Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health
http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=239922 or as a paperback.
My book, Herbal Primer, newly released, covers herbal action classification, herbal identification, herbal preparation and recipes, including herbal teas, incense and potpourri. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=796359 or soon as a paperback.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Ametrine: Combination of Amethyst and Citrine Combats Depression, peace, tranquility, considered a powerful money stone.
Aquamarine: Boosts immune system (thymus chakra, throat). Protection stone for sea travel. Encourages optimism, expression, inspiration.
Herbalism
The Eye: Eyebright (Euphrasio officinalis)
Helpful in acute and chronic inflammation, stinging and weeping eyes as well as oversensitivity to light. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 tsp of dried herb and infuse for 5-10 minutes drink x 3 a day. Compress: Place a tsp of dried herb in half a litre of water and boil for 10 minutes, let cool slightly. Moisten a compress in the lukewarm liquid, wring out slightly and place over eyes.
Cleaver (Galium aparine)
Tonic for lymphatic system, used in swollen glands, tonsillitis, adenoids, dry varieties of Psoriasis, Cystitis, ulcers and tumours. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2-3 tsp of dried herb and leave to infuse for 10-15 minutes drink x 3 a day.
Yoga
Preliminary leg pull
Benefits: Removes stiffness, promotes elasticity in spine through concave stretching movement,Relieves tension in back, Stretches and strengthens entire leg, Makes muscles and skin of legs taunt and firm
How to do: 1) Sit on the floor with legs extended straight out in front of you, feet together, back of knees touching floor. 2) Extend your arms straight out in front of you so hands are at eye level. 3) Very slowly stretch as far forward as you can, aim hand for the farthermost part of your legs. Don’t worry if this isn’t very far at first, don’t strain, go out of the position if it becomes uncomfortable. 4) Gently in slow motion, bend your elbows outward and pull yourself forward and downward until you reach the beyond you can’t stretch anymore comfortably. Hold this position motionlessly for a few seconds, don’t bounce or strain. 5) After holding this position very slowly raise your trunk to the upright position. Go into the corpse position to rest for a couple of minutes and repeat three times, resting between the final movement
Poetry
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/angelou/maya.html
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
by Maya Angelou
Music
Vocal resource
http://www.trainmyvoice.com/
The Parts of a Song
By Espie Estrella, About.com Guide
Song Title:
The title of the song is very important; think of yourself as a salesperson who needs to pitch a product and the title as the name of that product. You would want your title to be memorable and fitting to the theme of the song. You should also highlight your title by placing it within the lyrics of the song.
Title Placement:
In the AAA song form, titles are placed either at the beginning or end of each verse. In the AABA, the title usually appears at the beginning or end of the A section. In the verse/chorus and verse/chorus/bridge song, the title often begins or ends the chorus.
Verse:
The verse is the part of the song that tells a story. Again think of yourself as a salesperson, you would need to use the proper words to convey information about your product in order to sell it. The verse functions the same way; it gives listeners more insight leading to the main message of the song and it moves the story forward. A song may have a number of verses, depending on the form, consisting of several lines each.
Refrain:
A refrain is a line (also can be the title) that is repeated at the end of every verse. Let's take our example for the AAA song form: at the end of each verse of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" the line (which also happens to be the title) "Like a bridge over troubled water" is repeated. The refrain is different from the chorus.
Chorus:
The chorus is the part of the song that often sticks to the mind of a listener because it contrasts with the verse and is repeated several times. The main theme is expressed in the chorus; the title of the song is usually included in the chorus too. Coming back to our salesperson analogy, think of the chorus as the slogan, the words that effectively summarizes why consumers should buy your product.
Differences Between Refrain and Chorus:
There is some confusion as to the function of the refrain and chorus. Although both have lines that are repeated and may contain the title, the refrain and chorus vary in length. The refrain is shorter than the chorus; often the refrain is composed of 2 lines while the chorus can be made up of several lines. The chorus is also melodically, rhythmically and lyrically different from the verse and expresses the main message of the song.
Pre-Chorus:
Also known as the "climb," this part of the song differs melodically and lyrically from the verse and comes before the chorus. The reason why it's called a climb is because it heightens the anticipation of the listeners for the coming climax which is the chorus. An example of a song with a climb is "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" by Peabo Bryson
Climb:
We had a once in a lifetime
But I just couldn't see
Until it was gone
A second once in a lifetime
May be too much to ask
But I swear from now on
Bridge (AABA):
In the AABA song form, the bridge (B) is musically and lyrically different than the A sections. In this form, the bridge gives the song contrast before transitioning to the final A section, therefore it is a necessary part of the song.
Bridge (Verse/Chorus/Bridge):
In the verse/chorus/bridge song form however, the bridge functions differently. It is shorter than the verse and should offer a reason why the final chorus needs to be repeated. It also differs melodically, lyrically and rhythmically from the verse and chorus. In the song "Just Once" recorded by James Ingram, the bridge part begins with the line "Just once I want to understand..."
Coda:
Coda is an Italian word for "tail," it is the additional lines of a song which brings it to a close. The coda is an optional addition to a song.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Crystal Arts & Health
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health
http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=239922 or as a paperback.
My book, Herbal Primer, newly released, covers herbal action classification, herbal identification, herbal preparation and recipes, including herbal teas, incense and potpourri. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=796359 or soon as a paperback.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Garnet – Base Chakra. Speeds up healing process. Can be used with clear quartz healing wands for this purpose. Energizing, warming, good against cold, sluggishness and for improved circulation.
Herkimer Diamond – Powerful Detoxifier, wear over pancreas for Diabetes. Good for meditation. Found in Herkimer County, New York state. Amplifier used by healers. Dispels darkness, balances energy flows.
