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English please!

Can we bring back English? I know that folks abbreviate a lot of things, I understand, but I would love to see a little bit of real English again.

I got this email today:
wholsale do you provide

I wanted to write back- "English, do you speak?" If this had been a non-English speaking person, no problem, but it was an American. If I did sell wholesale, why would I want to sell to this person?

I find myself slipping in poor English and using poor spelling more and more, can we stop this downward spiral? I have heard people say "OMG" and "LOL" in speaking conversations!!!

By the way (BTW), I refuse to call Radio Shack "the Shack".


On a brighter note, Amy's makes a great roasted vegetable lasagna, I had it for breakfast. It is day four of no Diet Cokes:)

Tarot Deck Arrivals

Here is a list of the tarot decks that came in on Monday, enjoy:
African Tarot Deck
Angel Meditation Cards
Angel Tarot
Aquarian Tarot Deck
Barbara Walker Tarot
Celestial Tarot Premier
Connolly Tarot Deck
Cosmic Tarot Deck
Crow's Magic Tarot
Dragon Tarot
Egyptian Tarot Deck
Fenestra Tarot Premier
Feng Shui Tarot Deck
Flower Speaks
Forest Folklore Tarot Deck
Gendron Tarot Deck
Goddess Tarot Deck
Golden Tarot
Herbal Tarot Deck
Lover's Path Tarot Deck
Medieval Cat Tarot
New Century Tarot
Osho Zen Tarot
Phantasmagoric Tarot
Pocket Goddess Tarot Deck
Quick & Easy Tarot
Quick & Easy Premier
Renaissance Tarot
Mini Rider Waite
Spanish Rider Waite
Royal Thai Tarot Deck
Shaman Wisdom Cards
Spiral Tarot Deck
Tarot Classic Deck
Tarot of a Moon Garden Deck
Tarot of Witches Deck
Tarot of the Cat People Deck
Tarot of a Moon Garden
Tarot of the Sephiroth
Tiny Universal Waite Deck
Universal Love Tarot Deck
Vampire Tarot Deck
Visconti-Sforza Tarot
Whimsical Tarot Deck
Zerner/Farber Tarot Deck

Why Do Ghosts Wear Clothes?

We have a "ghost" in our house that wears a WW2 soldier uniform. He can be seen leaning over to kiss his mom on the couch in our living room. When we first moved in, we thought it was a ghost, but then we realized it was an imprint. It did make us wonder why ghosts would wear clothes, below, a noted ghost investigator ponders this:

Why Do Ghosts Wear Clothes

BY TROY TAYLOR
American Ghost Society

Why do ghosts need clothes? No one really seems to know, but it’s possible that in most cases, ghosts seen wearing clothing are simply “residual” images – imprints or memories that linger on the atmosphere of a place like a recording. A ghost of this sort would have no “personality” and is simply like an old movie that just keeps playing.

But what about ghosts that are not merely imprints? What about those which are true, traditional spirits who died and stayed behind? Many researchers feel that ghosts are made up of electromagnetic energy. This energy, inside of the body, forms what we call our spirit, soul or personality. Now, science cannot prove this energy or personality actually exists, yet we know it does. If it can exist inside of our bodies, then why can’t it exist outside of the body, once the body itself stops functioning? It’s possible that it does and that this electromagnetic energy contains our personality and is what we think of as our spirit.

It has been shown through scientific experiments that exposure to high levels of electromagnetic energy can cause people to have vivid dreams, nightmares and even hallucinations. In other words, people are seeing things as a result of exposure to this energy. If spirits have any sort of control over the energy they are now comprised of (or even if their personalities are somehow manifested in the energy), then I would think it possible for the witness to see the spirit as the spirit sees itself. If the personality really does remain, the spirit would visualize itself as it was when alive, appearing as a living person and wearing clothing.

This could be a totally unconscious effect of the energy on the living person, or it could be a manipulation on the part of the spirit itself, perhaps causing the person to see what it wants them to. To understand this, I suggest that you close your eyes for a moment and then visualize yourself in your mind. How do you appear to yourself? Most likely, you were wearing clothing in your imagination. With the idea that a ghost appears looking in the same way that he sees himself, this might explain why so many ghosts that are seen are not only wearing clothing.

