Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Midnight creeping sometimes bring upon early morning weeping. Why? Because the villain in this story, Gaylin Harris, receives more than what he bargains for when he decides to cheat on his Christian paralyzed wife with scandalous homewrecking women. Gail Harris is helpless and confined to a wheelchair. Just when she thinks that things could not get much worse, someone in hell leaves the gate open when she lays stiff in bed, hearing erotic sounds from her husband with another woman right in her own house. Gaylin Harris is evil, more poisonous than the venom in a snake. He plays malicious games with his wife's emotions and uses her handicap as a cruel way to enslave her mentality so that her soul will remained trapped inside of a dead body. With countless years of infidelity, he finally meets "lips of death" Loretta Cox, who is beautiful, sexy, dazzling, and a psychopathic deranged outcast who takes sweet revenge to a whole new level that spurs her into one of the worlds most dramatic bloodthirsty rampages. What is known as a game to Gaylin has now become a vicious cycle. No one knows how the game will end, but after everything is said and done, he will surely reap what he sowed. Midnight Creeping, Early Morning Reaping, sounds a call to all CHEATERS that what you do in the dark, may not bring you back to the light.

After an introductory general essay on the life cycle and status of women in Byzantine society, this volume focuses on female religious life, with particular emphasis on the role of convents - as spiritual sanctuary, refuge for women in need, or provider of charitable services. Several essays compare Byzantine nunneries with male monasteries, pointing out the relatively small size and lack of intellectual and artistic activity in convents, and more rigorous rules of enclosure and stability. Such phenomena as double monasteries, the conversion of a monastery to a nunnery, and women's economic and spiritual ties with Mount Athos are also examined. Other articles investigate issues of female sanctity and sanctification, analyzing types of women saints, women during the era of iconoclasm, and the role of the family in promoting the cult of a holy woman. In addition there are studies on healing shrines in Constantinople in the middle Byzantine and Palaiologan periods, and the resurgence of hagiographical writing in the late Byzantine era, particularly the reworking of the vitae of older saints.

Learn how to be your most spellbinding self, inside and out, through every stage of your life with this full-color book of beauty and wellness secrets. Alise Marie guides you into the beauty witch's inner sanctum, where you'll find empowerment and practical magick that elevates your routine from a monotonous chore to a sensual ceremony.Discover potent potions, joyous rituals, healing brews, and stylish cocktails to achieve ageless beauty and seductive confidence. Create plant-powered elixirs, oils, creams, and face masks that give you irresistibly smooth skin and gorgeous hair. Align with the cycles of the moon, explore the power of nature, and connect with beauty-related goddesses. Time-tested and visibly effective, these recipes and rituals reveal the enchanted beauty that is your birthright.

These ten holy women, whose vitae range from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, represent a wide variety of Byzantine female saints. From nuns disguised as monks to desert harlots, these holy women exemplify some of the divergent paths to sanctification in Byzantium. These vitae are also notable for their details of Byzantine life, providing information on family life and household management, monastic routines, and even a smallpox epidemic.Life of St. Mary/MarinosLife of St. Matrona of Perge Life of St. Mary of Egypt Life of St. Theoktiste of Lesbos Life of St. Elisabeth the Wonderworker Life of St. Athanasia of Aegina Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike Life of St. Mary the Younger Life of St. Thoma's of LesbosLife of St. Theodora of Arta

The Life of St. Basil the Younger," one of the longest and most important middle Byzantine saints' lives, presents the life of a holy man who lived in Constantinople in the first part of the tenth century. Usually described as a fictional saint, he had the distinction of residing in private homes rather than in a monastery, performing numerous miracles and using the gift of clairvoyance. The vita," purportedly written by one of Basil's disciples, a pious layman named Gregory, includes many details on daily life in Constantinople, with particular attention to slaves, servants, and eunuchs. Two lengthy descriptions of visions provide the most comprehensive source of information for Byzantine views on the afterlife. In one, the soul of an elderly servant Theodora journeys past a series of tollbooths, where demons demand an accounting of her sins in life and collect fines for her transgressions; in the other Gregory describes his vision of the celestial Jerusalem, the enthronement of the Lord at his Second Coming, and the Last Judgment. This volume provides a lengthy introduction and a critical edition of the Greek text facing the annotated English translation, the first in any language.

Often simply called the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos was the most famous center of Byzantine monasticism and remains the spiritual heart of the Orthodox Church today. This volume presents the Lives of Euthymios the Younger, Athanasios of Athos, Maximos the Hutburner, Niphon of Athos, and Philotheos. These five holy men lived on Mount Athos at different times from its early years as a monastic locale in the ninth century to the last decades of the Byzantine period in the early fifteenth century. All five were celebrated for asceticism, clairvoyance, and, in most cases, the ability to perform miracles; Euthymios and Athanasios were also famed as founders of monasteries. Holy Men of Mount Athos illuminates both the history and the varieties of monastic practice on Athos, individually by hermits as well as communally in large monasteries. The Lives also demonstrate the diversity of hagiographic composition and provide important glimpses of Byzantine social and political history. All the Lives in this volume are presented for the first time in English translation, together with authoritative editions of their Greek texts.

Eight articles from a 2006 conference are included in this volume which covers issues related to childhood during the Byzantine Empire. Topics covered include law, procreation, death, patterns of breastfeeding, & material culture.