Herbalism
Caynenne Pepper (Capsicum minimum)
Used extensively by Mayan and Aztec. Nourishes the heart, removes plaque from the arteries, help rebuild flesh destroyed or harmed by frostbite, heal hemorrhoids, re-build stomach tissue, heals stomach ulcers. Good for circulation, equalizes blood pressure, used for gall bladder. Antifungal. Used as a rubefacient for lumbago, rheumatic pains. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto ½ to 1 tsp of Cayenne, infuse for 10 minutes. A tablespoon of this infusion should be mixed with hot water and drunk when needed.
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Bark: purgative, emetic, diuretic, Leaves externally emollient and vulnerary, internally, purgative, expectorant, diuretic and diaphoretic, Flowers: Diaphoretic, anti-catarrhal, Berries: Diaphoretic, diuretic, laxative. Leaves used for bruises, sprains, wounds and chilblains, ointment for tumours, flowers treatment of colds and influenza, Hayfever, Sinusitis. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2 teaspoon of blossoms, leave to infuse for 10 minutes, drink x 3 a day.
Marigold (Calendula officinalis) Vulnerary. Reduces inflammation, helps chilblains, chapped or cracked skin, excellent for bruises and burns.
Yoga
Kriyas Set of six purifying exercises:
Neti – Cleansing exercise for the nose and sinuses.
Nauli – Strong churning of the abdomen.
Dhauti – Exercise to cleanse upper digestive track (mouth, oesophagus, and stomach)
Basti – Cleansing of the colon or lower digestive track.
Kapalabhati – Rapid abdominal breathing that cleanses the respiratory track.
Tratak – Stimulates powerful cleansing of the eye, sinus and forehead region.
Poetry
A Psalm of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Music
http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnerstheory/f/modes.htm?nl=1
Types of Modal Scales
Ionian - Also known as the major scale; follows the pattern W-W-H-W-W-W-H.
Dorian - Constructed from the second note of a major scale; follows the pattern W-H-W-W-W-H-W.
Phrygian - Constructed from the third note of a major scale; follows the pattern H-W-W-W-H-W-W.
Lydian - Constructed from the fourth note of a major scale; follows the pattern W-W-W-H-W-W-H.
Mixolydian - Also known as "mixo," is constructed from the fifth note of a major scale and follows the pattern W-W-H-W-W-H-W.
Aeolian - Also known as the natural minor scale, is constructed from the sixth note of a major scale and follows the pattern W-H-W-W-H-W-W.
Locrian - Constructed from the seventh note of a major scale; follows the pattern H-W-W-H-W-W-W.
Each mode has a very distinct sound; for example, the Phrygian mode sounds melancholy and reflects the music of Spain.
The Lydian mode sounds happy and is often used in jazz and rock music.
The Mixolydian mode evokes a bluesy sound and can often be heard in jazz, blues and rock music.
The Locrian mode, on the other hand, has a very strange sound but is rarely used.
Note: W = whole step, H = half step
Tips for Music Education
http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/04/classroom-management-for-the-music-teacher/
http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=239922 or as a paperback.
My book, Herbal Primer, newly released, covers herbal action classification, herbal identification, herbal preparation and recipes, including herbal teas, incense and potpourri. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=796359 or soon as a paperback.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Garnet – Base Chakra. Speeds up healing process. Can be used with clear quartz healing wands for this purpose. Energizing, warming, good against cold, sluggishness and for improved circulation.
Herkimer Diamond – Powerful Detoxifier, wear over pancreas for Diabetes. Good for meditation. Found in Herkimer County, New York state. Amplifier used by healers. Dispels darkness, balances energy flows.
Herbalism
Caynenne Pepper (Capsicum minimum)
Used extensively by Mayan and Aztec. Nourishes the heart, removes plaque from the arteries, help rebuild flesh destroyed or harmed by frostbite, heal hemorrhoids, re-build stomach tissue, heals stomach ulcers. Good for circulation, equalizes blood pressure, used for gall bladder. Antifungal. Used as a rubefacient for lumbago, rheumatic pains. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto ½ to 1 tsp of Cayenne, infuse for 10 minutes. A tablespoon of this infusion should be mixed with hot water and drunk when needed.
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Bark: purgative, emetic, diuretic, Leaves externally emollient and vulnerary, internally, purgative, expectorant, diuretic and diaphoretic, Flowers: Diaphoretic, anti-catarrhal, Berries: Diaphoretic, diuretic, laxative. Leaves used for bruises, sprains, wounds and chilblains, ointment for tumours, flowers treatment of colds and influenza, Hayfever, Sinusitis. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2 teaspoon of blossoms, leave to infuse for 10 minutes, drink x 3 a day.
Marigold (Calendula officinalis) Vulnerary. Reduces inflammation, helps chilblains, chapped or cracked skin, excellent for bruises and burns.
Yoga
Kriyas Set of six purifying exercises:
Neti – Cleansing exercise for the nose and sinuses.
Nauli – Strong churning of the abdomen.
Dhauti – Exercise to cleanse upper digestive track (mouth, oesophagus, and stomach)
Basti – Cleansing of the colon or lower digestive track.
Kapalabhati – Rapid abdominal breathing that cleanses the respiratory track.
Tratak – Stimulates powerful cleansing of the eye, sinus and forehead region.
Poetry
A Psalm of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Music
http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnerstheory/f/modes.htm?nl=1
Types of Modal Scales
Ionian - Also known as the major scale; follows the pattern W-W-H-W-W-W-H.
Dorian - Constructed from the second note of a major scale; follows the pattern W-H-W-W-W-H-W.
Phrygian - Constructed from the third note of a major scale; follows the pattern H-W-W-W-H-W-W.
Lydian - Constructed from the fourth note of a major scale; follows the pattern W-W-W-H-W-W-H.
Mixolydian - Also known as "mixo," is constructed from the fifth note of a major scale and follows the pattern W-W-H-W-W-H-W.
Aeolian - Also known as the natural minor scale, is constructed from the sixth note of a major scale and follows the pattern W-H-W-W-H-W-W.
