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I've Got it Figured Out

Lost_Warrior

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Well, the last part of my "easter" present came today: a small brass cauldron in which to burn my incense. It was a grave disappointment. I wasted two charcoal tablets because they refused to burn properly in that small cauldron; they became starved of oxygen, and quickly went out. Once the igniter stuff is gone from them they are impossible to relight.

 

I did get figured out how to light it safely though. Going back to the brass bowl filled with sand that I'd wanted to use to begin with, I put the whole kit n' caboodle in the bathtub, with the shower curtain pulled out of the way, and lit it. The sparks can't go anywhere then! And the icky charcoal lighter smoke doesn't end up in my room, either. It ends up in the bathroom. I'm such a sh*thead! :ph34r:

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Ursus

I just light scented tea candles. Perhaps not the most traditional offering, but with my present living arrangements it is a lot easier to clean up than charcoal and incense.

 

Hey, I've noticed you have been using the Celtic sun wheel for your forum avatar. ANy special story behind that?

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Lost_Warrior

The Celtic sun wheel? I know it as a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign...:lol:

 

I just like it. No real reason, other than I was drawn to it.

 

So much for this nice relaxing weekend off. So much for going to bed early tonight because I have to be up early to have my car in the shop tomorrow. I HATE CONVENIENCE STORES.

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Ursus

The Celtic sun wheel? I know it as a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign...:ph34r:

 

Well, before the Amish used it for a hex sign, the Celts were using it as a solar symbol. Given your Celtic interests, I thought you knew. :lol:

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Moonlapse

I thought the sun wheel had four spokes instead of six, like a chariot wheel. At least, from what I've seen, most wheel coins from Thrace to Gaul had four spokes, which I assume is for a sun god who rides a chariot.

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Ursus

I thought the sun wheel had four spokes instead of six, like a chariot wheel. At least, from what I've seen, most wheel coins from Thrace to Gaul had four spokes, which I assume is for a sun god who rides a chariot.

 

The four spoke is much more universal, but in the region of the Alps it seems a 6 spoke wheel was used. It is called "the sun of the Alps."

 

In fact, secessionists in Northern Italy, who promote their Celtic heritage at the expense of Roman heritage, actually use that symbol as a flag for their proposed independent state of "Padania."

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Gaius Octavius

The four spoke is much more universal, but in the region of the Alps it seems a 6 spoke wheel was used. It is called "the sun of the Alps."

 

In fact, secessionists in Northern Italy, who promote their Celtic heritage at the expense of Roman heritage, actually use that symbol as a flag for their proposed independent state of "Padania."

 

They are a bunch of Huns!

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Gaius Octavius

They are a bunch of Huns!

Wealthy Huns. They are the economic backbone of Italy, and they know it.

 

Don't you know that those beings :alien: eat rice and grass? :lol: That's why they look that way. :ph34r:

They don't talk good either. :sp_ike:

 

:lol:

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