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 Lunar Society Moonstones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moonstones are a set of eight carved memorials to various members of the Lunar Society.
Made in 1998, they can be viewed in the grounds of the Asda supermarket in Great Barr, Birmingham, England.
Great Barr Hall, Galton's home and a venue for meetings of the Lunar Society, is nearby.
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 Pagan Astronomy Network - The Moon
First off, the lunar cycle is 18.61 years, often rounded to the mystical number 19 so often found in ancient lore.
The lunar cycle is also 354 days long, which falls 11 days short of a solar year, and it's 355th day starts on the 13th month.
This is significant, as the majority of ancient cultures once had lunar calendars, and in the switch to a 12 month solar calendar the additional "13th" came to be considered taboo.
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 Moonstone Beach
''The Moonstone'' (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century sensation novel, which is as well now sometimes considered to be the first mystery novel in the English language.
One of the things that made ''The Moonstone'' such a success was its sensationalist depiction of opium addiction.
Moonstone is the name of the machine used to select numbers in the Lotto draw in the National Lottery.
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 Gemscoop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
With the month of August and the zodiac sign of Leo just around the corner, talk of peridot and onyx as their respective birthstones and zodiac gems reminds us that astrology is undoubtedly the most persistent of the ancient sciences.
These lunar astral talismans are said to enhance all mental faculties, pacify emotions, induce tranquility, and improve artistic creativity.
As transmitters of cooling light waves, pearls and moonstones are also said to be useful in treating diseases of the body and blood caused by excessive heat.
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 Sehanine Moonbow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
She demonstrates her favor through the discovery of mithral, moonbars, moonstones, silver, sunstones and the occurrence of a meteor shower or single fallen star.
Lunar Hallowings, as such holy days are known, are marked with personal meditation and collective entrance into a communal trance.
Similar in many ways to the monthly Lunar Hallowings, the Mystic Rites of the Luminous Cloud are notable for the visible manifestation of the Lady of Dreams whereby the assembled worshipers are enveloped in a mantle of shimmering, silvery light that then rises up and darts across the heavens.
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 Great Barr Hall
Formerly the home of the Scott Family (who gave ther name to the nearby Scott Arms pub and shopping centre), during the late 1700's the Hall was owned by Samuel Galton and was the venue for meetings of the Lunar Society.
Some memorials to the Lunar Society, the "Moonstones", are nearby.
Two of the extant lodge houses are believed to be by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/g/gr/great_barr_hall.html   (149 words)

  
 Celtic Zodiac, Willow
According to the Celtic Lunar Zodiac, written by Helena Paterson, those of us born under the sun signs of Aries/Taurus—from April 15th to May 12th —were also born under the Celtic Lunar Sign of The Willow Tree or Saille.
The overall influence is the transformation or magical aspect of the triple goddess; in particular the transformation process of the young woman—the virgin aspect of the goddess—into the mother goddess.
The Romans believed that the moonstone enclosed the image of Diana, their Moon goddess, who represented, "the moonlight splendor of night," and had the power of bestowing wealth, victory and wisdom on its wearer.
www.mysticalmind.com /Shadows/ezine/celtic/LunarZodiacWillow.htm   (2219 words)

  
 Joseph Priestley - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
He became a member of the Lunar Society, but his admiration for the French Revolution caused him to be driven out of the city in the Priestley Riots.
He is remembered there by the Moonstones, and a more traditional statue in Chamberlain Square in the city centre.
The latter is a 1951 recast, in bronze, of a white marble original by A.
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 Erasmus Darwin : Information and resources about Erasmus Darwin : School Work Guru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He was one of the founder members of the Lunar Society.
He was born near Nottingham, and studied at Cambridge and Edingurgh.
He is remebered by the Moonstones in Birmingham.
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 Josiah Wedgwood - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Wedgwood's company is still a famous name in pottery today, and "Wedgwood China" is the commonly used term for his jasper ware, the blue (or sometmes green) china with overlaid white decoration, still common throughout the world.
He was an active member of the Lunar Society and is remembered on the Moonstones in Birmingham.
Wedgwood was featured in the Final Jeopardy category "Historic Businessmen" on June 16, 2005 as Tired of his fragile wares being smashed in transit, this man born in 1730 advocated British turnpike building
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wedgwood   (752 words)

  
 James Watt
He was born in Greenock, Scotland, and lived and worked in Birmingham.
He was a key member of the Lunar Society.
He is also remembered by the Moonstones, two individual statues, and a statue of him, Boulton,and Murdoch, by William Bloye, all in Birmingham.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/j/ja/james_watt.html   (338 words)