Locrian - Constructed from the seventh note of a major scale; follows the pattern H-W-W-H-W-W-W.
Each mode has a very distinct sound; for example, the Phrygian mode sounds melancholy and reflects the music of Spain.
The Lydian mode sounds happy and is often used in jazz and rock music.
The Mixolydian mode evokes a bluesy sound and can often be heard in jazz, blues and rock music.
The Locrian mode, on the other hand, has a very strange sound but is rarely used.
Note: W = whole step, H = half step
Tips for Music Education
http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/04/classroom-management-for-the-music-teacher/
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=239922 or as a paperback.
My book, Herbal Primer, newly released, covers herbal action classification, herbal identification, herbal preparation and recipes, including herbal teas, incense and potpourri. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=796359 or soon as a paperback.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Pendulums are an ancient tool used in healing that taps into the “higher consciousness” of the mind. Before using, establish “yes” and “no” direction. Pendulums are used in Crystal Healing sessions to see what “state” the Chakra energy centres are in and what blockages might exist. Pendulums can also be used when establishing which crystals or aromatherapy treatment to use.
Pendulums serve a twofold purpose, as they are registering the energy levels they also repair at the same time and should be used several times during a healing session to monitor the effectiveness of the crystal treatments being used.
The British Society of Dowsers (www.britishdowsers.org.uk) publishes information on dowsing, provides workshops on the subject and has an online shop for the purchase of pendulums, dowsing equipment and books on related subjects. One such book is The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing by Hamish Miller.
Herbalism
Herbal teas are an excellent way to take herbs internally as well as for external use.
Eczema Relief Tea
Red Clover, Chickweed, Brew for 15 minutes, strained, put in bath, can also be drunk x 3 a day, ¼ dose for children under 6, ½ dose for children ages 6-12 for internal doses.
Bronchial Congestion Tea
1 ½ oz Aniseed
1 oz Calendula flowers
3/4 oz Marshmallow root
1/3 oz Licorice root
Crush aniseeds and add to herbs. Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 tsp mixture; cover & steep 10 minutes.
Less Stress Tea
Relieves stress, relaxes low back and neck areas.
1 part chamomile
1 part mint
1 part calendula flowers
Place all herbs in a tea ball or bag, put in your nicest or most favorite cup or mug, and cover with boiling water. Steep for 10 minutes. Remove tea ball or bag, and add sugar, honey, sweetener, milk, cream or whatever, to taste.
Yoga
Mental benefits of meditation: new patterns of thinking come to the surface as we see a new view of the universe, a vision of unity, happiness, harmony and inner peace, negative habits disappear and the mind becomes more stable.
Meditation changes the vibratory make-up of both the body and the mind and can prevent or minimize senility.
When meditating, concentrate on a certain mantra to help still the mind and to focus it on something positive.
Poetry
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Anhinga Prize for Poetry — Deadline May 1, 2010 Anhinga Press invites you to submit a book-length manuscript to its contest. The Anhinga Prize has been offered since 1984. The winner receives book publication, $2000 prize, and a reading tour of Florida. For guidelines, visit our web site or send an SASE to Anhinga Press, P.O. Box 10595, Tallahassee, FL 32302.
Check out our newest titles, too—The Diamond Dog by Diane Wakoski and New and Selected Poems by Robert Dana.
Music
Bootsy Collins has announced on July 1st he will open thefunkuniversity.com, an online bass school featuring an "intense curriculum on the Web for intermediate to advanced funk disciples".
New online college for bass players
www.thefunkuniversity.com
Major Scale in Every Key
C = C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
D = D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D
E = E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E
F = F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F
G = G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G
A = A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
B = B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B
C# = C# - D# - E# (=F) - F# - G# - A# - B# (=C) - C#
Db = Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db
Eb = Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D -Eb
F# = F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E# (=F) - F#
Gb = Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb (=B) - Db - Eb - F - Gb
Ab = Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - Ab
Bb = Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=239922 or as a paperback.
My book, Herbal Primer, newly released, covers herbal action classification, herbal identification, herbal preparation and recipes, including herbal teas, incense and potpourri. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=796359 or soon as a paperback.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Pendulums are an ancient tool used in healing that taps into the “higher consciousness” of the mind. Before using, establish “yes” and “no” direction. Pendulums are used in Crystal Healing sessions to see what “state” the Chakra energy centres are in and what blockages might exist. Pendulums can also be used when establishing which crystals or aromatherapy treatment to use.
Pendulums serve a twofold purpose, as they are registering the energy levels they also repair at the same time and should be used several times during a healing session to monitor the effectiveness of the crystal treatments being used.
The British Society of Dowsers (www.britishdowsers.org.uk) publishes information on dowsing, provides workshops on the subject and has an online shop for the purchase of pendulums, dowsing equipment and books on related subjects. One such book is The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing by Hamish Miller.
Herbalism
Herbal teas are an excellent way to take herbs internally as well as for external use.
Eczema Relief Tea
Red Clover, Chickweed, Brew for 15 minutes, strained, put in bath, can also be drunk x 3 a day, ¼ dose for children under 6, ½ dose for children ages 6-12 for internal doses.
Bronchial Congestion Tea
1 ½ oz Aniseed
1 oz Calendula flowers
3/4 oz Marshmallow root
1/3 oz Licorice root
Crush aniseeds and add to herbs. Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 tsp mixture; cover & steep 10 minutes.
Less Stress Tea
Relieves stress, relaxes low back and neck areas.
1 part chamomile
1 part mint
1 part calendula flowers
Place all herbs in a tea ball or bag, put in your nicest or most favorite cup or mug, and cover with boiling water. Steep for 10 minutes. Remove tea ball or bag, and add sugar, honey, sweetener, milk, cream or whatever, to taste.
Yoga
Mental benefits of meditation: new patterns of thinking come to the surface as we see a new view of the universe, a vision of unity, happiness, harmony and inner peace, negative habits disappear and the mind becomes more stable.
