In the Friedenau Ward of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg Borough of Berlin, Berlin State, Germany in last month did roughly ninety youngsters with knives, baseball bats, and brass knuckles chase a single youngster until he found refuge in a supermarket. Previous to this incident had a boy, who attends the ninth form of the Friedrich-Bergius School, been […]

Ted Andrews abbreviated “discernment of spirits” to mere “discernment”. So I until recently hadn’t known that Catholic, Orthodox, and Charismatic Christian theology distinguish four kinds of spiritual agents, which influence a person’s morality (or about the existence of a Charismatic Christian theology). The four kinds of spiritual agents are: Concupiscence; Divine Grace; Angels; Devils. Concupiscence […]

I’m in an argument with a German blogger. He completely believes the propaganda from the German government. I can’t make him understand, that he, too, can get fooled by propaganda and that he isn’t automatically on the side of good because it is his side and all others hence of the side of evil. Though […]

Cremona is asteroid #486 and also known as 1902 JB as well as A902 MA. Cremona’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.35 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.16, a period of revolution of 1 317 days, and an inclination of 11.1 degrees. Cremona was discovered by the Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at […]

Bando is a Burmese martial art. Although few people know it, Wikipedia already shows some techniques. One of them is “the eagle style”. Another one “the panther style”, which exactly looks like the rasteira, which is characteristic for capoeira. Bando shall have nine styles and each of them shall have a signature move, so “style” […]

The christian faith belongs to the mystery religions or mysteries. At least some christians pursue this as the esoteric side of the religion. Among them is Ted Andrews, who published some according exercises. Another of his exercises is to meditate over the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. These shall be represented by (red) roses, […]

As seen in the anime series Toradora! (とらドラ!) with Aisaka Taiga (逢坂 大河) as aite (相手) and Kawashima Ami (川島 亜美) as shite (仕手): Such a tomoe-nage (巴投) by the way is also shown on an old drawing of a capoeiragem move. So at least the capoeiras of Rio de Janeiro, whether they adopted the […]

The Czech-German occultist Franz/ František Bardon calls the magician an adept. A not very German word, so it is in German used rather exclusively to describe an occultist. Such a person will do things like keeping a soul mirror. Yet asking around about your traits isn’t very wise because the occult arts are occult for […]

I did read through the South-East Asia section of the Fighting Arts blog. This was very disappointing. Well, I learned that Cambodia, too, has the same type of boxing, which is known as Lethwei in Burma, as Muay Lao in Laos, and as Muay Thai in Thailand and worldwide. It is called Bradal Serey or […]

Books by the Czech-German occultist, stage magician, and healer under the German Heilpraktikergesetz Franz/ František Bardon are an important source for all those, who nowadays try to learn magick. A beginner’s exercise in his system is the soul mirror. This is to track all own traits, whether good or bad, by watching oneself and by […]