<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Pagan Tea House - Articles</title><link>http://paganteahouse.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Pagan Tea House - Articles</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:08:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:03:31 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Goddess of America: Columbia</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a Goddess of America, and her name is Columbia. This is not a witty line portraying a concept. I am not using an analogy to liken the capital to a Divine Mother Figure. I am simply stating facts: There is a Goddess of America, and her name is Columbia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dusty Dionne]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dusty Dionne]]></source><link>http://dustydionne.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7162624-the-goddess-of-america-columbia</link><guid>http://dustydionne.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7162624-the-goddess-of-america-columbia</guid><category>politics</category><category>america</category><category>columbia</category><category>goddess</category><category>dusty</category><category>forefathers</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:24:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dustydionneBBCC697B-5F13-DA52-6D9E-C75630FBAD15.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Columbia Looking over our Freedom&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dustydionneBBCC697B-5F13-DA52-6D9E-C75630FBAD15.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="378" width="315" ></media:content></item><item><title>Foto Friday: Tomb-Stonehenge???</title>
<description><![CDATA[
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Just an ordinary day in the cemetery, folks, nothing going on here. But gotta look twice at this picture. Is it Stonehenge-like or not? Let me know what you think. Not even sure exactly which Milwaukee cemetery this was taken at, it was so long ago. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></source><link>http://MinnieApolis.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/22/7141454-foto-friday-tomb-stonehenge</link><guid>http://MinnieApolis.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/22/7141454-foto-friday-tomb-stonehenge</guid><category>cemetery</category><category>photography</category><category>arts</category><category>milwaukee</category><category>shadows</category><category>spooky</category><category>tombstones</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>photogr</category><category>sppoky</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:26:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolisA975AADE-1719-AB61-DACA-D59A714CD4F3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tomb-Stone-Henge???&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=MinnieApolisA975AADE-1719-AB61-DACA-D59A714CD4F3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>How and why Christians will cause the demise of Christmas.</title>
<description><![CDATA[ More and more each year, we hear from certain Christians and Christian groups who would declare their devotion to returning Christmas, in its entirety, to its religious purpose and foundations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Proud Pagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Proud Pagan]]></source><link>http://ProudPagan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5573133-how-and-why-christians-will-cause-the-demise-of-christmas</link><guid>http://ProudPagan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5573133-how-and-why-christians-will-cause-the-demise-of-christmas</guid><category>religion</category><category>faith</category><category>advertising</category><category>christmas</category><category>holiday</category><category>spirituality</category><category>belief</category><category>pagan</category><category>theism</category><category>agnosticism</category><category>war-on-christmas</category><category>skeptic</category><category>freethought</category><category>freethinking</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:17:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ancient Pagans and the Julian/Gregorian Calendars.</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Modern pagans (Neopagans) like to believe that the ancients celebrated their festivals on set dates on these calendars. This is patently impossible. The major reason is that these calendars did not exist for them!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></source><link>http://DrKnow.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5329878-ancient-pagans-and-the-juliangregorian-calendars</link><guid>http://DrKnow.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5329878-ancient-pagans-and-the-juliangregorian-calendars</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:31:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First Truth About Halloween - The Celebration is Pagan, the Date is Christian.</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Many correctly associate Halloween with the pagan celebration of Samhain (pronounced saw wen *).

