan wins the first of his 2 Masters titles, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel
April 6th Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1994 Plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations and sparking the Rwandan Genocide. Those responsible have never been identified.
Today’s Historical Events
46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
402 Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten
774 Charlemagne confirms his father Pepin the Short’s grant of land in 754 to the Pope of territories belonging to Ravenna in central Italy
1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath
1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
1362 Tard-Venus robber bands strike at Brignais, France
1385 The Portuguese Council of the Kingdom meets in Coimbra and declares John, Master of the Order of Aviz, King John I of Portugal
1634 Heeren XIX (the directors of the Dutch West India Company) ask “to secure Eylands Curacao”
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1889 George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first time
1906 World’s 1st animated cartoon is released, “humorous phases of Funny Faces” by J. Stuart Blackton
1931 “A Connecticut Yankee” film based on novel by Mark Twain, directed by David Butler, starring Will Rogers is released
1931 1st broadcast of “Little Orphan Annie” on NBC-radio
1959 31st Academy Awards: “Gigi”, Susan Hayward & David Niven win
1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: “Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones”
1986 CBS’ fact based “Nobody’s Child”, story of Marie Balter
1987 Los Angeles Dodger’s GM Al Campanis appears on TV program ABC News: Nightline saying Blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1516 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d’Este
1955 “3 for Tonight” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
1968 13th Eurovision Song Contest: Massiel for Spain wins singing “La, la, la” in London
1974 19th Eurovision Song Contest: ABBA for Sweden wins singing “Waterloo” in Brighton, England
1974 200,000 attend rock concert “California Jam” at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California; line-up includes Earth, Wind & Fire; Black Sabbath; Deep Purple; and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1975 “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1975 Harry Chapin’s musical revue “The Night That Made America Famous” closes at Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 75 performances
1977 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1877 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Jamie Anderson wins his first of 3 consecutive Championships; beats fellow Scot Bob Pringle by 2 shots
1896 First modern Summer Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece; American athlete James Connolly becomes first modern Olympic champion when he wins triple jump (then 2 hops and a jump); later 3rd in long jump, 2nd in high jump
1900 James J. Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1926 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 2-0 for a 3-1 series victory
1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
1936 3rd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins his second Masters, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen 3rd
1941 8th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Craig Wood wins his first major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson; Masters’ first wire-to-wire champion
1947 11th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters by 2 strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan
FULL MOON IN LIBRA 2023
This is a beautiful, harmonious, and healing full moon as we head into spring in the northern hemisphere. Ruled by Venus, the goddess of love, relationships, beauty and abundance, there is a focus for the middle two weeks of April on beautifying and harmonizing our lives. Venus is positioned at 24 degrees of Taurus, the other of the two signs that she presides over. Venus’ rulership of air sign Libra is focused on the inter-personal aspect of abundance and harmony whereas Venus’ rulership of earth sign Taurus is focused on these qualities in the natural world, the organic beauty and interdependence of all things. During this full moon we rather have the best of both worlds.
It is especially significant to have an air sign full moon now, just after Pluto has moved into fellow-air sign Aquarius after a 15 year residency in earthy Capricorn. There is a “lightening up” of certain layers of density and a fresh buzz in the air. All of this will be highlighted and strengthened by the Libra full moon. And it is the ONLY air sign full moon we have this year with Pluto in Aquarius, since Pluto retrogrades back into Capricorn in June before the next air sign full moon which is on August 1st. So we are being tasked with harnessing the breezes of inspiration, insight and fresh connections that are coming our way. Perhaps so we can move them forward in a more assertive or concrete way during the upcoming eclipse season.
The first eclipse season of 2023 begins on April 20th with a new moon solar eclipse in Aries. This is significant for several reasons. First, because it click here to read the rest of this article from vibrational-astrology.com
April 4 Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1581 Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard ‘Golden Hind’ at Deptford, England
1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates
1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions during George Washington‘s presidency at Federal Hall, NYC (ending 1791)
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed in Washington, D.C.
1968 US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
1973 World Trade Center, then the world’s tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories). Later destroyed in 9/11 terrorist attacks.