Herbal Bath Recipes

Here are some nice herbal bath recipes for you to enjoy

For A Sleep Inducing Bath

4 tb Dried chamomile
3 tb Dried lemon balm
2 tb Dried passionflower
1 tb Dried valerian

If you're feeling agitated at bedtime, the right herbal combination can help you drift right off into the REM stage. Herbs that you might use in a bedtime bath include chamomile, hops, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, passionflower, sandalwood and valerian.

Bath For Emotional Balance

1/2 c Dried orange peel or 1/2 Whole fresh orange; sliced
3 tb Dried jasmine flowers
2 tb Dried sandalwood chips

Herbal remedies for feelings like nervousness, tension, anxiety or emotional fatigue. Try whole herbs like chamomile, jasmine, juniper, lavender, orange, rose, rosemary or sandalwood. For a bath that'll restore your sense of balance, make an infusion of the listed herbs.

Bath To Help Varicose Veins

2 tb Dried ginger powder or 4 tb Fresh gingerroot; chopped
4 tb Dried juniper
2 tb Dried rosemary
4 tb Dried lemon peel or 1 Whole lemon; quartered

The condition is largely hereditary, but a case of varicose veins can be made worse by bad habits; standing for long periods of time, wearing tight clothing, and sitting with the legs crossed. Hormonal fluctuations also can contribute to varicosity. Herbal baths can help, although you should be careful not to take baths that are too hot (extreme temperatures can exacerbate the problem). Whole herbs that you can use in a bath to help boost circulation in the legs include geranium, ginger, juniper, lemon, peppermint and rosemary.

Circle Bath

COLOR: Purple
3 parts Rosemary
2 parts Myrrh
2 parts Sandalwood
1 part Frankincense

Bathe in before any form of magickal working to strengthen, purify and prepare yourself for ritual

~Source Unknown

Lavender Bath Bomb Recipe

Lavender Bath Bomb

Things You'll Need:

Citric acid (You can get this at the drug store)
Baking soda 

Dried lavender

Lavender essential Oil
Food coloring
Almond oil
Molds
Waxed paper
Airtight container

Step 1.
Stir together 1/2 cup of citric acid, 1 and 1/4 cup of baking soda and 1/4 cup of dried lavender. It may help to powder your dried lavender with a mortar and pestle before beginning.

Step 2.
Add 15 drops of lavender essential oil and 2 tsp. of water to the mixture. Add about 5 drops of food coloring if you want brighter bombs

Step 3.
Drizzle almond oil slowly into the mixture, stirring constantly. Add the oil slowly, using between 2 and 6 tbsp. You have added enough oil once the mixture holds together in a ball without crumbling.

Step 4.
Pack the bath bomb mixture firmly into lightly oiled molds. Once the mixture has set for a minute or two, tap your bath bombs onto a sheet of waxed paper and allow them to dry thoroughly. Once dry, store your finished lavender bath bombs in an airtight container.

