Category Archives: Health & Healing

THE AESTHETICS OF GENEROSITY: a man gives his shoes to barefoot bus passenger

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Wow, what a beautiful story!   It’s scientifically proven that being generous is not only good for our souls but for our health as wealth.  Below is a great related story!

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Scriptural Amulets

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Originally posted on Ertegun House:
Preserved by the dry desert sands of Egypt, innumerable manuscript fragments written on parchment and papyrus have been discovered by archaeologists since the eighteenth century. Largely recovered from the rubbish heaps, these ancient documents provide…

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Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Originally posted on Aliens in This World:
This is the sort of book that I’d really really like to get my hands on. Unfortunately, it’s a bit expensive (40 bucks even in paperback), so I’ll have to look around to…

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Hecate: More Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Originally posted on Sol Ascendans – The Website of Alex Sumner:
Line-drawing of a recently re-discovered Defixion or curse tablet. A slow day on Planet Sumner today, which is why I was forced into reading the Daily Mail, where lo…

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Curse dolls

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Found in a jar along with an inscribed tablet, this Curse Doll is now at the Louvre. Voodoo dolls were around even in ancient Greece.  Above is an example of a Curse Doll. Called  by the Greeks, the arms and legs … Continue reading →

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