1975 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800
Today’s Historical Events
1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits
1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
1558 Tsar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1581 Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard ‘Golden Hind’ at Deptford, England
1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederick II as king of Denmark
1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1914 Film serial “Perils of Pauline” shown for the first time in Los Angeles
1932 George Bernard Shaw‘s comedy play “Too True To Be Good” premieres in NYC; runs for 59 performances
1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Cheryl Crane (14), daughter of actress Lana Turner, stabs to death organized crime figure Johnny Stompanato, her mother’s boyfriend, in self-defense; crime later ruled a “justifiable homicide”
1960 32nd Academy Awards: “Ben-Hur”, Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
1975 British sitcom “The Good Life” starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith debuts on BBC One
1988 Last broadcast of British soap opera “Crossroads” on ITV
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1859 Opera “Dinorah” is produced in Paris
1929 Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II’s operetta “The New Moon” opens at the Drury Lane Theatre in London’s West End
1940 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart‘s musical “Higher & Higher” premieres in NYC
1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos’ 10th Symphony premieres French Radio National Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Paris
1964 “Anyone Can Whistle” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
1964 Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1968 “Education of Hyman Kaplan” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
1971 Stephen Sondheim‘s “Follies” opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 524 performances, then most expensive Broadway musical at the time
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
1913 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith’s 2nd straight GN victory and 3rd overall
1921 Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory
1930 England cricket batsman Andy Sandham ends Day 2 of 4th Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica unbeaten on 309; 1st triple century in Test history; out for 325
1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
1937 4th Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Byron Nelson wins first of his 5 major titles by 2 strokes ahead of Ralph Guldahl
1938 5th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Henry Picard wins his only Masters, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl
1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
Ancient Egyptian Zodiac Symbols were Found in a Temple After Archaeologists Cleared Away 2,000 Years’ Worth of Grime
Ancient Egyptian star signs were found under a thick layer of soot and dust in the Temple of Esna.
The colors in the full set of Egyptian zodiac symbols are vivid after being protected by the grime.
They also found depictions of beasts, including a snake with a ram’s head and a bird with a crocodile’s head.
A rare full set of ancient Egyptian astrological symbols has been uncovered under 2,000 years’ worth of grime in Luxor’s Temple of Esna, in southern Egypt.
The set is just one of three full sets of ancient Egyptian zodiac signs uncovered in Egyptian temples, said Dr. Daniel von Recklinghausen, a Tübingen Egyptologist who worked on the project.
“Representations of the zodiac are very rare in Egyptian temples,” Professor Christian Leitz, an Egyptologist of the University of Tübingen who worked on the project, said in a press release.
The temple was already famous for its astronomical ceiling, but some of the star signs had not been detected in previous archaeological missions, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said in a briefing per Arab News.
With these last signs uncovered, the archaeologists were able to confirm the temple contains a full set of the 12 Egyptian star signs, from Aries to Pisces, Hisham El-Leithy, head of the Egyptian expert team, per Arab News.
The symbols were hidden under a thick layer of muck
The discovery was made by a joint team of experts from the Egyptian Center of Documentation of Antiquities and the University of Tübingen, Germany, who are renovating and documenting the temple’s original colors.
“The zodiac was used to decorate private tombs and sarcophagi and was of great importance in astrological texts, such as horoscopes found inscribed on pottery sherds,” said Recklinghausen, adding: “However, it is rare in temple decoration.”
Several of the signs are recognizable to us. These include the Sagittarius, which is represented by a horse with the torso of a human archer — though in ancient Egyptian times, he also had a spiked tail and wings.
The scorpio is also easily recognizable, represented by a scorpion surrounded by stars.
These symbols were hidden under nearly 2,000 years of dust and dirt which has kept them in an incredible state of preservation.
The Temple of Esna took 400 years to complete
The symbols were found in the Temple of Esna, an ancient Egyptian temple that dates back to the Greco-Roman times and was completed in A.D. 250 , per Egypt Independent.
Only the Hypostyle Hall remains of the temple.
This vestibule, a 121-foot-long, 65-foot-wide, and 50-foot-high sandstone structure held up by 24 columns, took 400 years to complete, per a press release.
Every inch of the temple, which also contains 18 decorative free-standing columns, is covered in intricate designs.
The team has been renovating the temple for the past five years. These zodiac symbols were uncovered in the latest series of renovations, which revealed the designs in brilliant colors.
Ancient Egyptians adopted astrology late in their reign
Egyptians were introduced to astrology quite late in their rule, during Greco-Roman times.
“The zodiac itself is part of Babylonian astronomy and does not appear in Egypt until Ptolemaic times ,” said Leitz.