Meditation changes the vibratory make-up of both the body and the mind and can prevent or minimize senility.
When meditating, concentrate on a certain mantra to help still the mind and to focus it on something positive.
Poetry
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Anhinga Prize for Poetry — Deadline May 1, 2010 Anhinga Press invites you to submit a book-length manuscript to its contest. The Anhinga Prize has been offered since 1984. The winner receives book publication, $2000 prize, and a reading tour of Florida. For guidelines, visit our web site or send an SASE to Anhinga Press, P.O. Box 10595, Tallahassee, FL 32302.
Check out our newest titles, too—The Diamond Dog by Diane Wakoski and New and Selected Poems by Robert Dana.
Music
Bootsy Collins has announced on July 1st he will open thefunkuniversity.com, an online bass school featuring an "intense curriculum on the Web for intermediate to advanced funk disciples".
New online college for bass players
www.thefunkuniversity.com
Major Scale in Every Key
C = C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
D = D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D
E = E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E
F = F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F
G = G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G
A = A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
B = B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B
C# = C# - D# - E# (=F) - F# - G# - A# - B# (=C) - C#
Db = Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db
Eb = Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D -Eb
F# = F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E# (=F) - F#
Gb = Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb (=B) - Db - Eb - F - Gb
Ab = Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - Ab
Bb = Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Crystal Uses
Head and Eye: Azurite, Amethyst, Fluorite, Sugilite, Diamond
Ears, nose, throat and neck: Amazonite, Aquamarine, Blue lace agate, Celestite, Lapis lazuli, Kunzite, Preseli bluestone
Herbalism
Resources
Index of conditions and herbal remedies
www.plant-medicine.com
Royal Horticulture Society
www.rhs.org.uk
Also have a volunteer program.
Digestive System
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, stomachic, antacid, antemetic, astringent
Protects and soothes digestive tract, reduces excess acidity, eases nausea. Used in treatment of heartburn, hyperactivity, gastritis, peptic ulceration. Useful in treating diarrhea in children (1/4 dosage used), reduces fever, relieves pain of rheumatism in muscles and joints.
Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 teaspoonfuls of dried herb, leave to infuse for 10 -15 minutes, drink three times a day as needed. Tincture take 1-4 ml of tincture three times a day.
Yoga
Purification techniques
Abdominal Churning – Nauli
Massages and invigorates all the internal organs, brings concentration of prana to solar plexus region, powerful tonic for gastro-intestinal disorder. Stand legs apart, knees slightly bent, hands resting on thighs. Take a deep breathe, exhale fully, pushing on thighs, when lungs are empty draw diaphragm upwards. Without taking a breathe, contract the central band of muscles in the abdomen and push ir forwards, forming a ridge down centre of abdomen. Draw muscles in and out.
This practice improves posture, strengthens muscles used for breathing, elimination
Poetry
I Cannot Live With You
Emily Dickinson
By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide
I cannot live with you,
It would be life,
And life is over there
Behind the shelf
The sexton keeps the key to,
Putting up Our life,
his porcelain,
Like a cup
Discarded of the housewife,
Quaint or broken;
A newer Sevres pleases,
Old ones crack.
I could not die with you,
For one must wait
To shut the other's gaze down,
You could not.
And I, could I stand by
And see you freeze,
Without my right of frost,
Death's privilege?
Nor could I rise with you,
Because your face
Would put out Jesus'.
That new grace
Glow plain and foreign
On my homesick eye,
Except that you,
than he Shone closer by.
They'd judge us - how?
For you served Heaven, you know
Or sought to;
I could not,
Because you saturated sight,
And I had no more eyes
For sordid excellence
As Paradise.
And were you lost, I would be,
Though my name
Rang loudest
On the heavenly fame.
And were you saved,
And I condemned to be
Where you were not,
That self were hell to me.
So we must keep apart,
You there, I here,
With just the door ajar
That oceans are,
And prayer,
And that pale sustenance,
Despair!
Music
http://www.cajunradio.org/earlysongs.html
Song for Mardi Gras
Jolie Blonde
Pretty blonde, look at what you've done
You left me to go
To go with another than me
What hope and what future can I have?
Pretty blonde, you left me all alone
To go back to your family
If you hadn't listened to the advice of the others
You'd be here with me today.
Pretty blonde, you thought you were the only one
You're not the only one in the world for me to love
I will find another pretty blonde
God knows, that I love so much.
Pretty blonde, to die would be nothing
It's just staying in the ground for a long time
I don't know what I'll do if you don't come back, baby
Come back to me in Louisiana.
JOLIE BLONDE
Traditional
Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait
Tu m'as quitte' pour t'en aller
Pour t'en aller avec un autre, oui, que moi
Quel espoir et quel av'nir mais moi je peux avoir?
Jolie blonde, tu m'as laisse' moi tout seul
Pour t'en aller chez ta famille
Si t'aurais pas ecoute' tous les conseils de les autres
Tu serais ici avec moi aujourd'hui.
Jolie blonde, tu croyais il y avait juste toi
Il y'a pas juste toi dans le pays pour moi aimer
Je va's trouver juste une autre jolie blonde
Bon Dieu sait, moi, j'aime tant.
Jolie blonde, mourir, ca serait pas rien
C'est de rester dans la terre aussi longtemps
Moi j'vois pas quoi faire si tu reviens pas, be'be'
T'en revenir avec moi dans la Louisiane.
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Crystal Uses
Head and Eye: Azurite, Amethyst, Fluorite, Sugilite, Diamond
Ears, nose, throat and neck: Amazonite, Aquamarine, Blue lace agate, Celestite, Lapis lazuli, Kunzite, Preseli bluestone
Herbalism
Resources
Index of conditions and herbal remedies
www.plant-medicine.com
Royal Horticulture Society
www.rhs.org.uk
Also have a volunteer program.