source-Ravenandcrone.com

Newsletter August 16, 2009

Next Millennium/Magicalomaha.com     Newsletter-August 16, 2009
INDEX Products Incense Tee Shirts Fairies Divination Clothing Bath/Body Dragons Rocks Home Decor Charmed Shop Candles Jewelry Nemesis Now Weddings Dryad Design Information Readers Events About Us Contact Us Store Pictures Cool Stuff Tarot Reading	Hello Everyone! Welcome new friends! We have 192 new subscribers this week for the newsletter and 508 Facebook fans this month so far. we are very happy to welcome all of you to our community!  If you have any questions or suggestions, we would love to hear them! Of course, the same goes for our more "seasoned" friends, we love the pictures, emails, and valuable input we get from you, as always! In-Sidewalk Sale continues.... We still have some items left from our sidewalk sale last week, so figured, what the heck? Let's keep selling them! Check out the clearance tables for great deals! Tons O' Tarot! We have 89 tarot decks on the way! Something for everyone! We should have them early next week, stop by and check them out. 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Is the animal nocturnal? Does it live in the desert or the tropics? Is the animal solitary or lives in a pack? What type of diet do they eat? Answers to these questions and similar questions will give you clues as to what message is being offered.   Dolphin Dolphins are beautiful, playful animals. They live in water but are actually mammals that need to breath air through a single nostril also known as a blowhole located on top of their head. Normally dolphins surface approximately every two minutes for air, but are capable of holding their breath for several minutes when making rapid deep dives. Dolphin comes when we need to break emotional barriers and communicate truth. Dolphin will then guide us to find harmony by moving forward with our life. If you want to make a deeper connection with your Animal Totem, fill your environment with images of the animal to let the animal know it is welcome in your space. Dolphin teaches us: Harmony of mind, body and spirit Balanced emotional and mental self To be open to living in more than one environment Harmony within duality Help and protection To enjoy our sexuality The value of touch as a means of support and healing Communication through telepathy and sound The value of play To flow with life How to Apply Dolphin's Teachings to Your Life Ask yourself 'What am I communicating?' Is it of benefit to myself or others? Communication happens on all levels. You do not have to verbalize it. People may be sensing your thoughts and feelings. Perhaps it is time to resolve them. Do you have a circle of support? Dolphins swim in pods always protecting each other and expressing love through the sounds they make and touch. Now may be a time when you need to form a circle of support or call on one already created. What brings you joy? Do it! Dolphins play. They do not struggle. Enjoy yourself and flow with life. Bring more sound into your life. Do you have a musical instrument hidden in the cupboard? Use sound as a means to nurture, celebrate or just have fun with it. Dolphins use sound regularly. Dolphins are creatures of the water and water is about emotion. Are there emotional issues bothering you? Do you feel blocked in some way. Is it time to release them. You could do this by holding it in your mind and in visioning its release as you rhythmically breathe in and out. On the out breath see it floating away perhaps out with the tide. You you also envision water washing through you as a cleansing. How to Harness the Energy of Dolphin Read about Dolphins Take a trip to the ocean and swim like a Dolphin Swim with Dolphins Take Dolphin essence Use the breath to release emotional blockages Wear Dolphin jewelry Have you desired to swim with dolphins? This may be their way of communicating with you. Dolphin may be an important totem animal to you. Dolphins communicate through sound and touch Often communicate to children in their dreams Many children coming into the world today are known as dolphin children and have dolphin like qualities. Communicating with these children will bring you closer to the essence of dolphin energy and their spirit of harmonious play Myths and Legends Greek people believed Dolphins were friends of humans and to kill one was immoral. River Dolphins in the Amazon are also considered sacred Many cultures around the world have a story of creation that involves Dolphin like creatures. No one is certain if they were Dolphins or not. Generally these cultures including the Dogon tribe of Africa tells of flying saucers coming from the sky and landing in water. Dolphin like creatures jumped from the ship into the water. The Dogans say that Dolphin like creatures came from the water and told them about Sirus. They have diagrams of Sirus in their caves dating back 700 years ago. 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Prosperity Pouch

Make a Prosperity Pouch to Attract Prosperity!

Prosperity Pouch source unknown

Ingredients:
Green or gold cloth and bag
Cinnamon
Patchouli
Mint
Basil
Money oil, cinnamon oil, or heliotrope oil
1 small cinnamon stick
Malachite
Pyrite
1 Gold Candle
1 Green candle
Prosperity incense
Directions:
Empower all objects. Carve a prosperity rune or symbol on the candles and dress them with any of the above oils. Visualize your goal as you dress them. Add a chant if you like.
"Wealth and money, come to me
I deserve prosperity."
Light the candles on your altar or place of magick. Place the empowered herbs in the bag and ask for the blessings of the earth. Wave the bag through the incense smoke and ask for the blessings of air. Pass the bag through the flame of each candle and ask for the ble ssings of fire. Anoint the bag with any of the money drawing oils and ask for the blessings of water. Hold the stones and tell them what they are to do. Explain their magickal purpose. Add them to your pouch. Take the cinnamon stick and drip some green wax on one end and gold wax on the other. These are 2 traditional money drawing colors but can also be viewed as colors for the Goddess (Green) and the God (Gold). Ask for their blessing on your spell. Say:
"For the good of all
and with harm to none
this is my will

And it is done!"

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Guardian Angel

Here is another story I have. I am not sure who was helping me out, but it definitely some sort of Guardian Angel!

