The journey and the experience. Life as we know it, and the world around us, continue to inspire an incredible amount of questions even after thousands of years of technical innovation. Discovering answers to those questions sometimes completely alter the understanding of who we are spiritually, where we came from, and what our future holds. From building amazingly complex structures to exploring personal enlightenment, unanswered questions are capable of motivating the most astonishing feats ever known to mankind. Throughout a lifetime we are faced with moments that forever change us. In those moments we are given the opportunity to persevere; to adapt and overcome those obstacles placed before us. Contained within is a compelling, personal journey of clairvoyance experienced by the author, J.C. Vintner, in a transcendent rite of passage. The experience forever changed how Vintner understands mankind's place in the universe and prompted an extensive, ongoing research effort to explain the unexplained by means of relation and relativity. Along with Vintner's experience is the complete three volume ancient mysteries series including Ancient Earth Mysteries, Mysteries of the Universe, and Legendary Cryptids, expanded with additional research articles and notes. By opening pathways deep within the mind, expanding our perception of knowledge, and accepting alternative explanations to our existence, we may begin to recognize the ultimate beauty of our reality and the cosmos. Ancient World Mysteries explores these pathways by tapping into the knowledge of our ancient ancestors in search of a hidden truth able to explain our existence as one with the universe.

In contemporary pop culture, the pursuits regarded as the most frivolous are typically understood to be more feminine in nature than masculine. This collection illustrates how ideas of the popular and the feminine were assumed to be equally naturally intertwined in the eighteenth century, and the ways in which that association facilitates the ongoing trivialization of both.

Top scholars in eighteenth-century studies examine the significance of the parallel devaluations of women's culture and popular culture by looking at theatres and actresses; novels, magazines, and cookbooks; and populist politics, dress, and portraiture. They also assess how eighteenth-century women have been re-imagined in contemporary historical fiction, films, and television, from the works of award-winner Beryl Bainbridge to Darcymania and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. By reconsidering the cultural and social practices of eighteenth-century women, this fascinating volume reclaims the ostensibly trivial as a substantive cultural contribution.

GODS AND GODDESS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW. TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF GODS AND GODDESS. THAT MEN AND WOMEN HAVE WORSHIPED OVER THE EONS. I AM NOT HERE TO JUDGE OR HELP YOU DECIDE WHAT GOD OR GODDESS IS RIGHT FOR YOU, BUT MERELY HERE TO HOPEFULLY BROADEN YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF GODS IN GENERAL. THIS BOOK IS NUMBER ONE IN THIS SERIES. WITH YOUR SUPPORT OTHER VOLUMES WILL FOLLOW. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THERE ARE THOUSANDS. IF NOT MILLIONS OF GODS. IN ANCIENT TIMES THERE WERE GODS ASSIGNED TO ALMOST EVERY PART OF MAN'S DAILY LIFE. A GOD FOR FOOD, A GOD FOR SHELTER, AND ALMOST ANY OTHER BASIC NEED OR DESIRE OF MAN. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE LESSER KNOWN GODS. FROM THE GREAT KINGS OF EGYPT TO THE LONELY FISHERMAN. THERE IS A GOD TO GUIDE AND PROTECT THEM. OR AT LEAST THAT WAS THE COMMON BELIEF OF THE TIME PERIOD. SO IN PARTING, I HOPE THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF GODS AND GODDESS. NO MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN MAY YOUR GOD HELP YOU APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR FELLOW MAN OR WOMAN. THAT SHARE THIS WORLD WITH YOU. GOD IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY IN THE UNIVERSE AND WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE TRULY UNDERSTOOD BY MERE HUMANS LIKE OURSELVES. BUT IN THE MEAN TIME ENJOY SOME OF THE GODS AND GODDESS THAT WE HAVE EXPOSED YOU TO IN THIS BRIEF HISTORY. OF GODS AND GODDESS. UNTIL WE MEET IN THE NEXT ONE. ENJOY

