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Photos from an old trip to France 😁

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A video I did about this often maligned food :)

Would you try it?

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Photos from the Pyrenees :) Enjoy the wintery vibes :) Happy Holidays! You can find more of my photos here:

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There's something very classic about the silhouette of a gondola :) I had to take a photo or two :)

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Wintery shots from a lovely winter's holiday :)

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I really enjoyed my trip to Venice :) Even though it's been years these photos bring back the feeling of winter there, the cool, the low sun and crisp air. It was nice :)

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A few photos from my trip to Venice (from several years ago), it was a nice trip :)

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I did a review of this book

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I did a review of this book :) If you're curious check it out :)

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Texts used and references:

•Davies, O; ‘Magic: A very short introduction’, Oxford University Press, 2012 •Gaskill, M; ‘Witchcraft: A very short introduction’, Oxford University Press, 2010 •Bible passages: Matt 9: 1-8; Mark 2: 1-12; Luke 5: 17-26

Some of the people and things mentioned in the video:

-Owen Davies (A very short introduction to Magic) -Malcolm Gaskill (A very short introduction to Witchcraft) -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Durkheim -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Naud%C3%A9 -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89liphas_L%C3%A9vi -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezuzah

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As coughs and colds sweep the lands let's talk about the UK/England's answer to sore throats and coughing and the interesting history behind these rather powerful sweets :)

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Photos from my trip to Lindisfarne :) It was extremely cold and windy but a very interesting place to visit :)

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A video on how I turned this skeleton decoration (left) into something that suits my style a lot more (preview on the right) + decorating for Halloween :)

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Ever wondered what the difference between a cross and a crucifix is? Well I have the answer for you in this video :)

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Text Used:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifix

https://applesofgold.com/jewelry/the-difference-between-crosses-and-crucifixes/#:~:text=Major%20Differences%20Between%20a%20Cross%20and%20a%20Crucifix&text=A%20Christian%20cross%20is%20simply,referred%20to%20as%20the%20corpus

https://diocesan.com/cross-crucifix-similar-different/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_cross_variants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_cross

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Ever wondered what the differences between a pentacle and a pentagram is? Well it's both quite simple... and not simple at all...

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Texts used:

http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm

https://archive.org/details/b24884431/page/56/mode/2up?view=theater

http://www.ccsp.it/web/infoccsp/VCS%20storico/vcs2011pdf/coimbra.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Solomon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_of_Solomon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_d%27Abano#Writings

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Looking for something to watch during spooky season? Seeing lots of ghost hunting and urban exploration videos on your feed? Are a lot of them finding upside-down crosses? Well if you want to know what this symbol really means check out this video I made :)

Texts used and referenced here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Saint_Peter [Accessed 04/07/2022] https://symbolsproject.eu/crosses/st-peters-cross.aspx [Accessed 04/07/2022] basic info https://archive.org/details/JAMESApocryphalNewTestament1924/page/n325/mode/2up [Accessed 04/07/2022] -acts of peter internet archive https://archive.org/details/JAMESApocryphalNewTestament1924/page/n357/mode/1up?view=theater [Accessed 04/07/2022] -link to the martyrdom (see quote for p number) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Viris_Illustribus_(Jerome) [Accessed 04/07/2022] -another bloke who wrote about it https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf203/npnf203/Page_361.html [Accessed 04/07/2022] ^ the above writings from Jerome https://archive.org/details/ned-kbn-all-00001809-001/page/n15/mode/1up [Accessed 04/07/2022] -the book ^ he wrote https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2708.htm [Accessed 04/07/2022] -^ it in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_cross [Accessed 04/07/2022] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter [Accessed 04/07/2022] (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Vintras [Accessed 04/07/2022] -in French)-occult https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/vintras-eugene-1807-1875 [Accessed 06/07/2022] https://www.flickr.com/photos/access/3547394160 [Accessed 06/07/2022] https://www.stevenslawson.co.nz/projects/st-peters-cross/ [Accessed 06/07/2022]

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This spooky season I thought it would be fun to share some black and white pictures from my trip to Whitby. Whitby Abbey is a beautiful ruin! I loved the architecture and had so much fun taking photos there! :)