The Ancient Whispers Newsletter

Welcome to the Ancient Whispers Newsletter, a multi-cultural newsletter with a little something for everyone of any creed or religion. Here you will find inspiring quotes, irreverent jokes, crafts, and most importantly, historical and/or religious scholarship. Every Wednesday a new edition should appear on this website with reminder emails sent out the night before to those who have opted to join one of the many forums and mailing lists to which I subscribe. If you wish to share this newsletter with others, please keep it intact with the original authors' names on all the articles. Any articles or sections, to which an author or URL is not affixed, were written by Candace (with the exception of the various jokes found herein).

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September acquired its name as the seventh month of the old Roman calendar. Pomona, patroness of fruit and fruit-trees, was tutelary goddess of this month in which autumn begins.

September was Meán Fómhair in Ireland or an t-Sultainn, the fat time. All these names refer to the ripening harvest. The September moon is gealach an abachaidh, moon of ripening. Haligmonath, "holy month," was the month of September among the Anglo-Saxons. The Franks called this month Witumanoth, "wood month," for this when the majority of wood was gathered for the coming cold months. September is Shedding among the Asatru.

The first Full Moon is called the Fruit or Grain Moon, a name it shares with August. It shares the name Harvest Moon with October and Sturgeon Moon with August. It has been called the Singing, Wine Moon, and the Moon When Deer Paw the Earth.

Libra takes over from Virgo around September 23rd. Those born this month have the aster for their birth flower. The stone for Virgo and those born in September is the sapphire. Chrysolite and sardonyx are also listed as stones for those born in Septmeber. Libra’s birthstone is opal or tourmaline, and Libra is also linked to aquamarine, emerald, kunzite, moonstone, opal, peridot, and pink tourmaline. Amazonite, amber, carnelian, chrysocolla, citrine, and sapphire are other stones associated with Virgo

Lunar Holy Days

The Chinese Moon festival, Chung-Ch'iu, falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon of the Chinese lunar calendar. The climax of the growing season, it is a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. Rites are carried out by the women of each family in their courtyards. A picture or a figurine of the Moon Hare (who is supposed to inhabit the moon is placed on a special altar. When moonlight fills the courtyard, the ceremony begins. Offerings are set on the altar, five platters of different fruit and thirteen mooncakes, small spicy circular cakes. In northern China, mooncakes have two fillings—a sugar paste or a date paste. In southern China, the fillings are more varied—they include ham, preserved apricots, sweet bean puree, walnuts, and watermelon seeds. Yellow beans may also be offered. Incense is lit and women approach the altar one by one. The picture of the hare is then burned to release its soul.

During China's Choyo-no-Sekku or the Kiku no Sekku, Chrysanthemum Day, chrysanthemum wine is drunk on the ninth day of the ninth moon to ensure long life. At the Chrysanthemum Doll Fete, lifelike clay figures are dressed in robes made of fresh chrysanthemums and arranged as parts of legendary and historical scenes. The celebration is also held to honor the poet T'ao Yuan-Ming who flavored the flower which only blooms in the autumn. After his death, he became the god of the flower.

Nichiren

Enkutatash

Silver RavenWolf

All-Soul's Day

Lectisternium

Feast of Lights

the Moon was created

Henry Cornelius Agrippa

A festival for Ra, Osiris and Horus

Feast of Hathor

This is the story of four Lightworkers who are walking down the road of ascension. They were walking down this road that seemed to be out in the middle of nowhere. They were enjoying the beautiful sun on this day. In this group of four humans, there were two men and two women. They were not saying many words to each other. They were simply enjoying the day. They knew, much as you know, there are some beautiful days on this path, and there are some days when it is cold and windy and raining. There are days when you can hardly find the road, much less walk it!

So, the four Lightworkers were walking along, somewhat carefree, their heads in the clouds, partly out of their bodies, which is a tendency for many of Lightworkers! (audience laughter) Suddenly, a snake crawled up from the brush, onto the road, and stopped directly in front of the fourth human, a woman one who was at the back of the group. The snake slithered up to her and cut her off her path.

Now, as you know, Lightworkers, in particular, have a fear of snakes. There is a good reason for this.

