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Itchy Palms a Sign of Money
I'm not sure if this is suppose to be posted here but it's the best place i could find to put it, please move if need be.
Well everyone in my family seems to have a kind of sixth sense about when there about to get a bit of money, there palms will itch sometimes for a few hours sometimes for months until the money is received, I am wondering if anyone has heard of this before or might even have an explanation/theory on it for i am lost on what could be causing this lil money prediction method and if theres a way to delve deeper into it I.E. how much money,when it will be received and how, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Well everyone in my family seems to have a kind of sixth sense about when there about to get a bit of money, there palms will itch sometimes for a few hours sometimes for months until the money is received, I am wondering if anyone has heard of this before or might even have an explanation/theory on it for i am lost on what could be causing this lil money prediction method and if theres a way to delve deeper into it I.E. how much money,when it will be received and how, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13325-Itchy-Palms-a-Sign-of-Money&goto=newpost
tai chi questions
Hi I have been wanting to do Tai Chi for awhile now, I had rented DVDs from library but forgot to do it. Any way what is the cost for classes and is Tai Chi a good way to gather Chi. I would also like to know if the sensei would or is able to teach me how to use my chi energy. Or would I have to learn that my self
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13324-tai-chi-questions&goto=newpost
yumeninja: Life Quest Reward: The MatherAfter hella searching…
Life Quest Reward: The Mather
After hella searching for a better deal on the internets, I achieved these.more pictures @ blog
Well done! Love that mirror and the shoes.
Problems keepign a Dream Journal?
For years I have lamented waking and spending upwards of 20 minutes working on a Dream Journal. You know how it is... your running late to work, you have an important meeting in the morning but you stayed up late surfing OC. So now, you have to fit a shower, breakfast, and dream journal in to a 30 minute window.
It got the point where the mere sight of it will sicken me some mornings. (Frater U.D. was right!) I have come to despise writing in it so much that I know that some mornings I have sabotaged my pre-awoken self to purge all memory of the dream so I did not have to write in it.
However, I do understand it's importance and significance to the mind's inner-workings. It has helped me on many occasions; when deciphering some arcane concepts to helping me know what's my heart says dealing with simple life-decisions.
After much neglect I felt that the main reason I came to loathe it was that I was writing down every single detail of the dream. When I dream, I dream in moods, and these moods often take paragraphs to describe accurately. Also, I tend to dream in a language that is not easily translated into the written word. So when I got done with an entry, I'd have what amounted to an entire sitcom script upwards of 3 pages long. So long for the shower and breakfast! So what now?
I have realized that I was fretting over a pretty easy fix. One thing that Kraig and the others don't say is that, it turns out that if you merely write down the date, general mood, main characters, and a 3 sentence descriptor, you should be OK. Obviously, if there were any epiphanies or other weird shit, you might want to jot that down as well. But you really don't need a 15 page entry every frickin morning! With this method, I can usually recall the important bits of the dream for any sort of astral work, etc.
And for the beginner: once you get practice at this, you'll begin to realize that it does become easier. And while this method might slow your overall progress slightly (I liken it to surgery with a chainsaw) you will ultimately do better because you didn't give up due to your hatred of the journal.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? Thoughts?
It got the point where the mere sight of it will sicken me some mornings. (Frater U.D. was right!) I have come to despise writing in it so much that I know that some mornings I have sabotaged my pre-awoken self to purge all memory of the dream so I did not have to write in it.
However, I do understand it's importance and significance to the mind's inner-workings. It has helped me on many occasions; when deciphering some arcane concepts to helping me know what's my heart says dealing with simple life-decisions.
After much neglect I felt that the main reason I came to loathe it was that I was writing down every single detail of the dream. When I dream, I dream in moods, and these moods often take paragraphs to describe accurately. Also, I tend to dream in a language that is not easily translated into the written word. So when I got done with an entry, I'd have what amounted to an entire sitcom script upwards of 3 pages long. So long for the shower and breakfast! So what now?
I have realized that I was fretting over a pretty easy fix. One thing that Kraig and the others don't say is that, it turns out that if you merely write down the date, general mood, main characters, and a 3 sentence descriptor, you should be OK. Obviously, if there were any epiphanies or other weird shit, you might want to jot that down as well. But you really don't need a 15 page entry every frickin morning! With this method, I can usually recall the important bits of the dream for any sort of astral work, etc.
