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Send us a textThe Unknown Daughter of Pharaoh: Blood Feud, and the RISE of a Common Prince

This episode we look at time and direction and the influence of geomancy--theories of Yin and Yang and a little bit of how people viewed the world through that lens.  For more, check out the blog page:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-127 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is episode 127: Time and Direction in Ancient Yamato   Officers of the court stood in the pavilion.  The soft trill of water could be heard trickling from one reservoir to the next.  They watched closely, as the figure of a court official, one hand out, pointing at a measuring stick, slowly rose along with the water.  Eventually, the figure's outstretched arm indicated a line with a single character next to it. On cue, one of the officials began to beat the large drum that was nearby.  The rhythm was slow, but deliberate, and the sound was loud, echoing out to the mountains and back, showering the nearby palaces in a layer of sound.  Across the palace, people briefly paused, took note of the number of strokes, and by that they knew the time of day.  Without giving it much more thought, they then went about their business.     This episode we find ourselves partway through the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou—his formal reign started in 668, but he had been pretty much running things since the death of Takara Hime in 661 and, arguably, for much longer than that.  668, however, saw Naka no Oe ascend the throne in his new palace of Otsu no Miya, officially making him the sovereign.  And although 645 is the year Naka no Oe and others had started the Taika Reforms, it's not wrong to say that  that 668 and the start of Naka no Oe's official reign, brief as it would be, that he finally had the ability to bring it all together and set it into stone. We've talked about many of these reforms before on the podcast, but a lot of them were associated with the continued push to incorporate continental concepts into Yamato society, covering everything from court ranks to how to organize agricultural production.  Of course, there was also Buddhism, which we've covered numerous times, but there were other concepts coming across as well, including ideas about history and writing, as well as ancient STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.  This included architects, and new ways of constructing buildings.  And it also meant ways of seeing the world, including things like directions and time.  And this is what I want to focus on this episode, taking a break from the primary narrative to spend some time on what we might call Yamato concepts of science, especially how they thought about the structure of reality organization of time and the universe – their cosmology, as it were.  After all, to better understand the reasoning and motives of people, it is helpful to try and understand how they saw the world, not just for translation—understanding what it means when an entry says something like the “Hour of the Horse” on an “Elder Wood” day—but also for understanding how things actually worked in their eyes.  For instance, the idea of ”auspicious” and “inauspicious” times and directions is something that most listeners probably don't incorporate much into their daily lives, but the Chroniclers and the people of Yamato absolutely did, so understanding concepts like this can sometimes be the key to unlocking why historical people may have taken the actions that they did.  In particular, we'll talk about things like yin and yang, five elements, ten stems and twelve earthly branches, and what all this meant for the Yamato ideas of organizing time and space. A large part of Yamato cosmology is tied to something called Onmyoudou, literally the Way of Yin and Yang, which in the organization of the Ritsuryo state fell under a particular ministry, known as the Onmyo-ryo.  If you've heard of Onmyoudou before, you likely have heard about the “Onmyouji”, practitioners who studied the flow of yin and yang—and who could reportedly do miraculous things with that.  A 10th century Onmyoji, the famous Abe no Seimei, is perhaps the most well-known, with numerous stories about his exploits, which were then turned into a fantastical series of stories by the award-winning author, Baku Yumemakura.  Those were then turned into Manga, movies, and more.  Abe no Seimei is like Japan's Merlin, or Gandalf, at least in the stories. Back to the organization we mentioned, the Onmyou-ryou was responsible for Yin-Yang theory, or Onmyou-dou, which included divination, as well as astronomy, or Tenmon-dou, and calendar making, or reki-dou.  While some of this was based on straight up natural observances, a lot of it was explained through older concepts of Yin and Yang theory.  Today, you might encounter a lot of this in the theories around Feng Shui, and this can also be referred to as “geomancy”, or earth divination.   To give a broad overview of Onbmyoudou and its origins, it is part of a large corpus of concepts focused around a concept of energy known as qi or ki—which forms the basis for a lot of Chinese and Japanese cosmology, or their concept of how the world worked.  Much of this is tied up in concepts that are modernly broadly called “Daoist” or associated with so-called Daoist practices.  That term can be a bit misleading, as strictly speaking, Daoism refers to the teachings of the legendary philosopher Laozi, in his book, the Dao De Jing, as well as works attributed to later authors, like the Zhuangzi. There is some controversy as to when and to what extent this strict Daoism came to Japan.  However, in the broader sense, the category of “Daoist “ practices includes an entire panoply of various folk practices, including concepts of Yin and Yang – and in the archipelago, many of these concepts were imported with the various books that people had acquired on the mainland, even if they weren't strictly tied to Daoist religious practice.  For example, there were aspects that were borrowed by various Shinto shrines, and others formalized into ritual practices under the new government.  And of course many of these became linked to various Buddhist teachings and practices, as well.   But what did this actually look like in concept and practice for practitioners of Onmyoudo in Japan? Let's start with the idea of yin and yang.  One of the earliest references comes from the Zhou Yi, the Zhou Book of Changes, the core of what we also know as the Yijing, the Book of Changes.  Here we see the idea that the universe began with a single force that split into two, and those two forces make up all of creation in one way or another.  Yin and Yang, or In and You—or even Onmyou—refer to these forces, which are characterized as shadow and light, moon and sun, female and male, cold and hot, etc.  So these forces are opposites, but it should be noted that they are not necessarily good or evil.  After all, too cold is just as bad as too hot.  Likewise too much darkness is as blinding as too much light. As most people have seen, yin and yang are often depicted as a circle divided into two comma shapes, with a smaller circle in each.  One side is white with a black circle and the other is black with a white circle.  This is the “Tai Chi” diagram, but the diagram itself doesn't seem to have been depicted like this prior to the 11th century, at least that we are aware. But the concepts are much older.    Now if you've heard of the Yijing, where it came from is something of a mystery.  One theory is that it started as a written account of folk wisdom, and may have even given instructions for things like when to plant and when to harvest, based on changes in various heavenly phenomena.   But overall it is organized into 64 chapters, each associated with a particular hexagram.  Start with a line, that can either be a full line – representing yang – or a broken line representing yin.  Stack three of these on top of one another and you get a trigram.  If you chart out every single possible combination of yin and yang lines, you get 8 unique trigrams, sometimes referred to as the baqua.  Stack two trigrams atop one another and you get a hexagram, a combination of 6 lines that can have 8 by 8 or 64 unique variants.   It's theorized that the Yijing resulted from taking all of the collected sayings or aphorisms and bits of advice and cataloguing and dividing them into 64 chapters, each one associated with a given hexagram. Going further, each line of the hexagram is  associated with particular line in Yijing, and various meanings are ascribed to it and its association.  It's a complex and fascinating system and I don't have time to go into it fully, but I would note that this was used as a form of divination—yarrow stalks or other means of random lot drawing that gives you a binary outcome – zero or one, yin or yang – could be used to determine the six lines of any given hexagram.  This, in turn, would reference a chapter in the Yijing which was then interpreted as a sign as to how to read a given situation that you might find yourself in. What's really important to understanding the worldview of the time is this idea, represented by the hexagrams in the Yijing, that you can encompass everything about the universe by making and cataloging different amounts and arrangements of yin and yang. It's a science, as it were – a systematic approach to understanding the differences in the world by breaking it into component parts.    And if this seems preposterous, consider this:  today we understand that all things are made up of tiny atoms.  And these atoms are all made up of the same material—protons, neutrons, and electrons.  And yet, how those atomic particles combine create atoms with wildly different qualities.  And how those atoms then combine into molecules and so on and so forth describe how we explain everything around us.  So is it really so far-fetched? I'm not saying that we should suddenly start to figure out the measurements of yin and yang in everything, but if we want to understand how the people of the time saw their world, it may be helpful to hold an open mindand understand the assumptions that they were working from and where they came from.  As human beings, we naturally look for connections in the world around us, and this was no exception.  People would observe facts, know how that it worked, and often then would back into the reason for it.  This is a tale told across cultures, and we still see it, today.  At the same time, we've developed structured approaches to test out our theories, empirically. So for the moment, let's leave the trigrams and hexagrams, and talk about another idea that also gained traction as people were trying to figure out how the world worked.  This was the five elements theory also known as Wuxing, or Gogyou, in Japanese.  The five elements in this case are Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth.  Some may notice that these, along with the sun and the moon, are used in Japanese for the days of the week:  Nichi (sun), getsu (moon), ka (fire), sui (water), moku (wood), kin (metal), do (earth). Buddhists, by the way, also had an elemental system with only four elements,  Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, possibly connected with some Greek influence, and brought along with Buddhist practice.  For now, however, let's focus on the five elements. The idea in wuxing is similar to that of yin and yang in that everything in creation is made up of these five elements in some degree and configuration.  Furthermore, there are creation and destruction cycles.  So fire creates ash, or earth.  Earth gives birth to metal.  Metal creates water—look at a cold piece of metal in a warm environment and see how the water droplets form on it, and imagine what that looks like without understanding humidity and how there could be water vapor in the air.  And then water creates wood, or plants—any farmer could tell you that without water the plants die.  And wood is where we get fire from. Of course, the reverse cycle is the opposite.  Fire eats the wood.  Wood drinks up the water.  Water rusts metal.  Metal tools plough the earth. And Earth can be used to douse fire. Finally, there is another cycle of weakening. ,. Because fire heats and weakens metal, metal chops down wood, the trees roots break up rocks, the earth soaks up water, and water likewise puts out or weakens fire. So the theory went, if these elements make up all matter, these relationships continue on a more complex scale in everything.  So if something was thought to contain a lot of “fire” element, then it would be potentially helpful if you needed “Earth” but destructive or at least weakening to metal and wood.  Properly accounting for these elements was important to achieve the results you were looking for, whatever that may be.   These were the kinds of things that were incorporated into traditional medicine practices, but also applied to auguries or divination about things like where and how to build a building.  