Cecil B DeMille, Call of the North & Tikah People – aka Tiger Indians

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Cecil B DeMille of Hollywood…

Here’s a great story about Cecil B DeMille, the Tikah People and the making of the silent movie The Call of the North

Cecil B DeMille, The Call of the North

Cecil B DeMille setting up a scene with actress Winifred Kingston for The Call of the North
 

Cecil DeMille, Call of the North & Tikah People – aka Tiger Indians.

“The Call of the North is the latest and beyond question the best of the Lasky photoplays produced under the direction of Cecil DeMille and Oscar C Apfel.” – The New York Dramatic Mirror, August 19, 1914.

“This one is set in the days when the Hudson Bay Trading Company exercised a sovereign and undisputed sway over the great fur-bearing country of the North.  The word of the Chief Factor was law.  Indeed, there was no other law!

Cecil B DeMille, The Call of the North, movie still“The Chief Factor plans a terrible punishment.  He has Graeham Stewart brought before him and despite all his protests sentences him to La Longue Traverse.  The Voyage of Death.  This was a favorite punishment dealt by the Company.  And the Factor vengefully inflicts it on Stewart.  He who is to enter upon the fatal journey must go without food and weapons.  An Indian called ‘the Shadow of Death’ is sent with him to follow close.  For five days Stewart wanders through the wilderness and dies miserably in the trackless forest.

“Twenty years pass.  Stewart’s son Ned is caught trading in defiance of the Factor.  So he is, like his father, sentenced to the Long Journey.  The Factor’s daughter Virginia, however…” Review of Call of the North by W Stephen Bush, The Moving Picture World, August 22, 1914. [1]

 

Cecil B DeMille, The Call of the North & the Tikah People — aka Tiger Indians…

Known best for his bankable box office blockbuster movies, Cecil B DeMille made 70 films in his career.  Including The King of Kings (1927), Cleopatra (1934), North West Mounted Police (1940), Samson and Delilah (1949), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).  And The Ten Commandments (1956).

His fourth film, The Call of the North (1914), was his first international smash hit.

And therein lies a tale.

Here’s the great story (I’ll make it a short one) of Cecil B DeMille, the Tikah People and the creation of the silent movie The Call of the North.

Stewart Edward White CONJUROR’S HOUSE magazine 1902The critically acclaimed film had everything going for it.  Based on a best selling novel, it was set in the then-popular Canadian Northcountry.  Filmed in wilderness locations.  And used real Native American actors.  It caught the public fancy. [2]

Through 1914, director/screenwriter Cecil DeMille was quoted in a number of the informative “Talk Shop” columns in The Moving Picture World trade journal.  He talked about the filming of The Call of the North.  DeMille said from the first that he was determined to use “actual Canadian Indians” in his new Northwoods-set movie. [3]

When the film went into rehearsals, Western writer Stewart Edward White headed North.  White’s novel CONJUROR’S HOUSE: A Romance of the Free Forest was the basis of DeMille’s screenplay.  “White,” said DeMille, “with his intimate knowledge of the Canadian Northwest, and where he has spent practically all of his life, spent four weeks in Canada.  Engaging Indians and various types significant of the Northern Woods.” [3]

Stewart Edward White, for his expertise in making this movie, is considered the first Hollywood Technical Advisor.

Cecil B DeMille, The Call of the North, canoe

Traditional Six-Fathom (thirty-six-foot) North Canoe
 

At that time, an impending “Great War” between the British and Germany dominated Canadian conversation.

Many Northern Cree and Algonquin men had already left their homes to enlist in the Canadian Army.  But not a single Tikah had joined up, so author White was able to hire as many of them as he wanted, paying their expenses south.

The Tikah, or — as the Americans called them — Tiger Indians, were known as great canoe makers and paddlers.  As well as builders of strong birchwood dog sleds.

The big beautifully decorated six-fathom North Canoes had long been used by the American Fur Company and North West Company voyageurs.   As well as other, smaller independent fur traders throughout the forested Northcountry.  DeMille described them as “a certain type of canoe now peculiar to the Tiger Tribe Indians.”   The Hudson’s Bay Company had early-on changed from canoes to their bigger Orkney-designed York Boats.

The Tikah still made a few trade canoes into the early 20th Century.

Cecil B DeMille, The Call of the North, Indian attack

Cecil DeMille filming the “big Indian raid” of Call of the North
 

In other “Talk Shop” columns, DeMille explained that “no stone was left unturned to make the picture absolutely true to the life portrayed.”

And that he had brought in “eighteen big Tiger Tribe Indians with authentic canoes from Ahitiba, Canada, far north of Winnipeg.”

But when the eighteen Tikah got off the steamship at San Francisco proudly carrying two big traditional freighting canoes, they were given devastating news.  Demille’s assistant Oscar Apfel told them that they would be filmed paddling canoes made by the Lasky Company prop department.  And he showed them sketches of the small decrepit “birch bark boats” used in the movie.

The Tikah reaction to this news was never printed.

Two of the prop canoes sank during filming.

Cecil B DeMille - Call of the North silent movie canoe scene

This is the story told in the Ahitiba Northcountry for years afterward:

When the Tikah had fulfilled their acting commitment, they were offered railroad tickets to take them as far as Seattle, Washington, “on Canada’s doorstep.”  It would still be a 1400 mile trip by steam train to get from Seattle to their home waterways.  Six men accepted the tickets.

The other twelve asked about their freight canoes.  And were informed that only one of their big canoes could be found.  Those Tikah demanded that they and their North Canoe be trucked to the Pacific Ocean.  On a still morning in late June, 1914, they launched their supplies-laden canoe from a bay north of San Francisco (possibly Humboldt Bay).  From there, they bravely paddled north into the sweeping ocean.  Facing their own long journey home.  They were never seen again.

Days later, the first group of six “actual Canadian Indians” arrived in East Selkirk, Manitoba on the brand new Canadian Northern Railway.  The six quickly purchased two Ojibway canoes and launched them on the Red River.  As they paddled away they were heard singing, as one townsman reported, “old voyageur songs and some wild Indian chants.”  They were still singing when they reached their own Ahitiba homes on what was then called Lac Angelique.

