Saint Expédit helps if you spread the word

The other day I was reading William Dalrymple's The Age of Kali when I came across the curious tale of Saint Expédit. It seems that the saint became popular on the French island of Réunion when his bones got lost in the post. He is good for urgent causes, and the patron of dealers, sailors, students and examinees; he is also prayed to for success in lawsuits. His origins go back to Turin in the Middle Ages. He is connected to the vodou Baron La Croix, or Lakwa, of the dead and sexuality. The cool thing is that he is believed to grant any request within his power on the provision that the petitioner recommends his invocation to others, thereby spreading his cult. So spread the word and get lucky. The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters

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Susanne Boger - Amsterdam recycled design

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Back on land with lots of new ideas

After the storms, the rain, more rain, the floods, more rain, the fallen trees, more rain, and more wild mushrooms than I have ever seen at this time of year, it really does feel as if I have landed in Amsterdam, rather than cycled here. My friend, where I was staying on route, is a connoisseur of Bangladeshi food, and all the ginger, chili and spices were perfect to keep the monsoon weather at bay. We were brainstorming lots of new ideas for our plans to buy some land and set up an organic farm and seed bank. One thing I know for sure is the land will have to be somewhere sunny. Watch out for those wild mushrooms, BTW, and be very careful if you go out picking them. 18 people have died in Italy in the past week, after eating poisonous varieties by mistake.

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Adam and Eve - the empathic civilisation

Some lateral thinking on the human condition. These guys may be on to something.
http://www.rsa.org/

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Brainstorming a time machine in a Moleskine

As Sarayu Jones settles into her deconstruction and meditations on unknowing, I also feel the call of Ceridwen and a need for some peace and quiet. It has been an eventful year. Yesterday evening I was working a concept for a time machine. With the aid of a few good German beers and a couple of my Bulgarian buddies, I figured out that it would be better not to attempt to transport the entire human body because of the vast energy requirements. My time machine so far has a laser, a quantum computer, some psychedelic trance medicine and a supercool computer nanochip that is small enough to accelerate to the speed of light. At present it only exists on the drawing board of my Moleskine, but ya never know, I may just find some sponsors that wanna build it. In the meantime I'm off on a short holiday in the countryside.

http://musicous.posterous.com/musicous-joins-cliff-on-a-summer-holiday

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