School spirit

Chimaera The Chimaera is one of the most famous female “MONSTERS” from Greek mythology.Greek sailors considered her as had luck considering she usually appeared right before disasters. The Chimaera looks like tons of different animals. She demonstrates the head of a fire breathing lion and a goat's head on her back and her tail was the head of a serpent. A few people have claimed that the Chimaera was raised by a man by the name of Amisodorus. However, some people believe that a half woman and…

You might think ghosts aren’t real. Well, that’s only because you can’t see them. 9-year-old Dennis can. In Pleasing The Ghost by Sharon Creech, Dennis has had multiple encounters with ghosts. Sometimes strangers and sometimes relatives. They usually leave at some point, but one doesn’t. Dennis’s uncle- Uncle Arvie. Uncle Arvie knows there will be some struggles along the way that only a living person could get through. This makes me think that the allegory of this story is that with the help of…

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the protagonist, Hamlet, faces the trauma of the death of his father, who was the previous king of Denmark. After his father’s passing, Hamlet is challenged by having to deal with the new marriage between his mother Gertrude and his uncle Claudius, new knowledge that his uncle could have murdered his father, the responsibility of the avenging his father's death, his own self destructive suicidal thoughts, and the possibility of his own damnation. The…

The ghost is coming to the realization that he is no longer a person. He is now a ghost and wants the audience to know the truth of how he’s been murdered. He’s in disbelief, while sleeping in his own orchard his brother poured poison in his ear killing him to take his place and take his wife. He is shocked and wants to let everyone know exactly how horrible his life has been ended at the hands of one who is supposed to love him his family. He starts to come to the conclusion that he wants…

Jolene Prince is a pipe carrier for a sweat lodge, she helps run the ceremonies for a sweat lodge. The ceremonies of the sweat lodge include rites of preparation, prayer, and purification. Many Aboriginal people claim it as an important spiritual tradition, widely shared and important for their aboriginal identity. The sweat lodge plays a very significant role in the lives of Aboriginal communities in their efforts to bring about personal and social healing, having participants emerge from the…

In this Woodblock portrait, Hokusai has combined the faces of two demons. One demon is named Hannya, and the second is Yamanba. Hannya’s face comes from a mask used in Noh theatre and Japanese plays. The Hannya mask is supposed to portray souls of women who have become demons due to obsessive jealousy. The demon is said to be dangerous, but also tormented, which shows the complexity of human emotions. The second demon, Yamanba, is believed to eat infants brought to the mountains. In this…

Galatians 5:22-23 states, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Throughout the scriptures, it talks about identifying the Spirit with a burning in the bosom, however, that is seldom the case. Doctrine and Covenants 8:2 explains how the Spirit communicates with people. “Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which…

police on the street in Seoul. Some of them were caught by police officers while marching in candlelight when they shouted "President Park Geun-hye retires" and "God 's justice is beyond the law." On that day, they prayed for; first, revealing the evil spirit hidden in Korean society that was maintained by Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil and the…

I start by realizing the only way my life can be harmonious is to have God present in my life. Once, I surrendered my life and Holy Spirit enter my being, then the body and the spirit become in unity. I have also realized that practicing the Sabbath allows time for rest and relaxation and time to commune with the Holy Father. The Sabbath helps me to focus on God and not all the busyness of today’s world.…

Today we woke up early to go sing at the Middle School in Neustiff. We performed in a gym but they had set it up nicely in order to accommodate us. We got a much better reaction from the kids. As I mentioned in my last note, we had noticed that this headmaster was much more welcoming then the last one, so that was reflected with the kids too. After we preformed our concert I was able to talk with a teacher who said that they were never expecting us to preform so well. This was very nice to hear.…