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Bells and Chimes Vibrate Deep

Bells are ethereal. 

They vibrate deep in your body and enter your soul. 

Sound affects us on many levels, triggering mental, energy and emotional responses. 

Because of this bells have been used for centuries as a way of signaling, time keeping and warning.

Bells have held sacred significance for many cultures. 

The Japanese use bells for ceremonies, bringing good luck and even communicating with a ancestors. 

Bells were believed to ward off the mischievous fairies, some say that bells rung in the house bring prosperity.

Sound creates an energetic change, there is something about the simple ringing of a bell that changes the energy of a space.

Sound is a way to shift the energy of a space. 

A bell or wind chime can be used as a space clearing tool to remove negative energy and welcome in new, positive energy. 

When a bell or wind chime creates sound vibrations, they move through the spaces and objects to shift the energy.

Bells can guard doors in your home and business.

In Ancient Rome, people hung tiny bells and wind chimes called tintinnabulum on the gates of their homes and temples. 

It was thought to offer protection by clearing out negative energy.

The use of bells is found in many religions besides Pagan practices, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Japanese Shinto, and many sects of Christianity. 

The clear, healing tone of a bell can have a few different effects. 

The bell's vibrations can change the vibrations and clear out unwanted negative energies.

The sound of bells and chimes make space for positive, desired energetic influences, and/or simply clear stagnant energy in any space throughout one’s surroundings.

Sound affects energy on a physical level—because sound is energy—and so the bell is both a physical and a symbolic tool in many practices.

Because of the vibrations of bells and chimes, they are an extremely effective form of spiritual cleansing and protection. 

Bells can ward off negativity and unwanted visitors, this is the origin of the funeral toll. 

The vibrations from the bells will break up the negative and stagnant energy left hanging in the air. 

They move and jolt to life the stagnant and worn-out.

Simply chiming them in a rhythmic fashion will move the energy and lift the spirits. 

Try ringing a bell a few times in a room that feels heavy or when the energy will renew the energy in the area.

Saffron -The Worlds Most Expensive Spice

Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. 

Derived from the dried stigmas of the purple saffron crocus, it takes anything from 70,000 to 250,000 flowers to make one pound of saffron, that's around $1400.00 and up.

The flowers have to be individually hand-picked in the autumn when fully open. 

Fortunately, only a little needs to be added to a dish to give it color and flavor.

Records about the use of saffron go back to ancient Egypt and Rome where it was used as a dye, in perfumes, and as a drug, as well as for culinary purposes. 

It reached China in the 7th century and spread through Europe in the Middle Ages. 

If you are looking for Saffron be careful while shopping because there are merchants selling fake saffron.

It's as bad as selling dyed paper scraps as saffron.

So, always check the quality before buying. 

The best way is to take little thread of saffron and put it into water. 

The real, good quality one will not dissolve, after all it's a flower stamen.

Saffron threads when placed in cold water for a few minutes will color the water and come out still looking like the 

original saffron thread. 

If the color washes out and the thread when taken out has faded or completely lost its color, then it's fake.

Also, saffron has an aroma and flavor that cannot be duplicated if it's fake.

The only thing that fake saffron makers can do is to make it look like saffron, so they can fool customers into buying it. 

Cooking with Saffron is delightful, we use it a lot in our dishes especially when we make curry.

In India saffron is an important ingredient in many recipes of rice, sweets, and ice-creams.


In Saudi Arabia, a real Arabic coffee should have saffron and cardamom.

In the North of Italy, saffron is essential in the preparation of its famous Risotto.


 In Sweden it is a traditional to bake saffron bread on the day of St. Lucile.


In Spain saffron is an indispensable ingredient in such famous dishes as Paella.


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