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Kingston upon Hull East
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications were (a) received and (b) granted by the Marine Management Organisation for funding from the European Maritime Fisheries Fund from statutory harbour authorities in each of the last five years; and how much funding (a) each applicant was applying for and (b) was granted.
Karl Turner
<p>Since 2014, there have been 26 applications from statutory harbour authorities, of which a total of £3.2 million of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has been awarded to beneficiaries by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). A breakdown for each of the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Approved in year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EMFF £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Biography information for Karl Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money was spent on (a) administration and (b) funding for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in each of the last five years for which data is available.
<p>Since the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund opened in 2014, the annual cost of administrating the fund in England has been approximately £0.7 million. A total of £34.8 million grant funding has been paid out from the overall scheme, including technical assistance costs. A breakdown of funding paid out since 2014 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Maritime Safety Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 267283, if he will set out the areas of maritime safety policy where advice was provided to the Government by the delegates from (a) the UK Chamber of Shipping, (b) the Isle of Man Ship Registry, (c) Lloyd’s Register EMEA, (d) Inmarsat, (e) the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry and (f) Apax Partners.
<p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency routinely invite a range of Government and industry stakeholders to a preparatory briefing meeting prior to each International Maritime Organisation session, including the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC).</p><p> </p><p>At these meetings the attendees will discuss the maritime issues on the agenda and provide advice on these issues. Both the UK Government and its maritime stakeholders are committed to maritime safety including (a) seafarer and (b) ferry industry safety. No specific discussions on either of these issues were raised at this session of the MSC.</p><p> </p><p>Some areas of discussion were on: the development of further measures to enhance safety of ships relating to fuel oil; shipborne towing and mooring; testing of lifesaving appliances; and, proposed new outputs for the Organisation, which will have an effect on the overall safety of seafarers.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 267283, for what reasons Apax Partners was given a seat on the Government’s official delegation to the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee.
<p>The Vice-President of Apax Partners was present at the International Maritime Organisation's Maritime Safety Committee to represent a consortium which will soon be taking over Inmarsat PLC, who are the current global maritime distress and safety service provider. Both his and Inmarsat delegation’s presence was considered appropriate in order to field specific queries which may have arisen from discussions on the planned takeover.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 267283, if he will provide details of the advice provided to the Government on discussions in the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee which related to (a) seafarer and (b) ferry industry safety; and which delegate or delegates provided the advice in each instance.
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on seafarers’ entitlement to the national minimum wage.
<p>We are currently in the process of implementing this policy and will be laying an SI when Parliamentary time allows. I have met with my Ministerial counterpart at BEIS and we will continue to engage going forwards. My officials are also in regular contact with their counterparts to ensure smooth progression of this policy.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the policy outcomes were of the 101st session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee, 5 to 14 June 2019; what the Government’s negotiating position was under each item at that session; and how the outcomes of that session will affect future regulation of safety standards in the shipping industry.
<p>The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will release an outcome report of the 101st session of the Maritime Safety Committee in due course. This will detail the outcome of each item at the session.</p><p> </p><p>There were 23 agenda items and 140 papers discussed and the UK had agreed positions for each of the policies.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the key safety items from the session were the regulatory scoping exercise on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships, goal-based standards and safety level approach, safety of ships in polar waters, development of further measures to enhance the safety of ships relating to the use of fuel oil, e-navigation and domestic ferry safety.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is committed to working with the IMO and other Member States to work towards maintaining and improving safety standards across the wider maritime sector as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will endeavour to block inappropriate or disproportionate legislation that the UK considers may place an undue burden on industry, and to work tactically with other States to achieve UK lines.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the names of the Government's delegation to the 101st session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee which took place between 5 and 14 June 2019.
<p>The Government’s delegation to the 101st session of the International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee was:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Head of Delegation</p><p>Miss Katy Ware, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to IMO and Director of Maritime Safety and Standards, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).</p><p> </p><p>Alternates</p><p>Mr Kevin Hunter, International Relations Manager (Technical), MCA.</p><p>Mr Gwilym Stone, Assistant Director, Ship Standards, MCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Advisors</p><p> </p><p>Mr Shaun Rogers, Head of International Liaison, MCA.</p><p>Dr Katrina Kemp, Smart Ships and Automation Policy Officer, MCA.</p><p>Mr Regi John, Head, External Monitoring and Assurance, MCA.</p><p>Mr Bennett Ng, Environmental Policy Specialist, MCA.</p><p>Mr Fabio Fantozzi, Policy Lead, Marine Technology, MCA.</p><p>Mr Andrew Wibroe, International Relations Officer (Technical), MCA.</p><p>Mr David MacRae, Environmental Policy Specialist, MCA.</p><p>Mr Simon Lynch, Senior Lawyer, Legal Advisors (Maritime), Department for Transport (DfT).</p><p>Ms Alexandra Harverson, Senior Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Ms Katie Goodall, Senior Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Mr Ayden Peach, Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Mr Martin Jordison, Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Ms Masuma Khalique, Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Mr Graham Dixon, International Shipping and Counter Piracy, DfT.</p><p>Mr Darren Haynes, Registrar and Deputy Head, Defence Maritime Regulator (DMR) Defence Safety Authority (DSA), Ministry of Defence (MoD).</p><p>Mr Steve Pearson, Team Leader, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Dr Ann Fitchett, Safety and Environmental Protection Policy and Legislation Principle, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Ms Kim Brown, Senior Environmental Inspector, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Mr Akash Rana, Inspector, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Mr James Dalgliesh, Policy Adviser, DMR, MoD.</p><p>Mr Michael Vibert, Maritime Security Team Leader, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).</p><p>Ms Fena Boyle, Nautical Manager, UK Chamber of Shipping.</p><p>Mr Robert Carington, Policy Adviser, UK Chamber of Shipping.</p><p>Mr Cameron Mitchell, Deputy Director, Isle of Man Ship Registry.</p><p>Mr Anderson Chaplow, Senior Specialist, Marine, Lloyd’s Register EMEA.</p><p>Mr John Dodd, Director, Safety and Standards Maritime, Inmarsat.</p><p>Mrs Alison Horrocks, Company Secretary, Inmarsat.</p><p>Mr Nick Ashton, Marine MSI Manager, UK Meteorological Office.</p><p>Mr Christopher Balls, Principal Surveyor, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry</p><p>Mr Gonzague de Lhoneux, Vice President, Apax Partners</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
London International Shipping Week
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department provided to the organisers of London International Shipping Week 2019 from January 2018 to 20 June 2019.
<p>The Government is pleased to champion London International Shipping Week 2019, building on the success of previous London International Shipping Weeks. In the six years since its launch, it has grown to become the premier event of its type in the world. The Department for Transport is one of the three delivery partners working to deliver London International Shipping Week 2019. The Department co-ordinates HMG input and activities, representing HMG views to the other delivery partners.</p><p> </p><p>Leaders from every sector of the global maritime industry will gather to take part in more than 200 meetings, seminars and functions. London International Shipping Week will send a strong message to the international maritime community about the Government’s ambitions for a Global Britain and our commitment to maintain the UK as the global maritime centre of choice, helping UK maritime businesses increase exports, win business and attract inward investment.</p><p> </p>
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Table SFR0101 in his Department's statistical series, Estimated UK Seafarers active at sea by type: 1997 to 2018, what estimate he has made of the number of UK (a) Ratings and (b) Officers employed by companies that are not members of the UK Chamber of Shipping.
<p>While an attempt was made to collect information from companies who are not members of the UK Chamber of Shipping, the response rate was not sufficient to allow a robust estimate of the number of ratings and officers employed by these companies to be produced.</p><p> </p>
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Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
Veterans: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to protect veterans accused of historic allegations relating to service in Northern Ireland.
Mr Marcus Jones
<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to undertake a public consultation on legal protections measures for personnel deployed on operations overseas, including a statutory presumption against prosecution of current or former personnel for alleged offences committed in the course of duty abroad more than 10 years previously. Prosecutions in such circumstances would not be considered to be in the public interest, except in “exceptional circumstances”. The presumption measure would not apply to historical alleged offences in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State for Defence will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Secretary on the proposals for addressing Northern Ireland legacy issues. The MOD provides veterans, including those who served in Northern Ireland, who are subject to investigation and potential prosecution with legal, welfare and pastoral support.</p>
Milton Keynes North
Biography information for Mark Lancaster
Veterans: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether her Department plans to introduce new protections to safeguard veterans from prosecution in relation to historic killings.
Veterans: Limitation of Actions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will introduce a statute of limitations covering potential offences committed by veterans.
Veterans: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the pastoral support provided to veterans subject to historic investigations.
<p>Within the Army's Personnel Services Group (APSG), the Operational Legacy team coordinates welfare and pastoral support to Army veterans and serving personnel who are subject to historical investigations. APSG has drawn together all stakeholders (Including those in the Ministry of Defence, the appropriate Regimental Headquarters and Associations, the Confederation of Service Charities and 'ABF - The Soldiers' Charity') to ensure coherent pastoral support to veterans, under the primacy of the MOD's Veterans UK. This is incorporated into the recently announced UK-Wide Veterans' Strategy and is supported by £10 million of funding overall. I am confident that this demonstrates that the Department has a clear strategy and is meeting its obligations to veterans subject to historical investigations, whilst also protecting the Army's reputation for future generations of soldiers.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will ensure that all veterans who are under investigation in relation to historic cases in Northern Ireland are made aware of her Department's welfare and pastoral support.
<p>It is a very high priority for Defence to ensure that all personnel involved in Northern Ireland Legacy matters are offered, free, appropriate legal and pastoral support, taking account of individual circumstances, including health and wellbeing. For both inquests and criminal investigations, we contact every veteran as soon as we have been made aware of their potential involvement. This contact will signpost points of contact within the Ministry itself, (including the MOD's 'Veterans UK'); the Army, including the Army Personnel Services Group and Regimental Associations or equivalent organisations and relevant charities and third sector bodies. In addition, MOD officials are in frequent contact with veterans' organisations and other interested bodies and make every effort to publicise this support through appropriate channels, to ensure that the wider veterans' community has a channel through which they can contact the Department if appropriate. We also have appropriate points of contact so that those of whom we are not initially aware, can initiate contact with the right people.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities in England collect recycling (a) weekly and (b) more than once a week.
<p>The attached spreadsheet sets out which local authorities in England collect recycling (a) weekly and (b) more than once a week.</p>
Dr Thérèse Coffey
Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
Copy of LA data on recycling collection frequency for PQ 242814 (1).xlsx
LA data on recycling collection frequency
Council Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of council homes meet the decent homes standard in each local authority in England.
<p>Everyone deserves a decent and safe place to live. We have seen clear improvements in decency in recent years. As at 1 April 2018, 4 per cent of local authority owned dwellings were non-decent across England. Over 516,000 local authority homes have been bought up to the Decent Homes Standard since 2010.</p><p>The Department publishes data on the proportion of local authority owned non-decent homes in each local authority area at the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) section F question 17, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p>
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
What fiscal steps he is taking to support the high street.
<p>Budget 2018 announced Our Plan for the High Street, which will provide £1.5bn to support high streets as they adapt to meet the changing needs of shoppers.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan includes a £675m Future High Streets Fund, planning reform, a High Streets Taskforce and support for community assets.</p><p> </p><p>It also includes one third off small retailers’ business rates bills for two years from April. [This is worth almost £900m to businesses.]</p>
Housing: Nuneaton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has been allocated in new homes bonus payments to Nuneaton and Bedworth borough council in each year since 2011.
<p>The table below sets out the New Homes Bonus allocations to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in each year since 2011. In December 2018, Government announced the provisional New Homes Bonus allocations for 2019/20 due to be paid over the next four years. Consideration about the overall quantum of funding available to the local government sector will be a matter for the next spending review but Government remains fully committed to incentivising housing growth and will consult widely with local authorities on how best to reward delivery most effectively.</p><p><strong>Table: Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council New Homes Bonus allocations</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 1 (2011-12)</p></td><td><p>167,589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2 (2012-13)</p></td><td><p>591,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3 (2013-14)</p></td><td><p>891,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4 (2014-15)</p></td><td><p>1,280,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 5 (2015-16)</p></td><td><p>1,470,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 6 (2016-17)</p></td><td><p>2,033,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 7 (2017-18)</p></td><td><p>1,857,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 8 (2018-19)</p></td><td><p>1,304,546</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new homes bonus payments secured by Nuneaton and Bedworth borough council in 2018-19 will be guaranteed for four years; and if he will make a statement.
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Drupal/Tripal developer position at Iowa State University in Ames IA
Cannon, Ethalinda K [COM S]
We are still looking for a Drupal/Tripal developer for the Legume Federation project. The position is based at Iowa State University, in Ames, IA. Position announcement closes January 22nd. Description below:
The Computer Science Department at Iowa State University is seeking a Software Engineer to extend an open source software package called Tripal (http://tripal.info), which is a set of Drupal modules and database for maintaining genomic, genetic, and breeding data that has national and international impact. The work of the Software Engineer includes developing infrastructure for the Legume Federation, a federation of legume databases, and two websites in the federation, the Legume Information System (LegumeInfo.org) and PeanutBase (PeanutBase.org).
Position responsibilities include programming extension modules for Drupal, which requires the use of PHP, JavaScript, and SQL; integration of Unix command-line tools within a web-based analytical workflow system; and development of tutorials and outreach materials. Duties will also include administration of the back-end database, and collaborative work with International crop research communities, other database projects, and the Tripal development community.
The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills; solid coding and code design practices; and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
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Album review: HAREM SCAREM -Thirteen
Posted on December 12, 2014 by andynathan
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Frontiers Records [Release Date 05.12.14]
While never quite crossing over into mainstream success, few bands are talked of in such hushed tones in melodic rock circles as Harem Scarem. Having split in 2008 but reformed last year and included three new songs on a re-recording of their classic ‘Mood Swings’ album , a new full-length album from the Canadians comes with high expectations.
There is always a tension in the Harem Scarem camp between their natural ear for melody, and disdain for the clichés of the genre- be they musical, lyrical or image ones. So it is perhaps appropriate that they begin with perhaps the least commercial song on view. ‘Garden Of Eden’, enlivened by a great solo from Pete Lesperance whose distinctive but concise guitar style is also a big part of their sound, and ‘Live It’ which is more groove-oriented.
‘Early Warning Signs’ has some dark sounding riffing and unpredictable turns before the first of the hallmark massive HS choruses, followed by another in the smoother sounding ‘The Midnight Hours’, while ‘Whatever It Takes’ is a piano-led ballad that invites comparisons with some of Def Leppard’s.
Once again though they resist the temptation to go for the lowest common denominator with the left field ‘Saints And Sinners’ another showcase for Lesperance’s talents, before a trio of songs in the spacious ‘All I Need’, ‘Troubled Times’ and ‘Never Say Never’ where the emphasis is firmly placed on big choruses with a layered sound supporting Harry Hess’ ever superb vocals which have just the right amount of grit in the oyster.
The other admirable thing is that these songs never outstay their welcome or take too long to come to the boil. Nevertheless the album closes with the one track to extend significantly beyond four minutes, the lush sounding ‘Stardust’ which is an interesting stylistic departure, with a dreamy, almost seventies soft rock, feel.
On first hearing, this comeback failed to live up to the advance hype, but the good news is that with a few listens it buries its way into the consciousness. Harem Scarem’s first two albums may never be matched but this stands alongside later efforts such as ‘Way Of The World’ and ‘Higher’ as an example of how a band can still be creative and original within the tried and tested melodic rock format. In short, a triumphant return. ****
Review by Andy Nathan
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'Bayani Challenge Hope Stories'
Saatchi's Bayani Challenge:
Don't Stop Online, Volunteer Offline
by Nikko Borromeo
So you’re probably at home, at the office, or sitting in the passenger seat of your car going through several of your social media accounts browsing for interesting topics. And when Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines, you probably saw what happened to our very own Tacloban city online as well.
Did you ever get that feeling where you just wanted to disconnect from the digital world and just lend a helping hand to those who were greatly affected in Tacloban? Well I did. And that urge led me to the Bayani Challenge of Gawad Kalinga.
Last July, my officemates and I decided to get off our butts, pack our bags, and go to Tacloban. But we didn't just want to help Tacloban. We wanted to show the people there how much we cared. Especially the kids. We just wanted to make them happy. So we booked a ticket and made our way.
When we finally got to Tacloban, we were filled with excitement. There was nothing else we talked about that night other than helping the kids. Even if it meant that we had to wake up early in the morning (I’m really not a morning person), we were ready to turn their frowns upside down. Nothing beats three full days of building houses and painting walls.
The next day, we rode on the van as we made our way to the GK village. Most of us were sleeping like logs. But as soon as we got there, seeing the faces of the Tacloban people were like cups of coffee. The looks on their faces were priceless. We really saw how much they appreciated our presence. And that was pretty much all we needed to wake up.
There we were, 12 people painting and helping build 20 houses. The people got their stereo and played some music. It felt like I was working out in a gym with pump up music. I even painted the walls of the house pretending to work on my triceps.
As I was painting, I saw some kids look at us. I figured no kid in the area was used to seeing people from the city of Metro Manila in their town because they kept coming back to say hi. So I went over there and talked to them. Before seeing the kids, I imagined a group of kids still saddened at what happened to their homes. But when I talked to them, it was a different story. They were all smiles. Some of them even wanted to play tag with me. And I did. That was one of my main objectives anyway. Make the kids of Tacloban happy.
So there we were. For three straight days, we painted their homes, built houses, bonded with the community, and even played with the kids. Every single day was filled with fun and laughter. But of course, it had to end.
On our last day, we gave the kids a special surprise. A children’s party. It was a day filled with joy, laughter, dancing, singing, eating, and a whole lotta lovin’. The kids had a special performance for us where they sang the Gawad Kalinga song. As they sang, they burst into tears feeling appreciative for the simple help we did for them. And it broke our hearts to say goodbye. Especially because they expected us to come back.
As we made our way out of the village, we saw the kids running after the van just like we see it in the movies. It crushed me seeing them run after us. I guess the three days really meant the world to them.
This whole experience was something I will never forget. It’s not everyday you hop on a plane to help a village for three days. I’m happy I got to share it with my officemates. I’m sure that this experience won’t be the last.
Nikko Borromeo and 11 other volunteers from Saatchi went to Tacloban and joined more than ONE MILLION VOLUNTEERS in bringing concrete hope to Yolanda-affected areas. Click HERE to read more about the Bayani Challenge 2014.
Ace Saatchi & Saatchi, a full service integrated communications agency that aims to fill the world with lovemarks, is a Gawad Kalinga partner in building communities to end poverty. Aside from building a village in Palanog, Leyte for 20 families, Saatchi has produced videos for GK and helped reach more hearts for the mission. Watch “Disco” HERE and watch the “Don’t Stop Online, Volunteer Offline” video below:
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BARFLY TOP TENS: Bob Short of Filth, Blood and Roses, Dead Rabids and The 4 Stooges
Written by Bob Short on 09 December 2017 .
Oh Christ. The Barman’s on the phone from Bondi. Says he’s gonna make me a star. David Essex once made me a similar offer which probably would have certainly given me a #metoo moment. A Top 10 list? Shit. Have you seen the state of Planet Earth?
Just when you thought the whole place couldn’t sink much further, they gave a pussy grabbing paedophile the keys to the kingdom and a button for his tiny finger. I tried not to write. Mother said something about “if you don’t have anything nice to say…” I’d been putting my foot in the truth for a long time and it was getting me in trouble. Hate mail. Death threats. I wasn’t allowed to attack their freedom to be dicks.
And it’s been a shit year with a whole bunch of old timers coming back to provide a less than memorable version of the past. I could name names but, let’s just remember I was there when those moments were something to throw your life behind. Best thing about saying that is anyone asking “Is he talking about me?” is probably right.
Noticeable Exception 1 is Top Ten 1.
1. PATTI SMITH plays Sydney 2017. How to grow old disgracefully…
2. Noticeable Exception 2 is Top Ten 2
Yeah. I gave Blondie a pretty tough ride in that review. But fair’s fair. The “Pollinator” album at least sounded like a Blondie album. Admittedly more of a “Heart Of Glass” Blondie album but better than the previous “Ghost of the Download” CD that tried to include a rerecorded Best of as a selling point. So, to play nice. Time for some Fun…
3. Noticeable Exception (Kind of) 3 is Top Ten 3. I rather liked the return of Twin Peaks. But enough of the old. Let’s have some new. Finally, a song I wanted to play over and over again. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Chromatics.
4. And for you guys who still love the Sixties. Let me introduce you to Babyshakes out of New York City. Kind of like the Barracudas, only pretty. (Apologies to Jeremy Gluck).
5. For those who like to mix Texas Psych with Joy Division and the Banshees, Check this out…
6. One of my favourite albums this year was John Carpenter’s third solo album, a reinterpretation of his own classic film scores. This stands up to multiple listens (but goes back in to old fart territory). I think it’s fair to include him on the new side because being a pop star is a new turn for him.
7. This next one came out in 2016 but I didn’t track down a copy until this year. You’ll all fucking hate it.
8. Similar story with this. But by Christ it is wonderful.
9. This was easily the gig of the year.
10. And finally. As a tribute to a fallen comrade…
There’s Ten.
Tags: top ten, blondie, bob short, labretta suede, john carpenter
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Some bureaucrats just won't take "no" for an answer.
The Texas Department of Public Safety in November issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that envisions gathering biometric "facial recognition" data from Texas drivers license applicants, despite an overwhelming 111-26 vote in the House of Representatives in 2003 rejecting the idea.
Back then, legislators criticized the proposal as smacking of Big Brother, and the bipartisan House vote against the idea enjoyed the largest vote margin of any bill defeated in the 78th Texas Legislature.
But DPS ignored that stated legislative will, demanding in its November RFP that vendors' applications for its drivers license re-engineering project include the technology. DPS called facial recognition systems a "future business requirement," and required vendors to, "Propose facial recognition solutions to include functions for one-to-one and one-to-many image comparisons."
Ironic that DPS considers facial recognition technology a "requirement," since the Texas House told them they couldn't have that authority in no uncertain terms! Who is requiring it, one wonders? Elsewhere DPS said facial recognition would not be included in the initial work order, but the vendor must ensure the system "is expandable to accomodate facial recognition technology."
So obviously, DPS has its own plans regardless of what the Legislature wants. In the Q&A accompanying the RFP, DPS elaborated on this "requirement":
The one-to-one comparison of portrait images will be performed by comparing an applicant's portrait image collected at the time of issuance to the most recent portrait image on file. A one-to-many comparison of portrait images will be performed by comparing an applicant's portrait image collected at the time of issuance to the most recent portrait image collected for each applicant in the database. (Question 55)
Oh it WILL, will it? That's exactly what the House of Representatives DIDN'T want DPS doing. Really, issuing that RFP required an awful lot of chutzpah.
Somewhat inexplicably, given the spectacular way this legislation was defeated in 2003, DPS is obviously counting on the Lege to change its mind. They've still got a few die-hard champions. Rep. Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, who carried this legislation last session, today filed HB 2337, which is essentially similar to the 2003 legislation in all important respects. Last time he could only convince 25 of his 150 House colleagues to support him, but apparently hope springs eternal.
Not only does the bill create a database of facial recognition information on Texas drivers, it would remove all restrictions on how law enforcement could use the data. This is part of an increasing trend toward the criminalization of civil life, where every citizen interaction with government is viewed by the latter as an opportunity to pursue a criminal investigation.
Law enforcement can already access DPS thumbprint information with a court order, but not without a judge's consent. This legislation removes that requirement, allowing the information to be used for either "establishing a person's identity" or "conducting an investigation of criminal conduct." That opens the database up for any conceivable application. Establishing a person's identity is a DESCRIPTION of what the technology does, not a restriction on its use.
Of course, fears about Big Brother assume the technology actually works well. In fact, facial recognition data is a poor biometric. The thumbprint DPS already gathers is more accurate than facial images as an identifier because it doesn't change. A person might grow facial hair, wear glasses or heavy makeup, gain or lose weight, suffer disfigurement in an accident, or otherwise change their appearance to make it difficult to match them. By contrast, thumbprints are much more reliable. A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology found that digital comparisons of posed photos of the same person taken 18 months apart triggered false rejection by computers 43% of the time. Drivers license renewals take place once every six years, so arguably the match rate would be even worse.
The technology is just not ready for primetime, plus the Lege didn't experience near enough turnover to think they'll improve their vote margin in 2005. DPS should have listened to the Legislature last time around and left facial recognition systems out of their RFP.
See detailed Grits coverage of DPS' biometrics proposals here, here, and here.
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Tag: Kirgyzstan
The United Buddy Bears
Many people feel Berlin is now the cultural heart of Europe. Creative impulses come from Germany’s capitol and spread from there. One of the quirkiest is the Buddy Bears.
Circle of United Buddy Bears, Stuttgart
The Buddy Bears creators were inspired by the cow parades in New York and Zurich. Eva and Klaus Herlitz of Berlin wanted to initiate a similar street art project. The bear is the icon of Berlin, and thus in 2001, the Herlitzes created the first bear with a sculptor named Roman Strobl.
Their projected expanded, and in 2002 it went international. They had a bear created for every country the UN acknowledges, all designed by artists native to each country. To date 148 2-meter high fiberglass United Buddy Bears have been painted. The bears have their arms raised as if they’re holding hands. (This can also be described as the laughing Buddha pose.)
The first display took place in a circle around Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. One and a half million people saw the exhibit, always free of charge. The circle symbolizes the Art of Tolerance. Since then, they’ve toured 5 continents and stood in an alphabetical circle in the centers of 17 host cities.*
Uzbekistan and Uruguay
In 2008 the Buddy Bears came to the Schlossplatz in downtown Stuttgart. (Read my post The Year the World Came to Party about how the 2006 Soccer World Cup transformed Germany. The Schlossplatz is where Uwe and I went each night with friends to watch the games on big screens.)
The United Buddy Bears send a message about peace, understanding, love and tolerance among the world’s nations, cultures and religions. Each bear is painted with images of the culture, history, landscape, economy, art and music of its country.
When new bears are commissioned, the older ones are auctioned off. All monies go to UNICEF and other childrens’ charities. To date (December 2013), over 2 million Euros have been raised for charities such as Eva Herlitz’s Buddy Bear Help!
Over 240 artists have been involved in the project, and more than 30 million visitors have seen the United Buddy Bears. A smaller circle of United Buddy Bears-The Minis (1 meter high) also tours.
South and North Korea, side by side
Brazil and Bulgaria
The United Buddy Bears exhibitions are always opened by national and foreign dignitaries. They even have a Special Ambassador: the actress Dennenesch Zoudé. After he saw the bears in Berlin, actor Jackie Chan made sure the bears came to Hong Kong. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sir Peter Ustinov saw them and he insisted that Iraq be represented.
There is one very special grey and white bear, a polar bear. He has the image of Albert Einstein and the following quote: ‘Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding’.
Kirgyzstan, Columbia, Congo and Congo-Brazzaville
NOTE: * It’s fascinating to consider that United Buddy Bears change their order as they travel. The circle is always organized in the language of the host country. Buddy Bears may suddenly hold hands with distant or hostile neighbors…
http://www.buddy-baer.com/en.html
Selected Bibliography:
Herlitz, Eva & Klaus, United Buddy Bears — Die Kunst der Toleranz. Bostelmann & Siebenhaar Publishers, 2003. ISBN 3-936962-00-6.
Herlitz, Eva & Klaus, United Buddy Bears — World Tour. NeptunArt Publisher, 2006. ISBN 3-85820-189-8.
Herlitz, Eva & Klaus, United Buddy Bears — The Art of Tolerance. 384 pages, English/German, December 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029417-4.
Photos Copyright © 2013 Jadi Campbell. (All photographs can be enlarged by simply clicking on the image.)
Author Jadi CampbellPosted on January 1, 2014 December 23, 2015 Categories Art, CultureTags Albert Einstein, Art of Tolerance, Berlin, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Columbia, Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Dennenesch Zoudé, Eva & Klaus Herlitz, Germany, Jackie Chan, Kirgyzstan, love, New Zealand, Non-Profits, North Korea, Panama, peace, Roman Strobl, Sir Peeter Ustinov, South Korea, Stuttgart, tolerance, understanding, UNICEF, United Buddy Bears, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, World Cup29 Comments on The United Buddy Bears
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Title: Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
Author: Panchadasi, Swami
*** Start of this Doctrine Publishing Corporation Digital Book "Clairvoyance and Occult Powers" ***
CLAIRVOYANCE AND OCCULT POWERS
CLAIRVOYANCE, CLAIRAUDIENCE
PREMONITION AND IMPRESSIONS
CLAIRVOYANT PSYCHOMETRY
CLAIRVOYANT CRYSTAL-GAZING
DISTANT CLAIRVOYANCE
PAST CLAIRVOYANCE
FUTURE CLAIRVOYANCE
SECOND-SIGHT
CLAIRVOYANT DEVELOPMENT
ASTRAL-BODY TRAVELING
ASTRAL-PLANE PHENOMENA
PSYCHIC INFLUENCE--Personal
and Distant
PSYCHIC ATTRACTION
PSYCHIC HEALING
MIND-READING
THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE and
other PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
Swami Panchadasi
Author of "The Human Aura," "The Astral World," Etc.
SYNOPSIS OF THE LESSONS
LESSON I
THE ASTRAL SENSES
The skeptical person who "believes only the evidence of his senses." The
man who has much to say about "horse sense." "Common Sense" versus
Uncommon Senses. The ordinary five senses are not the only senses. The
ordinary senses are not as infallible as many think them. Illusions of the
five physical senses. What is back of the organs of physical sense. All
senses an evolution of the sense of feeling. How the mind receives the
report of the senses. The Real Knower behind the senses. What the
unfolding of new senses means to man. The super-physical senses. The
Astral Senses. Man has seven physical senses, instead of merely five. Each
physical sense has its astral sense counterpart. What the astral senses
are. Sensing on the astral plane. How the mind functions on the astral
plane, by means of the astral senses. The unfolding of the Astral Senses
opens up a new world of experience to man.
LESSON II
TELEPATHY vs. CLAIRVOYANCE
The two extra physical senses of man. The extra sense of "the presence of
other living things." The "telepathic sense." How man may sense the
presence of other living things apart from the operation of his ordinary
five physical senses. This power is strongly developed in savages and
barbarians, but has become atrophied in most civilized men, by continued
disuse. It is now vestigal in civilized man, but may be developed by
practice. Animals have this extra sense highly developed, and it plays a
very important part in their protection from enemies; their capture of
prey, etc. The strange actions of dogs, horses, etc., explained. How the
geese saved Rome by reason of this sense. All hunters have experienced
evidences of the existence of this sense on the part of animals. The
physical telepathic sense. How it operates. Interesting instances of its
possession by animals, and savage tribes. Women possess it strongly. The
distinction between this form of thought-transference and clairvoyance.
LESSON III
TELEPATHY EXPLAINED
What "telepathy" means. The mental process by which one "knows at a
distance." The sending and receiving of waves and currents of thought and
feeling. Thought vibrations, and how they are caused. The part played by
the cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata--the three brains of man.
The part played by the solar plexus and other great nervous centres. How
thought messages are received. How states of emotional excitement are
transmitted to others. The Pineal Gland: what it is, and what it does. The
important part it plays in telepathy and thought-transference. Mental
atmospheres. Psychic atmospheres of audiences, towns, houses, stores, etc.
Why you are not affected by all thought vibrations in equal measure and
strength. How thought vibrations are neutralized. Affinities and
repulsions between different thought vibrations. Interesting facts
concerning telepathy. Scientific explanations of telepathy.
LESSON IV
SCIENTIFIC TELEPATHY
The important investigations of the Society for Psychical Research. True
telepathy and pseudo-telepathy; how they are distinguished by scientists.
Strict tests imposed in investigations. The celebrated "Creery
Experiments," and how they were conducted. The elaboration of the
"guessing" game. Seventeen cards chosen right, in straight succession.
Precautions against fraud or collusion. Two hundred and ten successes out
of a possible three hundred and eighty-two. Science pronounces the results
as entirely beyond the law of coincidences and mathematical probability;
and that the phenomena were genuine and real telepathy. Still more
wonderful tests. Telepathy an incontestable reality. "A psychic force
transmitting ideas and thoughts." Interesting cases of spontaneous
telepathy, scientifically proven. Extracts from the scientific records.
Cold scientific reports read like a romance, and prove beyond doubt the
reality of this great field of phenomena.
LESSON V
MIND-READING, AND BEYOND
What "Mind-Reading" is. The two phases of Mind-Reading. Mind-Reading with
physical contact; and without physical contact. Why the scientific
investigators make the distinction. Why science has been over-cautious;
and how it falls short of the full understanding of contact Mind-Reading.
How the thought-waves flow along the nerves of the projector and
recipient. Like telegraphy over wires, as compared with the wireless
method. How to learn by actual experience, and not alone by reading books.
How to experiment for yourself; and how to obtain the best results in
Mind-Reading. The working principles of Mind-Reading stated. Full
directions and instruction given for the successful performance of the
interesting feats. This lesson is really a little manual of
practical instruction in Mind-Reading, and the higher phases of
Thought-Transference. The person carefully studying and applying the
principles taught therein should become very proficient in both private
and public manifestations.
LESSON VI
What Clairvoyance really is; and what it is not. The faculty of acquiring
super-normal knowledge of facts and happening at a distance, or in past or
future time, independent of the ordinary senses, and independent of
telepathic reading of the minds of others. The different kinds of
Clairvoyance described. What is Psychometry? Clairvoyant en rapport
relations on the astral plane, with distant, past or future happenings and
events; by means of a connecting material link. How to obtain the psychic
affinity or astral relation to other things by means of a bit of stone,
lock of hair, article of wearing apparel, etc. Interesting instances of
clairvoyant psychometry. How to go about the work of psychometrizing. How
to develop the power. How to secure the best conditions; and what to do
when you have obtained them. Psychometry develops the occultist for still
higher clairvoyant powers.
LESSON VII
The second great method of securing clairvoyant en rapport relations with
the astral plane. How the crystal, magic-mirror, etc., serves to focus the
psychic energy of the clairvoyant person. The crystal serves the purpose
of a psychic microscope or telescope. How crystals tend to become
polarized to the vibrations of their owner. Why crystals should be
preserved for the personal use of their owners. The use of crystals, or
other forms of shining objects, by different peoples in ancient and modern
times. How they are employed in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands,
South America, etc., by the primitive tribes. Various substitutes for the
crystal. Full directions for Crystal Gazing. Complete instructions and
warnings. All stages described, from the first "milky mist" to the clearly
defined "psychic photograph." The Astral Tube, and the part it plays in
Crystal Gazing. A complete little text-book of the subject.
LESSON VIII
CLAIRVOYANT REVERIE
The higher forms of Clairvoyance, and how they may be cultivated and
acquired. Trance conditions not essential to highest Clairvoyance,
although often connected therewith. In Clairvoyant Reverie, the
clairvoyant does not become unconscious; but merely "shuts out" the
outside world of sights and sounds. Shifting the consciousness from the
physical plane to the astral. Clairvoyant Reverie may be safely and
effectively induced by mental concentration alone. Artificial methods
dangerous, and not advised by best authorities. Abnormal conditions not
desirable. The "one pointed" mind. The Clairvoyant "day dream" or "brown
study." False "psychic development." Use of hypnotic drugs strongly
condemned. Scientific psychological methods stated and taught. The laws of
attention and concentration of the mind. How Clairvoyance develops by this
method. The true occult instruction given fully.
LESSON IX
SIMPLE CLAIRVOYANCE
What the Clairvoyant senses in Simple Clairvoyance. Perception of the
Aura, and Auric Emanations of others; Psychic Vibrations; Astral Colors;
Thought Currents, Waves and Vibrations, etc., are features of Simple
Clairvoyance. The beautiful kaleidoscopic spectacle of the Auric changes.
The Prana Aura, and its appearances. The Mental and Emotional Aura, and
its many interesting phases. Perception of Astral Thought-Forms. Other
Astral Phenomena. The Astral World, and its Myriad Manifestations. Strange
aspects of Astral Visioning. "Seeing through a Brick-wall." The X-Ray
Vision. Reading from closed books, sealed envelopes, etc., and how it is
explainable. Seeing into the depths of the earth, and the occult
explanation thereof. The Laws and Principles of this Extraordinary Power.
Magnifying and Diminishing Clairvoyant Vision. A wonderful field for
experiment opened out for the student.
LESSON X
CLAIRVOYANCE OF DISTANT SCENES
The characteristics of Space Clairvoyance. The Astral Seeing of Distant
Scenes; and through intervening objects. Remarkable instances of this
power, well authenticated and established. Interesting and instructive
historical cases recorded and explained. Testimony of the Society for
Psychical Research concerning this phase of Clairvoyance. The interesting
case of W.T. Stead, the celebrated English writer, who went down on the
"Titanic." The important testimony of Swedenborg, the eminent religious
teacher. Other well-authenticated cases happening to well-known persons.
The evidence collected by the Society for Psychical Research. Interesting
German case. Why so many cases of this kind happen when the person is on
his death-bed, or seriously ill. Why such experiences often occur in
dreams. Actual "appearance" of persons at a distance, and how explained.
Important and interesting facts recited in connection with this phase of
Clairvoyance.
LESSON XI
CLAIRVOYANCE OF THE PAST
The clairvoyant perception of the facts, events and happenings of past
time. There is no difference in the nature of this strange phenomenon,
whether the past time be but five minutes or else five thousand years. How
is it possible to "see" a thing that no longer exists? The "just how" of
this strange happening. Nothing could be perceived if it had actually
disappeared from existence. But nothing entirely disappears in fact. On
the astral plane are recorded all things, events and happenings since the
beginning of the present world-cycle. The "Akashic Records;" or the
"Astral Light;" constitute the great record books of the past. The
clairvoyant gaining access to these may read the past like a book.
Analogies in physical science. Interesting scientific facts. What
astronomy teaches on the subject. How the records of the past are stored.
How they are read by the clairvoyant. A fascinating subject clearly
presented and explained.
LESSON XII
CLAIRVOYANCE OF THE FUTURE
The clairvoyant power manifest in all forms of perception of facts,
happenings and events of future time. Explanation of Prophecy, Prevision,
Foretelling, Second-Sight, etc. These powers not supernatural; but are
merely the development of the clairvoyant faculties. How may a thing be
"seen" years before it really exists. Nothing could be seen, unless it
existed in some form, at least potential and latent. Keen perception of
the subconscious faculties. Subconscious reasoning from cause to effect.
Coming events cast their shadows before. Fate vs. Free-Will. "Time is but
a relative mode of regarding things." "Events may, in some sense, exist
always, both past and future." Time like a moving-picture reel, containing
the future scene at the present moment, though out of sight. Analogy of
dream-time. An Absolute Consciousness in which past, present and future
exist as a single perception. A glimpse of a transcendental truth. How to
acquire the faculty of Future-Clairvoyance.
LESSON XIII
SECOND-SIGHT, PREVISION, ETC.
Many persons, in all times, in all lands, have possessed the gift of
looking into the future. Not a superstition, but a scientific fact. The
Investigations of the scientific bodies. The Society for Psychical
Research, and its reports on this phase of Clairvoyance. Interesting case
told by a leading Theosophist. Tragedy and Funeral foreseen by Clairvoyant
Prevision, or Second-Sight. Historical instances. George Fox, the Quaker,
and his Second-Sight. The prophecy of the Death of Caesar. Biblical
instances. The celebrated case of Cazotte, which has become a matter of
history. How Cazotte foretold the coming of the French Revolution,
including the fate of eminent personages present at the time of the
prophecy. A startling occurrence, well worthy of careful study. The
historical case of the assassination of Spencer Perceval, Chancellor of
the Exchequer. Other well-authenticated cases. Symbolic visions. Irish and
Scotch cases.
LESSON XIV
Astral visioning in Clairvoyance, and visioning by means of the Astral
Body. The difference between the two phases of clairvoyant phenomena. The
characteristics of Astral-Body traveling. How one traveling in the Astral
Body may "see all around him," instead of merely gazing at an astral
picture. Limitations of Astral-Body visioning. What the Astral-Body really
is; and what it is like. How it disengages itself from the physical body,
and travels in space. Many persons "travel in the astral" during ordinary
sleep. Occult teachings regarding Astral-Body traveling. How dying persons
often travel in the astral-body, before death. Many interesting cases
cited, all well-authenticated by scientific investigation. Society for
Psychical Research's records and reports on such cases. Dangers of
uninstructed persons going out on the astral, except in dream state.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." A timely warning. A most
important and interesting subject.
LESSON XV
STRANGE ASTRAL PHENOMENA
Additional phases of Astral Phenomena. Projection of Thought-Forms.
Something between ordinary Clairvoyance and Astral-Body perception. What a
Thought-Form is. How it is created. What it does. Where it goes. How a
portion of one's consciousness is projected in a Thought-Form. Using a
Thought-Form as at cut-post, or observation point. How things appear when
viewed from a Thought-Form. A wonderful phase of occult phenomena.
Advantages and disadvantages of this form of clairvoyant visioning. Hindu
Psychic Magic, and how it is performed. Remarkable illusory effects
produced by Hindu Magicians. All is explained when the principle of the
creation and projection of Thought-Forms is understood. Why the Hindus
excel in this phase of occultism. An interesting description of Hindu
Magic feats. The power of concentrated "visualization." The phenomena of
Levitation, or the moving of articles at a distance. The occult
explanation of this phenomenon. Natural explanation for so-called
"super-natural" occurrence.
LESSON XVI
PSYCHIC INFLUENCE: ITS LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
The laws and principles underlying the power of one mind to influence and
affect another mind. More than ordinary telepathy. The inductive power of
mental vibrations. Everything is in vibration. Mental vibrations are much
higher in the scale than are physical vibrations. What "induction" is. How
a mental state, or an emotional feeling, tends to induce a similar state
in another mind. Many instances cited. The different degrees of vibratory
influence, and what causes the difference. The contagious effect of a
"strong feeling." Why a strong desire hag a dynamic effect in certain
cases. The power of visualization in Psychic Influence. The Attractive
Power of Thought. The effect of Mental Concentration. Focusing your
Forces. Holding the mind to a state of "one-pointedness." Why the
occultist controls his imagination. Suggestions as to practice, and rules
of development. A few easily-mastered principles which give you the key to
the whole of this wonderful subject.
LESSON XVII
PERSONAL PSYCHIC INFLUENCE OVER OTHERS
Psychic Influence exerted over others, when in their presence. Different
degrees of the influence. Possession of this power by Alexander the Great,
Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, and other great leaders of men. The
ability to influence others is a sure sign of the possession of this
psychic power. The Three Underlying Principles of Psychic Influence. The
importance of strong desire to influence and exert power. The importance
of clear, positive mental pictures of what effect you wish to produce. The
importance of the firm concentration of your mind on the subject. The
creation of a positive psychic atmosphere. The Positive Psychic Aura. How
to project your Psychic Power. The Psychic Struggle between two persons.
How to handle yourself in such conflicts of Psychic Power. How to
Neutralize the Psychic Power of others, and thus disarm them. The Occult
Shield of Defence. Valuable directions regarding practice and development
of Psychic Power. Scientific Exercises for Development. Important Rules of
LESSON XVIII
PSYCHIC INFLUENCE AT A DISTANCE
Psychic Influence over others, manifested when they are distant from the
person exerting the influence. Distance no obstacle. Psychic Induction at
Long-Range. How to create the en rapport condition with the other person.
How to protect yourself against such influence at a distance. The Psychic
Armor. Psychometric Method of producing Distant En Rapport Condition. To
proceed when the en rapport condition is secured. The scientific
explanation of the old tales about sorcery, witchcraft, super-natural
influence, etc. The effect of fear, and belief, on the mind of the other
person. The effect of Denial. The secret of many strange cases made plain.
Some typical cases. The Master-Key which unlocks the doors of many
Mysteries. Low forms of Occultism, and how they may be defeated. Dangerous
Teachings in some quarters. Warnings against their use. The Astral Tube;
how it is erected, used and employed. A simple, plain explanation of a
puzzling occult manifestation. Self-Protection.
LESSON XIX
LAWS OF PSYCHIC ATTRACTION
How psychic vibrations tend to attract to their creator other persons
vibrating along the same lines; and things having a relation to the things
thought of. Harmony and Inharmony in the Psychic World. The Law of Psychic
Attraction. The Law of Psychic Repulsion. An important phase of Astral
Phenomena. The Law works two ways. It draws other persons and things to
you; and you to other persons and things. How the men of "big business"
operate under this Law of Attraction. How scheming exploiters of the
public actually "treat the public" by psychic means. The various forms of
psychic influence employed by persons of this kind. The Law of Attraction,
and how it works out in Business Life. The scientific facts behind the
outward appearance of things. Instances and examples of the working out of
these laws and principles. The Law of Psychic Attraction is as constant
and invariable as the great Law of Gravitation, or Magnetic Attraction.
The Co-Relation of Thoughts and Things. How we may create our own
environment by Psychic Influence.
PSYCHIC AND MAGNETIC HEALING
The Psychic Principles underlying the many forms of psychic or mental
healing. Many theories--one set of principles. Psychic Healing as old as
the race. The Basic Principles of Psychic Healing. The Physiological
Principles involved. How the Astral Body is used in Psychic Healing. Human
Magnetism, and what it really is. All about Prana. The Laying-on of Hands
in Healing; and what is back of it. What happens in Magnetic Healing. The
Secret of Absent Healing. Space no barrier in Psychic Healing. The Human
Aura and Psychic Healing. The Secret of Suggestive Therapeutics. The
effect of the "affirmations" of the healers. How the Healing Cults obtain
good results. Self-Healing by Psychic Power. Absent Healing by Psychic
Power. How to "treat" others by Absent Treatment. Valuable Instructions
and Practical Methods of Psychic Healing. The whole subject condensed, and
made plain, so that it may be applied by any person of average
intelligence. No fanciful theories; only plain, practical facts for actual
In preparing this series of lessons for students of Western lands, I have
been compelled to proceed along lines exactly opposite to those which I
would have chosen had these lessons been for students in India. This
because of the diametrically opposite mental attitudes of the students of
these two several lands.
The student in India expects the teacher to state positively the
principles involved, and the methods whereby these principles may be
manifested, together with frequent illustrations (generally in the nature
of fables or parables), serving to link the new knowledge to some already
known thing. The Hindu student never expects or demands anything in the
nature of "proof" of the teachers statements of principle or method; in
fact, he would regard it as an insult to the teacher to ask for the same.
Consequently, he does not look for, or ask, specific instances or
illustrations in the nature of scientific evidence or proof of the
principles taught. He may ask for more information, but solely for the
purpose of bringing out some point which he has not grasped; but he avoids
as a pestilence any question seeming to indicate argument, doubt of what
is being taught him, or of the nature of a demand for proof or evidence.
The Western student, on the other hand, is accustomed to maintaining the
skeptical attitude of mind--the scientific attitude of doubt and demand
for proof--and the teacher so understands it. Both are accustomed to
illustrations bringing out the principles involved, but these
illustrations must not be fanciful or figurative--they must be actual
cases, well authenticated and vouched for as evidence. In short, the
Western teacher is expected to actually "prove" to his students his
principles and methods, before he may expect them to be accepted. This, of
course, not from any real doubt or suspicion of the veracity or ability of
the teacher, but merely because the Western mind expects to question, and
be questioned, in this way in the process of teaching and learning.
Consequently, in this series of lessons, I have sought to follow the
Western method rather than the Hindu. So far as is possible, I have
avoided the flat positive statement of principles and methods, and have
sought to prove each step of the teaching. Of course, I have been
compelled to assume the existence of certain fundamental principles, in
order to avoid long and technical metaphysical and philosophical
discussions. I have also had to content myself with the positive flat
assertion of the existence of the Astral Plane, Akashic Records, Prana,
etc., which are fundamental postulates of Hindu philosophy and occult
science--for these are established solely by the experience of those who
are able to function on the higher planes themselves. But, beyond this I
have sought to prove by direct and positive evidence (adapted to the
Western mind) every step of my teaching and methods.
In offering this scientific proof, I have purposely omitted (except in a
few instances) all mention of occult or psychic phenomena occurring in
India, and have confined myself to instances occurring in Western lands to
Western persons. Moreover, I have avoided quoting and citing Hindu
authorities, and have, instead, quoted and cited from authorities well
known and respected in Western lands, such as the Society for Psychical
Research, and the prominent scientists interested in the work of the said
society. In this way I have sought to furnish the Western student with
examples, cases, and illustrations familiar to him, and easily referred
to. Had I cited Indian cases, I might be accused of offering proof that
could not be easily verified; and quoting persons unknown to my readers.
There is a wealth of such cases and illustration in India, naturally, but
these as a rule are traditional and not available in printed form; and
these would not likely be very satisfactory to the Western student.
I must, however, positively and firmly state that while these cases and
illustrations, these quotations and citations, are purely Western, the
principles they illustrate and prove are among the oldest known to Hindu
occult science and philosophy. In fact, having been accepted as proved
truth in India, for centuries past, there is very little demand for
further proof thereof on the part of the Hindus. In the Western world,
however, these things are comparatively new, and must be proved and
attested accordingly. So, as I have said, I have cut the cloth of my
instruction to conform with the pattern favored for the Western garment of
knowledge. So far as the illustrations and cases, the quotations and
citations are concerned--these are purely Western and familiar to the
student. But, when it comes to the principles themselves, this is another
matter--I must be pardoned for stating that these are the outgrowth of
Hindu thought and investigation, and that he who would discover their
roots must dig around the tree of the Wisdom of the East, which has stood
the storms and winds of thousands of years. But the branches of this
mighty tree are wide-spreading, and there is room for many Western
students to rest in its shade and shelter.
In these lessons I have referred occasionally to my two little books,
entitled "The Astral World," and "The Human Aura," respectively. To those
who are interested in these subjects, I recommend these little books; they
are sold at a nominal price, and contain much that will be helpful to the
student of Hindu Occult Science. They are not required, however, to
complete the understanding of the subjects treated upon in these lessons,
and are mentioned and recommended merely as supplementary reading for the
student who wishes to take little "side excursions" away from the main
trip covered in these lessons.
I trust that my students will find the pleasure and satisfaction in
studying these lessons that I have in writing them.
SWAMI PANCHADASI.
LESSON I.
THE ASTRAL SENSES.
The student of occultism usually is quite familiar with the crass
individual who assumes the cheap skeptical attitude toward occult matters,
which attitude he expresses in his would-be "smart" remark that he
"believes only in what his senses perceive." He seems to think that his
cheap wit has finally disposed of the matter, the implication being that
the occultist is a credulous, "easy" person who believes in the existence
of things contrary to the evidence of the senses.
While the opinion or views of persons of this class are, of course,
beneath the serious concern of any true student of occultism, nevertheless
the mental attitude of such persons are worthy of our passing
consideration, inasmuch as it serves to give us an object lesson regarding
the childlike attitude of the average so-called "practical" persons
regarding the matter of the evidence of the senses.
These so-called practical persons have much to say regarding their senses.
They are fond of speaking of "the evidence of my senses." They also have
much to say about the possession of "good sense" on their part; of having
"sound common sense"; and often they make the strange boast that they have
"horse sense," seeming to consider this a great possession. Alas, for the
pretensions of this class of persons. They are usually found quite
credulous regarding matters beyond their everyday field of work and
thought, and accept without question the most ridiculous teachings and
dogmas reaching them from the voice of some claimed authority, while they
sneer at some advanced teaching which their minds are incapable of
comprehending. Anything which seems unusual to them is deemed "flighty,"
and lacking in appeal to their much prized "horse sense."
But, it is not my intention to spend time in discussing these
insignificant half-penny intellects. I have merely alluded to them in
order to bring to your mind the fact that to many persons the idea of
"sense" and that of "senses" is very closely allied. They consider all
knowledge and wisdom as "sense;" and all such sense as being derived
directly from their ordinary five senses. They ignore almost completely
the intuitional phases of the mind, and are unaware of many of the higher
processes of reasoning.
Such persons accept as undoubted anything that their senses report to
them. They consider it heresy to question a report of the senses. One of
their favorite remarks is that "it almost makes me doubt my senses." They
fail to perceive that their senses, at the best, are very imperfect
instruments, and that the mind is constantly employed in correcting the
mistaken report of the ordinary five senses.
Not to speak of the common phenomenon of color-blindness, in which one
color seems to be another, our senses are far from being exact. We may,
by suggestion, be made to imagine that we smell or taste certain things
which do not exist, and hypnotic subjects may be caused to see things that
have no existence save in the imagination of the person. The familiar
experiment of the person crossing his first two fingers, and placing them
on a small object, such as a pea or the top of a lead-pencil, shows us how
"mixed" the sense of feeling becomes at times. The many familiar instances
of optical delusions show us that even our sharp eyes may deceive
us--every conjuror knows how easy it is to deceive the eye by suggestion
and false movements.
Perhaps the most familiar example of mistaken sense-reports is that of the
movement of the earth. The senses of every person report to him that the
earth is a fixed, immovable body, and that the sun, moon, planets, and
stars move around the earth every twenty-four hours. It is only when one
accepts the reports of the reasoning faculties, that he knows that the
earth not only whirls around on its axis every twenty-four hours, but that
it circles around the sun every three hundred and sixty-five days; and
that even the sun itself, carrying with it the earth and the other
planets, really moves along in space, moving toward or around some unknown
point far distant from it. If there is any one particular report of the
senses which would seem to be beyond doubt or question, it certainly would
be this elementary sense report of the fixedness of the earth beneath our
feet, and the movements of the heavenly bodies around it--and yet we know
that this is merely an illusion, and that the facts of the case are
totally different. Again, how few persons really realize that the eye
perceives things up-side-down, and that the mind only gradually acquires
the trick of adjusting the impression?
I am not trying to make any of you doubt the report of his or her five
senses. That would be most foolish, for all of us must needs depend upon
these five senses in our everyday affairs, and would soon come to grief
were we to neglect their reports. Instead, I am trying to acquaint you
with the real nature of these five senses, that you may realize what they
are not, as well as what they are; and also that you may realize that
there is no absurdity in believing that there are more channels of
information open to the ego, or soul of the person, than these much used
five senses. When you once get a correct scientific conception of the real
nature of the five ordinary senses, you will be able to intelligently
grasp the nature of the higher psychic faculties or senses, and thus be
better fitted to use them. So, let us take a few moments time in order to
get this fundamental knowledge well fixed in our minds.
What are the five senses, anyway. Your first answer will be: "Feeling,
seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling." But that is merely a recital of the
different forms of sensing. What is a "sense," when you get right down to
it? Well, you will find that the dictionary tells us that a sense is a
"faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of
impressions made upon certain organs of the body." Getting right down to
the roots of the matter, we find that the five senses of man are the
channels through which he becomes aware or conscious of information
concerning objects outside of himself. But, these senses are not the
sense-organs alone. Back of the organs there is a peculiar arrangement of
the nervous system, or brain centres, which take up the messages received
through the organs; and back of this, again, is the ego, or soul, or mind,
which, at the last, is the real KNOWER. The eye is merely a camera; the
ear, merely a receiver of sound-waves; the nose, merely an arrangement of
sensitive mucous membrane; the mouth and tongue, simply a container of
taste-buds; the nervous system, merely a sensitive apparatus designed to
transmit messages to the brain and other centres--all being but part of
the physical machinery, and liable to impairment or destruction. Back of
all this apparatus is the real Knower who makes use of it.
Science tells us that of all the five senses, that of Touch or Feeling was
the original--the fundamental sense. All the rest are held to be but
modifications of, and specialized forms of, this original sense of
feeling. I am telling you this not merely in the way of interesting and
instructive scientific information, but also because an understanding of
this fact will enable you to more clearly comprehend that which I shall
have to say to you about the higher faculties or senses.
Many of the very lowly and simple forms of animal life have this one sense
only, and that but poorly developed. The elementary life form "feels" the
touch of its food, or of other objects which may touch it. The plants also
have something akin to this sense, which in some cases, like that of the
Sensitive Plant, for instance, is quite well developed. Long before the
sense of sight, or the sensitiveness to light appeared in animal-life, we
find evidences of taste, and something like rudimentary hearing or
sensitiveness to sounds. Smell gradually developed from the sense of
taste, with which even now it is closely connected. In some forms of lower
animal life the sense of smell is much more highly developed than in
mankind. Hearing evolved in due time from the rudimentary feeling of
vibrations. Sight, the highest of the senses, came last, and was an
evolution of the elementary sensitiveness to light.
But, you see, all these senses are but modifications of the original sense
of feeling or touch. The eye records the touch or feeling of the
light-waves which strike upon it. The ear records the touch or feeling of
the sound-waves or vibrations of the air, which reach it. The tongue and
other seats of taste record the chemical touch of the particles of food,
or other substances, coming in contact with the taste-buds. The nose
records the chemical touch of the gases or fine particles of material
which touch its mucous membrane. The sensory-nerves record the presence of
outer objects coming in contact with the nerve ends in various parts of
the skin of the body. You see that all of these senses merely record the
contact or "touch" of outside objects.
But the sense organs, themselves, do not do the knowing of the presence of
the objects. They are but pieces of delicate apparatus serving to record
or to receive primary impressions from outside. Wonderful as they are,
they have their counterparts in the works of man, as for instance: the
camera, or artificial eye; the phonograph, or, artificial ear; the
delicate chemical apparatus, or artificial taster and smeller; the
telegraph, or artificial nerves. Not only this, but there are always to be
found nerve telegraph wires conveying the messages of the eye, the ear,
the nose, the tongue, to the brain--telling the something in the brain of
what has been felt at the other end of the line. Sever the nerves leading
to the eye, and though the eye will continue to register perfectly, still
no message will reach the brain. And render the brain unconscious, and no
message will reach it from the nerves connecting with eye, ear, nose,
tongue, or surface of the body. There is much more to the receiving of
sense messages than you would think at first, you see.
Now all this means that the ego, or soul, or mind, if you prefer the
term--is the real Knower who becomes aware of the outside world by means
of the messages of the senses. Cut off from these messages the mind would
be almost a blank, so far as outside objects are concerned. Every one of
the senses so cut off would mean a diminishing or cutting-off of a part of
the world of the ego. And, likewise, each new sense added to the list
tends to widen and increase the world of the ego. We do not realize this,
as a rule. Instead, we are in the habit of thinking that the world
consists of just so many things and facts, and that we know every possible
one of them. This is the reasoning of a child. Think how very much smaller
than the world of the average person is the world of the person born
blind, or the person born deaf! Likewise, think how very much greater and
wider, and more wonderful this world of ours would seem were each of us to
find ourselves suddenly endowed with a new sense! How much more we would
perceive. How much more we would feel. How much more we would know. How
much more we would have to talk about. Why, we are really in about the
same position as the poor girl, born blind, who said that she thought that
the color of scarlet must be something like the sound of a trumpet. Poor
thing, she could form no conception of color, never having seen a ray of
light--she could think and speak only in the terms of touch, sound, taste
and smell. Had she also been deaf, she would have been robbed of a still
greater share of her world. Think over these things a little.
Suppose, on the contrary, that we had a new sense which would enable us to
sense the waves of electricity. In that case we would be able to "feel"
what was going on at another place--perhaps on the other side of the
world, or maybe, on one of the other planets. Or, suppose that we had an X
Ray sense--we could then see through a stone wall, inside the rooms of a
house. If our vision were improved by the addition of a telescopic
adjustment, we could see what is going on in Mars, and could send and
receive communications with those living there. Or, if with a microscopic
adjustment, we could see all the secrets of a drop of water--maybe it is
well that we cannot do this. On the other hand, if we had a well-developed
telepathic sense, we would be aware of the thought-waves of others to such
an extent that there would be no secrets left hidden to anyone--wouldn't
that alter life and human intercourse a great deal? These things would
really be no more wonderful than is the evolution of the senses we have.
We can do some of these things by apparatus designed by the brain of
man--and man really is but an imitator and adaptor of Nature. Perhaps, on
some other world or planet there may be beings having seven, nine or
fifteen senses, instead of the poor little five known to us. Who knows!
But it is not necessary to exercise the imagination in the direction of
picturing beings on other planets endowed with more senses than have the
people of earth. While, as the occult teachings positively state, there
are beings on other planets whose senses are as much higher than the
earth-man's as the latter's are higher than those of the oyster, still we
do not have to go so far to find instances of the possession of much
higher and more active faculties than those employed by the ordinary man.
We have but to consider the higher psychical faculties of man, right here
and now, in order to see what new worlds are open to him. When you reach
a scientific understanding of these things, you will see that there really
is nothing at all supernatural about much of the great body of wonderful
experiences of men in all times which the "horse sense" man sneeringly
dismisses as "queer" and "contrary to sense." You will see that these
experiences are quite as natural as are those in which the ordinary five
senses are employed--though they are super-physical. There is the greatest
difference between supernatural and super-physical, you must realize.
All occultists know that man has other senses than the ordinary five,
although but few men have developed them sufficiently well to use them
effectively. These super-physical senses are known to the occultists as
"the astral senses." The term "Astral," used so frequently by all
occultists, ancient and modern, is derived from the Greek word "astra,"
meaning "star." It is used to indicate those planes of being immediately
above the physical plane. The astral senses are really the counterparts of
the physical senses of man, and are connected with the astral body of the
person just as the physical senses are connected with the physical body.
The office of these astral senses is to enable the person to receive
impressions on the astral plane, just as his physical senses enable him to
receive impressions on the physical plane. On the physical plane the mind
of man receives only the sense impressions of the physical organs of
sense; but when the mind functions and vibrates on the astral plane, it
requires astral senses in order to receive the impressions of that plane,
and these, as we shall see, are present.
Each one of the physical senses of man has its astral counterpart. Thus
man has, in latency, the power of seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling, and
hearing, on the astral plane, by means of his five astral senses. More
than this, the best occultists know that man really has seven physical
senses instead of but five, though these two additional senses are not
unfolded in the case of the average person (though occultists who have
reached a certain stage are able to use them effectively). Even these two
extra physical senses have their counterparts on the astral plane.
Persons who have developed the use of their astral senses are able to
receive the sense impressions of the astral plane just as clearly as they
receive those of the physical plane by means of the physical senses. For
instance, the person is thus able to perceive things occurring on the
astral plane; to read the Akashic Records of the past; to perceive things
that are happening in other parts of the world; to see past happenings as
well; and in cases of peculiar development, to catch glimpses of the
future, though this is far rarer than the other forms of astral sight.
Again, by means of clairaudience, the person may hear the things of the
astral world, past as well as present, and in rare cases, the future. The
explanation is the same in each case--merely the receiving of vibrations
on the astral plane instead of on the physical plane. In the same way,
the astral senses of smelling, tasting, and feeling operate. But though we
have occasional instances of astral feeling, in certain phases of psychic
phenomena, we have practically no manifestation of astral smelling or
tasting, although the astral senses are there ready for use. It is only in
instances of travelling in the astral body that the last two mentioned
astral senses, viz., smell and taste, are manifested.
The phenomena of telepathy, or thought transference, occurs on both the
physical and the mental plane. On the physical plane it is more or less
spontaneous and erratic in manifestation; while on the astral plane it is
as clear, reliable and responsive to demand as is astral sight, etc.
The ordinary person has but occasional flashes of astral sensing, and as a
rule is not able to experience the phenomenon at will. The trained
occultist, on the contrary, is able to shift from one set of senses to the
other, by a simple act or effort of will, whenever he may wish to do so.
Advanced occultists are often able to function on both physical and astral
planes at the same time, though they do not often desire to do so. To
vision astrally, the trained occultist merely shifts his sensory mechanism
from physical to astral, or vice versa, just as the typewriter operator
shifts from the small-letter type to the capitals, by simply touching the
shift-key of his machine.
Many persons suppose that it is necessary to travel on the astral plane,
in the astral body, in order to use the astral senses. This is a mistake.
In instances of clairvoyance, astral visioning, psychometry, etc., the
occultist remains in his physical body, and senses the phenomena of the
astral plane quite readily, by means of the astral senses, just as he is
able to sense the phenomena of the physical plane when he uses the
physical organs--quite more easily, in fact, in many instances. It is not
even necessary for the occultist to enter into the trance condition, in
the majority of cases.
Travel in the astral body is quite another phase of occult phenomena, and
is far more difficult to manifest. The student should never attempt to
travel in the astral body except under the instruction of some competent
In Crystal Gazing, the occultist merely employs the crystal in order to
concentrate his power, and to bring to a focus his astral vision. There is
no supernatural virtue in the crystal itself--it is merely a means to an
end; a piece of useful apparatus to aid in the production of certain
In Psychometry some object is used in order to bring the occulist "en
rapport" with the person or thing associated with it. But it is the astral
senses which are employed in describing either the past environment of the
thing, or else the present or past doings of the person in question, etc.
In short, the object is merely the loose end of the psychic ball of twine
which the psychometrist proceeds to wind or unwind at will. Psychometry
is merely one form of astral seeing; just as is crystal gazing.
In what is known as Telekinesis, or movement at a distance, there is found
the employment of both astral sensing, and astral will action accompanied
in many cases by actual projection of a portion of the substance of the
astral body.
In the case of Clairvoyance, we have an instance of the simplest form of
astral seeing, without the necessity of the "associated object" of
psychometry, or the focal point of the crystal in crystal gazing.
This is true not only of the ordinary form of clairvoyance, in which the
occultist sees astrally the happenings and doings at some distant point,
at the moment of observation; it is also true of what is known as past
clairvoyance, or astral seeing of past events; and in the seeing of future
events, as in prophetic vision, etc. These are all simply different forms
of one and the same thing.
Surely, some of you may say, "These things are supernatural, far above the
realm of natural law--and yet this man would have us believe otherwise."
Softly, softly, dear reader, do not jump at conclusions so readily. What
do you know about the limits of natural law and phenomena? What right have
you to assert that all beyond your customary range of sense experience is
outside of Nature? Do you not realize that you are attempting to place a
limit upon Nature, which in reality is illimitable?
The man of a generation back of the present one would have been equally
justified in asserting that the marvels of wireless telegraphy were
supernatural, had he been told of the possibility of their manifestation.
Going back a little further, the father of that man would have said the
same thing regarding the telephone, had anyone been so bold as to have
prophesied it. Going back still another generation, imagine the opinion of
some of the old men of that time regarding the telegraph. And yet these
things are simply the discovery and application of certain of Nature's
wonderful powers and forces.
Is it any more unreasonable to suppose that Nature has still a mine of
undiscovered treasure in the mind and constitution of man, as well as in
inorganic nature? No, friends, these things are as natural as the physical
senses, and not a whit more of a miracle. It is only that we are
accustomed to one, and not to the other, that makes the astral senses seem
more wonderful than the physical. Nature's workings are all
wonderful--none more so than the other. All are beyond our absolute
conception, when we get down to their real essence. So let us keep an open
LESSON II.
TELEPATHY vs. CLAIRVOYANCE.
In this work I shall use the term "clairvoyance" in its broad sense of
"astral perception," as distinguished from perception by means of the
physical senses. As we proceed, you will see the general and special
meanings of the term, so there is no necessity for a special definition or
illustration of the term at this time.
By "telepathy," I mean the sending and receiving of thought messages, and
mental and emotional states, consciously or unconsciously, by means of
what may be called "the sixth sense" of the physical plane. There is, of
course, a form of thought transference on the astral plane, but this I
include under the general term of clairvoyance, for reasons which will be
explained later on.
You will remember that in the preceding chapter I told you that in
addition to the five ordinary physical senses of man there were also two
other physical senses comparatively undeveloped in the average person.
These two extra physical senses are, respectively, (1) the sense of the
presence of other living things; and (2) the telepathic sense. As I also
told you, these two extra physical senses have their astral counterparts.
They also have certain physical organs which are not generally recognized
by physiologists or psychologists, but which are well known to all
occultists. I shall now consider the first of the two above-mentioned
extra physical senses, in order to clear the way for our consideration of
the question of the distinction between ordinary telepathy and that form
of clairvoyance which is its astral counterpart.
There is in every human being a sense which is not generally recognized as
such, although nearly every person has had more or less experience
regarding its workings. I refer to the sense of the presence of other
living things, separate and apart from the operation of any of the five
ordinary physical senses. I ask you to understand that I am not claiming
that this is a higher sense than the other physical senses, or that it has
come to man in a high state of evolution. On the contrary, this sense came
to living things far back in the scale of evolution. It is possessed by
the higher forms of the lower animals, such as the horse, dog, and the
majority of the wild beasts. Savage and barbaric men have it more highly
developed than it is in the case of the civilized man. In fact, this
physical sense may be termed almost vestigal in civilized man, because he
has not actively used it for many generations. For that matter, the
physical sense of smell is also deficient in man, and for the same reason,
whereas in the case of the lower animals, and savage man, the sense of
smell is very keen. I mention this for fear of misunderstanding. In my
little book, "The Astral World," I have said: "All occultists know that
man really has seven senses, instead of merely five, though the
additional two senses are not sufficiently developed for use in the
average person (though the occultist generally unfolds them into use)."
Some have taken this to mean that the occultist develops these two extra
physical senses, just as he does certain higher psychic or astral
faculties. But this is wrong. The occultist, in such case, merely
re-awakens these two senses which have been almost lost to the race. By
use and exercise he then develops them to a wonderful proficiency, for use
on the physical plane.
Now, this sense of the presence of other living beings is very well
developed in the lower animals, particularly in those whose safety depends
upon the knowledge of the presence of their natural enemies. As might be
expected, the wild animals have it more highly developed than do the
domesticated animals. But even among the latter, we find instances of this
sense being in active use--in the case of dogs, horses, geese, etc.,
especially. Who of us is not familiar with the strange actions of the dog,
or the horse, when the animal senses the unseen and unheard presence of
some person or animal? Very often we would scold or punish the animal for
its peculiar actions, simply because we are not able to see what is
worrying it. How often does the dog start suddenly, and bristle up its
hair, when nothing is in sight, or within hearing distance. How often does
the horse grow "skittish," or even panicky, when there is nothing within
sight or hearing. Domestic fowls, especially geese, manifest an uneasiness
at the presence of strange persons or animals, though they may not be
able to see or hear them. It is a matter of history that this sense, in a
flock of geese, once saved ancient Rome from an attack of the enemy. The
night was dark and stormy, and the trained eyesight and keen hearing of
the Roman outposts failed to reveal the approach of the enemy. But, the
keen sense of the geese felt the presence of strange men, and they started
to cackle loudly, aroused the guard, and Rome was saved. Skeptical persons
have sought to explain this historical case by the theory that the geese
heard the approaching enemy. But this explanation will not serve, for the
Roman soldiers were marching about on their posts and guard-duty, and the
geese remained silent until they sensed the approach of the small number
of the enemy's scouts, when they burst into wild cries. The ancient
Romans, themselves, were under no illusion about the matter--they
recognized the existence of some unusual power in the geese, and they gave
the animals the full credit therefor.
Hunters in wild and strange lands have told us that often when they were
lying concealed for the purpose of shooting the wild animals when they
came within range, they have witnessed instances of the existence of this
strange faculty in the wild beasts. Though they could not see the
concealed hunters, nor smell them (as the wind was in the other direction)
all of a sudden one or more of the animals (generally an old female) would
start suddenly, and a shiver would be seen to pass over its body; then it
would utter a low warning note, and away would fly the pack. Nearly every
hunter has had the experience of watching his expected game, when all of a
sudden it would start off with a nervous jerk, and without waiting to
sniff the air, as is usual, would bolt precipitately from the scene.
Moreover, many beasts of prey are known to sense the presence of their
natural prey, even when the wind is in the other direction, and there is
no sound or movement made by the crouching, fearstricken animal. Certain
birds seem to sense the presence of particular worms upon which they feed,
though the latter be buried several inches in the earth, or in the bark of
Savage man also has this faculty developed, as all travellers and
explorers well know. They are as keen as a wild animal to sense the
nearness of enemies, or, in some cases, the approach of man-eating beasts.
This does not mean that that these savages are more highly developed than
is civilized man--quite the reverse. This is the explanation: when man
became more civilized, and made himself more secure from his wild-beast
enemies, as well as from the sudden attacks of his human enemies, he began
to use this sense less and less. Finally, in the course of many
generations, it became almost atrophied from disuse, and ceased reporting
to the brain, or other nerve centres. Or, if you prefer viewing it from
another angle, it may be said that the nerve centres, and brain, began to
pay less and less attention to the reports of this sense (trusting more to
sight and hearing) until the consciousness failed to awaken to the
reports. You know how your consciousness will finally refuse to be
awakened by familiar sounds (such as the noise of machinery in the shop,
or ordinary noises in the house), although the ears receive the
sound-waves.
Well, this is the way in the case of this neglected sense--for the two
reasons just mentioned, the average person is almost unaware of its
existence. Almost unaware I have said--not totally unaware. For probably
every one of us has had experiences in which we have actually "felt" the
presence of some strange person about the premises, or place. The effect
of the report of this sense is particularly noticed in the region of the
solar plexus, or the pit of the stomach. It manifests in a peculiar,
unpleasant feeling of "gone-ness" in that region--it produces a feeling of
"something wrong," which disturbs one in a strange way. This is generally
accompanied by a "bristling up," or "creepy" feeling along the spine. The
organs registering the presence of a strange or alien creature consist of
certain delicate nerves of the surface of the skin, generally connected
with the roots of the downy hair of the body--or resting where the hair
roots would naturally be, in the case of a hairless skin. These seem to
report directly to the solar-plexus, which then acts quickly by reflex
action on the other parts of the body, causing an instinctive feeling to
either fly the scene or else to crouch and hide oneself. This feeling, as
may be seen at once, is an inheritance from our savage ancestors, or
perhaps from our lowly-animal ancestral roots. It is a most unpleasant
feeling, and the race escapes much discomfort by reason of its comparative
absence.
I have said that occultists have developed, or rather re-developed this
sense. They do this in order to have a harmonious well-developed
seven-fold sense system. It increases their general "awareness." Certain
other knowledge of the occultist neutralizes the unpleasant features of
the manifestation of this sense, and he finds it often a very valuable
adjunct to his senses of seeing and hearing, particularly in the cases in
which he is approached by persons having antagonistic or hostile feelings
toward him, as in such cases this faculty is particularly active. In
connection with the telepathic sense (to be described a little further on)
this sense operates to give a person that sense of warning when approached
by another person whose feelings are not friendly to him, no matter how
friendly the outward appearance of that person may be. These two extra
senses co-operate to give a person that instinctive feeling of warning,
which all of us know in our own experience.
This particular, as well as the telepathic sense, may be cultivated or
developed by anyone who wishes to take the time and trouble to accomplish
the work. The principle is simple--merely the same principle that one uses
in developing any of the other physical attributes, namely, use and
exercise. The first step (a) is the recognition of the existence of the
sense itself; then (b) the attention given to its reports; then (c)
frequent use and exercise. Just think of how you would proceed to develop
any of the five ordinary senses--the hearing, sight, or touch, for
instance--then follow the same process in the cultivation of this extra
sense, or two senses, and you will accomplish the same kind of results.
Now, let us consider the other extra physical sense--the "telepathic"
sense, or sense of becoming aware of the thought-waves, or emotional
waves, of other persons. Now, as strange as this may appear to some
persons--the most of persons in fact--this telepathic faculty is not a
"higher" faculty or sense, but is really a comparatively low one. Just
like the sense just described, it is possessed in a higher degree by many
of the lower animals, and by primitive and savage man. That which really
is "higher" in this kind of psychic phenomena is the manifestation of that
higher form of telepathy--by use of the astral counterpart of this
sense--which we shall consider, later, under the name of clairvoyance, for
this is really a particular phase of clairvoyance.
As strange as it may appear to some of you, the lower animals possess a
kind of telepathic sense. An animal is usually aware of your feelings
toward it, and your purposes regarding it. Domestic animals lose some of
this by generations of confinement, while the wild animals have the sense
highly developed. But even some of the domestic animals have more or less
of it. You will readily recognize this fact if you have ever tried to
"cut out" a certain animal from a herd or flock. You will find that the
animal in some way has sensed your designs upon it, no matter how
indirectly you approach it, and it will begin circling around the other
animals, twisting in and out in its endeavors to be lost to your sight.
The other animals, likewise, will seem to know that you are after only
that particular one, and will manifest but little fright or distrust,
comparatively.
I have frequently seen this thing, in my own country and in others, among
poultry raisers. The poultryman will think, to himself, "Now, I am going
to get that black hen with the yellow legs--that fat, clumsy one," and he
will move toward the flock slowly and with an air of unconcern. But, lo!
as soon as he gets near the creatures, that black hen will be seen edging
her way to the outer circle of the flock, on the opposite side from the
man. When the man moves around to her side, she will be found to have
plunged into the crowd, and it is hard to find her. Sometimes she will
actually try to sneak off, and conceal herself in some dark corner, or
back of some large object. Every poultryman will smile when this
occurrence is mentioned to him--he knows by experience that hens have a
way of sensing what he has in his mind regarding them.
Moreover, as every farmer knows, the crow family has a most uncanny way of
sensing the intentions of the farmer who is trying to destroy them, and
shows great sagacity in defeating those intentions. But, while the crow is
a very intelligent bird--one of the wisest of the bird family, in
fact--it obtains its knowledge of what is in the mind of the man not alone
from "figuring on his intentions," but rather from that instinctive
sensing of his mental states. The hen, as all know, is a very stupid bird,
showing but little intelligent activity. But, nevertheless, she is very
quick about sensing the poultryman's designs on her, though generally very
stupid about planning out a skillful escape.
Every owner of dogs, cats and horses, has had many opportunities for
observing the manifestation of this sense on the part of those animals.
Every dog feels the emotional states of his owner, and others. The horse
knows when his owner seeks to throw the halter over his neck, or when, on
the contrary, he is merely walking through the field. Cats sense their
owners' feelings and thoughts, and often resent them. Of course, the lower
animals can sense merely elementary mental states, and generally _only_
emotional states, as their minds are not developed so as to interpret the
more complex mental states. Primitive men likewise almost instinctively
sense the feelings and designs of other men. They do not reason the thing
out, but rather merely "feel" the ideas and designs of the others. The
women of the lower races are more adept in interpreting these sense
reports than are the men. Women are more sensitive, as a rule, than are
men--on any point on the scale of development.
When we come to consider ordinary telepathy in the case of men of
civilized countries, we find a more complex state of affairs. While
civilized man, as a whole, has lost some of the quick telepathic
perception of the lower races, he has, in some exceptional cases, acquired
a faculty of receiving and interpreting more complex thought-forms and
mental states. The investigations of the Society for Psychical Research,
and those of private investigators as well, have shown us that a picture
of a complicated geometrical design held in the mind of one person may be
carried to and received by the mind of another person, who reproduces the
design on paper. In the same way, complicated thoughts have been
transmitted and received. But these are only exceptional cases. In many
cases this sense seems almost dead in the ordinary civilized individual,
except when aroused in exceptional cases.
But, nevertheless, the majority of persons have occasional flashes of
telepathy--just enough to make them realize that "there is something in
it." The renewed interest in the subject, of late years, has directed the
public mind to the phenomena of telepathy, and, consequently, more persons
are now taking note of the cases of thought-transference coming under
their personal notice. It must be remembered, of course, that all of us
are constantly receiving thought-waves, and feeling thought-influence,
unconsciously. I am speaking now only of the conscious perception of the
thought-waves.
Many investigators have so developed their telepathic sense that they are
able, at times, to obtain wonderful test results. But, it has been a
source of disappointment to many of them to discover that at other times,
under apparently similar conditions, their success was very slight. So
true is this that many authorities have accepted the theory that telepathy
is more or less spontaneous, and cannot be produced to order. This theory
is true as far as it goes, but there is a side of the case that these
investigators overlook, probably because of their lack of the occult
principles involved in the phenomena. I mean this: that their most
brilliant successes have been obtained by reason of their unconscious
"switching on" of the astral telepathic sense, the clairvoyant sense.
While in this condition, they obtained startling results; but the next
time they tried, they failed to awaken the astral sense, and, therefore,
had to depend entirely upon the physical telepathic sense, and,
consequently, their results were comparatively poor.
You will understand the difference and distinction between physical-sense
telepathy, and astral-sense telepathy, if you will carefully consider the
nature of each, as I shall now present it to you. I ask your close
attention to what I shall have to say on this subject in the remaining
pages of this chapter. Do not pass over these explanations as "dry," for
unless you have a clear fundamental understanding of the thing, you will
never be able to get the best results. This is true of every phase of
learning, physical as well as psychical--one must get started right, in
order to obtain the best results.
In the first place, every thought process, every emotional activity,
every creation of ideas, is accompanied by a manifestation of force--in
fact, is the result of the manifestation of a force. Without entering at
all into the question of what mind is, in itself, we may rest firmly on
the natural fact that every manifestation of mental or emotional activity
is the result of an action of the brain or nervous system, manifesting in
a form of vibrations. Just as in the case of the manifestation of
electricity in which certain chemical elements are consumed, or
transformed, so in the case of mental or emotional activity there is a
consuming or transformation of the substance of which the nervous system
is composed. When I say "nervous system" in this connection, I include the
brain, or brains of man--for these are but a part of his great nervous
system in which all emotional or mental activity is manifested.
Moreover, just as there is no real destruction of matter in any of
Nature's processes--all seeming destruction being but a transformation--so
in the case before us there is a transformation of the energy released in
the thought or emotional process. We may grasp this idea more clearly if
we consider what takes place into transformation of electrical energy. For
instance, transmit a strong current of electricity over a fine wire, or
filament of carbon, and lo! the current is transformed into light. Use
another kind of channel of transmission, and the current is transformed
into heat. Every electric light, or electric heating apparatus is proof
of this. In the same way, the electric current is sent into space in the
form of wireless waves. These waves coming in contact with certain forms
of apparatus are transformed into forms of force which are registered and
interpreted by the wireless operator.
In the same way, the telepathic waves of energy are sent forth by the
activity released by the thought or emotion state. These waves travel in
every direction, and when they come in contact with physical apparatus
sufficiently sensitive to register them, they may be reproduced or
retransformed into thought or mental states similar to those which
originally sent them forth. You talk into the receiver of the telephone,
and the sound waves are transformed into waves of electricity. These
electric waves travel over the wires, and on reaching the other end of the
telephone circuit are again transformed into sound-waves which are heard
by the ear of the listener. Well, then, when your brain sends out thought
waves, these travel until they are received by the apparatus in the brain
of another person, when they are re-transformed into thoughts of the same
kind that originally caused the thought-waves. I will have much more to
say on this subject in the next chapter. I will pause here to point out
the difference between the phenomena of this form of telepathy, and the
higher form which is really a phase of clairvoyance.
Now, in the case of what may be called a clairvoyant-telepathy, or astral
telepathy, the ordinary thought-waves play but a small part. Instead of
these, there is a transmission of force along the channels of the astral
plane. It is almost impossible to describe the phenomena of the astral
plane in the terms of the physical. I may illustrate the matter, in a
general way, by saying that is something like your astral self actually
extending itself out until it touches the astral self of the other person,
and thus actually "feels" the astral activities there, instead of it being
a case of something like waves travelling along space between brain and
brain. Do you get this clearly? This is about as near to it as I can
explain it to you at this place. Telepathy is simply a matter of the
transmission and receiving of waves of vibratory force which have
travelled along the ether between two persons. But clairvoyance or
astral-telepathy is something like your mind being extended out until it
actually touches the mind of the other person and sees what is there.
I shall have much to say regarding the working out of the processes of
clairvoyance, as we proceed. I have merely given the above explanation for
the purpose of distinguishing between ordinary telepathy and clairvoyance,
so as to prevent you from falling into a common error. Now let us consider
the phenomena of ordinary telepathy--this is very wonderful in itself,
although it is on a lower plane of activity than its astral or clairvoyant
counterpart.
LESSON III.
TELEPATHY EXPLAINED.
Telepathy, meaning Thought-Transference, bears a misleading title.
Literally translated, it means "suffering at a distance," or, perhaps,
"feeling pain at a distance." The name should really indicate "knowing at
a distance," in order to be properly descriptive. But as the term has
acquired a forced meaning by reason of years of usage, it will probably be
continued in popular favor. After all, names do not count, so long as the
meaning is accepted and understood.
While the term itself has been generally used in the sense of conscious
and deliberate sending and receiving of thought-waves, there is a far
wider field of phenomena really covered by it, viz., the unconscious
sending and receiving of mental and emotional vibrations. I shall take up
this phase of the subject in a moment, after I have called your attention
to the mechanism whereby the waves of thought and emotion are transmitted.
In the last chapter, you will remember that I called your attention to the
fact that there is a manifestation of energy or force (in the form of
vibrations) in every mental or emotional state. This is true not only in
the case of deep thought or vivid feeling, but also in the case of general
mental "feelings," and emotional states. During such manifestations there
is a radiation of mental or emotional vibrations from the brain or nervous
centres of the system, which flows out in all directions just as do light
and wireless electricity. The principal seats or centres of these
radiations are (1) the several brains of man, viz., the cerebrum,
cerebellum, and the medulla oblongata, respectfully; and (2) the several
great centres of nerve substance in the human system, called the plexi,
such as the solar plexus, etc.
The vibrations arising from emotional excitement are sent out principally
from the plexi, or great centres of the sympathetic nervous system. Those
arising from the more strictly mental states emanate from certain centres
and points of the brain, or brains, of the person manifesting them.
Certain forms of these vibrations constitute the real essence of what is
generally called "human magnetism," which will be treated upon in the
proper place in these lessons.
I do not think it advisable to go into the technical details of the
generation and mechanism of transmission of these thought and emotional
vibrations, in these lessons. To understand the same would require a
technical knowledge of physiology and organic chemistry, which is not
possessed by the average person. Moreover, such details are neither
interesting nor instructive to the general student of occultism. But, I
think it proper to give at least a brief description of the receiving of
such vibratory-waves by other individuals.
In the first place, every great plexus, or groups of nerve ganglia, in the
human system is a receiving station, as well as a sending station. A
person manifesting strong emotional excitement tends to awaken similar
states in the nervous centres of other persons in whom the conditions are
favorable. This explains why the vibrations of anger, fear, panic, are so
contagious. It also explains the strong effect of the vibrations emanating
from the nerve centres controlling the reproductive system, in certain
cases of strong sexual excitation. Each human sympathetic nervous system
contains many receiving stations where emotional vibrations are received,
and where they tend to be transformed into similar feeling in the
receiving system, unless neutralized by other mental and emotional states
in the person.
When we come to consider the apparatus by which is received the vibrations
arising from what may be called "purely mental" operations of the brain,
such as intellectual thought, constructive imagination, etc., we find a
more specialized arrangement, as might be expected. There are several
minor receiving points of mental vibrations, regarding which I do not
consider it worth while to go into detail, because of the technical
features involved. The principal apparatus for receiving thought
vibrations of this kind is that which is known as the "pineal gland,"
which I shall now describe.
The pineal gland is a peculiar mass of nervous substance which is embedded
in the human brain, in a position near the middle of the skull almost
directly above the extreme top of the spinal column. It is shaped like a
small cone; and is of a reddish-gray color. It lies in front of the
cerebellum, and is attached to the floor of the third ventricle of the
brain. It contains a small quantity of peculiar particles of gritty,
sand-like substance, which are sometimes called "brain-sand." It derives
its scientific name from its shape, which, as I have said, resembles a
pine-cone. Physiologists are at sea regarding the function of this strange
organ, and generally content themselves with the statement that "its
functions are not understood." But occultists know that the pineal gland,
with its peculiar arrangement of nerve-cell corpuscles, and its tiny
grains of "brain-sand," is the physical telepathic receiving instrument.
Students of wireless telegraphy have noticed a startling resemblance
between the pineal gland and a part of the receiving instrument employed
in wireless telegraphy.
The thought vibrations coming in contact with the nervous system of the
receiving person, set up a peculiar vibration in the substance of the
pineal gland and thus the first step in the transformation of these
vibrations into thought-forms in the mind of the person is under way. The
remainder of the process is too technical, both in the physiological as
well as in the occult sense, to be taken up in detail at this place. The
student will do well to get the idea of the workings of wireless
telegraphy well fixed in his mind, for this will set up the right
conception of the working of ordinary telepathy, without the necessity of
complicated technical diagrams and descriptions.
And, now then, let us see what results from the sending forth and
receiving of these mental and emotional waves of force and energy. It is a
most interesting subject, I assure you. While the phenomena of the astral
plane is probably more fascinating to the average student, I would impress
upon you the importance of mastering the occult phenomena of the physical
plane, before passing on to that of the higher planes.
In the first place, as all occultists know, each person is constantly
surrounded with what has been called an "atmosphere" composed of mental
and emotional vibrations which are emanated from his personality. The
atmosphere of each person depends upon the general character of the
thoughts and feelings of the person in question. Consequently, as no two
persons are precisely alike in character, it follows that no two personal
atmospheres are exactly alike. Each person has a psychic atmosphere of his
or her own. These atmospheric vibrations do not extend very far from the
presence of the person, and, consequently affect only those coming near to
In the same way, every group or crowd of persons has its own psychic
atmosphere, composed of a blending of the individual psychic atmospheres
of the persons composing the crowd, group or assemblage, and representing
the general average of the thought and feelings of the crowd. There are no
two group atmospheres exactly alike, for the reason that no two groups of
persons, large or small, are exactly alike. Actors know that each audience
which they face has its own psychic atmosphere, and the actors are
affected by it. Preachers, lawyers, and speakers in general are quite
aware of this fact, and freely admit it, though they may not be acquainted
with the causes or laws governing the phenomena.
Following the same psychic law, it will be found that every town or large
city, or even every small village or section of a larger town, will be
found to have its own distinctive psychic atmosphere, which is very
perceptible to strangers visiting the place, and which affect those who
take up their residence in the place. In large cities, it has been noticed
that every building has its own peculiar vibrations which arise from the
general character of those occupying it. Different church buildings
likewise reflect the character of the general habits of thought and
feeling of those worshipping in them. Likewise, certain business streets
have pleasant or unpleasant vibrations in their atmosphere, from the same
causes. Every person recognizes the truth of these statements, though but
few are able to account for the facts in a scientific manner.
The beginner in the study of psychic phenomena often asks how these things
can be, when the thought which has occasioned the vibrations have long
since passed away. The explanation is simple, when properly explained. It
is something like this: just as heat remains in a room after the stove has
ceased to throw out heat-waves, so do the vibrations of thought and
feeling persist long after the thought or feeling has died away. Or, if
you prefer a more material illustration, we may say that if a package of
perfumery has been opened in a room, and then removed, the air will remain
charged with the odor for a long time afterwards.
So, you see, the same principle applies in the case of psychic vibrations.
The person carries around with him the general atmosphere of his
characteristic mental and emotional vibrations. And, in the same way, the
house, store, church, street, town, or city, etc., is permeated with the
psychic vibrations of those who have frequented them. Nearly every one
realizes the different feeling that impresses him when he enters a strange
house, apartment, store or church. Each one has its own difference of
psychic effect. And, so does each person create his or her psychic effect
upon those coming in contact with him or her, or who comes into his or her
presence or vicinity.
The next question asked by the thoughtful new student is this: If persons
are constantly sending forth psychic vibrations, and if such vibrations
persist for some time, why are we not overwhelmed with the force of them;
and why are they not all so mixed up as to lose all their effect. I shall
now answer this very important question.
In the first place, though we are constantly affected more or less by the
multitude of psychic vibrations beating upon us, still the greater part of
them do not consciously impress us. For an example, we have but to
consider how few of the sounds or sights of a busy street are impressed
upon our consciousness. We hear and see only a few of the things which
attract our attention and interest. The rest are lost to us, although our
eyes and ears receive them all. In the same way, we are impressed only by
the stronger vibrations which reach us, and then only by those which we
have attracted to ourselves, or which prove attractive to us by reason of
our own likes and dislikes.
In the second place, the effect of certain thought vibrations is
neutralized by the effect of the vibrations of thoughts of an opposite
character. Just as a mixture of black and white produces the neutral color
of grey, so do two currents of opposing thought vibrations tend to resolve
themselves into a neutral vibration which has little or no effect upon
those coming in contact with them. You may think of numerous
correspondences to this in the world of material things. For instance, a
mixture of very hot and very cold water, will produce a neutral lukewarm
liquid, neither hot nor cold. In the same way, two things of opposing
taste characteristics, when blended, will produce a neutral taste having
but little effect upon one. The principle is universal, and is readily
In the third place, there is that which we may call an "affinity" between
thoughts and feelings of a similar character. Not only do the vibrations
of similar thoughts tend to coalesce and combine; but, more than this,
each one of us attracts to himself or herself the thought vibrations which
are in general accord with corresponding thoughts in our own minds, or
feelings in our own nature. Like attracts like. In the same way, the
character of our thoughts and feelings act to repel thought or emotional
vibrations of an opposite or inharmonious nature. As all occultists know,
everyone draws thought vibrations in harmony with his or her own; and also
repels thought vibrations of an inharmonious nature.
These are the general laws and principles governing the phenomena of this
phase of telepathic vibrations. There is much more to be said on the
subject, of course, but if you will note carefully the leading principles
and laws of manifestation just mentioned, you will be able to reason
correctly regarding any phase of this class of phenomena which may come
before you for attention. Once you learn a general rule, the rest becomes
merely a matter of application and interpretation. Let us now proceed to a
consideration of other phases of the general subject of telepathic
influence.
We now come to the phase of what may be called direct telepathy--that is
where a thought is consciously, and more or less purposely, directed
toward another person. We come across many interesting cases of this kind
where persons find themselves thinking intently of certain other persons,
and afterwards are told by the other persons that "I found myself thinking
intently about you, at such and such a time," etc. In some of these cases
it is difficult to determine which one started the thinking. Again, how
often do we find ourselves thinking of a person, when all of a sudden the
person comes into sight. Again, we think intently and earnestly about a
certain question; and then, all of a sudden, other folks whom we meet
begin talking to us about the same thing. These instances are too common
to need more than a passing notice.
A little more purpose is displayed in that class of phenomena in which we
intently wish that a certain person shall do a certain thing, and lo! we
soon learn that that certain person has done it. A number of years ago, a
popular writer wrote an article in which he mentioned what seemed to him
to be a curious instance of some form of mental influence or telepathy. He
said that he had found out that if he would sit down and carefully write a
letter to some person from whom he had not heard for a long time, and then
destroy the letter instead of sending it, he would be almost certain to
receive a letter from that person within a few days. He did not attempt to
account for the phenomenon, he merely called the attention of his readers
to it. Many persons have followed the suggestion, often with very
wonderful results. There is nothing miraculous, or supernatural about such
occurrences. It is merely one phase of telepathy. The concentrated thought
of the writer of the letter is directed toward the other person, and that
person begins to think of the first one; then he thinks he will write to
him; then he actually does write. Distance, space, and direction have no
importance in this experiment--it is not necessary to even know where the
second person is, in fact.
There are often found persons so closely in psychic harmony with each
other that they very often are able to ask questions and receive answers
from each other, even though great distances separate them. Some
particular times there is a better psychic harmony existing between the
same persons than is found at other times. All this, of course, affects
the success of the experiment. It is surprising what wonderful results
along these lines may be obtained by almost any person of average
intelligence, after a little careful, patient, conscientious practice.
But there have been phenomena obtained as the result of long series of
careful experiments which are, in a way, even more wonderful than these
somewhat less deliberate experiments just mentioned. I allude to the
experiments of a number of earnest, careful scientific students, who
surrounded themselves with every precaution against over-enthusiasm,
fraud, and coincidence. Prominent among this class of investigations we
find those conducted by the Society for Psychical Research, of England,
which really established a firm basis for the work of other investigators
who followed the general methods of the said society. In the following
chapter, I shall give you a somewhat extended statement of the results of
such investigations, because this information is important to every
student of psychic phenomena, not only because it establishes a firm
scientific basis for his studies and beliefs, but also because it gives
him important information which he may apply in the course of his own
experimental work.
I may mention that the investigations into the subject of telepathy, and
kindred subjects, under the auspices of the society just mentioned, were
conducted by men of careful scientific training and experience, and under
the general supervision and approval of the officers of the society, among
which have been numbered such eminent men as Prof. Henry Sidgwick, of
Cambridge University; Prof. Balfour Stewart, a Fellow of the Royal Society
of England; Rt. Hon. A.J. Balfour, the eminent English statesman; Prof.
William James, the eminent American psychologist; Sir William Crookes, the
great chemist and discoverer of physical laws, who invented the celebrated
"Crookes' Tubes," without which the discovery of the X Rays,
radio-activity, etc., would have been impossible; Frederick W.H. Myers,
the celebrated explorer of the astral planes, and writer upon psychic
phenomena; Sir Oliver Lodge, the popular English scientist; and other men
of international reputation and high standing. The character of these men
at once gives the stamp of honesty and scientific accuracy to all the work
of the society.
In order that you may understand the spirit which animated these
scientific investigators in their work of the exploration of this new and
strange region of Nature, I ask you to carefully read the following words
of the presidential address of Sir William Crookes, before the Royal
Society, at Bristol, England, in 1898. Remember, please, that this address
was made before an assemblage of distinguished scientists, many of them
rank materialists and, quite skeptical of all occult phenomena--this was
nearly twenty years ago, remember. Sir William Crookes, facing this
gathering, as its president, said:
"Were I now introducing for the first time these inquiries to the world of
science, I should choose a starting point different from that of old
(where we formerly began). It would be well to begin with Telepathy; with
that fundamental law, as I believe it to be, that thoughts and images may
be transferred from one mind to another without the agency of the
recognized organs of sense--that knowledge may enter the human mind
without being communicated in any hitherto known or recognized ways. * * *
If telepathy takes place, we have two physical facts--the physical change
in the brain of A, the suggestor, and the analogous physical change in the
brain of B, the recipient of the suggestion. Between these two physical
events there must exist a train of physical causes. * * * It is
unscientific to call in the aid of mysterious agencies, when with every
fresh advance in knowledge it is shown that either vibrations have powers
and attributes abundantly able to any demand--even the transmission of
"It is supposed by some physiologists that the essential cells of nerves
do not actually touch, but are separated by a narrow gap which widens in
sleep while it narrows almost to extinction during mental activity. This
condition is so singularly like a Branly or Lodge coherer (a device which
led to the discovery of wireless telegraphy) as to suggest a further
analogy. The structure of brain and nerve being similar, it is conceivable
that there may be present masses of such nerve coherers in the brain,
whose special function it may be to receive impulses brought from without,
through the connecting sequence of ether waves of appropriate order of
"Roentgen has familiarized us with an order of vibrations of extreme
minuteness as compared with the smallest waves with which we have hitherto
been acquainted: and there is no reason to suppose that we have here
reached the limit of frequency. It is known that the action of thought is
accompanied by certain molecular movements in the brain, and here we have
physical vibrations capable from their extreme minuteness of acting direct
upon individual molecules, while their rapidity approaches that of
internal and external movements of the atoms themselves. A formidable
range of phenomena must be scientifically sifted before we effectually
grasp a faculty so strange, so bewildering, and for ages so inscrutable,
as the direct action of mind upon mind.
"In the old Egyptian days, a well known inscription was carved over the
portal of the Temple of Isis: 'I am whatever has been, is, or ever will
be; and my veil no man hath yet lifted.' Not thus do modern seekers after
truth confront Nature--the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of
the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost
heart of Nature, from what she is to reconstruct what she has been, and
to prophesy what she shall be. Veil after veil we have lifted, and her
face grows more beautiful, august and wonderful, with every barrier that
is withdrawn."
You will notice that this address made nearly twenty years ago, and from
the standpoint of physical science is in full accord with the ideas of
occultism as old as the hills. And yet, the speaker had worked out the
idea independently. He also investigated higher forms of psychic
phenomena, with results that startled the world. But, you will notice that
he does not attempt to give any other than purely physical laws the credit
for the ordinary phenomena of telepathy. And he was thoroughly right in
this, as we have seen. He escaped the common error of confusing
physical-sense phenomena with the phenomena of the astral-senses. Each
plane has its own phenomena--and each class is surely wonderful enough.
And, again, remember that both physical and astral phenomena are purely
natural; there is no need for seeking any supernatural agencies to account
for these natural facts.
LESSON IV.
SCIENTIFIC TELEPATHY.
The investigators of the Society for Psychical Research, of England,
started by giving a broad definition of Telepathy, as follows: "Telepathy
is the communication of impressions of any kind from one mind to another,
independently of the recognized channels of sense." They took the rational
position that the actual distance between the projector and the recipient
of the telepathic message is not material; and that all that is required
is such a separation of the two persons that no known operation of the
senses can bridge the space between them. They wisely held that telepathy
between two persons in the same room is as much telepathy as when the two
persons are located at opposite sides of the world.
The investigators then ruled out all instances of thought-transmission in
which there was even the slightest muscular contact between the projector
and the recipient. They held that though there might be genuine telepathy
in such cases, nevertheless, there was always the possibility of fraud or
collusion, or of unconscious muscular action on the part of the projector.
They demanded absolute and actual separation of the two persons, in order
that their experiments might be above suspicion. They were wise in this,
for while there is undoubtedly a psychic communication in the cases in
which there is the slight physical connection between the two persons (as
I shall point out to you a little further on), still the element of doubt
or suspicion must be entirely eliminated from a scientific test, in order
to render it valuable and valid.
They, therefore, confined their investigations in Telepathy to the two
following classes, viz.: (1) where actions are performed without physical
contact with the person willing; and (2) where some number, word, or card
is guessed apparently without any of the ordinary means of communication.
The investigators recognized the possibility that in the first of the
above-mentioned two classes of experiments there is a possibility of
suspicion of collusion, fraud, or unconscious suggestion, in the matter of
the motion of the eyes of the party, or some member of it, which might be
seized upon, perhaps unconsciously, by the recipient, and used to guide
him to the object which was being thought of by the projector or the
party. They sought to obviate this difficulty by blindfolding the
percipient, and by placing non-conductors of sound over his ears. But,
finally, they came to the conclusion that even these precautions might not
prove sufficient; and, accordingly, they devoted their attention to the
second class of experiments, in which all ordinary means of communication
between projector and recipient were impossible. They took the additional
precautions of limiting their circle to a small number of investigators of
scientific reputations, and well known to each other, always avoiding a
promiscuous company for obvious reasons.
One of the earliest series of investigations by these special committees
of investigators was that of the family of the Rev. A.M. Creery, in
Derbyshire, England. The children of this family had acquired a reputation
in what was known as the "guessing game," in which one of the children,
previously placed outside of the room, then returned to the room and
attempted to "guess" the name or location of some object agreed upon by
the party during her absence. The results were very interesting, and quite
satisfactory, and have frequently been referred to in works on the subject
written since that time. I think it well to give the results of this
series of experiments in some little detail, for they form a basis for
experiments on the part of those who read these lessons.
Prof. W.F. Barrett, Professor of Physics in the Royal College of Science
for Ireland, conducted the most of the experiments. The report to the
Society says: "We began by selecting the simplest objects in the room;
then chose names of towns, people, dates, cards out of a pack, lines from
different poems, etc., in fact, any thing or series of ideas that those
present could keep in their minds steadily. The children seldom made a
mistake. I have seen seventeen cards chosen by myself named right in
succession without any mistake. We soon found that a great deal depended
on the steadiness with which the ideas were kept before the minds of the
thinkers, and upon the energy with which they willed the ideas to pass. I
may say that this faculty is not by any means confined to the members of
one family; it is much more general than we imagine. To verify this
conclusion, I invited two of a neighbor's children to join us in our
experiments, with excellent results."
The report gives the methods of the experiments, as follows: "The inquiry
has taken place partly in Mr. Creery's house, and partly in lodgings, or
at a hotel occupied by some of our number. Having selected at random one
child, whom we desired to leave the room and wait at some distance, we
would choose a pack of cards, or write on a piece of paper a name of a
number which occurred to us at the moment. Generally, but not always, this
was shown to the members of the family present in the room; but no one
member was always present, and we were sometimes entirely alone. We then
recalled the child, one of us always assuring himself that, when the door
was suddenly opened, she was at a considerable distance, though this was
usually a superfluity of caution, as our habit was to avoid all utterances
of what was chosen. On re-entering, she stood--sometimes turned by us with
her face toward the wall, oftener with her eyes directed toward the
ground, and usually close to us and remote from the family--for a period
of silence varying from a few seconds to a minute, till she called out to
us some number, card, or whatever it might be."
In the first experiments, in "guessing" the name of objects, the child
guessed correctly six out of fourteen. She then guessed correctly the
name of small objects held in the hands of one of the committee--five
times out of six. She guessed fictitious names chosen by the
committee--five out of ten, at the first trial. The committee then tested
her by writing down the name of some object in the house, fixed at random,
and then, after all had thought intently of the thing, they sent for the
child and bade her try to find the thing thought of, the
thought-concentration of course continuing during the search. The result
is thus reported: "In this way I wrote down, among other things, a
hair-brush--it was brought; an orange--it was brought; a wine-glass--it
was brought; an apple--it was brought; and so on, until many objects had
been selected and found by the child."
Passing over the details of many other experiments we find that the
following remarkable results were obtained by the committee: "Altogether,
three hundred and eighty-two trials were made in this series. In the case
of letters of the alphabet, of cards, and of numbers of two figures, the
chances of success on a first trial would naturally be 25 to 1, 52 to 1,
and 89 to 1, respectively; in the case of surnames they would of course be
infinitely greater. Cards were far most frequently employed, and the odds
in their case may be taken as a fair medium sample, according to which,
out of a whole series of three hundred and eighty-two trials, the average
number of successes at the first attempt by an ordinary guesser would be
seven and one-third. Of our trials, one hundred and twenty-seven were
successes on the first attempt, fifty-six on the second, nineteen on the
third--MAKING TWO HUNDRED AND TWO, OUT OF A POSSIBLE THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-TWO!" Think of this, while the law of averages called for only
seven and one-third successes at first trial, the children obtained one
hundred and twenty-seven, which, given a second and third trial, they
raised to two hundred and two! You see, this takes the matter entirely out
of the possibility of coincidence or mathematical probability.
But this was not all. Listen to the further report of the committee on
this point: "The following was the result of one of the series. The thing
selected was divulged to none of the family, and five cards running were
named correctly on a first trial. The odds against this happening once in
a series were considerably over a million to one. There were other similar
batches, the two longest runs being eight consecutive guesses, once with
cards, and once with names; where the adverse odds in the former case were
over one hundred and forty-two millions to one; and in the other,
something incalculably greater." The opinion of eminent mathematicians who
have examined the above results is that the hypothesis of mere coincidence
is practically excluded in the scientific consideration of the matter. The
committee calls special attention to the fact that in many of the most
important tests none of the Creery family were cognizant of the object
selected, and that, therefore, the hypothesis of fraud or collusion is
absolutely eliminated. The committee naturally came to the conclusion
that the phenomena was genuine and real telepathy.
Prof. Balfour Stewart, LL.D., F.R.S., who was present at some of these
experiments, though not a member of the committee, expressed great
amazement at some of the results. He reports: "The thought-reader was
outside a door. The object or thing thought of was written on paper and
silently handed to the company in the room. The thought reader was then
called in, and in the course of a minute the answer was given. Definite
objects in the room, for instance, were first thought of, and in the
majority of the cases the answers were correct. Then numbers were thought
of, and the answers were generally right, though, of course, there were
some cases of error. The names of towns were thought of, and a good many
of these were right. Then fancy names were thought of. I was asked to
think of certain fancy names, and mark them down and hand them round to
the company. I thought of and wrote on paper, 'Blue-beard,' 'Tom Thumb,'
'Cinderella.' and the answers were all correct!"
The committee also conducted a number of experiments with other
recipients, with very satisfactory results. Colors were correctly guessed
with a percentage of successes quite beyond the average or probable
number. Names of towns in all parts of the world, were correctly "guessed"
by certain recipients with a wonderful degree of success. But, probably
most wonderful of all, was the correct reproduction of diagrams of
geometrical and other figures and shapes. In one case, the recipient, in a
series of nine trials, succeeded in drawing them all correctly, except
that he frequently reversed them, making the upper-side down, and the
right-hand side to the left. The Society, has published these reproduced
diagrams in its Illustrated reports, and they have convinced the most
skeptical of critics. Some of the diagrams were quite complicated,
unusual, and even grotesque, and yet they were reproduced with marvelous
accuracy, not in a hesitating manner, but deliberately and continuously,
as if the recipient were actually copying a drawing in full sight. Similar
results have been obtained by other investigators who have followed the
lead of these original ones.
So you see, the seal of scientific authority has been placed upon the
phenomena of telepathy. It is no longer in the realm of the supernatural
or uncanny. As Camille Flammarion, the eminent French scientist, has said:
"The action of one mind upon another at a distance--the transmission of
thought, mental suggestion, communication at a distance--all these are not
more extraordinary than the action of the magnet on iron, the influence of
the moon on the sea, the transportation of the human voice by electricity,
the revolution of the chemical constituents of a star by the analysis of
its light, or, indeed, all the wonders of contemporary science. Only these
psychic communications are of a more elevated kind, and may serve to put
us on the track of a knowledge of human nature. What is certain is: That
telepathy can and ought to be henceforth considered by Science as an
incontestable reality; that minds are able to act upon each other without
the intervention of the senses; that psychic force exists, though its
nature is yet unknown. * * * We say that this force is of a psychic order,
and not physical, or physiological, or chemical, or mechanical, because it
produces and transmits ideas and thoughts, and because it manifests itself
without the co-operation of our senses, soul to soul, mind to mind."
In addition to investigating the above mentioned classes of telepathic
phenomena, the English Society for Psychical Research investigated many
remarkable cases of a somewhat higher phase of telepathy. They took down
the stories told by persons deemed responsible, and then carefully
examined, and cross-examined other witnesses to the strange phenomena. The
record of these experiments, and investigations, fill a number of good
sized volumes of the Society's reports, which are well worth reading by
all students of the subject. They may be found in the libraries of nearly
any large city. I shall, however, select a number of the most interesting
of the cases therein reported, to give my students an idea of the
character of the phenomena so investigated and found genuine by the
committees having this class of telepathy under investigation.
An interesting case of spontaneous telepathy is that related by Dr. Ede,
as follows: "There is a house about a half-mile from my own, inhabited by
some ladies, friends of our family. They have a large alarm bell outside
their house. One night I awoke suddenly and said to my wife: 'I am sure I
hear Mrs. F's alarm bell ringing.' After listening for some time, we heard
nothing, and I went to sleep again. The next day Mrs. F. called upon my
wife and said to her: 'We were wishing for your husband last night, for we
were alarmed by thieves. We were all up, and I was about to pull the alarm
bell, hoping that he would hear it, saying to my daughters, "I am sure it
will soon bring Dr. Ede," but we did not ring it.' My wife asked what time
this had happened, and Mrs. F. said that it was about half past one. That
was the time I awoke thinking that I heard the bell."
In this case there was manifested simply ordinary physical plane
telepathy. Had the bell actually been rung, and heard psychically, it
would have been a case of astral plane hearing, known as clairaudience. As
it was, merely the thought in the mind of Mrs. F., and her strong idea to
ring the bell, caused a transmission of thought waves which struck Dr. Ede
with great force and awakened him. This case is interesting because it is
typical of many cases of a similar nature within the experience of many
persons. It is seen that a strong feeling, or excitement, accompanied by a
strong desire or wish to summon another person, tends to give great power
and effect to the thought waves emitted. They strike the mind of the
recipient like the sudden ringing of an alarm clock bell.
Another interesting case is that of two ladies, both well known to members
of the committee, and vouched for as of strict veracity. This case is
unusual for the reason that two different persons received the
thought-waves at the same time. Here is an abridgment of the case: "Lady
G. and her sister had been spending the evening with their mother, who was
in her usual health and spirits when they left her. In the middle of the
night the sister awoke in her fright and said to her husband: 'I must go
to my mother at once; do order the carriage. I am sure that she is taken
ill.' On the way to her mother's house, where two roads meet, she saw Lady
G.'s carriage approaching. When they met each asked the other why she was
there. They both related the same experience and impression. When they
reached their mother's house, they found that she was dying, and had
expressed an earnest wish to see them."
Another case of a similar nature is this: "At the siege of Mooltan, Major
General R., then adjutant of his regiment, was severely wounded and
supposed himself to be dying. He requested that his ring be taken off his
finger and sent to his wife. At the same time his wife was at Ferozepore,
one hundred and fifty miles distant, lying on her bed, in a state half way
between waking and sleeping. She saw her husband being taken off the
field, and heard his voice saying: 'Take this ring off my finger, and send
it to my wife.'"
This case bears the marks of very strong telepathy, but also has a
suspicious resemblance to clairvoyance accompanied by clairaudience. Or
perhaps it is a combination of both telepathy and clairvoyance. It is
impossible to determine which, in absence of more detailed information.
The message of persons dying, or believing themselves to be approaching
death, are frequently very strong, for certain reasons well known to
occultists. But there is nothing supernatural about the phenomena, and in
most cases it is merely a case of strong telepathy.
The Society also reports the following interesting case: "A. was awake,
and strongly willed to make himself known to two friends who at that time
(one o'clock in the morning) were asleep. When he met them a few days
afterward, they both told him that at one o'clock they had awakened under
the impression that he was in their room. The experience was so vivid that
they could not go to sleep for some time, and looked at their watches to
note the time." Cases of this kind are quite common, and many
experimenters have had equally good results with this phase of thought
transference. You will remember that there is no actual projection of the
astral body, in most of these cases, but merely a strong impression caused
by concentrated thought.
Another interesting case is that of the late Bishop Wilberforce, and is
recorded in his biography, as follows: The Bishop was in his library at
Cuddleson, with three or four of his clergy with him at the same table.
The Bishop suddenly raised his hand to his head, and exclaimed: "I am
certain that something has happened to one of my sons." It afterwards
transpired that just at that time his eldest son's foot was badly crushed
by an accident on board his ship, the son being at sea. The Bishop himself
recorded the circumstance in a letter to Miss Noel, saying: "It is curious
that at the time of his accident I was so possessed with the depressing
consciousness of some evil having befallen my son, Herbert, that at the
last, I wrote down that I was unable to shake off the impression that
something had happened to him, and noted this down for remembrance." There
is nothing unusual about this case, for it has been duplicated in the
experience of many persons. Its chief importance lies in the fact that it
is recorded by a man of wide reputation and high standing, and also that
the Bishop had taken the precaution to note down the thing at the time,
instead of merely recalling it after he had heard of the accident.
You will notice that in many cases of this kind the phenomenon closely
approaches the aspect of true clairvoyance, or astral sensing. In some
cases there appears to be a blending of both telepathy and astral
clairvoyance. In fact, there is but very little difference between the
highest phases of ordinary telepathy, and the more common phases of
clairvoyance. Here, as in many other cases of Nature's forces, there seems
to be a gradual blending, rather than a sharp dividing line between the
two classes of phenomena. Moreover, the student developing his telepathic
powers will frequently find that he is beginning to unfold at least
occasional flashes of clairvoyance.
In the case of telepathy, the recipient merely senses what is in the mind
of the projector. In some cases a picture in the mind of the projector may
be seen by the recipient, and may thus be mistaken for a case of pure
clairvoyance. But, in investigating closely, it will be found that the
real scene was slightly different from the impression, in which case it
shows that the impression was simply telepathic. Clairvoyant vision shows
the scene as it really is, or rather as the physical eye of the recipient
would have seen it. The astral sight really sees the scene, and does not
merely receive the mental impression of the projector. The first is
original seeing; the second, merely a reproduction of images already in
the mind of the projector, and colored by his personality, etc.
