Staurolite is easy to spot amongst other stones – it has a very distinct, cross like shape, which was created by nature as it developed. It can be red, brown, almost black, or opaque, and sometimes has a white streak in it. It’s comprised of iron, aluminum and silicon: Fe2+2Al9O6(SiO4)4(O,OH)2 . It forms when shale is changed due to the earths high pressure temperature and conditions where it’s found. Speaking of where it’s found . . . one of its most productive places is in Patrick County, Virginia. It’s so prominent there that the state named a state park after it: Fairy Stone State Park (named after the folklore and legends that surround the stone, which I will get to shortly). It is also very abundant in Fannin County, Georgia. …show more content…
Forklore tells this story: On a day very long ago, the fairies were celebrating the arrival of spring in the mountains. They danced and sang, with great happiness in their hearts. Until an elf arrived with very sad news. He told the fae that Christ had been crucified. All joy fled from the fae . . . and they wept in mourning. As they cried, their tears hit the ground, forming the cross-shaped stones. When they left the mountain, the stone remained behind. Early European settlers in the Appalachian Mountains claim that the stones were angel tears that fell to earth when Christ was crucified. Ergo, the stones were called Faith Crosses. The Cherokee legend is that the cross shaped stones were tears of the Cherokee, who wept when forced to leave their land and homes (on the Trail of Tears). Because of its shape, people who lived in the mountains believed staurolite provided protection from witchcraft, disease, and accidents. The Cherokee saw the stone as representing the elements: earth, air, water and fire; it helped restore the balance of life. Like other stones, staurolite has had it’s time with great people in history. It was said that the stone was used in the crusades, and aided Richard the Lionheart to heal. Pocahontas gifted a fairy stone to Captain John Smith, as a token of friendship. Thomas Edison, Charles …show more content…
If you travel when meditating, it helps you choose where it is you wish go, and who you may want to connect with. It’s kind of like having “an inner compass” spiritually – it helps with getting you where you want to be. It can also be placed under your pillow at night to help with having lucid dreams or doing astral projection. Staurolite is a very calming stone (which it would have to be if it assists with grounding I’d assume). Working with the heart chakra, it brings powerful energy for unconditional love for others and the earth itself. It can help you make better use of your time, and aids in resisting bad or icky habits. It is also known to help with finding missing objects. Best of all: staurolite not only benefits the owner of the stone, but those who are close to them as
Quartzite is a non-foliated metamorphic rock. This rock is intrusive and forms when exposed to extreme amounts of heat and pressure. Over a billion years ago, there was an ocean where Kamiak Butte is. This ocean floor was made of sand, as time went on oceans receded and the exposed sand underwent processes that turned it into sandstone – or as we learned in class the process of lithification. Years later, this sandstone would morph into the quartzite that is present now.2
Roman sarcophagus depicted mythological scenes since the 2nd and 3rd century AD, and over time we can see a gradual change in the way these myths were depicted. Beginning as a set of stories, they transformed into an expressive medium through which the myth could explicitly commemorate the live of the deceased and a way so Roman cultural requirements could be presented and explored. Specifically, myths that depict heroes on sarcophagi usually stress the virtue of the hero and the grief felt at their death. The virtue of heroes is commonly seen with men such as Herakles, and the completion of his twelve labours. Conversely, the Alcestis myth illustrates that women can be depicted as heroes as well. Alcestis was the subject of a Euripidian tragedy,
To have a hero there must be a monster to vanquish. Monsters in Greco-Roman mythology are often portrayed as: irrational, nearly impossible to communicate with, often a compound of animal parts or some form of mutation, and are set upon human destruction. “Monsters in the language of mythology were beings of unnatural proportions or parts, usually regarded with terror, as possessing immense strength and ferocity, which they employed for the injury and annoyance of men” (Bullfinch Pg. 143). Mythological monsters are a way for man to explain what he doesn’t understand. They are an attempt to explain ‘why’ to things such as: storms, droughts and other unseasonable weather, unexplained deaths, birth defects, disease, and mental illness. Generally those are associated with fear, and nothing is more fearsome than a monster. Yet, on the other hand, is hope. Man’s need to remain hopeful gives cause to the creation of heroes. Monsters are essential to the existence of heroes. “[…] the mythical monster is present in any number of shapes - Gorgons and Hydras and Chimaeras dire - but they are there only to give the hero his meed of glory” (Hamilton 12). Without a great foe, there’s no need for the greater good. “Myth provides us with absolutes in the place of ephemeral values and with a comforting perception of the world that is necessary to make the insecurity and terror of existence bearable” (Morford 4).
