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Excerpt from www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/event/linda-rotua-sormin-uncerta...:
Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground is the culmination of over 20 years of remarkable exploration and innovation, bringing together clay, sculpture, video, sound, hand-cut watercolour painting, and digital fabrication in a multi-sensory environment that asks how life in the modern, cosmopolitan city can coexist with memories and experiences of our ancestral traditions.
Raised in Canada and Thailand, artist Linda Rotua Sormin has emerged as a leading voice in sculpture with her fearless, monumental structures. Continually pushing clay beyond its limits, Sormin’s web-like forms burst through the boundaries of the medium, literally breaking apart and re-convening in new forms. Colonial artifacts, everyday kitsch, and fragments from the artist’s studio floor dangle and nestle within the latticework.
In her first solo museum exhibition and largest project to date, Sormin delves into her lineage among the Batak people of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago, exploring how images and ideas of her ancestors have, sometimes unwittingly, infused her artistic practice. She studied traditional Batak divination books, available to her only in European museum collections, with access strictly controlled, as well as the script and spoken language of her ancestors. Building on her research, Sormin weaves a rich family history of shamanic and other spiritual practices fragmented by colonialism, Christianization, and diaspora.
The exhibition unfolds on three levels: a central raised platform evokes a volcanic lake with an underworld of mythical beasts and coded divination texts; a tangle of precarious ceramic sculptures suggests an earthly middle ground inhabited by humans; and a suspended projection screen references a celestial realm of spirits and birds. The result is an environment that feels alive and in motion, offering audiences an encounter that is both visceral and contemplative.
Which will give you the answers you seek?
::B&C:: Divination Gacha " Fantasy Gacha Carnival February 2018
Excerpt from www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/event/linda-rotua-sormin-uncerta...:
Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground is the culmination of over 20 years of remarkable exploration and innovation, bringing together clay, sculpture, video, sound, hand-cut watercolour painting, and digital fabrication in a multi-sensory environment that asks how life in the modern, cosmopolitan city can coexist with memories and experiences of our ancestral traditions.
Raised in Canada and Thailand, artist Linda Rotua Sormin has emerged as a leading voice in sculpture with her fearless, monumental structures. Continually pushing clay beyond its limits, Sormin’s web-like forms burst through the boundaries of the medium, literally breaking apart and re-convening in new forms. Colonial artifacts, everyday kitsch, and fragments from the artist’s studio floor dangle and nestle within the latticework.
In her first solo museum exhibition and largest project to date, Sormin delves into her lineage among the Batak people of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago, exploring how images and ideas of her ancestors have, sometimes unwittingly, infused her artistic practice. She studied traditional Batak divination books, available to her only in European museum collections, with access strictly controlled, as well as the script and spoken language of her ancestors. Building on her research, Sormin weaves a rich family history of shamanic and other spiritual practices fragmented by colonialism, Christianization, and diaspora.
The exhibition unfolds on three levels: a central raised platform evokes a volcanic lake with an underworld of mythical beasts and coded divination texts; a tangle of precarious ceramic sculptures suggests an earthly middle ground inhabited by humans; and a suspended projection screen references a celestial realm of spirits and birds. The result is an environment that feels alive and in motion, offering audiences an encounter that is both visceral and contemplative.
In the middle of the Vienna Central Cemetery lies the
"Park of Peace and Strength".
It is laid out in the ancient tradition of geomancy (originally: divination from the earth) and garden design. Visitors can find peace and contemplation here. They can make contact with the forces of nature, plants and trees, stones and earth.
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word "troglodytes" (from "trogle" a hole, and "dyein" to creep), meaning "cave-dweller", and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called "cock nests" but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it "king of all birds", and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as "Jenny Wren" in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 m tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word troglodytes (from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep), meaning cave-dweller and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called cock nests but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it king of all birds and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as Jenny Wren in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
The Celtic tribal tattoos etched upon the skull, positioned beside a scrying globe, form a powerful tableau blending mysticism and ancient artistry. The intricate interlacing patterns of the Celtic design, symbolic of interconnectedness and cycles, wrap around the skull's contours, juxtaposing mortality with eternal symbolism. Adjacent, the scrying globe signifies esoteric insight and divination, resting as a gateway to unseen realms. Together, they weave a narrative of duality — the finite and the infinite, the tangible and the mystical. This evocative tattoo serves as a testament to the union of mortality's beauty and the quest for spiritual understanding, a mesmerizing fusion of ancient wisdom and enigmatic allure.