In the next lesson, I shall give you a number of exercises and methods
designed to develop your telepathic powers. You will find the practice of
these most interesting and entertaining, and at the same time most
instructive. You will find that as you practice the exercises given
therein, you will become more and more adept and proficient in producing
telepathic phenomena. From the lower stages, you will be able to proceed
to the higher. And, in time, you will be surprised to find that almost
unconsciously you have passed into the stage in which you will have at
least occasional manifestations of clairvoyance, psychometry, etc.
In fact, there is no better way known to practical occultists to develop
in a student the powers of clairvoyance than just this method of starting
the student with the exercises designed to develop the telepathic power.
It has been found by centuries of experience that the student who develops
telepathic power, in a systematic way, will gradually unfold and evolve
the clairvoyant and psychometric power. It constitutes the first rungs on
the ladder of psychic development.
Of course, under the head of clairvoyance, etc., you will be given methods
and exercise designed to develop clairvoyant powers--some of them very
valuable and effective methods, at that. But, notwithstanding this, I feel
that I should impress upon you the importance of laying a firm foundation
for such instruction, by developing yourself first along the lines of
telepathic power. Such a course will not only keenly sharpen your powers
of receptivity to such vibrations as you may wish to receive; but it will
also train your mind in the direction of translating, interpreting, and
recording such impressions when received.
You must remember that proficiency in a mental art is attained only by
means of training the attention to concentrate upon the task. It is the
same way in clairvoyance and psychometry. Telepathy trains your attention
to concentrate upon the reception of impressions, and to hold them firmly
and clearly in consciousness. The result is that when you really develop
clairvoyant receptivity, your attention has already been trained to do
the necessary work. I need not tell you what an advantage this gives you
over the clairvoyant who has not received this training, for your own good
common sense will assure you of it.
So, now for our training in telepathy--not only for itself, but also as a
means of preparing for the higher stages.
LESSON V.
MIND READING, AND BEYOND.
The simpler forms of telepathic phenomena have received the name "Mind
Reading" and by some have been regarded as something not quite within the
class of real telepathy. This last impression has been heightened by the
fact that there has been offered the public many spectacular exhibitions
of pseudo mind-reading, that is to say, imitation or counterfeit
mind-reading, in which the result has been obtained by trickery,
collusion, or clever artifice. But, notwithstanding this fact, genuine
mind-reading is actually a phase of true telepathy.
What is generally known as mind-reading may be divided into two classes,
as follows: (1) where there is an actual physical contact between the
projector and the receiver; and (2) where there is no actual physical
contact, but where there is a close relation in space between the two
parties, as in the case of the "willing game." In the first class belong
all cases in which the projector touches the recipient, or at least is
connected with him by a material object. In the second class belong those
cases in which the recipient seeks to find an object which is being
thought of by either a single projector, or by a number of persons in the
same room. You will notice that both of these classes were omitted from
the experiments of the Society for Psychical Research, because of the
possibility of fraud or collusion. But, nevertheless, the student will do
well to acquire proficiency in manifesting this form of telepathy, not
alone for its own sake, but, also, because it naturally leads to higher
In the case of the first class of mind-reading namely, that in which
actual physical contact is had between the projector and the recipient,
there has been a disposition on the part of some authorities to explain
the whole matter by the theory of unconscious muscular impulse of the
projector; but those who have carefully studied this subject, and who have
themselves performed the feats of this class of mind-reading, know that
there is far more than this to it. Those familiar with the subject know
that there is a decided transference of thought-waves from the projector
to the recipient, and that the latter actually "feels" the same as they
strike upon his mental receiving apparatus. The whole difference between
this and the higher forms of telepathy is that in this the
thought-currents generally run along the wires of the nervous system,
instead of leaping across the space between the two persons.
It is known to all who have conducted this class of experiments, that at
times there will be experienced a change or shifting in the transmission
of the thought-currents. For a time, the thought-waves will be felt
flowing in along the nerves of the hands and arms when, all of a sudden
this will cease, and there will be experienced the passage of the current
direct from brain to brain. It is impossible to describe this feeling in
mere words, to those who have never experienced it. But those to whom it
has once been manifested will recognize at once just what I mean by this
statement. It is a different sensation from any other in the experience of
a human being, and must actually be experienced to be understood. The
nearest analogy I can offer is that feeling experienced by the person when
a forgotten name for which he has vainly sought, suddenly flashes or leaps
into his consciousness--it is felt to come from somewhere outside of the
conscious field. Well, in the case of the thought-current the feeling is
much the same, only there is a fuller sense of the "outsideness" of the
source of the thought.
In order to make you understand the distinction between the two classes of
mind-reading more clearly, I will say that you may think of one as akin to
the ordinary telegraphy over wires; and of the other as akin to wireless
telegraphy. It is the same force in both cases, the difference being
simply one of the details of transmission. Fix this idea firmly in your
mind, and you will have no trouble in always having the right conception
of any kind of case of mind-reading, or telepathy. But, you must remember,
there are cases in which there is a combination of both methods of
transmission, either simultaneously, or else shifting and changing from
one to the other.
I will here remind the student that he will learn more by a half-dozen
actual experiments in mind-reading, than he will by reading a dozen books
on the subject. It is very good to read the books in order to get the
correct theory well fixed in mind, and also in order to learn the best
methods as taught by those who have had a wide experience in the subject;
but the real "how" of the matter is learned only through actual
experience. So, I shall now give you advice and instructions concerning
actual experimental work.
You, the student, should begin by making yourself a good recipient--that
is a good "mind reader," allowing others to play the part of projector.
Later on, you may play the part of projector, if you so desire, but the
real "fine work" is done by the recipient, and, for that reason that is
the part you should learn to play by frequent rehearsals.
I advise you to begin your experiments with friends who are in sympathy
with you, and who are interested in the subject. Avoid particularly all
early experiments with uncongenial or unsympathetic persons; and avoid as
you would a pestilence all those who are antagonistic either to yourself
or to the general subject of telepathy and kindred subjects. As you must
make yourself especially "sensitive" in order to successfully conduct a
mind-reading test, you will find yourself particularly susceptible to the
mental attitude of those around you at such times, and therefore should
surround yourself only with those who are congenial and sympathetic.
You will find that there is a great difference between the several persons
whom you "try out" as projectors. Some will be more "en rapport" with you
than are others who may be equally good friends. "En rapport," you know,
means "in vibrational harmony." When two persons are en rapport with each
other, they are like two wireless telegraphic instruments perfectly
attuned to each other. In such cases there are obtained the very best
results. You will soon learn to distinguish the degree of en rapport
conditions between yourself and different persons--you soon learn to
"feel" this condition. In the beginning, it will be well for you to try
several persons, one after the other, in your mind-reading experiments, in
order to pick out the best one, and also to learn the "feel" of the
different degrees of en rapport condition.
Even in cases of persons in whom the en rapport conditions are good, it is
well to establish a rhythmic unison between you. This is done by both you
and the person breathing in rhythmic unison a few moments. Begin by
counting "one-two-three-four," like the slow ticking of a large clock.
Have the other person join with you in so counting, until your minds both
work in the same rhythmic time. Then you should have him breathe in unison
with you, making a mental count with you at the same time, so that you
will "breathe together." Count (mentally) "one-two-three-four," as you
inhale; the "one-two," holding the breath; and, then "one-two-three-four,"
exhaling or breathing-out. Try this several times, and, you will find that
you have established a rhythmic unison between yourself and the other
person. In the progress of an experiment, if you should find that the
conditions are not as good as might be desired, you will do well to pause
for a few moments and re-establish the proper rhythmic harmony by this
method of harmonious rhythmic breathing.
Begin by having the projector select some prominent object in the room, a
chair, or table for instance. Then have him take your left hand in his
right hand. Raise your left hand, held in his right hand, to your
forehead; then close your eyes and remain passive a few moments. Have him
concentrate his mind intently on the selected object--and will that you
should move toward it. Have him think of nothing else except that object,
and to will you to move toward it, with all his power. Close your eyes,
and quiet your mind, opening your consciousness to every mental impression
that he may send you. Instruct him to think not merely "chair," for
instance, but rather "there--go there." The main thought in his mind must
be that of direction. He must will that you move toward that chair.
After a moment or two, you will begin to feel a vague, general impulse to
move your feet. Obey the impulse. Take a few slow steps in any direction
that seems easy to you. Sometimes this will take you in an opposite
direction from that of the chair, but it will "get you going," and you
will soon begin to feel that the direction is "all wrong," and will begin
to be mentally pulled in the right direction. You will have to actually
experience this feeling, before you will fully understand just what I
mean.
After some little practice, you will begin to feel quite distinctly the
mental direction, or will-force, of the projector, which will seem to tell
you to "come this way--now stop--now turn a little to the right--now a
little to the left--now stop where you are, and put out your right
hand--lower your hand--move your hand a little to the right--that's it,
now you have got it all right." You will soon learn to distinguish between
the "no, that's wrong" thought, and the "that's right" one; and between
the "go on," and the "come on" one. By making yourself completely passive,
and receptive and obedient to the thought and will-impulses of the
projector, you will soon act like a ship under the influence of the rudder
in the hand of the projector.
After you have attained proficiency in receiving the mental impressions
and directions, you will find yourself attracted or drawn, like a piece of
steel to the magnet, toward the object selected. It will sometimes seem as
if you were being moved to it even against your own will--and as if
someone else were actually moving your feet for you. Sometimes the impulse
will come so strong that you will actually rush ahead of the projector,
dragging him along with you, instead of having him a little in advance, or
by your side. It is all a matter of practice.
You will soon discover the great difference between different projectors.
Some of them will be in perfect en rapport condition with you, while
others will fail to get into tune with you. Some projectors do not seem
to know what is required of them, and usually forget to "will" you to the
object. It helps sometimes to tell them that the whole thing depends upon
their will power, and that the stronger their will is, the easier it is
for you to find the thing. This puts them on their mettle, and makes them
use their will more vigorously.
You will soon learn to recognize that peculiar feeling of "all right,"
that comes when you finally stand in front of the desired object. Then you
begin to move your right hand up and down and around, until you get the
right "feel" about that also, when you should place your hand on the place
which seems to attract you most. You will find that the hand is just as
responsive to the mental force, as are the feet. You will soon learn to
distinguish between the mental signals: "up," "down," "to the right," "to
the left," "stop now, you're right," etc. I cannot tell you just the
difference--you must learn to "feel" them, and you will soon become expert
in this. It is like learning to skate, run an automobile, operate a
typewriter or anything else--all a matter of exercise and practice. But it
is astonishing how rapidly one may learn; and how, at times, one seems to
progress by great leaps and bounds. Now I shall give you the different
stages or steps, which you will do well to follow in your exercises,
progressing from the more simple to the more complex--but be sure to
thoroughly master the simple ones, before you pass on to the more complex
one. Be honest and strict with yourself--make yourself "pass the
examination" before promotion, in each and every step.
1. LOCATIONS. Begin by finding particular locations in a room;
corners, alcoves, doors, etc.
2. LARGE OBJECTS. Then begin to find large objects, such as tables,
chairs, book-cases, etc.
3. SMALL OBJECTS. Then proceed to find small objects, such as books
on a table, sofa-cushions, ornaments, paper-knives, etc. Gradually work
down to very small objects, such as scarf-pins, articles of jewelry,
pocket-knives, etc.
4. CONCEALED OBJECTS. Then proceed to find small objects that have
been concealed under other objects, such as a pocket-book beneath a
sofa-cushion, etc.; or a key in a book; or a key under a rug, etc.
5. MINUTE OBJECTS. Then proceed to discover very small objects,
either concealed or else placed in an inconspicuous place, such as a pin
stuck in the wall, etc.; or a small bean under a vase, etc.
The public performers of mind reading vary the above by sensational
combinations, but you will readily see that these are but ingenious
arrangements of the above general experiments, and that no new principle
is involved. As these lessons are designed for serious study and
experiment, and not for sensational public performances, I shall not enter
into this phase of the subject in these pages. The student who understands
the general principles, and is able to perform the above experiments
successfully, will have no difficulty in reproducing the genuine feats of
the public mind readers, by simply using his ingenuity in arranging the
stage-effects, etc. Among other things, he will find that he will be able
to obtain results by interposing a third person between the projector and
himself; or by using a short piece of wire to connect himself and the
projector. Drawing pictures on a blackboard, or writing out names on a
slate, by means of thought direction, are simply the result of a fine
development of the power of finding the small article--the impulse to move
the hand in a certain direction comes in precisely the same way. The
public driving feats of the professional mind-reader are but a more
complicated form of the same general principle--the impression of
"direction" once obtained, the rest is a mere matter of detail. The
opening of the combination of a safe, though requiring wonderful
proficiency on the part of the operator, is simply an elaboration of the
"direction" movement.
Some recipients are, of course, far more proficient than are others; but
each and every person--any person of average intelligence--will be able to
secure more or less proficiency in these experiments, provided that
patience and practice are employed. There is no such thing as an absolute
failure possible to anyone who will proceed intelligently, and will
practice sufficiently. Sometimes, after many discouraging attempts, the
whole thing will flash into one's mind at once, and after that there will
be little or no trouble. If you are able to witness the demonstrations of
some good mind-reader, professional or amateurs it will help you to
"catch the knack" at once.
You will find that these experiments will tend to greatly and rapidly
develop your psychic receptivity in the direction of the higher phases of
psychic phenomena. You will be surprised to find yourself catching flashes
or glimpses of ^higher telepathy, or even clairvoyance. I would advise
every person wishing to cultivate the higher psychic faculties, to begin
by perfecting himself or herself in these simpler forms of mind-reading.
Besides the benefits obtained, the practice proves very interesting, and
opens many doors to pleasant social entertainment. But, never allow the
desire for social praise or popularity, in these matters, to spoil you for
serious investigation and experiment.
THE SECOND STEP OF DEVELOPMENT. The student, having perfected himself
in the experiments along the lines of the first class of mind-reading,
viz., where there is no actual physical contact between the projector and
recipient, but where there is a close relation in space between the two.
Now, the thoughtful student will naturally wish to ask a question here,
something like this: "You have told us that there is no real difference
between telepathy at a great distance, and that in which there is only the
slightest difference in the position of the projector and recipient,
providing, always, that there is no actual physical contact. This being
so, why your insistence upon the 'close relation in space' just
mentioned?--what is the reason for this nearness?" Well, it is like this:
While there is no distinction of space in true telepathy, still in
experiments such as I shall now describe, the physical nearness of the
projector enables him to concentrate more forcibly, and also gives
confidence to the new beginner in receiving mind-currents. The benefit is
solely that of the psychological effect upon the minds of the two persons,
and has nothing to do with the actual power of the telepathic waves. It is
much easier for a person to concentrate his thought and will upon a person
in actual physical sight before him, than upon one out of sight. And,
likewise, the recipient finds himself more confident and at ease when in
the actual physical of the person sending the thoughts and will power.
That is all there is to it. When the persons have acquired familiarity
with projecting and receiving, then this obstacle is overcome, and long
distances have no terror for them.
The best way for the student to start in on this class of mind-reading, is
for him to experiment occasionally while performing his physical contact
mind-reading experiments. For instance, while engaged in searching for an
object let him disengage his hand from that of the projector for a moment
or so, and then endeavor to receive the impressions without contact. (This
should be done only in private experiments, not in public ones.) He will
soon discover that he is receiving thought impulses in spite of the lack
of physical contact--faint, perhaps, but still perceptible. A little
practice of this kind will soon convince him that he is receiving the
mental currents direct from brain to brain. This effect will be increased
if he arranges to have several persons concentrate their thoughts and will
power upon him during the experiment. From this stage, he will gradually
develop into the stage of the Willing Game.
The Willing Game, quite popular in some circles, is played by one person
(usually blind-folded) being brought into the room in which a number of
persons have previously agreed upon some object to be found by him, they
concentrating their thought firmly upon the object. The audience should be
taught to not only to think but also to actively "will" the progress of
the recipient from the start to the finish of the hunt. They should "will"
him along each step of his journey, and then "will" his hand to the object
itself wherever it be hidden.
An adept in the receiving end of the Willing Game will be able to perform
all the experiments that I have just pointed out to you in the contact
mind-reading class. In the Willing Game, you must remember that there is
no taking hold of hands or any other form of physical contact between
projector and recipient. The transmission of the mental currents must be
direct, from brain to brain. Otherwise, the two classes of experiments are
almost identical. There is the same "willing" toward the object on the
part of the projectors, and the same passive obedience of the recipient.
All the difference is that the current now passes over the ether of
space, as in the case of the wireless message, instead of over the wires
of the nervous system of the two persons.
The next step is that of "guessing" the name of things thought of by the
party. I can give you no better directions than those followed by the
investigators in the Creery children, as related in a preceding chapter of
this book. When you become sufficiently proficient in this class of
mind-reading, you should be able to reproduce every experiment there
mentioned, with at least a fair degree of success. It is all a matter of
patience, perseverance and practice.
After you have become very proficient in this class of experiments, you
may begin to try experiments at "long distance," that is where the
projector is out of your physical presence. It makes no difference whether
the distance be merely that between two adjoining rooms, or else of miles
of space. At first, however, nearness adds confidence in the majority of
cases. Confidence once gained, the distance may be lengthened
indefinitely, without impairing the success of the experiments. The long
distance experiments may consist either of the receiving of single words,
names, etc., or else distinct, clear messages or ideas. Some find it no
more difficult to reproduce simile geometrical designs, such as circles,
squares, triangles, etc., than to reproduce words or ideas.
In long distance experiments, it is well for the projector to write down
the word or thought he wishes to transmit, and for the recipient to write
down the impressions he receives. These memoranda will serve as a record
of progress, and will, moreover, give a scientific value to the
experiments.
Some experimenters have been quite successful in experiments along the
lines of Automatic Writing from living persons, produced by means of long
distance telepathy. In these cases the recipient sits passively at the
hour agreed upon for the experiment, and the projector concentrates
intently upon a sentence, or several sentences, one word at a time--at the
same time "willing" the other person to write the word. The famous
investigator of psychic phenomena, the late W.T. Stead, editor of a London
newspaper, who went down on the "Titanic," was very successful in
experiments of this kind. His written records of these are very
interesting and instructive.
You will, of course, understand that in all cases of long distance
telepathic experiments there should be an understanding between the two
persons regarding the time and duration of the experiment, so as to obtain
the best results. Personally, however, I have known of some very excellent
results in which the receiving of the message occurred several hours after
the sending--thus showing that telepathy is in a measure independent of
time, as well as of space. But, as a rule, the best results are obtained
when the two persons "sit" simultaneously.
Do not rest content with accepting the reports of others regarding these
things. Try them for yourself. You will open up a wonderful world of new
experiences for yourself. But, remember always, you must proceed step by
step, perfecting yourself at each step before proceeding to the next.
LESSON VI.
CLAIRVOYANT PSYCHOMETRY.
The word "clairvoyance" means "clear seeing." In its present usage it
covers a wide field of psychic phenomena; and is used by different writers
to designate phases of psychic phenomena differing widely from each other.
The student is apt to become confused when he meets these apparently
conflicting definitions and usages. In the glossary of the Society for
Psychical Research, the term is defined as: "The faculty or act of
perceiving, as though visually, with some coincidental truth, some distant
scene; it is used sometimes, but hardly properly, for transcendental
vision, or the perception of beings regarded as on another plane of
existence."
Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, a distinguished writer on the subject of psychic
phenomena, in one of her reports to the Society for Psychical Research,
says: "The word clairvoyant is often used very loosely and with widely
different meanings. I denote by it a faculty of acquiring supernormally,
but not by reading the minds of persons present, a knowledge of facts such
as we normally acquire by the use of our senses. I do not limit it to
knowledge that would normally be acquired by the sense of sight, nor do I
limit it to a knowledge of present facts. A similar knowledge of the past,
and if necessary, of future facts may be included. On the other hand, I
exclude the mere faculty of seeing apparitions or visions, which is
sometimes called clairvoyance."
The above definitive explanation of the term clairvoyance agrees with the
idea of the best authorities, and distinguishes between the phenomena of
clairvoyance and that of telepathy, on the one hand; and between the
former and that of seeing apparitions, on the other hand. I, personally,
accept this distinction as both scientific in form, and as agreeing with
the facts of the case. You will, of course, see that the acceptance of the
existence of the astral senses throws light on many obscure points about
which the psychic researchers are in doubt, and reconciles many apparently
opposing facts.
All scientific authorities, as well as the best occultists, divide the
phenomena of clairvoyance into several well-distinguished classes. The
following classification is simple, and indicates clearly the principal
forms of clairvoyant phenomena:
(1) Simple Clairvoyance, in which the clairvoyant person merely senses the
auric emanations of other persons, such as the auric vibrations, colors,
etc.; currents of thought-vibrations, etc.; but does not see events or
scenes removed in space or time from the observer.
(2) Clairvoyance in Space, in which the clairvoyant person senses scenes
and events removed in space from the observer; and, often also is able to
sense such things even when they are concealed or obscured by intervening
material objects.
(3) Clairvoyance in Time, in which the clairvoyant person senses scenes
and events which have had their original place in past time; or scenes
and events which will have their original place in the future.
I shall describe each of these three classes, with their many variations,
as we reach them in their proper places in these lessons. Before doing so
however, I wish to explain to you the several methods by which clairvoyant
vision is usually induced. These methods may be designated as follows:
(1) Psychometry, or the method of getting en rapport with the astral plane
by means of some physical object connected with the person, thing, or
scene about which you desire to be informed.
(2) Crystal Gazing, etc., or the method of getting en rapport with the
astral plane by means of gazing into a crystal, magic mirror, etc.
(3) Clairvoyant Reverie, or the method of getting en rapport with the
astral plane by means of psychic states in which the sights, sounds and
thoughts of the material and physical plane are shut out of consciousness.
I shall now proceed to give the details regarding each one of these three
great classes of methods inducing clairvoyant vision, or en rapport
conditions with the astral plane.
Psychometry. Psychometry is that form of clairvoyant phenomena in which
the clairvoyant gets into en rapport relation with the astral plane by
means of the connecting link of material objects, such as bit of stone,
piece of hair, article of wearing apparel etc., which has had previous
associations with the thing, person or scene regarding which clairvoyant
vision is required.
Without going into technical occult explanations, I would say that the
virtue of these articles consists entirely of their associative value.
That is to say, they carry in them certain vibrations of past experience
which serve as a connecting link, or associated filament, with the thing
which is sought to be brought into the field of clairvoyant vision.
To reach clairvoyantly a thing, scene, or person in this way is akin to
the unwinding of a ball of yarn, when you hold the loose end in your hand.
Or, it is like giving a keen-scented dog a sniff at a handkerchief once
carried by the person whom you wish him to nose out for you.
A well-known authority on the subject of psychic phenomena has said on
this point: "The untrained clairvoyant usually cannot find any particular
astral picture when it is wanted, without some special link to put him en
rapport with the subject required. Psychometry is an instance in point. It
seems as though there were a sort of magnetic attachment or affinity
between any particle of matter and the record which contains its
history--an affinity which enables it to act as a kind of conductor
between that record and the faculties of anyone who can read it. For
instance, I once brought from Stonehenge a tiny fragment of stone, not
larger than a pin's head, and on putting this into an envelope and handing
it to a psychometer who had no idea what it was, she at once began to
describe that wonderful ruin and the desolate country surrounding it, and
then went on to picture vividly what were evidently scenes from its early
history, showing that the infinitessimal fragment had been sufficient to
put her into communication with the records connected with the spot from
which it came. The scenes through which we pass in the course of our life
seem to act in the same way upon the cells of our brain as did the history
of Stonehenge upon that particle of stone. They establish a connection
with those cells by means of which our mind is put en rapport with that
particular portion of the records, and so we 'remember' what we have
seen."
One of the simplest and most common form of psychometry is that in which
the psychometrist is able to tell the physical condition of a person by
means of holding to the forehead, or even in the hand, some trinket or
small article such as a handkerchief recently worn on the person of the
individual regarding whom the information is sought. In the case of some
very sensitive psychometrists, the psychic person "takes on" the condition
of the other person whose former article of clothing, trinket, etc., she
is holding. She will often actually experience the physical pain and
distress of the person, and will be able to indicate from what ailment the
person is suffering. Some persons attain great proficiency in this
direction, and are a great assistance to wise physicians who avail
themselves of their services. Some successful physicians themselves
possess this faculty well developed, and use it to great advantage,
though, as a rule they keep very quiet about it, from fear of creating
unfavorable comment from their fellow-physicians and from the general
public who "do not believe in such tom-foolery."
A step further is the power of some psychometrists to correctly describe
the personal characteristics, and even the past history of persons with
whom they come in contact, or whose "associated article" they have in
their hands. Some very remarkable instances of this phase of psychometry
are related in the books containing the history of clairvoyance. An
interesting case is that related by Zschokke, the eminent German writer,
who relates in his autobiography his wonderful experience in this
direction. Listen to the story in his own words: "It has happened to me
occasionally at the first meeting with a total stranger, when I have been
listening in silence to his conversation, that his past life up to the
present moment, with many minute circumstances belonging to one or other
particular scene in it, has come across me like a dream, but distinctly,
entirely involuntarily and unsought, occupying in duration a few minutes.
For a long time I was disposed to consider these fleeting visions as a
trick of the fancy--the more so as my dream-vision displayed to me the
dress and movements of the actors, the appearance of the room, the
furniture, and other accidents of the scene; till on one occasion, in a
gamesome mood, I narrated to my family the secret history of a seamstress
who had just quitted the room. I had never seen the person before.
Nevertheless, the hearers were astonished, and laughed and would not be
persuaded but that I had a previous acquaintance with the former life of
the person, inasmuch as what I had stated was perfectly true.
"I was not less astonished to find that my dream vision agreed with
reality. I then gave more attention to the subject, and as often as
propriety allowed of it, I related to those whose lives had so passed
before me the substance of my dream-vision, to obtain from them its
contradiction or confirmation. On every occasion its confirmation
followed, not without amazement on the part of those who gave it. On a
certain fair-day I went into the town of Waldshut accompanied by two young
foresters, who are still alive. It was evening, and, tired with our walk,
we went into an inn called the 'Vine.' We took our supper with a numerous
company at the public table, when it happened that they made themselves
merry over the peculiarities of the Swiss in connection with the belief in
mesmerism, Lavater's physiognomical system, and the like. One of my
companions, whose national pride was touched by their raillery, begged me
to make some reply, particularly in answer to a young man of superior
appearance who sat opposite, and had indulged in unrestrained ridicule.
"It happened that the events of this person's life had just previously
passed before my mind. I turned to him with the question whether he would
reply to me with truth and candor, if I narrated to him the most secret
passages of his history, he being as little known to me as I to him. That
would, I suggested, go something beyond Lavater's physiognomical skill. He
promised that if I told the truth he would admit it openly. Then I
narrated the events with which my dream vision had furnished me, and the
table learned the history of the young tradesman's life, of his school
years, his peccadilloes, and finally, of a little act of roguery committed
by him on the strongbox of his employer. I described the uninhabited room
with its white walls, where to the right of the brown door there had stood
upon the table the small money-chest, etc. The man, much struck, admitted
the correctness of each circumstance--even, which I could not expect, of
the last."
The above incident is typical of this class of psychometry, and many
persons have had at least flashes of this phase of the power. The only
remarkable thing about this particular case is its faithfulness regarding
details--this shows a very fine development of the astral sense. The
feature that makes it psychometric, instead of pure clairvoyance, is that
the presence of the other person was necessary to produce the
phenomenon--a bit of clothing would probably have answered as well.
Zschokke does not seem to have been able to manifest time-clairvoyance
independent of the presence of the person concerned--he needs the
associated link, or loose end of the psychic ball of yarn.
Next in order in the list of the phenomena of psychometry is that in which
the psychometrist is able to describe a distant scene by means of a bit
of mineral, plant, or similar object, once located at that place. In such
cases, the psychometrist gets en rapport with the distant scene by means
of the connecting link mentioned. Having obtained this, he is able to
relate the events that are happening on that scene at that particular
moment. Some very interesting cases are mentioned in which the
psychometrist has been able to "spy" in on a certain place, by means of
some small article which has recently been located in that place. For
instance I once gave a young psychometrist a penholder from the office of
a lawyer, a friend of mine, located about eight hundred miles from the
psychometrist. She gave a perfect picture of the interior of the office,
the scene across the street visible from the office window, and certain
events that were happening in the office at that moment, which were
verified by careful inquiry as to persons and time. Every occultist, or
investigator of psychic phenomena has experienced many cases of this kind.
Another phase of psychometry is that in which the psychometer is able to
sense the conditions existing underground, by means of a piece of mineral
or metal which originally was located there. Some wonderful instances of
phychometric discernment of mines, etc., have been recorded. In this phase
of psychometry, all that is needed is a piece of the coal, mineral or
metal which has come from the mine. Following up this psychic "lead" the
psychometrist is able to describe the veins or strata of the surrounding
land, although they have not yet been uncovered or discovered.
Still another form of psychometric discernment is that in which the
psychometrist gets en rapport with the past history of an object, or of
its surroundings, by means of the object itself. In this way, the
psychometrist holding in his hand, or pressing to his head, a bullet from
a battle field, is able to picture the battle itself. Or, given a piece of
ancient pottery or stone implement, the psychometrist is able to picture
the time and peoples connected with the object in the past--sometimes
after many centuries are past. I once handed a good psychometrist a bit of
ornament taken from an Egyptian mummy over three thousand years old.
Though the psychometrist did not know what the object was, or from whence
it had come, she was able to picture not only the scenes in which the
Egyptian had lived, but also the scenes connected with the manufacture of
the ornament, some three hundred years before that time--for it turned out
that the ornament itself was an antique when the Egyptian had acquired it.
In another case, I had the psychometrist describe in detail the animal
life, and the physical phenomena, of the age in which a fossil had existed
when alive--many thousands of years ago. In the proper place in this book,
I will explain just how it is possible to penetrate the secrets of the
past by psychometric vision--that is to say, the psychic laws making the
same possible.
Some of the most remarkable of recorded instances of this form of
psychometry known to the Western world are those related in the works of a
geologist named Denton, who some fifty years ago conducted a series of
investigations into the phenomena of psychometry. His recorded experiments
fill several volumes. Being a geologist, he was able to select the best
subjects for the experiments, and also to verify and decide upon the
accuracy of the reports given by the psychometrists. His wife, herself,
was a gifted psychometrist, and it has been said of her, by good
authority, that "she is able, by putting a piece of matter (whatever be
its nature) to her head, to see, either with her eyes closed or open, all
that the piece of matter, figuratively speaking, ever saw, heard, or
experienced." The following examples will give a good idea of the Denton
experiments, which are typical of this class of psychometry.
Dr. Denton gave the psychometrist a small fragment broken from a large
meteorite. She held it to her head, and reported: "This is curious. There
is nothing at all to be seen. I feel as if I were in the air. No, not in
the air either, but in nothing, no place. I am utterly unable to describe
it; it seems high, however I feel as though I were rising, and my eyes are
carried upwards; but I look around in vain; there is nothing to be seen. I
see clouds, now, but nothing else. They are so close to me that I seem to
be in them. My head, and neck and eyes are affected. My eyes are carried
up, and I cannot roll them down. Now the clouds appear lighter and
lighter, and look as though the sunlight would burst through them. As the
clouds separate, I can see a star or two, and then the moon instead of the
sun. The moon seems near, and looks coarse and rough, and paler and larger
in size than I ever saw it before. What a strange feeling comes over me!
It appears as if I were going right to the moon, and it looks as if the
moon were coming to me. It affects me terribly."
Dr. Denton adds: "She was too much affected to continue the experiment
longer. Had this aerolite at some period of its history, come within the
sphere of the moon's attraction, and had its velocity so increased that
its augmented centrifugal force had carried it off into space again,
whence, drawn by the superior attractive force of the earth, it had fallen
and ended its career forever?"
At another time, Dr. Denton tested the psychometrist with a whalebone
walking cane. She supposed it to be wood, but when she began to report her
psychic impressions, they came as follows: "I feel as though I were a
monster. There is nothing of a tree about it, and it is useless for me to
go further. I feel like vomiting. Now I want to plunge into the water. I
believe that I am going to have a fit. My jaws are large enough to take
down a house at a gulp. I now know what this is--it is whalebone. I see
the inside of the whale's mouth. It has no teeth. It has a slimy look, but
I only get a glimpse of it. Now, I see the whole animal. What an awful
looking creature."
Another time, Dr. Denton gave the psychometrist a minute piece of the
enamel of the tooth of a mastodon, which had been found thirty feet below
the surface of the earth. The psychometrist had not the slightest
knowledge of the character of the tiny flake of enamel handed her, but
nevertheless reported: "My impression is that it is a part of some
monstrous animal, probably part of a tooth. I feel like a perfect monster,
with heavy legs, unwieldy head, and very large body. I go down to a
shallow stream to drink. I can hardly speak, my jaws are so heavy. I feel
like getting down on all fours. What a noise comes through the woods. I
have an impulse to answer it. My ears are very large and leathery, and I
can almost fancy they flap in my face as I move my head. There are some
older ones than I. It seems so out of keeping to be talking with these
heavy jaws. They are dark brown, as if they had been completely tanned.
There is one old fellow, with large tusks, that looks very tough. I see
several younger ones. In fact, there is a whole herd. My upper lip moves
curiously; I can flap it up. It seems strange to me how it is done. There
is a plant growing here, higher than my head. It is nearly as thick as my
wrist, very juicy, sweet, and tender--something like green corn in taste,
but sweeter. It is not the taste it would have to a human being--oh no! it
is sickenish, and very unpleasant to the human taste." These instances
might be multiplied indefinitely, but the principle is the same in each.
In my own experience, I gave a small piece from the Great Pyramid of Egypt
to a psychometrist who was uneducated and who knew nothing of ancient
Egypt or its history. Notwithstanding this, she gave me such a detailed
and complete account of the life of ancient Egypt, which was in such
complete accordance with the opinions of the best authorities, that I
would hesitate about publishing the report, for it certainly would be
regarded as rank imposture by the average scientific authority. Some day,
however, I may publish this.
There are no special directions to be given the student in psychometry.
All that can be done is to suggest that each person should try the
experiments for himself, in order to find out whether he has, or has not,
the psychometric faculty. It may be developed by the methods that will be
given to develop all psychic powers, in another part of this book. But
much will depend upon actual practice and exercise. Take strange objects,
and, sitting in a quiet room with the object held to your forehead, shut
out all thoughts of the outside world, and forget all personal affairs. In
a short time, if the conditions are all right, you will begin to have
flashes of scenes connected with the history of the object. At first
rather disconnected and more or less confused, there will soon come to you
a clearing away of the scene, and the pictures will become quite plain.
Practice will develop the power. Practice only when alone, or when in the
presence of some sympathetic friend or friends. Always avoid discordant
and inharmonious company when practicing psychic powers. The best
psychometrists usually keep the physical eyes closed when practicing their
You have doubtless heard the sensing of sealed letters spoken of as
clairvoyance. But this is merely one form of psychometry. The letter is a
very good connecting medium in psychometric experiments. I advise you to
begin your experiments with old letters. You will be surprised to discover
how readily you will begin to receive psychic impressions from the
letters, either from the person who wrote them, or from the place in which
they were written, or from some one connected with the subsequent history.
One of the most interesting experiments I ever witnessed in psychometry,
was a case in which a letter that had been forwarded from place to place,
until it had gone completely around the globe, was psychometrized by a
young Hindu maiden. Although ignorant of the outside world, she was able
to picture the people and scenery of every part of the globe in which the
letter had traveled. Her report was really an interesting "travelogue" of
a trip around the world, given in tabloid form. You may obtain some
interesting results in psychometrizing old letters--but always be
conscientious about it, and refrain from divulging the secrets that will
become yours in the course of these experiments. Be honorable on the
astral plane, as well as on the physical--more so, rather than less.
LESSON VII.
CLAIRVOYANT CRYSTAL GAZING.
As I have informed you in the preceding lesson, Crystal Gazing is the
second method of getting en rapport with the astral plane. Under the
general term "Crystal Gazing" I include the entire body of phenomena
connected with the use of the crystal, magic mirror, etc., the underlying
principle being the same in all of such cases.
The crystal, etc., serves to focus the psychic energy of the person, in
such a way that the astral senses are induced to function more readily
than ordinarily. The student is cautioned against regarding the crystal,
or magic mirror, as possessing any particular magic power in itself. On
the contrary, the crystal, or magic mirror serves merely as a physical
instrument for the astral vision, just as the telescope or microscope
performs a similar office for the physical vision. Some persons are
superstitious regarding the crystal, and accord to it some weird
supernatural power, but the true occultist, understanding the laws of the
phenomena arising from its use, does not fall into this error.
But, notwithstanding what I have just said, I would be neglecting my full
duty in the matter if I failed to call your attention to the fact that the
continued use of a particular crystal often has the effect of polarizing
its molecules so as to render it a far more efficient instrument as time
passes by. The longer the crystal is used by one person, the better does
it seem to serve the uses of that person. I agree with many users of the
crystal in their belief that each person should keep his crystal for his
own personal use, and not allow it to be used indiscriminately by
strangers or persons not in sympathy with occult thought. The crystal
tends to become polarized according to the requirements of the person
habitually using it, and it is foolish to allow this to be interfered
The use of crystals and other bright, shining objects, has been common to
psychic investigators of all times, and in practically all lands. In the
earlier days of the race, pieces of clear quartz or shining pebbles were
generally employed. Sometimes pieces of polished metal were so used. In
fact, nearly every object capable of being polished has been employed in
this way at some time, by some person. In our own day, the same condition
exists. In Australia the native sooth-sayers and magicians employ water
and other shining objects, and, in some cases, even bright flame, sparks,
or glowing embers. In New Zealand, the natives frequently employ drops of
blood held in the hollow of the hand. The Fijians fill a hole with water,
and gaze into it. South American tribes use the polished surface of black,
or dark colored stones. The American Indians use water, or shining pieces
or flint or quartz. Shining pieces of metal are frequently used by the
primitive races. Lang, writing on the subject, has said: "They stare into
a crystal ball; a cup; a mirror; a blot of ink (Egypt and India); a drop
of blood (the Maoris of New Zealand); a bowl of water (American Indians);
a pond (Roman and African); water in a glass bowl (Fez); or almost any
polished surface, etc."
In the present-day revival of interest in crystal-gazing among the
wealthier classes of Europe and America, some of the high-priced teachers
have insisted upon their pupils purchasing pure crystal globes, claiming
that these alone are capable of serving the purpose fully. But, as such
crystals are very expensive, this advice has prevented many from
experimenting. But, the advice is erroneous, for any globe of clear
quartz, or even moulded glass, will serve the purpose equally well, and
there is no need of spending twenty-five to fifty dollars for a pure
crystal globe.
For that matter, you may obtain very good results from the use of a
watch-crystal laid over a piece of black velvet. Some, today, use with the
best effect small polished pieces of silver or other bright metal. Others
follow the old plan of using a large drop of ink, poured into a small
butter plate. Some have small cups painted black on the inside, into which
they pour water--and obtain excellent results therefrom.
Above all, I caution the student to pay no attention to instructions
regarding the necessity of performing incantations or ceremonies over the
crystal or other object employed in crystal-gazing. This is but a bit of
idle superstition, and serves no useful purpose except, possibly, that of
giving the person confidence in the thing. All ceremonies of this kind
have for their purpose merely the holding of the attention of the person
investigating, and giving him confidence in-the result--the latter having
a decided psychological value, of course.
There are but few general directions necessary for the person wishing to
experiment in crystal gazing. The principal thing is to maintain quiet,
and an earnest, serious state of mind--do not make a merry game of it, if
you wish to obtain results. Again, always have the light behind your back,
instead of facing you. Gaze calmly at the crystal, but do not strain your
eyes. Do not try to avoid winking your eyes--there is a difference between
"gazing" and "staring," remember. Some good authorities advise making
funnels of the hands, and using them as you would a pair of opera glasses.
In many cases, a number of trials are required before you will be able to
get good results. In others, at least some results are obtained at the
first trial. It is a good plan to try to bring into vision something that
you have already seen with the physical eyes--some familiar object. The
first sign of actual psychic seeing in the crystal usually appears as a
cloudy appearance, or "milky-mist," the crystal gradually losing its
transparency. In this milky cloud then gradually appears a form, or face,
or scene of some kind, more or less plainly defined. If you have ever
developed a photographic film or plate, you will know how the picture
gradually comes into view.
W.T. Stead, the eminent English investigator of psychic phenomena, has
written as follows regarding the phenomena of crystal-gazing: "There are
some persons who cannot look into an ordinary globular bottle without
seeing pictures form themselves without any effort or will on their part,
in the crystal globe. Crystal-gazing seems to be the least dangerous and
most simple of all forms of experimenting. You simply look into a crystal
globe the size of a five-shilling piece, or a water-bottle which is full
of clear water, and which is placed so that too much light does not fall
upon it, and then simply look at it. You make no incantations, and engage
in no mumbo-jumbo business; you simply look at it for two or three
minutes, taking care not to tire yourself, winking as much as you please,
but fixing your thought upon whatever you wish to see. Then, if you have
the faculty, the glass will cloud over with a milky mist, and in the
centre the image is gradually precipitated in just the same way as a
photograph forms on the sensitive plate."
The same authority relates the following interesting experiment with the
crystal: "Miss X., upon looking into the crystal on two occasions as a
test, to see if she could see me when she was several miles off, saw not
me, but a different friend of mine on each occasion. She had never seen
either of my friends before, but immediately identified them both on
seeing them afterward at my office. On one of the evenings on which we
experimented in the vain attempts to photograph a 'double,' I dined with
Madam C. and her friend at a neighboring restaurant. As she glanced at the
water-bottle, Madam C. saw a picture beginning to form, and, looking at it
from curiosity, described with considerable detail an elderly gentleman
whom she had never seen before, and whom I did not in the least recognize
from her description at the moment. Three hours afterward, when the seance
was over, Madam C., entered the room and recognized Mr. Elliott, of
Messrs. Elliott & Fry, as the gentleman whom she had seen and described in
the water-bottle at the restaurant. On another occasion the picture was
less agreeable; it was an old man lying dead in bed with some one weeping
at his feet; but who it was, or what it related to, no one knew."
Andrew Lang, another prominent investigator of psychic phenomena, gives
the following interesting experiment in crystal-gazing: "I had given a
glass ball to a young lady, Miss Baillie, who had scarcely any success
with it. She lent it to Miss Leslie, who saw a large, square,
old-fashioned red sofa covered with muslin (which she, afterward found in
the next country-house she visited). Miss Baillie's brother, a young
athlete, laughed at these experiments, took the ball into his study, and
came back looking 'gey gash.' He admitted that he had seen a
vision--somebody he knew, under a lamp. He said that he would discover
during the week whether or not he had seen right. This was at 5:30 on a
Sunday afternoon. On Tuesday, Mr. Baillie was at a dance in a town forty
miles from his home, and met a Miss Preston. 'On Sunday,' he said, 'about
half-past-five, you were sitting under a standard lamp, in a dress I never
saw you wear, a blue blouse with lace over the shoulders, pouring out tea
for a man in blue serge, whose back was toward me, so that I only saw the
tip of his mustache.' 'Why, the blinds must have been up,' said Miss
Preston. 'I was at Dulby,' said Mr. Baillie, and he undeniably was."
Miss X., the well-known contributor to the English magazine, "Borderland,"
several years ago, made a somewhat extended inquiry into the phenomena of
crystal-gazing. From her experiments, she made the following
classification of the phenomena of crystal-vision, which I herewith
reproduce for your benefit. Her classification is as follows:
1. Images of something unconsciously observed. New reproductions,
voluntary or spontaneous, and bringing no fresh knowledge to the mind.
2. Images of ideas unconsciously acquired from others. Some memory or
imaginative effect, which does not come from the gazer's ordinary self.
Revivals of memory. Illustrations of thought.
3. Images, clairvoyant or prophetic. Pictures giving information as to
something past, present, or future, which the gazer has no other chance of
knowing.
As a matter of fact, each and every form or phase of clairvoyance possible
under other methods of inducing clairvoyant vision, is possible in
crystal-gazing. It is a mistake to consider crystal-gazing as a separate
and distinct form of psychic phenomena. Crystal-gazing is merely one
particular form or method of inducing psychic or clairvoyant vision. If
you will keep this in mind, you will avoid many common errors and
misunderstandings in the matter.
In order to give you the benefit of as many points of view as possible, I
shall now quote from an old English writer on the subject of the use of
the crystal. I do this realizing that sometimes a particular student will
get more from one point of view, than from another--some particular
phrasing will seem to reach his understanding, where others fail. The
directions of the English authority are as follows:
"What is desired through the regular use of the translucent sphere is to
cultivate a personal degree of clairvoyant power, so that visions of
things or events, past, present, and future, may appear clearly to the
interior vision, or eye of the soul. In the pursuit of this effort only,
the crystal becomes at once both a beautiful, interesting and harmless
channel of pleasure and instruction, shorn of dangers, and rendered
conducive to mental development.
"To the attainment of this desirable end, attention is asked to the
following practical directions, which, if carefully followed, will lead to
"(1) Select a quiet room where you will be entirely undisturbed, taking
care that it is as far as possible free from mirrors, ornaments,
pictures, glaring colors, and the like, which may otherwise district the
attention. The room should be of comfortable temperature, in accordance
with the time of year, neither hot nor cold. About 60 to 65 deg. Fahr. is
suitable in most cases, though allowance can be made where necessary for
natural differences in the temperaments of various persons. Thus thin,
nervous, delicately-organized individuals, and those of lymphatic and
soft, easy-going, passive types, require a slightly warmer apartment than
the more positive class who are known by their dark eyes, hair and
complexion, combined with prominent joints. Should a fire, or any form of
artificial light be necessary, it should be well screened off, so as to
prevent the light rays from being reflected in, or in any manner directly
reaching the crystal. The room should not be dark, but rather shadowed, or
charged with a dull light, somewhat such as prevails on a cloudy or wet
"(2) The crystal should be placed on its stand on a table, or it may rest
on a black velvet cushion, but in either case it should be partially
surrounded by a black silk or similar wrap or screen, so adjusted as to
cut off any undesirable reflection. Before beginning to experiment,
remember that most frequently nothing will be seen on the first occasion,
and possibly not for several sittings; though some sitters, if strongly
gifted with psychic powers in a state of unconscious, and sometimes
conscious degree of unfoldment, may be fortunate enough to obtain good
results at the very first trial. If, therefore, nothing is perceived
during the first few attempts, do not despair or become impatient, or
imagine that you will never see anything. There is a royal road to crystal
vision, but it is open only to the combined password of Calmness,
Patience, and Perseverance. If at the first attempt to ride a bicycle,
failure ensues, the only way to learn is to pay attention to the necessary
rules, and to persevere daily until the ability to ride comes naturally.
Thus it is with the would-be seer. Persevere in accordance with these
simple directions, and success will sooner or later crown your efforts.
"(3) Commence by sitting comfortably with the eyes fixed upon the crystal,
not by a fierce stare, but with a steady, calm gaze, for ten minutes only,
on the first occasion. In taking the time it is best to hang your watch at
a distance, where, while the face is clearly visible, the ticking is
rendered inaudible. When the time is up, carefully put the crystal away in
its case, and keep it in a dark place, under lock and key, allowing no one
but yourself to handle it. At the second sitting, which should be at the
same place, in the same position, and at the same time, you may increase
the length of the effort to fifteen minutes, and continue for this period
during the next five or six sittings, after which the time may be
gradually increased, but should in no case exceed one hour. The precise
order of repetition is always to be followed until the experimenter has
developed an almost automatic ability to readily obtain results, when it
needs no longer to be adhered to.
"(4) Any person, or persons, admitted to the room, and allowed to remain
while you sit, should (a) keep absolute silence, and (b) remain seated at
a distance from you. When you have developed your latent powers, questions
may, of course, be put to you by one of those present, but even then in a
very gentle, or low and slow tone of voice; never suddenly, or in a
forceful manner.
"(5) When you find the crystal begins to look dull or cloudy, with small
pin-points of light glittering therein, like tiny stars, you may know that
you are commencing to obtain that for which you seek--viz., crystalline
vision. Therefore, persevere with confidence. This condition may, or may
not, continue for several sittings, the crystal seeming at times to
alternately appear and disappear, as in a mist. By and by this hazy
appearance, in its turn, will give place quite suddenly to a blindness of
the senses to all else but a blue or bluish ocean of space, against which,
as if it were a background, the vision will be clearly apparent.
"(6) The crystal should not be used soon after taking a meal, and care
should be taken in matters of diet to partake only of digestible foods,
and to avoid alcoholic beverages. Plain and nourishing food, and outdoor
exercise, with contentment of mind, or love of simplicity in living, are
great aids to success. Mental anxiety, or ill-health, are not conducive to
the desired end. Attention to correct, breathing is of importance.
"(7) As regards the time at which events seen will come to pass, each seer
is usually impressed with regard thereto; but, as a general rule, visions
appearing in the extreme background indicate time more remote, either past
or future, than those perceived nearer at hand, while those appearing in
the foreground, or closer to the seer, denote the present or immediate
"(8) Two principal classes of vision will present themselves to the
sitter--(a) the Symbolic, indicated by the appearance of symbols such as a
flag, boat, knife, gold, etc., and (b) Actual Scenes and Personages, in
action or otherwise. Persons of a positive type of organization, the more
active, excitable, yet decided type, are most likely to perceive
symbolically, or allegorically; while those of a passive nature usually
receive direct or literal revelations. Both classes will find it necessary
to carefully cultivate truthfulness, unselfishness, gratitude for what is
shown, and absolute confidence in the love, wisdom, and guidance of God
As the student proceeds with the study of these lessons, he will become
acquainted with various details and methods concerned with the various
phases of clairvoyance, which knowledge he may then combine with the
above, the whole aiding him in the successful manifestation of the psychic
phenomena of crystal-gazing, which, as I have said, is merely one phase of
clairvoyance and under the same general laws and rules of manifestation.
Remember that present, past and future clairvoyance all is possible to
the highly developed crystal gazer.
THE ASTRAL TUBE. Closely allied with the phenomena of crystal-gazing,
and that of psychometry, is that which occultists know as "the astral
tube," although this psychic channel may be developed in ordinary
clairvoyance by means of the power of concentrated attention, etc. I shall
not enter into a detailed or technical discussion of the astral tube, at
this place, but I wish to give you a general and comprehensive view of it
and its workings.
In case of the strong concentration of the mind, in cases of psychometry
or crystal-gazing, a channel or "line of force" is set up in the astral
substance which composes the basis of the astral plane. This is like the
wake of a ship made on the surface of the water through which the ship has
passed. Or it is like a current of magnetic force in the ether. It is
caused by a polarization of the particles composing the astral substance,
which manifest in a current of intense vibrations in the astral substance,
which thus serve as a ready channel for the transmission of psychic force
or astral energy.
The astral tube serves as a ready conductor of the vibrations, currents
and waves of energy on the astral plane which carry to the astral senses
of the person the perception of the things, objects and scenes far removed
from him in space and time. How these things far removed in space and time
are perceived by the astral seer is explained in subsequent lessons of
this course. At this place we are concerned merely with the "channel"
through which the currents of energy flow, and which has been called the
astral tube.
As a writer well says: "Through the astral tube the astral senses actually
'sense' the sights, and often the sounds, being manifested at a distance,
just as one may see distant sights through a telescope, or hear distant
sounds through a telephone. The astral tube is used in a variety of forms
of psychic phenomena. It is often used unconsciously, and springs into
existence spontaneously, under the strong influence of a vivid emotion,
desire or will. It is used by the trained psychometrist, without the use
of any 'starting point,' or 'focal centre,' simply by the use of his
trained, developed and concentrated will. But its most familiar and common
use is in connection with some object serving as a starting point or focal
centre. The starting point or focal centre, above mentioned, is generally
either what is known as the 'associated object' in the class of phenomena
generally known as psychometry, or else a glass or crystal ball, or
similar polished surface, in what is known as crystal-gazing."
Another authority tells his readers that: "Astral sight, when it is
cramped by being directed along what is practically a tube, is limited
very much as physical sight would be under similar circumstances, though
if possessed in perfection it will continue to show, even at that
distance, the auras, and therefore all the emotions and most of the
thoughts of the people under observation. * * * But, it may be said, the
mere fact that he is using astral sight ought to enable him to see things
from all sides at once. And so it would, if he were using that sight in a
normal way upon an object which was fairly near him--within his astral
reach, as it were; but at a distance of hundreds or thousands of miles the
case is very different. Astral sight gives us the advantage of an
additional dimension, but there is still such a thing as position in that
dimension, and it is naturally a potent factor in limiting the use of the
powers on that plane. * * * The limitations resemble those of a man using
a telescope on the physical plane. The experimenter, for example, has a
particular field of view which cannot be enlarged or altered; he is
looking at his scene from a certain direction, and he cannot suddenly turn
it all around and see how it looks from the other side. If he has
sufficient psychic energy to spare, he may drop altogether the telescope
he is using, and manufacture an entirely new one for himself which will
approach his objective somewhat differently; but this is not a course at
all likely to be adopted in practice."
The student will find that, as we progress, many of these points which now
seem complicated and obscure will gradually take on the aspect of
simplicity and clearness. We must crawl before we can walk, in psychic
research as well as in everything else.
LESSON VIII.
CLAIRVOYANT REVERIE.
In the preceding two chapters, I have asked you to consider the first two
methods of inducing the clairvoyant phenomena, namely, Psychometry, and
Crystal-Gazing, respectively. In these cases you have seen how the
clairvoyant gets en rapport with the astral plane by means of physical
objects, in the case of psychometric clairvoyance; or by means of a
shining object, in the case of crystal gazing. Let us now consider the
third method of inducing the clairvoyant condition or state, i.e., by
means of what may be called Clairvoyant Reverie, in which the clairvoyant
gets en rapport with the astral plane by means of psychic states in which
the sights, sounds and thoughts of the material and physical plane are
shut out of consciousness.
The student of the general subject of clairvoyance will soon be impressed
with two facts concerning the production of clairvoyant phenomena, namely,
(1) that in the majority of the recorded cases of the investigators the
clairvoyant phenomena were obtained when the clairvoyant was in the state
of sleep, or at least semi-sleep or drowsiness, the visioning appearing
more or less like a vivid dream; and (2) that in the case of the
clairvoyant voluntarily entering en rapport with the astral plane, he or
she would enter into what seemed to be a kind of trance condition, in some
cases an absolute unconsciousness of the outside world being manifested.
The student, noting these facts, is apt to arrive at the conclusion that
all clairvoyance is accompanied by the condition of sleep, or trance, and
that no clairvoyant phenomena are possible unless this psychic condition
is first obtained. But this is only a half-truth as we shall see in a
In the first place, the student arriving at this conclusion seems to have
ignored the fact that the phenomena of psychometry and crystal gazing,
respectively, are as true instances of clairvoyance as are those which are
manifested in the sleep or trance condition. It is true that some
psychometrists produce phenomena when they are in a state of psychic
quiescence, but, on the other hand, many clairvoyant psychometrists merely
concentrate the attention on the object before them, and remain perfectly
wide-awake and conscious on the physical plane. Likewise, the average
crystal gazer remains perfectly wide-awake and conscious on the physical
plane. When the student takes these facts into consideration, he begins to
see that the trance condition, and similar psychic states, are simply
particular methods of inducing the en rapport condition for the
clairvoyant, and are not inseparably bound up with the phenomena of
As the student progresses, moreover, he will see that even in the case of
Clairvoyant Reverie, the third method of inducing the astral en rapport
condition, the clairvoyant does not always lose consciousness. In the case
of many advanced and exceptionally well-developed clairvoyants, no trance
or sleep condition is induced. In such cases the clairvoyant merely "shuts
out" the outside world of sights, sounds and thoughts, by an effort of
trained will, and then concentrates steadily on the phenomena of the
astral plane. For that matter, the skilled and advanced occultist is able
to function on the astral plane by simply shifting his consciousness from
one plane to another, as the typist shifts from the small letters of the
keyboard to the capital letters, by a mere pressure on the shift-key of
the typewriter.
The only reason that many clairvoyants manifesting along the lines of the
third method, known as "clairvoyant reverie," fall into the trance or
sleep condition, is that they have not as yet acquired the rare art of
controlling their conscious attention at will--this is something that
requires great practice. They find it easier to drop into the condition of
semi-trance, or semi-sleep, than it is to deliberately shut out the outer
world by an act of pure will. Moreover, you will find that in the majority
of the recorded cases of the investigators, the clairvoyance was more or
less spontaneous on the part of the clairvoyant person, and was not
produced by an act of will. As we proceed to consider the various forms
and phases of clairvoyant phenomena, in these lessons, you will notice
this fact. There are but few recorded cases of voluntary clairvoyance in
the books of the investigators--the skilled clairvoyants, and more
particularly the advanced occultists, avoid the investigators rather than
seek them; they have no desire to be reported as "typical cases" of
interesting psychic phenomena--they leave that to the amateurs, and those
to whom the phenomena come as a wonderful revelation akin to a miracle.
This accounts for the apparent predominance of this form of
clairvoyance--the secret is that the net of the investigators has caught
only a certain kind of psychic fish, while the others escape attention.
All this would be of no practical importance, however, were it not for the
fact that the average student is so impressed by the fact that he must
learn to induce the trance condition in order to manifest clairvoyant
phenomena, that he does not even think of attempting to do the work
otherwise. The power of auto-suggestion operates here, as you will see by
a moment's thought, and erects an obstacle to his advance along voluntary
lines. More than this, this mistaken idea tends to encourage the student
to cultivate the trance condition, or at least some abnormal psychic
condition, by artificial means. I am positively opposed to the inducing of
psychic conditions by artificial means, for I consider such practices most
injurious and harmful for the person using such methods. Outside of
anything else, it tends to render the person negative, psychically,
instead of positive--it tends to make him or her subject to the psychic
influence of others, on both the physical and astral plane, instead of
retaining his or her own self-control and mastery.
The best authorities among the occultists instruct their pupils that the
state of clairvoyant reverie may be safely and effectively induced by the
practice of mental concentration alone. They advice positively against
artificial methods. A little common sense will show that they are right in
this matter. All that is needed is that the consciousness shall be focused
to a point--become "one pointed" as the Hindu Yogis say. The intelligent
practice of concentration accomplishes this, without the necessity of any
artificial methods of development, or the induction of abnormal psychic
If you will stop a moment and realize how easily you concentrate your
attention when you are witnessing an interesting play, or listening to a
beautiful rendition of some great masterpiece of musical composition, or
gazing at some miracle of art, you will see what I mean. In the cases just
mentioned, while your attention is completely occupied with the
interesting thing before you, so that you have almost completely shut out
the outer world of sound, sight and thought, you are, nevertheless,
perfectly wide awake and your consciousness is alert. The same thing is
true when you are reading a very interesting book--the world is shut out
from your consciousness, and you are oblivious to the sights and sounds
around you. At the risk of being considered flippant, I would remind you
of the common spectacle of two lovers so wrapped up in each other's
company that they forget that there is a smiling world of people around
them--time and space are forgotten to the two lovers--to them there is
only one world, with but two persons in it. Again, how often have you
fallen into what is known as a "brown study," or "day dream," in which you
have been so occupied with the thoughts and fancies floating through your
mind, that you forgot all else. Well, then, this will give you a
common-sense idea of the state that the occultists teach may be induced in
order to enter into the state of en rapport with the astral plane--the
state in which clairvoyance is possible. Whether you are seeking
clairvoyance by the method of psychometry, or by crystal gazing, or by
clairvoyant reverie--this will give you the key to the state. It is a
perfectly natural state--nothing abnormal about it, you will notice.
To some who may think that I am laying too much stress on the
undesirability of artificial methods of inducing the clairvoyant
condition, I would say that they are probably not aware of the erroneous
and often harmful teachings on the subject that are being promulgated by
ignorant or misinformed teachers--"a little learning is a dangerous
thing," in many cases. It may surprise some of my students to learn that
some of this class of teachers are instructing their pupils to practice
methods of self-hypnosis by gazing steadily at a bright object until they
fall unconscious; or by gazing "cross eyed" at the tip of the nose, or at
an object held between the two eyebrows. These are familiar methods of
certain schools of hypnotism, and result in producing a state of
artificial hypnosis, more or less deep. Such a state is most undesirable,
not only by reason of its immediate effects, but also by reason of the
fact that it often results in a condition of abnormal sensitiveness to the
will of others, or even to the thoughts and feelings of others, on both
the astral and the physical planes of life. I emphatically warn my
students against any such practices, or anything resembling them.
While I dislike to dwell on the subject, I feel that I should call the
attention of my students to the fact that certain teachers seek to produce
the abnormal psychic condition by means of exhausting breathing exercises,
which make the person dizzy and sleepy. This is all wrong. While rhythmic
breathing exercises have a certain value in psychic phenomena, and are
harmless when properly practiced, nevertheless such practices as those to
which I have alluded are harmful to the nervous system of the person, and
also tend to induce undesirable psychic conditions. Again, some teachers
have sought to have their students hold their breath for comparatively
long periods of time in order to bring about abnormal psychic states. The
slightest knowledge of physiology informs one that such a practice must be
harmful; it causes the blood to become thick and impure, and deficient in
oxygen. It certainly will produce a kind of drowsiness, for the same
reason that impure air in a room will do the same thing--in both cases the
blood stream is poisoned and made impure. The purpose of rational and
normal breathing is to obviate just this thing--so these teachers are
reversing a natural law of the body, in order to produce an abnormal
psychic state. With all the energy in me, I caution you against this kind
of thing.
Along the same line, I protest and warn you against the practices advised
by certain teachers of "psychic development," who seek to have their
pupils induce abnormal physical and psychic conditions by means of drugs,
odor of certain chemicals, gases, etc. Such practices, as all true
occultists know, belong to the clans of the Black Magicians, or devil
worshippers, of the savage races--they have no place in true occult
teachings. Common sense alone should warn persons away from such
things--but it seems to fail some of them. I assert without fear of
intelligent contradiction, that no true occultist ever countenances any
such practices as these.
All the true teachers are vigorous in their denunciation of such false
teachings and harmful practices. In this same category, I place the
methods which are taught by certain persons, namely, that of inducing
abnormal physical and psychic condition of giddiness and haziness by means
of "whirling" around in a circle until one drops from giddiness, or until
one "feels queer in the head." This is a revival of the practices of
certain fanatics in Persia and India, who perform it as a religious rite
until they fall into what they consider a "holy sleep," but which is
nothing more than an abnormal and unhealthful physical and psychic
condition. Such practices are a downward step, not an upward one. It seems
a pity that the necessity has arisen for such warnings as these--but my
duty, as I see it, is very plain. To all who are tempted to "develop" in
this way, I say, positively, "DON'T!"
The scientific, rational way to develop the astral senses is to first
acquire the art of concentrating. Bear in mind that in concentration the
person, while shutting out the impressions of the outside world in
general, nevertheless focuses and concentrates his attention upon the one
matter before him. This is quite a different thing from making oneself
sensitive to every current of thought and feeling that may be in the
psychic atmosphere. True concentration renders one positive, while the
other methods render one negative. Contrary to the common opinion, psychic
concentration is a positive state, not a negative--an active state, not a
passive one. The person who is able to concentrate strongly is a master,
while one who opens himself to "control," either physical or astral, is
more or less of a slave to other minds.
The student who will begin by experimenting along the lines of contact
mind-reading, and who then advances along the lines of true telepathy, as
explained in the earlier chapters of this book, will have made a good
start, and considerable progress, along the road to clairvoyant
development. The rest will be largely a matter of exercise and practice.
He will be aided by practicing concentration along the general lines of
the best occult teaching. Such practice may consist of concentration upon
almost any physical object, keeping the thing well before the mind and
attention. Do not tire the attention by practicing too long at one time.
The following general rules will help you in developing concentration:
(1) The attention attaches more readily to interesting rather than
uninteresting things. Therefore, select some interesting thing to study
and analyze by concentrated thought.
(2) The attention will decline in strength unless there is a variation in
the stimulus. Therefore, keep up the power of concentration by either
changing the object you are observing; or else by discovering some new
properties, qualities or attributes in it.
(3) The things you wish to shut out of consciousness can best be shut out
by your concentration upon some other thing--the attention can dwell only
upon one thing at a time, if focused upon that one thing.
(4) The power of applying your attention, steady and undissipated, to a
single object, is a mark of strong will and superior mental
discipline--weak-minds cannot do this. Therefore, in cultivating
concentrated attention you are really strengthening your mind and will.
(5) To develop concentrated attention, you must learn to analyze, analyze,
and analyze the thing upon which you are bestowing concentrated attention.
Therefore, proceed by selecting an object and analyzing it by concentrated
attention, taking one part after another, one by one, until you have
analyzed and mastered the whole object. Give it the same attention that
the lover gives his loved one; the musician his favorite composition; the
artist his favorite work of art; and the booklover his favorite book--when
you have accomplished this, you have mastered concentration, and will be
able to apply the mind "one pointed" upon anything you wish, physical or
astral; and, consequently will have no trouble in shutting-out disturbing
impressions.
(6) Learn to concentrate on the physical plane, and you will be able to
concentrate on the astral plane as well. By the one who has mastered
concentration, trances and abnormal psychic states will not be needed. The
needle-pointed mind is able to pierce the astral veil at will, while the
blunt-pointed mind is resisted and defeated by the astral envelope, which
while thin is very tough and unyielding.
A well-known authority on psychic development has well said: "Occasional
flashes of clairvoyance sometimes come to the highly cultured and
spiritual-minded man, even though he may never have heard of the
possibility of training such a faculty. In his case such glimpses usually
signify that he is approaching that stage in his evolution when these
powers will naturally begin to manifest themselves. Their appearance
should serve as an additional stimulus to him to strive to maintain that
high standard of moral purity and mental balance without which
clairvoyance is a curse and not a blessing to its possessor. Between those
who are entirely unimpressionable and those who are in full possession of
clairvoyant power, there are many intermediate stages. Students often ask
how this clairvoyant faculty will first be manifested in themselves--how
they may know when they have reached the stage at which its first faint
foreshadowings are beginning to be visible. Cases differ so widely that it
is impossible to give to this question any answer that will be universally
applicable.
"Some people begin by a plunge, as it were, and under some unusual
stimulus become able just for once to see some striking vision; and very
often in such a case, because the experience does not repeat itself, the
seer comes in time to believe that on that occasion he must have been the
victim of hallucination. Others begin by becoming intermittently conscious
of the brilliant colors and vibrations of the human aura; yet others find
themselves with increasing frequency seeing and hearing something to which
those around them are blind and deaf; others, again, see faces,
landscapes, or colored clouds floating before their eyes in the dark
before they sink to rest; while perhaps the commonest experience of all is
that of those who begin to recollect with greater and greater clearness
what they have seen and heard on other planes during sleep."
The authority in question gives the following excellent advice regarding
the subject of the development of clairvoyant power and astral visioning:
"Now the fact is that there are many methods by which it may be developed,
but only one which can be at all safely recommended for general use--that
of which we shall speak last of all. Among the less advanced nations of
the world the clairvoyant state has been produced in various objectionable
ways; among some of the non-Aryan tribes of India, by the use of
intoxicating drugs or the inhaling of stupefying fumes; among the
dervishes, by whirling in a mad dance of religious fervor until vertigo
and insensibility supervene; among the followers of the abominable
practices of the Voodoo cult, by frightful sacrifices and loathsome rites
of black magic. Methods such as these are happily not in vogue in our own
race, yet even among us large numbers of dabblers in this ancient art
adopt some plan of self-hypnotization, such as gazing at a bright spot, or
the repetition of some formula until a condition of semi-stupefaction is
produced; while yet another school among them would endeavor to arrive at
similar results by the use of some of the Indian systems of regulation of
the breath. All these methods are unequivocally to be condemned as quite
unsafe for the practice of the ordinary man who has no idea of what he is
doing--who is simply making vague experiments in an unknown world. Even
the method of obtaining clairvoyance by allowing oneself to be mesmerized
by another person is one from which I should myself shrink with the most
decided distaste; and assuredly it should never be attempted except under
conditions of absolute trust and affection between the magnetizer and the
magnetized, and a perfection of purity in heart and soul, in mind and
intention, such as is rarely to be seen among any but the greatest of
saints.
"Yet there is one practice which is advised by all religions alike--which
if adopted carefully and reverently can do no harm to any human being, yet
from which a very pure type of clairvoyance has sometimes been developed;
and that is the practice of meditation. Let a man choose a certain time
every day--a time when he can rely upon being quiet and undisturbed,
though preferably in the daytime rather than at night--and set himself at
that time to keep his mind for a few minutes entirely free from all
earthly thoughts of any kind whatever, and, when that is achieved, to
direct the whole force of his being towards the highest ideal that he
happens to know. He will find that to gain such perfect control of thought
is enormously more difficult than he supposes, but when he attains it it
cannot but be in every way most beneficial to him, and as he grows more
and more able to elevate and concentrate his thought, he may gradually
find that new worlds are opening before his sight. As a preliminary
training towards the satisfactory achievement of such meditation, he will
find it desirable to make a practice of concentration in the affairs of
daily life--even in the smallest of them. If he writes a letter, let him
think of nothing else but that letter until it is finished; if he reads a
book, let him see to it that his thought is never allowed to wander from
his author's meaning. He must learn to hold his mind in check, and to be
master of that also, as well as of his lower passions; he must patiently
labor to acquire absolute control of his thoughts, so that he will always
know exactly what he is thinking about, and why--so that he can use his
mind, and turn it or hold it still, as a practiced swordsman turns his
weapon where he will."
I have given the above full quotation from this authority, not merely
because that from another angle he states the same general principles as
do I; but also because his personal experience in actual clairvoyant
phenomena is so extended and varied that any word from him on the subject
of the development of clairvoyant power must have a value of its own.
While I differ from this authority on some points of detail of theory and
practice, nevertheless I gladly testify to the soundness of his views as
above quoted, and pass them on to my students for careful consideration
and attention. The student will do well to heed what he has to say, and to
combine such opinion with what I have uttered in the earlier part of this
chapter--there will be found a close agreement in principle and practice.
And, now let us pass on to a consideration of the various forms and phases
of the clairvoyant phenomena itself. The subject is fascinating, and I am
sure that you will enjoy this little excursion into the strange realm of
thought regarding the astral phenomena of clairvoyance. But, be sure to
master each lesson before proceeding to the rest, as otherwise you will
have to turn back the leaves of the course in order to pick up some point
of teaching that you have neglected.
LESSON IX.
SIMPLE CLAIRVOYANCE.
In a previous chapter we have seen that there are three well-defined
classes of clairvoyance, namely, (1) Simple clairvoyance; (2) Clairvoyance
in space; and (3) Clairvoyance in Time. I shall now consider these in
sequence, beginning with the first, Simple Clairvoyance.
In simple clairvoyance the clairvoyant person merely senses the auric
emanations of other persons, such as the auric vibrations, colors, etc.,
currents of thought vibrations, etc., but does not see events or scenes
removed in space or time from the observer. There are other phenomena
peculiar to this class of clairvoyance which I shall note as we progress
with this chapter.
An authority on the subject of astral phenomena has written interestingly,
as follows, regarding some of the phases of simple clairvoyance: "When we
come to consider the additional facilities which it offers in the
observation of animate objects, we see still more clearly the advantages
of astral vision. It exhibits to the clairvoyant the aura of plants and
animals, and thus in the case of the latter their desires and emotions,
and whatever thoughts they may have, are all plainly shown before his
eyes. But it is in dealing with human beings that he will most appreciate
the value of this faculty, for he will often be able to help them far more
effectually when he guides himself by the information which it gives him.
"He will be able to see the aura as far up as the astral body, and though
that leaves all the higher part of a man still hidden from his gaze, he
will nevertheless find it possible by careful observation to learn a good
deal about the higher part from what is within his reach. His capacity of
examination of the etheric double will give him considerable advantage in
locating and classifying any defects or diseases of the nervous system,
while from the appearance of the astral body he will at once be aware of
all the emotions, passions, desires and tendencies of the man before him,
and even of very many of his thoughts also.
"As he looks at a person he will see him surrounded by the luminous mist
of the astral aura, flashing with all sorts of brilliant colors, and
constantly changing in hue and brilliancy with every variation of the
person's thoughts and feelings. He will see this aura flooded with the
beautiful rose-color of pure affection, the rich blue of devotional
feeling, the hard, dull brown of selfishness, the deep scarlet of anger,
the horrible lurid red of sensuality, the livid grey of fear, the black
clouds of hatred and malice, or any of the other hundredfold indications
so easily to be read in it by the practiced eye; and thus it will be
impossible for any persons to conceal from him the real state of their
feelings on any subject. Not only does the astral aura show him the
temporary result of the emotion passing through it at the moment, but it
also gives him, by an arrangement and proportion of its colors when in a
condition of comparative rest, a clue to the general disposition and
character of its owner."
By simple clairvoyance in a certain stage of development the clairvoyant
person is able to sense the presence of the human aura, by means of his
astral sight. The human aura, as all students of occultism know, is that
peculiar emanation of astral vibrations that extends from each living
human being, surrounding him in an egg-shaped form for a distance of two
to three feet on all sides. This peculiar nebulous envelope is not visible
to the physical sight, and may be discerned only by means of the astral
senses. It, however, may be dimly "felt" by many persons coming into the
presence of other persons, and constitutes a personal atmosphere which is
sensed by other persons.
The trained clairvoyant vision sees the human aura as a nebulous hazy
substance, like a luminous cloud, surrounding the person for two or three
feet on each side of his body, being more dense near the body and
gradually becoming less dense as it extends away from the body. It has a
phosphorescent appearance, with a peculiar tremulous motion manifesting
through its substance. The clairvoyant sees the human aura as composed of
all the colors of the spectrum, the combination shifting with the changing
mental and emotional states of the person. But, in a general way, it may
be said that each person has his or her or distinctive astral auric
colors, depending upon his or her general character or personality. Each
mental state, or emotional manifestation, has its own particular shade or
combination of shades of auric coloring. This beautiful kaleidoscopic
spectacle has its own meaning to the advanced occultist with clairvoyant
vision, for he is able to read the character and general mental states of
the person by means of studying his astral auric colors. I have explained
these auric colors, and their meanings, in my little book entitled "The
Human Aura."
The human aura is not always in a state of calm phosphorescence, however.
On the contrary, it sometimes manifests great flames, like those of a
fiery furnace, which shoot forth in great tongues, and dart forth suddenly
in certain directions toward the objects attracting them. Under great
emotional excitement the auric flames move around in swift circling
whirlpools, or else swirl away from a centre. Again, it seems to throw
forth tiny glistening sparks of astral vibrations, some of which travel
for great distance.
The clairvoyant vision is also able to discern what is called the "prana
aura" of a person. By this term is indicated that peculiar emanation of
vital force which surrounds the physical body of each and every person. In
fact, many persons of but slight clairvoyant power, who cannot sense the
auric colors, are able to perceive this prana-aura without trouble. It is
sometimes called the "health aura," or "physical aura." It is colorless,
or rather about the shade of clear glass, diamond, or water. It is
streaked with very minute, bristle-like lines. In a state of good health,
these fine lines are stiff like toothbrush bristles; while, in cases of
poor health, these lines droop, curl and present a furlike appearance. It
is sometimes filled with minute sparkling particles, like tiny electric
sparks in rapid vibratory motion.
To the clairvoyant vision the prana-aura appears like the vibrating heated
air arising from a fire, or stove, or from the heated earth in summer. If
the student will close his eyes partially, and will peer through narrowed
eyelids, he will in all probability be able to perceive this prana-aura
surrounding the body of some healthy, vigorous person--particularly if the
person is sitting in a dim light. Looking closely, he will see the
peculiar vibratory motion, like heated air, at a distance of about two
inches from the body of the person. It requires a little practice in order
to acquire the knack of perceiving these vibrations--a little
experimenting in order to get just the right light on the person--but
practice will bring success, and you will be repaid for your trouble.
In the same way, the student may by practice acquire the faculty to
perceiving his own prana-aura. The simplest way to obtain this last
mentioned result is to place your fingers (spread out in fan-shape)
against a black background, in a dim light. Then gaze at the fingers with
narrowed eyelids, and half-closed eyes. After a little practice, you will
see a fine thin line surrounding your fingers on all sides--a
semi-luminous border of prana-aura. In most cases this border of aura is
colorless, but sometimes a very pale yellowish hue is perceived. The
stronger the vital force of the person, the stronger and brighter will
this border of prana-aura appear. The aura surrounding the fingers will
appear very much like the semi-luminous radiance surrounding a gas-flame,
or the flame of a candle, which is familiar to nearly everyone.
Another peculiar phenomenon of the astral plane, perceived by clairvoyants
of a certain degree of development, is that which is known as the
"thought-form." A thought-form is a specialized grouping of astral
substance, crystalized by the strong thought impulses or vibrations of a
person thinking, or manifesting strong emotional excitement. It is
generated in the aura of the person, in the first place, but is then
thrown off or emitted from the atmosphere of the person, and is sent off
into space. A thought-form is really but a strongly manifested thought or
feeling which has taken form in the astral substance. Its power and
duration depend upon the degree of force of the thought or feeling
manifesting it.
These thought-forms differ very materially from one another in form and
general appearance. The most common form is that of a tiny series of
waves, similar to those caused by the dropping of a pebble in a pond of
water. Sometimes the thought-form takes on the appearance of a whirlpool,
rotating around a centre, and moving through space as well. Another form
is like that of the pin-wheel fireworks, swirling away from its centre as
it moves through space. Still another form is that of a whirling ring,
like that emitted from a smokestack of a locomotive, or the mouth of a
smoker--the familiar "ring" of the smoker. Others have the form and
appearance of semi-luminous globes, glowing like a giant opal.
Other thought-forms are emitted in jet-like streams, like steam puffed out
from a tea-kettle. Again, it will appear as a series of short puffs of
steam-like appearance. Again, it will twist along like an eel or snake.
Another time it will twist its way like a corkscrew. At other times it
will appear as a bomb, or series of bombs projected from the aura of the
thinker. Sometimes, as in the case of a vigorous thinker or speaker, these
thought-form bombs will be seen to explode when they reach the aura of the
person addressed or thought of. Other forms appear like nebulous things
resembling an octopus, whose twining tentacles twist around the person to
whom they are directed.
Each thought-form bears the same color that it possessed when generated in
the aura of its creator, though the colors seem to fade with time. Many of
them glow with a dull phosphorescence, instead of bright coloring. The
atmosphere of every person, and every place, is filled with various
thought-forms emanated from the person, or persons who inhabit the place.
Each building has its own distinctive thought-forms, which permeate its
mental atmosphere, and which are clearly discernible by trained
clairvoyant vision.
I here take the liberty of quoting a few paragraphs from my little book
entitled "The Astral World," in which the phenomena of the astral plane
are explained in detail. I reproduce them here in order to show you what
you may see on the astral plane when your clairvoyant vision is
sufficiently developed to function there. The words are addressed to one
who is sensing on the astral, plane.
"Notice that beautiful spiritual blue around that woman's head! And see
that ugly muddy red around that man passing her! Here comes an
intellectual giant--see that beautiful golden yellow around his head, like
a nimbus! But I don't exactly like that shade of red around his body--and
there is too marked an absence of blue in his aura! He lacks harmonious
development. Do you notice those great clouds of semi-luminous substance,
which are slowly floating along?--notice how the colors vary in them.
Those are clouds of thought-vibrations, representing the composite thought
of a multitude of people. Also notice how each body of thought is drawing
to itself little fragments of similar thought-forms and energy. You see
here the tendency of thought-forms to attract others of their kind--how
like the proverbial birds of a feather, they flock together--how thoughts
come home, bringing their friends with them--how each man creates his own
thought atmosphere.
"Speaking of atmospheres, do you notice that each shop we pass has its own
peculiar thought-atmosphere? If you look into the houses on either side of
the street, you will see that the same thing is true. The very street
itself has its own atmosphere, created by the composite thought of those
inhabiting and frequenting it. No! do not pass down that side street--its
astral atmosphere is too depressing, and its colors too horrible and
disgusting for you to witness just now--you might get discouraged and fly
back to your physical body for relief. Look at those thought-forms flying
through the atmosphere! What a variety of form and coloring! Some most
beautiful, the majority quite neutral in tint, and occasionally a fierce,
fiery one tearing its way along toward its mark. Observe those whirling
and swirling thought-forms as they are thrown off from that
business-house. Across the street, notice that great octopus monster of a
thought-form, with its great tentacles striving to wind around persons and
draw them into that flashy dance-hall and dram-shop. A devilish monster
which we would do well to destroy. Turn your concentrated thought upon it,
and will it out of existence--there, that's the right way; watch it sicken
and shrivel! But, alas! more of its kind will come forth from that place."
The above represents the sights common to the advanced occultist who
explores the astral plane either in his astral body, or else by means of
clairvoyant vision. To such a one, these sights are just as natural as
those of the physical plane to the person functioning by ordinary physical
senses. One is as natural as is the other--there is nothing supernatural
about either.
But there are other, and even more wonderful attributes of astral
visioning than that which we have just related. Let us take a general
survey of these, so that you may be familiar with what you hope to see on
the astral plane, and which you will see when you have sufficiently
developed your clairvoyant powers.
What would you think if you could "see through a brick wall?" Well, the
clairvoyant is able to do this. For that matter, the physical X Rays are
able to penetrate through solid substances, and the astral vibrations are
even more subtle than these. It seems strange to hear of this kind of
visioning as purely natural, doesn't it? It smacks strongly of the old
supernatural tales--but it is as simply natural as is the X Ray. The
advanced clairvoyant is able to see through the most solid objects, and
inside of anything, for that matter. The astral senses register the subtle
vibrations of the astral plane, just as the physical eye registers the
ordinary rays of light-energy. You are able to see through solid glass,
with the physical eye, are you not? Well, in the same way the clairvoyant
sees through solid steel or granite. It is all a matter of registering
vibrations of energy--nothing more, and nothing less.
It is in this way that the trained clairvoyant is able to read from closed
books, sealed letters, etc. In the same way, he is able to pierce the
dense soil, and to see far down into the depths of the earth, subject to
certain limitations. Veins of coal, oil, and other substances have been
discovered clairvoyantly in this way. Not every clairvoyant is able to do
this, but the advanced ones have done it. In the same way, the trained
clairvoyant is able to see inside the bodies of sick persons, and to
diagnose their ailments, providing, of course, he is familiar with the
appearance of the organs in health and in disease, and has a sufficient
knowledge of physiology and pathology to interpret what he sees.
An authority on the phenomena of the astral plane has written
entertainingly and correctly regarding this phase of simple clairvoyance,
as follows: "The possession of this extraordinary and scarcely expressible
power, then, must always be borne in mind through all that follows. It
lays every point in the interior of every solid body absolutely open to
the gaze of the seer, just as every point in the interior of a circle lies
open to the gaze of a man looking down upon it. But even this is by no
means all that it gives to its possessor. He sees not only the inside as
well as the outside of every object, but also its astral counterpart.
Every atom and molecule of physical matter has its corresponding astral
atoms and molecules, and the mass which is built up out of these is
clearly visible to the clairvoyant. Usually the astral form of any object
projects somewhat beyond the physical part of it, and thus metals, stones
and other things are seen surrounded by an astral aura.
"It will be seen at once that even in the study of inorganic matter a man
gains immensely by the acquisition of this vision. Not only does he see
the astral part of the object at which he looks, which before was wholly
hidden from him; not only does he see much more of its physical
constitution than he did before, but even what was visible to him before
is now seen much more clearly and truly. * * * Another strange power of
which he may find himself in possession is that of magnifying at will the
minutest physical or astral particle to any desired size, as through a
microscope--though no microscope ever made, or ever likely to be made,
possesses even a thousandth part of this psychic magnifying power. By its
means the hypothetical molecule and atom postulated by science become
visible and living realities to the occult student, and on this closer
examination he finds them to be much more complex in their structure than
the scientific man has yet realized them to be. It also enables him to
follow with the closest attention and the most lively interest all kinds
of electrical, magnetic, and other etheric action; and when some of the
specialists in these branches of science are able to develop the power to
see these things whereof they write so facilely, some very wonderful and
beautiful revelations may be expected.
"This is one of the SIDDIHIS or powers described in the Oriental
books as accruing to the man who devotes himself to spiritual development,
though the name under which it is there mentioned might not be immediately
recognizable. It is referred to as 'the power of making oneself large or
small at will,' and the reason of a description which appears so oddly to
reverse the fact is that in reality the method by which this feat is
performed is precisely that indicated in these ancient books. It is by the
use of temporary visual machinery of inconceivable minuteness that the
world of the infinitely little is so clearly seen; and in the same way (or
rather in the opposite way) it is by enormously increasing the size of the
machinery used that it becomes possible to increase the breadth of one's
view--in the physical sense as well as, let us hope, in the moral--far
beyond anything that science has ever dreamt of as possible for man. So
that the alteration in size is really in the vehicle of the student's
consciousness, and not in anything outside of himself; and the old
Oriental books have, after all, put the case more accurately than have we.
I have indicated, though only in the roughest outlines, what a trained
student, possessed of full astral vision, would see in the immensely wider
world to which that vision introduced him; but I have said nothing of the
stupendous change in his mental attitude which comes from the experimental
certainty regarding matters of paramount importance. The difference
between even the profoundest intellectual conviction, and the precise
knowledge gained by direct personal experience, must be felt in order to
be appreciated."
Now, here at this place, I wish to call the attention of the student to
the fact that while the above stated, phenomena strictly belong to the
class of "simple clairvoyance," rather than to "space clairvoyance," or
"time clairvoyance" respectively, nevertheless the same phenomena may be
manifested in connection with that of these other classes of clairvoyance.
For instance, in space clairvoyance the trained clairvoyant is able not
only to perceive things happening at points far distant, but may also (if
highly developed psychically) be able to perceive the details just
mentioned as well as if he were at that distant point in person. Likewise,
in time clairvoyance, the clairvoyant may exercise the power of magnifying
vision regarding the object far distant in time, just as if he were living
in that time. So here as elsewhere we find the different classes of
phenomena shading and blending into each other. At the best,
classifications are useful principally for convenience in intellectual
consideration and reasoning.
In the same way, the clairvoyant may manifest the above mentioned forms of
astral sensing in cases when the astral vision has been awakened by
psychometry, or by crystal gazing, as well as in those cases in which the
condition has been brought about through meditation, or similar methods.
I would also call the attention of the student to the fact that in the
above description of the phenomena of simple clairvoyance I have made no
mention of the sights of the astral plane which often become visible to
the clairvoyant, and which have to do with astral bodies, astral shells,
the disembodied souls of those who have passed on to other planes of
existence, etc. I shall take up these matters in other parts of this
course, and shall not dwell upon them in this place. But, I wish you to
remember that the same power which enables you to sense other objects by
means of the astral scenes, is the same that is called into operation in
the cases to which I have just referred.
The astral plane is a wonderful plane or field of being, containing many
strange and wonderful beings and things. The person living on the physical
plane may visit the astral plane in the astral body; and, again, he may
perceive the happenings and scenes of that plane by means of the awakened
and developed astral senses. Some clairvoyants find it easy to function in
one way, and some in another. It is reserved for the scientifically
developed clairvoyant to manifest the well-rounded power to perceive the
phenomena of the astral plane in its wonderful entirety.
Finally, you will see by reference to other chapters of this book, that
one may manifest simple clairvoyant powers (as well as the more
complicated ones of time and space clairvoyance) not only in the ordinary
waking state, but also in the state of dreams. In fact, some of the most
striking psychic phenomena are manifested when the seer is in the dream
state. As we proceed, you will find that every phase of the great subject
will fit into its place, and will be found to blend with every other
phase. There will be found a logical harmony and unity of thought
pervading the whole subject. But we must use single bricks and stones as
we build--it is only in the completed structure that we may perceive the
harmonious unity.
LESSON X.
CLAIRVOYANCE OF DISTANT SCENES.
Let us now consider the phenomena of the second class of clairvoyance,
namely, Clairvoyance in Space.
In space clairvoyance the clairvoyant person senses scenes and events
removed in space from the observer--that is to say, scenes and events
situated outside of the range of the physical vision of the clairvoyant.
In this class also is included certain phenomena in which the clairvoyant
vision is able to discern things that may be concealed or obscured by
intervening material objects. Some of the many different forms and phases
of space clairvoyance are illustrated by the following examples, all taken
from the best sources.
Bushnell relates the following well-known case of space clairvoyance:
"Capt. Yount, of Napa Valley, California, one midwinter's night had a
dream in which he saw what appeared to be a company of emigrants arrested
by the snows of the mountains, and perishing rapidly by cold and hunger.
He noted the very cast of the scenery, marked by a huge, perpendicular
front of white-rock cliff; he saw the men cutting off what appeared to be
tree-tops rising out of deep gulfs of snow; he distinguished the very
features of the persons, and their look of peculiar distress. He awoke
profoundly impressed by the distinctness and apparent reality of the
dream. He at length fell asleep, and dreamed exactly the same dream over
again. In the morning he could not expel it from his mind. Falling in
shortly after with an old hunter comrade, he told his story, and was only
the more deeply impressed by him recognizing without hesitation the
scenery of the dream. This comrade came over the Sierra by the Carson
Valley Pass, and declared that a spot in the Pass exactly answered his
"By this the unsophistical patriarch was decided. He immediately collected
a company of men, with mules and blankets and all necessary provisions.
The neighbors were laughing meantime at his credulity. 'No matter,' he
said, 'I am able to do this, and I will, for I verily believe that the
fact is according to my dream.' The men were sent into the mountains one
hundred and fifty miles distant, direct to the Carson Valley Pass. And
there they found the company exactly in the condition of the dream, and
brought in the remnant alive."
In connection with this case, some leading, occultists are of the opinion
that the thought-waves from the minds of the distressed lost persons
reached Capt. Yount in his sleep, and awakened his subconscious attention.
Having natural clairvoyant power, though previously unaware of it, he
naturally directed his astral vision to the source of the mental currents,
and perceived clairvoyantly the scene described in the story. Not having
any acquaintance with any of the lost party, it was only by reason of the
mental currents of distress so sent out that his attention was attracted.
This is a very interesting case, because several psychic factors are
involved in it, as I have just said.
In the following case, there is found a connecting link of acquaintance
with a person playing a prominent part in the scene, although there was no
conscious appeal to the clairvoyant, nor conscious interest on her part
regarding the case. The story is well-known, and appears in the
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. It runs as follows:
Mrs. Broughton awoke one night in 1844, and roused her husband, telling
him that something dreadful had happened in France. He begged her to go
asleep again, and not trouble him. She assured him that she was not asleep
when she saw what she insisted on telling him--what she saw in fact. She
saw, first, a carriage accident, or rather, the scene of such an accident
which had occurred a few moments before. What she saw was the result of
the accident--a broken carriage, a crowd collected, a figure gently raised
and carried into the nearest house, then a figure lying on a bed, which
she recognized as the Duke of Orleans. Gradually friends collected around
the bed--among them several members of the French royal family--the queen,
then the king, all silently, tearfully, watching the evidently dying duke.
One man (she could see his back, but did not know who he was) was a
doctor. He stood bending over the duke, feeling his pulse, with his watch
in the other hand. And then all passed away, and she saw no more. "As
soon as it was daylight she wrote down in her journal all that she had
seen. It was before the days of the telegraph, and two or more days passed
before the newspapers announced 'The Death of the Duke of Orleans.'
Visiting Paris a short time afterwards, she saw and recognized the place
of the accident, and received the explanation of her impression. The
doctor who attended the dying duke was an old friend of hers, and as he
watched by the bed his mind had been constantly occupied with her and her
family."
In many cases of clairvoyance of this kind, there is found to exist a
strong connecting link of mutual interest or affection, over which flows
the strong attention-arousing force of need or distress, which calls into
operation the clairvoyant visioning.
In other cases there seems to be lacking any connecting link, although,
even in such cases there may be a subconscious link connecting the
clairvoyant with the scene or event. An interesting example of this last
mentioned phase is that related by W.T. Stead, the English editor and
author, as having happened to himself. Mr. Stead's recital follows:
"I got into bed and was not able to go to sleep. I shut my eyes and waited
for sleep to come; instead of sleep, however, there came to me a
succession of curiously vivid clairvoyant pictures. There was no light in
the room, and it was perfectly dark; I had my eyes shut also. But,
notwithstanding the darkness, I suddenly was conscious of looking at a
scene of singular beauty. It was as if I saw a living miniature about the
size of a magic-lantern slide. At this moment I can recall the scene as if
I saw it again. It was a seaside piece. The moon was shining upon the
water, which rippled slowly on to the beach. Right before me a long mole
ran into the water. On either side of the mole irregular rocks stood up
above the sea-level. On the shore stood several houses, square and rude,
which resembled nothing that I had ever seen in house architecture. No one
was stirring, but the moon was there and the sea and the gleam of the
moonlight on the rippling waters, just as if I had been looking on the
actual scene. It was so beautiful that I remember thinking that if it
continued I should be so interested in looking at it that I should never
go asleep. I was wide awake, and at the same time that I saw the scene I
distinctly heard the dripping of the rain outside the window. Then,
suddenly without any apparent object or reason, the scene changed.
"The moonlight sea vanished, and in us place I was looking right into the
interior of a reading-room. It seemed as if it had been used as a
school-room in the daytime, and was employed as a reading-room in the
evening. I remember seeing one reader who had a curious resemblance to Tim
Harrington, although it was not he, hold up a magazine or book in his hand
and laugh. It was not a picture--it was there. The scene was just as if
you were looking through an opera glass; you saw the play of the muscles,
the gleaming of the eye, every movement of the unknown persons in the
unnamed place into which you were gazing. I saw all that without opening
my eyes, nor did my eyes have anything to do with it. You see such things
as these as if it were with another sense which is more inside your head
than in your eyes. The pictures were apropos of nothing; they had been
suggested by nothing I had been reading or talking of; they simply came as
if I had been able to look through a glass at what was occurring somewhere
else in the world. I had my peep, and then it passed."
An interesting case of space clairvoyance is that related of Swedenborg,
on the best authority. The story runs that in the latter part of
September, 1759, at four o'clock one Saturday afternoon, Swedenborg
arrived home from England, and disembarked at the town of Gothenburg. A
friend, Mr. W. Castel, met him and invited him to dinner, at which meal
there were fifteen persons gathered around the table in honor of the
guest. At six o'clock, Swedenborg went out a few minutes, returning to the
table shortly thereafter, looking pale and excited. When questioned by the
guests he replied that there was a fire at Stockholm, two hundred miles
distant, and that the fire was steadily spreading. He grew very restless,
and frequently left the room. He said that the house of one of his
friends, whose name he mentioned, was already in ashes, and that his own
was in danger. At eight o'clock, after he had been out again, he returned
crying out cheerfully, "Thank heaven! the fire is out, the third door
from my house!" The news of the strange happening greatly excited the
people of the town, and the city officials made inquiry regarding it.
Swedenborg was summoned before the authorities, and requested to relate in
detail what he had seen. Answering the questions put to him, he told when
and how the fire started; how it had begun; how, when and where it had
stopped; the time it had lasted; the number of houses destroyed or
damaged, and the number of persons injured. On the following Monday
morning a courier arrived from Stockholm, bringing news of the fire,
having left the town while it was still burning. On the next day after,
Tuesday morning, another courier arrived at the city hall with a full
report of the fire, which corresponded precisely with the vision of
Swedenborg. The fire had stopped precisely at eight o'clock, the very
minute that Swedenborg had so announced it to the company.
A similar case is related by Stead, having been told to him by the wife of
a Dean in the Episcopal Church. He relates it as follows: "I was staying
in Virginia, some hundred miles away from home, when one morning about
eleven o'clock I felt an overpowering sleepiness, which drowsiness was
quite unusual, and which caused me to lie down. In my sleep I saw quite
distinctly my home in Richmond in flames. The fire had broken out in one
wing of the house, which I saw with dismay was where I kept all my best
dresses. The people were all trying to check the flames, but it was no
use. My husband was there, walking about before the burning house,
carrying a portrait in his hand. Everything was quite clear and distinct,
exactly as if I had actually been present and seen everything. After a
time, I woke up, and going down stairs told my friends the strange dream I
had had. They laughed at me, and made such game of my vision that I did my
best to think no more about it. I was traveling about, a day or two
passed, and when Sunday came I found myself in a church where some
relatives were worshipping. When I entered the pew they looked very
strange, and as soon as the service was over I asked them what was the
matter. 'Don't be alarmed,' they said, 'there is nothing serious.' Then
they handed me a post-card from my husband which simply said, 'House
burned out; covered by insurance.' The day was the date upon which my
dream occurred. I hastened home, and then I learned that everything had
happened exactly as I had seen it. The fire had broken out in the wing I
had seen blazing. My clothes were all burned, and the oddest thing about
it was that my husband, having rescued a favorite picture from the burning
building, had carried it about among the crowd for some time before he
could find a place in which to put it safely."
Another case, related by Stead, the same authority, runs as follows: "The
father of a son who had sailed on the 'Strathmore,' an emigrant ship
outbound from the Clyde saw one night the ship foundering amid the waves,
and saw that his son, with some others, had escaped safely to a desert
island near which the wreck had taken place. He was so much impressed by
this vision that he wrote to the owner of the 'Strathmore' telling him
what he had seen. His information was scouted; but after a while the
'Strathmore' became overdue, and the owner became uneasy. Day followed
day, and still no tidings of the missing ship. Then like Pharaoh's butler,
the owner remembered his sins one day, and hunted up the letter describing
the vision. It supplied at least a theory to account for the ship's
disappearance. All outward-bound ships were requested to look out for any
survivors on the island indicated in the vision. These orders were obeyed,
and the survivors of the 'Strathmore' were found exactly where the father
had seen them."
The Society for Psychical Research mentions another interesting case, as
follows: "Dr. Golinski, a physician of Kremeutchug, Russia, was taking an
after-dinner nap in the afternoon, about half-past three o'clock. He had a
vision in which he saw himself called out on a professional visit, which
took him to a little room with dark hangings. To the right of the door he
saw a chest of drawers, upon which rested a little paraffine lamp of
special pattern, different from anything he had ever seen before. On the
left of the door, he saw a woman suffering from a severe hemorrhage. He
then saw himself giving her professional treatment. Then he awoke,
suddenly, and saw that it was just half-past four o'clock. Within ten
minutes after he awoke, he was called out on a professional visit, and on
entering the bedroom he saw all the details that had appeared to him in
his vision. There was the chest of drawers--there was the peculiar
lamp--there was the woman on the bed, suffering from the hemorrhage. Upon
inquiry, he found that she had grown worse between three and four o'clock,
and had anxiously desired that he come to her about that time, finally
dispatching a messenger for him at half-past four, the moment at which he
awoke."
Another, and a most peculiar, phase of space clairvoyance is that in which
certain persons so awaken the astral senses of other persons that these
persons perceive the first person--usually in the form of seemingly seeing
the person present in the immediate vicinity, just as one would see a
ghostly visitor. In some cases there is manifested double-clairvoyance,
both persons visioning clairvoyantly; in other cases, only the person
"visited" astrally senses the occurrence. The following cases illustrate
this form of space clairvoyance.
W.T. Stead relates the case of a lady well known to him, who spontaneously
developed the power of awakening astral perception in others. She seemed
to "materialize" in their presence. Her power in this direction became a
source of considerable anxiety and worry to her friends to whom she would
pay unexpected and involuntary visits, frightening them out of their wits
by the appearance of her "ghost." They naturally thought that she had died
suddenly and had appeared to them in ghostly form. The lady, her self,
was totally unconscious of the appearance, though she admitted that at or
about the times of the appearances she had been thinking of her friends
whom she visited astrally.
The German writer, Jung Stilling, mentions the case of a man of good
character who had developed power of this kind, but also was conscious of
his visits. He exerted the power consciously by an effort of will, it
seems. At one time he was consulted by the wife of a sea captain whose
husband was on a long voyage to Europe and Asia (sailing from America).
His ship was long overdue, and his wife was quite worried about him. She
consulted the gentleman in question, and he promised to do what he could
for her. Leaving the room he threw himself on a couch and was seen by the
lady (who peered through the half-opened door) to be in a state of
semi-trance. Finally he returned and told her that he had visited her
husband in a coffee-house in London, and gave her husband's reasons for
not writing, adding that her husband would soon return to America. When
her husband returned several months later, the wife asked him about the
matter. He informed her that the clairvoyant's report was correct in every
particular. Upon being introduced to the clairvoyant, the captain
manifested great surprise, saying that he had met the man in question on a
certain day in a coffee-house in London, and that the man had told him
that his wife was worried about him, and that he had told the man that he
had been prevented from writing for several reasons, and that he was on
the eve of beginning his return voyage to America. He added that when he
looked for the man a few moments afterwards, the stranger had apparently
lost himself in the crowd, disappeared and was seen no more by him.
The Society for Psychical Research gives prominence to the celebrated case
of the member of the London Stock Exchange, whose identity it conceals
under the initials "S.H.B.," who possessed this power of voluntary
awakening of astral sight in others by means of his "appearance" to them.
The man relates his experience to the Society as follows: "One Sunday
night in November, 1881, I was in Kildare Gardens, when I willed very
strongly that I would visit in the spirit two lady friends, the Misses X.,
who were living three miles off, in Hogarth Road. I willed that I should
do this at one o'clock in the morning, and having willed it, I went to
sleep. Next Thursday, when I first met my friends, the elder lady told me
that she woke up and saw my apparition advancing to her bedside. She
screamed and woke her sisters, who also saw me." (The report includes the
signed statement of the ladies, giving the time of the appearance, and the
details thereof.)
"Again, on December 1, 1882, I was at Southall. At half-past nine I sat
down to endeavor to fix my mind so strongly upon the interior of a house
at Kew, where Miss V. and her sister lived, that I seemed to be actually
in the house. I was conscious, but was in a kind of mesmeric sleep. When
I went to bed that night, I willed to be in the front bedroom of that
house at Kew at twelve; and to make my presence felt by the inmates. Next
day I went to Kew. Miss V.'s married sister told me, without any prompting
from me, that she had seen me in the passage going from one room to
another at half-past nine o'clock, and that at twelve, when she was wide
awake, she saw me come to the front bedroom, where she slept, and take her
hair, which is very long, into my hand. She said I then took her hand, and
gazed into the palm intently. She said, 'You need not look at the lines,
for I never have any trouble.' She then woke her sister. When Mrs. L. told
me this, I took out the entry that I had made the previous night and read
it to her. Mrs. L. is quite sure she was not dreaming. She had only seen
me once before, two years previously. Again, on March 22, 1884, I wrote to
Mr. Gurney, of the Psychical Research Society, telling him that I was
going to make my presence felt by Miss V., at 44 Norland Square, at
midnight. Ten days afterwards, I saw Miss V., when she voluntarily told me
that on Saturday at midnight, she distinctly saw me, when she was quite
wide awake."
The records of the psychic researchers are filled with numerous accounts
of cases in which similar astral projections have occurred when the person
was on his or her death-bed, but was still alive. It would seem that under
such circumstances the astral senses are very much freer from the
interference of the physical senses, and tend to manifest very strongly
in the form of appearances to persons in whom the dying person is attached
by the ties of affection. Many who read this course have known of cases of
this kind, for they are of quite frequent occurrence.
The student will notice that in the majority of the cases cited in this
chapter the clairvoyant has been in a state of sleep, or semi-sleep--often
in a dream condition. But you must not jump to the conclusion that this
condition is always necessary for the manifestation of this phenomenon. On
the contrary, the advanced and well developed clairvoyants usually assume
merely a condition of deep reverie or meditation, shutting out the sounds
and thoughts of the physical plane, so as to be able to function better on
the astral plane.
The reason that so many recorded cases have occurred when the clairvoyant
person was asleep, and the vision appeared as a dream, is simply because
in such a condition the physical senses of the person are stilled and at
rest, and there is less likelihood of interference from them, and a better
opportunity for the astral senses to function effectively. It is like the
familiar cases in which one becomes so wrapped up in viewing a beautiful
work of art, or in listening to a beautiful musical rendition, that he or
she forgets all about the sights and sounds of the world outside. One
sometimes gets into this same condition when reading an interesting book,
or when witnessing an interesting play. When the psychic powers are
concentrated upon any one channel of vision, the others fail to register
a clear impression. The same rule holds good on the astral plane, as on
the physical.
There are certain psychic conditions which are especially conducive to the
manifestation of clairvoyant phenomena, as all students of the subject
know very well. These conditions are somewhat hard to induce, at least
until the clairvoyant has had considerable experience and practice. But,
in the state of sleep, the person induces the desired conditions, in many
cases, though he is not consciously doing so. As might naturally be
expected, therefore, the majority of the recorded cases of clairvoyance
have occurred when the clairvoyant person has been asleep.
I should also state, once more, that in many cases in which the
clairvoyant has witnessed the "appearance" of another person, as in the
cases such as I have just mentioned, there is always the possibility of
the person having actually appeared in his astral body, unconsciously to
himself of course. No one but a skilled occultist is able to distinguish
between cases of this kind. The line between this class of clairvoyance
and astral appearance is very thin, and, in fact, the two classes of
phenomena shade and blend into each other. In reality, when one gets down
to bottom principles, there is very little difference between the actual
appearance in the astral body, and the strong projection of one's presence
by means of will, conscious or unconscious, along the lines of awakening
the clairvoyant vision of others. To attempt to explain the slight points
of difference here, would only involve the student in a mass of technical
description which would tend to confuse, rather than to enlighten
him--from this I refrain.
LESSON XI.
The third great class of clairvoyant phenomena, known as Time
Clairvoyance, is divided into two sub-classes, as follows: (1) Past-Time
Clairvoyance; and (2) Future-Time Clairvoyance. The characteristics of
each of these sub-classes is indicated by its name.
Past-Time Clairvoyance, as indicated by the name, is that class of
clairvoyant phenomena which is concerned with the perception of facts,
events and happenings of past time. Whether the happening is that of five
minutes ago, or of five thousand years ago, the principles involved are
precisely the same. One is no more or less wonderful than is the other.
Many students confess themselves perplexed when they are first confronted
with this class of phenomena. While they find it comparatively easy to see
how by astral vision the clairvoyant is able to sense events happening at
that moment, though thousands of miles away from the observer, they cannot
at first understand how one can "see" a thing no longer in existence, but
which disappeared from sight thousands of years ago. Naturally, they ask
to be informed how this is possible, before proceeding to develop the
faculty itself. Believing that this question is now being asked by you,
the student of these lessons, I shall pause for a few moments and show you
"just how" this wonderful thing becomes possible to the clairvoyant.
In the first place, it would undoubtedly be impossible to perceive a
thing, even by astral vision, if it had entirely disappeared at some time
in the past--this would be beyond all natural powers, astral as well as
physical. But, as a matter of fact, the things of the past have not
entirely disappeared, but, on the contrary, while having disappeared on
the physical plane they still exist on the astral plane. I shall endeavor
to explain this wonderful fact of nature to you in plain terms, although
it belongs to one of the most mysterious classes of the occult facts of
the universe.
In the occult teachings we find many references to "the Akashic Records,"
or what is sometimes called "the records of the Astral Light." Without
going into technical occult definitions and explanations, I will say to
you that the gist of this occult teaching is that in that high form of the
universal substance which is called the Universal Ether there is found to
be recorded all the happenings of the entire World Cycle of which the
present time is a part. All that has happened from the very beginning of
this World Cycle, millions of years ago, is preserved on these astral
records, and may be read by the advanced clairvoyant or other person
possessing occult powers of this kind. These records perish only with the
termination of a World Cycle, which will not happen for millions of years
yet to come.
To those who cannot accept the reasonableness of this occult fact, I would
say that there are analogies to be found on other planes of natural
manifestation. For instance, as astronomy teaches us, a star may be
blotted out of existence, and yet its light will persist long after
(perhaps until the end of world-time) traveling along at the rate of
186,000 miles each second. The light that we now see coming from the
distant stars has left those stars many years ago--in some cases thousands
of years ago. We see them not as they are now, but as they were at the
time the ray of light left them, many years ago; The astronomers inform us
that if one of these stars had been
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sands) of years ago, we would still see it as in actual existence. In
fact, it is believed that some of these stars which we see twinkling at
night have actually been blotted out hundreds of years ago. We will not be
aware of this fact until the light rays suddenly cease reaching us, after
their journey of billions of miles and hundreds of years. A star blotted
out of existence today would be seen by our children, and children's
The heat from a stove will be felt in a room long after the stove has been
removed from it. A room will long contain the odor of something that has
been removed from it. It is said that in one of the old mosques of Persia
there may be perceived the faint odor of the musk that was exposed there
hundreds of years ago--the very walls are saturated with the pungent odor.
Again, is it not wonderful that our memories preserve the images of the
sounds and forms which were placed there perhaps fifty years and more
ago? How do these memory images survive and exist? Though we may have
thought of the past thing for half a lifetime, yet, suddenly its image
flashes into our consciousness. Surely this is as wonderful as the Akashic
Records, though its "commonness" makes it lose its wonderful appearance to
Camille Flammarion, the eminent French astronomer, in a book written over
twenty-five years ago, and which is now out of print, I believe, pictured
a possible condition of affairs in which a disembodied soul would be able
to perceive events that happened in the past, by simply taking a position
in space in which he would be able to catch the light-waves that emanated
from a distant planet at that particular time in the past the happenings
of which he wanted to perceive. The little book was called "Lumen"--I
advise you to read it, if you can find it in your public libraries.
Another writer has written somewhat along the same lines. I herewith give
you a quotation from him, that you may get the idea he wishes to
express--it will help you in your conception of the Akashic Records. He
says: "When we see anything, whether it be the book we hold in our hands,
or a star millions of miles away, we do so by means of a vibration in the
ether, commonly called a ray of light, which passes from the object seen
to our eyes. Now the speed with which this vibration passes is so
great--about 186,000 miles in a second--that when we are considering any
object in our own world we may regard it as practically instantaneous.
When, however, we come to deal with interplanetary distances we have to
take the speed of light into consideration, for an appreciable period is
occupied in traversing these vast spaces. For example, it takes eight
minutes and a quarter for light to travel to us from the sun, so that when
we look at the solar orb we see it by means of a ray of light which left
it more than eight minutes ago. From this follows a very curious result.
The ray of light by which we see the sun can obviously report to us only
the state of affairs' which existed in that luminary when it started on
its journey, and would not be in the least affected by anything that
happened after it left; so that we really see the sun not as it is, but as
it was eight minutes ago. That is to say that if anything important took
place in the sun--the formation of a new sun-spot, for instance--an
astronomer who was watching the orb through his telescope at the time
would be unaware of the incident while it was happening, since the ray of
light bearing the news would not reach him until more than eight minutes
"The difference is more striking when we consider the fixed stars, because
in their case the distances are so enormously greater. The pole star, for
example, is so far off that light, traveling at the inconceivable speed
above mentioned, takes a little more than fifty years to reach our eyes;
and from that follows the strange but inevitable inference that we see the
pole star not as or where it is at this moment, but as and where it was
fifty years ago. Nay, if tomorrow some cosmic catastrophe were to shatter
the pole star into fragments, we should still see it peacefully shining in
the sky all the rest of our lives; our children would grow up to
middle-age and gather their children about them in turn before the news of
that tremendous accident reached any terrestial eye. In the same way there
are other stars so far distant that light takes thousands of years to
travel from them to us, and with reference to their condition our
information is therefore thousands of years behind time. Now carry the
argument a step farther. Suppose that we were able to place a man at the
distance of 186,000 miles from the earth, and yet to endow him with the
wonderful faculty of being able from that distance to see what was
happening here as clearly as though he were still close beside us. It is
evident that a man so placed would see everything a second after the time
it really happened, and so at the present moment he would be seeing what
happened a second ago. Double that distance, and he would be two seconds
behind time, and so on; remove him to the distance of the sun (still
allowing him to preserve the same mysterious power of sight) and he would
look down and watch you doing not what you are doing now, but what you
were doing eight minutes and a quarter ago. Carry him to the pole star,
and he would see passing before his eyes the events of fifty years ago; he
would be watching the childish gambols of those who at the same moment
were really middle-aged men. Marvellous as this may sound, it is
literally and scientifically true, and cannot be denied."
Flammarion, in his story, called "Lumen," makes his spirit hero pass at
will along the ray of light from the earth, seeing the things of different
eras of earth-time. He even made him travel backward along that ray, thus
seeing the happenings in reverse order, as in a moving picture running
backward. This story is of the greatest interest to the occultist, for
while the Akashic Records are not the same as the light records, yet the
analogy is so marked in many ways that the occultist sees here another
exemplification of the old occult axiom that "as above, so below; as
below, so above."
I take the liberty of quoting here from my little book, "The Astral
World," in order to give you some further idea of the nature of these
records in the Astral Light. The reader is supposed to be travelling in
his astral body, having the phenomena of the astral pointed out to him by
a competent occultist acting as his guide. The occultist-guide says to the
student: "Changing our vibrations, we find ourselves entering a strange
region, the nature of which you at first fail to discern. Pausing a moment
until your astral vision becomes attuned to the peculiar vibrations of
this region, you will find that you are becoming gradually aware of what
may be called an immense picture gallery, spreading out in all directions,
and apparently bearing a direct relation to every point of space on the
surface of the earth. At first, you find it difficult to decipher the
meaning of this great array of pictures. The trouble arises from the fact
that they are arranged not one after the other in sequence on a flat
plane; but rather in sequence, one after another, in a peculiar order
which may be called the order of 'X-ness in space,' because it is neither
the dimension of length, breadth, or depth--it is practically the order of
the fourth dimension in space, which cannot be described in terms of
ordinary spatial dimension. Again, you find upon closely examining the
pictures that they are very minute--practically microscopic in size--and
require the use of the peculiar magnifying power of astral vision to bring
them up to a size capable of being recognized by your faculty of visual
recognition.
"The astral vision, when developed, is capable of magnifying any object,
material or astral, to an enormous degree--for instance, the trained
occultist is able to perceive the whirling atoms and corpuscles of matter,
by means of this peculiarity of astral vision. Likewise, he is able to
plainly perceive many fine vibrations of light which are invisible to the
ordinary sight. In fact, the peculiar Astral Light which pervades this
region is due to the power of the astral vision to perceive and register
these fine vibrations of light. Bring this power of magnifying into
operation, and you will see that each of the little points and details of
the great world picture so spread before you in the Astral Light is really
a complete scene of a certain place on earth, at a certain period in the
history of the earth. It resembles one of the small views in a series of
moving pictures--a single view of a roll-film. It is fixed, and not in
motion, and yet we can move forward along the fourth dimension, and thus
obtain a moving picture of the history of any point on the surface of the
earth, or even combine the various points into a large moving picture, in
the same way. Let us prove this by actual experiment. Close your eyes for
a moment, while we travel back in time (so to speak) along the series of
these astral records--for, indeed, they travel back to the beginning of
the history of the earth. Now open your eyes! Looking around you, you
perceive the pictured representation of strange scenes filled with persons
wearing a peculiar garb--but all is still, no life, no motion.
