Miracle "Lady from Heaven" [1531, Tepeyac, Mexico]
... Our Lady of Guadalupe image imprinted on a native boy's tilma, a poor quality cactus-cloth, which should have deteriorated in 20 years but shows no sign of decay 475 years later and still defies all scientific explanations.
The image and message of love and compassion, as well as the current status of church at the site, appear here in English, French, and Spanish.

The Lord of The Rings: Transformation of Tolkien's Wizard Gandalf the Grey that follows the Battle on the Bridge in Moria. Check WIZARD and pages
on Transfiguration, Transformation, and Shapeshifting - and the hooded man, Robin Hood.

Linda Jean C󲤯va Carter - aka Lynda Carter
TOB: July 24, 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona
Does the environment influence us? Attended Globe High School in Globe, Arizona
and Arcadia High School in Phoenix; Timeless Beauty: 1972, Miss Phoenix;
Miss Arizona and Miss USA, 1973

Amazon Princess Diana, known in the world of mortals as Wonder Woman [DC comics hera] and Xena, Warrior Princess, offset Jean Grey/Phoenix (Famke Janssen) in Marvel Comics [X-MEN], and a dark, duplicitous Queen (Sarah Douglas) in Conan the Destroyer. Queen Taramis of Shadazar
tries to capture Conan [Arnold Schwarzenegger] and, failing that, hypnotizes him so he believes she has power over death and can bring back Conan's lost Valeria. Taramis has several power animals [she represents a dark side of the Mercury-Moon formulae] especially the emblem of a dark bird that covers her upper torso.
This intricate symbol is placed over her Solar Plexus, where we see Wonder Woman's phoenix. [Marvel Comics fans of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian sagas will relish the scenes inside the castle of the wizard Toth-Amon, who transfigures himself several times in the movie.]

REVIEW SUMMARY
by A. O. Scott

"The Lake House," a wondrously illogical time-travel romance directed by Alejandro Agresti, is notable mainly for reuniting Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, who together survived a harrowing bus ride in "Speed." That was in 1994, and since then they have gone their separate movie-star ways. So is the chemistry still there? It is, although in this case the viewer will also have to grapple with a heavy dose of Hollywood metaphysics, which keeps the leads apart for most of the movie. At the start, Ms. Bullock's character, Kate, a stressed-out physician, moves out of the architectural curiosity that gives the picture its title, leaving a note in the mailbox for the next tenant. That would be Mr. Reeves's Alex, a soulful real estate developer who turns out actually to be the previous tenant. Some unexplained wrinkle in the space-time continuum has made it possible for Kate, in 2006, to correspond with Alex, who is still making his way through 2004. Kate and Alex, by means of handwritten letters placed in that mailbox, fall deeply and achingly in love. The contrivances of the plot are smoothly handled by David Auburn's script and by Mr. Agresti's direction.
Full article - New York Times review.

Mystic Triangle
Mystic Triangle Temple Zone
Panhandle Diggers Space, Golden Gate Park
Unknown Museum, curator Mickey McGowen

Harry Potter, the boy who lived.

Harry's wand has at its core a feather from Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix. The twin feather from Fawkes is part of Voldemort's wand. Rowling states: "Fawkes is Dumbledore's possession, not a Hogwarts possession."

The phoenix is the higher octave of the Moon, the only animal able to regenerate itself. This gift of self-resurrection may include a unique feature that was part of the mystery of the Egyptian Goddess Mut, a spiral neck that would make it a representative of the immortal [as science regards the double helix.] The phoenix is more than a companion or pet; Dumbledore may allow Fawkes to nest in his office because the phoenix is a power animal of the air, Dumbledore's patronus, or an ally defender of Hogwarts and those teachers and students who attend the school. Harry Potter - The Line of Intuition at Hogwarts his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley.

Apollonius taught his students, 'That which we conquer today, be it ever so little, will never assail us again. To begin, we study, seeking for high spiritual, moral and intellectual focus, looking for no miraculous tests but content to take the tests as well as the tasks of our daily life and out of the material in the environment in which we find ourselves, build in, cell by cell, the new perfected spiritual body which shall some day be clothed in the glorious splendour of the Holy Ghost.'

Order of the Phoenix Advance Guard: "Mad-Eye" Moody, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, and Hestia Jones - fly to Privet Drive to escort Harry to Twelve Grimmauld Place. Sirius Black [Gary Oldman] Star Chart progressions for The Order of the Phoenix.
Harry Potter Index for current pages about the boy wizard and his friends in the wizarding world.

