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A Bronx Tale: Back on Broadway and Giving Back
HELP SUPPORT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND TAKE PART IN THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Hi, I’m Chazz Palminteri and over the past few years I have been extremely blessed with all the amazing opportunities that have led to my current success. But I have never forgotten my roots and now that I am fortunate enough to have my story, A BRONX TALE, back on Broadway, we are going to donate $10 from every ticket sold through this offer to the Italian American Museum. I invite you…
Less baths for health
Instead of sticking your kids in the tub every night of the week, use that time to play with them and talk about their day.
Stop bathing your newborns! They're brand new. What dirt are you removing? Scrupulous wiping at every diaper change is the key to good baby hygiene.
Bathe your children less. There's a radical idea. But I bet a number of you have already discovered this and are doing it in secret. Daily baths strips your child's skin of its resident protective microorganisms, leaving them vulnerable to every germ out…
Ossa da Mordere
>From Kyle Phillips,
Your Guide to Italian Cuisine.
Bones of the Dead (For Chewing), or Ossa di Morto (Ossa da Mordere): There are many variations on Bones of the Dead, the cookies Italians enjoy on November 2. This recipe is from Piemonte, and more specifically the cities of Biella, Vercelli and Novara. You'll need:
INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups (250 g) flour
4 ounces (100 g) hazelnuts (use hazelnuts from Piemonte, if you can find them)
4 ounces (100 g) almonds
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Isis
loving mother, passionate wife, grieving widow
-Inscription on statue of Isis
Isis has never been equaled by any other aspect of the Goddess in terms of power of worship and influence. She was actively worshipped from at least 3000 B.C to the first century A.D., and the fascination with her myths has never disappeared. She is loving mother, passionate wife, grieving widow. She is…
Mother of Compassion
There is still much scholarly debate regarding the origin of devotion to the female Bodhisattva Kuan Yin (also know as Quan Shi Yin and Kwan Yin). Quan means to inquire or look deeply into, Shi means the world of people, or generations, Yin means cries. The Boddhisatva of Compassion was inquiring into the suffering (cries) that has come down the generations. Kuan Yin is considered to be the feminine form of Avalokitesvara(Sanskrit), the bodhisattva of compassion of Indian Buddhism…
Inanna
The Goddess Inanna
"The Queen of Heaven".
the most important goddess of the
Sumerian pantheon in ancient Mesopotamia.
She is the goddess of love, fertility, and war.
The Akkadians called her Ishtar.
by Mary Scarlett Moon and Callista Deep River
Journey to the Dark Center
I am the daughter of the Ancient Mother,
I am…
Defining Reiki
Published in the March 2000 issue of "The Messenger"
The answer most often recounted is "Reiki is a healing technique" and that is not an untruth. But in my mind, that conjures up a somewhat incorrect assumption that anyone who has been attuned to Reiki is a healer... and that is not necessarily true. Reiki cannot be used to heal those people who choose to live a life out-of-balance. Reiki can, however, aid someone who accepts the responsibility of their thoughts and actions as the causation of imbalances and the resulting diseases that occur.…
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Rue's Kitchen is dedicated to the fight against the cultural violence committed against practitioners of stregoneria (traditional Italian witchcraft) and Benedicaria* (Italian folk healing/magic and spiritual rituals of blessing a.k.a the things we do) by self-proclaimed Italian witches [sic] and certain authors claiming that there was and still is a secret society pre-dating Christianity that practiced and continues to practice witchcraft as a religion in Italy.
Amongst people of southern Italian descent, Italians and North American-Italians alike, there is a tradition which is passed from mother to daughter, father to son, zia to nipote, commara to commarella, etc. This tradition is very rich, and in it will be found the rituals and prayers for the outward expression of one's inner spirituality for every phase and condition of one's life.