"Now, let us move forward in time, at much higher rate than that in which
the astral views were registered. You now see flying before you the great
movement of life on a certain point of space, in a far distant age. From
birth to death you see the life of these strange people, all in the space
of a few moments. Great battles are fought, and cities rise before your
eyes, all in a great moving picture flying at a tremendous speed. Now
stop, and then let us move backward in time, still gazing at the moving
pictures. You see a strange sight, like that of 'reversing the film' in a
moving picture. You see everything moving backward--cities crumbling into
nothingness, men arising from their graves, and growing younger each
second until they are finally born as babes--everything moving backward in
time, instead of forward. You can thus witness any great historical event,
or follow the career of any great personage from birth to death--or
backward. You will notice, moreover, that everything is semi-transparent,
and that accordingly you can see the picture of what is going on inside of
buildings as well as outside of them. Nothing escapes the Astral Light
Records. Nothing can be concealed from it. By traveling to any point in
time, on the fourth dimension, you may begin at that point, and see a
moving picture of the history of any part of the earth from that time to
the present--or you may reverse the sequence by travelling backward, as we
have seen. You may also travel in the Astral, on ordinary space
dimensions, and thus see what happened simultaneously all over the earth,
at any special moment of past-time, if you wish."
Now, I do not for a moment wish you to understand that the above
experience is possible to every clairvoyant who is able to sense past-time
events and happenings. On the contrary, the above experience is possible
only to the advanced occultist, or to the student whom he may take with
him on an astral trip, in the astral body. The clairvoyant merely catches
glimpses of certain phases and fields of the great astral record region or
state. For that matter, the ordinary clairvoyant merely sees a reflection
of the true Astral-Light pictures--a reflection similar to that of a
landscape reflected in a pond. Moreover, this reflection may be (and
frequently is) disturbed as if by the ripples and waves of the pond in
which the landscape is reflected. But, still, even the ordinary
clairvoyant is able to secure results which are wonderful enough in all
truth, and which far transcend the power of the person functioning on the
physical plane alone.
Past-time clairvoyance is frequently induced by means of psychometry, in
which the clairvoyant is able to have "the loose end" to unwind the ball
of time. But, still, in some cases the clairvoyant is able to get en
rapport with the astral records of past-time by the ordinary methods of
meditation, etc. The main obstacle in the last mentioned case is the
difficulty of coming in contact with the exact period of past-time sought
for--in psychometry, the vibrations of the "associated object" supplies
the missing-link.
Lacking the "associated object," the clairvoyant may obtain the link by
bringing into the imagination some associated scene of that
time--something else that happened about the same time. All that is needed
is to get hold of something associated in space or in time with the sought
for scene. All that is needed is the "loose end" of association. Sometimes
the clairvoyant senses some past-time experience, the place and time of
which is unknown to him. In such cases, it is necessary for him to get
hold of some "loose end" by which he may work out the solution. For
instance, the picture of a certain building or personage, or historical
happening, may give the key to the mystery.
In very high forms of past-time clairvoyance, the clairvoyant is able not
only to perceive the actual happenings of the past, but also to actually
sense the thought and feelings of the actors therein--for these, too, are
recorded on the astral plane. In other cases, the clairvoyant person is
able to picture scenes and happenings relating to his past incarnations,
even though he is not able to sense other past-time events and scenes.
But, here again, many good past-time clairvoyants are not able to catch
these glimpses of their own past lives, though able to perceive those of
other persons. All these variations are due to certain technical
differences into which I cannot go into detail at this place. Again some
persons are able to perceive events that have happened to persons present
before them, but are not able to contact past-time events in the ordinary
way. There are a thousand-and-one variations in clairvoyant work. Only the
highly advanced occultist is master of all of them. But, still every one
may develop himself or herself, from humble beginnings.
In concluding this lesson, I wish to call your attention to the following
advice from a man well advanced in the knowledge of the astral plane. He
says: "It would be well for all students to bear in mind that occultism is
the apotheosis of common-sense, and that every vision that comes to them
is not necessarily a picture from the Akashic Records, nor every
experience a revelation from on high. It is far better to err on the side
of healthy skepticism, than of over-credulity, and it is an admirable
rule never to hunt about for an occult explanation of anything when a
plain and obvious physical one is available. Our duty is to endeaveor to
keep our balance always, and never to lose our self-control, but to take a
reasonable, common-sense view of whatever may happen to us, so that we may
be wiser occultists, and more useful helpers than we have ever been
"We find examples of all degrees of the power to see into this 'memory of
nature,' from the trained man who can consult the records for himself at
will, down to the person who gets nothing but occasional vague glimpses,
or has perhaps had only once such glimpse. But even the man who possesses
this faculty only partially and occasionally still finds it of the deepest
interest. The psychometer, who needs an object physically connected with
the past in order to bring it all into life again around him; and the
crystal-gazer who can sometimes direct his less certain astral telescope
to some historic scene of long ago, may both derive the greatest enjoyment
from the exercise of their respective gifts, even though they may not
always understand exactly how their results are obtained, and may not have
them fully under control under all circumstances.
"In many cases of the lower manifestations of these powers we find that
they are exercised unconsciously. Many a crystal-gazer watches scenes from
the past without being able to distinguish them from visions of the
present. And many a vaguely-psychic person finds pictures constantly
arising before his eyes, without ever realizing that he is in effect
psychometrizing the various objects around him, as he happens to touch
them or stand near them. An interesting variant of this class of psychics
is the man who is able to psychometrize persons only, and not inanimate
objects as is more usual. In most cases this faculty shows itself
erratically, so that such a psychic will, when introduced to a stranger,
often see in a flash some prominent event in that stranger's earlier life,
but on similar occasions will receive no special impression. More rarely
we meet with someone who gets detailed visions of the past life of nearly
everyone whom he encounters. It may easily happen, moreover, that a person
may see a picture of the past without recognizing it as such, unless there
happens to be in it something which attracts special attention, such as a
figure in armor, or in antique costume. Its probable, therefore, that
occasional glimpses of these astral reflections of the akashic records are
commoner than the published accounts would lead us to believe."
I would say to my students, make haste slowly. Do not try to rush
development too rapidly. Perfect and develop yourself in one line of
psychic power, before seeking another. Take things cooly, and do not lose
your head because you happen to achieve some wonderful phenomena. Do not
become conceited and vain-glorious. And, finally, do not prostitute your
powers to ignoble ends, and make a cheap show of them. By cheapening and
prostituting the higher psychic powers, the student frequently ends by
losing them altogether. Moderation in all things is the safe policy. And
it always is well for the occultist to resist temptation to use his powers
for unworthy, sensational, or purely selfish purposes.
LESSON XII.
Future-Time Clairvoyance, as indicated by its name, is that class of
events and happenings of future time. In this class of clairvoyant
phenomena naturally fall all genuine cases of prophecy, prevision,
foretelling, second-sight, etc. History, theological and secular, is
filled with instances of the foretelling of the future by prophets, wise
men, and others. By many, such powers are generally regarded as
supernatural or divine. Without wishing to combat such theories and
beliefs, I would say that the advanced occultists account for all such
phenomena under the general laws of clairvoyance.
But while the phenomena itself is very well known, and is accepted as
genuine in even many cases in which past-time clairvoyance is doubted,
still it is even more difficult to explain than is past-time clairvoyance
based on the Akashic Records or the Astral Light. To the person not well
versed in occult knowledge, and esoteric principles, it is deemed
impossible to intelligently account for the perception of an event before
it has actually happened--perhaps years before its actual happening. While
I cannot hope to make this matter absolutely clear to the person who is
not an advanced student of occultism, still I shall try to throw at least
some light on the underlying principles of this wonderful class of occult
phenomena. The main point for the student to realize is that there are
natural laws underlying this phenomenon, and that it is not a matter of
supernatural power, or necessarily of divine special dispensation.
In the first place, in some of the simpler forms of future-time
clairvoyance, there is merely a high development of subconscious reasoning
from analogy. That is to say, the subconscious mental faculties of the
person reason out that such-and-so being the case, then it follows that
so-and-so will result, unless something entirely unexpected should prevent
or intervene. This is merely an extension of certain forms of reasoning
that we perform ordinarily. For instance, we see a child playing with a
sharp tool, and we naturally reason that it will cut itself. We see a man
acting in certain ways which generally lead to certain ends, and we
naturally reason that the expected result will occur. The more experience
that the observer has had, and the keener his faculty of perception and
his power of deductive reasoning, the wider will be the range of his power
in the direction of predicting future results from present happenings and
In this connection, we must remember that the ordinary clairvoyant has
easier access to his subconscious mentality than has the average person.
The subconscious mind perceives and notes many little things that the
conscious mind overlooks, and therefore has better data from which to
reason. Moreover, as all students of the subconscious know, these
wonderful subconscious mental factulties have a very highly developed
power of reasoning deductively from a given premise or fact. In fact, the
subconscious faculties are almost perfect reasoning machines, providing
they are supplied with correct data in the first place. Much of the
so-called "intuitive reasoning" of persons arises from the operations of
the subconscious mental faculties just mentioned.
But, you may say, this is very interesting, but it is not clairvoyance.
Certainly, good student, but still clairvoyance plays an important part
even in this elementary form of prevision and future-seeing. You must
remember that by clairvoyant vision the real thoughts and feelings of a
person may be perceived. But, unless the attention of the clairvoyant is
specially directed to this, the conscious mind does not note it, and the
matter reaches the subconscious faculties without interference or
conscious knowledge on the part of the clairvoyant. This being so, it will
be seen that the subconscious mind of the clairvoyant is able to reason
deductively, in such cases, far beyond the power of even the subconscious
mind of the ordinary person--it has fuller data and more complete material
to work upon, of course.
It has become a proverb of the race that "coming events cast their shadows
before"; and many persons frequently have little flashes of future-time
seeing without realizing that they are really exercising elementary
clairvoyant powers. The combination of even a simple form of clairvoyance
and an active subconscious mind will often produce very wonderful
results--although not of course the more complex phenomena of full
clairvoyance and prevision. Some persons have claimed that even this form
of prevision implies something like fate or predestination, but this is
not fully true, for we must remember the fact that in some cases it is
possible to so act in accordance with a clairvoyant warning of this kind
that the impending calamity may be escaped. But, on the other hand, we
must also remember that every event is the result of certain preceding
events, without which it could not have happened, and which existing it
must happen unless some new element intervenes. There is such a thing as
cause and effect, we must remember--and if we can reason clearly from one
to the other with sufficient clearness, then we may actually prophesy
certain things in advance, always making allowance for the intervention of
the unexpected.
An authority says on this phase of the question: "There is no doubt
whatever that, just as what is happening now is the result of causes set
in motion in the past, so what will happen in the future will be the
result of causes already in operation. Even on this plane of life we can
calculate that if certain actions are performed, certain results will
follow; but our reckoning is constantly liable to be disturbed by the
interference of factors which we have not been able to take into account.
But if we raise our consciousness to the higher planes we can see much
further into the results of our actions. We can trace, for example, the
effect of a casual word, not only upon the person to whom it was
addressed, but through him on many others as it is passed on in widening
circles, until it seems to have affected the whole country; and one
glimpse of such a vision is more efficient than any number of moral
precepts in impressing upon us the necessity of extreme circumspection in
thought, word, and deed. Not only can we from that plane see thus fully
the result of every action, but we can also see where and in what way the
results of other actions apparently quite unconnected with it will
interfere with and modify it. In fact, it may be said that the results of
all causes at present in action are clearly visible--that the future, as
it would be if no entirely new causes should arise, lies open before our
gaze.
"New causes of course do arise, because man's will is free; but in the
case of all ordinary people the use which they make of their freedom may
be calculated beforehand with considerable accuracy. The average man has
so little real will that he is very much the creature of circumstances;
his action in previous lives places him amid certain surroundings, and
their influence upon him is so very much the most important factor in his
life-story that his future course may be predicted with almost
mathematical certainty. With the developed man the case is different; for
him also the main events of life are arranged by his past actions, but the
way in which he will allow them to affect him, the methods by which he
will deal with them and perhaps triumph over them--these are all his own,
and they cannot be foreseen even on the mental plane except as
probabilities.
"Looking down on man's life in this way from above, it seems as though his
free will could be exercised only in certain crises in his career. He
arrives at a point in his life where there are obviously two or three
alternative courses open before him; he is absolutely free to choose which
of them he pleases, and although someone who knew his nature thoroughly
well might feel almost certain what his choice would be, such knowledge on
his friend's part is in no sense a compelling force. But when he has
chosen, he has to go through with it and take the consequences; having
entered upon a particular path he may, in many cases, be forced to go on
for a very long time before he has any opportunity to turn aside. His
position is somewhat like that of a driver of a train; when he comes to a
junction he may have the points set either this way or that, and so can
pass on to whichever line he pleases, but when he has passed on to one of
them he is compelled to run on along the line which he has selected until
he reaches another set of points, where again an opportunity of choice is
offered to him."
But, interesting and wonderful as this phase of future-time clairvoyance
undoubtedly is, it pales before the fuller and more complete phases. And,
in the latter, we must look elsewhere for the explanation--or approach to
an explanation. The explanation of this higher form of future-time
clairvoyance must be looked for in a new conception of the nature and
meaning of time. It is difficult to approach this question without
becoming at once involved in technical metaphysical discussion. As an
example of this difficulty, I invite you to consider the following from
Sir Oliver Lodge, in his address to the British Association, at Cardiff,
several years ago. While what he says is very clear to the mind of a
person trained along these lines of subtle thought, it will be almost like
Greek to the average person. Sir Oliver Lodge said:
"A luminous and helpful idea is that time is but a relative mode of
regarding things; we progress through phenomena at a certain definite
pace, and this subjective advance we interpret in an objective manner, as
if events moved necessarily in this order and at this precise rate. But
that may be only one mode of regarding them. The events may be in some
sense of existence always, both past and future, and it may be we who are
arriving at them, not they which are happening. The analogy of a traveller
in a railway train is useful; if he could never leave the train nor alter
its pace he would probably consider the landscapes as necessarily
successive and be unable to conceive their co-existence * * * We perceive,
therefore, a possible fourth dimensional aspect about time, the
inexorableness of whose flow may be a natural part of our present
limitations. And if we once grasp the idea that past and future may be
actually existing, we can recognize that they may have a controlling
influence on all present action, and the two together may constitute the
'higher plane' or totality of things after which, as it seems to me, we
are impelled to seek, in connection with the directing of form or
determinism, and the action of living being consciously directed to a
definite and preconceived end."
Sir Oliver's illustration is somewhat akin to that of a person who sees a
moving-picture show for the first time, and does not know how it is
produced. To him it looks as if the events of the pictured story actually
were developing and happening in time, whereas, in reality the whole
picture is existing at one time. Its past, present and future is already
pictured, and may be seen by one who knows the secret and how to look for
the past or future scene; while, to the ordinary observer, the scene
progresses in sequence, the present being followed by something else which
is at this moment "in the future," and therefore, unknowable. To the
senses of the ordinary observer only the present is in existence; while,
in fact, the "future" is equally truly in existence at the same time,
although not evident to the senses of the observer. Think over this a
little, and let the idea sink into your mind--it may help you to
understand something concerning the mystery of future-time clairvoyance,
prevision, or second-sight.
Time, you know, is far more relative than we generally conceive it. It is
a scientific fact that a person in the dream state may cover years of
time in a dream that occupies only a few seconds of time. Persons have
nodded and awakened immediately afterwards (as proved by others present in
the room), and yet in that moment's time they have dreamed of long
journeys to foreign lands, great campaigns of war, etc. Moreover, a loud
sound (a pistol shot, for instance) which has awakened a sleeping person,
has also set into effect a dream-state train of circumstances,
constituting a long dream-state story which, after many events and
happenings, terminated in the shot of a firing-squad--and then the man
awoke. Now in this last mentioned case, not only has the dreamer
experienced events covering a long time, all in the space of a second of
time; but, also, the very sound which terminated the dream, also induced
it from the very beginning--the last thing caused the first things to
appear and proceed in sequence to the last! Persons under the influence of
chloroform, or "laughing gas," have similar experiences--often the first
sound heard at the moment of recovering consciousness seems to be the last
thing in a long dream which preceded it, though the long dream was really
caused by the final sound. Now, remember, that here not only did past,
present and future exist at the same moment of time; but, also, the future
caused the past and present to come into being.
On the physical plane, we have analogies illustrating this fact. It is
said that in every acorn rests and exists, in miniature, the form of the
future oak. And, some go so far as to say that the oak is the "ultimate
cause" of the acorn--that the idea of the oak caused the acorn to be at
all. In the same way, the "idea" of the man must be in the infant boy,
from the moment of birth, and even from the moment of conception.
But, let us pass on to the bold conception of the most advanced
metaphysicians--they have a still more dazzling explanation, let us listen
to it.
These occultists and metaphysicians who have thought long and deeply upon
the ultimate facts and nature of the universe, have dared to think that
there must exist some absolute consciousness--some absolute mind--which
must perceive the past, present and future of the universe as one
happening; as simultaneously and actively present at one moment of
absolute time. They reason that just as man may see as one happening of a
moment of his time some particular event which might appear as a year to
some minute form of life and mind--the microscopic creatures in a drop of
water, for instance; so that which seems as a year, or a hundred years, to
the mind of man may appear as the happening of a single moment of a higher
scale of time to some exalted Being or form of consciousness on a higher
plane. You remember that it is said that "a thousand years is but as a day
to the Lord;" and the Hindu Vedas tell us that "the creation, duration,
and destruction of the universe, is as but the time of the twinkling of an
eye to Brahman." I shall not proceed further along this line--I have given
you a very strong hint here; you must work it out for yourself, if you
feel so disposed. But there are certain consequences arising from this
ultimate universal fact, which I must mention before passing on.
The high occult teachings hold that there is a plane of the higher astral
world which may be said to carry a reflection of the Universal Mind--just
as a lake contains a reflection of the distant mountain. Well, then, the
clairvoyant vision at times is able to penetrate to the realm of that
astral reflecting medium, and see somewhat dimly what is pictured there.
As the future may be discerned in this reflected picture, by the
clairvoyant mind, we see how future-seeing, prevision, and second-sight
may be explained scientifically.
A writer has said: "On this plane, in some manner which down here is
totally inexplicable, the past, the present, and the future, are all there
existing simultaneously. One can only accept this fact, for its cause lies
in the faculty of that exalted plane, and the way in which this higher
faculty works is naturally quite incomprehensible to the physical brain.
Yet now and then one may meet with a hint that seems to bring us a trifle
nearer to a dim possibility of comprehension. When the pupil's
consciousness is fully developed upon this higher plane, therefore,
perfect prevision is possible to him, though he may not--nay, he certainly
will not--be able to bring the whole result of his sight through fully and
in order into his physical consciousness. Still, a great deal of clear
foresight is obviously within his power whenever he likes to exercise it;
and even when he is not exercising it, frequent flashes of foreknowledge
come through into his ordinary life, so that he often has an instantaneous
intuition as to how things will turn out."
The same writer says: "Short of perfect prevision we find that all degrees
of this type of clairvoyance exist, from the occasional vague premonitions
which cannot in any true sense be called sight at all, up to frequent and
fairly complete second-sight. The faculty to which this latter somewhat
misleading name has been given is an extremely interesting one, and would
well repay more careful and systematic study than has hitherto been given
to it. It is best known to us as a not infrequent possession of the
Scottish Highlanders, though it is by no means confined to them.
Occasional instances of it have appeared in almost every nation, but it
has always been commonest among mountaineers and men of lonely life. With
us in England it is often spoken of as if it were the exclusive appanage
of the Celtic race, but in reality it has appeared among similarly
situated peoples the world over, it is stated, for example, to be very
common among the Westphalian peasantry.
"Sometimes the second-sight consists of a picture clearly foreshowing some
coming event; more frequently, perhaps, the glimpse of the future is given
in some symbolical appearance. It is noteworthy that the events foreseen
are invariably unpleasant ones--death being the commonest of all; I do not
recollect a single instance in which the second-sight has shown anything
which was not of the most gloomy nature. It has a ghastly symbolism of
its own--a symbolism of shrouds and corpse-candles, and other funeral
horrors. In some cases it appears to be to a certain extent dependent upon
locality, for it is stated that inhabitants of the Isle of Skye who
possess the faculty often lose it when they leave the island, even though
it be only to cross to the mainland. The gift of such sight is sometimes
hereditary in a family for generations, but this is not an invariable
rule, for it often appears sporadically in one member of a family
otherwise free from its lugubrious influence.
"There may be still some people who deny the possibility of prevision, but
such denial simply shows their ignorance of the evidence on the subject.
The large number of authenticated cases leave no room for doubt as to the
fact, but many of them are of such a nature as to render a reasonable
explanation by no means easy to find. It is evident that the Ego possesses
a certain amount of previsional faculty, and if the events foreseen were
always of great importance, one might suppose that an extraordinary
stimulus had enabled him for that occasion only to make a clear impression
of what he saw upon his lower personality. No doubt that is the
explanation of many of the cases in which death or grave disaster is
foreseen, but there are a large number of instances on record to which it
does not seem to apply, since the events foretold are frequently trivial
and unimportant."
In the following chapter I shall present to your consideration some very
remarkable cases of future-time clairvoyance, prevision, or second-sight;
some of these are historical cases, and all are vouched for by the best
authorities. I quote these cases not merely for their own interesting
features, but also to give you an idea of how remarkable some of these
instances are; and also to give you a clear conception of the way in which
this form of clairvoyance tends to manifest itself.
Before passing on to these interesting cases, however, I wish to remind
you that in future-time clairvoyance, as well as in past-time
clairvoyance, the phenomenon may be manifested in many ways and according
to several methods. That is to say, that in future-time clairvoyance the
vision may come in the state of meditation or reverie; it may come along
the lines of psychometry, some associated object or person supplying the
connecting link; or, again, it may come as the result of crystal-gazing,
etc. This is as we might naturally expect, for this form of clairvoyance
is merely one special and particular phase of clairvoyance in general, and
of course, comes under the general laws and rules governing all
clairvoyant phenomena.
Future-time clairvoyance, prevision and second-sight may, like any other
form of clairvoyance, be developed and unfolded, by means of the same
rules and methods that I have already suggested to you in the preceding
lessons. It is all a matter of attention, application, patience, exercise
and practice. I may say, however, that the strong desire and wish for the
perception of future events, held firmly in mind during the practicing and
exercising, will tend to unfold and develop the clairvoyant faculties in
this particular direction. Strong desire, and earnest attention in the
desired direction, will do much to cultivate, develop and unfold any
psychic faculty.
Just as meditation and reverie about past times and things tend to develop
past-time clairvoyance, so will meditation and reverie about future time
and things tend to develop prevision and the seeing of future things.
This, indeed, is the very first step toward the attainment of this form of
clairvoyance. The attention clears the psychic path, over which the astral
faculties travel. In the astral, as on the physical, the rule is: always
look where you are going--look ahead on the path over which you wish to
LESSON XIII.
Notwithstanding the difficulties in the way of an intelligent explanation
of the phenomena of future-time clairvoyance, second-sight, prevision,
etc., of which I have spoken in the preceding lesson, the human race has
always had a lively reminder of the existence of such phenomena; and the
records of the race have always contained many instances of the
manifestation thereof. Among all peoples, in all lands, in all times,
there have been noted remarkable instances of the power of certain persons
to peer into, and correctly report from, the mysterious regions of the
future. Passing from the traditional reports of the race, and the minor
instances known to almost every person, we find that the scientific
investigators of psychic phenomena have gathered together an enormous
array of well authenticated cases of this class. The reports of the
Society for Psychical research contain hundreds of such cases, which the
student may read and study with interest and profit.
It is not my intention to present a full history of the reports of this
character. Rather, I shall call your attention to a few striking cases, in
order to illustrate the phenomenon clearly and forcibly. There is such a
wealth of material of this kind that it embarrases one who wishes to
select from it. However, I shall do the best I can in that direction.
Following, to commence with, I give you extracts from a well known case
reported by a prominent member of the Theosophical Society, which has
attracted much attention. It was related to this person by one of the
actors in the scene. It happened in India. A party of English army
officers was entering a dense jungle. Then follows the story, as below:
"We plunged into the jungle, and had walked on for about an hour without
much success, when Cameron, who happened to be next to me, stopped
suddenly, turned pale as death, and, pointing straight before him, cried
in accents of horror: 'See! see! merciful heavens, look there!' 'Where?
what? what is it?' we all shouted confusedly, as we rushed up to him, and
looked around in expectation of encountering a tiger--a cobra--we hardly
knew what, but assuredly something terrible, since it had been sufficient
to cause such evident emotion in our usually self-contained comrade. But
neither tiger nor cobra was visible--nothing but Cameron pointing with
ghastly haggard face and starting eyeballs at something we could not see.
"'Cameron! Cameron!' cried I, seizing his arm, 'for heavens sake speak!
What is the matter?' Scarcely were the words out of my mouth when a low
but very peculiar sound struck upon my ear, and Cameron, dropping his
pointing hand, said in a hoarse, strained voice, 'There! you heard it?
Thank God it's over!' and fell to the ground insensible. There was a
momentary confusion while we unfastened his collar, and I dashed in his
face some water which I fortunately had in my flask, while another tried
to pour brandy between his clenched teeth; and under cover of it I
whispered to the man next to me (one of our greatest skeptics, by the
way), 'Beauchamp, did you hear anything?' 'Why, yes,' he replied, 'a
curious sound, very; a sort of crash or rattle far away in the distance,
yet very distinct; if the thing were not utterly impossible, I could have
sworn that it was the rattle of musketry.' 'Just my impression,' murmured
I; 'but hush! he is recovering.'
"In a minute or two he was able to speak feebly, and began to thank us and
apologize for giving trouble; and soon he sat up, leaning against a tree,
and in a firm, though low voice said: 'My dear friends, I feel that I owe
you an explanation of my extraordinary behavior. It is an explanation that
I would fain avoid giving; but it must come some time, and so may as well
be given now. You may perhaps have noticed that when during our voyage you
all joined in scoffing at dreams, portents and visions, I invariably
avoided giving any opinion on the subject. I did so because, while I had
no desire to court ridicule or provoke discussion, I was unable to agree
with you, knowing only too well from my own dread experience that the
world which men agree to call that of the supernatural is just as real
as--nay, perhaps even more real than--this world we see about us. In other
words, I, like many of my countrymen, am cursed with the gift of
second-sight--that awful faculty which foretells in vision calamities
that are shortly to occur.
"'Such a vision I had just now, and its exceptional horror moved me as you
have seen. I saw before me a corpse--not that of one who has died a
peaceful, natural death, but that of the victim of some terrible accident;
a ghastly, shapeless mass, with a face swollen, crushed, unrecognizable. I
saw this dreadful object placed in a coffin, and the funeral service
performed over it. I saw the burial-ground, I saw the clergyman: and
though I had never seen either before, I can picture both perfectly in my
mind's eye now; I saw you, myself, Beauchamp, all of us and many more,
standing round as mourners; I saw the soldiers raise their muskets after
the service was over; I heard the volley they fired--and then I knew no
more.' As he spoke of that volley of musketry I glanced across with a
shudder at Beauchamp, and the look of stony horror on that handsome
skeptic's face was not to be forgotten."
Omitting the somewhat long recital of events which followed, I would say
that later in the same day the party of young officers and soldiers
discovered the body of their commanding officer in the shocking condition
so vividly and graphically described by young Cameron. The story proceeds
"When, on the following evening, we arrived at our destination, and our
melancholy deposition had been taken down by the proper authorities,
Cameron and I went out for a quiet walk, to endeavor with the assistance
of the soothing influence of nature to shake off something of the gloom
which paralyzed our spirits. Suddenly he clutched my arm, and, pointing
through some rude railings, said in a trembling voice, 'Yes, there it is!
that is the burial-ground of yesterday.' And, when later on we were
introduced to the chaplain of the post, I noticed, though my friends did
not, the irrepressible shudder with which Cameron took his hand, and I
knew that he had recognized the clergyman of his vision."
The story concludes with the statement that in all the little details, as
well as the main points, the scene at the burial of the commanding officer
corresponded exactly with the vision of Cameron. This story brings out the
fact that the Scotch people are especially given to manifestations of
second-sight--particularly the Highlanders or mountain people of that
land. It is hard to find a Scotchman, who, in his heart, does not believe
in second-sight, and who has not known of some well authenticated instance
of its manifestation. In other lands, certain races, or sub-races, seem to
be specially favored (or cursed, as Cameron asserted) with this power. It
will be noticed, usually, that such people dwell, or have dwelt in the
highlands or mountains of their country. There seems to be something in
the mountains and hills which tends to develop and encourage this power in
those dwelling among them. The story is also remarkable in the fact that
the impression was so strong in the mind of Cameron that it actually
communicated itself by clairaudience to those near to him--this is quite
unusual, though not without correspondence in other cases. Otherwise, the
case is merely a typical one, and may be duplicated in the experience of
thousands of other men and women.
George Fox, the pioneer Quaker, had this faculty well developed, and
numerous instances of its manifestation by him are recorded. For instance,
he foretold the death of Cromwell, when he met him riding at Hampton
Court; he said that he felt "a waft of death" around and about Cromwell;
and Cromwell died shortly afterwards. Fox also publicly foretold the
dissolution of the Rump Parliament of England; the restoration of Charles
II; and the Great Fire of London--these are historical facts, remember.
For that matter, history contains many instances of this kind: the
prophecy of Caesar's death, and its further prevision by his wife, for
instance. The Bible prophecies and predictions, major and minor, give us
semi-historical instances.
A celebrated historical instance of remarkable second-sight and prevision,
is that of Cazotte, whose wonderful prediction and its literal fulfilment
are matters of French history. Dumas has woven the fact into one of his
stories, in a dramatic manner--but even so he does not make the tale any
more wonderful than the bare facts. Here is the recital of the case by La
Harpe, the French writer, who was a personal witness of the occurrence,
and whose testimony was corroborated by many others who were present at
the time. La Harpe says:
"It appears as but yesterday, and yet, nevertheless, it was at the
beginning of the year 1788. We were dining with one of our brethren at the
Academy--a man of considerable wealth and genius. The conversation became
serious; much admiration was expressed on the revolution in thought which
Voltaire had effected, and it was agreed that it was his first claim to
the reputation he enjoyed. We concluded that the revolution must soon be
consummated; that it was indispensible that superstition and fanaticism
should give way to philosophy, and we began to calculate the probability
of the period when this should be, and which of the present company should
live to see it. The oldest complained that they could scarcely flatter
themselves with the hope; the younger rejoiced that they might entertain
this very probable expectation; and they congratulated the Academy
especially for having prepared this great work, and for having been the
rallying point, the centre, and the prime mover of the liberty of thought.
"One only of the guests had not taken part in all the joyousness of this
conversation, and had even gently and cheerfully checked our splendid
enthusiasm. This was Cazotte, an amiable and original man, but unhappily
infatuated with the reveries of the illumaniti. He spoke, and with the
most serious tone, saying: 'Gentleman, be satisfied; you will all see this
great and sublime revolution, which you so much desire. You know that I am
a little inclined to prophesy; I repeat, you will see it,' He was answered
by the common rejoinder: 'One need not be a conjuror to see that.' He
answered: 'Be it so; but perhaps one must be a little more than conjuror
for what remains for me to tell you. Do you know what will be the
consequences of this revolution--what will be the consequence to all of
you, and what will be the immediate result--the well-established
effect--the thoroughly recognized consequences to all of you who are here
present?'
"'Ah' said Condorcet, with his insolent and half-suppressed smile, 'let us
hear--a philosopher is not sorry to encounter a prophet--let us hear!'
Cazotte replied: 'You, Monsier de Condorcet--you will yield up your last
breath on the floor of a dungeon; you will die from poison, which you will
have taken in order to escape from execution--from poison which the
happiness of that time will oblige you to carry about your person. You,
Monsieur de Chamfort, you will open your veins with twenty-two cuts of a
razor, and yet will not die till some months afterward.' These personages
looked at each other, and laughed again. Cazotte continued: 'You, Monsieur
Vicq d'Azir, you will not open your own veins, but you will cause yourself
to be bled six times in one day, during a paroxysm of the gout, in order
to make more sure of your end, and you will die in the night.'
"Cazotte went on: 'You, Monsieur de Nicolai, you will die on the scaffold;
you, Monsieur Bailly, on the scaffold; you, Monsieur de Malesherbes, on
the scaffold. 'Ah, God be thanked,' exclaimed Roucher, 'and what of I?'
Cazotte replied: 'You? you also will die on the scaffold.' 'Yes,' replied
Chamfort, 'but when will all this happen?' Cazotte answered: 'Six years
will not pass over, before all that I have said to you shall be
accomplished.' Here I (La Harpe) spoke, saying: 'Here are some astonishing
miracles, but you have not included me in your list.' Cazotte answered me,
saying: 'But you will be there, as an equally extraordinary miracle; you
will then be a Christian!' Vehement exclamations on all sides followed
this startling assertion. 'Ah!' said Chamfort, 'I am conforted; if we
shall perish only when La Harpe shall be a Christian, we are immortal;'
"Then observed Madame la Duchesse de Grammont: 'As for that, we women, we
are happy to be counted for nothing in these revolutions: when I say for
nothing, it is not that we do not always mix ourselves up with them a
little; but it is a received maxim that they take no notice of us, and of
our sex.' 'Your sex, ladies' said Cazotte, 'your sex will not protect you
this time; and you had far better meddle with nothing, for you will be
treated entirely as men, without any difference whatever.' 'But what,
then, are you really telling us of Monsieur Cazotte? You are preaching to
us the end of the world.' 'I know nothing on that subject; but what I do
know is, that you Madame la Duchesse, will be conducted to the scaffold,
you and many other ladies with you, in the cart of the executioner, and
with your hands tied behind your backs. 'Ah! I hope that in that case, I
shall at least have a carriage hung in black.' 'No, madame; higher ladies
than yourself will go, like you, in the common car, with their hands tied
behind them.' 'Higher ladies! what! the princesses of the blood?' 'Yea,
and still more exalted personages!' replied Cazotte.
"Here a sensible emotion pervaded the whole company, and the countenance
of the host was dark and lowering--they began to feel that the joke was
becoming too serious. Madame de Grammont, in order to dissipate the cloud,
took no notice of the reply, and contented herself with saying in a
careless tone: 'You see, that he will not leave me even a confessor!' 'No,
madame!' replied Cazotte, 'you will not have one--neither you, nor any one
besides. The last victim to whom this favor will be afforded will be--'
Here he stopped for a moment. 'Well! who then will be the happy mortal to
whom this prerogative will be given?' Cazotte replied: 'It is the only one
which he will have then retained--and that will be the King of France!'"
This last startling prediction caused the company to disband in something
like terror and dismay, for the mere mention of such thing was akin to
treason.
The amazing sequel to this strange story is that within the six years
allotted by the prophecy, every detail thereof was verified absolutely.
The facts are known to all students of the French Revolution, and may be
verified by reference to any history of that terrible period. To
appreciate the startling nature of the prophecy when made, one needs but
to be acquainted with the position and characteristics of the persons
whose destinies were foretold. This celebrated instance of highly advanced
future-time clairvoyance, or prevision, has never been equalled. The
reason, perhaps, is that Cazotte indeed was an advanced and highly
developed occultist--the account mentions this, you will notice. This
class of persons very seldom prophecy in this way, for reasons known to
all occultists. The ordinary cases recorded are those in which the
manifestation is that of a person of lesser powers and less perfect
Advanced occultists know the danger of a careless use of this power. They
know that (omitting other and very important reasons) such revelations
would work a terrible effect upon the minds of persons not sufficiently
well balanced to stand the disclosure. Moreover, they know that if the
average person knew the principal details of his future life on earth,
then he would lose interest in it--it would become stale and would lose
the attraction of the unknown. In such a case, the pleasant things to come
would lose their attractiveness by reason of having been dwelt on so long
that their flavor was lost; and the unpleasant things would become
unbearable by reason of the continual anticipation of them. We are apt to
discount our pleasures by dwelling too much upon them in anticipation;
and, as we all know, the dread of a coming evil often is worse than the
thing itself--we suffer a thousand pangs in anticipation to one in
reality. But, as I have intimated, there are other, and still more serious
reasons why the advanced occultists do not indulge in public prophecies
of this kind. It is probable that Cazotte decided to, and was permitted
to, make his celebrated prophecy for some important occult reason of which
La Harpe had no knowledge--it doubtless was a part of the working out of
some great plan, and it may have accomplished results undreamed of by us.
At any rate, it was something very much out of the; ordinary, even in the
case of advanced occultists and masters of esoteric knowledge.
Another case which has a historic value is the well-known case concerning
the assassination of Spencer Perceval, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
England, which occurred in the lobby of the House of Commons. The persons
who have a knowledge of the case report that some nine days before the
tragic occurrence a Cornish mine manager, named John Williams, had a
vision, three times in succession, in which he saw a small man, dressed in
a blue coat and white waistcoat, enter the lobby of the House of Commons;
whereupon another man, dressed in a snuff-colored coat, stepped forward,
and, drawing a pistol from an inside pocket fired at and shot the small
man, the bullet lodging in the left breast. In the vision, Williams turned
and asked some bystander the name of the victim; the bystander replied
that the stricken man was Mr. Spencer Perceval, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. The valuable feature of the case, from a scientific standpoint,
lies in the fact that Williams was very much impressed by his
thrice-repeated vision, and was greatly disturbed thereby. His anxiety
was so great that he spoke of the matter to several friends, and asked
them whether it would not be well for him to go to London for the purpose
of warning Mr. Perceval. His friends ridiculed the whole matter, and
persuaded him to give up the idea of visiting London for the purpose
named. Those who had a knowledge of the vision were greatly startled and
shocked when several days afterward the assassination occurred, agreeing
in perfect detail with the vision of the Cornishman. The case, vouched for
as it was by a number of reliable persons who had been consulted by
Williams, attracted much attention at the time, and has since passed into
the history of remarkable instances of prevision.
In some cases, however, the prevision seems to come as a warning, and in
many cases the heeding of the warning has prevented the unpleasant
features from materializing as seen in the vision. Up to the point of the
action upon the warning the occurrence agree perfectly with the
vision--but the moment the warned person acts so as to prevent the
occurrence, the whole train of circumstances is broken. There is an occult
explanation of this, but it is too technical to mention at this place.
What is known to psychic researchers as "the Hannah Green case" is of this
character. This story, briefly, is that Hannah Green, a housekeeper of
Oxfordshire, dreamt that she, having been left alone in the house of a
Sunday evening, heard a knock at the door. Opening the door she found a
tramp who tried to force his way into the house. She struggled to prevent
his entrance, but he struck her with a bludgeon and rendered her
insensible, whereupon he entered the house and robbed it. She related the
vision to her friends, but, as nothing happened for some time, the matter
almost passed from her mind. But, some seven years afterward, she was left
in charge of the house on a certain Sunday evening; during the evening she
was startled by a sudden knock at the door, and her former vision was
recalled to her memory quite vividly. She refused to go to the door,
remembering the warning, but instead went up to a landing on the stair and
looked out the window, she saw at the door the very tramp whom she had
seen in the vision some seven years before, armed with a bludgeon and
striving to force an entrance into the house. She took steps to frighten
away the rascal, and she was saved from the unpleasant conclusion of her
vision. Many similar cases are recorded.
In some cases persons have been warned by symbols of various kinds; or
else have had prevision in the same way. For instance, many cases are
known in which the vision is that of the undertaker's wagon standing
before the door of the person who dies sometime afterward. Or, the person
is visioned clad in a shroud. The variations of this class are
innumerable. Speak to the average dweller in the highlands of Scotland, or
certain counties in Ireland, regarding this--you will be furnished with a
wealth of illustrations and examples.
This phase of the general subject of clairvoyance is very fascinating to
the student and investigator, and is one in which the highest psychic or
astral powers of sensing are called into play. In fact, as I have said,
there is here a reflection of something very much higher than the astral
or psychic planes of being. The student catches a glimpse of regions
infinitely higher and grander. He begins to realize at least something of
the existence of that Universal Consciousness "in which we live, and move,
and have our being;" and of the reality of the Eternal Now, in which past,
present and future are blended as one fact of infinite consciousness. He
sees the signboard pointing to marvelous truths!
LESSON XIV.
There is much confusion existing in the minds of the average students of
occultism concerning the distinction between astral visioning by means of
the astral senses in clairvoyance, and the visioning of the astral senses
during the travels of the astral body away from the physical body. There
is such a close connection between the two several phases of occult
phenomena that it is easy to mistake one for the other; in fact, there is
often such a blending of the two that it is quite difficult to distinguish
between them. However, in this lesson I shall endeavor to bring out the
characteristics of astral body visioning, that the student may learn to
distinguish them from those of the ordinary clairvoyant astral visioning,
and recognize them when he experiences them.
The main points of distinction are these: When visioning clairvoyantly by
means of the astral senses, as described in the preceding chapters of this
book, the clairvoyant usually perceives the scene, person or event as a
picture on a flat surface. It is true that there is generally a perfect
perspective, similar to that of a good stereoscopic view, or that of a
high-grade moving picture photograph--the figures "stand out," and do not
appear "flat" as in the case of an ordinary photograph; but still at the
best it is like looking at a moving picture, inasmuch as the whole scene
is all in front of you. Visioning in the astral body, on the contrary,
gives you an "all around" view of the scene. That is to say, in such case
you see the thing just as you would were you there in your physical
body--you see in front of you; on the sides of you, out of the corner of
your eye; if you turn your head, you may see in any direction; and you may
turn around and see what is happening behind you. In the first case you
are merely gazing at an astral picture in front of you; while in the
second place you are ACTUALLY THERE IN PERSON.
There are some limitations to this "seeing all around" when in the astral
body, however, which I should note in passing. For instance, if when in
the astral body you examine the akashic records of the past, or else peer
into the scenes of the future, you will see these things merely as a
picture, and will not be conscious of being present personally in the
scene. (An apparent exception is to be noted here, also, viz., if your
past-time visioning includes the perception of yourself in a former
incarnation, you may be conscious of living and acting in your former
personality; again, if you are psychometrizing from fossil remains, or
anything concerned with a living creature of the past, you may "take on"
the mental or emotional conditions of that creature, and seem to sense
things from the inside, rather than from the outside. This, of course, is
also a characteristic of the ordinary clairvoyant vision of the past.) But
when, in the astral body, you perceive a present-time scene in space, you
are, to all intents and purposes, an actual participant--you are actually
present at the place and time. The sense of "being actually present in
the body" is the leading characteristic of the astral body visioning, and
distinguishes it from the "picture seeing" sensing of ordinary
clairvoyance. This is stating the matter is as plain and simple form as is
possible, ignoring many technical details and particulars.
You, being a student of occultism, of course know that the astral body is
a fine counterpart of the physical body, composed of a far more subtle
form of substance than is the latter, that under certain conditions you
may travel in your astral body, detached from your physical body (except
being connected with it with a slender astral cord, bearing a close
resemblance to the umbilical cord which connects the newborn babe with the
placenta in the womb of its mother), and explore the realms of the astral
plane. This projection of the astral body, as a rule, occurs only when the
physical body is stilled in sleep, or in trance condition. In fact, the
astral body frequently is projected by us during the course of our
ordinary sleep, but we fail to remember what we have seen in our astral
journeys, except, occasionally, dim flashes of partial recollection upon
awakening. In some cases, however, our astral visioning is so distinct and
vivid, that we awaken with a sense of having had a peculiar experience,
and as having actually been out of the physical body at the time.
In some cases, the person traveling in the astral is able to actually take
part in the distant scene, and may, under certain circumstances actually
materialize himself so as to be seen by persons in their physical bodies.
I am speaking now, of course, of the untrained person. The trained and
developed occultist, of course, is able to do these things deliberately
and consciously, instead of unconsciously and without intention as in the
case of the ordinary person. I shall quote here from another writer on the
subject, whose point of view, in connection with my own, may serve to
bring about a clear understanding in the mind of the student--it is always
well to view any subject from as many angles as possible. This writer
"We enter here upon an entirely new variety of clairvoyance, in which the
consciousness of the seer no longer remains in or closely connected with
his physical body, but is definitely transferred to the scene which he is
examining. Though it has no doubt greater dangers for the untrained seer
than either of the other methods, it is yet quite the most satisfactory
form of clairvoyance open to him. In this case, the man's body is either
asleep or in a trance, and its organs are consequently not available for
use while the vision is going on, so that all description of what is seen,
and all questioning as to further particulars, must be postponed until the
wanderer returns to this plane. On the other hand, the sight is much
fuller and more perfect; the man hears as well as sees everything which
passes before him, and can move about freely at will within the very wide
limits of the astral plane. He has also the immense advantage of being
able to take part, as it were, in the scenes which come before his
eyes--of conversing at will with various entities on the astral plane, and
from whom so much information that is curious and interesting may be
obtained. If in addition he can learn how to materialize himself (a matter
of no great difficulty for him when once the knack is acquired), he will
be able to take part in physical events or conversations at a distance,
and to show himself to an absent friend at will.
"Again, he will have the additional power of being able to hunt about for
what he wants. By means of the other varieties of clairvoyance, for all
practical purposes he may find a person or place only when he is already
acquainted with it; or, when he is put en rapport with it by touching
something physically connected with it, as in psychometry. By the use of
the astral body, however, a man can move about quite freely and rapidly in
any direction, and can (for example) find without difficulty any place
pointed out upon a map, without either any previous knowledge of the spot
or any object to establish a connection with it. He can also readily rise
high into the air so as to gain a bird's eye view of the country which he
is examining, so as to observe its extent, the contour of its coastline,
or its general character. Indeed, in every way his power and freedom are
far greater when he uses this method than they are in any of the lesser
forms of clairvoyance."
In many well authenticated cases, we may see that the soul of a dying
person, one whose physical end is approaching, visits friends and
relatives in the astral body, and in many cases materializes and even
speaks to them. In such cases the dying person accomplishes the feat of
astral manifestation without any special occult knowledge; the weakened
links between the physical and the higher phases of the soul render the
temporary passing-out comparatively easy, and the strong desire of the
dying person furnishes the motive power necessary. Such visits, however,
are often found to be merely the strongly charged thought of the dying
person, along the lines of telepathy, as I have previously explained to
you. But in many cases there can be no doubt that the phenomenon is a
clear case of astral visitation and materialization.
The records of the Society for Psychical Research contain many instances
of this kind; and similar instances are to be found in other records of
psychical research. I shall quote a few of these cases for you, that you
may get a clear idea of the characteristics thereof. Andrew Lang, an
eminent student and investigator along the lines of the psychic and
occult, gives us the following case, of which he says, "Not many stories
have such good evidence in their favor." The story as related by Mr. Lang
in one of his books is as follows:
"Mary, the wife of John Goffe of Rochester, being afflicted with a long
illness, removed to her father's house at West Mailing, about nine miles
from her own. The day before her death she grew very impatiently desirous
to see her two children, whom she had left at home to the care of a
nurse. She was too ill to be moved, and between one and two o'clock in the
morning she fell into a trance. One widow, Turner, who watched with her
that night, says that her eyes were open and fixed, and her jaw fallen.
Mrs. Turner put her hand to her mouth, but could perceive no breath. She
thought her to be in a fit, and doubted whether she were dead or alive.
The next morning the dying woman told her mother that she had been at home
with her children, saying, 'I was with them last night when I was asleep.'
"The nurse at Rochester, widow Alexander by name, affirms that a little
before two o'clock that morning she saw the likeness of the said Mary
Goffe come out of the next chamber (where the elder child lay in a bed by
itself), the door being left open, and stood by her bedside for about a
quarter of an hour; the younger child was there lying by her. Her eyes
moved and her mouth went, but she said nothing. The nurse, moreover says
that she was perfectly awake; it was then daylight, being one of the
longest days of the year. She sat up in bed and looked steadfastly on the
apparition. In that time she heard the bridge clock strike two, and a
while after said: 'In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, what art
thou?' Thereupon the apparition removed and went away; she slipped out of
her clothes and followed, but what became on't she cannot tell."
In the case just mentioned, Mr. Lang states that the nurse was so
frightened that she was afraid to return to bed. As soon as the neighbors
were up and about she told them of what she had seen; but they told her
that she had been dreaming. It was only when, later on, news came of what
had happened at the other end of the line--the bedside of the dying woman,
that they realized just what had happened.
In a work by Rev. F.G. Lee, there are several other cases of this kind
quoted, all of which are stated by Mr. Lee to be thoroughly well
authenticated. In one of the cases a mother, when dying in Egypt, appears
to her children in Torquay, and is clearly seen in broad daylight by all
five children and also by the nursemaid. In another, a Quaker lady dying
at Cockermouth is clearly seen and recognized in daylight by her three
children at Seattle, the remainder of the story being almost identical
with that of the Goffe case just quoted.
In the records of the Society for Psychical Research, the following case
appears, the person reporting it being said to be of good character and
reputation for truthfulness and reliability. The story is as follows: "One
morning in December, 1836, A. had the following dream, or he would prefer
to call it, revelation. He found himself suddenly at the gate of Major
N.M.'s avenue, many miles from his home. Close to him was a group of
persons, one of whom was a woman with a basket on her arm, the rest were
men, four of whom were tenants of his own, while the others were unknown
to him. Some of the strangers seemed to be assaulting H.W., one of his
tenants, and he interfered. A. says, 'I struck violently at the man on my
left, and then with greater violence at the man's face on my right.
Finding, to my surprise, that I had not knocked down either, I struck
again and again with all the violence of a man frenzied at the sight of my
poor friend's murder. To my great amazement I saw my arms, although
visible to my eye, were without substance, and the bodies of the men I
struck at and my own came close together after each blow, through the
shadowy arms I struck with. My blows were delivered with more extreme
violence than I ever think I exerted, but I became painfully convinced of
my incompetency. I have no consciousness of what happened after this
feeling of unsubstantiality came upon me.'
"Next morning, A. experienced the stiffness and soreness of violent bodily
exercise, and was informed by his wife that in the course of the night he
had much alarmed her by striking out again and again in a terrific manner,
'as if fighting for his life.' He, in turn, informed her of his dream, and
begged her to remember the names of those actors in it who were known to
him. On the morning of the following day (Wednesday) A. received a letter
from his agent, who resided in the town close to the scene of the dream,
informing him that his tenant had been found on Tuesday morning at Major
N.M.'s gate, speechless and apparently dying from a fracture of the
skull, and that there was no trace of the murderers.
"That night A. started for the town, and arrived there on Thursday
morning. On his way to a meeting of magistrates, he met the senior
magistrate of that part of the country, and requested him to give orders
for the arrest of the three men whom, besides H.W., he had recognized in
his dream, and to have them examined separately. This was at once done.
The three men gave identical accounts of the occurrence, and all named the
woman who was with them. She was then arrested and gave precisely similar
testimony. They said that between eleven and twelve on the Monday night
they had been walking homewards altogether along the road, when they were
overtaken by three strangers, two of whom savagely assaulted H.W., while
the other prevented his friends from interfering. H.W. did not die, but
was never the same man afterwards; he subsequently emigrated."
Stead, the English editor and psychical researcher, relates the following
case, which he accepts as truthful and correct, after careful
investigation of the circumstances and of the character and reputation of
the person relating it. The story proceeds as follows:
"St. Eglos is situated about ten miles from the Atlantic, and not quite so
far from the old market town of Trebodwina. Hart and George Northey were
brothers, and from childhood their lives had been marked by the strongest
brotherly affection. Hart and George Northey had never been separated
from their birth until George became a sailor, Hart meantime joining his
father in business. On the 8th of February, 1840, while George Northey's
ship was lying in port at St. Helena, he had the following strange dream:
"Last night I dreamt that my brother was at Trebodwina Market, and that I
was with him, quite close by his side, during the whole of the market
transactions. Although I could see and hear which passed around me, I felt
sure that it was not my bodily presence which thus accompanied him, but my
shadow or rather my spiritual presence, for he seemed quite unconscious
that I was near him. I felt that my being thus present in this strange way
betokened some hidden danger which he was destined to meet, and which I
know my presence could not avert, for I could not speak to warn him of his
peril."
The story then proceeds to relate how Hart collected considerable money at
Trebodwina Market, and then started to ride homeward. George tells what
happened to his brother on the way, as follows:
"My terror gradually increased as Hart approached the hamlet of Polkerrow,
until I was in a perfect frenzy, frantically desirous, yet unable to warn
my brother in some way and prevent him from going further. I suddenly
became aware of two dark shadows thrown across the road. I felt that my
brother's hour had come, and I was powerless to aid him! Two men appeared,
whom I instantly recognized as notorious poachers who lived in a lonely
wood near St. Eglos. They wished him 'Good night, mister!' civilly
enough. He replied, and entered into conversation with them about some
work he had promised them. After a few minutes they asked him for some
money. The elder of the two brothers, who was standing near the horse's
head, said: 'Mr. Northey, we know you have just come from Trebodwina
Market with plenty of money in your pockets; we are desperate men, and you
bean't going to leave this place until we've got that money; so hand
over!' My brother made no reply except to slash at him with the whip, and
spur the horse at him.
"The younger of the ruffians instantly drew a pistol, and fired. Hart
dropped lifeless from the saddle, and one of the villains held him by the
throat with a grip of iron for some minutes, as thought to make assurance
doubly sure, and crush out any particle of life my poor brother might have
left. The murderers secured the horse to a tree in the orchard, and,
having rifled the corpse, they dragged it up the stream, concealing it
under the overhanging banks of the water-course. Then they carefully
covered over all marks of blood on the road, and hid the pistol in the
thatch of a disused hut close to the roadside; then, setting the horse
free to gallop home alone, they decamped across the country to their own
cottage."
The story then relates how George Northey's vessel left St. Helena the
next day after the dream, and reached Plymouth in due time. George carried
with him a very vivid recollection of his vision on the return voyage,
and never doubted for an instant that his brother had been actually
murdered in the manner and by the persons named, as seen in the vision. He
carried with him the determination to bring the villains to justice and
was filled with the conviction that through his efforts retribution would
fall upon the murderers.
In England, justice was at work--but the missing link was needed. The
crime aroused universal horror and indignation, and the authorities left
nothing undone in the direction of discovering the murderers and bringing
them to justice. Two brothers named Hightwood were suspected, and in their
cottage were found blood-stained garments. But no pistol was found,
although the younger brother admitted having owned but lost one. They were
arrested and brought before the magistrates. The evidence against them was
purely circumstantial, and not any too strong at that; but their actions
were those of guilty men. They were committed for trial. Each confessed,
in hopes of saving his life and obtaining imprisonment instead. But both
were convicted and sentenced to be hanged. There was doubt in the minds of
some, however, about the pistol. The story continues:
"Before the execution, George Northey arrived from St. Helena, and
declared that the pistol was in the thatch of the old cottage close by the
place where they had murdered Hart Northey, and where they had hid it.
'How do you know?' he was asked. George replied: 'I saw the foul deed
committed in a dream I had the night of the murder, when at St. Helena.'
The pistol was found, as George Northey had predicted, in the thatch of
the ruined cottage." Investigation revealed that the details of the crime
were identical with those seen in the vision.
It is a fact known to all occultists that many persons frequently travel
in the astral body during sleep; and in many cases retain a faint
recollection of some of the things they have seen and heard during their
travels in the astral. Nearly everyone knows the experience of waking up
in the morning feeling physically tired and "used up;" in some cases a dim
recollection of walking or working during the dream being had. Who among
us has not had the experience of "walking on the air," or in the air,
without the feet touching the ground, being propelled simply by the effort
of the will? And who of us has had not experienced that dreadful--"falling
through space" sensation, in dreams, with the sudden awakening just before
we actually struck earth? And who has not had the mortifying dream
experience of walking along the street, or in some public place, and being
suddenly overcome by the consciousness that we were in our night-clothes,
or perhaps without any clothing at all? All of these things are more or
less distorted recollection of astral journeyings.
But while these dream excursions in the astral are harmless, the conscious
"going out in the astral" is not so. There are many planes of the astral
into which it is dangerous and unpleasant for the uninstructed person to
travel; unless accompanied by a capable occultist as guide. Therefore, I
caution all students against trying to force development in that
direction. Nature surrounds you with safeguards, and interposes obstacles
for your own protection and good. Do not try to break through these
obstacles without knowledge of what you are doing. "Fools rush in where
angels fear to tread," remember; and "a little learning is a dangerous
thing." When you have reached the stage of development in which it will be
safe for you to undertake conscious astral explorations, then will your
guide be at hand, and the instruction furnished you by those capable of
giving it to you. Do not try to break into the astral without due
preparation, and full knowledge, lest you find yourself in the state of
the fish who leaped out of the water onto the banks of the stream. Your
dream trips are safe; they will increase in variety and clearness, and you
will remember more about them--all this before you may begin to try to
consciously "go out into the astral" as do the occultists. Be content to
crawl before you may walk. Learn to add, multiply, subtract and divide,
before you undertake the higher mathematics, algebra, geometry, etc., of
occultism.
LESSON XV.
STRANGE ASTRAL PHENOMENA.
There are several phases of astral phenomena other than those mentioned in
the preceding chapters, which it will be better for the student to become
acquainted with in order to round out his general knowledge of the
subject, although the manifestations are comparatively rare, and not so
generally recognized in works on this subject.
One of the first of these several phases of astral phenomena is that which
may be called Thought-Form Projection. This manifestation comes in the
place on the psychic scale just between ordinary clairvoyance on the one
hand, and astral body projection on the other. It has some of the
characteristics of each, and is often mistaken for one or the other of
these phases.
To understand this phenomena, the student should know something regarding
the fact that thought frequently takes on astral form, and that these
manifestations are known as thought-forms. I have spoken of these in some
of the preceding lessons. The ordinary thought-form is quite simple, as a
rule, and does not bear any particular resemblance to the sender thereof.
But in some cases a person may, consciously or unconsciously, strongly and
clearly think of himself as present at some other place, and thus actually
create a thought-form of himself at that place, which may be discerned by
those having clairvoyant vision. Moreover, this thought-form of himself
is connected psychically with himself and affords a channel of psychic
information for him. As a rule these thought-forms are only projected by
those who have trained their minds and will along occult lines; but
occasionally under the stress of strong emotion or desire an ordinary
person may focus his psychic power to such an extent that the phenomena is
manifested.
Here I will quote from an English investigator of astral phenomena, who
has had much experience on that plane. He says: "All students are aware
that thought takes form, at any rate upon its own plane, and in the
majority of cases upon the astral plane also; but it may not be so
generally known that if a man thinks strongly of himself as present at any
given place, the form assumed by that particular thought will be a
likeness of the thinker himself, which will appear at the place in
question. Essentially this form must be composed of the matter of the
mental plane, but in very many cases it would draw round itself matter of
the astral plane also, and so would approach much nearer to visibility.
There are, in fact, many instances in which it has been seen by the person
thought of--most probably by means of the unconscious influence emanating
from the original thinker. None of the consciousness of the thinker would,
however, be included within this thought-form. When once sent out from
him, it would normally be a quite separate entity--not indeed absolutely
unconnected with its maker, but practically so as far as the possibility
of receiving any impression through it is concerned.
"This type of clairvoyance consists, then, in the power to retain so much
connection with and so much hold over a newly-created thought-form as will
render it possible to receive impressions by means of it. Such impressions
as were made upon the form would in this case be transmitted to the
thinker--not along an astral telegraph line, but by a sympathetic
vibration. In a perfect case of this kind of clairvoyance it is almost as
though the seer projected a part of his consciousness into the
thought-form, and used it as a kind of outpost, from which observation was
possible. He sees almost as well as he would if he himself stood in the
place of his thought-form. The figures at which he is looking will appear
to him as of life-size and close to hand, instead of tiny and at a
distance as in the case of some other forms of clairvoyance; and he will
find it possible to shift his point of view if he wishes to do so.
Clairaudience is perhaps less frequently associated with this type of
clairvoyance than with the others, but its place is to some extent taken
by a kind of mental perception of the thoughts and intentions of those who
are seen.
"Since the man's consciousness is still in the physical body, he will be
able (even when exercising this faculty) to hear and to speak, in so far
as he can do this without any distraction of his attention. The moment
that the intentness of his thought fails, the whole vision is gone, and he
will have to construct a fresh thought-form before he can resume it.
Instances in which this kind of sight is possessed with any degree of
perfection by untrained people are naturally rarer than in the other types
of clairvoyance, because the capacity for mental control required, and the
generally finer nature of the forces employed."
I may mention that this particular method is frequently employed by
advanced occultists of all countries, being preferred for various reasons.
Some of the reasons of this preference as follows: (a) The ability to
shift the vision, and to turn around almost as well as in the case of
actual astral-body projection--this gives quite an advantage to this
method over the method of ordinary clairvoyance; (b) it does away with
certain disadvantages of "going out into the astral" in the astral-body,
which only trained occultists realize--it gives almost the same results as
astral-body clairvoyance, without a number of disadvantages and
inconveniences.
In India, especially, this form of clairvoyance is comparatively frequent.
This by reason of the fact that the Hindus, as a race, are far more
psychic than are those of the Western lands, all else considered; and,
besides, there are a much greater number of highly developed occultists
there than in the West. Moreover, there is a certain psychic atmosphere
surrounding India, by reason of its thousands of years of deep interest in
things psychic and spiritual, all of which renders the production of
psychic phenomena far easier than in other lands.
In India, moreover, we find many instances of another form of psychic, or
astral phenomena. I allude to the production of thought-form pictures
which are plainly visible to one or more persons. This phase of psychic
phenomena is the real basis for many of the wonder tales which Western
travellers bring back with them from India. The wonderful cases of magical
appearance of living creatures and plants, and other objects, out of the
clear air are the result of this psychic phenomena. That is to say, the
creatures and objects are not really produced--they are but astral
appearances resulting from the projection of powerful thought-forms from
the mind of the magician or other wonder-worker, of whom India has a
plentiful supply. Even the ignorant fakirs (I use the word in its true
sense, not in the sense given it by American slang)--even these itinerant
showmen of psychic phenomena, are able to produce phenomena of this kind
which seems miraculous to those witnessing them. As for the trained
occultists of India, I may say that their feats (when they deign to
produce them) seem to overturn every theory and principle of materialistic
philosophy and science. But in nearly every case the explanation is the
same--the projection of a strong and clear thought-form on a large scale.
Although I have purposely omitted reference to Hindu psychic phenomena in
this book (for the reason given in my Introduction), I find it necessary
to quote cases in India in this connection, for the simple reason that
there are but few counterparts in the Western world. There are no
itinerent wonder-workers of this kind in Western lands, and the trained
occultists of the West of course would not consent to perform feats of
this kind for the amusement of persons seeking merely sensations. The
trained wills of the West are given rather to materializing objectively on
the physical plane, creating great railroads, buildings, bridges, etc.,
from the mental pictures, rather than devoting the same time, energy and
will to the production of astral though-forms and pictures. There is a
great difference in temperament, as well as a difference in the general
psychic atmosphere, between East and West, which serves to explain matters
of this kind.
An American writer truly says: "The first principle underlying the whole
business of Hindu wonder-working is that of a strong will; and the first
necessary condition of producing a magical effect is an increase in the
power of thought. The Hindus, owing to that intense love for solitary
meditation, which has been one of the most pronounced characteristics from
time immemorial, have acquired mental faculties of which we of the Western
and younger civilization are totally ignorant. The Hindu has attained a
past master's degree in speculative philosophy. He has for years retired
for meditation to the silent places in his land, lived a hermit, subdued
the body and developed the mind, thus winning control over other minds."
In India, I have seen scenes of far distant places appearing as a mirage
in clear air, even the colors being present to the scenes. This, though
some what uncommon, was simply a remarkable instance of thought-form
projection from the mind of a man highly developed along occult lines. You
must remember that in order to produce a picture in the astral, of this
kind, the occultist must not only have the power of will and mind to cause
such a picture to materialize, but he must also have a remarkable memory
for detail in the picture--for nothing appears in the picture unless it
has already been pictured in the mind of the mind of the man himself. Such
a memory and perception of detail is very rare--in the Western world it is
possessed by only exceptional artists; however, anyone may cultivate this
perception and memory if he will give the time and care to it that the
Hindu magicians do.
You have heard of the Hindu Mango Trick, in which the magician takes a
mango seed, plants it in the ground, waves his hands over it, and then
causes first a tiny shoot to appear from the surface of the ground, this
followed by a tiny trunk, and leaves, which grow and grow, until at last
appears a full sized mango tree, which first shows blossoms and then ripe
fruit. In short, in a few moments the magician has produced that which
Nature require years to do--that is he apparently does this. What he
really does is to produce a wonderful thought-form in the astral, from
seed stage to tree and fruit stage; the astral picture reproducing
perfectly the picture in his own mind. It is as if he were creating a
moving picture film-roll in his mind, and then projecting this upon the
screen of the air. There is no mango tree there, and never was, outside
of the mind of the magician and the minds of his audience.
In the same way, the magician will seem to throw the end of a rope up into
the air. It travels far up until the end is lost sight of. Then he sends a
boy climbing up after it, until he too disappears from sight. Then he
causes the whole thing to disappear, and lo! the boy is seen standing
among the audience. The boy is real, of course, but he never left the
spot--the rest was all an appearance caused by the mind and will of the
magician, pictured in the astral as a thought-form. In the same way the
magician will seem to cut the boy into bits, and then cause the severed
parts to spring together and reassemble themselves. These feats may be
varied indefinitely but the principle is ever the same--thought-form
projection.
Western visitors have sought to obtain photographs of these feats of the
Hindu magicians, but their plates and films invariably show nothing
whatever except the old fakir sitting quietly in the centre, with a
peculiar expression in his eyes. This is as might be expected, for the
picture exists only in the astral, and is perceived only by the awakened
astral senses of those present, which have been stimulated into activity
by the power of the magician--by sympathetic vibration, to be exact.
Moreover, in certain instances it has been found that the vision is
confined to a limited area; persons outside of the limit-ring see nothing,
and those moving nearer to the magician lose sight of what they had
previously seen. There are scientific reasons for this last fact, which
need not be gone into at this place. The main point I am seeking to bring
out is that these wonderful scenes are simply and wholly thought-form
pictures in the astral, perceived by the awakened astral vision of those
present. This to be sure is wonderful enough--but still no miracle has
been worked!
I may mention here that these magicians begin their training from early
youth. In addition to certain instruction concerning astral phenomena
which is handed down from father to son among them they are set to work
practicing "visualization" of things previously perceived. They are set to
work upon, say, a rose. They must impress upon their memory the perfect
picture of the rose--no easy matter, I may tell you. Then they proceed to
more difficult objects, slowly and gradually, along well known principles
of memory development. Along with this they practice the art of
reproducing that which they remember--projecting it in thought-form state.
And so the young magician proceeds, from simple to complex things; from
easy to difficult; until, finally, he is pronounced fit to give public
exhibitions. All this takes years and years--sometimes the boy grows to be
a middle-aged man before he is allowed to publicly exhibit his power.
Imagine a Western boy or man being willing to study from early childhood
to middle-age before he may hope to be able to show what he has been
learning! Verily "the East is East, and the West is West"--the two poles
of human activity and expression.
Another phase of psychic astral phenomena which should be mentioned,
although it is manifested but comparatively seldom, is that which has been
called "Telekinesis." By the term "telekinesis" is meant that class of
phenomena which manifests in the movement of physical objects without
physical contact with the person responsible for the movement. I
understand that the term itself was coined by Professor Cowes, with whose
works I am not personally familiar. It is derived from the two Greek words
TELE, meaning "far off," and KINESIS, meaning "to move."
This class of phenomena is known better in the Western world by reason of
its manifestation in spiritualistic circles in the movement of tables,
etc.; the knocking or tapping on tables and doors, etc.; all of which are
usually attributed to the work of "spirits," but which occultists know are
generally produced, consciously or unconsciously, by means of the power in
the medium or others present, sometimes both. I would say here that I am
not trying to discredit genuine spiritualistic phenomena--I am not
considering the same in these lessons. All that I wish to say is that many
of the phenomena commonly attributed to "spirits" are really but results
of the psychic forces inherent in the living human being.
Under certain conditions there may appear in the case of a person strongly
psychic, and also strongly charged with prana, the ability to extend a
portion of the astral body to a considerable distance, and to there
produce an effect upon some physical object. Those with strong clairvoyant
vision may actually perceive this astral extension, under favorable
circumstances. They perceive the astral arm of the person stretching out,
diminishing in size as it extends (just as a piece of flexible rubber
shrinks in diameter as it expands in length) and finally coming in contact
with the physical object it wishes to move or strike. Then is seen a
strong flow of prana along its length, which (by a peculiar form of
concentration) is able to produce the physical effect. I cannot enter into
the subject of astral physics at this place, for the subject is far too
technical to be treated in lessons designed for general study. I may at
least partially explain the phenomenon, however, by saying that the
projected astral arm acts in a manner almost precisely like that of an
extended physical arm, were such a thing possible in nature.
This astral-body extension produces spirit raps on tables; table-tilting
and movement; levitation, or the lifting of solid objects in the air;
playing upon musical instruments such as the guitar, accordian, etc. In
some cases it is able to actually lift the person himself from the floor,
and carry him through the air, in the same way. It may also cause the
movement of a pencil in a closed slate, or bit of chalk upon a blackboard.
In fact, it may produce almost any form of movement possible to the
physical hand. In the case of the levitation of the person himself, the
astral arms, and sometimes the legs as well, extend to the floor and push
up the physical body into the air, and then propel it along. There are
many complex technical details to these manifestations, however, and in a
general statement these must be omitted.
Some who are firmly wedded to the spiritistic theory resent the statement
of occultists that this form of phenomena may be explained without the
necessity of the "spirits." But the best ground for the statement of the
occultists is that many advanced occultists are able to produce such
phenomena, consciously, by an act of pure will, accompanied by the power
of mental picturing. They first picture the astral extension, and then
will the projection of the astral and the passage of the prana (or vital
force) around the pattern of the mental image. In the case of some very
highly developed occultists the astral thought-form of their body becomes
so charged with prana that it is able to move physical objects. There are
not mere theories, for they may be verified by any occultist of
sufficiently high development.
I do not wish to intimate that the mediums are aware of the true nature of
this phenomena, and consciously deceive their followers. On the contrary,
most of them firmly believe that it is the "spirits" who do the work;
unaware that they are unconsciously projecting their astral bodies,
charged with prana, and performing the feat themselves. The best mediums,
however, will generally tell you that they strongly "wish" that the thing
be done, and a little cross-examination will reveal the fact that they
generally make a clear mental picture of the actual happening just before
it occurs. As I have already stated, however, the best proof is the fact
that advanced occultists are able to duplicate the phenomena deliberately,
consciously, and at will. I do not think that detracts from the wonder and
interest in the so-called "spiritistic" phenomena; on the contrary, I
think that it adds to it.
Again invading the realm of the "spirits," I would say that occultists
know that many cases of so-called materialization of "spirit-forms" take
place by reason of the unconscious projection of the astral body of the
medium. Moreover, such a projection of the astral body may take on the
appearance of some departed soul, by reason of the mental picture of that
person in the mind of the medium. But, it may be asked if the medium has
never seen the dead person, how can he or she make a mental picture of him
or her. The answer is that the minds of the persons present who knew the
dead person tend to influence the appearance of the nebulous spirit form.
In fact, in most cases the medium is unable to produce the phenomenon
without the psychic assistance of those in the circle. In this case, also,
I would say that the advanced occultist is able to duplicate the phenomena
at will, as all who have enjoyed the privilege of close acquaintance with
such persons are aware.
The fact the medium is usually in a trance condition aid materially in the
ease with which the phenomena are produced. With the conscious mind
stilled, and the subconscious mind active, the astral phenomena are
produced with much less trouble than would be the case if the medium were
in the ordinary condition.
Now, I wish to impress upon the minds of those of my readers who have a
strong sympathy for the spiritistic teachings that I recognize the
validity and genuineness of much of the phenomena of spiritism--I know
these things to be true, for that matter; it is not a matter of mere
belief on my part. But I also know that much of the so-called spiritistic
phenomena is possible without the aid of "spirits," but by, the employment
of the psychic astral forces and powers as stated in these lessons. I see
no reason for any honest investigator of spiritism to be offended at such
statements, for it does not take away from the wonder of the phenomena;
and does not discredit the motives and power of the mediums. We must
search for truth wherever it is to be found; and we must not seek to dodge
the results of our investigations. There is too much wonderful phenomena
in spiritism to begrudge the explanation that the occultist offers for
certain of its phases.
While I am on the subject of materialization however, I would direct the
attention of the student to my little book entitled "The Astral World," in
which I have explained briefly the phenomena of those planes of the astral
in which dwell the cast-off shells of souls which have moved on to the
higher planes of the great astral world. I have there shown that many
astral shells or shades, or other astral semi-entities may be
materialized, and thus mistaken for the "spirits" of departed friends. I
have also explained in the same little book how there are certain powerful
thought-forms which may be mistaken for spirit materializations. I have
also shown how many a honest medium is really a good clairvoyant, and by
reading the records of the astral light is able to give information which
seems to come from the departed soul. All of these things should be
familiar to the earnest investigator of spiritism, in order that he may be
able to classify the phenomena which he witnesses, and to avoid error and
In this connection, before passing on to the consideration of other phases
of psychic phenomena, I would say that one of the best mediums known to
the modern Western world--a medium who has been consulted by eminent men,
university professors, psychologists, and others--and whose revelations
regarding past, present and future astounded careful and intelligent men
of international reputation--this medium at the height of her professional
success made a public announcement that she felt compelled, from
conscientious motives, to assert that she had come to the conclusion that
her message came not from departed "spirits" but rather from some unknown
realm of being, brought hither by the exercise of some faculty inherent in
her and developed to a high power in her for some reason, which power seem
to manifest more effectively when she shut off her ordinary physical
faculties and functioned on a plane higher than them. I think that the
student of the present lessons will be able to point out the nature of the
phenomena manifested by this medium, and also the source of her power. If
not, I shall feel disappointed at my work of instruction.
LESSON XVI.
PSYCHIC INFLUENCE; ITS LAWS AND PRINCIPLES
One of the phases of psychic phenomena that actively engage the attention
of the student from the very beginning is that which may be called Psychic
Influence. By this term is meant the influencing of one mind by
another--the effect of one mind over another. There has been much written
and said on this phase of the general subject in recent years, but few
writers, however, have gone deeply into the matter.
In the first place, most of the writers on the subject seek to explain the
whole thing by means of ordinary telepathy. But this is merely a one-sided
view of the truth of the matter. For, while ordinary telepathy plays an
important part in the phenomena, still the higher form of telepathy, i.e.,
astral thought-transference, is frequently involved. The student who has
followed me in the preceding lessons will understand readily what I mean
when I say this, so there is no necessity for repetition on this point at
At this point, however, I must ask the student to consider the idea of
psychic vibrations and their inductive power. It is a great principle of
occultism, as well as of modern science, that everything is in a state of
vibration--everything has its own rate of vibration, and is constantly
manifesting it. Every mental state is accompanied by vibration of its own
plane: every emotional state or feeling has its own particular rate of
vibration. These rates of vibrations manifest just as do the vibrations of
musical sound which produce the several notes on the scale, one rising
above the other in rate of vibration. But the scale of mental and
emotional states is far more complex, and far more extended than is the
musical scale; there are thousands of different notes, and half-notes, on
the mental scale. There are harmonies and discords on that scale, also.
To those to whom vibrations seem to be something merely connected with
sound-waves, etc., I would say that a general and hasty glance at some
elementary work on physical science will show that even the different
shades, hues and tints of the colors perceived by us arise from different
rates of vibrations. Color is nothing more than the result of certain
rates of vibrations of light recorded by our senses and interpreted by our
minds. From the low vibrations of red to the high vibrations of violet,
all the various colors of the spectrum have their own particular rate of
vibration. And, more than this, science knows that below the lowest red
vibrations, and above the highest violet vibrations, there are other
vibrations which our senses are unable to record, but which scientific
instruments register. The rays of light by which photographs are taken are
not perceived by the eye. There are a number of so-called chemical rays of
light which the eye does not perceive, but which may be caught by delicate
instruments. There is what science has called "dark light," which will
photograph in a room which appears pitch dark to the human sight.
Above the ordinary scale of light vibrations are the vibrations of the
X-Rays and other fine forces--these are not perceived by the eye, but are
caught by delicate instruments and recorded. Moreover, though science has
not as yet discovered the fact, occultists know that the vibrations of
mental and emotional states are just as true and regular as are those of
sound or light, or heat. Again, above the plane of the physical vibrations
arising from the brain and nervous system, there are the vibrations of the
astral counterparts of these, which are much higher in the scale. For even
the astral faculties and organs, while above the physical, still are under
the universal rule of vibration, and have their own rate thereof. The old
occult axiom: "As above, so below; as below, so above" is always seen to
work out on all planes of universal energy.
Closely following this idea of the universality of vibrations, and
intimately connected therewith, we have the principle of "induction,"
which is likewise universal, and found manifesting on all planes of
energy. "What is induction?" you may ask. Well, it is very simple, or very
complex--just as you may look at it. The principle of induction (on any
plane) is that inherent quality or attribute of energy by which the
manifestation of energy tends to reproduce itself in a second object, by
setting up corresponding vibrations therein, though without direct contact
of the two objects.
Thus, heat in one object tends to induce heat in another object within
its range of induction--the heated object "throws off" heat vibrations
which set up corresponding vibrations in the near-by second object and
make it hot. Likewise, the vibrations of light striking upon other objects
render them capable of radiating light. Again, a magnet will induce
magnetism in a piece of steel suspended nearby, though the two objects do
not actually touch, each other. An object which is electrified will by
induction electrify another object situated some distance away. A note
sounded on the piano, or violin, will cause a glass or vase in some
distant part of the room to vibrate and "sing," under certain conditions.
And, so on, in every form or phase of the manifestation of energy do we
see the principle of induction in full operation and manifestation.
On the plane of ordinary thought and emotion, we find many instances of
this principle of induction. We know that one person vibrating strongly
with happiness or sorrow, cheerfulness or anger, as the case may be fends
to communicate his feeling and emotions, state to those with whom he comes
in contact. All of you have seen a whole room full of persons affected and
influenced in this way, under certain circumstances. You have also seen
how a magnetic orator, preacher, singer or actor is able to induce in his
audience a state of emotional vibration corresponding to that manifested
by himself. In the same manner the "mental atmospheres" of towns, cities,
etc., are induced.
A well-known writer on this subject has truthfully told us: "We all know
how great waves of feeling spread over a town, city or country, sweeping
people off their balance. Great waves of political enthusiasm, or
war-spirit, or prejudice for or against certain persons, sweep over places
and cause men to act in a manner that they will afterward regret when they
come to themselves and consider their acts in cold blood. They will be
swayed by demagogues or magnetic leaders who wish to gain their votes or
patronage; and they will be led into acts of mob violence, or similar
atrocities, by yielding to these waves of contagious thought. On the other
hand, we all know how great waves of religious feeling sweep over a
community upon the occasion of some great 'revival' excitement or fervor."
These things being perceived, and recognized as true, the next question
that presents itself to the mind of the intelligent student is this: "But
what causes the difference in power and effect between the thought and
feeling-vibrations of different persons?" This question is a valid one,
and arises from a perception of the underlying variety and difference in
the thought vibrations of different persons. The difference, my students,
is caused by three principal facts, viz., (1) difference in degree of
feeling; (2) difference in degree of visualization; and (3) difference in
degree of concentration. Let us examine each of these successively, so as
to get at the underlying principle.
The element of emotional feeling is like the element of fire in the
production of steam. The more vivid and intense the feeling or emotion,
the greater the degree of heat and force to the thought wave or vibratory
stream projected. You will begin to see why the thought vibrations of
those animated and filled with strong desire, strong wish, strong
ambition, etc., must be more forceful than those of persons of the
opposite type.
The person who is filled with a strong desire, wish or ambition, which has
been fanned into a fierce blaze by attention, is a dynamic power among
other persons, and his influence is felt. In fact, it may be asserted that
as a general rule no person is able to influence men and things unless he
have a strong desire, wish or ambition within him. The power of desire is
a wonderful one, as all occultists know, and it will accomplish much even
if the other elements be lacking; while, in proper combination with other
principles it will accomplish wonders. Likewise, a strong interest in a
thing will cause a certain strength to the thought-vibrations connected
therewith. Interest is really an emotional feeling, though we generally
think of it as merely something connected with the intellect. A cold
intellectual thought has very little force, unless backed up by strong
interest and concentration. But any intellectual thought backed up with
interest, and focused by concentration, will produce very strong thought
vibrations, with a marked inductive power.
Now, let us consider the subject of visualization. Every person knows that
the person who wishes to accomplish anything, or who expects to do good
work along any line, must first know what he wishes to accomplish. In the
degree that he is able to see the thing in his mind's eye--to picture the
thing in his imagination--in that degree will he tend to manifest the
thing itself in material form and effect.
Sir Francis Galton, an eminent authority upon psychology, says on this
point: "The free use of a high visualizing faculty is of much importance
in connection with the higher processes of generalized thought. A visual
image is the most perfect form of mental representation wherever the
shape, position, and relations of objects to space are concerned. The best
workmen are those who visualize the whole of what they propose to do
before they take a tool in their hands. Strategists, artists of all
denominations, physicists who contrive new experiments, and, in short, all
who do not follow routine, have need of it. A faculty that is of
importance in all technical and artistic occupations, that gives accuracy
to our perceptions and justice to our generalizations, is starved by lazy
disuse instead of being cultivated judiciously in such a way as will, on
the whole, bring best return. I believe that a serious study of the best
way of developing and utilizing this faculty, without prejudice to the
practice of abstract thought in symbols, is one of the pressing desirata
in the yet unformed science of education."
Not only on the ordinary planes is the forming of strong mental images
important and useful, but when we come to consider the phenomena of the
astral plane we begin to see what an important part is played there by
strong mental images or visualized ideas. The better you know what you
desire, wish or aspire to, the stronger will be your thought vibrations of
that thing, of course. Well, then, the stronger that you are able to
picture the thing in your mind--to visualize it to yourself--the stronger
will be your actual knowledge and thought-form of that thing. Instead of
your thought vibrations being grouped in nebulous forms, lacking shape and
distinct figure, as in the ordinary case; when you form strong, clear
mental images of what you desire or wish to accomplish, then do the
thought vibrations group themselves in clear, strong distinct forms. This
being done, when the mind of other persons are affected by induction they
get the clear idea of the thought and feeling in your mind, and are
strongly influenced thereby.
A little later on, I shall call your attention to the Attractive Power of
Thought. But at this point I wish to say to you that while thought
certainly attracts to you the things that you think of the most, still the
power of the attraction depends very materially upon the clearness and
distinctness of the mental image, or thought visualization, of the desired
thing that you have set up in your mind. The nearer you can actually see
the thing as you wish it to happen, even to the general details, the
stronger will be the attractive force thereof. But, I shall leave the
discussion of this phase of the subject until I reach it in its proper
order. For the present, I shall content myself with urging upon you the
importance of a clear mental image, or visualized thought, in the matter
of giving force and direction to the idea induced in the minds of other
persons. In order for the other persons to actually perceive clearly the
idea or feeling induced in them, it is necessary that the idea or feeling
be strongly visualized in the mind originating it; that is the whole thing
in one sentence.
The next point of importance in thought-influence by induction, is that
which is concerned with the process of concentration. Concentration is the
act of mental focusing, or bringing to a single point or centre. It is
like the work of the sun-glass that converges the rays of the sun to a
single tiny point, thus immensely increasing its heat and power. Or, it is
like the fine point of a needle that will force its way through where a
blunt thing cannot penetrate. Or, it is like the strongly concentrated
essence of a chemical substance, of which one drop is as powerful as one
pint of the original thing. Think of the concentrated power of a tiny drop
of attar of roses--it has within its tiny space the concentrated odor of
thousands of roses; one drop of it will make a pint of extract, and a
gallon of weaker perfumery! Think of the concentrated power in a lightning
flash, as contrasted with the same amount of electricity diffused over a
large area. Or, think of the harmless flash of a small amount of gunpowder
ignited in the open air, as contrasted with the ignition of the same
amount of powder compelled to escape through the small opening in the
gun-barrel.
The occult teachings lay great stress upon this power of mental
concentration. All students of the occult devote much time and care to the
cultivation of the powers of concentration, and the development of the
ability to employ them. The average person possesses but a very small
amount of concentration, and is able to concentrate his mind for but a few
moments at a time. The trained thinker obtains much of his mental power
from his acquired ability to concentrate on his task. The occultist trains
himself in fixing his concentrated attention upon the matter before him,
so as to bring to a focal centre all of his mental forces.
The mind is a very restless thing, and is inclined to dance from one thing
to another, tiring of each thing after a few moment's consideration
thereof. The average person allows his involuntary attention to rest upon
every trifling thing, and to be distracted by the idlest appeals to the
senses. He finds it most difficult to either shut out these distracting
appeals to the senses, and equally hard to hold the attention to some
uninteresting thing. His attention is almost free of control by the will,
and the person is a slave to his perceptive powers and to his imagination,
instead of, being a master of both.
The occultist, on the contrary, masters his attention, and controls his
imagination. He forces the one to concentrate when he wishes it to do so;
and he compels the latter to form the mental images he wishes to
visualize. But this a far different thing from the self-hypnotization
which some persons imagine to be concentration. A writer on the subject
has well said: "The trained occultist will concentrate upon a subject or
object with a wonderful intensity, seemingly completely absorbed in the
subject or object before him, and oblivious to all else in the world. And
yet, the task accomplished, or the given time expired, he will detach his
mind from the object and will be perfectly fresh, watchful and wide-awake
to the next matter before him. There is every difference between being
controlled by involuntary attention, which is species of
self-hypnotization, and the control of the attention, which is an evidence
of mastery." An eminent French psychologist once said: "The authority of
the attention is subject to the superior authority of the Ego. I yield it,
or I withhold it, as I please. I direct it in turn to several points. I
concentrate it upon each point, as long as my will can stand the effort."
In an earlier lesson of this series, I have indicated in a general way the
methods whereby one may develop and train his powers of concentration.
There is no royal road to concentration; it may be developed only by
practice and exercise. The secret consists in managing the attention, so
as to fix it upon a subject, no matter how uninteresting; and to hold it
there for a reasonable length of time. Practice upon some disagreeable
study or other task is good exercise, for it serves to train the will in
spite of the influence of more attractive objects or subjects. And this
all serves to train the will, remember; for the will is actively concerned
in every act of voluntary attention. In fact, attention of this kind is
one of the most important and characteristic acts of the will.
So, as you see, in order to be successful in influencing the minds of
others by means of mental induction, you must first cultivate a strong
feeling of interest in the idea which you wish to induce in the other
person, or a strong desire to produce the thing. Interest and desire
constitute the fire which generates the stream of will from the water of
mind, as some occultists have stated it. Secondly, you must cultivate the
faculty of forming strong and clear mental images of the idea or feeling
you wish to so induce; you must learn to actually "see" the thing in your
imagination, so as to give the idea strength and clearness. Thirdly, you
must learn to concentrate your mind and attention upon the idea or
feeling, shutting out all other ideas and feelings for the time being;
thus you give concentrated force and power to the vibrations and
thought-forms which you are projecting.
These three principles underlie all of the many forms of mental induction,
or mental influence. We find them in active operation in cases in which
the person is seeking to attract to himself certain conditions,
environment, persons, things, or channels of expression, by setting into
motion the great laws of mental attraction. We see them also employed when
the person is endeavoring to produce an effect upon the mind of some
particular person, or number of persons. We see them in force in all
cases of mental or psychic healing, under whatever form it may be
employed. In short, these are general principles, and must therefore
underlie all forms and phases of mental or psychic influence. The sooner
the student realizes this fact, and the more actively does he set himself
to work in cultivating and developing these principles within himself, the
more successful and efficient will he become in this field of psychic
research and investigation. It is largely in the degree of the cultivation
of these three mental principles that the occultist is distinguished from
the ordinary man.
It may be that you are not desirous of cultivating or practicing the power
of influencing other persons psychically. Well, that is for you to decide
for yourself. At any rate, you will do well to develop yourselves along
these lines, at least for self-protection. The cultivation of these three
mental principles will tend to make you active and positive, psychically,
as contrasted with the passive, negative mental state of the average
person. By becoming mentally active and positive you will be able to
resist any psychic influence that may be directed toward yourself, and to
surround yourself with a protective aura of positive, active mental
vibrations.
And, moreover, if you are desirous of pursuing your investigations of
psychic and astral phenomena, you will find it of great importance to
cultivate and develop these three principles in your mind. For, then you
will be able to brush aside all distracting influences, and to proceed at
once to the task before you, with power, clearness and strength of purpose
and method.
In the following chapters I shall give you a more or less detailed
presentation of the various phases or forms of psychic influence. Some of
these may seem at first to be something independent of the general
principles. But I ask that you carefully analyze all of these, so as to
discover that the same fundamental principles are under and back of each
and every instance presented. When you once fully grasp this fact, and
perfect yourselves in the few fundamental principles, then you are well
started on the road to mastery of all the various phases of psychic
phenomena. Instead of puzzling your mind over a hundred different phases
of disconnected phenomena, it is better to master the few actual
elementary principles, and then reason deductively from these to the
various manifestation thereof. Master the principles, and then learn to
apply them.
LESSON XVII.
Psychic Influence, as the term is used in this book, may be said to be
divided into three general classes, viz., (1) Personal Influence, in which
the mind of another is directly influenced by induction while he is in the
presence of the person influencing; (2) Distant Influencing, in which the
psychic induction is directly manifested when the persons concerned are
distant from one another; and (3) Indirect Influence, in which the
induction is manifested in the minds of various persons coming in contact
with the thought vibrations of the person manifesting them, though no
attempt is made to directly influence any particular person. I shall now
present each of these three forms of psychic influence to you for
consideration, one after the other in the above order.
Personal Influence, as above defined, ranges from cases in which the
strongest control (generally known as hypnotism) is manifested, down to
the cases in which merely a slight influence is exerted. But the general
principle underlying all of these cases is precisely the same. The great
characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte,
and Julius Caesar, manifested this power to a great degree, and were able
to sway men according to their will. All great leaders of men have this
power strongly manifested, else they would not be able to influence the
minds of men. Great orators, preachers, statesmen, and others of this
class, likewise manifest the power strongly. In fact, the very sign of
ability to influence and manage other persons is evidence of the
possession and manifestation of this mighty power.
In developing this power to influence others directly and personally, you
should begin by impressing upon your mind the principles stated in the
preceding chapter, namely (1) Strong Desire; (2) Clear Visualization; and
(3) Concentration.
You must begin by encouraging a strong desire in your mind to be a
positive individual; to exert and manifest a positive influence over
others with whom you come in contact, and especially over those whom you
wish to influence in some particular manner or direction. You must let the
fire of desire burn fiercely within you, until it becomes as strong as
physical hunger or thirst. You must "want to" as you want to breathe, to
live. You will find that the men who accomplish the great things in life
are those who have strong desire burning in their bosoms. There is a
strong radiative and inductive power in strong desire and wish--in fact,
some have thought this the main feature of what we generally call strong
will-power.
The next step, of course, is the forming of a clear, positive, distinct
and dynamic mental picture of the idea or feeling that you wish to induce
in the other person. If it is an idea, you should make a strong clear
picture of it in your imagination, so as to give it distinctness and
force and a clear outline. If it is a feeling, you should picture it in
your imagination. If it is something that you wish the other person to do,
or some way in which you wish him to act, you should picture him as doing
the thing, or acting in that particular way. By so doing you furnish the
pattern or design for the induced mental or emotional states you wish to
induce in the other person. Upon the clearness and strength of these
mental patterns of the imagination depends largely the power of the
induced impression.
The third step, of course, is the concentration of your mind upon the
impression you wish to induce in the mind of the other person. You must
learn to concentrate so forcibly and clearly that the idea will stand out
clearly in your mind like a bright star of a dark night, except that there
must be only one star instead of thousands. By so doing you really focus
the entire force of your mental and psychic energies into that one
particular idea or thought. This makes it act like the focused rays in the
sun-glass, or like the strong pipe-stream of water that will break down
the thing upon which it is turned. Diffused thought has but a
comparatively weak effect, whereas a concentrated stream of thought
vibrations will force its way through obstacles.
Remember, always, this threefold mental condition: (1) STRONG DESIRE; (2)
CLEAR MENTAL PICTURE; and (3) CONCENTRATED THOUGHT. The greater the degree
in which you can manifest these three mental conditions, the greater will
be your success in any form of psychic influence, direct or indirect,
personal or general, present or distant.
Before you proceed to develop the power to impress a particular idea or
feeling upon the mind of another person, you should first acquire a
positive mental atmosphere for yourself. This mental atmosphere is
produced in precisely the same way that you induce a special idea or
feeling in the mind of the other person. That is to say, you first
strongly desire it, then you clearly picture it, and then you apply
concentrated thought upon it.
I will assume that you are filled with the strong desire for a positive
mental atmosphere around you. You want this very much indeed, and actually
crave and hunger for it. Then you must begin to picture yourself (in your
imagination) as surrounded with an aura of positive thought-vibrations
which protect you from the thought forces of other persons, and, at the
same time impress the strength of your personality upon the persons with
whom you come in contact. You will be aided in making these strong mental
pictures by holding the idea in your concentrated thought, and, at the
same time, silently stating to your mind just what you expect to do in the
desired direction. In stating your orders to your mind, always speak as if
the thing were already accomplished at that particular moment. Never say
that it "will be," but always hold fast to the "it is." The following will
give you a good example of the mental statements, which of course should
be accompanied by the concentrated idea of the thing, and the mental
picture of yourself as being just what you state.
Here is the mental statement for the creation of a strong, positive
psychic atmosphere: "I am surrounded by an aura of strong, positive,
dynamic thought-vibrations. These render me positive to other persons, and
render them negative to me. I am positive of their thought-vibrations, but
they are negative to mine. They feel the strength of my psychic
atmosphere, while I easily repel the power of theirs. I dominate the
situation, and manifest my positive psychic qualities over theirs. My
atmosphere creates the vibration of strength and power on all sides of me,
which affect others with whom I come in contact. MY PSYCHIC ATMOSPHERE IS
STRONG AND POSITIVE!"
The next step in Personal Influence is that of projecting your psychic
power directly upon and into the mind of the other person whom you wish to
influence. Sometimes, if the person is quite negative to you, this is a
very simple and easy matter; but where the person is near your own degree
of psychic positiveness you will have to assert your psychic superiority
to him, and get the psychic "upper hand" before you can proceed further.
This is accomplished by throwing into your psychic atmosphere some
particularly strong mental statements accompanied by clear visualizations
or mental pictures.
Make positive your psychic atmosphere, particularly towards the person
whom you seek to influence, by statements and pictures something along
the following lines: "I am positive to this man"; "He is negative to me";
"He feels my power and is beginning to yield to it"; "He is unable to
influence me in the slightest, while I can influence him easily"; "My
power is beginning to operate upon his mind and feelings." The exact words
are not important, but the idea behind them gives them their psychic force
and power.
Then should you begin your direct attack upon him, or rather upon his
psychic powers. When I say "attack," I do not use the word in the sense of
warfare or actual desire to harm the other person--this is a far different
matter. What I mean to say is that there is usually a psychic battle for a
longer or shorter period between two persons of similar degrees of psychic
power and development. From this battle one always emerges victor at the
time, and one always is beaten for the time being, at least. And, as in
all battles, victory often goes to him who strikes the first hard blow.
The offensive tactics are the best in cases of this kind.
A celebrated American author, Oliver Wendall Holmes, in one of his books
makes mention of these duels of psychic force between individuals, as
follows: "There is that deadly Indian hug in which men wrestle with their
eyes, over in five seconds, but which breaks one of their two backs, and
is good for three-score years and ten, one trial enough--settles the whole
matter--just as when two feathered songsters of the barnyard, game and
dunghill, come together. After a jump or two, and a few sharp kicks, there
is an end to it; and it is 'After you, monsieur' with the beaten party in
all the social relations for all the rest of his days."
An English physician, Dr. Fothergill by name, wrote a number of years ago
about this struggle of wills, as he called it, but which is really a
struggle of psychic power. He says: "The conflict of will, the power to
command others, has been spoken of frequently. Yet what is this will-power
that influences others? What is it that makes us accept, and adopt too,
the advice of one person, while precisely the same advice from another has
been rejected? Is it the weight of force of will which insensibly
influences us; the force of will behind the advice? That is what it is!
The person who thus forces his or her advice upon us has no more power to
enforce it than others; but all the same we do as requested. We accept
from one what we reject from another. One person says of something
contemplated, 'Oh, but you must not,' yet we do it all the same, though
that person may be in a position to make us regret the rejection of that
counsel. Another person says, 'Oh, but you mustn't,' and we desist, though
we may, if so disposed, set this latter person's opinion at defiance with
impunity. It is not the fear of consequences, not of giving offense, which
determines the adaption of the latter person's advice, while it has been
rejected when given by the first. It depends upon the character or
will-power of the individual advising whether we accept the advice or
reject it. This character often depends little, if at all, in some cases,
upon the intellect, or even upon the moral qualities, the goodness or
badness, of the individual. It is itself an imponderable something; yet it
carries weight with it. There may be abler men, cleverer men; but it is
the one possessed of will who rises to the surface at these times--the one
who can by some subtle power make other men obey him.
"The will-power goes on universally. In the young aristocrat who gets his
tailor to make another advance in defiance of his conviction that he will
never get his money back. It goes on between lawyer and client; betwixt
doctor and patient; between banker and borrower; betwixt buyer and seller.
It is not tact which enables the person behind the counter to induce
customers to buy what they did not intend to buy, and which bought, gives
them no satisfaction, though it is linked therewith for the effort to be
successful. Whenever two persons meet in business, or in any other
relation in life, up to love-making, there is this will-fight going on,
commonly enough without any consciousness of the struggle. There is a dim
consciousness of the result, but none of the processes. It often takes
years of the intimacy of married life to find out with whom of the pair
the mastery really lies. Often the far stronger character, to all
appearances, has to yield; it is this will-element which underlies the
statement: 'The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong.' In Middle-march' we find in Lydgate a grand aggregation of
qualities, yet shallow, hard, selfish Rosamond masters him thoroughly in
the end. He was not deficient in will-power; possessed more than an
average amount of character; but in the fight he went down at last under
the onslaught of the intense, stubborn will of his narrow-minded spouse.
Their will-contest was the collision of a large warm nature, like a
capable human hand, with a hard, narrow selfish nature, like a steel
button; the hand only bruised itself while the button remained
unaffected."
You must not, however, imagine that every person with whom you engage in
one of these psychic duels is conscious of what is going on. He usually
recognizes that some sort of conflict is under way, but he does not know
the laws and principles of psychic force, and so is in the dark regarding
the procedure. You will find that a little practice of this kind, in which
no great question is involved, will give you a certain knack or trick of
handling your psychic forces, and will, besides, give you that confidence
in yourself that comes only from actual practice and exercise. I can point
out the rules, and give you the principles, but you must learn the little
bits of technique yourself from actual practice.
When you have crossed psychic swords with the other person, gaze at him
intently but not fiercely, and send him this positive strong
thought-vibration: "I am stronger than you, and I shall win!" At the same
time picture to yourself your forces beating down his and overcoming him.
Hold this idea and picture in your mind: "My vibrations are stronger than
are yours--I am beating you!" Follow this up with the idea and picture
of: "You are weakening and giving in--you are being overpowered!" A very
powerful psychic weapon is the following: "My vibrations are scattering
your forces--I am breaking your forces into bits--surrender, surrender
now, I tell you!"
And now for some interesting and very valuable information concerning
psychic defense. You will notice that in the offensive psychic weapons
there is always an assertion of positive statement of your power and its
effect. Well, then, in using the psychic defensive weapon against one of
strong will or psychic force, you reverse the process. That is to say you
deny the force of his psychic powers and forces, and picture them as
melting into nothingness. Get this idea well fixed in your mind, for it is
very important in a conflict of this kind. The effect of this is to
neutralize all of the other person's power so far as its effect on
yourself is concerned--you really do not destroy it in him totally. You
simply render his forces powerless to affect you. This is important not
only when in a psychic conflict of this kind, but also when you wish to
render yourself immune from the psychic forces of other persons. You may
shut yourself up in a strong defensive armor in this way, and others will
be powerless to affect you.
In the positive statement, "I deny!" you have the Occult Shield of
Defense, which is a mighty protection to you. Even if you do not feel
disposed to cultivate and develop your psychic powers in the direction of
influencing others, you should at least develop your defensive powers so
as to resist any psychic attacks upon yourself.
You will find it helpful to practice these offensive and defensive weapons
when you are alone, standing before your mirror and "playing" that your
reflection in the glass is the other person. Send this imaginary other
person the psychic vibrations, accompanied by the mental picture suitable
for it. Act the part out seriously and earnestly, just as if the reflected
image were really another person. This will give you confidence in
yourself, and that indefinable "knack" of handling your psychic weapons
that comes only from practice. You will do well to perfect yourself in
these rehearsals, just as you would in case you were trying to master
anything else. By frequent earnest rehearsals, you will gain not only
familiarity with the process and methods, but you will also gain real
power and strength by the exercise of your psychic faculties which have
heretofore lain dormant. Just as you may develop the muscle of your arm by
calisthenic exercises, until it is able to perform real muscular work of
strength; so you may develop your psychic faculties in this rehearsal
work, so that you will be strongly equipped and armed for an actual
psychic conflict, besides having learned how to handle your psychic
weapons.
After you have practiced sufficiently along the general offensive and
defensive lines, and have learned how to manifest these forces in actual
conflict, you will do well to practice special and specific commands to
others, in the same way. That is to say, practice them first on your
reflected image in the mirror. The following commands (with mental
pictures, of course) will give you good practice. Go about the work in
earnest, and act out the part seriously. Try these exercises: "Here! look
at me!" "Give me your undivided attention!" "Come this way!" "Come to me
at once!" "Go away from me--leave me at once!" "You like me--you like me
very much!" "You are afraid of me!" "You wish to please me!" "You will
agree to my proposition!" "You will do as I tell you!" Any special command
you wish to convey to another person, psychically, you will do well to
practice before the mirror in this way.
When you have made satisfactory progress in the exercises above mentioned,
and are able, to demonstrate them with a fair degree of success in actual
practice, you may proceed to experiment with persons along the lines of
special and direct commands by psychic force. The following will give you
a clear idea of the nature of the experiments in question, but you may
enlarge upon and vary them indefinitely. Remember there is no virtue in
mere words--the effect comes from the power of the thought behind the
words. But, nevertheless, you will find that positive words, used in these
silent commands, will help you to fit in your feeling to the words. Always
make the command a real COMMAND, never a mere entreaty or appeal. Assume
the mental attitude of a master of men--of a commander and ruler of other
men. Here follow a number of interesting experiments along these lines,
which will be very useful to you in acquiring the art of personal
influence of this kind:
SEVEN VALUABLE EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1: When walking down the street behind a person, make him turn
around in answer to your mental command. Select some person who does not
seem to be too much rushed or too busy--select some person who seems to
having nothing particular on his mind. Then desire earnestly that he shall
turn around when you mentally call to him to do so; at the same time
picture him as turning around in answer to your call; and at the same time
concentrate your attention and thought firmly upon him. After a few
moments of preparatory thought, send him the following message, silently
of course, with as much force, positiveness and vigor as possible: "Hey
there! turn around and look at me! Hey! turn around, turn around at once!"
While influencing him fix your gaze at the point on his neck where the
skull joins it--right at the base of the brain, in the back. In a number
of cases, you will find that the person will look around as if someone had
actually called him aloud. In other cases, he will seem puzzled, and will
look from side to side as if seeking some one. After a little practice you
will be surprised how many persons you can affect in this way.
EXERCISE 2: When in a public place, such as a church, concert or theatre,
send a similar message to someone seated a little distance in front of
you. Use the same methods as in the first exercise, and you will obtain
similar results. It will seem queer to you at first to notice how the
other person will begin to fidget and move around in his seat, and finally
glance furtively around as if to see what is causing him the disturbance.
You, of course, will not let him suspect that it is you, but, instead will
gaze calmly ahead of you, and pretend not to notice him.
EXERCISE 3: This is a variation of the first exercise. It is
practiced by sending to a person approaching you on the street, or walking
ahead of you in the same direction, a command to turn to the right, or to
the left, as you prefer. You will be surprised to see how often you will
be successful in this.
EXERCISE 4: This is a variation of the second exercise. It is
practiced by sending to a person seated in front of you in a public place
the command to look to the right, or to the left, as you prefer. Do not
practice on the same person too long, after succeeding at first--it is not
right to torment people, remember.
EXERCISE 5: After having attained proficiency in the foregoing
exercises, you many proceed to command a person to perform certain
unimportant motions, such as rising or sitting down, taking off his hat,
taking out his handkerchief, laying down a fan, umbrella, etc.
EXERCISE 6: The next step is to command persons to say some
particular word having no important meaning; to "put words in his mouth"
while talking to him. Wait until the other person pauses as if in search
of a word, and then suddenly, sharply and forcibly put the word into his
mouth, silently of course. In a very susceptible person, well under your
psychic control, you may succeed in suggesting entire sentences and
phrases to him.
EXERCISE 7: This is the summit of psychic influencing, and, of
course, is the most difficult. But you will be surprised to see how well
you will succeed in many cases, after you have acquired the knack and
habit of sending the psychic message. It consists of commanding the person
to obey the spoken command or request that you are about to make to him.
This is the art and secret of the success of many salesmen, solicitors,
and others working along the lines of influencing other people. It is
acquired by beginning with small things, and gradually proceeding to
greater, and still greater. At this point I should warn you that all the
best occult teachings warn students against using this power for base
ends, improper purposes, etc. Such practices tend to react and rebound
against the person using them, like a boomerang. Beware against using
psychic or occult forces for improper purposes--the psychic laws punish
the offender, just as do the physical laws.
Finally, I caution the student against talking too much about his
developing powers. Beware of boasting or bragging about these things. Keep
silent, and keep your own counsel. When you make known your powers, you
set into operation the adverse and antagonistic thought of persons around
you who may be jealous of you, and who would wish to see you fail, or make
yourself ridiculous. The wise head keepeth a still tongue! One of the
oldest occult maxims is: "Learn! Dare! Do! Keep Silent!!!" You will do
well to adhere strictly to this warning caution.
LESSON XVIII.
The second phase of Psychic Influence is that called Distant Psychic
Influence, in which psychic induction is manifested when the persons are
distant in space from one another--not in the presence of each other.
Here, of course, we see the principle of telepathy involved in connection
with the process of mental induction: and in some cases even the astral
telepathic sense is called into operation.
The student who has followed my explanation and course of reasoning in the
preceding lessons will readily perceive that the principle involved in
this distant phase of psychic influence is precisely the same as that
employed in direct personal psychic influence. As I have explained in an
early lesson, it matters little whether the space to be covered by the
psychic vibratory waves is but one foot or a thousand miles, the principle
is exactly the same. There are, of course, other principles involved in
the case of two persons meeting face to face and calling into force their
psychic powers; for instance, there is the element of suggestion and
association, and other psychological principles which are not in force
when the two persons are out of the actual presence of each other. But so
far as the telepathic or astral psychic powers are concerned, the mere
extension of space does not change the principle.
The student who has developed his power of psychic induction in the
phases mentioned in the preceding chapter, may begin to experiment and
practice psychic induction at long-range, if he so wishes. That is to say,
instead of causing psychic induction in the minds of persons actually in
his presence and sight, he may produce similar results in persons out of
his sight and presence. The person may be brought into presence and
psychic contact, for all practical purposes, by using the visualizing
powers for the purpose of bringing him into the en rapport condition. That
is to say, by using the imagination to bring into the mind a strong clear
picture of the other person, you may induce an en rapport condition in
which he will be practically in the same psychic relation to you as if he
were actually before you. Of course, if he is sufficiently well informed
regarding occult matters, he may shut you out by drawing a psychic circle
around himself which you cannot penetrate, or by surrounding himself with
psychic armor or atmosphere such as I have already mentioned in preceding
lessons. But as he will not likely know anything of this, the average
person may be reached in the manner just mentioned.
Or again, you may establish en rapport conditions by psychometric methods,
by holding to your forehead an article which has been in the other
person's possession for some time; an article worn by him; a piece of his
hair; etc. Or, again, you may use the crystal to bring up his astral
vision before you. Or, again, you may erect an "astral tube" such as I
will mention a little further on in this chapter, and thus establish a
strong en rapport condition.
Having established the en rapport condition with the other person, and
having thus practically brought him into your presence, psychically
speaking, you may proceed to send him commands or demands, just as you did
in the phase of personal psychic influence previously mentioned. You act
precisely as if the other person were present before you, and state your
commands or demands to him just as you would were he seated or standing in
your presence. This is the keynote of the whole thing; the rest is simply
an elaboration and stating of details of methods, etc. With the correct
principle once established, you may apply the same according to your own
wishes and discretion.
This phase of distant psychic influence is at the bottom of all the
wonderful tales, stories and legends of supernatural powers, witchcraft,
sorcery, etc., with which the pages of history are filled. There is of
course always to be found much distortion and exaggeration in these
legends and tales, but they have truth at the bottom of them. In this
connection, let me call your attention to a very important psychic
principle involved. I have told you that by denying the power of any
person over you, you practically neutralize his psychic power--the
stronger and more positive your belief in your immunity, and your denial
of his power over you, the more do you rob him of any such power. The
average person, not knowing this, is more or less passive to psychic
influences of other persons, and may be affected by them to a greater or
less extent, depending upon the psychic development of the person seeking
to influence him. At the extreme of the sensitive pole of psychic
influence, we find those persons who believe firmly that the other person
has power over them, and who are more or less afraid of him. This belief
and fear acts to make them particularly sensitive and impressionable, and
easily affected by his psychic induction. This is the reason that the
so-called witches and sorcerers and others of evil repute have been able
to acquire such a power over their victims, and to cause so much trouble.
The secret is that the victims believed in the power of the other person,
and feared their power. The greater the belief in, and fear of, the power
of the person, the greater the susceptibility to his influence; the
greater the sense of power of neutralizing the power, and the disbelief in
his power to affect them, the greater the degree of immunity: this is the
rule!
Accordingly we find that persons in various stages of the history of the
world have been affected by the influences of witches, sorcerers, and
other unprincipled persons. In most cases these so-called witches and
sorcerers themselves were under the delusion that they were assisted by
the devil or some other supernatural being. They did not realize that they
were simply using perfectly natural methods, and employing perfectly
natural forces. For that matter, you must remember that magnetism and
electricity, in ancient days, were considered as supernatural forces in
some way connected with demonic powers.
Studying the history of witchcraft, sorcery, black-magic, and the like,
you will find that the devotees thereof usually employed some psychometric
method. In other cases they would mould little figures of clay, or of wax,
in the general shape and appearance of the person whom they wished to
affect. It was thought that these little figures were endowed with some
supernatural powers or attributes, but of course this was mere
superstition. The whole power of these little figures arose from the fact
that they aided the imagination of the spell-worker in forming a mental
image of the person sought to be influenced; and thus established a strong
en rapport condition. Added to this, you must remember that the fear and
belief of the public greatly aided the spell-worker and increased his
power and influence over these poor persons.
I will give you a typical case, taken from an old German book, which
thoroughly illustrates the principles involved in cases of this kind.
Understand this case, and you will have the secret and working principle
of them all. The story is told by an eminent German physician of the last
century. He relates that he was consulted by one of his patients, a
wealthy farmer living near by. The farmer complained that he was disturbed
every night by strange noises which sounded like someone pounding iron.
The disturbances occurred between the hours of ten o'clock and midnight,
each and every night. The physician asked him if he suspected anyone of
causing the strange trouble. The farmer answered that he suspected an old
enemy of his, an old village blacksmith living several miles away from his
farm. It appears that an old long-standing feud between them had broken
out afresh, and that the blacksmith had made threats of employing his
"hex" (witchcraft) powers on the old farmer. The blacksmith was reputed to
be a sort of "hex" or male-witch, and the farmer believed in his diabolic
powers and was very much in fear of them. So you see the ideal condition
for psychic receptivity was present.
The physician called on the blacksmith, and taking him by surprise, gazing
sternly into his eyes and asked him: "What do you do every night between
ten and twelve o'clock?" The blacksmith, frightened and disturbed,
stammered out: "I hammer a bar of iron every night at that time, and all
the while I think intently of a bad neighbor of mine who once cheated me
out of some money; and I 'will' at the same time that the noise will
disturb his rest, until he will pay me back my money to get peace and
quiet." The physician bade him to desist from his evil practices, under
threats of dire punishment; and then went to the farmer and made him
straighten out the financial dispute between the two. Thereafter, there
was no more trouble.
So you see in this case all the necessary elements were present. First
there was the belief of the blacksmith in his own powers--this gave him
self-confidence and psychic power. Then there was the belief and fear on
the part of the farmer--this made him an easy subject, and very
susceptible to psychic induction, etc. Then there was the action of the
blacksmith beating the iron--this gave force and clearness to his
visualization of the idea he wished to induce in the mind of the other.
And, finally, there was his will employed in every stroke, going out in
the direction of the concentrated wish and purpose of influencing the
farmer. You see, then, that every psychic element was present. It was no
wonder that the old farmer was disturbed.
Among the negroes of the South, in America; and among the Hawaiians; we
find marked instances of this kind. The negro Voodoo men and women work
black magic on those of their race who are superstitious and credulous,
and who have a mortal fear of the Voodoo. You see the conditions obtained
are much the same as in the case of the German case just cited. Travellers
who have visited the countries in which there is a large negro population,
have many interesting tales to recite of the terrible workings of these
Voodoo black magicians. In some cases, sickness and even death is the
result. But, mark you this! it is only those who believe in, and fear, the
power of the Voodoos that are affected. In Hawaii, the Kahunas or native
magicians are renowned for their power to cause sickness and death to
those who have offended them; or to those who have offended some client of
the Kahuna, and who have hired the latter to "pray" the enemy to sickness
or death. The poor ignorant Hawaiians, believing implicitly in the power
of the Kahunas, and being in deadly fear of them, are very susceptible to
their psychic influence, and naturally fall easy victims, unless they buy
of the Kahuna, or make peace with his client. White persons living in
Hawaii are not affected by the Kahunas, for they do not believe in them,
neither do they fear them. Unconsciously, but still strongly, they deny
the power, and are immune. So, you see, the principle working out here,
also. Once you have the master-key, you may unlock many doors of mystery
which have heretofore been closed to you.
We do not have to fall back on cases of witchcraft, however, in order to
illustrate this phase of the use of psychic influence for selfish ends. In
Europe and America there are teachers of a low form of occultism who
instruct their pupils in the art of producing induced mental states in the
minds of others, for purposes of financial gain or other selfish ends. For
instance, there is a Western teacher who instructs his pupils to induce
desired mental states in prospective customers, or others whom they may
wish to influence for selfish reasons. This teacher tells his pupils to:
"Imagine your prospective customer, or other person, as seated in a chair
before which you are standing. Make the imagined picture as strong as
possible, for upon this depends your success. Then proceed to 'treat' this
person just as if he were actually present. Concentrate your will upon
him, and tell him what you expect to tell him when you meet him. Use all
of the arguments that you can think of, and at the same time hold the
thought that he must do as you say. Try to imagine him as complying with
your wishes in every respect, for this imagining will tend to 'come true'
when you really meet the person. This rule may be used, not only in the
case of prospective customers, but also in the case of persons whom you
wish to influence in any way whatsoever." Surely this is a case of
employing psychic powers for selfish purposes, if anything is.
