Goat of Mendes. See MENDES

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In 1558 he returned to Portugal where he married Maria Correia Barreto with whom he had at least two daughters; the exact number is unknown. He bought a farm in the region of Pragal (near Almada) in 1562 and in 1569 he started to write the account of his voyages in the Orient. Fernão Mendes Pinto died on July 8, 1583 on his farm of Pragal. His book would be published in 1614, thirty-one years after his death, by a friar nam ...

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Pinto's travels can be divided into three phases; his initial voyages from Portugal to India, in which he attempted to join Portuguese outposts on the Western coast of India, and was diverted several times, travelling through many nations around the Red Sea, from the coast of Africa to the Persian Gulf. After eventually reaching India, he then voyaged to the eastern coast of India and to Portuguese possessions around Malacca, bringing him to Sumatra, Siam, China, and Japan. Finally, Pinto returned to Europe. Fern ...

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Gobi or Shamo Desert A wild, arid region of mountains and sandy plains which was once fertile land and in part the site of a former inland sea or lake on which was the "Sacred Island" where the "Sons of Will and Yoga," the elect of the third root-race, took refuge when the daityas prevailed over the devas and humanity became black with sin.

 It has been called by the Chinese the Sea of Knowledge, and tradition says that the descendants of the holy refugees still inhabit an oasis "in the dreadful wildernesses of the great Desert of Gobi, now the fabled Sambhala" (SD 2:220). This region was transformed into a sea for the last time ten or twelve thousand years ago; a local cataclysm drained off the waters southward and westward, leaving the present conditions. It is also said that the events connected with the drying up of the Gobi region are associated with allegories of wars between the good and evil forces and the "systematic persecution of the Prophets of the Right Path by those of the Left" which led the world into materialistic forms of thought.

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Goat of Mendes. See MENDES

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Androgyne Goat (of Mendes). See "Baphomet".

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After the conquest, the Romans preserved the capital city of the Gabales, Anderitum, which they renamed Gabalum (now Javols). In the early Middle Ages Gévaudan was known as Pagus Gabalum and was placed under the rule of the Count of Toulouse. In 1096 Count of Toulouse, leaving for the Crusade, transmitted his rights on the eastern part of Gévaudan to the Bishop of Mende. In the beginning of the 10th century, Mende had supplanted Javols as religious and administrative capital of the Gévaudan. The western part of Gévau ...

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Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. Oh beautiful, for pilgrims' feet Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw; Confirm thy soul in se ...

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The Gullah language is an English-based creole, strongly influenced by West and Central African languages such as Vai, Mende, Twi, Ewe, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and Kikongo. Like other Atlantic creoles, it developed as a way for Africans to communicate with both Europeans and members of African tribes other than their own. It strongly resembles the Krio language of Sierra Leone, a major West African English-based creole. Some African-derived words attributed to Gullah are: cootuh (turtle), oonuh (pronoun "you"), "nyam" ( ...

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The mourners traditionally make a tear in an outer garment (keriah), which is not mended for the duration of the shiv'ah week. For the sake of economy, it is very common for the mourner to put on a small pinned-on ribbon provided by the funeral home, which is then torn and worn throughout the period. The mourners keep minimum personal hygiene, do not wear leather shoes and/or jewelry, the men do not shave, and in many communities the mirrors are covered. It is customary for the mourners to sit on low stools or even the floor, symbolic of the emotional reality of being "brought low" by the grief. See also:

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Many consider the Gola to be earliest tribe to inhabit Liberia, but the Gola themselves claim they met the Dei ethnic group there when they arrived. The Dei ethnic group are a vanguard group of Bassa that settled Liberia in waves. The ethnic groups of Liberia can be divided into five major groups: Mel (Gola, Kissi) Kwa (Dei, Bassa, Kru, Krahn, Grebo) Mande-Fu (Kpelle, Gio, Mano, Loma) Mande-Tan (Vai, Mende, Mandingo) Repatriated (Americo-Liberians, Congo, Caribbean) See also:

Culture of Liberia, Culture of Liberia - Tribes of Liberia, Culture of Liberia - Arts

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Main article: Demographics of Sierra Leone There are about 14 different tribes living in Sierra Leone, which together make up about 99% of the population. The most important tribes are the Temne (mostly in the north) and Mende (central and south), both forming about one third of the population. There is a sizeable number of Krioss, descendants of enslaved Africans, freed in London in the ...

