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Curses are
like young chickens, they always come home to roost. Robert Southey, Poet Laureate of Britain, born on August 12, 1774; 'The Curse of Kehama' Live as
long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest of all your
life. And Blake awoke. Expanding from the Vale I mock thee not, though I by thee am mockéd. O
beautiful for spacious skies, 'Tis
from the bud of renunciation of the self that |
Mme Blavatsky |
Let not
the fierce sun dry one tear of pain before
Helene Blavatsky; ibid
Help Nature and work on with her; and Nature will regard thee as one of her creators … she will lay bare before thy gaze the treasures hidden in the depths of her pure
virgin bosom.
Helene Blavatsky; in
Wisdom of the Ages at Your Fingertips, MCR software, 1995
Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered.
Helene Blavatsky; ibid
The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire – the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain.
Helene Blavatsky; ibid
The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet.
Helene Blavatsky; ibid
To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the ... tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of
unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
Helene Blavatsky; ibid
... Madame Blavatsky ... stands out as the
fountainhead of modern occult thought, and was either the originator
and/or popularizer of many of the ideas and terms which have a century
later been assembled within the New Age Movement. The Theosophical
Society, which she cofounded, has been the major advocate of occult
philosophy in the West and the single most important avenue of Eastern
teaching to the West.
J Gordon Melton, Jerome Clark and
Aidan A Kelly, editors, New Age Almanac, Detroit, Michigan,
Gale Research Inc., 1991, p. 16
If
we did the things we are capable of doing, we would astound ourselves.
Thomas Alva Edison, who demonstrated his new 'phonograph' to a group of people
on August 12, 1877
I have always loved my countrywomen, always
admired them, and believed in them, and believed them to be the most
patient, long suffering, generous and capable Women in the whole World. I
still think so. It does not seem so odd now as it did years ago, when
Australians male and female were not considered as they are now. I had in
my mind's eye a big capable, strong, virtuous Woman as a Representative of
Australia. I saw her in my dreams when a little child, and when I grew up
I wanted to fight every obstacle out of her way, and I fought, God knows I
did with a persistence almost amounting to mania as long as health and
means lasted.
Louisa Lawson.
Australian suffragist who died on August 12, 1920
I ask
you to study our record and vote Labor.
Liberal Party leader and
Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon, slipping up during the
1972 Australian federal election campaign. On August 12, 1971 he
dismissed his rival, John Gorton.
August 12
is
the 224th
day of the year in the Gregorian
Calendar (225th
in leap years), with 141
days remaining.
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Solar alignment at Teotihuacan, City of
the Gods
The city of Teotihuacan, Mexico, settled
in the 2nd
Century BCE, was ancient when the Aztecs found its ruins. They
named it 'place of the creation of the gods'.
The entrance of a
ritual cave there was aligned to a point on the western skyline where the
sun set on August 12 and April 29. These
days are separated by day counts of 260 and 105 (making 365 in all). The
ancient Mesoamerican system had a 260-day ritual calendar and a 365-day
standard calendar.
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Teotihuacan, Mexico
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"The first great Central Mexican highland culture of the Classic period had its capital at Teotihuacan, the City of the Gods located about 50 km northeast of Mexico City. At its height about the 4th century, this was a teeming metropolis of 100,000 or more inhabitants, with a well defined class structure. The city was laid out on a grid plan, with the Avenue of the Dead forming the main north-south axis. Monumental ceremonial pyramids, including the Pyramids of the Sun, Moon, and Feathered Serpent lined the avenue. Its people had knowledge of writing and books, a bar-and-dot number system, and a 260-day sacred calendar. A society seemingly based on agriculture, obsidian mining and trade, Teotihuacan held widespread influence throughout Mesoamerica. By the 9th century, the city was abandoned. Possible causes of this collapse include famine, volcanic eruptions, and invasion by outsiders. The ASTER image covers an area of 5.1 x 9.4 km, and was acquired on March 11, 2002." Source: NASA
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