And years later an old Tikah with a face grooved like pine bark would softly say to those who would listen: “When I was young I went to Hollywood to be in a movie.  The story it told was not true.  And then it was.”

For more about the Tikah People, see my short story WOLFBLOOD.

 

Cecil B DeMille, Call of the North & the Tikah People – aka Tiger Indians.  An Historical Short Story.

 

NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE Cecil B DeMille movie poster

“A heart-felt shout-out to those venerable Hollywood screenwriters Burt Kennedy, Frank Gruber, George Wallace Sayre, Gil Doud, Frank Fenton and Cecil B DeMille.  All of whom inspired my love of history and true national mythology, and showed me how to craft it.  God Bless ’em!  If you haven’t met all of them, just Google each name with ‘Mounties’ after it.” – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

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PHOTO NOTES:

Header Photo: Cast & Crew of The Call Of The North, Big Bear Lake, 1914, on-location group portrait released by Jesse L Lasky Feature Play Company.

Photos showing Cecil B DeMille setting up a scene with actress Winifred Kingston for Call of the North on Big Bear Lake, and DeMille filming the “big Indian raid” of the movie, are from the Rick Keppler Collection.

“The Chief Factor plans a terrible punishment. La Longue Traverse.” La Longue Traverse image is a production still from DeMille’s The Call of the North.

Photo illustrating typical traditional Tikah design birch bark North Canoe (Canot du Nord) is from Heritage Ottawa Archives.

Image of Cecil B DeMille’s NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE movie poster provided by Rick Steeves, from his collection.

PHOTOPLAY FOOTNOTES:

[1] Review of Call of the North by W Stephen Bush, The Moving Picture World, August 22, 1914.  See Complete MPW Review.

[2] This movie, and the novel it was based on, revealed a cruel form of punishment in the pre-Mounties era in the Far North of Canada: La Longue Traverse.

As a shocked Bioscope reviewer would write: “There is a law in the North that, if a man commits murder, or helps one who has committed murder, the guilty party will be driven off into the snows and deprived of food, fuel or weapons until he is dead.”

The tyranny of the Fur Company Chief Factors was extreme.  They were all-powerful businessmen with no training in judicial, police or military procedures (or self-discipline).  Their “word was law,” even for women they wanted.  La Longue Traverse, also known as The Journey of Death, was another result.

Often the “guilty” man thrown into the wilderness was innocent, just someone the arrogant Factor disliked or no longer needed.

As the Bioscope reviewer’s “There is a law in the North…” indicates, moviegoers were left with the idea that The Journey of Death was still being used in Canada.  In reality, the arrival of small North-West Mounted Police detachments in the Northcountry in the 1890’s changed all that.  The red-coated Mounties had discouraged this misuse of power by big trading company bosses.  Whenever the Mounties were assigned to a new territory to establish Law & Justice they always made it clear that “The Law applies to All.”

When The Call of the North went into remake in 1921, a riled Hudson’s Bay Company launched a lawsuit against Famous Players-Lasky.  And they won.  The judge ruled that “The greedy and powerful Robber Barons of the North American wild frontier do not subsist in the Twentieth Century.”

As Pierre Berton concluded: “The court held that the movie distorted conditions in Canada as they existed after 1870…

“After that Hollywood was more careful about identifying its factors as Hudson’s Bay men.” (HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: The Americanization of Our National Image, Pierre Berton, Pg 81, McClelland & Stewart Ltd, Toronto, 1975).

For more on the history of the Fur Trade, see The American Fur Company.

[3] In a letter to Samuel Goldfish (later known as Samuel Goldwyn), DeMille wrote, “I challenge anyone to find an incorrect detail in The Call of the North.  The only point in this picture which I believe might be opened to criticism is that the piece of plug tobacco used in the second reel is wrapped in paper and paper was a rare article in Dog River.  But Stewart Edward White, the author, sportsman, explorer informs me that it is not at all impossible that a special treasure might have reached Dog River wrapped in paper.”

About author Stewart Edward White:

Stewart Edward White northern novel illustration[3] Michigan-born Stewart Edward White wrote 50 b00ks in the first half of the 20th Century.  Most of them were set in the Canadian and American wilderness.  Reader favourites include THE LAND OF FOOTPRINTS, CAMP AND TRAIL, THE BLAZED TRAIL, THE RIVERMAN, THE FOREST, THE SILENT PLACES (a personal fave).  And CONJUROR’S HOUSE: A Romance of the Free Forest.

Among his fans was Theodore Roosevelt.

The illustration to the left is by Philip R. Goodwin, from White’s THE SILENT PLACES, McClure, Phillips & Co, New York, 1904.

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Contact Brian Alan Burhoe – Writer of Animal Stories – Email – Message

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

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From Bear Sanctuaries to Fat Bear Week – Saving Brown, Grizzly, Polar & Other Endangered Bears

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

What are Bear Sanctuaries?

Bear Sanctuaries

From Bear Sanctuaries to Fat Bear Week – Saving Brown, Grizzly, Polar & Other Endangered Bears

“We need Bear Sanctuaries!”

Today, we welcome bears into our homes!  Not the real ones, of course.  Old TV shows like Gentle Ben and The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.  Coca Cola polar bears playing cards.  New Djungelskog bears.  Old teddy bears, beat-up but beloved.

Humans and Bears have a mixed history.  Most of it not good.  In the time when the giant herbivorous Ice Age Cave Bears lived peacefully in their rocky lairs, Humans — who wanted those caves and a good supply of meat and warm robes — were not their friends.  The Cave Bear went extinct.

And yet, in Northern cultures around the world, bears were also an essential part of our mythology.

People of Northern Europe and North America even considered the Bear to be Humankind’s closest blood relative.  They told stories of human children raised by wise Mama Bears.  And of heroic men and women with mixed Human-Bear blood.

Mostly, bears were our opponents — out there in the great northern forests to be hunted.  Some were taken as cubs to be raised as captured entertainment.  They still are.

Now, bear populations are under pressure, sometimes to extinction.  Even here in Canada, Grizzly and Polar bears are in declining numbers.

But here’s the good news.  Bear Sanctuaries!”

From injured or endangered adults to small, helpless cubs found abandoned or orphaned, places of sanctuary are being built by caring humans.

