Pamela Pizzimenti first came to fame under the name Kellie McCoy as a radio personality in California’s Central Valley. With a BA in Mass Communications from California State East Bay in Hayward, Pamela has gone on to train as a teacher and see her first book The River Whispers published by AuthorHouse. The River Whispers […]
The real Swarovski rainbow maker
Rainbow makers are becoming very fashionable. The concept is simple; an appropriately shaped crystal is hung in the window and when the sunlight catches it the beams of light are refracted into rainbows.
Some Feng Shui practioners use the crystal rainbow makers to help the flow of chi by windows. Feng Shui teaches it is best to sit or sleep facing an open area or window – as represented by the phoenix – and some practioners believe that the rainbow makers can accentuate the benefit of a small windows.
Rainbow makers are also simply but effectively used to add light or interest to a room.
In particular, a set of rather fetching designs by the inventor David Dear of Kikkerland have proven to be especially popular. It is these designs that are most commonly sold by shops offering rainbow makers for sale.
Divination arts
Aeromancy Aeromancy is the divination art that studies cloud formation, atmospheric phenomena and wind currents. Closely related to Austromancy. Alectromancy The divination art which places a cock or hen in a circle of grain and letters of the alphabet. Letters near to where the bird pecks are assembled to form answers to specific questions. If […]
Why is it unlucky to leave the Christmas decorations up after 5th January?
The 5th of January is the 12th night of Christmas. It is considered unlucky to leave the Christmas decorations up beyond the night of the 5th. If the decorations are still up after the 5th then superstition advices it is best to leave them up all year.
The 12th night of Christmas is Epiphany Eve. The Epiphany, on the 6th of January, is the day Christian’s record as the day Jesus Christ was revealed as God in human form. The day is also celebrated by some Christians to commemorate the Magi visiting the child Jesus.
The Epiphany has other names and other local customs. It is sometimes known as Little Christmas (or Women’s Christmas ‘Nollaig na mBan in Irish) or Dia dos Reis (Portuguese for the ‘day of the kings’). The Epiphany marks the start of the Mardi Gras season in Louisiana.
Herbal baths and Wicca
Rituals and mediation are often best done while refreshed, clean and calm. It is commonplace for baths to be taken before any such activity and it is especially common the herbs and incense to be used. Once the herbs have infused the warm bath waters they easily transfer onto the body. The following list suggests […]
The mystery of the highway shoes and Soles4Souls
Rather intriguingly and to the annoyance of drivers on the normally busy Miami expressway; thousands of shoes have appeared from nowhere to block a lane and stop traffic. In a truth can be stranger than fiction story the Florida Highway Patrol received the initial reports of a whole expressway lane being blocked by the discard […]
Buddhist Temples and Sanga in Brighton, England
In Pure Spirit knows of these sanga and Buddhist locations in Brighton, England.
White Lady
Female ghosts are often described as being a White Lady. Margaret Radclyffe may be the white lady at Ordsall Hall and Elinir Cavendish may be the white lady at Newton House, for example. White ladies are not restricted to haunting buildings but can also be seen in valleys, especially at bridges, and roaming along roads. […]
Poster: The Coven
The Coven Who thinks witches are scary now? In Pure Spirit This photograph was uploaded to Flickr under Creative Commons by vige.
The meaning of January
January means ‘Janus’s month’ and became the first month of the year in circa 700BC when Numa Pompilius, a Roman King, added it and February to the calendar. Numa also moved the start of the year from March to January. Janus is the Roman god of beginnings and endings, he is also the god of […]