Camera - Nikon D7200
Lens - Sigma Super telephoto 150mm - 600mm contemporary lens
Stabilizer - Monopod
My son and i went down to the reservior to see what was happening. Whilst on the way round to were i was wanting to sit, this heron was at the edge of the reeds. While we were waiting, this heron managed to capture a fish, which i believe is a 3/4 (12 ounce) of a pound Roach.
Seen on Explore 23/12/19.
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 m tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.
At Cariacou - Two Fish.
Thanks to Rose Borchowski :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aN-1fqRb6A
"Predictions"
Let's tell the future
Let's see how it's been done.
By numbers. By mirrors. By water.
By dots made at random on paper.
By salt. By dice.
By meal. By mice.
By dough of cakes.
By sacrificial fire.
By fountains. By fishes.
Writing in ashes.
Birds. Herbs.
Smoke from the altar.
A suspended ring or the mode of laughing
Pebbles drawn from a heap
One of these things
Will tell you something.
Let's tell the future
Let's see how it's been done.
By dreams. By the features. By letters.
By dropping hot was into water.
By nails reflecting the rays of the sun.
By waling in a circle.
By red hot iron.
By passages in books.
A balanced hatchet.
A suspended ring or the mode of laughing
Pebbles drawn from a heap
One of these things
Will tell you something.
Let's tell the future
Let's see how it's been done.
How it's been done.
Suzanne Vega - Days of Open Hands
Nights of arbour and sorrow
like a song of childhood renown
waiting, then, as now
from October's dolorous frown
I'm walking, and keep searching
faith in the continuum, of course
isn't time always in vogue?
though it's passing is one of remorse
Nature, the citadel of fashion
the estuary of illustrated thought
a graphic ocean of creativity
perfected for every Season sought
Spring for feeling inner desire
Summer for the show of your life
Autumn for displaying a finishing touch
Winter for writing away all your strife
So, ultimately, what does it all mean?
in downpours of bleeding hearts
outpouring of grieving Souls
seeking the source from whence it starts
a pantheon of divination is natural
the setting sun of hopeless disappointment,
or debilitating pangs of morning lumber
call time for Seasonal reappointment
by anglia24
18h35: 11/10/2007
© 2007anglia24
☀
Struggling after a fall dear friends...try to see your photos soon.
xx
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2 to 4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for around 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when 7-8 weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about 5 years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests.
Herons are a fairly ancient lineage and first appeared in the fossil record in the Paleogene period; very few fossil herons have been found, though. By seven million years ago (the late Miocene), birds closely resembling modern forms and attributable to modern genera had appeared.
Herons are members of the family Ardeidae, and the majority of extant species are in the subfamily Ardeinae and known as true or typical herons. This subfamily includes the herons and egrets, the green herons, the pond herons, the night herons, and a few other species. The grey heron belongs in this subfamily.
The grey heron was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He placed it with the cattle egret and the great egret in the genus Ardea and coined the binomial name Ardea cinerea. The scientific name comes the Latin ardea meaning "heron" and cinereus meaning "ash-grey" or "ash-coloured".
The grey heron is a large bird, standing up to 100 cm (40 in) tall and measuring 84–102 cm (33–40 in) long with a 155–195 cm (61–77 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 1.02–2.08 kg (2 lb 4 oz – 4 lb 9+1⁄4 oz).[11] The plumage is largely ashy-grey above, and greyish-white below with some black on the flanks. Adults have the head and neck white with a broad black supercilium that terminates in the slender, dangling crest, and bluish-black streaks on the front of the neck. The scapular feathers are elongated and the feathers at the base of the neck are also somewhat elongated. Immature birds lack the dark stripe on the head and are generally duller in appearance than adults, with a grey head and neck, and a small, dark grey crest. The pinkish-yellow beak is long, straight and powerful, and is brighter in colour in breeding adults. The iris is yellow and the legs are brown and very long.
The main call is a loud croaking "fraaank", but a variety of guttural and raucous noises is heard at the breeding colony. The male uses an advertisement call to encourage a female to join him at the nest, and both sexes use various greeting calls after a pair bond has been established. A loud, harsh "schaah" is used by the male in driving other birds from the vicinity of the nest and a soft "gogogo" expresses anxiety, as when a predator is nearby or a human walks past the colony. The chicks utter loud chattering or ticking noises.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also known as Bridalwreath spirea, these beautiful white flowers symbolize love, divination, and peace.