The snake coiled its body, reared its head and directed energies of fear straight through its eyes directly into hers. This broke down everything she had ever learned or studied. It broke her down for a moment. She shrieked, and she went running back at amazing speed, back to the village where they came from that morning. She left so quickly that the others in the group could not even catch her and settle her down. She was filled with so much fear! She was so deeply terrified by this snake that she forgot every tool she had ever learned.

The snake was very pleased with his activities and his power, for he did not even need to exert himself. He scared away this human. Be gone with her! He instantly slid back into the underbrush, out of sight, out of the way of the other three Lightworkers who remained. They were confused. They did not know what to do. They were sad that one of their own had run back to the village, and would probably not resume her path on this road to ascension for quite some time. They discussed it briefly, and decided to continue on their path. They gave thanks and blessings that at least no one was harmed.

The three remaining Lightworkers continued on the path, enjoying the day, when once again a snake appeared from the underbrush. It came darting onto the road, in direct contact with one of the males. It coiled up his head and opened his mouth to expose his pointed teeth. The lightworker said, "I will kill you. You make me angry! You chased away one of the others. I'm going to kill you once and for all!" He pulled the knife out of the sheath, held his arm back, and was about to strike a blow, when the snake coiled, released, and bit him in the leg. He died instantly. The anger had arisen within him. He was going to save and protect the others. He was going to kill the snake, but the snake was much more cunning. The snake was much faster. The snake caught him off guard and killed him. The snake quickly escaped back into the underbrush, out of sight of the other two Lightworkers.

The two remaining Lightworkers buried their friend. They did ceremony. They wept. Then they decided to continue on the road, two lightworkers, one man and one woman. They continued walking and enjoying the day, but now it weighed heavy on them – the events of one lightworker who had been scared silly and ran back to the village and the other who had come to what seemed to be an untimely death. They continued walking, and as you already know, the snake once again came from the underbrush, slithered onto the road, and put itself directly in the way of the one woman who remained. The one woman Lightworker who remained decided to use a different tact this time. Instead of trying to kill the snake, she would talk the snake through its fears and angers. She knelt down, just out of reach of the snake. She said, "Oh, dear snake, you must have had a difficult childhood! (lots of audience laughter) Dear snake, I raise my hands now, not to attack you, but I will send you energy, and I will send you love, and I will heal you and all of the wounds from your very disturbing childhood. Oh, dear snake, I imagine that your father beat you, and that is why you are so angry. (audience laughter) And dear snake, I will sing you a lullaby to make you feel better, to nurture your inner snake." (more audience laughter)

Now, the snake coiled back and had an interesting look on his face, a look that was quite puzzled. Here was a human that was not displaying anger. Here was a human that was trying to change him. Here was a human who was trying to process him. (more audience laughter) The snake looked at her, and a big smile came across his face. And the woman lightworker thought, "I am connecting with him, heart-to-heart. Look. He is smiling." Suddenly the snake leapt forward and bit her. She died instantly. (some audience laughter) And the snake retreated back into the underbrush, laughing and laughing and laughing to himself. "Here was a human, trying to change the world and to change me. She was the easiest of all my targets!"

Now, the one remaining lightworker is one who we will call Samuel. Now, Samuel buried this lightworker, this former healer. Samuel buried her. And he was quite concerned now. He wondered about this road of ascension. This was not such a good thing, for now one of his kind had been chased away in fear and two had been killed. He sat and thought for quite awhile about whether to continue on the path. Finally, he said, "It is so deep within my being and deep within my soul that I must continue."

He continued walking, somewhat more carefully and more cautious than he had before, but he continued walking. And as you already know, after a short period of time, the snake crawled up from the underbrush once again, now feeling more invigorated and more powerful for having chased off three in one way or the other. The snake came directly in the path of Samuel. The snake said, "I will allow you to go no further on the path. Like the others who you used to walk with, I will kill you now."

Now, Samuel was much like each one of you here. Samuel had been so diligent in integrating his inner divinity, in his search for his True Self and staying in his sweet spot. Samuel remembered a few things he had learned, even in this terrifying moment. Samuel looked the snake eye-to-eye, who was coiled and ready to bite. The snake was empowered with the blood of a human dripping from his mouth. He was so delighted with himself.

