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Astrology on our lives
While working on my research in funeral home directory , I started thinking more about the influence of stars, in general, and astrology on our lives. I know, what you are going to say - this is not a real science, it is a superstition, etc, etc. Well, a lot of people would agree with you and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 13:13:38 | Rating:

| Views: 35 | Comments: 1 | Tags: influence stars astrology science superstitions history cultures belief connection

Beliefs of the ancient Celts
No matter what you say, I think that Halloween is one of the greatest holidays ever. I heard more versions about the origin of a Halloween than fingers on both my hands and my toes. Some are no more than a myth. But this story that I found in archives of funeral home directory , seems to be......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-01 13:59:48 | Rating:

| Views: 60 | Comments: 0 | Tags: version origin myth story tradition spirits beliefs ancient system mounds holiday traditions culture ancestors

Mayan calendar and Mayan astrology
Mayan calendar and Mayan astrology have been in use in Meso-America from at least the 6th Century BC. In archives of funeral home directory I found that there were two main calendars, one plotting the solar year of 365 days, which governed the planting of crops and other domestic matters;......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-02 22:18:25 | Rating:

| Views: 52 | Comments: 0 | Tags: calendar astrology rituals astrological system life astrologer priests horoscope profession influence evidence zodiac constellations observatory ancient

Great public interest in astrology
In the first half of twentieth century a great surge of popular interest in astrology took place in the US. I found some interesting facts during my research in archives of funeral home directory . A very popular astrologer Evangeline Adams from New York City helped quench the public’s......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-02 22:45:16 | Rating:

| Views: 31 | Comments: 0 | Tags: popular interest astrology astrologers readings forecasts horoscope writings practice concepts materials

Astrologer in the Middle Ages
Astrology became part of the Kabalistic lore of Jews and Christians, and came to be the substance of the astrology of the Middle Ages. Even church prelates and nobility were using astrologers’ services. And at that time everybody believed that the position of heavenly bodies influenced the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-02 23:04:50 | Rating:

| Views: 59 | Comments: 0 | Tags: astrology services position predictions book astrologers famous reading stars horoscope discoveries

Very exotic ways of saying goodbye
You live - you learn. What else can I say? While researching funeral rites and cultural funeral traditions of nations all over the planet for local funeral home directory , I found an interesting story of excarnation, which was, I must say, a very exotic way of saying goodbye to their dead by......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-12 22:31:51 | Rating:

| Views: 80 | Comments: 1 | Tags: history funeral rites culture cultural traditions nations excarnation exotic ways ancient practice corpse remains coffins cliffs locations future space burial

The first examples of the zodiac
History of ancient astrology. As far as I know, astrology of ancient Egyptians appeared slightly later in ancient Babylon. The outcome of this historical competition is still not clear, because the archaeologists still did not make up their minds. But we know, that astrology has a very ancient......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-12 22:40:22 | Rating:

| Views: 31 | Comments: 0 | Tags: history ancient astrology competition