The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun
Light has been broken and the spell has begun
Step into another realm, it's a dark night
You never know what you’ll see or you might find
Open up your mind and pay close attention
Invite the ghosts, engage your senses
Light your candles and watch the room glow
Moon glow outside your window
In the shadows the music will find you
With a rhyme designed to bind you
While I invoke intense attractions
Positive and negative reactions
Transmutation, divination
It’s all about the imagination
Interpretation, intoxication
Lay back in the cut and feel the vibration
Grillo_Lo Spirito Guida
"Il canto del Grillo, che può essere udito a distanze considerevoli, crea vibrazioni armoniose in grado di disperdere i pensieri ingombranti e aprire uno spazio di ascolto intimo dentro di sé per ricevere la sapienza della propria guida spirituale. Viene raffigurato in queste vesti in molti racconti: per esempio, nella mitologia greca conduce Tiresia al tempio di Apollo, aiutandolo a comprendere che il suo scopo è la divinazione. In quella egizia accompagna i defunti nell'aldilà, avvisandoli dei pericoli che potrebbero incontrare nel viaggio. ..."
Grillo_The Guiding Spirit
"The cricket's song, which can be heard at considerable distances, creates harmonious vibrations capable of dispersing cumbersome thoughts and opening an intimate listening space within oneself to receive the wisdom of one's spiritual guide. He is depicted in these guises in many stories: for example, in Greek mythology he leads Tiresias to the temple of Apollo, helping him to understand that his purpose is divination. In Egyptian mythology he accompanies the deceased into the afterlife, warning them of the dangers they might encounter on the journey. ..."
I testi citati sono di Federica Zizzari, tratti da "Animali Guida" ed. Vivida. The texts cited are by Federica Zizzari, taken from "Animali Guida" ed. Vivida.
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Shame about poor Max Factor-Rabbit, getting shoved to the side like that. But he has forgiven me as we have promised him a lead part in a future production. He could even be the next star of the remake once starring Natalie Wood: GYPSY!
Pit of oracle bones (甲骨) at Anyang Yinxu. The oracle bones are pieces of bone or turtle plastron bearing the answers to divination during the late Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC). They were heated and cracked, then typically inscribed using a bronze pin in what is known as the Oracle Bone Script (甲骨文), the earliest known significant corpus of ancient Chinese writing. The bones contain important historical information such as the complete royal genealogy of the Shang Dynasty.
Yinxu is the ruins of the last capital of Shang Dynasty . The capital served 255 years for 12 kings in 8 generations.
安阳殷墟甲骨坑
I do not want to say what I saw and so leave such images to be found. This is your choice and chance to view and to decide what you see. Surely there is an App for Nephelomancy? If not then we are on own using the symbol structure we have in place and ready for use.
I offered no idea of what I could see when I posted the film version to the internet. I still do not wish to influence what anyone else can see. In no particular order I would like to just leave these here.
Isis
Nephthys
Vulture
Fertile Expanding Cosmic Egg(s)
Venus of Willendorf
Fox – Cat – Kitten
Winged Serpent
Fenris Wolf
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Nephomancy and Nephelomancy from the web
Nephelomancy Shirleytwofeathers.com link below
Nephomancy or Nephelomancy is divination by studying clouds. This involves observing and interpreting the color, shape and position of clouds in the sky. The Celtic Druids made extensive use of nephomancy, which they called neladoracht.
Celtic shamans sometimes practiced a form of Nephomancy that was closely related to Hydromancy and Scrying. After finding a hollowed stone or other depression that was filled with rain water, priests would look into it studying the cloud formations reflected on the water’s surface.
To practice Nephomancy today, one should ask specific questions and then observe the shape and disposition of the clouds. This is easy enough to do in most parts of the world and requires only a basic understanding of the forces involved.
shirleytwofeathers.com/The_Blog/divination/nephomancy-wha...
Nephomancy
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nephomancy
nephomancy
1. Divination by use of the movement of clouds.
Hypernyms
• Aeromancy [Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.]
• austromancy [Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.]