At that moment Samuel said to himself, "I must take ownership of my divinity. It is not about me anymore. I have been told that. I must take ownership and be in a place of balance. I must breathe in – rather quickly here now. (brief laughter) I must breathe in my divinity, for this is what I have learned to be true."

Unbeknownst to either Samuel or the snake, an eagle had been circling overhead, watching the series of events. At the moment Samuel took in the breath, the eagle swooped down, grabbed the snake with its strong and sturdy claws, flew up hundreds and hundreds of feet into the air, did circles and spins with the snake screaming and slithering its claws. Then the eagle dropped the snake to his death on the ground.

Samuel breathed again, but this time, it was with relief. He continued walking on his path, and thought about the events of this very strange day. He contemplated all that had happened. He thought about the eagle, who had truly been there all of the time, waiting for the appropriate moment to come forth, waiting for the appropriate moment for Samuel to be in his balance and his divinity.

Samuel continued walking on the path of enlightenment, when suddenly another snake appeared. It was a relative of the snake who was killed. This new snake was very, very angry. This new snake darted from the underbrush and stopped directly in front of Samuel. It was almost twice as long as the first snake. It coiled in front of him, and said, "I will surely kill you now, for you have killed my own relative. I will have revenge. I must, for that is the way of our snake god. We revenge all who do us harm."

Now, Samuel had been thinking quite a bit along his walk, ever since the first snake was killed. He knew it was a blessed and sacred moment when the eagle came down. He also knew that it was a divine act, and he knew there was more to be learned from all of this. So while he was walking along down the road, thinking, he came asked questions of himself. "What is it that I should know about the events of the snake? What is it that I should do if this ever would happen again to me?" He listened within for the answers to his questions. He knew that the answers always come from within.

Samuel knew that he couldn’t just close his eyes and wish that the eagle would swoop down once again. He knew it was time to truly take ownership of his divinity. He looked the snake in the eye and said, "Dear snake, what is it you seek? Why are you in my path?" The snake was shocked! No human had ever asked this question. Humans had acted in fear or anger or sometimes stupidity, but they had never displayed this kind of wisdom. They had never asked, "Why are you here in my path? What is that you have for me?"

To his questions, the snake responded, "Dear Samuel, I am you. I am no different from you. I am not some external reptile. I am your darkness, and I come here today to stand in your path because you, Samuel, do not like change. You, Samuel, have issues that need addressing. I am here as a messenger to help you bring your issues to the surface." Samuel thought for a moment and then asked the snake, "But if it is so simple, if it is so simple, then why did the first snake kill and scare the other humans? Why couldn’t you just come to us and explain why you are here?"

And the snake shook what little head it had (audience laughter) and said, "That is not the way the energy works. It is only when we are asked, only when you have enough curiosity, only when you open the door by asking the questions, can we then answer. We do not want to be changed. We do not want to be attacked. But when a human comes to us – the snake that is within – and asks, then we must tell. We must share."

So Samuel now understood his own power, his own balance, and he understood why the snake had been sent there in the first place. They talked for many, many, many hours. Samuel learned much through this experience about himself. He saw the darkness and the fears that were within him, expressed through the snake. When they were done, Samuel said to the snake, "I still do not like you. I still do not like when you show up on my path. I still do not like what you represent. But, now I know that you come bearing a gift. Now I know there is a reason for your being, and now I know how to address you and what to do."

Samuel continued on his path. There was an occasional but rare snake that attempted to stop him. He understood it was just a test of his own being to see if he was still staying in his balance. But now, each time a snake appeared before Samuel, he would smile, and he would say, "Why are you here? What is it that I should know? Why are you here? What is it that you want?"

If you hold an imbalance of fear within you, the darkness will cause you to go scampering back to the village where you came from. If you hold fears and you allow them to let you forget everything you’ve learned, to shake you to the core, you will run backwards to the village, back to your security. This snake of fear and darkness that scared you away did not get what he came for. He was trying to scare you, but in reality he was really looking to be addressed.