 They also correctly associate it with it being the Celtic New Year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></source><link>http://DrKnow.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5326627-first-truth-about-halloween-the-celebration-is-pagan-the-date-is-christian</link><guid>http://DrKnow.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5326627-first-truth-about-halloween-the-celebration-is-pagan-the-date-is-christian</guid><category>history</category><category>halloween</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:32:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/DrKnow/5326865.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Harvest celebration (in good weather)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/DrKnow/5326865.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Vancouver First Nations DTES smudge ceremony</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Vancouver&rsquo;s First Nations peoples have always held  ceremonies calling all people to come together to connect with  themselves, each other, Mother Earth and the Great Spirit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathie Wallace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kathie Wallace]]></source><link>http://kathie-wallace.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4639311-vancouver-first-nations-dtes-smudge-ceremony</link><guid>http://kathie-wallace.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4639311-vancouver-first-nations-dtes-smudge-ceremony</guid><category>religion</category><category>human-rights</category><category>discrimination</category><category>womens-rights</category><category>violence-against-women</category><category>aboriginal</category><category>dtes</category><category>indigenous-spirituality</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/kathie-wallace/4652597.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/kathie-wallace/4652597.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Poll: Woman's History Month - Life in Ancient Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[In Classical African Civilization,Kemet (Ancient Egypt/Nubia) the feminine principle and its roles, rights and place in the cosmos was well understood and mapped out. The Kemetic Woman's rights exceeded that of most of the nation's that followed her in ancient history. (Video)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)]]></source><link>http://Aunk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4096021-poll-womans-history-month-life-in-ancient-times</link><guid>http://Aunk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4096021-poll-womans-history-month-life-in-ancient-times</guid><category>women</category><category>children</category><category>woman</category><category>law</category><category>balance</category><category>us-news</category><category>psychology</category><category>spirituality</category><category>social-science</category><category>cultural-health</category><category>cultural-literacy</category><category>world-views</category><category>classical-civilization</category><category>maat</category><category>ancient-times</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:05:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/Aunk/4096092.jpg" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'at&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/Aunk/4096092.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="156" width="170" ></media:content></item><item><title>The Founding Fathers Never Intended for a Separation of Church and State</title>
<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief, our founding fathers never intended for there to be a "separation of church and state" in this country.  Many people think that the phrase is found in the Constitution. This, however, is not the case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey Nowak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeffrey Nowak]]></source><link>http://jeffreynowak.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/06/3597711-the-founding-fathers-never-intended-for-a-separation-of-church-and-state</link><guid>http://jeffreynowak.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/06/3597711-the-founding-fathers-never-intended-for-a-separation-of-church-and-state</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:56:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The December Multi-Cultural Calendar is Full</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dec. 6 is St. Nicholas Day (Christian)
Dec. 8 is Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
Dec. 8 is also the observance of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic)
Dec. 12: 
Feast Day of our Lady of Guadalupe
beginning of the Advent fast (Orthodox)
Feast of St.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></source><link>http://MinnieApolis.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3513842-the-december-multi-cultural-calendar-is-full</link><guid>http://MinnieApolis.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3513842-the-december-multi-cultural-calendar-is-full</guid><category>home-garden</category><category>christmas</category><category>holidays</category><category>december</category><category>traditions</category><category>explained</category><category>st-lucia</category><category>boxing-day</category><category>saturnalia</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:53:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Digging up the Saudi past: some would rather not</title>
<description><![CDATA[Much of the world knows Petra, the ancient ruin in modern-day Jordan that is celebrated in poetry as "the rose-red city, 'half as old as time,'" and which provided the climactic backdrop for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Abu-Nasr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Abu-Nasr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3208473-digging-up-the-saudi-past-some-would-rather-not</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3208473-digging-up-the-saudi-past-some-would-rather-not</guid><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>saudi</category><category>hidden</category><category>past</category><category>last-crusade"</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:58:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f4d229c5-3f2a-423d-bf2c-97da9e70724c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 8, 2009 photo,  a man looks to hand written Quran at an exhibit at the Saudi National Museum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The Arabian Peninsula has a rich, largely unexplored history &amp;#8212; dotted with ancient kingdoms and crisscrossed by caravan routes carrying frankincense to the Mediterranean that drew in the Romans. But its treasures are little known outside a small circle of archaeologists and academics.  (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f4d229c5-3f2a-423d-bf2c-97da9e70724c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Pagans Among Us; the examination and dissection of an American Pagan</title>
<description><![CDATA[First and foremost, we should define "Paganism" as it is used in this article, and as it should be properly understood.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Proud Pagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Proud Pagan]]></source><link>http://ProudPagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2996870-pagans-among-us-the-examination-and-dissection-of-an-american-pagan</link><guid>http://ProudPagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2996870-pagans-among-us-the-examination-and-dissection-of-an-american-pagan</guid><category>religion</category><category>faith</category><category>philosophy</category><category>spirituality</category><category>belief</category><category>pagan</category><category>theism</category><category>wiccan</category><category>theist</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:24:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pagans, partygoers greet solstice at Stonehenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pagans and partygoers drummed, danced or gyrated in hula hoops to stay awake through the night, as more than 35,000 people greeted the summer solstice Sunday at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nardine Saad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nardine Saad]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/20/2951759-pagans-partygoers-greet-solstice-at-stonehenge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/20/2951759-pagans-partygoers-greet-solstice-at-stonehenge</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>new-age</category><category>stonehenge</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:45:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d1579659-cb41-4520-bd74-0120d40c48e9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People gather to celebrate the summer solstice at Stonehenge in west England, early Sunday, June 21, 2009.  The monument attracted some 35 thousand people to mark the longest day of the year when the sunrise was expected at 4:58 am under the cloudy sky. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d1579659-cb41-4520-bd74-0120d40c48e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Taboos, Rituals, Potions, and Spells</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today a friend mentioned potions and spells and a fun little mini-discussion was started.  This got me to thinking about all the little things we do (well some of us anyway), and why we do them.  I think just about everyone has superstitions or believes in wives tales.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Theresa-382710]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Theresa-382710]]></source><link>http://ravenwing5910.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/12/2535513-taboos-rituals-potions-and-spells</link><guid>http://ravenwing5910.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/12/2535513-taboos-rituals-potions-and-spells</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:39:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/ravenwing5910/2535518.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Big Sam&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/ravenwing5910/2535518.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Christmas - The Origin</title>
<description><![CDATA[Celebrations have been held at the Winter Solstice since the beginning of man. Early man noticed that the day was losing to the night steadily. They hoped that they could do something to bring back the light.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr Know]]></source><link>http://DrKnow.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/29/2162418-christmas-the-origin</link><guid>http://DrKnow.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/29/2162418-christmas-the-origin</guid><category>history</category><category>christmas</category><category>origins</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:50:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The list of best all time peace songs on YouTube</title>
<description><![CDATA[At such  a moment in time, I thought it might be nice to compile a list of some of the best anti-war peace songs that have come out over the years.  And just to spice the list up, here they are in video format! ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[energynet]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[energynet]]></source><link>http://energynet.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/27/2156392-the-list-of-best-all-time-peace-songs-on-youtube</link><guid>http://energynet.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/27/2156392-the-list-of-best-all-time-peace-songs-on-youtube</guid><category>world-news</category><category>music</category><category>video</category><category>peace</category><category>anti-war</category><category>best-of</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:18:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/energynet/2156409.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/therebel68/|[Flickr User]</media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/energynet/2156409.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>The magical vine and the creatures that dwell there.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Taking inspiration from Rainkiss's article about Newsvine trolls, I pondered whimsically, what mythical or magical creature would I be, and where on the vine would I live? So here is my analysis:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lilithbytes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lilithbytes]]></source><link>http://Tenurist.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2146636-the-magical-vine-and-the-creatures-that-dwell-there</link><guid>http://Tenurist.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/24/2146636-the-magical-vine-and-the-creatures-that-dwell-there</guid><category>newsvine</category><category>meta</category><category>writers</category><category>magical</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:50:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/Tenurist/2146753.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;You are an Elf.  Which in Elven is:&lt;br /&gt;
lle ier Edhel&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/Tenurist/2146753.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="421" width="300" ></media:content></item><item><title>UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raphael G. Satter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raphael G. Satter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1896908-uk-experts-say-stonehenge-was-place-of-healing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1896908-uk-experts-say-stonehenge-was-place-of-healing</guid><category>world-news</category><category>science</category><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>stonehenge</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:17:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/27e9df78-b582-4298-8663-cb4052cd156a.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President of the Society of Antiquaries, Geoff Wainwright, holds a fragment of bluestone after a press  conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London to reveal preliminary findings about the purpose of the prehistoric Stonehenge monument, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.  Two British archeologists say the first excavation at the site of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has shed new light on the purpose of the landmark. Professors Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill told journalists Monday that Stonehenge was a kind of primeval Lourdes. They say the stone circle was a center of healing which attracted the sick and infirm from all over prehistoric Europe. They also say they have dated the first stone monuments at the site to about 2,300 B.C.  (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/27e9df78-b582-4298-8663-cb4052cd156a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ></media:content></item><item><title>Myths of 19th Century Science: The Indo-European Invasions</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Briwnys]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Briwnys]]></source><link>http://blessed-isles.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/18/1880103-myths-of-19th-century-science-the-indo-european-invasions</link><guid>http://blessed-isles.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/18/1880103-myths-of-19th-century-science-the-indo-european-invasions</guid><category>history</category><category>ice-age</category><category>homo-sapiens</category><category>neolithic</category><category>neandertal</category><category>paleolithic</category><category>aryan</category><category>indo-european</category><category>kurgan-theory</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:11:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/blessed-isles/3958829.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Neolithic European Migrations&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/blessed-isles/3958829.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Doing your best |Daily Practice</title>
<description><![CDATA[August 24]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angel_C]]></source><link>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/24/1780649-doing-your-best-daily-practice</link><guid>http://onlynow99.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/24/1780649-doing-your-best-daily-practice</guid><category>education</category><category>living</category><category>goals</category><category>challenges</category><category>encouragement</category><category>daily-practice</category><category>doing-your-best</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:36:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/onlynow99/1780726.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;It's your path. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerseytourism/2783273935/sizes/l/&quot;&gt;(Flickr CC photo)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/onlynow99/1780726.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="598" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>The talking stick. My experience at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Hillsborough, NC</title>
<description><![CDATA[Awhile back I had written an article about religion, I write a lot of these types of articles, whereby I had stated that I do in fact believe in God, had in fact never been able to call myself an Atheist, although I had called myself an Agnostic over the years, and that I do grea&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phaedrus72]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phaedrus72]]></source><link>http://phaedrus72.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/10/1737540-the-talking-stick-my-experience-at-the-unitarian-universalist-congregation-of-hillsborough-nc</link><guid>http://phaedrus72.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/10/1737540-the-talking-stick-my-experience-at-the-unitarian-universalist-congregation-of-hillsborough-nc</guid><category>religion</category><category>church</category><category>liberal</category><category>unitarian-universalist</category><category>religious-tolerance</category><category>uu</category><category>liberal-christianity</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:05:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/phaedrus72/1737715.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/phaedrus72/1737715.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>Genocide: Getting the Vomit Out</title>
<description><![CDATA[Part II