Some of the symbols of their zodiac system have been lost in time. Pictured above, for instance, are the Decans, used to measure the twelve hours of the night.
Zodiac symbols were not the only discovery in this latest round of renovations. The archaeologists also uncovered representations of the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.
They also found various fabulous beasts, including a snake with a ram’s head and a bird with a crocodile’s head, the tail of a snake, and four wings, per the press release.
The temple of Esna is teaching us a lot of information about how ancient Egyptians read the stars.
One inscription, uncovered in a previous round of renovation, showed how Egyptians compared the Big Dipper to a bull’s leg tied to a stake by a goddess in hippo form, per a press release.
According to an accompanying press release, the Big Dipper was considered to be the manifestation of the evil god Seth who murdered his brother Osiris.
The depiction shows the hippo goddess holding Seth back to prevent him from reaching Osiris in the underworld.
April 3rd Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1645 English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, significant step toward New Model Army
1922 Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin
1948 US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1973 1st mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NYC by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to the Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey
2016 Panama Papers published – 11.5 million confidential documents from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca expose widespread illegal activities including fraud, kleptocracy, tax evasion and the violation of international sanctions by the world’s elite in the world’s largest ever data leak
Today’s Historical Events
419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1043 Edward the Confessor crowned King of England
1077 The first Parliament of Friuli is created
1312 2nd council of Vienna, Knights Templars suppressed
1367 Battle of Navarrete [Nájera], La Rioja, Castile: alliance of King Peter of Castile and the English defeats Count Henry of Castile
1559 Spain & France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1582 Francis of Valois, Duke of Anjou honored as Duke of Gelre, Earl of Zutphen
1645 English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, significant step toward New Model Army
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1930 2nd Academy Awards: “The Broadway Melody”, Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win. First time Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio.
1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 American magazine “TV Guide” publishes 1st issue; cover features photo of Lucille Ball‘s new born baby boy, Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (later professionally known as Desi Arnaz, Jr.)
1958 Abe Burrows, Richard and Marian Bissell’s comedy “Say, Darling” opens at ANTA Theater, NYC; runs for 332 performances
1961 Jacques Offenbach and Yip Harburg’s musical “The Happiest Girl in the World”, starring Cyril Ritchard and Justine Rule, opens at Martin Beck Theatre, NYC; runs for 97 performances
1967 WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 “Planet of the Apes”, starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell premiers nationally in the United States
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1947 Sidney Lippman and Sylvia Dee’s musical farce “Barefoot Boy with Cheek” opens at Martin Beck Theatre, NYC; runs for 108 performances
1954 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical “Me and Juliet” closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 358 performances
1960 Elvis Presley records ‘It’s Now Or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’ at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee
1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
1971 16th Eurovision Song Contest: Severine for Monaco wins singing “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” in Dublin
1976 21st Eurovision Song Contest: Brotherhood of Man for United Kingdom wins singing “Save Your Kisses for Me” in The Hague
1997 “Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical” opens at Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 109 performance
2007 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards denies saying he smoked his father’s ashes in an interview with NME
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1923 2 “Black Sox” sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
1930 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4-3 for a 2-0 series sweep and their 3rd Championship
1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1955 Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
1962 American jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1966 Tom Seaver signs with the Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus
1971 125th Grand National: John Cook aboard 28/1 chance Specify wins a close finish between the leading 5 in the final furlong
April 2nd Today in Worldwide History
Today’s Important Historical Events
1453 Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29
1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida
1792 The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
1801 Napoleonic Wars: The British led by Horatio Nelson destroy the Danish fleet in the naval Battle of Copenhagen
1917 US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1930 Ras Tafari Makonnen becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1982 Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands from Great Britain
2020 Record 6.6 million Americans filed claims for unemployment in last week according to the US Department of Labor, 10 million over 2 weeks
Today’s Historical Events
999 Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as King of Aragon
1453 Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29
1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida
1550 Jewish physician Joseph Hacohen expelled from city of Genoa, all Jews soon after
1559 England & France sign 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1595 Cornelis de Houtman‘s ships depart Holland for Asia via the Cape of Good Hope on the 1st Dutch Expedition to the East Indies (Indonesia)