The darkness seeks release. It has insidious ways of doing this. It has damaging and crippling ways of doing it. But go straight to the core and understand that the darkness within you seeks to be released. You will then understand the events in the world around you. You will understand what is happening with the current situation in your world. The darkness seeks to be released

When you try to kill the snake as the second, male lightworker did, when you go after it in anger, it is throws you into imbalance. You have discovered that in yourself. When you are angry, when there is something that happens from within and you get angry within yourself, you lose! Anger is an imbalance. Understand this when the snake is standing in front of you, and you are angry, and you draw your knife, and say, "I will cut your head off. I will kill you here." Even if you do manage to kill the snake, it will come back through all of its relatives. It will be there, because the darkness seeks to be released. You have only inflicted anger and pain on it. But it will persist. It will be there. It will be in your path of ascension and enlightenment. Anger does not solve the problem.

Look at the world situation now. If your country of the Americas had immediately responded to the events of September 11 in anger, which in a sense, many of these terrorists had hoped for, it would have made the situation so much worse. But yet, the world held a balance of energy that prevented any immediate strikes. It prevented an assimilation of what was going on. Anger will not solve the problem.

Now, let us take a look at the third Lightworker, the healer woman. Her objective was to change the snake. She wanted to process the snake. The snake wanted to be released, but not in that way. The snake didn’t want to be changed to fit a certain mold. The snake doesn’t want sympathy. The snake didn’t want some sugary type of healing that really only works on the surface. The snake was hurting within, the darkness within you. The snake wants real, direct and true answers, and energies from you. It does not need some fluffy type of healing.

We want you to think about this also. The terrorists who stand here know that fluffy solutions will not solve the problem. Their relatives – the organizations that they came from before their deaths – will not respond so nicely if you sit speak empty words and do not show your strength. Our third Lightworker, the woman, did not show an internal strength. She did not hold her divinity. She was in imbalance. She was trying to change something, trying to change the world and transform it with an agenda that was her own, trying to change it to conform to a certain picture of how she wanted it to look. That is why the snake bit and killed her.

Samuel, the fourth lightworker who was balanced in male and female energy, knew in a terrifying and difficult moment that he could not think fast enough to pull all of his tools in when confronted with the first snake. But he knew one thing that was simple – breathe, breathe in divinity. As you practice this each day, it becomes an unconscious thing. As you breathe in, the divinity comes with it. Samuel knew in a moment that the breath would bring him to a balance and anchor his divinity. And what happened, what happened but the eagle soaring overhead had always been there with a watchful eye, always waiting to get a piece of the snake, but waiting for the right opportunity. That opened the door. An outside event happened, a seemingly outside, event happened that kept Samuel from certain death. But he also had the wisdom to know that he must understand the reason why the snake had been there in the first place. That is why, in his journey down the road, that he took time to think why the snake was there. He knew, as you would know, that it was there for a reason. It was there for a reason.

When the darkness comes up, and the fear comes up, and the snake comes up within you, own your divinity. Breathe it in. Stay in your balance. Do not try to change something that you do not quite yet understand. Do not try to kill it. Do not run away in fear. Hold and own your divinity. Ask the darkness within you why it is there, what needs to be released. There is an imbalance of energy within you that needs addressing. Perhaps there was an old remorse. You do not need to go back into lifetime after lifetime to know exactly what it is. That would be a waste of time and energy. But, there is perhaps an old remorse or guilt. Or perhaps it is part of a wisdom that it is not fully complete, so it stands in imbalance within you. The snake will come forward at the appropriate time to let you know that there is something within that needs to be released.

Energy, spiritual energy, is an amazing thing. We know you are beginning to study it. The group that went to England and stood in the vortex of Avebury experienced it. It is still affecting their circuits. It is still affecting their health and their tissues and their spiritual energies. They stood in the middle of one of the most powerful vortexes in the world that was filled with energy that needed to be released, darkness that needed to be released. They understand now its power and its capability. Within you is the same – energies that need to be released.

When darkness comes to you on the path of enlightenment and ascension, own your divinity. Hold it. Breathe in and ask what it is you should know. And understand all the time this is about releasing and transmuting an old energy.

Make these stamps for your own use or help your kids make them to adorn their book covers for school. Below is a recipe for you to make the adhesive for your own lick and stick stickers. Then you can either draw some pictures of your own or find some to print out on the Internet. This is a great way to not only express your individuality, but your spirituality as well.