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word troglodytes (from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep), meaning cave-dweller and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called cock nests but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it king of all birds and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as Jenny Wren in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
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Ο ναός του Απόλλωνα, το σημαντικότερο μνημείο του ιερού του Απόλλωνα στους Δελφούς, βρισκόταν σε περίοπτη και κεντρική θέση μέσα στο τέμενος. Στο ναό στεγάζονταν τα αγάλματα και τα αφιερώματα προς το θεό, αλλά εδώ γίνονταν και οι ιεροτελεστίες που είχαν σχέση με τη λατρεία, η σπουδαιότερη από τις οποίες ήταν η διαδικασία της μαντείας. Στο ναό υπήρχε και το «χρησμογραφείο», όπου φυλάσσονταν τα αρχεία και οι κατάλογοι των Πυθιονικών, που καταστράφηκαν το 373 π.Χ. Σύμφωνα με τη μυθολογία, ο πρώτος ναός του Απόλλωνα που κτίσθηκε στους Δελφούς ήταν μία καλύβα από κλαδιά δάφνης, ο δεύτερος έγινε από κερί μελισσών και φτερά και ο τρίτος από χαλκό, ενώ ο τέταρτος κτίσθηκε από τους μυθικούς αρχιτέκτονες Τροφώνιο και Αγαμήδη με τη βοήθεια του ίδιου του Απόλλωνα. Αυτός πρέπει να ήταν ο πώρινος ναός, που καταστράφηκε από πυρκαγιά το 548 π.Χ. Ο ναός που τον διαδέχθηκε, οικοδομήθηκε με εισφορές που συγκεντρώθηκαν από όλη την Ελλάδα και από ξένους ηγεμόνες και ανέλαβε να τον ολοκληρώσει η μεγάλη αθηναϊκή οικογένεια των Αλκμαιωνιδών. Ολοκληρώθηκε περίπου το 510 π.Χ., ήταν δωρικός περίπτερος, με 6 κίονες στην πρόσοψη και 15 στις πλευρές. Ήταν πώρινος με μαρμάρινη πρόσοψη και εξαιρετικό γλυπτό διάκοσμο, φιλοτεχνημένο από το γλύπτη Αντήνορα. Θέμα του ανατολικού αετώματος ήταν η επιφάνεια του Απόλλωνα, η άφιξη του θεού στους Δελφούς με τη συνοδεία της αδελφής του Άρτεμης και της μητέρας του Λητούς. Στο κέντρο της παράστασης εικονιζόταν το άρμα με τους θεούς και δεξιά και αριστερά ανδρικές και γυναικείες μορφές. Στο δυτικό αέτωμα απεικονιζόταν σκηνή Γιγαντομαχίας, από την οποία σώζονται μόνο οι μορφές της Αθηνάς, ενός πεσμένου Γίγαντα, μιας ανδρικής μορφής και τα μπροστινά μέρη δύο αλόγων.
Ο σεισμός του 373 π.Χ. κατέστρεψε τον αρχαϊκό ναό και το ιερό κατέφυγε για δεύτερη φορά σε πανελλήνιο έρανο για την ανοικοδόμησή του. Ο τρίτος ιερός πόλεμος εμπόδισε τις εργασίες και μόλις το 330 π.Χ. ο ναός παραδόθηκε σε χρήση, κατασκευασμένος στο ίδιο σχέδιο και στις ίδιες σχεδόν διαστάσεις. Σε αυτό το ναό ανήκουν τα ερείπια που βλέπουμε σήμερα. Πρόκειται για εντυπωσιακό κτίσμα, θαυμάσιο δείγμα του δωρικού ρυθμού, του οποίου αρχιτέκτονες ήταν ο Σπίνθαρος ο Κορίνθιος, ο Ξενόδωρος και ο Αγάθων. Ο ναός είναι περίπτερος, με 6 κίονες στις στενές πλευρές και 15 στις μακρές, με πρόδομο και οπισθόδομο δίστυλους εν παραστάσι. Ο σηκός του χωρίζεται σε τρία κλίτη με δύο κιονοστοιχίες, η καθεμία από τις οποίες έχει οκτώ ιωνικούς κίονες. Στο βαθύτερο επίπεδό του βρισκόταν το άδυτο, όπου εκτυλισσόταν η μαντική διαδικασία και στο οποίο είχαν πρόσβαση μόνο οι ιερείς που θα ερμήνευαν τα λόγια της Πυθίας. Τα αετώματα από παριανό μάρμαρο φιλοτέχνησαν οι Αθηναίοι γλύπτες Πραξίας και Ανδροσθένης. Στο ανατολικό αέτωμα απεικονίζονταν ο Απόλλωνας με τις Μούσες και στο δυτικό ο Διόνυσος ανάμεσα στις Θυιάδες (Μαινάδες). Για το εσωτερικό του ναού γνωρίζουμε ελάχιστα στοιχεία, κυρίως από αρχαίους συγγραφείς: στους τοίχους του προνάου υπήρχαν χαραγμένα ρητά των επτά σοφών, όπως «γνώθι σαυτόν», «μηδέν άγαν» και το γράμμα Ε. Επίσης, υπήρχε χάλκινη εικόνα του Ομήρου και βωμός του Ποσειδώνα, ενώ στο άδυτο υπήρχε το άγαλμα του θεού και ο ομφαλός.
