Monday 20 October 2008

The Shroud of Turin

The positive and negative exposures of the front facial section of the Shroud


The shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who had apparently died of crucifixion. Most Catholics consider it to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ.
It is currently held in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. Despite many scientific investigations, no one has yet been able to explain how the image has been imprinted on the shroud and despite many attempts, no one has managed to replicate it.
Radiocarbon tests date it to the middle ages, however apologists for the shroud believe it is incorrupt - and carbon dating can only date things which decay.
Prior to the middle ages, reports of the shroud exist as the Image of Edessa - reliably reported since at least the 4th century.
In addition, another cloth (the Sudarium) known even from biblical times (John 20:7) exists which is said to have covered Christ’s head in the tomb.
A 1999 study by Mark Guscin, a member of the multidisciplinary investigation team of the Spanish Center for Sindonology, investigated the relationship between the two cloths.
Based on history, forensic pathology, blood chemistry (the Sudarium also is reported to have type AB blood stains), and stain patterns, he concluded that the two cloths covered the same head at two distinct, but close moments of time. Avinoam Danin (a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) concurred with this analysis, adding that the pollen grains in the Sudarium match those of the shroud.

Tuesday 17 June 2008

The Unbelievable Lincoln - Kennedy Coincidences?

After JFK's inaugural address on the cold night of January 6, 1960 he and his beautiful & stylish raven haired wife, who spoke French like a native, slept in Abraham Lincoln's bed.
It Just so happens that Mary Lincoln was considered very beautiful in her day, she also had raven colored hair and was she from an Aristocratic family and was considered very hip in 1860 and she also spoke French like a native.
Both men where in their thirties when they married their lovely 24 year old wives,
Both men were born under the astrological signs of Zodiac that govern the Element of Air.
Lincoln was an Aquarius & Kennedy was born in the house of Gemini.
Lincoln had a personal secretary named Kennedy who advised him not to attend the theatre that night.
Kennedy had personal secretary named Lincoln who advised him not to go to Dallas.
Both were elected the Senate in 47 exacty 100 years apart.
Both men competed for the Vice Presidentcy in 56 also exactly 100 years apart.
Both campaigns for the President were marked by dramatic debates, Lincoln against Stephen Douglas and Kennedy against Nixon.
Lincoln took office in 1860
Kennedy took office in 1960.
Both were deeply involved in the civil rights movement.
Both men were shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives and both men died on a Friday.
Both of the accused assassins were killed before going trial.
Both accused assassins had 15 letters in their full name.
Booth was born 1839.
Oswald was born in 1939.
Both Mrs. Lincoln & Mrs. Kennedy lost a child while in the White House.
Both Presidents had Vice Preidents form the South and with the last name of Johnson, Andrew & Lyndon respectly
Andrew Johnson has 13 letters and he was born in 1808
Lyndon Johnson has 13 letters and he was born in 1908
Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and fled to a barn
Ozwald shot Kennedy from a book wearhouse and was arrested in a theatre
These are just a few so called coinsidences
There are many more involving family members, talents, & likes and dislikes and so forth

Tuesday 22 April 2008

STONEHENGE

Stonehenge is definitely one of England's greatest icons.
Its original purpose is still somewhat unclear, but some have speculated that it was a temple made for worship of ancient earth deities.
It has also been called an astronomical observatory for marking significant events on the ancient prehistoric calendar.
Others claim that it was a sacred site created by Merlin and King Arthur for the burial of high-ranking citizens from societies of long ago.
No matter what the claim has been for Stonehenge's original purpose,
the truth is that it has inspired countless generations of people to strive to learn and figure out the history of our past.
Stonehenge is somewhat a "gateway to the realms" providing insights into humanities past and showing that maybe we were not as "technically challenged" as some would like us to believe.
The earliest portion of Stonehenge dates to approximately 2950-2900 BC.
The dates for each "period" can be fixed to about a 100 years or so with radiocarbon dating,
but as to the exact building sequence within each period archaeologist cannot be certain.

Wednesday 9 April 2008

THE JERSEY DEVIL

The celebrated sports-mascot is a part of actual, North American mythology passed down from the American Indians. Alternately, the Jersey Devil is said to be the undying, demonic offspring of a cursed woman by the name of Mrs. Leeds. Either way, sightings of the fearsome, New Jersey resident go back hundreds of years, though descriptions of the beast vary wildly from that of a dragon, to a winged stag to a bigfoot-like creature. By some reports it is known to prey on livestock, terrorize naughty children, and pepper snowy rooftops with it's hoof-prints.


Monday 7 April 2008

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

The Area of the Bermuda Triangle
Photo by NASA (pubic domain)