Even today, Shrines will sell calendars that help people know the prominence of certain elements, and some folk remedies may look to balance elements, much as medieval European medicine was often designed to balance the four humors that ancient physicians believed were present in the human body. The chart of these five elements and their relationships is something you may have seen.  It is a five pointed star, often inside of a circle.  Of course this is also similar to a western pentagram, though typically drawn with the point of the star up, but it has nothing to do with Christian values or Satan, or anything similar.  Rather, it is just a way to represent these five elements, and you'll see it frequently in reference to Onmyoudou. The elements were used to categorize many different areas into groupings of five.  This includes grouping the various directions into five directions.  Of course, you may be wondering about that, since most societies usually mark four cardinal directions, and in this case, they did the same, but added the fifth as “center”.  And so you get things like the north is water.  It is related to cool, or cold weather.  It is represented with the color black. To the south, opposite of the north, is fire.  It is hot, and the color is red.  Of course, this probably doesn't take a huge leap to see the connections they drew: since these civilizations are in the northern hemisphere, the farther north you go, the colder it gets, and the farther south you travel, the warmer it gets, generally speaking, at least until you reach the equator. Meanwhile, the west was related to metal, and the color white, while the east was related to woods and forests, and the color…. Blue.  Alright, that last one, in particular, probably doesn't make sense to a lot of us.  After all, we likely associate blue with water, and wood, or trees, would be associated with brown or, possibly, green.  Well, in this case, it goes beyond that.  The north is water, but it is also associated with darkness—shorter days in the winter, and things like that Sothe association of north with black makes sense, but many also look at the ocean and don't necessarily see it as “blue”, or dark or even black, like Homer's famous “wine-dark sea”. Furthermore, although they have a word for it (midori), “green” was not a primary color in Japan, instead  considered more of a shade of “aoi”, or blue.  Even today they refer to a “green” traffic light as an “aoi shingo, not “midori” shingo.  So if you asked someone in the Asuka period to describe the wooded hills and fields, they would have likely used “aoi”.  And of course, we are missing the fifth element.  In the center we have the element earth and the color yellow. A lot of these different concepts were brought together during the Han period, when they were trying to syncretize all of the various philosophies and attempts to describe the world and bring them all together into a single system.  This meant that the Yijing, the wuxing theory, and others were mixed together with various other philosophies and theories of how the world work.  Things like the Shanhaijing, the Classic of Mountain and Seas, along with stories about immortals, the Queen Mother of the West, and more were all rolled together, and basically assumed to be true.  This included various real-world observations.  Therefore, there were many attempts to try and reconcile these various theories together. One of the other concepts, which we've discussed before, was the system of ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches.  We've mentioned this before regarding the sexagenary style of counting the years, but we'll recap here.  The ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches are concepts that go back to at least the legendary Shang period, and even show up in various bronzes Andit wasn't until later that they would be associated with other ideas.  The ten heavenly stems were each associated with one of the five elements, with each element being represented by a greater and lesser, or elder and younger, stem.  And then each of the twelve earthly branches were associated with animals—what we often call the Chinese Zodiac. We talked about how this applied to the calendar, in that it was used to track years in 60 year cycles, but also it was used to track days of the year.  The twelve earthly branches were also used for earthly directions.  The first, the rat, was in the north, and the order continued clockwise to the east, the south, west and then back to the north.  Now this means that the four cardinal directions—north, south, east, and west—all match up nicely with one of the twelve earthly branches, but as for northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest?  Those were all combinations of two branches.  So, for instance, the northeast was a combination of the ox and the tiger, or ushi-tora. Speaking of eight directions, where have we also heard the number eight come up recently? That's right: the eight trigrams, or bagua.  So each one of those trigrams, each representing a different concept, got associated with a direction as well.  This makes it easier to see where practices of geomancy came from.   You had a system with complex, overlapping associations between concepts and the physical world, and in the Tang dynasty, they used all of this  to understand not only  how things had happened, but also how the world would be in the future—in other words, they tried to use it to make predictions.  Hence the “mancy”. In the Yamato state, all of this became an official part of the government under the Onmyoryou: a branch of the government whose job is to make observations and figure things out from there, for the good of the state and the people.  They made observations of the heavens to figure out how the calendar should be aligned—which months should come at what time, and when there should be “leap months”, or intercalary months, to keep various astronomical phenomena in the correct seasons, which were also further divided up into 24 periods.  They also kept track of the movement of bodies like the various planets, because those planets were also assigned values, and thought to affect the flow of energy within this framework.  And so comets, storms, eclipses, and more were all important because of the theory that everything in the heavens impacted and were reflections of how things were happening on the earth.  Similarly, these various discussions of white animals and other omens were likely captured and catalogued by these officials as well, attempting to figure out what they meant. All of this also influenced things like how palaces, buildings, and even capitals, would be built and laid out.  For the palace, it was important the the sovereign be in the north, looking south.  In fact, many maps would have south at the top because that is how a sovereign would be viewing it, were it stretched out before them.  And one would need to consider various features, including mountains and streams, as all of those things carried various meanings, but it wasn't as simple as just finding the one thing that could affect a person.  As they observed differences they would also have to catalogue what happened and try to determine what the cause could be, based on their understanding of the world.  And in the archipelago this would also include an understanding of Buddhist and local kami-based wisdom and knowledge as well. One of the things in the Chronicles that inspired this episode was something I actually mentioned last time,  a record from 666  talking about Chiyu, a Buddhist priest of the Yamato no Aya family, who presented a south-pointing chariot to the sovereign, Naka no Oe.  this appears to be the same Chiyu from a similar record in 658, which also refers to him building a south pointing chariot.  So did it take him eight years, or is he just now presenting it to the sovereign?  And what, exactly, is a south-pointing chariot? Well, as the name implies, a south-pointing chariot is a two-wheeled chariot that always points south.  More appropriately stated, it is a wheeled device with a figure on top, much like a weather vane, which always points south.  This is usually described as the figure of a person or an official pointing in the appropriate direction.  This was a mechanical, rather than a magnetic compass. As the chariot, or carriage, is wheeled around, the two wheels spin.  The wheels themselves are independently connected to a series of gears.  If the wheels spin at the same rate, then their movement cancels each other out.  However, if one wheel turns more than the other, then it will cause the figure on the top to rotate.  Of course, as the chariot turns to the right, the left wheel, traveling along the outer diameter, will travel farther than the right.  This will cause the figure to turn counter-clockwise to the left, but from an outside observer's perspective, it will continue to point in the same direction, even as the chariot itself turns.  Turning to the left would cause the opposite effect. Though it may have been used earlier, there appears to be reliable written evidence of a South Pointing chariot starting from the third century.  The first one was based on much earlier stories of a similar device, but it is unclear if it was a chariot, some other device, or even just a legend that was told as historical fact.  From the third century on the design appears to have been continuously improved upon. I should point out that all we have is descriptions—we don't have any actual south pointing chariots, let alone diagrams showing how the mechanisms worked.  There is the possibility that it used a kind of differential gear to work automatically, but we don't have any actual evidence.  There are other theories that it may have required some kind of manual switch, so that it would attach to one wheel or the other as needed.  That would require that the chariot be moving in either a straight direction or turning in one particular direction, which seems rather unwieldy. I noted some of the problems with this, and even moreso in a place like Japan, where 70% of the terrain is mountains.  Up and down hills, along paths that are likely anything but the smooth, paved surface we have for roads today—and even those have plenty of irregularities and potholes that could throw off any such device. And if you want to use it for any real distance, then you have to factor in other things, including the curvature of the earth.  After all, with the earth being a sphere, any chariot traveling due west to east or east to west, other than at the equator, would have one wheel traveling farther than the other one.  Granted, at the scale we are talking about, it probably is all but negligible, and the rough terrain and simple slippage of what were most likely wooden gears probably entered a lot more variability than the earth's curvature. One of the other issues is that the chariot only points “south” if you set it up to do so.   And if you know that, well, why do you need a south-pointing chariot?  Ultimately, it seems that this is more of a novelty item, good for impressing crowds and demonstrating some engineering principles, rather than an actual, useful invention.  After all, it was forgotten about and recreated multiple times, often centuries apart.  Had it been a truly useful invention, it probably would have been kept in constant use.  Meanwhile, I suspect that there were a fair number of farmers and others who knew that you could more easily and reliably use the sun and stars, as long as the weather was clear. There is also some evidence of an understanding of magnetic compasses since at least the 2nd Century BCE.  Early Han sources suggest that a spoon made of naturally magnetized ore could be placed on top of a polished bronze surface, and it would align itself north to south.  We don't have any actual surviving examples, however—there are later versions that you can find, where the plate is divided up into various directions, and then a magnetized “spoon” is placed on top, but nothing has actually come from Han tombs.  Furthermore, this seems to mostly be for geomantic purposes.  A more practical compass, with a magnetized needle, seems to have been developed by the 11th century, which could then be used for actual navigation. By the way, the “spoon” as a compass pointer may be in reference to the “Big Dipper” constellation, which was envisioned as a spoon, or ladle, in shape.  The seven stars were often used in geomancy, likely because of their importance, at least in the northern hemisphere, of pointing to the north.  So there's some thought that the “needles” of these early compasses weren't litterally  spoon shaped, but symbolically representive of the Big Dipper or the Northern Ladle.  Quick astronomy lesson, here.  If you are in the northern hemisphere, particularly from the 35th parallel to the north pole, you can see the seven stars that make up the constellation or asterism we know as the Big Dipper.   