With the advent and growth of today's modern society that is upside down in so many ways there is very little support for both parents and children to get through the first 13 years, through the transition, and beyond in a truly functional and more graceful way. In fact, if you really try to do it the original way, you and/or the new adult would probably be put in jail.  Add to that the number of children who are extremely sensitive and less likely to tolerate this society as well as their parents may have done in the past, and today it can be very problematic and frustrating for all. 

Valentine's Day is now recognized through most of the world as a day to honor those you love. There are many legends and myths about its origins and different traditions around the globe. In the post we give a little bit about the Christian myths around Valentine's Day and some traditions from countries around the world.

"In windswept Siberia, shamans have for generations cured illnesses without touching their patients, sung with their diaphragms and controlled the weather. Some can travel over long distances and even levitate, hovering above the birch trees. They regularly communicate with kind and evil spirits. One of them, Tyurgen, manages to balance shamanism with life in industrial Chelyabinsk. "

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"The Iroquois have, properly speaking, only a single Divinity – the dream. To it they render their submission, and follow all its orders with the utmost exactness."