Στο ναό έχουν γίνει εργασίες αναστήλωσης, ενώ αποσπάσματα των αετωμάτων και από τις δύο οικοδομικές φάσεις του εκτίθενται στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών.
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Α. Τσαρούχα, αρχαιολόγος
The temple of Apollo, the most important building in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, dominates the temenos from its central position. This is where the statues and other offerings to the god were kept, and where the cult rituals, including that of divination, took place. Also, here was the chresmographeion, or archive, destroyed in 373 BC, which contained the lists of victors of the Pythian games.
According to the legend, the first temple of Apollo at Delphi was made of laurel branches, the second of beeswax and feathers, and the third of bronze, while the fourth was built by the legendary architects Trofonios and Agamedes aided by Apollo himself. This was probably the stone temple destroyed by fire in 548 BC. Its replacement, built with contributions by both Greeks and non-Greeks, was completed around 510 BC by the Alkmaeonid family of Athens. This was a Doric peristyle temple, with six columns at the end and fifteen at the sides. Stone-built and marble-clad, it was sumptuously decorated with sculptures by the famous artist Antenor. The east pediment depicted Apollo's epiphany when he arrived at Delphi with his sister Artemis and his mother Leto; the chariot of the gods occupied the centre of the scene and was framed by male and female figures. Of the west pediment, which depicted the Gigantomachy, only the figures of Athena, a fallen giant, a male figure and two horses have survived.
This temple was destroyed by earthquake in 373 BC. The existing temple, also built with Greek contributions, was not completed until after the Third Sacred War, in 330 BC. This imposing Doric temple was raised by the architects Spintharos from Corinth, Xenodoros and Agathon. It has the same plan and roughly the same dimensions as its predecessor, with six columns at the end and fifteen at the sides, and both prodomos and opisthodomos in antis. The cella was divided into three naves by two colonnades of eight Ionic columns each. The divination ceremony took place in the adyton, or inner shrine, an underground chamber where only the priests interpreting Pythia's words had access. The pedimental sculptures of Parian marble are the work of the Athenian sculptors Praxias and Androsthenes. The east pediment depicted Apollo and the Muses, and the west Dionysus and the Maenads. Little is known of the arrangement of the temple's interior; ancient writers mention that the walls of the pronaos were inscribed with aphorisms of the seven sages, such as 'know thyself', 'everything in moderation' and the letter E. There was a bronze effigy of Homer and an altar of Poseidon, and, in the adyton, a statue of Apollo and the omphalos.
The temple has been partially restored. Fragments of the pedimental sculptures of both the Archaic and the Classical/Hellenistic temple are displayed in the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
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A. Tsaroucha, archaeologist
Yes dears its is finished..just a few wiring jobs left to do and then you can see our Temple of Love & Healing!
We havent put many photos on lately of the Temples construction as we didnt want to spoil the end result for you.
Extremely soon we shall put photos of the completed Temple & leading up to it!
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Luke 11:33-36
" No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”
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The world is getting darker.
Chamomile, the favorite Russian flower for divination for love...
"Loves, does not love..."
Moscow, Russia.
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Augury, which means 'the art or practice of divination from signs or omens', and hence 'an omen, token, or indication', is a Latin derivative. The immediate source is Latin augurium, which is derived from a Latin base form augur.
In ancient Rome, the augures were official diviners, and were one of the four main groups of priests. Though they used various methods of divination, an augur would often use the flight or behavior of birds as a primary method. (Compare a haruspex, an originally Etruscan diviner who divined by examining the entrails of slaughtered animals. I personally find tea-leaves a much neater procedure.)
