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Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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Greetings!
Every New Year I sort out what has worked for me and what hasn't over the past year. I then plan for the year ahead dropping what does not serve me and welcoming whatever feels interesting and exciting. I started silver smithing last September and have completed my first sterling silver item and will be designing and making more this year. I very much look forward to continuing with my glass fusing which I love. I plan to register my own hallmark with the London Assay office. I've been up dating all my websites especially my symbolic Jewellery and Amulet website www.amuletshealingstones.com More to follow as I find the time to make more individual and unique items from silver, crystal and glass.
Check out the free gift for all orders and the offer of a free gemstone heart pendant or Indian glass necklace on orders over £10. All prices include postage and packing.
There is now a Newsletter Archive with a link from each of my websites.
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Many Blessings Happy New Year Liz
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I have been sorting and up dating my website www.amuletshealingstones.com I've added many pictures of 100's of Symbolic Tibetan Silver Charms that are available as ear rings, key rings, kilt pins, pendants and charm bracelets. Options are offered in the online gift shop but for anything else use the 'other' and let me know what you would like. Gemstone items and Indian coloured glass necklaces are also available. I haven't included every item I offer so please ask if you are interested in the full range. I will shortly be making up the Indian coloured glass as bracelets and long rope necklaces. I will also be making more fused glass for unique jewellery items and some new long chain pendants with a variety of Tibetan silver charms and beads etc.
For the whole of January I am offering a FREE jewellery gift for every order and for those spending £10 or more in one transaction I will send a FREE Indian Glass necklace or a Gemstone heart pendant. Please type 'Newsletter Offer' and indicate which you would like when you pay, and preferred colours if you choose the Indian Glass, or email me with details.
This offer is for Newsletter readers only and will not be indicated on the website. My Jewellery can also be purchased direct from my workshop and the Festival of Light in Weston-super-Mare and at the Mystic & Earth Spirit Fayre in Glastonbury. |
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Recipe For A Wholesome New Year
Take twelve months and bless them,
So that they may be cleansed of all
Bitterness, greed, fault-finding and fear.
Divide each section into one portion for each day,
So that your store will last you a whole year.
And then, throughout the coming year,
Every day serve one portion consisting of:
Equal parts of labour, joy and humour,
Three heaped tablespoons of optimism,
One teaspoon of tolerance and
One grain of mirth.
Don't forget to add a generous pinch of tact and
Last but not least pour lots of love over all of it.
When ready for serving,
Garnish with bunches of kindness and attentiveness.
Serve daily with cheerfulness,
A refreshing cup of tea and a blessing.
Katharina Elisabeth Goethe 1731/1808
Mother of the great German poet
Translation by Aquarius
Happy New Year!
With love and special blessings
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Next Full Moon - Monday 9th January 07:31 Dark of the Moon - Sunday 22nd January New Moon - Monday 23rd January 07:40 |
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Chinese New Year 23rd January 2012 to 9th February 2013
Water Dragons - Years 1952 and 2012
We come into the year of the Water Dragon on Monday 23rd January with the full moon. Water calms the Dragon's fire. Water Dragons are able to see things from other points of view. They don't have the need to always be right. Their decisions, if well-researched, are usually better since they allow other's to become involved.
How are the elements applied to each year? Simply by the years ending in:-
2 or 3 = Water
6 or 7 = Fire 4 or 5 = Wood
0 or 1 = Metal 8 or 9 = Earth
Wood gives birth to Fire, which gives birth to Earth, which give birth to Metal, which gives birth to Water, which in turn gives birth to Wood.
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I will be at Glastonbury Fayre in the Assembly Rooms, where I will be facilitating a Regression workshop on Saturday and a Transformational workshop on Sunday. Entry to the Fayre £1, workshops £3.50 each or £9 a day including entry. I will also have my stand selling some of My Amulets especially the popular Tree of Life, Fused Glass Pendants, Totem Animals, Colour, Tibetan Silver & Gemstone Healing Jewellery.
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The Radish
A Modern Herbal - Mrs M Grieve
Written in the early 1900's
This month I'm featuring the humble radish, so quick and easy to grow and a wide colour range. I strongly believe that a diet with a large variety of wholefoods is one of the best ways to give our bodies the nutrients required for good health.
The name of this familiar garden plant is suggested by its colour, being derived from the Saxon, rude, rudo, or reod (ruddy), or from the Sanskrit rudhira, meaning blood. The genus is distinguished by its elongated pod, which has no longitudinal partition when ripe, but contains several seeds separated by a pithy substance filling the pod.
The actual plant is unknown in a wild state, but is supposed to have come from Southern Asia, and may be descended from the wild Raphanus raphanistrum of the Mediterranean shores, the long roots developing seeds sown in a loose soil, and the turniprooted kinds in a stiff soil. In the days of the Pharaohs, the Radish was extensively cultivated in Egypt, but apparently it did not reach Britain until A.D. 1548. Gerard mentions four varieties as being recognized in 1597. The leaves are rough and partly divided into segments, the outer one being larger and broader than the rest. The flower stem grows to about 3 feet in height, bearing medium-sized flowers that vary in colour from white to pale violet, with stronglymarked, dark veins. Structurally, it resembles the turnip, as the swollen, fleshy portion is really a stem which gradually passes downwards into the real root.