Harry, Hermione, Ron meet in Hogsmeade with students concerned about the Ministry of Magic interference with the curriculum at Hogwarts. Inspired by The Order of the Phoenix, the group decides to begin their own collective, to be called Dumbledore's Army.

Hermione Granger: You've done it, Neville! You've found the Room of Requirement!
Ron Weasley: The what?
Hermione Granger: It's also known as the Come and Go Room. The Room of Requirement only appears when a person has real need of it, and is always equipped with the seeker's needs.

Collectives [global consciousness] Trump XVII The Star - Guardian images    GO to WANDS    Harry Potter refs

 

Strider in the Wild

 

Anglachel, 'Iron of the Flaming Star'
The sword forged by EOL the Dark Elf and borne by Beleg of Doriath. It was later reforged as Túrin's black sword, Gurthang.
The sword EOL gave to Thingol, and Thingol gave to Beleg of Doriath [known after its reforging as Gurthang, Iron of Death].
EOL was originally a member of the royal house of Doriath, and kin to Thingol himself.
The 'flaming star' in Anglachel's name is a reference to its origin. With its mate Anguirel, it was made from exceptionally strong iron recovered from a fallen meteorite.
Anguirel's history is far more mysterious. The only specific detail we have is that EOL kept it for himself, but it was stolen by his son Maeglin.

The Silmarillion describes the swords that would cleave earth delved iron [orc armor], Chapter 21, pp 201-202
Raw material: meteoric iron
Anglachel aka 'Iron of the Flaming Star': the sword forged by EOL Dark Elf and borne by Beleg of Doriath. It was later reforged as Turin's
black sword, Gurthang.
Made before the beginning of the First Age; reforged in I 490 or shortly thereafter; broken I 499

GUTHWINE
ÉOMER
While still a young man of just twenty-six, Éomer the King's nephew was made Third Marshal of Riddermark, and took command of the Riders of Eastfold. The sword of Éomer, Guthwine, was borne by him at Aragorn's side in the Battle of the Hornburg, which momentarily changed the course of the battle, and later Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It's name means 'battle-friend'.
The swords flashed from the sheath as one.
"Guthwine," cried Eomer. "Guthwine for the Mark!"
"Anduril" cried Aragorn. "Anduril for the D?in!"

Source: The Two Towers: "The King of the Golden Hall," p. 121-22; "Helm's Deep," p. 139

The two swords met again at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, where they cut a course through the whole hosts of Sauron, met in the middle of the field of battle, leaned on their swords and were glad. When others despaired at the approach of the black-sailed ships of the Corsairs, Éomer raised Guthwine to defy them. But then he laughed and threw his sword into the air and sang as he caught it, for the standard of Aragorn was revealed on the foremost ship.
Etymology:
Guthwine ­means "battle friend" from the Old English guð ­¥aning "battle, war" and winë ­meaning "friend."

Source: The Return of the King: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," p. 123

The Two Towers
Meduseld, the Golden Hall: trechery in Rohan - Éomer sent into exile
Poisonous Grima Wormtongue manipulates the court: "He signed it this morning."Grí­ma provides orders signed by the king.

Herugrim
Sword of Theoden. Herugrim was an ancient blade. Its scabbard was clasped with gold and was set with green gems.
When Theoden fell under the influence of Grima Wormtongue, Grima took Herugrim and locked it in his chest. On March 2, 3019, Gandalf healed Theoden and said, "Your fingers would remember their old strength better, if they grasped a sword-hilt." (TTT, p. 121) Theoden first accepted Éomer's sword Guthwine and then he asked that Herugrim be retrieved from Grima. Hama made Grima give him the keys to the chest where Herugrim was hidden, and then he knelt before the King and presented the sword to him.

Theoden took Herugrim into the Battle of Helm's Deep and he wielded the sword at the Pelennor Fields, where he was slain on March 15. Theoden's esquire Merry Brandybuck bore the King's arms in the funeral procession to Rohan. On August 10, Theoden was buried with his arms, but it is not stated whether Herugrim was among them.
Etymology:
Herugrim means "fierce sword." In Old English heoru means "sword" and grim means "fierce, angry."

Sources: The Two Towers: "The King of the Golden Hall," p. 121-23
The Return of the King: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," p 114-15; "Many Partings," p. 253-54
Beowulf Glossary

J.R.R. Tolkien - Seeing Stones - Palantiri

SEEING AND BEING SEEN