Several places in the world are eerie with unexplainable events and observations. Most call them haunted while others look for scientific explanations. The marine world also has a few such locations like the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea or the Dragon’s Triangle with stories of vanishing vessels, ghost ships drifting without a soul in sight etc.
Located near the Japanese coast in the Pacific Ocean, the Devil’s Sea (Ma-no Umi in Japanese) is one of the twelve Vile Vortices around the earth. Vile vortices are those areas where the pull of the planet’s electromagnetic waves is stronger than anywhere else. As the title indicates, the Dragon’s Triangle extends as a triangle between Japan and the Islands of Bonin, including a major portion of the Philippine Sea.
Geographically, the triangle is located around Miyake, a Japanese island that lies 100 km south of Tokyo. However, the exact location of the Devil’s Sea is disputed.
Some reports state that it is 110 km from Japan’s east coast, while others claim that it is located near Iwo Jima, a Japanese Volcano Island which is almost 1,200 km from the Japanese coast. Since the Devil’s Sea is not officially included in the map, the actual size and the perimeter of the notorious waters remain unknown.
The area has also been called the Pacific Bermuda Triangle, denoting its position that is precisely opposite to the Bermuda Triangle and the similarities in the “paranormal phenomena” of the area with that of the Bermuda Triangle.
According to legends, the waters of the Devil Sea can engulf the mightiest of ships and their crew. The region has been famous for ship disappearances.
Notable Events in the Devil’s Sea
It is said that the conqueror Kublai Khan, the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and the grandson of Genghis Khan, had tried to make inroads into Japan in 1274 and 1281 AD. However, in both attempts, he failed to invade the country after losing his vessels and 40,000 crew members in this triangular area, reportedly due to typhoons.
As Kublai Khan and his army abandoned the plan to invade Japan, the Japanese believed God sent the typhoons to save them from the enemies.
Another story is about the sighting of a mysterious lady sailing a vessel in the Devil’s Sea in the early 1800s. It is said that the vessel resembled the traditional Japanese equipment for burning incense. However, the destination and identity of the vessel remain a mystery.
In the 1940s and 1950s, many fishing vessels and over five military vessels disappeared between Miyake Island and Iwo Jima.
Japan sent a research ship, Kaio Maru No.5 in 1952 to investigate the disappearances. However, this vessel also went missing. Its wreck was recovered later, but nobody knows what happened to the 31 crew members.
Following this incident, the Japanese government declared this area dangerous for marine voyaging and transporting goods. Moreover, after this unprecedented incident, all efforts to unearth the facts behind the mystery were also aborted.
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Origin of the Devil’s Sea Name
The term dragon in the name of the Devil Sea originates from the Chinese fable about dragons living in its waters. According to these fables, the dragons under the sea attack vessels passing by to satiate their hunger. These fables originated well before the AD period – 1000 BC era.
Similarly, the Japanese name “Ma-No Umi,” which means the Sea of the Devil, was originally coined by Japanese years ago when the stories of paranormal phenomena in the sea were popularized.
The superstitions associated with the Devil’s Sea always haunted the Japanese from venturing into this part of the ocean.
Other Explanations for the Mystery of Devil’s Sea
As the Devil’s Sea was popularized through legends, there were also hypotheses, including scientific explanations, attempting to solve the mystery. Several efforts were made to understand the truth behind the paranormal phenomenon.
Scholars like Ivan Sanderson suggested that the hot and cold currents crossing this Vile Vortice led to the disappearance of vessels in the Devil’s Sea. According to him, these currents result in electromagnetic disturbances that trap the ships passing by.
Another hypothesis suggested that the subsea volcanoes in the area were to blame. The eruptions from these volcanoes could have initiated such accidents, substantiating stories of dragons sucking in ships and their crew to the ocean’s depths.
Due to the undersea volcanoes and seismic activities, according to marine scholars, the islands in the area often disappear suddenly, while new ones appear at the same pace.
Another scientific research claimed that the anomalies were the result of an environmental phenomenon. The researchers argued that there were methane hydrates on the seabed.
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When methane hydrate gas or methane clathrates explode, bubbles form on the water surface. This impacts buoyancy and destroys a vessel without even leaving a trace.