Perhaps the most famous bear sanctuary is Casey Anderson’s Montana Grizzly Encounter, where his companion grizzly Brutus the Bear lived with other rescued bruins.

And here, from guest blogger Marissa Ellis-Snow, is a look at the Bear Sanctuary phenomena:

“Bear Sanctuaries: A Place of Respite for Exploited Animals” Written by Marissa Ellis-Snow 

A number of bear sanctuaries around the world have become tranquil places of refuge where any of the eight species of bears — from Brown Bears to Grizzly Bears — that have been rescued from years, and sometimes decades, of cruel abuse suffered whilst in captivity, can finally live their lives freely and safely within a natural forest habitat.

Sanctuary and Respite

These sanctuaries resemble the bears’ natural habitats as closely as possible. And they provide the animals with a secure forest environment. Within which they can climb trees, forage for food, swim in natural pools. And even hibernate as they would in their original environment.

Bear Sanctuaries neededMany of the bears who roam these enclosures have tragic past histories: most of the time they have been illegally kept as pets or neglected in zoos.

But some have been rescued from the brutal Asian bear farming industry or the illegal dancing-bear trade.

In fact, it was in response to the dancing-bear trade that the first sanctuaries were set up in the early 1990s.  Such as the popular Bears In Mind sanctuary in the Netherlands (see Top 10 Bear Sanctuaries List below).

Since then, numerous bear sanctuaries have been established in countries as diverse as Germany, Pakistan, China, and Turkey, in order to help wildlife groups and governments protect exploited bears.

A Right to Life

Bear sanctuaries recognise that each of these magnificent animals is an individual, whose quality of life truly matters.  Many animal activists consider the sanctuaries to be a high point of humanitarianism, demonstrating how humankind finally understands their duty to not only put an end to animal exploitation, but also to atone, as much as we can, for the wrongdoing done to them.

Sanctuaries Around the World

There are numerous bear sanctuaries across the world, from the Brown Bears and Grizzly Bears protected in North America, to the Black Bear havens in Pakistan, the Brown Bear sanctuaries in Greece, and the Malayan Sun Bear’s refuge in Malaysia.

Animal groups in Alaska have responded to the crisis.

Polar bears, grizzlies and brown bears have all been put on protective lists, both in private sanctuaries and government lands.

Annually, Katmai National Park holds their Fat Bear Week.  “Fat Bear Week is an annual tournament celebrating the success of the bears at Brooks River in Katmai National Park.  Every autumn, viewers get to vote on their choice for the fattest bear!”  Viewers can go online and vote for their pick of the salmon-eating champion.  Fat Bear Week 2021 will be held at the beginning of October, 2021.

Staff members of various sanctuaries around the world have a wide array of responsibilities.  They monitor the animals’ health and behaviour; provide comprehensive veterinary treatment and extra food should the animals need it; create a stimulating environment; negotiate with the bears’ owners to ensure their safe handover to the enclosure; and are in charge of maintaining the sanctuary’s conditions to the best possible standards.

Educating for the Future of Bears

A number of bear sanctuaries welcome visits from the public and, in particular, school groups.  In Romania, for example, numerous requests resulted in a sanctuary establishing a regular programme for school groups, where teachers, together with designated members of staff, educate the youngsters on the need to protect the Brown Bears and ensure their ongoing welfare.

Conclusion — A Valuable Resource

Bear sanctuaries acknowledge the right these magnificent animals have to a cruelty-free, dignified life and the importance of protecting them from those who would take advantage.

– Thanks, Marissa, for your words of hope.

Live Free, Mon Ami! – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

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A tentative Top Ten Bear Sanctuaries List:

  1. Idaho Black Bear Rehabilitation Center, Garden City, Idaho
  2. Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada
  3. Bear Sanctuary Müritz, Mecklenburg Lake District, Germany
  4. Bear With Us Centre for Bears – Rehabilitation, Sanctuary, Education, Ontario, Canada
  5. Bears In Mind, Bear Forest, Ouwehands Dierenpark, Holland
  6. Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR), Townsend, Tennessee
  7. Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary, Banaskantha District, India
  8. Libearty Bear Sanctuary, Zarnesti, Transylvania, Romania
  9. Bear Sanctuary Kuterevo, Croatia
  10. Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Borneo

“Some bears are forced to endure appalling conditions, trapped in cages or used in blood sports like bear baiting.  Sadly, bears raised in tiny enclosures and abusive situations can’t adapt to a life back in the wild…

“We build sanctuaries to re-home bears rescued from a lifetime of cruelty.  Our bear sanctuaries are forested areas surrounded by tall fences for the rescued bears to have safe lives.  The enclosures have large freshwater pools and plenty of trees so the bears can live a relaxed life free from suffering.”  – World Animal Protection, who constructed the Libearty Bear Sanctuary, Romania.

Marissa Ellis-Snow is an accomplished wildlife writer, based in the UK.  She has written extensively about bears.  She says: “If you’re looking for bear watching tours, Naturetrek specialises in expert-led natural history and wildlife tours worldwide to see Brown Bears, Polar Bears, Grizzly Bears and other species.  Naturetrek brings 34 years of experience to polar expeditions and tours to other spectacular regions on Earth.”

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TOP 10 PET POISONS LIST: Poison Prevention Week for Dogs, Cats, Others

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Pet Poisons…

Pet Poison Prevention

TOP 10 PET POISONS LIST: National Poison Prevention Week for Cats, Dogs & Others — Including Surprising 2024 Update!

Original posting March 21, 2021.

Pet poisons.  It’s no surprise, is it?  A lot of us have been staying home longer.  And that stay-at-home situation led to a frightening increase in pet poisonings.  A Big Increase!  So what can we do to protect our cats, dogs and other fur members of our families?

First, find out what the most dangerous toxins around our homes really are.

Second, create an essential Pet Owner’s Watch List.

And Third, keep emergency Veterinary Hospital and Pet Poisons Helpline website & phone information at hand. (See Below!)

So — First comes this…

Recently the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) published its Top 10 Annual List of top toxins for pets.  This is  ahead of National Poison Prevention Week (every March) to help pet owners, veterinarians, and shelters nationwide continue to keep animals safe and healthy.

In 2020, APCC, which operates 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, helped over 370,500 animals, resulting in a 13% increase in case volume.