In English we sometimes also refer to this as Ursa Major, though technically the familiar seven stars are just a part of that larger constellation.  In Japan, the same constellation is often referred to as Hokuto Shichisei, the Seven Stars of the Northern Ladle.  It can be seen further south, but parts of it may dip below the horizon during the autumn season. It is important for several reasons.  One is that it is made up of particularly bright stars, which you can generally see even when other stars may not be visible.  Second, its distinctive shape lends itself to being easy to find in the sky.  And finally, if you draw a line between two of the stars at the end of the “cup” of the ladle, you can follow that line to find Polaris or hokkyokusei, the north star, which means you know which direction is north- and once  you know that, you can use it to figure out any other direction.  And Polaris is less than a degree off of true north, making it even more accurate than most magnets, as the magnetic pole can be quite different, depending on its current position, and magnetic north changes over time as the magnetic field around the earth fluctuates. That said, this was not necessarily the case in ancient times.  Four thousand years ago, the star closest to true north would have been the star Thuban, in the constellation Draco, a star that most of us probably haven't heard of.  Polaris, in the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Bear, also known as the Little Dipper) apparently took over as the north star around 500 CE.  However, even before then, the mouth of the dipper could still be used to indicate north.  In fact, if you draw a line between two of the stars in the back of the constellation, then you also end up finding Thuban.  So even if the north star itself wasn't accurate, finding the dipper would still help you orient yourself, especially if you can find true north during the day and then compare that with the constellation at night. Which helps to understand why astronomy, or Tenmondou, was so important in the Onmyouryou.  Though it wasn't just a study of stars, but of the way of the heavens in general.  And the changes in the heavens, brings us to another important concept—the flow of energy across the seasons.  From the bright days of summer, filled with sunshine and yang energy, to the dark yin energy of winter's long, cold nights. It wasn't enough to just know what happened, and where, but when was also important. Obviously you need to know when to sow seeds, flood the fields, and harvest the rice.  Beyond that, though, you have other concepts, such as how the the day and hour of an event could be symbolically important. And of course, all of these had their own associations with various concepts of the flow of yin and yang energy. Now knowing the year, the month, and even the day is largely just a matter of counting.  But let's talk about something a little more tricky:  How do you know the hour? This brings us to the vignette at the top of the episode, about the clepsydra, or water clock, that Naka no Oe is said to have built. Now we talked about some of the fountains and similar things that have been discovered in the Asuka region back in episode 118.  One thing that they believe they also found evidence of is something called a water clock, which is, as its name suggests, a clock powered by water.  It is typically depicted as a series of three or more boxes or reservoirs that each hold an amount of water.  Water is placed in the top reservoir, and then a hole towards the bottom is unplugged and it is allowed to drain into the box beneath.  The hole is of a particular size, and thus the water flows at a constant rate, filling up the container below, which has a similar hole, etc. all the way to a reservoir at the very bottom.  The multiple boxes mean that the water level in the intermediate boxes stays relatively constant, resulting in relatively consistent pressure and flow rate.  The last reservoir has a measuring stick on a float, so that as the last box is filled with water, the measuring stick raises up.  Since it is rising at a constant rate, one can use that to tell how much time has passed, regardless of anything else.  Thus you can keep time even at night. There is a record of Naka no Oe making one in the fifth month of 660, and he would have another one built in 671, which we will discuss later.  It is interesting that both of these inventions appear twice in the narrative—once during the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenchi Tenno, and once during the previous reign, that of Takara Hime, aka Saimei Tenno.  In this case it is said that 671 is the first time that the water clock, or roukoku, was actually used. From what I can tell, there is nothing that definitively indicates that the Mizuochi site in Asuka was definitely the site of Naka no Oe's water clock.  There isn't much in the Chronicles telling us what it was like or where, exactly, it was built, and there wasn't anything found at the site naming it as the location of the roukoku.  However, the site is in a prominent enough place, with channels for water and a pavilion of some sort.  They definitely found evidence of pipes, remnants of lacquered wood, and reservoirs for water, among other things, that suggest something to do with moving water happened in this area.  So it seems a very strong choice, as it all fits with theoretical archeological reconstructions. A water clock like this is excellent for keeping accurate time at all hours of the day.  However, it does have a slight problem in that anyone without a clock is still going to have to use the sun and similar heavenly cues to know what time it is.  So how do you let them know?  Well, it turns out that the continent had an answer for that as well, and instituted various systems of drums and bells to let people know the hour.  In fact, some of these practices continued, in one form or another, right up to the modern day—with or without a water clock.  After all, the key was to give the community some sense of the passing of time, but I doubt anyone was using it to time things more precisely than a general idea of an hour—though they did have the concept of their own minutes and seconds.  Which brings us to just how they saw time back then. The system of time that the Chronicles seems to use also came over from the continent, where there appear to have been several different methods for telling time prior to accurate clocks.  And while there was an idea of dividing the entire day into twelve segments, the time as it was announced was not always consistent with those twelve segments, or hours.  Rather, time was based around the key parts of the day.  So, for instance there was sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight.  And while noon and midnight remain exactly twelve hours apart, sunrise and sunset change with the seasons.  So if you call out sunrise, and then divide the time between sunrise and noon into equal segments of time, the size of those time segments change with the seasons.  On top of that, because of the tilt of the earth and our slightly irregular orbit around the sun, the sun appears to “move” across the sky faster or slower throughout the year, with a difference of about 30 minutes total between the extremes.  This isn't going to affect most people's daily lives, but would have been noticeable to those taking accurate measurements. In ancient Han, this appears to have been common in cities and towns, with a watch that would call out as they progressed on their rounds at set points in the day and night, relying largely on heavenly cues—which I suspect did not lead to the most accurate timekeeping, but it was sufficient for what most people needed.  The telling of time in this manner was partly to help with keeping track of the time of day, but was just as much an announcement that the watch was on duty and a warning to would-be criminals. Now a water clock was an excellent device for keeping track of a standard, absolute time, such as it were, but it required constant maintenance.  If you already have a watch calling out the time, perhaps they can also keep the water clock properly set, but you did have to have someone constantly filling it up and draining it at known points of the day.  Plus there was the problem that you only knew the time if you could check it, and this wasn't like a clock tower or something similar. And so in 671 it appears that Nak no Oe instituted the continental idea of drums and bells to announce the time to the people—or at least to those at the court.  We don't have a record of exactly how they were, used, but we can infer from other sources on the continent, and what we do know that some tradition of announcing the time with drums and bells continued to be employed in Japan until the Meiji era, though perhaps not without interruption:  Temples and the like had bell or drum towers, and as the day progressed they would beat out the time.  It was not, however, telling time as we might think of it, with one stroke at the first hour, two on the second, etc..  In fact, in many ways they counted backwards, and they only counted 12 hours, not our modern 24.  By the Edo period it seems that it was common practice to toll the bells nine times at noon and at midnight.  From there, they would count down, with 8 bells at roughly 2 o'clock, 7 bells at 4 o'clock, and 6 bells at 6 o'clock.  That would be another issue.  From 6 o'clock, the number of bells that would be tolled continued to decrease, so that at 8 o'clock it would be 5 bells, then 4 bells at 10 o'clock.  It would then jump back up to 9 and start over again. Why these numbers were used for the different hours we are not entirely sure, and I have no idea if these numbers were the same ones used back in the 7th century—though it does seem to match similar continental traditions.  Even the hours themselves were known by the twelve signs that came to be associated with the zodiac:  the hour of the rat, the hour of the ox, the hour of the tiger, etc.  Midnight fell in the middle of the hour of the rat, and noon fell in the middle of the hour of the horse, with each hour being almost exactly 2 hours by modern reckoning. There were other systems in use as well.  One divided the entire day up by 100 and then each of those divisions by another 10.  The key was whether or not it was an absolute or relative measurement. Something like the roukoku would indicate an absolute measurement.  After all, the fall of water from one reservoir to another was not affected by the change in seasons—at least as long as the water didn't freeze.  The flow was constant, as was the measurement of time. For those using other forms of reckoning, such as celestial phenomena or even a sundial, things might be a bit less accurate.  This was especially true when using concepts like “sunrise” and “sunset”.  Still, through observing the changes over the year, people eventually figured out charts and rules to help reconcile absolute forms of measurement with solar time.  There were other methods for telling time, as well.  Perhaps one of the more pleasant was the use of incense sticks.  By the time of the Tang dynasty, incense in stick form was relatively common, and it had been noticed that sticks of incense could burn at a fixed rate.  This meant that you could use incense sticks like candles were used in Europe, counting down how far they had burned to tell what time it was.  If you were really fancy, you could make a single stick out of different types of incense, so that as it hit a new hour, the scent would change, alerting you to the time through your olfactory senses. Speaking of time, we are coming to the end of ours for this episode.  We do have some more information on this on our website, Sengokudaimyo.com, and we'll have links to those sections of the website accompanying our blog. Next episode we will focus more on the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou, from his seat at Otsu no Miya. Until then, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. 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Rev. 3:2-6 ... The church of Sardis had a reputation for being alive when in fact it was dead, as far as Jesus was concerned. Here on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast Dr. Mitchell will speak of the need to go on in the truth, and not to stagnate, but to grow into the full knowledge of the Lord.In verse 3, Dr.Mitchell shows how the savior calls a Christian to individual faithfulness to God's Word. The Savior says,"Remember,then, what you received and heard. Keep it and repent." The Lord is coming soon.Dr. Mitchell comments on the fact that the Lord know the names of those who are His and He will not blot their names out of the book of Life, but just the opposite, He will confess his name before the father and His angels. What an encouragement from the savior for one's eternal security.Here is Dr. Mitchell, Rev. 3:2.

