Elf Arrows: Triangular pieces of flint which appear all over the word. The name comes from their description in Scotland. Some claim they could be used as weapons by being hurled with great force. They were supposed to provide protection from fairies and could cure illness--at least illness caused by fairies. In fact, there were "fairy doctors," people who specialized in treating diseases caused by fairies. One cure of such a disease was to drink water into which an elf arrow had been dipped.

(See also: Elf Arrows , Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

ABBREVIATIONS

Occult literature, particularly contemporary magic literature, teems with abbreviations and initials, which the general reader may or may not always readily identify. Examples:

             AAA        1) Anti-Authoritarian Anonymous

                        2) A A A, as in Djahuty A A A or "Thoth Great, Great,

                           Great", equivalent of Hermes Trismegistus.

             AAB        Albigensian Anti-Procreation

             AB         Alice Bailey

             AC         Aleister Crowley

             ADE        After-Death Experience

             AP         Astral Plane

             BCE        Before Common Era

             BEM        Bug-Eyed Monster

             BHM        Big Hairy Monster

             BVM        Blessed Virgin Mary

             DOR        Deadly Oranur Radiation

             EA         Era Apocalyptica

             EBE        Extra-Terrestrial Biological Entity

             ELF        Extremely Low Frequency

             EOW        End of the World

             FTL        Faster than Light

             FTT        Faster than Thought

             GOO        Great Old Ones

             HGA        Holy Guardian Angel

             HPB        Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

             HPL        Howard Philips Lovecraft

             IFO        Identified Flying Object

             JJ         Jumping Jesus

             KG         Kenneth Grant

             LLLL       Life, Liberty, Light, Love

             LOT        Lamp of Thoth

             LRH        L. Ron Hubbard

             MAM        Malicious Animal Magnetism

             MIB        Men in Black

             NARBO      National Association for the Reduction of Boring

                        Occultists

             NPG        Negative Population Growth

             OT         Operating Thetan

             PK         Psychokinesis

             PKD        Philip K. Dick

             RAW        Robert Anton Wilson

             RPN        Ring-Pass-Not

             SLB        Superluminal Being

             UEI        Universal Eschatonic Implosion (End of the World)

             TP         Teleportation

             XID        Christian Intelligence Detection

             ZAG        Zero Automobile Growth

             ZPG        Zero Population Growth

(See also: ABBREVIATIONS , Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul,)

Yawning

• If you yawn in your dreams, you will search in vain for health and contentment.
• To see others yawning, foretells that you will see some of your friends in a miserable state. Sickness will prevent them from their usual labors.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Yawning , Meaning of Dreams about Yawning , Dream Interpretation Yawning )

Brownies were popularized in the humoristic poems of Canadian artist and author Palmer Cox. By extension, the name of Brownies was given to the junior branch of the Girl Guides (American Girl Scouts). The Cleveland Browns are often called the Brownies by their fans and used a brownie elf as an official mascot from their beginings in 1946 until owner Art Modell phased it out in the mid-1960's. It was revived on a limited basis by the Browns since the team returned in 1999. During the 2004 Season, The Brownie appeared on the Team's sideline ponchos and equipment trunks and there are stories about the Bro ...

See also:

Brownie elf, Brownie elf - Modern culture

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A blood elf is a member of the High Elves race in the fantasy Warcraft Universe. This race will become playable in the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft. Blood elf - History. The Blood Elves, or Sin'Dorei, are the remnants of the High Elves who survived the destruction of Quel'Thalas by The Scourge. They style themselves as Blood Elves in remembrance of their slaughtered brethren. At first they remained loyal to the failing Alliance in Lordaeron and its racist human commander in the re ...

Including:

• Blood elf - History
• Blood elf - Culture
• Blood elf - In Azeroth

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The availability of different types of items on MU is considered the most interesting feature of the game. Besides the normal item variety, items may contain special bonuses that are assigned almost randomly. Creating a 'perfect' item within the game is almost impossible. Since items can be so different, it's quite common to have your own custom armor. Item Level The item can have different levels ranging from 0 to 13 on the global servers and often going further on other servers. The item will change colors or eve ...