And for the beginner: once you get practice at this, you'll begin to realize that it does become easier. And while this method might slow your overall progress slightly (I liken it to surgery with a chainsaw) you will ultimately do better because you didn't give up due to your hatred of the journal.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? Thoughts?
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13323-Problems-keepign-a-Dream-Journal&goto=newpost
zoetica: On Biorequiem: Photo Flurry 070 – In the Garden, where…
On Biorequiem: Photo Flurry 070 – In the Garden, where Lou comes over, makes my hair look funny and takes pictures.
Brand Fanaticism Lights Up Same Part of the Brain as Religion
Curt Hopkins compares the discovery that a company’s logo lights up the same brain regions in fans of that company that religious iconographic lights up in followers of the religion.
Anyway, the public (well, at least the free, male, moneyed public) that took such a hands-on role in shaping the policy of the Republic was displaced by an Imperial government that consolidated power in one man, whose will was carried out by a bureaucracy. When that happened, the formerly most influential elements of the society turned away from public life to “mystery religions”: Mithraism, the worship of Isis and of course Christianity.
In the same way, it feels that we’ve lost something in turn. I’m not sure what it is – religious faith, political will, tribal affiliation? – but I can feel it. With the loss of that thing, people have turned to brands, particularly to tech brands, with their promise of connection, amplification, justification, belonging. The promise of salvation and relevance.
Also check out what Douglas Rushkoff has to say about the future of branding in social media.
Essays of Note: In Defense of Magical Beliefs, Religious Satanism, and Loki Trouble
From Wildhunt
I’d like to highlight three excellent essays worth checking out today. In Defense of Magic: Andrew Sullivan points to an excellent essay by_Jessa Crispin, editor and founder of Bookslut.com, that talks about the endurance of religion, of irrational beliefs, of magic, in a seemingly rational and increasingly secular age. In the process she discusses two [...]
Would you like to know more?
I’d like to highlight three excellent essays worth checking out today. In Defense of Magic: Andrew Sullivan points to an excellent essay by_Jessa Crispin, editor and founder of Bookslut.com, that talks about the endurance of religion, of irrational beliefs, of magic, in a seemingly rational and increasingly secular age. In the process she discusses two [...]
Would you like to know more?
In the comments of yesterday’s Goth Purple Clothing &…
In the comments of yesterday’s Goth Purple Clothing & Accessories post a reader named Zin requested a purple post for the male goths out there. Ask and you shall receive! If it wasn’t apparent in my previous purple posts I think that adding a splash of purple (shirt, watch, shoes, etc.) to an all black wardrobe is the way to go to work in a bit of color for the average goth.
Bacteria Loves Caffeine Too
Think you live on caffeine? You’re still no match for a newly described bitty bacteria called Pseudomonas putida CBB5. These little guys can feast on pure caffeine all day—and presumably all night—long. And researchers have now located just how they accomplish this arguably admirable feat.
Celebrated and cursed, caffeine is actually an alluring blend of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, and the clever bacterium uses specialized enzymes as it “breaks caffeine down into carbon dioxide and ammonia,” Ryan Summers, a doctoral researcher in chemical and biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa, said in a prepared statement.
Scientific American: Newly Discovered Bacteria Lives on Caffeine
From http://technoccult.net/archives/2011/05/31/bacteria-loves-caffeine-too/
Making money
Legal ideas on how to make quick cash quickly when in a bind:
Please feel free to add to the list:
The first way to make (or save loads of money) is by extreme couponing.
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/extreme-couponing
The shows has people who save tons of money on grocery shopping, but I am wondering if I could use the same tactic for other items (such as computers at best buy?) then sell the same stuff on ebay at a higher price?
And here is a list for those who are really desperate for cash now:
http://www.walletpop.com/photos/25-w...e-quick-money/
Idea no. 25
Start Your Own Part-Time
Business From Home
If you want to start a business, you don't have to invest much money to make money. Sometimes you can start a business with next to nothing. Jacob and Susan D'Aniello's pooper scooper business is now a multi-million dollar franchise called DoodyCalls. But in the beginning, it was just them, a bag and a shovel. You might also consider hiring yourself out as a dog walker, errand runner, driver or computer consultant.
Idea no. 24
Take a Part-Time Job
With most part-time jobs, it's probably going to be two weeks, at best, before you receive that first paycheck. When you need cash sooner than that, look for jobs that offer immediate money in your pocket, like one that includes tips. Bartending and waiting tables are two tried-and-true examples.