On the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcastwe are continuing on into Revelation chapter 2 with our teacher Dr. John G. Mitchell.Dr. Mitchell gives us a short overview of the 7 churches found in chapters 2 and 3. He provides Biblical evidence that these 7 churches, although historical, are also a prophetical picture of the history of the church from the beginning until today containing truth for us now.In this lesson we learn about the church at Ephesus, one of the early churches. Dr. Mitchell gives a brief overview of this church as found in the book of Acts. It was one of the Apostle Paul's most taught churches, having spent 3 years there. The Lord has commendations for this church but also finds it lacking in one important aspect. It had lost or abandoned its first love - that love for the Savior Himself. From these words, the Lord challenges us to examine our love for Him.Here is Dr. Mitchell, Revelation 2:1.

MARIO MONTH IS BACK! This year's theme is all RPGs! For the next 5 weeks I will be diving into a different Mario RPG game and of course I had to start off the the original Mario RPG game, Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars. Joining me to explore Mario's first foray into the RPG genre are friends of the show Matt Storm from Fun and Games Podcast and Eric Gess from the Unlockables Podcast. We discuss this game's legacy, how it setup Mario for future RPG games, why Booster absolutely rules and of course Yoko Shimomura's legendary soundtrack. Follow Matt on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/djstormageddon.com Follow Fun and Games Podcast on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/funandgamespod.bsky.social Follow Reignite Pod on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/reignitepod.bsky.social Follow Eric on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social Shout-out Song: Yoshi Island Artist: Doni Album: Goombette https://gamechops.com/goombette/ End Song: Super Mega Ultra Pipe House [Super Mario RPG - Super Pipe House] Artist: DDRKirby(ISQ) Album: Remixes - Volume 1 https://ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/remixes-volume-1 Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod Want to buy some Still Loading merch? https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast

What if ancient myths weren't primitive superstitions but precise recordings of how celestial forces shape human consciousness? Could cosmic radiation carry quantum-encoded information that our brains process unconsciously? Isolated civilizations' synchronized rise and fall hints at stellar cycles affecting neural patterns.If you are having a mental health crisis and need immediate help please go to https://troubledminds.org/help/ and call somebody right now. Reaching out for support is a sign of strength.LIVE ON Digital Radio!  http://bit.ly/40KBtlWhttp://www.troubledminds.net or https://www.troubledminds.orgSupport The Show!https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/troubled-minds-radio--4953916/supporthttps://ko-fi.com/troubledmindshttps://patreon.com/troubledmindshttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/troubledmindshttps://troubledfans.comFriends of Troubled Minds! - https://troubledminds.org/friendsShow Schedule Sun--Tues--Thurs--Fri 7-10pstiTunes - https://apple.co/2zZ4hx6Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2UgyzqMTuneIn - https://bit.ly/2FZOErSTwitter - https://bit.ly/2CYB71U----------------------------------------https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/of-celestial-clockwork-cosmic-cycleshttps://x.com/TroubledMindsR/status/1894459116535648518https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250117-planetary-parade-what-the-alignment-of-seven-planets-really-means-for-sciencehttps://www.ndtv.com/science/planetary-parade-2025-how-and-where-to-see-this-rare-celestial-event-in-india-7554825https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-through-doorway-makes-you-forget/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/atlantishttps://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Seven_Stars

Kelsey sits down with Faith, a seasoned Turks & Caicos traveler who has visited three times (May 2019, May 2022, and May 2023) - and loved Seven Stars Resort so much, she's returned twice. Faith shares why this boutique-style resort stands out, from its swanky yet serene atmosphere to its top-tier hospitality, family-friendly vibe, and unbeatable location on Grace Bay Beach. Plus, she dives into the best restaurants (including a Kardashian fav!) and must-do excursions across the island, giving you everything you need to plan the ultimate Turks & Caicos getaway!Mentioned in this episode:- Beaches Turks & Caicos- Travel Agent Rachel Lackey with Vacations Booked- Book Seven Stars Resort on Black Friday or Cyber Monday- Marriott Credit Card & Marriott Points- The Palms Turks & Caicos Spa- Seven Stars restaurants: Seven, The Deck, The Farm- Off property restaurants: Infiniti Restaurant & Raw Bar at Grace Bay Club, Magnolia Restaurant & Wine Bar, Coco Bistro, Da Conch Shack (a Kardashian fav), local Turks & Caicos Fish Fry, Mr. Grouper's, Omar's Beach Hut- Excursion companies: Caicos Dreams (private boat tour), Big Blue Collective (Kayaking Mangrove Eco Tour spotting turtles and iguanas), Island Vibes Tours (popular half-day tours from resorts with snorkeling, Iguana Island, and rum punch!)- Fun Facts With Faith: Jojo the DolphinSUPPORT: Buy me a coffee to show your support for the Trip Tales podcast! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kelseygravesFOLLOW: Kelsey on Instagram & TikTokSHOP: Kelsey's Travel Favorites from her Amazon storefront.SHARE: About your trip on the Trip Tales podcast: triptalespodcast@gmail.comPARTNER DISCOUNT CODESBling2o - 10% OFF Bling2o kids ski goggles with code: KELSEYSPANX.COM - Use code KGRAVESXSPANX for 15% OFF full-price items and FREE SHIPPING. My current fav travel outfit is the Air Essentials Jumpsuit. CHASE SAPPHIRE CREDIT CARD - My preferred points earning credit card and a great card for newbies entering the points & miles space to get started. Open a Chase Sapphire Preferred with my link and earn 60,000 BONUS POINTS.

