Ancient Wonders
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN…
Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN… Curious about what lost perfumes were like? Author M.J. Rose spent a few months touring the blogosphere last year, and she left behind a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances… Now that the paperback of THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES is out, we are publishing her guest posts here at The Museum of Mysteries. Enjoy! (Tune in often as we post more links to her numerous delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!) …And so, here’s a peek at M.J.’s lush on GUERLAIN… “Researching The Book of Lost Fragrances was a labor of love. One of the most wonderful parts…
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About WEIL – CASSANDRA…
Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About WEIL – CASSANDRA… M.J. was on a blog tour last year for THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES (now in paperback) and she guest blogged about lost fragrances as she went! (Tune in often as we post more links to her numerous delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!) …And so, here’s a peek at M.J.’s Guest Post at Mrs. Q Book Addict on the unforgettable Weil – Cassandra… “M.J. Rose: I’ve been fascinated with lost fragrances since long before I started writing The Book of Lost Fragrances… since I found a bottle of perfume on my great grandmother’s dresser that had belonged to…
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Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN…
Lost Fragrances Continued: M.J. Guest Blogs About GUERLAIN… Curious about what lost perfumes were like? Author M.J. Rose spent a few months touring the blogosphere last year, and she left behind a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances… Now that the paperback of THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES is out, we are publishing her guest posts here at The Museum of Mysteries. Enjoy! (Tune in often as we post more links to her numerous delicious posts. Your senses will thank you!) …And so, here’s a peek at M.J.’s lush on GUERLAIN… “Researching The Book of Lost Fragrances was a labor of love. One of the most wonderful parts…
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The dark downfall of Eleanor Cobham…
The dark downfall of Eleanor Cobham… The Penance of Eleanor, painted in 1900 By Nancy Bilyeau “On Monday, November 19th, 1441, the people of London lined the streets to observe an act of public penance. That morning a woman, perhaps forty years of age, bare-headed, plainly dressed, was rowed in a barge to Temple Stairs off the Thames. She stepped off the barge and proceeded to walk all the way to St. Paul’s Cathedral, carrying before her a wax taper of two pounds. Once she made it to St. Paul’s, she offered the taper to the High Altar. The woman was Eleanor Cobham, mistress-turned-wife to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, only…
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A Scholarly Account of Necromancy
A Scholarly Account of Necromancy From our friend Nancy over at the blog comes a wonderful post about necromancy and more… By Nancy Bilyeau Vampire. Witch. Zombie. Werewolf. Yes, they have us surrounded. In films, books and TV series, it seems as if the supernatural run the show as never before. I admit to having my favorites. When it comes to the fanged ones, I like to get down with Dracula, whether it’s in the hands of the one-and-only Bram Stoker, the gifted Elizabeth Kostova (The Historian) or the audacious Francis Ford Coppola in his adaptation (fantastic soundtrack). Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris and Justin Cronin have taken the vampire myth…
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The Statues That Rocked
The Statues That Rocked Now here is a theory that makes sense!… Photograph by Randy Olson Easter Island Mystery Solved? New Theory Says Giant Statues Rocked National Geographic News “For centuries, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of how the colossal stone statues of Easter Island moved. Now there’s a new theory—and it rocks. The multiton behemoths traveled up to 11 miles (18 kilometers) from the quarry where most of them were carved, without the benefit of wheels, cranes, or even large animals. Scientists have tested many ideas in the past, figuring that the islanders must have used a combination of log rollers, ropes, and wooden sledges. Now a…
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2013 » January
Archive for January, 2013 A Scholarly Account of Necromancy From our friend Nancy over at the blog comes a wonderful post about necromancy and more… By Nancy Bilyeau Vampire. Witch. Zombie. Werewolf. Yes, they have us surrounded. In films, books and TV series, it seems as if the supernatural run the show as never before. I admit to having my favorites. When it comes to the fanged ones, I like to get down with Dracula, whether it’s in the hands of the one-and-only Bram Stoker, the gifted Elizabeth Kostova (The Historian) or the audacious Francis Ford Coppola in his adaptation (fantastic soundtrack). Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris and Justin Cronin have…
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Are we someone else’s dream?
Are we someone else’s dream? Have you ever wondered if we are someone else’s dream? And if so, whose dream are we? Ancient religions have posed these questions for thousands of years, and science may finally be catching up… Physicists testing to see if universe is a computer simulation By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News “Could this be a computer simulation? (Space.com) Will you take the red pill or the blue pill? Some physicists and university researchers say it’s possible to test the theory that our entire universe exists inside a computer simulation, like in the 1999 film “The Matrix.” In 2003, University of Oxford philosophy professor Nick Bostrom published a…
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The bizarre road of anthropological cover-ups (giants in North America?)
The bizarre road of anthropological cover-ups (giants in North America?) I find the pre-historical origins of man to be beyond fascinating. It really seems like there is so much we don’t know yet, so many bizarre and amazing things to be discovered. There also may be some cover-ups. Did you know that skeletons of a prehistoric race of giants have (possibly) been found in the Americas? If you’re interested in this stuff, there is a TedX lecture that will blow your socks off: “Jim Vieira’s research over the last 20 years has led him down a bizarre road of intrigue and mystery surrounding the races and built structures of Ancient…
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Living Fossil Found: The Pygmy Whale
Living Fossil Found: The Pygmy Whale I have a bet going with some friends that verifiable evidence of Bigfoot will be discovered in the next fews years. It turns out I am not alone in my insanity – there is a “long bet” going here between Kevin Kelly and Stewart Brand on this very matter. In this vein, the news has just offered something quite unexpected, a true “living fossil”: Found: Whale Thought Extinct for 2 Million Years By Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer | LiveScience.com – The pygmy whale, a mysterious cetacean … The pygmy right whale, a mysterious and elusive creature that rarely comes to shore, is the…