In English, augur is normally used as a noun meaning 'a soothsayer; prophet' or as a verb meaning 'to divine or predict' and also 'to serve as an omen of; foreshadow'. The historical use meaning 'a Roman augur' is comparatively rare.
The ultimate origin of Latin augur is uncertain. It was once considered to be derived from avi and ger(o), meaning 'directing the birds', but this is now usually considered a folk etymology. The probable origin is from Latin augere 'to increase' (the source of English augment, among others), alluding to the growth or prosperity that successful divination would enable.
The word augury is first found in English in the fourteenth century.
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A shaman is someone who is regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing.
Excerpt from www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/event/linda-rotua-sormin-uncerta...:
Linda Rotua Sormin: Uncertain Ground is the culmination of over 20 years of remarkable exploration and innovation, bringing together clay, sculpture, video, sound, hand-cut watercolour painting, and digital fabrication in a multi-sensory environment that asks how life in the modern, cosmopolitan city can coexist with memories and experiences of our ancestral traditions.
Raised in Canada and Thailand, artist Linda Rotua Sormin has emerged as a leading voice in sculpture with her fearless, monumental structures. Continually pushing clay beyond its limits, Sormin’s web-like forms burst through the boundaries of the medium, literally breaking apart and re-convening in new forms. Colonial artifacts, everyday kitsch, and fragments from the artist’s studio floor dangle and nestle within the latticework.
In her first solo museum exhibition and largest project to date, Sormin delves into her lineage among the Batak people of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago, exploring how images and ideas of her ancestors have, sometimes unwittingly, infused her artistic practice. She studied traditional Batak divination books, available to her only in European museum collections, with access strictly controlled, as well as the script and spoken language of her ancestors. Building on her research, Sormin weaves a rich family history of shamanic and other spiritual practices fragmented by colonialism, Christianization, and diaspora.
The exhibition unfolds on three levels: a central raised platform evokes a volcanic lake with an underworld of mythical beasts and coded divination texts; a tangle of precarious ceramic sculptures suggests an earthly middle ground inhabited by humans; and a suspended projection screen references a celestial realm of spirits and birds. The result is an environment that feels alive and in motion, offering audiences an encounter that is both visceral and contemplative.
HOARY PLANTAIN
Hoary plantains are the spirits
Of old men, growing thin on top,
But sporting magnificent sideburns.
They stand at attention on the verge,
Waiting for some chafer’s weight
To bend them, or for a girl
To kneel and pluck their whiskers
One at a time, pouting her patience,
Rustling in muslin. She picks
Him clean, pulls off his head,
Wraps it reverently in a leaf of dock,
Then hides it under a stone.
Will they have grown again by dawn,
Those grizzled whiskers? Then love
Is sure. But should she find him
Smooth-cheeked as her intended,
It were better she had not begun.
Source material: In Berwickshire, the scapes of plantain are picked clean of anthers, wrapped in dock leaves, and buried under stone. If new anthers appear overnight, “then love is certain” (Geoffrey Grigson, An Englishman’s Flora, p. 357). The hoary plantain, Plantago media, is obviously the best species to use for this form of love-divination, since it produces such a multitude of anthers, and the laborious process of removing them one by one assists in building magical intent. Poem by Giles Watson, 2009
Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word "troglodytes" (from "trogle" a hole, and "dyein" to creep), meaning "cave-dweller", and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called "cock nests" but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it "king of all birds", and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as "Jenny Wren" in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
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The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to a metre tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for a period of about 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when seven or eight weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about five years.
In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially-prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, four hundred herons were served to the guests.
The grey heron is a large bird, standing up to 100 cm (39 in) tall and measuring 84–102 cm (33–40 in) long with a 155–195 cm (61–77 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 1.02–2.08 kg (2.2–4.6 lb). The plumage is largely ashy-grey above, and greyish-white below with some black on the flanks. Adults have the head and neck white with a broad black supercilium that terminates in the slender, dangling crest, and bluish-black streaks on the front of the neck. The scapular feathers are elongated and the feathers at the base of the neck are also somewhat elongated. Immature birds lack the dark stripe on the head and are generally duller in appearance than adults, with a grey head and neck, and a small, dark grey crest. The pinkish-yellow beak is long, straight and powerful, and is brighter in colour in breeding adults. The iris is yellow and the legs are brown and very long.