See also:

Mu Online, Mu Online - Payment, Mu Online - Story, Mu Online - Gameplay, Mu Online - Character Classes, Mu Online - Spells and Skills, Mu Online - Game World, Mu Online - Items, Mu Online - Armor Sets, Mu Online - Weapons, Mu Online - Shields, Mu Online - Wings, Mu Online - Rings and Pendants, Mu Online - Guardian Items, Mu Online - Usable Items, Mu Online - Jewels, Mu Online - Boxes, Mu Online - Events, Mu Online - Blood Castle, Mu Online - Devil Square, Mu Online - Chaos Castle, Mu Online - Valley of Loren, Mu Online - Golden Troop Invasion, Mu Online - Server Specific Events

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Main article: History of Eritrea Eritrea had been ruled by many powers before it was colonised by the Italians in 1885. Previously, the coast was long occupied by the Ottoman Turks, who then left it to their Egyptian heirs in the mid 19th century. The interior, particularly the Christian (predominantly Coptic) Kebessa Highlands of Hamasien, Akale Guzai, and Serai, were traditionally loosely associated with the Abyssinian Empire. An Italian Roman Catholic priest by the name of Sapetto purchased the port of Assab from the Afar Su ...

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Eritrea, Eritrea - History, Eritrea - Politics, Eritrea - Regions, Eritrea - Geography, Eritrea - Economy, Eritrea - Demographics, Eritrea - Religion, Eritrea - Culture, Eritrea - Miscellaneous topics

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A brownie, broonie (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around England and Scotland. He is the British counterpart of the Scandinavian tomte, the Russian domovoi or the German Heinzelmännchen. Customarily they are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, brownies do not like to be seen and will only work at night, perhaps in exchange for small gifts or food. They usually abandon the house if their gifts are called payments, or if they are offered gifts of clothes (no matter how shabby their own cl ...

Including:

• Brownie elf - Modern culture

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Tata may mean: Tata Group, a company in India Tata Steel, an important component of the group Jamshetji Tata, known as the father of Indian industry J. R. D. Tata, pioneer aviator and founder of companies Ratan Tata, present chairman of the Tata Group Tata Airlines, now Air India Tata family, an influential family of India Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Young, Thai singer. Tata, a city in Hungary Tata, an elf of Middle-e

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Beginning in the late 1980s, an open operating system standardization effort known as POSIX provided a common baseline for all operating systems; IEEE based POSIX around the structure of the Unix system. At around the same time a separate but very similar standard, the Single UNIX Specification, was also produced by the Open Group. Starting in 1998 these two standards bodies began work on merging the two standards, and the latest revisi ...

See also:

Unix, Unix - History, Unix - 1960s and 1970s, Unix - 1980s, Unix - 1990s, Unix - 2000s, Unix - Standards, Unix - List of Unixes, Unix - Research Unix, Unix - AT&T UNIX Systems & descendants, Unix - Free Unix-like operating systems, Unix - Impact, Unix - Branding, Unix - Canonical Unix Commands, Unix - Sources

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Although Kaiba's best known cards are his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and the fusion monster formed from the three dragons, the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, other Duel Monsters Cards have been utilized in his deck. Kaiba appears to favor the Beatdown type of strategy, meaning using cards and monsters that completely overpower his opponents. His deck has often been referred to as a "Power Deck". In the earier episodes, most of the cards in his deck are high attack power monsters. As the series goes on, his deck evloves even more ...

See also:

Seto Kaiba, Seto Kaiba - Kaiba's Past Life, Seto Kaiba - Kaiba in the second series anime, Seto Kaiba - Kaiba's past in the second series anime, Seto Kaiba - Notable Dueling Cards, Seto Kaiba - Monster Cards, Seto Kaiba - Magic Cards, Seto Kaiba - Trap Cards, Seto Kaiba - Trivia, Seto Kaiba - Reference

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She feels the U.S. Government (she calls them omegans [1]), Israeli Zionists, the Kenite serpent seed (she calls them Edomite or Talmudic) Jews, Space aliens, hollow earth dwellers and the Roman Catholic Black Pope and his Jesuit henchmen are all in a nefarious satanic alliance. She states that Maitreya of Buddhism and that of Bejamin Creme are one and the same, and, along with Saint Germain are false prophets [2] and the Black Pope himself is one Count Hans Van Kolvenbach. She feels she has been called upon by the Most High God to battle Satan and prepare the people of the earth for the second coming of the messiah, an ...

See also:

Sherry Shriner, Sherry Shriner - Beliefs, Sherry Shriner - Areas of concern, Sherry Shriner - Talk radio, Sherry Shriner - Books, Sherry Shriner - External links

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A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its small stature and subterranean lifestyle. According to Paracelsus, gnomes are the most important of the elemental spirits of the classical element earth, and they move as easily through the earth as humans walk upon it. The sun's rays turn them into stone. In other traditions, they are simply small, mischievous sprites or goblins. Some sources claim they spe ...