Again, in Europe and America, particularly in the latter country, we find
many persons who have picked up a smattering of occult knowledge by means
of some of the many healing cults and organizations which teach the power
of thought over physical diseases. In the instruction along the lines of
distant mental healing, the student is taught to visualize the patient as
strongly and clearly as possible, and to then proceed to make statements
of health and strength. The mind of the patient, and that of the healer,
cooperate and in many cases work wonderful cures. As you will see in the
last lesson of this course, there is great power in the mind to induce
healthful vibrations in the mind of others, and the work is a good and
worthy one. But, alas! as is so often the case, the good teaching is
sometimes perverted, and applied for unworthy and selfish ends. Some of
the persons who have picked up the principles of mental healing have
discovered that the same power may be used in a bad as well as in a good
direction. They accordingly, proceed to "treat" other persons with the
object of persuading them to do things calculated to benefit the person
using the psychic power. They seek to get these other persons under their
psychic influence, and to then take advantage of them in some way or
I hope that it is practically unnecessary for me to warn my students
against evil practices of this kind--I trust that I have not drawn any
students of this class to me. In case, however, that some of you may have
been, or may be in the future, tempted to use your psychic powers
improperly, in this way, I wish to caution and warn you positively against
so doing. Outside of the ordinary morality which should prevent you from
taking advantage of another person in this way, I wish to say to you that
anyone so misusing psychic or astral powers will inevitably bring down
upon his head, sooner or later, certain occult astral forces which will
prove disastrous to him. He will become involved in the web of his own
making, and will suffer greatly. Never by any means allow yourself to be
tempted into indulging in any of the practices of Black Magic, under any
form of disguise. You will live to regret it if you do. Employ your
powers, when you develop them, for the good of others; or at least, for
purely scientific investigation and knowledge.
The scientific investigator of this phase of psychic influence, will wish
to become acquainted with what the occultists call "the astral tube." In
this phase of the phenomena, you manifest upon the astral plane, rather
than upon the physical. The astral form of telepathy is manifested, rather
than the ordinary form. While there are a number of technical points
involved in the production of the astral tube, I shall endeavor to
instruct you regarding its creation and use in as plain words as possible,
omitting all reference to technical occult details which would only serve
to distract your attention and confuse your mind. The advanced occult
student will understand these omitted technicalities without being told of
them; the others would not know what was meant by them, if mentioned, in
the absence of a long stage of preparatory teaching. After all, the theory
is not of so much importance to most of you as are the practical working
principles. I ask your careful attention to what I have to say in this
subject of the astral tube.
The Astral Tube is formed by the person forming in his imagination (i.e.,
on the astral plane by means of his imagination or visualizing powers), a
tube or small tunnel between himself and the person whom he wishes to
influence. He starts by picturing it in his mind a whirling vortex,
similar to the whirling ring of smoke emitted from a "coughing" engine,
and sometimes by a man smoking a cigar, about six inches to one foot in
diameter. He must will the imagined vortex-ring to move forward as if it
were actually boring a tunnel through the atmosphere. When the knack of
producing this astral tube is acquired, it will be found that the
visualized tunnel seems to vibrate with a peculiar intensity, and will
seem to be composed of a substance far more subtle than air. Then, at the
other end of this astral tube you must picture the other person, the one
whom you wish to influence. The person will seem as if viewed through the
wrong end of an opera-glass. When this condition is gained, there will be
found to be a high degree of en rapport between yourself and the other
person. The secret consists in the fact that you have really established a
form of clairvoyance between yourself and the person. When you have
induced this condition, proceed with your mental commands and pictures
just as if you were in the presence of the person himself. That is the
whole thing in a nutshell.
In order that you may have another viewpoint from which to consider the
astral tube, or what corresponds to it, I wish to give you here a little
quotation from another writer on the subject, who presents the matter from
a somewhat more technical standpoint. Read this quotation in connection
with my own description of the astral tube, and you will form a pretty
complete and clear idea of the phenomenon. The writer mentioned says: "It
is impossible here to give an exhaustive disquisition on astral physics;
all I need say is that it is possible to make in the astral substance a
definite connecting-line that shall act as a telegraph wire to convey
vibrations by means of which all that is going on at the other end of it
may be seen. Such a line is established, be it understood, not by a direct
projection through space of astral matter, but by such action upon a line
(or rather many lines) of particles of that substance as will render them
capable of forming a conductor for vibrations of the character required.
This preliminary action can be set up in two ways--either by the
transmission of energy from particle to particle, until the line is
formed, or by the use of a force from a higher plane which is capable of
acting upon the whole line simultaneously. Of course this latter method
implies far greater development, since it involves the knowledge of (and
the power to use) forces of a considerably higher level.
"Even the simpler and purely astral operation is a difficult one to
describe, though quite an easy one to perform. It may be said to partake
somewhat of the nature of the magnetization of a bar of steel; for it
consists in what we might call the polarization, by an effort of the human
will, of a number of astral atoms reaching from the operator to the scene
which he wishes to observe. All the atoms thus affected are held for the
time being with their axes rigidly parallel to one another, so that they
form a kind of temporary tube along which the clairvoyant may look. This
method has the disadvantage that the telegraph line is liable to
disarrangement or even destruction by any sufficiently strong astral
current which happens to cross its path; but if the original creative
effort were fairly definite, this would be a contingency of only
infrequent occurrence. The view of a distant scene obtained by means of
this 'astral current' is in many ways not unlike that seen through a
telescope. Human figures usually appear very small, like those on a
distant stage, but in spite of their diminutive size they are as clear as
though they were close by. Sometimes it is possible by this means to hear
what is said as well as to see what is done; but as in the majority of
cases this does not happen, we must consider it rather as the
manifestation of an additional power than as a necessary corollary of the
faculty of sight."
I would feel that I had not done my whole duty to the student, or reader
of this book, were I to conclude this chapter without pointing out a means
of protection against the use of this phase of psychic influence against
them on the part of some unscrupulous person; or for that matter, against
the meddling influence of any person whatsoever, for any purpose
whatsoever, without one's permission and consent. Therefore, I wish now to
point out the general principles of self-protection or defense against
this class of psychic influence.
In the first place, you must, of course, refuse to admit to your mind any
feeling of fear regarding the influence of other persons--for that is the
open door to their influence, as I have pointed out to you. If you have
been, or are fearful of any persons psychic influence, you must get to
work and drive out that feeling by positive and vigorous denials. The
denial, you remember, is the positive neutralizer of the psychic influence
of another person, providing you make it in full belief of its truth. You
must take the position (which is a true one) that you are immune to the
psychic attack or influence. You should say, mentally, "I deny to any
person the power to influence me psychically without my consent; I am
positive to all such influences, and they are negative to me; I neutralize
them by this denial!"
If you feel sudden impulses to act in some way which you have not thought
of doing, or toward which you have had an aversion, pause a moment and
say, mentally, "If this is an outside influence, I deny its power over me;
I deny it, and send it back to its sender, to his defeat and confusion."
You will then experience a feeling of relief and freedom. In such cases
you may frequently be approached later on by the person who would have
been most benefitted by your action; he will appear surprised when you
"turn him down," and will act in a confused way. He may not have
consciously tried to influence you, but may have merely been wishing
strongly that you would do as he desired.
It should encourage you to know that it requires much less force to repel
and neutralize psychic influence of this kind, than is required to send
forth the power; an ounce of denial and protection overcomes a pound of
psychic attacking power. Nature gives you the means of protection, and
gives you "the best end of the stick," and it is your own fault if you do
not effectively use it. A word to the wise is sufficient.
LESSON XIX.
The third phase of Psychic Influence is that which may be called Indirect
Psychic Influence, in which psychic induction is manifested in the minds
of other persons coming in contact with the thought vibrations of the
person manifesting them, although no deliberate attempt is made to
influence the mind of any particular person or persons. Closely connected
with and involved in this phase of psychic influence, is that which is
called the Psychic Law of Attraction. So closely are these two connected
that I shall consider them together in this lesson.
The fundamental principle of this phase of psychic influence is the
well-known psychic fact that mental and emotional states not only induce
similar vibrations in those who are similar attuned on the psychic
vibratory scale, but also tend to attract and draw to the person other
persons who are vibrating along similar lines, and also tend to repel
those who are vibrating in an opposing note or scale of psychic vibration.
In the preceding lessons I have shown you how by induction we tend to
arouse in others mental and emotional states similar to our own. But there
is a law in effect here, which must be noted if you wish to thoroughly
understand this phase of psychic influences. Omitting all technical
explanations, and getting right down to the heart of the phenomenon, I
would say that the general principle is this: Psychic induction is
difficult in proportion to the opposing quality of the characteristic
mental and emotional states of the person affected; and easy in proportion
to the harmonious quality thereof. That is to say, in plain words, that if
a person's habitual thought and emotions are along the same lines that you
are trying to induce in him, you will find it easy to induce the same in
him; if, on the contrary, they are of an opposing nature, then you will
find it difficult to so influence him. The many degrees of agreement and
difference in the psychic vibrations of persons constitute a scale of
comparative response to any particular form of mental or emotional
It is hard to change the spots of a leopard, or the skin of an Ethiopian,
as we are told on ancient authority. It is almost as difficult to change
the characteristic mental and emotional states of a person by psychic
induction, except after long and repeated efforts. On the contrary, let a
person have certain characteristic mental and emotional habits, then these
may be aroused in them with the greatest ease by means of psychic
induction. For instance, if a person is characteristically and habitually
peaceful, mild and calm, it will be very difficult to arouse in him by
psychic induction the vibrations of anger, fight and excitement. On the
other hand, if the other person is combative, fierce and easily excited to
wrath, it is the easiest possible thing to arouse these feelings in him by
psychic induction. So much for ordinary psychic induction; let us now
consider indirect psychic induction, in which the same principle operates.
In indirect psychic induction, that is to say in cases in which psychic
vibrations are aroused by induction without deliberate attempt or design
to influence any particular person or persons, there is noted the
manifestation of a peculiar law of attraction and repulsion along psychic
lines. This psychic law operates in the direction of attracting to oneself
other persons who, actively or passively, vibrate on the same note, or on
some note or notes in general harmony therewith. In the same, way, the law
causes you to repel other persons who vibrate on a note or notes in
general inharmony or discord to yourself. So, in short, we go through life
attracting or repelling, psychically, others in harmonious or inharmonious
psychic relation to us, respectively. An understanding of this law and its
workings will throw light upon many things in your life which you have not
understood previously.
You of course understand that you are constantly radiating currents of
psychic vibrations, some of which flow out to great distances from you,
and affect others often far removed from you in space. But you may not
also know that on the astral plane there is manifesting a similar sequence
of cause and effect. A strong emotional vibration, or a strong desire or
will, tends to manifest on the astral plane by attracting or repelling
others in psychic harmony or inharmony with you. This phenomenon is not so
common as is that of ordinary thought vibrations from brain to brain, but
it is far more common that is generally supposed. It is particularly
marked in cases of men of strong desire and will, and strong creative
imagination. These vibrations awakening response in the minds of those in
harmony with them, tend to draw to one those other persons whose general
character will fit in with the desires and ideas of the first person, or
to repel those who are not harmonious therewith. This explains the
peculiar phenomenon of strong men in business, politics and other walks of
life, drawing and attracting to them other men who will fit in with their
general plans and aims.
This law works two ways. Not only do you draw such persons to you as will
fit in with your plans and purposes, but you are attracted to them by the
same law. Not only this, but you will find that through the peculiar
workings of this law even things and circumstances, as well as persons,
will seem to be moulded by your strong desires and ideas, providing your
psychic vibrations are sufficiently strong and clear. Have you never
noticed how a strong, resourceful magnetic man will seem to actually draw
to him the persons, things and circumstances that he needs to carry out
and manifest his plans and designs. To many, not understanding this great
law, these things have seemed positively uncanny and mysterious. But,
now-a-days, the big men of business and politics are beginning to
understand these psychic laws, and to apply them deliberately and with
Some of the great leaders in the business world, and in politics, are
known to deliberately start into operation strong psychic vibrations, and
to send out strong psychic currents of attraction, by the methods that I
have already explained to you. They, of course, are filled with a more
than ordinary degree of desire and will and, in the second place, they
create very strong and clear mental pictures of their plans working out
successfully to a finish; then concentrate strongly on the thing; and lo!
the effect is felt by all hands and on all sides. They "treat the public"
(to use the term favored by some of the metaphysical cults of the day) by
holding the mental picture of that which they strongly desire to come to
pass, and by concentrating their thought and will strongly upon it.
A favorite mental picture of some of these men (who have been instructed
by teachers of occultism), is that of themselves as the centre of a great
psychic whirlpool, drawing to themselves the persons, things and
circumstances calculated to bring success and realization to them. Others
picture their thought-vibrations flowing from them like the rings in a
pond into which a stone had been dropped, influencing a constantly
widening circle of other persons; then they picture the persons being
drawn to them in the manner just mentioned. They persist in this practice
day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year--is it
any wonder that they draw to themselves that which they desire?
Other persons of lesser caliber take similar advantage of the law in the
same way, but on a smaller scale. In every community there are certain
persons who seem to draw to themselves the patronage and custom of the
community, in some peculiar way. In most cases this may be traced back to
some form of psychic influence. I do not mean that these persons
consciously and deliberately set these forces into operation. On the
contrary, many of them do so more or less unconsciously, and without a
knowledge of the underlying psychic principles involved. Such persons have
stumbled on a portion of the psychic laws, and have used them more or less
unconsciously and without understanding the real reason of the happening.
They found out that certain mental states and certain mental pictures
tended to produce certain results--that they "worked out"--and so they
continued them. Some of these men think of the whole thing as something
supernatural, and get to believe that they are being helped by some
supernatural power; whereas, they are simply operating under a universal
psychic law of cause and effect.
In America a number of teachers and writers have devoted much attention to
this phase of the general subject of psychic influence. Cults have been
formed upon this general basis, the main idea of their followers being
that of attracting financial and other success by means of this phase of
psychic force. One of the leading writers along this line, says: "An
individual who has cultivated the faculty of concentration, and has
acquired the art of creating sharp, clear, strong, mental images, and who
when engaged in an undertaking will so charge his mind with the idea of
success, will be bound to become an attracting centre. And if such an
individual will keep his mental picture ever in his mind, even though it
be in the background of his mind, when he is attending to the details and
planning of his affairs--if he will give his mental picture a prominent
place in his mental gallery, taking a frequent glance at it, and using his
will upon it to create new scenes of actual success, he will create for
himself a centre of radiating thought that will surely be felt by those
coming within its field of influence.
"Such a man frequently 'sees people as coming to him and his enterprises,
and as falling in line with his plans. He mentally 'sees' money flowing in
to him, and all of his plans working out right. In short, he mentally
imagines each step of his plans a little ahead of the time for their
execution, and he concentrates forcibly and earnestly upon them. It is
astonishing to witness how events, people, circumstances, and things seem
to move in place in actual life as if urged by some mighty power to serve
to materialize the conditions so imaged in the mind of the man. But,
understand, there must be active mental effort behind the imaging. Day
dreamers do not materialize thought--they merely dissipate energy. The man
who converts thought in activity and material being throws energy into
the task, and puts forth his willpower through the pictured image. Without
the rays of the will there will be no picture projected, no matter how
beautifully the imagination has projected it. Thought pictured in mental
images, and then vitalized by the force of the desire, and will, tend to
objectify themselves into material being."
The student will be interested in reading and hearing the various theories
and explanations given by different writers and teachers to account for
the phenomena of psychic influence. Once he has grasped the real
scientific principles involved, he will be able to see the same in
operation in all of the cases cited by the different teachers and writers,
and will find that this fundamental principle fully explains and accounts
for all of these cases, no matter how puzzling they may seem, or how
mysterious they may be claimed to be by those mentioning them. Truth is
very simple when we brush away the fantastic dressings which have been
placed around it by those who have lacked knowledge of the true
fundamental principles.
We see this same law or principle operating in very many different ways
from those previously mentioned. For instance, we frequently find cases in
which one person has a strong desire for a certain kind of assistance in
his business or other work. He has almost given up hope of finding the
right kind of person, for those whom he has tried have failed to measure
up the requirements of the situation. If he will (and he sometimes does)
follow the general plan just mentioned, he will set into operation the
psychic forces which will attract that person to him, and him to that
person. In some peculiar way, the two will be thrown together, and the
combination will work out to the best advantage of both. In these cases,
each person is seeking the other, and the psychic forces of attraction,
once set into operation, serve to bring them together.
In like manner, one often draws to himself certain knowledge and
information that he requires or is desirous of gaining. But, and you must
always remember this, no miracle is worked, for it is simply a matter of
the working out of natural laws of cause and effect--attraction and
response to attraction--on the psychic or astral plane. Such a person will
accidently (!) run across some other person who will be led to give him
the key to the knowledge he seeks. Perhaps a book may be mentioned, or
some reference to some writer be made. If the hint is followed up, the
desired information comes to light. Many persons have had the psychic
experience of being led to some book store and induced to examine a
particular shelf of books, whereupon a particular book presents itself
which changes the whole course of the person's life. Or, perhaps, one will
pick up a newspaper apparently at random, and without purpose; and therein
will find some information, or at least a hint in the direction where the
information may be found. When one accustoms himself to the workings of
psychic forces, these things soon become accepted as a matter of course,
and cease to arouse wonder or surprise. The workings of the Psychic Law of
Attraction is seen to be as natural and invariable as the law of
gravitation, or magnetic attraction, once one has mastered its principles,
and learned the methods of its application. Surely such a wonderful law is
well worth study, attention, investigation, and mastery, isn't it?
A writer along the lines of Mental Science, which is really based on the
principles which have been stated in this book, has the following to say
regarding his system: "Wonderful results arise by reason of what has been
called 'The Law of Attraction,' by the workings of which each person is
continually drawing to himself the people, things, objects, and even
circumstances in harmony and accord with his prevailing mental states.
Like attracts like, and the mental states determine that which one draws
to himself. If you are not satisfied with what is coming to you, start to
work and change your mental attitudes and mental states, and you will see
a change gradually setting in, and then the things that you want will
begin to come your way. * * * A most important fact about the effect of
mental vibrations upon people lies in the principle that one is more
affected by vibrations in harmony with his own accustomed feelings and
mental states, than by those of an opposite nature. A man who is full of
evil schemes, and selfish aims, is more apt to be caught up by similar
vibrations than one who lives above that plane of thought. He is more
easily tempted by evil suggestions and influences, than one to whom these
things are abhorrent. And the same is true on every plane. A man whose
mental attitude is one of confidence and fearlessness, is not apt to be
affected by vibrations of a negative, pessimistic, gloomy nature, and vice
versa. Therefore, if you wish to receive the vibrations of the thoughts
and feelings of others, you must place yourself in a mental attitude
corresponding with those vibrations which you wish to receive. And if you
wish to avoid vibrations of a certain kind, the best way is to rise above
them in your own mind, and to cultivate the mental states opposite them.
The positive always overcomes the negative--and optimistic mental states
are always positive to pessimistic mental states."
Another writer on, and practitioner of Mental Science, in America, several
years ago, explained her theory and practice by means of the term
"corelation of thoughts and things." She held that when one thought
positively, clearly and forcibly of a thing, he "related" himself to that
thing, and tended to attract it to him, and to be attracted toward it. She
held that true wisdom consists in so managing our thoughts that we shall
relate ourselves only to those things which we know to be desirable and
beneficial to ourselves, and to avoid thinking of those which are harmful
and detrimental to us. The student of this book will see how this
practical Mental Scientist was really using the same principles that we
have examined and become acquainted within this book, although she called
them by another name, and explained them by another theory. At the bottom
of all the teachings and theories you will always find the one same basic
principle and universal law.
The advanced student of occultism knows that each and every one of us is
really a creator of his own circumstances, environment and conditions, to
a great extent. Each of us is able to so modify our mental activities as
to bring about such changes in our environment and surroundings as to
actually re-create them. The things accomplished by successful men are
really but materializations of that which they have previously held in
their mental vision. Everything is first created on the psychic plane, and
then manifested in the physical world. All the great works of man, the
great bridges, great buildings, tunnels, machinery, cities, railroads,
canals, works of art, musical compositions, etc., first existed in the
mind of their creators, and were then afterward materialized in physical
form and shape. And, so you see we are proceeding with our work of mental
creations whenever we think and make mental images. This, however, is no
new teaching. It is as old as the race of mankind. Over twenty-five
hundred years ago, Buddha said to his disciples: "All that we are is the
result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made
up of our thoughts."
I would be telling you but half the story did I not warn you that strong
Fear may play the part ordinarily filled by Desire in the production of
the psychic phenomena of materialization of mental pictures. Strange as
it may appear at first, a strong fear that a thing will come to pass will
act much the same as a strong desire that the happening will occur.
Consequently, many persons by continually dwelling upon the thing that
they fear may happen to them, actually attract that thing to them, just as
if they had actually desired and wished for it. I cannot go into occult
technicalities in explaining this strange fact; but the gist of the secret
may be said to consist in the fact that the person clearly and vividly
pictures in his mind the thing that he fears may happen to him. He thus
creates a strong mental-picture or image of it, which sets into forces the
attractive power of psychic influence and draws the feared thing into
material reality. As Job said: "The thing that I feared hath come upon
me." The moral of this is, of course, that persons should learn to stamp
out fear and mental images of things feared. Instead, they should make
strong positive mental denials of the things that they may find themselves
fearing. They should deny the reality of the feared thing, and assert
positively their own superiority to the thing, and their power to overcome
A great religious cult has sprung into existence which makes a leading
doctrine of this ability to materialize the things which one desires, and
to deny out of existence undesirable things. Many persons who have
witnessed the wonderful success of some of the followers of this cult or
organization, have been puzzled to account for the same on scientific and
rational grounds. A little understanding of fundamental occult and
psychic principles, as given in these lessons, will show the "why and
wherefore" of these strange and wonderful manifestations. In this
connection you must remember that the combined thought of the thousands of
persons composing this cult or organization undoubtedly gives additional
psychic force to the mental affirmations and denials of the individual
member thereof.
In past and present, and probably in future time, there have been many
instances of magical procedures tending to bring about the results that we
have herein seen to come about by reason of psychic influence, in some of
its many phases. These magic procedures have usually been accompanied by
incantations, ceremonies, strange rites, evocations, etc., which were
supposed to have great virtue in bringing about desired results. But the
true occultists now know that these ceremonies and rites were merely hopes
to the imagination and aids to faith, and thus tended to bring about the
psychic phenomena. There was no virtue in these ceremonies themselves, and
the same results may be secured by simply following the procedure outlined
in this book. The wonders of ancient magic have been reproduced by the
modern occultists, without all the mumbo-jumbo of the past rites and
ceremonies.
A gifted English writer upon the subject of the relation of mysticism and
magic, sums up the gist of the principles of Magic as follows:
"The central doctrine of Magic may now be summed up thus:
"(1) That a supersensible and real cosmic medium exists, which
interpenetrates, influences, and supports the tangible and apparent world,
and is amenable to the categories both of meta-physics and of physics."
[This of course is the astral plane, which is the container of the subtle
form or framework of all that exists on the physical plane.]
"(2) That there is an established analogy and equilibrium between the real
(and unseen) world, and the illusory manifestation that we call the world
of sense." [By this of course is meant the correspondence and balance
between the subtle form of things and the material manifestation thereof.
Things created in the astral, tend to materialize on the physical plane.
All creation proceeds from the astral to the physical.]
"(3) That this analogy may be discerned, and this equilibrium controlled,
by the disciplined will of man, which thus becomes master of itself and of
fate." [The essence of Will consists of strong desire accompanied by a
clear mental picture of the thing desired, and held steady and firm by
concentration.]
So you see by reference to the above very clear statement of the central
doctrine of Magic, and my explanations thereof, that in these lessons you
have been taught the very essence of the wonderful, mysterious ancient
Magic, and its modern counterpart. As for the various rites and
ceremonies, as I have said, these are mere symbols and aids to mental
imaging and concentration. As an eminent occultist once said, "Ceremonies
being but artificial methods of creating certain habits of the will, they
cease to be necessary when these habits have become fixed." The master of
occultism sees ceremonies, rites, and ritual as but the playthings of the
kindergarten scholar--useful and important so far as they go, but serving
merely to teach the scholar, sooner or later, that he may proceed without
In this chapter I have condensed enough information to fill a whole book.
I trust that you will study it carefully, and not miss its main points.
LESSON XX.
Probably no phase of psychic influence is more familiar to the average
person of the Western world than is that of the healing of physical ills
and conditions by means of psychic influence under one name or another.
Great healing cults and organizations have been built up upon this basis,
and the interest in the subject has taken on the form of a great popular
As is natural in cases of this kind, there have been hundreds of theories
advanced to account for the phenomena of psychic healing, and a still
greater number of methods of treatments devised to carry out the
principles of the theories. Ranging from the teaching of actual divine
interposition and influence arising from certain forms of belief and
practice, covering many intermediate stages, the theories even include a
semi-materialistic hypothesis in which mind is considered as an attribute
of matter, but having a magic influence over the forms of matter when
properly applied. But it is worthy of note that no matter what the general
or particular theory, or what the favored method of application, these
healing schools or cults, as well as the independent practitioners, meet
with a very fair degree of success and perform quite a number of cures.
Many of these Western advocates and practitioners of psychic healing
practically hold that the whole system is of very recent discovery, and
that it has nothing whatsoever to do with ordinary occult science. The
occultists however are able to smile at these ideas and beliefs, for they
not only recognize the general principles involved, but they also are
aware that these principles, and their application, have been known to
advanced occultists for thousands of years. I do not say this in any
dispargement of the moderns schools of psychic healing, for I am in full
sympathy with their great work; I merely mention the matter that the
student may get the right historical perspective in considering this phase
of psychic phenomena and influence.
So far as the methods of application are concerned, the true occultist
recognizes that most of the methods and forms of treatment are but outward
cloaks or disguises for the real psychic healing principle. The gist of
the real methods is to be found in the principles of the application of
psychic influence which I have presented to you in these lessons, viz: (1)
Strong desire to make the cure; (2) clear mental image or picture of the
desired condition as actually present in the patient at this time; and (3)
concentration of the attention and mind of the healer, so as to bring to a
focus to two preceding mental states. Here you have the real secret of
psychic healing methods--the rest are all elaborations thereof, dressed up
forms and ceremonies which affect the imagination, faith, belief and
confidence of the patient, and thus make the healing process much easier.
In fact, with the proper degree of faith and confidence on the part of the
patient, there is but little need of a healer, for the patient may treat
and cure himself. However, in most cases, the presence of the healer aids
materially in arousing the fate and confidence of the patient, and hastens
the cure.
Again, so far as the theories underlying the cures are concerned,
occultists are able to reduce them all to a single working theory or
principle, which includes all the rest. Brushing aside all technical
details, and all attempts to trace back the healing process to the
ultimate facts of the universe, I may say that the gist of the principle
of all psychic healing is that of influencing the astral foundation of the
various organs and parts, cells and centres, so as to make it proceed to
manifest a more perfect physical counterpart. All psychic healing is
really accomplished on the astral body first--then the physical body
responds to the renewed activities of its astral counterpart. To get the
real significance of this statement it is necessary for you to realize
just what the astral body really is. This once grasped, the difficulties
vanish, and you are able to form a clear conception of the entire matter
and process.
The astral body is a precise counterpart of the physical body, its organs,
its parts, its centres, and its cells. In fact, the astral body is the
pattern upon which the physical body is materialized. The astral body is
composed of an etheric substance of a very high rate of vibration. In one
sense it may be considered as a very subtle form of matter--in another as
a semi-materialized form of force or energy. It is finer and more subtle
that the rarest vapors or gases known to science. And, yet, it has a
strong degree of tenacity and cohesiveness that enables it to resist
attacks from the material side of nature. As I have said, each organ,
part, centre or cell, of the physical body has its astral pattern or
basis. In fact, the physical body has been built up, in whole and in all
of its parts, on the pattern and base of the astral body. Moreover, in
case of impaired functioning of the physical organs or parts, and impaired
activity of the physical body, its limbs, etc., if we can manage to arouse
the activities of the astral body we may cause it to re-materialize or
re-energize the physical body, and thus restore health and activity to it.
If the liver, for instance, is not functioning properly, we proceed to
start up the activities of the astral counterpart of that organ, to the
end that the physical organ may be re-energized, and recreated in a
measure. All true psychic healing work is performed on the astral plane,
before it manifests on the physical.
At this point, I should also call your attention to the effect of "prana,"
or life energy, in some cases of healing. This prana is what Western
healers mean when they speak of "human magnetism" in their healing work.
So far from being an imaginary force, as claimed by the physical
scientists and materialists, it is known to all occultists as an active
principle of the human body, and as of great efficacy in the psychic
treatment of disease. I shall mention the details of this form of
treatment as we proceed--I mention it at this place merely to call your
attention to the fact of its existence.
Before passing on to the consideration of other phases of the subject
before us, I would like to call your attention to the fact that from the
earliest days of history there have been recorded instances of some form
of psychic healing. In the earlier days the psychic healing work was left
entirely in the hands of the priesthood of the various religions
prevailing in the several counties of the world. Claiming to have an
exclusive divine sanction to perform healing work, these priests used
various ceremonies, rites, incantations, etc., in order to obtain their
results. In many cases these priests were ignorant of the real psychic
forces invoked and set into operation; they merely practiced methods which
had been found to work out effectively, and which had been handed down to
them by their predecessors. In other cases, however, the priests
undoubtedly were skilled occultists, and had a very full knowledge of the
forces they were using; though, as the masses of the people were very
ignorant it was impossible to acquaint them with these things so far above
their understanding; and, consequently, the priests applied the healing
forces under the disguise of their religious ceremonies and rites.
From time to time, however, as civilization progressed, there came into
prominence persons who worked cures of physical ills by means of magical
ceremonies and other similar methods, but who were outside of the
priesthood. Some of these men undoubtedly had a very fair knowledge of the
real secret of their cures, though they disguised them to suit the mental
condition of their patients, and, also, probably for purposes of self
glorification. In other cases, however, it is probable that these healers
had merely stumbled across the fact that certain things said in a certain
way tended to work cures; or that certain physical objects seemed to have
therapeutic virtue. They did not realize that the whole healing virtue of
their systems depended upon the strong idea in their own minds, coupled
with the strong faith and confidence in the mind of the patient. And so
the work went on.
In some of the oldest records of the human race, the scriptures of the
various peoples, we find that "laying on of hands" was the favorite method
employed by the holy men and priests, and other performing healing work.
From the first there seems to have been an almost instinctive recognition
on the part of man of the fact that there is a healing power in the touch
of the hand. Even ignorant and savage mothers instinctively apply their
hands to the hurt bodies of their children--a custom that has its
counterpart in civilized races, by the way. The child is taught to expect
physical relief from the application of the mother's hands, and its mind
at once pictures relief. Not only is the mental picture created, but the
desire and confidence is established in the minds of both persons. The
same thing is true of all "laying on of hands," and thus are the
principles of all psychic influence brought into play. But this is not all
there is to it. In the first place, there is an actual transference of
prana from the body of the healer to that of the patient, which serves to
energize and revitalize the cells and centres of the body of the latter.
In the second place, there is the effect upon the astral body of the
patient, which tends to materialize better physical conditions. In the
third place, there is that combination and union of the minds of the two
persons, which gives extra force and power to psychic influence. Is it any
wonder that cures take place under these circumstances?
In the modern revival of the almost lost art and science of psychic
healing among the general public, there has been unusual stress laid upon
the feature of "absent healing," in which the patient and the healer are
not in each other's presence. To many this has seemed actually miraculous,
and as a positive proof of divine interposition. But a little thought will
show the student that such cures are not unknown in the pages of history,
as a casual examination of the sacred books of almost any religion will
show. Moreover, the student will see that to the effect of certain
principles of psychic influence there needs but to be added the principles
of telepathic communication, or, better still, the principles of astral
communication by some phases of clairvoyance, to account for the entire
phenomena of "absent healing."
Space is no barrier on the astral plane, as you have seen in the
preceding chapters of this book. Once the en rapport condition is
established between healer and patient, and the rest is simple--the astral
body is induced to energize more actively, and as a result the physical
manifestation is improved and normal functioning restored. Of course, all
this is wonderful enough--all psychic phenomena is, for that matter; but,
we see that we do not have to go outside of established occult laws,
principles and facts in order to account for some of these modern miracles
which have puzzled and perplexed so many good persons who have not known
of the occult teachings, and who fear that the world is being turned
upside down, and Nature's laws overturned by these "new fangled" ideas and
Perhaps the most simple method of healing by psychic influence is that
which is at the same time the oldest method, i.e., the "laying on of
hands." This method was revived about twenty years ago in America and
Europe by the new school of "magnetic healing" which sprung rapidly into
public favor. The other schools of psychic healing, generally known as
"mental healing," "spiritual healing," "divine healing," etc., generally
frown upon the use of the hands in psychic healing, deeming it "too
material," and too much allied to hypnotism, etc. But this view is quite
bigoted and narrow, for this method has no relation to hypnotism, and,
moreover, it gives the patient the benefit of the flow of prana from the
healer, while at the same time producing the psychic effect on the astral
body, as I have just mentioned.
I take the liberty of quoting here something on this subject from my
little book entitled "The Human Aura." In the chapter of that book devoted
to the consideration of the subject of "Auric Magnetism," I said: "In
cases of magnetic healing, etc., the healer by an effort of his will
(sometimes unconsciously applied) projects a supply of his pranic aura
vibrations into the body of his patient, by way of the nervous system of
the patient, and also by means of what may be called the induction of the
aura itself. The mere presence of a person strongly charged with prana, is
often enough to cause an overflow into the aura of other persons, with a
resulting feeling of new strength and energy. By the use of the hands of
the healer, a heightened effect is produced, by reason of certain
properties inherent in the nervous system of both healer and patient.
There is even a flow of etheric substance from the aura of the healer to
that of the patient, in cases in which the vitality of the latter is very
low. Many a healer has actually, and literally, pumped his life force and
etheric substance into the body of his patient, when the latter was
sinking into the weakness which precedes death, and has by so doing been
able to bring him back to strength and life. This is practically akin to
the transfusion of blood--except that it is upon the psychic plane instead
of the physical."
But the true "magnetic healer" (call him by whatever name you wish) does
not make this pranic treatment the all-in-all of his psychic treatment.
On the contrary it is but the less subtle part, which leads up to the
higher phases. While treating his patients by the laying on of hands, he,
at the same time, strives to induce in the mind of the patient the mental
image of restored health and physical strength; he pictures the diseased
organ as restored to health and normal functioning; he sees the entire
physiological machinery operating properly, the work of nutrition,
assimilation, and excretion going on naturally and normally. By proper
words of advice L and encouragement he awakens hope and confidence in the
mind of the patient, and thus obtains the co-operation of that mind in
connection to his own mental efforts. The astral body responds to this
treatment, and begins to energize the physical organs and cells into
normal activity--and the journey toward health is begun.
[In the little book just mention, "The Human Aura," I gave some valuable
information regarding the influence of colors in psychic healing, which I
do not reproduce here as it is outside the scope and field of the present
lessons. Those who may feel interested in the subject are respectfully
referred to the little manual itself. It is sold for a nominal price by
the publishers of the present work.]
In the form of psychic treatment which comes under the head of Suggestive
Therapeutics, great insistence is laid upon the verbal suggestion to the
patient, on the part of the healer. The patient is told that he will get
well; that his organs will function normally; etc., etc. But the student
of the present lessons will readily see that the only virtue in the spoken
words consists in their power to evoke and induce the mental image of the
desired condition in the mind of the patient. The mental picture thus
evoked produces a corresponding effect in the astral body of the patient,
and sets into operation the materialization of desired results. In
addition, the words produce a strong mental picture in the mind of the
healer himself, and thus give form and strength to his psychic vibrations
which are being poured out toward the patient. This is really the secret
of suggestive treatment.
The many cults of metaphysical healing, in America and Europe, lay great
stress upon what they call "affirmations," which are but statements of the
patient of his or her faith in the healing power of God, or of Mind, or
Spirit, or Principle (different names are used). The patient naturally has
confidence aroused, and as naturally begins to picture the desired
condition; this in turn reacting upon the astral body, and this upon the
physical body or organ. In addition, the healer's mind is also set to work
in the same way, and sets into motion the healing psychic forces in the
way just mentioned. You will notice that the same principle is always
involved and set into operation and manifestation.
There is no particular virtue in the form of affirmation used by the
healer or patient, except the important virtue of being able to arouse
strong mental pictures of restored health, proper functioning, etc. There
is of course this also: certain forms of affirmations or mental statements
are better suited than others to the particular wants of certain persons.
For instance, a very religious person will be aroused better by
affirmations and statements filled with religious sentiments and ideas;
while a person of a purely scientific turn of mind will receive more
benefit from affirmations in which the precise physiological functions are
specifically mentioned; while the person who is fond of mystery and
strange ceremonies will be better served in the affirmations or statements
taken in the form of some magical incantation, etc. The difference,
however, lies in the mind of the patient, rather than in the words
themselves. Words are merely invokers of ideas--symbols of ideas. In
themselves, words are nothing--ideas are everything.
If you wish to treat yourself psychically for some physical disorder, or
if you wish to do good to others in the same way, you have but to put into
operation the general principles of psychic influence herein described.
That is to say, you must first be filled with the strong desire and wish
to make the cure; then you must make a strong mental image of the desired
result, as actually present. (Do not think of it as "going to be;" instead
say and think that it "is now!"); then concentrate the attention firmly
and positively upon the idea. You may aid yourself and others by
affirmations or auto-suggestions (words creating desired ideas and mental
pictures) if you wish--you may get better results in this way. In this
connection, let me remind you that the healing work in many cases consists
largely in placing proper mental pictures in the mind of the patient,
thereby displacing improper and harmful mental pictures of disease, etc.,
which have been given lodgment there before. Many persons are sick because
of improper and harmful mental pictures that they have allowed to be
placed there by the suggestions of others. Fear and dread of disease often
acts to bring about the feared condition, for reasons that you can readily
And, now, finally for the work of "absent healing" by psychic influence. I
can state this to you very simply; it is this: take what I have just told
you regarding personal treatments, and combine it with what I have told
you in previous lessons about "long distance psychic influence"--then you
will have the whole thing. Here is a sample of an effective distant
treatment; or "absent treatment," to use the popular term--it may be
varied and enlarged up to fit individual cases:
Sit quietly in your own room, inducing a calm, peaceful mental attitude
and state. Then (in the way already told you in this book) make a mental
picture of the patient as sitting opposite to you, or lying down in front
of you. If you have never seen the patient, make simply a mental image of
a man, or a woman, as the case may be, and think of the figure as being
the patient. The best practitioners of distant psychic healing produce
such a strong mental image of the patient that they can often actually
"feel" his or her presence. (This of course is the result of a simple
form of clairvoyance.) Then make a strong mental picture of the condition
that you wish to induce in the patient--the healthy physical condition of
the organ, or part or body, as the case may be. See this condition as
existing at the present time, and not as merely to come in the future. At
the same time, you will do well to mentally speak to the patient, just as
you would in case he or she were sitting before you in the physical body.
Tell the patient just what you would in such case. Pour in the
suggestions, or affirmations, or whatever you may wish to call them. In
some cases in which an excellent en rapport condition is established,
patients become aware of the treatment, and sometimes can almost see and
feel the presence of the healer.
A prominent Mental Scientist, of America, instructs his pupils to consider
each of the organs of the patient, or of themselves, as having a separate
intelligence; and, therefore, to "speak up to it" as if it really
understood what was being said to its organ-mind. I would say that such
form of treatment would be calculated to bring about very good results,
indeed. The principle of concentration and mental picturing would be
invoked very strongly in such a case, and the astral counterpart of the
organ should respond to such treatment quickly and effectively. It is an
occult fact that there is mind in every organ and cell of the body, and if
the same is awakened in the astral counterpart, it will respond to the
command, suggestion, or direction. The writer in question evidently is
well acquainted with this occult law, judging from his other writings, and
has simply veiled his knowledge with this easily understood method of
treatment which undoubtedly will "do the work," to use the American term.
Finally, no matter what may be the theory, or method, given in connection
with psychic healing of any or all kinds, you will find the same general
principles underlying it that have been presented over and over again in
this book. In fact, many purely material and physical remedies owe their
success to the fact that they appeal to the imagination of the patient,
and also inspire confidence in him. Anything that will inspire confidence,
faith and hope in the mind of a patient, and will bring to his mind strong
mental pictures of restored health and normal functioning of his
organs--that thing will make for health for him. So, there you have the
whole theory and practice in a sentence!
I would remind the student that these are not lessons to be read but once
and then laid aside. In order to get from them all that they contain for
you, you will find it necessary to read them several times, with a
reasonable interval between readings for the knowledge to sink into your
mind. I feel sure that you will find with each reading that there are many
points that you over-looked before. The lessons cover a wide field, with
many little excursions into bye-paths and lanes of thought. I trust that
the reading and study will make you not only a wiser person, but also a
stronger and more efficient one. I thank you for your kind attention, and
trust that we shall meet again in the future.
FINIS.
The Art and Science of
PERSONAL MAGNETISM
By THERON Q. DUMONT
THE SECRET OF FORTUNE,
FAME AND LOVE
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most advanced schools of the present day; and also to enlighten the public
mind on the great advantages of hypnotism in the treatment of disease, as
compared with the drug method now used in this and other countries. Size
6 x 4-1/2.
No. 12, 37 Pages, Paper Bound--Price Postpaid Outside U.S.A.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEERSHIP
THE SCIENCE OF KNOWING THE FUTURE
HINDOO and ORIENTAL METHODS
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE
By Swami Bhakta Vishita (Hindoo Master)
Everyone possesses in the latent state the wonderful faculty of Seership.
This can be developed. You can train yourself so you can foresee events
and be your own adviser--see your own future.
If you want to make the most of yourself, both in a human and divine
sense, you should read this book.
The most profound and conscientious occult work published in years.
Teaches how to pierce the veil--enter at will into the spiritual world and
converse with your loved ones now across the border.
No. 3. 384 Pages, Cloth Bound, Size, 5x7
Practical Mind Reading
By William Walker Atkinson
_A course of Lessons on Thought Transference, Telepathy, Mental Currents,
Mental Rapport, etc_.
This book is full of practical condensed instruction about every phase of
Mind Reading, Telepathy, etc. The exercises and directions are so plain
and simple that they can be understood and demonstrated by any person of
ordinary intelligence.
Here you will find complete instruction in all the latest points about
Mind Reading. It tells how Thought Transference is practiced in the
scientific laboratory as well as by a public performer. It tells you how
to perform feats that will mystify an audience and arouse the deepest
interest and enthusiasm, or how you can conduct telepathic experiments
with your friends right in your own home.
Here are the titles of the lessons and a few of the subjects treated:
THE NATURE OF MIND READING--A vast, mysterious subject; Power of
Etheric Vibrations; Mental wireless telepathy; the mysteries of science;
Action of mind upon mind; The mental battery.
THE PROOFS OF MIND READING--The Psychic post office; Wonderful
results; A convincing experiment.
CONTACT MIND READING--The two classes of mind reading; The simplest
form; Nerve current theory; The truth about public performances.
DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES--How to begin; Rapport conditions--Rhythmic
breathing; Details of finding objects.
PRICE POSTPAID--Outside U.S.A.
No. 8--95 Pages, Paper Bound, Size 6x4-1/2
THE SOLAR PLEXUS or Abdominal Brain
Man has four brains, and not merely one, as is commonly believed to be the
case. Each of the four brains have separate characteristics and
distinctive offices and functions.
The Solar Plexus, or Abdominal Brain is situated in the upper part of the
abdomen, behind the stomach, in front of the great artery, and in front of
pillars of the diaphragm.
The Solar Plexus is the great plexus, i.e., network of nerve-fibres, mass
of nerve-substance, etc., of the great sympathetic nervous system. It is
composed of both gray and white nervous substance, or brain-matter,
similar to that of the other three brains of man. It receives and
distributes nerve-impulses and currents to all the abdominal organs, and
supplies the main organs of nutrition, assimilation, etc., with nervous
It performs a most important work, supplying the nerve-energy which is
required for the process of nutrition, assimilation, growth, etc. In fact,
it is the great powerhouse of physical life-energy. The bodily functions
cannot be performed without it; when it is injured the entire physical
well-being is at once seriously affected; when it receives a severe shock,
death often ensues.
Its name, "solar" was bestowed upon it by reason of its central position;
its filaments extend in all directions to the important abdominal organs,
like the rays of the sun; and it is recognized as being the powerhouse,
and great reservoir of "life force," just as the sun is the great
powerhouse and reservoir of material energy of our solar system.
Not alone modern scientific investigators; but also many very ancient
investigators, such as the oriental occultists and sages, who many
centuries ago recognized certain subtle functions and offices of this
wonderful "fourth brain" of man, and taught their students many valuable
methods of effectively employing its finer forces and hidden energies.
NO. 9, 64 PAGES, PAPER BOUND, SIZE 6x4-1/2 PRICE POSTPAID--OUTSIDE
HOW TO KNOW YOUR FUTURE
Alexr. Verner, F.A.I.P.
As St. Paul points out, man has a natural (or material) body and a
spiritual body. There are also a material world and a spiritual world.
With the eye we can only see material things. To see the spiritual world
we must cultivate the spiritual sight. Seeing spiritual things with the
spiritual sight is called Clairvoyance (or "Second Sight").
You can if you choose, cultivate clairvoyant faculty. If you do, you may
be able to see places and persons in the spiritual world. This may enable
you to describe to your friends, people in spirit life that they have
known here.
It can also help you to see what is going on at a distance in this world.
To see into the past and the future. To obtain hidden information, and to
give advice, of the utmost value. This faculty when properly developed
enables one to trace hidden treasure, to find lost friends, animals, and
property. With the development of Clairvoyance it is also possible to
develop Clairaudience (Spiritual Hearing).
Crystal Gazing means looking into a crystal ball or into something else of
a like kind. When this faculty is developed one sees a picture or image in
the crystal. Presently the picture will dissolve and another will take its
place. All the above matter is described in this book.
No. 15, 42 Pages, Paper Bound, Size 6x4-1/2.
How to Converse with Spirit Friends
A medium is a person whose presence is necessary before a spirit can
communicate. "How To Converse With Spirit Friends" tells you how you may
develop mediumistic powers, so as to be able to receive messages from the
other world when sitting alone.
The book also tells you about different kinds of spirits, including
apparitions (ghosts) and spirit guides (the spirit friends that are
constantly with each of us); about spirit control (how spirits work
through the organisms of mediums); and about spirit-given premonitions,
warnings, death-signs, etc. The work, moreover, gives other interesting
and valuable matter. This work is calculated to "comfort those that
mourn."
This book is printed in very legible type and contains illustrations to
bring out points. One of the illustrations shows spirit forms as seen by a
medium. Size 6x4-1/2
No. 14, 36 Pages, Paper Bound--Price Postpaid Outside U.S.A./b>
THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION
_It is of the utmost value to learn how to concentrate. To make the
greatest success of anything, you must be able to center your entire
thought upon the idea you are working on. The person who is able to
concentrate, utilizes all constructive thoughts and shuts out all
destructive ones. The greatest man would accomplish nothing if he lacked
concentration._
TWENTY FAMOUS LESSONS IN CONCENTRATION
In these twenty lessons, this famous author gives you in simple, concrete
form the results of his lifetime investigations. He shows you how to
acquire that mental quality of concentration which has made world-known
leaders. He shows you how to focus your ideas, to get away from mind
wandering, to eliminate day dreams--how to use your mind like an
ever-ready tool and to accomplish in hours what the man without this
ability does only in weeks or months. He tells clearly why some men lead,
while others with equal intelligence remain in the ranks. He shows the
clear way to make the utmost out of your mentality. No degree of success,
within reason, is impossible when one possesses the Power of
Concentration.
Read the principles laid down so clearly by Professor Dumont. Practice the
exercises which he has so carefully worked out. This training is as much a
guarantee of success as any other method known. Simply learn to use your
brains--learn to focus, to concentrate and the highway to bigger things is
open to you.
A FEW OF THE TOPICS
Opportunities Made Through Concentration. (Shows the plain road to the
top.) Self Mastery. (How to centralize attention.) Training the Will. (A
mighty force at your disposal.) Mental Poise. (How to command conditions.)
Business Success. (How to coordinate forces by concentration.) Attaining
Wealth. (How to attract money bringing factors.) How Courage is Gained.
(Use of concentration to drive out fear.) Memory by Concentration. (A very
valuable lesson.) Practical Exercises. (The actual application of the
principles of concentration.) Many more topics all as interesting and
important as those listed.
No. 5--186 Pages, Cloth Bound, Size 5x7 Price Postpaid--Outside U.S.A.
DYNAMIC THOUGHT
How to Develop your Personality
Henry Thomas Hamblin
This book develops your personality and the personal power that sways and
compels and gives you a powerful influence over the minds of others.
Dynamic Thought reveals new and marvelous facts about the human system.
Men and women achieve success according to the development of their own
powers. You have as much power within you as anyone, but it is lying
dormant; and this development can be attained.
There are certain definite principles that rule human beings in their
attitude toward each other. When once you understand these principles you
can convert enemies into friends and can make almost everyone be friendly
toward you.
No 1 298 pages, Cloth Bound, Size 5x7. Price Postpaid--Outside U.S.A.
Mental Influence
_A course of Lessons on Mental Vibration, Psychic Influence, Personal
Magnetism, Fascination, Psychic Self-Protection, etc._
LESSON 1.--Why one mind can be made to influence another.
LESSON 2.--How thought waves manifest, and how they affect other persons.
LESSON 3.--How mental states are transmitted.
LESSON 4.--What mental concentration is, and how it works. The occult
teachings regarding developing the powers of concentration. A course of
training described and explained.
LESSON 5.--How occultists form a mental image.
LESSON 6.--The secret of mental fascination and personal magnetism. Why
some have such a charming, irresistible influence. How it can be
cultivated.
LESSON 7.--Difference between fascination and hypnotism. How hypnotic
influence upon others affects the person. The truth about hypnotism.
LESSON 8.--Influencing at a distance. How you can exert a mental influence
upon others at a distance. How distant treatments are given. The most
effective occult methods and practices.
LESSON 9.--How mental influence may be used to affect a great number of
people at the same time.
LESSON 10.--The need of instruction on the part of the public.
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS
SWAMI BRAHMA
_A guide to Success in matters relating to Health, Friendship, Love,
Marriage, etc._
"Success and Happiness" tells you how to develop magnetism and to
strengthen your will. It tells you how to influence people to act as you
so desire. It gives suggestions on how to relieve pain without medicine.
No matter what your condition or position may be, "Success and Happiness"
tells you how you may improve it. It gives you plain directions as to how
to achieve success tin friendship, love, matrimony, and business; how to
make money and how to secure happiness.
Send for this book at once and learn how magnetism and will-power enable
people to achieve success.
No. 16, 40 Pages, Paper Bound, Size 6x4-1/2 Price Postpaid--Outside
GENUINE MEDIUMSHIP
THE INVISIBLE POWERS
SWAMI BHAKTA VISHITA
This book will prove invaluable to anyone who feels that they might have
any kind of psychic power. It contains lengthy discussion of the
Mental vibrations and transmission--Thought transference--Clairvoyance and
kindred phenomena--Mediumship--Mediumistic conditions--How to develop
mediumship--Mediumistic phenomena--Higher spirit manifestations.
This work explains clearly how to develop "mediumship." It tells how to
form a "medium" circle. Questioning the spirits, the spirit communication
code, persistent watchful waiting, building lines of communication.
No 2, 277 pages. Cloth Bound, Size 5x7.
PSYCHOMANCY AND
CRYSTAL GAZING
WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON
_A Series of Eleven Lessons on the Psychic; Phenomena of Distant Sensing,
Clairvoyance, Psychometry, Crystal Gazing, etc._
PARTIAL SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS:
Scientific principles underlying Psychomancy, Sensing objects by the
Astral Senses. Projection of the Astral Body.
HOW TO DEVELOP YOURSELF. Development Methods. Concentration.
Visualization. Psychometry. How to use the Crystal and Mirror. General
Instruction.
Simple and Space Psychomancy and their difference. Seeing Through Solid
Objects. Seeing Down Into the Earth. Diagnosis of Disease by Psychomancy.
THE ASTRAL TUBE.
PSYCHOMETRY. Five Methods.
Various forms of Crystal Gazing. Directions of "How to Do It," etc.
ASTRAL PROJECTION. What the Trained Experimenter may do.
SPACE PSYCHOMANCY. What may be accomplished by means of it.
Sensing the scenes, occurrences and objects of the Past, by Astral Vision.
FUTURE TIME PSYCHOMANCY. Future events cast their shadows before.
DREAM PSYCHOMANCY. This lesson will explain many instances in your
own experience.
This most interesting study is stated clearly, so that all may readily
understand the fundamental principle of Psychic communication.
No. 20--Paper Bound, 93 Pages, Size 6x4-1/2 Price Postpaid--Outside
TABLE RAPPING
Alexr. Verner, F.A.I.P
Founder and Principal of the British Psychological Institute
"If a man die, shall he live again?" Does death end all: or is it merely
"the gate of life"? If there be a next world, can we communicate with
those that are in it?
These are questions that have agitated the minds of millions. "Table
Rapping and Automatic Writing" answers the questions. It also does more,
it tells you how you can answer them. It tells you how to prove there is
another life, and how to open up communication with those who dwell
therein. To the Materialist it says: "Belief is unnecessary. You demand
evidence--here it is."
"Table Rapping and Automatic Writing" gives full instructions on how to
form a Circle for receiving messages from spirit friends; how to enable
spirits to make themselves visible to ordinary sight; how to get written
messages, drawings, etc., from those who have "passed over."
No. 18--25 Pages, Paper Bound, Size 6x4-1/2 Price Postpaid--Outside
_Its Scenery, Dwellers and Phenomena_
Containing treatment on such matter as the following:
CHAPTER I.--The Seven Planes of Being. What is meant by a Plane. A state
rather than a place.
CHAPTER II.--Astral Regions. What is meant by an Astral Region. Where
located.
CHAPTER III.--Reality of the Astral. What one encounters on an astral
CHAPTER IV.--Passing the Border. Passing out of the physical body. Alone
in the astral body.
CHAPTER V.--Some Lower Sub-Planes. Why the soul sheds. The Astral shell,
bodies without souls, still seemingly alive and conscious.
CHAPTER VI.--Disembodied Souls. The resting place of the souls. Not dead,
but sleeping.
CHAPTER VII.--Scenes of the Astral. How the low entities pass their time.
Punished by their sins not for them.
CHAPTER VIII.--Life and Work on the Astral. Character and occupations of
the Astral Dwellers.
CHAPTER IX.--Higher Planes and beyond. The true home of the soul. The
Heaven worlds.
CHAPTER X.--The Astral Light. What the astral light is. A startling
presentation of a wonderful occult truth.
CHAPTER XI.--Astral Entities. Non-human dwellers on the astral.
PRACTICAL PSYCHOMETRY
There is a great demand for good Psychometrists at the present time, and
in the near future there will be a greater demand for the vast amount of
good that can be done by the God-given science of Psychometry (pronounced
"Si-com-et-rie").
A Psychometrist is a person able to see these scenes, hear these sounds,
read these thoughts, and "sense" these feelings. If therefore, a lock of
hair, a letter, a pocket-knife, or anything belonging to a stranger be
handed to a Psychometrist, he will be able to understand much of the
person's past, present, and future--about their character, disposition,
health, surroundings, capabilities, friends, marriage, business, etc.
In this way very valuable information and advice can be obtained for
oneself or given to others.
Can you Psychometrize? If not, why not learn? You will benefit yourself,
and also astound and help your friends.
Full and complete particulars are contained in this book.
No. 17--25 Pages, Paper Bound, Size 6x4-1/2
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Is financial aid available? RHAM Youth Lacrosse works with AHM Family Services to provide financial aid to families of lacrosse players who require support to pay the RHAM Youth Lacrosse fee. If you are in need of financial aid, contact AHM Family Services at 860-228-0871. AHM will review your financial situation, and if appropriate, will approve a payment to us on your behalf. You will still be responsible to pay the $25 US Lacrosse fee. If you are approved for aid from AHM, contact Lynne Murray at to let her know to provide AHM with an invoice, and then register your child for lacrosse, including paying the US Lacrosse fee. When you get to the point of paying the RHAM fee, just log out. We will update your record with the payment when we receive it from AHM.
What season is lacrosse played? Lacrosse is a spring sport which is played from March through mid June. Additionally, many optional leagues, camps and clinics are offered in the summer, fall and winter. However, Spring is the primary lacrosse season.
How are the teams divided? The teams are primarily grade based but we must follow U designations as defined by US Lacrosse:
Little Laxers (Pre K & K)
Lightning (1st & 2nd)
Bantams (3rd & 4th)
Juniors (6th & 7th ) and Seniors (7th & 8th)
If a team has a large number of kids registered, we may split them into "blue," "gold," and "yellow" teams for that grade level.
In the boys' program, the league in which we participate (CVYL) requires that we offer an A and a B team if we have enough players for more than one team at the junior and senior levels. We will offer tryouts during the winter if we expect this to be the case.
The league in which our girls play, CVGYL, is a developmental league which requires that we divide teams evenly (if we have enough players for more than one team at either the junior or senior level.
How can I register my kindergartner? We are excited to offer Little Laxers, our introductory lacrosse program designed specially for our pre k (4 year olds) and kindergarten players! Little Laxers is a one-hour program which runs generally one day a week and is a fun opportunity for our youngest players to learn basic lacrosse skills. Registration opens over the winter for our spring season.
How does our family register? RHAM Youth Lacrosse offers Online Registration through this website.
When does the lacrosse season start? The spring season begins in late March, depending on weather and field or indoor availability. Preseason training begins late February for grades 3-8.
How are Teams selected?All registered players (1st thru 8th grade) will be placed on a house team. House teams may compete at the recreational or competitive levels at the Junior and Senior levels depending on the number of players and teams that season. Players interested in trying out for a competitive team will need to sign-up based on grade level for the opportunity to tryout. Tryouts for this selection process will evaluate player’s skills in a variety of sport specific areas, team concepts and conditioning. Players scoring will determine the team composition. The coach of the team will not be involved in evaluation process. Team size will be determined by the RHAM Youth Lacrosse Coaches based on total number of players in each division. Players not selected or who did not tryout will automatically be placed on a team.
Where do we practice and play home games? Practices and games are primarily played at Burnt Hill Park Fields, RHAM fields on Wall Street, and Hebron Elementary School. Practices are twice a week in the evenings or weekends and games are weeknights or weekends in April and into early June. Little Laxers players generally practice once per week with no regular games but with lots of fun and great coaches!
Where are away games? The away games, tournaments and jamborees are played in different locations all over Connecticut but generally within a 45 minute drive from Hebron.
How do parents stay informed about what's going on? The RHAM Youth Lacrosse website is the main form of communication with players, coaches and families. Coaches and Team Managers also communicate info to players and parents. All team game schedules can be found on the website. Game and practice cancellations are communicated via emails. When registering make sure you use a email address you can access on weekends or you can always check your teams page on the website by selecting Team at the top and then choosing the season, and team name. You can also follow us on Facebook & Instagram.
What is U.S. Lacrosse?U.S. Lacrosse is the national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse. All players will become members of U.S. Lacrosse upon registering for our programs and will receive Lacrosse Magazine. All players and coaches will be insured by U.S. Lacrosse while participating in a Covered Activity (i.e. all our events, all U.S. Lacrosse events, all CVYL events ...). The U.S. Lacrosse website is http://www.uslacrosse.org.
What are the major differences between Boys and Girls lacrosse? In Boys' lacrosse, body contact is allowed above 4th Grade and checking sticks are allowed. In Girls' lacrosse, no body contact allowed and modified stick checking at the 7th/8th grade level only.
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Comics etc
By A. Heathen, March 23, 2017 in Comics
The Last One
Location:Brigadoon
Yeah, I didn't want to mention it, but the artwork didn't look right for Liam Sharpe either. His artwork usually looks a lot better than this. It must be the inker is hurting the quality. Either that, or he was rushing to meet a deadline.
I still don't see how Morrison and Shape could ever go wrong on a comic....
I'll definitely give the first issue a chance....because, could a Morrison book really be as bad as the preview pages make it appear? That would be a shame if DC published the worst couple of pages from the entire issue for their preview, and the book gets "wicked shredded!!!" (see what I did there?*) on the next page.
*Yeah, I'm not even really sure what that means.
Otherwise, if DC published that preview, and I didn't know Morrison was writing the book, I would think, "Another poorly written DC superhero book. Skip!".
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POWAH!!!
Heroes in Crisis 1 - not sure what to think of this. It's not poorly written, but I follow so little DC stuff that I am not sure what's really going on. And, the powers that be certainly over-value Harley Quinn.
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From Hell's heart I strike at thee...
Location:The bit of Scotland just over Cumbria.
I think they're promoting her to appease people who like to cosplay at conventions happy, Lou.
No doubt about it.
She's become DC"s answer to Deadpool. No one is sure why they got so popular, a lot of readers are annoyed by the characters, but yet both companies continue to push both characters very heavily.
I mean, she doesn't have any powers, right?
And her initial set up that made for some good stories about abusive boyfriends treating women like shit and then expecting them to be grateful to be getting any attention at all was pretty much exhausted by Paul Dini in the early '90s. Why the character still lingers like a fart in a lift now that the whole point of her has been dumped is puzzling.
[ETA] Maybe there's a metaphor there about how DC sees the comics fans who keep clamouring for more Harley?
Yeah, she was a pretty interesting character in her initial appearances under Dini, but the character today bears pretty much zero resemblance to the original interpretation.
I do wonder, since I didn't follow DC as closely as Marvel, how Harley went from "former psychiatric nurse who falls in love with the Joker" to "bad-ass chick hanging out with superteams". It's an evolution that doesn't make any sense for the character.
Absolutely. What's interesting about her in those early stories is that the whole manic badass persona comes across as a front and she's obviously a very fragile, needy personality under all the bluster. That doesn't seem to even get mentioned anymore, does it?
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Seems to me that the Dini/Animated Series Harley Quinn was replaced by the Suicide Squad/Margo Robbie version a while back. The Injustice games and comics play into that a lot as well, since she's one of the main characters there. I don't get her appeal at all, she grates on my nerves whenever she appears (much like Deadpool, in fact). I flipped through Heroes in Crisis and wasn't too impressed, it was a bloodbath with the barest attempts of resonance other than "look at all these characters we can kill off, guess who's next!". Easily the least engaging comic I've read from Tom King by a mile.
Nice artwork, though.
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Hogwarts Graduate
https://www.newsarama.com/42168-young-justice-wonder-twin-dial-h-for-hero-more-part-of-bendis-led-dc-teen-imprint.html
Bendis is launching and overseeing a new teen character imprint at DC called "Wonder Comics."
The main attraction DC's trying to sell is Young Justice by Bendis, but the title that will probably be most of note to posters here is Mark Russell's Wonder Twins (Stephen Bryne on art duties).
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Idiot inoffensif
Thanks for the heads-up!
Green Lantern & Huckleberry Hound Special #1 (by Mark Russell)-Unfortunately, this was the weakest comic by Russell I have read so far. I am of two minds about it. It's not a horrible comic book. It's just not handled very well. For the first time, Russell failed to blend together the absurdity of his subject matter with the seriousness of the topics he is addressing.
This would have worked a lot better had it not been shoehorned in to a superhero comic universe. The first half of the comic was very good, dealing with real-world historical material. The second half of the comic really falls apart.
Huckleberry Hound served no purpose in the comic after the first half. I think he worked well for the first half, and I wouldn't say that he was totally unnecessary to the story, but Russell pretty well just dropped him by the second half of the story. That didn't really work.
Then, the ending, where the teacher wants the student to rebel, and that's the big lesson for the student to learn.....very cliché. If Family Guy mocks it in an episode, it's best not to try to use it for serious effect in literature again.
So, there's one-half of a very good story in here, it just doesn't all hold together. Maybe had Russell stuck closer to writing an homage to the O'Neil/Adams Green Arrow & Green Lantern comics, it could have congealed in to something complete.
As it is, I can't help but, regretfully, mark this comic down as a failure. A very promising failure (due to that first half), but still a failure.
Sideways Annual #1-Morrison wasn't writing the back-up strip in this comic, after all. It's hard to tell how much of the writing is Morrison's versus how much is Dan DiDio, as not a lot of Morrison's voice comes forth in the comic.
On the plus side, the story uses the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the New 52 version of Superman.
On the negative side, while Morrison's story does incorporate red-ant head Superman, it's the Dark Multiverse counterpart of these really fun Silver Age characters, meaning they are not fun at all. They are very early-90s and angsty. There's probably nothing worse than seeing porcupine lad Jimmy Olsen bemoaning his transformation as a curse. Or, a stupider name for said character than...."Spiner"....Ugh.
Why, oh why, couldn't they allow Morrison just to have fun with these ideas (also big brain Lois Lane), without making them all dark and twisted? That just makes me sad.
Green Lantern #1-OK, that was actually really, really good.
It turns out that DC really was stupid enough to pick the worst couple of pages out of the entire comic to publish as a preview. That seems....defeating.
It makes me wonder if DC editorial requested that Morrison write a really stupid sequence in the middle of the comic, just so people would think the comic was going to be bad.
The rest of the issue read fine, then suddenly, right in the middle, it's like Morrison turned the writing over to, oh, I don't know, let's say Dan DiDio, while he took a lunch break. Then, he came back and finished writing the issue.
I'm looking forward to seeing where this series goes.
It makes me want to dig out my Showcase Presents: Green Lantern volumns.
Martian Manhunter #1 (of 12) - By Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo
Steve Orlando was a writer who was initially on my radar because I enjoyed his Midnighter run that came out during the end days of the New 52 era, but he since fell off it due to several subpar DC Rebirth books.
I'm not too big a fan of the Martian Manhunter, but I'm guessing Orlando's reinvention of the Martian Manhunter as a Martian dirty cop with a strained family life could be a turn off for some fans.
The book is split between flashbacks of Martian Manhunter's time on Mars to a present storyline of him masquerading as a cop on Earth and solving crimes while haunted by his past. Orlando tries for blend of noir and sci-fi, but the murder investigation of the present segments are decidedly duller than the Mars segments, which let Riley Rossmo unload and draw weird aliens having weird alien sex. Alien sex aside, there wasn't too much in this book that stood out for me and I probably won't be back for #2.
Shazam #1 - By Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham
This is Geoff Johns' first DC ongoing since his New 52 Justice League, and the only thing I believe he's writing for them atm besides his perpetually delayed Watchmen sequel fanfic.
(Coincidentally, this book's future issues have also been hit with delays)
It picks up from the status quo he established New 52 Shazam story, with Billy Batson and his family of foster siblings functioning as a team of superheroes through the power of Shazam. The bulk of the issue is dedicated to reintroducing the character and establishing the state of his world, ending with a cliffhanger for the next issue. Billy Batson's characterization is closer to his pre New 52 self, and the overall tone is much lighter. Eaglesham's art does a great job of continuing the style established by Gary Frank in the New 52 story, while also fitting the lighter tone.
Shazam's a likeable, lighthearted read. While I didn't love it enough to plan on sticking with future floppies, it might scratch that itch if you're nostalgic for a DCU before the era of grim and edgy or Geoff Johns story before his runs became consecutive events.
I didn't buy the Martian Manhunter comic, just paged through it, reading some of it, at the store. I agree with your assessment completely. I did like the Rossmo artwork, but that's not enough to sell a story, which looked quite flimsy for a first issue. I wouldn't say it accomplished the high praise of Tom King's quote on the cover, that's for sure.
I think DC was hoping for another critically acclaimed introspective character study, ala King's Mister Miracle. Orlando doesn't seem to have the skill to pull that off though, instead turning in something quite average. However, as I'm about to point out, metaphorical characterizations of the Martian Manhunter has already been suitably mined, unlike a character like Mister Miracle. So, that was always going to work against Orlando too.
I am a fan of the Martian Manhunter. The J.M. DeMatteis mini-series and the John Ostrander series were pretty well perfect comics using the character to explore the themes of loneliness or loss. I also do have a soft spot for some of the Silver Age stories featuring the character from the Showcase Presents books,.
Also, the best Martian Manhunter story in ages, even while not actually featuring that character, is Weird Detective by Fred Van Lente from Dark Horse. It's like Martian Manhunter, as a a noir detective, meets H.P. Lovecraft. That's a very fine comic mini-series, indeed.
DC has announced plans for the upcoming Detective Comics #1,000, which is going to be written by that hot superstar writer....Peter J. Tomasi? That guy sure did luck out being the current regular writer on Detective Comics, giving him the nod to pen this landmark issue.
Of course, DC will also be featuring short stories by lots of other celebrated comic creators to make the issue actually feel special.
It would have been nice had DC tried to get some of the big names from the past who actually made a mark on the Batman franchise, instead of including a bunch of writers who aren't exactly known for their work on Batman.
I was pleased to see that, at least, Denny O'Neil will get a story.
Warren Ellis gets a story....for those (what?) two stories (that no one remembers) which Ellis wrote for a Bat-book. I remember an awful LOTDK story by Ellis, and a forgettable back-up story in that Batman black and white on-going series....I forget the title now. Was it called Dark Knights, maybe?
It would have been appropriate to see Steven Englehart or (especially) Alan Grant featured. DC continues to undervalue the contributions of Grant to the Bat-franchise.
Considering the book will cost close to $10, I have no interest in picking it up just for the O'Neil and Ellis stories.
https://www.cbr.com/detective-comics-1000-creator-lineup-announced/
At least it'll be more special than Batman #500.
Of all the past Batman creators to get for an anniversary celebration, Kevin Smith would probably be on the bottom of the list. Who in their right mind would read Cacophany or Widening Gyre and then say "yeah, Kevin Smith GETS Batman"? To think, there's no Grant Morrison, no Alan Grant, no Chuck Dixon or Doug Moench, but we get Smith. Seems fair. 🤮
Easy pass
4 hours ago, Ixnay by Night said:
You'd think that Paul Dini might have warranted an invite as well, come to that.
(ETA) He did. He has a decent artist as well. My mistake.
TBH, no Dixon is probably a good thing since his story probably would've consisted of Batman teaming up with Trump and Bane to put those Libs back in their place!
But just the prospect of reading more Kevin Smith Batman is enough to avoid a purchase of that!
Tomasi's always struck me as a competently unremarkable at best writer, in that he's never written anything blatantly offensive or terrible but never has quite written anything that would rank up there amongst the greats. I wonder if that's a better or worse fate for Detective Comics than Action Comics, which was taken over by Bendis after its 1000th issue.
Johns and Bendis are pretty big name writers, but Batman's not exactly the first character that pops to mind when you think of their all-time must-read comic runs. In the case of Johns, his Batman Earth One books probably skew closer to the must-avoid stories! Likewise, Ellis and Priest are good writers, but they're not exactly writers I'd associate with Batman.
In that list, O'Neill and Dini seem to be the only non-recent major Batman writers doing stories. No Grant, Englehart, Moench, or even Miller. Morrison somehow missed out on both the 1000 celebrations for Batman and Superman, and while Brubaker seems to have sworn off Big Two work at the moment with his Image exclusive contract, where's Rucka for that matter?
To be fair, Kevin Smith isn't the worst name there as the dreaded Tynion IV is scripting a story for the special as well...
Peter Milligan is another name that comes to mind now who'd have been a good choice too. That "Dark Knight, Dark City" story-arc he wrote was good enough to warrant him getting an invite, especially over some of those names.
Dixon is the one famous Bat-scribe I can do without. I didn't enjoy any of Dixon's work on Batman. Moench had a famous run on Batman in the early-1980s, and his work with Kelley Jones on Batman in the mid-'90s was one of the classic Bat-books. So, Moench is more than redeemed for his early-'90s stupidity, unlike Dixon.
Les Batman-y but spoilery: some notes that may reveal plot points about the first issue of Goddess Mode. (Said spoilers are freely available elsewhere, including on the comic's cover, but are still a big first issue climax so are being hid below. It's dubious that anybody wants to read a review of this anyway.)
For a piece of fiction by an unethical gamer journalist, this is rather fun. Some of the dialogue is a bit off (far too much infodumping by telling rather than showing), but there's much worse offences on that level out there, some of it from big names. There's been a lot of fiction about "futuristic" extensions of social media's pervasiveness over the last few years, but this is the first comic I've seen that sets up a literal rather than metaphorical darknet. Doubtless some will complain that this sort of shoehorning occult-y stuff into cyberpunk is out of order, but they presumably had no problem with all of the voodoo talk in Gibson's sequels to Neuromancer, and it's not like Quinn doesn't do a much smoother job of integrating the two elements than Alexander Besher or Christopher Fowler managed. There's some nice ideas dumped in with the infodumping, and there's more than a hint of Mark Russell's Prez to the mis en scene. The pop culture parodies and exaggerations cyberpunk requires are all present as well: we get to meet a snotty CEO and a self styled boy wonder tech genius who makes Elon "We all live in a useless submarine" Musk look like a functional human being by comparison. There's a nice gloss on enforced wage slavery that's more Varley than Gibson, and Robbi Rodriguez's art is, unsurprisingly, a pleasure to look at. (Has he fled Marvel as well now?)
As for the other apparent influence, it seems to be Sailor Moon. On one level, patching the whole magical transformation into a cutesy warrior thing into cyberspace is a clever flourish (and I'm sure people who are better up on that type of manga can name more relevant models than the one even old farts my age have heard of), but making it a real magic-y thing in the real magic-y realm that underlies cyberspace nixes the notion that this is a hard SF reading of that stuff. Not necessarily a criticism: assuming that the whole of the internet is a structure assembled upon some infernal realm or other is quite a neat one, and it'll be interesting to see how that gets developed here. Given all of the fuss that was made about Jeff Noon's first couple of novels in the mid '90s, it's surprisingly how little has been done around a mix of magic and virtual reality since then.
Hopefully this'll last long enough to get developed in interesting ways. This is a comic that has a lot more going for it than the fact that it'll piss off a few twats on 4Chan just by existing, and it'd be a shame if it doesn't get a fair chance because of those mouthbreathers.
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Page 2: The Chronicle looks to funding its future
By Eric Crump on July 6, 2019 - 8:53pm
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The commentary below represents the ideas, observations and opinions of the author.
In June, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle turned 5.
Our first story, published online on June 9, 2014, was a feature about a Homewood woman who turned an ecological tragedy — the ravages of the emerald ash borer in our area cost her a beloved ash tree — into an neighborhood asset, a Little Free Library.
She could have been left with a moldering stump. Instead, it helps neighbors share books.
Sarah Austin’s library is still going strong. It is still visited regularly by neighborhood children, joggers, families out for strolls. She and her library are still, daily, making our community a better place.
Ron Ehlers of Homewood
helps Sarah Austin create
a Little Free Library in a dead
ash tree in 2014. The project
was the subject of the
Chronicle's first published
story. The library is still
(Chronicle file photo)
Three themes in that story — care for the environment, devotion to education and a tendency to turn negatives into positives — seem to capture the essence of the H-F community.
Did we just get lucky to get all that into one little story? Actually, it’s got more to do with the community than with us. Chronicle reporters hold the mirror that shows the daily life of our community.
People we meet as we pursue that mission tell us they appreciate having a local newspaper and love reading the Chronicle online and in print (thank you!).
Our task now — as a business and as a community — is to figure out how to keep it going for the next five years and beyond.
We know we need additional revenue and we need to diversify revenue sources.
Here’s why: The Chronicle’s expenses (printing, postage, insurance, staff) are currently met by revenue from advertisers (thank you all!).
We also depend on a non-monetary subsidy: The three partners in the business, Marilyn Thomas, Tom Houlihan and I, are experienced journalists who work without salary, providing reporting, editing, proofreading, bookkeeping, production and general management services. Like all small business owners, we cheerfully do whatever needs to be done, and we love what we do.
When Marilyn, Tom and I run out of steam, however, the Chronicle will have to pay our replacements. If we want to be ready when the time comes, we need to start preparing now.
We have talked about doing reader and advertiser surveys soon to get a better sense for what the community would be willing and interested in doing to keep the paper going. But in the meantime, we’re always open to your ideas and suggestions. Write to [email protected] and let us know what you think.
Recyclepalooza keeps H-F green
I am tardy reporting on the results of this year’s Recyclepalooza event in Flossmoor on May 4. Lead organizer Carrie Malfeo said the numbers demonstrate the success of the annual event. She said 625 cars came through, and people dropped off:
Volunteers greet people arriving at Recyclepalooza
to drop off hard-to-recycle items at the event May 4.
(Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
More than 200 televison sets.
Enough electronics to just about fill a 25-foot box container.
3 sandwich bags full of pull tabs.
5 printer cartridges.
170 pairs of glasses.
314 flags.
Travel size shampoos, conditioners and soaps that filled four large boxes.
Household items, clothes and sporting goods that filled a 20-foot truck.
No. 6 plastic and foam containers that filled a 15-foot truck.
More than 2,000 crayons and markers.
Plastic bags and wrap that filled a truck.
A volunteer adds to the pile of
electronics at this year's
Recyclepalooza event in
Flossmoor. (Eric Crump/
H-F Chronicle)
Perhaps the most important number of all: 73 volunteers.
“We could not have such a great event without all our hardworking volunteers,” Malfeo said.
She also thanked community partners Homewood Disposal, the villages of Flossmoor and Homewood, Flossmoor School District 161, Homewood School District 153 and the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District.
It was another case of H-F people gathering together to accomplish something good. The team had an efficient system in place. Volunteers clearly knew their tasks and kept up a brisk pace. The line of cars at Parker Junior High stretched to Flossmoor Road sometimes, but it wasn’t a traffic jam. Things kept moving.
One volunteer, Jennifer Molski, said she was impressed with how the event has evolved.
“It’s a well-oiled machine,” she said.
It certainly helps the community recycle responsibly and efficiently.
Homewood Arts Council gallery debuts with local artists’ talents
Homewood’s newest arts organization, Homewood Arts Council, filled its new space on June 6 with art, artists and art lovers.
Artists and patrons mingle
during the opening show
on June 6 of the new
Homewood Arts Council
gallery on Ridge Road.
The opening night show at the council’s gallery, in the former Spaahs Salon and Bodyworx at 2023 Ridge Road, came on the eve of the Artisan Street Fair, when the streets of downtown Homewood were filled with more than 100 vendors of craft and art work.
Greg Loudon, one of the council’s founders, said members are eager to see whether the community appreciates the new art resource. They hope the gallery will be considered a valuable addition to the community for residents and will help make Homewood an art destination.
The opening show was dominated by two-dimensional art, from the striking photography of Homewood Village Manager Jim Marino to the vibrant colors of Loudon’s comic book cover art.
Ray Luckhaupt shows
one of his hand-crafted
wooden bowls during
the opening show of
the Homewood Arts
Council gallery. (Eric
Crump/H-F Chronicle)
Three-dimensional arts were represented by wood artist Ray Luckhaupt, who shared a display of intricately segmented wooden bowls.
Luckhaupt welcomed the addition of the new gallery.
“It’s wonderful to have a gallery to show off some of our homespun talent,” he said. “I have neighbors who don’t know what I do.”
Now they will have a chance. The gallery is open from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursdays.
The opening show was all local artists. In addition to Marino, Loudon and Luckhaupt, artists included Ben Salus, Matt Wright, LIndsay Sandbothe, Candi Helsel-Wilk, Annie Lawrence, Chris Tozer, Tiana Sharpe and Cam Williams.
Homewood Village Manager
Jim Marino provided a
display of his photography
for the opening show of
The next show will be Aug. 1, according to Loudon. He said the organization is continuing to refine the process for developing the gallery and its shows. Its regular schedule is for new shows to be up the first Thursday of each month.
Council co-founder Julie Lawton said there’s interest from area artists who want to be included in the shows. She expects to see a mix of local and regional art in the future, although the emphasis will still be on local talent.
Emergency response with fewer hospitals
St. James Hospital may be gone by the time you read this (see page 27). The expansion of Franciscan Health services about five miles away in Olympia Fields was designed to absorb much of the demand for St. James services.
MABAS 24 President
and Glenwood Fire
Chief Kevin Welsh
addresses the
Homewood Area
on June 13 at Grape &
Grain. (Eric Crump/
Glenwood Fire Chief and MABAS 24 President Kevin Welsh sounded the alarm when the closure of St. James was announced, and he’s still concerned about the effect on emergency response in the South Suburbs.
Welsh spoke on Wednesday, June 13, at Grape & Grain in Homewood for a meeting of the Homewood Area Chamber of Commerce.
“The closure of St. James created an overload situation,” he said. “My biggest fear was that our response time to a call would zoom through the sky.”
Area hospitals have worked with MABAS and member communities to mitigate the problem, Welsh said. But there’s a new challenge looming with the announcement in June that unless a buyer is found, MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island will close.
“I’m just as afraid of that one,” he said, noting that while H-F area responders might not transport patients there often, its closure will still have an effect. “It has to do with what that load is going to do to the system,” as emergency personnel serve as backup for neighboring communities.
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Despite the continued sharp decline in CD sales and doomsday predictions about the imminent end of physical retail, local record stores can still play a key role in establishing indie artists and music scenes.
It’s how many bands got their start: If someone at a local store likes a new album, they’ll recommend it to their customers. Even in this age of file-sharing and digital downloads, it’s the kind of endorsement that any act craves.
Mike Worthington knows the value of word-of-mouth promotion to underground music. The music industry veteran is head of sales, international and radio promotion for Tommy Boy Entertainment. He also manages artist-owned labels by veteran acts like Tesla and World Party. Worthington shares his thoughts on how emerging bands and labels can work with independent retailers to their mutual advantage.
(1) KNOW WHERE PHYSICAL DEMAND STARTS
The fact that you record and manufacture an album does not necessarily make it a good with market value that a retailer will make room for in his store. For a band starting out, I consider venue sales to be the equivalent of a traveling indie record store–if you can first get people at your show to buy your CD, then the next phase is getting people to buy your CD at a local indie retailer. You can easily load up the digital storefronts, while you build consumer demand in your local market through shows, venue sales and the word-of-mouth they generate.
(2) COURT CONSIGNMENT
Retailers that are highly engaged with their local music scenes, like Newbury Comics in New England, have had consignment programs with bands for years. This means you give the store a certain number of CDs and you get paid as they’re sold. Become friendly with your local store, find out who the buyer and marketing people are, work out a consignment deal and then work on building demand: You can get all of your family members to buy out a store’s stock, but you don’t want the next batch to sit on the shelves.
(3) GIVE TO GET
The best retailer-artist relationship is one in which each side has genuine enthusiasm for the other. For example, the Record Exchange in Boise, Idaho, reached out to us because they love our band Plushgun. So we totally followed up–sent them buttons for a gift with purchase, a signed poster for the store display. Now we’re planning the tour for July, and Boise is on the schedule, so we’ll consider bringing the band by the store, or we might offer a bunch of tickets to the show for the store to give away.
The next phase is that we’re looking to all the retailers like Record Exchange who have supported the band early, and we’re putting their logos and links on Plushgun’s MySpace page, which we expect to have a million hits per month by the end of the summer, doing a whole “Plushgun hearts indie retail” kind of thing. It’s just another way to drive home the concept of how important these stores and their communities are to the band’s success.
(4) MAKE IT SPECIAL
If your music is really special to you, then it’s up to you to make it really special to your potential fan base. So whether you’re a small band that will only release locally or a band with a larger base, consider making your local release (or core release) something deluxe and limited, available only through your local indie retailer. Interesting packaging that’s numbered for a limited run, unique local posters, rare tracks–some incentive so that anyone who takes the plunge feels like they’re a first adopter, part of the inside-the-rope team.
(5) WEIGH THE COSTS AND BENEFITS
Just as you don’t want to invest in manufacturing far more albums than you can sell, you want to carefully weigh your optimal level of retail promotion. Are we meaningful enough to do an in-store appearance? Have we built enough of a relationship with this store to ask to do such-and-such with our upcoming album? Finally, determine if you’ve achieved a level of success at the indie retail level to reach out to a small, hip indie distributor like Junketboy, of which [indie rapper/comedian] MC Chris and I are big fans. Good luck!
by MIKE WORTHINGTON, TOMMY BOY ENTERTAINMENT
Nagy, Evie
What’s an indie?
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Natascia Aquilano: Sons of Maidan
2nd October 2017 Photo Features, Photojournalism 1909
Ukraine’s eastern periphery is today nothing more than a heap of destroyed buildings, where people live daily with the roar of mortars and exploding grenades because of the conflict started in 2014 in Maidan Square that still continues to hurt the nation.
About her project “Sons of Maidan” says Natascia: I turned my attention to two battalions of volunteers, later incorporated in the National Guard: the Dombass Battalion and the Azov Battalion. In the first case the work has been carried out in Marynka, one of the zones of active conflict, in the region of Donetsk. The scenery was almost surreal: mines, barbed wire, piles of mangled wreckage, stray cats wandered through ammunition boxes next to exhausted soldiers. These soldiers were proud, proud to be Ukrainians, with their hands turned black from the grease of their AK47s. It is exactly this moment before action which interests me, and I wanted to represent these moments of calm during chaotic wartime. Soldier’s blank stares, or seeing them with everyday objects takes them out of the context of war and intensifies the intrinsic opposition between their ‘human’ side and their occupation as soldiers, a job that brings out inhuman qualities.
In the second case the work was done at Urzuf, where the general headquarters of Azov’s Battalion was based. Its members have never denied their attraction to the swastika. Indeed the emblems of this group are a Runic symbol used by the Nazi SS and an esoteric Black Sun. These two battalions have distinguished themselves in this conflict, composed of “mercenaries of the ideal” guided by similar convictions, an unwholesome nationalism that goes beyond life itself and does not take account of affections, wives, sons, fathers, mothers who cry because of their temporary or eternal.
Sons of Maidan © Natascia Aquilano
Natascia Aquilano is a freelance photographer who lives and works in Rome. After the degree in Communication Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome, she starts to develop an ever-growing interest in the photography, interpreted not only like purely descriptive means, but especially like communicative means, with which evoke, narrate and document the “circumstances of the point of view” through pictures. Her studies on Visual Communication start as self-taught, later consolidated at the ISFCI (Photography and Integrated Communication Higher Institute) of Rome. Social and documentary photography has always been at the centre of her main interests, a field which she continues to deepen.
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Development of the Passport Learning Outcomes involved faculty from two-year and four-year institutions in multiple states through both interstate and intrastate faculty negotiation meetings.
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After first reviewing each state’s learning outcomes in a specific content or skill area, faculty teams produced an agreed-upon set of learning outcomes – Passport Learning Outcomes – through intensive, in-depth, face-to-face discussions about learning outcomes, course assignments, activities, language, and communications.
This “crosswalk” of all state sets enabled faculty to recognize commonalities among the states and helped maintain the essential elements for inclusion in the Passport Learning Outcomes in all nine of the lower-division general education areas.
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Phelps threw seven strong innings, Carlos Beltran drove in two runs and the New York Yankees beat Toronto 6-4 Thursday night for their 16th consecutive home win over the Blue Jays. "Everything was a little bit crisper today," Phelps said. "I was able to be aggressive the entire game." Jacoby Ellsbury stole two bases, scored twice and hit one of three early sacrifice flies for the Yankees off Drew Hutchison. New York swiped four bags in all and scratched out its fifth run when Brett Gardner was going as Derek Jeter hit an RBI groundout -- preventing an inning-ending double play. Phelps (3-4) yielded two runs and struck out seven in winning his second straight outing after a four-start skid. The Yankees earned their first three-game sweep at home this season and sliced Torontos lead in the AL East to 1 1/2 games. "Big series for us," reliever Adam Warren said after New York won for the seventh time in nine games. "Its nice to kind of see our team click a little bit and play some good baseball." Citing research by the Elias Sports Bureau, the Yankees said the winning streak against Toronto is their longest at home against one team since a 19-game run vs. Cleveland from June 1960 to April 1962. Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion each hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays, who have lost nine of 12 and were swept for the first time since Sept. 10-12 last season by the Los Angeles Angels. Toronto has dropped 25 of 27 at Yankee Stadium dating to 2011 and hasnt won in the Bronx since Aug. 29, 2012. "Hey, if youre going to play in prime time, youve got to perform on the big stage and we didnt do it," manager John Gibbons said. "Were fully capable of doing it. We just didnt do it. Itll be definitely good to move on." With closer David Robertson receiving a rest, Warren got two outs for his second save -- ending a rhythm-less game that took 3 hours, 47 minutes. Gibbons was on the field five times in the first six innings for four discussions with the umpires, plus a pitching change. Phelps equaled his career high with 115 pitches and finished strong. He retired pinch-hitter Adam Lind with two on to end the sixth and then struck out two in a perfect seventh. "We really pushed him tonight," manager Joe Girardi said. "He did a great job." The right-handerr was fired up, too, clenching his fist and yelling after freezing Jose Reyes for strike three with his final delivery.dddddddddddd Phelps made a key defensive play to protect a one-run lead in the fifth. He got Reyes on a soft grounder with the infield in, pinning a runner at third, and then knocked down Cabreras two-out comebacker. Phelps whirled around and scrambled to find the ball near the front of the mound, then zipped a throw to first just in time. "I knew that it went down. I knew it wasnt going to be far away, I just had to get my eyes on it," Phelps said. "Straight scramble mode as soon as it hit me." Cabrera tripped awkwardly over the bag and tumbled hard to the turf, but appeared to be fine. Phelps also picked off Cabrera at second base with two runners on in the first inning and Encarnacion at the plate. Phelps and Girardi both called it the biggest play of the game. "The way our teams been playing right now, its exciting baseball," Phelps said. Encarnacion hit his 21st homer in the eighth, a long drive to left off Shawn Kelley that cut it to 6-4. Yankees hitters ran up Hutchisons pitch count early, just as they did against fellow youngster Marcus Stroman in the series opener. Kelly Johnson had a sacrifice fly in the second and Beltran added one in the third. Making his Yankee Stadium debut, Hutchison (5-5) threw 38 pitches in the second inning and needed 76 to get through three. He was pulled in the fifth trailing 3-2. "Youve got to make better pitches," Hutchison said. "When I got ahead I didnt make good pitches to put them away, and I fell behind quite a bit, too." Beltran hit an RBI double off Aaron Loup, and Brian Roberts stole two bases in the sixth before scoring on Jeters groundout. Steve Delabar walked three in the seventh, including Yangervis Solarte with the bases loaded to make it 6-2. NOTES: Toronto has seven more games scheduled at Yankee Stadium this year. The Blue Jays return on July 25. ... Lind had been sidelined since leaving Saturdays game in Baltimore with a bruised right foot. ... Lights-out Yankees reliever Dellin Betances was unavailable after pitching three scoreless innings in the first two games of the series, Girardi said. ... Johnson was shaken up and removed after the ball hit his left hand when he fouled off a bunt in the sixth. Solarte pinch-hit with a full count and struck out. X-rays on Johnson were negative and he is day to day with bruised fingers. ' ' '
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Conductor
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FINNISH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS WITH THE SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
On Wednesday 6 December, the Swedish Radio Symphony celebrates the Finnish nation’s 100th birthday with a programme of Saariaho, Madetoja and Sibelius. Karita Mattila joins them to perform songs by Madetoja and Sibelius at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm.
J-P says:
“It’s great to be in Stockholm on this day as Sweden has often been a first step for Finnish artists to be more international. This country has always supported young Finnish talent and given them opportunities. My own first international concert engagements were in Sweden, with the Stockholm Philharmonic.
The secret of survival for a small nation is always being able to adapt to new circumstances. This has been one of Finland’s strengths in the past, and I hope that it will continue to remain open in the future and build further on strengthening its ties with the outside world.”
The concert will be streamed live from Berwaldhallen and broadcast live on Sveriges Radio
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Israelis Sitting Shiva For Fogel Family Help Save Palestinian Baby
What a contrast to the brutal murder of the Fogel family, including their 3 month old baby daughter.
Via Ynet News:
After massacre, settlers help bring new life into world: IDF forces and local paramedics helped save the life of a Palestinian woman and her newly born infant Wednesday, at the settlement where Fogel relatives are sitting Shiva for the five Israelis brutally murdered last week.
Just as IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz arrived in Neve Tzuf to offer his condolences, a Palestinian cab raced towards the community's entrance. In it, soldiers and paramedics discovered a Palestinian woman in her 20s in advanced stages of labor and facing a life-threatening situation: The umbilical cord was wrapped around the young baby girl's neck, endangering both her and her mother.
The quick action of settler paramedics and IDF troops deployed in the area saved the mother's and baby's life, prompting great excitement and emotions at the site where residents are still mourning the brutal death of five local family members....
Gadi Amitun, who heads the Magen David Adom team at Neve Tzuf, said this was not the first time settlers assist Palestinians in distress. "They know we have a skilled medical team here, and in any case of accident or injury they arrive and we help them," he said.
The paramedic noted that on the day of the Fogel massacre, settlers saw fireworks and celebrations in nearby Palestinian communities, but added that the local medical team is committed to assisting anyone in need.
"Two years ago, we also made sure to treat a terrorist who attempted to place a bomb on the road and was shot by soldiers," he said.
Palestinians from the nearby village of Nabi Salah gathered around the paramedics along with the new grandmother and could not hide their joy.
Shiva is the week-long period of mourning.
Foxfier March 16, 2011 at 11:39 PM
this is also awesome:
For now, the Fogel family is sitting Shiva, the hardest, most intense part of the mourning. People come to visit and usually, food is put out somewhere. Some people spend hours sitting and talking - and many try to encourage the family to eat something. You talk of the loved ones, you see pictures. People come and tell you stories you had never heard before about how special they were. Your heart breaks a thousand times, and then a thousand times more.
Quietly, over the last few days, a man has been coming to the house bringing food and stocking the kitchen. His name is Rami Levy and he owns a chain of supermarkets. I've heard amazing stories about him in the past but this one beats all I have ever heard.
Every day, Rami Levy comes by the shiva house to the Fogel family and fills the cupboards and refrigerator himself with food for the family and guests. Today, one of the relatives thanked him for this incredible kindness and his response brought me to tears,"You will get used to my face," he told this family in mourning, "I have committed myself that every week I will deliver food and stock your home until the youngest orphan turns 18 years old."
The youngest orphan of this tragedy is a young 2 year old boy...
What Rami Levy has done is commit to 16 years of kindness. If this was a week in which the Palestinians should be ashamed, and it was, than this is a week in which we Jews have the right to be so proud.
JoAnne March 17, 2011 at 12:02 AM
Highlighting the difference between civilized and barbaric. May God bless these wonderful people who know the meaning of love and life.
And, Foxfier, thank you for the inspirational report. Bless Mr. Levy.
LukeHandCool March 17, 2011 at 12:55 AM
Two beautiful stories--the original post and foxfier's. I hope the local Palestinians take something away from this.
Alex Bensky March 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM
I wonder how many of the Palestinians who could not hide their joy at the new addition to the family had been expressing joy at, shall we say, a subtraction from another family?
Luke, the Palestinians won't take anything from this. Palestinians have been treated by Israeli doctors and in Israeli hospitals for decades and they haven't taken anything away from that. There was that case a few years ago...I always think of it when I read about the horrid, dehumanizing checkpoints...of a young woman from the Gaza area who was being treated at a hospital in Beersheba.
From all reports she had received treatment that was both kind and effective. And when she was coming in for a follow up she was intercepted at a checkpoint carrying a bomb; this was her response to help.
And that, I regret to say, is the sort of people they are.
Nathan March 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Have to agree there, Alex. It's a damn shame that the little girl born today will grow up hearing about the murderers and sub-humans her saviors are.
madmath1 March 17, 2011 at 4:41 PM
Knowing how these evil lunatics think, they'll curse the responders because it was Allah's will that they were to die and they interfered. Why anyone gives any credence to these savages is beyond me. However, the Israelis have demonstrated the true difference between chivalry and savagery.
I'm struggling really hard not to say something nasty about these Arab Muslims. It's hard finding something good to say about a people who think only they have a right to life, who teach their children to hate and kill, who rejoice at slaughter, who strap bombs on their children.
This same little girl is likely to wind up on that tv show saying she wants to kill Jews. Yet, the Jews saved her life.
What it is to be a Jew, knowing you're hated, knowing they'd kill you if they could, yet still helping the enemy to bring forth life. What a people these Jews are!
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New Album and Video Posted: Feb 16, 2019
Alright-have been out of touch/sight for a while-why-been in the Cloister studio with the infamous engineer Jon Gillespie and have laid out 10 new songs. Recording and mixing of the project, "The Blue Sky Sessions" is almost completed. We started in October of last year and what a journey it has been-had been working on these songs for quite some time-like 3 years-and it was so cool seeing them come too life in the studio. Hopefully will be looking at an early spring release.
Secondly, one of the songs on this album is an instrumental "Flight of the Monarch"-which its about the life and migration of the Monarch butterfly-what an amazing creature-it travels hundreds of miles in the late summer early fall from the US to Mexico. Hope to raise some awareness-as the Monarch's habitat is being depleted. Played this song on a Nashville guitar-the tone from fingerpicking this guitar is mystical and Brian Lawrence-video director-is doing a wonderful job of marrying the audio to the visual beauty of the Monarch. Release should be soon.
Peace and all the best, kb
A Toast To Trails Posted: Oct 23, 2018
Playing an acoustic show to help with the annual fundraiser for the Jay County Trails Club. The club's purpose is to maintain and extend trails for biking and hiking in Jay County. Looking forward to this event-should be a grand time for a grand cause.
Back In the Studio Posted: Oct 12, 2018
Headed back in the studio-have been writing/developing new material for the past couple of years and it's time. Looking forward to laying these tunes out and seeing how they come to life on the studio-some rockers, mellow groovers and ballads. Back to rehearsing.
ORANGE SHIRT DAY Posted: Jun 2, 2018
I went to an Orange Shirt Rally in Bloomington, Indiana yesterday-June1, rallies are being held nationwide this weekend to raise awareness concerning gun violence. Please note-most folks there just want gun safety-one program offered is called SMART-which is not anti-gun-but advocates safe gun ownership practices in the home-for example- if you have kids and guns then the guns should be in a secure place where the kids can not access them-just common sense-imagine if these practices had been in effect at least some of the kids that have committed school gun violence may never have had access to a gun. There are SMART folks all around the country that will make free presentations to your club or social group-get informed, get SMART-save young lives.
Peace, love snd all the best, KDB
Saturday March 24th March for Life Posted: Mar 20, 2018
The marches this weekend are for a grand cause-our young people in this country deserve too live/attend schools without living in fear of gun violence-as artists we need to speak out and support our youth and teachers. It is time we have well thought out solutions to this problem. Mind you, I am not anti gun-but there needs to be well thought out/common sense measures taken/studies performed to arrive at viable solutions to this problem. The time is know, for we have lost too many-too many "Lost Flowers in the Rain"-a song I wrote addressing this issue-please see my site for a free download and also-please spread the word.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Posted: Feb 7, 2014
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Time is a flying-had two shows the past week. On 11/2 played at a new venue in Bloomington, IN, The Trailhead-great pizza and tasty selection of micro-brews-I thoroughly enjoyed this space-cozy, warm and great sound system-thanks again Dan for dialing me in so superbly and inviting me down to play-looking forward to the opportunity perform there again.
Last night played for the Artist Alcove annual artists reception in good ol Portland. Saw some amazing art work, plus the folks that make-up the Alcove are just a good bunch of folks-was truly honored to be asked to perform the music for this event-thanks Artist Alcove for letting me be a part of this happening.
The Trailhead Posted: Oct 22, 2013
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Wow-last couple of months have blown by-had planned on being out and about more-but wrecked/rolled my car a few times in mid-August and am now just getting up to speed. No serious injuries-at least they think none- but sure got the heck beat out of me. Event like that makes one ponder a lot of things-brings a bit of perspective to life.
Have a fun gig planned at a place near Bloomington, Indiana called The Trailhead on Sat. 11/2 from 7-10pm (what a cool name The Trailhead-just the name brings back fond memories of hiking in the mountains of the Great Northwest. Looking forward to playing some songs off the new release "This is Heaven"-also looking forward to hooking up with a friend and music compadre, Dan Figuerlli-who played on and produced "This is Heaven". The Trailhead is a laid back place, good venue to kick back and enjoy some tunes, eat some good food and have a beer or two-should be a good time. I'll be playing some songs from "This is Heaven", some from my previous two releases- "You Can't Go Back" and "Complete the Circle"-plus some unreleased tunes fresh off the presses and some of my favorite covers. Hope to see you there.
Peace and all the best---Ken
Trip To Nasshville, TN Posted: Aug 11, 2013
Just returned from a visit to Nashville, TN. Hooked up with a good friend used to backpack with in Oregonhad and spent some time playing music, visiting and a little fishing at Ron's pond (fishing wasn't too serious-too busy visiting, telling stories and sipping on some tasty micro brews). Always good for the soul to see Ron-good musician and song writer in his own right-and man-is his daughter Anna ever the talent-only 13 and already an established player and writer. Ron, LeNaye, Anna-thanks for the hospitality and just good ol friendship.
Benefit For Emily Grider Posted: May 30, 2013
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Spring is Here Posted: Apr 6, 2013
Finally, spring is here-rugged winter in Indiana-but the birds are singing and you can feel winter has finally lost its grip-put up a new bluebird house a couple of weeks ago and saw that there were some occupants just the other day.
Response to "This is Heaven" has been mighty fine-have some Americana stations giving it some spins and very warm responses from you listeners-truly appreciate it and humbled-thanks for listening and spreading the word.
Peace and all the best and remember the words of the great Benjamin Franklin "Beer is God's way of showing us he loves us"
Thi is Heaven Update Posted: Jan 18, 2013
The responses I have been receiving for the pre-released copies of "This is Heaven"-sent a number out as Xmas gifts and promos- has been beyond expectations. What's interesting is that different folks have different songs that are their favorites. Was fortunate to have producer Dan Figuerlli whose exp includes The Sound Factory, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and Paul(MKS)Mahern-who over saw the project and performed mix/mastering. Paul brought a lot to the table-exp with John Mellencamp,Willie Nelson, Neil Young, James McMurtry and T-Bone Burnett-among others-thanks again to White Arc Studios and all the project musicians.
All the best, Ken
This is Heaven Posted: Dec 24, 2012
The new upcoming release "This is Heaven" is hot off the presses-official release is scheduled for early 2013. If you would like a pre-releae copy-please shoot me an e-mail. Fortunate to have some exceptionally talented folks help this project come to life. From the folks at White Arc Studios to the musicians to the cover art-the creative vibe from everyone throughout this journey has been unreal and it shows on the completed project-look forward to sharing.
Peace, love, joy and all the best to everyone,
Recording Project Posted: Jun 28, 2012
I started a new recording project in June-well-not really-started it when I started writing some of the songs to be included-some of which I've been working on for some time. Probably the hardest thing was to choose which songs to include-as I had quite a back log of material to choose from since my last project "Complete the Circle". Excited about this project-primarily because of the songs-the audience at shows has been very positive-they just seemed to get into them and enjoy the. Plus-where I'm recording it is pretty darn cool too. I'll keep you posted.
Lost Time and Melodies Posted: May 13, 2009
Recently posted this new song to the website-seeing the people we love get old and the related loss of physical and mental abilities is difficult-our elders are our national treasures-we need to take care of them.
Peace always,
Well Now Posted: Mar 18, 2009
Pie baby-yes pie-fighting a cold and have found that pie-especially a berry pie is the best answer. Have a number of new songs in the hopper-couple of love songs, ballad about a famous outlaw and a hard driving blues tune-plus a number of other songs yet to be recorded. Some studio time may be on the horizon.
Complete the Circle-new release Posted: Sep 25, 2008
It's almost completed-the new release "Complete the Circle"-seven new songs that include the ballad "Boy With the Fife", the 10 minute reggae/jazz fusion jam "The Time has Come", the insightful "Prophets and Sages", the upbeat swing in "Yeah, Yeah (Politician) Blues", hardhitting rocker "Turn the Night into Day", twelve string, pedal steel laced "Roll Like a River" and the ending with the rising/climbing climax in "Complete the Circle". Look forward to sharing these songs.
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Indiana Basketball – Tom Crean Is a Fascinating and Enigmatic Figure
My guess is that Tom Crean is tired of seeing pictures of his less proud moments – like this one.
The desire to be the head coach at Indiana is irrational, and those who embrace it are more than a little screwy. To expect anything else is ridiculous.
There are thousands and thousands of alums, students, boosters, kids, recruits, media, and fans of other teams that evaluate every public act of a coach at a program like Indiana.
The message board kooks light up coaches not only for their strategic choices, but for their quirks. The media examines every single adjustment and substitution, and when a mistake is made, hell is raised.
When Tom Crean’s Hoosiers had trouble attacking Syracuse’s 2-3 zone, there were threads a mile long on message boards, and millions of texts exchanged that all said the same thing – that Crean is an idiot for not getting the ball into the middle. When Michigan beat the Orange by popping the ball at the elbow to Mitch McGary, Indiana fans pointed at the screen and yelled, “SEE!”
Bob Knight has more than a few legacies that are still on full display within the Indiana Basketball fanbase, and a big one is that he taught everyone willing to listen enough about basketball to be very effective critics. That, among many other things, makes IU a tough job for a head coach.
That Crean wanted the job makes him interesting. That he seems the revel in being the coach at IU after five seasons makes him fascinating. That people watching closely still can’t figure him out makes him one of the more enigmatic figures in sports.
“It’s lonely at the top,” is often repeated and rarely understood. Being a coach is difficult because while all the subordinates (assistant coaches, players, support staff) in the organization has peers, the coach has no one. The players all believe they should play more or be put in a situation better designed to feature their best attributes. The assistant coaches are all doing time as they hope to be head coaches, but need to be sycophantic enough to hold onto their gig. All share private moments of doubt about the coach. It’s human nature.
Then there are the people to whom the coach answers. The bosses need to be fed a narrative filled with attainable expectations, or the train can run off the track in a hurry, and all of a sudden, the wife and kids are being carted across the country to a new town.
That’s true at every job. At Indiana, the pressure to improve and behave without fault is so intense that success is nearly impossible.
The constant critiques of Crean – both personally and professionally – would cause many men to dive under their desks and scream for the madness to stop.
My wife is a wonderful and generous woman. As she watches the cutaways to Crean on the sidelines of Indiana games, she says with disdain, “Look at the way he drinks water.” She’s one of the nicest people I know. God knows what the rest say.
I yell about the pacing and posing, what I perceive to be the micromanagement, and the fact that he never sits.
Imagine going to your job, and having people critique the way you answer the phone, type, and twirl your pen during a meeting. Once in awhile, people in my workplace have bitched about my typing – I hit the keys hard. They say, “Man, you type loud.” I always respond that I type with purpose, like Sean Connery told the kid who played Jamal Wallace in “Finding Forrester”.
The constant bitching and praising from fans is a given, and no one should apologize for it. Sure, it shows a less than attractive side of humanity, but damn, none of us are saints. This isn’t about the behavior of fans, and how it should be altered to make Crean’s life more pleasant. This is about the craving that any man might have to coach at Indiana.
Crean clearly loves building the program, and accepting all of the ongoing challenges that go along with it. Yeah, he makes roughly $3-million per for the trouble, but the din of the feedback is unending, and the loneliness would wilt the spirit of 99% of us. There is no chance that a person who can successfully navigate the rising and falling tides of that position could be a person we might describe as normal.
This is a guy who wasn’t a good enough player to earn a spot on his high school basketball team, and somehow or other, he fought and clawed his way to the top of his profession.
There are people who wonder what the holiday dinners are like at Jack Harbaugh’s house. You have “Captain Comeback”, a great collegiate quarterback at Michigan who played 14 years in the NFL. John was a defensive back at Miami of Ohio. The Harbaughs coached against one another in the Super Bowl two months ago. That’s a table that might be tough for a brother-in-law, but Crean relishes being a part of the family.
What Crean has, he earned through the sheer force of his will and ability to never be dominated by a situation. Maybe there have been private moments of doubt. Alone, he may have buried his head in his pillow and wept, but he has never stopped moving forward publicly.
There are reportedly moments when he’s a jerk, and this isn’t an excuse, but to go from where he started to get to where he is makes for a great story of how someone who wakes up every morning with purpose can achieve something enormous.
Getting there is one thing. Continuing to respond positively morning after morning when critical, deriding, and meanspirited tweets cascade constantly into his smart phone is quite something – not necessarily admirable – but certainly fascinating.
This entry was posted in College Basketball, Featured Story, Indiana Basketball, Indiana University, Kent Sterling and tagged crean Indiana, Tom Crean Indiana basketball, Tom Crean media on April 12, 2013 by Kent Sterling.
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Chip firms wary of criticizing Japan curbs
By Cho Chung-un
An emergency meeting with President Moon Jae-in was arranged on Wednesday with chiefs of the country’s major businesses to seek short- and long-term solutions to the problem of import-dependent manufacturing chains here, but it also appeared to have placed a burden on firms caught in the diplomatic crossfire between South Korea and Japan. Some industry observers raised concerns that it could send the “wrong signal,” instigating Tokyo to take additional restrictive measures.
At the meeting with Moon, the business leaders agreed on the Seoul government’s plan to take various steps and vowed to work closely with related ministries to strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce reliance on foreign materials, Cheong Wa Dae said.
“(Business leaders) also stressed the need to diversify supply chains, especially (those that depend) on a specific country, and to expand cooperation with Russia and Germany in the field of chemical components,” said presidential spokesperson Ko Min-jung. “They also addressed the need to review mergers and acquisitions (of companies producing core industrial materials) as a short-term strategy (to deal with the case).”
Attending chiefs reportedly voiced their concerns, with many commenting that they hoped to see a diplomatic resolution. Some were also quoted as saying that arbitrarily expanding transactions with smaller companies could be another form of regulation against them. There reportedly were also voices calling for a stronger government role, as protracted export restrictions would weigh upon the firms and ultimately on investment and employment.
The roundtable session held at Cheong Wa Dae was the latest and highest-level in a series of rendezvous between top government officials and conglomerate leaders to discuss countermeasures over Japan’s retaliatory measures. The Tokyo government said last week it would restrict exports of three materials crucial for chip fabrication in Korea, in an apparent protest against a local court’s ruling against a Japanese steelmaker, ordering it to compensate victims of forced labor during World War II.
President Moon Jae-in (left) shakes hand with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won before a group meeting with 30 South Korean conglomerates to discuss Japan’s export restrictions. (Yonhap)
Some experts praised Moon, saying he was on the right track in supporting companies as they face challenges that go beyond their corporate capacities. But others said the president might be hosting the rare meeting as a way of diverting public criticism that he has prioritized the repair of South Korea’s relations with North Korea over economic issues.
With Moon lashing out at Japan for creating an “unprecedented emergency” for South Korea’s industries, executives at leading conglomerates involved in chip manufacturing were asked to share their views.
However, raising their voices at such a high-profile session could send the wrong message, some industry insiders said.
“It’s always risky for a company to be involved in between governments,” said a company official who asked to not to be named. “But also, you can’t say no to an invitation from Cheong Wa Dae.”
Moon’s suggestion for businesses to take the lead in creating a new industrial environment and to build domestic supply chains would also not be easy to accept, publicly, they added.
“There’s not much to talk about especially in front of other business leaders, no more than that the company will seek a long-term plan and contribute in creating an ecosystem to reduce reliance on foreign products,” said an industry official.
“It is also difficult to say that one business will cooperate with another specific one, as (doing so) could be seen as collusion,” he said. Two South Korean chip giants -- Samsung Electronics and SK hynix -- produce a combined 70 percent of memory chips, which are crucial for technological devices.
To the hurriedly arranged meeting, Moon invited leaders of 30 conglomerates that hold assets of more than 10 trillion won ($8.46 billion). The list of chaebol leaders included SK Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Executive Vice Chairman Chung Euisun and LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong of Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, and Chairman Shin Dong-bin of Lotte Group, which has deep ties with Japan, were absent from the meeting, citing business trips to Tokyo.
By Cho Chung-un (christory@heraldcorp.com)
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'Thalassa'
The three-masted barque, Thalassa, registered in Harlingen, Holland, sailed down the Sound this evening en route to Tobermory - she's pictured passing Ardmore Point light at 6.45pm.
She's fifty metres long and carries fourteen sails with a total area of 800 square metres. Built in 1980 as a fishing ship, in 1984 she struck a submerged World War II wreck off the coast of Friesland. Refloated and towed to safety, she was reconstructed and fitted out as a passenger cruiser capable of carrying up to 120 people on a day-trip, or 34 overnight in eighteen cabins.
Royal Navy Sighted
The Royal Navy sailed by yesterday evening - or what's left of it. This is probably all we can afford these days, a mine countermeasures ship built in 1985. She's a Hunt class ship, the second with the name, the first being a World War II destroyer. That HMS Hurworth was launched in 1941 but sunk with the loss of 133 lives off Kalymnos in 1943 during the German invasion of Greece. There's more about the ship and her sinking here.
As if to rub in the fact that we've hardly seen an RN ship in the Sound in months, two Swedish navy mine countermeasures ships sailed down the Sound this morning.
To complete the twenty-four hours of intense military activity, two Tornados flew across the Sound just before lunch today, the first we've seen in some time. Perhaps the recent weather has put them off or, as seems more likely, the ones we used to see are either heading for the scrap heap or being sold off to someone like Robert Mugabe who, having recently stolen a large diamond mine off a British company, can afford to run them.
Labels: aircraft, ships
Kilchoan Pram Race
Catch up on the latest news about the Kilchoan Pram Race, Friday July 29th, over on the West Ardnamurchan News & Information site here.
The strange light that lit the sky around ten last night cast such a glow indoors that it brought us outside thinking there must be something burning. The thundercloud that sat on Ben Hiant, caught by the late sunset behind us, was typical of the weather we now have, with sunny intervals hot enough to give a determined worshipper a healthy tan interspersed with hard showers that always arrive just when one least wants them.
One of the effects of last Monday's storm is visible everywhere - the way the wind and sea spray have burnt the leaves. In places the branches are almost stripped of their foliage....
....and it's not uncommon to find trees which have been singed only on the upwind side. The rowans seem to have suffered worst, though this may be because they are often lone trees standing in the middle of fields.
The tips of large swathes of bracken have died. Plants which were a vigorous green last weekend looking brown and tired - not that most of us are unhappy to see the bracken suffer a bit.
One shrub which seems impervious to ill-treatment is the rhododenron. It's in full flower now, particularly spectacular around Glenborrodale, mostly in this shade of pale purple. Sadly, for all its beauty, it's a plant that takes over the countryside to such an extent that there have been grants available to those who want to rid their grounds of it.
Aurora Alerts
There have been several 'amber' alerts from AuroraWatch in the last few days. AuroraWatch is an organisation, based at the University of Lancaster, which sends emails to subscribers, free, giving warning at times when there is a good chance of aurora activity. The recent alerts have been at amber level, which means that the aurora may be visible in Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Sadly there's been little chance of seeing anything here recently because of cloud.
