Stone Circle of Power

DONN THIR was the dim and distant land in the Western Sea near the Stone Circle of Power and no woman of the Desmond family could be married till her suitor had thence brought the Cráeb Cuilleann holly-bough, the Luis Bui marigold, and the crimson berries of Ibhar the yew. And for some generations no knight had been so fortunate as to secure them. A corrochan of leather-covered bark lay in a wooded nook near Bean l'ra (Fair Strand, Bantry), and had lain there time out of mind. The daring adventurer entered it, and readily made the open sea. A day and a night were allowed for the voyage going and coming; but hitherto the fated bark had been in every instance seen entering its little cove within the time, undaunted by the hero or the magic prizes. Through the thick air and the mist in Donn Thir were to be seen the shooting bark with the dim veils clearing almost at the world's end. A low, thick fog lay beyond to which a boat sped and it became a land of rocks, woods, and valleys as grey as clouds. There was entered a bay where the boat could be secured for advancing inland. A grove then lay in front and under the shade of trees as old as the world stood a ring of mighty stones. Within is a cromlech, and overshadowing it the holly-bough and berry-bearing yew; at its foot springs the marigold. As the dim land is left behind, there appears the boat more plainly, but the land has become a cloud. The boat is then larger, but the cloud bank vanishes.

Current Full Moon

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Heal Cavities

The world is slowly waking up to the fact that, when you give the body what it needs, it can heal things we previously thought were impossible. A fine example of what is often deemed as an incurable health problem is dental cavities, but extensive research is now becoming more public about the true nature of tooth decay and the fact that there are proven remedies that can remedy it

The lies perpetrated about tooth decay

According to the American Dental Association, the reason we have tooth decay is as follows:

"[Tooth decay] occurs when foods containing carbohydrates (sugars and starches) such as milk, pop, raisins, cakes or candy are frequently left on the teeth. Bacteria that live in the mouth thrive on these foods, producing acids as a result. Over a period of time, these acids destroy tooth enamel, resulting in tooth decay."

There are a few problems with this theory, including:

• Groups of indigenous people who had fermentable carbohydrates stuck on their teeth all the timethat did not brush or floss were mostly or completely free of tooth decay.
  
• Bacteria do not consume processed sugar or flour because of the lack of nutrients in them.
• Foods that bacteria like to eat, such as milk, vegetables, meat, fish and fruit, are not commonly implicated in causes of tooth decay.

So if the modern explanation of tooth decay is not accurate, what is actually the cause of tooth decay?

What actually causes tooth decay

Tooth decay, as researched by Dr. Weston Price and other dental pioneers, boiled down to three factors:

• Not enough minerals in the diet.
• Not enough fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) in the diet.
• Nutrients not being readily bioavailable, and your intestinal system not properly absorbing them.The presence of phytic acid largely influences this factor.
  

Over a period of time, if your diet lacks vitamins and minerals from a poor diet and/or contains high levels of phytates (from grains, seeds, nuts, and legumes), the blood chemistry and the ratio of calcium and phosphorous become out of balance, which results in minerals being pulled from bones, causing tooth and bone loss.

So, the long-standing belief that sugar causes tooth decay is true, but as a result of it depleting nutrients from the body, not because bacteria eat it and produce acid that ruins your teeth.

The food remedies that can heal cavities and tooth decay

In order to restore the ratio of calcium and phosphorus in our blood, and to enable minerals to bond to our teeth, it is not enough to just avoid eating too many sweet or processed foods. We must also eat health-building foods, containing copious amounts of minerals and vitamins that will build a glassy hard tooth structure.

Foods to focus on are:

• Coconut oil, grass-fed organic dairy (especially butter), grass-fed meats, seafood and bone broths.
• Organic cooked vegetables (soups with bone broth are ideal).
• Organ and gland meats, like liver.

Limit foods that are high in phytic acid, like grains, beans, nuts and seeds, as well as limiting processed food intake full of processed flours and sugars that upset blood sugar balance.

Supplements to consider are:

• Fermented cod liver oil - very high in fat soluble vitamins A, D and K.
• Magnesium - required to use calcium and phosphorous effectively.
• Gelatin - if you don't have time to make bone broth, this is a good alternative and is great for gums and digestion.

Now go get your pearly white smile back.

Read more: http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/how-to-heal-cavities-naturally.html#ixzz2k3oVZ927

Man used a 3D printer to make a Prosthetic Hand for his Son

Using plans available to download for free, a man used a 3D printer to make a prosthetic hand for his son for only $10.

More info: http://bit.ly/1bWwXRU

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ANNWFN

ANNWFN was the chthonic kingdom of the otherworldly sylvan hunter, Arawn. There it was that Arawn hunted stag with his albino hounds. It was a kingdom opposed to the realm of the summery Hafgan and lay on the other side of the crossing from it. It was a place of hunting and Saturnalian festivities and furnished with brimming cauldrons from which only brave men supped and which maidens attended. The interpretation of the name as representing a former *en-dubno- ‘inner world’ is based on the view expressed in Sioned Davies's recent translation of the Mabinogion.

FOCHAIN MACHA

FOCHAIN MACHA was one of the ten daughters of Partholon. She is not of the same lineage as the Macha Mórrígu of the Túatha Dé Danann but it is tantalising to wonder whether she be a duplicate of her. In Old Irish, “fochain” (nf) meant a ‘outcry, call, shout, outburst, quarrel, fight’ and “macha-” (v.3.sg.pres) meant “to quell, destroy”.

Remember, remember the Fifth of November

Remember, remember the Fifth of November 

When shadowy horrors did come to dismember...

SAMHUIN celebrations in Scotland have long involved bonfires as with all the great festivals. Bonfires at this time of year had some practical application in clearing up dead leaves and unwanted cuttings after the harvest reaping was well and truly done. This provided some closure to end of the toil of the harvest and to the beginning of a relatively leisurely quarter of the year marked by feasts, fires, weaving and hunting before the ploughing season began nearer to Imbolg. These bonfire practices were absorbed into such synchronic Christian festivals as All Hallows’, All Souls’, Martinmas and Saint Catherine’s Day. The mid-point between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is in fact nearer to the 5th November. In Britain, this is marked by ‘Bonfire Night’ when impassive British rigidity is briefly lapsed to engage in riotous explosions and burning. These traditions began in England when many Scots were settling there after the King of Scots became the king of the whole isle of Britain whereupon the Scottish kings chose to rule the whole island from England rather than from Scotland. An act of insurgence against the Crown gave the Scottish settlers an ostensible pretext to continue in England the types of bonfires that had long taken place in Scotland, and it gave them this pretext at a time when any superstitious behaviour was met with disapproval from a very puritanical establishment. The pretext of the bonfires’ celebrating the king’s triumph over insurgency was flattering to the establishment which then refrained from disallowing the bonfires and the addition of other patriotic outpourings of emotion.
The times in which the English adopted these Scottish customs were fraught with religious fanaticism from an absolutism-obsessed monarchy which the English people had to obey or be tried for treason. In this atmosphere, the customs had to take on a pro-establishment thread or be lost entirely to the all-levelling force of the Crown.