  
 Green-Gold Serenity:The Moon Goddess   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
There are many Deities with lunar associations from various cultures around the world.
Of course the metal silver is associated with the Moon as is pearls, opals, crystal and moonstones.
The owl is associated with the Moon, as are whipporwills and nightingales--all birds that are active in the night-time.
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 Inventions - Erasmus Darwin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Erasmus Darwin (December 12,1731 — April 18,1802) trained as a physician and wrote extensively on medicine and botany, as well as poetry.
He is remembered by the Lunar Society Moonstones in Birmingham.
He was in inventor of several devices, though did not patent any of them.
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 Erasmus Darwin - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He was one of the founder members of the Lunar Society, a discussion group of pioneering industrialists and natural philosophers.
Erasmus Darwin is commemorated on one of the Moonstones; a series of monuments in Birmingham.
In addition to the Lunar Society, Erasmus Darwin belonged to the influential Derby Philosophical Society, as did his brother-in-law Samuel Fox (see family tree below).
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Erasmus_Darwin   (970 words)

  
 1787 dgun.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In the same year he was the means of founding a society for the abolition of slavery, and a settlement for emancipated slaves at Sierra Leone.
Granville Sharp was also one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and of the Society for the Conversion of the Jews.
He helped to found the Astronomical Society of London in 1820, which in 1831 received a royal charter and became the Royal Astronomical Society.
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 citadelofdarkness
To each Lunar month the ancients assigned a name in accordance with the nature of the activity that took place at that time.
In this age of assembly line slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants, it is especially appropriate that on this night of the Blood Moon we who are on the Pagan path ritually ask the understanding of our animal sisters and brothers, bless them, and bid them merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again.
Society: Sometimes the gnomes live in groups, and have families, society, culture and government; female gnomes are called gnomides.
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Moonstone is a feldspar gem material, which received its name because of its luminosity and resemblance to the glowing Moon.
Mystic Lore: Intuitive sources say that Moonstone is a stone of emotional harmony and wellbeing.
Moonstone is said to help one relax and enjoy life, and to help one fully love and appreciate others.
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 Gypsy Cat Jewelry for the Magical Goddess in EveryWoman
All pieces are handcrafted using only fine sterling silver, moonstones, amethyst, garnet, fl onyx, lapis lazuli, tourquoise &/or rose quartz gemstone beads.
Moonstone is like a old friend - nurturing and comforting as she gently helps to open your psychic centers.
Moonstone strengthens intuition & psychic perception & has a soothing, balancing effect on the emotions.
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 A History of New York by Washington Irving : Arthur's Classic Novels
Many legends, letters and other documents have I likewise gleaned, in my researches among the family chests and lumber garrets of our respectable dutch citizens, and I have gathered a host of well authenticated traditions from divers excellent old ladies of my acquaintance, who requested that their names might not be mentioned.
Historian after historian has engaged in the endless circle of hypothetical argument, and after leading us a weary chace through octavos, quartos, and folios, has let us out at the end of his work, just as wise as we were at the beginning.
We have insisted upon their renouncing the contemptable shackles of religion and common sense, and adoring the profound, omnipotent, and all perfect energy, and the extatic, immutable, immoveable perfection.
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 Lunar Cycle Chapter 9
This is why we created a great being, in the image of ourselves, with the power of a thousand fl moonstones; only a fl moon crystal could control it.
They created their own Gigas, Zelos, and by utilizing the powers of this monster they caused moonstones to hail down upon the surface of the planet.
It's the Sage's job to guide the Protectorate, to decide what their actions will be for the most part, even if he or she isn't the designated leader.
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His poetry was admired by Coleridge and Wordsworth; and often made reference to his interests in science, for example botany and steam engines.
His most famous work of poetry was The Botanic Garden.He is remembered by the Lunar Society Moonstones in Birmingham.InventionsHe was in inventor of several devices, play bingo though did not patent any of them.
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 A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Volume 13
TO THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY This Work is respectfully Dedicated, as a humble and unworthy Tes- timony of the profound veneration and ex- alted esteem of the Society's Sincere Well wisher and Devoted Servant DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
Many legends, letters and other documents have I likewise gleaned, in my researches among the family chests and lumber garrets of our respectable dutch citizens, and I have gathered a host of well authenticated tradi- tions from divers excellent old ladies of my ac- quaintance, who requested that their names might not be mentioned.
We have insisted upon their renouncing the contemptable shackles of religion and common sense, and adoring the profound, omnipotent, and all perfect energy, and the extatic, immutable, im- moveable perfection.
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 Phenomforest.com: The Book of Shadows - Spirituality Commentaries and Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
One simply has to look at how society treats the poet to understand the once high value on such a gift has now been reduced to the starving artist category, good only for literature lessons.
Baker, for example, notes that Gardner was a member of the Folklore Society in England, but society members interviewed after his death said they had never heard of the Wiccan sect that Gardner claimed to have uncovered.
The true nature of sin generally is misunderstood in Western society and has been for many centuries...one is tempted to suspect, by design.
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 Lunar Society Moonstones at ASDA Queslett
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They are visible from the road, when driving up Queslett Road from the Old Horns roundabout toward the Scott Arms.
Working from Aldridge Road round to Queslett Road, they depict eight members of the Society:
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