Digestive System
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, stomachic, antacid, antemetic, astringent
Protects and soothes digestive tract, reduces excess acidity, eases nausea. Used in treatment of heartburn, hyperactivity, gastritis, peptic ulceration. Useful in treating diarrhea in children (1/4 dosage used), reduces fever, relieves pain of rheumatism in muscles and joints.
Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 teaspoonfuls of dried herb, leave to infuse for 10 -15 minutes, drink three times a day as needed. Tincture take 1-4 ml of tincture three times a day.
Yoga
Purification techniques
Abdominal Churning – Nauli
Massages and invigorates all the internal organs, brings concentration of prana to solar plexus region, powerful tonic for gastro-intestinal disorder. Stand legs apart, knees slightly bent, hands resting on thighs. Take a deep breathe, exhale fully, pushing on thighs, when lungs are empty draw diaphragm upwards. Without taking a breathe, contract the central band of muscles in the abdomen and push ir forwards, forming a ridge down centre of abdomen. Draw muscles in and out.
This practice improves posture, strengthens muscles used for breathing, elimination
Poetry
I Cannot Live With You
Emily Dickinson
By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide
I cannot live with you,
It would be life,
And life is over there
Behind the shelf
The sexton keeps the key to,
Putting up Our life,
his porcelain,
Like a cup
Discarded of the housewife,
Quaint or broken;
A newer Sevres pleases,
Old ones crack.
I could not die with you,
For one must wait
To shut the other's gaze down,
You could not.
And I, could I stand by
And see you freeze,
Without my right of frost,
Death's privilege?
Nor could I rise with you,
Because your face
Would put out Jesus'.
That new grace
Glow plain and foreign
On my homesick eye,
Except that you,
than he Shone closer by.
They'd judge us - how?
For you served Heaven, you know
Or sought to;
I could not,
Because you saturated sight,
And I had no more eyes
For sordid excellence
As Paradise.
And were you lost, I would be,
Though my name
Rang loudest
On the heavenly fame.
And were you saved,
And I condemned to be
Where you were not,
That self were hell to me.
So we must keep apart,
You there, I here,
With just the door ajar
That oceans are,
And prayer,
And that pale sustenance,
Despair!
Music
http://www.cajunradio.org/earlysongs.html
Song for Mardi Gras
Jolie Blonde
Pretty blonde, look at what you've done
You left me to go
To go with another than me
What hope and what future can I have?
Pretty blonde, you left me all alone
To go back to your family
If you hadn't listened to the advice of the others
You'd be here with me today.
Pretty blonde, you thought you were the only one
You're not the only one in the world for me to love
I will find another pretty blonde
God knows, that I love so much.
Pretty blonde, to die would be nothing
It's just staying in the ground for a long time
I don't know what I'll do if you don't come back, baby
Come back to me in Louisiana.
JOLIE BLONDE
Traditional
Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait
Tu m'as quitte' pour t'en aller
Pour t'en aller avec un autre, oui, que moi
Quel espoir et quel av'nir mais moi je peux avoir?
Jolie blonde, tu m'as laisse' moi tout seul
Pour t'en aller chez ta famille
Si t'aurais pas ecoute' tous les conseils de les autres
Tu serais ici avec moi aujourd'hui.
Jolie blonde, tu croyais il y avait juste toi
Il y'a pas juste toi dans le pays pour moi aimer
Je va's trouver juste une autre jolie blonde
Bon Dieu sait, moi, j'aime tant.
Jolie blonde, mourir, ca serait pas rien
C'est de rester dans la terre aussi longtemps
Moi j'vois pas quoi faire si tu reviens pas, be'be'
T'en revenir avec moi dans la Louisiane.
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Zoisite – Powerful healer, detoxifier, stimulates healing, enhances creativity, individuality, helps fertility, helps recovery after illness.
Herbalism
Star Anise (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Latin Name -Illicium Verum
Health benefits: Used as an antidepressant, aids digestion; drink tea for memory. Magically used to protect and for safety during travel.
Comfrey Root (Symphytum officinale) (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Actions: Vulnerary, demulcent, astringent, expectortant
Recipe: Comfrey Baby Oil: 4 oz Sweet Almond Oil, 2 Tbs comfrey 1 drop lavender oil. Pour oil over the comfrey. Leave in a dark warm place for 2 days, strain and add lavender oil. Shake well . Can be used as a moisturizer.
Dosage: Put 1-3 tsp of dried herb in a cup of water, brings to boil, simmer 10- 15 minutes, drink x 3 a day (especially for gastric and duodenal ulcers, soothes bronchitis, irritating cough, internal bleeding. For external applications, can be used in ointment, poultice or compress. Caution: don’t use for deep wounds, will cause wounds to heal up too quickly causing a risk of abscess.
Yoga
Purity – Sattva
Sattvic Foods – “The foods which increase life, purity, strength, health, joy, and cheerfulness, which are savory and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to sattvic people.” Bhagavad Gita 17-8
Foods that are pure, wholesome, naturally delicious, without preservatives or artificial flavourings. Include fresh and dried fruits and berries, pure fruit juices, raw or lightly cooked vegetables, salads, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole meal breads, honey, fresh herbs, herbal teas, dairy products such as milk and butter. This diet will help eliminate fatigue. Yogis believe that people’s food preference reflect their level of mental purity, and will alter as they develop spiritually.
Poetry
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe (About.com Guide)
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
The triolet is a very brief, tightly rhymed poem takes part of its structure from the repetition of entire lines. A triolet is eight lines, as follows:
1st line A
2nd line B
3rd line a (rhymes with A)
4th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
5th line a (rhymes with A)
6th line b (rhymes with B)
7th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
8th line B (entire 2nd line repeated)
Each line is usually iambic tetrameter, but modern poets have varied the line length and often make subtle changes in the repeated lines, whose meanings evolve as a reader moves through the poem.