However, in 1989, American writer and paranormal activity theorist Charles Berlitz wrote a book, The Dragon’s Triangle, after detailed research on the paranormal activities in the Devil’s Sea. According to him, the accidents involving five Japanese military vessels in the triangle, due to the ‘evil’ nature of the sea, have resulted in the death of more than 700 people.
Later, questioning Charles’s arguments, Larry Kusche published a book titled ‘The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved’ in 1995. In his work, Kusche rejected the story of the disappearance of Japanese warships, arguing that the vessels that went missing were fishing boats.
In his book, Kusche also claimed that the research ship sent by the Japanese contained a crew of only 31 people as opposed to the 100 stated by Charles and the vessel was wrecked by an undersea volcano in September 1952.
The remains of the wreckage were retrieved by the Japanese a few years ago which further rejected Charles’s claims.
y añade el enlace en español: San Miguel Ecatepec.
San Miguel Ecatepec es una comunidad con categoría de agencia municipal perteneciente a Tequisistlán y al Distrito de Tehuantepec, en el Estado de Oaxaca. Siendo la segunda localidad más poblada del municipio, solo por detrás de la cabecera municipal.2
La localidad se encuentra a 30 km al sureste de la cabecera municipal sobre una brecha de carretera. Se ubican en las coordenadas geográficas: 16°15′37.8″N 95°45′28.1″O.3
Desde 1536, se acuñaron en la Nueva España las primeras monedas por orden del Rey Carlos I. Eran de 4 reales con la inscripción “Carlos y Juana reyes”, porque fueron emitidas por él, supuestamente con apoyo de su madre la reina Juana I de Castilla, apodada “La Loca” porque perdió la razón a causa de los celos y la muerte de su marido Felipe “El Hermoso”. Estas monedas y las de 8 reales tenían símbolos que luego adoptaría el dólar americano.
A estas monedas les fueron grabados dos mundos y una corona, que simbolizaba el reinado español dividido por el mar, con dos columnas de Hércules, mitológicamente ubicadas en el Estrecho de Gibraltar, que según los griegos era el límite del mundo. En ambas columnas había dos banderines con las palabras “Plus Ultra” (Más Allá) que serpenteaban en forma de S. De ahí se cree que nació la “S” cruzada por dos barras verticales, que se convertiría en el símbolo del dólar.
Estas monedas que Carlos I ordenó acuñar eran similares a las que se fabricaban en Europa con el nombre de thaler, una abreviación de Joachimsthaler, una mina en la ciudad de Bohemia, hoy República Checa, pero en ese entonces territorio conquistado por España. Varios países la utilizaron, refiriéndose a ella como daler, daalder o tallero. Dollar fue la versión del nombre y la moneda adoptadas por los colonos británicos de América del Norte por no ser una moneda usada en Inglaterra.
Luego del surgimiento y eventual uso de la libra esterlina, los peniques y chelines acuñados por Massachusetts en 1652, muchos monederos independientes acuñaron entre 1783 y 1792 diversas piezas, siendo las más populares las que traían grabada la imagen del presidente George Washington, a la usanza inglesa de poner a sus reyes en sus monedas. De estas se conocen más de 20 variedades, sobre todo centavos de cobre y plata.
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El Congreso de Estados Unidos fundó en 1792 el United States Mint en Filadelfia, donde se emitió el primer dólar americano a iniciativa del presidente Thomas Jefferson, quien propuso que esta moneda fuera una unidad estándar de dinero. Así fue que se acuñaron piezas de plata de medio centavo, 10 centavos, un cuarto de dólar, medio dólar y un dólar, con la imagen grabada de una mujer de pelo suelto que representaba a la libertad.
...burning bright in Paris where she was killed on August 31, 1997
[Diana car accident site in Paris]
...precisely 10 years after 'Bad' containing hit song 'Dirty Diana'
[Release August 31, 1987]
It was... 'Moon Impact'
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'For now doth Cain with fork of thorns confine On either hemisphere, touching the wave Beneath the towers of Seville. Yesternight The moon was round.' - Dante, Inferno
Reflected in the mirror was a messianic baby... a prince.
Michael Jackson had two boys named 'PrinceMichael' and a daughter 'Paris Michael (Katherine)' whom, according to his will, he wanted in the hands of Diana (Ross) if his mother was unavailable, as widely reported on Princess Diana's birthday (July 1).
The close, lifelong ties between Michael Jackson's and his friend DianaRoss are made dramatically clear in his 2002 will - he chose her to raise his three children if his mother is unable to do so. [...]