With pet poisons cases from all 50 states and nations around the world, including Canada.

“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” announced the ASPCA in a PR Newswire release, “many pet owners spent a significant amount of time at home throughout 2020.  And pets also felt the implications of stay-at-home orders.  As new hobbies such as baking and gardening saw a rise in popularity, many pets had more access to potentially toxic items.  Pet poisons such as chocolate, yeast dough, and indoor and outdoor plants, which saw an 11, 51, and 40 percent increase in case volume, respectively.”

And of course adoption and foster rates were greatly increased by the pandemic.  With more people adding pets to their household, contributing to an overall increase in cases.

“Throughout the past year, both people and pets have experienced many challenges because of the ongoing pandemic.  Including spending extended periods of time at home where potential toxins lurk and pose a serious threat to our pets,” said Dr. Tina Wismer, Senior Director, ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.

“Our biggest responsibility as pet owners is ensuring their health and safety.  Which we can do by taking small actions to pet-proof our home.  And protect against common dangers such as medications, food items, and plants.”

 

THE LATEST TOP TEN PET POISONS LIST:

1.  For the third year in a row, human Over-the-Counter Medications lead the top toxins list, making up nearly 17% of APCC’s total case volume.

The most common items in this category include cold medications, vitamins, and pain relievers.   Such pain relievers as ibuprofen, naproxen, and acetaminophen, which can all cause life-threatening medical issues.  Because these items are easily accessible to pets in homes, purses, and backpacks, the ASPCA urges pet owners to take extra precautions.  And keep all toxic items, especially medications, securely locked in a cabinet.

The remaining Nine items on the list, making up nearly 80% of all APCC cases, include the following:

2.  Human Prescription Medications remained at #2 with antidepressant, anticonvulsant, and cardiac medication ingestions being the most common cases.  Like over-the-counter meds, many of these prescriptions can cause gastrointestinal issues and may even lead to kidney failure.

3.  Food Products continue to occupy the third spot, making up 13% of total cases.  This year, protein and snack bar exposures along with grapes, raisins, xylitol, onions, and garlic made up most food toxicity cases.

4.  Chocolate ingestion cases continue to increase year after year.  APCC handles almost 76 cases of chocolate exposure each day.  It’s important for pet owners to remember that the higher the cocoa content, the more dangerous the chocolate will be for your pet.

5.  Plants, both indoor and outdoor, moved up three spots to Number Five.  The APCC saw 9,000 more plant-related calls compared to the previous year.  At the start of the pandemic, more people found themselves decorating with plants, especially succulents, or sending bouquets to friends and family.  While many plants pose a serious threat to pets, there are also many pet friendly houseplants to consider.

While the “Top 5” account for the most pet poisons cases, the next 5 are still critical and should be added to every Pet Owner’s Watch List:

6.  Veterinary products such as pet medications and flea & tick prevention topical treatments.  Carprofen, a pain-relief product only for dogs, has been added to the list.  Carprofen, an FDA-approved product, should only be given to your dog if prescribed by a vet.

7.  Household items such as common cleaning products, which have seen an increase in home use.

8.  Insecticides and gardening products, including fertilizer.

9.  Rodenticides, toxic products that cause severe sickness, uncontrolled bleeding and even death in nontarget wildlife, pets and humans.  There’s no such thing as a “pet safe rat poison.”

10.  Paint and home renovation products.  The Pandemic saw an increase in home improvement, which can add to a number of dangerous chemical products temporarily left out in the open — “It happened so fast!” [1]

When you review this Top Ten pet poisons, it gets a little scary, eh?  Remember, our loving furever friends are counting on us to protect them.

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==>> 2024 Pet Poisons UPDATE:

Marijuana has now been added to the Top Toxins list of Pet Poisons!

Since the Trudeau government legalized Pot in Canada, medical emergencies and deaths of both Humans and Pets from Marijuana have increased.

“As more states legalize medical and recreational cannabis, the more marijuana-related calls we are receiving.  Interestingly, dogs seem to be much more attracted to marijuana, as cannabis didn’t make the feline Top 10 list,” announced Renee Schmid, a senior veterinary toxicologist for the Pet Poison Helpline.

Renee explained: “Clinical signs in pets poisoned by marijuana can often be seen within minutes to hours, depending on whether the animal was exposed through inhalation or ingestion.  Signs of poisoning include a dazed expression, glassy eyes, incoordination, slow response times, dribbling urine, vomiting, drooling, changes in heart rate, vocalization, neurological stimulation, hyperactivity, or coma.” [2]

If your dog or other pet ate marijuana, call your veterinarian or Pet Poison Helpline immediately for life-saving treatment advice.

 

Watch Over Your Pets, Mes Amis.  They’re Family! – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

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[1] For more information about the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, please visit aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control.  If you think your pet may have ingested a potentially poisonous substance, call the pet poison control hotline (888) 426-4435 or contact your local veterinarian as soon as possible.

[2] For more about the Pet Poison Helpline and Marijuana, go to petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/marijuana/.  Call them at (855) 764-7661 for fast 24/7 life-saving care!  Available for folks in U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.

About the ASPCA®:

“Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first animal welfare organization in North America and serves as the nation’s leading voice for animals. More than two million supporters strong, the ASPCA’s mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA is a national leader in the areas of anti-cruelty, community outreach and animal health services. For more information, please visit www.ASPCA.org, and be sure to follow the ASPCA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.”

About Pet Poison Helpline®:

“Pet Poison Helpline® is a 24-hour animal poison control service available throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean for pet owners and veterinary professionals who require assistance with treating a potentially poisoned pet.”

 

Source: ASPCA, Pet Poison Helpline & Civilized Bears.

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BLESSED BE YOUR DOG: Rescue Dogs, Adoption & Soul Connection – Book Review

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Rescue Dogs…

Rescue Dogs

 

Rescue dogs are here to stay.  You’ve gotta appreciate all the stories being told about finding a rescue dog of your very own.  They need love.  It’s that simple.

True, there have been some problem cases.  But most of them, most of them, tell of dogs who give love back.

We’re faced with decisions, of course.  A big dog rescue.  Or a small dog rescue.  What dog breed is best for me?  Wich of the many rescue dogs is for me?  Chihuahua?  German shepherd?  Retriever?  Terrier?  Pug?  Golden Doodle?  Cavapoo?  Havanese?  American bulldog?