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1902 “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California
1932 “Tarzan the Ape Man” released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films
1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]
1956 Soap operas “As the World Turns” & “Edge of Night” premiere on TV
1960 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 “2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1800 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s 1st Symphony in C
1944 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 8th Symphony premieres in NY
1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd
1977 Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album goes to No. 1 & stays atop charts for 31 weeks
1987 “Mikado” opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
1992 “Hamlet” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1996 Capitol Records releases “10 Song Demo”, the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash. co-produced by Cash and husband John Leventhal
1997 “Doll’s House” opens at Belasco Theater NYC
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1902 Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands
1906 Dave Nourse takes 4 wickets and Reggie Schwarz 3 as South Africa wins the 5th cricket Test in Cape Town to complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
1931 17-year old girl Jackie Mitchell strikes out New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition baseball game at Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1932 “Tarzan the Ape Man” released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films
1939 6th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ralph Guldahl wins his only Masters title with a tournament record 279 (−9), 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Sam Snead
1942 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Dorothy Kirby retains title by 5 strokes ahead of Eileen Stulb
1969 Toronto center Forbes Kennedy sets a Stanley Cup playoff record for most penalties in one game with 8 as the Maple Leafs crash 10-0 to the Bruins at Boston; Boston’s first NHL playoff victory in 10 years
1972 New York Mets manager Gil Hodges collapses just minutes after completing a round of golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, and dies of a heart attack
A History of the Chakra Energy Systems by Siofra_Strega Spell Mechanic
From spells8.com
A Brief History of Energy Systems throughout Time
Between 1500 & 500 B.C. the first mention of the Chakra systems is in the Indus Valley Civilizations. They had a figure with three faces & wearing horned headgear that was in a yogic trance & surrounded by various animals such as elephants, lions, & the like… yoga at the time was practiced under Guru’s direction & the spiritual guidance was of utmost importance. Yoga exercises were built into the Upsana meditation techniques. Chakra is a term that is used to describe how “energy keeps moving” throughout the body. Yoga is often times used to direct or balance the energy centers through poses & meditation. They are believed to be spinning sources of energy or wheels for areas of the body and around the fields of energy surrounding the body.
Whether or not they have always been or if it’s a modernized tradition, the main seven Chakra centers are believed to also correlate to skills, expressions, kinds of health, nerve centers, & internal organs among other things spiritual, and physical, mental, and emotional states. The subtle (“energy”) body is made up of approximately 72,000 nadis that the subtle energy flows through. When several of the nadis cross it makes up an energy center. With so many nadis, depending on the system there can be up to 144 Chakras, but within each system of chakras, the main seven are the ones most people are referring to. So the Chakra is an energy center. Chakras are spinning to stay open & aligned while running along the spine keeping the flow of energy even & balanced. Chakra is a Sanskrit word that translates to “wheel” or “spinning wheel”
As psychic centers of awareness, along with the 600 B.C. Yoga Upanishads are also referred to in Pat Anjali’s Yoga Sutras in 200 B.C. The Yoga Upanishads are a collection of The Cudamini Upanishads, the Yoga Shikka Upanishad, The Shri Jabala Darshana Upanishad, & the Shandilya Upanishad. They all mention chakras, but they are spelled cakra. The systems were passed down through oral traditions by Indo-European people. Historically, they became an Eastern Concept until New Age writers connected with the concept & then by building on earlier beliefs and writings made the information more accessible and then written very well.
The Vedas are the oldest yoga scriptures also written around the same time in India between 1500 & 500 B.C. In Indian academics, it is thought that the chakra systems are much older due to oral traditions before recorded scriptures & long before Indo-Europeans arrived. As such even today information & skills are passed through teachers & students through examples or oral history of the chakra systems. The history of Sri Amit Ray extends beyond 114 Chakras also.
The primary source of chakras making their way west is the translation by Arthur Avalon in his book The Serpent Power which was published in 1919. The Sat Cakra Nirupana was published in 1577 by Swami Purnananda, & the Padaka Pancaka both written in the 10th century & they both include descriptions & associations of the centers. The Gorakshashatakam has directions for meditation on the chakras. Today’s knowledge of Kundalini yoga, energy, and chakra theory is based on those writings. In the West, these writings are the main source of information on the chakras.
It is believed that the oral traditions being passed down, actually began 12,000 to 1000 BCE & then translated when the Avestan speaking peoples & those that have descended from the Indo-European & the Russian civilizations. The ideas were mixed with each other’s cultures & intertwined within the Indigenous cultures of the Indus Valley. Historians are of the belief that the Vedic texts actually reflect both philosophies, which also include information from more ancient cultures such as the Indians or the Dravidians.
