hope you arrive safe and sound and have a war without accident, injury, or sickness. ;) good war for you! Since I'm not going this year, i'm helping with...
Well! Cathy Jeanne Wardwell <jcwardwell@...> wrote: Well, we're off to Pennsic tomorrow early. Those of you still reading this, wish us well! Morwenna ...
...and if there were any soothsayer gatherings I didn't hear about them. Then again I didn't ask Arastorm either. I saw her all of once. I saw Arwen all of...
... We had at least one 114-degree day here in Maryland, I'm told. And another that was 112. If nobody got heat stroke, that shows that we've finally learned....
Thought people might find this interesting. Sadly, someone also brought to my attention the Spell of the Day which today has the "Medieval Love Charm" Cloved...
Actually, that's one of the most accurate articles on Tarot history I've read. It at least puts theories right where they belong--as theories only. It's the...
Next year at Ecumenicon (March 27-30, 2008) Arwen and I will be doing an intensive on Soothsaying and we need to get an outline turned in ASAP. We thought it...
... <snip> ... Solstice 1974? Are you sure it wasn't 1973? Because I kind of remember them from my first event, a 12th Night January 1972, but I'll allow for...
... If I recall my reading correctly: the putative history of cards themselves begins in Japan with slips of paper to record gambling bets with symbols of...
... I'll be there as far as I know, but I'm supposed to be teaching in a different area. ... I have the impression that the current crowd at Ecumenicon is...
Good day to you all, I am relatively new to the SCA, and relatively new to this group. I reside in the East Kingdom, Shire of Buckland Cross (near-ish to ...
... Currently it's held in Baltimore, Maryland. Ecumenicon Interfaith Conference 2008 will be held March 27-30, 2008 at the Best Western Hotel and Conference...
Tamar wrote: "dowsing" not dousing. Rather different words... Tchipakkan: (LOL) of course! One gets complacent with spell checking! Tamar: Question: will you...
There was certainly soothsaying and magic use in the Middle Ages. On the other hand, it was very carefully "dressed" (or even hidden) to avoid getting in...
Well I think that's one difference I get with playing an Asian persona. I'm presumed pagan and can easily play it--I just have to be very careful to avoid any...
I have no problem working the Christian aspect into my persona --- it doesn't bother me at all. I think that our personas end up being "safe" from any real...
I would love to attend Ecumenicon. I can do: How-to classes on Tarot Divination and Ethics Gemstone Myths and Legends Can I join you, pleas??? Elena...
... If I remember correctly, twelfth and thirteenth century Scotland wasn't anywhere near as bad as later centuries. H.R. Trevor-Roper wrote _The European...
... That wouldn't always have been much help, but in 12thC Scotland it's pretty safe. ... Novelists have to make trouble for their characters. At least once an...
Thanks Tamar --- that was all really helpful!!! :) ~Annora -- <*~ MAKE YOUR LIFE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE! ~*> [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I should think so. Personally I would like as many experienced people as possible at the sooth saying ethics workshop. I think each of us has come up against...
Aisin-gioro Biya: i'm not even sure if my 16th century persona would have been exposed to runes. How widely would they have been known in Dublin or London in...
Hi, all! Talked at length to Charlie Butler last night; he says that the ashes of Richard H. Eney (Diccon Frankborn; in the SCA Master Vuong Manh, Mandarin 2nd...
Jane Sibley
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Aug 25, 2007 12:01 am
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Hi, all! Actually, there was a strong Viking presence in Dublin and northern parts of Scotland; the Norna tongue was spoken in the Shetlands into the 19th if...
Jane Sibley
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Aug 25, 2007 3:40 am
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Hi, Aisin-gioro Biya Your persona is Japanese in origin? Name sounds Japanese. The most probable forms of divination for your persona would be I Ching, also...
Jane Sibley
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Aug 25, 2007 3:44 am
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HI, all! There are various types/categories of soothsaying. Divination by cards (standard decks, Tarot) is cartomancy; tea & coffee leaf/grounds reading is...
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