This week’s post is actually an “addendum” to a former post I wrote around two weeks ago. Here is the link. Syncretism in the Beliefs of Scottish Highlanders It is also an addendum to another blogger’s post. The Duality of Jamie Fraser or Religion in Outlander Of interest is the following passage detailed in the […]
Continue readingOutlander: White Animals and the King of Ireland
Up to recently, I was totally undecided about writing this post. Some of the ideas that I will be detailing in this post are the result of research that I am currently collecting for another project. The following chart is a simplified version of the Cherokee shamanistic system. There are more colours in the system. […]
Continue readingEating Properly to Keep in Good Shape
The topic for this week is something that I really should have written a while back (probably in March?). Most of the time people gain weight because of not eating properly. I will enumerate what exactly has worked for me for the last 12 years since I have been able to keep the same dress […]
Continue readingOutlander: Syncretism in the Beliefs of Scottish Highlanders
When it comes to understanding the culture of the Scottish Highlanders in the Outlander Series, one must consider their syncretic religion. What is syncretism? Catholics all over the world adhere to the teachings and dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. However, there are certain local differences among the Catholic population. When Christianity began to expand […]
Continue readingASoIaF: Highlights of Episode 510 – “Mother’s Mercy” and Some Speculations for the Sixth Season
<<<<<<<Spoiler Alert>>>>>>> In comparison to other Game of Thrones’ season finales, “Mother’s Mercy” leaves us with many cliffhangers in the plot lines of many favourite characters. As in other episodes, some scenes were marvellously executed, while other ones were not. Overall, “Mother’s Mercy” did not feel like a season finale to me due to the […]
Continue readingASoIaF: Other Highlights of Episode 509 – “The Dance of Dragons”
It is hard to describe Game of Thrones’ episode 509, “The Dance of Dragons.” This episode has its great and bad scenes but also a shocking one. In regards to the burning of Shireen, I was expecting something like that to happen in the TV show. However, I am not expecting it to happen in […]
Continue readingASoIaF: The Burning of an Innocent in “The Dance of Dragons” and Other Speculations
<<<<<Spoiler Alert>>>>> The Sabotage Episode 509, “The Dance of Dragons,” opens with Melisandre reading the fires and witnessing the sabotage performed by Ramsay and his men. Carice Van Houten (Melisandre) does a great job in showing an expressive and concerned face when seeing these events before even heading out of the tent. The end result […]
Continue readingOutlander: The Use of Lavender Oil in “To Ransom a Man’s Soul”
The first season of Outlander has come to an end with an emotionally intense episode, “To Ransom a Man’s Soul.” I have watched the episode thrice. The first time, my husband was with me, and he could not stop saying, “when will these rape scenes end?” I shared the same feeling with him. The second […]
Continue readingASoIaF: Highlight of Episode 508 – “Hardhome”
“Hardhome” was an entertaining and exciting episode to watch. At this stage, the TV show is intriguing since some of the source material has not been published yet. By the end of this season it will be hard to speculate what will happen and book “foreshadowing” might be used to define where the different characters […]
Continue readingTrend Summer 2015: Frond Prints on Rompers and Separates
One major trend this summer is to wear pieces of clothing with fronds printed on them. This trend has been going around for a while. Last year I bought shorts with a leaf print of them: J.O.A. Leaf Print Shorts (see more JOA) Of course these shorts are no longer available for sale. However, I […]
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