Note also:
PrincessDiana died in Paris
Diana's 'baby' PrinceWilliam had his birthday (June 21) marked by literal Moon Impact (TV movie) 4 days before MJ's death
A member of the British Royal Family named Prince Michael (of Kent)
Neda: - Killed on June 20, day before Prince William's BD - 'Neda' means 'divine message' ('angel' means 'messenger')
Following her heart-breaking death captured on video, Neda became the face of the protests raging at the time in Iran following the June 12presidential election (starting on June 13).
Etymology: The first part, wer, translates as "man"... The second half, wulf, is the ancestor of modern English "wolf"; in some cases it also had the general meaning "beast."
His was an unnatural evolution (plastic surgeries, etc.). What about ours? Is human evolution natural? If not, has the Moon had a hand in it?
We can almost hear the whisper: 'Human evolution is a hoax':
August 15, 2008 St. Anthony of Padua birthday Bigfoot hoax...
During your holidays in Carnac, discover the town’s religious heritage: its six chapels will take you on a journey through the centuries.
CHAPEL OF St Michel
The Chapel of Saint Michel de Carnac was rebuilt around 1813 and again in 1925 on the same plans as the original chapel dating from 1664. It is located on the highest point of the town, the tumulus hill. Below is St Michel devotional fountain. Women whose husbands were at sea, used to sweep the chapel in the direction they wanted to see the wind blow. Then they would to pray at the fountain and drink the water. St Michel’s saints day is in September. There is an orientation table at the high point of the hill.
Climb to the top of the tumulus and admire the breathtaking views of the ocean and islands.
CHAPEL OF St Colomban
The Chapel of Saint Colomban, built in the flamboyant Gothic style, dates from the end of the sixteenth century. It is consecrated to the Irish monk Saint Columba, the patron saint of fools. To the east of the village, with its granite houses, is the fountain of Saint Colomban, which has two drinking pools. The wash house was a meeting place for the village women. South of the village, by the sea, are two chimneys, the remains of a forge.
The chapel is open all year round from 10 am to 6 pm. Entrance is free.
CHAPEL OF Kergroix
The Kergroix chapel dates back to the 16th century, although it was rebuilt in 1951. The Forgiveness of Our Lady of the Cross is celebrated in September. The chapel is open to the public all summer.
CHAPEL OF la Madeleine
The site of the chapel was once a leper colony. The present chapel was rebuilt in 1976. It is open and tended by local people in the summer. The most important service takes place in July. Next to the chapel, you will discover the fountain, the source of which is said to cure fever and skin diseases.
Continue your walk towards the Chapel of Hahon and the Chapel of Coet, both to the North of Carnac.
According to Macrobius who cites Nigidius Figulus and Cicero, Janus and Jana (Diana) are a pair of divinities, worshipped as Apollo or the sun and moon, whence Janus received sacrifices before all the others, because through him is apparent the way of access to the desired deity.[51][52]
A similar solar interpretation has been offered by A. Audin who interprets the god as the issue of a long process of development, starting with the Sumeric cultures, from the two solar pillars located on the eastern side of temples, each of them marking the direction of the rising sun at the dates of the two solstices: the southeastern corresponding to the Winter and the northeastern to the Summer solstice. These two pillars would be at the origin of the theology of the divine twins, one of whom is mortal (related to the NE pillar, nearest the Northern region where the sun does not shine) and the other is immortal (related to the SE pillar and the Southern region where the sun always shines). Later these iconographic models evolved in the Middle East and Egypt into a single column representing two torsos and finally a single body with two heads looking at opposite directions.[53]
Numa, in his regulation of the Roman calendar, called the first month Januarius after Janus, according to tradition considered the highest divinity at the time.