Did you know that in 1916, you could bring your money to the bank to be washed, ironed and given back to you? Or did you know that Donald Duck Cartoons were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear any pants? If you enjoy reading about trivia then "1000 Interesting Facts" is the perfect book for you. It has tons of information about: The Human Body Domestic Cats Hamsters Fish Butterflies and Caterpillars Comics Knights Swords Money Samurai Ninja Cows Coca-Cola Rabbits Pants Cars Nail Polish Watches Manga Kangaroos Badger Halloween Bats Camera And so much more Get a copy of this book and enjoy telling these amazing facts to your family and friends

The essential voyage companion: a text to stimulate the bored and the curious. This fascinating volume is packed with useful bits of information on the rarely known facts, enigmas, and curiosities of our world, serving the purpose of entertainment and enlightenment with captivating articles on the oddities of human behavior, eccentric historical figures, dead and dying languages, uncontacted peoples, sin-eaters, sky-burials, hidden metros, bizarre micronations, and puzzling manuscripts.

An exploration of the Bigfoot Phenomena and review of possible explanations of the creature from an open-minded scientist's point of view.

Using examples from different historical contexts, this book examines the relationship between class, nationalism, modernity and the agrarian myth. Essentializing rural identity, traditional culture and quotidian resistance, both aristocratic/plebeian and pastoral/Darwinian forms of agrarian myth discourse inform struggles waged 'from above' and 'from below', surfacing in peasant movements, film and travel writing. Film depictions of royalty, landowner and colonizer as disempowered, 'ordinary' or well-disposed towards 'those below', whose interests they share, underwrite populism and nationalism. Although these ideologies replaced the cosmopolitanism of the Grand Tour, twentieth century travel literature continued to reflect a fear of vanishing rural 'otherness' abroad, combined with the arrival there of the mass tourist, the plebeian from home.

The Pahlavi Widewdad (Videvdad), The Law (Serving to Keep) Demons Away, a fifth-century Middle Persian commentary on the Avestan Videvdad, describes rules and regulations that serve to prevent pollution caused by dead matter, menstrual discharges, and other agents. It recognizes the perpetual presence of the demons, the forces of the Evil Spirit -forces that should be fought through law-abiding conduct. In spite of its formidable textual problems, the commentary provides an invaluable quarry for the rules of the Zoroastrian community through its citation of regulations for the conduct of its members. Many topics are covered, from jurisprudence to penalties, procedures for dealing with pollution, purification, and arrangements for funerals. Viewed together, they provide the reader with an exquisite interlace of a community's concerns.

SLEAZY MAGAZINES AND BOOK COVERS OF THE PAST VOLUME #3. IS EXACTLY THAT. THIS BOOK WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND BOOK COVERS OF THE PAST. YOU HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY VIEWED VOLUMES 1 AND 2.THERE HAS BEEN THOUSANDS OF SO CALLED SLEAZE OR SMUT PUBLICATIONS. WHAT YOU MAY CALL THEM. MAYBE SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THIS COLLECTION WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORST OR BEST. THE CHOICE IS YOURS. I THINK THAT THESE EARLY PERIODICALS OF THIS NATURE WERE UNIQUE AND SPECIAL. I PERSONALLY LIKE THE ART WORK AND THE WEIRD PHOTOGRAPHY. NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK, THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER THREAD IN THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN HISTORY. IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THESE EARLY MAGS AND BOOK COVERS. UP AGAINST WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TODAY... THESE COVERS WOULD BE CONSIDERED MILD OR TAME. OR FOR THAT MATTER SIMPLY AMUSING. LOL ANYWAY YOU MAKE THE DECISION SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SLEAZY MAGAZINES AND BOOK COVERS OF THE PAST VOLUME#3.

