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Sylvia Rose
Jul 18, 20247 min read
Alchemy and the Art of Gold-Making
"Lead is the ancestor of all metals. For gold is not a metal, gold is light. Lead requires only four periods of two hundred years each,...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 14, 20244 min read
Tanning Hides - Ancient Techniques
Tanning hides is practiced in the ancient world since c. 7000 BCE, in the Indus Valley site of Mehgarh. By 2500Â BCE, Sumerians of...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 30, 20244 min read
Pentagram: Drudenfuß, Five Point Star
The pentagram or Drudenfuß (Drude's Foot) is a protective sign or talisman with the power to repel malevolent magic associated with...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 26, 20244 min read
Schrat: German Nightmare Forest Elf
Schrat (Schratt) is a nature spirit, goblin, elf or domestic entity in Germanic lore. Waldschrat or Wood Schrat lives in the forest....
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 17, 20246 min read
The Sex Demons - Incubus & Succubus
A sexual spirit or demon preys on a person through the act of intercourse or intimacy. In traditional lore the incubus is the male...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 15, 20244 min read
Chamomile - Herbology & Folklore
Chamomile is essential to any herbal medicine shelf. It's one of several species of bright daisy-like plants with white petals and...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Verdigris: Coveted Blue Green Copper Pigment
Verdigris is the green rust or patina on copper, created as the metal reacts with oxygen in the environment. Copper corrodes green to...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 15, 20245 min read
Amurru: Amorite Bronze Age Kingdom
Amurru is both a kingdom and a god. In c. 2000 BCE, the Amorite kingdom occupies the northern part of the ancient Levant coast. To the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jan 1, 20243 min read
Ushumgallu: Dragon Lion Snake Monster
Ushumgallu (UÅ¡umgallu, UÅ¡umgal) is a lion-dragon horned snake demon in Akkadian mythology. Similar hybrid creatures appear in...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 21, 20234 min read
Gibil - Fire God of Mesopotamia
Gibil, also called Girra in Akkadian, is the Mesopotamian Fire God. He's associated with both the positive, nurturing, benevolent aspect...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 3, 20236 min read
Herbology & Lore: Stinging Nettle
With little defensive hairs ready to sting, this nutritious green plant protects itself from hungry foragers. Also known as burn nettle...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 16, 20236 min read
Gramophone, Player Piano & Motion Pictures
The science of entertainment hits its stride in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first motion picture premieres in France, the pneumatic...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 14, 20236 min read
Reiker For Hire, Victorian Era & Nixies
Magic, mystery and sinister plots unfold as the Victorian era infuses European politics and society. Queen Victoria is a German princess...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 3, 20233 min read
Angel of Long Point - Abigail Becker
Many seamen would have perished without the courage of Abigail Becker. Besides raising fourteen children in a trapper's cabin, she waded...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 29, 20233 min read
Winter Tales - 4 Novellas
In anthology form or one at a time, these four fun thrilling novellas all have themes of winter, seasonal traditions and folklore. Join...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 28, 20233 min read
Pioneering German Women - Anita Augspurg
Daughter of a lawyer, Anita Augspurg (1857 - 1943) was one of the foremost advocates of women's rights in Germany. The late nineteenth...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Reiker For Hire Victorian Crime Trilogy
Long-awaited crime trilogy Reiker For Hire is now on the virtual shelves in anthology form. The novellas are about 42,500 words each...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 18, 20233 min read
German Pioneers: Father of Aviation
Known as the father of flight and father of aviation, Otto Lilienthal was famous in his lifetime. People came the distance to watch his...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Amazing Legacy of Alexander von Humboldt
We're familiar with Humboldt squid, and Humboldt penguins who swim in the Humboldt current off the coast of Peru. In the nineteenth...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 6, 20235 min read
Easter Bunny, Prussian Blue & Penguins
German folklore, scientists and entrepreneurs are responsible for innovative inventions, discoveries and beloved traditions such as the...
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