Here’s a book review of a beautiful Soul Connection…

“Jean Alfieri knew when her eyes locked with those of a smooshy-faced little dog who sat inside a kennel at the Humane Society, that it was love at first sight,” we learned in a recent press release.

“After almost a decade of making memories, it was a labor of love for Alfieri to self-publish a collection of short story poems, ZUGGY THE PUG, presenting her precious pug some years after he died.  She wanted to ensure that her fondest memories with her beloved pet would not be forgotten.  More Zuggy books followed.

Rescue Dogs“In doing this, the author realized how much of our human legacy is lost within a single generation.”

Inspired, Jean Alfieri also created BLESSED TO BE ME and BLESSED TO BE YOUR DOG: Celebrate the Stories of Your Fur Hero to serve as guides for capturing and celebrating the stories of people’s lives with and without pets.

BLESSED TO BE YOUR DOG: Celebrate the Stories of Your Fur Hero, her latest work, offers over a dozen major and minor prompts, inspiring quotes, and coloring pages that make storytelling fun and easy.  Half the prompts are meant to be answered by the human part of the equation while the other half encourage that human to tell stories from their pup’s point of view.

In a recent interview, Alfieri talked about a number of related canine pet topics:

  • What makes the “soul connection” between dogs and people so special?
  • How has the pandemic influenced people’s bond with their dogs?
  • Do we really know what our dogs are thinking?
  • How can pets continue to brighten our lives even after they are gone?
  • What magical thing happens when we write memories down?
  • Why does she love visiting schools?  Talking about rescue dogs?
  • How does she manage to be so prolific and what is she planning next?

Comments about BLESSED TO BE YOUR DOG:

“BLESSED TO BE YOUR DOG is a must-have for dog owners of any age, whether this is your first pup or your tenth.  It provides a fun and easy way to capture wonderful memories with your special furry companion to enjoy for years to come.  I cannot wait to create my own loving, lasting memorial for my beloved canine soulmate, Penny.” — Allison Waldvogel, CVA, associate director of Volunteer Services, Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region.

“Walking through life with a beloved dog brings with it an abundance of experiences and memories to treasure.  BLESSED TO BE YOUR DOG is an easy to use, and charming, way to reflect upon and capture those memories.  This book is a lovely companion to your special relationship with your dog.”  Lauren McCall — founder, Lauren McCall Animal Communication Academy

A great, great read.  Recommended!  An example of why we’ll all be celebrating National Rescue Dog Day again and again!

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Source: Jean Alfieri, PR Newswire & Civilized Bears.

About Jean Alfieri: “Jean Alfieri is an author, speaker, and rescue dog advocate. She worked for almost 30 years in human resources and organizational development in public and private industries. A nomad at heart, she currently lives with her husband and fur family in Colorado Springs. In addition to the Zuggy the Rescue Pug children’s books, she created BLESSED TO BE ME: Celebrate the Stories of Your Life. The self-guided journal offers over a dozen major and minor prompts, inspiring quotes, and coloring pages that make storytelling fun and easy. She loves to volunteer at her local Humane Society, where she meets great characters for her books, and some nice people too! Rescued is her favorite breed.”

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K9 ARLO SHOT STORY: Latest News – Police Dog Paw of Courage Award

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Police Dog Courage Award…

Police Dog Heroes

 

LATEST NEWS ON WOUNDED K9 POLICE DOG…

We love the Paws of Courage Awards.  The AKC gives them out each year to “Police Dogs, Military Working Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Service Dogs and other canines that work to make the lives of the people around them safer, easier or just simply happier.”

The above canine trio were last year’s recipients for heroic and loving service during the Pandemic.  During such a stressful time, therapy dogs were the animal heroes of the day.

Jackson, the Golden Retriever, is a therapy dog.  Jackson was restricted to virtual visits, but was warmly welcomed at Memory Care and Elementary schools.  His love came through.

Molly, a Vizsla, is a registered therapy animal with Pet Partners.  Molly’s appeared in movies and Facebook postings “for people with animals to stay connected and share stories during this global crisis.”

Phoebe, a Belgian Tervuren.  She’s not only appeared in videos, but has been involved in front yard visits to family homes and assisted living facilities.

God bless ’em all.

And now the 2021 Paws of Courage Award has been announced.

“The American Kennel Club (AKC®), the world’s largest purebred dog registry and leading advocate for dogs, is proud to honor K9 Arlo of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office with the 2021 AKC Paw of Courage award as he recovers from two bullet wounds that he sustained while working in the line of duty in January.”

Police Dog German ShepherdPolice Dog Arlo is a two-year-old German Shepherd Dog working to serve the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office with his partner, Deputy Tyler Turpin since late 2019.

As deputies attempted to make contact with a vehicle that was driving recklessly this past January, a pursuit initiated.  When law enforcement made contact with the driver, shots were fired, and the suspect and K9 Arlo were both struck.

“The subsequent contact with the driver resulted in an officer involved shooting, during which the 25-year-old male driver and our K-9 were struck by gunfire,” a news release from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office explained.

Arlo was rushed to the emergency veterinarian with two bullet wounds — one in his shoulder and another in his hind leg.  One bullet was discovered to be lodged near Arlo’s spine, requiring major surgery.

“K9 Arlo of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Department is a shining example of the dedication, selflessness and loyalty that working dogs exhibit in the line of duty,” said AKC Executive Secretary, Gina DiNardo.

“He risks his life each and every day to protect his community and we are honored to recognize him with a Paw of Courage award.  We wish him a speedy recovery as he heals from his recent injury.”

Police Dog Story

Using the social media app, TikTok, Deputy Turpin has gained 65,000 followers for K9 Arlo, contributing to the $40,000 raised for his care.  K9 Arlo is now home with his partner, Deputy Turpin and is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries.

“Any dog is eligible to receive an AKC Paw of Courage; the award is not specific to purebred dogs,” said the AKA in a recent news release.

“Paw of Courage awards can be presented to Police K-9s, Military Working Dogs, Therapy Dogs, Service Dogs and other canines that work to make the lives of the people around them safer, easier or just simply happier.”  If you want to nominate a dog for a Paw of Courage award, click here.