We fear them...revere them...wish we could have them do our bidding...They live in our dreams and haunt our nightmares Dragons and Unicorns...the magical beasties recognized throughout the world. The authors take us beyond folk lore and legend to an invisible realm where such creatures are part of everyday reality... DRAGONS: Few creatures of folklore and mythology conjure up more sinister and magical images than the Dragon. Also known as the firedrake, these mercurial creatures pervade almost every pantheon of classic literature. Said to be larger than elephants, they are generally accept as having bat-like wings, twin horns of varying length, and a fiery breath that can destroy all that comes in their path. UNICORNS: The word "unicorn" is based on the Hebrew world re'em ("horn"), in early versions of the Old Testament translated as "monokeros," meaning "one horn." The Unicorn is mentioned in Greek literature, in India and throughout Europe. . .The strange legends of the Dragon and the Unicorn persist to this very day. Figment of the imagination? Misinterpretation of ordinary creatures? Symbolic of a mystery occult school? Beautifully illustrated, printed on quality paper, this large - 8x11 - format book will peek your interest and keep you entertained for hours as you travel around the world in the present and the past in search of creatures thought to have been made of imagination; but which probably has some basis in a physical reality.

When I decided to create a new bathing suit pattern, I searched for a modern book documenting Victorian bathing suits. To my surprise, I couldn't find one. Yet I had quite a few period magazines with engravings of bathing dresses in my collection. While I was doing more research, I fell in love with the traditions and ethics surrounding American, English, and French bathing. This book focuses on the culture of swimming and sea bathing across the decades, and on women's bathing suits, noting their styles, variations, and evolution, all quoted from the original writers of that time. For your enjoyment, I've included descriptions and engravings of men's and children's suits when I could find them, but their clothing was not as well documented as the ladies' dresses. The culture and proper dress of bathing changed radically during Queen Victoria's reign, led, of course, by the French. The accepted ladies' one-piece bathing gown gave way to the two-piece bathing suit, and bathing went from a medical treatment to a social event. Even the French bathing dress was not admired in its early days. It was plain, usually black, and, at best, boring. But once fashion got hold of the bathing suit, the dress evolved rapidly. By 1870, many bathing suits were downright gorgeous. Fashion magazines began to include descriptions and engravings on a regular basis, vying to provide the most up-to-date styles. Bathing went from a quick, unpleasant dip in the ocean to true enjoyment, and even swimming became popular. Victorian Bathing and Bathing Suits has over 125 period illustrations. It is intended for costume historians, bathing enthusiasts, Victorian re-enactors, historical writers and history buffs.

We are not alone.And we never have been . . .

For years we've been taught that human progress has been a long, slow climb from the primordial ooze to hunter-gatherers to empires. But what if that's only part of the story?

Bestselling author and legendary conspiracy researcher Jim Marrs takes on his biggest subject yet: the history of mankind. Our Occulted History overturns conventional knowledge and beliefs, presenting compelling evidence that the earth once hosted prehistoric civilizations of nonhumans, using technologies that very well may have surpassed our own. From the flying shields reported by the Romans to the mysterious airships of the 1800s and the UFOs of today, Marrs argues that someone other than us is still present on this planet. But are these visitors simply observers--or do they play a much more active and controlling role? Jim Marrs raises this shocking question and more in the provocative and persuasive Our Occulted History.

FEAR NOT 2012. . . THE WORST IS YET TO COME Join Sean Casteel and Tim Beckley as they summarize the latest catastrophic data and speculate along with Ignatus Donnelly as he searches for proof that global chaos caused by cosmic influences have wreaked havoc upon earth throughout the ages. FACT -- Ancient mythology recalls the devastation of Earth by flood and fire eons ago. FACT -- The coming of Planet X is thought by many to fulfill certain passages of Biblical prophecy, which refer to an unknown space-faring body known as Wormwood. FACT -- At least one military attache suggests there are "SKY ISLANDS" all around us in a parallel universe, and that "Planet X" might be invisible to the human eye, yet still have a tremendous pull on Earth. Over 250 large size pages. Dramatic cover. Must reading for all fans of Charles Fort and Immanuel Velikovsky.

