Mediumship

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Mediumship is the act of communicating with spirits. According to spiritualism, mediumship is defined as an ability for communication between men and spirits. Mediums are deemed subjects gifted to communicate with the dead in order to get information about the … Read More

Poker bluff

Bluffing is a technique of playing the game as if it was a different game hand than actually held. There are two types of bluffs: The psychological bluff played on a particular shot. By playing a line of irrational game, … Read More

Lanterns of the Dead

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(Lantern of the Dead at Cellefrouin in the Charente department, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cellefrouin_lanterne3.JPG) A lantern of the dead is a masonry building, variable in shape, often slender, round-shaped, usually hollow and topped by an openwork pavilion (three openings), in which at dusk … Read More

Yahtzee and Yam’s

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Yahtzee (also spelled Yatzee, Yatzy) or Yam‘s, is a traditional society game of reasoned chance. The goal is to get combinations with five dice to win maximum points. It belongs to the public domain. Rules The rules vary widely and … Read More

Cenotaphs

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(Kuala Lumpur cenotaph, National Monument, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KL_Cenotaph.jpg) Cenotaph – from the Greek κενοτάφιον: kenos (empty) and taphos (tomb) – is a monument that contains no body, erected to the memory of a person or group of persons, whose … Read More

Funeral rites in Scotland

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(Memorial Cairn of MacArthur family, pipers of MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, Isle of Skye. In the background are the ruins of Duntulm, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duntulm_%26_Cairn_Macarthur.JPG?uselang=fr) During the vigil, the death bodies have traditionally open face and his shroud was once generally … Read More

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