Angels work in judgments. Church work in judgments. Seven stars in JESUS' right hand.

In this episode of the Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast, host Justin Vacula shares a detailed travel report from his stay at Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas, utilizing a complimentary offer from Caesars Rewards Diamond Status. Joined by returning guest Mandi, Justin discusses the logistics of their trip, transportation, the luxurious amenities at Atlantis, and the trade-offs they made to stay within budget. The duo talks about the highs and lows of their stay, including the exhilarating water park, various dining options, and their approach to managing food expenses. They also highlight their plans for earning Caesars Diamond and Seven Stars status, future travel meetups, and upcoming podcast episodes. 00:00 Introduction to Low-Cost Travel 00:32 Podcast Overview and Guest Introduction 01:52 Atlantis Bahamas Trip Report 02:24 Caesars Rewards Diamond Status Benefits 04:16 Travel Logistics and Arrival 07:22 Exploring Atlantis Resort 10:14 Casino Experience and Comped Stay 15:51 Fun Activities at Atlantis 21:53 Exciting Water Slides and Attractions 22:38 Exploring the Beautiful Beaches 23:10 Marine Life and Resort Amenities 24:07 Dining Options and Prices 26:16 Bringing Your Own Food 28:01 Social Experiences and Events 28:43 Waterpark Costs and Benefits 29:42 Future Travel Plans and Tips 31:43 Maximizing Rewards and Benefits 34:48 Final Thoughts and Announcements

Become a CTC Partner: https://crosstocrown.org/partners/ Free LXX English translation: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/ Key playlists: The Kingdom and the Last Days: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Yobt1jZDd-fWWua2bpHUIYaznHgLZ20 Zechariah: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Yobt1jZDd99n2SBXrhdBklo36yRstVt Featured playlist: The Church (That Meets in My Home) — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Yobt1jZDd9Zzn8Ufa-BNciyYv04Cl6m My books: Exalted: Putting Jesus in His Place — https://www.amazon.com/Exalted-Putting-Jesus-His-Place/dp/0985118709/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 God's Design for Marriage (Married Edition) — https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Design-Marriage-Married-Amazing/dp/0998786306/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493422125&sr=1-4&keywords=god%27s+design+for+marriage God's Design for Marriage (Pre-married Edition) — https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Design-Marriage-What-Before/dp/0985118725/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top crosstocrown.org @DougGoodin @CrossToCrown

In this sermon by Chris Romig, the focus is on John's vision of Jesus on the Island of Patmos from Revelation 1:9-20. Exiled for his testimony, John sees Jesus in glory among seven golden lampstands, representing the seven churches. Symbolic imagery like eyes of fire and a voice like rushing waters conveys Jesus's divine majesty and authority. Chris highlights the presence, priesthood, and power of Christ. Jesus, as the ultimate high priest, has made a perfect sacrifice for our sins, ensuring redemption. This vision offers both comfort and a reminder of Jesus's divine scrutiny. Drawing parallels with the Book of Daniel, Romig underlines Jesus's assured victory and dominion, urging believers to see present challenges through this triumph. This message of Jesus's enduring nature provides confidence and encouragement.

Join us this episode as we travel back in time to 1996 for the release of Super Mario RPG: Legend of The Seven Stars. We also chat about the games that we've been playing. Jump in to the time machine with us! What We've Been Playing Mash Overwatch Classic - PC Andy Red Dead Redemption - SteamOS

Dit is seizoen 8, aflevering 7 van de RunningStories Podcast. De podcast gemaakt door twee hardloop amateurs: Siegfried en Marcel.   Draaiboek van deze week: LIFLAFJES - CPC inschrijving geopend - New York Marathon Matt Choi, hele stomme en domme “runfluencer”. Voor altijd gebanned van de NYRR evenementen. GOEDZO! NO MORE SIX STARS! - Six Stars is nu Seven Stars - En het wordt zelfs Nine Stars! - Wat vinden wij hiervan? Is de Six Stars nu beetje een troostprijs geworden voor iedereen die toch deze uitdaging is aangegaan?

Tyler and Mike discuss the history and gameplay of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

One of our wonderful members Lauren had the pleasure of running Sydney Marathon this year.  It's currently a candidate to become the 7th World Marathon Major so we invited Lauren onto the podcast to share her experience with the community.    Join The Running Hub Community Apply for 121 Coaching   Social Media LinksFollow us on instagram - @therunninghubcommunity @run_with_coachkatie @coach_james_trh Follow us on Facebook   Follow us on YouTube  Speak to the coaches!katie@therunninghub.co.uk james@therunninghub.co.uk hayley@therunninghub.co.uk   Shop our website www.therunninghub.co.uk Join us for The Running Hub Retreat - 1 Place Left! 

The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nicky and Eric discuss game secrets, company rivalries, and why Nintendo never made a sequel to the original Super Mario RPG. Super Mario RPG is a role-playing Mario game for the Nintendo Switch. It's a remake of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars that came out for Super Nintendo in 1996. The remake was developed by ArtePiazza and was released on November 17, 2023. The story focuses on Mario and his friends as they seek to defeat the Smithy Gang, who have crashed into their world and scattered the seven star pieces of Star Road. Press Any Button hosts Nicky (a new gamer) and Eric (a lifetime gamer) are a married couple who both love video games. For every video game they will discuss its past (history of the game, developers story, and fun facts), present (game play, game review and strategy), and future (will there be a sequel?? A movie?)  BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE… Every game also comes with a challenge presented by the host that chose the game. If the challenge is not completed then whoever failed has to do a video game rap! So if you want to learn more about video games, hear some nerdy video game raps, or just have a good time this is the podcast for you. We try to cover all types of video games including: Retro and New video games Playstation, Nintendo, Xbox, Sega, and PC games Any and all genres including RPG, Simulation, Beat em up, platforming, mystery, first person shooter, sandbox, puzzle, action adventure, etc. Follow us on  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/pressanybutton_podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits: Nicky Smith Eric Luedtke Music by Mark Spurlock and Eric Luedtke References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_RPG https://mario.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Mario_RPG_(Nintendo_Switch) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix https://web.archive.org/web/20230114212005/https://shmuplations.com/supermariorpg/

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is a gem of a game that has stood the test of time. Its innovative gameplay, charming characters, and vibrant world make it a must-play for fans of the Mario series and RPGs alike. With its engaging battles, memorable locations, and catchy music, this game continues to captivate players and inspire new generations of gamers. Whether you're a veteran player revisiting a classic or a newcomer experiencing it for the first time, Super Mario RPG is a journey worth embarking on. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ongamecast/support

It's-a-us, the Rhythm Encounter crew! With the impending launch of the remaster for the beloved sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, we decided it was high time to talk about Mario's illustrious RPG career. Starting with 1996's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and extending through the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario games, the idea of a Mario-based RPG went from an unheard of collaboration between Nintendo and then-Squaresoft to multiple styles of games across several generations of consoles. And, as it turns out, incredibly talented composers are attached to every game's soundtrack. So strap on your overalls and join us for some of our favorite Mario RPG music!Featuring: Mike Salbato, Hilary Andreff, Mario Garcia, Jimmy Turner; Edited by Paul DennisLinks for this episodeRhythm Encounter 61 - A Very Yoko Shimomura January | RPGFanMario Tennis (N64) - Game Point (YouTube)TracklistWorld 1 - Dream City0:08:53 - Dreamy Castle Rendezvous (Yoko Shimomura) - Mario & Luigi: Dream Team0:11:25 - Rogueport (Yoshito Hirano and Yuka Tsujiyoko) - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorWorld 2 - Mushroom Stomp0:26:25 - Beware of Forest Mushrooms (Yoko Shimomura) - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars0:28:31 - Battle (Yoko Shimomura) - Mario & Luigi: Partners in TimeWorld 3 - And My Name's Birdo0:46:42 - ‌Enter Birdo (Yoshito Sekigawa, Shoh Murakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Morishita, and Fumihiro Isobe) - Paper Mario: The Origami King0:48:39 - This is Booster Tower (Yoko Shimomura) - Super Mario RPG (Remake)World 4 - Bowser's Castle 41:06:25 - ‌Game Point (Motoi Sakuraba) - Mario Tennis (GBC)1:08:16 - The Grand Finale (Yoko Shimomura) - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story1:30:34 - Mario's Bonus Track!Album links for places to buy, stream, and more are available in our post on RPGFan.Get in Touch:RPGFan.comRPGFan ShopEmail us: music@rpgfan.comTwitter: @rpgfancomInstagram: @rpgfancomThreads: @rpgfancomFacebook: rpgfancomTwitch: rpgfancom

Do you really want to understand the Prophecy of Revelation? Stay right here as Pastor Matt continues to build the foundation of this Prophecy!Don't let the foundation intimidate you - it's necessary for true understanding... and it might just change your life too! Seven Stars and Seven Candlesticks... the Angels and the Churches - Let's go! kingdomgen22@gmail.com  

église AB Lausanne ; KJV Revelation 3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. ...

