The finger on which the wedding ring is to be worn is the fourth finger on the left hand, next unto the little finger; because by the received opinion of the learned. . . in ripping up and anatomising men's bodies, there is a vein of blood, called vena amoris, which passeth from that finger to the heart.
There is also another reason for the coupling of the Devil with a witch, which is that the son may thereby become the more grievous. For if God abominates the coupling an infidel with a Christian, how much more shall He detest that of a man with the Devil? Moreover, by this means man’s natural semen is wasted, with the result that the love between man and wife is often turned to hatred, that which no worse a misfortune could happen to the state of matrimony.
And since male witches are addicted no less to this pleasure, the Devil also appears as a woman to satisfy them. This he does chiefly at the Sabbat, according to the reports [of several witnesses], all who agree in saying that in their assemblies there are many demons, of whom some take the form of women for the men, and others that of men for the women. These demons are called incubi and succubi. And it is no new thing for Satan to draw us to him by these means; for we read that, in order to tempt St Anthony, St Jerome and other devout persons, who passed their life in the solitude of the desert, he commonly appeared to them in the form of a courtesan.
And it has been revealed in the examination of witches that they all have connection with Satan. The Devil uses them because he knows that women love carnal pleasures, and he means to bind them to his allegiance by such agreeable provocations. Moreover, there is nothing which makes a woman more subject and loyal to a man than that he should abuse her body.
The video which showed the beheading of American engineer Nick Berg is out there if you want to watch it. The site which originally hosted it (www.al-ansar.biz) has been shut down for exceeding its bandwidth. The hydra-like internet offers many options, however.
(1) The sexual act for a man must be slow and calm and he must not get too excited.
(2) He should make his partner believe that he is approaching ecstasy in order to stimulate her to carry on the exertion.
(3) He must keep her in a state of excitement by repeated attacks and relax when he is approaching ejaculation. If necessary he should take advantage of various positions to delay this.
(4) When his partner reaches the climax the man may resume the top position and continue the act until her parts are thoroughly wet, her voice becomes sweet, the colour of her face changes, her eyes shut, mouth closes, tongue cools and extremities relax.
(5) If the act is to be repeated, the partner must be re-excited by various methods such as kissing, tongue sucking, caressing the breast and other sex-plays. Gradual stimulation will re-excite the partner.
(6) If the man is not able to take the initiative he should assume the lower position and maintain erection long enough for the partner to complete the act, and then complete the act himself with vigour when the partner reaches the climax. He should suck her mouth, hold her breasts and waist with slight pressure and let his organ be soaked in the secretion in order to regain lost vitality. By so doing, the man will not only preserve his health but even prolong his life.
He expressed a wish, when he died, to be laid out on the forest floor in the Amazon jungle and interred by burying beetles as food for their larvae.
Later, in their children, reared with care by the horned parents out of fist-sized balls moulded from my flesh, I will escape. No worm for me, or sordid fly; rearranged and multiple, I will at last buzz from the soil like bees out of a nest- indeed, buzz louder than bees, almost like a swarm of motor bikes. I shall be borne, beetle by flying beetle, out into the Brazillian wilderness, beneath the stars.
Richard Dawkins,
quoting the final wishes of his friend, W.D. Hamilton,
in A Devil's Chaplain
They have the gift of foreseeing events, the power of seeing into futurity. This is a Greek superstition. It is said that Cassandra and Helenus were gifted with the power of prophecy, because serpents licked their ears while sleeping in the temple of Apollo.
More torture photographs have surfaced in Iraq. Alongside the shots of humiliated Iraqi men are other images:
The pictures obtained by The Post include shots of soldiers simulating sexually explicit acts with one another and shots of a cow being skinned and gutted and soldiers posing with its severed head. There are also dozens of pictures of a cat’s severed head.
Other photographs show wounded men and dead bodies. In one, a dead man is lying in the back of a truck, his shirt, face and left arm covered in blood. His right arm is missing. Another photograph shows a dead body, gray and decomposing. A young soldier is leaning over the corpse, smiling broadly and giving the “thumbs-up” sign.
The news of these photos is being received with disbelief by the friends and families of the soldiers involved.
The father of another soldier facing charges, Spec. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., said his son was following orders. “He was asked to take pictures, and he did what he was told.”
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England’s friends and relatives said the photographs must have been staged. “It just makes me laugh, because that’s not Lynn,” said Destiny Goin, 21, a friend. “She wouldn’t pull a dog by its neck, let alone drag a human across a floor.”
News of atrocious acts committed during the first Gulf War was greeted similarly at the time. Only profound insecurity can be responsible for such closely guarded ignorance.
Not anymore. If frequent brawling or poor hygiene has left you with a mouthful of negative space, the future of dentistry holds the happy ending to your sad tale:
The procedure is fairly simple. Doctors take stem cells from the patient. These are unique in their ability to form any of the tissues that make up the body. By carefully nurturing the stem cells in a laboratory, scientists can nudge the cells down a path that will make them grow into a tooth. After a couple of weeks, the ball of cells, known as a bud, is ready to be implanted. Tests reveal what type of tooth - for example, a molar or an incisor - the bud will form.
Using a local anaesthetic, the tooth bud is inserted through a small incision into the gum. Within months, the cells will have matured into a fully-formed tooth, fused to the jawbone. As the tooth grows, it releases chemicals that encourage nerves and blood vessels to link up with it.
Surely some genetics whiz can be persuaded to mix in some canine traits. Why stop there? If we could grab a bit of shark, the teeth would just renew themselves. The future is bright indeed.
