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All ley lines in Scotland converge at one point on a tiny island in the middle of Loch Moy.This island is off-limits to protect "wildlife"and has an obelisk.
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All bodies are two - not one. The invisible half of every body is thousands of times greater than its visible half.
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"Genius loci" refers to the protective spirit of a place in classical Roman religion. The Romans literally believed that a 'genius', or a 'guardian spirit' resides in everything and everywhere.
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Levels of the Self: The Divided Self, Subpersonalities, The Personal Self, The Higher Self, and the Synthesis of all together
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In China, Fēng shuǐ (風水, Geomancy) plays a role in selecting sites for major computation data centers. Studies suggest that incorporating Fēng shuǐ principles correlates with significantly reduced error rates in essential system components, such as chips.
150y ago: The horror of Chinese geomancers at British attempts to construct railways across the Lung Mai or ‘dragon veins’ of their country resulted in a consortium of local businessmen buying and promptly dismantling the newly-completed railway line around Shanghai, in horror at the devastating impact it would have on the Feng Shui of the city.
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Chronomancy is divination of the best time to do something, the determination of lucky and unlucky days, especially popular in ancient China. The term "chronomancy", stemming from the Greek word chronos (meaning time), and the word manteia (meaning divination) is also used in fiction to refer to a school of magic involving supernatural manipulation of time. Because there is clock-time and then there is time.
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Seven Sermons of the Dead, by Carl Jung (under the pseudonym of Basilides of Alexandria)
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