In Pure Spirit

The Chotuna-Chornancap sacrifices

June 5, 2009 by Andrew 2 Comments

Carlos Webster and his team of archaeologists in Peru working in the exavations at the Chotuna-Chornancap have discovered the remains of around three dozen people believed to be sacrificed over 600 years ago by Incas.

The remains of Incan and pre-Incan sacrifices are not rare but the size of this find makes it unique. The Chotuna Chornacap is a large site some 12 miles from the coastal city of Chicalyo.

Sacrifice was common in Incan culture and occured in the lands which are now known as Peru, Chile and Ecuador between 1400 and the middle of 1500. The 33 bodies found by the archaelogists are likely to belong to sacrifices made just before the arrival of the Spanish explorers.

Buddha statues plundered by English thieves

June 2, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

On Friday the 22nd of May two Buddha statues where taken from the waiting room of the holistic therapy salon College George.

The holistic therapy salon, situated on New Street, has no increased its security measures and local police are investigating the theft.

Both Buddha statues are gold. The larger statue featured the Buddha in a lying down position while the second statue depicts a standing Buddha.

The ghost of Ronald Reagan

June 1, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Nancy Reagan, ex-president Ronald Reagan’s widow, has revealed to Vanity Fair that she often talks to his ghost.

“At night-time, if I wake up, I think Ronnie’s there and I start to talk to him. It’s not important what I say – but the fact is, I do think he’s there. And I see him,” she told the magazine.

Reagan was speaking from her home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, where the 40th president of the United States of America died in 2004. He was 93 and had battled against Alzheimers.

Kenco signs ad deal with Marie Claire, Essentials and Ideal Home magazine to promote ethical branding

June 1, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Kenco coffee has entered into a six figure ad deal with IPC to run a marketing campaign across four of the publisher’s magazines. Marie Claire, Essentials, Ideal Home and woman&home magazines will be used by the coffee company to promote the brand’s association with the Rainforest Alliance.

The three month deal will try and capitalise on the readership demographic of each magazine – such as “me-time”, “thinking time” and “catching up with friends” themes.

The coffee company will also pay for a “special paper mechanic” designed to bookmark the tailored advertising messages once readers open them up.

The meaning of June

June 1, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

June means Juno’s month. Juno’s equivalent in Greek mythology is Hera. She was Jupiter’s wife and the mother to Mars, the God who gives his name to the month of March. Juno is the goddess of marriage and it is therefore considered good luck to be married in June. Events in June Litha Meitheamh Born […]

Ruthin Gaol

May 31, 2009 by Andrew 5 Comments

On 17th February in 1903 William Hughes was hanged in the jail and his body buried in the grounds. Hughes, from Denbugh, had fought with the British army in India, separated from his wife in 1901 after the death of one of their children.

William was prosecuted for “family desertion” and in 1902 was sentenced to three months in the gaol. He was released in November 1902, procured a double-barrel gun, went to the home where his wife was working and shot her dead.

Hughes surrendered to the police. Despite a plea of insanity he was found guilty of murder, the jury taking only ten minutes to decide his fate.

He was executed at 8 o’clock in the morning and it is said the last thing he did before his death was look at a photograph of his family.

Are the Slough and Langley Observer headquarters haunted?

May 30, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Investigators from Southern Paranormal were invited to spend the night looking for spirits in the 14th century building owned by the Slough and Langley Observer in Datchet Road.

The team discovered the presence of a possible two spirits in the building. The first ghost encountered by the newspaper reporter and Southern Paranormal is described as a large man, dressed in rough clothes and who carries an aura of importance.

Female members of the paranormal investigate group agreed that the presence seemed unwilling to communicate with them. The man is believed to have lived around the 14th century and be called Egbert.

New ghostly photograph from Inverary Jail

May 27, 2009 by Andrew 3 Comments

Scottish visitor attraction Inverary Jail has released a photograph of a ghostly shape hovering at the surface.

Built by the side of Loch Fyne in Argyll, the former prison is widely reported to be haunted and visited often by paranormal investigators.

Inside the jail most sightings are reported in or around cell 10. Gavin Dick, manager of the attraction, said; “During the height of the X Files days we used to call it Cell X for obvious reasons.”

The Fowey Hotel

May 27, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

It is said that the restaurant in Fowey Hotel is haunted. Visitors sensitive to spirits have reported seeing a man – perhaps a soldier or a sailor – in a state of distress and pleading his innocence.

The third floor hallway is also believed to be visited by a ghost as guests have reported the sounds of footsteps in the night.

Could Fowey Hotel’s wine cellar be haunted? Some have suggested the room is unusually cold and that a dark presence can sometimes be felt in the corner.

Pagan wins apology from doctor who ‘oozed Christianity’

May 26, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Case files from General Practitioners across England which contained details of complaints from patients became public this week.

Right-wing English tabloids are heralding a case of a pagan patient winning an apology from her doctor for “oozing Christianity” as ridiculous as the case of a GP forced to apologise to a patient when he refused to write a sick note to cover for a hangover.

The case file from the pagan also notes that the patient expressed concerns that her GP had drastically changed her medication and had made condescending and threatening statements to her. The issue of the doctors Christianity had been raised simply because the patient found the religious differences an obstacle to forming a doctor-patient relationship.

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