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About American Kennel Club: “Founded in 1884, the American Kennel Club is a not-for-profit organization which maintains the largest registry of purebred dogs in the world and oversees the sport of purebred dogs in the United States. The AKC is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. Along with its more than 5,000 licensed and member clubs and its affiliated organizations, the AKC advocates for the purebred dog as a family companion, advances canine health and well-being, works to protect the rights of all dog owners and promotes responsible dog ownership. More than 22,000 competitions for AKC-registered purebred and mixed-breed dogs are held under AKC rules and regulations each year including conformation, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, herding, lure coursing, coonhound events, hunt tests, field and earthdog tests. Affiliate AKC organizations include the AKC Humane Fund, AKC Canine Health Foundation, AKC Reunite and the AKC Museum of the Dog. For more information, visit www.akc.org.”

AKC, American Kennel Club, the American Kennel Club seal and design, and all associated marks and logos are trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks of The American Kennel Club, Inc.

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SPIRITUALISM: Mediums, Guardian Angels, Celtic Christianity & J R R Tolkien

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Spiritualism Yesterday & Today.

Spiritualism

SPIRITUALISM: Mediums, Guardian Angels, Celtic Christianity & Spiritual Awakening — From the Fox Sisters and Carl Jung to J R R Tolkien and Our Better Angels…

1. Spiritualism in the 19th Century.

Spiritualism — it dominated the 19th Century public fancy the way Aliens and UFO’s did the 20th Century.  The top Mediums — and even their Spirit Guides — were worldwide celebrities!

In Western culture, the Church was losing followers.  Materialism was winning, spirituality was fading.  In an almost desperate panic, the public yearned for a new Belief.

The practice of communicating with the dead was ancient.  Shamans — the “medicine men” and “wise women” who were the first priests of every culture — did it.  The Oracles of ancient Greece did it.  So, too, the Medieval necromancers.

But it wasn’t until the middle of the 19th Century that communication with the dead became a popular public entertainment and preoccupation: “Everybody is doing it!”

The movement, soon to be named Spiritualism, began in 1848 in Hydesville, New York State.

The Fox Sisters — Leah, Margaretta and Kate — lived with their family in a tumbledown house with a history of hauntings.  The Fox family began to hear knocking sounds in the walls and phantom footsteps on the stairs. Mrs. Fox’s hair went gray in a week.  The three sisters were most sensitive to the knocking sounds, and began to speak of a “Mr Splitfoot.”

Believing the sounds to be made by a spirit, the girls worked out a code with “Mr Splitfoot” and were told by him that he was the ghost of an itinerant peddler who’d been murdered for his money and buried in the cellar of their house by former owners.  The story was confirmed by a maid who had lived in the house when the murder took place.

When the family moved away, the sisters still still heard the knockings.  The spirit-messages, they said, told them that they were chosen “to convince the skeptical of the great truth of immortality.”

Newspapers spread the story.  The public was fascinated.

In just a few years Spiritualism spread throughout North America and Western Europe.

New phrases were added to the public lexicon: Mediums.  The Other Side.  Apports.  Table-rapping.  Levitation.  Discarnates.  Ectoplasm.  Physical materializations.  Seances.  Automatic writing.  Clairaudience and Clairvoyance.  Ouija Boards.  Thought forms.  Controls.  Spirit Guides.  Spirit possession.  Trance State.

Hundreds of mediums gained fame, among the most celebrated were:

DANIEL DUNGLASS HOME:

Born in Scotland in 1833, Home has been called “Perhaps the most outstanding physical medium in the history of Spiritualism.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson called him a “prodigious genius.”

A sickly child, Home learned early to draw on his psychic senses.  As an adult, living in America and Britain, he astounded the luminaries of the day with his seances, levitation, fire immunity, strange music from nowhere, elongation of his body, phantom writing (invisible hands picking up pens to write messages), movement of furniture, and changes of room temperature (long before central heating).

Although the messages sent through his séances were “bang-on” in accuracy, it was his feats of levitation that earned him worldwide acclaim.

Newspaper editor F L Burr reported how, while attending a D D Home séance in Connecticut in the summer of 1852, Home was “taken up into the air!  He palpitated from head to foot with the contending emotions of joy and fear.  Again and again he was taken from the floor, and the third time he was carried to the ceiling of the apartment, with which his hands and feet came into gentle contact…”

LEONORA PIPER:

The Boston-born Leonora Piper is perhaps the most critically-tested of all mediums.  She is considered the most outstanding trance medium in the history of psychic research.  For over 20 years, members of the American Society for Psychical Research tested her and were amazed at the constant results.

It was while recovering from a long and difficult illness that Mrs Piper decided to seek out a healer.  During her second visit with him, she went into her first trance.  Once having discovered how to enter a trance, she found that she could enter one whenever she wanted to.  Soon she was conducting private sittings for clients.

In 1885, the psychic researcher and author William James (“The Varieties of Religious Experience”), visited Leonora.  Impressed, James later said that Mrs Piper had either read his mind or was actually giving information from relatives who had “passed over.”  James later wrote: “My later knowledge of her sittings and personal acquaintance with her has led me to reject the former explanation (mind reading), and to believe that she has supernormal powers.”

JOHN KING:

Most mediums had a Spirit Guide (or Control) — a spiritual personality who controlled the medium during the séance and passed on messages.  The spirit JOHN KING must hold the record of acting through the most mediums.

John King said that in life he was Henry Morgan, the Pirate of Port Royal, who was knighted for his heroic buccaneer activities in the Caribbean and appointed Governor of Jamaica in 1673.  He first appeared to the Davenport Brothers — Ira and William — in 1850.  Other mediums who claimed he was their Spirit Guide include: Mrs Mary Marshall, Mrs Samuel Guppy, Georgina Houghton, Mrs Firman, Mrs Etta Wriedt, William Eglinton, Cecil Husk, Mme Blavatsky (founder of the Theosophical Society), Eusapia Paladino and Dr Glen Hamilton.

2. Spiritualism in the 20th Century

The publication of Freud’s THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS in 1900 shook the complacency of the late Victorians.  Dream Study and Dream Interpretation were suddenly the talk of the town.  Dream study was soon carried to fascinating heights by Freud’s young student Carl Jung — the passionate contemplation of Myth, Religion and psychology as manifested in our own dreams was bearing fantastic results.