AuroraWatch is here.
Photo by Nick Russill on Flickr, here. His site is well worth a visit.
Labels: night sky
Stock Judging
Yesterday evening's Stock Judging event, run in aid of Kilchoan Playpark, was a huge success. The judging itself was such fun that The Diary forgot to take any photographs: if anyone has some, they would be gratefully received but, in the meanwhile, here is a good tup for all to enjoy.
As well as the judging, there was a barbeque, raffle, auction and a ceilidh which went on well into the night, all well supported by both locals and a cheerful contingent from Mull who probably enjoyed the ferry ride home this morning as it was fairly bouncy out in the Sound.
Everyone was invited to take part in the judging. There were six classes - for example, black face ewes - each with four sheep in a pen. The animals were identified by colour - green, red, yellow and blue - usually by electrical tape wound round a horn or, with the lambs, tightly round their tails. The competitors had to order them in a neat little printed booklet. The entries were then collated by Pat MacPhail and Tony Swift using a clever little computer program which Tony has developed over the years.
First prize in the judging went to the eyes of experience, with Alasdair 'Pinkie' Connell and Ian Ramon tying for the honour. The Diary won second prize, a large silver cup - something which The Diary has never won in all its life before, so it was very happy and has placed it in central position on the sitting room mantlepiece. This success is a mystery to all, as The Diary knowledge of sheep could be written in bold letters across the back of a 20p postage stamp. Put it down to a statistical anomaly. As is proper in all good competitions, the ladies were ranked separately, with first prize going to Nan MacLachlan.
Many thanks to the organisers for a great evening and for the cup, which will be treasured.
Lochan Glacan Lochain
The Diary enjoys a walk far more if there is an objective, and more still if the objective leads on to something unexpected. So we set out one weekend before the gale came with no greater intention than to find a lochan perched high on the ridge along which Meall Sanna is the highest point - see map here. The lochan was unremarkable except that the OS 1:25,000 map shows streams flowing downhill from each end of it.
The lochan lies in the valley at the left hand end of the above picture, which looks at the ridge from our starting point, the small township of Achnaha. The going, across thick grass and heather, is hard, particularly if the ground is sodden after heavy rain.
Scrambling up the narrow valley, one comes upon Lochan Glacan Lochain suddenly, its surface at head height. Glacan means small valley, and lochan and lochain have the same meaning, a small lake. Even our resident Gaelic expert couldn't explain the apparent repetition in the name.
What is unexpected is the skyline at the far end of the lochan, very like the edges of the 'infinity pools' of which many tropical hotels are so proud. But this is no tropical paradise. This is a place of bare, grey rocks rounded by the great ice sheet that ground its way across the area over 12,000 years ago. The grass, dead brown in colour and whipped by Atlantic winds which funnel through the gap, barely survives. In this bleak environment, we saw no life except a pippit which chirruped at us for disturbing its loneliness.
It's immediately obvious, from the carefully arranged blocks of rock which form it, that the western, Achnaha end of the lochan is dammed, the outlet once controlled by a blue sluice gate.
The eastern, 'infinity' end has a more substantial dam, so both exits to the lochan are man-made. It's difficult to tell whether there was originally a natural lochan here but, from the lie of the land and the depth of the water, it seems quite likely there was.
But the highlight of this walk came when we approached the far end of the lochan, where the narrow valley plunges downwards toward the sands of Sanna: the valley leads straight to Sanna Beagh, the home built for herself by M. E. M. Donaldson in 1926. Not only did the lochan provided the water supply for the house, it also drove a small turbine to provide electricity.
Labels: places, walk
A Sad, Sad Sight
One of the few serious casualties of last Monday's storm was this yacht, thrown onto the rocks near Camas Innes, some miles to the east of Kilchoan along Loch Sunart.
All boats, be they anything from a model yacht through a rigid inflatable to a ferry or an ocean liner, have personality. Some, like this one, have elegance, some, like the working ships we see passing in the Sound, are functional, some are brutally ugly. Whatever role boats have in the lives of the humans who surround them, all have soul.
This is a particularly lovely yacht, and one has only to look closely at the condition she is in, at the neatly furled sails, the saltire at her cross-trees and the smart paintwork, to know that she is much loved. To make her agony worse, her distress is on full display, for she sits right next to the road bewteen Kilchoan and the Corran Ferry.
Let's hope that the damage done to her isn't serious, and that her owner is able to float her free on the next high tide.
College Buys Workshops
From Pat Glenday:
West Highland College - the new College formed as a result of the merger between Lochaber College and Skye and Wester Ross College - has recently purchased both the workshop units beside the Community Centre. This is good for the Learning Centre because it means the annual cost of running the Centre will reduce as I will no longer have to find the rent, which will help to keep the Centre viable and ensure a continued College, and UHI, presence in Kilchoan.
There will be some refurbishment of the empty unit over the summer, to turn it into what I hope will be a nice big, uncluttered room for courses, training, talks and that sort of thing. The computers and office equipment, plus the UHI video conferencing kit, will stay where it is now, but with two rooms available the university students should get a bit more peace and quiet for their studies, and I won't need to worry about double bookings of the room any more.
All in all it's a great move forward for the Learning Centre in Kilchoan, which demonstrates the College's confidence in what we have achieved so far in terms of both the number and range of courses, and the number of students and participants. And that, of course, is all down to the excellent level of support the Centre has received from local people, and increasingly now, regular visitors to the area. Thank you to everyone. Long may it continue.
The Diary comments: Many thanks to you, Pat, for all the brilliant work you've done for this community. That WHC is prepared to spend what must have been a considerable sum on buying the two properties indicates their confidence in what you are doing here.
Labels: community, local business
Remember the Stock Judging, Ceilidh and BBQ this Saturday, 5pm at the Community Centre - details here.
A Damp Day
The day started grey, with a stiff southeaster and a miserable forecast. By ten, these lumpy clouds were heaving up over the Sound and the rain had started, no more than spit in the wind at first, then increasingly heavy. We've had a damp May, which is usually one of our finest months, and there's no sign of much improvement, according to XCWeather, until the start of June.
Everyone is out-of-sorts, including this pine marten who came foraging around our front yard shortly after 2pm. We don't normally see them during the day, the most common time for them being early evening.
To add to our misery, the power went off again at midday, the worst sort of break for electrical equipment as it flicked on and off a couple of times before finally dying. It was restored before five, so well done again to our overworked Hydro Electric engineers.
Here's a harassed man. Mr Blackbird, introduced in this post on 4th May, when he was obviously feeding young in the nest, came round to show off the two adolescents he is now coping with. Those of us who have children of a similar age know how demanding they can be, and these two simply wouldn't leave the poor chap alone for a moment. They couldn't be bothered to feed directly off the seed that was laid out on top of the wall, insisting that Dad picked it up and popped it in their mouths.
Children, who'd have children?
District Nurses - Latest News
Please see the West Ardnamurchan News & Information site, here.
Houdini Pig
Three times, Hughie MacLachlan has been summoned up to Ormsaigbeg to deal with a pig out of its enclosure and on the rampage down this salubrious end of the village. Each time, when he's arrived - and The Diary isn't complaining about how promptly he responds - the pig is back inside the electric fence.
Houdini can't help it. Tamworths have a history of daring escapes. Two young Tamworth boars escaped from an English slaughterhouse back in January 1998 and became front-page news. For anyone who has forgotten the story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Pig, there's a brief account here.
Hughie's problem isn't going to last much longer. Unless a national newspaper rescues the Kilchoan pigs - as one did the two slaughterhouse Tamworths - this lot are going to be bacon within a week. Sadly, a new lot of piglets are already here.
A May Storm
Yesterday, in late May, we experienced the worst gale of the 2010/11 winter, with gusts of 90kph, force 10, and an average wind speed in the early afternoon of force 6/7, measured in our front garden which is relatively protected. Conditions at the much more exposed Ardnamurchan lighthouse were described as 'dangerous', and the visitors' centre had to be closed: it was almost impossible to stand up in the top car park. Shortly after 12.30pm, the power failed, but was back on by 9 in the evening, thanks to the heroic efforts of a team of engineers from Scottish Hydro, who worked on despite the appalling conditions.
The highest winds came at just after 2pm. While they were accompanied by stinging showers, they also chased patches of sun across the sea - the view above looks south across the Sound of Mull at the height of the storm, the breaking waves being whipped away by the gale and blowing in sheets of spindrift.
In the middle of this the Tobermory lifeboat was called out to a yacht adrift off the town, with one man aboard. The lifeboat effected a rescue but was damaged in the process - not at all surprising considering the conditions. The sea was heavy even in Kilchoan Bay, where three boats remained despite the accurate weather warnings. In the event, the owners' confidence in their moorings was fully justified, though a yacht further up Loch Sunart broke away and was wrecked on the rocks.
The CalMac sailings from Oban to the Hebridean isles were all cancelled from the beginning of the day, but the local Kilchoan-Tobermory ferry managed a couple of sailings before it gave up - which was just as well as conditions by the CalMac pier (above) were horrendous. At the height of the storm, a cruise ship travelled south down the Sound but its AIS wasn't working so it has been impossible to identify her. She was followed by a cargo ship, the Lystind, which was rolling impressively.
There appears to have been very little damage in the village. The trees are in full leaf, so they suffered, not only from having branches ripped off but also from the wind and salt spray burning their leaves. Despite it all, the small birds in our garden kept going - most have young to feed so they didn't have much choice. At one point, with the wind tearing at the trees, a cuckoo could be heard calling.
A Walk Through the Village
The weather picked up yesterday afternoon - if not enough for these lambs to feel they could play out in the open - but the sun came out between showers so, despite a brisk wind, we walked through the village, meeting a number of other people who were also out taking exercise.
The sighting of this house martin caused us considerable excitement, hence the poor quality of the picture. It's the first we've seen in the village, the only other ones being at Ardslignish, where there is a lonely pair nesting where ten or twenty used to. Our one was in the company of a swarm of sand martins - there seem to be more than ever of them this year - and some swallows, all of which were swooping and diving around the trees on Cruachan croft.
House martin numbers crashed last summer, with none nesting in their usual places along Ormsaigbeg. We had hoped to see them back this year, but they haven't come.
We passed the owner of the old manse putting up what he described as an anemometer, though we suspect it is a new sign advertising his business. Either way, The Diary expressed its surprise at finding at the owner of a manse engaged in hard manual work on a Sunday. Dave and Stella Cash run Meall mo Chridh, a restaurant with rooms - more details here.
With the sun out, and their daughter, Phoebe's horse decorating the field, Meall mo Chridh looked lovely, though The Diary couldn't help noticing that there were no house martins feeding across this field - it used to be one of their favourite places.
Some further excitement came from finding the first orchid of the year in Kilchoan, in the grass verge opposite the Kilchoan House Hotel. We found heaps of them flowering amidst the heather to the south of Grigadale two weeks ago, so either they were early or Kilchoan is late. However, this was a much more brightly coloured specimen than anything we saw around Grigadale.
Labels: walk
Roddy & Bobby Macleod
Roddy and Bobby Macleod, who owned Fascadale Fisheries from the late 60s to the early 80s, both passed away over the weekend, Roddy on Friday and Bobby on Sunday.
The funeral is in Dumfries on June 1st.
Yes, groan, sorry, but The Diary can't help talking about THE WEATHER again. In mitigation, the weather is being a bit.... unusual.
The forecast for tomorrow is dreadful, with promises of winds up over 60mph when a small but deep depression spins in from the Atlantic during the afternoon. If you're reading this today, it's well worth looking at the MagicSeaweed animated forecast to watch it coming in. Some creatures, like these geese, seem to know it's imminent, so have moved out.
Please note that yesterday's blog entry about the best weather forecast site has been updated, with another site added on the recommendation of one of The Diary's readers - for which many thanks. It's particularly useful for outdoor sports enthusiasts.
The Best Weather Forecast
With so much Kilchoan sunshine around at the moment, it seems an appropriate time to review the weather forecasts available on the net.
A clear, straightforward one is XC Weather. The main criticism of this is that it is limited, and that some of the colours used are confusing rather than helpful. It does, however, seem to produce a reasonably accurate forecast.
For graphic maps of the upcoming weather, MagicSeaweed is the best. Watching a depression heaving in from the Atlantic is fascinating - like the one we have heading our way on Monday, with 60+ mph winds forecast for the afternoon. It's a surfer's site, so it has useful features like swell and water temperature. It also displays both full Atlantic and World maps - the links to these are at the bottom of the page - so one can watch some even worse weather, like another big hurricane heading for New Orleans, and appreciate how lucky we are not to suffer such extremes.
A new one to The Diary is yr.no, a Norwegian site. This seems to give the best combination of animated graphics and solid, detailed facts, though some understanding of standard symbols, such as those for wind speed and direction, is needed. There are also, an the top left margin, a number of useful options, such as the 'Hour by Hour' one: if this isn't detailed enough, try clicking on 'Detailed' under this option. The Diary is informed that this is also a fairly accurate site.
Plodding behind all these is BBC Weather, with a clunky website and dated graphics. This site doesn't even offer Kilchoan as a location - the link here is to Tobermory - whereas the Norwegian site not only knows where Kilchoan is, but also offers an alternative link to Kilchoan Bay. The only thing good about the BBC site is that it hasn't - yet - promised Kilchoan a barbeque summer.
A recommended site for those taking to the great outdoors is the Mountain Weather Information Service. The link given here is for the West Highlands. Unfortunately, the area information can only be either downloaded and viewed or printed, or accessed by mobile phone. However, the site links in to some good Met Office maps - select 'Animated Synoptic Charts' in the left column - which seem only to be available from the Met Office direct if you register with them.
There are plenty of other sites, but most of the ones The Diary has found are even more dismal than the BBC. Most seem to worry less about the weather than cluttering up the page with simplistic data, or devoting as much space as possible to adverts. A good example of this limited forecasting is WeatherOnLine, where the options for locations are also severely limited - this link is for A'murchan, which is identifiable as Ardnamurchan because the weather is about right.
For most Kilchoan people, the weather directly affects their lives. Our two commercial fishermen lives depend on a good forecast, the fish-farm workers need to know what the weather is going to do, our crofters are heavily weather-dependent, and a poor long-term forecast is likely to affect the number of visitors coming here.
The Diary would be very grateful to its readers for links to other clear, accurate forecast sites, and for their views on the accuracy of sites.
Many thanks to Tom Miller, Ben McKeown and Richard Houston
for advising me on the best sites.
All in One Bank
The Diary walks this stretch of road every day. It's typical of the single-track roads in the district except that it has fewer vehicle passing places, which often leads to some entertainment. It passes through crofting land; to the left, the hill runs up to the common grazings, while to the right it drops to the shore.
It's a great road for wildlife, and many of the pictures in this diary come from it. But, too often, we walk looking around and above. Rarely do we look at our feet. Yet, in amongst the bluebells and bracken along a two-metre stretch of sandy bank to the left of the picture, below the mudpatch where the pigs live, we recently found no less than six exquisite small wildflowers in full bloom. Noticing one led to the next, and so on.
The one above is tormentil, with its characteristic four petals. A member of the cinquefoil family, it's a common flower of moors and grassy places.
This delicate beauty is common field speedwell, described in our reference book as 'a weed of cultivated land' which has migrated into the country from western Asia. It's a beautifully delicate little flower, so The Diary would rather call it a cinderella of our cultivated landscape.
Birdsfoot trefoil is having a bumper year, as it did last year, carpeting parts of the ground with its rich yellow flowers. It's commonly known as 'eggs and bacon' because the buds are a bacony red.
This retiring little flower is heath milkwort, Polygala serpyllifolia, a more uncommon plant in the area. It also occurs with pale pink flowers or, occasionally, white.
This violet is flowering late. Violets are one of the earliest to appear and are one of the first welcome signs of spring, so most are dying back by now. Click on the photo to enjoy the sheer beauty of its structure and colouring.
There was only one of this plant on the bank, and a search all along the bank nearby produced no further specimens. It's bush vetch, Vicia sepium, though if you look this species up on the internet, it's surprising the variety of flowers which it seems to have, from pale blue through to this purple.
Many thanks to The Diary's botanical expert, Hilary Hizzard,
for identifying the more difficult plants.
Any errors are The Diary's.
A Winter Gale
The skies over The Ferry Stores may have been grey yesterday, and it did rain a bit, but having listened to a friend up from the southeast of England, where it hasn't rained in months, I think we'd rather have this. That we have such generous rain may even become a tourist attraction, with people coming here to see what real rain looks like.
The Ferry Stores is the only shop for miles around, so it carries a wealth of goods. It's also a petrol station, you can buy gas, coal and wood there, it's a post office, and it sells newspapers. Look carefully at the picture and you'll see that it also spoils the local dogs.
The main feature of yesterday's weather was the wind. During the day it swung from the southwest round to the northwest. As a result, the anemometer in our garden became increasingly sheltered, so the strongest gust, reaching force 8, occurred around 11.30 in the morning.
It was fun, therefore, watching the ships coming up the Sound, particularly the smaller ones. The one above is the sd moorfowl, a Royal Maritime Auxiliary mooring and support vessel. There's a clearer picture of her here.
Camp Birds
This, for the ignorant amongst us, is the skull of a Cuvier's Beaked Whale. It adorns the side of the bothy at Trevor Potts' highly-rated Ardnamurchan Campsite. But.... look closely, because sitting proudly on top of the skull is a blue tit.
Now, this isn't any old blue tit, this is a blue tit who has STYLE. He and his missus have turned the brain case of this great, deceased cetacean into a comfy nest for their brood, which are now almost fledged. It's in rather busy spot, right next to Trevor's office, the showers and the washing machine hut, but - hey - such minor inconveniences don't get in the way of tits who want to make a style statement.
And here's a bird with bling. The latest fashion amongst trendy Kilchoan birds is metal bracelets - but not any old bracelet. The ones that are really IN aren't that easy to obtain. The birds have to go through an inititation where they're netted, poked, prodded, weighed, measured and only then fitted with a wrist band. And every bracelet is part of a numbered, limited edition. Wow!
But then, whoever said you don't have to suffer for style?
Many thanks to Trevor for the pictures.
Ardnamurchan Campsite's website is here.
A little earlier in the month, when the weather was kinder, the Yeoman Bridge went down the Sound on her way to the huge Glensanda aggregates quarry, passing - and dwarfing - one of the fish farm boats, the Ronja Skye, which has a characteristic red hull.
This is the Deo Volente, a heavy lift cargo ship of 2,981 tonnes gr, 3550 dwt, which belongs to Hartman SeaTrade of Urk in the Netherlands. One of the things she carries is completed parts for the huge wind turbines which are currently being built, though she appears to be in ballast in this picture. To get an idea of her carrying capacity, go to this site.
There's much more yachting activity in the Sound as the summer approaches. In recent days, despite the weather, we've seen some magnificent yachts, one of which was Alba Venturer - in the centre of this picture - which belongs to the Ocean Youth Trust Scotland, website here. The OYT takes 12 to 24-year olds to sea on what the Trust calls 'development residentials', and was one of the charities to benefit from Kate & William's Royal Wedding Charitable Gift Fund.
The Glen Tarsan belongs to the Majestic Line. Launched in 2007 and purpose-built for cruising the west coast of Scotland, she is 85' long and is designed to be able to manoeuvre close inshore. She has six cabins and sails out of Oban or Holy Loch. She came out of Loch Sunart this morning and headed northwest out of the Sound.
There are times when the Sound appears quite crowded. Here, Cal Mac's Clansman passes a small landing craft and a yacht. Behind them is the Ardmore Point light.
Wall-to-Wall Sunshine
Confused Identities
Grey Days
A Changing Population
Film-Makers from Holland
Wildlife Photographs
A Bit of a Contrast
Dry Stane Dyking
A Day in Ormsaigbeg
Angus Stewart's Funeral
Coastguard Exercise
The Southeaster
Lochan Caorach
Quiz - the Answers
A Storm
New Booklets Published
Steading Holidays' New Office
Ormsaigbeg News
Mr Blackbird has Babies
Today's Pictures
A Month Ago....
Angus Stewart
Fine Weather
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Election 2018Chryssa Jones2018-10-15T10:50:56-10:00
Where do Hawaiʻi candidates stand on education?
Senate Districts
House Districts
OHA Candidates
We asked candidates in the 2018 election to respond to the following four questions:
1. Do you support Hawaiian culture-based approaches in education?
The DOE Superintendent Christina Kishimoto, the Charter School Commission Executive Director Sione Thompson, and Kamehameha Schools CEO Jack Wong recently published an OpEd that voiced united support for the DOE’s Nā Hopena Aʻo Policy and Hawaiian culture-based education for all learners throughout Hawaiʻi.
2. Would you support public charter schools receiving per pupil funding on par with the per pupil funding received by other DOE schools?
Not all of public school students are equally supported. Per pupil funding for public charter school students is conservatively 20% less than for other public school students in the DOE.
3. Would you support Hawaiʻi and global environmental sustainability as a high priority among your public policy goals?
Hawaiian culture-based education grows students who practice sustainable lifestyles and who value the long-term well-being of Hawaiʻi’s natural resources. When such education priorities are in sync with the actions of publicly elected leaders, Hawaiʻi can emerge as a world leader in sustainability.
4. Would you support further Hawaiian language proliferation in public education, government offices, and the private sector?
In recent years enrollments in Hawaiian language immersion schools have seen significant increases. Hawaiian language speakers are also using ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi much more prominently in government, commerce, and everyday contexts.
Here are the candidates’ responses:
Hawaiʻi State Senate Candidates
Kaialiʻi KaheleSenate District 1 (Hilo)
Culture-based approaches in education
Public charter school funding
Prioritize environmental sustainability
Hawaiian language proliferation
Kimberly ArianoffSenate District 1 (Hilo)
3 attempts were made to seek a response. The candidate has not yet responded to this question.
Dru KanuhaSenate District 3 (Kona, Kaʻū)
Michael LastSenate District 3 (Kona, Kaʻū)
Roz BakerSenate District 6 (South and West Maui)
Melissah ShishidoSenate District 6 (South and West Maui)
“As a current student at UH Maui College and after completing three semesters of Hawaiian Language, Hawaiian History, and Ethnobotany, I have collided with the way my ancestors lived, learned and taught. The level of thought is to be commended. The ability to read upside down was mastered simply because each family had to share all materials. Their process of planting and harvesting as dictated by the moon phases is currently being duplicated and yielding huge crops. This way of life was passed down orally until recently. Story telling dates back to the beginning of mankind and the Hawaiians were no different. Effectively passing down the language, culture, and way of life.”
“I support public charter schools receiving per pupil funding on par with the per pupil funding received by DOE schools because these students are still being educated. They deserve the same amount of monies being allocated for those attending public schools. The parents’ choice to enroll their children in the charter school is based on the particular mission of the school and how it aligns with their convictions regarding their expectations of academia.”
“This is high priority for me and many of my family and friends, as well. The World Wide Voyage that Hokulea set out to bring awareness regarding what other’s are doing around the globe to preserve and care for their land. As a result of that journey, their return has caused a heightened awareness of what we are or aren’t doing to malama our ‘aina. We have everything we need to live a healthy, thriving lifestyle. Keeping this at the forefront of education will definitely lead us to a more sustainable lifestyle. This would also allow for all to embrace our responsibility to keep the land and water properly maintained.”
“The Hawaiian language has become the norm and anywhere we visit should resemble that. When first learning ʻolelo Hawaiʻi, I realized how simple it was to construct a sentence. I later learned how poetic and melodic it sounded and would love to speak it more and hear it spoken everywhere.”
Sharon MoriwakiSenate District 12 (Kakaʻako - Waikīkī)
Lynn MarianoSenate District 12 (Kakaʻako - Waikīkī)
Clarence NishiharaSenate District 17 (Pearl City, Waipahu)
Roger ClementeSenate District 17 (Pearl City, Waipahu)
Michelle KidaniSenate District 18 (Mililani)
Tony SolisSenate District 18 (Mililani)
Matt LoPrestiSenate District 19 (ʻEwa)
Kurt FevellaSenate District 19 (ʻEwa)
Maile ShimabukuroSenate District 21 (Kalaeloa - Mākua)
Diamond GarciaSenate District 21 (Kalaeloa - Mākua)
“Yes, but I would like each public charter school to make that decision for themselves. I don’t believe we should force anything on them.”
Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives Candidates
Chris ToddHouse District 2 (Keaukaha-Waiākea)
Grace Manipol-LarsonHouse District 2 (Keaukaha - Waiākea)
Richard OnishiHouse District 3 (Hilo - Volcano)
Fred FogelHouse District 3 (Hilo - Volcano)
“Student vouchers are the way to give parents more say.”
David TarnasHouse District 7 (Kona - Kohala)
Tom BelekanichHouse District 7 (Kona - Kohala)
Angus McKelveyHouse District 10 (West Maui)
Chayne MartenHouse District 10 (West Maui)
Jen MatherHouse District 10 (West Maui)
Lynn DeCoiteHouse District 13 (East Maui, Molokai, Lanaʻi, Kahoʻolawe)
Nick NikhilanadaHouse District 13 (East Maui, Molokai, Lanaʻi, Kahoʻolawe)
“I feel that it would be beneficial to use Hawaiian culture in education, along with other progressive teaching techniques, in our public school system in Hawaiʻi. Having been a substitute teacher for both the inclusion classes at Paʻia Elementary, plus in the program at King Kekaulike High School, I have experienced first hand the constructive impact it seems to have had. It appears there is a strong, and positive, effect upon the students Especially at the high school, there is a significant difference in the attitude and performance of the students, as compared to the student body at large.
“According to Haw. Rev. Stat. § 302D-28, Haw. Rev. Stat. § 302D-29, it states: “General per-pupil funding for charter school students should be the same as that allocated for traditional public school students. In addition, the state director of finance is authorized to transfer additional general fund money to charter schools as needed. Charter schools are eligible for all federal financial support to the same extent as traditional public schools. Charter schools may elect to use the traditional student funding formula or propose an alternative formula to their authorizer.” I support this method of funding public charter schools in Hawaiʻi.”
“Indeed I would support all environmental sustainable policies and programs. I have been a member of the Green Party of Hawaiʻi [GPH] for over twenty-six years and currently am a GPH candidate for the Hawai’i State House of Representatives. “Ecological wisdom” is one of the four pillars of the GPH and the Green Party of the United States. The current incumbent, my opponent, is a GMO farmer, associated with Monsanto, which has been practicing destructive environmental polices for years; poisoning millions of acres of land throughout the world and here in Hawaiʻi.” (continued below)
“For years, I have been an advocate, and it is one of my campaign platform positions, that all signs, including road signs in Hawaiʻi, should be in both English and Hawaiian! It is insulting that we have lots of places where either Japanese or Ilocano or Tagalog are listed and yet Hawaiian is not! Hawaiian is an official language of Hawaiʻi, and it is about time where Hawaiʻi is a bi-lingual state, spreading the Hawaiian language everywhere within the State.”
(continued) “Restricted use pesticides must be eliminated from our farming practices and policies. There is no economy without protecting our environment. Every policy, program, legislation and all which is done in Hawai’i needs to take the environment as the first priority. I have fought for re-introducing water back into the streams of East Maui, even petitioning to be an intervenor in the successful case before the Commission on Water Resource Management. My opponent hesitated about whether a private corporation would keep its long term lease of our water, which, according to our State Constitution, is a public trust, and not to be bought and sold by a private corporation.”
Gene WardHouse District 17 (Hawaiʻi Kai - Kalama Valley)
Alan YimHouse District 17 (Hawaiʻi Kai - Kalama Valley)
Mark HashemHouse District 18 (Hahaione - Kahala)
Ola SouzaHouse District 18 (Hahaione - Kahala)
Calvin SayHouse District 20 (St. Louis Heights - Kaimukī)
“I do support our Hawaiian immersion program in the DOE. I am proud to report that the 20th District has a Hawaiian immersion program at Anuenue School.”
“Every child should have the same funding if it is within the public school system. Fairness, equity, equality for all students.”
“Hawaii sets the standards for sustainability preserving and protecting our aina, and the ocean.”
“Preserving the language of our host culture preserves the history, traditions, and values of the Hawaiian people. The self- esteem, self concept, and the mana and the spirit of what it is being a Hawaiian.”
Julia AllenHouse District 20 (St. Louis Heights - Kaimukī)
Tom BrowerHouse District 22 (Waikīkī, Ala Moana)
Kathryn Henski-StarkHouse District 22 (Waikīkī, Ala Moana)
Takahashi OhnoHouse District 27 (Nuʻuanu - ʻĀlewa Heights)
Mela Kealoha-LindseyHouse District 27 (Nuʻuanu - ʻĀlewa Heights)
Romy CacholaHouse District 30 (Kalihi Kai - Hālawa Valley)
“I am supportive of all the questions in this survey. However my final vote depends upon the language of the Bills and after listening to the testimonies for or against the measures. Thank you.”
Mar VelascoHouse District 30 (Kalihi Kai - Hālawa Valley)
Marilyn LeeHouse District 36 (Mililani - Waipiʻo)
“I have not had the opportunity to see budget figures on this so cannot answer at this time. There was no other option for me to use except no.”
Val OkimotoHouse District 36 (Mililani - Waipiʻo)
Ryan YamaneHouse District 37 (Mililani - Waikele)
Mary SmartHouse District 37 (Mililani - Waikele)
Bob McDermottHouse District 40 (ʻEwa)
Rose MartinezHouse District 40 (ʻEwa)
Rida Cabanilla ArakawaHouse District 41 (ʻEwa Beach)
Chris FidelibusHouse District 41 (ʻEwa Beach)
Amy PerrusoHouse District 46 (Launani Valley - Wahiawā)
“Yes. I not only support culture-focused education, but I support a requirement in public education that would require bilingual education for all, as seen in countries like Finland and Sweden. I have spent much of my career as a DOE social studies teacher in the DOE trying to move the whole system towards a more place-based, culturally grounded social studies education in the era of NCLB. We have an opportunity to shift now, and we should take it.”
“I also support more funding for facilities for charter schools, but ONLY for schools that are legitimately and authentically engaged in Hawaiian language immersion education or Hawaiian culture-focused education.”
“Yes. My district is uniquely poised to support this move towards global environmental sustainability, and this has been the focus of much of my work as an educator, as we worked with community partners to design the interdisciplinary Youth Envisioning Sustainable Futures program at Mililani High School eight years ago. As a legislator, I hope to bring a strong sense of urgency around climate change into the our public policy decisions.”
“Absolutely. Our state constitution promulgates both Hawaiian and English as official languages of the state. We need to become bilingual.”
John MillerHouse District 46 (Launani Valley - Wahiawā)
“I support learning about all cultures and don’t like one being excluded in view of another especially in the area of religious practices.”
“I believe that different types of educational opportunities should be accessible for all and funding plays an important role in making that possible.”
“We must take care of Hawaii’s natural resources so that this special place will be here long after we who are in a position to do so are gone. Hawaii can be a front runner in teaching others around the world in sustainable lifestyle practices.”
“Language is a very important part of any culture and should be taught so that the culture can be kept alive and well.”
Sean QuinlanHouse District 47 (Waialua - Kaʻaʻawa)
“The Hawaiian culture and the aloha spirit is what sets Hawaii apart from other states in the union. We must never forget that the land and culture we enjoy today has a long and distinguished history, and I personally feel that my generation has an obligation to continue the cultural traditions of sustainability, malama aina, and a strong sense of ohana. I also sponsored HB2550, which would have directed $1 million of TAT revenue to the Bishop museum to further Hawaiian music, dance, and cultural programs.”
“The issue that a lot of charter schools are having is that their funding is based on the same WSF (weighted student formula) as public schools, but they must pay for their facilities out of that pot of money, whereas public schools have existing facilities that are funded out of the DOE base budget. That’s why I sponsored HB533, to better fund our charter schools so that the playing field is level and we can truly evaluate the efficacy of the charter school model.”
“We only have one earth, and we’re using up our resources at a frightening rate. I have passed bills streamlining our environmental courts, made it far more difficult to construct injection wells, and fought to have sea level rise and climate change be a part of all planning decisions. Next year I will attempt to ban single use plastics statewide.”
“The best way for us to perpetuate the Hawaiian language and culture is through childhood education. My dream is that one day soon all public school students will be taught the Hawaiian language from 2nd grade to 8th grade. The issue I see right now is that everyone has the same vocabulary of 50-100 Hawaiian words, but that’s just not enough to carry on a conversation. Imagine if all our students regardless of their background had a vocabulary of 500-1000 Hawaiian words.” (continued below)
(continued) “I think this would go a long way to bridging the divide between our ethnic groups and make it clear that we all respect and treasure the Hawaiian culture. To this end I have introduced a couple different bills, one was to fully fund the Office of Hawaiian Education (the bill died as we ended up funding it through the budgetary process instead) and another was a pilot project to choose 3 public schools to implement Hawaiian language education (it died for lack of funds). I also sponsored HB2643, which aimed to include Hawaiian language on all traffic signs on state and county lands. As someone who is bilingual (mandarin) I understand the benefits of speaking a second language, not just from a cultural standpoint but in the way it positively effects brain function.”
Richard FaleHouse District 47 (Waialua - Kaʻaʻawa)
Cynthia ThielenHouse District 50 (Kailua - Kāneʻohe Bay)
“I was one of the lead attorneys for the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana in the groups successful action to Stop the Bombing of the Island and return it to Hawaii, managed by the ʻOhana. Hawaiian culture and beliefs played a powerful role, and these should be part of our educational system.”
“I would support legal action to mandate this equality.”
“Absolutely. I was an environmental attorney for decades, working to protect Hawaii’s natural resources and to eliminate dependence on fossil fuel. Sierra Club endorsed my candidacy and gave me its Legislative Lifetime Achievement Award. Surfrider Foundation also gave me its John Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.”
“This is essential to revive the language and make it mainstream.”
Micah PregitzerHouse District 50 (Kailua - Kāneʻohe Bay)
Chris LeeHouse District 51 (Kailua - Waimānalo)
Noe GaleaʻiHouse District 51 (Kailua - Waimānalo)
“I feel strongly that Hawaiian language, culture and practices should be provided in all public schools.”
“I support it.”
“I strongly support it.”
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Candidates
Keʻeaumoku KapuMaui
“I 100% support these teachings and have been a long time supporter of the Ipu kukui program which we have been in collaboration with Kamehameha school and others throughout.”
“Not, if it is coming from funds that are supplemented for native Hawaiian programs.”
“I support this 100% in hopes to slow the use of fossil fuel and address the problems of climate change”
“I support this 100%”
Carmen Hulu LindseyMaui
Kalei AkakaOʻahu
Esther KiaʻainaOʻahu
John Waiheʻe IVOʻahu
William Ailā Jr.At Large
Rowena AkanaAt Large
Faye HanohanoAt Large
Lei Ahu IsaAt Large
Brendon Kaleiʻaina LeeAt Large
“A culturally based education will help our haumana to maintain their cultural identity while navigating the western world. Studies have shown that a strong cultural identity is key to keiki self-esteem and healthy development. For non Hawaiian in these programs it gives them a strong sense of place with respect to the ʻaina and space that they occupy. This sense of place will help them to acclimate to other cultures and environments no matter where they go during their life.”
“Charter schools are still operating within the DOE and should receive equal funding.”
“As a crew member of Hokuleʻa I understand the importance of sustainability. OHA should be a leader in this field since our ancestors were the stewards of the ʻaina, wai, and kai. We need to expand our use of alternative sources of fuel while reducing our need for fossil fuels. OHA should partner with others in producing legislative packages that aim to set incentives for the effective use of solar, wind, bio fuels, and ocean generated power as just one avenue of sustainability.
“Language is life. Without our language we are no more. Hawaiian being an official language of the State not withstanding it is vital to the lahui that our language once again ring in our ears throughout the paiʻaina. I believe we are on our way while we still have a long way to go. The day will come that Hawaiian is the predominant language spoken across the State. We can learn much from our neighbors to north in eastern Canada where both French and English are spoken in everyday life.”
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Case Note: Trenwick Am. Reins. Corp. v. IRC, Inc., Multiple Damages and Attorney�s Fees Awarded Pursuant to Chapter 93A for Reinsurer�s Bad Faith Disavowal of Agreement
by ~ Nicholas C. Cramb (Email) (Web Site)
Earlier this year, in an important decision with implications for both cedents and reinsurers, Judge Gertner of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held a reinsurer and its controlling officer liable for double damages plus attorney�s fees under the Massachusetts Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (�Chapter 93A�) for their bad-faith disavowal of a reinsurance agreement. See Trenwick Am. Reins. Corp. v. IRC, Inc., ___ F. Supp. 2d ___, 2011 WL 570016, *24-28 (D. Mass. Feb. 16, 2011). Trenwick reaffirms Judge Gertner�s prior holding in her oft-cited Seven Provinces decision that, where a �moving target� strategy is employed to coerce a favorable compromise of reinsurance obligations, the reinsurer�s conduct may constitute a violation of Chapter 93A. Trenwick warns reinsurers not to turn what should be �a routine claim. . . into a tortuous marathon,� and also includes noteworthy discussion of the status of the Follow the Fortunes doctrine in Massachusetts.
The Insurance Program and Disputed Reinsurance Contract
The facts involve a set of insurance and reinsurance agreements put in place by Defendant Malcolm Swasey and corporations controlled by him, including IRC, Inc. and IRC Re, Limited. In 1994, through these companies, Swasey administered and underwrote a workers� compensation and employers� liability insurance program known as Compcare. Swasey procured insurance for this program in 1996 from Reliance National Insurance Company (�Reliance�). Plaintiff Trenwick America Reinsurance Corporation reinsured 54% of Reliance�s risk. The parties disagreed as to whether a portion of the risk was then retroceded by Trenwick to IRC Re.
The Reinsurance Claim
In the years following inception of the program, IRC Re received in excess of $1 million in net premiums from Trenwick on the retroceded business. A dispute arose when Trenwick�s reinsurance intermediary attempted to collect IRC Re�s outstanding balances on billings ceded to it. After making no progress with IRC Re for more than a year, the intermediary reached out to Swasey directly. After two months of negotiations, the parties were approximately $300,000 apart.
Swasey�s own calculations acknowledged that at least $2.4 million was owed by IRC Re to Trenwick. The intermediary continued to press for payment until Swasey abruptly refused to speak with her, indicating that he would be sending her a fax shortly. The fax contested�for the first time in their negotiations�the very existence of the reinsurance agreement and �conditioned further discussions with [Trenwick�s intermediary] on her producing a written contract between IRC Re and Trenwick relative to [the program].�
Overwhelming Evidence of an Agreement
Despite the Defendants� contention that �there was, at most, only an �agreement to agree,�� the court found �overwhelming� evidence of a contract. The court found that IRC Re repeatedly acknowledged the existence of the agreement through its own documents, its dealings with all of the participants in the program, outside auditors, and government agencies, and by accepting millions of dollars in premiums. Indeed, the court noted that �the witnesses who testified on the behalf of the plaintiffs�even those without an interest in the outcome�were positively indignant that IRC Re and Swasey had the temerity to claim �no contract.��
The court also dispatched the Defendants� Statute of Frauds arguments, finding that, even though there was no formal written contract, the correspondence between the parties contained the contract�s essential terms and satisfied the statute�s writing requirement. The court�s decision seems to have been influenced by its finding that there is no rule requiring that reinsurance agreements be expressed in writing. As the court noted: �It is not uncommon to form reinsurance contracts via �gentlemen�s agreements� concluded with handshakes or written on cocktail napkins, but ultimately �a written confirmation is a common sense requirement and a prudent and generally prevailing practice in facultative reinsurance.�� Id. (citation omitted). Indeed, the evidence cited by the court in support of its finding that the Statue of Frauds writing requirement was satisfied consisted of post-contracting confirmation and claims correspondence.
Implication of the Follow the Fortunes Doctrine
In an attempt to relitigate defenses that Trenwick had raised in an underlying arbitration with Reliance, the Defendants argued that, even if there were a reinsurance agreement, the Follow the Fortunes Doctrine did not apply in the absence of an express provision. The court defined the doctrine to include Follow the Settlements and to �require[] a reinsurer to cover the reinsured, unless the reinsurer demonstrates that the original insurer�s liability resulted from fraud or collusion, or unless the claim was not reasonably within the scope of the original policy.� Id. Finding no Massachusetts case directly on point, and out of an �abundance of caution,� the court heard expert testimony to determine, as a matter of fact, whether a duty of IRC Re to follow Trenwick�s fortunes was implied in the reinsurance agreement.
The court was persuaded by Trenwick�s expert who testified that the doctrine is a customary component of almost every reinsurance agreement, that all of the written contracts relative to the Compcare program had Follow the Settlements language, and that it would be extraordinary not to see a Follow the Settlements provision in the retrocessional agreement, had it been put to writing. Indeed, even the Defendants� expert agreed that the follow the fortunes doctrine is a core tenet of the reinsurance business.
Chapter 93A Liability
Previously, in Seven Provinces, Judge Gertner held that a �moving target� strategy employed to �evade payment of reinsurance obligations� may be an unfair and deceptive trade practice and a violation of Chapter 93A. The First Circuit affirmed that decision, noting that the �case did not involve a party whose only miscue was to decide (incorrectly, as matters turned out) to let the courts resolve a good-faith disagreement or to rely mistakenly on faulty legal argumentation.� Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. Seven Provinces Ins. Co., Ltd., 217 F.3d 33, 43 (1st Cir. 2000). �Instead, Seven Provinces� conduct�raising multiple, shifting defenses (many of them insubstantial) in a lengthy pattern of foot-dragging and stringing Commercial Union along, with the intent (as its own witnesses admitted) of pressuring Commercial Union to compromise its claim�had the extortionate quality that marks a 93A violation.�
Applying the same reasoning here, Judge Gertner held that IRC Re, Swasey, and IRC, Inc. each violated and were independently liable under Chapter 93A. The court concluded that IRC Re plainly lacked a good-faith basis to dispute the existence of the contact and raised that defense, �contrived at the eleventh hour, to avoid paying.�
With respect to Swasey, the court noted, �Swasey�s fingerprints are all over this case�the formation of the Reliance program, the company that administered it, the company that reinsured it. His acts cannot be disentangled from IRC Re.� In addition, the court found Swasey�s prelitigation conduct was �compounded by his post-litigation antics,� which included misrepresentations during his deposition and even at trial.
The court also held IRC, Inc., a program manager and intermediary controlled by Swasey, liable under Chapter 93A for supporting IRC Re�s untenable position that there was no agreement. It held that IRC, Inc. was fully aware that it was not participating in a good-faith contract dispute, but rather was using its status as program manager and intermediary to frustrate Trenwick�s contractual rights.
The court awarded the Plaintiffs the balance due under the IRC Re agreement, $4.2 million, plus the statutory rate of 12% interest from the commencement of the suit � an additional $1.9 million. Because Judge Gertner found that the Chapter 93A violations were willful and knowing, she also awarded double damages (including interest), plus attorneys� fees and cost of suit pursuant to the statute.
In light of this decision, albeit one involving several egregious facts, cedents, reinsurers, and their corporate officers must be mindful that where there is a bona fide dispute regarding a reinsurance cession, a court is unlikely to find a Chapter 93A violation. Where, however, the evidence shows that a reinsurer withheld payments indisputably owed under a reinsurance agreement and put forward multiple shifting defenses in order to extort a more favorable settlement of the claim, that conduct may constitute a Chapter 93A violation and result in an award of punitive damages. Buying replica handbags,replica watches,replica omega and cartier replica online can save you big.
Nicholas Cramb, is an associate in Mintz Levin�s Boston office. He can be reached at nccramb@mintz.com.
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All about Eve, Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, (videorecording)
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Merrill, Gary
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Based on the short story Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr
Special features: Audio commentary by Deleste Holm, Kenneth Geist and Christopher Mankiewicz; audio commentary by Sam Staggs; featurettes; Bette Davis and Anne Baxter promotions; Fox Movietone news featurettes; theatrical trailer
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Nuggets fall to Golden State Warriors, finished the season 36-46
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The Nuggets ended the regular season with a thud on Wednesday night, losing 116-112 to a depleted Golden State team that rested many of its regulars.
The Nuggets finished the season 36-46.
A little too cavalier from the start, the Nuggets allowed the Warriors' 'B' team to get rolling early. And Golden State got there by doing what it does so well - hitting 3-point shots. While the...
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by mandos on April 16th, 2014, 11:48 pm #3352803
Fire Josh.
Rehire Karl.
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by wordcat57 on April 17th, 2014, 12:08 am #3352805
This painful root canal of a season is finally over.
Thanks Dr. Josh Kroenke, DDS, and your team of raw rookie dentists.
The nice reward for local NBA fans sitting through this clumsy all thumbs 7 month procedure?
A really great playoffs in the west and even some decent matchups in the east.
The Nuggets are understandably rebuilding but really botched it this year by any standard.
Serious fans are looking forward to real hoops elsewhere after sitting through amateur hour here all year on every level.
More on that to come as the season post-mortems start coming in fast and furious.
wordcat57
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by RogueOp on April 17th, 2014, 3:14 am #3352824
Interesting excuse of "rebuilding." That's hogwash. Last year was 57-25; this year 36-46. We should not have been rebuilding anything ... we just blew-up a team with the best record ever in Denver to bring in a newbie no-nothing coach and a bunch of amateur-hour players. Last year's coach--coach of the year; this year's coach--joke of the year.
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by dharte on April 17th, 2014, 6:27 am #3352883
wordcat57 wrote: This painful root canal of a season is finally over.
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[b]Well, sending well wishes out to all the former nuggets affiliates, players and coaches. I also congratulate the players that made strides individually this year and tried pulling out wins in the face of having 7 or more injured players.
I'm personally looking forward to hearing what kind of progression the off season yields for this team. Along those lines, [b]please report on off season progress DP![/b][/b]
by SammyD on April 17th, 2014, 7:12 am #3352923
RogueOp wrote: Interesting excuse of "rebuilding." That's hogwash. Last year was 57-25; this year 36-46. We should not have been rebuilding anything ... we just blew-up a team with the best record ever in Denver to bring in a newbie no-nothing coach and a bunch of amateur-hour players. Last year's coach--coach of the year; this year's coach--joke of the year.
Yeah, getting absolutely SMOKED -- AT HOME -- in the playoffs last year was SO much better.
Maybe if you keep crying about Karl leaving, he'll get a job somewhere else, have great regular seasons, and continue his 30 plus years of losing in the first round of the playoffs.
Building something better than a regular season contender is what real basketball fans want. Get over yourself.
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by COLOResident on April 17th, 2014, 7:22 am #3352932
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by TrafficCone on April 17th, 2014, 7:42 am #3352946
I would normally say that hope is coming in the form of the NBA draft, but Denver's draft choices over the last decade have been less than stellar...
http://www.basketball-reference.com/tea ... draft.html
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by Reggie Scott2 on April 17th, 2014, 8:22 am #3352973
Good riddance. The Nuggets wasted the fans' time and tried our patience all season. They haven't defended the three point line all year, so why would that change in the last meaningless game?
I would hope that the team gets something out of JaVale McGee next year plus better health across the board, especially from Ty Lawson and Wilson Chandler. But best case scenario is that the Nuggets reverse this year's record next season and guess what? They would STILL miss the playoffs because 49-51 wins is what it takes to make the tournament out of the Western Conference. Unless new commish Adam Silver is planning to swap Denver into the Eastern Conference, this team is going nowhere fast.
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by michael1 on April 17th, 2014, 8:29 am #3352979
Maybe the Post should interview George Karl again, and ask him why the Nuggets didn't want to give him the contract extension that he requested. By the way, did anybody see that Iggy is going back to the playoffs with Golden State? Guess he was another "mistake" that we had to eliminate? The blogger who said the NBA should move Denver to the Eastern Conference has it about right: 36-46 and you're in the playoffs.
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by bouldercat on April 17th, 2014, 9:42 am #3353031
TrafficCone wrote: I would normally say that hope is coming in the form of the NBA draft, but Denver's draft choices over the last decade have been less than stellar...
Yes, but if you look at what they have done in the last few years with late first round draft choices, I would argue that they have done pretty well. Both Lawson and Faried have contributed more than expected given their slot in the draft. Fournier may well have the same trajectory.
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by Makaveli on April 17th, 2014, 4:04 pm #3353389
michael1 wrote: Maybe the Post should interview George Karl again, and ask him why the Nuggets didn't want to give him the contract extension that he requested. By the way, did anybody see that Iggy is going back to the playoffs with Golden State? Guess he was another "mistake" that we had to eliminate? The blogger who said the NBA should move Denver to the Eastern Conference has it about right: 36-46 and you're in the playoffs.
GK isn't a HC in the NBA anymore for a reason and Iggy will be leaving in the 1st round in a week or two
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by wordcat57 on April 17th, 2014, 9:56 pm #3353618
We're mostly on the same page, but if you're not contending you're rebuilding. In spite of the truly poor decisions on many levels over the past 12 months that helped produce this season, I still think the ownership wants to contend.
Here's where I think they got it wrong, like you. The major problem last year was the player roster which needed a significant upgrade to get to contender status. Some believed the team only needed a couple of additions--a perimeter shooter and an additional top notch defender--to get to contender status. I think we needed a lot more than that, but at least those fans were thinking in the right direction.
The ownership apparently believed--like a lot of the loudest and least informed fans and local media--that the GM (executive of the year) and coaching staff (coach of the year) were mostly the problem. So they allowed everybody in the FO--and I mean, everybody--to walk and fired the coaching staff. Hired raw rookies at GM and Head Coach that had never played those roles at any level before. They also, in off season moves, weakened the roster.
The results this year were predictable after that. Mediocrity and the lottery at best. Add injuries and you get a spectacular collapse compared to last season.
Oh, but I've got to mention CD's take that this season was just 'blah.' That's the kind of take only a very long term Nuggets fan would make. I guess I respect a guy that can remember a lot of really 'terrible' seasons--actually, my first year in Denver the Nugs won 17 games--and spin a debacle compared to last season into just 'blah.' A little like the kid bullied and beaten up at school for years that decides being thrown into a ditch isn't so bad compared to what he experienced before.
by wordcat57 on April 17th, 2014, 10:20 pm #3353624
Makaveli wrote:
You're always good for a laugh out loud moment. I actually think you're a real poster rather than Post generated 'comments' meant to create controversy so I'll give you that and take you seriously.
Virtually no coaching jobs opened up this year. Maybe you were unaware of that fact. Karl said when he got fired he had no interest in a rebuilding job which limited the possibilities to Memphis or the Clippers last year. So basically, he's had by choice and circumstance no chance to get a HC job. Sorry to intrude with facts on your irrational hostility. Thank God we've haven't had to listen much to people like you on any Nugs threads this year since almost all the Karl haters have come to their senses by being open to experience and logic or have gone off into hiding. But there are always the hard core haters.
He's sitting rich, healthy, and a certain Hall of Fame pick in his chosen profession--most likely first ballot--even if he never coaches again. Able to be patient. Nice.
Certainly unconcerned by fans like you.
dharte wrote:
Maybe you can enlighten me why this take confused you? I look forward to it. I often find your takes unintelligible so I understand the feeling.
SammyD wrote:
Intelligent fans are trying to discuss how to build a contender here.
You contributed nothing to that discussion but the same dumb stuff we saw last year where everybody blamed the coaching staff. Most of those people have come to their senses because of facts and reality but I see you're still a true believer. Stop wasting our time here and get over yourself.
Yeah, no one else wants a playoff contender here but fans that stupidly think the coaching staff is the most important factor in contending.
dharte wrote: [b]Well, sending well wishes out to all the former nuggets affiliates, players and coaches. I also congratulate the players that made strides individually this year and tried pulling out wins in the face of having 7 or more injured players.
Perhaps the Post-, uh, Dharte--can actually report on how the Nuggets went from franchise records last year to completely mediocre expectations before this season in the first place. And then how it spiraled down into an unwatchable season after the season started.
Two important stories that need to be told side by side to get a feel for how things went so sideways. The first story is even more important in explaining this season but nobody is telling it.
Nobody is fooled by explanations like 'we had injuries and the players didn't want to play very hard for the coach until March.'
That might be a partial explanation--and I emphasize partial--for why the mediocre pre-season expectations weren't met.
But it doesn't even start to tell the larger story.
Tell the larger story.
So, you prefer getting SMOKED ALL SEASON to smoked in the playoffs? Get over your own self.
Here is how I see the whole George Karl debate:
1. If you want to pretty much guarantee 50+ wins per year and an early playoff exit, then continue with George Karl. As others have noted, George is a very good coach and certain hall-of-famer. However, his playoff record outside of Seattle, speaks for itself.
2. If you want to have a chance at contending, you need to make changes and roll the dice. When you roll the dice, you may get a better result or you may get a worse result.
Those who want Karl back wanted the guaranteed 50+ wins and early playoff exit. Those who don't want a different result. I am in the second camp.
Now, some will argue that George never had the talent to compete. I think that argument is hogwash. In 2009 he had the talent to win the whole thing and several well respected pundits thought so as well. At other time, he may not have had the talent to win it all, but certainly to perform better in the playoffs than he did.
His coaching during the regular season last year was absolutely brilliant. He took lemons and made lemonade. In fact, if we took our team from last year and put it in the Leastern conference this year, we would have had the best record!
Still, I am glad that we have moved on. I never liked the way he threw players under the bus in the press. I never liked his perpetual dog-house. I never liked the way he played favorites with some players to the detriment of the team.
For me, the verdict on Brian Shaw is still out. Comparing a first year, rookie coach to a HOF coach is a bit ridiculous. Give Shaw a couple more years before passing judgment.
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Campaign Kits: The Mysteries of Hollowfield
– October 28, 2016Posted in: Tabletop Gaming
This Campaign Kit clocks in at 39 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page SRD, 1 page back cover, leaving us with 35 pages of content, so let’s check this out!
This installment of the Campaign Kits-series is a charity product for the Roleplaying Game Creators Relief Fund and it is, to make that clear from the get-go, a “Pay what you want”-product. The original iteration has sported some glitches that have been identified and rectified, which is why this review is based on V.2.0 of the book.
So, what is this? Well, in short, this book contains 8 expanded adventure seeds: With statblocks and structure and all, just needing some fleshing out and get the GM grove on; if you’re time-starved and don’t want to start from scratch, this may well be what you’ve been looking for. Formally situated in the eponymous Hollowfield (isometric, CGI-created map provided, just fyi), the tales herein can conceivably be transplanted relatively easily to other locales – a wood and a body of water in the vicinity are pretty much all you need.
Now, in order to cover these, I will need to good into SPOILERS. Potential players should jump to the conclusion.
All right, still around? Only GMs here? Great!
Adventure #1 begins with a commotion in the village square, where lichlytes, macabre fey that look like hummingbird-sized cadavers, have agitated the crowd and create a volatile situation they hopefully defuse. A quick investigation turns up that not all is well here: Villagers and foreign laborers in the Kaizermein saw mill have been feuding; at night, the clanging of metal can be heard; a prospector thinks he can reinvigorate the mines; bodies of livestock and the local cemetery show up across town; the pagan harvest festival has not been properly observed and then there’s that old crone…enough potential leads yet? Anyways, the trail regarding the bodies will lead towards tunnels below the graveyard and there, pit the PCs in conflict with a redcap.
Once the PCs venture into the woods (or as an alternate lead-in, J Gray’s adventure #2 will work: There, the PCs can find Lydia, a scared little girl of 6 years, who just wants to go home to Hollowfield…and indeed, provided the PCs can defeat the goblins en route, they will escort her home…only to realize that they have been escorting a ghost, for Lydia’s dead and now, finally, home.
Jennifer R. Povey’s adventure sketch has the PCs attend the pagan harvest festival only to be interrupted by the crone dubbed “Nasty Nellie” by the local population – whose apprentice Sera (cue in Final Fantasy XIII-reference and hundreds of “SERA!!!”-screams…) has vanished. The PCs will have to venture into the woods to retrieve SERA!!! and brave a nice take on the grasping wood as a haunt and deal with her standing amidst an ancient battlefield, possessed by the ghost of a general of days long gone.
Kiel Howell’s up next and his adventure sketch starts with a mob threatening violence against a sweets seller. Why? because people have been losing their teeth…but oddly, only the adults. After some preliminary investigation involving barber and apothecary, the trail will lead the PCs to an abandoned mansion, where an advanced broken soul tooth fairy and her cadre of minions are behind the creepy happening. Now *this* hook is cool and amazing! I want to see that as a full module!
Matt Roth’s Fallen leaves is up next and begins with the local lmber baron Johann Kaizermein inviting the PCs for dinner. Alas, not all goes according to plan and the PCs witness a incursion of leaf leshys, stained with autumn’s touch, assaulting the groundskeeper. The maddening pestilence provides a neat autumnal decay angle, as the PCs venture into the forest to negotiate with the leshys (preferably sans being killed) and unearth the source of the corruption, a child lost and perished in the woods, now ascended to daemon-kind.
Kalyna Conrad’s angle focuses on the disappearance of little Timeney, who was last seen in the vicinity of the half-elven, deeply prejudiced woodsman Edlemil – who not only has a nasty trap, but also a massive garden…in which a dread flower is growing that he uses to…well. Dispose of unpleasant (read: human) beings. Nasty and disturbing…I like!
We return to the Kaizermein mill in Garrett Guillotte’s sketch, but oh boy, how we return: It’s been some while since Gibs Greck was cut apart in what looked like a mill accident…but when the wood of the local tavern starts groaning, forming a face and uttering prophecies of doom, something obviously must be done…and indeed, there are other, haunt-based challenges to be found and dealt with, all based on the odd wood employed…oh, and then there’s the spectral treant, whose power will be depending on the number of haunts dealt with. Another winner, at least in my book!
The final adventure sketch would be John Bennett’s “The House Death Built”, with one person, slumped over, being dragged away by shadowy servants to an abandoned house, which once belonged to Sir Erasmus Dratho – the house, which has been standing empty for a while, can be explored in a nice exercise of building tension, but the creepy hints the PCs can find, in conjunction with their nightmares, will suddenly make clear that the place is haunted and that there is some nasty darkness that needs to be laid to rest. If you need a reason why I consider John Bennett to be a master of horror/the creepy…this is a nice first glimpse of his talent.
The pdf comes with full statblocks for just about every critter and a map of the sawmill; the final appendix is a GM’s cheat-sheet for the NPCs features in the town, be adventure. The town gets no statblock, though.
Editing and formatting of V.2. are good – I noticed some minor hiccups here and there, but not enough to spoil the book in any way. Layout adheres to a nice two-column full-color standard with interior artwork being full-color stock. The cartography employed is CGI-based and does its job, but expect no player-friendly versions. The pdf comes bookmarked for your convenience.
The cadre of authors assembled here sports some delightful little adventure sketches suitable for the darker times of the year; particularly the tales of John Bennett (no surprise there), Kiel Howell, Garrett Guillotte and Kalyna Conrad managed to invoke a sense of “I’d actually like to build on this and run it!” While not perfect, as a charity product and PWYW to boot, this makes for a truly nice little book as Halloween approaches. If you’re starved for time or ideas and want to play a suitably creepy adventure, this certainly will do the trick: With a minimum of work, you’ll get some nice mileage out of this book. Better yet, you can download it, check it out and then reward the authors in a manner you consider appropriate. Alternatively, this may well be worthwhile to check out for the haunts to scavenge – there are some cool ones to be found here!
How to rate this…well, here, it becomes a bit harder for me, but ultimately, I consider this worthwhile and thus, this receives a final verdict of 4.5 stars, rounded up due to its more than fair PWYW-status. If this was a full-priced title, it’d be somewhere in the 3 – 4-echelon, just fyi.
You can get this neat book here for PWYW!
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Lithuania Camp – June 26-July 10, 2017 (14 days) – $1700/adults, $1375/youth
Date: June 26-July 10, 2017
Venue: Old Gegužinė Farmstead
Leaders: Will Thomas Rowan, Mary Cay Brass, Artūras Sinkevičius, Inija Trinkūnienė
Price: $1700/adult, $1375/youth
We are hoping to make this and our other international camps more affordable for high school & college student participation by offering substantial youth discounts.
Village Harmony’s inaugural camp in Lithuania will focus on studying songs and dances from the southwestern Žemaitija region and the distinctive Sutartinės singing tradition from the Aukštatija region.
Sutartinės singing, which was listed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010, is a challenging repertoire of two- and three-part polyphony which involves canonic imitation and close tuning of seconds. (click the link to hear a good example)
We will work on this repertoire with Inija Trinkūnienė and Artūras Sinkevičius, members of the Kūlgrinda Ritual Folklore Group. In addition we will be visiting with traditional singers in their home villages to share music.
Village Harmony leaders Will Rowan and Mary Cay Brass will bring a set of other world music to add variety to our repertoire for concerts at folk festivals and folklore centers around the country and to share with our host choirs.
We will do between six and nine concerts around three of Lithuania’s five ethnographic regions: Aukštatija, in the northeast (where our retreat center is) Žemaitija in the north, and Dzūkija in the southeast. These concerts will mainly be held in local centers for culture and given in collaboration with traditional singing families and folklore groups including Artūras’s ensemble Gilė.
There will be opportunities for sightseeing and cultural tourism to museums and castles, and we have tentative plans to do a pair of concerts with an overnight, one in the seaside city of Klaipėda and the following day in Nida on Lithuania’s stunning pine- and dune-covered Curonian Spit. Lithuanian Statehood Day happens during our camp, and we will participate in celebrations with the locals.
During the entire camp session we will use as our base the Old Gegužinė Farmstead in the center of Lithuania an hour from the medieval city of Kaunas.
This log-built lodge was built in 2011 by our hosts the architects Rolandas and Neringa Bortkūnas on land that was restored to their family after it was seized by the Soviet government in 1941.
Behind the lodge, salmon and heron populate the River Neris, and the surrounding countryside of farmland and forests is great for hiking and mushroom-hunting.
The rooms in the lodge are decorated with art and exhibits by local artists and craftspeople, there is a spacious kitchen with a brick bread oven, and there is a sauna in the backyard next to the river.
Some online links to samples of Lithuanian singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vz4JOvM2Cc&list=PLrLh0Vet5pcKX9EN5hXH4IYtQrOI-Mfgd&index=28
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Will Thomas Rowan
WILL THOMAS ROWAN is a composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist who began singing with Village Harmony when he was 14. He performs with Windborne, a band made up of Village Harmony alumni, which has toured internationally as part of the State Department’s American Music Abroad program. He holds a masters in conducting from Bard Conservatory, and is also an award-winning composer who writes everything from ballads to symphonies. In his other musical endeavors Will has collaborated with Susan Cooper on a Scottish folk music-dance-fairytale at Revels North, sung in a Russian Orthodox Monastery choir, conducted a 25-piece orchestra with chorus at the Fisher Center at Bard, created West African/Anglo-Norse trance-fusion pieces with the Kidimandi percussion ensemble, and has performed covers of Lady Gaga on the banjo more than once. Will is an avid storyteller and delights audiences of all ages with his lively and tongue-in-cheek re-tellings of Norse Mythology. He is delighted to be bringing his friend and collaborator Artūras back to the US on the heels of their Village Harmony tour together in Lithuania last summer.
Mary Cay Brass
Mary Cay Brass of Athens, Vermont
directed her first Village Harmony camp 30 years ago. She directs two very popular “Village Harmony” style community choirs in Vermont and Massachusetts and is the co-musical director with Peter Amidon of the Hallowell Hospice Choir. Mary Cay is also a dynamic contra-dance keyboardist and accordion player. She spent two and a half years in the former Yugoslavia on a Fulbright Scholarship in ethnomusicology and has published two book/CD collections of music from that region. Mary Cay has organized and led four Village Harmony trips to the Republic of Macedonia and four to Bosnia and co-led a Lithuania camp. She has helped organize two new Village Harmony camps for summer 2019 in Quebec and Kentucky! Her website is www.marycaybrass.com
Artūras Sinkevičius
Lithuanian singer-instrumentalist ARTURAS SINKEVIČIUS studied music education and folklore at the Kaunas Educational University and now teaches folk music and dance at the Kaunas High School for the arts. He is the organizer of the yearly Suklėgos International Folk Festival, and he also composes and performs original live soundtracks for plays at the Kaunas State Puppet Theater. As the director of Gilė, a student folk-rock fusion band and choir, he keeps his country’s folk tradition alive and gets young people interested and engaged with the living tradition that dates back before recorded history. He also performs and records his own arrangements with the Kūlgrinda Ritual Folklore Group, and plays in one of Lithuania’s most sought-after dance bands. In addition to being a singer with an exhaustive knowledge of Lithuanian folklore, Artūras plays and teaches a multitude of instruments, including bagpipes, fiddle, whistles, guitar, Lithuanian pan-pipes, wooden trumpets, kanklės (zither), didgeridoo, and double bass.
Inija Trinkūnienė
Inija Trinkūnienė is the director and co-founder of the Kūlgrinda Ritual Folklore Group. As a Sociologist at the Academy of Philosophy and Sociology, Inija has spent most of her professional career studying cultural and ethnic expression through Lithuanian folklore. For decades, Inija has been instrumental in Romuva, the revival of the ancient Baltic Pagan religion, and was elected as the leader of that community in 2014, succeeding her late husband, the folklorist Jonas Trinkūnas. Inija is a font of songs, and through her work with Kūlgrinda and Romuva has inspired a love of traditional music in a new generation of Lithuanians.
Old Gegužinė Farmstead
Old Gegužinė Farmstead is in the center of Lithuania an hour from the medieval city of Kaunas. This log-built lodge was built in 2011 by our hosts the architects Rolandas and Neringa Bortkūnas on land that was restored to their family after it was seized by the Soviet government in 1941.
The rooms in the lodge are decorated with art and exhibits by local artists and craftspeople. There is a spacious kitchen with a brick bread oven, and a sauna in the backyard next to the river.
There is somewhat limited space in the lodge, and many of the installed beds are for two people. We hope that a number of participants will be willing to share these double beds so that we can run the camp at full capacity.
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Colin Wiltshire
This page was added by Tom Baker on 12/06/2007.
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I can remember Dewhurst Butchers, 'Seniors' sweet shop (where I regularly spent my 3d), 'Acres the Bakers' and 'Elizabeths'. Does anyone else remember these old shops?
By Sylvia Woolford
Yes I remember Dewhurst's also Elizabeth's
By Jan Chapman
Yes, I remember all of these shops Sylvia!!
By Marilyn Nolan
I can remember all those shops too, plus the Co-op and there was a couple of newsagents and a fishing tackle shop, anyone else recall these? Acres the Bakers was the place to get your hot cross buns, my friend Richard's mother worked in Elizabeths and we used to help out there occasionally, unloading the truck which parked outside.
By Graham Keeley
Yep, I remember all of those shops. Graham, wasn't the fishing tackle shop also a tobacconists called "The Book and Bacca Shop"?
By Lesley Curtis
Wasn't the Book and Baccy Shop next door [or next-door-but-one] to The Mikado Cafe, owned by a Mr Purbrook, and immediately opposite the Southdown Bus waiting rooms?
By John Why
My memory is of two shops which shared a common entrance somewhere around where Pauls and Ladbrokes are in this photo. To the left was a model shop which sold loads of Airfix kits and to the right was (I think) a wallpaper shop -both had long glass windows at right angles to the pavement. This would have been in the early 1960s.
By Alan Terrill
The two shops that shared the Ladbrokes site were a dry cleaners and Seniors sweet shop which was owned by my grandparents Mr and Mrs Stream from about 1963 til 1977 ish. Does anyone remember Marty Feldman filming in Newhaven in the early 70s. He did a cricket run up from Fort Road recreation ground and ran up the High Street. I remember him coming into my grandads shop and buying a box of chocolates! I have had no luck finding any record of this film on You Tube etc. Please could someone prove to my disbelieving girlfriend that it really happened!
By Martin Lewis
Hi Martin, yes I can remember Marty Feldman filming in Newhaven and Brighton, I was doing some spare time driving for Horaces Taxis at the time and spent a week driving Marty and his crew to various locations, never did tell Horace how much I had in tips. Marty was a very clever and talented man but also appeared to be very disturbed. I will always have fond memories of the time spent with him and his crew. As for the film, I did get to see it and will try and find some more "info" on it. So you can tell your lady, it was indeed true. My memory is not as sharp as it could be and I'm thinking it was more late 60's than 70's.
By Colin Brandon
I can add another little memory to that episode regarding the day Marty Feldman came to Newhaven. Apart from the sketch of the ‘The Long Distance Bowler’, which was the highlight of the programme ‘Marty Amok’ which was broadcast on BBC, on the 30th March 1970. Does anyone remember the other sketch that was also filmed in Newhaven and shown in the same episode? It was filmed at the old REX cinema in the High Street and in that sketch, Marty went to the cinema to see a cowboy and Indian film and whilst watching the film he somehow got involved with the story as it was been shown on the screen, got up onto the cinema stage and mysteriously walked through the screen into the story of the cowboy and Indian film where he got himself caught up in a gunfight with the Indians. This went on for a short while and then when he had sorted things out in the film, he walked out of the screen and came back into the cinema and sat down. As he sat back down in his seat he looked round towards the back of the cinema where he he saw, up on the right hand side of the balcony an Indian on horseback wearing full headdress and a rifle looking down on him. Whereupon Marty sank into his seat and continued to watch the film, and there it ended!
My day job at that time was working in "Elliott and Mann’s" furniture shop in the high street where I worked as a carpet fitter. This shop was run by two brothers, Peter and Bill Avenal and the day after the filming of the cowboy & indian saga, I was asked to go into the cinema to repair the carpet where the horse's hooves had ripped edges of the carpet on the stairs when the horse was manoeuvred up to the balcony. A comment made by the manager at the time was that they had a job on there hands getting the horse up the stairs, and again down after filming because the stairs that led to the balcony took a sharp turn half way up. The manager of the Cinema at the time was a Mr Bob Grover, with his assistant manager, Mr Lawrence. I was the projectionist and I got 10 shillings a performance to show films. There was Mick who use to tear the tickets and show you to your seats, Mrs Terry and I think the other person was Mrs Hills, who sold your ticket as you went in from the foyer.
By Tom Bonnor
I am from the United States and was introduced to Marty Feldman when his materials were used in a summer series with Dean Martin and the Golddiggers. The series began in 1968 and continued to 1973. I don't remember the exact year, but it could have been 1970 when the cinema / cowboys / indians segment was shown. I remember being totally engaged and fully in awe of what was put together. When I searched online in the past I could not find anyone who confirmed my recollection. It was as if I had imagined it all. Imagine my delight at having come across these recollections! Do you know of any way to see this segment again? I'd like to show it to others.
By Joe Johnson
Both sketches are on YouTube: The cricket sketch is the last segment on this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yuZkhq4lMU & the cinema sketch is the third segment on this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEzzDx_sTs
By Andre Havard
Seniors was a narrow shop with the counter down the left-hand side. On the right was a shelf, below which Airfix kits hung. These were the cheaper ones (2/-) which had the instructions folded up and stapled to the top of the bag as a label. I still have one - the village church ("Just like the real thing"), which was probably bought in Seniors.
In the early 60s the shop next door to the right, mentioned above by Alan Terrill, was "Newhaven Hobbies", which I think was just one business. The left-hand side window and inside was models - plastic kits, model railways etc., and the right hand window and inside was "Do it yourself" - wallpaper, glue etc. Oh, and those spindly turned legs for home-made wobbly coffee tables. It probably also sold plywood for the table tops.
The shop next to the Westminster Bank was a small Lipton's Supermarket (probably just called "self-service"). Was "Acres the Bakers" previously "Tip Top Bakery" (a chain)?
When "modern" street lighting arrived in Newhaven High Street and Bridge Street in the late 50s, it was fluorescent tubes rather than the orange sodium lighting used later in Brighton Road and Peacehaven (where I lived).
By Barry Parks
I well remember the REX episode with Marty Feldman. I was still at school at the time and used to get in free as my Mum (Hazel Hills) was an usherette there part time. The lady Tom Bonner refers to in the ticket desk was actually Audrey Terry (later Brown). I also remember Tom in the projection box who often would tell us what happened in the film before we got to watch it. Mum (Hazel) died in March this year (2014) aged 92. Dad also worked there part time as a bingo caller both in the original cinema and in the replacement building opened in 1972. By that time Tom Bonner was a DJ and he worked there on odd evenings. Dad (Wilf) was at that time managing the photographic section of Newhaven Pharmacies opposite. We have many happy memories of working in the old cinema. One night Mick (Relf ?) went upstairs into the circle to turn the gas wall heaters on. He turned the gas on one of them, realised he didn't have any matches, went down to the ticket desk to get some. On his return he lit a match and by that time there was a fair amount of gas in the air so there was quite a bang and flash. Not really appropriate at the time as the film showing was Born Free at a particularly sad moment.
By Peter Hills
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NutritionFacts.org Is Proud to Help Launch a New Organization: Balanced
This entry was posted by Neal on May 5, 2017 at 12:02 am
New DVD, New Organization & Last Chance to Register for Research Training
All the evidence in the world is worthless, unless it can be translated into action. I can research until I’m blue in the face (like the time I didn’t screw the blender tight and my blueberry smoothie went WHOOSH), but if there aren’t tools for people to put it into practice, lives will continue to be unnecessarily lost. It’s not enough to just make the science available.
When I was a medical student I wished there was a resource like NutritionFacts.org. Commercialism has had such a corrupting influence on nutrition research it was hard to know what to believe. And who had the time to personally dig through the thousands of studies? There was desperate need for a science-based source to cut through all the confusion. And because it didn’t exist, I knew I’d just have to create it myself, and the rest is history. I feel the same way about Balanced.
The second half of How Not to Die was one attempt to try to break down the research into actionable steps. I’m excited to announce that the free Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen iPhone app should soon be updated with all the same bells and whistles as the Android app. So that’s another small tool. But we don’t have the luxury of changing lives one individual at a time. People are dying now. We need institutional change. The hospitals need to change what they’re serving, schools need to change what they’re serving, restaurants need to change what they’re serving. But there was no organization out there systematically affecting evidence-based nutrition on an institutional level… until now!
One of the most common questions I hear from supporters is some variation of “OK, but what are you going to do about it?” I come out with some new video making a compelling case that large swaths of death and disability are preventable, or easily treatable, and they’re like quick, we have to do something! Meanwhile, I’m at the medical library buried under a mountain of papers working on the next video. To pivot from research to outreach would require a whole new staff, a whole new mission. I realized it would need a whole new organization. And if it didn’t exist, I knew we’d just have to help create it ourselves.
So I’m so proud to announce that NutritionFacts.org has been instrumental in launching Balanced, a new nonprofit organization, run by an amazing educator, Audrey Sanchez. They have my full support. Please check them out at Balanced.org, join their mailing list, follow them on Facebook and on Twitter, support them directly, and strap yourself in for the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
My ne w DVD came out today and is available as streaming video so you can start watching it immediately. In this new volume, I have videos on practical tips on treating conditions such as acne and toe fungus, to prostate cancer and infertility. The bulk of the videos focus on preventing and treating lead poisoning, a deep dive into the topic inspired by the tragedy in Flint Michigan.
The current batch of videos from the previous volume is about to run out on NutritionFacts.org. So, starting next month and running through July, I’ll roll out this new set. They will all eventually be available for free online, but if you don’t want to wait you can watch them all streaming right now. You can also order it as a physical DVD.
Here’s the full list of chapters from the new volume—a preview of what’s to come over the next few months on NutritionFacts.org:
Best Supplements for Prostate Cancer
How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away with It
How the Leaded Gas Industry Got Away with It
“Normal” Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic
The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults
How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Thiamine, Fiber, Iron, Fat, Fasting?
How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu?
Best Foods for Lead Poisoning: Chlorella, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Moringa?
Best Food for Lead Poisoning: Garlic
Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning?
Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning?
The Role of Burger Viruses in Cancer
Microbiome: We Are What They Eat
Best Aromatherapy Herb for Alzheimer’s
Natural Treatment for Acne and Fungal Infections
Controversy Over the Trans Fat Ban
Banning Trans Fat in Processed Foods but Not Animal Fat
Best Food for Antidepressant-induced Sexual Dysfunction
The Food Industry Wants the Public Confused about Nutrition
What Does a Low White Blood Cell Count Mean?
What Is the Ideal White Blood Cell Count?
The Best Supplement for Fibromyalgia
Fermented or Unfermented Soy Foods for Prostate Cancer Prevention?
The Role of Soy Foods in Prostate Cancer Prevention
How to Treat Heart Failure and Kidney Failure with Diet
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U.S. Clout in Mideast at Stake with New Protests
September 17, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times
There are two lessons to be learned about the dreadful spree of anti–American violence and protest that swept the Islamic world last week in apparent response to an anti–Islamic film that went regrettably viral.
First, America can no longer ignore the post Cold War reality that its place in the twenty-first century is more complex and attenuated than it was during four decades of simplistic East–West tension.
Second, we now understand better the volatile mix of politics and religion that—in the best of outcomes—will converge into Islamic democracies in the Middle East and elsewhere where America has only a part—if at all–in helping shape those democracies.
Last year’s Arab Spring remains every bit the historical turning point many of us judged it to be at the time. In nation after nation, decades of autocratic rule were ended by rebels (many of them democratically inclined, though they were of every imaginable hue), and America was at times a key player in this drama—even to the point of turning against its own client regimes.
We did not know then and we know little better now what kind of governments, institutions, legal regimes, and the like are to emerge from those months of upheaval. We cannot know, because we are looking at drastically underdeveloped political cultures with a lot of maturing ahead of them. All that seems certain is that if genuine democracy triumphs, with institutions as well as ballot boxes, it will be a rainbow of variations on the theme.
Despite the uncertainties, America as the world’s premier power now has to do something it has not managed since it first developed a world presence at the end of the nineteenth century: It has to stand back and let Egyptians, Tunisians, and (soon enough) Syrians and others realize their own ideas of what democracy will mean for them and how it will work. This is last week’s message; no one should miss it. “Idealist,” some may say. No, it is realism at its clearest.
The anti–Islamic film blamed for a sweeping wave of violence across the Islamic world seems to have been a shabby, hateful bit of rubbish purposefully intended to inflame fervent Muslims. Among other things, the Prophet Muhammad is shown as a philandering, child-molesting gay—all well-aimed at traditional Islamic conceptions of manhood and masculinity. In the end, it shook awake long-latent feelings against America and cost the lives of the American ambassador to Egypt and three other diplomats.
To understand the vast impact of a film trailer that went viral, it is essential to note not only what was in it but where it was made— in the West, Los Angeles to be precise. What we witnessed was a violent manifestation of a prevalent feeling of inferiority toward Westerners that is shared even among Muslims not given to hatred and brutality. That is why British and German embassies were considered fair game in the Sudan. And it is this sense of inadequacy, in part, that the Islamic world now struggles to outgrow. Everything that can be done to encourage this process should be done.
Note, in all of this, that the wide dissemination of the egregious film has not led to a corresponding response. So far as I know, no Muslim, from Egypt and Libya on eastward, has taken to burning the New or Old Testaments or creating caricatures of Jesus or Yahweh. This tells us something—just as the absence of malice toward the U.S. during the Arab Spring did. The issue is not a match of insult for insult; it is about Muslims being who they are and being accepted for it. And that is what America, more than any other nation, has a responsibility to do—for its own good as well as everyone else’s.
For many years we have been densely populated with experts who claim that Islam and democracy are incompatible. Doubtless more will make the assertion now. I have never accepted this as so. If we recognize that culture and society cannot be separated from the form democracy takes, it follows easily that democratic rule will look differently everywhere it takes root. We already have working Islamic democracies in Indonesia and Malaysia, to make the point plain. Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, has his critics, and he dropped the ball after the U.S. embassy in Cairo was attacked. But this is not grounds for wholesale condemnation. Morsi still represents a modestly promising new start for a nation that has endured decades of autocracy, corruption, and a politicized military—and an impoverished public sphere.
It has been interesting to watch our two presidential candidates spar over how America should respond to uprisings in the Middle East such as we have just seen. It is interesting, if you will pardon the paradox, because it is so uninteresting. Nothing new has been said since last week’s events. Both sides are debating how America should express its traditional prerogative in global affairs. It would be sinful in either camp to suggest that this prerogative is not what it once was, that it must now be reexamined, and that classy, effective, twenty-first century diplomacy must begin with the acceptance of difference. Ironically, the birdbrains who made the offending video also made this point, if upside down.
Foreign policy has been a sleeper for most of this year’s presidential campaigning. It’s the economy and the domestic political chasm, stupid: This is what they must have been saying in Washington and at Mitt Romney’s headquarters until now. Suddenly, America’s stance abroad is four-square in front of the candidates and those who will choose between them in two months’ time. This is right. What place America claims in the twenty-first century world, and what it does with the power it has, are questions that have been too long flinched from.
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Sure, electric cars don’t burn gas, but their electricity has to come from somewhere and in many parts of the country, that means coal. Surprisingly though, even accounting for that, an electric car still produces less global warming emissions than a gasoline powered car getting 27mpg, according to a new study. Of course, 100% coal-sourced electricity is a truly worst case scenario, as natural gas, nuclear, and renewable sources also come into play. Taking that into account, it turns out that about 45% of Americans live in places where the electric car emissions are equivalent to a 50mpg automobile! 37% have the equivalent of a 41-50mpg car, and 18% have a 31-40mpg equivalent.
The bottom line is, yes, electric cars still result in air pollution and global warming gas emissions, but they’re still far better than almost any car on the road today (the one exception I can think of being VW’s fantastic TDI diesel engine). More importantly, as more renewable energy is plugged in to the grid, electric cars will continue to improve, and quickly outpace even VW’s best diesel efforts.
Read more at SmartPlanet or the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Posted on May 2, 2014 September 15, 2015 by Danny
Blessed Event (1932) Review, with Lee Tracy and Dick Powell
Lee Tracy Gladys
Mary Brian Frankie
Allen Jenkins
Bunny Harmon
Dick Powell Miss Stevens
Ruth Donnelly Moxley
Ned Sparks
Mrs. Roberts
Emma Dunn Sam Gobel
Edwin Maxwell Reilly
Frank McHugh
Released by Warner Brothers | Directed By Roy Del Ruth
Proof That It’s Pre-Code
The main plot of the movie involves an unscrupulous gossip columnist named Alvin Roberts who reports on pending pregnancies. Sometimes these pregnancies occur before their wedding dates or with none at all!
Alvin has a rivalry with a smug bandleader and crooner named Bunny Harmon. Alvin loves to take digs at him, up to and including calling him a ‘pansy’. His mother suggests that the two bury their rivalry and make-up, and Alvin digs that Bunny is the one who needs the make-up.
One woman on the receiving end of a blessed event is being paid by her mobster boyfriend to ‘go out into the country’ to take care of the baby.
Singer Bunny Harmon sings a number of inconsequential musical numbers including “Honeymoon Express”, whose premise is: “How can you say no when the whole world is saying yes?”
I demand a recount on that ‘whole world saying yes’ thing, Dick.
A hood named Frank brags about how he killed a Chinese man, though he doesn’t put it in such nice words. And because Alvin can use the information against him, he gets away with it!
A police slaps a prisoner around plenty.
There’s also a scene where its clear that several exclamations of Tracy’s got muted– I assume they were improvised, since I doubt they would have gotten past even a cursory review from the Hays’ Office. From my middling lip reading ability, this includes a “God!”and what appears to be a “Goddammit!”.
The film’s closing line is definitely a howler.
Blessed Event: Motormouth Madness
“Got any news?”
“Well, Hoover’s president.”
“Yeah, but I’ve been told to keep that quiet.”
God help me, Lee Tracy is growing on me. The motormouth Warner Brothers star whose portrayals of unrepentant reporters, grandstanding publicity agents, and general nuisances were a staple of pre-Code fast talk has finally worn down my sensibilities. Second only to Jimmy Cagney in the ‘rattling off words at the speed of sound’ department, Tracy is a one man virtuoso of the tongue, leaping run-on sentences in a single bound.
Blessed Event is a showcase for this talent, casting Tracy as Alvin Roberts, a gossip columnist who finds that dirt sells. His coup de grace is that he invents a way of indicating a pregnancy– society women ‘anticipate a blessed event’– and then becoming utterly ruthless in his quest to outboast and outbrag every other writer out there. Each column has to end with a punchline– a final kicker that sends the column into infamy.
“Can’t you see what I’m trying to say? I love you!”
He spends a lot of time at the office dodging libel suits with his eternally bemused secretary Miss Stevens– Ruth Donnelly is the master of the reaction shot, and she gets some plum looks of exasperation and wonder here. Also among the newspaper staff is Ned Sparks as Moxley, the columnist Alvin replaced and sent to the pet section. Moxley is a cantankerous bastard but just enjoys being such a thing. Rounding out the newspaper crew is fellow society columnist Gladys, a beautiful gal who Alvin lusts for. Even if she denounces his actions, she can’t help but love his spirit.
Alvin’s columns bring him to the attention of mobster Sam Gobel who sends a hood named Frankie to zip Alvin’s lips. Alvin thinks fast, though, and manages to intimidate Frankie into working for him. This happens in the film’s virtuoso scene where Alvin, thinking he has a piece of evidence that could put Frankie on death row, recounts in great detail every moment of an electrocution. His words completely unnerve the hardened hood, and Jenkins and Tracy play this scene fast, furious, and surprisingly funny.
Alvin’s an all around piece of work. He grows incensed when a rival newspaper runs an editorial decrying him as a ‘nadir of American journalism’. He becomes obsessed with the word (after Miss Stevens looks it up in the dictionary for him) and hails it as a personal triumph when the paper later comes to him with a generous job offer.
“Please don’t put the nails to me, I’m just a nice kindly mobster!”
I’d also be remiss not to mention Alvin’s rivalry with radio crooner Bunny Harmon who had gotten him fired from a previous job. The two trade gleeful barbs, and Alvin is all too happy to say that Bunny is a little purple under the collar– so much so that my wife, watching the movie with me, wondered aloud if the bitterness may not cover a certain level of attraction.
That implication wouldn’t be too surprising since the film is bursting with blue humor, with Alvin playfully digging up dirt from bribery and from tricking the unaware. He calls up a woman in a hotel room pretending to be a detective. He orders her to send the man in the room away and she nervously obliges. He hangs up the phone and chortles, “Miss Constance Connor is back in circulation!”
This all sounds pretty silly, but Blessed Event takes its major dramatic turn straight from the Five Star Finalplaybook: Alvin is given the opportunity to not print something that could potentially ruin a woman’s life. He opts to do so anyway, starting off a chain of betrayals that squarely put him in the sights of Gobel’s thugs.
“Shoot at anything that can’t stop talking.”
Considering the level of risque barbs that fly around the movie, it’s not too surprising that the film ends condoning Alvin’s rumor mongering rather than condemning it. The girl whose reputation Alvin destroyed, Dorothy, decides to take the law into her own hands and kill Sam Gobels. Alvin vows to use his column to paint Sam as such a rat that she’ll be seen as a hero, which is encouraged even by the moral Gladys. Even though he misused the public trust in exploiting Dorothy for a story, his determination to use his column to set things right wins her over. The moral of the story turns out to be that if you do something crappy, make sure you do something nice to make up for it!
Alvin never has to choose between Gladys and his fame, and the only thing he loses through his adventures is a small amount of respect. He’s a self made man of gumption, and once he’s learned a lesson in helping out the little guy, he’s back on his feet. It’s a Depression Era Horatio Alger story with the added bonus that the gangsters and the rich end up groveling at Alvin’s feet. That, my friends, ain’t a bad deal at all.
Hover over for controls.
Blessed Event is based on a stage play of the same name and was based loosely on the career of gossip columnist Walter Winchell. Here’s his bio over on Wikipedia.
The Ruth Snyder story that Tracy recounts in the movie is a true one, and was also dramatized in the James Cagney movie Picture Snatcher. The tabloid photograph of the moment of execution scandalized the nation. The executioner, Robert Elliott, recounts the story over at the Crime Library site.
This movie is the film debut of Dick Powell. He looks a little made up, but much of his peppy personality is intact. And, of course, he gets a few numbers to sing.
“Did someone say sing?!” “No, Dick, go find Busby, he’s looking for you.”
Laura over at Laura’s Misc. Musings really enjoyed this one, calling the film, “Still relevant.”
Glenn Erickson, the DVD Savant, talks about Tracy’s turn in this film and how its very setup would be shunned just a few short years later:
Later movies curbed by the Code office might introduce a supposedly heartless or corrupt hero, only to reveal that he was a sentimental softie all along: James Cagney’s Angels with Dirty Faces derives its hypocritical appeal by playing up this dichotomy. But Al Roberts in Blessed Event is never really contrite. Besides weathering the disapproval of Mary Price, Al can also slough off the protests of a young female journalism major disillusioned by his corrupt way of doing business. And he never tells his mother (the mother he lives with) what he’s up to; she thinks he’s a beloved figure.
“She really buys that line of malarkey?”
Home Media Magazine compares this film generously to The Sweet Smell of Success, a notably less rosy skewing of Winchell.
Shadowplay compares the film to 1931’s The Front Page and talks about how Tracy’s fast talking wiseguy that he originated on Broadway was missing from that adaptation.
One discussion in the film about Alvin’s media presence, he remarks, “Television? I tell you now, it’ll never prove a popular method.” That certainly may have looked like a possibility in the early 30s, but it’s pretty funny in retrospect.
Here’s the film’s trailer:
This film appeared in the Wikipedia List of Pre-Code Films.
This film is available on Amazon and Warner Archive. As of this writing, it’s available on Warner Archive Instant, where these screenshots are sourced from.
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20 Replies to “Blessed Event (1932) Review, with Lee Tracy and Dick Powell”
Erich Kuersten says:
Yeah man, I didn’t like Lee Tracy before seeing this either. That death row pantomime really put the hook in me. And I liked that he was ruthless even to ruine the life of a helpless woman if it means meat for the grinder.
Oh, hey! I love your blog! even when I don’t agree with you 100%, you’re a great read. And you’re right, that scene between Tracy and Jenkins is a wonder. Thanks for coming by!
Cliff Aliperti says:
“God help me, Lee Tracy is growing on me” – Aha!
This is the Tracy that usually gets all the attention and maybe I’ve watched it a few too many times because of that, but I am really hoping to see you get to Washington Merry-Go-Round, The Half-Naked Truth and The Nuisance, all of which I’ve come to prefer to Blessed Event (The Nuisance, I mean c’mon, whatta perfect title for a Lee Tracy movie!). Clear All Wires! can be tedious, but it’s growing on me as well.
I blame like 90% of my ‘to watch’ queue on you Cliff, no fair adding more. >:(
Andrew Gilmore says:
See? I told you you’d come around on Lee Tracy. This was the first picture I saw him in, and I was an instant fan. Glad to hear you enjoyed it, and I enjoyed your review. Now go watch “Clear All Wires” and “The Half-Naked Truth” and you’ll be even more hooked.
By the way, just in case you didn’t know- not only is Alvin Roberts based on Winchell, but Alvin Roberts’ feud with Bunny Harmon is based on Winchell’s good-natured feud with a radio bandleader of the time named Ben Bernie.
I have no idea how it happened, especially since I wasn’t too fond of this movie the first time I watched it. I think watching more of Tracy’s stuff helped me appreciate this more, though I still don’t think I could give Bombshell another shot. Like I said to Cliff, I’ll catch more Tracy when I have time (maybe later this year?). And thanks for the tidbit about Bernie– it makes me wonder how the principals felt about being so blatantly portrayed in this film…
brianpaige says:
You had the exact reaction I did to this film. I saw a few other Tracy outings and was more or less baffled by the guy. Frankly I thought he sucked the first time I saw Dr. X. Then I finally got this on VHS from a Saturday Matinee in Evansville, IN circa 1996. It all clicked. I understood exactly what the deal was with Tracy and from that point was hooked on any of his movies that popped up on TV.
I still don’t know how he never played in any film version of The Front Page. The odd thing is that he was Hildy Johnson on stage, yet he seems totally like Walter Burns if you ask me.
He was Hildy?! I won’t lie, I definitely did not expect that. Thanks for coming by, Brian. Hopefully I’ll get to doing more Tracy soon, as I’m now looking forward to his stuff!
Grand Old Movies says:
This film is so gloriously pre-Code. One moment I treasure out of it (out of so many) is sweet Emma Dunn looking at the camera and saying, “I’ll be damned.” (She says the line so blandly that audiences in revival theaters where I’ve seen the film always laugh). Interesting point there, about a perhaps-repressed attraction between Powell and Tracy’s characters; there IS something a little fey about Tracy here. I like how slimy Powell comes across in this film (a quality which seemed tamped down in his later musicals); my guess is that he drew on that characteristic when he started making noirs in the 1940s.
I must have missed Dunn’s curse (I was too busy reading Tracy’s lips, which probably isn’t saying the best things about me either). And I agree with you on Powell’s sliminess, though I think sometimes he had trouble turning it off– some of his later comedies like The Reformer and the Redhead seem less like comedies with him as the lead.
I really want to see this – I’ve read that Cagney was originally supposed to play the lead and it sparked one of his walkouts from Warner’s because he hated the script, but it sounds as if Tracy does a great job anyway. Hope to catch up with it soon. I wasn’t too keen on ‘Bombshell’ either, but liked Tracy in ‘Love Is a Racket’.
It’s a lot of fun, and I hope you get a chance to track it down!
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just saw this movie tonight, have also been watching the tcm marathon for lee tracy what an actor. you want to love him and punch him in the nose . he is great.
Oh yeah. It took me quite a while to warm up to him, but this is the film that did it.
Ellen Asleson says:
I love this movie, too! The first time I saw it, the “electric chair” scene had my jaw on the floor. This movie is the perfect melding of star and role. And Powell is a hoot, with his eye-rolling and bouncing.
Very true. It definitely grew on me.
You have to see Lee Tracy at his best in The Half-Naked Truth (1932) and Clear All Wires (1933). The first is an early, pre-code screwball directed by Gregory LaCava where he plays a nutty press agent. And Clear All Wires, he is a Reuters or AP type wire reporter. He was at his best in Bombshell. I can’t get enough of Lee Tracy although I will say that he ruins Dr. X for me. (Warners couldn’t resist tarting up a potentially good horror movie with wisecracking reporters for some reason.) I first saw Blessed Event on Cinema Club 9, a local (Washington D.C.) program around 1972 or 1973. It blows my mind how many of the movies you’ve reviewed were screened there — Blood Money, Born To Be Bad, Walking Down Broadway, Me and My Gal, Hell’s Highway, The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight — and several were touted as ‘first time on television.’ They ran a print of The Power and the Glory (1933) with French intertitles. The show used to mail out program notes (!) by Stephen Zito of the AFI and film stills to those who signed up to be members and somewhere, I still have mine buried away somewhere. It’s worth noting the Walter Winchell was also the prototype for Burt Lancaster’s character in The Sweet Smell of Success and that Lee Tracy made a beautiful, final comeback as a Harry Truman-like president in The Best Man (1964).
All good points. I’ve seen a few other Tracy flicks, but I really need to head into them hard soon. Thanks for sharing all that stuff– you saw a few back then that I still need to catch now!
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Br3aking Porn
Griswold v. Connecticut
Jesus with erection
My Genes Made Me Do It
Peter Tatchell
Rochdale sex trafficking gang
Sex woo
Br3aking Porn (formerly known as Teens Against Porn or FAP TAP) is an online anti-pornography activist group. The website is fundamentalist Christian, and is directed mostly towards "teenagers who struggle with pornography and maintaining sexual purity." After enjoying a brief stint as an actual porn site, the website is now offline.
1 Pastor porn
2 Journey to a porn-free life
3 Fire escape
4 Conservative Christians
5 Recent Developments
Pastor porn[edit]
The site was run by an outfit called "Pure Community Ministries," whose stated purpose was "to help those who struggle with or have been hurt by sexual sin find healing." Pure Community offers adults struggling with porn addictions various faith-based resources, including "The Purity Report for Pastors," a service directed at pastors who are "struggling with pornography or other sexual integrity issues." They "provide private, pastors-only forums which allow confidential use of [their] accountability framework."[1]
Journey to a porn-free life[edit]
Br3aking Porn provided its users with what it called "3 Distinct sets of tools to help with [the] journey" to a porn-free life: A blog meant to "teach about sexual purity and entertain"; a forum "facilitate safe discussions, accountability and entertainment where teenagers learn from people who have been there, done that, and can aid them in their journal toward sexual purity"; and various resources, mostly links to sites that "inspire sexual purity."
Fire escape[edit]
Thoughtfully, the site's designers included a "Fire Escape" feature to minimize the embarrassment that would arise if that cute girl from your trig class walked past your table at the malt shop while you're looking for online support to break your chronic porn habit. Pressing "F1" while on the site changed the site's banner, so that instead of saying "BR3AKING PORN" in giant letters it read "BR3AKING CORN";[note 1] pressing "F2" opened a new browser tab. Perhaps "Br3eaking" is meant to rhyme with "freaking".
Conservative Christians[edit]
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a conservative Christian site, its critique of pornography did not draw upon the feminist themes that are common in much anti-porn discourse, and instead focused more on the effects of pornography on porn's (predominantly) male consumers. A search on the site for pages using the word "women" yielded exactly two hits: an article titled "Twenty-Six Destructive Consequences Porn Viewing Has on a Man."[2] and a link to a site called the Pink Cross, a group that "reach[es] out to the adult film industry offering support to women and men...[and] to those struggling with pornography offering education and resources to recover."[3]
Recent Developments[edit]
On June 2014, the website for Br3aking Porn was shut down and the domain purchased by an unnamed second party.
From January 2016 to July 2016, the website hosted... porn videos. This apparently stopped some time between July and August 2016.[note 2]
No Cussing Club
Pure Community Ministries
↑ Whether this has any relation to "cracking corn" is unknown
↑ Last screencap on the Internet Archive was on August 23, 2016 (NSFW, duh!). The current website (as of August 2016) cannot be archived due to technical errors on the Wayback Machine and Archive.is, but currently appears to be unused.
↑ http://www.purecommunity.org/about/[dead link]
↑ "Twenty-Six Destructive Consequences Porn Viewing Has on a Man,"[dead link]
↑ "Friday Night Spot Light."[dead link]
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Online pedophile activism
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List of Gamergate claims
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Published list of websites promoting adult-child sex.
“”Age is just a number, in the same sense that jail is just a house.
In most online forums, confessing to being a pedophile is considered trolling because the implication is that the person may be a danger to any youngsters who use the site, and therefore could expose the site to legal risk. Despite this, there are many websites that have engaged in activism in favour of pedophilia or pederasty, which included the abolition of the age of consent and argue that pedophilia is just another sexual orientation, such as homosexuality or heterosexuality.[note 1]
1.1 Wikipedia
1.2 Egomoral
1.3 BoyWiki
1.4 Rightpedia
1.5 Christian Boy Love Forum
1.6 Caution Click
1.7 8chan
2 Straight Talk for Boys About Sex with Males
3 "Ephebophilia"
Sites[edit]
Wikipedia[edit]
Wikipedia has banned self-identified pedophiles under its child protection policy, but not after much calamity had already taken place on the site.[1]
The English Wikipedia enacted, at the behest of the God-king Jimbo, [2] a child protection policy that states "Wikipedia regards the safety of children using the site as a key issue. Editors who attempt to use Wikipedia to pursue or facilitate inappropriate adult–child relationships, who advocate inappropriate adult–child relationships on- or off-wiki (e.g. by expressing the view that inappropriate relationships are not harmful to children), or who identify themselves as pedophiles, will be blocked indefinitely."
The first version of that policy was added by MZMcBride on 27 April 2010.[3] On 4 April 2013, Alison added the language stating that off-wiki advocacy would merit an indefinite block.[4][5] It would seem that the impetus for this change was this thread.
By 2010, large numbers of pro-pedophile websites (such as NAMBLA and BoyWiki's websites) were banned from Wikipedia, following a Faux News article which reported that the liberal pedo agenda had infiltrated Wikipedia.[6] This number was confirmed by the Wikipedians; they also confirmed "All of the links appear in old talk archives or from project page discussions."
Despite this, Erik Möller (former deputy director at the Wikimedia Foundation) has been described by Gawker as "a defender of pedophilia", and takes interest in many subjects which fall under the (now mostly inactive) Wikipedia Pedophile Article Watch. Various pro-pedophile websites such as those belonging to the Dutch pedophile group MARTIJN (the Dutch counterpart to NAMBLA) and BoyLinks (which describes itself as "The Internet's most comprehensive listing of boy-related and boylove websites"[7]) find his arguments on pedophilia to be coherent with theirs. Also, on his previous humanist.de website, a picture of child pornography was present.[8]
Flyer22 Reborn , one of the most active enforcers of the child protection policy, favors tolerance towards pedophiles who claim to "fight against their child sexual abuse urges and believe that child sexual abuse is wrong; even if they are lying".[9]
Egomoral[edit]
Egomoral is a website for pedophiles and is chock full of apologia for pedophilia; as well as promoting adult-child sex,[10] the site also promotes polygamy[11] and Zoophilia.[12] It has been quoted a few times on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!, much to the revulsion of the commenters. User webwub declared that "age of consent laws conflict with biology" and user Anglebrook makes the claim that 91.4% of men are pedophiles, based on a quiz that the website itself had put up[13] (which falls victim to the spotlight fallacy and selection bias).
BoyWiki[edit]
Described by Wikipedia as "An online wiki collaborative project for "boylovers". Available in English, French, and German." An interesting variety of its articles were copied onto the anarchist-based wiki imaginatively named Anarchopedia,[14] including articles on the so-called "Child liberation movement"[15] and child molestation.[16] Anarchopedia is not unique in this, and this has led to factional infighting in the radical left community; Maoist Rebel News (Jason Unruhe) described RevLeft as "a Bunch of Pedophile-Zionists".[17] It should also be noted that the founder of NAMBLA (David Thorstad) was a lifelong Trotskyite.[18]
Some of BoyWiki's more interesting articles (not moved over to the anarchist website) describe information such as "How not to accidentally out yourself"[19] and a very large article discussing adult-child sex (who would have guessed!).[20] This was created on 8 August 2009,[21] coincidentally after a POV-fork article of the same name was deleted on Wikipedia, in January of that year.[22]
Interestingly enough, the site seems to take a rather positive view of RationalWiki (whilst not mentioning Conservapedia), stating that we are:
“”... a wiki ostensibly devoted to analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement, documenting the full range of crank ideas, explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism, and analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media. The site's main blind spot is that it has very little criticism of left-wing authoritarianism.[23]
My enemy's enemy...
It is associated with the "Free Spirits" organization behind BoyChat,[24] described by BoyWiki as "the longest-running boylove community on the World Wide Web." Apparently, some 200–300 posts are created each day,[25] although it's difficult to tell as to how many are genuine "boylovers", or as to whether they are trolls, vigilantes or law enforcement officials.
“”The most important function Wikipedia serves is via the pedophilia articles themselves. It is important that they remain fair and unbiased. It is important that they continue to have external links to the support and activist community.[26]
AnnabelLeigh.net, also called GirlChat, is the sister site to BoyChat.[6] This site is less active and frequently is down. However, when BoyChat gets taken down by DDoS attacks (as happened in late October 2016), GirlChat often remains unaffected and can be a source of information about what is happening with BoyChat.
Rightpedia[edit]
Main: Rightpedia
Rightpedia admin Hu1 (posting as Fiala1) had defended Children.orain, a site registered with the now-defunct Orain.org by a pedophile. Hu1 described the site as a "small harmless children's Wiki".[27] In fact the creator was banned by Orain staff, describing him as a "pedophile scumbag" and Children.orain has been closely monitored.[28]
Unsurprisingly, being the fashier version of Metapedia, Rightpedia's article on pedophilia only focuses on opposition to Jewish pedophiles and there is not any mention of non-Jewish pedophiles on the page.[29]
Christian Boy Love Forum[edit]
“”The Christian Boylove Forum (CBF) was started in order to give Christian boylovers a space in which to work out their own issues.
—BoyWiki, describing the Christian Boy Love Forum.[30]
The "Christian Boy Love Forum" was created following the completely unwarranted prejudice that "boylovers" felt within the Christian community, and from 2000–2002 published a newsletter named Parakelesis, which they contained "informative articles and poetry".[30] The organisation organized a number of meetups between 1998 and 2002, deciding in 2001 that they would allow filthy breeders within their ranks.[30] A variety of choice quotes from these people are available via our good friends at the Encyclopædia Dramatica.[31]
Caution Click[edit]
Caution Click advocates decriminalization of "non-production child pornography" activities, such a possession and distribution of images of children getting sexually assaulted.[32]
8chan[edit]
8chan has been described by the The Washington Post as "the more-lawless, more-libertarian, more 'free' follow-up to 4chan."[33] Boards have been created to discuss controversial topics, including pedophilia. While the sharing of illegal content is against site rules, The Daily Dot wrote that boards exist to share sexualized images of minors in provocative poses, and that some users of those boards post links to explicit child pornography hosted elsewhere.[34] When asked whether such boards were an inevitable result of free speech, Brennan responded, "Unfortunately, yes. I don't support the content on the boards you mentioned, but it is simply the cost of free speech and being the only active site to not impose more 'laws' than those that were passed in Washington, D.C."[34] Posting illustrated depictions of child pornography (lolicon) is common on both 8chan and 4chan, with 8chan having multiple boards dedicated to such material.
In August 2015, for a brief period, 8chan was blacklisted from Google Search for containing content constituting "suspected child abuse content".[35] It was later restored to the search engine's listings without explanation.[36]
Straight Talk for Boys About Sex with Males[edit]
The booklet — recently circulated through a Web site for pedophiles — had been written, it said, "for any boy who is old enough to be able to read it."
Called "Straight Talk for Boys," it is an 18-page discussion of sex, particularly between children and adults, from the pedophiles' viewpoint. Such encounters are depicted as harmless, even beneficial. The document criticizes parents and therapists. And it encourages boys to wear Speedo bathing suits and shower naked in public places.
But it repeatedly returns to one message: boys should never tell about sex with adults. "Older boys and men may be frightened about getting caught having sex play with you, because they can be put in jail," it says. "So you have to think of ways to 'signal' your interest in another person without openly saying what you want," adding that "nobody else can know about what you agree to do."
The booklet comes with instructions, advising pedophiles on how to distribute it. "The best and safest way is to leave quantities of the booklet in places where boys in the 8 to 14 range can find them, and where adults will not discover them too quickly," the instructions read. "Obviously, you don't want to be observed placing the booklets in your chosen locations."
The booklet reflects how pedophiles can use the Internet to advance their interests in the real world. Like many of those efforts, this one involved deception: the booklet does not reveal, for example, that it has been written and distributed by men who are sexually attracted to children, but instead portrays itself as objective fact.
– New York Times.[37]
"Ephebophilia"[edit]
In certain online circles, including parts of Reddit and the manosphere, some male users openly celebrate their attraction to underage girls in their teens. According to many self-proclaimed "ephebophiles," it's "natural" or a "biotruth" that adult men are attracted to teenage girls, and age of consent laws are an attack on "healthy male sexuality" invented by feminists and older women in order to monopolize the "sexual marketplace".[38] One common refrain is that women lose their attractiveness when they hit "the wall," an alleged age where generally female beauty precipitously declines.
Child predators on the Internet
See the Wikipedia article on List of pedophile and pederast advocacy organizations.
↑ Not to be confused with the aims of groups such as Virtuous Pedophiles , who believe that child sexual abuse is wrong and seek to raise awareness that some pedophiles do not offend.
↑ User talk:Jimbo Wales – Massive pedophile crackdown Wikipedia (started 16 April 2007)
↑ "User talk:Jimbo Wales". wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 27 September 2015.
↑ "Wikipedia:Child protection". wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 27 September 2015.
↑ Alison (4 April 2013). "I think this needs to be clarified (see AN/I discussion). WP:BOLD an' all that ...".
↑ Alison (5 April 2013). "it's a recipe for just fine, thanks. Talk page (I noticed you missed discussing this point)".
↑ 6.0 6.1 "EXCLUSIVE: Pedophiles Find a Home on Wikipedia", Fox News. Archived using archive.is.
↑ Boylinks, archived by archive.is
↑ Owen Thomas. "Erik Möller, No. 2 at Wikipedia, a defender of pedophilia". Gawker. (Archived using archive.is).
↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AChild_protection&type=revision&diff=694522163&oldid=694455757
↑ "Is sex bad for kids?", archived at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Is same-sex marriage the slippery slope to Polygamy?", archived at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Interview with a Zoophile", archived at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Archived using archive.is
↑ List of articles Beta M copied from BoyWiki and pasted on Anarchopedia, Encyclopædia Dramatica
↑ "Child liberation movement", Anarchopedia
↑ "child molestation", Anarchopedia
↑ "RevLeft is a Bunch of Pedophile-Zionists". wordpress.com. Retrieved on 27 September 2015.
↑ See the Wikipedia article on David Thorstad.
↑ "How not to accidentally out yourself", BoyWiki (archived at archive.is )
↑ "Adult-child sex", BoyWiki (archived at archive.is )
↑ "Adult-child sex", BoyWiki. (archived by archive.is ).
↑ Deletion "Review: Adult-child sex", Wikipedia. Closed 04:03, 28 January 2008 (UTC); archive via archive.is here.
↑ "RationalWiki". BoyWiki (archived at archive.is )
↑ "Free Spirits", BoyWiki (archived at archive.is )
↑ "BoyChat" BoyWiki (archived at archive.is )
↑ Sarah D. Goode (7 July 2009). Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children: A Study of Paedophiles in Contemporary Society. Routledge. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-135-25804-7.
↑ Rightpedia Screenshot 3.
↑ Children.orain.org. Wikipediocracy.
↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 "Christian Boy Love Forum" BoyWiki (Screenshot; archived at archive.is)
↑ "Christian Boy Love Forum", archived using the Wayback Machine.
↑ http://www.cautionclick.com/
↑ Caitlin, Dewey (January 13, 2014). "This is what happens when you create an online community without any rules". The Washington Post.
↑ 34.0 34.1 Howell O'Neill, Patrick (November 17, 2014). "8chan, the central hive of Gamergate, is also an active pedophile network". The Daily Dot.
↑ Machkovech, Sam (August 14, 2015). "8chan-hosted content disappears from Google searches". Condé Nast.
↑ Brennan, Frederick (August 13, 2015). "Google is not your friend?".
↑ "On the Web, Pedophiles Extend Their Reach" New York Times
↑ Jay Hammers: "Age of Consent is Misandry." 23 December 2010 (recovered 20 February 2018). (Archived copy linked from another MRA blog; here is commentary by We Hunted the Mammoth.
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OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2015-- Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced today that members of its management team will meet with investors at the Global Hunter Securities 2015 Industrials Conference being held in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
The Company will use an updated investor presentation during the meetings. To access the slide presentation, please visit www.oshkoshcorporation.com and go to the Investor Relations section on the morning of September 2. There is no webcast scheduled.
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Trump fears terrorists, but more Americans are shot dead by toddlers
I remember when I was around 4 years old finding my grandfather's gun. I remember feeling excited about it, taking it out of its case, and going to show my little sister who was about a year old at the time. Thankfully, my grandfather caught us and took it away from me and hid it so that I never came across it again in his home. I shudder to think of what could have happened. And I shudder to contemplate the lives that these young people must lead who accidentally shot or killed siblings and loved ones because of their parents' negligence.
Relatedly, check out this June 19, 2017 CNN.com story titled, Guns kill nearly 1,300 US children each year, Study says, that elaborates trends more fully.
A sense of proportion is necessary. Toddlers and home shootings and deaths are a much more serious problem than terrorists. We desperately need greater gun control in this country to save us from ourselves.
-Angela Valenzuela
Gary Younge | The Guardian
Gun deaths – intentional, accidental and self-inflicted – dwarf those related to terror. The talk is of secure borders but within the US many live in a state of fear
‘An American is at least twice as likely to be shot dead by a toddler than killed by a terrorist.’ Photograph: Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images
Shortly before leaving America for Britain, after 12 years as a correspondent, the relative of one of my son’s friends politely declined my invitation to visit us in London.
“I don’t think I could go to Europe,” she said. “It doesn’t seem safe.”
Try as I might I could not suppress a laugh. My wife and children are African American. I am British. We were living in Chicago.
“The odds of you being shot dead here are far greater than of you being killed in a terrorist attack over there.”
When the president uses his executive powers to ban more than 200 million people from entering America, ostensibly in the interests of security, and then, in the same week, the House of Representatives relaxes background checks for gun ownership, one is compelled to question the sense of proportionality when it comes to security. Whom do they intend to keep safe? By what means? And at what price to liberty?
Let us leave aside for the moment the fact that since 9/11 not a single American has been killed in a terrorist attack by a citizen from the countries on this list. The reality is that an American is at least twice as likely to be shot dead by a toddler than killed by a terrorist. In 2014 88 Americans were shot dead, on average, every day: 58 killed themselves while 30 were murdered. In that same year 18 Americans were killed by terrorist attacks in the US. Put more starkly: more Americans were killed by firearms roughly every five hours than were killed by terrorists in an entire year. It is unlikely that scrapping a rule requiring extended background checks for gun purchases by some social security recipients suffering from mental illness will improve the situation.
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(To hide behind the mantra “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” is an act of fallacious sophistry. Toasters don’t make toast, people make toast. True. But toasters exist to make toast: guns exist to kill people.)
One need not downplay the importance of terrorism here. Terrorism is not only murderous. In its ability to spread anxiety and undermine democratic engagement with violence it is also deeply reactionary. Rather than galvanising people around a cause it divides them in the crudest manner possible – on the basis of fear. That’s as true when America kills innocent civilians. But the fear most Americans experience daily isn’t imported – it’s home grown. That’s true across the board, but particularly true for some minorities. Every day seven children and teens are shot dead in the US. Firearms are the biggest killer of young black people and the second biggest killer of all children, after traffic accidents. When the new US education secretary, Betsy DeVos, suggests schools might need guns to protect themselves from grizzly bears, she’s clearly not capable of gauging the real threat to American children.
While researching my book about all the young people who were killed on one random day – 23 November 2013 – every single parent of a black teenager who lost a child that day that I interviewed said they assumed this might happen to their kid. “I didn’t think it would be him,” said one mother. “I thought it would be his brother.” “You wouldn’t be doing your job as a father if you didn’t,” said another.
Doriane Miller is a primary-care physician who practises on Chicago’s South Side, where one teen was killed that day. Dr Miller noticed a significant number of young black patients arriving with psychosomatic symptoms – many also had tattoos bearing the names and dates of loved ones who had been lost to gun violence. When she tried to talk to them about it they shut down.
“There was that sense that this is the way it is in my life and in my community,” she said. “There is a learned hopelessness around this. And so you suck it up, you man up, and you move on.”
Many of the areas where these young people live, and die, look like war zones – empty lots, half-demolished houses, depleted infrastructure, militarised policing, potholed roads, boarded-up houses, abandoned churches. But more importantly, they are experienced as such. People (mostly young men) disappear – either to prison or to the grave – leaving a huge gender imbalance. Times are hard, and the informal economy is rife, meaning there are spivs everywhere making an ostentatious display of their wealth. The one major difference is that whereas wars often cement communities as people band together against a “common enemy,” in these areas the enemy is everywhere and, potentially, anyone.