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The Mende greeted the news of the Supreme Court's decision with joy. Free at last, the survivors—35 men and boys and 3 girls—were brought to Farmington, Connecticut by abolitionist supporters, a village considered "Grand Central Station" on the Underground Railroad. The Amistad committee continued to instruct the Africans in English and Christianity and collected donations to pay for their return. Along with several missionaries, the surviving 36 Africans travelled back to Africa early in 1842, and a mission was erected in Mendiland. The ...

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Wunsiedel is governed by its mayor and a city council with 24 seats. Both are elected every four years. In the council, the CSU currently holds 13 seats, the SPD holds 7 seats, and the Greens 1 seat. The remaining 3 seats went to a free voters' association. Wunsiedel - Boroughs. The year of incorporation to Wunsiedel is in brackets. Schönbrunn (1975) Hildenbach (1978) Holenbrunn (1978) Bernstein (1978) Wunsiedel - Twinnings. Mende, France Schwar ...

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The character Polkaroo appeared in most episodes. The actor playing Polkaroo donned a tall, green plush costume that resembled a kangaroo. In its mended, yellow and multi-coloured polka-dot muumuu, the creature never spoke other than the occasional exclamation of its own name. Polkaroo appeared only to one host while the other was away, performing a pantomime whose meaning was guessed by the audience. The missing host would return upon Polkaroo's departure, habit ...

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Nicholson's work is characterised by the simplicity and directness of his language. He attempted to write in the vernacular of the common people in his native town. Much of his work concerned mining, quarrying and ironworks—the dominant industries in his area. Religion and faith was another aspect of his work. His poetry also abounds with direct quotations from everyday life, skilfully weaved into the body of the poem. The opening of Old Man at a Cricket Match, is typical: 'It's mending worse.' ...

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Raphael repha'el (Hebrew) [from rapha' to knit together, compose by joining, repair and mend, cure, heal + 'el divinity]

The builder of God, the composer of God; one of the four (later seven) angels stationed about the throne of God; also called Suriel or Suryal. In the vision of Ezekiel, the seer describes the four faces beheld: that of the face of the man is made equivalent to Raphael in the Ophite scheme.

Originally the dragon was one of the four sacred animals, but it was altered to the face of a man (SD 1:127). In the Book of Enoch (ch 20) Raphael is considered as the angel of the spirits of men, and is commissioned to "heal [rebuild or re-compose] the Earth which the angels have defiled."

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Quantum Healing

A term coined by Deepak Chopra in his book Quantum Healing. He asks the question,

Why, when your body mends a broken bone, it is not considered a miracle, but when your body cures itself of cancer, it is?

Copra suggests that the two phenomena come from the same cause - the body is able to do much more than we suppose it can. He calls this ability to heal and cure from within "Quantum Healing. " He says it is an expression of the intelligence possessed by the body within each of its cells.

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Quantum Healing

A term coined by Deepak Chopra in his book Quantum Healing. He asks the question,

Why, when your body mends a broken bone, it is not considered a miracle, but when your body cures itself of cancer, it is?

Copra suggests that the two phenomena come from the same cause - the body is able to do much more than we suppose it can. He calls this ability to heal and cure from within "Quantum Healing. " He says it is an expression of the intelligence possessed by the body within each of its cells.

(See also: Quantum Healing, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Baphomet (from Greek baphe immersion + metis wisdom)

A medieval mystic term usually identified with the goat of Mendes. The Templars of Malta were accused of worshiping Baphomet as an idol. Baphomat signifies a baptism in wisdom or initiation, but became degraded and misunderstood when the keys to its real meaning were lost. Pan, the Greek nature god, was often represented with the horns and hoofs of a goat; however, "Pan is related to the Mendesian goat, only so far as the latter represents, as a talisman of great occult potency, nature's creative force" (TG 246).

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The movie dominated the 1999 Oscars, with a total of eight nominations. Won Academy Award for Best Picture (Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks) Academy Award for Best Actor (Kevin Spacey) Academy Award for Directing (Sam Mendes) Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay (Alan Ball) Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Conrad Hall) American Comedy Awards, USA: American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) American Society of Cinema ...

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