And there are the strange events surrounding Jung’s death.  Jung had never promised any “afterlife incidents” as many others interested in the Psychic Sciences had, saying such occurrences weren’t nearly as important as the study of the Psyche.

However, Jung’s close friend, Laurens van der Post, while on a sea voyage, had a dream in which he saw Jung wave at him and say, “I’ll be seeing you.”  Next day, Laurens learned that Jung had passed away, and at the exact time of the dream.  He was also told that, just as Jung was “giving up the ghost,” a bolt of lightning hit Jung’s favorite tree in his Küsnacht garden.  A few years later, van der Post was making a movie about Jung in that very same garden.  Just as he was describing Jung’s death to the camera, a bolt of lightning struck the same tree!

In 1957, Jung had written: “As at the beginning of the Christian Era, so again today we are faced with the problem of the general moral backwardness which has failed to keep pace with our scientific, technical, and social progress.  So much is at stake.  Does Modern Man know that he is on the point of losing the life-preserving myth of the inner man which Christianity has treasured up for him?”

A man who echoed Jung’s sentiment was J R R Tolkien, the century’s premier mythmaker.

In a letter, Tolkien wrote: “THE LORD OF THE RINGS is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.  We have come from God and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God.  Indeed, only by myth-making, only by becoming a ‘sub-creator’ and inventing stories, can Man ascribe to the state of perfection that he knew before the fall.”

Spiritualism & Middle EarthJung’s writing on Myth and Religion gave us new ways of looking at deep spiritual experience.

Tolkien’s mythic work somehow revealed an inspired, visionary way of understanding our religious connections.

My own intense experiences as a lad in old stone churches, especially York Minster Cathedral, led to my own lifelong quest to understanding “What just happened?” (See my Life & Works of Brian Alan Burhoe).

Following Freud and Jung, various studies of dreams began — from the collecting of prophetic dreams to the interpretation of dream meaning by Freud, Jung and other dream theorists.  Dream labs became common in various Universities.

Psychic research expanded.  The New Age arrived.

And, by the end of the century, a renewed Celtic Spirituality was blossoming.

3. Spiritualism in the 21st Century.

So what have I discovered after all these years?

We do have Spirit Guides.  The best way to describe them is “Angels.”

Angels are among us again.  Guardian angels.  Biblical angels and their recounted messages to Humankind.  Dream angels and their individual messages to us.  Our own Better Angels.  Braver angels trying to reunite their fellows.

At the same time, the sudden rise of Spiritualism and Mediumship during the Covid crisis drew a sharp warning from Spiritual Warriors.  And rightly so.

Reverend Jayne Irlam of the Deliverance Study Group of the Baptist Union in the UK stated, “it’s completely understandable that those desperate to say goodbye to their loved ones would be attracted by a spiritual philosophy which offers communication with the dead.”

With over 6 Million Covid deaths worldwide, so many families were unable to say their farewells to their beloved family members and some sought closure with easily available Mediums.

Rev Irlam concluded: “Communication with the dead in this way is specifically forbidden in the Bible by a loving God who wishes to keep people safe from bondage to preternatural or demonic powers.  Becoming involved in activities such as Spiritualism can open up a doorway to great spiritual oppression which requires a Christian rite to set that person free.”

For more on this, see my well-received Christian Feature SPIRITUAL WARFARE: Christians, Scripture, Books, Weapons & Deliverance.

And all this amidst a renewed interest in Celtic Christianity, the rock-solid religion that was the heart and spirit of our Northern culture for centuries.  Early Celtic Christianity involved a deep connection with Nature, Women and Christ’s Message.  John 13:34: “A new Commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you.”  We’re entering a joyous time of Spiritual Awakening.

Yes, and this I believe: “Angels are among us again.”

So it is that vivid white clouds and blue, blue sky will shine above us once more — wonderfully empty except for distant ink-black, free-flying, bird-forms, arrogant, celebrating, holy.

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CAN DOGS GET COVID-19? Dog Health & Coronavirus – What You Need to Know – Latest News

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Dog Health: Can Dogs Get Covid?

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CAN DOGS GET COVID-19?  Dog Health & Coronavirus – What You Need to Know

It’s a worry, for sure.  We love our dogs, and in this damned pandemic we’ve asked ourselves “can dogs get coronavirus?”

We take our new puppy with us when we head out for a secure grocery pick-up.  And she loves a brisk, inquisitive walk in the park (away from other leashed walkers).  But can’t help wondering “What if?”  What if, while happily sniffing all those bushes, she picks up something from a previous canine visitor?

Is our little Bella in danger?  Can dogs get Covid?

We already this Dog Health alert: “A team of Florida International University researchers have trained detector dogs to accurately identify the COVID-19 virus.”

International Forensic Research Institute director DeEtta Mills explained, “COVID-19 produces unique odor chemicals and also causes metabolic changes in those infected with the virus, resulting in odors that dogs can detect.”  Which I guess is good news.  But are those brilliant detector dogs being put in harm’s way themselves?

Can dogs catch the coronavirus?  Can pets transmit the virus of Covid-19 to people?  Should I get my animals tested for Covid?

So we went right to the top for the latest news.  The CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Here’s what they’re saying:

Risk of people spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.

“We are still learning about this virus, but it appears that it can spread from people to animals in some situations, especially after close contact with a person with COVID-19.  The first U.S. case of an animal testing positive for COVID-19 was a tiger at a New York zoo.”

Animals that can be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

“We know that cats, dogs and some other mammals can be infected with COVID-19, but we don’t yet know all of the animals that can get infected.  There have been reports of animals being infected with the virus worldwide.

“A small number of pet cats and dogs have been reported to be infected with Covid in several countries, including the United States.  One ferret was reported positive for the virus in Slovenia.  Most of these pets became sick after contact with people with COVID-19.

“Several animals in zoological facilities have tested positive for COVID-19, including large cats and great apes.  Several lions and tigers in a New York zoo, a puma in South Africa, tigers in a Tennessee zoo, snow leopards at a Kentucky zoo, and gorillas at a California zoo tested positive for the caronavirus after showing signs of illness.

