Old Magic – Exposure

“Similia similibus curentur.”Let like be cured by like. — Hippocrates (attrib.), echoed by Paracelsus and Galen This principle, later adopted by homeopaths and ridiculed by modern medicine, remains as stubbornly persistent—and surprisingly insightful—as any ancient folk wisdom. You’ll find it not only in medical aphorism but also in the logic of sympathetic magic, as describedContinue reading “Old Magic – Exposure”

Eyeless in Gaza

Promise was that IShould Israel from Philistian yoke deliver;Ask for this great Deliverer now, and find himEyeless in Gaza at the Mill with slaves,Himself in bonds under Philistian yoke; Milton, Samson Agonistes, 1671 October 7, 2023 was the greatest lapse in Israeli vigilance, resulting in rapacious Hamas killing over 1,400 civilians and taking 240 more as hostages. Ever vigilant [1] At the main entranceContinue reading “Eyeless in Gaza”

John Hodges Wadhams

The compilation of these genealogies are combined to a single pedigree It is maintained in Family Echo – once the link is open, the family tree will branch vertically and horizontally depending on the ancestor selected. John Marsh Wadhams II: (5/7/1811 – 10/10/1896) [See Hibbard, The History of the Town of Goshen, 1897:245-247] m. 1837Continue reading “John Hodges Wadhams”