Idea no. 23
Seek Emergency Assistance
Many charities provide services and items that you would otherwise spend money on, freeing up some dollars to apply to your most pressing needs. Among the most common of these are food banks and open-dining opportunities, help or waiver of utility costs, and clothing and other household essentials.
Idea No. 22
Make Stuff to Sell
Think of the proverbial lemonade stand, but all grown up. When one WalletPop blogger is entirely broke, she'll get out her sewing machine and make her favorite quick project: stuffed geese (made out of thrifted fabric). They sell like crazy on Etsy, an online shop devoted to crafty vendors, and is her go-to plan when the well runs dry and she needs to bring in some quick cash.
Idea No. 21
Rent Out Your 'Spot'
If you own some prime parking real estate, you could put cash in your pocket and get more exercise by renting out your spot and parking further away. If access to your car is less convenient, perhaps you'll even drive less, saving money on gas, too.
Idea No. 20
Sell Stuff on Craigslist
A good alternative to the yard sale is to make use of Craigslist, a great internet site for buying and selling almost anything legal -- furniture, bicycles, musical equipment, housewares, art, and whatever. Over 40 million people use it every month. It's free and localized, so there is typically no shipping involved.
Idea No. 19
Do Odd Jobs
Babysitters earn upwards of $10 an hour these days. Offer to sit for friends' kids on Friday or Saturday night. The parents will be only too happy to hand you cash when they return! One complaint of young males is that nobody is likely to hire them to watch their kids. An alternative is to offer to wash cars, mow lawns, weed backyards or haul crap out of the garage, instead.
Idea No. 18
Find an Online Gig
One valid work-at-home program is Amazon Mechanical Turk, where companies post tasks that machines cannot easily do, but that are relatively simple for humans. You choose an assignment, and, on completion, are credited with payment to your Amazon account. This money can be withdrawn once you accumulate $10
Idea No. 17
Collect Your Change
If you are like most Americans, there is hidden cash throughout your home. It may be underneath your sofa cushions, in little jars or piggy banks, but there is bound to be bounties of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters just waiting for you to unearth them. You may be surprised how much you find and how much all that "small change" is worth.
Idea No. 16
Return Past Purchases
Taking recently purchased items back for cash is really one of the most efficient ways of making quick cash. Not only are you typically able to get your full purchase price back if you have a receipt, but you'll reduce your stuff and pay penance for your spending habit, too.
Idea No. 15
Hold a Yard Sale
If you have furniture, electronics, children's items, sports equipment, jewelry, collectibles (in other words, the usual hodgepodge of clutter that most of us once thought we needed to buy), then a yard sale may help you raise some money fast.
Idea No. 14
Recycle Scrap Metal
One way you can get some quick cash is to sell scrap metal to your local salvage yard or recycling center. One WalletPop blogger's co-worker bought a used camper for just over $600 and took his old one to get scrapped. The scrap value of his camper almost paid for his new camper purchase.
Idea No.13
Become a Temp
If you show up to work on time, take reasonably short lunch breaks, don't leave too early, and demonstrate even the slightest amount of energy and initiative, chances are that your employers will view you as a God-send. In many cases, they will even offer you permanent employment. And temp jobs can pay really well.
Idea No. 12
Sign Up for Medical Tests
Perhaps your path to wealth is as a medical guinea pig. The National Institutes of Health has 300 studies that need volunteers. Rochester Clinical Research is looking for volunteers to test an Avian Flu vaccine.
Idea No. 11
Take in a Boarder
Sharing living expenses can put more cash in your pocket. However, if you ask someone to move into your spare room -- or onto your couch -- draw up a lease agreement, even/especially if your prospective boarder is someone you know.
Idea No. 10
Tap Your Life Insurance
If you have whole life (a type of insurance you buy to last your "whole" life and your heirs get the payout even if you live to 104), you pay higher premiums, but the insurance has a "cash value" that you can tap any time. All you have to do is call your life insurance company to access the money.
Idea No 09
Get a Payday Loan
If you're responsible with your money and know that you're facing less than two weeks of a cash shortfall, borrowing $300 today in return for repaying $345 in two weeks may be a good idea. If you're the sort of person who has a continual spending or money management problem, this is the dumbest thing you could possibly do.