It’s suspected that these animals became sick after being exposed to zoo employees with COVID-19, despite the staff following COVID-19 precautions.

“Data from studies suggest that dogs can get infected but might not spread the virus to other dogs as easily as cats and ferrets can spread the virus to other animals of the same species.”

This is their conclusion: “These findings were based on a small number of animals, and do not show whether animals can spread infection to people.  More studies are needed to understand if and how different animals could be affected by COVID-19.”

It looks as if our canine companions are safe as long as we practice all the standard protocols and behavior that we have come to know so well: handwashing, social distancing as well as masks at medical centers and large public events (at least).  Which means our beloved dogs are safe as long as we love ’em and protect ’em, the way they love and protect us.  We’re in it together.

 

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BETTY WHITE – PET SET: TV Icon’s Animal Show Returns After 50 Years

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Brian Alan Burhoe

“When I’m around animals, I don’t pay attention to people.” – Betty White

 

Betty White

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETTY WHITE!  Our Beloved Actress Releases Her Most Personal Project For The First Time On Digital Platforms and DVD.”

We love animals.  You too, or you wouldn’t be reading this.  And we love Betty White (or you wouldn’t be reading this either).  When the rumour made its deadly round that Betty had corona, we panicked, Mary Lee and I.

When we saw “Betty White is not going to be idle when she celebrates her 99th birthday on Sunday, January 17th,” we did a dance — and a pretty good one for a Boomer duo.  Betty certainly gets our fondest birthday wishes.  Thank you for being a friend…

“You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal!” – Betty White

Betty’s commitment to animals is lifelong.  For nearly four decades, Betty’s served as a trustee of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association.  She’s a dedicated advocate of the work that the best zoos do, educating the public and helping to conserve endangered species in the wild.

Betty White Pet SetAnd here’s more Good News: BETTY WHITE’S PET SET, a long-unseen series created by and starring the sitcom legend, is here.

“If I haven’t told you already, I will now.  THE PET SET is one of my favorite shows.  I’m thrilled it’s going to be seen again after all these years,” explains Betty.

She’s lived an unparalleled television career spanning over 70 years.  The multiple Emmy award-winning Betty White has brought laughter and joy to millions of fans of all ages via such hit series as The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Hot in Cleveland. As well as countless game and talk show appearances.

In 1971 she created and hosted a weekly program showcasing her “lifelong devotion to animals, and the people who love them.”

Executive Produced by her cherished husband Allen Ludden (Password), BETTY WHITE’S PET SET featured Betty welcoming celebrity friends with their dogs, cats, birds and horses.  In addition to a wide range of wild animals including tigers, bears, elephants, lions, wolves, gorillas, cougars, seals, kangaroos, zebras and eagles.  Both in the studio and on location.”

The 39 half-hour episodes of BETTY WHITE’S PET SET feature such entertainment greats as Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, Doris Day, James Stewart and Burt Reynolds.  As well as Shirley Jones, Michael Landon, Barbara Eden, James Brolin, Della Reese, Vincent Price, Rod Serling and many others.

Special features on the BETTY WHITE’S PET SET DVD includes a look behind the scenes of the series, original promotional spots, the featurettes “Game Show Goddess” and “Queen of Television,” Betty’s Photo Album and her public service ads.

If you love animals, look for Betty’s PET SET!

“I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.” – Betty White

 

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Mayan Calendar 2025: Your Destiny – Can You Predict The Future?

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Brian Alan Burhoe

Mayan Calendar Predictions…

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Mayan Calendar 2025: Vision & Inspiration

Mayan Calendar Predictions. What will happen in 2025?

Will we, as the Civilized Bears Calendar has predicted, go on to “a Sudden New Spirituality.  A time of New Voices, unheard until now.  And Laughter in the Forest.” Especially in the Thirteenth Month. [1]

When the Spanish explorers discovered the Mayans, their Catholic priests were astounded by the Mayan calendars.  And by that new-found Central American civilization’s complex system of prediction.

A system of mathematical interlocking wheels that seemed to be based on a combined formulation 0f Eastern Astrology and Western Numerology.

The Spanish Priests were used to the two forms of prediction sanctioned by the Bible.  Sacred Visions and Dream Interpretation.

Nebuchadnezzar’s nightmare of the smashed statue, for instance.  Which Daniel interpreted for him.  Daniel had his own dreams to work out.  Such as his lion, bear, leopard and the ten-horned sea-beast dream.  There were those dreams foretelling the birth of Jesus.  And many more.

Those explorer priests found the Mayan precepts both astounding and disturbing.

The Mayan understanding and use of mathematics was amazing.  And remains so today.

We’ve heard about it, of course.  But how does the Mayan Calendar work?

“The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.  As well as many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico.” [2]

The essentials of the Maya calendar are based upon a system which had been in common use throughout the region.  Dating back to at least the 5th century BC.  It shares many aspects with calendars employed by other earlier Mesoamerican civilizations.  Such as the Zapotec and Olmec.  Both contemporary or later ones such as the Mixtec and Aztec calendars.

They’ve been seriously studied in the centuries since.  With the help of indigenous scholars themselves, the patterns of the Great Calendar are being revealed.

By the Maya mythological tradition, the deity Itzamna is credited with bringing the knowledge of the calendrical system to the ancestral Maya.  All this is documented in Colonial Yucatec accounts.  And reconstructed from Late Classic and Postclassic inscriptions.  Along with writing in general and other foundational aspects of Mayan culture.

The Maya calendar consists of several cycles or “counts” of different lengths.  The 260-day count is known to scholars as the Tzolkin, or Tzolkʼin.  The Tzolkin was combined with a 365-day vague solar year known as the Haabʼ.  Which forms a synchronized cycle lasting for 52 Haabʼ.  These are called the Calendar Round.  The Calendar Round is still in use by many groups in the Guatemalan highlands.

Interesting stuff.  Worth researching.

“Live Free, Mon Ami!” – Brian Alan Burhoe

 

Can Your Dreams Predict Your Future?

“What does 2025 hold in store for You?”  See Prophetic Dreams for 2025: Can Our Dreamlife Foretell the Future?… 

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[1] Thirteenth Month?  Watch for the Civilized Bears Calendar!

[2] If you want to research the Mayan Calendar yourself, the best place to start is en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar.

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