In Part One, I  covered America's failure to address the slavery issue primarily with African 
  Americans. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[energynet]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[energynet]]></source><link>http://energynet.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/29/1622305-genocide-getting-the-vomit-out</link><guid>http://energynet.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/29/1622305-genocide-getting-the-vomit-out</guid><category>us-news</category><category>human-rights</category><category>race</category><category>culture</category><category>genocide</category><category>indians</category><category>indigenous</category><category>first-nations</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:34:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/energynet/1622330.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress, is an allegorical representation of Manifest Destiny. Here Columbia, intended as a personification of the United States, leads civilization westward with American settlers, stringing telegraph wire as she travels; she holds a school book. The different economic activities of the pioneers are highlighted and, especially, the changing forms of transportation. The Indians and wild animals flee.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/energynet/1622330.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="390" ></media:content></item><item><title>Why We Need Halloween</title>
<description><![CDATA[Halloween is almost upon us, and we are starting to get some of the usual griping which typically goes along with the season.  Many of the more devout Christians don't like it because it's a pagan holiday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Celestina]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Celestina]]></source><link>http://celestina.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/29/1057817-why-we-need-halloween</link><guid>http://celestina.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/29/1057817-why-we-need-halloween</guid><category>us-news</category><category>culture</category><category>holiday</category><category>halloween</category><category>fear</category><category>ghosts</category><category>monsters</category><category>tooth-decay</category><category>samhain</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:15:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/celestina/1057845.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/furryscalyman/|Matt Reinbold</media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/celestina/1057845.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ></media:content></item><item><title>I Witness  (Tortured Soul)</title>
<description><![CDATA[As I lay
Forced to watch
Unable to avert my eyes

