Henna by Heather - Mehndi Body Art for New England: Henna Designs for Dances of Vice neo-Victorian / steampunk music festival. ------------ If you came here searching for steampunk henna tattoo designs, please note that there is now a book of steampunk mehndi designs available by Victoria Welch: Feel free to continue on to the original blog post, featuring the designs I drew up for the very first ever Dances of Vice steampunk themed music festival, where Colleen and I did some really fun henna, including this piece (she did the compass rose, I did the floral arm): --------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some designs I drew up for Dances of Vice... the scanning resolution is way low and they don't look as good as they will in the final polished versions....but for now, here they are:
Witchcraft in the Victorian Age. Witchcraft in the Victorian Age Written By Staff Contributor: Elizabeth Marie Clements The Victorian Era has been associated with Witchcraft in American Hollywood and literature in many different mediums over the years.
The settings for the popular show Charmed and the movie Practical Magic were Victorian houses. “The Aunts” from Practical Magic were also known to wear old-fashioned clothing. Literary fiction uses Victorian settings for tales of magic and sorcery frequently, and it is true that there were important Witchcraft texts published in the 1880s and 90s. The history of Witchcraft can be confusing at times, largely due to a lack of reputable resources. Victorian Witch. Keeping up with the spirit of things, I decided to google the phrase "Victorian American Witches.
" To my delight and astonishment, pages upon pages of articles were laid before me. No search engine is infallible, though, so some articles were not even remotely pertinent. However, the eighth article down on the first page gave me a short essay on the precise, generalized "history" of the practice and survival of American witchcraft in the Victorian Era. "But Witchcraft did exist, and it can be said that it perhaps recovered due to this revision of thought. If industrialization never occurred, accusations of Witchcraft may have persisted.
Why is this particular time period in witchcraft of interest? "Although alleged witches were burned alive or hung over a five century interval -- from the 14th to the 18th century -- the vast majority were tried from 1550 to 1650. " Ganieda. Merlin. Deer « Blue Apples. Deer Totem Keywords: Gentleness, Innocence What can the appearance of Deer signify in my life?
Deer represents innocence and a return to wilderness.Look for new perceptions and degrees of perceptions to grow and expand for as much as the next 5 years.You could be being reminded to establish a strong connection with your children before you expose them to many people and strange energies.It could be a reminder to move gently back to a tradition family unit and roles. Deer may indicate that you have gotten too far away from the role that would be most beneficial to you.Be gentle with yourself and others. A new innocence and freshness is about to be awakened or born. Be aware of a gentle lure of new adventures. More About Deer Deer can adapt to every sort of habitat and are thus native to every continent except Australia. The White-tailed Deer is most common in the US, known widely for the antlers of the male Deer. Fawns are born a colour that hides them well. The Big Cats. Swan. Etymology and terminology[edit] The word swan is derived from Old English swan, akin to the German Schwan and Dutch zwaan and Swedish svan, in turn derived from Indo-European root *swen (to sound, to sing).[1] Young swans are known as swanlings or as cygnets, from Greek κύκνος, kýknos and from the Latin word cygnus ("swan") and the Old French suffix -et ("little").
An adult male is a cob, from Middle English cobbe (leader of a group); an adult female is a pen. Description[edit] The swans are the largest members of the waterfowl family Anatidae, and are among the largest flying birds. The largest species, including the mute swan, trumpeter swan, and whooper swan, can reach a length of over 1.5 m (60 inches) and weigh over 15 kg (33 pounds). The Northern Hemisphere species of swan have pure white plumage but the Southern Hemisphere species are mixed black and white. The legs of swans are normally a dark blackish grey colour, except for the two South American species, which have pink legs. Daily Biorhythm - Check your Biorhythms (free biochart/biorythm)