Triolets were originally written in the French of the Middle Ages. The first triolets in English were prayers written by Patrick Carey, a Benedictine monk of the 17th century. Robert Bridges, an English poet and critic who later was named Poet Laureate and saw to the publication of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems, reintroduced the triolet into English at the end of the 19th century. Since its brief vogue back then, only a few poets have written triolets—most contemporary poets shy away from its extreme repetition and limited rhymes.
Example of triolet
How Great My Grief
Thomas Hardy (1901)
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!—
Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?
Music
Medieval music resources
http://www.medieval.org/
http://www.stanford.edu/~jrdx/medieval.html
Medieval composers
Hildegard von Bingen
http://www.hildegard.org/music/music.html
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, http://www.caraemoore.co.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Zoisite – Powerful healer, detoxifier, stimulates healing, enhances creativity, individuality, helps fertility, helps recovery after illness.
Herbalism
Star Anise (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Latin Name -Illicium Verum
Health benefits: Used as an antidepressant, aids digestion; drink tea for memory. Magically used to protect and for safety during travel.
Comfrey Root (Symphytum officinale) (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Actions: Vulnerary, demulcent, astringent, expectortant
Recipe: Comfrey Baby Oil: 4 oz Sweet Almond Oil, 2 Tbs comfrey 1 drop lavender oil. Pour oil over the comfrey. Leave in a dark warm place for 2 days, strain and add lavender oil. Shake well . Can be used as a moisturizer.
Dosage: Put 1-3 tsp of dried herb in a cup of water, brings to boil, simmer 10- 15 minutes, drink x 3 a day (especially for gastric and duodenal ulcers, soothes bronchitis, irritating cough, internal bleeding. For external applications, can be used in ointment, poultice or compress. Caution: don’t use for deep wounds, will cause wounds to heal up too quickly causing a risk of abscess.
Yoga
Purity – Sattva
Sattvic Foods – “The foods which increase life, purity, strength, health, joy, and cheerfulness, which are savory and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to sattvic people.” Bhagavad Gita 17-8
Foods that are pure, wholesome, naturally delicious, without preservatives or artificial flavourings. Include fresh and dried fruits and berries, pure fruit juices, raw or lightly cooked vegetables, salads, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole meal breads, honey, fresh herbs, herbal teas, dairy products such as milk and butter. This diet will help eliminate fatigue. Yogis believe that people’s food preference reflect their level of mental purity, and will alter as they develop spiritually.
Poetry
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe (About.com Guide)
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
The triolet is a very brief, tightly rhymed poem takes part of its structure from the repetition of entire lines. A triolet is eight lines, as follows:
1st line A
2nd line B
3rd line a (rhymes with A)
4th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
5th line a (rhymes with A)
6th line b (rhymes with B)
7th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
8th line B (entire 2nd line repeated)
Each line is usually iambic tetrameter, but modern poets have varied the line length and often make subtle changes in the repeated lines, whose meanings evolve as a reader moves through the poem.
Triolets were originally written in the French of the Middle Ages. The first triolets in English were prayers written by Patrick Carey, a Benedictine monk of the 17th century. Robert Bridges, an English poet and critic who later was named Poet Laureate and saw to the publication of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems, reintroduced the triolet into English at the end of the 19th century. Since its brief vogue back then, only a few poets have written triolets—most contemporary poets shy away from its extreme repetition and limited rhymes.
Example of triolet
How Great My Grief
Thomas Hardy (1901)
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!—
Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?
Music
Medieval music resources
http://www.medieval.org/
http://www.stanford.edu/~jrdx/medieval.html
Medieval composers
Hildegard von Bingen
http://www.hildegard.org/music/music.html
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, http://www.caraemoore.co.uk/
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Moldavite – Amplifies properties of other stones, strengthen immune system, encourages innovation, true potential, transforming. Blends earthly and cosmic energies.
HerbalismNutmeg – (Myristica Fragrans) (herbmoonhollow.com)
Soothes stomach pains, improves appetite & digestion. A small amount of nutmeg, about the size of a pea, can be taken once daily over a long period (6 months to a year) to relieve chronic nervous problems, as well as heart problems stemming from poor circulation.
Added to milk, and baked fruits and desserts, it aids in digestion, and relieves nausea. Large doses can be poisonous, and may cause miscarriage for pregnant women
Yerba Mate (Also known as Mate, Paraguay Tea, Jesuit's tea, Yerba)
Health properties: stimulates the nervous system, treats headaches, migraines, fatigue & mild depression, boosts the immune system.
Compress for Aching Joints and bones
Meadowsweet, Yerba Mate and Wormwood herb
Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1/4 oz each herb. When cool enough to use, make a compress (soak a natural fiber cloth in the fluid) and apply to the aching part.
Yoga
Relaxation poses:
Corpse pose (Sarvasana)
Lie flat on back, legs 2 ft apart, place arms at angle of about 45 degrees to the body, focus the mind on the breath, feel the abdomen rise as you inhale and sink as you exhale.
Child Pose
Sit on the heels with knees and feet together, forehead on ground, rest the hands on the ground, palms up, by the feet. Breathe gently through the nose, sink down into the position.
Poetry
Quotations on love
Buddha
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Les Miserables
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Acquainted With the Night
Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Music
Biography of Billie Holiday
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/BillieHoliday.htm
Biography Ella Fitzgerald
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/EllaFitzgerald.htm
Jazz resource
http://jazz.about.com/new.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Moldavite – Amplifies properties of other stones, strengthen immune system, encourages innovation, true potential, transforming. Blends earthly and cosmic energies.
HerbalismNutmeg – (Myristica Fragrans) (herbmoonhollow.com)
Soothes stomach pains, improves appetite & digestion. A small amount of nutmeg, about the size of a pea, can be taken once daily over a long period (6 months to a year) to relieve chronic nervous problems, as well as heart problems stemming from poor circulation.