She informs me
If I should look away
I will see her anyway

Hear her screams
Writhing
Crying
Strips of herself tear apart and fall
As if burned

I am sickened by it all]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rwarner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rwarner]]></source><link>http://warners.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/06/945949-i-witness-tortured-soul</link><guid>http://warners.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/06/945949-i-witness-tortured-soul</guid><category>poetry</category><category>perspective</category><category>verse</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:08:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>&quot;Mushin&quot;- Peak Performance State</title>
<description><![CDATA[(This article is reprinted here with permission of the author, Charlie Badenhop)

In Aikido and Seishindo we practice embodying various "states" or ways of perceiving and being. We practice entering into various ways of experiencing "Life".]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redruby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Redruby]]></source><link>http://redruby.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/01/751414-mushin-peak-performance-state</link><guid>http://redruby.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/01/751414-mushin-peak-performance-state</guid><category>health</category><category>aikido</category><category>charlie-badenhop</category><category>mushin</category><category>seishendo</category><category>embodied-presence</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:19:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Serpent Cults, Part 1: Wisdom and Kingship</title>
<description><![CDATA[Part 1 of a 2-Part Exploration of the Cult of the Serpent, Mankind's Oldest Known Form of Spirituality

"And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it..."  - The Book of Kings]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://PrimarySources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/27/728725-serpent-cults-part-1-wisdom-and-kingship</link><guid>http://PrimarySources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/27/728725-serpent-cults-part-1-wisdom-and-kingship</guid><category>religion</category><category>snakes</category><category>dragons</category><category>tree-of-knowledge</category><category>caduceus</category><category>nagas</category><category>brazen-serpent</category><category>serpent-cults</category><category>serpent-handling</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 04:14:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/PrimarySources/741987.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pentecostal snake handlers may be influenced by a distant memory of serpent worship described in the bible, but theirs is not a true snake cult&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/PrimarySources/741987.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ></media:content></item></channel></rss>
