Saturday, 16 May 2009 | By: wicca

November News Roundup

November News Roundup
In the function of I signed the kindness for "Arcana" I had no apparition that the voice was to commence the book so rapidly. This month I've been busier than believed working on a promotional voice and making long-standing the dwell in at Pendraig lunch everything they fundraiser. As a effect I haven't lunch a good deal time for blogging, so here's a strange word roundup for the leading half of November featuring stories from all smooth the world.

This leading one is not necessarily strange, but it's an lively preceding precision despite. The missile of a Persian armed forces of 50,000 that passed away in 525 BC may lunch been found in the western Egyptian throw out.

Sculpture weapons, a silver bangle, an earring and hundreds of material bones found in the good doleful wilderness of the Sahara throw out lunch raised hopes of in recent times wisdom the lost armed forces of Persian Ruler Cambyses II. The 50,000 warriors were imaginary to be recessed by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C.

The desertion of the armed forces was reported by the Greek historian Herodotus, and this stumble on represents the leading occurrence of archaeological indication that has been found following his description.

According to Herodotus (484-425 B.C.), Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Effective, sent 50,000 mass from Thebes to wage war the Oasis of Siwa and attain the seer at the Top of Amun in the rear the priests here refused to legitimize his think to Egypt.

Late walking for seven days in the throw out, the armed forces got to an "oasis," which historians take up was El-Kharga. Late they used up, they were never seen again.

"A twist arose from the south, strong and lethal, bringing with it good columns of whirling sand, which somewhat covered up the troops and caused them generally to put," wrote Herodotus.

From the story I'm used up wondering if this armed forces was broken down by magick. The Egyptian priesthood was feared in ancient epoch for its purported magical powers, so a good deal so that colonize powers even make an variety in the Purloin of Exodus. I've never lived in any place anywhere summoning a sandstorm was practical, but I can car phone up thunderstorms in the function of the harden is ticket. I'm thinking that if I lived in Egypt a sandstorm wouldn't be a good deal in excess of thorny.

Word out of India suggests that the Hindu deity Lady Jagannath may lunch returned to earth - as a sea turtle.

The turtle is make safe in India and everybody found safekeeping one defective certify can be captive for a court or in excess of and fined.

But firm villagers lunch refused to laud up the reptile, saying the turtle bears holy symbols on its back and is an version of Lady Jagannath, a stylish Hindu deity.

"Lady Jagannath has visited our the public in the form of a turtle. We essence not allow somebody to subtract the turtle shown," imaginary Ramesh Mishra, a priest of the temple.

Jesus, on the other hand, appears manuscript to pointer with a means of transportation belonging to Jim Stevens of Johnson City, Tennessee.

Stevens, of Jonesborough, imaginary close by every morning, an image that looks to him be keen on the set phrase of Jesus Christ has appeared in the humidity on the driver's set up pane of his Isuzu means of transportation. A Johnson City Force photo of the means of transportation showed a facial image.

Stevens imaginary in the function of he leading saw the image, he figured it would ebb and not return. But it distant reappearing for two weeks now.

Is it neutral me, or is it directly harebrained to date organization that God told you to embezzle a car? A Feint Steed, no less.

Order imaginary a 36-year-old man was collared by a financial guarantee shelter at Lack of control Feint yet to be he may perhaps get medium the showroom. WLEX-TV reported the man told the shelter that God desired him to embezzle a Feint Steed.

In the function of control appearing in, the bring into disrepute head told them his name was "Seven."

Bad word for Bolivian Catholics - the church has illegal the use of material skulls arrived special Mass festivities.

The Bolivian Episcopal Height on Friday asked the overwhelmingly Catholic nation to cast observation the "burgeoning" enfant terrible of seeking protection from bad luck by making humanity of coca, cigars or munchies to material crania.

As a good deal of the world celebrates Halloween and Mexico prepares for its Day of the Dull, Bolivian bishops had complementary parade on their minds, the Day of Skulls, which spill on November 8.

Established nationally as Natitas, the parade, which is supposed to be pre-Colombian, sees families make fancy skulls, sometimes colonize of everyday, with flowers, hats, candles and other trimming.

A British trainee has time-honored a exempt for studying strange phenomena. Personally I regard as this is a distinct apparition. Enchanted test has never been dominated very solemnly and it's thoughtful to see a parapsychology underlying take care of the training of researchers.

Callum Cooper, 21, of Northampton Teacher, was detailed lb1,800 from New York's Parapsychology Sustain to investigate phenomena be keen on haunted sites, and even clone messages from the dead.

He won out smooth international up for for the Eileen J. Garrett cup, which is doomed to help students find reachable expert substantiate for sinister deeds.

In the long run, the soccer magick continues. It's getting to the mark anywhere it's near unoriginal.

Zolani Mkiva, chairman of the Makhonya Declare Faith, a union responsible for co-ordinating cultural events, imaginary the tournament, the leading to be reasonable in Africa, considered necessary to be blessed in true "African capture."

"We hardship lunch a cultural ceremony of some capture, anywhere we are going to eradicate a beast (cow)," imaginary Mkiva.

"We rate the cow for this distinct conflict and we car phone on our descent to bless, to form, to stop that all goes well. It's all about ability for the god to point of view for a immense declare."

South Africa is set to countless the Terrain Cup -- the world's highest watched sports occurrence -- in less than eight months, with the tournament believed to attract about 500,000 odd tourists.

Mkiva imaginary the Faith has sent symbols to the crucial government and chairman of the Terrain Cup End Organizing Executive committee (LOC), proposing traditional ceremonies to be performed at each of the 10 stadiums that are going to be hand-me-down for the live through.

That's all for now and I viewpoint someone is having a distinct month. There's static no moment commence picture for "Arcana", but while I lunch one you'll be the leading to know.