Including:

• Gnome - Garden gnomes
• Gnome - Gnomic Culture

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Bewitched was an American situation comedy starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery, broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1972. Bewitched - Background. The show's focus was the mixed marriage of a nose-twitching witch, Samantha Stephens, and her mortal husband, Darrin. Samantha's mother, Endora, (played by Agnes Moorehead), disapproves of Darrin, and many episodes revolve around her using magic to make life difficult for her non-magical son-in-law, whose name she invariably mispronounces as "Durwood," "Darwin, ...

Including:

• Bewitched - Background
• Bewitched - Regular and recurring characters
• Bewitched - Spin-offs
• Bewitched - Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family
• Bewitched - Tabitha
• Bewitched - Bewitched movie
• Bewitched - Remakes
• Bewitched - India
• Bewitched - Japan
• Bewitched - Chile
• Bewitched - Controversy
• Bewitched - Bewitched in other languages
• Bewitched - Trivia

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Wireless energy transfer is the transfer of electromagnetic energy for power to do work via conduction and/or induction without a physical connection. Wireless energy transfer - Description. Wireless energy transfer, by definition, does not require direct electrical conductive contacts. Various systems work by transmitting electromagnetic energy from an external power source through a medium by running a large AC current through an external coil to generate a magnetic flux. The changing magnetic flux induce ...

Including:

• Wireless energy transfer - Description
• Wireless energy transfer - History
• Wireless energy transfer - Uses
• Wireless energy transfer - Related patents
• Wireless energy transfer - External articles references and further reading

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In the 1840's the farm's "nisse" became the bearer of Christmas presents in Denmark, and was then called "julenisse". In 1881, the Swedish magazine Ny Illustrerad Tidning published Viktor Rydberg's poem Tomten, where the tomte is alone awake in the cold Christmas night, pondering the mysteries of life and death. This poem featured the first painting by Jenny Nyström of this traditional Swedish mythical character which she turned into the white-bearded, red-capped friendly figure associated with Christmas ever since. Shortly af ...

See also:

Tomte, Tomte - Appearance, Tomte - Temperament, Tomte - The heathen tomte, Tomte - Similar folklore, Tomte - The modern tomte, Tomte - External link

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Sacred features a vast array of items that can be found from shops, dead monsters, or "magical hiding places" in many of the rocks and bushes throughout Ancaria. Many of the items can be only equipped by one type of character, like wings can only be equipped by a Seraphim. There are also several potion types, such as the typical mana-heal or health heal, but there are other types, like Potion of Undead death, which stops Undead from reviving once you kill them. Also, monsters occasionally drop a rune that increases a certain ski ...

See also:

Sacred game, Sacred game - Characters, Sacred game - Story Line, Sacred game - Graphics, Sacred game - Ancaria, Sacred game - Items, Sacred game - Skills, Sacred game - Enemies

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Natsuki Sasahara is a 17-year old half-nekomata. She is the youngest character of Hyper Police, and in many ways, its main character. Her personality is very feline; she will eat canned or dry cat food, groom herself in public, play with string (or Sakura's tails), and her favorite bar drink is catnip-laced milk.She was hired to join Hyper Police when Batanen saw her ability to create electrical shocks being put to good use. However, this is also her major problem; Natsuki has been known to spark at random when angry, and has summoned ...

See also:

Hyper Police, Hyper Police - Characters, Hyper Police - Animé, Hyper Police - Manga, Hyper Police - Setting Notes And Trivia

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A movie based on the novel is scheduled to be released on December 15, 2006 by 20th Century Fox, starring Edward Speleers as Eragon and Jeremy Irons as Brom. It is directed by Stefen Fangmeier. A full list of cast and crew can be seen on the film's main page. The official tagline is: One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. ...

See also:

Eragon, Eragon - Introduction and cover flap summary, Eragon - Detailed plot summary, Eragon - Characters, Eragon - Release versions, Eragon - The Ancient Language, Eragon - Movie, Eragon - Critical reaction and rebuttal, Eragon - ISBNs

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Arthas and Jaina began their frantic journey northward in a desperate bid to outrace the plague, at every step confronted by a necromancer by the name of Kel'Thuzad. The necromancer seemed to be testing their limitations, always leaving with cryptic remarks directed towards Arthas about his eventual fate. However, it was Kel'Thuzad's fate that was the first to be met, for eventually Jaina and Arthas caught up to the necromancer and slew him. Yet their victory was ill-achieved, for they had arrived too late and the plague-ridden grain had bee ...

See also:

Arthas Menethil, Arthas Menethil - Biography, Arthas Menethil - Arthas' Role in Fighting the Plague, Arthas Menethil - The Rise of the Death Knight, Arthas Menethil - Arthas' Greed for Magic, Arthas Menethil - The Lich King, Arthas Menethil - Family

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