SLINGSBY AND SLINGSBY CASTLE
By Arthur St. Clair Brooke, M.A.
CONTENTS
Introduction
The Making of Slingsby, and Slingsby in Domesday
Some Lords of Slingsby
The Wyvilles
The Castle
The Church and Rectors
Some Changes and Survivals
Appendices
Chapter 1 Excerpt
SLINGSBY is one of a number of villages situated along the southern edge of the vale of Pickering, in the north-riding of Yorkshire and the wapentake of Ryedale. Pickering vale opens on the east towards the sea, and is encircled in other directions by three ranges of hills: (1) The Tabular hills on the north; (2) the Hambleton hills on the west; (3) the Howardian hills on the south. The Tabular hills have their name from their nearly table-like summits. They extend from the coast at Scarboro' westward to Black Hambleton (1309 feet), a tract of country which Arthur Young speaks of as "not having the epithet "black" given to it for nothing, for it is a continual range of black moors." At this point the high ground curves round to the south, forming the lofty plateau of the Hambleton hills--a name somewhat fancifully derived by Eugene Aram in his projected lexicon from ""hemel"" and ""don,"" signifying the "heavenly mountain"; and given, he adds, to these hills, "not from their elevation, but from their figure to the eye, which is that of half a globe with the convexity upwards." The Howardian hills, the least elevated of the three ranges, extend from Gilling to Malton, and are called after the family of Howard, whose seat is in their neighbourhood. They seem to have been without a name until Marshall in his "Rural Economy of Yorkshire," written in 1796, so christened them (vol. i p. 12).
A spur of the Hambleton range, called Cauklass Bank, runs into the western portion of the vale of Pickering, dividing it in this part into Ryedale, on the north, called after the river Rye; and Mowbray vale on the south, called after the famous house of Mowbray. The vale of Mowbray, however, is not confined to this part of the vale of Pickering, but extends through the gap, which at Gilling and Coxwold divides the Hambleton from the Howardian hills into the north-eastern portion of the vale of York, as far north as the border of Cleveland; for the Mowbrays had possessions in all this region, their chief seat being at Tresch ("i.e." Thirsk), where they had a castle.
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2013 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Although similar in title, theme and structure to his book Creative Mind, this is a completely different book. Creative Mind has more of a focus on Mental Healing. This book is principally about what is today called in New Age circles Prosperity Consciousness. Holmes discusses how to focus one's thoughts to create monetary wealth, as well as increase one's personal charisma to garner circles of friends. This little classic of New Thought is very similar to its successor, Think and Grow Rich, optimistic, self-empowering, and confident in its outlook. Contents Include An Inquiry Into the Truth What Life Is Man's Place In Creation The Beginning of Understanding Our Conditions Governed By Our Thinking Unconscious Creation First Steps How To Attain Strength What We Will Attract More About the Power of Attraction How To Attract Friends The Control of Thought Creating Atmosphere The Power of Words Why Belief is Necessary Where So Many Fail Using the Imagination Man's Right of Choice Old Age and Opportunity Demonstrating Success in Business Money A Spiritual Idea Action Ideas of the Infinite Don't Be A Leaner Causes and Conditions Mental Equivalents One Law and Many Manifestations Transcending Previous Conditions Understanding and Misunderstanding Unusual Experience Visualizing Where Demonstration Takes Place Treatments Understanding and Guidance How To Know Just What To Do Following Up A Thought The Single Stream of Thought Enlarging Our Thought Always Be Gathering Mental Likeness Keeping The Thing In Mind Destroy All Thoughts That We Do Not Wish To Experience Direct Practice For Prosperity Race Consciousness Developing Intuition Presence of Activity Drawing Your Own To You The Final Word