Idea No. 08
Raid Your IRA
If you need quick cash, your retirement savings can look like a great place to find the lump sum you need, but tread carefully. There are lots of rules and if you don't qualify for an eligible withdrawal you'll have to pay a 10% penalty plus taxes on the money at your current income tax rate.
Idea No. 07
Pawn Your Stuff
Pawnshops work like this: you offer up your prized possessions as collateral on a loan; in most cases, the loan will be about 10% of the actual value of your item. At this point, you have three choices: redeem the loan, pay interest to keep the loan alive, or let it lapse and forfeit your goodie.
Idea No. 06
Sell Some Body Parts
Well, not body parts, as in a kidney or lung, we're talking more of the replaceable (and legally sold) kind like plasma and hair. In most larger cities, there are clinics that will pay you up to $35 or so for some of your plasma, which you can donate twice a week. Sales for generous lengths of tresses reportedly can net you several hundred to over a thousand dollars.
Idea No. 05
Bank on Your Sperm
Advertised sperm donation rates vary from $1 to $200 per week; most donors can expect somewhere around $40 per donation. It does, however, require a six-month or greater commitment, and no "liberation" of sperm when you're off the clock.
Idea No. 04
Sell Stuff to Motorists
Roadside sales can pull in some quick cash. Pick high-profit items that aren't highly perishable and/or have a high cost/sale price ratio: cold soda, corn, baked goods, flowers.
Idea No. 03
Scalp Tickets (Legally)
So you're broke, and it suddenly occurs to you that you are sitting on concert tickets to Hannah Montana. If the water dept. is threatening to cut you off for non-payment, scalping those tickets could save you from a dirty, smelly fate.
Idea No. 02
Go Scavenging
100,000 homeless can't be wrong! In states that require a deposit, 50 cans could bring you $2.50 or more. As scrap, 32 cans make a pound, worth 70 cents. Grab a shopping cart and go hunting! If you live near a beach, another treasure-hunting option is to use a metal detector to look for coins or other valuable items just below the sand's surface.
Idea No. 01
Head to the Casino
Understand this first: this is our No. 1 most desperate way to make some quick cash, and only applies in this situation: you have some money, but not enough, and MUST have more within a very short time or your life will fall into ruin. Only then does a reasonable man consider the casino.
Please feel free to add to the list:
The first way to make (or save loads of money) is by extreme couponing.
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/extreme-couponing
The shows has people who save tons of money on grocery shopping, but I am wondering if I could use the same tactic for other items (such as computers at best buy?) then sell the same stuff on ebay at a higher price?
And here is a list for those who are really desperate for cash now:
http://www.walletpop.com/photos/25-w...e-quick-money/
Idea no. 25
Start Your Own Part-Time
Business From Home
If you want to start a business, you don't have to invest much money to make money. Sometimes you can start a business with next to nothing. Jacob and Susan D'Aniello's pooper scooper business is now a multi-million dollar franchise called DoodyCalls. But in the beginning, it was just them, a bag and a shovel. You might also consider hiring yourself out as a dog walker, errand runner, driver or computer consultant.
Idea no. 24
Take a Part-Time Job
With most part-time jobs, it's probably going to be two weeks, at best, before you receive that first paycheck. When you need cash sooner than that, look for jobs that offer immediate money in your pocket, like one that includes tips. Bartending and waiting tables are two tried-and-true examples.
Idea no. 23
Seek Emergency Assistance
Many charities provide services and items that you would otherwise spend money on, freeing up some dollars to apply to your most pressing needs. Among the most common of these are food banks and open-dining opportunities, help or waiver of utility costs, and clothing and other household essentials.
Idea No. 22
Make Stuff to Sell
Think of the proverbial lemonade stand, but all grown up. When one WalletPop blogger is entirely broke, she'll get out her sewing machine and make her favorite quick project: stuffed geese (made out of thrifted fabric). They sell like crazy on Etsy, an online shop devoted to crafty vendors, and is her go-to plan when the well runs dry and she needs to bring in some quick cash.
Idea No. 21
Rent Out Your 'Spot'
If you own some prime parking real estate, you could put cash in your pocket and get more exercise by renting out your spot and parking further away. If access to your car is less convenient, perhaps you'll even drive less, saving money on gas, too.
