Author: Daniela
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Skiddle’s Guide to Psychic Nights
Date published: 8th Jun 2013 Photograph: Kevin Bowen – Psychic Medium Human desire to learn what the future holds has been a major obsession throughout the ages. This is perhaps a reason why in today’s society the Psychic is in such high demand. Fascination with mysticism, soothsaying, prediction and belief in something existing beyond our realm…
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How does world’s oldest water taste? ‘Terrible.’
Earth Science Professor, Barbara Sherwood Lollar describes the oldest water ever discovered ( possibly as old as 2.6 billion years, when Earth was less than half its current age) in a recent interview with Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times: “What jumps out at you first is the saltiness. Because of the reactions between the water and the…
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House Decorations of the Basotho Women
The Basotho women’s art of house decoration: Litema “The word Litema (pronounced as “di-the-ma”) is derived from the word “ho lema” which means to cultivate, and “tema”, which denotes a ploughed field. The geometric patterns appeared initially on the inside of dwellings and it was only in the 19th century that it appeared on the outside…
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Sunday Prayer
New Songs The afternoon says: “I’m thirsty for shadow!” And the moon: “I want stars.” The crystal fountain asks for lips, the wind, for sighs. I’m thirsty for scents and for laughter. Thirsty for new songs without irises or moons, without dead loves. A morning song that can shiver quiet backwaters of the future and…
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Invisibility Cloak Fast Becoming a Reality
In The Mail Online, James Rush provides fascinating information on an invisibility cloak, designed by scientists, that is big enough to hide a human or a satellite orbiting earth. Can the search for Planet Q’onoS be far behind? Over the last ten years scientists have investigated two main ways of creating invisibility cloaks, according to the MIT Technology…
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“Is There At the Heart of Spirituality a Powerful, Redemptive, and Transformative Idea?”
In his recent article “Think Spirituality Is Easy? Think Again…” Roger Gottlieb asks “Is there at the heart of spirituality a powerful, redemptive, and transformative idea?” He believes there is: “… one that is simply expressed but often excruciatingly hard to put into practice. The idea is this: our lives will be far happier, in an…
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New Flu Vaccines Contain Genetically Modified Protiens
A new vaccine for influenza has hit the market, and it is the first ever to contain genetically-modified (GM) proteins derived from insect cells. According to reports, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the vaccine, known as Flublok, which contains recombinant DNA technology and an insect virus known as baculovirus that is purported…
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Tupelo Press Launches New Literary Magazine and Poetry Contest
For all the poets who visit: The North Adams, Massachusetts–based Tupelo Press has announced the launch of a new online literary magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, and with it an inaugural poetry contest. The winner will receive one thousand dollars and publication in the first issue of Tupelo Quarterly. The prize is currently open for submissions. Using the online submission manager,…
