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TIDBITS 03/27/05
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I'll take care of it. Tidbits may be reprinted without charge -- with attribution. Additionally, if you know of anyone who you think would enjoy Tidbits, please make them aware of us. URL (http://www.tyler-adam.com). We encourage you to forward this email to friends and colleagues. ====================================== Woman of Wisdom The Sanskrit word for Female Wisdom is "Medha" and it is from this word that our erstwhile queen was given her name. She was at one time called "mother of all gods" who bore herself before childbirth was invented. This-- parenthetically--was one neat little trick. She was the past, the present, and the future. This once beautiful maiden wore a veil and said that no mortal would ever be able to lift that veil because she was Death and to see her face was to die. She was also veiled because she was the Future and the future is always veiled and blah blah blah ... I'm yawning while I'm writing this. But here's the kicker. You all know her. Each and every one of you. Even those of you who have been staunch enough to read this far and still think you do not know her ... I am here to tell you that you do. For when you looked at her face and died .... you died as a funerary statue ... having been turned to stone. Yup ... we're talking about that old snake-headed Gorgon named Medusa who turned any mortal who looked at her into stone. By the way ... this ol' gal had magical blood that could create and destroy life ... it was the blood which represented menstrual taboo. Yeah yeah. You heard right. In primitive times it was believed that the gaze of a menstruous woman could turn a man to stone. That's some potent power ... let me tell you. You don't think it's true ... do you? I'll tell you a bit about her before going on to the jewelry aspect of things. This ... for those who doubt the magical properties of Medusa's blood ... it was this very blood which sank into the earth after Perseus lopped off her head that gave rise to Pegasus. And then ... one day ... a jeweler/artist by the name of Elizabeth Locke made an 18 karat gold simulated jasper 'cameo' brooch of our Gorgon monster. What a stunner folks. This is the stuff that makes artists artists ... and makes many of us wish we could do that. It's worth a look-see. For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Medusa .... in order to view a stunning sculpture of the Gorgon with magical blood. And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark All issues of Tidbits are copyrighted and available from our home page. All rights reserved. |
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