These, too, are Americans. They too deserve security. Indeed it is a nonsense to talk about securing the borders from the outside world if many of those who live within those selfsame borders continue to live in a state of constant fear.
Many of those who insist that, when it comes to terror, one must balance individual rights against collective security, become curiously silent when it comes to adapting their interpretation of the right to bear arms to the issue of public safety.
In 2002 I interviewed the late Maya Angelou about her views on the 9/11 terror attacks. “Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America,” she told me. “But black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.”
If the current administration applied just half the zeal to making sure all people in the country feel included and safe as they do to making sure some outside of it feel excluded and anxious, the impact on Americans’ sense of security would be repaid exponentially.
After a judge blocked the Muslim ban over the weekend Trump said that if there was another terrorist attack America should blame him. Between me writing this article and you reading it the chances are another child will be shot dead. Whom, I wonder, should we blame for that?
• Gary Younge is the author of Another Day in the Death of America, A Chronicle of 10 Short Lives
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Conflict and Communication 2
According to Dr. John Gottman, the greatest cause of conflict and divorce is not an issue but any issue. That is, any issue where we hold differing ideas, ideals, values, emotional attachments, convictions, etc. This is why we need to understand ourselves before we can truly understand others. This is true for marriages, politics, religion, education, taxes, homes, cars, etc.
Conflict can either strengthen or destroy a relationship, including marriage. The way couples handle differences and the resultant conflict is the most significant difference between being successful or unsuccessful. Those who handle differences appropriately are able to make it through life with success. They will not divorce or suffer other traumatizing problems. If, however, they cannot deal effectively with the differences which plague every couple, they will very likely separate and divorce.
Couples and others such as churches and groups come to a critical path in the road of togetherness. If they travel along the positive path the marriage will grow. If not, it will dissolve. The fork in the road is: attack or attend. If one personally attacks the other, the relationship is in real danger. If they find a way to attend to each other the relationship will grow.
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What does it take to get ahead in your career? More than technical expertise, more than degrees or certifications, more than anything else, it takes people skills. People who know how to treat staff fairly, who work with others collaboratively, who know how to negotiate and problem solve. These are the people that will succeed.
Want to check it out for yourself? Have a look in the careers section of any newspaper. We did recently and found employers that were looking for “an astute
negotiator,” “strong problem solving skills,” “the ability to think on your feet with tact and diplomacy,” “team building skills,” “exceptional skills in consensus-building,” “superior interpersonal skills,” “ability to influence, negotiate, build relationships and manage change,” “strength in dispute resolution,” and a “collaborative work style.” These are quotes from actual ads for a whole variety of different positions.
Why are these types of skills so valuable? Because these are the skills that are completely transferable, from one job to another, and from one company to another. Technical requirements may change from job to job, but the ability to work with others doesn’t. And, regardless of IQ or education or experience, we can’t do our jobs successfully without input, support, and assistance from the people we work with. If we don’t know how to manage issues, problems, and crises as they arise (and they always will), we won’t be successful – no matter how much subject matter expertise we have.
People who know how to negotiate and problem solve are people who are adaptable, communicative, and focused. Exactly the kind of employee every employer wants!
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Who are the Special Kids?
An estimated 570,913 Ohio children (20.9%) under the age of 18 had at least one special health care need in 2008 (71.7% of children did not have a special health care need. 7.5% is unknown).
Most children who “screen in” with special needs do so after commencing grade school, hence a disproportionate number of CSHCN are in older age categories (43.5% age 6-12, 39.3% age 13-17) and tend to be more male (58.8%) compared to children without special health care needs.
Black children are disproportionately represented as having a special health care need:
16.2% compared to 13.6% of non-CSHCN. CSHCN are more likely to reside in a household with a divorced or separated parent 19.8% vs 14.1%.
More than 60% of all parents surveyed have some college. The level of college education differs: 32.8% who are not caring for a CSHCN have completed a 4-year college degree compared to 27.1% of parents who have a child with CSHCN
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Tigers can also fight!
Conflict and broken relationships are some of the most bedeviling issues that face pastors and Christian leaders. For many years I operated like a bull in a china shop and told people exactly what I thought. I fully expected them to agree with me and do what I told them was wise. How could I have been so wrong? It took my Post Doctoral work in human relationships along with a dissertation on scripture and relationships to show me how wrong I was.
I learned how differently people see the same events. It is still a shock that my wife of 50+ years does not really understand what I am saying. I am so clear tit amazes me when she misunderstands. Then I remember the elephant.
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind), That each by observation, Might satisfy his mind
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“ ‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
Is very like a rope!”
Moral: So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based on a fable that was told in India
What do you see when you look at different people?
AVIS (CBS13) — A UC Davis economics professor has determined there is no American Dream.
Gregory Clark is sharing his research as a hard truth with no hope—whether or not you can get ahead in America is as predictable as any formula In fact, he says, the formulas for social mobility in the United States show there’s nothing to dream about.
“America has no higher rate of social mobility than medieval England, Or pre-industrial Sweden,” he said. “That’s the most difficult part of talking about social mobility is because it is shattering people s dreams.”
Clark crunched the numbers in the U.S. from the past 100 years. His data shows the so-called American Dream—where hard work leads to more opportunities—is an illusion in the United States, and that social mobility here is no different than in the rest of the world “The status of your children , your grandchildren, your great grandchildren your great-great grandchildren will be quite closely related to your average status now,” he said.
UC Davis students CBS13 spoke to dismissed the findings.
“The parents’ wealth has an effect on ones life but it’s not the ultimate deciding factor,” Andy Kim said.
Clark has heard the naysayers before.
“My students always argue with me, but I think the thing they find very hard to accept, is the idea that much of their lives can be predicted from their lineage and their ancestry,” he said.
Stuck in a social status is no American Dream—Clark says it’s the American reality.
“The good news is that this is coming from an economist, because economists are used to being unpopular, and so we are the right people to bear this message that the world is a limiting place,” he said. There’s one caveat to the study, and that is for any one of us, there is always an exception to the rule.
It as published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Do you agree? Can you think of ways to change your status? Read Power Christian Thinking.
Children in Ohio with Specials Needs
Compared to children without special health care needs, CSHCN have 1. difficulty accessing a required level of professional help to align care and referrals among different health care providers and services,
2. have higher unmet needs, and
3. incur more impediments to health care access in general. 4. Families with CSHCN face higher major medical costs than families who do not have a child with special health care needs. 5. Lack of health insurance and poorer health status are associated with greater levels of unmet needs and health care access.
Based on a national sample of children aged 0-17 years from the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) CSHCN accounted for 42.1% of the total health care expenditures in this age category (not including dental costs). Families with CSHCN were two and a half times more likely to have spent more than $1,000 out of pocket in health care expenditures than families who did not have a child requiring special health care needs.
There are a number of factors that predispose (e.g. age, gender, race /ethnicity) and enable (e.g. insurance coverage, usual source of care) access to needed and adequate health care. Along with the nature and severity of the illness or condition, these factors determine what level of health care access a child receives. Much of the academic research studying health care access for CSHCN focuses on the child’s level of health care insurance.
Want to know more? See our web page.
We have also set up a new organization to work with professionals, medical groups, government agencies, etc.
Family Week is This Week in Ohio, Nov. 25, 2014
I am very happy to send this along to my readers. It is from
The State of Ohio, Mental Health and Addiction Department
Families are an essential part of the cultural, social spiritual and economic fabric that helps shape Ohio. In recognition of the key role they play, Gov. John R. Kasich has designated Thanksgiving Week (Nov. 23-29) as “Family Week” in Ohio. OhioMHAS is proud to join with the Kasich Administration, the Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Services Providers and others in celebrating Ohio families. We’re also pleased to share the following Council resources:
The attached statements by the state are fabulous. Read them and affirm what the state us doing. If you want to learn how to strengthen families, see our web.
Diversity in Ohio
Profile of Children with Special Health Care Needs in Ohio Office Family Health Services. Anthony Goudie, Ph.D, Gerry Fairbrother, Ph.D., Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP Keith Mandel, M.D.
Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) constitute a vulnerable subpopulation with elevated needs and complicated utilization of health care services. Based on analysis of the 2008 Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS) an estimated 570,000 children have special health care needs, representing 20.9% of all children aged 0-17 in Ohio.
This report addresses three aims in attempting to understand the health care needs and problems CSHCN encounter; the first is to present a profile of who these children are; secondly, what kinds of problems and barriers do they encounter when interacting with the health care system, and finally to determine the magnitude of these problems in comparison to children without special health care needs.
Sweeten Life Systems has developed tools and processes to support these families. If you want to fully support all families, regardless of their race, color or disability, give us a shout out and go to our web page.
Families are an Asset!(R)
YWAM Vision of Influence
While on a vacation/retreat in Colorado in 1975 Loren Cunningham received a powerful vision from God. It has guided YWAM to develop into the largest Christian Mission in the world. Here is a summary of what Loren heard God say.
YWAM must impact all seven Spheres of Influence in order to bring masses of people to Christ. The seven areas are.
1. The Family
2. The church Family
3. Education and Training
4. Economics, Science, Industry, Research, Innovation, Medicine
5. Media and Communication
6. Arts, Entertainment, Sports,
7. Governance, Politics, Leadership
In my view, this is a brilliant picture of how God will impact nations. YWAM has outreaches in every one of these areas. The ministries we have founded also focus on every one of these areas. However, our specialty is "Building a lifetime of great relationships with God, Self and Others".
In 1975, the same year, Bill Bright received a similar vision. I also switched from Christian Education to developing the Teleios Center at my church.
Now we equip Christians to become involved in all Seven Spheres and use their superior knowledge, skills and Christian wisdom to have an eternal impact. Get my book, Healing Release of the Holy Spirit to see how.
YWAM: God's Force for Spiritual Revolutions
I have been reading a vision Loren Cunningham, the visionary founder of Youth With A Mission received in 1975. It is a fantastic vision that energized Loren and gave him guidance ever since. Listen and watch Loren tell about it in this video.
We at Sweeten Life are quite familiar with YWAM and its innovative, creative and dynamic missionary outreaches. It is, by far, the most innovative Christian organization I know. I think one reason is the original vision is very holistic so every sphere of influence is a target for the YWAM outreach.
Our mission and vision are similar to that Loren received in 1975. When I was President of Equipping Ministries and later as President of Sweeten Life we trained YWAM Missionaries in Counseling, Small Groups and Theology. They continue to use that training in many places.
Break The Poverty Cycle
We have tried to declare war on poverty but I think we lost. It seems that the people who designed the war had a lot of compassion but not much wisdom about how people respond to money, rewards and punishments. There is an old saying in Ministry:
If you want more of the same behavior, reward it.
If you want less, punish it.
In the war on poverty we rewarded the behavior that brings Poverty and punished the behavior that brings Prosperity. Then it is called a Death Spiral.
Can you think of any families, cities or nations that have been in a Death Spiral?
List them in your head:
We equip Christians to prosper spiritually, emotionally and financially. Wherever Christians have lived by the precepts of the Bible they have developed communities of health and growth. You can get the materials and learn how to teach others yourself by applying them to your own life.
Multiply Ministers in Missions
Listening for Heaven's Sake in Russian
Why do we not send American Missionaries overseas?
Because they are not as effective as national Missionaries! It is less expensive and much more efficient to train locals than it is to recruit, train and support an American.
We partner with nationals. We recruit passionate, spiritually mature, committed, and teachable locals who volunteer to teach others.
The Early Church grew at the rate of 40% per year for 300 years by making Converts into Disciples. That is how we have multiplied our leadership in over 100 nations. They are established to be Disciple Makers. We go to Make Disciples not just Make Converts. We know we have been successful when our Disciples are recruiting and making disciples themselves.
22 Years of Expansion in Russia
Even before the Soviet Union collapsed we knew God was calling us to set up our equipping ministry in Russia. We did not know how we could do it behind the Iron Curtain but we believed God was pointing us toward that vast land of 11 Time Zones.
Then, miraculously, in 1989, the whole facade collapsed like an empty balloon. The enslaved populace was set free from the evil slavery of Socialism. There was a promise of an end to murder by state and a lawlessness built on government power and lies.
As a faith based organization, we were severely restricted from any open ministry until 1989. The Soviets killed 92,000 Russian Orthodox Priests and destroyed 12,000 church buildings.
In 1990 I met a Christian Psychologist who invited me to Moscow and a year later I flew from Oslo to Moscow to meet a group of Christians in Psychology. At that meeting was a Psychiatrist who said she wanted to visit us in Cincinnati and learn how we treated people in our Christ centered in-patient units. She came in 1992 and returned to establish an organization designed to train Peer Helpers and Lay Pastors.
Because we always train new people to multiply themselves dozens of times the group has spread all over the Russian Republic. Pray for them. Support them by sending a generous donation.
They must remain anonymous still.
Virtuous Circle 1 For Geometric Expansion
A beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
Example: Compound Interest
How do you design the events in your system to always have a positive impact on consumers and actors?
See my articles and books to learn how!
Why did Jesus practice, teach and model a specific type of education?
Why did Jesus command us to practice that model and not another type of education?
Because He created mathematics!
Why did St. Paul command us to practice the same mode?
He gave gifts to the church of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers to equip/disciple God's people so they can do God's works.
Because he understood math!
It’s like the game: put a single grain of rice into the first chess block. Double it in the next one: two grains of rice. Double it again: four grains. There are 64 blocks in a chess board. Once you go through all 64, you will have 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 grains of rice or about 636,094,623,231,363 pounds. As in trillions.
That’s how exponential math works. It gets big, very quickly.
Why do so few churches obey Jesus' command and talk to big groups rather than disciple future leaders?
Why so many talkers and so few disciple makers?
My friend, Galina, is coming from Russia to tell us how God is using them to disciple that entire nation. Contact us if you want to meet her.
The New Way to Deliver Health Care
The Triple Aim The future of payment and good treatment will be judged by insurance companies and government agencies on three markers. They are called, The Triple Aim.
Aim 1. Increased quality of medical care with less duplication.
Aim 2. Increased Patient and Family Satisfaction about the treatment, care, empathy, warmth and respect shown by the Medical system.
Aim 3. Reduced cost per incident and reduced costs for the entire population.
These are not currently the model so the model must be changed.
Look at our web page to see what we are doing.
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Srebrenica Genocide Blog
DID YOU KNOW? -- Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs torched Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the besieged situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).
EXHIBITION ON SREBRENICA GENOCIDE OPENS IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (JUNE 2 - JULY 2)
PHOTO: Forensic samples from Srebrenica genocide mass graves.
An exhibition revealing in detail the exhumation work in 80 discovered Srebrenica genocide mass graves opened in the Open Society Archives' (OSA) Centralis Gallery in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday.
In the period of July 11-18, 1995, the Bosnian Serb Army massacred over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in and around the small eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, a “safe area” under UN protection. The bodies were first dumped into mass graves; these were later reopened and the commingled remains reburied in secondary mass graves to make their identification more difficult. During the nearly 15 years of investigation, however, more than six thousand victims from 80 mass graves have been identified. The massacre was condemned as genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in a precedent trial, but many still refuse to recognize it as such despite the collected evidence (see: a multitude of facts).
The true scale, the military architecture, and the predetermined and careful organization of the genocide are best revealed in the documents which have been produced as the result of an enormous amount of meticulous investigative work. The map of war crimes created with the help of these “exhibits” provides compelling evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators and serves as a basis for their indictment. A clinically precise yet somewhat detached analysis of documents and data, however, reveals that it is as important for the victims, who, stripped of their identities, were shot down, blindfolded, hands tied behind their backs, into unmarked mass graves, and then were given only identification codes and numbers in the various exhumation records, to regain their identities and have a proper burial and final rest.
OSA’s reconstruction builds primarily on records collected during forensic investigations, exhumations of mass graves and the identification of human remains. Military maps, site sketches and photos, aerial images produced by spy satellites, forensic reports, testimonies by survivors and excerpts from films will be presented partly in traditional forms and partly in computer installations in a reconstructed model of a mass grave, created with the tools of land art. In the gallery’s two aisles adjacent to the main installation, additional archival sources describing the wider context of the story will be available: documents, books and audiovisual materials from OSA’s extensive relevant collections will be displayed for consultation in the research room, and documentaries will be screened in the movie hall. Thus, visitors who wish to continue the exhumation by doing their own archival research become part of the exhibition themselves.
The film program features documentaries about the massacres, the criminal investigations, as well as the mass grave exhumations and identification procedures in the region. Court recordings, interviews with victims, investigators and perpetrators, as well as rare amateur footage provide perspective on the events, their orchestrators, and repercussions. The exhibition will remain open until 2 July 2010.
Wednesday film screenings
Wednesday, June 9, 6 PM
A Cry From the Grave
Leslie Woodhead, UK, 1999, 104 min, English, B/C/S, with English subtitles
This detailed account of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in July 1995, in Srebrenica, relies on eye witness testimonies and on shocking telltale footage. Combining the testimony of witnesses, interviews with senior investigative and judiciary figures, and previously unseen footage shot by the Serbs and Dutch peacekeeping soldiers, the director tells the story of a brutal 72 hours in the life and death of several thousands of Bosniak refugees under the protection of the United Nations’ safe areas. Extracts of the film were shown at the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) in the Hague as well, at the trial of Bosnian Serb commander, General Radislav Krstic, who, alongside indicted war criminal, General Ratko Mladic, was implicated in the genocide.
Wednesday, June 16, 6 PM
Heddy Honigmann, the Netherlands, 1999, 97 min, in Dutch, English subtitles
The film focuses on the experiences of a number of Dutch UN soldiers in various hotbeds of violence around the world such as Korea, Cambodia, Lebanon and former Yugoslavian territories. The director interviewed the "blue helmets" in their native Holland, and the footage depicting the regions involved consists of photographs and home movies that were shot by the soldiers themselves. The vehicle of their recollections is the music they played at the time, which they will forever associate with their war memories. One of them used his music to literally drown out his fear, while another created a musical space with "Stabat Mater," where she could be alone with her thoughts. With a mixture of bravura and emotion, a young man tells about the perilous rides he made through "bomb alley" in Bosnia, invariably playing music by Guns N' Roses at full blast. A film about war, peace missions, post-traumatic stress disorder and those trying to cope with it.
The Scorpions, A Home Movie
Lazar Stojanovic, Serbia, 2007, 52 min, in Serbian, English subtitles
After the breakdown of Yugoslavia, in the summer of 1995, more than 8000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered in and around Srebrenica region by Serbian forces. These forces included the Scorpions, a Serbian paramilitary unit active in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo. The Scorpions filmed their activities, including the murder of six Bosniak civilians. This footage (and related evidence) was subsequently used in the war crimes trials of the Scorpions unit in The Hague and Serbia. The documentary uses the footage filmed by the perpetrators, together with statements of former members and materials recorded by the unit itself in the course of its campaigns, to cast light on the military and individual dimension of the crimes committed.
Srebrenica: Autopsy of a Massacre [WATCH MOVIE HERE]
2008, 52 min, B/C/S and French with English subtitles
Jean-René Ruez, Chief Investigator of the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), spent more than a decade to unearth evidence and reconstruct the sequence of events that occurred in Srebrenica where thousands of Bosniaks were slaughtered in July 1995. Ruez was the central figure in establishing the facts of the “operation” during which more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys fleeing Srebrenica were rounded up by Bosnian Serb forces, shot, buried and then reburied in mass graves to hide the evidence. Following his investigation, during which he gathered evidence that the massacres were a planned and coordinated operation, the atrocities committed and the perpetrators gradually take shape.
Maria Fuglevaag Warsinski, Norway, 1998, 75 min, B/C/S with English subtitles
Utilizing clandestine footage, the director takes an unflinching look at the final days of Srebrenica till the UN's final pullout. Powerful interviews detailing the disparate views of combatants on both sides are woven together with vivid descriptions of the impossible journeys faced by the few civilians who made it out alive.
Bosnia – Lost Images [WATCH MOVIE HERE]
Gert Corba, UK, 2003, 29’, Serbian with English subtitles
Under the watch of Dutchbat soldiers, queues of Muslim men and women are separated by one of General Mladic’s men – haunting images broadcast by TV stations around the world in the wake of the Srebrenica massacre. Shot by Serbian journalist Zoran Petrovic-Pirocanac, who later attempted to cover up the evidence by editing out and erasing important scenes, this tape was used as evidence by the ICTY to indict perpetrators.
Operacija Srebrenica
Zoran Petrovic-Pirocanac, 1995 July 13, 29 min, Serbian with English subtitles
The original footage shot by Serbian journalist Zoran Petrovic-Pirocanac as broadcast on Studio B TV, Belgrade on July 14.
Monument to Unresolved Grief
Kay Mastenbroek and Jaap Verdenius, 2005, the Netherlands, 50 min, B/C/S, Dutch with English subtitles
A documentary about the Srebrenica massacre of July 1995, the film shows the effects of the tragic events on the lives of the parties involved ten years after the fall: a former Dutchbat soldier (UNPROFOR), a Bosnian woman who lost her husband and her son, a former Muslim commander and a former Serbian commander.
Srebrenica – Triumph of Evil
Mina Vidakovic, Mirko Klarin, 2001, 90 min, B/C/S with English subtitles
Produced by SENSE Agency (based in The Hague, ICTY) this documentary about the Srebrenica Trial is the first video-document about a complete trial before an international criminal tribunal after WWII.
More info: www.osaarchivum.org
posted by Srebrenica Genocide at 6:42 PM
ŠTA SE DESILO U SREBRENICI? ↓
Tri godine prije genocida u Srebrenici, Srbi su uništili 296 muslimanskih sela i pobili najmanje 3.166 Bošnjaka, uključujući žene, djecu i starce, u Srebrenici i okolnim opštinama Bratunca, Vlasenice, Rogatice i Višegrada. Već 1993, U.N. je zaključio da se odvija usporeni proces genocida u Srebrenici. U julu 1995, Srbi su sistematski strijeljali preko 8,000 bošnjačkih dječaka i muškaraca, a na stotine žena i djevojčica brutalno silovali.
BOŠNJACI, NE DJELIMO SE ↓
Mi nismo ni 'Bosanci', ni 'Hercegovci', ni 'Muslimani' (sa velikim "M"), nego Bošnjaci
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Form 1 3D Printer
Form 1 3D printer by Formlabs. Source: Formlabs.com
The Form 1 3D printer uses Stereolithography, which is technology in which resin is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light and hardens to form the part. Stereolithography is patented by 3D Systems and both Formlabs and Kickstarter were sued by 3D Systems. But Formlabs continued with the printer and is accepting orders.
How the Form 1 3D Printer Works
The Form 1 uses stereolithography (SL) to 3D print objects. Stereolithography uses a photopolymer process in which liquid resin is exposed to an ultraviolet (UV) laser, which traces a layer of the 3D model image onto the resin. The exposure to light causes a layer of the resin to solidify. The build platform rises and the resin is again exposed to the laser. This process repeats until the part is complete. Formlabs uses in-house Acrylate Photopolymer resin with a professional finish.
Form 1 3D Printer Software
The interfacing software is called PreForm Software. This software converts STL files and slices the model into sections and determines how the layers will be printed. The software’s features include automatic generation of smart support structures to build the part, Auto-Orient which rotates the part in the best possible position for support generation, manual tools for rotation, scaling, and duplication, and a 3D stage viewer to analyze individual print layers.
Form 1 3D Printer Form Finish Kit
The Form 1 includes a Form Finish Kit. The kit includes a finishing tray for components, a dipping basket for part transfer between finishing baths, a scraper to remove extra material, tongs to handle parts, and a drip trough with absorbent material.
Form 1 3D Printer Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications for the Form 1
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SpaceCam
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Press Release – May 23, 2016
Sandra Crawford Goodman, CMO
SPACECAM SYSTEMS, INC.
sandy@spacecam.com
http://www.spacecam.com
Maximus 7-SpaceCam’s new remote stabilized head for camera car, crane, boat, helicopter, track, cable rig and studio work is now available worldwide.
We’re turning your world upside down!
Los Angeles, CA.-May 23, 2016: Spacecam Systems Inc., the Academy Award-winning designers, engineers and manufacturers of SpaceCam, Oculus and now, Maximus 7, brings you the ultimate in gyro stabilization. Maximus 7 is a lightweight carbon fiber head (64lb) that meets every cinematic need. It’s virtually silent in studio, takes on the rugged terrain of camera car work, keeps a level head in high G forces and makes any crane it’s placed on, a better crane. It gets the shot every time!
Measuring just 23.5” x 29.5 x. 8”, Maximus 7 is the go-to head for any production because it can do it all, saving the production money on renting additional heads. It’s really easy to set up and use. The dove tail plate can be mounted on just about anything allowing Maximus 7 to go anywhere you want it to go, with rig changes complete in just a few minutes.
Ron Goodman, designer of Maximus 7 and President of SpaceCam says, “There is no other head like Maximus 7 on the market today. As a cinematographer, I wanted to design something that could get shots we’ve never seen before but with a system that’s easy to use.” Maximus 7 is continuous 360° in pan, tilt and roll giving access to shots that were previously impossible, with speeds up to 240° per second in all axes. It easily mounts in any position and can transition into these positions while operating. Maximus 7 keeps a perfect horizon even under continuous high G forces with negligible drift rate in every axis. There’s no need for a leveling head, saving valuable weight and the tilt axis yoke can be extended by 4” or 6” to accommodate the longest payloads.
The control design packs a ton of features in a compact console with dedicated controls for over 95% of common functions. In addition to traditional wheels, the stick functions are swappable for lefties making set up of your preferences simple. You can choose an optional pan bar or military style hand-held joystick if that’s your preference. These multiple options are designed with the end user in mind-everything is at your fingertips!
SpaceCam provides training for Maximus 7 so that every shoot is a success.
Maximus 7 and Oculus can be seen in Deadpool, Star Trek Beyond, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Baywatch and numerous commercials, working flawlessly. For a complete list of credits, please visit our website at www.spacecam.com.
SpaceCam is free to sell, lease or rent Maximus 7 which is available worldwide with units in Dubai, Germany, Italy and France as well as the US. For information on sales, lease, rental availability or hands-on demo, please contact sandy@spacecam.com.
System Type 7-axis carbon fiber gyro stabilized gimbal
Gimbal Weight 64 lbs. (29 kgs)
Gimbal Dimensions L: 23.5” W: 8” H: 29.5” (60cm x 20cm x 75cm)
Temperature -20° to +50°C (-5° to 122°F)
Pan, Tilt and Roll Limit 360° Continuous in all axes
Pan and Tilt Speed Up to 240° / sec
Payload 75 lb. payload plus (34 kgs)
Maximus 7 Designed, engineered and manufactured in the USA.
About SpaeCam Systems: SpaceCam is an Academy Award-winning design, engineering, manufacturing and 24/7-service company based in Southern California. SpaceCam is committed to providing cinematographers with the highest quality products available for land, sea and air. www.spacecam.com
Academy Award-Winning Designer of SpaceCam, Oculus and Maximus 7, Ron Goodman, Talks about Moving Cinematography Forward
With the recent release of Maximus 7, SpaceCam once again, takes the spotlight with its latest engineering marvel. Ron explains how one gyro stabilized head can disrupt the movie industry and why it’s a game-changer.
The Maximus 7 head provides a new freedom in positioning, stabilizing and controlling cameras on different vehicles as well as specialized applications. No other head has had this wide-ranging ability. Maximus 7 employs a completely new proprietary approach to alleviating external rotational disturbances.
It is vital to the production because it fills the important cross-over needs of traditional studio (silent), crane (sturdy), camera car and aerial applications (stabilized) with virtually no compromises in any of these applications, which means that a single Maximus 7 system can be utilized throughout production, eliminating the need for multiple heads. This translates to budgetary advantages by only needing one head!
A head’s size and weight is especially important for installation challenges on various vehicles. Maximus 7 has a distinct advantage in this respect because it is so compact and lightweight. Most importantly, Maximus 7 is the most operator friendly system in the industry providing a choice of various control device inputs including wheels, two types of joysticks and a pan bar option. No matter what your preference, Maximus 7 has the controls you need. You choose the right controls for the job.
As a cinematographer, I always strive to direct the viewer to see images and visual perspectives that otherwise would not be experienced. Maximus 7 was built with that in mind as it’s 360* seamless cinematography brings visuals that the industry has never seen before. This is a game-changer!
If you’d like to learn more about Maximus 7, and how it’s changing the world of cinematography, please visit our website at www.spacecam.com.
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The Human/Machine Interface
The point of contact between the cinematographer and camera in a remotely-controlled camera system is the control console. Its importance cannot be underestimated. The approach to control console design should be based not only upon steering the camera, but also upon the working environment encountered on stage, on location or in the air.
The question begs to be asked, “Would anyone consider buying a car from a automotive engineer who had never really driven a car”? The answer is obvious but in the motion picture world, the vast majority of remote/stabilized heads are designed by engineers with no cinema experience at all.
A few years ago an aerospace engineer questioned even the need for a custom designed control console. He thought everything could be handled with a laptop computer. “Why go to the expense?, he asked. This perception from designers who have little practical knowledge in the use of these systems has resulted in a series of console design shortcomings for both ground-based and aerial systems. Many control consoles have been simply “after thoughts”. Those of us who have found ourselves in highly stressed shooting environments know the features we would like to have.Read More
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Axes…The Numbers Game
As we all know there are only three ways one can move a camera. They can be panned, tilted and rolled. Therefore it would seem logical that 3 axes would be all that would be needed to be incorporated into a gimbal design. This would be so if not for the annoying mechanical constraints that must be addressed.
The traditional approach to high-level gimbal design is to have a second redundant axis for azimuth (pan, yaw), tilt (pitch) and roll with 3 coarse outer axes and 3 direct drive inner axes. This results in a 6 axis system. What it does not avoid though is a condition known as “gimbal-lock” which briefly is a relationship between the base mounting and the camera or sensor direction in which the camera loses the ability to be controlled or stabilized in a certain direction. (A system with this problem can still “look straight down” contrary to the understanding of some). In order to truly solve this “gimbal-lock” challenge, an additional outer primary axis is required.
Carbon Fiber…Handsome is as……
Yes it is beautiful, the lovely refraction of light from the glistening carbon strands under the glass finish…. but its appeal was not designed to be cosmetic. Properly applied, carbon fiber structural design provides up to 3 times the strength of steel in a structure of the same weight or, to put it another way, it provides the same strength in a structure weighing one third of the weight. The latter relationship is the major attraction.
From the outset, the material of choice for the new Oculus gimbal system from SpaceCam was carbon fiber. The learning process to understand its ultimate application is not quickly attained. It requires decades of experience. This was a major consideration in the selection of team members for the Oculus project as our goal was to utilize this material in an optimal manner that would result in a lightweight, yet very rigid structure. We did not want to just end up with a cool-looking end-cap.
This has been achieved. The total weight of the carbon fiber structure for Oculus is 12lbs, (5.4kg). When motors, electronics and other components are added the total weight ends up around 45 honest lbs. We are led to believe that this is by far the lightest gimbal in its class.
A low mass structure in a gimbal translates to faster control responses (400 deg./sec for Oculus, see the last posting), improved stability performance and offers many advantages when supporting the system on camera cranes, cars, boats and aircraft, in short, it is a very good attribute…and by the way… it looks very cool.
…..Stay Tuned…
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Control Speeds …and the Oculus System
Pan and Tilt speeds of remote heads and stabilized camera gimbals have always presented a challenge to designers. Traditionally, these systems have been lacking in sufficient control speeds to adequately cover the fast-action found in many modern films and commercials. The need for a large dynamic range of control speeds is unique to the professional motion picture industry. Notably, it is not a design requirement in aerospace or law enforcement air or ground surveillance systems. Consequently, today’s gimbal systems simply cannot meet the challenge of high speed action shooting.
So what pan and tilt rates might be considered as “entry level” in this market area? Experience based on 4 decades of gimbal/head use and design in the professional motion picture arena suggests that 100°/ sec would be a good figure. Anything in the region of 45°/sec relegates a system used in the air for instance, to “scenics” or simple establishing shots. Such a system would not be competitive in this field.
Control is not just about speed but is also about quality as defined by acceleration/deceleration, smoothness, lag, bounce and overshoot. Certainly when these aspects are considered, the maximum pan and tilt speeds claimed by some are found to be unusable in the real world.
When we started the design of Oculus, control speed as well as stabilization performance was foremost in our minds. As with everything, sufficient power is needed to achieve a goal and more power should be held in reserve to handle unforeseen demands. This is the case with Oculus. It is probably the most powerful gimbal design in its class.
Oculus Control Speed Specifications
(Achieved) with equivalent mass and moment of full-bodied Arri Alexa with Angenieux 12:1 zoom
Pan and Tilt: 0 to 400° per second, de-rated to 200° per second.
Zero lag, bounce and overshoot even when maximum control rate is instantaneously removed. (Oculus employs several features to assist the operation at very high pan and tilt rates…more on this later).
System exhibits extreme smoothness of control at all speeds.
Pan and Tilt Acceleration: 200°/sec/sec
Roll: 180° per second.
Roll Acceleration: 180°/sec/sec
Spacecam Announces Production Of The Oculus Stabilized Gimbal
SpaceCam Systems is proud to announce production of the first 20 Oculus stabilized camera gimbals in its new CNC shop.
The new Oculus stabilized camera gimbal from SpaceCam easily transcends the capabilities of competing systems, and presents new and unique aesthetic opportunities for directors and directors of photography in the motion picture industry.
The Oculus gimbal head revolutionizes the operational envelope of such devices as it is basically free of movement and control restrictions. Faster, smoother, lighter, stronger, quieter and able to look in any direction from any position, Oculus is poised to change the creative concept of the cinematographer and director.
….Stay tuned
Spacecam completes 3 Month Filming on “Hobbit”
Los Angeles, March 2, 2012 – SpaceCam RX has just completed a 3 month filming schedule on the Hobbit in New Zealand. The initial requirement was broken into two parts of a 2 month and 1 month
duration. These shoots involved hundreds of flight hours. The new SpaceCam RX system was configured for 3D shooting with two Red Epic Cameras. The new system incorporates many new
features including image roll, straight down pan and a multiplex single mode fiber optic line for image data transmission through a rotary joint. The system demonstrated superb reliability and completed the shooting period without a single lost shot despite an average of 7 to 8 hours in the air every day. David Nowell performed the Aerial DP duties assisted by Andrew Sych of SpaceCam. The team plans to return later in the schedule to contribute more stunning aerials to the project.
For further information, please visit www.spacecam.com or contact Sandra Crawford at 818.889.6060.
SpaceCam to Offer Leica M Series Lens Mount for Red EPIC Camera
Los Angeles, July 19, 2011: SpaceCam has developed and successfully tested a Leica M Series Lens Mount for the Red EPIC Camera. This adds to the Wht&Blu line of SpaceCam Accessories for the RED Epic Camera. Please visit our store (store.spacecam.com) and order yours today! Read More
Spacecam Systems, Inc. Announces SPACECAM RX
Los Angeles, June 27, 2011: Following a study of industry needs, Spacecam has incorporated a series of extensive design enhancements to its gyro stabilized systems. The new Spacecam RX will include:Read More
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In 2012, to coincide with its 50th anniversary celebrations, the Holy Monastery of Saint George in Yellow Rock commissioned the creation of the icon of ‘Panagia of Yellow Rock’ by the iconographer Peter Stefanovic. The initiative was made possible with the blessing of the primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos. It is an unprecedented event for the world’s smallest continent and one that bears sacred significance. His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos also gave the blessing for the composition of a special service and supplicatory canon dedicated to Panagia of Yellow Rock, which were written by the hymnographer and Metropolitan of Rhodes, His Eminence Cyril Kogerakis.
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Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Amazon will open a new fulfillment center in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties, creating 1,000 new jobs.
“I am excited to announce that Amazon will expand its operations here in Georgia,” said Governor Kemp. “This announcement demonstrates that the Peach State has proven itself as a leading competitor for investment from the world’s most revered companies, and I am excited for the opportunities that this new facility will create for hardworking Georgians in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties.”
“Amazon is proud to serve customers across Georgia and throughout the southeast region of the United States,” said Roy Perticucci, Vice President of Customer Fulfillment at Amazon. “Amazon has found an outstanding workforce, strong local support, and incredible customers in the state, and we look forward to creating 1,000 new, full-time jobs with industry leading pay and benefits on day one.”
Amazon will lease a built-to-suit building, which will be developed by Seefried Industrial Properties, and cover acreage in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties. Employees at the approximately 700,000 square foot facility will pick, pack, and ship customer orders. In addition, Amazon will hire for roles in human resources, operations management, safety, security, finance, and information technology.
“We’re proud to have Amazon expanding their footprint in Georgia and thrilled to have them in Gwinnett,” said Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chair Charlotte Nash. “The distribution center brings a tremendous financial investment, representing 1,000 new jobs and numerous business opportunities for the local economy. On behalf of myself and Gwinnett County, we look forward to this momentous partnership between our community and one of the world’s leading online retailers.”
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Posted by Susan on Jun 12, 2017 in Ketubah Art, News, Papercuts, Visual Art | 0 comments
The simplicity of this ketubah belies the complexity of the couples’ intentions and the work involved in bringing their vision to life. We began with a request for leafy images of the turning of the season and a very simple papercut design. After many sketches sent back and forth, we hit upon a design that nests the text in a pattern of abstracted twigs. The seasons are referenced in tiny buds, opening blossoms, new leaves, and finally aging and falling leaves – only a few for each season. It’s worth the effort to spot the seasons this way! The background color took 5 different tubes of paint to mix in order to match the periwinkle blue paint chip that the couple chose. The background was painted on a stretched sheet of watercolor paper and then the text and papercut image were dropped on top to allow the cut paper to sit a bit forward.
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I describe myself as a Jewish Culture Worker. My life work is bringing Yiddish into peoples' lives through song, and expanding the world of Jewish visual arts with calligraphy and papercut art. I always maintain a commitment to historic forms while seeking the relevant, new, and finely-crafted. My work's been called "exuberant, earthy, touching, and surprising." I will travel to your community to unfurl the world of Jewish arts!
“The ketubah you created for Micah and me was more amazing than we imagined it would be. Thank you for your patience and creativity!’ – Micah and Melissa
What’s Susan up to?
February 18, 2018 - Susan will be hosted by the Sholem Aleichem Center in the Bronx for a concert. Come for a shmuez (a chat) and stay for the music!
As part of the Sacred: Image, Text, Ritual exhibit at Lebanon Valley College, Susan will be presenting a lecture recital titled "Words as Homeland: Where Jewish Text, Art, and Song Converge to Express a Culture." Thursday, February 8, 2018, 5 pm at the Zimmerman Recital Hall.
A wonderful arts residency in Teaneck, NJ at Congregation Beth Sholom concluded with a full concert, accompanied by Adrian Banner on Piano. Enthusiasm and learning flowed back and forth the entire time. Fabulous community!
What a great night at the Jalopy in Brooklyn on June 16, 2016 as my new trio with Lauren Brody and Jake Shulman-Ment stepped out to strut our stuff! Many languages, many musical cultures, and great joy in blending our voices and instruments.
In the beautiful summer landscape of Rindge, New Hampshire, I was privileged to teach traditional Jewish papercut arts at the annual National Havurah Committee's Summer Institute. We turned a large, sunny room into an art studio, and the class burst into enthusiastic art creation. I love the celebratory greeting of everyone's creations as skills and appreciation deepen over four days of classes. I'll come to you! Just ask!
Back to the Catskills, this time teaching for HAZAK, a group under the umbrella of United Synagogue that offers among its programs an annual summer week of learning and camaraderie. I used my lecture/recital format to widen the world of Yiddish song for about 150 life-long learners as we studied, laughed, sang a bit, and grew to know one another in Kerhonkson, NY.
When Nancy Spielberg screened her film Above and Beyond in Harrisburg's Chisuk Emuna Congregation, I was tapped to create a papercut gift for her. I chose the color scheme of her promotional material and the Hebrew words which translate into "Be strong... and strengthen one another." The filmmaker and I are shown here. (photo by Josh Damrauer)
Each year the myriad of faith communities in the Harrisburg region come together to celebrate in song. Here's an image of my participation, sharing the beauty of Yiddish song at the Pine Street Presbyterian Church.
One of three children's programs to wind up a hectic and marvelous Scholar in Residence program at Congregation Beth El in Fairfield, CT. Lectures, singing programs, explorations of Yiddishkayt - and a debut concert of the new Leviton/Brody duo in concert! I'll happily come to your community, too!
Yiddish Culture on St. Croix! I received the warmest welcome all across the island where I had the opportunities to teach a vocal arts class in a school, offer an adult papercutting workshop, lecture in the synagogue, and get the whole audience at the Reformed Church singing along in multiple languages! Cultural seeds planted and the smiles, voices, and hugs still linger in memory!
The Judson Church off Washington Square was packed with well over 300 people on December 30, 2014, to honor the memory and brilliance of Adrienne Cooper, and to award Michael Wex with this year's Dreaming in Yiddish prize. Below is an image of the finale of the musical performance of the Kanonen song from Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera, translated from the German into Yiddish by Wex himself. An all-star band backed us as we belted out the Army Song and others, accompanied by the brilliant puppetry and staging of Great Small Works and Power Point translations which made the text a little less inscrutable! What a night! Singers below include Sarah Gordon, Eleanor Reissa, Tine Kindermann, Dan Kahn, myself, and others.
A whirlwind arts week in Caldwell, NJ at Congregation Agudath Israel allowed me to open Jewish folk arts to energetic groups from preschoolers through elders. The tots sang and acted out Yiddish songs with costumes and props, the school students (4 larger groups) explored paper arts and traditional papercutting, and adults were treated to a series of lecture recitals, everything taking place in a large space where I hung over 35 works of framed art. What a fabulous arts residency for all of us together!
Nearly 100 people attended a lecture/recital stitching together I. B. Singer's writing and the artists who illustrated his books as Susan sang her way through the bookshelves, Sunday, November 16, at Chisuk Emuna Congregation in Harrisburg, PA. This was the second event in the year's programming under a grant from the Koster Foundation.
I was guest lecturer at Dickinson College today, October 6, singing my way through a program on Jews and Food. Unlike the light weight singalongs I often do on this topic, the class took food songs into the framework of Hasia Diner's examination of the place of food in Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement through acculturation in America. 15 songs unpacked! A great eye-opening experience for all!
Heeding God's Call is a national organization working at a grassroots level to end gun violence and straw buying. On September 18, within days of two gun murders in Harrisburg, I participated in an interfaith program at the MLK Baptist Church in the heart of our city. We 'sang' Reisen's Dos Naye Lid together as the assembled crowd held colored cards with words in Yiddish and English.
A happy bride at the huppah with her papercut ketubah! 'Tis the season, and I've been busy with commissions of all sorts!
A full week of learning and teaching at the Havurah Summer Institute was a welcome experience again this year. Located at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, about 300 Havurahniks from infancy to elder sage-age filled days and nights with enthusiastic work, food, music, and exploration. I taught classes in Yiddish song and helped create a soundscape for Tisha B'Av this summer. Loved it!!!
A lovely way to begin the summer's KlezKamp's Wisconsin adventure was a solo concert at Chai Point in Milwaukee. Jill Gellerman and were welcomed to the beautiful facility and then I sang for and with a great crowd of elders, eager to be part of the action!
Quite a surprise when I met the truck from Welch Signage in Maine, carrying the massive synagogue feature wall I had designed, to see a piece of my own artwork prominently displayed on both sides of the vehicle!
I performed for over 100 people at beautiful Maris Grove in Pennsylvania's Delaware County on May 13. As part of the PA Humanities Council's program of Commonwealth Speakers, I was able to bring the sound of Yiddish to an audience largely unfamiliar with the language and culture. As always, common threads were immediately found!
Verrry busy these days creating a synagogue feature wall, but I took time last week to be interviewed for Ted Merwin's article "The Aesthetics of Judaism" in The New York Jewish Week. Here's a quote: "For Susan Leviton, a ketubah-maker, paper-cut artist and Yiddish folk song performer ..., it was during the 1960s and ’70s, when many Jews flocked back to their roots, that Jews... 'took Judaism back into their own hands' and began braiding challahs and tie-dying prayer shawls. Hiddur mitzvah 'alters us as we fulfill a mitzvah or perform a ritual,' she told me. A Midrash (Song of Songs Rabbah 1.15) suggests that observance of the commandments makes Jews beautiful, even as Jews glorify God through hiddur mitzvot."
An outpouring of love and creativity filled the room as we honored the memory of Adrienne Cooper and saw Jenny Romaine accept the first Dreaming in Yiddish award for her visionary work. Here's Susan on stage with Alicia Svigals, Jake Shulman-Ment, Benjy Fox Rosen, Aaron Alexander, Michael Winograd, and Dan Blacksberg, 12/21/13. (Photo by Bob Blacksberg)
When Goucher College Hillel welcomed a gift of two Torah scrolls, I was honored to craft mantles and wimples. So much silk! Garnet polished to look like pomegranate seeds! Text and the visions of students to work with! A grand experience.
A totally spectacular group of artists, writers, social activists, and even puppeteers joined me for a week of creative work as I served as Artist in Residence at the 2013 National Havurah Conference Summer Institute in Rindge, NH. In 4 days of intense collective learning and creating, we built a musical theater production in a box (a cranky) and shared the story of the plight of needleworkers, past and present, with 300 others in a rapt audience!
It was a beautiful day in Baltimore as the Jewish Museum of Maryland presented its annual Risch Memorial Program. I was delighted to be the featured performer, following brief, powerful presentations by Andres Salguero, Ssuuna, and the DC Turkish Folk Music Group. It always touches me to rediscover the points of connection among immigrant communities, regardless of geographic homes, cultures, and reasons for relocation. A brilliant celebration of cultures!
Over 350 pieces of beautiful Youghiogheny Art Glass hand-cut, and now I'm on to wet-grinding the edges! It's a new skill that I'm happy to add to my resume as I take on the responsibility to create a soaring double wall of glass above the Torah ark for Chisuk Emuna Congregation in Harrisburg, building anew after a destructive fire in 2009. Check back in mid-May for a look at the completed wall!
Getting closer to a new recording! Michael Winograd spent a day in the studio on March 28 with Frank London, Dan Blacksberg, Hadar Noiberg, and Alec Speigelman to lay down horn tracks for my as-yet-unnamed CD. Dan Kahn joined in as a special guest vocalist. Next will come strings and soon after that the mixing and mastering, printing and artwork, and OT AZOY! A new Yiddish recording!
A whirl of creative activity has sent me to the sewing machine to craft two Torah mantles for Goucher College Hillel. One of the scrolls is a rescued Torah from Czechoslovakia, so armed with a palette of palest greys, golds, silvers, and ivories, I headed to Chinatown in NYC on a rainy day to seek silks! What a delight to discover Belraf Fabrics, owned by an Uzbeki couple. A trip around the world in fabric! Take a peek here are the first days' construction.
I'll be guest lecturing at Dickinson College in Professor Ted Merwin's class during the week that we commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. My program on the fire in words and Yiddish song continues to grow as I learn, and to sadly resonate as we all ponder how little has changed in global workplace safely in the last century. See "Upcoming Events" for details.
Each year as KlezKamp ends, I proclaim, "This was the best ever!" And every year I mean it. And this year I mean it more! The staff concert nearly lifted the roof off what had been, in its glory days The Granite Hotel in the Catskills. My classes (traditional papercutting and "Our Lives are in our Songs") were filled with curious, thoughtful participants who challenged one another to take each idea to a new level. What an experience. Do not miss this next December!! (sneak peek? Check out the KlezKamp post under Upcoming Events for a video clip!)
December 22, 2012. Kaye Theater in Manhattan. I soared on the energy of dozens of the finest performers of Yiddish song and Klezmer as we paid tribute to Adrienne Cooper's memory in a three-hour concert of the songs she most loved. What a thrill to sing 'Di Arbuzn' a cappella, in three parts with women performers including Alicia Svigals, Lauren Brody, Shura Lipovsky, and Marsha Gildin. It was both a humbling and energizing evening. Sing out!
I've just been selected as one of ten 2013 Guild of American Papercutters/X-acto Masters. This means over the course of the coming year I will be testing tools and materials and interacting with other artists to hone our skills and increase interest in papercutting arts. Very exciting!
Are you aware of the Commonwealth Speakers program under the PA Humanities Commission? Every two years, a roster of artists, story-tellers, historians, and musicians selected by the PHC are able to travel the state offering specific programs at no cost to groups (schools, libraries, state parks, etc.!) other than a basic application fee. I just returned from Ohev Sholom in Williamsport and will head to Reading on Thursday to bring Women's Voices in Yiddish Song to the Federation's Friendship Circle there. Visit the website at www.pahumanities.org and check it out! Free programming! What are you waiting for???
It's been a long time coming, but here I am, immersed in the joy of working in collaboration with brilliant musicians as I prepare a new recording! Production is in the fine hands of Michael Winograd, and the initial tracks have been laid down with David Licht, Jake Shulman-Ment, Carmen Staaf, Garth Stevenson, and Avi Fox-Rosen, with Lauren Brody and others joining in soon! Hmm... mostly Yiddish, with some surprises mixed in, and everything from spare acoustic accompaniment to over-the-top orchestrations. There'll be more and more about the project as it emerges from its infancy, so watch for news! Perhaps a concert or cd release party in your neighborhood down the line...
Kesher Zion Congregation in Reading, PA welcomed me as artist-in-residence for the weekend of November 9, 2012, as the congregation honored the memories of Dr. Robert Greenberg and Evelyn Blumberg. I was delighted to find myself in the company of the congregation's brilliant Rabbi Minna Bromberg and rooms full of enthusiastic people hungry to experience new 'takes' on Jewish culture. My programming included a presentation of Yiddish songs of spiritual yearning, a lecture on contemporary Jewish ritual art, and then a rollicking concert on Saturday night with the newly expanded Old World Folk Band! Be sure to check the "Upcoming Events" tab to see where else I'm scheduled to spread YIddish culture!
I can't say enough about the wonderful Tree of Life Congregation in MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, where I just spent a weekend as scholar in residence. If you go to my 'coming events' tab, you may see the whole arc of the weekend, but I want to focus here on the response to my "Rage Against the Sewing Machine" presentation on Saturday night, October 27. Among the folks in attendance were physicians, attorneys, and workplace safety experts who each added to a passionate conversation about the effects of completely unregulated natural gas extraction on West Virginians, coal miners' safety issues, and even the plight of disabled people in sheltered workshops who, like the needle workers of 100 years ago, are largely groups without a voice. 'The more things change, the more they stay the same.' And yet we still find inspiration to act for social justice when we learn and sing the songs of our forebears. "Give us bread and give us roses!"
A radio interview for a BALTIMORE station (WVIE 1370) allowed me to share some insights into the history of labor activism in the United States on September 2, 2012 - Labor Day weekend. So much more meaningful than running to sporting goods stores for sale items, this was a chance to engage listeners in anthemic Yiddish songs and their contexts. So many songs... so little time! But every time a Yiddish song is SUNG, it lives a new life.
It's late summer, so a trip to the BLOCK AND HEXTER VACATION CENTER in Poyntelle, PA came around on my calendar. My teaching schedule allowed me to alternate sessions with fellow presenter Saul Silas Fahti, as we worked to expand the artistic, musical, polititcal, and in Saul's case, even cosmological horizons of the elders who flocked to the Poconos to participate, learn, and (it's a Jewish camp!) eat 3 squares a day. Whether singing, lecturing, or engaging in issues, I always learn from interactions with program participants. One highlight this year was meeting two Hungarian-born sisters who offered me a macaronic (mixed language) song that alternates lines between Hungarian and German/Yiddish. Will it make the cut on my upcoming recording? Stay tuned!
A quick trip to MADISON, WISCONSIN as part of "A Bisele KlezKamp" on July 22 was a terrific bright spot in a busy summer season! Over 200 people buzzed around programming by some of the best teacher/artists in the Yiddish folk arts world as Michael Wex, Cookie Segelstein, Lauren Brody, Henry Sapoznik, Sherry Mayrent, Miriam Isaacs, David Spies, Sara Gordon, Kurt Bjorling, Steve Weintraub, and I managed to compress a week's worth of learning into one fabulous day. Keep up-to-date with U. OF WISCONSIN'S MAYRENT CENTER to find out what Yiddish programming will be offered throughout the year before our triumphant return next summer!
On Friday night prior to 'ABKK' I was hosted by Congregation Shaarei Shomayim where I presented an a cappella lecture/recital titled "Healing the World in Yiddish Song." Given the political upheavals and charged emotions in Madison these days, the program was a welcome one. The room was packed with people of all ages, and it was a special joy to me to be singing in a room within Frank Lloyd Wright's historic Unitarian Church, where the congregation meets regularly.
Lauren Brody and I head to PITTSBURGH on June 3 for two concerts, a family event in the morning, and a full concert in the late afternoon at the JCC, in conjunction with the Jewish Museum's exhibit on the artists who illustrated the works of I.B. Singer. We're working up new material and are delighted that both PennPAT and the PA Humanities Council are supporting the program with generous grants. Come celebrate Yiddish culture!
Healing the World in Yiddish - This lecture/recital program drew people from a wide variety of backgrounds and ages to a program sponsored but DICKINSON COLLEGE, the Literary Heritage Fund, Association for Jewish Studies, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg on April 24. With PowerPoint translations and even a visit from Dan Kahn and the Painted Bird on screen, we explored the drive for human rights that infuses Yiddish song, and the activism that the songs inspire. As part of a series titled "Telling Jewish Stories through the Arts," the evening's riches were obvious as participants lingered over tea and cake and shared the stories that bubbled up in response to the presentation. What a great night!
On Sunday, April 1, the Jewish Federation of Greater DAYTON and the Lynda A. Cohen Yiddish Club welcomed Lauren Brody and me for a concert. It was the first time that Lauren and I had the opportunity to present a full concert and we felt like siblings on the stage, finding parallel expressions of meaning and intention in her accordion and my voice without even a nod or a word. Utilizing the full range of her instrument, Lauren crafted a unique setting for each song, and the 'whole cloth' was fantastic.
We're already warming up for an upcoming event in June, so stay tuned for details!!
MAURICE SENDAK! I write this on the day of Maurice Sendak's passing. (If you haven't heard both the recent Fresh Air interview and the hilarious pair of Colbert interviews with the incomparable Mr. Sendak, go find them NOW and come back here in an hour...) I am grateful and humbled to have had the opportunity to spend several months immersed in the life and work of Mr. Sendak, preparing for a program built around the Rosenbach's exhibit of the influences of his Jewish world on his life's work. So on Sunday, April 15, the Haverford Public Library swelled with the sounds of Klezmer as I took over the children's wing of the library to present "Yiddish in the Nutshell" with Ken Ulansey on clarinet and Heath Allen on keyboard. Sendak's early life in a Yiddish-speaking immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn, the awareness of evil in the world, and the fears and bravery of children shaped much of his life's work, and I blended his personal life into songs and stories for a rollicking hour. The program was interactive, with sing-alongs, props, costumes, and wild Sendakian tales abounding. It was a Yiddishe Vilde 'Rumpus' for everyone's inner child! Pick up a book by Maurice Sendak and look deeply into it. You may be changed!
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE Hillel hosted me on Tuesday night, March 20 for a program in song and story on the actual history of the Sarajevo Hagaddah. It was a real one-woman show as I demonstrated design, lettering, and gilding techniques of the centuries-old masterpiece, as well as recounted its improbable story interspersed with songs in the Sarajevo dialect of Judeo-Spanish, in Yiddish, and in Hebrew, along with a Moroccan chant - all related to the Hagaddah. The audience included students, college faculty, and local residents, and there was a lively Q and A at the conclusion of the program. Lafayette has a gorgeous old campus perched above the city of Easton at the confluence of the Delaware and Raritan rivers. I hope to return!
LAUREN BRODY will join me in presenting a full concert in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday, April 1 for the annual event honoring the memory of Lynda A. Cohen. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to share the stage and have been working up two terrific sets for the Yiddish club and expected gathered throngs!
A presentation of my concert "Women's Voices in Yiddish Song" at Penn State University in Middletown, PA on February 23 drew people from Lancaster, York, Lebanon, and the greater Harrisburg area. Having been interviewed for an upcoming article in a Dayton, Ohio paper the night before, I kept thinking during the concert of a particular question I was asked: "What do you want people to take away from your performance?" So I'll tell you: I want people to be so surprised and touched that they come away with a desire to dig a little deeper into Yiddish culture and discover something about themselves. The values and history that are packed into our songs go far in teaching us how to know ourselves if we just open our hearts a bit. That's why I sing. Oh, and also, I sing because I can't NOT sing!!
Only a week to go before Kerhonkson, NY becomes the temporary capital of Yiddishland! This year at KlezKamp I'll be teaching the hands-on papercutting course and a four-session a capella lecture/recital course.
I'm especially looking forward to the time I'll be carving out with fellow PennPAT artist SUSAN WATTS to work on some vocal duets and arrangements, and to begin taking concrete steps towards my NEW RECORDING, which will be produced by the amazing MICHAEL WINOGRAD! Check this website regularly for announcements, too, of a new duo in the works featuring MICHAEL WEX and Susan Leviton. Use your imagination for now - details to follow soon!
On Sunday, November 20, 2011, I presented a "Conversation with the Artist" in conjunction with the "Making it Better: Folk Art in Pennsylvania Today" exhibit in which one of my papercuts is featured. I demonstrated the art of Jewish papercutting and shared insights into its history and contemporary expressions with about 30 museum-goers. On exhibit through April 29, 2012, Making It Better tells the stories of over 30 master artists whose works represent a wide array of traditions such as African dance, stone wall construction, Native American clay flutes, Pysanky eggs, contemporary blacksmith work, woodcarving, and Vietnamese funerary portraits. I'm honored to have been chosen to have my work represented among so many brilliant examples of folk arts.
Groundbreaking for Chisuk Emuna Congregation's new synagogue took place in Harrisburg on Sunday, October 16, 2011, and over 350 people celebrated with a block party that featured kugel in a sukkah, carnival food, games and abundant crafts for children, and an afternoon of outstanding music: klezmer, jazz, and old-timey. Bands set up on a concrete pad at one end of the soon-to-be-a-shul property, and music filled the air! I had the pleasure of singing once again with the Old World Folk Band, which has recently welcomed several new musicians as regulars, and which added additional guest performers for the outdoor event.
The synagogue was destroyed by an accidental fire in 2009, and more recently was left homeless when The Flood of 2011 forced the congregation from temporary quarters in the JCC. The sense that the next plague was waiting in the wings was banished by the wonderful welcome to a new neighbrhood, and it looks like the block party may become an annual event!
A whirlwind few days at the 14th annual IAYC (International Association of Yiddish Clubs) conference in Novi, Michigan offered me the opportunity to perform and teach, and to meet people from all over the country who gathered to celebrate Yiddish culture. Highlights for me were presenting my powerful lecure/recital, "Rage Against the Sewing Machine" in this 100th anniversary year following the Triangle Fire, and joining Dan Kahn on the bandstand following my solo concert.
To see parts of one of my programs at the conference, please visit www.yiddishlives.com/susanleviton
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Home Paramartha Tattvam Year 2014 Akshara-Brahma Yoga
Akshara-Brahma Yoga
|| भगवद्गीतासारः ||
M. R. Dwarakanath
Introduction: Eknath Easwaran in his book ‘The Bhagavad Gita’ usesthe title ‘The Eternal Godhead’ for Akshara-Brahma Yoga for the subject of this chapter. The subject moves from the message thus far on Karma, Sannyasa and Jnana to how souls and Yogis can reach the eternal godhead. Krishna also addresses a number of assorted topics in this chapter. At the end of the previous chapter, Krishna introduced new terminology, which naturally prompted Arjuna to ask for an elucidation of such terms. In addition, Arjuna asks about the sacrificial principle in the body and how one might contemplate on Him (the Lord) at the time of death. A part of Krishna’s answer to the last question is enigmatic as it is unclear how the answer is to be taken – literally or in some Lakshanika or figurative sense.
It may help to recall the final two verses of chapter-7 where Krishna says: Those who having taken refuge in me, striving for relief from old age and death, get to know that Brahman as well as the entire field of actions. Those who see me as manifesting in Adhyatama, Adhibhuta, Adhidaiva, and Adhiyajna, while being yoked to the intellect even at the time of death, realize me.
The Technical Terms are: Adhyatama, Adhibhuta, Adhidaiva, and the Adhiyajna. They appear here for the first time in the Lord’s teaching and naturally elicits the question from Arjuna who wants further explanation, and also how one with mind focused, can reach out to Krishna at the final hour. The prefix Adhi is used as an intensive or something that stands apart as best in class. Krishna provides a terse response to each of these terms. Brahman is the highest immutable and eternal. The essential nature (Svabhava) or the conscious self, not the ego, is Adhyatma, The insentient non-eternal is Adhibhuta. The Purusa or the supreme spirit is Adhidaiva. Krishna being immanent in one’s body and partaking of the sacrificial offering is Adhiyajna. In Gita-5.29, Krishna says much the same that he is the enjoyer of all sacrifices. Similarly in Gita-15.14, he refers to himself as Vaiswanara that is responsible for digesting the food. Consumption of food is to be seen as an offering of oblation or a Yajna. Karma is the process by which both sentient and insentient are created. Karma is the cause of all change in the Darshanas. These technical terms have been elaborately interpreted by the Acaryas but it is sufficient to stay with Krishna’s definition for the purpose of this article.
The Soul’s hankering at the time of death determines its future. Krishna says that when one breathes one’s last with mind set on Him, the supreme, there is no doubt that he will reach him. This is release. He adds: whatever one is ruminating on in the final moments of life, such a soul will realize the same. This idea is in contrast to predestination. The future can be willed, at least in principle. When a Jeeva has unrealized desires, it gets fixated on it and keeps brooding over it especially later in life as an unmet goal. This is called Vasana. Vasanas direct the Jeeva’s future as if to satisfy its unmet hankering in this life, at least in the next. It is thus up to each Jeeva to prepare for its desired future outcome. The episode of Jadabharta, who was born as a deer because of his attachment to a motherless fawn to the end of his life, illustrates this point aptly.
Noble thoughts cannot necessarily be willed at the last moment for a desirable outcome! Thus, it is necessary to constantly practice thinking noble thoughts at all times so that it becomes second nature and stays with the individual even to the end when the mind is likely to be agitated. Thus, if the desire is for release or reaching the supreme, one should keep meditating on the Lord at all times. When the mind is thus focused on him always, there can be no doubt that one will remember Him at the critical time of passing and reach Him. However, this is not easy; it is a struggle to constantly focus the mind on noble thoughts and deeds and not let the mind drift to other worldly preoccupations. Having lectured about cultivating noble thoughts and deeds, Krishna is aware that this may the escape hatch Arjuna is looking for and dodge the task at hand; so reminds him about the fight at hand! Arjuna’s duty is to fight the righteous war but he can still do so as an offering to the Lord which is not in conflict with the teaching just received.
Yogic Meditation for release: Krishna now gives an arduous prescription for reaching the supreme; the how of it especially suited for a Yoga master. He says one who meditates on the supreme with thoughts aligned with constant practice, and not letting the mind drift elsewhere will surely reach the effulgent Purusa. One who at the time of death, full of devotion, with a steady mind, mustering the strength of Yoga brings to focus the Pranic energy in the region between the eyebrows, contemplates on the omniscient, the eternal, the law giver, subtler than the subtle, the sustainer of all, having unimaginable form, splendorous as the sun and beyond darkness, attains the divine Purusa. This Purusa, known by those versed in the Vedas as the imperishable, is reached by the sages who have overcome all attachments and desirous of it lead a life of abstinence. The Yogi who casts off his body while shutting tight all the gates of the body, confining the mind in the heart, bringing the Pranic energy to the crown of the head, maintaining Yogic composure, uttering the sacred syllable OM and remembering Krishna will reach the supreme goal. The gates of the body number nine; possibly eleven if the navel and the fontanel are also included. These gates represent the sense organs of knowledge and action. They are the sources of distraction and perturbation. Shutting the gates implies reining in the senses and desires. When Prana or the vital breath leaves the body through the crown of the head (fontanel) or Brahma-randhra, there is no rebirth. This is a tall order for an ordinary initiate but attainable by a Yogic master. Krishna assures that he is easily reached by such Yogis who are ever engaged and remember him constantly without letting the mind wander. Having reached him there is no rebirth which is the abode of sorrow and where all things are ephemeral. Even those who reach the abode of Brahma are destined to return but not those who reach Krishna.
The four Faced Brahma: The learned know that a day of Brahma consists of a thousand Caturyugas – a span of 4.32 Billion human years. Similar is the span of a night of Brahma. Creation is the process by which the non-manifest comes to manifest. This act is like the sprouting of a seed into a sapling and a tree. The seed is potency while the tree is manifest. Creation begins with Brahma’s day and with the arrival of Brahma’s nightfall the reverse (dissolution) occurs; all manifest creation reverts to its potential form. The hordes of beings, subject to rebirths, dissolve into the seed form when the cosmic night begins only to blossom at the beginning of the cosmic day. Beyond this non-manifest exists the transcendent non-manifest called the Purusa. The Purusa continues to exist even when all else ceases to exist. This is called the imperishable. (A similar idea is expressed in chapter15, verses 16-17 where Krishna says: greater than the perishable is the immutable and greater yet is the Uttama Purusa or Paramatma, who pervades and transcends the three worlds.) Those who reach the Purusa do not return to the world of rebirth. That is Krishna’s supreme abode. This Purusa by which everything is pervaded and all beings reside inside can be reached only by absolute devotion.
Two Periods: Krishna abruptly changes his message to discuss the fate of Yogis who shed their mortal coils at different times in the year, the lunar cycle, the day and so on. It seems odd that the fate of the Yogi would depend on the time of death rather than the Yogi’s actions or what is on his mind in the final moments. After all, the teaching so far has been on the latter. It appears that death during the six months of the northern transit of the sun, during the waxing phase of the moon, during day time, when the fire is effulgent leads to release. This path is called Devayana. By contrast death during the six months of the southern transit of the sun, during the waning phase of the moon, at night, when smoke is prevalent returns the Yogi back to the world of Samsara. This path is known as Pitryana. This idea seems to be substantiated by the great Bhishma, a Yogi who waited for the time of northern transit of the sun before shedding his mortal coil on the battlefield in Kurukshetra.
Taken randomly, approximately one in Sixteen or so die during Devayana when all the four conditions are opportune, and a similar one in sixteen die during Pitryana. What then is the fate of the Yogi who sheds his body during northern transit of the sun but the waning phase of the moon and or at night etc.? This idea of astronomical time determining the fate of a Yogi does not square with the more important feature – the thought that is on the mind of the Yogi. The reference to fire and smoke also casts some doubt on taking astronomical time very literally. What can be discerned as a common factor in the two situations of Devayana and Pitryana is the state of light which invariably is taken to be the hallmark of enlightenment or knowledge. In Devayana, the Sun’s rays are getting more direct and intense, the brightness of the moon is increasing, light is ubiquitous during daytime, and fire is light and energy. By contrast, light is either absent or waning during Pitryanna. There is no contention that knowledge or light leads to release and ignorance or darkness leads to continued bondage. Thus, one may instead view Kala as not denoting the astronomical times but the times when light or darkness is in ascendency. By extension, the divine vibrations created by the presiding (Abhimani Devatas) of the astronomical events, at the time of death may be conducive or otherwise for release. When a Jeeva sheds its body at a time when the deities representing light are in command leads to release and when the deities representing darkness are in charge, release would be hindered.
Also, the argument from statistics may be deemed inappropriate as this law is applicable only to Yogis who, like Bhishma, can will their time of departure. This law does not then apply to the larger number of ordinary souls who have neither the capacity to control their Pranic energy nor the time of departure. Krishna’s words do support this position. He says the paths of Devayana and Pitryana are eternal facts and no Yogi who is aware of these two paths ever gets deluded. Therefore, he urges Arjuna to become a Yogi – only not just now! The Yogi realizing this profound truth does not seek rewards for performing sacrifice, charity or austerity which are never to be given up.
Summary: This chapter represents a slight digression from the primary teaching of the Gita. Krishna begins by explaining the technical terms introduced at the end of the previous chapter and then goes on to highlight the importance of the final thoughts one entertains before passing away. The final thoughts are the Karmic baggage that defines the next life. Final thoughts cannot be willed at the end; they have to become second nature by constant practice. He gives a prescription for how Yogis can reach the supreme goal though meditation and control of Pranic energy. He mentions how creation and involution occur during Brahma’s day and night and concludes by addressing the topic of Devayana and Pitryana which are two paths or periods of time that result in the final release or being born again.
॥सर्वंश्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु॥
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Rambo 5 Last Blood
Rambo 5 is gearing up to begin shooting next month, and it was believed that Sylvester Stallone was going to be helming the project. Stallone directed the last Chimera installment…
After many doubts and rumors at last we can see the movie Dark Phoenix of the X-Men. It is likely to close the mutant franchise, because soon they could Wild…
A movie with a heart and a message, filmed with limited funds and a cadre of friends and talented filmmakers, “Warfighter” is written, produced, directed Raid and stared in by…
Be Vaght Sham
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Bad Investigate
The Portuguese film Bad Investigate, by Luis Ismael, creator of the trilogy Balas e Bolinhos, has already surpassed the barrier of 30 thousand spectators Luis & the Aliens in the…
SHINee’s Kim Jong Hyun wrote, composed, and arranged songs and albums — a rarity in a company who is known for limiting its artists’ creative control over Twisted Pair the…
The Rookies
Renowned Hong Kong Filmmaker Peter Chan, whose previous works include Comrades: Almost a Love Story, American Dreams in China, and Dearest, will write and direct Pass Over a film about…
The director talks about his success, the changes in his public behavior and his projects, as a film that will address sexual harassment: “It has to do with reviewing Piercing…
Lancaster Skies
This is the spectacular moment a burning fireball Shazam! rocketed across a night sky and “suddenly exploded” in front of dazzled motorists. Dramatic dashcam footage captures the giant ball of…
Zone 261
As of 2010, the first teaser trailer landed at “Zon 261” Battle Drone as the film was called. There we saw a Landskrona attacked by zombie-like creatures. It was a…
Signature Films has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Nicholas Winter’s historical action adventure Robin Hood: The Rebellion which stars Ben Freeman Prodigy (Emmerdale), Kristian Nairn (Game of Thrones),…
Santa Jaws
Just when you thought Jaws: The Revenge Pet Sematary was the only Christmas shark movie. We’re currently in the midst of Syfy’s annual “Sharknado Week,” which will see the premieres…
The Krays: Dead Man Walking
The story of London’s notorious gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray has been told several times over the past 50 years in books, documentaries and movies, most notably in the over-stylised…
Born Racer
“That’s what it’s all about – winning.” Universal has debuted a teaser trailer for a new racing documentary titled Born Racer, from New Zealand filmmaker FP2: Beats of Rage Bryn…
Best F(r)iends Volume 2
James Franco and his The Disaster Artist took Tommy Wiseau to the fore in the last few months, after years of being remarkably celebrated, and not for the right reasons,…
The Night Comes for Us
When writer/director Timo Tjahjanto introduced The Night Comes For Us to an eager Fantastic Fest crowd, he promised “a truckload” of dead bodies would stack tall Blockers in his “Asian-on-Asian”…
Battle Drone
“Battle Drone” follows a group of specially trained mercenaries sent to Chernobyl. Their mission is to find and collect the weapons that are hidden in an old factory building. Once…
Big Legend
“A Star Is Born” is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see: a transcendent Hollywood movie. It’s the fourth remake of a story Pet Sematary…
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Archiv: December 2008
Thomas Gross to become head of SIX Telekurs at SIX Group
Thomas Gross, the current head of Securities Operations at Credit Suisse, will take over as head of the Financial Information Division of SIX Group from 1 April 2009. He will become Chief Executive Officer of the financial information provider SIX Telekurs and a member of the SIX Group Executive Board. Thomas Gross will succeed Jörg Buser, who has been heading the Financial Information Division on a temporary basis.
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SIX Group acquires stake in CETREL
Zurich/Luxembourg - SIX Group Ltd, Zurich shall acquire a 50% stake in CETREL S.A., Luxembourg at the end of January 2009. The two parties signed a corresponding agreement today. This strategic cooperation is intended to foster the building up of a leading international offer in the field of card-based payment traffic. The aim is to boost CETREL’s position in the acquiring business in the Grande Region of Luxembourg, while expanding the international issuing processing offer of both CETREL and SIX Group in Europe. The provision of central services to enhance the competitiveness of the financial center Luxembourg shall remain among CETREL's core duties.
SIX Telekurs hits the 5 million mark
Zurich / Switzerland - SIX Telekurs recently announced that its world-class database now covers information on over 5 million international financial instruments. This impressive total is a significant milestone for the company. Not only is it successfully positioning itself as a challenge to the larger players in the market, it also shows that the significant structural changes the company has undergone in the last year have very much paid off.
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StrengthsFinder® Command Theme (CliftonStrengths)
Calling out fellow Command mates. We are a rare breed - perhaps that’s why we are often misunderstood and sometimes even labelled as “bossy”. While there is some truth in that (particularly when our Command talent theme is still in its infancy stage), there is so much more this Strength has to offer beneath its veneer.
People with Command in their top 5 Strengthsfinder results often desire to take charge and be in control. They are often recognized by many to have great leadership abilities. This in part is due to the fact that people with the Command talent display unusual confidence and often bring clarity and courage to their team, especially during crisis or in challenging situations. People with Command are also compelled to present facts or truths, no matter how unpleasant they may be. They strive to bring clarity to circumstances and among people, often through polarization.
As a person with Command, I have my fair share of pain that comes along with this wiring. From the student life to a working professional in Singapore, I often feel misunderstood when I voice out opinions. I often received feedback that my words are cutting, direct and blunt. People have commented that statements I made create tension and come across as personal attacks. Yet, that was never my intent. A person like me with the Command talent simply desires clarity. My strong belief is that clarity can best be expressed and achieved through creating polar opposite positions - making things black and white - or simply put: creating obvious contrasts will bring about clarity. Often I pride myself to be objective in evaluation and I never take sides. I call out what needs to be addressed even if it makes the people who I am close to uncomfortable. In my mind, there is no hierarchy to follow when it comes to seeking truth. The desire for truth gives me courage to direct questions to anyone in any setting. The worst answer to give is one that is politically correct.
Today I realize that in seeking clarity through the idea of contrast, I inevitably force people to choose and take sides. I create huge discomfort for people who stand on the opposite side from me. Strangely, the people standing on the same side as me are often amazed at the clarity in my head and look to me for leadership and direction. I realize I can have huge influence over a group standing on the same side as me and at the same time, be viewed with a huge amount of distrust by the other. Polarization seems to be the norm in my life.
How does one grow the Command talent and bring it into maturity? Here are some suggestions I have.
1. EMBRACE HUMILITY AS A CORE VALUE.
Many perceive those with the Command talent to be heavy-handed in their dealings with others. The headstrong and direct ways are simply the unique features of such a talent. People with Command have a knack of making others feel like they like to speak from a higher moral ground. One powerful way for a Command person to impact another positively is to act in humility. A person who is humble is often willing to consider others better than themselves. Such an attitude allows for self-reflection, self-examination and most importantly, cultivates an inner strength that empowers a transformational leader. Quite counter-intuitively, a humble spirit is powerfully influential and contagious. While many tend to look up to confident leaders, they are drawn even more to confident leaders who can demonstrate humility. A Command person who can display a humble attitude possesses a deep inner strength mixed with a powerful ability to lead others over troubled waters.
2. HONE YOUR INFLUENCING SKILLS
People with Command have a strong presence in groups and can influence others positively. They love to confront challenges and like to influence others to do the same.
- Seek people who can stretch and challenge you
One way to grow in influence is to deliberately seek close colleagues, mentors and friends who can stretch you and have strengths that complement yours. People with Command are usually not afraid of others who can outshine them. On the contrary, they thrive on being challenged. Differences in opinions are often welcomed by a Command person in an environment filled with mutual respect for one other. People with Command thrive on differences in opinions shared by others. They leverage on these opinions to create greater clarity in their own minds. As they do so, they often grow their influence through the clarity of direction they give and impart to others.
- Seeking to influence versus seeking to control
There is a need to recognize that the Command talent can be often a hindrance in the area of relationship building. Being outspoken, direct and at times blunt makes building trust especially hard with people who have relational talents like Harmony or Empathy or Relator. Many perceive those with Command to have a great desire to be in control and feel that they often use the iron-fisted approach to handle working relationships.
Seeking to control is basically saying, “I’m your leader, you have to respect me.” On the other hand, one who seeks to influence will cause people to say, “We respect you and you are our leader.” The two perspectives are contrasting. One is about telling others to do something because they have to (control) while the other is to have others do something because they love to (influence). One is Command in its infancy and the other is Command in its maturity.
3. FIND PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN OVERCOME THE COMMAND BLIND SPOTS.
- Partner someone with ‘Harmony’ or ‘Empathy’
Those with the Harmony talent hate conflicts while those with Empathy are sensitive to people’s feelings. Either one of these partnerships can help the person with Command talent reduce conflicts by clarifying the intent of words used (especially words that could be perceived as too confrontational and strong in nature). Another way the Harmony or Empathy person can help is to paraphrase using new words that can bring out the same meaning in a more cordial or lighthearted way. Simply by doing that, conflicts can be greatly reduced because team members have a greater understanding of the situation and the person with Command has his needs for clarity met. Partnering with people who have Harmony or Empathy allow for discussions that can encourage a Command person to reflect on his / her decisions. Questions that may surface in the thought process can be like the following: How can I put forth the message by using less confrontational words? How can I better ask questions to solicit for feedback and to clarify without hurting the feelings of others? How can I build trust with others while retaining my own flavour?
- Partner someone with 'Woo' or ‘Positivity'
Another Strengths partner may be someone dominant in ‘Woo’ or ‘Positivity’. Those with the Woo talent tend to be outgoing and friendly. They enjoy breaking ice while forming new friendships. Those with the Positivity talent prefer fun and relaxed atmospheres. Some enjoy making others feel at ease and others enjoy making others laugh. That is almost polar opposite of people with Command, who tend to have a certain presence that can sometimes be viewed as intimidating.
A Command person who partners a Woo person can leverage on the friendliness and the welcoming traits of Woo. The result can be the Command person adopting new approaches to conversations that are less intimidating in nature and possibly learning different skill sets of being welcoming. A Command person who partners a Positivity person can leverage on the fun and outgoing traits of Positivity. The result of this partnership is one that balances the direct and often no-nonsense approach with fun-filled dynamism in teams.
Ending note: They might be rare. They might be intimidating. They might even put you off at times. But don't dismiss them. People with Command can offer you great courage and strength in times of need.
As a Gallup Certified Singapore Strengthsfinder coach, Victor is passionate about strengths engagement and now runs his own training company, Strengths School™ (strengthsschool.com), based in Singapore. He has been actively giving Strengthsfinder leadership and team building workshops to businesses and schools in Singapore as well as Hong Kong, China (Shanghai) and India.
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Pawan Kalyan Agnyaathavaasi second single Gaalivaaluga out now
Anirudh Ravichander has composed music for Agnyaathavaasi.
Power Star Pawan Kalyan starrer Agnatavasi movie team released the second single today.
Here comes the most awaited official announcement regarding the teaser of Pawan Kalyan's "Agnyathavasi". The makers have planned to wrap up its production and release in the theatres as Sankranti treat on January 10, 2018.
RIP: The Smithereens' Pat DiNizio dies at the age of 62
Despite solo projects by DiNizio, the band had remained active through the years. The news comes via a statement issued by the band. Smithereen Goes To Washington .
Roy Moore's Aide Gives Longest Pause In Interview History
By the time Crockett finally got a word in, Tapper was ready to wrap up the interview. I'm sure you've picked a Bible. " You can swear on a Jewish Bible", the host said.
State police trooper shot in head in Jeffersonville
Trooper Evans was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY with non-life threatening injuries. Call 6 Investigates sources said the injured trooper is stationed out of ISP's Sellersburg District.
It is the romantic action movie, directed by Trivikram Srinivas and Kollywood sensational Anirudh Ravichander is rendering the tune and this upcoming film will mark his Telugu debut.
Powerstar Pawan Kalyan's Agnathavasi film is making a lot of buzz on social media. Now we hear that the film's first look teaser will be unveiled on December 16 and its audio launch event will be held in Hyderabad three days later on December 19. Haarika and Haasine Creations bankrolled Agnyaathavaasi and the film has been made on a massive budget. Agnyaathavaasi will have the biggest ever release in United States of America in 209 Cinemark locations which is the highest for an Indian film.
Devi Sri Prasad had earlier scored chartbuster albums for the PK-Trivikram combo films - Jalsa and Attharintiki Daredi. The movie will also have Sampath Raj, Aadhi Pinisetty, Boman Irani and Kushboo in pivotal roles.
India 'deeply disappointed' over developments on food security issue at WTO
India said it continues to participate in the efforts to draft a credible Ministerial Declaration at Buenos Aires . This clause will be there till a permanent solution is found to the food stockpiling issue.
Jose Mourinho Maintains His Players Acted Properly in Post Derby Bust-Up
Blaring loud music from the away dressing room is hardly the most disrespectful form of celebration, it should be said. "Sometimes you can control yourself and say, "OK, it's not necessary to go there".
UK Wants Over-Arching Trade Deal With EU After Brexit - Minister
But it is not clear if it will lead to any changes to the draft text that will be discussed by leaders on Friday morning. One said Mr Davis' comments were a "risk to undermine the good faith that has been built during the negotiatioins".
United States consumer inflation up 0.4 pct due to surging gasoline prices
The numbers: The producer price index in November surged 0.4% for the third straight month, matching the MarketWatch forecast. Producer price inflation has continued to strengthen since hitting a recent low of a 1.9% year-over-year increase in June.
Blue Origin Crew Capsule 2.0 launched for the first time, lands safely
Fortunately for the test dummy inside and for future space tourists , they survived just fine. That's the somewhat arbitrary but widely recognized "boundary" of space.
Salman Khan Vs A Wolf Pack In Tiger Zinda Hai Scene
Are you ready to witness this action sequence? Salman Khan is all set to pick up a fight with a wolf in Tiger Zinda Hai . Ali Abbas Zafar recently shared an exciting picture from the film.
Jimmy Kimmel's baby son makes TV debut after heart surgery
Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional return to television on Monday night with his baby son Billy in his arms. Jimmy Kimmel with his son Billy, who had heart surgery last week.
Gov. Dayton appoints Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace Franken in Senate
Franken had hoped to make his case to the Senate Ethics Committee that his behavior shouldn't require him to give up the seat. Both Democrats spoke on condition of anonymity to speak freely about private discussions ahead of an announcement.
Conan Exiles to Feature Two New Environments at Launch
Funcom also released a new trailer for Conan Exiles today to celebrate the release date announcement. The launch version of the game will feature a lot more things then the early access version.
Shark-dragging video case ends with three arrests
Wenzel was booked into the Pinellas County jail at 12:30 p.m. and freed at 7 p.m. after posting $4,250 bail, according to records. Charges have been filed by the State Attorney's Office in Hillsborough County, not in Manatee.
Morrissey denies defending Kevin Spacey
But you must forget the print media who are infatuated with their own reflection and do not want yours. I don't know about you but I've never been -in my youth I was never in situations like that.
United Kingdom jobless rate lowest since 1975
That was the biggest quarterly drop in employment in more than two years - since the three months to May 2015. Average earnings increase by 2.5% including bonuses - remaining below inflation.
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb plans to run for governor
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, D, believes Upstate already has that partner in Gov. Kolb's platform for Governor is to lower taxes, create jobs, and end corruption.
Netflix Fires Executive For "Careless" Remarks On Danny Masterson Allegations
Netflix later confirmed the comments, calling them "careless, uninformed and do not represent the views of the company". He will still appear in the second half of season two, which is due to be released on the streaming service on Friday.
EXTRA TIME: Salah, Mane join Liverpool players to visit children's hospital
As he added: "In the future of football there will be more rotation because no one will take away the number of games". Then you have 11 others who for me are top quality and are ready to go. "He is not injured at the moment, thank God".
UK's May warns parliamentary rebels not to endanger orderly Brexit
He also hit back at former Tory leader and Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith, who accused Mr Grieve of " grandstanding " over the bill. Early today, Labour confirmed it would vote with the rebels, to give "Parliament a proper say on the Brexit deal".
Weather Authority: Bitter cold, harsh winds ahead of overnight snow
Another system will bring more snow to the area by Wednesday afternoon and into early Thursday morning. Besides the cold, I am tracking three periods for snow through the end of the week.
Four injured in terrorist attack in NY , suspect under arrest
CBN News has confirmed Ullah is a 27-year-old Bangladeshi national who has been living in the USA for seven years. "This is NY ". Akayed Ullah is from the Bangladeshi city of Chittagong and is a United States resident, said the country's police chief.
Why Melania, Ivanka and Jared's mayoral election votes didn't count
According to the report , both Melania and Ivanka's absentee ballots in the 2017 New York City mayoral race will not be counted. Ivanka didn't mail her ballot until Election Day - and since the mail isn't magic, that was far too late to make it in time.
Meghan Markle to Join Royal Family for Christmas
It is tradition for the Royal Family to attend the morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church on 25 December. Loved-up Harry and Meghan announced their engagement last month and are due to Wednesday in Windsor in May.
Bigg Boss 11: Priyank Sharma's bikini avatar will make laugh out loud
In today's episode Hina , Priyank , Akash, and Hiten will be workers and Vikas , Shilpa, Arshi, and Luv will be the robots. And soon we look at Arshi and Akash and conspiracy against Shilpa, which is one of the strongest rivals.
Happy Birthday Rajnikanth: The superstar turns 67
Stars usually have a busy day on Twitter on their birthdays, with fans wishing them on the micro-blogging site. He posted a heartfelt thanks message to his fans who have wished him via posters and banners.
The Orioles are Shopping Superstar Manny Machado
Machado is a valuable player for the Orioles, and if he were traded, the Orioles would suffer greatly offensively and defensively. All of which is to say that the price for a team to acquire him will be high, even if he's entering his walk year.
Life is unusual is Coming to Mobile Devices
Although probably best you don't play some of it in too obvious a place if you don't like getting emotional in public. Episodes 1-3 of Life is unusual on iOS will launch on December 14th, with the remaining two episodes due Q1 2018.
Police legitimacy report highlights stop and search concerns
But it remains a criminal offence to refuse to be stopped and searched-and racism still runs through the policy. Figures show this use of the powers has reduced sharply in recent years.
Reaffirming Support for Palestinian Resistance
According to the head of state, the measure implies a test for the feelings of the Muslims and against the world. Rouhani said the Trump move unmasked the true face of the United States and Israel.
Google Reveals Top Searches In Ireland
It shows that people were moved by the tragedies that occurred this year and wanted to help those affected. It was a tough year in many aspects, and the searches reflect it accordingly.
Saints Season Ticket Holder Suing Team Over Protests During National Anthem
Target acquires Shipt to boost same-day delivery
Apple is investing in Finisar, which makes iPhone X facial identification tech
LAFC goes for youth with 5 MLS Expansion Draft picks
Mobile will launch a TV service next year
United States channel's finding on Ram Setu reaffirms BJP's stand: Prasad
Nigeria fined by Federation Internationale de Football Association for fielding ineligible Player in Algeria Clash
Omarosa Manigault Leaving White House
Gujarat poll results set to spring surprises: Rahul
Tour de France champion Chris Froome failed urine test at Vuelta
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PBS Distribution releases “Masterpiece: Poldark 4”
October 30, 2018 alanwp Leave a comment
Masterpiece: Poldark, the rip-roaring TV drama called “swoon-worthy” by the Los Angeles Times returns for a fourth season of action-packed episodes, starring Aidan Turner as the roguish Ross Poldark and Eleanor Tomlinson as his fiery partner, Demelza. In Season 4, it’s 1796, and to defend Cornwall and those he loves from an empowered George, Ross must play the political game on a journey that takes him to the nation’s capital and into new perils.
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Dastardly and dramatic and a heaping of unctuous piety: Welcome “Poldark Season 3”
November 8, 2017 alanwp Leave a comment
The election results are in from yesterday . . . but we always knew PBS Distribution would continue being a winner by releasing Poldark Season 3 on DVD and Blu-ray. Does George Warleggan finally have the upper hand against his archenemy, Ross Poldark? Can George’s growing power in Cornwall cement his control over the fate of his populist foe? Dream on! Follow the latest thrilling exploits of Ross Poldark and his fiery partner, Demelza, starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson as the intrepid eighteenth-century duo.
The new season costars Jack Farthing as the dastardly George and Heida Reed as his bewitching wife, Elizabeth, now estranged from her first love, Ross—or is she? Also returning are Caroline Blakiston as Ross’s crusty Aunt Agatha, whose passion in life is tormenting George; Beatie Edney as the irascible servant Prudie; Luke Norris as stalwart Dr. Dwight Enys; and Gabriella Wilde as Dwight’s secret fiancée, the fetching heiress Caroline Penvenen.
Last season, TV Guide was captivated by Poldark’s “myriad pleasures, not the least of which is Aidan Turner’s swarthy charisma as the chivalrous and perilously proud crusader of Cornwall . . . Poldark is the sort of great escape you would be foolish to resist.”
Critics have been equally enthralled with Season 3, which recently aired in the UK. London’s The Independent lauded the “action-filled opener,” with its panoply of plot developments that “helped the atmospheric drama gallop out of the starting blocks.”
And gallop it does. Episode one introduces fresh doubts about the paternity of Elizabeth’s impending baby, along with some consequential new characters, including Ellise Chappell as Elizabeth’s pretty cousin Morwenna. Hired as the governess for Elizabeth’s young son (by her previous marriage to Poldark’s cousin Francis), Morwenna is soon a pawn in George’s grand game to win political influence.
Morwenna would prefer to share company with Demelza’s strapping brother Drake, a lay minister played by Harry Richardson, but George intends her to marry the recently widowed Reverend Whitworth, portrayed with unctuous piety by Christian Brassington. Whitworth gives every indication of being a rank libertine, to the horror of the upright and innocent Morwenna. Meanwhile, George manages to abuse every privilege he accrues in his ruthless climb to power.
Also enlivening the new season are a mysterious plague of frogs, a thwarted famine, and Aunt Agatha’s eagerly anticipated one-hundredth birthday party, which has a catastrophic catch. But the most stirring action involves the French Revolution, which manages to ensnare one of the program’s main characters in its Reign of Terror, prompting Poldark’s most dangerous mission yet.
Perhaps even more perilous—at least for his psyche—is Ross’s cooling attitude toward Demelza. Reckless to a fault, he appears to be throwing it all away—a magistracy, a seat in Parliament, his lands, and even his red-haired beauty. What on earth could he be thinking?
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Holiday Gift Guide 2016: The Year’s Best Shows, Specials and Documentaries from PBS
December 29, 2016 alanwp Leave a comment
We have praised the DVDs releases from PBS Distribution, Lionsgate and Public Media Distribution for years, and this time we offer a wide selection of some of their best releases from 2016 that make super gift choices. Educate and entertain yourself with specials, documentaries and specials that r\demand a place in your library and a place close to the “play again” button! In no particular order we offer. . .
Spillover-Zika, Ebola & Beyond takes us around the globe, where viruses are on the march: Zika, Ebola, Nipah, Chikungunya, Dengue and West Nile. All of these viruses reside in animals and have the potential to “spillover” and infect humans. What’s behind the rise in spillover viruses? Are the United States and the world prepared to anticipate, contain and prevent the next outbreak? The program traces the spread of viruses and reveals strategies to prevent devastating outbreaks. The program features scientists across Africa, Asia, North America and South America who are searching for ways to combat these dangerous diseases.
The program mixes stunning graphics and compelling personal stories to provide much-needed scientific context for the current Zika crisis, the devastating Ebola pandemic and recent Nipah outbreaks. Viewers encounter the new frontiers of disease detection, prevention and containment as they travel the world with virus hunters, whose mission is to identify, track and ultimately control dangerous pathogens. Interspersed throughout the documentary are in-depth interviews with a range of leading researchers, epidemiologists, doctors and public healthcare experts, who shed light on how human behaviors increase spillover events, how science is learning to anticipate and tame spillover events and how the global community must pull together to face the public health threat.
Public Media Distribution’s Black America Since MLK: And I Still Rise, the series hosted, executive produced and written by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In the program Gates looks at the last 50 years of African American history—from Dr. King to Barack Obama, from James Brown’s “I’m Black and I’m Proud” to Beyoncé’s “Formation”—charting the remarkable progress black people have made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain. The series begins at a point in history when the story we tell about ourselves as Americans becomes complicated. Almost every schoolchild today learns about the civil rights movement—about how our nation moved itself forward, against the will of many, out of a shameful past. Yet what has happened since? From here, the series steps out of the sanctified past and into the complex, raw, conflicted present. Today, Barack Obama sits in the White House and African Americans wield influence in every domain, from business to academia to the arts.
From left are Black Panther members, 2nd Lieutenant James Pelser, Capt. Jerry James, 1st Lieutenant Greg Criner and 1st Lieutenant Robert Reynolds, shown Feb. 20, 1969 in New Brunswick, NJ. (AP Photo/John Rooney)
At the same time, black people are incarcerated at six times the rate of white people, and due to financial inequality white people now have 13 times the wealth of black people. Many of our schools and neighborhoods are more segregated than they were in 1965, and police killings of unarmed black men in places like Ferguson, Baltimore and Baton Rouge recur with tragic frequency—inspiring radically different responses within black and white communities. How did we end up here, when half a century ago racial equality seemed imminent—even inevitable?
The program begins in 1965, in the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which was followed five days later by an incendiary explosion of black rage: the Watts riots. It moves on to explore the burgeoning Black Power movement which took much of America (including many old-school black leaders) by surprise, telling stories of Stokely Carmichael, the Black Panthers and cultural icons like James Brown alongside an exploration of the cultural trends that expressed black pride—from Afros and dashikis to Soul Train. The series continues, charting a wave of new opportunities and new consciousness that would lift African Americans to undreamed-of heights—in Ivy League schools, major corporations, the Supreme Court and even the White House.
Cook’s Country Explores: All-American Recipes: Season 9 features the best regional home cooking in the country and relies on a practical, no-nonsense food approach where family-friendly recipes are scientifically re-imagined for the modern home cook. Join the experts from America’s Test Kitchen as they uncover blue-ribbon regional specialties from across the country, and classic fare in need of a makeover. And as always, find out which cookware, kitchen tools, and supermarket foods are worth the dough, and learn more about the history of American food. Cook’s Country: Season 9 also includes tips and techniques, food tastings, equipment tests and printable versions of all 31 recipes.
Our ancient human ancestors once lived as tiny bands of hunter-gatherers scattered across the vast continent of Africa. Numbering no more than a few thousand, small groups of these intrepid humans began to move out of Africa—eventually reaching every corner of the earth. How did these early humans overcome the world’s most difficult terrain and ultimately dominate the planet? How did our prehistoric forebears acquire the skills, technology and talent to thrive in every environment on earth? How did they cross the furnace of the Sahara survive frigid ice ages or manage to sail to the remotest Pacific islands? The program takes viewers on a spectacular global journey through the past, following our ancestors’ footsteps out of Africa along a trail of fresh scientific clues to help unravel the mystery of how we got where we are. Profound answers are to be found NOVA: GREAT HUMAN ODYSSEY.
Our species has the unique ability to live almost anywhere, in any climate and any terrain. NOVA crisscrosses the world to examine why and how Homo sapiens has spread everywhere—from the far corners of Africa to the Siberian Arctic to the Pacific Islands and the Americas and beyond. The program features interviews with leading historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and geneticists, opening a door to a world of fascinating new discoveries about the origins of us. With unique glimpses of today’s Kalahari hunters, Siberian reindeer herders and Polynesian navigators, NOVA unveils the amazing skills in these traditional hunter-gatherer communities that hint at how our ancestors may have survived and prospered long ago.
Throughout the program, NOVA follows anthropologist Dr. Niobe Thompson as he travels the globe, searching for echoes of the past in the skills of people living in remote and demanding environments—conditions that may be similar to the ones our ancestors had to surmount on their global journey. For decades, anthropologists have been observing such societies trying to understand their social, cultural and spiritual beliefs, and how they live their day-to-day lives—from the food they eat to the natural medicines they use.
Charlie Hebdo. Paris. Brussels. Since January of 2015, a wave of attacks by terrorists linked to Al Qaeda and ISIS has overwhelmed Europe, killing nearly 200 people and injuring hundreds more. Could those attacks have been prevented? And why does Europe remain so vulnerable to the terrorism threat? The program tells the inside story of the missteps and systemic breakdowns that allowed known terrorists to strike in the heart of Europe, the problems that persist today, and the unprecedented threat the continent now faces.
http://https://youtu.be/85KXpjnow6A
In unusually candid interviews, counter-terrorsim veterans tell ProPublica senior reporter Sebastian Rotella how the attackers escaped detection, and how European countries have failed to put in place effective intelligence sharing and border enforcement — such as procedures for tracking air travelers that became standard in the United States after the 9/11 attacks.
The program reveals stunning details of many missed chances in the run-up to the attacks. It tells the story of how previously convicted terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo were able to hatch the plot with al Qaeda in Yemen—and of the decision to end surveillance on them. It details how more than a dozen Paris and Brussels attackers shuttled across Europe and back and forth to Syria, crossing borders and fending off police repeatedly—even though most of them were wanted or on watch lists.
Neither pestilence, starvation, nor betrayal can stop Ross Poldark from fighting for justice in his native Cornwall. Aidan Turner returns as the ex-officer, class warrior, lover and mining entrepreneur, called by The New York Times “the noblest, hottest, most down-to-earth hero.”
Also back is co-star Eleanor Tomlinson, playing Demelza, the miner’s daughter who is Ross’ equal in passion, wit, and daring—which is, of course, why they marry. Catch up with the adventures in Poldark Season 2.
New this season—or thrust into prominence from last—are Gabriella Wilde as Caroline Penvenen, a flirtatious young heiress under the watchful eye of her rich uncle, Ray, played by John Nettles; Luke Norrisas earnest young doctor Dwight Enys, who only has time for his patients nd for Caroline; and Henry Garrett as Captain McNeil, Ross’ old comrade from the war, now hunting smugglers and an opportunity to woo a certain married lady.
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Viewers of the first season will recall that Ross shocks his relatives and neighbors when he shows up from America, since all had presumed him dead. Then he sets about upending their lives—threatening the copper mining interests of his uncle and cousin, Charles and Francis Poldark, and the rival operation of upstart George Warleggan. He is also ensnared in a romantic web that connects him, Francis, and George to the beautiful Elizabeth. Nevertheless, Ross happily marries Demelza and they have a daughter. But in the final episode of Season 1, an epidemic takes the child away, and a shipwreck and drowning are blamed on Ross.
So at the start of Poldark Season 2, Ross stands accused of murder and “wrecking”—luring a cargo ship to the rocks for plunder. It’s a capital offense, the judge is unsympathetic, hostile witnesses have been bribed and Ross appears headed for the gallows. It’s just the first in a string of suspenseful episodes every bit as precipitous as the steep cliffs of Cornwall.
Cats are one of the most diverse and studied mammals in the world, yet only now is their real identity being understood. Evolutionary tricks and adaptations have contributed to their successful survival. In fact, all 37 species of the cat family behave similarly in the way they hunt, utilizing flexible spines and sharp teeth to catch their prey. No surprise, then, that they are one of the greatest predators since the dinosaurs and are still evolving.
NATURE: The Story of Cats chronicles the 11 million year history of how the most widespread carnivore on the planet evolved, from their roots in ancient rainforests to today’s popular house cat. The latest discoveries by scientists studying their physiology and behaviors are also incorporated into the series.
The first episode, Asia to Africa, shows how the first cats arose in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and moved throughout the continent adjusting to other environments such as high altitudes (snow leopard, Pallas’s cat) and frozen forests (Siberian tigers). The film introduces the most ancient type of cat existing today, the rare clouded leopard, whose genetic blueprint is shared by all cats. Learning how to become ambush predators through play is one of the crucial traits that all young members of the cat family must develop in order to survive in the wild. Cubs of species like the clouded leopard don’t have much time to master these skills before their mother forces them out to find their own territories as solitary predators. It is one of the reasons that around nine million years ago, the ancient tree climbing felines began to fan out all over Asia.
The program explains that a drop in sea level about eight million years ago made Africa accessible via the Red Sea land bridges to the adaptable cats. On the African plains, a keen sense of hearing and an ability to jump high were often necessary attributes for these solo hunters to catch prey. The lion however is the only cat who transitioned from being solitary to living in prides with shared responsibilities and defined roles. Experts theorize that early lions figured out they could hold the best hunting grounds if they worked together. The second episode, Into the Americas, traces how the first cats crossed the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia into North America around nine million years ago, competing for food and territory with the early canida ancestors of wolves and foxes.
But the origins of the most successful cat of all, the domestic house cat, lay in the wildcat’s ability to catch mice attracted by grain stored in villages. They made their way from the Mideast to Europe to America serving the same mouser role on trading ships. The program states that a genetic mutation created the first distinct feline breed, the Siamese cat, in Southeast Asia. People then bred domestic cats for the features they wanted, resulting in more than 40 different types of felines. But although cats are still wild at heart, they may evolve yet again if owners want to reduce the time their pets spend hunting.
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Books, DVDs, TV
“Poldark Season 2” comes to Blu-ray and DVD, a must on PBS fans’ Santa’s wish list
Neither pestilence, starvation nor betrayal can stop Ross Poldark from fighting for justice in his native Cornwall. Aidan Turner returns as the ex-officer, class warrior, lover and mining entrepreneur, called by The New York Times “the noblest, hottest, most down-to-earth hero.”
Also back is co-star Eleanor Tomlinson, playing Demelza, the miner’s daughter who is Ross’ equal in passion, wit, and daring—which is, of course, why they marry.
PBS Distribution will be releasing Masterpiece: Poldark Season 2 on DVD and Blu-ray on November 22, 2016. The program will also be available for digital download.
New this season—or thrust into prominence from last—are Gabriella Wilde as Caroline Penvenen, a flirtatious young heiress under the watchful eye of her rich uncle, Ray, played by John Nettles; Luke Norris as earnest young doctor Dwight Enys, who only has time for his patients—and for Caroline; and Henry Garrett as Captain McNeil, Ross’ old comrade from the war, now hunting smugglers and an opportunity to woo a certain married lady.
All of these characters inhabit the imaginative world created by Winston Graham in his bestselling Poldark novels, published between 1945 and 2002. Comprising 12 volumes, the epic commences in 1783, as British officer Ross Poldark returns to Cornwall, fresh from the American Revolutionary War. Poldark: Season 2 takes the plot into Graham’s fourth volume, Warleggan.
So at the start of Poldark Season, Ross stands accused of murder and “wrecking”—luring a cargo ship to the rocks for plunder. It’s a capital offense, the judge is unsympathetic, hostile witnesses have been bribed and Ross appears headed for the gallows. It’s just the first in a string of suspenseful episodes every bit as precipitous as the steep cliffs of Cornwall.
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Pick of the Geek – Delicious in Dungeon
Jul 07, 2017 by Tucky in Anime
Fantasy meets food porn! Recently we have seen a huge rise in popularity for food related series and I have stumbled upon one which takes the food porn and fuses it with a good old fashioned fantasy adventure in a dungeon.
It’s educational as you learn the anatomy of familiar monsters
The premise is simple a band of adventurers has made their way to the final boss where they lost a vital member of their party to the boss dragon and a choice is made where they forego the lengthy and expensive restocking process to make it back to the dragon and instead go native and become a part of the dungeons food chain. With the backdrop of eat or be eaten this band of adventurers rushes to the aid of their fallen comrade who lies slowly digesting in a dragon’s stomach. The adventurers are joined at the start of their reattempt by a dwarf who is taken by their interest in trying to survive on only dungeon cuisine and he decides to accompany them to hopefully get the chance to try some red dragon meat.
I’m putting this manga forward as a Pick of the Geek because it gives us something fresh and plays to one of my weaknesses, animated food. Sure I have no idea what half the ingredients are due to the fact they are fantasy monsters and plants but it’s a concept that is rarely done. The manga goes into a decent amount of detail with recipes and I can imagine that when this is made into a anime that people watching will get the hungry feeling despite all ingredients being rotting monster corpses. Alongside a creative menu to whet the appetite the plot is straight forward as a damsel in distress but they build the characters in their own way straight from the get go. This is more of a fun journey where the main plot device takes a back seat to the adventure and it also has a sort of educational feel to it even though the knowledge of how to season and steam a mimic or the proper way to prepare scorpion soup won’t be as useful as you think on your CV. For me, this manga gives a dimension that is missed and it’s pure survivalism at its best. You get to see a different take on something that is rarely touched on in a dungeon adventure and they spin it to give you a new angle that with innovative thinking, some strategy and a dwarf that you can even use the traps around you to assist with cooking.
Delicious in Dungeon is out now by Yen Press
Tagged with: Comics, Delicious in Dungeon, Dragons, Fantasy, Food Wars, Manga, Pick of the Geek, recommendations, Shokugeki no Souma, Yen Press
About the author Tucky
I'm Tucky co-host on the KeyFrame podcast. I'm a massive Sunderland fan and also do anime and gaming reviews for The Geek Show. I have always had an interest in anime and Japanese culture and I'm lucky enough to do this as a job now.
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Release Week Blitz: The Problem With Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
I am so excited to share the Release Week Blitz for The Problem With Forever, a new book by Jennifer L. Armentrout! I cannot tell you how much I need this book right now, I love JLA's books and I really want to read this! I will share an excerpt and a few teaser, so keep reading!
Title: The Problem With Forever
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Pub. date: May 17th 2016
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a riveting new story about friendship, survival, and finding your voice.
For some people, silence is a weapon.
For Mallory “Mouse” Dodge, it’s a shield.
Growing up, she learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it’s been four years since her nightmare ended, she’s beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime.
Now, after years of homeschooling with loving adoptive parents, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at public high school. But of all the terrifying and exhilarating scenarios she’s imagined, there’s one she never dreamed of—that she’d run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn’t seen since childhood, on her very first day.
It doesn’t take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she’s not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider’s life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants, and the truths that need to be heard.
Praise for The Problem With Forever:
“The intensity between Mouse and Rider is palpably sizzling… romance aficionados [will] lose themselves in Mouse and Rider’s smoldering glances and steamy kisses.” -Kirkus
“Armentrout’s effort to gradually coax her protagonist from her shell via a supportive, loving community succeeds, and readers looking for an inspirational comeback story will find Mallory’s to be satisfying and hopeful” –Publishers Weekly
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Dusty, empty shoe boxes, stacked taller and wider than her slim body, wobbled as she pressed her back against them, tucking her bony knees into her chest.
Breathe. Just Breathe. Breathe.
Wedged in the back of the dingy closet, she didn’t dare make a sound as she sucked her lower lip between her teeth. Focusing on forcing every grimy breath into her lungs, she felt tears well in her eyes.
Oh gosh, she’d made such a big mistake, and Miss Becky was right. She was a bad girl.
She’d reached for the dirty and stained cookie jar earlier, the one shaped like a teddy bear that hid cookies that tasted funny. She wasn’t supposed to get cookies or any food by herself, but she’d just been so hungry that her tummy hurt, and Miss Becky was sick again, napping on the couch. She hadn’t meant to knock the ashtray off the counter, shattering it into tiny pieces. Some were shaped like icicles that clung to the roof during the winter. Others were no bigger than chips.
All she’d wanted was a cookie.
Her slender shoulders jerked at the sound of the all cracking on the other side of the closet. She bit down harder on her lip. A metallic taste burst into her mouth. Tomorrow there would be a hold the size of Mr. Henry’s big hand in the plaster, and Miss Becky would cry and she’d get sick again.
The soft creak of the closet door was like a crack of thunder to her ears.
Oh no, no, no…
He wasn’t supposed to find her in here. This was her safe place whenever Mr. Henry was angry or when he—
She tensed, eyes peeling wide as a body taller and broader than hers slipped inside and then knelt in front of her. In the dark, she couldn’t make out much of his features, but she knew in her belly and her chest who it was.
“I’m sorry,” she gasped.
“I know.” A hand settled on her shoulder, the weight reassuring. He was the only person she felt okay with when he touched her. “I need you to stay in here, ‘kay?”
Miss Becky had said once that he was only six months older than her six years, but he always seemed so much bigger, older than her, because in her eyes, he took up her entire world.
“Don’t come out,” he said, and then he pressed into her hands the redheaded doll she’d dropped in the kitchen after she broke the ashtray and rushed into the closet. Too frightened to retrieve her, she’d left Velvet where she had fallen, and she’d been so upset because the doll had been a gift from him many, many months before. She had no idea how he’d gotten Velvet, but one day he’d simply shown up with her, and she was hers, only hers.
“You stay in here. No matter what.”
Holding the doll close, clenched between her knees and chest, she nodded again.
He shifted, stiffening as an angry shout rattled the walls around them. It was her name that dripped ice down her spine; her name that was shouted so furiously.
A small whimper parted her lips and she whispered, “I just wanted a cookie.”
“It’s okay. Remember? I promised I’d keep you safe forever. Just don’t make a sound.” He squeezed her shoulder. “Just stay quiet, and when I…when I get back, I’ll read to you, ‘kay? All about the stupid rabbit.”
All she could do was nod again, because there had been times when she hadn’t stayed quiet and she’d never forgotten those consequences. But if she stayed quiet, she knew what was coming. He wouldn’t be able to read to her tonight. Tomorrow he would miss school and he wouldn’t be okay even though he would tell her he was.
He lingered for a moment and then he eased out of the closet. The bedroom door shut with a smack, and she lifted the doll, pressing her tearstained face into it. A button on Velvet’s chest poked at her cheek.
Don’t make a sound.
Mr. Henry started to yell.
Footsteps punched down the hall.
Flesh smacked. Something hit the floor, and Miss Becky must have been feeling better, because she was suddenly shouting, but in the closet the only sound that mattered was the fleshy whack that came over and over. She opened her mouth, screaming silently into the doll.
About Jennifer L. Armentrout:
#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.
She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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Miyakejima
Japan, Taiwan, Marianas
Stratovolcano
34.094°N
Most Recent Weekly Report: 21 July-27 July 2010 Cite this Report
Based on information from JMA, the Tokyo VAAC reported that an eruption from Miyake-jima on 21 July produced a plume that rose to an altitude of 1.2 km (4,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted E.
Most Recent Bulletin Report: November 2012 (BGVN 37:11) Cite this Report
Minor plumes and low seismicity during April 2010-June 2012
During April 2010-June 2012 the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) maintained the hazard status for Miyake-jima at Alert Level 2, where it had stood since 31 March 2008. Our last report (BGVN 34:06) mentioned a minor eruption at Miyake-jima on 1 April 2009 which produced an ash plume that rose ~600 m above the crater. Since that time, activity was relatively low with up to four minor eruptions occurring during April-July 2010, as reported by the Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) based on information from JMA.
Eruptions occurred on 11 April, 4 July (two possible eruptions during the early morning), and 21 July 2010; the 21 July eruption was the only eruption for which the Tokyo VAAC issued an altitude and drift direction for the plume (~1.2 km altitude with E drift; table 5). The eruptions were characterized by gas and steam emissions lacking significant ash content (e.g. figure 23).
Table 5. Summary of detailed activity reports for Miyakejima during April 2010-June 2012; '--' indicates data not reported. Courtesy of JMA and Tokyo VAAC.
Month Gas-and-steam plume heights (m above crater rim) SO2 flux (metric tons/day) Remarks
Apr 2010 -- -- 11 Apr: Based on information from JMA, Tokyo VAAC reported an eruption at 0840.
Jul 2010 -- -- 4 Jul: Based on information from JMA, Tokyo VAAC reported possible eruptions at 1019 and 1434.
Jul 2010 400 -- 21 Jul: Based on information from JMA, Tokyo VAAC reported an eruption at 0928 that produced a plume which rose to an altitude of ~1.2 km (400 m above the crater) and drifted E.
Oct 2010 100-400 500-1,600 --
Nov 2010 100-400 500-1,600 Short duration tremor on 11 and 25 November not accompanied by air-shocks or plume changes.
Dec 2010 100-400 500-900 --
Jan 2011 100-600 800-1,000 --
Feb 2011 100-400 1,000 --
Mar 2011 100-500 600-1,100 GPS showed continuous deflation from a shallow source.
Apr 2011 100-500 700 --
May 2011 100-400 600-900 --
Jun 2011 100-300 600 Low seismicity except for 6 June. Hypocenters located just beneath summit crater. No tremor observed.
Jul 2011 200-400 500 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater. No tremor observed.
Aug 2011 200-500 800-1,000 Low seismicity with small amplitude, short-duration tremor (~80-90 sec); two increases observed on 18 and 27 Aug. Hypocenters located just beneath summit crater.
Sep 2011 100-600 900 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater. Banded tremor every 20 min. began 23 Sep and continued with smaller amplitudes into Oct.
Oct 2011 100-400 700-900 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater. Continuing banded tremor from Sep ceased on 28 Oct.
Nov 2011 100-300 500-800 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater. Volcanic tremor with small amplitude and short duration (~60 sec) occurred on 12 Nov at 0252; however, no infrasonic signal or ashfall was observed.
Dec 2011 100-300 1,100 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater. No tremor was observed.
Jan 2012 100-400 900-1,200 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater. Five episodes of volcanic tremor with small amplitude and short duration (~40-100 sec) occurred on 18, 22 and 30 Jan.
Feb 2012 100-400 900 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater.
Mar 2012 100-300 600-900 Aerial observations on 7 Mar revealed high temperature areas located on summit crater's S wall as previously seen in Jan 2010. Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater; no tremor observed.
Apr 2012 100-300 500-700 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater; no tremor observed.
May 2012 100-300 400 Low seismicity centered just beneath summit crater; no tremor observed.
Jun 2012 100-200 -- A relatively large A-type earthquake with its hypocenter located around the crater occurred at 0940 on 28 Jun. A seismic intensity of 1 was detected at Miyakejima-Kamitsuki. No tremor observed.
Figure 23. A S-looking photograph of Miyake-jima's crater taken from a flight on 17 March 2011 showing an apparent small gas-and-steam emission. Miyake Jima Airport is located along the coast, just out of view to the E. Courtesy of Flickr user R. Forrest.
JMA reported low levels of seismicity centered just beneath the crater during the reporting interval. Occasional episodes of volcanic tremor occurred, but were not correlated with other data indicating emissions or eruptions (table 5). Sources in Miyakemura village reported that high SO2 concentrations were occasionally detected in some inhabited flank areas.
GPS data revealed contraction in some parts of the edifice, a process that, although diminishing, had continued since 2000. Over the same time period, long-term extension of the baseline along the N-S section of Miyake-jima had been observed since 2006, indicating inflation in deeper portions of the volcano.
Information Contacts: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Otemachi, 1-3-4, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8122, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC), Tokyo, Japan (URL: http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vaac/data/).
2010: April | June | July
2009: April
2008: January
2006: February | August
2004: January | February | December
2003: April | August
2002: January | March | July
2001: February | March | May
30 June-6 July 2010 Cite this Report
Based on information from JMA, the Tokyo VAAC reported a possible eruption from Miyake-jima on 4 July. Details of possible resulting plumes were unreported.