1 packet (1/4 ounce) unflavored gelatin
1 tablespoon cold water
3 tablespoons boiling water
1/2 teaspoon white corn syrup or sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract

In a small bowl, sprinkle the gelatin into cold water. Let it soften for five minutes. Then pour boiling water into the softened gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add corn syrup or sugar and lemon or vanilla extract for flavor. After all, someone will be licking these. You want them not to taste icky. Mix well.

Brush the gum thinly on the back of your pictures. It works better if you do a whole sheet and then cut after it's dried. The page will curl up, but after it has dried you can press it under something heavy like the phonebook or an encyclopedia to flatten it out again. Then just moisten the sticker to apply it practically anywhere.

If you plan on reusing the stamp paste, it will gel overnight. Simply place it in a pan of hot water to return it to liquid state. You may store this in the refrigerator in a sealed jar for months.

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Humor : A Buddhist Monk…
A Buddhist monk stops by a hot dog vendor and said: "Make me one with everything!" The hot dog vendor handed him the dog and said "That's $1.25.” The monk handed him 2 dollars and the vendor said "Thanks!" and turned to help the next customer. The monk asked "What about my change?" The hot dog vendor replied, "Change comes from within!"

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Who's Who in World Mythology : Atharvan
For past articles and the bibliography, please go to the
Who’s Who Archive.

In Vedic myth, Atharvan, “fire-priest,” is one of the seven great Rishis or Prajapatis. He is said to be the author of the fourth Veda. The fourth and last Veda, the Atharvangirasah, consists almost exclusively of a wide variety of hymns, magical incantations, and magical spells. Largely for personal or domestic use, it was not originally accepted as authoritative because of the deviant nature of its contents. Scholars believe that it dates from a later time and that it may have been derived mainly from the remnant of the indigenous pre-Aryan culture. Eventually it was acknowledged as one of the Vedas, especially after its adoption as a ritual handbook by the Brahmans, the fourth and highest class of priests officiating at the sacrifices.

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Quote: Anonymous
He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead.

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The Magi's Garden: Bracken
For past featured foliage and the bibliography, please go to the
The Magi’s Garden Archive.

Bracken (Pteridium or Pteris aquilinum)

Folk Names: Bracken Fern, Brake, Brake Fern, Eagle Fern, Female Fern, Fern of God (Ireland), Fiddleheads, Fiddlenecks, Hog Brake, King Charles in the Oak Tree (England), Pasture Brake

Description: Bracken is a very common fern, often found growing in large colonies. It is found in every part of the globe, except for the extreme north and south. The deep rhizomes survive fires, and ashes make the soil more alkaline, a favorable condition for bracken. The creeping, horizontal rhizome root is about half an inch thick. It is dark and scaleless, and occasionally hairy. The stems are erect and tree-like. They are velvety at the base, and very brittle at first, growing tough and wiry with time. Ordinarily they are two to three feet high, but in ideal conditions, they may grow to a height of eight to ten feet. The nearly vertical, dark green fronds are heavy and leathery. Bracken is easily recognized by its large, triangular fronds. The fronds separate into three major divisions, each cleft pinnately once or twice, with narrow lobes not reaching to the midrib. The leaflets are oblong with blunted narrow tips, while the lower leaflets subdivide into sub-leaflets. The leaflets grow more or less opposite of one another. The spore dots along the under edge of leaflets are silvery at first, then dark brown.

Effects: strong
Planet: Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Venus Zodiac Aries, Gemini
Element: air
Associated Deities: Laka, Puck

Traditions:
When cut diagonally at the base, the lower portion of the stem is supposed to show a pattern or figure of an eagle. For this reason, Linnaeus gave it the name Aquilina, and its genus, Pteris, comes from pteron, “feather,” from the feather appearance of the fronds. The word fern is also an adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon fepern, meaning “feather.”

Traditionally, bracken spores are gathered before midnight on Midsummer's eve using a forked Hazel rod. The fronds are shaken so the spores fall on white cloth. In France, the seed is believed to radiate a golden light when gathered thus. In Austria, the spores are gathered at Yule.