Many kinds are named, the best known being (1) turnip-rooted, both red and white, including the white and black Spanish kinds; (2) oliveshaped, including the white, scarlet, and French breakfast forms; (3) the long, tapering varieties, like Long Red and Lady's Finger. The flesh is white, crisp, and tender, not specially nourishing, but valued as an antiscorbutic because of its quantity of nitrous juice. When too large for eating raw, they can be steamed for half an hour and served like asparagus. They should be well washed, but never peeled except when preparing the juice for medicinal purposes; in dry weather the bed should be watered the day before they are pulled. The young, green, seed-pods may be used for pickling, alone or with other vegetables, and are considered a fair substitute for capers.
Constituents
Phenyl-ethyl isothiocyanite, a pungent, volatile oil, and an amylclytic enzyme.
Medicinal Action and Uses
Radishes are an excellent food remedy for stone, gravel and scorbutic conditions. The juice has been used in the treatment of cholelithiasis as an aid in preventing the formation of biliary calculi. The expressed juice of white or black Spanish radishes is given in increasing doses of from 1/2 to 2 cupfuls daily. The 2 cupfuls are continued for two or three weeks. Then the dose is decreased until 1/2 cupful is taken three times a week for three or four more weeks. The treatment may be repeated by taking 1 cupful at the beginning, then 1/2 daily, and later, 1/2 every second day.
The colouring matter is recommended as a sensitive indicator in alkalimetry.
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Cree Storytelling
Storytelling is an oral tradition passed on from one generation to another. The stories are memorized and repeated, sometimes changing each time they are told. The special stories about the origins of sacred ceremonies, and especially the Creation legend, are told with great precision. The stories of the Cree incorporate all that life incorporates, accepting good and evil, cruelty and beauty, crudeness and fancy equally, as part of the world.
Storytellers are judged according to their eloquence, and their ability to improvise and improve stories for entertainment. They are welcomed wherever they go. Some people who are not storytellers by trade also have the ability to memorize and invent stories.
The Cree tell long stories about personal hunting adventures. The narrator uses gestures and movements to illustrate the story. The movements of the animals, the stealthy approach of the hunter, the aim, the shot, the cry of the animal or the pursuit are all acted out as the tale unfolds.
Stories are used to entertain all ages, to instruct the young, and to preserve history, rituals and beliefs. They are told during the long cold winter nights when everyone craved stimulation, wanting something to spark their imagination.
The Cree belief that stories based on fiction cannot be told during the summer is shared by many nations. Summer is the season when people are supposed to use their time as well as possible. People who narrate such stories in the summer risk having their lives destroyed by lizards, who would come to suck their blood. It was believed that toads or snakes would creep into the beds of people who wasted precious time telling stories before the first snow fell. This type of punishment is also reserved for narrators of the endless cycles about the superhuman chameleon-like joker Wisakecahk, a revered character in the Cree storytelling tradition. During the summer, spirits are about and may take revenge on people who tell stories that are damaging to them. Animals may also overhear and be offended by the stories when they are roaming in the summer.
Stories lose meaning when translated from their original language. Meaning is also lost to people of other cultures. There are images, suggestions and associations in these stories that mean nothing to the outsider but are apparent in the minds of the Cree. The connection to nature, to the Great Spirit and to other peoples is part of Cree culture and is reflected in the stories that are told to children from the time they are born.
I was looking for mythology concerning the seagull when I came across the article above which so resonated with me that I decided to include it here.
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Beetle or Ladybug
The Ladybug is associated with spirituality and religious devotion. The name Ladybug originated in Europe during the Middle Ages, when insects were destroying the crops. Catholic farmers were said to have prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. Soon after, Ladybugs appeared and began eating the pests and saved the crops from destruction. The farmers began to call the Ladybugs "the Beetles of Our Lady" and eventually they were known as Lady Beetles.
The Ladybug's red wings are said to represent the Virgin's cloak and the black spots her joys and sorrows. The Ladybug is widely considered a symbol of luck and is seen as a good omen when it comes a calling. In Sweden, it is said that if one lands on a young woman's hand, she will soon get married. In France, it is said that if you are ill when one lands on you, it will fly away with your illness.
Ladybugs are also considered to be symbols of fire and the Sun. Ladybug teaches life is short and it teaches to let go of ones' worries and fears, to trust in spirit and enjoy life. It brings the gifts of renewal and regeneration. The message of the Ladybug could be asking you to "Let go and let God".
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Citrine Crystal - Natural
6 Vibration. Gemini Aries Libra Leo.
Never needs clearing or cleansing as it does not hold any negative energy. Physical Balances the Yin-Yang energy and aligns the chakras.
Citrine has long been called the "Merchants Stone" as a piece of it placed in your purse or near your cash box will help to generate income.
Stimulates mental focus and endurance. Dispels fear. Helps one to "feel sunny" all the time. Encourages smiles and laughter. Helps with problem solving. Dispels anger.
Citrine also positively affects business relationships, educational pursuits and personal relationships. A good stone to aid study.
Promotes mental awareness of "the moment" Citrine stimulates the awakening of the mind. It also helps in contact with the higher forces of intelligence.
Citrine is often used to help those with diabetes.
Citrine sounds exceedingly good to me.
To learn more about crystals 'Love is in the Earth' by Melody is the one I like best.
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Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Elizabeth Frye - 1932
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This poem was sent to me when my 17 year old daughter died on Valentines Day of meningitis in 1994 the day before my birthday. It touched me so much that her father and I had part of it engraved on her gravestone, in the hope that it would be a comfort to her friends.
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Many Blessings Dr Elizabeth Ann Diamond
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