One of the most interesting qualities of Greek mythology is probably the depiction of monsters in the myths. However, these monsters are not all unique. In fact, they all fall into very distinct categories, making them almost the same. Most monsters in Greek mythology look and act in the same ways. Several monsters from these myths look the same in that they have very similar qualities such as being large, snake or human like. However, they are also very alike in that they behave in very similar ways, from guarding something or roaming freely and causing chaos. Generally, the monsters in Greek mythology follow this outline and are depicted in a way to show these qualities.
The Greeks believed that the earth was formed before any of the gods appeared. The gods, as the Greeks knew them, all originated with Father Heaven, and Mother Earth. Father Heaven was known as Uranus, and Mother Earth, as Gaea. Uranus and Gaea raised many children. Amoung them were the Cyclopes, the Titans, and the Hecatoncheires, or the
...re considered pagan and not Christian. In medieval times the stones were stolen by stonemasons and peasants to make bridges and houses. In the early 14th century the stones were pulled down because at that time the stone circles were associated with witches. Until recently people were allowed to touch the stones and even climb on them, the public order act of 1986 passed a new trespassing ban limiting the number of people who could legally walk in a procession, ensuring that the guards make sure the stones are not been maltreated.
Thesis statement: In this research, I will investigate the basic concepts of the Egyptian mythology and its gods.
Mythology was an integral part of the lives of all ancient peoples. The myths of
Meditation allows for you to relax, slow down, and become more aware of yourself and your environment. By meditating in a quiet place with no distraction, you are able to greatly limit the information that is constantly entering into our brains. This information gives us a train of thought that is very difficult to be halted, because it is in the nature of our brains to analyze any information that we have coming in from our senses like what things we are seeing with our eyes and what we are hearing with our ears. By limiting the amount of information that is entering into the brain, we are able to separate ourselves from the mind that is analyzing all of that information and to become aware of it.
“Concretions, which are compact masses of mineral that form within a pre-existing rock. These nodules are often spherical, elongate, and are harder than the rocks that contain them. They develop around an irregularity within the rock that serves as a nucleus, often a piece of shell, a pebble, or just a harder spot in the rock. As water runs through the rock, it deposits minerals at these irregular spots. Most of the concretions are in the Cliff House Sandstone” (Service, National Park). “Other features are on many of the cliff faces, called desert varnish. Desert varnish forms when manganese, a mineral found either within the rock or in windblown dust, is fixed to the cliff face by bacteria. The bacterial action occurs on the portions of rock wet from runoff water, causing a streaking effect” (Service, National Park). Another distinctive feature called turtle back weathering, develops in the Cliff House Sandstone that is exposed and unprotected on mesa tops. Originally, there was about 1500 feet of rock atop the Cliff House Sandstone. As this overlying rock eroded away, it released a tremendous amount of pressure on the sandstone. The pressure release caused cracks to form in the rocks. Water then weathered these cracks through freezing and thawing or by dissolving some of the
The fourth theory that people believe is that the colonists lived with the Indians. In 1937 stones were found that led from eastern North Carolina to northern Georgia, supposedly carved by Eleanor Dare as notes back to her father if he should return to look for the colony. That told what happened to the colony that her husband and child had been killed by the Indians and she was being carried to north Georgia to
Once there was a great civilization with a highly advanced group of beings always in search of greater discoveries. Atropos was among this group but had the lowest position within it even though he saw himself with the greatest talent. His task was to be an observer of the other beings and their research but not actively participate. Atropos loved the creatures and all of the plant life which was very rare in their world and wanted very much to preserve it but with no active role lacked the ability. So one day Atropos thought of a plan and started preparations.
Within the writings of Greek mythology women commonly display certain attributes that the Greek society associated with women or femininity back in the day. A common quality demonstrated amongst the women in Greek society, and more specifically in Greek mythology, is deception. Throughout the Greek literature discussed in class, women have commonly showed their deception and trickery in different ways and for numerous different reasons. The Odyssey, Theogony, and Homeric Hymm all displayed Greek women showing some form of deception within the stories and poems. These stories show various ways and reasons for Greek women being deceiving and disingenuous, reasons for which there needs to be more discussion.
It is well known and proven that over time the benefits of meditating on a regular basis promotes the development of inner calmness, connectedness, focus, flow, a clear clarity of mind, a focused and more stable grounded concentration, along with coherency of thought, increased creativity, being more open and receptive to receive insights, solutions to problems and new ideas, a balanced and harmonious centred inner equilibrium, a relaxed happy body, mind and spirit, which in turn assists as a preventative tool that creates and maintains positive overall vibrant health and wellbeing.
Greek mythology has several distinguishing characteristics, in addition to its multiple versions. The Greek gods resembled human beings in their form and in their emotions, and they lived in a society that resembled human society in its levels of authority and power. However, a crucial difference existed between gods and human beings: Humans died, and gods were immortal. Heroes also played an important role in Greek mythology, and stories about them conveyed serious themes. The Greeks considered human heroes from the past closer to themselves than were the immortal gods.