In case you missed anything, here are highlights from this past week. I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Highlights!
We can be anyone we want to be, more so because Wicca can encompass anything. We are everyone. We are kind and loving. We can be mean, because we are only human. We are not better than anyone else, but we are equal to everyone else.
This isn’t about rights, it’s about respect. We need to find a way for people to respect us, regardless of those who try to bring us down. And maybe, we can even look to Christianity for examples. Is this our arena, and are the Christians our lions? Perhaps. Not all of them certainly. Obviously, however, some of them fall under this category. We are in a young religion, and we are being forged in the fires. Will we break, or come out stronger? Read more…
Botanical Name: Acorus Calamus
Folk Names: Gladden, Myrtle Flag, Myrtle Grass, Myrtle Sedge, Lubigan, Sweet Cane, Sweet Flag, Sweet Grass, Sweet Root, Sweet Rush, Sweet Sedge
Calamus are perennial flowering plants from the Acorus family. Native to to North America and northern and eastern Asia. The leaves grow between 0.7 and 1.7 cm wide, with average of 1 cm, and the flower is between 3 and 4 mm.
The Penobscot people would cut the root and hang it throughout the house to cure illness. When traveling, they would take a piece of the root, and chew to ward off sickness. To cure a runny nose, The Potawatomi people would powder the dried root and put up their nose. The Teton-Dakota warriors believed it prevented excitement and fear when facing their enemy, they would chew it to a paste and rub it on their face. Read more …
Links:
- New Zealand earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing at least 65 people
- Burial ground of Bunyan, Defoe and Blake earns protected status
- Planet could be ‘unrecognizable’ by 2050, experts say
- ‘Yoga’ – Another Serious Acid Test For Naga Christians?
- The Theological Dilemma of Medieval Neuroscience
- On the edge of history
- Pilots, boaters adjust to shift in magnetic north
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Thanks for stopping by! Well wishes to you all and have a great day!
Lisa
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