Idea No. 20
Sell Stuff on Craigslist
A good alternative to the yard sale is to make use of Craigslist, a great internet site for buying and selling almost anything legal -- furniture, bicycles, musical equipment, housewares, art, and whatever. Over 40 million people use it every month. It's free and localized, so there is typically no shipping involved.
Idea No. 19
Do Odd Jobs
Babysitters earn upwards of $10 an hour these days. Offer to sit for friends' kids on Friday or Saturday night. The parents will be only too happy to hand you cash when they return! One complaint of young males is that nobody is likely to hire them to watch their kids. An alternative is to offer to wash cars, mow lawns, weed backyards or haul crap out of the garage, instead.
Idea No. 18
Find an Online Gig
One valid work-at-home program is Amazon Mechanical Turk, where companies post tasks that machines cannot easily do, but that are relatively simple for humans. You choose an assignment, and, on completion, are credited with payment to your Amazon account. This money can be withdrawn once you accumulate $10
Idea No. 17
Collect Your Change
If you are like most Americans, there is hidden cash throughout your home. It may be underneath your sofa cushions, in little jars or piggy banks, but there is bound to be bounties of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters just waiting for you to unearth them. You may be surprised how much you find and how much all that "small change" is worth.
Idea No. 16
Return Past Purchases
Taking recently purchased items back for cash is really one of the most efficient ways of making quick cash. Not only are you typically able to get your full purchase price back if you have a receipt, but you'll reduce your stuff and pay penance for your spending habit, too.
Idea No. 15
Hold a Yard Sale
If you have furniture, electronics, children's items, sports equipment, jewelry, collectibles (in other words, the usual hodgepodge of clutter that most of us once thought we needed to buy), then a yard sale may help you raise some money fast.
Idea No. 14
Recycle Scrap Metal
One way you can get some quick cash is to sell scrap metal to your local salvage yard or recycling center. One WalletPop blogger's co-worker bought a used camper for just over $600 and took his old one to get scrapped. The scrap value of his camper almost paid for his new camper purchase.
Idea No.13
Become a Temp
If you show up to work on time, take reasonably short lunch breaks, don't leave too early, and demonstrate even the slightest amount of energy and initiative, chances are that your employers will view you as a God-send. In many cases, they will even offer you permanent employment. And temp jobs can pay really well.
Idea No. 12
Sign Up for Medical Tests
Perhaps your path to wealth is as a medical guinea pig. The National Institutes of Health has 300 studies that need volunteers. Rochester Clinical Research is looking for volunteers to test an Avian Flu vaccine.
Idea No. 11
Take in a Boarder
Sharing living expenses can put more cash in your pocket. However, if you ask someone to move into your spare room -- or onto your couch -- draw up a lease agreement, even/especially if your prospective boarder is someone you know.
Idea No. 10
Tap Your Life Insurance
If you have whole life (a type of insurance you buy to last your "whole" life and your heirs get the payout even if you live to 104), you pay higher premiums, but the insurance has a "cash value" that you can tap any time. All you have to do is call your life insurance company to access the money.
Idea No 09
Get a Payday Loan
If you're responsible with your money and know that you're facing less than two weeks of a cash shortfall, borrowing $300 today in return for repaying $345 in two weeks may be a good idea. If you're the sort of person who has a continual spending or money management problem, this is the dumbest thing you could possibly do.
Idea No. 08
Raid Your IRA
If you need quick cash, your retirement savings can look like a great place to find the lump sum you need, but tread carefully. There are lots of rules and if you don't qualify for an eligible withdrawal you'll have to pay a 10% penalty plus taxes on the money at your current income tax rate.
Idea No. 07
Pawn Your Stuff
Pawnshops work like this: you offer up your prized possessions as collateral on a loan; in most cases, the loan will be about 10% of the actual value of your item. At this point, you have three choices: redeem the loan, pay interest to keep the loan alive, or let it lapse and forfeit your goodie.
Idea No. 06
Sell Some Body Parts
Well, not body parts, as in a kidney or lung, we're talking more of the replaceable (and legally sold) kind like plasma and hair. In most larger cities, there are clinics that will pay you up to $35 or so for some of your plasma, which you can donate twice a week. Sales for generous lengths of tresses reportedly can net you several hundred to over a thousand dollars.
Idea No. 05
Bank on Your Sperm
Advertised sperm donation rates vary from $1 to $200 per week; most donors can expect somewhere around $40 per donation. It does, however, require a six-month or greater commitment, and no "liberation" of sperm when you're off the clock.