I was driving  on I-80 to Council Bluffs, IA with my son Daniel in the back seat. He was about 10 at the time. A "voice" in my head, I guess is was a voice, it was like a thought but a little different. I am not sure how to describe it. But anyways, the Voice said "there is a truck behind you that won't see you and will run you off the road". This alarmed me so I looked in the rear view mirror but saw no trucks behind me. That was odd, I thought, just must have been a random thought. But I knew that it did not seem like a thought, it seemed more important.

I continued down the highway and again heard the warning, "there is a truck behind you that won't see you and will run you off the road". I looked again and there was a truck quite a distance behind me. It was far away so I figured it could not catch up with me, just in case, I increased my speed. I kept watching the truck in my rear view mirror and it continued to gain on me. I was driving pretty fast but he must have been flying. Soon he had almost caught up to me. The stretch of highway had no shoulders or exits so I was getting a little concerned. I really put on the gas as I knew a few miles ahead the highway had shoulder I could pull off on. I was speeding very fast and the truck is flying up beside me. I got to the shouldered area and a voice screams "Now!" and I pulled onto the shoulder just as the truck entered the lane where I would have been. He never even saw us!

We sat on the shoulder for a moment and Daniel was very upset. He was amazed that I was very calm when we had almost been run over. There was no need for me to have been afraid, I had known what was going to happen.

I am eternally grateful to that special spirit that watched over us that day!

You make me smile!

When my son, Jordan was born, my mom just adored him. He was her soulmate grandson and they bonded really strongly from day one. She could not get enough of him and would always tell him, "You make me smile!"

My mother died when Jordan was a year old so he never knew her. Years went by and I never really spoke of my mom or ever showed my son pictures of her. I was angry at her for dying, I think. It was not the right thing, but it was just how I handled it.

When Jordan was six years old, I told him that he looked like my mom, his "gran". He matter of factly replied, "I know". So, playing along, I said, "Oh yeah, how do you know"?
He answered, "I saw her". I thought maybe he had seen a picture of her at my father's house.
"Where?" I asked.
"At Pappa's house", he said meaning my father's house.
"She told me I make her smile"

He had seen her! There is no doubt in my mind as she would have said that to him and there is no way he would have known that is what she always said to him. I am sure she still watches over him and he is 18 now.

Cat’s Shape–Clues to Personality?

When searching for a cat or kitten to adopt, how can you tell if your selection will be a lap lounger, a shy cat, or an adventure seeker? Purebred cats tend to have certain characteristics personality traits, though individuals within breeds may be very different. With the typical shelter cat, personality clues may be linked to the shape of the cat’s face.

Kit Jenkins, program manager for PetSmart Charities, has spent more than 20 years studying the behavior of cats and dogs in animal shelters. She has developed a theory of cat face geometry , which is based on the fact that feline faces usually fall into one of three physical shapes: square, round, or triangle. While noting that genetics and life experience play major roles in how cats think and act, Jenkins contends that parsonality is also influenced be a cat’s physical shape. Here’s how she describes the various types.

SQUARE. These cats are big and solid with square faces and rectangular bodies. Think Maine Coon. Jenkins dubs them the “retrievers of the cat world.” Eager to please, square cats tend to be affectionate and love to snuggle and give head-butts.

ROUND. These cats sport flat faces, large eyes, circular heads, and rounded bodies. Think Persian or Burmese. These types might be called the “lap dogs” of the feline world. They tend to be low-energy, easily frightened, submissive cats who gently display their affection to trusted family members.

TRIANGULAR. These are the sleek, long, lanky cats with big ears and faces that narrow at the nose. Think Siamese or Cornish Rex. Jenkins calls them the “herding dogs of the cat world.” Triangle cats are curious, smart, athletic, and chatty, and they thrive in active households.

Jenkins has shared her personality theory with shelter workers, animal trainers, and behaviorists all over North America. Animal behaviorists and veterinarians say her observations serve as another tool in helping people find a cat who meets their lifestyle and personality. Although just a theory, Jenkin’s observations have been supported by her peers; to date, though, nothing has been published in a scientific journal.

When I think about all of the cats I have loved, it’s almost uncanny how well Jenkin’s theory holds up. Does her theory work with the cats in your home? Do you have a curious “triangle” or a lap-loving “round”? Tell us!

Adapted from The Cat Behavior Answer Book (Storey Publishing, 2007) by Arden Moore.