If you find yourself in a fern covered spot at midnight and there are no sounds, it is said Puck will appear and give you a purse of gold. When this is done intentionally, it is known as "watching the fern."

Magic:
Bracken fronds are included in vases of flowers for protection. It may also be planted by a door or grown indoors. Bracken protects from lightning. Dried fern may be burnt to exorcize evil spirits and drive off snakes, gnats, and other “noisome creatures.” “Firing the bracken,” that is, setting it on fire, is said to bring rain. The stem is used for protection, healing, and fertility, while the root under your pillow will reveal the solution to a problem in your dreams.

Break the first fern found in spring for luck, and bite a frond to guard against toothache until next year. Fern sap confers eternal youth and is supposed to keep death away when drunk. Just make sure you have the right plant if you try this!

Carry some of the bracken “seed” or place it in your shoe for invisibility. You may also cast spores on water before scrying. Three grains of fern spore will help you summon any living creature. In France, Russia, Switzerland, and the Italian Alps, the spores are held in the hand to help find buried treasure, while in the Tyrolean Alps and Bohemia, bracken “seed” is said to keep savings from dwindling.

Known Combinations:
none noted

Medical Indications: Parts used:
Culpepper suggested this type of fern was good as a vermifuge, that is, a plant to dispel the body of parasites, specifically worms.

Nutrition: (Caution: it's possible to confuse fiddleheads with emerging poisonous hemlock)
Very young bracken is edible. Take four to ten, young, curled fronds (also called fiddleheads) and rub off the fuzz. Cook until tender in salted water and serve with butter. The taste has been compared to asparagus and hollandaise sauce may be poured over it. In Japan, fiddleheads are considered a delicacy. There, the young fronds are washed carefully in freshwater, then plunged into boiling water for two minutes. Then they are placed in cold water again for a couple of hours, after which they may be used in cooking.

In Siberia and Norway, the open fronds are used in brewing a type of beer.

It is said in some islands in the Canary group, the bracken root is ground to powder and mixed with barley meal. This is considered a famine food however, suitable only for the very poor. Native Americans were also said to boil and eat the root. American pioneers soaked the roots in water and wood ash for twenty-four hours before preparing them, and also cooked the fronds as potherbs.

Mercantile Uses:
The roots and young shoots of bracken with chrome makes a yellow dye. With alum and chrome, the dye takes on a greenish tinge, and copperas make a gray dye.

Before the introduction of soda from sea salt and other sources, alkali from bracken ash was used in glass making. The ash also contains enough potash to be suitable for soap making. In the East, it was boiled with tallow for this purpose. The ashes were also mixed with water and made into balls. These were made hot in fire and used to make lye for scouring linen. The amount of potash yielded by bracken also makes bracken ash suitable as a fertilizer for potatoes and sugar beets, especially in light, gravelly, or sandy soils.

Both the green and dried bracken was formerly used as cattle fodder. Dried, it is suitable as thatching. The fronds are used as packing material for fruit, and the dried fronds can be used as insulation in the garden to protect young plants.

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Poem : It is Time to Think
Natalya Gorbanevskaya (b. 1936)

It is time to think
not of the pleasures of the flesh
and to scorn also the delights of the spirit.

It is time, grain by grain, to count through
your hoard of bitterness
and make an amulet of it…

Time, my friend, it is time…

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Quote : Italian Proverb
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

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The Power of Stones: Astrophyllite
For past articles and the bibliography, please go to the
Power of Stones Archive.

Astrophyllite grows bladed crystals in star-shaped groups, ranging in color from golden to bronze yellow with a metallic luster. It is a rare titanium mineral found in some unusual granites and syenites. Its variable luster can be nearly metallic in one specimen or vitreous in another. Its name translated means star sheets. Astrophyllite facilitates astral travel. It also enables the user to accept life changes by opening their eyes to new opportunities.

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Humor : Confessions

A lady with a hearing problem went to confession. The priest asked her to speak more quietly, since everyone in the church could hear her and even suggested for her to write what she had to say in advance. At her next confession, she knelt and handed a piece of paper to the priest. He looked at it and said, “What is this? It looks like a grocery list.” “Mother of God!” said the lady. “I must have left my sins at the Market!”