Idea No. 04
Sell Stuff to Motorists
Roadside sales can pull in some quick cash. Pick high-profit items that aren't highly perishable and/or have a high cost/sale price ratio: cold soda, corn, baked goods, flowers.
Idea No. 03
Scalp Tickets (Legally)
So you're broke, and it suddenly occurs to you that you are sitting on concert tickets to Hannah Montana. If the water dept. is threatening to cut you off for non-payment, scalping those tickets could save you from a dirty, smelly fate.
Idea No. 02
Go Scavenging
100,000 homeless can't be wrong! In states that require a deposit, 50 cans could bring you $2.50 or more. As scrap, 32 cans make a pound, worth 70 cents. Grab a shopping cart and go hunting! If you live near a beach, another treasure-hunting option is to use a metal detector to look for coins or other valuable items just below the sand's surface.
Idea No. 01
Head to the Casino
Understand this first: this is our No. 1 most desperate way to make some quick cash, and only applies in this situation: you have some money, but not enough, and MUST have more within a very short time or your life will fall into ruin. Only then does a reasonable man consider the casino.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13321-Making-money&goto=newpost
Ancient Lore Scrapbasket (older than dirt, better than pr0n!)
This thread will serve as a compilation of handy or hard-to-find links pertaining to ancient magical traditions. (Especially in the Near East, but not exclusively.)
I will begin with a couple gems from my favorites bar:
Chaldean
http://dreams.00.gs/Mesopotamian_Dre...am_Rituals.htm
http://history-world.org/sumerian_an...dian_myths.htm
http://www.piney.com/BabGloss.html
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...p?page=accueil
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...ary/search.php
Canaanite
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/...gan/pagan.html
http://www.canaanite.org/dictionary/...list&d=18&p=18
Hittite/Hurrian
http://stason.org/TULARC/education-b...ogy/index.html
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...ue_hittite.htm
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...hp?page=textes
http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif..._grammaire.htm
Elamite
http://www.zoroastriankids.com/persia1.html
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Elam
Necronomicon/Liber Naughty
http://www.magick7.com/FreeBooks/002...mImperium.html
Ancient Near East (in general)
http://ctwsearch.wesleyan.edu/vufind/Record/w1715507
:up: might require some H4XX1|\|G or some polite asking to acquire the readable digital text. Worth it! :thumbup:
Mitanni? Turkic? Iberic? P.I.E.??
(more coming @ next edit)
I will begin with a couple gems from my favorites bar:
Chaldean
http://dreams.00.gs/Mesopotamian_Dre...am_Rituals.htm
http://history-world.org/sumerian_an...dian_myths.htm
http://www.piney.com/BabGloss.html
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...p?page=accueil
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...ary/search.php
Canaanite
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/...gan/pagan.html
http://www.canaanite.org/dictionary/...list&d=18&p=18
Hittite/Hurrian
http://stason.org/TULARC/education-b...ogy/index.html
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...ue_hittite.htm
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif...hp?page=textes
http://www.allaboutturkey.com/hitit.htm
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneif..._grammaire.htm
Elamite
http://www.zoroastriankids.com/persia1.html
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Elam
Necronomicon/Liber Naughty
http://www.magick7.com/FreeBooks/002...mImperium.html
Ancient Near East (in general)
http://ctwsearch.wesleyan.edu/vufind/Record/w1715507
:up: might require some H4XX1|\|G or some polite asking to acquire the readable digital text. Worth it! :thumbup:
Mitanni? Turkic? Iberic? P.I.E.??
(more coming @ next edit)
Online Occult bookstores
Is there any online retailers that specialize in dealing in occult books and offers good prices?
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13319-Online-Occult-bookstores&goto=newpost
Self improvement and magick
I rarely use magick as my first route of dealing with any issue. I try to exhaust all possible mundane means before using magick.
For the last couple months, I've been trying to confront some flaws of mine (laziness, forgetfulness, inattentiveness, amongst some others) and I am quickly running out of mundane means to overcome them. I've made some progress, but it is one tough struggle. What ideas (magick wise) you can suggest I could use in order to improve myself? Or least ideas on how to gain further introspection and insight of myself and the source of the problem?