It's-a-me, AGAIN! Geno and Mallow (and, I guess, Mario, Peach, and Bowser) are back (tell a friend!)... in SUPER MARIO RPG! Not to be confused with Episode 5 of our dear podcast, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.The heroic journey is undertaken once more, and our favorite heroes and all their early-Nintendo snark are ready to save the castle from Mack... I mean, Claymorton, and Smithy. With the help of Frogfucius and his KeroKero Cola... I mean, Frog Sage and Croaka Cola...Ok, so there are definitely SOME things that changed, but overall? Like 95% the same game, and that 95% is glorious, and of the changes, beyond the renames, we got our very favorite thing... QUALITY OF LIFE improvements! (Sorry, Producer Lisa).Was this a joy to come back to and play? (Spoiler: it was). Was it beautiful? (Spoiler: it was). Do we miss needing to save manually? No spoilers, gotta listen to find out THAT important detail!A beautiful remake, an amazing original game, almost the entire script kept in-place, and a great Mario property... talk about a recipe for success! Jump in and hear the full thoughts!

What is different about Revelation compared to other books in the Bible? Have we taken too much of a dry and modern approach to understanding apocalyptic literature? Is there a link between the Seven Spirits of God and the Seven Stars who play a crucial role in the book? How do Second Temple Period writings such as Enoch influence the New Testament authors and their writings? Send your questions now to information@apologetics.orgAngels, Cherubim, and Seraphim: (prior episode)https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14321665-angels-cherubim-seraphim-and-the-spiritual-realm-who-are-theyWho is Satan?https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/11692097-the-serpent-and-the-guardian-cherub-who-is-satan-part-1Support the show

Bonus Episode #37 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. Today on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera are joined by Alex Messenger from A VGM Journey to discuss the soundtrack to the remake of Super Mario RPG! Listen to the sister episode for this Bonus Episode over at A VGM Journey - Level 138: Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, or whatever you want! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu. EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Hello, Happy Kingdom from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Let's Go Down the Wine River from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Rose Town from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] And My Name's Booster from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Fight Against Monsters from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Still, the Road is Full of Dangers from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Beware the Forest's Mushrooms from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Fight Against Culex from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Here's Some Weapons! from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Going Shopping in Seaside Town from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Barrel Volcano from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] Goodbye Geno from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] The End! from Super Mario RPG [Yoko Shimomura, 2023] SUPPORT US Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera CONTACT US Website: https://rpgera.com Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu Twitch: https://twitch.tv/therpgera Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast The Movie Bar --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bgmania/message

This is part 2 of the show, part 1 was posted earlier.... Topic begins at (0:01:06): ESPNBet screws gambler on same-game parlay, grading entire bet a tie because one leg tied.... (0:10:16): BetMGM invalidated $214k parlay in August... but was it justified?.... (0:25:52): Circa faces lawsuit regarding taxation of comps -- is it frivolous?.... (0:51:34): Mysterious death of Dirk Arthur, a Vegas magician specializing in tigers, has some suspecting murder or suicide.... (1:26:20): Phil Galfond announces $10k "mastermind" event for January in Palm Springs, causing some minor controversy.... (2:27:08): WSOP Paradise offered some Seven Stars members free entry into their $5 million guarantee event #1.... (2:38:01): Phil Hellmuth's loud entrance during WSOP Paradise Main Event causes controversy.... (2:50:55): Jordan Saccucci wanted for major robbery in Canada, bounces out of country to play WSOP Paradise.... (3:00:20): Unemployed college professor Anthony Polito kills 3, badly wounds 1, in pre-planned UNLV shooting.... (3:42:56): Druffytime Theater: Druff versus defiant Target employee and customer playing hero.... (4:55:01): Christopher Mitchell has YouTube channel shut down for the 4th time.... Brandon and tradershky co-host parts of the show.

This is part 2 of the show, part 1 was posted earlier.... Topic begins at (0:01:06): ESPNBet screws gambler on same-game parlay, grading entire bet a tie because one leg tied.... (0:10:16): BetMGM invalidated $214k parlay in August... but was it justified?.... (0:25:52): Circa faces lawsuit regarding taxation of comps -- is it frivolous?.... (0:51:34): Mysterious death of Dirk Arthur, a Vegas magician specializing in tigers, has some suspecting murder or suicide.... (1:26:20): Phil Galfond announces $10k "mastermind" event for January in Palm Springs, causing some minor controversy.... (2:27:08): WSOP Paradise offered some Seven Stars members free entry into their $5 million guarantee event #1.... (2:38:01): Phil Hellmuth's loud entrance during WSOP Paradise Main Event causes controversy.... (2:50:55): Jordan Saccucci wanted for major robbery in Canada, bounces out of country to play WSOP Paradise.... (3:00:20): Unemployed college professor Anthony Polito kills 3, badly wounds 1, in pre-planned UNLV shooting.... (3:42:56): Druffytime Theater: Druff versus defiant Target employee and customer playing hero.... (4:55:01): Christopher Mitchell has YouTube channel shut down for the 4th time.... Brandon and tradershky co-host parts of the show.

Today is a BEEG episode of the original Super Mario RPG released way back in 1996 for the SNES. Mario's first foray into the RPG genre proved extremely successful for both Nintendo and developer Square. A mix of the nintendo charm and Final Fantasy style gameplay, it continues to be one of the greatest entries in the Mario universe. The success stopped when Nintendo chose to go cartridge for their next console and Square went with Sony to create Final Fantasy 7 that made a sequel impossible (though we did get two spin-off franchises in Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi). Cam (@cpawx) joins the boys for his first ever non-zelda episode to chat about playing the original in 1997, having his Mom help him on the final boss and what it's like to play the remake 27 years later.

friz is one of the MK8 gurus who runs our latest Club called Cups League, dedicated to Mario Kart 8 races every week. friz joins us to discuss Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and of course, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Check out all of our guest's links at https://c3.gg/friz Our hosts' links can be found at https://c3.gg/rey and https://c3.gg/dan The show is Executive Produced by Channel 3 Founder Joel Willis who can be found at https://c3.gg/joel About Channel3.gg: Channel3.gg is a social networking built from the ground up for gamers. Sure you can do all the stuff like on the old social medias like post pictures, videos, comments and the like. Channel 3 is so much more than that though. It takes the social media experience and game-ifies it. Made a great post that someone likes (1-ups) or respawns? You earn XP experience points that level you up. New levels mean chances to spin the C3 prize wheel, earn digital flair for your profile, and more. Additionally there are weekly events hosted by Channel 3 that let the community unwind and kick back with a little friendly competition. Sure, you want to win but it's more about hanging out and the vibes. These events are hosted on C3's Twitch Channel and also earn XP for participants. XP can also be earned for completing quests-questions related to games and being a gamer, challenges where you go forth and complete a task in a game, rating & reviewing games and systems, creating specifically themed lists of games and more. Music licensed by www.fesliyanstudios.com

Composed by Yoko Shimomura Track Listing Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure Hello, Happy Kingdom Let's Go Down the Wine River Rose Town And My Name's Booster Fight Against Monsters Still, the Road Is Full of Dangers Beware the Forests Mushrooms Fight Against Culex (Composed by Nobuo Uematsu) Here's Some Weapons Going Shopping in Seaside Town Barrel Volcano Goodbye Geno The End! (Composed by Koji Kondo) Check out the Discord!!! https://discord.gg/YnMbFnT6M7

We took the week off for thanksgiving, so here's an episode that you've missed from the bonus feed! All donors get access to a second podcast feed that is the home to all of the JRPG Canon episodes! Welcome to the JRPG Canon! Sam's project to document the opening slice of as many RPGs as possible, to talk about their game design and fun factor! This episode, Sam is joined by Trish to discuss Baby's First RPG, Super Mario RPG. If you have an idea for another game for us to cover on the JRPG Canon, head over to www.rpgbook.club and click on commissions! The JRPG Canon into/outro music is Grostos Castle by falcom jdk from the videogame Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II

After decades of waiting one of Brad's all time favorites has returned with the remake of Super Mario RPG The Legend of The Seven Stars. At the same time, Doug is introduced to this classic for the first time. How do Mario, Geno, Mallow, Peach, Bowser and the SNES classic hold up for someone and is it worth it for those new to the game?

