Images of Harry Potter come to mind as the students pick out their animals before heading to Hogwarts. Frogs, cats, owls, dogs are common animals witches and wizards will use as familiars. Yet, what is a familiar? In legend, a familiar or familiar spirit is a supernatural being that helps and supports a witch or wizard. Familiars can…
Random Musings
Halloween Fun Facts
I Love this time of year! The falling leaves, the cool crisp air and the otherworldly feeling that makes your hair rise. The veil between worlds is suppose to become thinner this time of year and magic seems to dart in the shadows. This made me wondering, how did Halloween begin? Halloween started out as…
Superstitions
The month of October is upon us and I have started thinking about all the superstitions I follow. Maybe you have a couple you participate in as well. Such as not crossing a Black Cat’s path or you will have bad luck. Below is a list of superstitions that I have managed to collect. If…
When Pigs Fly!
“When pigs fly!” exclaimed Marty McFly in Back to the Future, when hearing about the glorious hover boards. Ok so…maybe not… but, what a phrase! That sentence above, describes the following idiom, which is something that is very unlikely to happen, something improbable, something that only a gullible person would believe. I have heard “When…
Donald Duck and the Magic Pentagram!
The pentagram has long been associated with the Occult, however, could the magic of the pentagram lie in math? What! It does!?! I was reminded of this, when I recently watched Disney’s Donald in Mathmagic Land. This entertaining educational film is approximately 27 minutes long and is a fun watch. During the film, Donald Duck…
DNA, The Number 8 and the Infinity Symbol
Random Thoughts: I was recently thinking about how DNA and the Infinity Symbol looks similar in a 2D image. Which gave me the idea to look at the similarities between DNA and Infinity Symbol. While looking up the definitions, I thought I might as well also check out the meaning of the number 8 since,…
Magnificent Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” “There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.” “You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.” “Tact: the ability to describe others as…
Winston Churchill’s Fabulous Quotes
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” “Solitary trees,…