The temple of Janus with closed doors, on a sestertius issued under Nero in 66 AD from the mint at Lugdunum
Numa built the Ianus geminus (also Janus Bifrons, Janus Quirinus or Portae Belli), a passage ritually opened at times of war, and shut again when Roman arms rested.[54] It formed a walled enclosure with gates at each end, situated between the old Roman Forum and that of Julius Caesar, which had been consecrated by Numa Pompilius himself. About the exact location and aspect of the temple there has been much debate among scholars.[55] In wartime the gates of the Janus were opened, and in its interior sacrifices and vaticinia were held, to forecast the outcome of military deeds.[56] The doors were closed only during peacetime, an extremely rare event.[57] The function of the Ianus Geminus was supposed to be a sort of good omen: in time of peace it was said to close the wars within or to keep peace inside;[which?] in times of war it was said to be open to allow the return of the people on duty.[58]
A temple of Janus is said to have been consecrated by the consul Gaius Duilius in 260 BC after the Battle of Mylae in the Forum Holitorium. It contained a statue of the god with the right hand showing the number 300 and the left the number 65—i.e., the length in days of the solar year—and twelve altars, one for each month.[59]
The four-sided structure known as the Arch of Janus in the Forum Transitorium dates from the 1st century of the Christian era: according to common opinion it was built by the Emperor Domitian. However American scholars L. Ross Taylor and L. Adams Holland on the grounds of a passage of Statius[60] maintain that it was an earlier structure (tradition has it the Ianus Quadrifrons was brought to Rome from Falerii[61]) and that Domitian only surrounded it with his new forum.[62] In fact the building of the Forum Transitorium was completed and inaugurated by Nerva in AD 96.
Another way of investigating the complex nature of Janus is by systematically analysing his cultic epithets: religious documents may preserve a notion of a deity's theology more accurately than other literary sources.
The main sources of Janus's cult epithets are the fragments of the Carmen Saliare preserved by Varro in his work De Lingua Latina, a list preserved in a passage of Macrobius's Saturnalia (I 9, 15–16), another in a passage of Johannes Lydus's De Mensibus (IV 1), a list in Cedrenus's Historiarum Compendium (I p. 295 7 Bonn), partly dependent on Lydus's, and one in Servius Honoratus's commentary to the Aeneis (VII 610).[63] Literary works also preserve some of Janus's cult epithets, such as Ovid's long passage of the Fasti devoted to Janus at the beginning of Book I (89–293), Tertullian, Augustine and Arnobius.
As may be expected the opening verses of the Carmen,[64] are devoted to honouring Janus, thence were named versus ianuli.[65] Paul the Deacon[66] mentions the versus ianuli, iovii, iunonii, minervii. Only part of the versus ianuli and two of the iovii are preserved.
The manuscript has:
(paragraph 26): "cozeulodorieso. omia ũo adpatula coemisse./ ian cusianes duonus ceruses. dun; ianusue uet põmelios eum recum";
(paragraph 27): "diuum êpta cante diuum deo supplicante." "ianitos".
Many reconstructions have been proposed:[67] they vary widely in dubious points and are all tentative, nonetheless one can identify with certainty some epithets:
Cozeiuod[68]orieso.[69]Omnia vortitod[70]Patulti; oenus es
The above-mentioned sources give: Ianus Geminus, I. Pater, I. Iunonius, I. Consivius, I. Quirinus, I. Patulcius and Clusivius (Macrobius above I 9, 15): Ι. Κονσίβιον, Ι. Κήνουλον, Ι. Κιβουλλιον, I. Πατρίκιον, I. Κλουσίβιον, I. Ιουνώνιον, I. Κυρινον, I. Πατούλκιον, I. Κλούσιον, I. Κουριάτιον (Lydus above IV 1); I. Κιβούλλιον, I. Κυρινον, I. Κονσαιον, I. Πατρίκιον (Cedrenus Historiarum Compendium I p. 295 7 Bonn); I. Clusiuius, I. Patulcius, I. Iunonius, I. Quirinus (Servius Aen. VII 610).
Even though the lists overlap to a certain extent (five epithets are common to Macrobius's and Lydus's list), the explanations of the epithets differ remarkably. Macrobius's list and explanation are probably based directly on Cornelius Labeo's work, as he cites this author often in his Saturnalia, as when he gives a list of Maia's cult epithets[74] and mentions one of his works, Fasti.[75] In relating Janus' epithets Macrobius states: "We invoke in the sacred rites". Labeo himself, as it is stated in the passage on Maia, read them in the lists of indigitamenta of the libri pontificum. On the other hand, Lydus's authority cannot have consulted these documents precisely because he offers different (and sometimes bizarre) explanations for the common epithets: it seems likely he received a list with no interpretations appended and his interpretations are only his own.[76]
Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous, amis pèlerins, la joie de la rencontre fraternelle ! Ce chemin se veut être une démarche de pèlerinage dans l’esprit de Saint François. Accueillir la fraternité comme un cadeau, rechercher la simplicité et même la sobriété, vivre l’instant présent sans se soucier, c’est s’imprégner petit à petit de l’esprit de l’évangile tel que St François a choisi de le vivre. Le chemin est ouvert à toutes et tous et il apportera une joie authentique à celles et ceux qui auront au plus vrai d’eux-mêmes la paix du cœur.