Many cultures & countries around the world have different interpretations of the Chakras. The West tends to relate the chakras to bodily organs & the physical body… however they aren’t a static reality, they are a fluid reality with a flowing energy type of nature to them.
The psychological states that are now associated with the chakras in the West are actually an innovation that was from Carl Jung’s archetypal theories & isn’t usually found in the Sanskrit texts.
- Example: The Solar Plexus Chakra
- Associated with power & purpose in the modern Chakra systems but in the ancient context, it would associate with each lotus petal of the Chakra with a distinct emotional state.
The cross-cultural takeaway is that Chakras “can be used as general tools to heal & balance the energetic, physical, spiritual, & emotional bodies.” However, across the world, this varies a bit when you compare the systems with each other.
The Hermetic Texts of Egypt, India, & Persia almost all embrace the belief in intangible energy.
In Africa, the Kemetic Tree of Life came with the Egyptians who practiced magic & mystery teachings daily. Their focus was an energy body referred to as ka & worked with the Kemetic Tree of Life as a pathway from Earth to the Heavens.
Jewish mystics adopted the Kabbalah under the Egyptian influence of the time back to Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Early Egyptian energy contains concepts similar to the chakras & subtle energy bodies such as sekhem and “life force energy”. The ba is the soul that represents nonphysical energy.
The Yoruba tribe of Africa practiced magic & they had orishas or Spirits that dwell within the body, which happened to correlate to Hindu Chakra concepts.
“The Dogon tribe worked with sacred geometry & information received directly from their home star, Sirius, to help control living conditions & heal tribal members. The information they received from the stars was extremely mathematically accurate, far surpassing their technological abilities. Some say that these ancient cultures were always connected to galactic gateways, which allowed this transfer of universal knowledge.” (Complete Guide to Chakras)
In Hinduism energy of the ka body is considered to be prana (breath, life-giving force) or kundalini (energy that is coiled up at the base of the spine). In the Hindu text, Bhagavata-purana there are six Chakra centers indicated & two for other spiritual centers weren’t added until later for the higher spiritual practices.
Buddhist philosophy & the continuation of Tantric & yogic ideas, the Chakras are considered to be wheels that help to achieve emptiness or enlightenment. Sometimes there are fewer or more wheels (4, 5, 7, or 10) they all rely on tummo (Kundalini) for the ultimate awakening & integration of the full Chakra system.
The Middle East is loaded with different variations of the Chakra system. The Zoroastrians who are the authors of the scripture Avesta had the holy system Amesha Spentas or Divine Emanations which closely translated a six Chakra system.
The Sufis & the Jewish are rich in mystical cosmology also, and both have discussions around their vital energy bodies in sacred texts and teachings that relate the metaphysical realms to eternal creation lies within each one of us.
In North, South, & Meso America the Mayans, Incans, Andeans of Peru, the Huicholes, and other native cultures throughout time worked with the elements and physical locations of the Chakras on the body. Shamanic teachings and temple iconography show extensive knowledge of energy bodies and spirits from the land and sky.
In North America, the Cherokee had mystical connections to Pleiades & highlight body & Earth matrices, meridians, & interconnecting points on the body in their cosmology.
Over in Europe, the Vikings had an understanding of the Chakra systems that are symbolized by a tree with nine Norse Worlds. The Yggrdasil Tree connects the humans to Asgard, home of the Gods.
The Celts of Neolithic Britain had myths and lore of Gods & Goddesses with the contained concept of argano-rota (“silver wheel”)
It is said that in Avalon (a sacred Chakra of the Earth) the chakras were formed as the seven points of consciousness the top point being the Crown, housing the rest of the Chakras & not actually a Chakra itself.
Chakra work isn’t a replacement for medical care, it can be used as a complement to any therapy that may be necessary for your treatments or other therapies
Sources:
- Gorst, Pam. “A Brief History of the Chakra Origin – Chakra Color Origin Myth.” Tantric Academy , 14 Apr. 2022, https://tantricacademy.com/history-of-the-chakras/ 8.
- Jackson, Charles. “Origin of the Chakra System: The History and the Legends.” Good and Great , 30 Apr. 2021, Origin of the Chakra System: Good and Great 6
- Pfender, April, and Enya Todd. The Complete Guide to Chakras: Activating the 12-Chakra Energy System for Balance and Healing , Rockridge Press, Emeryville, CA, 2020, pp. 5–8.
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