Added to milk, and baked fruits and desserts, it aids in digestion, and relieves nausea. Large doses can be poisonous, and may cause miscarriage for pregnant women
Yerba Mate (Also known as Mate, Paraguay Tea, Jesuit's tea, Yerba)
Health properties: stimulates the nervous system, treats headaches, migraines, fatigue & mild depression, boosts the immune system.
Compress for Aching Joints and bones
Meadowsweet, Yerba Mate and Wormwood herb
Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1/4 oz each herb. When cool enough to use, make a compress (soak a natural fiber cloth in the fluid) and apply to the aching part.
Yoga
Relaxation poses:
Corpse pose (Sarvasana)
Lie flat on back, legs 2 ft apart, place arms at angle of about 45 degrees to the body, focus the mind on the breath, feel the abdomen rise as you inhale and sink as you exhale.
Child Pose
Sit on the heels with knees and feet together, forehead on ground, rest the hands on the ground, palms up, by the feet. Breathe gently through the nose, sink down into the position.
Poetry
Quotations on love
Buddha
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Les Miserables
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Acquainted With the Night
Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Music
Biography of Billie Holiday
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/BillieHoliday.htm
Biography Ella Fitzgerald
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/EllaFitzgerald.htm
Jazz resource
http://jazz.about.com/new.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Sunstone – Uplifting. Happiness stone, self-expression, artistic, warming, energizing, energy of sun, useful in meditation.
Herbalism
Emollient – remedies that soften, soothe and protect skin.
Plantain Greater (Plantago major) Parts used: leaves or aerial parts.
Actions: Expectorant, demulcent, astringent, diuretic
Ideal for coughs, mild bronchitis, (gentle expectorant, soothes sore membranes) aids in diarrhea, hemorrhoids, (ointment can be made for treatment of hemorrhoids and cuts) cystitis with bleeding.
Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum)
Part used: ripe seeds
Actions: demulcent, anti-tussive, laxative, emollient
Useful for chest infections, especially with catarrh, (combines well with mustard) poultice in pleurisy, boils, carbuncles, shingles, psoriasis (combines well with marshmallow root and slippery elm)
To make a poultice (plant material is used for a poultice, a compress uses gauze soaked in a hot infusion) with dried herbs, mix with hot water or apple cider vinegar to make into paste, put a covering of olive oil onto skin if applying directly to skin or put mixture into a piece of muslin, a hot water bottle can be placed on poultice to keep it warm.
As a purgative it relieves constipation.
Yoga
Relaxation Techniques
Relaxing in silence – it will soothe nerves and relieve stresses of daily life and recharge the senses.
Quiet Time
For mental and physical well being it is important to set aside time each day when you are able to sit peacefully by yourself, read, listen to inspirational music, use the mind in a focused, but relaxing activity.
Poetry
Old and New Year Ditties
Christina Rossetti (1862)
1
New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,
Stripped of favourite things I had
Baulked of much desired:
Yet farther on my road to-dayGod willing,
farther on my way.
New Year coming on apace
What have you to give me?
Bring you scathe, or bring you grace,
Face me with an honest face;
You shall not deceive me:
Be it good or ill, be it what you will,
It needs shall help me on my road,
My rugged way to heaven, please God.
2
Watch with me, men, women, and children dear,
You whom I love, for whom I hope and fear,
Watch with me this last vigil of the year.
Some hug their business, some their pleasure-scheme;
Some seize the vacant hour to sleep or dream;
Heart locked in heart some kneel and watch apart.
Watch with me blessèd spirits, who delight
All through the holy night to walk in white,
Or take your ease after the long-drawn fight.
I know not if they watch with me: I know
They count this eve of resurrection slow,
And cry, “How long?” with urgent utterance strong.
Watch with me Jesus, in my loneliness:
Though others say me nay, yet say Thou yes;
Though others pass me by, stop Thou to bless.Yea,
Thou dost stop with me this vigil night;
To-night of pain, to-morrow of delight:
I, Love, am Thine; Thou, Lord my God, art mine.
3
Passing away, saith the World, passing away:
Chances, beauty and youth sapped day by day:
Thy life never continueth in one stay.
Is the eye waxen dim, is the dark hair changing to grey
That hath won neither laurel nor bay?
I shall clothe myself in Spring and bud in May:
Thou, root-stricken, shalt not rebuild thy decay
On my bosom for aye.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my Soul, passing away:
With its burden of fear and hope, of labour and play;
Hearken what the past doth witness and say:
Rust in thy gold, a moth is in thine array,
A canker is in thy bud, thy leaf must decay.
At midnight, at cockcrow, at morning, one certain day
Lo, the Bridegroom shall come and shall not delay:
Watch thou and pray.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my God, passing away:
Winter passeth after the long delay:
New grapes on the vine, new figs on the tender spray,
Turtle calleth turtle in Heaven’s May.
Though I tarry wait for Me, trust Me, watch and pray:
Arise, come away, night is past and lo it is day,
My love, My sister, My spouse, thou shalt hear Me say.
Then I answered: Yea.
About.com:Quotations has a service to send a daily poem by email called “Classic Poem Daily”
http://quotations.about.com
Music
Folk Music (taken from article from about.com:folkmusic)
“Scarborough Fair" (purchase/download), popularized in America by Simon and Garfunkel, is an English folk song about a trade fair that took place in the resort town of Scarborough during the medieval times. The fair peaked in the late 14th century, but continued to operate until the end of the 1700s.
"Scarborough Fair" Lyrics
The lyrics for "Scarborough Fair" talk about unrequited love. A young man requests impossible tasks from his lover, saying that if she can perform them, he will take her back. In return, she requests impossible things of him, saying she will perform her tasks when he performs his.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
The use of the herbs "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," has been debated and discussed. Herbalists will tell you of the many symbolisms and functions of herbs in healing and health maintenance. There's also a possibility that these meanings were intended as the song evolved (parsley to remove bitterness, sage to cleanse, thyme for courage, rosemary for love). There's some speculation that these four herbs were used in a tonic of some sort, to remove curses.