The main call is a loud croaking "fraaank", but a variety of guttural and raucous noises are heard at the breeding colony. The male uses an advertisement call to encourage a female to join him at the nest, and both sexes use various greeting calls after a pair bond has been established. A loud, harsh "schaah" is used by the male in driving other birds from the vicinity of the nest and a soft "gogogo" expresses anxiety, as when a predator is nearby or a human walks past the colony. The chicks utter loud chattering or ticking noises.
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Wren Troglodytes Troglodytes
The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb). In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the wren.
The scientific name is taken from the Greek word "troglodytes" (from "trogle" a hole, and "dyein" to creep), meaning "cave-dweller", and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost.
This small, stump-tailed wren is almost as familiar in Europe as the robin. It is mouse-like, easily lost sight of when it is hunting for food, but is found everywhere from the tops of the highest moors to the sea coast.
In most of northern Europe and Asia, it nests mostly in coniferous forests, where it is often identified by its long and exuberant song. Although it is an insectivore, it can remain in moderately cold and even snowy climates by foraging for insects on substrates such as bark and fallen logs.
Its movements as it creeps or climbs are incessant rather than rapid; its short flights swift and direct but not sustained, its tiny round wings whirring as it flies from bush to bush.
It is a bird of the uplands even in winter, vanishing into the heather when snow lies thick above, a troglodyte indeed. It frequents gardens and farms, but it is quite as abundant in thick woods and in reed-beds.
At night, usually in winter, it often roosts, true to its scientific name, in dark retreats, snug holes and even old nests. In hard weather, it may do so in parties, consisting of either the family or of many individuals gathered together for warmth.
The male wren builds several nests, up to 6 or 7. These are called "cock nests" but are never lined until the female chooses one to use.
The normal round nest of grass, moss, lichens or leaves is tucked into a hole in a wall, tree trunk, crack in a rock or corner of a building, but it is often built in bushes, overhanging boughs or the litter which accumulates in branches washed by floods.
In European folklore, the wren is the king of the birds, according to a fable attributed to Aesop by Plutarch, when the eagle and the wren strove to fly the highest, the wren rested on the eagle's back, and when the eagle tired, the wren flew out above him. Thus, Plutarch implied, the wren proved that cleverness is better than strength. The wren's majesty is recognized in such stories as the Grimm Brothers' The Willow-Wren and the Bear. Aristotle and Plutarch called the wren basileus (king) and basiliskos (little king).
In German, the wren is called Zaunkönig (king of the fence). An old German name was “Schneekönig” (snow king), and in Dutch, it is “winterkoning” (winter king), which all refer to king. In Japan, the wren is labelled king of the winds, and the myth of The Wren Among the Hawks sees the wren successfully hunt a boar that the hawks could not, by flying into its ear and driving it mad.
It was a sacred bird to the druids, who considered it "king of all birds", and used its musical notes for divination. The shape-shifting Fairy Queen took the form of a wren, known as "Jenny Wren" in nursery rhymes. A wren's feather was thought to be a charm against disaster or drowning.
Population:
UK breeding:
8,600,000 territories
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel is George Gilbert Scott's Gothic Revival ‘magnus opus’, with its Hogwarts-style steeples and gargoyles.
The grandeur of the Grand Staircase is like walking into a scene from Harry Potter. The vaulted ceiling with a painted celestial scene reminds you of Firenze’s Divination classes.
In 1875 The Builder commented that “Railway termini and hotels are to the 19th century what monasteries and cathedrals were to the 13th century; they are the only truly representative buildings we possess”. These were astute words indeed as the combination of St Pancras station and the hotel are surely our nation’s strongest symbols of Victorian pride, true proclamations of the power of our steam age. The public mirrored this sentiment, exclaiming: “St George for England and St Pancras for Scotland” when the full majesty of the building was revealed (access to Scotland from the station had recently been secured).
From my last book: De magiske runene.
In Norse mythology, a volve is a woman with divination, a practitioner of seid. The divination ability seems to be related to Odin's presence.
In Viking times, the Wolves were the foremost interpreters of religion. The most famous example of a wolf's prediction is the Edda poem Voluspå, which means "the wolf's divination". A volve was most often an elderly woman who was detached from the strict family connection that normally defined the place of women in the family society. Volven was traveling, and she could be called in crisis situations. She was often accompanied by a group of young people when she was out fishing. She had great authority and was well paid for her services.