Chemins de foi, chemins pour tous
Depuis de nombreux siècles, des pèlerins ont traversé l’Europe pour se rendre en Terre Sainte, à St Jacques de Compostelle, à Rome … pour des raisons spirituelles essentiellement mais ensuite aussi pour des raisons économiques et, plus récemment, pour goûter aux plaisirs de la marche, des paysages, du silence et de la solitude …
Aujourd’hui, de plus en plus de personnes, croyantes ou non, empruntent ces chemins tracés par les premiers pèlerins.
Un peu partout, des associations se sont créées pour redonner vie à ces itinéraires, notamment ceux vers Compostelle, mais aussi celui de Canterbury à Rome (« via francigena »), le Chemin de St-Michel, et bien d’autres. C’est aussi le cas pour ce « récent » chemin de 1500 km vers Assise.
Ainsi, elles témoignent d’un intérêt renouvelé pour la découverte du patrimoine culturel et artistique et pour une autre forme de ressourcement personnel ou de recherche d’épanouissement par un nouveau style de loisirs.
The letter S is the 19th letter of the Latin alphabet and the English alphabet. It is also used in other Western European languages and other Latin alphabets.
POPE NUMBER 266
9 LUNAR MONTHS=266 DAYS
FR-ANC-ISCO / J-ANUK-A
1/1-23/9 GREGORIAN CALENDAR=266 DAYS
266 DAYS=19*2*7 DAYS (SATURDAY)=WOMAN IN PREGNANT=LUNAR PHASE (36=4*9) (1+2+3+4+...36=666)
10/3-30/11 (JANUKAH=JOHN 10 22=24/9-KISLEV HAGGAI 2 10 )=266 DAYS
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law:12 ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?’” The priests answered and said, “No.”13 Then Haggai said, “If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered and said, “It does become unclean.”14 Then Haggai answered and said, “So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the Lord, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean.15 Now then, consider from this day onward.[a] Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord,16 how did you fare? When[b] one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.17 I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.18 Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.”
The Moon phase on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 is Waxing Crescent with an illumination of 7.18%. This indicates the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. On Wednesday, December 31, 1997, the Moon is 2.55 days old. This number shows how many days have passed since the last New Moon.
Moon phase details at Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Moon Phase details
Phase
???? Waxing Crescent
Horoscope
♑ Capricorn
Illumination
7.18% Visible
Rise/Set
8:24 AM / 9:59 PM
Moon Age
2.55 Days
Moon Angular
30.81º
Moon Distance
370,378.60 km
Frequently Asked Questions
On Wednesday, December 31, 1997, the Moon is in the Waxing Crescent phase with 7.18% illumination, is 2.55 days old, and located in the Capricorn (♑) constellation. Data from phasesmoon.com.
The Moon's illumination on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 is 7.18%, according to phasesmoon.com.
On this page you can find information on the specific moon phase on any given date. You can learn on the illumination, the moon position, age, angle and other parameters linked to the phase on the searched date.
During this day (January 05 1998), the phase of the moon is First Quarter with an illumination of 50.08%. This is the percentage of the moon that is illuminated by the Sun. During January 05 1998, the moon will have an age of 7.39 days old. This number shows how many days it has been since the last New Moon.
First Quarter Phase
This phase comes after the Waxing Crescent and the moon has an illumination percentage of 50%. The moon is one quarter of the way through its orbit around planet earth. Precisely half the moon will be illuminated and half of it will be dark. On this phase the moon is high overhead during sunset and it can be seen until mid-night when it sets in the west side. The First Quarter phase is a one-day event and in the following days we welcome a Waxing Gibbous, when the moon becomes more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.
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The Moon phase on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 is Waxing Crescent with an illumination of 7.18%. This indicates the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. On Wednesday, December 31, 1997, the Moon is 2.55 days old. This number shows how many days have passed since the last New Moon.
AVERAGE MOON RISE