For the last couple months, I've been trying to confront some flaws of mine (laziness, forgetfulness, inattentiveness, amongst some others) and I am quickly running out of mundane means to overcome them. I've made some progress, but it is one tough struggle. What ideas (magick wise) you can suggest I could use in order to improve myself? Or least ideas on how to gain further introspection and insight of myself and the source of the problem?
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13318-Self-improvement-and-magick&goto=newpost
albinwonderland: . Things I don’t love about this: I’m…
.Things I don’t love about this:
I’m kidding of course, there is nothing because it’s perfect
I would like this in black please.
Ignore the flower poofs, the dress and shawl are phenomenal.
Ignore the flower poofs, the dress and shawl are phenomenal.
The Forgotten History of the Bonus Army
For Memorial Day, some dismal reading about the way the U.S. treats its soldiers (yes, this would actually be more appropriate for Veterans Day):
On 11 March 1932 Waters called for a march on Washington and 250-300 men from Portland joined him. They marched behind a banner reading “Portland Bonus March – On to Washington.” The veterans and their families had popular support and the support of some authorities. A Portland railroad offered the use of dung-stained cattle cars to transport the Bonus Army. The Indiana National Guard and the Pennsylvania National Guard used military vehicles to transport the Bonus Army. Toll bridge operators let the Bonus Army march silently across bridges without pay, and police officers refused to arrest Bonus Army veterans for trespassing. Thousands joined the Bonus Army as it marched towards Washington with Sergent Waters as their elected leader. Waters forbade drinking, panhandling, and ‘anti-government’ or ‘radical’ talk.
When Waters and his Bonus Army arrived in late May 1932 they were twenty thousand strong. The veterans and their families camped in buildings abandoned during the Great Depression and in giant shantytowns. Communists showed up at the shantytowns and agitated for their cause among the veterans. In reply, Bonus Army veterans seized the communists, held trials and sentenced them to fifteen lashes. More than two hundred communists were expelled from the Bonus Army camps. But supporters who were not communists showed up at the shantytown with material support. Among them were eight German soldiers, each having fought against US soldiers, each wounded twice or more in World War I, all naturalized citizens and bearing a total of eight tons of food and supplies for the Bonus Army.
On 29 June the US Government announced it would not meet the demands of the Bonus Army and that the Bonus Army had to leave by 15 July. By 5 July there was no food remaining. On 7 July congress offered $10,000 to the Bonus Army if it would simply leave Washington DC. Some did take the money and leave, but many more took the money and stayed while other veterans joined for the first time. One thousand more veterans and their families had joined the Bonus Army in Washington and more were on their way. On 17 July 1932 Congress voted down the bonus and then adjourned. President Hoover went on a vacation.
Somewhat related: Nightline on how hundreds of soldiers wounded in Iraq have ended up owing the military money. That is from 2006. The problem is ongoing. And that’s just one of many of the problems today’s veterans face.
From http://technoccult.net/archives/2011/05/31/the-forgotten-history-of-the-bonus-army/
Thank you…
Hey peeps...
I'm new to this site and magic in general - I was stopping by to say thanks for all the collected info and having such a wonderful community.
>Cool name too :laugh:
I'll stick around and see what I can learn from you all.
-Thanks
I'm new to this site and magic in general - I was stopping by to say thanks for all the collected info and having such a wonderful community.
>Cool name too :laugh:
I'll stick around and see what I can learn from you all.
-Thanks
Latest Drug Scare: Oxi, a “Highly Addictive Hallucinogenic” That is “Twice as Powerful as Crack Cocaine”
I came across this article in The Guardian on “Oxi,” a drug that has reportedly “exploded” in South America. According to The Guardian, Oxi is a “highly addictive and hallucinogenic blend of cocaine paste, gasoline, kerosene and quicklime (calcium oxide).”
From the story:
“The difference between cocaine and oxi is like the difference between drinking beer and pure alcohol,” said a federal police operative on the Peru-Brazil border, who refused to be named.
Further down in the story, however, another police officer is quoted saying ” “It is a new thing and we don’t yet have all the technical details of what oxi really is and the damage it can cause to someone who becomes addicted and uses it constantly.”
The whole story seemed fishy, so I did some digging and found this thread on a drug forum. Someone there found an Al Jazeera story with some more information:
The Al Jazeera story cites a researcher named Mendes who claims to have done a study of 80 oxi users. Mendes claims that users die about one year after starting to use the drug. That’s an insanely high mortality rate, but there’s no indication as to how the study was conducted, what the users actually died from or what sorts of controls were used. (Still, makes me think of Substance D – a drug everyone knows will kill them, but they keep taking anyway).