7 April-13 April 2010 Cite this Report
Based on information from JMA, the Tokyo VAAC reported an eruption from Miyake-jima on 11 April. Details of possible resulting plumes were unknown.
JMA reported that on 1 April an eruption from Miyake-jima produced an ash plume that rose 600 m above the crater and drifted E. They also stated that the last eruption was on 8 May 2008.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
2 January-8 January 2008 Cite this Report
Based on information from JMA, the Tokyo VAAC reported that an eruption plume from Miyake-jima rose to an altitude of 1.2 km (4,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted SE on 7 January.
The Tokyo VAAC reported that an eruption at Miyake-jima on 23 August generated plumes that reached altitudes of ~1.5 km (~5,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted SE. Ash was not identified on satellite imagery.
15 February-21 February 2006 Cite this Report
According to a news report, a minor eruption at Miyake-jima on 17 February consisted of small ash emissions. Residents of the island were warned that there could be gas emissions and mudslides. The Geological Survey of Japan, AIST website reported that the sulfur-dioxide flux at Miyake-jima averaged about 2,000-5,000 tons per day in January.
Sources: Associated Press; Geological Survey of Japan
8 December-14 December 2004 Cite this Report
According to the Geological Survey of Japan, volcanic activity at Miyake-jima that began during the summer of 2000 continued through early December. The sulfur-dioxide flux remained high through November 2004, with 3,000-10,000 tons emitted per day. The flux seemed to remain constant since October 2002. On 30 November a minor eruption occurred after a 2-year lull. Several minor eruptions followed, with the most recent eruption occurring on 9 December.
Source: Geological Survey of Japan
Relatively high amounts of gas discharge continued at Miyake-jima through 22 February. The sulfur-dioxide emission rate has been nearly constant (4,000-9,000 tons per day) since October 2002. Due to volcanic unrest, residents of the volcanic island have been evacuated since September 2000.
7 January-13 January 2004 Cite this Report
As of 8 January, gas emissions continued at Miyake-jima. The sulfur-dioxide flux was relatively high (about 4,000-9,000 tons per day) and had remained nearly constant since October 2002. Residents of Miyake-jima have been evacuated from the island since September 2000.
High amounts of volcanic-gas emissions continued at Miyake-jima through mid-August. The sulfur-dioxide flux has remained high and nearly constant since October 2002, with 4,000-9,000 tons emitted per day as of July 2003. The eruption began in summer 2002 and no explosive activity has been reported in 2003.
16 April-22 April 2003 Cite this Report
Miyake-jima has remained restless since its summer eruption in 2000, with robust degassing ongoing through the week of 16-22 April. The SO2 gas output (flux) remained high (about 5,000-10,000 tons/day) as of March 2003. All people who lived on Miyake-jima island have been evacuated since September 2000 and SO2 fluxes around that time had reached extremely high values, over 80,000 tons/day. Although high SO2 flux continues, thus far in 2003 there has been no eruption.
Source: Akihiko Tomiya, Senior Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Japan
The Air Force Weather Agency reported that a low-level steam-and-ash cloud from Miyake-jima was visible on satellite imagery on 26 July at 0713 and on 27 July at 0606. Around this time a continuous plume was visible at a height of 2.4-3 km a.s.l.
Source: US Air Force Weather Agency
27 March-2 April 2002 Cite this Report
According to a news report, a minor eruption occurred at Miyake-jima on 2 April shortly after 1000. While evacuated residents were visiting the island ash rose about 300 m above the volcano and fell around Miyake-jima.
Source: Dow Jones News
23 January-29 January 2002 Cite this Report
On 25 January at 1015 Air Force Weather Agency staff detected a faint E-drifting volcanic plume emanating from Miyake-jima on MODIS imagery.
Sources: US Air Force Weather Agency; NASA
16 May-22 May 2001 Cite this Report
Based on information from the JMA, VRC reported that no ash clouds had been observed at Miyake-jima since the 19 March eruption. They also reported that steam plumes with abundant SO2 were continuously emitted from the summit caldera to 0.5-2 km above the caldera rim. Continuous SO2 emission released as much as 33,000 to 46,000 tons of SO2 per day. Low-level seismic activity continued and a M 2.8 earthquake occurred on 7 May. Global positioning system (GPS) measurements showed steady, continuous deflation of the volcano though the rate was lower than before September 2000. During air inspections very small collapses of the caldera rims were occasionally seen.
Source: Volcano Research Center-Earthquake Research Institute (University of Tokyo)
14 March-20 March 2001 Cite this Report
Based on information from the Japan Meteorological Agency, the Kyodo news agency reported that on 16 March volcanic tremor was recorded at Miyake-jima. The tremor was the strongest to be recorded since 29 August 2000. On 19 March an eruption produced a black ash cloud that rose 800 m above the volcano. The island is currently uninhabited because the current volcanic activity that began on 26-27 June 2000 led officials to order an evacuation on 1 September 2000.
Source: Kyodo News
The National Coordination of Volcanic Eruption Prediction committee reported on the status of Miyake-jima on 5 February. They stated that eruptions had not occurred since October 2000. High SO2 emission rates, ranging from 20 to 50 kilotons per day, continued to be detected. Most of the SO2 is considered to be from degassing magma. The temperature of the active crater increased in December 2000 and returned to normal by late January. Very little ground deformation has been detected. Seismic activity had been low since September, until low-frequency earthquakes occurred in late-January. Due to the high SO2 emission rates and the threat of lahars, volcanologists continue to closely monitor the volcano.
09/1983 (SEAN 08:09) Tephra cloud to 10 km; lava flows from fissure vents destroy town; 2,000 evacuated
10/1983 (SEAN 08:10) Four lava flows, four explosion craters from 10-hour eruption
02/1996 (BGVN 21:02) Low-frequency earthquakes
05/2000 (BGVN 25:05) 26-27 June earthquake swarm; seawater stain on SW flank
06/2000 (BGVN 25:06) Magma intrusion within W flank and explosive eruption on 7 July
07/2000 (BGVN 25:07) Robust, multifaceted eruptions from new summit crater
09/2000 (BGVN 25:09) Gravity and synthetic-aperature radar data; volcanism through October 2000
02/2001 (BGVN 26:02) Continued high SO2 flux; volcanic tremor and eruption occur in mid-March
03/2002 (BGVN 27:03) Eruptive activity decreases; high SO2 flux through April 2002
11/2002 (BGVN 27:11) High SO2 fluxes, minor ash eruptions continue through November 2002
04/2003 (BGVN 28:04) Small explosion in November 2002; continued high SO2 flux through April 2003
10/2003 (BGVN 28:10) Continued seismicity and regular gas-and-steam plumes
07/2005 (BGVN 30:07) SO2 flux continues gradual decline; minor eruptions in November-December 2004
03/2006 (BGVN 31:03) Ash emissions in February 2006; declining SO2 flux
06/2009 (BGVN 34:06) Four minor eruptions between August 2006 and April 2009
11/2012 (BGVN 37:11) Minor plumes and low seismicity during April 2010-June 2012
September 1983 (SEAN 08:09) Cite this Report
Tephra cloud to 10 km; lava flows from fissure vents destroy town; 2,000 evacuated
Miyake-jima erupted on 3 October after 21 years of quiescence. Two hours of increasing seismicity preceded the eruption onset. A column of tephra and vapor rose to 10 km, and lava flowed down the SW flank.
Small earthquakes began to be recorded at the JMA Miyake-jima Weather Station at [1359]. Weak shocks were felt at the same time in Ako, the largest village on the SW coast. Seismicity increased gradually, and from around 1430 to 1523 as many as 2-3 earthquakes per minute were recorded. The first felt shock (JMA intensity 1) at the weather station occurred at [1447], followed by others at 1500 (JMA 2), 1514 (JMA 1), and 2 at 1522 (both JMA 2). Many more shocks were felt in Ako. JMA personnel judged that the eruption began at 1523, when the amplitude of recorded continuous tremor began to increase. Tremor saturated the seismograph by [1529] and high amplitudes persisted for hours.
The eruption began [near Jinan-yama, 2 km SW of the summit, forming a 4-km-long fissure that extended to the SW coast]. Lava fountains rose to a few hundred meters from more than nine vents. Lava advanced [mainly] in [four] flows, 300-400 m wide, starting forest fires in many places. The largest flow reached Ako and a smaller one reached Usuki village about 1800; 90% of Ako was destroyed but there were no casualties. Lava reached the sea about 1900.
The pilot of a Japanese airliner reported that an eruption column had reached 10 km altitude around 1600. Tephra covered the entire 55-km2 island. Tephra was thickest on the E half of the island, where 20-30 cm of ash and lapilli accumulated; many car windshields were broken. In the SW sector, 7-8 cm were reported. The airport was closed by the clouds of tephra and about 7.5 cm of ash and fist-sized tephra on the runway. Rescue planes en route to the island had to return to Tokyo Airport.
Spectacular fountaining and frequent loud explosions continued until midnight. An underwater explosion at the SW end of the fissure was observed from a fishing boat about 2330. Activity subsided during the night and only voluminous white smoke was observed on 4 October. [Despite press reports of a new island off the S coast, no new island formed.]
Between the onset of the eruption and 0100 on 4 October, 59 earthquakes were felt. Earthquake activity, which had declined at the onset of the eruption, resumed at 1812 and increased gradually. At 2233 a magnitude 5.7 (Ms) [JMA magnitude 6.2] shock struck the island. Preliminary USGS data placed the event at 34.06°N, 139.45°E, at shallow depth. The shock caused landslides at about 10 places along island roads, and was felt weakly in Tokyo and throughout the Kanto district on Honshu, 180 km to the N. After this earthquake, seismic activity decreased through 4 October. Three felt earthquakes and a series of weak events of different character from those that preceded the eruption occurred between 1700 and 2100 on 5 October. About 3000 earthquakes, including 109 felt shocks, had been recorded on Miyake-jima [27 December 1982-18 January 1983].
When the eruption began, island residents fled to schools and other buildings designated as shelters, but [there was an unconfirmed report that] 30 were forced from the Tsubota town hall (3.5 km SE of the summit) when the roof began to collapse under the weight of tephra. About 2000 residents were moved from the endangered area near the eruption zone to the N coast. There were no casualties. Eleven government ships arrived to stand by in case the entire island population of 4400 needed evacuation. About 10% of the population left the island on 4 October.
Although heavy rain on 5 October cooled the lava, a stream that threatened the 60 remaining [wooden houses] in Ako continued to advance about 1/3 m/hour. On 6 October firemen tried to halt it by spraying water on its front.
Miyake-jima's most recent eruption was 24-27 August 1962, when explosions and lava flows originated from NE flank fissures. Of the 13 recorded eruptions since 1085, Ako was destroyed or badly damaged in 1643, 1712, 1763, and 1835.
Information Contacts: JMA, Tokyo; T. Tiba, National Science Museum, Tokyo; Japan Times, Tokyo; Kyodo News Service, Tokyo; AFP; DPA; AP; UPI.
October 1983 (SEAN 08:10) Cite this Report
Four lava flows, four explosion craters from 10-hour eruption
A SW-flank fissure eruption that began 3 October in mid-afternoon reached maximum intensity soon after it started and had subsided by the next morning. Frequent explosions and lava fountaining occurred from vents along a 4-km-long fissure extending SW from the island volcano's summit to the coast (figure 1), fountaining along the upper 2 km and phreatomagmatic explosions along the lower 2 km of the fissure. Lava buried 80% of the coast town of Ako, and heavy tephra falls occurred on the SE part of the island.
Figure 1. Sketch map of Miyake-jima after the eruption of 3-4 October 1983. Craters are indicated by hachured circles. Values in centimeters within the stippled area are thicknesses of new tephra at those locations. Mt. Oyama is the summit cone of Miyake-jima volcano. Courtesy of JMA.
Pre-eruption studies. The JMA Mobile Observation Team had investigated Miyake-jima 20 August-8 September 1983 and found no unusual activity. During this investigation seismometers recorded a swarm of microearthquakes a few tens of kilometers S of the island, and another a similar distance N, but none with epicenters on the island. Temperatures, ground water chemistry and height of the steam column showed no anomalous values. From 27 December 1982 to 18 January 1983 many earthquakes, the largest of magnitude 6.1 (Ms) [JMA magnitude 6.4] at 1537 on 28 December, occurred 40 km S of the volcano, (figure 1), but no relation between them and the eruption is known.
Eruption chronology and products. JMA personnel judged that the eruption began at 1523, when the amplitude of recorded continuous tremor began to increase (figure 2). Tremor was saturating instruments by 1527. A dark eruption cloud that had reached 3 km altitude was observed from an [All Nippon Airways] airliner at 1529. People living at the foot of the volcano heard explosions at around 1530, and saw incandescent blocks and voluminous clouds of tephra ejected from points on the SW flank. Ash began to fall at the airport at 1540. The eruption column had reached an altitude of 10 km by around 1600. Lava flowing W was 0.5 km from Ako by 1630, and began surrounding and igniting houses around 1800. The southernmost lava flow entered the sea about 3.5 km SE of Ako at about 1900.
Figure 2. Seismicity at Miyake-jima recorded at the JMA weather station on the N side of the island, 3-8 October 1983. Data shows the number of earthquakes felt per hour (top) and amplitude of continuous tremor (bottom). On the tremor graph, the broken line indicates approximately measured data and the heavy line above the graph diagramatically shows the period of eruptive activity. Courtesy of JMA.
Phreatomagmatic explosions began at a newly formed explosion crater (named [Shinmyo] Pond Crater) near the S end of the fissure at around 1640. At 1722, a strong explosion near the seashore, perhaps at the same crater, produced an incandescent column. Lapilli started to fall in Tsubota (about 4 km E) at 1646. The lapilli fall was heavy enough to break car windshields at around 1700, but began to decline at 1834 and ceased at 1910 as wet muddy ashfall started. At 2140 a strong explosion occurred near the shore, and about an hour later many incandescent columns were observed there but this activity paused at about 2300. A submarine phreatomagmatic explosion at the SW end of the fissure was observed from a fishing boat at around 2310. At about 0145 occasional submarine explosions were seen . . . in the same area.
A member of the JMA Mobile Observation Team arrived at Miyake-jima on 4 October at 0500. Sea and air observations at that time revealed that the fountaining had ended, perhaps about an hour earlier, and observers in aircraft saw neither explosions nor lava extrusion. Four main lava flows had moved down the SW flank. Steam rose weakly from some places on the flows, and voluminously from the SW end of the fissure where phreatic activity had occurred. Small flames seen on flow surfaces were probably from burning trees [or houses]. Lava had virtually stopped flowing, although surveyors who landed at Ako by boat observed a flow front advancing slightly. A series of pits and cinder cones had formed along the fissure in [a slightly curved line] (figure 1). Along the lower 2 km of the fissure there were four explosion craters. The largest, 300 m in diameter, was the site of submarine explosions seen during the night. It had added new land at the shore and was given the name "Mippana Crater."
The largest of the lava flows had buried 80% of Ako. It was 50 m wide in valleys, 500 m wide in the town, and 5 m thick at its front. Several homes and two schools afire at the flow front were observed from the air at 0500 on 4 October. Part of the flow advanced a few meters 4-6 October; on the 6th sea water was sprayed at 40 places along the front to halt it. At 38 of these, the flow had stopped by the next day, but spraying continued until 8 October. The E half of the island was covered with dark tephra, 15 cm deep at Tsubota, 10 cm at the airport, and 1 cm on the NE coast. The coast road around the island was closed at many places by lava flows and tephra.
Volcanologists from the Universities of Tokyo, Tohoku, Chiba, and other institutions arrived on the island 4-5 October to study the eruption and its products. Shigeo Aramaki's preliminary estimate of the volume of material ejected was [4.7] x 106 m3 of lava and [7.4] x 106 m3 of tephra (table 1).
Table 1. Estimated ejecta volumes of eruptions at Miyake-jima during 1940, 1962, and 1983 (in millions of cubic meters).
Year Lava Tephra
1940 11 greater than 1962
1983 4.7 7.4
Seismicity. Five earthquakes were felt between 1448 and 1522 on 3 October , but with the steep increase in [continuous volcanic] tremor amplitude at the start of the eruption, felt shocks stopped (figure 2). Earthquake activity remained low from 1522-1800, the most vigorous phase of the fissure eruption, then increased gradually from 1812 until 2233 when a 5.7 (Ms) [JMA magnitude 6.2] event shook the island. The few shocks felt 5-6 October represent stronger than usual seismicity. The last felt event occurred 15 October and the total since the beginning of the activity was 101. Although landslides occurred at about 10 sites along roads, there were no casualties. The number of small earthquakes then gradually decreased, but remained above background level on 27 October. . . . The amplitude of recorded continuous tremor decreased rapidly late 3 October, reaching its usual low level on 5 October, but increased again briefly early 7 October without . . . eruptive activity.
Human effects. The JMA weather station issued an alert on 3 October at 1545. Evacuation of Ako's 1400 inhabitants by fishing boat, private car and bus began immediately, as the instruction to go to Izu, on the N shore, was repeated through loudspeakers. Eleven buses moved about 1,000 persons in two round trips before the road was cut by lava at around 1730. Fishing boats transported the remaining 70. Eleven ships (from JMSA and JSDF) arrived the evening of 3 October, in case the entire island population of 4,400 needed evacuation. Food, blankets, and tanks of water were shipped from Tokyo.
Electricity was restored to all areas except Tsubota within 24 hours. Water supply to half the island was cut off because of damage to a major conduit (from Tairo-ike Pond). Telephone service was interrupted on 4 October when a switching station in Ako failed, but emergency radio service was established the same day. Tephra deposits at the airport ware cleared after 4 days, allowing it to reopen. The Tokyo government planned to build temporary housing for evacuees.
Further References. Aramaki, S., Hayakawa, Y., Fujii, T., Nakamura, K., and Fukuoka, T., 1986, The October 1983 eruption of Miyake-jima volcano: JVGR, v. 29, p. 203-230.
Special Issue -- The 1983 eruption of Miyake-jima: Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan, v. 29, December 1984, 349 pp. (32 papers).
Information Contacts: JMA, Tokyo.
February 1996 (BGVN 21:02) Cite this Report
Low-frequency earthquakes
Low-frequency earthquakes were recorded on 21 and 23 January.
Information Contacts: Volcanological Division, Seismological and Volcanological Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan.
May 2000 (BGVN 25:05) Cite this Report
26-27 June earthquake swarm; seawater stain on SW flank
Press sources, including Reuters and the Associated Press, reported that on 26 June seismic activity began on the 55 km2 island of Miyake-jima. About 4,300 earthquakes were detected from late on 26 June through 27 June, although many were too small to be felt. On 27 June a M 4.5 earthquake, the largest registered, was centered in shallow water near the island's W coast. According to a 27 June article, Yoshiaki Ida, a seismologist with the Coordinating Committee for the Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions (CCPVE), said an eruption of steam may have begun undersea. The Defense Agency of Japan reported that an area of shallow water with a blue and yellow tinge near the island's W coast suggested that an eruption may have occurred underwater on the morning of 27 June (figure 3). In addition, a Defense Agency patrol boat reported feeling a strong jolt from below and shortly thereafter another patrol boat observed thick steam rising from the sea's surface in the same area.
Figure 3. Shaded-relief schematic of the 8-km wide, circular island of Miyake-jima, as seen from the W. Sea surface discoloration on 27 June was located ~ 2.2 km off the coast of the port of Ako and was associated with an increase in seismic activity which appeared to be the result of a submarine eruption. Courtesy of the University of Tokyo.
Authorities were concerned that the eruption could move closer to the shoreline; therefore, on the night of 26 June, 2,500 of the 4,000 Miyake-jima residents were evacuated from the SW and SE sections of the island and relocated to potentially safer areas of the island.
On 29 June, Japan Times reported that fears of a volcanic eruption on Miyake-jima had tapered off. They said that the Japan Meteorological Agency's CCPVE reported that seismic activity had moved off the W coast of the island (figure 4) and that magmatic activities were weakening. On Wednesday, 28 June, more than 400 earthquakes/hr were recorded between 1100 and 1600, but the number dropped to 289 between 1600 and 1700 hours. Some residents began to go home on Thursday as the danger subsided and the evacuation order was partially lifted.
Figure 4. A close-up of the SW coast of the Miyake-jima. As of 29 June, seismic activity migrated to the W of the island causing landslides (stars) and eventually moved to the shallow waters to the W of the island where blue and yellow tinges in the water have been attributed to submarine venting. Fractures and faults are also shown. Courtesy of the University of Tokyo.
Other events occurred in early July as this Bulletin went to press. A future issue will discuss side-scan sonar confirmation of a small submarine pit at the presumed vent site and a sudden caldera-style collapse that formed a substantial summit pit crater.
Information Contacts: Volcano Research Center - Earthquake Research Institute (VRC-ERI), University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032 Japan (URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/shimano/miyake2000/esurface.html); The Japan Times; Reuters; Associated Press.
June 2000 (BGVN 25:06) Cite this Report
Magma intrusion within W flank and explosive eruption on 7 July
The 27 June 2000 water discoloration ~1 km off the W shore of the island of Miyake-jima (BGVN 25:05) prompted considerable investigation. Remote Operation Vehicle (ROV) work and multi-beam side-scan sonar revealed fractures and what appeared to be three ocean-floor craters around the area of discoloration. Crustal deformation found in this region implies that cracks have opened under the W flank of the volcano. Magma intrusion was confirmed to have occurred in the W flank of the volcano around the time of the 27 June event. The absence of scoria or other eruptive products makes it likely that the event was thermal water released due to intrusion.
Magma intrusion is also thought to be the cause of a series of earthquakes that began on 26 June. Hypocenters migrated from a central position under the island in a curve to the W, NW, and N, reaching a position ~70 km NNW of the island by 21 July (figure 5).
Figure 5. A map showing Miyake-jima (lower right-hand corner) and the NW migration of hypocenters, 26 June-21 July 2000. Hypocenters were centered under the summit when activity began and then migrated to a submarine location ~ 10 km NW. This movement was thought to be related to magma intruding to the W. Labels for the higher-magnitude events indicate the month/day, magnitude, and hypocenter depth. Courtesy of the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Miyake-jima's mayor, Naoyuki Hirose, lifted the evacuation order for the SE district of Tsubota on 29 June, permitting hundreds of the almost 2,000 evacuees to return home. Approximately half of the island's population of 4,000 had been evacuated on 26 June.
At 0414 on 7 July, an eruption from the summit crater sent ash and rock into the sky; plumes dispersed ash over wide areas of the island. The eruption continued until 1110 and about 140 residents had to be evacuated from the N sector of the island to protect them from heavy ashfall. A second eruption at 1550 sent an ash column 1 km above the crater, ejected rocks, and produced loud booming noises. On 8 July there was a weak yellow-colored emission. Closer inspection of this last eruption revealed that very little material had been ejected, but a pit crater ~200 m in diameter and 100-200 m deep had formed. It is thought that the pit crater marked an empty cavity left when magma progressed from the summit area and intruded to the W.
The month-long crisis (figure 5) involved more than 17,500 earthquakes, including 5,480 strong enough to be felt by humans. The Miyake-jima earthquake swarm included a 7 July, M 5.2 event centered 25 km NW of Miyake-jima under the young volcanic islands of Nii-jima and Kozu-shima at 10 km depth, and a 1 July, M 6.4 event that killed one man on Kozu-shima by rockfall.
Information Contacts: Geological Survey of Japan, Higashi 1-1-3, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 Japan; Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; Associated Press; Reuters.
Robust, multifaceted eruptions from new summit crater
This report covers the period 8 July-31 August 2000, an interval marked by strong outbursts, spectacular plumes, pyroclastic flows, ashfalls, and a remarkable series of concentric crater collapses that followed the initial crater collapse on 8 July 2000 (figures 6 and 7). Striking ash-column photos, some marked with azimuthal angles and calculated plume heights, appear on Japanese-language websites (see below).
Figure 6. An oblique aerial view of Miyake-jima's pre-eruption summit; the sketched-in curve indicates the area of the collapse on 8 July 2000. That area is sub-circular in plan view (figure 7) and has a diameter of ~ 0.9 km. View is looking NNE. Courtesy of Tokyo Metropolitan Islands Promotion Corporation.
Figure 7. Map of Miyake-jima's active summit crater documenting the crater's expansion during July and August 2000. The margins were drawn from aerial photos taken on the specified dates. The progression was thought to be closely linked with summit deflation; this deflation had been detected since the end of June and accelerated on 8 July. Large dots indicate the locations of a series of small migrating vents seen in the crater during 10-26 August. From the website of K. F. Fujita.
Continuous deflation at the summit had been recorded since the end of June. However, on 8 July the deflation accelerated. Following 4 days of earthquake swarms under the summit, at 1841 on 8 July, a small, phreatic explosion sent a cloud to 800 m above the summit (BGVN 25:07). This explosion lasted several minutes. At the same time, a large pit crater formed with a diameter of ~800-1,000 m and a depth of 100-200 m. A small amount of ash was ejected but was not comparable to the volume of the depression. Red ash and cinder deposits from this eruption were estimated to amount to less than 1 x 106 m3. The volume of collapse was estimated at 50 x 106 m3. No scoriae or any other juvenile material was found. The rapid deflation is thought to have formed as the result of "drain-back" of magma that had intruded near the surface. This appears to have been the catalyst for the explosion.
After the 8 July explosion, tiltmeters recorded periods of sudden inflation. Inflations were preceded and accompanied by long-period earthquakes located less than 2 km below the surface. The intervals of inflation and earthquakes were followed by continued steady deflation. This cycle repeated itself approximately every 12 hours from the 8 July eruption to 23 July.
Following a series of foreshocks, at 1601 on 1 July a Mb 6.1 earthquake struck near Kozu-shima Island, NW of Miyake-jima. This was followed on 14 July by a M 5.3 earthquake off the coast of Miyake-jima. At about 0400, shortly after the earthquake, a phreatic eruption occurred. Thick layers of ash were deposited on the N and E parts of the islands. This eruption continued until about 1300 on 15 July. Photographs taken by Asahi News Network (ANN) on the afternoon of 14 July showed that the 8 July crater had expanded to a diameter of 1,000 m and a depth of 400 m. Observers looking at the bottom of the 8 July crater saw small phreatic explosions yielding plumes with convoluted and scrolled shapes (reminiscent of cock's tails); these originated from a new pit crater that was ~100 m in diameter. The volume of ash from this eruption was estimated to be less than 10 x 106 m3. The volume of collapse was estimated at 200 x 106 m3.
Measurements in early August showed that the collapsed crater had enlarged to a diameter of 1.4 km and a depth of 450 m. According to The Japan Times, an eruption on 10 August produced a plume that rose 3 km above the summit and deposited ash over the NE section of the island. Yukio Hayakawa reported that small pyroclastic flows accompanied this event. After 10 August, phreatic explosions occurred intermittently. Figure 7 shows the progressive expansion of the crater associated with the deflation. GPS measurements made at four stations around the summit indicated continued summit deflation, including during the explosion on 18 August.
At 1700 on 18 August, a large phreatic eruption occurred. This was the largest eruption since activity began on 26 June 2000. Yukio Hayakawa reported small pyroclastic flows. According to articles by the Associated Press and Reuters, white clouds rising to 8 km above the summit were encountered by a commercial airline pilot who was in route from Guam to Narita airport in Tokyo. The plane, which was flying over the island of Miyake shortly after the eruption, later landed safely at Narita. Aviation contacts later revealed that while in flight a commercial airliner encountered airborne ash and underwent a dual-engine flame-out, but managed to land safely. The airliner sustained ~$4 million (US dollars) in damage.
Ash fall was reported to be heaviest on the western part of the island, but ash in the NW sector accumulated up to 15 cm thick as far as 3 km from the crater (figure 8). Ballistics, which included basaltic bombs, were ejected at the end of the eruption and were deposited in a uniform, radial pattern around the crater (figure 9). On the W slope of the volcano, 2-m-diameter ballistics destroyed roofs of cowsheds and formed craters in the meadows. To the SE, there were reports of broken car windows and cinders 5 cm in diameter at the airport. It is uncertain whether these ballistics were juvenile material.
Figure 8. Isopach map of ash-fall deposits from Miyake-jima's eruption on 18 August 2000. Courtesy of Joint University Research Group, Geological Survey of Japan.
Figure 9. Isopleth map of ballistics from Miyake-jima's eruption on 18 August 2000. Courtesy of Joint University Research Group, Geological Survey of Japan.
Although several lower plume-height observations and estimates were made, for example by aviators, one based on a photograph of the actively rising ash column indicated that the 18 August plume rose to at least 15 km. Laser radar (lidar) provided additional constraints on the height of airborne volcanic aerosols at distance from the volcano, detecting them on 23 August at 16 and 17.5 km altitude. More details follow.
For the 18 August eruption, lidar data collected by Takashi Shibata established these values at Nagoya, Japan (35°N, 137°E, on S Honshu Island, 290 km SE of the volcano) around 2100 on 23 August: backscatter ratio at 532 nm, 1.1; depolarization ratio at 532 nm, 5%; plume height, 16 km; and plume width, 100 km.
On 23 August the lidar instrument run by Motowo Fujiwara and Kouichi Shiraishi in Fukuoka (33.5°N, 130.4°E, on NW Kyushu Island, 850 km W of the volcano) detected a thin aerosol layer. Their measurement took place over an interval that began at 0013 and extended over the next hour and a half. They detected relatively strong scattering in the lower stratosphere and found these values: peak backscatter ratio at 532 nm, 1.20-1.25; depolarization ratio at 532 nm, 8-15%; layer height, 17.5 km; and layer width, 1 km. The cited height corresponds to the peak (strongest effect) of the layer; this altitude was ~1.7 km above the tropopause observed by Fukuoka Meteorological Observatory at 2100 on 22 August. Fujiwara and Shiraishi suggested aerosols might have come from Miyake-jima, specifically its eruption at 1702 on 18 August. The Meteorological Observatory reported that during the period from 18-21 August the wind direction around the layer height (17-18 km) changed from ENE to SSE (i.e., basically easterly) and its speed changed from 3 to 7 m/s. These easterly winds further suggested that the lidar-detected aerosol layer originated from a Miyake-jima eruption.
Observations made on 20 August by Osamu Oshima of the University of Tokyo revealed 3 small cones with open pits inside the summit crater, multiple mudflows from the crater pits onto the crater floor, and step faults that crossed new ash layers. He interpreted the step faults to indicate continued subsistence of the crater floor.
The Tokyo VAAC reported three small eruptions at Miyake-jima on 28 August. The eruption clouds reached respective heights of about 5.8, 3.8, and 5 km. On 29 August at 0430, Miyake-jima erupted vigorously again; according to the Eruption Committee this was the second-largest outburst of the recent eruptive episode (the most vigorous being the 18 August eruption). There were two pyroclastic flows, one to the NE that extended 5 km to the sea, and one to the SW that extended for 3 km. The pyroclastic flows contained large amounts of HCl, unlike those of 18 August. The eruption was theorized to be the result of either the collapse of an unstable hydrothermal system or contact between magma and meteoric water inside the volcano. Photos of the pyroclastic flows appeared on the internet (see references).
According to an article by the Associated Press and the Japanese news agency Asahi Shimbun, on 29 August all students, teachers, and school officials on Miyake-jima were evacuated to Tokyo, and all remaining residents of the island were ordered to evacuate. Residents who had not yet left the island as of 31 August were being housed in shelters due to the threat of mudslides produced by thick ash and rain.
Information Contacts: Miyake-jima Meterological Observatory and Volcanological Division; Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Akihiko Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan, 1-1-3 Higashi, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305, Japan (URL: https://www.gsj.jp/); Setsuya Nakada, Volcano Research Center, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan (URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/index_E.html); Takashi Shibata, STEL, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan; Yukio Hayakawa, Faculty of Education, Gunma University, Aramaki, Maebashi 371, Japan (URL: http://www.hayakawayukio.jp/); Motowo Fujiwara and Kouichi Shiraishi, Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonann-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan; U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA (URL: http://www.usgs.gov); The Japan Times, 5-4, Shibaura 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023 (URL: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/); Asahi Shimbun (URL: http://www.asahi.com/english/english.html); Associated Press; Reuters.
Gravity and synthetic-aperature radar data; volcanism through October 2000
Volcanism at Miyake-jima began on 27 June 2000 with a series of underwater eruptions (BGVN 25:05-25:07). The continuing activity since then has given scientists the opportunity to conduct multi-faceted visual, geochemical, geodetic, and geophysical observations. This report covers June-October, and within this interval several stages of activity occurred including intrusive events, collapse of the summit crater, explosive phreatic events, and degassing (figure 10). During September to mid-October, SO2 emissions were high and low levels of ash were intermittently emitted.
Figure 10. Time table summarizing the eruption at Miyake-jima during June-September 2000. Under the Phenomena column the abbreviation CTJ refers to an eruption with cock's tail jet. Under the Ejecta column the expression Cl/SO4 refers to the ratio of water soluble chloride to sulfur-dioxide ions attached on the surface of ash, a parameter whose increase is considered a good indicator of the hydrothermal water contribution. Courtesy of ERI, University of Tokyo.
Gravity variation during June-August 2000. The ERI Gravity Group conducted a study on the spatio-temporal gravity variation during June-September 2000. They used a microgal gravimeter, which senses mass anomalies and movements beneath the Earth's surface. A change of 1.1 microgals ( µgal) is equal to about one part per billion of the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface. This is approximately the change in gravitational acceleration that would be expected from a 3 mm change in vertical position.
The group observed gravity changes among the five surveys around the volcano during June 1998 to August 2000 (figure 11). The geophysicists found that from the beginning of the activity to just before the crater collapse on 8 June 2000 gravity decreased ~140 microgals at the summit (figure 11a). This decrease could be explained by the creation of a cavity that was ~1.5 km deep and had a volume of 6 x 108 m3. Gravity increased by 111 microgals in the SW part of the island due to the intrusion of a dyke that had a tensile opening of 1.7 m. The approximately 60 microgal increase along the coast resulted from subsidence of the entire island caused by deflation of the deep magma chamber.
Figure 11. Differentials in gravity (µgal) shown for designated stations and shaded over larger areas resulting from five sequential surveys at Miyake-jima. The figures show differentials between: a) June 1998 to 6 July 2000 (dyke intrusion occurred on the W coast), b) 6 July-11 July 2000 (crater collapse began on 8 July), c) 14 July-31 July 2000 (crater collapse continued and summit explosions occurred on 14 and 15 July), and d) 31 July-12 August 2000 (crater collapse continued and a summit explosion occurred on 10 August). Courtesy of the ERI Gravity Group.
From just before the 6 July crater collapse to just after the 11-14 July collapse the crater's cavity had a volume of 1.5 x 108 m3 (figure 11b). During this time the gravity dramatically decreased by 1,135 microgals at the summit due to the mass deficiency associated with the crater collapse (dark band just outside the new crater). Gravity increased from ~50-130 microgals along the inner circular path. This increase was due to the loss of the upward-directed attraction associated with the pre-collapse summit morphology. The concentric gravity change suggested cylindrical conduits beneath the summit. If the collapse and drain-back/flow out of magma were to continue, the gravity at the center of the island (high elevations) would decrease and it would increase around the coast (low elevations).
Several events occurred during 11-31 July. The summit crater became deeper, reaching 450 m depth and larger with a crater cavity volume of 3 x 108 m3. Steam explosions occurred on 14 and 15 July. The station SW of the summit (figure 11b) showed a gravity change of +129 microgals; by 31 July this station's differential decreased to -118 microgals. This decrease occurred because the center of gravity of the summit crater descended below the height of the seismic station due to the progressive collapse of the summit crater. Figure 11c portrays the gravity change spread in the form of concentric circles.
During 28 July to 12 August, the crater became even deeper reaching 500 m and larger with a crater cavity volume that was over 3.5 x 108 m3 (figure 11d). Steam explosions occurred on 10, 14, and 15 August. Gravity decreased as much as 680 microgals around the summit because the expanding crater rim was approaching the stations. Gravity increased from 58 to 91 microgals in the E portion of the edifice, which indicated that the crater was extending to the E. As the center of collapse descended, the area of neutral change (white in figure 11d) also descended and approached the coastal area. Despite ongoing crater collapse, the center of mass of the crater remained above the height of the stations along the coast, so an increase in gravity was detected there.
Overall, during the course of the five gravity surveys, gravity steadily increased in the western section of the island. This increase suggested that magma was traveling through a channel from the volcano to the seismic swarm off the W coast of the island. There was also an unexplained gravity increase in the SSE part of the island. The gravity decrease in the island's center was mostly due to the collapse of the summit caldera. The gravity decrease appeared to be less dramatic after late-July because some observation points were destroyed. Gravity variation data for the period after the large phreatic eruption on 18 August were not available.
Measurement of the size of the summit crater using PI-SAR. The Environment Information Technology Section used an airborne high-resolution multiparameter synthetic aperture radar (PI-SAR) to capture images of the volcano and determine the change in the size of the summit crater during 6 July-30 August. The Pi-SAR was developed by the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL) of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). It is a dual-frequency radar operating at L-band and X-band frequencies with polarimetric functions. Although not discussed here, the X-band system also has an interferometric function by which topographic mapping of the ground surface is achieved.
The increase in size of the summit crater is evident by comparing three PI-SAR images of Miyake-jima (figure 12). Figure 12a was taken two days before the crater collapse on 8 July and the effects of the latter event appear on figure 12b. Figure 12c shows the effect on the size of the crater after a relatively small phreatic eruption on 10 August sent an ash cloud to an altitude of ~3 km and after a larger phreatic eruption occurred on 18 August sending an ash cloud to an altitude of ~15 km. Analysis of close-up views of the summit crater revealed that the eruptions caused the crater to grow from 1,380 x 1,370 m on 2 August, to 1,550 x 1,620 m on 30 August (figure 13).
Figure 12. Images of Miyake-jima from the airborne high-resolution multiparameter synthetic aperture radar (PI-SAR) taken on (a) 6 July 2000, (b) 2 August 2000, and (c) 30 August 2000. The X band used: VV=Red, HV=Green, HH=Blue. The flight direction was from S to N, and illumination was from W to E. The images represent a 9 x 9.5 km area. Courtesy of the Environment Information Technology Section of CRL.
Figure 13. Enlarged images of Miyake-jima's summit crater made from airborne high-resolution multiparameter synthetic aperture radar (PI-SAR) taken on a) 2 August, and b) 30 August 2000 (close-up views of figure 12b and c). Courtesy of the Environment Information Technology Section of CRL.
Activity during mid-August through mid-October 2000. According to the Volcano Research Center (VRC), subsidence of Miyake-jima's summit crater was not clearly observed after mid-August. Partial collapse of the northern cliff of the caldera was seen in late-September. Ash was emitted continuously in early September and intermittently in late September. A large pyroclastic cone with steaming craters was present on the southern cliff of the crater. On 16 October the crater floor was at an elevation of 230 m according to a laser distance-meter survey performed from a helicopter by Earthquake Research Institute (ERI).
The Japan Meteorological Agency, the Geological Survey of Japan, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology reported that in mid-October the SO2 flux from Miyake-jima's summit caldera was at a high level with 30,000-50,000 metric tons/day emitted. Since the SO2 flux was so high, officials decided that no one could stay on the island during the night. In early October public workers and researchers stayed on a ship near the harbor and landed on the island in the daytime. After a short period of time officials decided that it was too dangerous for people to live on the ship so they began to commute by small boats between Miyake-jima and the nearest island, Kozu-shima. Since power company workers were not on the island, electricity was cut, halting volcano data collection from electrically powered instruments on the transmission grid.
Information Contacts: ERI Gravity Group, Shuhei Okubo; Masato Furuya, Sun Wenke, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Hidefumi Watanabe, Jun Oikawa, and Tokumitsu Maekawa (URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/); Environment Information Technology Section, Global Environment Division, Communications Research Laboratory (CRL), Japan (URL: https://www.nict.go.jp/en/); S. Nakada and Hedifumi Watanabe, Volcano Research Center, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan (URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/index_E.html); Geological Survey of Japan, 1-1-3 Higashi, Ibaraki, Tsukuba 305, Japan (URL: https://www.gsj.jp/); Japan Meteorological Agency, Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan (URL: http://www.titech.ac.jp/).
Continued high SO2 flux; volcanic tremor and eruption occur in mid-March
Activity since October 2000 (BGVN 25:09) through 12 February 2001 has been characterized by high volumes of volcanic gas emission. Minor ashfall was reported only near the summit crater. The active crater's temperature increased to 400°C during late December 2000; slight incandescence of the crater was observed at night, but disappeared by late January 2001. Ground deformation of Miyake-jima, which began in July 2000, declined, but still continued. Seismicity was low during September 2000-early February 2001, although shallow low-frequency earthquakes occurred in late January.
During October 2000-early February 2001 the plume that rose from Miyake-jima varied in height from several hundred meters to as much as two thousand meters. The SO2 flux maintained high values in the range of ~18,000-45,000 metric tons/day during the period. An abundance of the gas was often observed around the volcano's flanks depending on weather conditions. As of early February 2001, there was no indication of any decrease in the SO2 flux.
On 16 March 2001 the largest volcanic tremor episode since 29 August 2000 was recorded at Miyake-jima. Three days later, on 19 March, an eruption produced a black ash cloud that rose 800 m above the volcano. The island has remained uninhabited since 1 September 2000 when officials ordered an evacuation due to the persistent volcanic activity that began on 26-27 June 2000 (BGVN 25:05).
Information Contacts: Setsuya Nakada and Hidefumi Watanabe, Volcano Research Center, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan (URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/index_E.html); Japan Meteorological Agency, Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Kyodo News Agency (URL: http://home.kyodo.co.jp/).
March 2002 (BGVN 27:03) Cite this Report
Eruptive activity decreases; high SO2 flux through April 2002
The following report covers activity at Miyake-jima after February 2001 and through April 2002, but a brief review of previous activity is included. Volcanism renewed at Miyake-jima on 27 June 2000 with a series of underwater eruptions (BGVN 25:05-25:07). Activity through October 2000 was characterized by intrusive events, collapse of the summit crater, explosive events, and degassing. SO2 emissions were high and low levels of ash were intermittently emitted (BGVN 25:09). During October 2000 through mid-February 2001 high volumes of volcanic gas emission continued (BGVN 26:02).
After a large eruption on 18 August 2000, large amounts of volcanic gas, especially SO2, started to discharge. SO2 flux monitoring by COSPEC V has been conducted since 26 August 2000. Monitoring is performed almost daily by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) and Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ). Figure 14 shows the daily average of SO2 flux during August 2000 through April 2002. The mean flux during September-December 2000 was ~40,000 metric tons per day (t/d). During 2000, the average SO2 flux was 40,000 t/d, and it decreased to 21,000 t/d during 2001. As of March 2002 the average SO2 flux was 10,000-20,000 t/d. During the 26 September 2001 explosion the amount of SO2 degassing was ~15,000 t/d.
Figure 14. Daily averages of SO2 flux at Miyake-jima during August 2000 through April 2002. Courtesy JMA, GSJ, and KSVO.
In November 2001 the GSJ reported that the strong eruptions of July-August 2000, initially thought to be solely phreatic, had been phreatomagmatic. For instance, tephra from the 18 August 2000 eruption was ~30-40% juvenile in nature. Following the 29 August 2000 eruption, activity was much weaker. A summit pit crater or caldera, formed as a result of "drain back" as magma was intruded elsewhere, stabilized in August 2000 with a diameter of 1.4 km.
On 16 March 2001 the JMA reported that the strongest tremor since 29 August 2000 had occurred. Three days later, on 19 March, an eruption produced a black ash cloud that rose 800 m above the volcano.
In mid-May 2001, based on information from the JMA, the Volcanic Research Center reported that no ash clouds had been observed since 19 March. They also reported that steam plumes with abundant SO2 were continuously emitted from the summit caldera to 0.5-2 km above the caldera rim. Continuous SO2 emission released as much as 33,000 to 46,000 metric tons of SO2 per day (figure 14). Low-level seismic activity continued; on 5 May 2001 a total of 446 small low-frequency earthquakes were registered, and on 7 May an M 2.8 earthquake occurred. Global positioning system (GPS) measurements showed steady, continuous deflation of the volcano, though the rate was lower than before September 2000. Very small collapses of the caldera rims were occasionally seen during air inspections.
About 20 small eruptions were recorded by the JMA during 2001 through the end of March 2002. Major eruptions were reported on 27 May, 26-27 September, and 16 October 2001. The eruptions produced ash plumes up to 1,500 m high.
On 25 January 2002 at 1015 Air Force Weather Agency staff detected a faint E-drifting volcanic plume emanating from Miyake-jima on MODIS imagery (figure 15).
Figure 15. MODIS imagery on 25 January 2002 at 1015 shows a plume drifting E from Miyake-jima. Courtesy AFWA and NASA.
The GSJ reported that as of 1 April 2002, eruptions were continuing and significant quantities of SO2 (10,000-20,000 t/d) discharged from the summit pit crater (figure 14). According to a news report, a minor eruption occurred at Miyake-jima on 2 April shortly after 1000. While evacuated residents were visiting the island, ash rose to ~300 m above the volcano and fell around Miyake-jima. The island is currently uninhabited because activity that began on 26-27 June 2000 prompted officials to order an evacuation on 1 September 2000.
Information Contacts: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Setsuya Nakada and Hidefumi Watanabe, Volcano Research Center, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan (URL: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/index_E.html); Akihiko Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 7, Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan (URL: http://staff.aist.go.jp/a.tomiya/miyakeE.html); Charles Holliday, Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA),106 Peacekeeper Dr., Ste 2NE; Offutt AFB, NE 68113-4039 USA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, DC 20456-0001, USA (URL: https://www.nasa.gov/); Kusatsu-Shirane Volcano Observatory (KSVO), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kusatsu, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma 377-17, Japan; Dow Jones News.
November 2002 (BGVN 27:11) Cite this Report
High SO2 fluxes, minor ash eruptions continue through November 2002
Volcanic activity that began at Miyake-jima during June and July 2000 was still ongoing as of November 2002. The current activity included a large amount of discharging volcanic gas. SO2 flux remained high (about 5,000-10,000 tons/day) as of October 2002. All residents of Miyake-jima island have been evacuated since September 2000.
During the 2000 activity, for several weeks the crater expanded in both depth and diameter (BGVN 25:09) and by September 2000 its diameter reached ~1.6 km. As of November 2002, the crater diameter remained at ~1.6 km. Several phreatomagmatic eruptions had occurred during July and August 2000 (e.g., July 14-15; August 10, 13, 18, and 29). The largest eruption occurred on 18 August 2000 (BGVN 25:09). It produced an eruption column to a height of ~15 km. Large amounts of ash and bombs ejected, the latter frequently rich in juvenile material and in a cauliflower shape (figure 16). About 30-40% of the ash consisted of juvenile fragments containing many micro-bubbles and microlites (figure 16).
Figure 16. Cauliflower-shaped bomb from the 18 August 2000 eruption of Miyake-jima. Courtesy GSJ.
Figure 17. A polished section of 18 August 2000 ash showing a 100 µm scale bar. The specimen is riddled with microlites and sub-circular micro-bubbles. Courtesy GSJ.
During the 29 August 2000 eruption (BGVN 25:07), a low-temperature pyroclastic flow occurred. The flow was weak, however, it reached the sea and sent an ash cloud to 8.0 km. Following the largest eruption on 18 August 2000, a large amount of volcanic gas, especially SO2, began to discharge. The mean flux during September-December 2000 was ~40,000 tons/day.
Table 2 compiles recent minor eruptions during 2001-2002. A major eruption had not occurred at Miyake-jima since 29 August 2000. However, small explosions with minor ash emission sometimes occurred. As of 15 November 2002, the last such explosion was on 8 October 2002.
Table 2. Occasional small, typically ash-bearing explosions took place at Miyake-jima during January 2001 through 15 November 2002. All of the eruptions since 2001 were small with minor ash emission; however, some plume observations following outbursts were thwarted by weather or other limitations (situations indicated by question marks). In several cases, the ash columns rose to heights of 1 to 1.5 km above the crater rim. Data from JMA and provided courtesy GSJ.
Date Time (approximate) Plume height above rim
11 Jan 2001 1040 800 m
19 Mar 2001 0700-0740 800 m
27 May 2001 0604 1,200 m
03 Jun 2001 0634 700 m
10 Jun 2001 0638 and 0823 500 m
18 Jul 2001 1742 ??
26 Sep 2001 1132 1,000 m
27 Sep 2001 2304 800 m
11 Oct 2001 0445 and 0900 ??
16 Oct 2001 0722 1,500 m
01 Nov 2001 1232 800 m
21 Feb 2002 1737 300 m
02 Mar 2002 0553 and 0612 ??
31 Mar 2002 0604 200 m
02 Apr 2002 1002 300 m
16 Apr 2002 0600 ??
01 Aug 2002 1742 ??
16 Sep 2002 0510 ??
08 Oct 2002 1451 200 m
Satellite imagery on 5-6 August showed a plume from Miyake-jima drifting ~185 km (100 nautical miles; figure 18). A wind profile taken at a nearby Hachijo-jima island was used to infer that the plume was below ~1,500 m.
Figure 18. Satellite imagery on 6 August 2002 showed a plume drifting to the ENE from Miyake-jima. Courtesy Charles Holliday, U.S. AFWA.
Information Contacts: Akihiko Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 7, Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan (URL: http://staff.aist.go.jp/a.tomiya/miyakeE.html); Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Charles Holliday, U.S. Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA),106 Peacekeeper Dr., Ste 2NE; Offutt AFB, NE 68113-4039 USA.
Small explosion in November 2002; continued high SO2 flux through April 2003
Miyake-jima has remained restless since the eruption that began in June 2000 (BGVN 25:05-25:07, 25:09, 26:02, 27:03, and 27:11). Small explosions with minor ash emission have been common (see BGVN 27:11). The most recent event reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency was at about 1320 on 24 November 2002, with the plume rising to an unknown height. The SO2 gas output remained high, ~4,000-9,000 tons/day, as of March 2003 (figure 19). Robust degassing was ongoing through the week of 16-22 April 2003. All residents on Miyake-jima island have been evacuated since September 2000, after which time SO2 fluxes reached extremely high values (over 80,000 tons/day in October 2000).
Figure 19. SO2 flux at Miyake-jima during August 2000-March 2003. Triangles along the timeline indicate explosions. Courtesy of the Geological Survey of Japan and the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Information Contacts: Akihiko Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 1-1 Higashi, 1-Chome Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan (URL: http://staff.aist.go.jp/a.tomiya/tomiyae.html); Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Fukuoka, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/).
October 2003 (BGVN 28:10) Cite this Report
Continued seismicity and regular gas-and-steam plumes
Volcanic activity at Miyake-jima since the eruption during the summer of 2000 (BGVN 25:07) has continued at lower levels through August 2003. The flux of SO2 gas remained high (~ 4, 000-9, 000 tons/day), and has been nearly constant since October 2002 (figure 20). A compilation of seismic data and plume observations through April 2003 (table 3) documents this continuing activity. Plume heights following the June-September 2000 activity have not been greater than 2.2 km above the summit (table 3), and their color has been described as white or grayish white.
Figure 20. SO2 flux at Miyake-jima during August 2000-August 2003. Triangles along the timeline indicate explosions. Courtesy of the Geological Survey of Japan and the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Table 3. Summary of seismicity and plume observations at Miyake-jima, January 2000-April 2003. All reported plumes originated from the summit crater, and were described as either white (W), light white (LW), grayish white (GW), or gray (G). No months during this time had more than six plumes observed on any single day. Data courtesy of JMA.
Month Volcanic earthquakes Max. Plume Height (km) (date) Plume Color (date)
Jan 2000 2 -- --
Feb 2000 4 -- --
Mar 2000 1 -- --
Apr 2000 No JMA report received this month
May 2000 3 -- --
Jun 2000 > 13,840 -- --
Jul 2000 > 24,494 1.5 (8, 14) W (8) colored (14, 15)
Aug 2000 > 10,175 14 (18) Mix of white and colored almost daily all after 10th
Sep 2000 146 3.5 (26) frequently above 1 W (almost daily), C (3, 24, 27)
Oct 2000 16 2.7 (10) W
Nov 2000 5 2.5 (26) W
Dec 2000 6 2.0 (22, 27) W
Jan 2001 214 1.8 (22, 31) W, GW (11)
Feb 2001 260 2.0 (17) W
Mar 2001 299 2.0 (2, 16, 24) W, GW (19)
Apr 2001 191 2.0 (4) W
May 2001 707 2.2 (6) W, G (27)
Jun 2001 192 2.2 (10) W, G (3, 10)
Jul 2001 249 1.6 (16, 21) W, G (10)
Aug 2001 306 2.0 (24, 25, 27, 28) W
Sep 2001 234 3.0 (16) W
Oct 2001 116 1.5 (16, 21, 22, 24, 29, 31) W, GW
Nov 2001 124 2.0 (20) W, GW (1)
Dec 2001 123 1.7 (29) W
Jan 2002 41 2.0 (6) W, GW
Feb 2002 88 1.7 (14) W, GW
Mar 2002 71 1.2 (16, 28) W, GW (31)
Apr 2002 104 1.0 (10) W, GW (2, 3)
May 2002 265 1.5 (29) W
Jun 2002 176 0.8 (9) W, GW (15)
Jul 2002 78 0.8 (27) W
Aug 2002 45 1.0 (3) W
Sep 2002 57 1.5 (4) W
Oct 2002 47 1.0 (6, 30) W, GW (8)
Nov 2002 55 1.0 (6, 29) W
Dec 2002 66 0.8 (28) W
Jan 2003 202 1.0 (25) W
Mar 2003 212 1.2 (28) W
Apr 2003 450 1.0 (28) W
The number of monthly earthquakes was very low (1-4/month) until late June through early September 2000. Except for 5 May 2001 when 447 volcanic earthquakes occurred, daily totals have been less than 50. Monthly earthquake totals since August 2000 have been less than 300, except for May 2001 (707) and April 2003 (450). Volcanic tremor also began in July 2000 and became continuous in September 2000. Tremor through April 2003 totaled less than 500 events per month, except for May 2001, when 1, 362 events were recorded (444 on the 22nd). The unusually high seismicity noted in May 2001 corresponded to a period of continuous steam plumes with abundant SO2 content (BGVN 27:03), after which SO2 flux declined (figure 2).
Seismicity at Miyake-jima is recorded by three seismographs maintained by the Japan Meterological Agency (JMA): station "A" is ~ 1.9 km NNE of the summit at 530 m elevation, station "AKOC" is ~ 4.6 km W at 42 m elevation, and station "RST" is ~ 1.9 km SSE at 463 m elevation.
Information Contacts: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); Akihiko Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 1-1 Higashi, 1-Chome Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8567, Japan (URL: https://staff.aist.go.jp/a.tomiya/tomiyae.html).
SO2 flux continues gradual decline; minor eruptions in November-December 2004
Seismicity and regular gas-and-steam plumes related to the eruption during the summer of 2000 continued through August 2003 (BGVN 28:10). From August 2003 through August 2005 gas emissions continued; SO2 flux remained relatively high and nearly constant (4,000-9,000 tons per day) since October 2002 (figure 21). Eruptions were absent in 2003. Seismicity increased again in May 2003 to more than 700 events/month (table 4), compared to less than 450 the previous four months, a level higher than any recorded since August 2000 (BGVN 28:10).
Figure 21. Daily average SO2 flux from Miyake-jima between August 2000 and July 2005. Courtesy of Kazahaya Kohei, Geological Survey of Japan.
Table 4. Summary of seismicity and plume observations at Miyake-jima, May 2003-January 2005. All reported plumes originated from the summit crater, and were described as white (W) or gray (G). Data courtesy of JMA.
Month Volcanic earthquakes Max. Plume Height (km) (date) Plume Color (number of days, date)
May 2003 713 1.0 (3, 22) W (22 days)
Jun 2003 811 0.9 (5) W (17 days)
Jul 2003 762 0.8 (3) W (13 days)
Aug 2003 562 1.0 (30) W (7 days)
Sep 2003 551 0.9 (15) W (17 days)
Oct 2003 649 1.0 (16, 27) W (17 days)
Nov 2003 971 1.0 (14) W (18 days)
Dec 2003 1,449 1.2 (4) W (28 days)
Jan 2004 1,353 1.2 (28) W (27 days)
Feb 2004 516 1.0 (16) W (26 days)
Mar 2004 3,810 (590 on 7th) 1.0 (3) W (25 days)
Apr 2004 317 1.0 (16) W (24 days)
May 2004 1,014 0.6 (21, 28) W (13 days)
Jun 2004 1,134 (tremor amp. increased to 4 µm/s) 0.8 (30) W (13 days)
Jul 2004 1,025 1.0 (26) W (16 days)
Aug 2004 643 1.2 (9) W (11 days)
Oct 2004 776 1.0 (31) W (21 days)
Nov 2004 1,015 1.0 (29) W (25 days), G (1 day, 30th)
Dec 2004 1,634 1.5 (25) W (28 days), G (1 day, 2nd)
Jan 2005 416 (tremor amp. drops below 1 µm/s) 1.0 (14, 22) W (28 days)
The number of monthly events remained above 500 through February 2004, with counts of 1,449 in December 2003 and 1,353 in January 2004. Seismicity increased significantly during 5-15 March 2004, with more than 400 daily events recorded during 6-10 March (a high of 590 events on the 7th), before gradually declining, but resulting in a monthly total of 3,810. No unusual activity or eruptions accompanied the elevated seismicity. Although seismicity dropped in April 2004, more than 1,000 monthly seismic events were recorded during May-July 2004.
Seismicity was high again in November (1,015 events) and December (1,634 events) 2004, but the December seismicity was primarily due to over 700 events during 2-3 December. The amplitude of the continuous tremor also increased from below 1 ?m/s to around 4 ?m/s in June 2004. Amplitudes remained elevated, though variable, through December 2004.
On 30 November 2004 a minor ash eruption occurred after a 2-year lull. A minor eruption is defined as a small explosion with minor ash emission and plume height of less than 1 km. The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) noted another gray plume on 2 December, and the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ) listed minor eruptions on 2, 7-8, and 9 December 2004.
As of April 2005, the SO2 flux was about 2,000-5,000 tons/day. The danger of destructive eruptions was considered to be small, and some residents of the island (~ 3,800 people), who had been evacuated since September 2000 were returning home as of May 2005. However, the GSJ noted minor eruptions again on 12 April and 18 May 2005.
Information Contacts: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); A. Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan (AIST), 1-1 Higashi, 1-Chome Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-856, Japan (URL: https://staff.aist.go.jp/a.tomiya/miyakeE.html); Kazahaya Kohei, Geological Survey of Japan (URL: https://staff.aist.go.jp/kazahaya-k/miyakegas/COSPEC.html); Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), University of Tokyo,Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan.
Ash emissions in February 2006; declining SO2 flux
According to a news report, there was a minor eruption at Miyake-jima on 17 February 2006 that consisted of small ash emissions. Residents of the island were warned that there could be gas emissions and mudslides. The Geological Survey of Japan (AIST) website reported that the SO2 flux at Miyake-jima averaged about 2,000-5,000 tons per day in January 2006 (figure 22). The previous activity took place in November-December 2004, ending on 9 December 2004 when minor eruptions were reported after a two-year lull. As of mid-April 2006 no further activity had been reported.
Figure 22. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) flux monitoring of Miyake-jima by COSPEC V was conducted from 26 August 2000, peaking in early 2000 at values well over 100,000 metric tons per day and dropping off slowly after that. Daily monitoring was performed by the Japanese Meteorological Agency and Geological Survey of Japan.
Information Contacts: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Volcanological Division, 1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/); A. Tomiya, Geological Survey of Japan (AIST), 1-1 Higashi, 1-Chome Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-856, Japan (URL: https://staff.aist.go.jp/a.tomiya/miyakeE.html); Kazahaya Kohei, Geological Survey of Japan (URL: https://staff.aist.go.jp/kazahaya-k/miyakegas/COSPEC.html); Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan.
Four minor eruptions between August 2006 and April 2009
Miyake-jima has had a recent history of periodic minor eruptions and gas emissions containing relatively high concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2). SO2 emissions in January 2006 averaged about 2,000-5,000 tons per day, and there was a minor eruption on 17 February 2006 (BGVN 31:03).
The Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) described an eruption on 23 August 2006 that generated plumes which rose to an altitude of about 1.5 km and drifted SE. Ash was not identified on satellite imagery. No additional eruption reports were received until January 2008. Based on information from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the Tokyo VAAC reported that an eruption plume on 7 January rose to an altitude of 1.2 km and drifted SE. The JMA also reported an eruption on 8 May 2008. Another eruption reported by JMA produced an ash plume that rose 600 m above the crater and drifted E on 1 April 2009.
Information Contacts: Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC), Tokyo, Japan (URL: http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vaac/data/); Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Otemachi, 1-3-4, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8122, Japan (URL: http://www.jma.go.jp/).
Miyake-jima
Hyotan-yama Cone
Kuwanoki-daira Cone
Daihannya-yama Fissure vent
Furumio
Tairoike Maar
Hatchodaira Caldera
Hinoyama-toge Fissure vent
Hirabe-yama Crater
Igaya Fissure vent
Izu Crater
Kamane Maar
Kanaso Maar
Kazahaya Fissure vent
Koshiki Crater
Koshiki-ana Crater
Kuwakidaira Caldera
Miogataira Crater
Mippana Crater
Misodo-ana Crater
Mitoribata Fissure vent
Mizutamari
Yaema Maar
Nagane Fissure vent
Oana Crater
O-ana Crater
Oyama Caldera
Sanshichi-yama Fissure vent
Shinmio
Sinmiyo Maar
Shinmiyo-ike Crater
Suou-ana Crater
Yamamio Maar
Yoridai-zawa Crater
Pyroclastic cone(s)
Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
Within 100 km 1,848
The circular, 8-km-wide island of Miyakejima forms a low-angle stratovolcano that rises about 1100 m from the sea floor in the northern Izu Islands about 200 km SSW of Tokyo. The basaltic volcano is truncated by small summit calderas, one of which, 3.5 km wide, was formed during a major eruption about 2500 years ago. Parasitic craters and vents, including maars near the coast and radially oriented fissure vents, dot the flanks of the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions have occurred since 1085 CE at vents ranging from the summit to below sea level, causing much damage on this small populated island. After a three-century-long hiatus ending in 1469, activity has been dominated by flank fissure eruptions sometimes accompanied by minor summit eruptions. A 1.6-km-wide summit caldera was slowly formed by subsidence during an eruption in 2000; by October of that year the crater floor had dropped to only 230 m above sea level.
Aramaki S, Hayakawa Y, Fujii T, Nakamura K, Fukuoka T, 1986. The October 1983 eruption of Miyakejima volcano. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 29: 203-230.
Geshi N, Oikawa T, 2008. Phreatomagmatic eruptions associated with the caldera collapse during the Miyakejima 2000 eruption. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 176: 457-468.
Geshi N, Shimano T, Chiba T, Nakada S, 2002. Caldera collapse during the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Bull Volcanol, 64: 55-68.
Japan Meteorological Agency, 1996. National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan (second edition). Tokyo: Japan Meteorological Agency, 502 p (in Japanese).
Japan Meteorological Agency, 2013. National Catalogue of the Active Volcanoes in Japan (fourth edition, English version). Japan Meteorological Agency.
Kaneko T, Yasuda A, Shimano T, Nakada S, Fujii T, Kanazawa T, Nishizawa A, Matsumoto Y, 2005. Submarine flank eruption preceding caldera subsidence during the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Bull Volcanol, 67: 243-253.
Katsui Y (ed), 1971. List of the World Active Volcanoes. Volc Soc Japan draft ms, (limited circulation), 160 p.
Kudo T, Hoshizumi H, 2006-. Catalog of eruptive events within the last 10,000 years in Japan, database of Japanese active volcanoes. Geol Surv Japan, AIST, http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db099/eruption/index.html.
Kuno H, 1962. Japan, Taiwan and Marianas. Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World and Solfatara Fields, Rome: IAVCEI, 11: 1-332.
Nakada S, Nagai M, Kaneko T, Nozawa A, Suzuki-Kamata K, 2005. Chronology and products of the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Bull Volcanol, 67: 205-218.
Nakano S, Yamamoto T, Iwaya T, Itoh J, Takada A, 2001-. Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geol Surv Japan, AIST, http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/strata/VOL_JP/.
Shimano T, Nakada S, 2006. Vesiculation path of ascending magma in the 1983 and the 2000 eruptions of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Bull Volcanol, 68: 549-566.
Smithsonian Institution-SEAN, 1975-89. [Monthly event reports]. Bull Scientific Event Alert Network (SEAN), v 1-14.
Tsukui M, Saito K, Hayashi K, 2006. Frequent and intensive eruptions in the 9th century, Izu Islands, Japan: revision of volcano-stratigraphy based on tephras and historical documents. Bull Volc Soc Japan (Kazan), 51: 327-338 (in Japanese with English abs).
Tsukui M, Suzuki Y, 1998. Eruptive history of Miyakejima volcano during the last 7000 years. Bull Volc Soc Japan (Kazan), 43: 149-166 (in Japanese with English abs).
There is data available for 40 Holocene eruptive periods.
Stop Date
Eruption Certainty
Activity Area or Unit
2010 Apr 11 2010 Jul 21 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2009 Apr 1 2009 Apr 1 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2008 May 8 2008 May 8 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2008 Jan 7 2008 Jan 7 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2006 Aug 23 2006 Aug 23 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2006 Feb 17 2006 Feb 17 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2005 Apr 12 2005 May 18 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2004 Nov 30 2004 Dec 9 Confirmed 1 Historical Observations
2001 Jan 11 2002 Nov 24 Confirmed 2 Historical Observations
2000 Jun 27 2000 Sep 28 Confirmed 3 Historical Observations Summit and submarine western flank
1983 Oct 3 1983 Oct 4 Confirmed 3 Historical Observations SW flank (4.5 km long NE-SW fissure)
1962 Aug 24 1962 Aug 27 Confirmed 2 Historical Observations NE flank
1940 Jul 12 1940 Aug 5 Confirmed 3 Historical Observations Oyama, NE flank
1874 Jul 3 1874 Jul 17 (?) Confirmed 3 Historical Observations NNE flank (560 m)
1835 Nov 11 (?) Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical Observations West flank (east and SE of Ako)
1811 Jan 27 1811 Jan 28 Confirmed 2 Historical Observations Summit and NE flank?
1763 Aug 17 1769 Confirmed 4 Historical Observations Oyama, SSW flank (Shinmio maar)
1712 Feb 4 1714 Confirmed 3 Historical Observations SW flank (Kuwanoki-daira)
[ 1709 Apr 23 ] [ Unknown ] Uncertain
1643 Mar 31 1643 Apr Confirmed 3 Historical Observations SW flank (SE of Ako, Kuwanoki-daira?)
1595 Nov 22 Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical Observations SE flank
1535 Mar Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical Observations SE flank
1469 Dec 24 Unknown Confirmed 3 Historical Observations Oyama
1154 Nov Unknown Confirmed 3 Historical Observations NE flank?, SBS tephra
1085 Unknown Confirmed 2 Historical Observations
0850 (?) Unknown Confirmed 4 Historical Observations Oyama and East flank (Mi-ike maar)
0832 Jun 23 Unknown Confirmed 3 Historical Observations KHS tephra
0750 ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Radiocarbon (corrected) NE flank, MBS tephra
0500 ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Radiocarbon (corrected) Daihannya-yama, DHS tephra
0320 ± 500 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Tephrochronology Sabigahama, SHB tephra
0260 ± 500 years Unknown Confirmed 4 Tephrochronology TGS and TGA tephras
0050 BCE ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Radiocarbon (corrected) Taira-yama, TYS tephra
0600 BCE ± 500 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Tephrochronology IZS scoria
0950 BCE ± 200 years Unknown Confirmed 4 Tephrochronology Hatchodaira caldera, S flank (Furumio maar)
1250 BCE (?) Unknown Confirmed 3 Tephrochronology TBS tephra
1450 BCE ± 500 years Unknown Confirmed Tephrochronology NW flank (NGS scoria layer)
1800 BCE ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Tephrochronology South flank (Mizutamari maar)
2000 BCE ± 100 years Unknown Confirmed 3 Radiocarbon (corrected) Igaya-Higashi tephra
2900 BCE ± 500 years Unknown Confirmed 4 Tephrochronology Igaya tephra layer
6450 BCE ± 500 years Unknown Confirmed 4 Tephrochronology NW flank, Ofunata; OFB tephra
Deformation during 2006 - 2010 [Subsidence; Observed by InSAR]
Start Date: 2006 Stop Date: 2010 Direction: Subsidence Method: InSAR
Magnitude: Unknown Spatial Extent: Unknown Latitude: 34.000 Longitude: 140.000
Remarks: Subsidence around the caldera related to an aquifer at sea level; deceleration of subsidence after 2009 related to interaction between aquifer and hydrothermal activity.
Two-dimensional vector distribution of deformation between 12 June 2006 and 8 August 2010 estimated by the advanced InSAR time series analysis. The vertical component of an arrow indicates the QUD component, and the horizontal component of an arrow indicates the QEW component. White arrows indicate deformation vectors in the caldera bottom.
From: Ozawa and Ueda 2011.
Reference List: Ozawa and Ueda 2011.
Ozawa, T., and H. Ueda, 2011. Advanced interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) time series analysis using interferograms of multiple-orbit tracks: A case study on Miyake-jima. J. Geophys. Res., 116, B12407. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008489
Deformation during 2006 - 2010 [Uplift; Observed by InSAR]
Start Date: 2006 Stop Date: 2010 Direction: Uplift Method: InSAR
Remarks: Uplift around the western coast of island
Deformation during 2000 Nov 10 - 2000 Dec 04 [Subsidence; Observed by InSAR]
Start Date: 2000 Nov 10 Stop Date: 2000 Dec 04 Direction: Subsidence Method: InSAR
Magnitude: 3.000 cm Spatial Extent: Unknown Latitude: Unknown Longitude: Unknown
Interferogram of RADARSAT pair images on November 10 and December 4, 2000. The distance of the satellite base line was adjusted using GPSs? data of Japan Meteorological Agency.
From: Ohkura and Shimada 2001.
Reference List: Ohkura and Shimada 2001.
Ohkura, H., & Shimada, M., 2001. InSAR analysis of Miyake-jima volcano with Radarsat images. In Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS'01. IEEE 2001 International (Vol. 7, pp. 3001-3005). IEEE.
Deformation during 2000 Jun 26 - 2000 Aug 18 [Uplift; Observed by GPS]
Start Date: 2000 Jun 26 Stop Date: 2000 Aug 18 Direction: Uplift Method: GPS
Remarks: The 2000 dyking event is accompanied by seismicity and deformation. The intrusion was located between Miyakejima and Kozushima volcanoes.
Reference List: Yamaoka et al. 2005; Ueda et al. 2005.
Ueda, H., E. Fujita, M. Ukawa, E. Yamamoto, M. Irwan, and F. Kimata, 2005. Magma intrusion and discharge process at the initial stage of the 2000 activity of Miyakejima, central Japan, inferred from tilt and GPS data. Geophysical Journal International, 161: 891-906. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02602.x
Yamaoka, K., M. Kawamura, F. Kimata, N. Fujii, and T. Kudo,, 2005. Dike intrusion associated with the 2000 eruption of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan. Bull Volcanol, 67: 231-242.
Magnitude: Unknown Spatial Extent: 2.00 km Latitude: 34.000 Longitude: 140.000
Remarks: Subsidence on the southwestern flank near the 1983 lava flow due to thermoelastic contraction of magma.
(a) Stacked interferogram, showing averaged range change rate in mm/year. Two cross-sections, A-A0 and B-B0, are shown in Figures 3 and 4, respectively. (b) Standard deviation at each pixel in the stacked interferogram. (c) Total number of unwrapped phase values at each pixel in the stacked interferogram. Larger numbers indicate better coherence.
From: Furuya 2004.
Reference List: Furuya 2004.
Furuya, M., 2004. Localized deformation at Miyakejima volcano based on JERS-1 radar interferometry: 1992-1998. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(5.
Remarks: Subsidence in the Hatcho-Taira caldera due to fumaroles and hydrothermal system
There is data available for 1 emission periods. Expand each entry for additional details.
Emissions during 2000 Aug 18 - 2000 Aug 28 [64 kt SO2 at 5 km altitude]
Start Date: 2000 Aug 18 Stop Date: 2000 Aug 28 Method: Satellite (Earth Probe TOMS)
SO2 Altitude Min: 5 km SO2 Altitude Max: 16 km Total SO2 Mass: 64 kt
Data Details
Date Start Date End Assumed SO2 Altitude SO2 Algorithm SO2 Mass
20000828 5.0 21.000
20000818 16.0 43.000
The craters in the foreground and the lava flow at the right were erupted in 1983 from vents on the SW flank of Miyake-jima volcano. The circular, 8-km-wide island of Miyake-jima forms a low-angle stratovolcano that rises about 1100 m from the sea floor in the northern Izu Islands about 200 km SSW of Tokyo. The 815-m-high summit cone of O-yama (upper right) lies within a caldera that formed about 3000 years ago. Frequent historical eruptions have occurred at Miyake-jima since 1085 CE at vents ranging from the summit to below sea level.
Photo by Ichio Moriya (Kanazawa University).
Title: Computer Generated Geologic Map of Japan
Publisher: Geological Survey of Japan
Series: No 22
Map Type: Geology
Title: Japan, South Korea
Publisher: DMA Aerospace Center
Country: Japan, S Korea
Series: ONC
Title: (B) Q Maps of Japan Landforms, Geol, Tect: Central
Publisher: Univ of Tokyo Press & Japan Association for Quaternary Research
Title: Historical Japan
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Series: National Geographic
Map Type: Geographic
Title: Geol Map of Japan/ Geol Atlas
Publisher: Geol Survey of Japan
Title: Central Japan
Publisher: Geographical Survey Institute of Japan
Series: CIM 1:1 mil
Title: The Northeast of Hatizyo Sima
Publisher: Maritime Safety Agency
Title: Geological Map of Japan
Title: Distribution Map of Hot Springs in Japan
Series: 1:2,000,000
Map Type: Unknown
Title: (Japanese) Geol map of Japan
Series: from Natl Atlas Japan
Title: Landform Classification
Map Type: Unknown (Land)
Title: Land Use
Title: Population Distribution
Title: River Systems
Title: Hachijo-Jima
Publisher: US Army Map Service
Series: AMS
Title: O-Shima
Title: Tokyo
There are no samples for Miyakejima in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.
IRIS seismic stations/networks Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Miyakejima. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.
UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Miyakejima. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.
Large Eruptions of Miyakejima Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
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Following the main road from Spili (1) to Agia Galini, after 2 km we see a small church to our left, as well as a drinking fountain; 200 m after the fountain, we come to a dirt road (2) on our left side, which we follow for approximately 80 m and then we turn right. After 700 m, having passed through a clump of trees, we encounter a small chapel (3)on our right.
We continue on the dirt road for about 1,5 km and then come to an asphalt road (4), which we follow to our right for approximately 500 m, until the village of Kissos (5).
We pass by the beautiful Byzantine church of Agio Pnevma (the Holy Spirit), and follow the cart track on the north side of the settlement in an easterly direction, for about 650 m.
At the end of the dirt road(6), we continue eastwards for another 200 m, on a vague path. Then, we turn left (7) and begin to climb steeply.
We pass the remains of dry-stone walls. The slope is steep, rocky and bare; we ascend it towards a saddle (8), north of which we arrive after 700 m of laborious climb.
We continue eastwards, walking along the mountain line and encountering several clefts in the rock. We climb on the steep slope for a few metres, and then to a small flat area. By now,we can see black and yellow marks that lead us in a narrow gully. Following it for approximately 15 minutes,we climb to another, even smaller flat area. From this point, we proceed for approximately 1.000 m, and then the summit of Kedros appears ahead of us, to the east. Down below to our right, the chapel of Profitis Ilias can be seen.
We climb a little higher and then come to a sign (9) that leads us to Gerakari, northwards, to our left. We continue following the frequent marks, until the 1.776 m high mountain top (10).
On the top there is a little chapel of Analipsi(Ascension).
We return to the point where we had encountered the sign, and follow a somewhat north-westerly course, descending to an altitude of 1.500 m, where we come upon the chapel of Profitis Ilias (11). A little further down, there is a spring with cool water and a small shrine next to it.
We descend going through a big, almost vertical gully and reach a ravine (12)with oleanders. Immediately after, we come to a dirt road (13), which we follow in a north-westerly direction, to the left. We then turn in a north-easterly direction and, belowus, the village of Gerakari comes into view. By now, we have left the bare, rocky landscape, and walk through cherry orchards.
We ignore the many branches of the main unsurfaced road, until we reach the main road (14) that connects Spili with Gerakari, which we follow to our right.
Having passed by a fountain with drinking water, we enter Gerakari (15), on the northern slope of Mount Kedros.
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Written last night in a rainstorm’s aftermath. Posted this morning in bright dappled sunlight.
They say April showers bring May flowers, but I’m not so sure. This evening’s thunderstorm was a big one, and in our end-of-the-wire rural existence, even when the power stays on, thunder knocks our ‘net connectivity for a loop. Meanwhile, now that the trees have finally filled in, our newly-terraformed backyard doesn’t seem to be getting more than a few hours of sun each day; as a consequence, we’re having trouble getting flowers to do much of anything back there.
I’ve got dozens of posts half-formed and half-written, in my mind and on the screen: new and beloved artists to feature, a long-overdue return to our Covered In Kidfolk series, a few great songwriters to rediscover through folk covers. But writing this with a waning battery and no ‘net access means being shut off from my usual research materials. And in the darkness, the sounds of rain pattering against the leaves, punctuated by the intermittent gutterball of thunder, are sweeter than any music I could play – so sweet, it’s hard to think about anything but the world outside.
Instead, I spent the last hour watching the flowerbeds all but wash away, and the muddy water wash the fill from between the flagstones. The rain against the windows turned the yard beyond into an everchanging pointilist dream. And I lost the thread of anything but the present.
Some rainstorms disrupt; some destroy; others help things grow. All involve chaos, in their own way; even if it is only because rain challenges our default image of the world outside as inherently sunny and easily navigable. Here’s a playlist compiled quickly, in the dark, and researched only afterwards: a set of coversong, from the usual wide variety of folk artists and singer-songwriters, that celebrates storms both real and metaphoric.
Grant Lee Phillips, So. Central Rain
(orig. R.E.M.)
I’ve always liked this song –- the way the the storm gets entangled with the emotional distance in the lyric, the repeated cry of I’m sorry that serves as the chorus — but the original comes off like a maudlin torch song in my ears. On his 2006 cover album nineteeneighties Grant Lee Phillips plays the song out straight, holding his emotion in check, letting the way the words trail off reveal the true heart of the damaged, emotionally tongue-tied narrator. The song is transformed.
Cassandra Wilson, I Can’t Stand The Rain
(orig. Ann Peebles)
Despite her powerful interpretive voice, Cassandra Wilson is usually billed as smooth late night Jazz. But this song is something sparse and jangled from the eye of a storm: tense, frenetic blues from a single slide guitar, a tapping foot like rain on the roof, Wilson’s alto floating above it all like a howl of wind. From the surprisingly good collection The Best Smooth Jazz…Ever.
Neko Case, Buckets of Rain
Jimmy LaFave, Buckets of Rain
Beth Orton and M. Ward, Buckets of Rain
(orig. Bob Dylan)
I posted Redbird’s excellent version of this song at the bottom of a post on Grateful Dead rainsongs a while back. Of the three versions here, Jimmy LaFave‘s is loose bar-room folkrock americana, with a bit of dustbowl mixed in; Orton and Ward are lo-fi and spare, like a living room cover; Neko Case is sweetest, and oh so perfectly countrified.
Joan Baez, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
More Dylan. A very young Joan Baez released this surprisingly tender version of his condemnation of society and its lack of commitment to social justice in 1965 on her Dylan tribute album Farewell, Angelina. Almost forty years later, Edie and the boys bang it out like a poprock anthem.
Northern Lights w/ Vassar Clements, Rainmaker
(trad.)
Newgrass pioneers Northern Lights worked with master fiddler Vassar Clements on and off for over a decade; I especially like their 2000 live album Three August Nights. This high-energy live cut is a five minute bluegrass festival, the perfect jam for a sunny summer afternoon.
Nanci Griffith, Coming Down in the Rain
(orig. Buddy Mondlock)
Mandolin and piano, robust harmonies in little-girl voices, and a story of love lost to the sky make this one of the strongest cuts on Nanci Griffith’s excellent cover album Other Voices, Other Rooms.
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, I Get The Blues When It Rains
(multiple artists)
Previously featured artists Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem turn this over-covered 1929 country and blues chestnut into a cheerful stroll of a song, a tight gem of acoustic folk swing music with a little sultry swagger built right in. From Cocktail Swing, which is all like that.
Juju Stulbach, Have You Ever Seen The Rain
(orig. Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Played as a tender, ragged waltz, a Creedence classic becomes pensive and atmospheric. This bright psychadelic indiefolk from newcomer Juju Stulbach, the Brazilian frontwoman of NYC band Mosquitos, keeps growing on me. Bonus points: it’s the soundtrack to this subject-appropriate commercial for GE.
Petty Booka, Singin’ In The Rain
(orig. Gene Kelly)
This lighthearted romp with double-uke and doubled girlvoices from Japanese duo Petty Booka is bright like a rainbow at storm’s end. Because, in the end, what better way to meet chaos than to smile and dance within it?
Previously on Cover Lay Down:
Single Song Sunday: Rain and Snow
1,046 comments » | Beth Orton, Cassandra Wilson, Edie Brickell, Grant Lee Phillips, Jimmy LaFave, Joan Baez, Juju Stulbach, M. Ward, Nanci Griffith, Neko Case, Northern Lights, Petty Booka, Rani Arbo
Schoolday Coverfolk: National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10
May 6th, 2008 — 11:23 pm
In my other life, I’m a middle school teacher; I spend most of my days surrounded by twelve year olds, trying to balance entertainment with mentorship, and curriculum with life lessons. Before that, I taught in a boarding high school, tutored gifted and talented kids in a tiny rural elementary school, ran a before-school program, and did public demonstrations at a science museum.
And before that, I was a dropout. And before that, I was a goofball, who needed a little good advice now and then, but couldn’t really sit still long enough in the classroom to make any teacher want to defend me.
But Mrs. Carter liked me, though I don’t know why. The way she looked at me – like I had something worth watching for – made up for the fact that I was always the understudy when we were picked for the school play, always the alternate for work with the poet in residence. I learned to rise to the occasion, and to focus on doing things well, instead of doing things best; I gained confidence in my abilities. And though after that year, I turned back into the goofball for a good long time, I never forgot Mrs. Carter. And I never forgot that look.
It’s a well-kept secret in educational circles that it isn’t just the good kids, or the smart kids who get voted “most likely to be a teacher”, who come back to school to sit on the other side of the desk (or in my case, to stand atop the desk and gesticulate wildly to make a point). We come from all the cliques, from the woodshop wannabes to the cheerleading squad, from the lit mag proto-hipsters to the band geeks. But I can’t think of any teacher I have ever spoken with who is not honored and thrilled and genuinely surprised when that rare student comes out of the woodwork to say “you mattered, and now I matter.”
A few years back, at a five year reunion, this kid came up to me, and thanked me. He said I was the one who changed his life; that now he was doing what I had taught him to do, and hardly a week went by where he didn’t think about what I had taught him.
And I looked at him, and smiled, and was secretly joyous. But all I could think about was that this kid was the goofball. The one who was always pushing the envelope. The one who messed around in film class, though he always came through with something pretty cool when the work was due. The one who spliced thirty second of a shower scene from a Penthouse video into his remade music video for Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher. And showed it on the day the Academic Dean came to observe me in my first year of teaching.
And then I remembered Mrs. Carter. And I thought about calling her up, and thanking her. But Mrs. Carter isn’t around anymore.
There are surprisingly few songs about the teaching profession which portray it in a positive light (though there are a couple of other memorable songs out there about teachers as sex objects, such as Police classic Don’t Stand So Close To Me and Rufus Wainwright’s The Art Teacher); of these, fewer still have been covered by folk artists. More common are songs about school as a part of adolescent or childhood experience — songs where the teachers are there, unmentioned, just hovering in the background. But as a teacher myself, I know that no classroom feels safe unless the teacher has set a tone that makes it safe. Even without mention, as long as curriculum and classroom exist, a teacher is always there.
Today, then, in celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week (USA), we bring you a set of quirky covers of teachersongs, and some schoolsongs which touch lightly and broadly on our experience of the classroom, that childhood stew of fear and freedom where our personalities were transformed.
Together, the songs make a perfect soundtrack to a google search for that one special teacher who reached out and changed your life. Write the letter, send the email, make the call: let them know they made a difference today. You don’t even have to say thanks — just letting them know that you remember them, and that you turned out okay, is a rare and precious reward.
Petty Booka, Teacher’s Pet (orig. Doris Day)
(from Ukelele Lady; more Petty Booka here)
Matt Nathanson, Starfish and Coffee (orig. Prince)
(from For The Kids, Too; more Matt Nathanson here)
Fionn Regan, Getting Better (orig. Beatles)
(live on BBC Radio 1; more Fionn Regan here)
Mark Erelli, Lonestar (orig. Lori McKenna)
(Mp3 of the Month web release; more Mark Erelli here)
David Wilcox, The Kid (orig. Buddy Mondlock)
(from How Did You Find Me Here; more David Wilcox here)
Cry Cry Cry, The Kid (ibid.)
(from Cry Cry Cry; more here here here)
Bree Sharp, We’re Going To Be Friends (orig. White Stripes)
(website release; more Bree Sharp here)
Jack Johnson, We’re Going To Be Friends (ibid.)
(from the Curious George soundtrack; more Jack Johnson here)
Art Garfunkel w/ Paul Simon and James Taylor, (What A) Wonderful World (orig. Sam Cooke)
(from Watermark; more Art Garfunkel here)
Luther Wright and the Wrongs, Another Brick in the Wall (orig. Pink Floyd)
(from Rebuild the Wall; more Luther Wright here)
See also: Kate and Anna McGarrigle cover Loudon Wainwright III’s Schooldays
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Built Review
Jagdpanzer IV Ausf. F
Sd.Kfz. 162 Jagdpanzer IV Ausf. F
by: Jan Etal [ TREAD_GEEK ]
The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, was a tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis that was built in three main variants. As one of the casemate style turret-less Jagdpanzer ("Hunting tank") designs, it was developed as a replacement and to augment the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III).
The Jagdpanzer IV used the basic Panzer IV chassis, but the near vertical hull plates were replaced by sloped armor plates. The new superstructure had 80 mm thick sloped armor, which gave a much greater armor protection than vertical armor of 100 mm. Since the Jagdpanzer lacked a turret, many components relating to the Panzer IV's turret could be eliminated. To further make the manufacturing process as simple as possible, the superstructure was made up of large, interlocking plates which were welded together. These and other simplifications also resulted in a faster production rate and reduced maintenance requirements compared to a regular turreted tank.
The subject of this review will be the 1/72 scale Italeri Jagdpanzer IV Ausf. F, kit #7028.
The kit is packaged in a side opening cardboard box with a multi coloured painting guide for three vehicles on its back. The box contains three kit sprues, two moulded in a light tan plastic and one (the track links) in a metallic grey colour. Sprue ‘A’ contains 48 parts, sprue ‘B’ has 55 and the ‘C’ sprue (grey), 46 parts. Seven parts are marked as unused, but all but one might have a place to be used during the build.
Also included is a 10 sided instruction guide with assembly instructions and a grayscale painting guide for four vehicles. The assembly instructions are in the form of exploded view drawings with arrows directing parts placement. Assembly comprises 9 steps with multiple parts being placed in each step.
The finishing guide of the instructions shows four illustrations of vehicles. Three are in three colour camouflage schemes and one is a plain Dunkelgelb (sand) colour.
Water slide decals are provided for four different German Army units and are nicely detailed and in register. The decals are for:
• 116 Pz. Div. - Normandy front 1944
• An unknown unit - Eastern front, 1944
• An unknown unit - Normandy, 1944
• III Abtellung - Pz. Rgt. - Fallschirm Panzer Division “Herman Goring” - Italy, 1944
It was quite obvious that this is an older ESCI kit rereleased by Italeri. Having built this kit in its former incarnation, nothing appears to have changed as far as the main body and detail parts are concerned. As with the former kit, details are not the most pronounced and in some cases quite light. The one exception is the engine compartment louvers which are quite nicely represented. Unlike the older kit, Italeri has substituted a sprue of link and length tracks for the one piece “rubber band” type.
The sprues appear to be predominantly flash free and decently moulded. Mould seam lines were fairly light and ejector pin marks were few and in most cases limited to surfaces that will not be seen after construction. The new link and length tracks have acceptable outer detailing but lack any inner details and the guide horns are very undersized.
I foresaw few, if any, major flaws in the instructions and construction process. Care will have to be taken when assembling the drive sprockets and idler halves as they have no orientation locating tabs to help keep the teeth and/or spokes in alignment. I also had concerns that the necessary parts layout for assembling the tracks would prove incorrect. It has been my experience with several manufacturers that these individual track links have yet to work out as the instructions suggest.
One very nice aspect, for such an old kit, is that all the tools are provided as individual pieces and not moulded on. The side skirts or Schürzen are moulded quite thin but would have been better represented with photo-etch alternatives. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the armor extensions of the superstructure over the engine compartment. These are fairly substantial and a purist may wish to replace them with a thinner alternative.
With all this said, it should be noted that this kit is marketed as “Wargames Approved.” As such, it’s not intended to be a “museum” quality representation of the subject.
Build Observations
I started the build with both an open mind and a curiosity to see how the old moulds had endured. The first two steps of the instructions involve assembling the running gear on their respective hull sides. Speaking of instructions, there are references to part numbers but no numbers appear on the sprues. You have to refer to a part numbering diagram of the sprues.
I started by attaching the return rollers to each side. The detail on these is very light and they are moulded as a single piece (rather than two separate wheels). It immediately became apparent to me that without a central opening the minimal guide horns on the tracks would not sit properly. The fit of the rollers on their locating pins or axles was extremely tight. Considerable pressure needed to be applied for them to sit flush. Once placed I felt that it was unnecessary to glue them.
The road wheels are two pieces and exhibited a similar tightness when assembling their two halves. Placing them on their respective pins or axles was marginally easier than the return rollers and considering that there are sixteen pairs the process went quite quickly. Once affixed, I turned my attention to the drive sprockets and idlers.
As mentioned earlier, I had to take care to make sure the teeth and spokes aligned between both halves of their respective pieces. It was also at this point that I decided to see how the track links would interact with the teeth of the sprockets. Not surprisingly, either the teeth are too large or the openings in the track too small. Using needle files I thinned nine pairs of teeth on each of the sprockets. Using track pieces as a gauge, I continued thinning until I was satisfied that the fit was appropriate.
Step three involved attaching all the tracks and then assembling the hull bottom, two sides and rear plate to form the completed hull tub. I started with the tracks and that proved to be an act of patience and perseverance. From previous experience I knew that the fit would be better if I filed the connecting ends of each link while still on the sprue. I followed the instructions and put eight links around each sprocket. Once I had the links around each sprocket I decided to join all the hull pieces. There were a few really huge sprue attachment points to deal with but the fit wasn't too bad, although I did have to deal with some slight warping of the hull floor and sides.
As I wanted to leave the hatches open, I decided that I’d have to do something about the missing fender sections in the fighting compartment. It was obvious that light would show through even with the side skirts on. Construction of the regular kit parts was put on hold while I dealt with the situation. I found some very nice pictures of a JPz-IV interior and used them as a model for a simplified interior. First I had to get the area with the missing fender taken care of. This point was accomplished by cutting appropriate pieces of flat styrene sheet and attaching them to the open areas. After this I next decided to start on the interior firewall and a floor. Again I used sheet styrene and cut the pieces to fit. As the view through the hatches will still be rather restricted, I decided to extend the floor to only two-thirds the interior length. This was followed by a few details added from my references. A crude transfer case, fuel tank and the drive shaft tunnel were added. I used Evergreen tubing and preformed pieces for these. After a few more subtle detail pieces were added I was happy with the representation and after painting the interior, returned to finish the tracks.
As is usual with these type of tracks, the instructions were not quite correct when it came to positioning the individual links. While I did use eight links on the idlers the positioning of the other pieces varied. Not only that, but each side required one link less than was called for. There is a certain amount of uncertainty when using these type of tracks and I have seen the same kit use various combinations of pieces depending on the modeller. One will just have to take their time and see what will work for them.
After my little detours I returned to the instructions and began step #4 and #5 of the instructions. These steps comprise the construction of the gun and mantlet and the adding of a few detail pieces to the upper hull. The worst thing was the gun muzzle break as it came in two longitudinal pieces with no locating pins or tabs. Add to that the fact that it also had no mounting mechanism to the barrel other than a flat piece to a flat piece. The step also called for the attachment of the side skirts but to facilitate painting, I left them for later.
Step #6 and #7 continue the addition of external hull pieces to the kit. This went without incident, although I did leave off the spare road wheels to make painting easier. It was also at this stage that I added a few missing small detail pieces. Reference photos showed that the front glacis plate had prominent towing eyes mounted on it. I fashioned some out of scrap styrene and attached them. I also noted from pictures that the muffler has two prominent bands around it, securing it to the rear. These were added as well as a small box to the left of the muffler.
The final assembly steps are to attach the hatches and assemble and place the crew figures. Since the hatches have no prominent attachment mechanism and I wanted to leave them open, I made a few modifications to them using very thin Evergreen precut styrene strips. With the exception of the skirts, the hatches were glued and the upper and lower body were joined and assembly was mostly complete.
After some preliminary painting I attached the two pair of spare road wheels to their mounting frame and then to the rear engine deck. One should note that there are no holes or locating marks to show where the frames attach. I had to rely on pictures that I had of similar vehicles for the positioning. At this point I also attached an antenna to a scratch built mount just behind the loaders hatch. The mount which can be seen in pictures was conspicuously absent from the kit.
The final parts of assembly were the placing of the spare tracks into the rack at the hull rear.
I chose to make this vehicle as that from the 166 Pz. Div. in Normandy. The finished model was painted with acrylic paints using Tamiya and Model Master brands. The base colour was Tamiya Dark Yellow (XF-60) and this was later over-sprayed with Model Master Acryl Schockladnbraun (4797) and Panzer Olivgrun ’43 (4798). Each of these colours was lightened with flat white to help achieve colour “scale effect.”
Following the camouflage colouring, various colours were used to pick out details (tools, road wheel rubber etc). A coat of Future acrylic coating was sprayed over the model and when dry enough, the decals were applied. After all was dry, a final coat of Future was applied to seal the decals. After weathering the entire model received several coats of Model Master Flat Clear Acryl (4636) to dull the glossiness.
While hardy a state of the art modern kit, these old moulds seemed to have not aged too badly. The link and length tracks are an improvement over the previous plain and thick “rubber band” tracks and the mostly individual tools were an advance for the original kit. Assembly is fairly straight forward and parts fit quite acceptable. This is a perfect kit for those just staring out or returning to the hobby after an absence. There is room for improvement and the basic kit could be an interesting choice for even moderate skilled builders to use as a base to improve or learn new techniques.
Highs: Overall good fit and has good possibilities as a base for enhancement.
Lows: Link and length tracks with somewhat poor fit and lack of inner details. Some parts too thick.
Verdict: Not perfect, but a great kit for those new to the hobby or interested in wargaming pieces.
Suggested Retail: CDN$14.95
About Jan Etal (tread_geek)
FROM: ONTARIO, CANADA
I've been building models since about age 10 with the occasional hiatus due to real life events. First armour model was a 1/76 Airfix Tiger I and was followed by a 1/72 Revell F4U Corsair. I've built primarily 1/76 and 1/72 armour and aircraft but occasionally have tinkered in other larger scales....
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hedorah59
Nice review, Jan - As a recently returned to modeling guy, I may have to give some of these Italeri kits a look.
tread_geek
Thanks for the compliment Kirk. I have "run into" a number of people recently that either desire to or are returning to the hobby after a long absence. The first question that many ask is if I can recommend a good "starter" kit. At least in my immediate area, Italeri kits seem to have a large presence. I've built a number of ESCI kits in the past and wanted to see how these reincarnations held up. Might I just suggest that you try to find some reviews of the kits before you decide on one to purchase. Some, like this one are not too bad but I have heard horror stories about others being anything but. Oh, one point I failed to mention in the review was that despite the box art, the model does not display any Zimeritt. It's not really a big issue as the first JPz did not have it applied and after I believe mid 1944 the last batch also did not have it. Cheers, Jan
metooshelah
not my cup of tea but I enjoyed reading it the tracks do look aweful
Matan, thanks for the comment and yes, compared to other L&L tracks, the kit ones leave a lot to be desired. With that said, the original vinyl tracks are several times worse. Here's some pictures of the original ESCI tracks. It's no wonder I never finished the first one I built. However, I do believe that MACO are soon to offer replacement Pz-IV tracks and there a few other after market makers. Henk of Holland has a preview of the MACO offering. Cheers, Jan
Scouteyes
I see that the old Monogram panzer commander is still on duty
majjanelson
Excellent review, Jan You've provided a clear, acurate description of the model, even though the ESCI/Italeri Jagdpanzer IV is a bit rough. The L & L tracks Italeri provided are poor compared to todays standards, at least they are better than the original rubberband tracks ESCI produced.
Thanks Jeff, as a positive comment always has the ability to keep me carrying on with doing reviews. While rough in certain ways, the basic model has some serious potential for someone wishing to experiment and learn new skills or techniques. I experimented during the build with trying to replicate Zimeritt with Squadron putty on strips of sheet styrene but it proved less than acceptable. One interesting note, the fit of the upper body to the hull was extremely good and secure. A real masochist could have replicated an entire interior and had it viewable due to the way in which the two parts fit so well. Cheers, Jan
weathering_one
Informative and intense review, Jan. The interior made with simple plastic pieces really is enlightening. Sneaky too, as you usually do a blog in the Braille Scale area. I'll put this kit down on my list of potential possibilities. Regards, Aj
Thanks AJ but not all my reviews are accompanied by a blog. Besides, about 98% of the build does appear in the build review. I'll post some finished pictures in the Braille Forum as soon as I can. Cheers, Jan
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Barnagar College, Sorbhog Recruitment 2019: Librarian
Barnagar College, Sorbhog.
Last Date: 15 Days.
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Name of post: Librarian
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Civil War Timeline / Chronology for April 1864
April 4, 1864 Battle of Elkin's Ferry Arkansas
April 4, 1864 Major General Philip Sheridan moves from command of an infantry division in the Army of the Cumberland to command cavalry in the Army of the Potomac
April 7, 1864 James Longstreet recalled to Virginia
April 9, 1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads
Battle of Mansfield
General Richard Taylor [CS] defeats General Nathaniel Banks [US], halting his advance to Shreveport Louisiana
April 8, 1864 By a vote of 38 to 6, the U. S. Senate approves the 13th Amendment and sends it to the states for ratification
The Emancipation of Slaves
April 10, 1864 Battle of Prairie D'ane
Moving south through Arkansas, General Frederick Steele engages Confederate forces before being driven back to Little Rock Arkansas
April 9, 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill
Retreating from the loss at Sabine Crossroads, Nathaniel Banks [US] is slammed by Richard Taylor [CS] early in the afternoon. In spite of initial Confederate success, Banks managed to organize a counterattack that turned the tide in favor of the Yankees. Louisiana
April 9, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant issues campaign orders. He tells George Meade [US], "Wherever Lee goes, you will go there." Similar orders are issued to William Tecumseh Sherman
April 10, 1864 Nathaniel Banks and Frederick Steele begin to withdraw to Grand Ecore and Little Rock respectively. Kirby Smith [CS] arrives to take command of the Confederate forces, ordering Richard Taylor to withdraw to Mansfield, effectively ending the Red River Campaign Louisiana
April 12, 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow
Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats [US]. Following the defeat, Forrest's men massacre most of the occupants of the fort. They were black. Tennessee
April 13, 1864 Admiral David Porter arrives at Grand Ecore. Louisiana
David Porter
April 17, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant ends prisoner exchanges with the South. He felt the practice was '...prolonging the conflict"
April 17, 1864 Bread riot in Savannah Georgia
April 18, 1864 Battle of Poison Spring
Sterling Price [CS] and John Marmaduke [CS] raid US supply wagons heading for Grand Ecore to relieve Nathaniel Banks [US] failed expedition. After heavy fighting the federals were forced to withdraw Arkansas
April 18, 1864 General P. G. T. Beauregard is ordered to take command of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. Virginia
April 20, 1864 The War Department announces a reduction in the amount of rations received by Confederate prisoners in response to reports of mistreatment of Union prisoners
April 20, 1864 General P. G. T. Beauregard [CS] is relieved of command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida so he can assume command of the Richmond (Virginia) defenses. Virginia
April 20, 1864 Culminating a three-day attack that included the appearence of the new Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, General R. F. Hoke captures Plymouth, North Carolina and a large amount of badly needed supplies. Federal losses totaled 2800 men. North Carolina
April 21, 1864 General Nathaniel Banks withdraws from Grand Ecore to Alexandria Louisiana
April 22, 1864 The motto "In God We Trust" approved for US coinage (Coinage Act of 1864)
April 23, 1864 Battle of Monet's Ferry
Battle of Cane River Crossing
Nathaniel Banks retreating federal column is harassed by Confederates Louisiana
April 24, 1864 Battle of Marks' Mill
Confederates attack federals retreating to Little Rock Arkansas
April 26, 1864 Admiral David Porter's fleet is badly damaged in engagements with on-shore Confederates. The fleet had become trapped by low water following Porter's rescue of Nathaniel Banks at the end of the Red River Campaign Louisiana
April 27, 1864 Northern armies break winter camp in preparation for the Spring campaigns
April 30, 1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry Arkansas
April 30, 1864 Jefferson Davis's son Joe dies following a fall from the Confederate White House
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B&L: Gordon’s Attack at Fort Stedman by George L. Kilmer
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GORDON’S ATTACK AT FORT STEDMAN.1
BY GEORGE L. KILMER, COMPANY I, 14TH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY.
On the 25th of March, 1865, General O. B. Willcox’s division, of the Ninth Corps, was formed on the Petersburg lines in the following order from right to left [see map, p. 538]: Second Brigade (Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Ely), from the Appomattox to Battery IX, near the City Point Railroad; Third Brigade(1) (Colonel N. B. McLaughlen), from Battery IX to Fort Haskell; First Brigade (Colonel Samuel Harriman), from Fort Haskell to Fort Morton, directly facing Cemetery Hill. Fort Morton was a bastioned work, high and impregnable. Fort Haskell, the next down the line, on lower ground and quite under the best guns that Lee had on the crest, was a small field redoubt mounting six rifled guns and holding a feeble infantry gar-
(1) The Third Brigade was formed on the lines as follows: Eight companies of the 14th New York Heavy Artillery garrisoned Fort Stedman and Battery X, and guarded the trenches from the fort to a point one hundred yards to the right of the battery, and the 57th Massachusetts occupied the trenches on the right of the 14th; a detachment of Company K, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, served a Coehorn mortar-battery near Battery X, and one section of the 14th Massachusetts Battery, Light Artillery, was stationed in the battery. Two sections of the 19th New York Battery occupied Fort Stedman. The 29th and 59th Massachusetts garrisoned the trenches and occupied Batteries XI and XII, where, also, Company L, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery served, with batteries of 8-inch and Coehorn mortars. The 100th Pennsylvania occupied the trenches from Battery XII to Fort Haskell, and the 3d Maryland those for a short distance on the left of that work. The garrison of Fort Haskell consisted of four companies (I, K, L, and M) of the 14th New York Heavy Artillery, Captain Christian Woerner’s 3d New Jersey Battery, and a detachment of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery with Coehorn mortars.— G. L. K.
rison. Eighty rods farther was Fort Stedman, a stronger work than Haskell, and not so well commanded from Cemetery Hill. Two hundred rods from Stedman was Fort McGilvery, near the river and out of range of Lee’s heavy ordnance. In front of Haskell there were woods, marshes, and a sluggish stream completely obstructing the passage of men and guns from the enemy’s works eastward, but at Stedman, where the lines were but forty rods apart, the ground of both lines and all between was solid, and feasible for rapid movements of bodies of every arm of service, even to cavalry, and so here was a road that a master-stroke might open.
The headquarters of the 14th were at Stedman, where our acting colonel, Major George M. Randall, had command. Captain Charles H. Houghton, of Company L, commanded at Fort Haskell.
About 3 o’clock on the morning of March 25th Lieutenants C. A. Lochbrunuer and Frank M. Thomson, who were on night duty at Fort Stedman, informed Major Randall of an unusual commotion in front of the works. Lieutenant Thomson was directed to arouse the command at once and have the men moved to the works as quickly and as quietly as possible. The attack fell first upon Battery X and the breastworks on the right of it, and at that time the most of the officers and men of the garrison were in their places. Captain J. P. Cleary, Lieutenant Thomson, and Sergeant John Delack (who had been on guard duty during the night) had hauled a gun to the sally-port on the face of the fort toward Battery X, and it was opened upon the assailants. Many of the Confederates were captured and sent to the rear. (1) The guns on this face were fired several times under command of the officers of the battery. The artillerymen in Battery X attempted to defend their guns, and Lieutenant E. B. Nye, commanding the section, was shot down beside his pieces.
A second attack was immediately made on the rear of Fort Stedman by an overwhelming force that entered the breach at Battery X. The Confederates climbed over the parapets and in at the embrasures, and it was so dark that the garrison could not distinguish their own men from the enemy. Finding it impossible to hold the fort, the officers and men of the garrison who could get away took shelter on the outside of the parapets, and continued the fight with muskets. After daylight some of the officers and men of the 14th made their way along the moat of the trenches to Fort Haskell, and others fell back in line down the road toward Meade’s Station, and formed on the slope within rifle range of their old works. Major Randall was captured just outside of Fort
Stedman, but managed to get away from his captors and reach Fort Haskell. The Confederates had silenced the pickets in front of Fort Stedman by taking advantage of General Grant’s order of amnesty to deserters from the enemy. This order encouraged these deserters to bring in their arms, by offering payment for them. (2) On this occasion Confederates claiming to be deserters came in in large numbers, and very soon overpowered the pickets and passed on to the first line of works.
It was the intention of the Confederates to surprise Fort Haskell also. (3) This work was guarded by two rows of abatis, and at the gap where the pickets filed out and in a sentinel was on duty all night. The man who served the last watch that morning on this outer post was Sylvester E. Hough, Company M, 14th Regiment, and soon after he went on post (at 3 o’clock) he saw blue-lights flash up along the picket-pits. He also heard the sound of chopping at the abatis on the lines between Stedman and the Confederate works on its front. He hallooed to the second sentinel at Haskell, whose post was at the bridge across the moat, and an alarm was called out in the fort. Hough then advanced down the picket trail toward the outposts, and as he did so the first cannon was fired from Stedman, and the muffled sounds of the fighting there were heard.
There was a long slope between Fort Haskell and the picket-pits, and on this slope Hough met a column of men moving stealthily up toward our western front. The enemy were in two ranks, and had filed into our lines through the gap in front of Stedman, and were moving upon us unopposed, for they were between us and our pickets. If some traitor had divulged their secret movement hours in advance the men of this column could not have been at greater disadvantage than they now were by the chances of war. Hough, unseen by the enemy, ran back to the fort to advise the gunners. Three howitzers, double-shotted with grape, were trained upon the ground. The garrison had been called to arms, and the firing at Fort Stedman aroused the cry on all sides, “They have taken Fort Stedman.” The story told by Hough confirmed our suspicions that we were to be attacked, also; we had not long to wait. When the assailants neared the abatis we could hear their tread and their suppressed tones. “Wait,” said Captain Houghton; “wait till you see them, then fire.” A breath seemed an age, for we knew nothing of the numbers before us. Finally, the Confederate leader called out, “Steady! We’ll have their works. Steady, my men!” Our nerves rebelled, and like a flash the thought passed along the parapet, “Now!” Not a word was spoken, but in
(1) The flag of the 20th South Carolina was taken by one of the men of the 14th, and delivered to Major Randall.— G. L. K.
(2) Copies of the order referred to had been distributed in quantities, inside of the Confederate lines, during the autumn previous, and had the effect of inducing deserters to plan to get away in squads. My diary states that on the night of February 24th nine deserters came in on our brigade front, and 0n the next night fourteen, including a commissioned officer, many of them fully armed and equipped.— G. L. K.
(3) The Reverend Charles A. Mott. now (1888) pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, Philadelphia, was a corporal in Company I, 14th Regiment, and had charge of a vidette picket-post on the right of Fort Haskell, on the night of the 24th and 25th. In a letter now in my possession, written November 1st, 1888, he states that at the opening of the attack a cannon-shot from Fort Stedman plowed the ground near his post, and very soon afterward he heard the tread of a column of the enemy advancing toward our lines.- G. L. K.
perfect concert the cannon and muskets were discharged upon the hapless band. It must have been a surprise for the surprisers, though fortunately for them we had been too hasty, and, as they were moving by the flank along our front, only the head of their column received the fire. But this repulse did not end it; the survivors closed up and tried it again. Then they divided into squads and moved on the flanks, keeping up the by-play until there were none left. Daylight soon gave us perfect aim, and their game was useless.
This stunning blow to the assailants in front of Haskell occurred just as another column of Confederates, that had filed into the works at Stedman, started on a rapid conquest along the trenches toward Fort McGilvery. We could see from Haskell the flashing of rifles as these men moved on and on through the camps of the parapet guards. Another column started also from Stedman along the breastworks linking our two forts. This division aimed to take Haskell in the right rear. At the very outset, this last movement met with a momentary check, for it fell upon two concealed batteries, XI
On the morning of March 25th, General Gordon’s column (advancing from Colquitt’s salient) moved over the level ground shown on the left, in the lower picture. Fort Stedman was located in front of the clump of trees.
and XII, and the 59th and 29th Massachusetts regiments, stationed near and now under arms.
Meanwhile there was a lull around Haskell; but it was of short duration, for it was now so light that the enemy could observe from his main line every point on the scene of conflict. He opened on Haskell with Stedman’s guns, and also with his own in front. Our little garrison divided, one half guarding the front parapet, the remainder rallying along the right wall to meet the attack threatened by the division coming against it from Stedman. At this juncture, Captain Christian Woerner, of the 3d New Jersey Battery, who had been on duty at the headquarters of the artillery brigade, in the rear, came into the fort and took charge of the
artillery. He placed one piece in the right rear angle, where the embrasure admitted the working of it with an oblique as well as a direct range. About the same time some officers and men of the 100th Pennsylvania and 3d Maryland regiments, who previous to the attack had occupied the breastworks adjoining, came in and were posted on the rear works by Captain George Brennan, of Company
M, who commanded in that quarter. (1) The venturesome Confederate column had borne down all opposition, captured batteries XI and XII, and driven all the infantry from the trenches, and, with closed-up ranks, came bounding along. (2) At a point thirty rods from us the ground was cut by a ravine, and from there it rose in a gentle grade up to the fort. Woerner’s one angle gun and about 50 muskets were all we could summon to repel this column, and there were probably an even 60 cannon and 1000 muskets at Stedman and on the main Confederate line concentrating their fire upon Haskell to cover this charge. (3) The advancing troops reserved their fire. Our thin line mounted the banquettes — the wounded and sick men
(1) Lieutenant J. H. Stevenson, of Company K, 100th Pennsylvania, writes under date of December 2d, 1887:
“A little after the alarm was given, all the companies on my right and left were taken to the rear as skirmishers, and I spread my company out in a thin line along our breastworks. Here we stood waiting for the enemy. When the bullets began to come in from the rear I moved my company out for the purpose of being ready to face to the rear. I formed at right angles with the breastworks, but soon found that this was no place for the men and took them into Fort Haskell. My men were posted along the north-east parapet. Only a few could be of service in firing, and the others loaded the muskets.”
J. C. Stevenson, of the same regiment, writes that he was in action in the north-east angle, and was temporarily disabled by the enemy’s fire.—G. L. K.
(2) Among the prisoners taken by this column was our brigade, commander, Colonel McLaughlen (the proper colonel of the 57th Massachusetts). After the repulse of the column on the west front of Fort Haskell, Colonel McLaughlen reached the fort, and, learning the situation, started toward Fort Stedman, attempting to rally the infantry in the trenches on the way. He was captured near Fort Stedman, where he arrived almost alone—G. L. K.
(3) In an artillery duel shortly before this we counted twenty-four mortar bombs in the air at once with pathway directly over the fort.—G. L. K.
loading the muskets, while those with sound hands stood to the parapets and blazed away. The foremost assailants recoiled and scattered. The Confederate forts opposite us gave a response more fierce than ever, and a body of sharp-shooters posted within easy range sent us showers of minies. The air was full of shells, and on glancing up one saw, as it were, a flock of blackbirds with blazing tails beating about in a gale. At first the shells did not explode. Their fuses were too long, so they fell intact, and the fires went out. Sometimes they rolled about like foot-balls, or bounded along the parapet and landed in the watery ditch. But when at last the Confederate gunners got the range, their shots became murderous. We held the battalion flag in the center of the right parapet, and a shell aimed there exploded on the mark. A sergeant of the color company was hoisted bodily into the air by the concussion. Strange to say, he was unharmed, but two of his fellow-soldiers, Sergeant Thomas Hunton and Corporal Stanford Bigelow, were killed, and the commandant, Houghton, who stood near the flag, was prostrated with a shattered thigh. This was all the work of one shell. Before our commander could be removed, a second shell wounded him in the head and in the hand.
The charging column was now well up the slope, and Captain Woerner aided our muskets by some well-directed case-shot. Each check on this column by our effective firing was a spur to the Confederates at a distance to increase their fire upon us. They poured in solid and case shot, and had twelve Coehorn mortar-batteries sending up bombs, and of these Fort Haskell received its complement. Lieutenant Julius G. Tuerk, of Woerner’s battery, had an arm torn off by a shell while he was sighting that angle gun. Captain Woerner relieved him, and mounted the gun-carriage, glass in hand, to fix a more destructive range. He then left the piece with a corporal, the highest subordinate fit for duty, with instruction to continue working it on the elevation just set, while he himself went to prepare another gun for closer quarters. The corporal leaped upon the gun-staging and was brained by a bullet before he could fire a shot. The Confederate column was preceded, as usual, by sharp-shooters, and these, using the block-houses of the cantonments along the trenches for shelter, succeeded in getting their bullets into the fort, and also in gaining command of our rear sally-port. All of our outside supports had been driven off, and we were virtually surrounded. The flag-pole had been shot away, and the post colors were down. To make matters still worse, one of our own batteries, a long range siege-work away back on the bluff near the railroad, began to
toss shell into the fort. We were isolated, as all could see ; our flag was from time to time depressed below the ramparts, or if floating was enveloped in smoke; we were reserving our little stock of ammunition for the last emergency, the hand-to-hand struggle that seemed inevitable. The rear batteries interpreted the situation with us as a sign that Haskell had yielded, or was about to yield. (1)
Our leader at Haskell, Captain Houghton, was permanently disabled, but Major Randall had come into the fort soon after Houghton fell. With the men of the Stedman battalion who had reached us, he now joined in the defense. When the fire from our rear batteries became serious, Major Randall called for a volunteer guard to sally with the colors, in rear of the fort, to show the troops behind us that Haskell was still holding on. Our colorbearer, Robert Kiley, and eight men responded. Randall led the way along the narrow bridge-stringers over the moat (the planks having been removed to prevent a sudden rush of the enemy) and the flag was waved several times in the faces of the Confederates, who hung about the rear of the fort, and who opened fire upon the colors. Four of the guard were hit, one being mortally wounded, but the fire from our rear batteries ceased.