Simon and Garfunkel's Version
“Paul Simon learned the song in 1965 while visiting Martin Carthy in London. Art Garfunkel adapted the arrangement, integrating elements of another song Paul Simon had written called "The Side of a Hill," and the pair added some anti-war lyrics. They recorded the song and didn't give credit to the traditional arrangement and lyrics.”
Useful resource for songwriting
http://musiced.about.com/od/songwriting101/Songwriting_101.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.
Crystal Healing
Sunstone – Uplifting. Happiness stone, self-expression, artistic, warming, energizing, energy of sun, useful in meditation.
Herbalism
Emollient – remedies that soften, soothe and protect skin.
Plantain Greater (Plantago major) Parts used: leaves or aerial parts.
Actions: Expectorant, demulcent, astringent, diuretic
Ideal for coughs, mild bronchitis, (gentle expectorant, soothes sore membranes) aids in diarrhea, hemorrhoids, (ointment can be made for treatment of hemorrhoids and cuts) cystitis with bleeding.
Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum)
Part used: ripe seeds
Actions: demulcent, anti-tussive, laxative, emollient
Useful for chest infections, especially with catarrh, (combines well with mustard) poultice in pleurisy, boils, carbuncles, shingles, psoriasis (combines well with marshmallow root and slippery elm)
To make a poultice (plant material is used for a poultice, a compress uses gauze soaked in a hot infusion) with dried herbs, mix with hot water or apple cider vinegar to make into paste, put a covering of olive oil onto skin if applying directly to skin or put mixture into a piece of muslin, a hot water bottle can be placed on poultice to keep it warm.
As a purgative it relieves constipation.
Yoga
Relaxation Techniques
Relaxing in silence – it will soothe nerves and relieve stresses of daily life and recharge the senses.
Quiet Time
For mental and physical well being it is important to set aside time each day when you are able to sit peacefully by yourself, read, listen to inspirational music, use the mind in a focused, but relaxing activity.
Poetry
Old and New Year Ditties
Christina Rossetti (1862)
1
New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,
Stripped of favourite things I had
Baulked of much desired:
Yet farther on my road to-dayGod willing,
farther on my way.
New Year coming on apace
What have you to give me?
Bring you scathe, or bring you grace,
Face me with an honest face;
You shall not deceive me:
Be it good or ill, be it what you will,
It needs shall help me on my road,
My rugged way to heaven, please God.
2
Watch with me, men, women, and children dear,
You whom I love, for whom I hope and fear,
Watch with me this last vigil of the year.
Some hug their business, some their pleasure-scheme;
Some seize the vacant hour to sleep or dream;
Heart locked in heart some kneel and watch apart.
Watch with me blessèd spirits, who delight
All through the holy night to walk in white,
Or take your ease after the long-drawn fight.
I know not if they watch with me: I know
They count this eve of resurrection slow,
And cry, “How long?” with urgent utterance strong.
Watch with me Jesus, in my loneliness:
Though others say me nay, yet say Thou yes;
Though others pass me by, stop Thou to bless.Yea,
Thou dost stop with me this vigil night;
To-night of pain, to-morrow of delight:
I, Love, am Thine; Thou, Lord my God, art mine.
3
Passing away, saith the World, passing away:
Chances, beauty and youth sapped day by day:
Thy life never continueth in one stay.
Is the eye waxen dim, is the dark hair changing to grey
That hath won neither laurel nor bay?
I shall clothe myself in Spring and bud in May:
Thou, root-stricken, shalt not rebuild thy decay
On my bosom for aye.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my Soul, passing away:
With its burden of fear and hope, of labour and play;
Hearken what the past doth witness and say:
Rust in thy gold, a moth is in thine array,
A canker is in thy bud, thy leaf must decay.
At midnight, at cockcrow, at morning, one certain day
Lo, the Bridegroom shall come and shall not delay:
Watch thou and pray.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my God, passing away:
Winter passeth after the long delay:
New grapes on the vine, new figs on the tender spray,
Turtle calleth turtle in Heaven’s May.
Though I tarry wait for Me, trust Me, watch and pray:
Arise, come away, night is past and lo it is day,
My love, My sister, My spouse, thou shalt hear Me say.
Then I answered: Yea.
About.com:Quotations has a service to send a daily poem by email called “Classic Poem Daily”
http://quotations.about.com
Music
Folk Music (taken from article from about.com:folkmusic)
“Scarborough Fair" (purchase/download), popularized in America by Simon and Garfunkel, is an English folk song about a trade fair that took place in the resort town of Scarborough during the medieval times. The fair peaked in the late 14th century, but continued to operate until the end of the 1700s.
"Scarborough Fair" Lyrics
The lyrics for "Scarborough Fair" talk about unrequited love. A young man requests impossible tasks from his lover, saying that if she can perform them, he will take her back. In return, she requests impossible things of him, saying she will perform her tasks when he performs his.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
The use of the herbs "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," has been debated and discussed. Herbalists will tell you of the many symbolisms and functions of herbs in healing and health maintenance. There's also a possibility that these meanings were intended as the song evolved (parsley to remove bitterness, sage to cleanse, thyme for courage, rosemary for love). There's some speculation that these four herbs were used in a tonic of some sort, to remove curses.
Simon and Garfunkel's Version
“Paul Simon learned the song in 1965 while visiting Martin Carthy in London. Art Garfunkel adapted the arrangement, integrating elements of another song Paul Simon had written called "The Side of a Hill," and the pair added some anti-war lyrics. They recorded the song and didn't give credit to the traditional arrangement and lyrics.”
Useful resource for songwriting
http://musiced.about.com/od/songwriting101/Songwriting_101.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
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