Un repaso a la historia que llevó a la creación de Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars para Super Nintendo con motivo del lanzamiento del remake para Nintendo Switch. ¿Cómo surgió esta colaboración entre Nintendo y Square? Presentado por Nacho Bartolomé. Sintonía y sonidos del podcast por Rubén García. Puedes contactar a través de X (@nintendatos) o correo electrónico (contacto@nintendatos.com). ¡Gracias por escuchar!¡Hazte mecenas en Patreon! Fuentes y enlaces de interés:https://shmuplations.com/supermariorpg/https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/13/where-mario-luigi-dream-team-and-super-mario-rpg-collide

THIS WEEK: Joe faces the forces of the Masked Circle as rumors in Sumaru are coming true with Masaki Kurokawa's work in Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Peter battles the sentient weapons of the Smithy Gang with their takeover of Star Road and the Mushroom Kingdom in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

The Declarations of Jesus TS Wright pt 2 If you've been listening recently, you've heard several session with our guest today, TS Wright. We've done a deep dive on Revelation and the “7 Church Ages.”  If you missed any of those episodes, go look them up in our archives. On our last episode, we learned the possible significance of the year 2038 – and what that could mean (hint: it doesn't have to do exclusively with earth quakes! Scott Wright is back with us today as we discuss “The Declarations of Jesus?” Scott is also a podcaster and has a truly great podcast called, “The God Centered Concept,” as well. You really need to listen – and subscribe – to his podcast.  Amen! He has also published a journal called, “God Centered Concept Journal: Making God's Word My Ways.” Help me welcome back to the program, Scott Wright!  Scott, thank you for coming back on to join us today! Today we will be concluding our discussion of  “The Declarations of Jesus” based upon the chapters 1-5 in the Book or Revelation. What are the “Seven Stars” which Jesus holds? How do these declarations apply to our daily life? Can you sum all of this up for us to applicable to us today? Scott, all of this sounds really interesting. If someone wanted to reach out to you for more information or to ask a question, how can they do that? How can someone get in touch with you? I'll put links to all of this in the show notes below. Folks, these “The Declarations of Jesus” are very important for you to know and to understand. I urge you to click the link below to get in touch with TS Wright and ask for more information so you can study this out for yourself! It will only take you a second or two to drop down into the show notes and get in touch with Scott!  Be sure to order his great book, “God Centered Concept Journal: Making God's Word My Ways.”   Amen! Folks, that is all the time we have for today. For Scott Wright and myself, this is Pastor Bob reminding you to BE BLESSED IN ALL THAT YOU DO! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email:   gccgodcenteredconcept2038@gmail.com Book:  “God Centered Concept Journal: Making God's Word My Ways.”  - on Amazon Podcast:  The God Centered Concept

The Declarations of Jesus TS Wright pt 1 If you've been listening recently, you've heard several session with our guest today, TS Wright. We've done a deep dive on Revelation and the “7 Church Ages.”  If you missed any of those episodes, go look them up in our archives. On our last episode, we learned the possible significance of the year 2038 – and what that could mean (hint: it doesn't have to do exclusively with earth quakes! Scott Wright is back with us today as we discuss “The Declarations of Jesus?” Scott is also a podcaster and has a truly great podcast called, “The God Centered Concept,” as well. You really need to listen – and subscribe – to his podcast.  Amen! He has also published a journal called, “God Centered Concept Journal: Making God's Word My Ways.” Help me welcome back to the program, Scott Wright!  Scott, thank you for coming back on to join us today! Today we will be discussing “The Declarations of Jesus” based upon the chapters 1-5 in the Book or Revelation. The first question I have is, “What are the “Declaration of Jesus?” Can you briefly go over the “declarations” for us? So what are the “Seven Stars” which Jesus holds? Folks, these “The Declarations of Jesus” are very important for you to know and to understand. I urge you to click the link below to get in touch with TS Wright and ask for more information so you can study this out for yourself! It will only take you a second or two to drop down into the show notes and get in touch with Scott!  Be sure to order his great book, “God Centered Concept Journal: Making God's Word My Ways.”   Amen! CONTACT INFORMATION: Email:   gccgodcenteredconcept2038@gmail.com Book:  “God Centered Concept Journal: Making God's Word My Ways.”  - on Amazon Podcast:  The God Centered Concept

Move over Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut. The Goddess of the Seven Stars has been recovered. We explore the incredible rule of Sobekneferu, a woman who shaped and even saved ancient Egypt (and perhaps Western civilization itself). From her magic to her cultural achievements, our quest will detail intense political intrigue and an understanding of primordial deities like Sobek, Sekhmet, and Neith. What ultimately happened to this early pharaoh, and why has orthodox history worked so hard to erase her? Well, almost all of history, as occultism has sought her forbidden legacy for centuries, including Bram Stoker and Kenneth Anger.Astral Guest – Andrew Collins, author of The First Female Pharaoh: Sobekneferu, Goddess of the Seven Stars.Join the Virtual Alexandria AcademyStream Meet The ArchonsThis is a partial show. For the interview's second half, please become a member or patron at Patreon.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/aeon-byte-gnostic-radio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Move over Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut. The Goddess of the Seven Stars has been recovered. We explore the incredible rule of Sobekneferu, a woman who shaped and even saved ancient Egypt (and perhaps Western civilization itself). From her magic to her cultural achievements, our quest will detail intense political intrigue and an understanding of primordial deities like Sobek, Sekhmet, and Neith. What ultimately happened to this early pharaoh, and why has orthodox history worked so hard to erase her? Well, almost all of history, as occultism has sought her forbidden legacy for centuries, including Bram Stoker and Kenneth Anger. Astral Guest – Andrew Collins, author of The First Female Pharaoh: Sobekneferu, Goddess of the Seven Stars.Join the Virtual Alexandria Academy https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/Stream Meet The Archons: https://thegodabovegod.com/access-meet-archons/This is a partial show. For the second half of the interview, please become an AB Prime member: http://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/  or patron at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyteGet the simple, effective, and affordable Red Circle Private RSS Feed for all full shows: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/2afbb075-465d-42d2-833b-12fa3bca1c7d/exclusive-contentMore information on Andrew: https://www.andrewcollins.com/Get the book: https://amzn.to/3QKp0fGSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/aeon-byte-gnostic-radio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here are my current 7 star champs!

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, Shigeru Miyamoto works at Square and Mario comforts a crying Bowser. What?! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and long-awaited guest Jason Fanelli as we explore the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond in an entirely new way in the 1996 role-playing game, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Next Episode: A mystery game and mystery guest! Keep an eye on Instagram and Discord for the reveal! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to join our growing community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You're also invited to drop me a line on Instagram or Twitter or via email—smashingbrickspodcast {at} gmail {dot} com—with your comments on our upcoming title, Super Mario RPG, or any other game we've played. You can even leave a voice message about a past or upcoming game on our podcast page to potentially be aired on a future episode! Also, you're welcome to email me with any and all suggestions for games you'd like to see covered on future episodes of the show. Check out the Smashing Bricks Retro Games List (SBRGL) and help me fill in the gaps, or even simply let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show! Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠ And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate just a few bucks a month via Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠ OTHER LINKS: Linktree with all links: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/smashingbricks⁠⁠⁠ Smashing Bricks on Spotify Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smashingbricks⁠⁠ SB on Twitch: ⁠⁠https://twitch.tv/smashingbrickspodcast⁠⁠ SB on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@smashingbricks⁠⁠ SB on Intagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/smashingbricks⁠⁠⁠⁠ SB on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/smashing_bricks⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jason Fanelli on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigmanfanelli⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Eddie's Photography on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/edwardinzauto⁠⁠⁠⁠ Eddie's Music on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/lightseekersoundwaves --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smashingbricks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smashingbricks/support