There’s a paradox that makes the stories particularly weird. If Oxi is so pure, why is it so cheap? One poster on the forums suggests:
Crack can be made straight from coca paste without having to be reverted from cocaine HCL.
The process in making cocaine goes: coca leaves> coca paste > cocaine base (crack) > cocaine HCL.
Its just that street crack always comes from being made from cocaine HCL
My guess is oxi is just cocaine base made straight from coca paste; so oxi would be more pure because it isnt being reverted back to cocaine base from cut cocaine.
The idea, I guess, is that on the black market most coca paste usually goes towards making cocaine hcl, so that anyone wanting to make crack has traditionally used cocaine hcl. What’s happening now is that more people are realizing they can skip the cocaine hcl period and make a cheaper, purer product straight from the paste.
Another poster suggested it might not actually be purer at all, but it might actually be the impurities (not to mention residues left by gasoline or kerosene) that create a different experience:
Sort of like the difference between East Coast USA H4 heroin (a highly purified powder mostly consisting of diacetylmorphine) & West Coast USA Black Tar Heroin (a very crude, not very purified mass containing DAM as well as morphine, 6-MAM & other assorted alkaloids)?
While H4 is obviously the cleaner, “superior” product, many people prefer the unrefined-ness of BTH, because of the nuanced high provided by the different alkaloids.
A few years ago, similar stories about a drug called “Paco” were circulating. From The Christian Science Monitor in 2006:
The paco sold here is a chemical byproduct, a leftover when Andean coca leaves are turned into a paste, then formulated into cocaine bound for US and European markets. Paco was once discarded as laboratory trash, says Dr. Ricardo Nadra, an Argentine government psychiatrist who works with paco addicts. But Argentina’s devastating financial collapse in 2001 left the poorest even poorer, creating an impoverished demand for “cocaine’s garbage,” he says.
“People were broke and they couldn’t afford to buy anything else,” says Dr. Nadra, adding that drug dealers took the leftovers, which look like salt crystals, and added substances such as ground up glass as a filler in order to increase their profits. “Drug dealers could keep selling pure cocaine in Europe or the US but now they could sell paco in [Argentina's poorer neighborhoods],” he says.
The Monitor notes that rich kids were starting to use the drug as well.
The Guardian ran its own story on paco just last year. The Guardian claims that “Paco is cocaine base paste, a byproduct of the refining process, cut with chemicals such as sulphuric acid and kerosene as well as glue, rat poison and crushed glass.”
Sounds very similar, except that The Guardian is describing paco as being made from a waste “paste” as opposed to an essential ingredient being used in a different way. But I can’t help but wonder if they are indeed the same drug. Some of the comments on The Guardian story on Oxi say it is, and Vaughan Bell att Mind Hacks says the same thing. In which case, this has been a known problem in Brazil and Argentina since at least 2001. It reminds me of some of the stories I saw about ya ba a few years ago, as if it were a “new” form of speed.
Anyway, it does sound a bit more legit than jenkem or iDoser.
nothings: Lolita (1997) ACTUALLY this is from Secretary…
firstfloormetaphor: Diet Butcher slim skin jacket in black
Diet Butcher
slim skin jacket in black
Memory Tricks
What tricks do you have or know of that help memorize information accurately and quickly?
What sources do you recommend or know of?
(besides mentat wiki)?
What sources do you recommend or know of?
(besides mentat wiki)?
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?13317-Memory-Tricks&goto=newpost
Miss Captain, please: One Sentence or Less: Gareth Pugh, Designer
Miss Captain, please: One Sentence or Less: Gareth Pugh, Designer :
What did you do immediately before this questionnaire?
Had a cigarette.What will you do immediately following this questionnaire?
Go to bed.What is your idea of bliss?
Guilt-free time off, lying on a beach in Mexico with my boyfriend.What is your idea of misery?
Tax bills.What is…
This is actually pretty funny.
An Education in For-Profit Education
Via that panel on comics as journalism, here’s a great comic/infographic on for-profit education by Susie Cagle for Campus Progress.
See also: Earn 45% of Credits Towards a Bachelor’s Degree by Working at Wal-Mart
From http://technoccult.net/archives/2011/05/30/an-education-in-for-profit-education/