The ranks of the enemy soon broke under the fire of our muskets and Woerner’s well-aimed guns, but some of the boldest came within speaking distance and hailed us to surrender. The main body hung back beyond canister range near the ravine at the base of the slope, but within range of our bullets. Captain Woerner at last held his fire, having three pieces on the north front loaded with grape. Suddenly a great number of little parties or squads, of three to six men each, rose with a yell from their hidings down along those connecting parapets, and dashed toward us. The parapets joined on to the fort, and upon these the Confederates leaped, intending thus to scale our walls. But Woerner had anticipated this; the rear angle embrasure had been contrived for the emergency, and he let go his grape. Some of the squads were cut down, others ran off to cover, and not a few passed on beyond our right wall to the rear of the work and out of reach of the guns. With this the aggressive spirit of that famous movement melted away forever.
To Gordon, the dashing leader of the sortie, it was now no longer a question of forging ahead, but of getting back out of the net into which he had plunged in the darkness. The way of retreat was back over the ridge in front of Stedman. This was swept by two withering fires, for Fort Haskell commanded the southern slope of the ridge, and Battery IX (2) and Fort McGilvery the northern. With
(1) A message to this effect was taken to one of the distant siege batteries, with the request to fire upon us. The commandant refused.—G. L. K.
(2) George M. Buck, 20th Michigan Volunteers, sends us the following concerning the action on the light of Fort Stedman:
“Between Forts Stedman and McGilvery [see map. p. 538] there was an earth-work known to the troops investing Petersburg as Battery IX. It was occupied during the closing weeks of the siege by the 20th Michigan Infantry, two guns of Batteries C and I, 5th United States Artillery, and three Coehorn mortars served by Company K, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with the 2d Michigan Infantry in the rifle-pits immediately to the left. Both of these regiments belonged to the Second Brigade, of Willcox’s division, commanded by Colonel Ralph Ely. Between Battery IX and Fort McGilvery ran the City Point and Petersburg road. On the morning of March 25th, before daybreak, the soldiers of the 2d and 20th Michigan learned that Fort Stedman was in the hands of the enemy, and the former retired within Battery IX, and with the 20th Michigan and the two guns of the [SOPO Editor’s Note: Continued in notes section at the bottom of the next page.]
either slope uncovered the retreat would be comparatively easy and safe for Gordon, and the Haskell battery was the one at once able to effect the severest injury to his retreating ranks, and apparently the easiest to silence. The rifle and mortar batteries and sharp-shooters in our front took for a target the right forward angle of Haskell, the only point from which Woerner’s guns could reach that coveted slope. A heavy fire was poured into this angle, while the Confederates in Stedman began to scramble back to their own lines. Woerner removed his ammunition to the magazine, out of reach of the bombs that were dropping all about the gun. His men cut fuses below and brought up the shell as needed. The brave soldier mounted the breastworks with his field-glass and signaled to the gunner for every discharge, and he made the slope between Stedman and the Confederate salient (Colquitt’s) a place of fearful slaughter. My mind sickens at the memory of it — a real tragedy in war—for the victims had ceased fighting, and were now struggling between imprisonment on the one hand, and death or home on the other. Suddenly an officer on a white horse rode out under the range of Woerner’s gun and attempted to rally the panic-stricken mass. He soon wheeled about, followed by some three hundred men whom he drew back out of range, halted, and formed for a charge to silence the gun. The movement was distinctly observed by us in Haskell, and Woerner continued to pound away at the slope, while the infantry once more formed on the parapets. The
storming-party moved direct on our center, as if determined now to avoid contact with the guns of either angle. But our muskets were well aimed, and the new ranks were thinned out with every volley. The party crossed the ravine, and there the leader fell, shot through the head. Many of his men fell near him, and the last spasm of the assault was ended. Gradually the fire on both sides slackened, and many of the Confederates that were still within our lines laid down their arms.
Major Randall now resolved to recapture Fort Stedman, and taking a number of the men of the 14th Regiment, belonging to the Stedman battalion, formed on the parade in rear of Haskell. He was soon joined by detachments of officers and men from the 3d Maryland, 100th Pennsylvania, and 29th Massachusetts regiments, and the column charged down the breastworks to Fort Stedman, the 3d Maryland men, led by Captain Joseph F. Carter, being the first to enter the work and demand its surrender. At the same time Major N. J. Maxwell, of the 100th Pennsylvania, and a number of his men, mounted the parapet and planted their colors there. This column re-occupied Fort Stedman and Battery X and the breastworks, and the prisoners and rifles captured were awarded to the officers of McLaughlen’s brigade, who led the counter-charge from Fort Haskell. Randall and his men took possession of the recaptured works and continued to garrison them. (1) [See, also, General Hartranft’s article, p. 584 and following.]
[SOPO Editor’s Note: Continued from notes section of previous page.] battery repulsed no less than three vigorous and determined assaults of the enemy. In repelling these assaults Fort McGilvery rendered efficient assistance. Captain Jacob Roemer, commanding the artillery there, finding at one time that he could not incline his guns sufficiently to reach the assaulting column, had two pieces hauled out of the fort and planted them near the City Point road. Battery IX endured for several hours the incessant and concentrated fire of the “Chesterfield” and “Gooseneck” batteries, the mortar-batteries in front, and the guns of Spring Hill on the left, besides the desperate and stubborn attacks of infantry greatly superior in numbers to those within the battery. And while the attempt to capture Battery IX was probably not so furious or sanguinary as that upon Fort Haskell, it was sufficient to test to the highest degree the courage and endurance of the men. In his official report of the battle, General Willcox, the division commander, says: ‘The 2d Michigan fought the enemy on this flank … in the most spirited manner, until they were drawn in by order of their brigade commander (Colonel Ralph Ely) to Battery No. IX.’ And when ordered into Battery IX, the movement was executed in order, with steadiness and without confusion, though the regiment was heavily pressed by the skirmishers of the enemy, in both flank and rear. On the morning of the 25th, after the final assault and repulse, a Confederate captain, who was one of the prisoners taken from the enemy, told me that the column making the lust assault on Battery IX was composed of two brigades, Ransom’s and another, the name of the commander of which I have forgotten. He stated that the orders to the attacking party were to move upon the flank and rear of our line, clear the works to McGilvery, and take the fort by assault in the rear. As he expressed it, the assailants got along well enough till they ‘came to this rise (indicating Battery IX), where you-uns sort of discouraged us.’ Mention should be made of the service performed by the other regiments in our brigade, and also by Fort McGilvery, Battery V, and Battery IV, the two latter being batteries firing at long range.” EDITORS.
(1) The loss in the four companies of the 14th New York, in Fort Haskell, was 4 killed and 23 wounded. The 3d New Jersey Battery lost 1 killed and 7 wounded. The eight companies of the 14th New York stationed at Fort Stedman lost 8 killed, 22 wounded, and 201 captured or missing. The two sections of the 19th New York Battery, in Fort Stedman, lost 1 killed and 14 missing. The section of the 14th Massachusetts Buttery, in Battery X, lost 1 killed (Lieut. Nye), 2 wounded, and 11 missing. The loss of the Ninth Corps in repulsing the attack on Stedman, Haskell, etc., was 70 killed, 424 wounded, and 523 captured,—In all, 1017.—EDITORS.
Kilmer, George L. “Gordon’s Attack at Fort Stedman.” Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 4, pp. 579-583 ↩
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NPWS Climate Adapatation Plan 2019
Submission Summary
An Taisce welcome the drafting of this climate change Adaptation Plan, given the urgent need to reverse the alarming trend of both global and national biodiversity loss. However, we would like to highlight what we view to be shortcomings in the draft plan.
Urgency of the plan
Climate change and biodiversity are inextricably linked. Terrestrial and marine ecosystems currently absorb roughly half of man-made carbon emissions. Biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are essential to mitigate against climate change, yet climate change is irrevocably damaging those same systems and species. The protection of our biodiversity is a cost effective way and logical way to mitigate against the impacts of climate change.
Failure to protect our biodiversity and the further decent in to the ongoing mass extinction will inevitably lead to an ecological tipping point, whereby our natural systems will no longer function as a mitigant for climate change, and we will have lost our main means of combating our rising carbon levels.
Time is against us, and it would appear to An Tasice that the draft Adaptation Plan lacks a sense of urgency. Many of the actions refer to collecting further information, conducting research and carrying out monitoring. While these are all valid, similar to what An Taisce highlighted in our submission on the most recent NBAP plan, many of the critical threats are well known, and tackling these should be urgently prioritised over other measures.
As outlined in the Stern (2006) report:
‘No-one can predict the consequences of climate change with complete certainty; but we now know enough to understand the risks.’
‘Delay makes the problem much more difficult and action to deal with it much more costly.’
There will already be an extensive lag time in implementing adaptation action before biodiversity responds, and according to the IPCC (2018) report we have less than 12 years to take dramatic action. Existing conservation efforts are entirely insufficient, as evidenced by the Article 17 report from 2013, and the imminent 2019 Article 17 report which An Taisce is given to believe does not present an improved status. While we do need to continue researching climate change, and adapting, there are measures which we know could reverse biodiversity loss, and they could be implemented immediately, given enough political will and resources. There is a need to act now with greater vigour.
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The chord of A minor includes the notes A (root), C (third) and E (fifth).
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Is Fred Phelps (a Democrat) Hatred any different from other Democrats?
Published March 16, 2018 March 16, 2018 by Papa Giorgio
(The above is via GAY PATRIOT [3-16-2018], the below was posted March of 2011)
The other day I was listening to the Michael Medved and I heard something I didn’t know that I think is very important for the general public to be aware of as they stand around the water cooler and discuss current events. A recent event one being the 8-to-1 decision in favor of the hate group/cult Fred Phelps is leader of, the Westboro Baptists. The information I was unaware of was that he ran for office five times – each time as a Democrat. Below are some photos of the Phelps clan with Al and Tipper Gore:
I never knew that. Some sites were way ahead of the curve, I will link the here: USS Neverdock, and Nice Deb.
Now, however, it all makes sense! (What does? You ask.) All the hate signs hoisted by Democrats over the years match the insanity by the ones by the Westboro Baptists. I will post one that we are all familiar with from the Phelps:
We of course have seen these and this:
But what about leftists and Democrats at recent anti-war,anti-Bush,anti-military marches? Is there a common thred between the hate the Westboro Baptists (Democrats) spread and the majority of these whackoes over the year at these “peace” rallies (Democrats)? Lets see:
(A Leftist organization — Code Pink — wants our soldiers murdered) SIDE NOTE:
(Howard Dean, head of the DNC holding up moon-bat shirts!)
(A “peace” rally where leftists and Democrats and Green Party members burn our military and flag in effigy)
(A liberal at a “peace” rally wanting our President at the time hung/dead)
(from an “art” show in San Francisco)
(from a “peace” rally)
(from a “peace” rally in Oregon in 2008)
Thanks, but my family will keep our gun.
Posted in Cults, Legal/Law, Media, Michael Medved, Military Tagged 2nd Amendment, Biased Media, Code Pink, Crazy Dems, Crazy Liberals, Fred Phelps, Howard Dean, Supreme Court, Westboro Baptist Church 1 Comment
The Left’s Fanaticism and Hypocrisy ~ Children Suffer
Published September 21, 2015 April 27, 2019 by Papa Giorgio
(Originally posted in September, 2010)
U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies
KABUL, Afghanistan — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base.
“At night we can hear them screaming, but we’re not allowed to do anything about it,” the Marine’s father, Gregory Buckley Sr., recalled his son telling him before he was shot to death at the base in 2012. He urged his son to tell his superiors. “My son said that his officers told him to look the other way because it’s their culture.”
Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan, particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally “boy play,” and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records….
(New York Times)
This has been a burning topic in my mind for quite some time. The reason being is that while Bush was President I was told all the time (by the Left) about his apparent connections to Wahhabism via Saudi Arabia… and how we shouldn’t support a President who has these ties. The Ground Zero mosque Imam said he would take funds from any country, and now he is a hero of the Left. Odd. This Imam has already accepted money from known terrorist funding conspirators and I am sure as the money trail is followed, more will come to light. A great article on Front Page Magazine stirs this up again in me. I will post some ideas to maybe get this topic stirred in your mind as well. Could you imagine though, if the Catholic Church executed homosexuals in 5 or 6 countries and then they wanted to build a catholic college on the site where Matthew Shepard was killed. WOW! The outcry from the Left would be deafening.
Here are some excerpts from the article entitled The Mullahs’ Gulag for Gays:
In September 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood before an audience of college students and faculty at Columbia University and made the perverse claim that there were no homosexuals in Iran. ”In Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don’t know who has told you that we have it,” he said. Ahmadinejad’s comments, made in a year in which Iran had executed 200 people, homosexuals among them, made shock waves around the globe. Yet the absurdity of the official denial may also have been unintentionally salutary, spotlighting as it did the terrible plight of homosexuals in the Islamic Republic.
There is a good reason that Iran’s theocratic dictatorship denies the existence of gays inside the country. An honest acknowledgment of reality would force the authorities to acknowledge that Iranian gays are regularly marginalized, harassed, tortured, and executed. Sometimes, they are forced into gender-altering operations. Ahmadinejad’s claim also called attention to the hypocrisy of the international community on the issue of gay rights in Iran. President Ahmadinejad’s absurd claim received overwhelming disapproval, yet when Iranian homosexuals are routinely abused and lawfully executed simply for their sexual preferences, that same international community, and the “progressive” Left that claims to champion gay rights, are deafeningly silent….
….As the progressive backlash against Prop 8 indicates, gay rights are a significant and sensitive issue for Americans, particularly on the Left. But despite passionate outbreaks by the gay community and others, Americans have been uncharacteristically uninterested in the brutal treatment of homosexuals in Iran. These advocates ardently insist that homosexuals have the right to wed, to raise children, and to live as others do, yet they turn a blind eye to the execution of gays in Iran simply for their sexual orientation.
Such executions are in fact enshrined in Iranian law, where homosexuality is punishable the death penalty. Human rights groups estimate that almost 4,000 gays have been executed since 1979, when the Islamic regime took power. Gays are arrested, beaten, tortured, and in most cases, hanged or even stoned.
Sharia, or Islamic law, the legal code applied in Iran, prohibits any type of sexual activity outside the realm of heterosexual marriage. No distinction is made between consensual and non-consensual relations nor between sexual activities conducted in private or public. Any sexual relations other than the traditional marriage between a man and woman—referring to sodomy or adultery, as we’ve recently seen in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman sentenced to stoning for allegedly having an extra-marital affair—is punishable by death….
….older males experimenting with younger males has been a part of Islamic societies for centuries as a way to ease sexual temptation in a segregated society that condemns pre-marital sex. Celebrated Iranian poets have often referred to the love between men and young boys in century-old poetry.
Iran is currently one of five Muslim countries to apply capital punishment to homosexuals along with Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, and Yemen, according to the 2010 International Lesbian Gay Association’s World Legal Survey. Under the Taliban, Afghanistan also applied the death penalty, as did Sadaam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. After the collapse of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan began punishing homosexuality with fines and imprisonment. In Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Islamist militia followed the Taliban’s lead, attacking, torturing and murdering hundreds of gay men in “honor killings.”
Under the rule of the late Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, homosexuality was accepted to the extent that there was often news coverage of same-sex wedding c ceremonies. Gay rights were a popular item, and there were even some nightclubs that specifically catered to homosexual patrons. According to Janet Afary, professor of global religion and modernity at the University of California Santa Barbara, one of the critiques made about the Shah’s government, eventually leading up to the Revolution of 1979, was that it was excessively liberal on moral issues, such as homosexuality….
You would think that the Progressive Left would be supportive of regime change in theocratic societies that cause such discriminatory [deadly] practices against homosexuals. But they typically do not. Many were for the student uprising in Iran, but their support was typically for the Marxist movement within the Islamic faith. So I see this as more of a support for one view of Utopian versus another view. BUt both views are Utopian, and this may explain the support it engenders from the Left.
The full documentary can be seen here.
Warning: the content of the linked documentary is graphic and disturbing.
The example of a university about 20-minutes away from me should be mind-numbing for the common sense person. You will see what I am talking in this August 15th, 2005 article by Dr. Reisman where she intimates the Left’s love affair in pederasty (bringing it a bit closer than Afghanistan):
Academics need money and have respectability. Pedophiles and pornographers need respectability and have money. The relationship between academic institutions and pornographers and pedophiles, which began with Playboy’s funding the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, continues today at CSUN. The following example demonstrates the link between pornographers and academia.
In August 1998, CSUN used its state-supported offices to organize a “World Pornography Conference.” Led by former Kinsey Institute researcher James E. Elias, pornography industry leaders and performers met with “academics” to discuss and shape national pornography and pedophile strategies to be implemented in schoolrooms, newsrooms, bedrooms and courtrooms.
James Elias, CSUN’s Sex Research Director received his doctorate from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality of which Wardell Pomeroy was the former Academic Dean. As noted in Kentucky v. Happy Day (1980), Wardell Pomeroy was a Kinsey co-author and sex partner who publicly sought funds from the pornography industry to produce child pornography (Jones, 1997).
The conference featured Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia editor Vern Bullough and his pedophile editorial colleagues: John DeCecco, Daniel Tsang and Wayne Dynes — all professors at major American colleges.3 Chairing the CSUN “Erotic” section on “Child Pornography” was Harris Mirkin, an associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Mirkin’s 1999 article, “The Pattern of Sexual Politics: Feminism, Homosexuality and Pedophilia” (Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 37) describes the steps pedophiles need to take to gain social acceptance. He advises pedophiles to advocate for the elimination of words like “child molestation” and “child abuse.”
Ralph Underwager was a featured speaker during the section on child pornography. Underwager is a psychologist and theologian who frequently testifies as a defense expert in child sexual abuse cases. In 1993, Underwager and his wife, Hollida Wakefield, were featured in an interview in Paidika: The Journal of Paedophilia (Winter 1993, p.3). In his interview, Underwager stated: “Pedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is the best way to love…” Conference speaker Ted McIlvenna, founder of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, contributed an article in December 1977 to Hustler magazine 4 in which he urged legalization of incest and adult-child sex.
Is there a history of the New Left and this wanting of Islamo-Nazi type regimes that denigrate women and lift rape of young men to new levels? We read just a bit from David Horowitz’s intro of his book, Unholy Alliance:
A further irony of these complaints was that the shah had been, in fact, a modernizer who promoted education and the equality of women. His social progressivism was the very cause of the Islamic revolution that overthrew him. President Jimmy Carter’s liberal aversion to the shah’s authoritarian rule helped to undermine his regime and pave the way for the reign of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Islamic revolution. While American radicals welcomed the revolution of the ayatollahs, their regime was far more reactionary and repressive than the government of the shah, and it both created and inspired the Islamic radicals who confront America as enemies today.
Why has the American Left made alliances of convenience with Islamic radicals who have declared war on the democratic West and whose own values are reactionary and oppressive? Why have American radicals actively obstructed the War on Terror, thereby undermining the defense of the democracies of the West? Why have liberals opposed Operation Iraqi Freedom, whose goals are the overthrow of tyranny and the establishment of political democracy and human rights—agendas that coincide with their own? Why have Democrats turned against the policy of regime change, which they had supported during the Clinton administration in both Kosovo and Iraq? Why has the Democratic Party declared political war on the president’s war and thus made foreign policy a point of partisan conflict for the first time since the end of World War II? What does this fracture of the American consensus mean for the future of America’s War on Terror?
These are the questions the current inquiry seeks to address. In doing so, it necessarily must confront others: What is the nature of the American Left? How does it think about the world? How did it come to ally itself with Islamic jihad? How significant is the threat posed by its opposition to the War on Terror? How powerful is its presence in the Democratic Party? What is its role in shaping the American future?
These are great questions. I think the book that answers them more fully in a short and concise manner can be found in the chapter entitled “The Red-Black-Green Islamic Axis,” in the book by Melanie Phillips — The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle Over God, Truth, and Power. While my small quote from Melanie does not do her thesis justice, it is a key connecting point in my minds eye:
These curious coalitions are frequently explained as merely opportunistic alliances, where certain groups make common cause with ideological opponents in pursuit of the shared aim of bringing down Western society. This explanation surely is only partly correct. What these various movements have in common goes much deeper: they are all utopian. Each in its own way wants to bring about the perfect society, to create a new man and a new world.
Each therefore thinks of itself as progressive; the supporters of each believe themselves to be warriors in the most noble of causes. The greens believe they will save the planet. The leftists believe they will create the brotherhood of man. The fascists believe they will purge mankind of corruption. And the Islamists believe they will create the Kingdom of God on earth.
What they all have in common, therefore, is a totalitarian mindset in pursuit of the creation of their alternative reality. These are all worldviews that can accommodate no deviation and must therefore be imposed by coercion. Because their end product is a state of perfection, nothing can be allowed to stand in its way. This is itself a projected pathology. As Eric Hoffer suggested in The True Believer, the individual involved in a mass movement is in some way acutely alienated from his own society, an alienation to which he is completely blind. Projecting his own unacknowledged deficiencies onto his surroundings, he thinks instead there is something wrong with society and fantasizes about building a new world where he will finally fit.” This belief that humanity can be shaped into a perfect form has been the cause of the most vicious tyrannies on the planet from the French Revolution onwards.
As Jamie Glazov notes in his book United in Hate, the totalitarian believer publicly denies the violent pathologies within the system that he worships. Privately, however, these are what drew him towards that system in the first place because he is aware that violence is necessary to destroy the old order so that utopia can arise from its ashes. Pretending he is attracted to “peace,” “justice” and “equality,” he actually stands for their opposite. He needs to empathize with the”martyrs” and the downtrodden in order to validate himself vicariously. The Third World, intrinsically noble since it is uncorrupted by the developed world, provides an apparently inexhaustible supply of such validation. That’s why the image of the Palestinian youth armed with only a slingshot touches the radical soul so deeply, and why the radical does not want to hear—why he even denies—the guns that are ranged just behind that youth as he throws his stones.”
Later, after following through with the history of the coining and idea behind the term “Westoxification,” she has a fabulouse paragraph that puts in a pretty bow why the Progressive Left so often finds solice in these radical views you would think it would reject:
The Islamists committing mass murder in New York’s Twin Towers or a Jerusalem cafe really do believe they are fighting for justice and to bring about the Kingdom of God on earth. The communists and the fascists really did think they were ending, respectively, the oppression and the corruption of man. The environmentalists really do think they are saving the planet from extinction. The radical left really do think they will erase prejudice from the human heart and suffering from the world. And those who want Israel no longer to exist as a Jewish state really do believe that as a result they will turn suicide bomb belts into cucumber frames, and that they are moving in the way that history intended.
I highly recommend this book. As an agnostic, she has a fair view of this program the Left calls egalitarianism. This egalitarianism trumps their placatory stances on homosexuality, women’s rights, and the like.
Posted in Democratic Progressivism, Dennis Prager, Feminism, Homosexuality, Islam, Poli-Sci, Pundits & Personalities, Rated Mature, Secular Society, Statism/Communism/Socialism Tagged California State University, Code Pink, CSUN, David Horowitz, Islamo Nazism, Judith Reisman, Marxism, Melanie Phillips, Pederasty, Pediophilia, pedophilia, Secular Society, Utopia 1 Comment
I Have Been Waiting for This for Sooo Long ~ Cruz
Published July 23, 2015 by Papa Giorgio
About F’n time!
Posted in Geo-Political News, Middle-East Tagged Code Pink, Revolutionary Dems, Ted Cruz
Lesbian Police Chiefs, Code Pink, and Homeland Security = The Left
Yes, The Left Confuses Me Too!
There’s nothing like a lesbian feminist authority figure who boasts of being the first female police chief in Minneapolis donning a symbol of male ownership in a patriarchal tribal society to express the deep schizophrenia of the left in its enthusiastic enabling of Islamists. (Frontpage)
A young girl at the Minnisota “hijab” press event”
(Gay Patriot) Janee Harteau is the Minneapolis police chief who “married” one of her female sergeants. (Try doing that in Teheran or Riyadh.) Now, she’s one of several city officials in Minneapolis who wore Islamic Hijabs to show their Solidarity with the people who perform clitorectomies and stone gay people to death.
Another piece of relevant news via Gateway Pundit is the recent meeting of our Secretary of Homeland Security (Jeh Johnson) meeting with the leaders of Code Pink:
It’s an Obama world.
As the United States faces a Cold War showdown over Russia annexing Crimea and an international passenger jet having seemingly disappeared, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with leaders of the terrorist support group Code Pink at Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Monday.
It is another feather in the cap of a group that has a history of working with terrorists and state sponsors of terrorism against the United States, Israel and free Iraq while simultaneously operating at the top levels of the United States government and Democratic Party. Code Pink’s allies since the group’s founding in 2002 have included Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, the Taliban, al Qaeda (various branches) and members of the Weather Underground. Code Pink has also allied itself with the terrorist governments of Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Code Pink is also allied with the Obama administration. Members of Code Pink’s leadership have fundraised and campaigned for Obama’s elections. They have also acted as a messenger between terrorists and President Barack Obama. Code Pink leaders have also served on the advisory board of the Progressive Democrats of America alongside Rep. John Conyers (MI) among others.
Frontpage expands on craziness of Code Pink:
…In late 2004 Code Pink delivered $600,000 in cash and aid to what Benjamin called the families of “the other side” in Fallujah, Iraq as U.S. Marines, British and free Iraqi forces fought to liberate the city from al Qaeda….
UPDATED with this CRAZY story! Via The Daily Mail:
A Kuwaiti woman who once ran for parliament has called for sex slavery to be legalised – and suggested that non-Muslim prisoners from war-torn countries would make suitable concubines.
Salwa al Mutairi argued buying a sex-slave would protect decent, devout and ‘virile’ Kuwaiti men from adultery because buying an imported sex partner would be tantamount to marriage.
And she even had an idea of where to ‘purchase’ these sex-salves – browsing through female prisoners of war in other countries.
The political activist and TV host even suggested that it would be a better life for women in warring countries as the might die of starvation.
Mutairi claimed: ‘There was no shame in it and it is not haram’ (forbidden) under Islamic Sharia law.’…
Posted in Dennis Prager, Homosexuality, Islam, National Security Tagged Code Pink, Hamas, Hijab, Homeland Security, Janee Harteau, Kuwait, Salwa al Mutairi
`Peace` Protestors Doing What They Do Best, Fomenting the Killing of Jews (The First Video Is Of a Graphic Nature ~ Warning)
Published March 9, 2013 March 9, 2013 by Papa Giorgio
Some old “Peace” Protests from the Bush days:
There seems to be a disconnect with many persons that peace does not mean the Islamic guided infitada with rockets, suicide vests, and the like. But as you go further-and-further left on the scale you get more-and-more disconnected with reality and more connected with power and violence. Mussolini agrees:
“Everything I have said and done in these last years is relativism by intuition…. If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and men who claim to be bearers of an objective, immortal truth… then there is nothing more relativistic than fascistic attitudes and activity…. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist infers that everybody has the right to create for himself his own ideology and to attempt to enforce it with all the energy of which he is capable.”
Mussolini, Diuturna pp. 374-77, quoted in A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews with an Absolutist (Ignatius Press; 1999), by Peter Kreeft, p. 18.
Via Gateway Pundit:
On March 3, 2013, a group of “pro-peace” leftists and Pro-Palestinian activists organized by the radical CODEPINK organization held a rally outside of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual Policy Conference (AIPAC) in Washington DC. They called for killing Jews.
Via Breitbart and ROP:
Posted in Islam, Israel/Jewish, Rated Mature Tagged Anti-Semitism, Anti-War Protests, Code Pink, Intifada, Peace Protestors
What “IS” Feminism?
Published January 13, 2013 December 26, 2016 by Papa Giorgio
Via CHICKS ON THE RIGHT
Liberal feminists like Ashley Judd want you to think there’s a Republican “War on Women.” They are wrong. They are hypocrites. They perpetuate the very “hypersexualization of women” that they complain about, while they use their sexuality to heighten their fame and fortune.
An extended version of this would include REAL feminists – like Malala Yousafzai – those who fight courageously for women’s rights, and NOT people like Sandra Fluke – who just want to whine about someone else paying for their birth control.
Rise up, conservative women. You’re better than the liberal harpies who insist you’re a victim. You don’t need the government to be your sugar daddy any more than you need a man to be.
Not “American Feminists” who cozy up to religious misogynists/abusers of children and females:
This has been a burning topic in my mind for quite some time. The reason being is that while Bush was President I was told all the time (by the Left) about his apparent connections to Wahhabism via Saudi Arabia… and how we shouldn’t support a President who has these ties. The Ground Zero mosque Imam said he would take funds from any country, and now he is a hero of the Left. Odd. This Imam has already accepted money from known terrorist funding conspirators and I am sure as the money trail is followed, more will come to light. A great article on Front Page Magazine stirs this up again in me. I will post some ideas to maybe get this topic stirred in your mind as well. Could you imagine though, if the Catholic Church executed homosexuals in 5 or 6 countries and then they wanted to build a catholic college on the site where Matthew Shepard was killed. WOW! The outcry from the Left would be deafening. (CAUTION, language in the following video.)
Leftist would rather support dictatorial leaning murderers rather than true feminists fighting for real equality:
Here is a great interview of Christina Hoff Sommers speaking to “what feminism truly is,” one FREE OF POLITICAL MYTHS — via the Rubin Report:
Posted in Feminism Tagged Christina Hoff Sommers, Code Pink, Conservative Women, Dave Rubin, Malala Yousafzai, Obama, Sandra Fluke
~What are you gonna do about you not wearing a bra?~(Comedy Gold)
Posted in Poli-Sci Tagged Allen West, Bra, Code Pink
Liberal Inconsistencies~HAMAS
Published February 27, 2011 February 27, 2011 by Papa Giorgio
Libertarian Republican has a post that got me thinking.Since liberal Democrats (progressives) got these radical chieftains voted in by “poo-pooing” the Republicans concerns about Hamasd and the Palestinians, you get to see how illiberal these “liberals” really are:
According to the Telegraph, “Gaza’s elected Islamist rulers crack down on secular community” the List of some activities now banned by Hamas in Gaza, include:
1. Novels it deems offensive to Islam
2. Bars
3. Cinemas
4. Women walking outside in Western clothes
5. Male hairdressersFrom the Telegraph:
In recent years, hardliners have burned down the cinemas. Their charred remains are still visible in Gaza City. Militants blew up the last bar in 2005.
Gaza women, whose attire once varied from Western pants and skirts to colourful traditional embroidered robes, began donning ankle-length loose robes.And don’t even dare walking outside with your wife without the correct documentation.
Continuing:
Today, plainclothes officers sometimes halt couples in the streets, demanding to see marriage licenses.
Talk about an inconvenient truth.
…After all the furor over alleged racist signs or words at Tea Party rallies, the media is ignoring the shocking fact that 12 of the 25 groups endorsing Delaware Democrat Chris Coons for the United States Senate over Republican Christine O’Donnell have turned up on the quite official list of the “One Nation Working Together” rally — as formal co-sponsors with supporters of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas. And, no kidding, the Communist Party.
Did I mention the Coons 12 are also holding hands with the International Socialist Organization? Plus the Democratic Socialists of America?
And Chris Coons is not the only Democrat receiving this same election support either.
Which groups is Coons accepting endorsements from, knowing full well the same groups have deliberately and quite publicly tied themselves to supporters of terrorism, Communism and socialism?
That would be these groups:
The UAW
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Stonewall Democrats
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
All to be found hidden in plain sight on both the official listing of sponsors provided by the One Nation Working Together rally organizers listed here and then over here as part of the 25 groups endorsing Chris Coons supplied by the official Coons for Senate website. Twelve of Coons endorsers — that would be one shy of half — signed onto the recent rally that listed the Communist Party USA as a co-sponsor. And ANSWER, the radical supporters of Hezbollah and Hamas. And the International Socialists. And the Democratic Socialists.
All of this — and not a peep, not one peep — from the media. CNN’s Howard Kurtz still maintains that Coons’ “Bearded Marxist” self-description was some sort of college prank that Sean Hannity somehow got wrong? Hello? Earth to Howard.
Let’s take a look at these groups the Coons campaign supporters have linked themselves to and which the media simply isn’t reporting. Let’s see what they believe and what others have said about them.
• ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism): Here’s what the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has to say about the charming folks at ANSWER who have been holding hands with The Coons 12. ANSWER has “repeatedly expressed support for terrorist groups determined to dismantle the state of Israel, including Hamas and Hezbollah.“
Got that? Hamas and Hezbollah. Groups sworn to the destruction of Israel. Terrorists responsible for who knows how many repeated and extraordinarily violent and murderous attacks killing Israeli men, women and children.
Code Pink Democrats Aid and Abet Terrorists, Obama and the Democrat Party
House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (SC) recently accused Republicans of “aiding and abetting terrorism” because of their support for the Tea Party movement. With all due respect, Rep. Clyburn needs to clean out his own party first before he has standing to say anything on the subject.
Top Democrat Party activists Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin, through their group Code Pink, have spent the past eight years terrorizing soldiers, their families and public officials on the homefront while working with terrorists and state sponsors of terrorism abroad. Rather than being condemned and disowned, Code Pink is embraced by President Barack Obama and leading Democrats while being celebrated by the media.
The Code Pink Democrats have harassed wounded soldiers and their families at military hospitals in Washington, D.C. and San Diego; they have repeatedly targeted military recruiting centers for abuse; they cruelly taunted the children of military families at a White House Halloween party; they have terrorized government officials at their homes and they have led a campaign for the kidnapping of former President Bush and his wife Laura (for this they enlisted the support of the Muslim Brotherhood).
Abroad, the Code Pink Democrats have worked with state sponsors of terrorism including the governments of Saddam Hussein, Cuba’s Castro brothers, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syria’s Bashar Assad as well as the anti-American governments of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega and Bolivia’s Evo Morales.
In December 2008, the Code Pink Democrats led a shoe throwing protest in front of the White House to celebrate an incident in Baghdad when an Iraqi “journalist” threw his shoes at President George W. Bush. This encouragement of violence against Bush was a propaganda bouquet by the Code Pink Democrats to their terrorist allies aroud the world.
These Code Pink Democrats have also worked with terrorists including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban, Sunni terrorists in Iraq and the father of Islamic terrorism: the Muslim Brotherhood. The Code Pink Democrats have bragged about giving cash and humanitarian aid to terrorists who target Americans, Israelis and free Iraqis.
Posted in Democratic Progressivism, Islam, Israel/Jewish, Middle-East Tagged Code Pink, Crazy Dems, Crazy Liberals, David Horowitz, Hamas
Barbara Boxer wrote a letter that helped code pink give $600,000 to the very people killing our military men and women
Published October 13, 2010 November 30, 2010 by Papa Giorgio
This is one of those stories that make you wag your head and it is found over at Big Government. But before we get to that, listen to Dennis Prager commenting on this trip at the time:
Here is part of the larger post:
On October 12, Scott Swett at the American Thinker reported that Senator Barabara Boxer (D-CA) along with Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) secured diplomatic courtesy letters that allowed anti-American Code Pink activists to travel to Fallujah, Iraq. The radicals traveled to Fallujah in late 2004 to donate $600,000 worth of humanitarian aid to the people who had just killed 51 Americans and wounded 560 more earlier that month. Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah was the heaviest US urban combat since the Vietnam War.
Later in this post over at Big Government, we read this:
Code Pink’s leaders had just returned from Fallujah, Iraq, where 51 Americans had been killed and 560 wounded in the US Marines’ heaviest urban combat since the Vietnam War. Code Pink delivered $600,000 in cash and supplies to the very insurgents the Marines had been fighting against – quite literally giving aid and comfort to America’s enemies in a time of war. As noted in Islam Online, a diplomatic courtesy letter from Barbara Boxer helped make the trip possible.
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Contact person: Dr. Wibke Baumgarten
Position/Sector: Senior Advisor – EU and International Cooperation
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Wibke Baumgarten has been a consultant and project manager at FNR for almost three years. Her focuses are bio-energy related projects, activities and international committees on European and global level. Before joining the FNR she has been working at Kiel University as researcher in soil science. She holds a doctoral and habilitation degree and acts as senior advisor in FNR’s department for European and International Cooperation.
Martin Gaber
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Institution: Waldverband Steiermark GmbH
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Visa Ion
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Position/Sector: Prof. dr. eng. Head of the R&D Centre: Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling
Institution: Transilvania University of Brasov
E-Mail: visaion@unitbv.ro
Prof. Ion Visa is the initiator of the IFToMM Technical Committee Sustainable Energy Systems in and Vice- President of the European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance – ESEIA, being also member of national and international organisms for promoting renewable and sustainable energy solutions at community level. He is Head of the R&D Centre Renewable Energy Systems and Recycilng in the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania and member of the Romanian Academy for Technical Sciences. He is (co-)author of over 200 papers published in main stream journals, 15 submitted patents, coordinated over 30 international and national research grants on promoting renewable energy systems in the built environment, including the structural funds project of 20 M EUR that developed the R&D Institute of The Transilvania University, as a sustainable community. He launched for the first time in Romania an integrated training line B.Sc. – M.Sc.- Ph.D. on renewable energy systems . His R&D interest is in developing efficient renewable energy systems for the built environment, with particular focus on solar energy conversions systems implemented in buildings.
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Mr. Jože Prah is forester working for the Slovenian Forest Service in the Management Unit Brežice. Mr. Prah is well known in Slovenia as one of the most active local actors working in the area of forestry, rural development, energy and tourism. He is certified consultant in the network LesEnSvet, which provides information on wood biomass potentials, and modern technologies of production, processing and use to local population and all other interested parties (LesEnSvet webpage). Mr. Prah is also organizer of Educational circles, and establisher of coal production traditional practice in Slovenia and the Association for Development of Slovenian Countryside. He is also a member of many other organizations and organizer of different thematic events related to nature and tourism.
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Position/Sector: Head of Service of Primary Wood Processing
Institution: Ministry of Agriculture
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Graduated at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, and became Forestry Engineer. He is currently pursuing a postgraduate university doctoral study programme of Forestry and Wood Technology at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb, and working towards his PhD degree with a doctoral dissertation topic “DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF USING FOREST BIOMASS AS AN ELEMENT OF NATIONAL FORESTRY POLICY.“
Participated in implementation of international projects:
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Zlatko has also published several scientific and professional publications in the field of energy use of forest biomass.
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US Children’s Universal Healthcare
adminFebruary 23,2007
Mark became cancer-free when they removed his second kidney in November 2006, and will be eligible for a donated kidney once he has been cancer-free for a year. Mark and thousands of children like him need and deserve your voice. And any political leader who says they can't find the time or the money to help the millions of Marks who are uninsured this year should not get your vote next year.
Chronic budget shortfalls, often confusing enrollment processes, and dramatic variation in eligibility and coverage from state to state prevent millions of children currently eligible for Medicaid and for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) from living healthy and realizing their full potential in school and life.
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is fighting to make health coverage for all children a reality in America in 2007.
As Congress prepares to consider renewal of funding for SCHIP in 2007, CDF believes there is a special opportunity and responsibility for our nation and leaders in all parties to take the next logical, incremental, smart and just steps to ensure health and mental health coverage for all children and pregnant women in America as a significant down payment on health coverage for all.
What our leaders do this year will likely determine child health policy for the next five years. We must not let the more than nine million uninsured children including Katrina's children be left behind. We must give them health and mental health coverage now.
How do families who need health coverage for their children cope now? CDF has talked to families across the country about their struggles, including a Columbus, Ohio family who's been forced to fight the health care bureaucracy and their toddler's childhood cancer at the same time.
Mark was diagnosed with malignant Wilms tumors in his kidneys when he was just 11 months old. Fortunately, he and his older brother were covered by SCHIP when his condition was originally diagnosed. But it was the beginning of a long and difficult journey for his single mother, Deanna, who was forced to quit her job to take care of Mark full-time.
In October 2006, Deanna discovered that Mark had been eligible for Medicaid since April 2006, so she set out to enroll him in the Medicaid program—a process that turned into a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal. For three weeks, Deanna spent three days a week for four hours at a time at the Department of Jobs and Family Services, bringing her ill child along each time. It then took six months of waiting, but Mark was finally approved for Medicaid. Deanna also learned that Mark qualified for assistance from the Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps (BCMH), a state-administered program, and for Medicare under their disability coverage.
Although Mark's cancer is now in remission, he is in end-stage renal failure after losing both kidneys and is on dialysis for ten hours each day. Because his appetite is very poor, he needs Suplena, a special nutritional shake made for dialysis patients.
These shakes are the only nourishment standing between this 21-month-old and a feeding tube. Suplena is covered under Medicaid and BCMH, but Mark's mother is still waiting for the paperwork to be processed. In the meantime, she has to pay out of pocket for the expensive supplements. This is a particular hardship because the family lives on the $627 per month that Mark receives from Supplemental Security Income, a federal program designed to help disabled people. Not only is Suplena expensive, but it‘s difficult to get the supplements.
Medicaid has its own vendor and isn‘t a local supplier. A local grocer has begun carrying the supplement, but it is considered a non-food item, so Deanna can't purchase the shakes with food stamps. After many conversations and getting bumped from one agency to another, Deanna is hopeful the issue will be resolved soon.
Mark became cancer-free when they removed his second kidney in November 2006, and will be eligible for a donated kidney once he has been cancer-free for a year. It has been one uphill battle after another for this mother and her son, but they continue to struggle through the system and the illness.
But wouldn't it be better if the family could devote all its energy to fighting his cancer, instead of spending so much of it fighting their paperwork? If you believe our nation can do better for children, then you need to tell your elected officials that we and they must do better and make health coverage for all children with a streamlined enrollment process a reality this year.
Mark and thousands of children like him need and deserve your voice. And any political leader who says they can't find the time or the money to help the millions of Marks who are uninsured this year should not get your vote next year.
Black Star columnist Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund. http://www.childrensdefense.org
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David Taylor: well and truly rumbled
Posted on September 11, 2006 by Tim Ireland
Take a look at this (spotted by Dizzy):
Domain name: johnson4leader.co.uk
Registrant: David Taylor
Registered on: 05-Sep-2006
Domain name: johnson4leader.org.uk
Domain name: johnson4leader.com
Domain name: johnson4leader.org
Look at the dates; before there was an alleged plot by Brownites to depose Blair, there was an actual plot by Blairites to undermine the Chancellor and push Alan Johnson as the next PM!
In the last hour, Taylor has started redirecting these domains to the home page of U.S. Senator Tim Johnson in a pathetic attempt to throw people off the scent. But he – and Blair – are totally busted. So much for calls for unity.
UPDATE – At the same as he registered these domain names, David Taylor also registered alanjohnson.info, davecameron.org.uk, gordonbrown.org (which you’re already familiar with), and thelabourparty.net, *plus* the following back-ups for an existing project, just so no-one could hijack him, I suppose: transpero.org.uk, transpero.info, transpero.org, transpero.co.uk (why, it’s almost as if David had a little bit of cash lying around and thought ‘what the hell’…)
UPDATE – Now David Taylor’s trying his puppy-dog act on Dizzy.
IMHO, David should abandon his dream of becoming the next Alastair Campbell; Ali-C doesn’t care who thinks he’s a bastard, and is just a little bit better at covering his tracks on covert operations.
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What can I say when this already says it for me? Boy, it’s a good thing that the terrists haven’t changed our way of life, isn’t it?
(Link via Scaryduck. More on New Labour charmers later today or perhaps tomorrow. A mystery virus is raging through the house right now and I have buckets to clean.)
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Tell the world what you stand for
Posted on September 9, 2006 by Tim Ireland
For Queen and Country: Tonight’s example of New Labour Delusion comes from the website Keeping the Faith. This is a pro-Blair website set up to support the beleaguered Tony Blair. It has a list of 50 achievements during his time in office… Anyway, the one that has really offended me, is this gem, according to the site, one of Blair’s top achievements is – 16. Banned anti-personnel mines – If just one of those Blair supporting goons can tell me what sweet fuck all good that does when Cluster Bombs are being dropped like confetti in Iraq, Afghanistan and by the Israelis in Lebanon (thanks to our government for letting them pass through our airports), then I’ll personally vote New Labour at the next election.
And napalm, Daz. You forgot to mention napalm.
PS – Remember Gareth Davies? He’s chipped in with this little effort to help David Taylor achieve the status of hapless victim and – 18 months after our original exchange – he *still* hasn’t managed/bothered to answer this question: “Do you support detention without trial based on intelligence gained through torture?”
UPDATE (11 Sep) – Sounds like a ‘yes’ to me.
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David Taylor Vs. Clare Short
Whoops… I missed one! Let’s begin with two links for beginners…
Bloggerheads – David Taylor is a busy man (and a new media genius)
Bloggerheads – Keeping The Faith: more on David Taylor
… and the now-customary email exchange:
Tim Ireland: David, It would appear that you’ve been up to a great many dirty tricks online. During these activities, you appear to have been extremely personal, very hostile, and largely anonymous. Don’t you think it’s a bit rich accusing me of hostility for making you slightly less anonymous?
David Taylor: I have not been behind dirty tricks campaigns on the internet! If you have examples, I would like to see them.
Fair enough. He did ask, after all….
After Clare Short resigned from Blair’s cabinet (in her 2003 two-step), David Taylor purchased the domain name shortchange.org.uk and – showing that he hasn’t learned a heck of a lot in the past few years – used a framed-redirect on that domain to pages hosted at http://shortchange.smallplanet.co.uk/
You can see an archive of one of the relevant pages here.
If you poke around, you’ll notice that David continually (and ever-so-tactfully) used the word ‘confused’ instead of ‘unbalanced’ (an ongoing brief against Short that came from many Blair supporters).
On your travels, you may also notice that his name did not appear on the website and – in another familiar twist – he insisted that “SHORTCHANGE is not affiliated to any political organisation.”
As you can see from this Birmingham discussion board witnesses at the time watched him being unpleasantly outed on Midlands Today (15th April 2004):
There has been an online campaign to oust Clair.
Tonights Midlands Today exposed the 18 year old fat wanker behind it and confronted the lard arsed shit in his Welsh home. Typical Young Tory (in fact New Labour, but whats the difference).
I thought we should wreck his site.
http://shortchange.smallplanet.co.uk/
But like the cowardly little turd he is he has taken the site down now he has been exposed.
Well done Mids Today!
(Oi! Now *that*, ladies and gentlemen, is personal and hostile.)
You can see the ‘removed’ version of the site archived here and you can also see David Taylor bringing a new version online here in 2005 (after the fuss had died down, natch).
11 days after the exposé by Midlands Today, this article appeared:
icNorthWales – The boy who took on Clare Short: A North Wales teenager has been revealed as the mastermind behind a controversial website set up to undermine Labour rebel Clare Short. But David Taylor from Llanfihangel, near Ruthin, stressed he never meant to cause any harm or offence to the former Minister, and said that it all started off as a bit of a joke… An intriguing list of people were blamed for setting up the site, from political opponents to an inside dirty tricks campaign… But it turned out to be the work of 18-year-old David, a New Labour supporter who was furious at Miss Short’s actions. David, who is studying politics, business and economics at Yale College in Wrexham, said the protest started off as a joke, a bit of political satire. It was not planned to achieve anything and he said that he certainly did not set out to cause any offence.
Again, we’ve hit familiar territory; denials that are plausible if viewed from a great distance, and those irresistible puppy-dog eyes.
But look at this page and tell me if you think it classifies as ‘satire’…
Read the petition and tell me that it “was not planned to achieve anything”…
It should also be pointed out that – although David Taylor claimed that the site “attracted almost 60,000 visits in four weeks and was inundated with e-mail messages from voters” – the petition attracted a grand total of 159 signatures.
Again, we’re in very familiar territory:
The Register – Galaxy of saboteurs trashes ‘Save the Blair’ petition: As of Friday morning the revived keepingthefaith.org.uk listed a scant 80 named signatories, but claimed to have more than 4,000 supporters, and, weirdly, that “we have a lot of data entry left to do.”
Pfft!
(I can laugh, because I know what it feels like to be the worst player on a losing team.)
So, what are we left with?
Well, even if the Clare Short attack site was just an independent audition-piece, this gifted youngster has since been employed and deployed by New Labour on a formal/regular basis… and not a lot has changed in his style, behaviour or delivery. Oh, *and* David hasn’t been entirely forthcoming with the truth.
All of that makes me very suspicious of any claim that the Keeping The Faith website is an independent venture.
OK, folks… that’s the halftime whistle. Dave has failed to win me over with earnest pleas of innocence, and he has also discovered that it is *never* a good idea to suggest to me that I’m ‘wasting my time’ looking into this or that.
Right now I’m thinking of having a much closer look at his alleged role in the Walter Wolfgang affair. Hell, if it’s true, the boy would pass into LEGEND!
I wonder if good ol’ Walter would be willing and able to ID him?
(Psst! Normally, this is the part where the wounded party seeks to soothe that hot feeling on the back of their neck by deciding to have a go at me. Or, David could amaze us all by coming clean on his wicked past and swearing to always tread the path of light in future…. erm, but he’d have to come clean on his wicked past before I’d believe him.)
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Hello to all of the little people
This is just lovely. Go, enjoy, and then waste the rest of your afternoon with the B3ta newsletter from whence it came.
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Oh, this did make me chuckle…
BBC – Clarke reignites leadership row: Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has accused Gordon Brown of “absolutely stupid” behaviour during the furore over Tony Blair’s leadership… Mr Brown met Tony Blair on Wednesday after a day of open warfare – and a string of resignations – over Mr Blair’s refusal to name a departure date or stand aside. The meeting prompted speculation about a deal between Mr Blair and Mr Brown over Mr Blair’s exit from Number 10 – an impression reinforced, says Mr Clarke, by a picture of Mr Brown grinning as he drove away from Downing Street. Mr Clarke said: “A lot of people are very upset and cross about that. It was absolutely stupid, a stupid, stupid thing to do… He is talented and brilliant but there are these little incidences like the grin in the car that build up a terrible picture.”
Rachel North – Another Elephant in the room!: Yeah, those unfortunate little incidences can be buggers can’t they? Especially when the pesky media get hold of them.
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Keeping The Faith: more on David Taylor
Let’s begin with a link or three:
To begin, a ‘read this first’ link for newcomers who will need some background on David Taylor and keepingthefaith.org.uk:
Plus, an archive of the public’s actual response to keepingthefaith.org.uk that comes to us via El Reg…
OK, all done? On with the show…
David Taylor was in touch via email last night wanting to know why I was being so ‘personal’ and ‘hostile’. He looked at me with virtual puppy-dog eyes and made all sorts of assurances.
Now, what was said in confidence will remain in confidence, but what was not I’m happy to share with you… because it’s important, and the majority of it appears to be 100% bullshit.
It’s a long post, so I’ve broken it up into headed subjects:
Adrian McMenamin
Tim Ireland: So you have no professional association with Adrian McMenamin?
David Taylor: Adrian is a friend of mine. I have no professional association with him.
What, none? Is he sure? I mean, apart from him helping Adrian McMenamin build a website that is. Let’s have a look-see…
Guardian – Today Hartlepool, tomorrow…: Adrian McMenamin is the classically hostile New Labour gatekeeper. Heavy with gloom, from the outset he has guarded Labour’s candidate behind a wall of unhappy suspicion, and it would be some weeks before I was even allowed to meet Iain Wright.
So that’s Adrian McMenamin, working on the Labour campaign team, in the Hartlepool by-election of 2004.
David Taylor’s weblog disappeared a long time ago, but a record remains in the archive. On that weblog, he speaks of looking forward to going to Hartlepool on August 6, 2004 and on August 15, 2004 he states that; “I’m currently in Hartlepool for the by-election campaign.”
Further, the bio from his long-gone weblog reads as follows: Inspired by the New Labour message, that a government could be both socially progressive and economically successful, David Taylor joined the Labour Party at the age of 15 in the constituency of Clwyd West. He soon felt at home in the close knit group that made up the local party in this marginal seat in North East Wales, including local MP Gareth Thomas and Welsh Assembly Member Alun Pugh. After working on a number of campaigns, including the successful re-election of Alun Pugh AM in the knife-edge 2003 contest, David became the Secretary of his Constituency Labour Party in March 2004, shortly after his eighteenth birthday. He is to date the youngest person to have held such a position. Later in the same month David was elected to the Labour Party’s Welsh Executive Committee (WEC), as Youth Representative.
So that’s David Taylor, working on the Labour campaign team, in the Hartlepool by-election of 2004.
No professional association with Adrian McMenamin? Bite me.
Tim Ireland: So you’ve never created, instigated or contributed to a dirty tricks campaign? Ever?
David Taylor: As far as I am aware, no. At the last election, I created www.rememberredwood.com which showed the clip of John Redwood trying to sing the Welsh national anthem for Welsh Labour. That’s it.
I suspect this one was given away as a freebie because it relates to this payment from the Labour Party that I had already published. But I suspect there’s more…
My archive’s a bit skewed at the moment (.asp issues on the new server) but my memory isn’t shot to hell. I remember the Hartlepool by-election very well indeed (yes, I also remember that Tom was involved)… because I was reminded of it by every MP I talked to about blogging for well over a year afterwards (more on that in a mo).
The Hartlepool by-election was marred by Labour campaigners who took advantage of the Liberal Democrat candidate (Jody Dunn) – who had the courage to try to communicate with the electorate via a weblog. Labour’s attack squad quoted her wildly out of context and launched one of many deeply personal and extremely hostile attacks against her. Back to the Guardian…
Guardian – Today Hartlepool, tomorrow…: The third assault was a devastating surprise. On August 27, Dunn had written in her blog about a dispiriting evening out canvassing with Simon Hughes. “It didn’t just rain last night, it poured,” she wrote. “In fact the evening became one of the more farcical moments of the campaign. We’d picked what appeared at first to be a fairly standard row of houses. As time went on however, we began to realise that everyone we met was either drunk, flanked by an angry dog or undressed.” The blog had continued with a joke about how Dunn looked like Worzel Gummidge in the rain. Ed Fordham had checked the copy as usual before posting it online. Nothing he read had sounded alarm bells. The Labour printing machines turned again, and this time Hartlepool woke up to the news on its doormat that Dunn had accused them all of being “either drunk, flanked by an angry dog, or undressed”.
This same by-election involved police warnings given to Labour campaigners assaulting the local Lib Dem HQ, but what really got up my nose was the series of anonymous attacks made via comments on Jody Dunn’s weblog and on external weblogs like this one (see this entry for an especially stupid and xenophobic attack).
Some of the most offensive comments on Dunn’s weblog were – obviously – removed pretty quickly, but here you can see the cleverly-named ‘Quaker Watch’ being chided by a witness to these attacks. Other sock-puppets included ‘Not from Darlo’, ‘Mingballed Campbell’. There was a Fathers4Justice tool on the loose, too… but almost every comment that launched (misleading) attacks on Lib Dem policy and/or pushed Labour policy was from one or more anonymous douche-bags using a variety of sock-puppets. These same douche-bags attacked Jody Dunn over everything from her love of poetry to her appearance, to her Not Being Local. They even accused her of being a former member of the Conservative Party!
Now, I’ve highlighted similar issues myself since then. I’ve even used a mocking tone and – when called for – I’ve gone for the throat.
1. While it may be OK to bring up a salient question anonymously on a weblog, it is far from OK to pose as an ordinary member of the public if you’re an active campaigner.
2. If you want to make a serious allegation about a local representative or candidate, you should have the courage to put your fucking name to it…. and if there’s any kind of conflict of interest that might undermine your position you should have the honesty to fucking declare it!
Now, what we’re supposed to believe is that two active campaigners from the Labour team – web ‘expert’ David Taylor and known user of sock-puppets Adrian McMenamin – were inside Hartlepool Labour HQ, involved in this campaign, but had nothing to do with the attacks on Jody Dunn’s weblog, or the disgraceful misrepresentation of what was published on it.
I say again: Bite me.
This was not only a dishonest and disgraceful way to behave, it scared off almost every MP who – at that time – was seriously considered communicating with the electorate via a weblog. This was a major setback in a project that sought to reconnect people with politics – a killing blow (and I’m still just a little bit upset about that, as you may have guessed).
David Taylor: Anyway, although I don’t like your politics (and what you write about me!). I still like your blogs and your effort to get more MPs to engage in blogging is commendable. keep up the good work.
Yeah, thanks for that. It’s appreciated.
Nat Watch
Tim Ireland: David, you questioned a lot of items in my article, but you did not deny being Leighton Andrew’s researcher or a member of Labour’s Rapid Rebuttal Unit. Can you clarify these points for me, please?
David Taylor: I am part-time Research Assistant to Leighton Andrews AM. I am not, and never have been, a member of Labour’s Rapid Rebuttal Unit. There were rumours that circulated last year that I was behind the Nat Watch website, these allegations were fairly distressing at the time. People assumed I was behind the site becuase I was a) New Labour and b) into website.
In July 2005, a grubby (and anonymous) attack weblog launched at natwatch.co.uk, pledging to “expose the failure, mendacity and xenophobia of nationalists in Scotland and Wales.”
The website Nat Watch Watch was launched to counter it, as the Nat Watch site did not allow comments. (Obviously, the creator of the Nat Watch website knew how a comments system might be abused.)
Unfortunately, a WHOIS history on natwatch.co.uk (created 1 July 2005) only reveals ‘Nat Watch’ as the creator of this domain, but – eventually – natwatch.co.uk was knocked down, to be replaced by natwatch.org (which is still live).
Here’s your first interesting tit-bit:
The domain natwatch.org was registered 30 May 2006 via DomainsByProxy.com, who provide a service that allows you to register a .org, .com, .etc without publishing any revealing WHOIS information. David Taylor’s (current) main website is hosted at newmediacouncil.com – and this domain was registered using the same service (on 23 January 2006). But don’t get too excited yet, because this provider services roughly one million customers…
And so we head to the second interesting tit-bit:
BritNat WATCH – Natwatch & Leighton’s Blog: Leighton Andrews was one of the first people to blog about the NatWatch website back on the 8th of July, weeks before most people had even heard of its existence. We agree that the NatWatch website is a waste of time, but why is Leighton trying to distance himself from the vile website all of a sudden? Could it have anything to do with the rumours circulating on the net that a certain researcher, who works for a certain AM, actually runs the website?
(Psst! More from this blog here.)
FACT – David Taylor is “part-time Research Assistant to Leighton Andrews”
FACT – Leighton Andrews was the first person to ‘discover’ and promote natwatch.co.uk on the 8th of July 2005
FACT – The domain natwatch.co.uk was only created 7 days earlier (1 July 2005)
Now, there’s a man with his finger on the pulse!
OK, here’s your third and final tit-bit (for now):
This was posted to David Taylor’s now-defunct weblog on July 29, 2004:
I hate Liberal Democrats more and more every day.
I used to be slightly sympathetic towards them. I used to think they meant well and that the Tories where the real enemy.
But their recent campaign tactics, materminded by “wizz kid” Lord Rennard means I now hate them just as much as the Tories, which as almost as much as the Nationalists.
Hmm, it think this is what those in the business of de-tec-shun call ‘motive’… in fact, it concerns me that a campaigner could be so ‘personal’ and ‘hostile’.
You want to campaign online? Fine. Here’s the quick and easy guide:
1. Reveal your name.
2. State your agenda.
3. Reveal your interests
4. Don’t try to get around (1), (2) or (3) if you really suck at covering your tracks.
UPDATE – Bloggerheads – David Taylor Vs. Clare Short
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Quintin Kynaston teachers ‘on duty’
Kudos to the lovely teacher who busied herself curtailing her students’ democratic right to protest yesterday (see video).
Sweetums, if you ever read this, there are two things that you need to know:
1. This post has been edited since its creation. I initially sought to publicise this event and your role in it widely. If you read the comments below, you’ll understand why I changed my mind.
2. If you were muscled into this position, you really should ask yourself if you would do the same thing all over again… and keep a very close eye on the dirtbag(s) who muscled you into it.
UPDATE – Even after the update of post and change of mind, I feel that Jo Shuter deserves a mention.
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Finally, Tony Blair backs a ceasefire!
Well, there are no dead bodies this time around, but I’m sure you see my point.
I must say; it was a very good show of humility that Blair put on yesterday… I haven’t seen a performance quite like it since he furrowed his brow after the hammering he got at the 2005 General Election when his majority was halved and he assured us (or, rather, many angry Labour MPs) that lessons had been learned*.
(*You do remember that election don’t you? It was the same one that Blair’s team were this week busy assuring us amounted to “a popular mandate for a full term”…)
Speaking of furrowed brows, I wasn’t the only one to notice that – with every clench – the worry lines on his forehead formed the letter ‘W’, like an indelible death-mark.
For me, watching at home, the statement (which you can read in full here) went something like this:
“The first thing I’d like to do is to apologise actually [*IRAQ*], on behalf of the Labour party for the last week, which, with everything that’s been going on back here and in the world [*IRAQ*], has not been our finest hour [*IRAQ*], to be frank. But I think what is important now [*IRAQ*] is that we understand that it’s the interests of the country that come first [*IRAQ*] and we move on [*IRAQ*].”
You’re probably expecting some focus on Blair’s use of the words ‘party leader’ instead of ‘Prime Minister’ here, but I’ll leave that to others. What I want to focus on is this:
“I think it’s important for the Labour party to understand, and I think the majority of people in the party do understand, that it’s the public that comes first and it’s the country that matters, and we can’t treat the public as irrelevant bystanders in a subject as important as who is their prime minister.”
Click here. Read this. Watch the videos. Share the link.
The electorate deserves to see Blair’s brownshirts treating the public as irrelevant bystanders as he spoke these words. People need to understand that the ‘right’ to protest is an illusion; that any visible criticism of our Great Leader is forbidden and that the ‘overwhelming public support’ for him is a tissue of lies:
Bloggerheads – Popular support costs money
Justin McKeating – Masters of the Universe
And speaking of tissues… this is a ceasefire that will not and cannot hold.
Blair crippled himself on Wednesday when he accused Gordon brown of a coup attempt and failed to sack him.
What little authority he has left is going to be challenged during conference season and from the first significant vote in Parliament onwards. He also has little hope of riding the storm that’s still brewing over party donations ‘loans’.
Those who are right now busy spitting venom and/or spreading black propaganda on Blair’s behalf will want to consider their positions. Carefully.
Ditto for those who are sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see who they should cheer for when the game is over. There are far too many bystanders in the media and in Parliament. The stakes are too high for their role to be forgotten…. and there’s a lot that’s going to be very difficult to forgive.
UPDATE – BBC – Blair jeered by college students
UPDATE – Telegraph – Beyond the barricades, irrelevant bystanders find reality: Mr Blair gave the briefest glance at the crowd before turning his back and greeting some of the dignitaries and better behaved pupils who were lined up to receive him… The event was organised along the same lines as the last general election: any member of the public who might ask Mr Blair an awkward question was kept well away from him, and so was the press… To hear Mr Blair’s words, it was necessary to rush away and find a television, which in due course played a tape of his vital announcement about his own future. This included the words: “I think it’s important for the Labour Party to understand, and I think the majority of people in the party do understand, that it’s the public that comes first and it’s the country that matters, and we can’t treat the public as irrelevant bystanders in a subject as important as who is their prime minister.” It was odd to hear these words having just been treated by Mr Blair as an irrelevant bystander. (via)
UPDATE – Guardian – Sorrow and sophistry as the war ends (for now)
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David Taylor is a busy man (and a new media genius)
[LATE UPDATE – It’s the morning after and a lot of the evidence has been erased. As a result, some of these links (below) will be broken. This, to me, seems like odd behaviour from someone who insists that he has nothing to hide (see comments), but I can afford to let it go for now… because I have plenty of screengrabs (already published) and many pages saved to disk.]
The brand new site Keeping The Faith was brought to my attention this morning. It claims to represent “Labour members, activists, and voters backing Tony Blair against a minority of MPs who want to bring him down.”
My curiosity was piqued when it became clear that – like many supporters of Tony Blair these days – the person behind this bold initiative chose to remain anonymous.
Well, sort of anonymous; the domain name keepingthefaith.org.uk was registered under the name David Taylor, but that’s not how I found all the really fun stuff.
(Stick with me… I promise you excitement and adventure… and a few laughs along the way.)
When visiting the list of Tony Blair’s achievements (which, for some strange reason, doesn’t include ‘Bringing democracy to Iraq’) I noticed that the site was using frames and all of the relevant web pages were hosted via http://backdoor.taylord.fastmail.co.uk/…. which – apart from confirming the owner via the username ‘taylord’ – also provided a very revealing unrestricted directory:
1. The frame-redirects and poor directory security suggest that we are dealing with a new media genius here.
2. The presence of a portrait of Alastair Campbell *and* an MP3 of Things Can Only Get Better in the core directory tells us that we are also dealing with a True Believer.
I clicked on ‘index.htm’ and was informed that the core presence part of something called the ‘New Media Council’ and this organisation offers “Your own website, built for you!”
The email address gave me the domain I should be looking for – newmediacouncil.com – and this directed me to the following site/message (contained in the folder ‘nmc’):
“Hands-on strategic targeting helping hundreds of individuals and organizations in getting their message across!” Pretty impressive, huh? But wait… it’s about to get better. Just look at some of the fine work done by NMC:
transpero.net
The folder ‘transpero’ led me to what appears to be an early incarnation of transpero.net, which is billed as “a site devoted to developing internet based resources for Labour Party members and supporters.” The site is credited here as the work of Adrian McMenamin and the primary not-a-manifesto on the website is hosted at Adrian’s weblog. Adrian McMenamin has been described by the Guardian as; “the classically hostile New Labour gatekeeper.” He worked on a certain Hartlepool by-election that many of you will be familiar with, but the most fascinating aspect of his character is revealed in this article. Sock-puppets, anyone?
timcarter.org
The folder ‘tim’ led me to timcarter.org, the home of Tim Carter, “a former Labour Party media and communications manager” who – amusingly – offers ‘web design’ as one of his services.
shutthebackdoor.co.uk
In the ‘tim’ folder I found this tasty little GIF, which led me to shutthebackdoor.co.uk (a domain also registered in the name of David Taylor) which – even more amusingly – bills itself as “a non-party political group”…
sandymewies.com
The folder ‘mewies’ led me to the doubled-framed presence of “Delyn’s local Assembly Member” Sandy Mewies at sandymewies.com
gordonbrown.org
OK, OK… you got me; I was going through these backwards for a reason.
The folder ‘gb’ led me to the lovely name-hijacking venture gordonbrown.org
Registered by Dave Taylor, hosted by Dave Taylor and no doubt run by Dave Taylor, this charming little effort seeks to publicise articles like this:
Gordon Brown’s cronies stage coup against Tony Blair
Gordon Brown: Homophobic or too busy?
So, what we have here is:
1. David Taylor organising this positive website urging faith and hope (and presumably unity)… without having the balls to put his name to it.
2. David Taylor organising this negative website designed to slag off Gordon Brown… without having the balls to put his name to it.
(Note – This article about the poor design of his petition names David Taylor as the creator, but the writer of this piece had to dig it out of WHOIS, just like I did. Oh and it’s also likely that gordonbrown.org is designed to be a fair and balanced website, and David is simply hedging his bets.)
So… a few familiar names and some interesting leads have popped up in this little excavation, but there are still a couple of things that I need to know:
– Who is this David Taylor joker?
– Does he have a connection to Team Blair, or is he just a dedicated wallower with passion?
I think we can be pretty sure that this David Taylor is in the clear and – though we are dealing with a new media expert here – I’m pretty sure we can rule out this David Taylor.
Oh, and I’ve been nice enough not to publish his address, but because I know that he’s based in Wales and just happen to have a copy of the Labour Party 2005 Election Campaign Return on my desk, I know that he’s probably the same David Taylor who was paid £182 for ‘website enlargement’ (as recorded under spending return for Wales).
OK, folks… over to you. A project as bold as keepingthefaith.org.uk deserves context.
Seek! Fetch!
UPDATE – Oh, I almost forgot… the website at gordonbrown.org carries the following important message; “The owner may consider selling this cash-generating domain name.”
Opportunity knocks.
UPDATE (5:00pm) – Well, he’s quick… I’ll give him that. If you try to visit any of the previously open directories, you get the message; “nothing to see here” – and the Things Can Only Get Better MP3 has been removed.
UPDATE (5:29pm) – Adrian McMenamin has a past connection to Iain Wright (who resigned as PPS yesterday)… this we know. But it looks like David Taylor has a past connection to Mark Tami (who also resigned as PPS yesterday). Mark Tami’s website is “Designed and maintained by David Taylor” (the relevant text links to this profile page at this website). The next shared pint is bound to be… interesting.
But wait… it gets better… it looks like David Taylor has a connection to me!
Here’s the message from the Contact page on Tom Watson’s website (that I produced) using my bog-standard spamblock method:
And here’s the message on David Taylor’s profile page:
Ahahahahahahahaha! Well, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all… and one should not be surprised to find these kinds of connections, because – when you’re a member of the Wales chapter of the New Labour’s Rapid Rebuttal Unit (aka The Dirty Tricks Team) – you tend to get around.
Yes, folks… David Taylor and Adrian McMenamin are like two peas in an alien pod – and they are firmly in Blair’s camp. So much for a spontaneous outpouring of support for Tony Blair.
UPDATE (5:52pm) – Via Blair Watch…
Brit Nat AM’s Researcher – David Taylor – orders the removal of Walter Wolfgang: We’ve received reports, that David Taylor – Labour AM Leighton Andrews’ researcher – was the Labour party official who instructed the stewards to remove 88 year old Walter Wolfgang from the British Nationalist Labour Party conference. Apparently Taylor was watching the speech live on Sky News outside the conference hall, and shouted in to his radio: “You can hear the f***ing heckling on Sky News. Shut them up, or take them out.”
Ahahahahaha! Please let it be the same David Taylor.
UPDATE (5:59pm) – Damn and blast it, this is all happening faster than I can type and update. David Taylor has just left a comment saying; “I am not attempting to conceal my identity, nor do I claim to be a “new media genius”!
Into comments we go…
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F2: Hegewald unstoppable during Spa weekend
Pole to flag is one thing – but young German driver Tobias Hegewald managed to dominate no less than six sessions at this weekend’s Formula Two event at Spa-Francorchamps.
The 19-year-old led throughout two practice sessions, two qualifying sessions and two races to earn himself fourth place in the standings and a shot at challenging for the series title.
Formula Two was also playing host this weekend to iconic F1 car designer and current Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey, who said he was impressed with “a great series”.
He said: “The key thing is that drivers are able to work with engineers and give good feedback; if they’re going to become F1 drivers then understanding what the car does and how to describe that to your race engineer is absolutely key. From what I saw, Formula Two is a great way to develop young drivers.” Read the full story here.
Here’s how the weekend played out:
Race one qualifying: Hegewald takes maiden pole
Tobias Hegewald carried his superb form in the practice sessions through to first qualifying and used it to earn himself a maiden pole position.
The German set the top time of 2:08.890, shortly after a red-flag period to recover Sebastian Hohenthal’s stranded car from the top of Eau Rouge, beating the second-placed Andy Soucek by just 0.091 seconds. Canadian Robert Wickens was in third with both drivers setting their time in the final half of the session.
Julien Jousse held provisional pole prior to the red flag, but failed to improve in the latter stages of the session, having to settle for fourth.
Kazim Vasiliauskas took fifth with Henry Surtees the highest-placed Brit in sixth. Milos Pavlovic and Alex Brundle rounded out the top eight ahead of Jolyon Palmer, who enjoyed his best qualifying performance of the season in ninth. Philipp Eng completed the top ten.
Race two qualifying: Hegewald makes it a clean sweep
Hegewald took a second stylish pole in race two qualifying with a time of 2:08.233 – the fastest lap of the weekend. This time around, however, Wickens and Soucek swapped places, taking second and third respectively.
In fourth place on a track showing early signs of dampness was Brundle, well-pleased with his grid position, while Jousse was fifth. Milos Pavlovic enjoyed his best ever F2 qualifying by taking sixth while the Red Bull duo Mikhail Aleshin and championship leader Mirko Bortolotti were seventh and eighth.
Most drivers waited to the second half of the session to don fresh tyres and pull the stops out, with Hegewald topping the timesheet in the final ten minutes.
The session was red-flagged after six minutes when Armaan Ebrahim went off at Eau Rouge and was collected by Surtees. There was a five-minute delay before the session was restarted.
Race one: Hegewald capitalises on pole for maiden win
Hegewald carried his momentum from practice and qualifying into the Round Five race and secured a commanding maiden win ahead of Andy Soucek and Miloš Pavlović.
The race got off to a dramatic start when Robert Wickens failed to get away from the line, causing most of the chasing pack to dodge him, with the exception of Jason Moore. The Brit collected him at speed, covered the track in debris and brought out the safety car for two laps.
At the restart, Soucek tried to pass Hegewald but ended up running off the circuit at Les Combes. He held onto his second place, but delayed Julien Jousse who lost his third place as a result. Pavlović managed to overtake him and the two went on to enjoy a race-long battle for position.
A fight for sixth place caused the retirements of Philipp Eng and Alex Brundle as well as leaving Jolyon Palmer with wing damage that wrecked his race.
At the chequered flag, Hegewald had increased his lead to four seconds to take his first victory of the season. Soucek took a comfortable second, apologising to Jousse, but that wasn’t enough to save him from a post-race ten-second penalty that dropped him to fourth, reinstating the Frenchman to third behind MiloÅ¡ Pavlović.
Behind Jousse were Jack Clarke and Tom Gladdis enjoying their top six finishes. Henri Karjalainen and Edoardo Piscopo raced hard to seventh and eighth while Mirko Bortolotti and Kazim Vasiliauskas rounded out the top ten – narrowly missing out on championship points.
Following the race Soucek would have led the championship standings if it had not been for his penalty. It remained to be seen whether he could do enough to recapture it in the sixth round.
Race two: Hegewald makes it a double
It merely remained to be seen if Hegewald could continue his weekend shut-out – and of course he could, mapping out a superb lights-to-flag performance that left him in fourth place in the season standings.
The German driver got a good start and went on to extend his lead by around half a second per lap, eventually winning the race by more than seven seconds. Andy Soucek took second place ahead of Robert Wickens.
Hegewald said, post-race: “It has been an amazing weekend – I was fastest in every session and I came away with maximum points – I’m very, very happy. The race was not easy at the start because my car felt nervous, but I took the win and now I can allow myself to focus on fighting for the championship.”
Wickens’ car had to be repaired overnight following heavy damage from his start-line shunt in Race One. However, he was able to battle past Alex Brundle at Eau Rouge on the first lap and went on to pressure Soucek for second.
Miloš Pavlović took fourth after passing Alex Brundle on lap 11. Julien Jousse also attacked Brundle in the closing stages, but was unable to make a move stick. Kazim Vasiliauskas took seventh, Mikhail Aleshin eighth for the final point ahead of Red Bull colleague Mirko Bortolotti. Carlos Iaconelli rounded out the top ten.
Jolyon Palmer and Jack Clarke retired on the first lap after an ambitious move by Clarke resulted in a collision. Henry Surtees was hit by Germán Sánchez at the entry to Eau Rouge on lap 3, leading to a joint retirement.
Following rounds five and six the points table is as follows:
Andy Soucek: 28 points
Robert Wickens: 26 points
Julien Jousse: 25 points
Tobias Hegewald: 22 points
Mirko Bortolotti: 21 points
Mikhail Aleshin: 17 points
Miloš Pavlović: 17 points
Philipp Eng: 12 points
Nicola De Marco: 10 points
Edoardo Piscopo: 10 points
Carlos Iaconelli: 9 points
Kazim Vasiliauskas: 9 points
Henri Karjalainen: 7 points
Armaan Ebrahim: 6 points
Alex Brundle: 5 points
Tom Gladdis: 4 points
Jack Clarke: 4 points
Henry Surtees: 2 points
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Sirene 1009 (BAF000)
‘Sirene 1009’ (BAF000) © 2017 Han-earl Park
January 31, 2017: eponymous first album by Sirene 1009 is out now (compact disc and digital download). Sirene 1009 is the cyborg virtuosity of Han-earl Park, the indomitable low-end growl of Dominic Lash, the unstoppable hits and clangs of Mark Sanders, and the controlled vocal mayhem of Caroline Pugh.
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October 10, 2018: Collisions with concrete, of thousands of years of musical history, and keeping it “in their pants” (reviews: Eris 136199 and Sirene 1009)
https://youtu.be/sAVoldoR06M A descent into the concrete? rafting over a boiling river? a collisions of thousands of years of musical history? music to communicate cyclists’ collisions? and who are the “bass/drum/guitar boys”,…
October 3, 2018: 100% perishable skills and shrieks of crustaceans (a Jazz Noise: 7 Questions)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5q2-_ENer6mY0iz7CByqal_9uGkNqsUH Mathy grindcore? tubular gates? shrieks of crustaceans? 100% perishable skills? guitars burning-up on reentry? what do Special Forces snipers and saxophonists have in common? and what is The Shitty Gig…
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Sometimes violent and revelatory listening experience that infuses modern aesthetics with the spirit of the ancient…. Ancient and primordial with ideas as open as the night sky, it is not hard to imagine that some of humanity’s first music would have sounded something like this. [More…]
— John Morrison (Jazz Right Now, Best of 2017)
☆☆☆☆½
There are few bands that cross as much territory as this one does. From thrashing, spastic aggressive riffs that put most punks to shame to explorations of the quietest of spaces in-between thoughts, Sirene 1009 is a fierce, adventurous band that goes where most bands don’t: into the unknown, fearlessly in search of the new…. [More…]
— David Menestres (Free Jazz)
This album is brilliant. This album is insane. [More…]
— Dave Sumner (Bird is the Worm)
Sirene 1009 don’t so much push the envelope of improvisation as tear it into small pieces and eat them, just to spite any listener preconceptions…. Sirene 1009 may just be the auditory experience that [Derek] Bailey’s label [‘non-idiomatic improvisation’] has been waiting for. [More…]
— Dave Foxall (Jazz Journal/a Jazz Noise, Best of 2017)
Eponymous first album by Sirene 1009. Sirene 1009 is the cyborg virtuosity of Han-earl Park (Eris 136199, Mathilde 253), the indomitable low-end growl of Dominic Lash (Convergence Quartet, The Set Ensemble), the unstoppable hits and clangs of Mark Sanders (John Butcher, Christian Marclay), and the controlled vocal mayhem of Caroline Pugh (Performing Identity and The Unknown, Photo Ballads).
Muffled junkyard hammering (clang! thud! snap!) beat unlikely counter-rhythms; suspension bridge rumble in the turbulence with subwoofer scratches; bad traffic and extreme weather conspire elemental percussion; broken public address system splutter and loop, evoke the intelligible.
Conjuring up rhythmic and sonic detritus from just a guitar and a volume pedal, Han-earl Park has performed with some of the craftiest improvisers from the Americas, Asia and Europe. The instigator of Sirene 1009, Park also (co-)leads Eris 136199 with Nick Didkovsky and Catherine Sikora, Mathilde 253 with Charles Hayward and Ian Smith, and Numbers with Richard Barrett.
The molten, musical core of Sirene 1009 comprises the virtuosic bassist, composer and sound artist Dominic Lash, and Mark Sanders, arguably the most sought-after avant-jazz and free improvisation drummer of his generation. Sirene’s rhythm section adeptly plays the borders of idiom and the explicable.
Having variously collaborated over the years in different contexts and configurations, in 2014 Park, Lash and Sanders performed for the first time as a trio.
During the 2015 tour, Belfast-based avant-folk singer and electronic artist Caroline Pugh joined the group. With a practice that critically, sometimes mischievously, intersects with digital, gallery and performance arts, and unmatched microphone technique (from whisper to scream, from embodied sound to flights into the stereo panorama), Pugh brings an additional layer of levity and exuberance to the already playful interactions of the trio.
Recorded at Cafe OTO (London) during a Culture Ireland funded tour of England, and during a single afternoon studio session in Birmingham, the album documents an ensemble of musicians representing diverse strands of present-day improvised musics; performances that fragment and recombine musical histories, that leaps unexpectedly between noise, melody, dissonance, harmony and rhythm.
Han-earl Park (guitar), Dominic Lash (double bass), Mark Sanders (drums), and Caroline Pugh (voice and tape recorder).
Psychohistory III (≥9:47), Cliodynamics I (10:44), Cliodynamics II (12:22), Cliodynamics III (5:11), Hopeful Monsters (9:41), Psychohistory V (≥10:40). Total duration ≥58:25.
Music by Han-earl Park, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and Caroline Pugh.
Tracks 2–5 recorded live December 3, 2015, Cafe OTO, London. Recorded by Alex Fiennes.
Tracks 1 and 6 recorded June 16, 2016, Flood Studio, Birmingham. Recorded by Luke Morrish-Thomas.
Mixed and mastered by Han-earl Park.
Design and artwork by Han-earl Park.
Thanks to Alex, Luke, Bruce Coates, Richard Scott, Kate Hendry, Nick Didkovsky, Catherine Sikora, Josh Sinton, Franziska Schroeder, John Hough, Corey Mwamba, Ingrid Laubrock, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Jeb Bishop and Melanie L Marshall; to Simon Holliday, Fielding Hope, James Dunn and Oli Barrett at OTO; George Haslam at SLAM; Cath Roberts of LUME; Mike Borella of Avant Music News; Cisco Bradley of Jazz Right Now; Nasc Ireland; Seth Cooke and everyone at Bang the Bore; and Andrew Woodhead of Fizzle.
London performance presented with funding from Culture Ireland, and support from SLAM Productions.
© + ℗ 2017 Han-earl Park.
Included with pre-orders of Sirene 1009
Kuramoto Synchronization [details…]
Performers: Han-earl Park (guitar), Dominic Lash (double bass) and Caroline Pugh (voice and tape recorder).
about the ensemble
Photos © 2016 Bruce Coates. [More images…]
Somewhere out there, there’s an SUV-sized violin tailgating, a No Wave guitarist desperately trying to survive in the Appalachian Mountains, someone dropping sheets of metal during a Jazz Session, an evolutionary biologist finding themselves speaking in tongues (Awash in Blue).
Hear guitarist Han-earl Park push and pull on the guitar-amplifier dancing partners, Dominic Lash and his double bass damage hanging artwork, Mark Sanders excavate caverns in the smallest spaces for his percussion, and Caroline Pugh sing the lines that border the intelligible and the cryptic. [More about Sirene 1009…]
Improviser, guitarist and constructor Han-earl Park (박한얼) has been crossing borders and performing fuzzily idiomatic, on occasion experimental, always traditional, open improvised musics for twenty years. He has performed in clubs, theaters, art galleries, concert halls, and (ad-hoc) alternative spaces across Europe and the USA.
Park engages a radical, liminal, cyborg virtuosity in which mind, body and artifact collide. He is driven by the social and revolutionary potential of real-time interactive performance in which tradition and practice become creative problematics. As a constructor of musical automata, he is interested in partial, and partially frustrating, context-specific artifacts; artifacts that amplify social relations and corporeal identities and agencies.
Ensembles include Mathilde 253 with Charles Hayward and Ian Smith, Eris 136199 with Nick Didkovsky and Catherine Sikora, and Numbers with Richard Barrett. Park is the constructor of the machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++, and instigator of Metis 9, a playbook of improvisative tactics. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Mark Sanders, Josh Sinton, Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Gino Robair, Tim Perkis, Andrew Drury, Pat Thomas and Franziska Schroeder, and as part of large ensembles led by Wadada Leo Smith, Evan Parker and Pauline Oliveros.
Festival appearances include Freedom of the City (London), Sonorities (Belfast), ISIM (New York), dialogues festival (Edinburgh), CEAIT (Los Angeles) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam). His recordings have been released by labels including Slam Productions, Creative Sources and DUNS Limited Edition.
Park taught improvisation at University College Cork, and founded and curated Stet Lab, a space for improvised music in Cork.
“Guitarist Han-earl Park is a musical philosopher…. Expect unexpected things from Park, who is a delightful shape-shifter….”
Brian Morton (Point of Departure)
Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist, although his activities also range much more widely and include playing bass guitar and other instruments; both writing and performing composed music; and writing about music and various other subjects.
He has performed with musicians such as Tony Conrad (in duo and quartet formations), Joe Morris (trio and quartet), Evan Parker (duo, quartet and large ensemble) and the late Steve Reid. His main projects include The Dominic Lash Quartet, The Set Ensemble (an experimental music group focused on the work of the Wandelweiser collective) and The Convergence Quartet.
Based in Bristol, Lash has performed in the UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. For nearly a decade he was based in Oxford and played a central role in the activities of Oxford Improvisers; much of 2011 was spent living in Manhattan. In 2013 and 2014 he is taking part in Take Five, the professional development programme administered by Serious.
Festival appearances include Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul), Audiograft (Oxford), Freedom of the City (London), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Hurta Cordel (Madrid), Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), LMC Festival (London), Manchester Jazz Festival and Tampere Jazz Happening.
His work has been broadcast on a number of radio stations, including BBC Radios 1 and 3 and Germany’s SWR2, and released on labels including Another Timbre, b-boim, Bead, Cathnor, Clean Feed, Compost and Height, Emanem, Erstwhile, FMR, Foghorn, Leo and NoBusiness.
Since moving to Bristol he has been involved in organising concerts under the banners of Bang the Bore and Insignificant Variation. A new venture is the monthly series happening every second Wednesday at the Arnolfini entitled Several 2nds. Events include performances, workshops, film screenings and discussions.
“Following in an illustrious lineage from Barry Guy through Simon Fell… breathtaking.”
John Sharpe (All About Jazz)
Mark Sanders has played with many renowned musicians from around the world including Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, Myra Melford, Paul Rogers, Henry Grimes, Roswell Rudd, Okkyung Lee, Barry Guy, Tim Berne, Otomo Yoshihide, Luc Ex, Ken Vandermark, Sidsel Endresen and Jean Francois Pauvrois, in duo and quartets with Wadada Leo Smith and trios with Charles Gayle with Sirone and William Parker.
New collaborative projects include ‘Riverloam Trio’ with Mikolaj Trzaska and Olie Brice, ‘Asunder’ with Hasse Poulsen and Paul Dunmall, duos with John Butcher and DJ Sniff, ‘Statics’ with Georg Graewe and John Butcher, and trio with Rachel Musson and Liam Noble.
Mark and John Edwards play as a rhythm section with many groups including Trevor Watts Quartet, ‘Foils’ with Frank Paul Schubert and Matthius Muller, Mathew Shipp’s ‘London Quartet,’ also playing with Fred Frith, Wadada Leo Smith and Shabaka Hutchins amongst many others.
Christian Marclay’s ‘Everyday’ project includes Mark with Christian, Steve Beresford, John Butcher and Alan Tomlinson, he also works regularly in the projects of Mikolaj Trzaska, Gail Brand, Paul Dunmall, Peter Jaquemyn, and Simon H. Fell.
Mark has performed in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Morrocco, South Africa, Mozambique and Turkey, playing at many major festivals including, Nickelsdorf, Ulrichsburg, Glastonbury, Womad, Vancouver, Isle of Wight, Roskilde, Berlin Jazz days, Mulhouse, Luz, Minniapolis, Banlieue Bleues, Son D’hiver and Hurta Cordel.
He has released over 120 CDs.
“A gifted player capable of seamless movement between free-rhythms and propulsive swing.”
John Fordham (The Guardian)
Scottish vocalist and composer Caroline Pugh borrows old-fangled technologies and honours oral histories to create new performances. With a background in both folk and improvisation, her solo works You’ve Probably Heard These Songs Before, Timing By Ear, Measuring By Hand and Platform Audio also draw on performance art and pinhole photography.
Originally from Edinburgh, Caroline has performed across Europe and North America with new improvisation performances including Los Angeles’ Betalevel in 2012, NIME 2011 in Oslo, Just Listening 2011 in Limerick and Experimentica09 in Cardiff. She is also in a band called ABODE and an improvisation collective called E=MCH.
Now based in Belfast, Caroline sings in a folk duo with Meabh Meir and together with Myles McCormack they run traditional song sessions at the Garrick Bar on Mondays from 7.30-10pm.
In 2011, Caroline was awarded an Art Council Northern Ireland grant for her solo work and gained a Distinction for her AHRC-funded Master of Music at Newcastle University. She coaches students at Queen’s University Belfast and has worked in collaboration with visual artists (Connecting through Scape 2008), theatre practitioners (hour8+9 2009), video artists (SAAB 2009), dancers and psychologists (Newcastle and Northumbria Universities 2010). She also got a BA in Scottish Music from the Royal Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and studied Contemporary Music at the University of Central Lancashire for a wee while too.
“Every once in a while you happen upon a gig or event that’s so fundamentally unlike anything you’ve experienced before that you can’t help but reconsider your own thoughts on what defines music, performance and entertainment.”
Brian Coney (BBC Across The Line)
Also by these artists
Skip (FMRCD350)
Performers: Pat Thomas (piano), Dominic Lash (bass) and Mark Sanders (drums).
© + ℗ 2013 FMR Records.
Live at the Glucksman gallery, Cork (owlcd002) [details…]
Performers: Han-earl Park (guitar), Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Mark Sanders (drums) and Jamie Smith (guitar).
© 2009 by Owlhouse Recordings.
℗ 2009 Han-earl Park/Paul Dunmall/Mark Sanders/Jamie Smith.
01-31-17: released!
01-29-19: added reviews.
Categoriesaudio recordings, download, media TagsAlex Fiennes, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Andrew Woodhead, audio recordings, Avant Music News, BAF000, Bang the Bore, Birmingham, Bruce Coates, Cafe OTO, Caroline Pugh, Cath Roberts, Catherine Sikora, CD, Cisco Bradley, Cliodynamics, Cliodynamics I, Cliodynamics II, Cliodynamics III, Corey Mwamba, Culture Ireland, Dominic Lash, Fielding Hope, Fizzle, Flood Studio, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, Hopeful Monsters, Ingrid Laubrock, James Dunn, Jazz Right Now, Jeb Bishop, John Hough, Josh Sinton, Kate Hendry, Kuramoto Synchronization, London, Luke Morrish-Thomas, LUME, Mark Sanders, Melanie L Marshall, Mike Borella, Nasc Ireland, Nick Didkovsky, Oli Barrett, Park-Lash-Sanders, performance, Psychohistory, Psychohistory III, Psychohistory V, recordings, Richard Scott, Seth Cooke, Simon Holliday, Sirene 1009, SLAM Productions
Posted on July 1, 2016 January 8, 2017
The (Near) Complete Han-earl Park
© 2013 Clockwork Mercury Press; © 2012 Creative Sources Recordings; and © 2010, 2011 and 2015 Han-earl Park.
Update: last I checked, only two sets left. If you want to get one….
Get Han-earl Park’s (near) complete discography! (And help fund Sirene 1009’s debut album.)
Limited in number, my (near) complete discography is for sale at a special price. The set comprises of four glass-mastered CDs, and one limited edition CD-R (plus, for the first two lucky listeners, another limited edition CD-R). Available for €25 plus shipping, you can consider it €5 per disc (and a bonus CD-R for the first two customers).
Musicians featured on these albums include: Catherine Sikora, Nick Didkovsky, Josh Sinton, Richard Barrett, Franziska Schroeder, Bruce Coates, Charles Hayward, Ian Smith, François Grillot and Lol Coxhill (plus Paul Dunmall, Jamie Smith and Mark Sanders for the first two customers).
In addition to offering many, many hours of stupendous listening, as I’m furiously raising funds for the upcoming release by Sirene 1009, you’ll also be helping the production of more.
[Buy now…]
Included are…
four glass mastered CDs
Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559) [details…]
Performers: Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (tenor and soprano saxophones), Nick Didkovsky (guitar), and Josh Sinton (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet). [About Eris 136199…] [Metis 9…]
‘Numbers’ (CS 201 cd) [details…]
Performers: Richard Barrett (electronics) and Han-earl Park (guitar). [About this duo…]
Performers: io 0.0.1 beta++ (itself), Han-earl Park (guitar), Bruce Coates (alto and sopranino saxophones) and Franziska Schroeder (soprano saxophone). [About this project…]
Performers: Charles Hayward (drums, percussion and melodica), Han-earl Park (guitar) and Ian Smith (trumpet and flugelhorn) plus Lol Coxhill (saxophone). [About this ensemble…]
plus a CD-R
Tracks in the dirt (Clockwork Mercury Press 003) [details…]
Performers: Catherine Sikora (saxophone), Han-earl Park (guitar) and François Grillot (double bass).
© + ℗ 2013 Clockwork Mercury Press.
and, for the first two customers, another CD-R
Live at the Glucksman is only available to the first two customers: I only have two copies left! (btw, I had been hoping to include the duo CD with Paul Dunmall, but it looks like I am completely out of those. For those who still have copies, consider yourself one of the lucky few 😉 )
Glass-mastered CDs in shrink-wrapped jewel cases. CD-Rs in sleeves.
Live at the Glucksman is only available to the first two customers.
Thanks to all the musicians who’re represented here, and special thanks to George Haslam and SLAM Productions.
It is vital that you contact me before returning items (click “contact Han-earl Park” on this page). I will do my absolute best to address any concerns and damaged (unplayable) items, but please note that some of these discs are limited in number, so replacements (unlike refunds) may be a non-trivial issue.
Physical items shipped by standard post. Please contact me (click “contact Han-earl Park” on this page) before making your order for special delivery instructions and/or alternative shipping methods.
07-14-16: only two sets left.
Categoriesaudio recordings, media TagsAnomic Aphasia, audio recordings, BAF000, Bandcamp, Boolean Transforms, Bruce Coates, Caroline Pugh, Catherine Sikora, CD, Charles Hayward, Clockwork Mercury Press, Clockwork Mercury Press 003, Creative Sources Recordings, CS 201 cd, DLE-067, Dominic Lash, DUNS Limited Edition, Eris 136199, François Grillot, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, Ian Smith, io 0.0.1 beta++, Jamie Smith, Josh Sinton, Live at the Glucksman gallery, Lol Coxhill, Mark Sanders, Mathilde 253, Metis 9, Nick Didkovsky, Numbers, owlcd002, Owlhouse Recordings, Paul Dunmall, recordings, Richard Barrett, Sirene 1009, SLAM Productions, SLAMCD 528, SLAMCD 531, SLAMCD 559, Tracks in the dirt
SLAM Productions featured in The New York City Jazz Record
This month, The New York City Jazz Record puts a spotlight on the record label SLAM Productions. In the article, Ken Waxman quotes label owner and curator George Haslam as saying:
When a recording is offered to me, I listen to it and consider, is SLAM the right place for it? I don’t have a style template to which the music must fit. The SLAM slogan has always been ‘Freedom of Music’. I remember years ago playing a concert with Lol [Coxhill]. He was asked to play a solo piece and was going to play ‘Autumn Leaves”. “But this is a free gig, Lol” someone said. “So,” said Lol “Am I free to play what I want?” What ties the SLAM catalogue together is the objective of preserving music that may otherwise be lost and making this music available to a listening public. To try to ‘educate’ or lead a public would be counterproductive but the music is there to be discovered. [Read the rest…]
It’s really great to see George Haslam and his label get some well deserved recognition, and I am honored that a couple of my recordings are available on SLAM. Thanks, George, for your support over the years, and especially for taking a gamble with a recording of a machine improviser! (And, incidentally, Paul Dunmall, who initially recommended SLAM to me, and the late Lol Coxhill, who guested on my first recording on SLAM, also make appearances in the article.)
Available from SLAM Productions…
Mathilde 253 (SLAMCD 528) is available from SLAM Productions [details…]
Categoriesaudio recordings, media Tagsaudio recordings, Bruce Coates, CD, Charles Hayward, Franziska Schroeder, George Haslam, Han-earl Park, Ian Smith, io 0.0.1 beta++, Ken Waxman, Lol Coxhill, Paul Dunmall, press, recordings, SLAM Productions, SLAMCD 528, SLAMCD 531, The New York City Jazz Record
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Nvidia releases Mental Ray for 3ds Max
Thursday, May 11th, 2017 | Posted by Jim Thacker
Nvidia’s marketing graphic for Mental Ray for 3ds Max. Model: Stefan Morrell
Nvidia has released Mental Ray for 3ds Max, its new plugin version of the renderer, and first for 3ds Max 2018 users, following Autodesk’s decision to stop bundling Mental Ray with the software.
The release integrates the new features of Mental Ray 3.14, the latest standalone edition of the renderer, including the GI Next global illumination system and support for light path expressions.
The plugin is free to use when rendering from a single machine. Network rendering requires commercial licences, which are available on a rental-only basis.
Buying a commercial licence of Mental Ray also activates Iray for 3ds Max, Nvidia’s interactive physically based renderer, available as a separate plugin, and previously purchased separately.
The first version of Mental Ray compatible with 3ds Max 2018
For many 3ds Max users, the most important thing about Mental Ray for 3ds Max will simply be that it exists.
With Autodesk’s decision to stop bundling Mental Ray with its software in favour of its own Arnold renderer, legacy Mental Ray scenes are no longer compatible with 3ds Max 2018 out of the box.
Today’s release makes it possible to use those scenes again, with Nvidia’s blog post stressing that the new plugin is “fully backwards compatible for all the functionality and data people depend upon”.
Adds new features from Mental Ray 3.14 standalone
The release also introduces the new functionality rolled out last year in Mental Ray 3.14, the standalone edition of the software, and in Mental Ray for Maya, the equivalent Maya plugin.
That includes GI Next, Nvidia’s GPU-enabled global illumination system, which the firm claims is “over 10x faster again” when running with a GPU – presumably, Nvidia’s top-of-the-range Quadro – than a 14-core CPU.
It has “full support” of Mental Ray shaders, motion blur, depth of field, hair, volumes and particles, and only loads geometry into GPU memory, making it possible to render more texture-heavy scenes on the GPU.
The update also introduces support for Light Path Expressions, making it possible to generate AOVs on a per-light basis when rendering, giving more control over rendered output in the final composite.
You can read a full list of features in Mental Ray 3.14 here, although note that some of the functionality listed was actually introduced in Mental Ray 3.13.
Free for use on single machines, but you pay for network rendering
Like the version of Arnold bundled with 3ds Max 2018, the new plugin is free to use when rendering from a single machine, but for network rendering, you’ll need a commercial licence.
That’s a blow for many 3ds Max users, who were accustomed to the unlimited Mental Ray network rendering that Autodesk provided up until 3ds Max 2017.
However, Nvidia has adopted the same pricing model as for Mental Ray for Maya: if you’re using one of the firm’s professional GPUs – a Quadro or Tesla card – you get a discount.
That brings the cost down to $95/year per render node, or $325/year for a five-pack of licences. If you aren’t using a Nvidia Quadro or Tesla GPU, the cost rises to $295/year per node, or $995/year for a five-pack.
Nvidia has also now introduced separate pricing for local (that is, node-locked) and network (floating) licences, the latter priced at $395/year for one or $1,495/year for five.
(The same pricing has also now been applied to Mental Ray for Maya, which raises the price of floating licences “to be more in line with industry norms”, according to Nvidia.)
Paid licences also include Iray for 3ds Max for free
However, unlike Mental Ray for Maya, buying a commercial licence of Mental Ray for 3ds Max also gives you Iray, Nvidia’s interactive physically based renderer, for free.
(That’s the new plugin version of Iray, not the Iray render mode built into Mental Ray itself, which is now officially named ‘Mental Ray Iray’. You can read our review of the Iray for 3ds Max plugin here.)
Previously, the Iray for 3ds Max plugin had to be purchased separately, at a cost of $295/year per machine.
Existing licences of Iray for 3ds Max also now automatically function as paid licences for Mental Ray for 3ds Max: both renderers are now covered by a single licence.
So how does the pricing stack up against other 3ds Max render engines?
That makes the pricing of Mental Ray for 3ds Max fairly competitive, insofar as you can make comparisons – an issue we discussed in more detail in our story on Mental Ray for Maya.
(Note: since we wrote that story, Autodesk has introduced new rental pricing of $600/year per machine for Arnold, and announced that it is to discontinue perpetual licences of the software.)
In addition to the renderers discussed there, the new pricing is comparable to that of Corona Renderer for 3ds Max, whose Fair SaaS plan provides a workstation licence and five floating nodes for €29.99/month.
Over the course of a year, that works out at €359.88 – or around $391/year at current exchange rates.
Whether that’s more or less than Mental Ray for 3ds Max depends on which GPU you use, whether you want floating or only node-locked render licences, and whether you want Iray – but you get the general point.
Availability and system requirements
Mental Ray for 3ds Max is available for 3ds Max 2018, running on 64-bit Windows 7 or 10. To use its GPU accelerated features, you’ll need a Nvidia card of the Fermi generation or later, with at least 2GB GPU RAM.
Pricing for the plugin is discussed in the story above, although you won’t be able to use the new Pro GPU licences with Iray until the release of Iray 2 for 3ds Max, currently scheduled for the end of this month.
In addition, colleges and universities will get their network rendering licences for free.
Read Nvidia’s blog post announcing the release of Mental Ray for 3ds Max
Read a full list of features in Mental Ray for 3ds Max in the product’s data sheet (PDF format)
Download Mental Ray for 3ds Max for free
(Registration required, free only if not rendering over a network)
3ds Max 2018 will include Arnold, not Mental Ray
Nvidia is releasing Mental Ray for Maya for free
Nvidia releases Mental Ray for Maya 1.2
Nvidia releases new mental ray Alembic import shader
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Issue: 484 Section: Technical Features 12 June, 2008
Forget the Kilowatts
The peak power figure is becoming increasingly insignificant.
The use of a peak power figure as short-hand for measuring vehicle performance has always had a dubious rationale - and it's getting worse. In fact, it's nearly as bad to suggest that a car with 150kW is going to cane one with 130kW as something else that used to be very common, at least in this country. So what was that, then?
Two-oh-Twos
A long time ago, when I was a young lad, it was a playground norm to discuss how powerful each family's car was solely on the basis of engine size. In my primary school days it was still measured in cubic inches, so we'd scornfully say something like: "Brett's dad has only got a one-eight-six," while Brett writhed in shame and tried to retrieve the loyalty of his friends by giving away newly-bought lollies.
"My dad's got a two-oh-two," I'd say proudly, basking in the glow of widespread approbation until someone fiercely trumpeted, "Well, we've got a three-five-one!"
At which we'd all know that we'd been beaten and decide that we had better go off and raid the girls' toilets... or something.
(I well remember spying a long wheelbase Jaguar V12 and being widely excited by it - I thought 'XJ12L' stood for 12 litres of engine capacity....)
If all engines revved only to the same rpm, and if they all had similar volumetric and frictional efficiencies, then basing power estimates only on swept capacity would make a lot of sense. And in the Seventies in Australia, the Big Three - Holden, Ford and Chrysler - mostly did have engines that conformed to these three factors. So yes, a three-five-one did have a helluva lot more power than a puny one-eight-six.
But it wasn't that many years later that I bought a car - a 1977 BMW 3.0si - that was only a one-eight-three when measured in cubic inches. But it had similar power to my erstwhile mate's three-five-one....
Forget the Capacity
These days, apportioning engine power on the basis of engine size is known by nearly everyone to be a waste of time: a 2-litre engine might have 85, 94, 96, 101, 105, 110, 121 - or 147kW... and yes, they are all naturally aspirated figures. But just as we discarded engine swept volume as the vital parameter of performance, we now also need to get used to largely discarding the peak power figure.
Simply, it's become increasingly insignificant.
The logic behind quoting just peak power as an indicator of performance in similar-weighted cars is predicated on the past, where we've were all making some implicit assumptions. Just like it underpinned my primary school playground discussions (who then had heard of a standard one-eight-six that revved with torque to 6500 rpm?!), in the more recent past we've automatically assumed that an engine with (say) 100kW peak power at 6000 rpm would develop something like 50kW at 3000 rpm, and 30kW at 2000 rpm.
In effect, without even thinking of it, we could judge the rest of the power curve from just the peak figure.
But that is no longer the case. Especially in turbocharged engines - but also in variably valve timed designs - it's just not enough to say that a 1300kg car has about 140kW. Literally, two similarly weighted cars, both with around 140kW, could have a major variation in their on-road performance times.
Shape of the Torque Curve
So what's the answer? - how do we gain effective shorthand descriptors of engine power and tie that to performance? Basically, you can't do it on engine power alone. These days, you simply have to describe at least some aspects of the torque curve. (If I shortly lose you, go read "Power versus Torque - Part 1" and "Power versus Torque - Part 2" - they're still widely acknowledged as the best discussion on the web of the importance of the two measurements.)
But if you read those stories and get confused as to why the shape of the torque curve is so important to my forthcoming discussion, just remember the simple concept: torque x revs = power. That is, if you have more torque anywhere in the rev range, at those revs you have more power. And hell, if you have more power when you put your foot down, you're going to go faster, right?
That's also one reason why a 0-100 km/h time is one way is a bit deceptive - after first gear, you're never down low again in the rev range. Most cars will take two gear changes get to 100 km/h (about 60 mph), and shortly after each gear-change, the engine revs will be right up the top end again... that is, near peak power. So the 0-100 time shows nothing about immediate response when you're caught in the wrong gear, or even the performance of a car with different gearing - it indicates only what you can gain when the car is launched hard and pushed pedal to the metal until the magic '100' number appears on the speedo.
The example is best shown by an extreme. These days European turbo engines are simply mind-bogglingly torquey... that is, they develop an extraordinary amount of power at low revs, considering their capacity. Let's look at some concrete examples. The Holden (Opel) Astra Turbo has a 2-litre engine that develops a peak power of 147kW at 5600 rpm. Its power and torque graph is shown to the left. (For the knowledgeable, the low rpm at which nearly 150kW is being developed from only 2 litres gives an immediate indication that this engine must be producing a lot of torque for its size!)
At just 2000 rpm, it has 52kW available. (We'll keep all the discussion in kW and rpm because people can get sidetracked when Nm are brought in...)
So, is 52kW at 2000 rpm a lot? (It is indicative of how we never look at the spread of power that even the enthusiasts amongst you won't know the answer to that!) Well, let's have a look at the 2.2-litre naturally aspirated engine from the same Opel engineering stable. At 2000 rpm the NA engine - and yep, it's 10 per cent bigger - has only 38kW available. That's a stunning 27 per cent less power at 2000 rpm! So how hard do you think that the 2-litre turbo will be accelerating at 2000 rpm compared with the 2.2-litre NA engine?
(Or take the current 155kW Saab 9-3 Aero. The four cylinder engine is also only 2 litres in capacity, but at 2000 rpm there's 58kW available - and by 2500 rpm, 80kW!)
Now let's compare that with another 2-litre engine of similar max power output. The 2002 Honda Integra Type R develops a peak power of 147kW at 7500 rpm - exactly the same power as the Astra Turbo. (The Honda's power and torque graph is shown to the right.) So, same engine size, same peak power output. But remember how by 2000 rpm the Astra had 52kW available? Well, at those same revs, the Integra's engine can develop only 35kW... that's 33 per cent less!
Sure, different gearing can take some of this into account (the final drive ratios of both cars are enough to see this: 4.764 for the Integra and 3.63 for the Astra - and the Honda has a 6-speed) but it's now true that saying something like: "It's a 2-litre that makes just under 150kW" doesn't really tell you much about how the car will drive, how responsive it will be when caught in the wrong gear - or how much gear changing will need to be done, for that matter.
In fact a car with a 0-100 time of 8 seconds - but with lots of power available through the rev range - will always feel like a car that previously would have been a flat 7-second car. By that I mean that the on-road grunt in road situations will be higher - often much higher - than you'd expect from the bare 0-100 time.
Forget the Shorthand
To make an assessment of the sort of on-road performance that you're likely to gain, you really need to see a power/torque graph, or have available a lot more performance figures than just a 0-100 time. For example, if you have the in-gear acceleration times in different gears, you can quickly get an idea for how fast the car will be when overtaking, accelerating to fill a hole in traffic, and so on.
You can also measure 'average power' across a rev range - some engine and chassis dynos can currently do this. But over what rev range do you take the average? The Integra drivers will be suggesting that they never get below 3000 rpm (which of course can't be true unless they always do a big clutch dump launch!) while many others would suggest that the average power in many engines would be most importantly measured across a 2000-5000 rpm range.
But neither approach is shorthand.
Simply, these days it's impossible to accurately predict on-road performance (and I mean a lot more than a bare 0-100 km/h time) from the peak power figure. Just as we now no longer use engine size as shorthand for performance, using just a peak power figure is also becoming increasingly invalid.
And, incidentally, that applies in spades for modified cars, too.
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Project: Woodland Park and Trail Creek Apartments
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2012 Wisconsin Fair Housing Network Partnership Award
Partnership Fair Housing Award was presented to the Center for Veterans Issues, the Milwaukee Center for Independence, the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Chase Bank, the Social Development Commission and Cardinal Capital Management for their work to address a serious housing need among those who have served in the defense and security of our nation. To read more about this award, visit the Veterans Manor website at www.veteransmanor.com.
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2014 Brian Mickelsen Housing Hero Award
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The RM270 million project will be the first Hyatt Centric in Malaysia and also marks the maiden foray into the hospitality business by Hap Seng Consolidated Bhd, in partnership with the Hyatt Group.
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This volume begins the story of Rick Grimes, a sheriff’s deputy from Kentucky, who is wounded in action and emerges from a coma to find the world plagued by the undead. Upon returning home, he finds his house ransacked and his wife and son gone. Rick travels to a military evacuation zone in Atlanta to find his family and joins a small group of survivors along the way, all the while trying to adapt to life in this new world.
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KALONDE NYATI, Lusaka
EXPANSION and modernisation of Kenneth Kaunda International Airport is progressing well with construction of the new rescue and fire services expected to be completed within the course of this year.
Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) managing director Robinson Misitala disclosed in an interview recently that the US$360 million project will transform the country into an air transport hub once the project completed in 2019.
The project involves the construction of a four million capacity international terminal building with six aero bridges and construction of a 30-room capacity in-transit hotel.
“A 70-room non-transit passenger hotel will be developed. China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation is also expected to construct new taxi ways, aprons, and rescue and fire services stations, landside and airside driveways as well as an air traffic control tower,†he said.
Mr Misitala said ZACL has for the past few years engaged in major infrastructure development projects to upgrade the four international airports, namely; Kenneth Kaunda, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe, Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula and Mfuwe to boost passenger and cargo facilitation within the country and beyond.
To date, ZACL has completed the construction of terminal two at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone at a cost of US$60 million.
Meanwhile, Government is expected to implement a Smart Airports System (SAS) in all of the international airports to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in airport operations.
So far, the system has been implemented at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula and Kenneth Kaunda with the system expected to be implemented at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe and Mfuwe airports.
“SAS is an important integral part of modern airport operations.
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In order to ensure that the research and innovation objectives of ECUC project are achieved, a clearly defined work program has been drawn up and divided in seven work packages:
WP1: Project management
Improvement of the understanding of the interaction between the eddy-current brake and the track and trackside signalling equipment.
Identification of critical thermo-mechanical and electromagnetic parameters and the related vehicle and trackside compatibility limits.
Design of a test setup and test site for linear eddy-current brake systems.
Design of a test procedure to prove the compatibility between eddy-current brake, rolling stock, track and the signalling systems.
Development of new design, engineering and operational guidelines for eddy-current brakes and trackside signalling equipment.
Dispersal of the results to the main stakeholders across the European railway sector with the central goal of being the proposal of new requirements to improve the standardization process of ECB.
Designing and maintaining partner specific templates for collecting input to the required EC documents;
Implementing and maintaining of a project-specific database for reporting and controlling, including the adaptation of the structure after changes in the work plan and the consortium,
Drafting and maintaining the dissemination and exploitation plan following the EC’s requirements;
Preparing and post-processing of EC reviews from the consortium-side including support in the implementation of recommendations from the EC and reviewers;
Preparing, executing and post-processing of major project meetings such as Steering Committee meetings, General Assemblies and meetings with the advisory group (tasks: agendas, invitations, location of meeting places, organization of rooms and equipment, preparation and distribution of materials, minutes and action lists);
Implementing and maintaining the project infrastructure, e.g., the internal platform for information exchange and email lists;
Handling of legal issues, IPR issues and maintenance of the consortium agreement, if obligatory
Handling of the project correspondence and the day-to-day requests from partners and external bodies.
WP2: Identification of the performance requirements, design parameters and their relationship
Establish a common knowledge database that describes all referenced problems of ECB.
Establish the requirements of the ECB by means of the analysis of the interaction between ECB and the infrastructure (rail head, signalling systems) and rolling stock.
Establish the design parameters of ECB regarding their functionality.
Establish the qualitative relationship between the causes and the consequences that enables a common and thorough understanding of the physical phenomena and their effects on availability and safety.
WP3: Eddy-current brake compatibility model design and implementation
The main objective of this WP is to design and verify the Eddy-current Brake Compatibility model that estimates electromagnetic interference levels affecting the functionality of the spot signalling systems and the thermal and mechanical issues affecting the infrastructure. This model is a tool that will enable in WP4 the definition of the representative worst case conditions, which is ultimately a key point to establish the technical specifications for the test setup, procedure and test site (WP5).
WP4: Definition of representative worst case conditions
The main objective of this WP is to define the conditions that maximize the emitted interferences created by the ECB system. The conditions should not only be set on the basis of known worst situations but on a thorough understanding of all the possible situations, by means of the model of WP3. Realistic representative worst case conditions have to be established, and they will then be the inputs for the requirements for the test site, test procedure and test setup, which will be developed and executed in WP5.
WP5: Test site, test procedure and test setup design and implementation
The main objective of this WP is to define the test site, test procedure and test setup for the measurement of the ECB emissions and thermo-mechanical behaviour and to carry out the relevant laboratory and line tests.
These tests will be divided in two main groups. On the one hand, the tests will be carried out in the laboratory and on the other hand, a train equipped with ECB will be tested in the track. In both cases the contributors will need to measure three types of physic parameters: EM signals, temperature and mechanical parameters.
There will be a short test campaign, mainly in the laboratory, to assure the new generation ECB and a longer one where more parameters will be measured.
WP6: Technical Recommendations and design, engineering and operational guidelines
This work package will define, by one hand, the design, engineering and operational guidelines of the operational ECB, its installation, the tracks and the signalling systems and, by the other hand, provide an input for the issue of a Technical Recommendations for the ECB and the infrastructure (signalling systems, tracks,…).
WP7: Exploitation and dissemination activities
To set up the dissemination strategy and tools to facilitate wide-spread information transfer among and beyond the members of the consortium;
To ensure that the research carried out in the project fully exploits existing knowledge and is focused on the aspects of the work. As a whole the project consortium incorporates a significant portion of the knowledge on the state-of-the-art which will be appropriately exploited;
To ensure the project outputs reach the relevant rail stakeholders who will implement them (via Technical Recommendations).
PhD. Daniel Valderas
e-mail: dvalderas@ceit.es
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