We return the the casino;  Craps bets that pay better than others on the same dice roll;  Hustling for tips;  Annoying blackjack "expert";  100x odds for Seven Stars?  Walk-off clothes

Somehow three months have passed since we last checked in on our friends over at the Dwelling of Duels, so let's catch up on them, shall we? PLAYLIST: 1:07 - BadHairlineProductions - Welcome to Turrican (Turrican [AMI] :: Dwelling of Duels) 9:27 - tibonev - Caminho da Vitória (Fantasy Zone: The Maze [ARC] :: Dwelling of Duels) 12:54 - The Tonberries, CeCe Ennui, Jake Helland, Scrab Cakes, Melancholy Robot - L'Ouija (Luigi's Mansion [GCN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 15:14 - Legend and the Seven Stars, evilsonic, Angry Polar Bear, CRGuitar, Jabo, Ian Martyn, Ronin Op F, Invoke - Ride the Train (Super Mario RPG [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 18:21 - minusworld, Michelle Dreyband, Biggoron, Cyril the Wolf, Jess Destramp - Mega Jam Disco Network (Mega Man Battle Network [GBA] :: Dwelling of Duels) 27:06 - Shea's Violin - Forest Through the Trees (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 30:27 - RetroReboot - A Dip in the Sludge... For Toxic Caves (Sonic Spinball [GEN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 33:52 - Ivan Hakštok - Dwelling of Drifloons (Pokkén Tournament [WII U] :: Dwelling of Duels) 37:28 - Biggoron, Newmajoe, Jabo - Mobius Spring Break '95 (Knuckles' Chaotix [32X] :: Dwelling of Duels) 44:41 - Extrinzic, Kev Ragone, Luna Rabbit, Shea's Violin - Show Me Ya Moves (F-Zero [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 49:35 - Sumask, Triple B Music - Slam Shuffle (Final Fantasy VI [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 53:40 - minusworld - Hypersonic Ultrapowered Anime Death Beam (Spark the Electric Jester [PC] :: Dwelling of Duels) 57:54 - Soranda Guitar - Angel Island Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [GEN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:05:03 - WillRock - Bucket Master (Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest [SNES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:10:11 - FamicomBit - Bram Stoker's Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:14:50 - Goldringer, Prince uf Dankmemes, ErichWK, Lucas Guimaraes - SuperEggman (Sonic 3 & Knuckles [GEN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:19:57 - adamzap - Darkness Stirs Beneath (Diablo [PC] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:29:16 - Earth Kid, Erika Richards - Howling and Hollow (Final Fantasy VII Remake [PS4] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:35:25 - ansgaros - What's in a Curse? (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse [NES] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:43:38 - Newmajoe, ErichWK, Biggoron, Sam Schwartz, Bert Keely - Supernova!!! (Ristar [GEN] :: Dwelling of Duels) 1:47:51 - Extrinzic, Kev Ragone, Cory Johnson, Angry Polar Bear - Skidmark (Burnout 2: Point of Impact [PS2] :: Dwelling of Duels) 2:00:16 - Cory Johnson, Andromeda, evilsonic - You Were There (Ico [PS2] :: Dwelling of Duels) 2:05:02 - jnWake, DeLuxDolemite, Ivan Hakštok, JohnStacy, Brandon Harnish, Nathan Froehlich - Waka Waka (Okami [PS2] :: Dwelling of Duels) 2:09:47 - RetroReboot, Newmajoe - Invasion in Westopolis! (Shadow the Hedgehog [PS2] :: Dwelling of Duels) 2:14:15 - Ivan Hakštok, Michelle Dreyband - The Last Rebirth (Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra [PS2] :: Dwelling of Duels)

The cult, magic, reign, and resurrection of the first female ruler in Egypt• Reveals the achievements of Sobekneferu, the political and religious issues of her age, the temples and ruins associated with her, and her continuing impact on ancient Egypt after her reign• Discusses Sobekneferu's magical beliefs and practices centered on the crocodile god Sobek, the hippo goddess Neith, and their representation as constellations• Examines the modern-day resurrection of Sobekneferu among mystics and occultists of Victorian London, including her role in Bram Stoker's shocking gothic novel, The Jewel of the Seven StarsCleopatra. Nefertiti. Hatshepsut. All of them are ancient Egyptian female rulers who rose above their predominantly patriarchal societies to become controllers of a great empire. Missing from this list, however, is Sobekneferu, ancient Egypt's first female ruler. Why was the reign of this powerful woman all but forgotten?Piecing together the lost history of the first female pharaoh, Andrew Collins presents the first comprehensive biography of Sobekneferu. Using every text and monument that concerns Sobekneferu and her time in power, he examines her achievements as ruler, the political and religious issues of her age, the temples and ruins associated with her, and her continuing impact on ancient Egypt after her reign. He explores her relationship with her brother Amenemhet IV, her sister Neferuptah, and their father Amenemhet III, regarded as one of the most beloved pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom. He examines Sobekneferu's untimely end, the fate of her body, and the cult that developed in her name.Discussing Sobekneferu's magical beliefs and practices, Collins shows how they centered on the crocodile god Sobek, the hippo goddess Neith, and the circumpolar stars of the night sky in which they were personified. He also reveals how the setting of the Crocodile Star (Eltanin), the brightest star in the constellation of Draco, aligns with Sobekneferu's suspected pyramid. Examining the modern-day resurrection of Sobekneferu among the occultists and mystics of Victorian London, Collins shows how she is the true inspiration behind every ancient Egyptian female queen who comes back to life after her tomb is found--as featured first in Bram Stoker's shocking 1903 novel The Jewel of the Seven Stars and later in several modern blockbuster movies.Revealing how Sobekneferu has left a lasting impact on culture and occulture through the ages despite being nearly erased from history, Collins shows how her continuing legacy is perhaps, ultimately, her true resurrection.www.andrewcollins.com

The Day of the Lord. The Seven Stars and Candlesticks. The Twenty-Four Elders. The Four Living Creatures. The Seven Spirits of God. The Keys to Death and Hell. 144,000. The Day of the Lord. These are all biblical terms and yet many cannot define them. We will analyze these phrases and many more on this edition of the Endtime Show!

Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis. We talk about what's new in Las Vegas.We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction[00:54] Las Vegas Advisor Members Rewards[02:45] Master coupons[04:16] Waived resort fees for up to five nights at Downtown Grand[05:51] $1 minimum blackjack tables[10:11] Caesars, MGM, Station, and Boyd[11:56] Members Rewards release date[12:33] Changes in Las Vegas in 2023[16:44] Mattress Mack[22:54] NFL contests [27:10] Commercials[29:26] James Grosjean's upcoming book[32:35] Other upcoming LVA books[35:27] Bob's upcoming strategy cards[41:48] Face-Up Pai Gow progressive [45:35] Discussion of lifelong EV[49:38] Recommended: Hit and Run on Netflix, Seven Stars free bets at Caesars, Resorts World free play and free parkingSponsored Links:http://BlackjackApprenticeship.comhttp://VideoPoker.com/gwaehttp://Unabated.comGuest Links:http://Lasvegasadvisor.comhttp://Huntingtonpress.comhttp://Youtube.com/c/LasVegasAdvisorSHOWRecommended:http://Netflix.com/title/80205626Caesars free betsResorts World free play and free parking

Our guest this week is Jimmy Jazz. He is back to talk about credit card strategies and other low roller plays.We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, http://facebook.com/gamblingwithanedge, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of value seeker and credit card points expert, Jimmy Jazz[00:47] Halloween in Las Vegas[02:11] Rental car issues, tips, duplicate reservations, etc[10:21] AutoSlash.com[12:10] Four Queens and Binion's merger[17:59] Boarding pass deals at The D[21:13] Playing at The D, Golden Gate, Circa to generate offers[26:18] Point generation on advantage slots[32:45] Commercials[36:16] Caesars MasterCard[39:07] Seven Stars status[41:00] I-bonds[43:31] Discover Bank savings account[44:32] Predictit.org[45:19] Food options in Las Vegas[52:26] Gas prices[54:56] Recommended: Makers and Finders, Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley, PanevinoSponsored Links:http://SouthPointCasino.comhttp://BlackjackApprenticeship.comhttp://VideoPoker.com/gwaehttp://Unabated.comSites Referenced:http://AutoSlash.comhttp://GasBuddy.comhttp://Upside.comRecommended:http://Makerslv.comSupreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley - https://amzn.to/3TshVybhttp://Panevinolasvegas.com