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A Dreamer's Guide : Load to Longing

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Dreamer's Guide Archive.

You will be very charitable if you carried a Load. Happiness is foretold by children carrying loads, but if your enemies carried the load, you will be jilted. There is danger in some secret if relatives carried a load. If you fell under a load, you will be unable to meet your obligations to those who depend upon you.

You will have favorable opportunities for material advancement if you dreamt of a Loadstone. If you were attracted to one, happy changes will occur within your family.

Loaves of bread denote frugality. Great success is promised if the loaves multiplied. Cake loaves foretell good fortune in love or money. Broken loaves are a sign of discontent and bickering between loved ones.

A Lobby means joy, but if you were in one, beware treacherous friends. You will remain in your present surroundings if you were in the lobby or foyer of your own home. Dishonor is indicated by meeting people in a lobby, and if friends were in a lobby, your friends are disloyal.

Lobsters are a sign of domestic happiness, and eating lobster means happiness in love. If children ate lobster, your family will be rich, but if your enemies were eating it, they are trying to destroy you. You have only one loyal friend if friends were eating lobster, and you are doomed to disappointment if your relatives were eating it. Lobster in salad means that success will not change your generous nature. You will hold a prominent position with many subordinates if you ordered lobster. Live lobsters are harbingers of annoying difficulties.

If you opened a Lock your happiness is assured, but if you couldn’t get it open, beware of trouble ahead. If you found a lock that was already open, now is not the time to seek a romantic relationship. Be careful with your money if you were unable to find the key for a lock, but if you did find the key, you will find your way through your troubles. If you had many locks, your relatives are not very forthcoming. Picking a lock predicts embarrassment due to involvement in someone else’s affairs.

If your lover put a Locket around your neck, you will soon be wedded and receive many beautiful presents. Losing a locket however augurs sadness through a death. If your sweetheart returned your locket to you, you will be assailed by disappointing issues. If you broke your locket, you will have a changeable and unstable spouse who dislikes constancy in any form.

A serious disaster lies ahead if you suffered from Lockjaw, and if others were afflicted, you will lose money. You are being deceived if you died of lockjaw, while if you recovered, you will marry a nagging partner. You will lose a friend if your livestock had it.

A Locomotive implies travel. If it was approaching you, friends will visit, but if it was moving away, you will be jilted by a lover. A train moving at full speed foretells a quick rise to wealth, while a wrecked train indicates loss of property. If you were the engineer, your troubles will fall behind easily. Two trains hooked together presage big worries ahead. If you only heard the train without seeing it, you will hear news from afar, and hearing a train whistle means pleasure and surprise at the appearance of a friend who has been absent, or perhaps some unexpected offer.

There will be discrepancies in your business if you dreamt of Locusts. Locusts are a warning against risky ventures.

The Locust-tree is a symbol of general good luck. If you had locust honey, you will enjoy a large dinner, and eating it indicates a change of environment. You have one loyal friend if you picked locust blossoms.

Unpleasant secrets will be your burden to bear if you thought you had Lodgers. If one left without paying his or her bill, you will have unexpected trouble. Good fortune and monetary gain will be yours if they paid your lodger paid the bill.

Looking for temporary Lodgings is a warning that important matters will be delayed. If you actually found lodgings, you are in for a period of loneliness and trouble. Happiness at home is foretold by permanent lodgings, lovely lodgings mean good times ahead.

Abundance is promised by Logs, but not if you cut them yourself. The fallen trunks of trees foretell happiness, but cutting trees implies misery and affliction. A friend will offend you if you were carrying logs. A brightly burning log is a prediction of family joy, and sitting upon a log is a sign of contentment. A log cabin presages satisfaction through diligence and hard work.

For some reason, you happiness is assured if you were Lonely. If you were lonely and made no attempt to find companionship, money is on its way to you. Some person holds a secret hatred for you if others were lonely.

You will reconcile with a former enemy if you felt a Longing for something, but if others felt a longing, you will be guilty of foolishness. Family arguments are augured by relatives longing for something. A change of surroundings is foretold by friends with a longing.

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Quote : Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

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