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What I learned from reading: The Wonderful Life by Hesba Stretton.

The Wonderful Life
By Hesba Stretton

And the last book on the Christmas Collections I was reading was The Wonderful Life by Hesba Stretton, which turned out to be a very biblical and religious book, in which is narrated the life of Jesus. 

And I think it was a pretty nice book to read, because it compiled in a chronological order the life of Jesus from his childhood to even after his death; which is something that even the Bible fails to do, since it only give us scraps of Jesus life told by the different apostles in a no order whatsoever.

Although, The Wonderful life doesn’t tell us much more about Jesus’ Life than what is already told in the Bible, it just puts everything in order and narrates it in a more romanticized way that portrait Jesus in a more humanly manner. 

But what did I learn from reading it?

Well, I learned that no one who passes thru this mortal realm is exempt from pain, sorrow, confusion and sadness, not even G—d’s Son. 

Because as this book shows a version of Jesus in which he is troubled and confused about life, and not like  He is usually portrait in the religion that is taught by most churches as a calmed, enlightened and kinda of a Superman man, it gave me a completely different perspective of what I thought of Him. 

So this book made me reflect much about my life, because if Jesus too felt pain, darkness and trouble in His heart by the path G—d sent him to walk on this earth, why should I expect to have it easier than him? 

Although I do too consider myself a Son of Man, Jesus had a more direct lineage to G—d, so he should have had it easier. But I guess that’s a question that only G—d knows the answer, and it might be even a proof of the love he has for us. 

So, if you are a religious person or are interested in Jesus’ life, you should read this book because it put the biblical knowledge in a chronological order that could help you see Jesus with another eyes and as a fellow brother in flesh and blood. 

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What I learned from watching Cruella.

Cruella Emma Stone Disney Movie Review and Analysis
Cruella

Last Friday August 27, Cruella was finally available to stream on Disney+ for free without having to make any extra payments, so I watched it with my family on that very same day, because we were waiting for it and we weren’t able to go watch it on the cinema because we are on a vacation on the states and my mom doesn’t speak English. 

To be honest, I was pretty curious to see how would Disney destroy one of my favorite villains from my childhood, but to my surprise they did a pretty good job creating a good back story for her and I actually loved the movie, and I don’t know if it’s because it reminded me a lot to The Devil Wears Prada which is one of my favorite movies or because of the subtle way they portrayed and  planted the seed of Cruella’s cruelty and grudge against Dalmatians that caught my liking. 

Although I gotta say that I dislike the CGI they used for making the dogs on the movie, it would have looked better if they would have used real dogs, I mean, they used real dogs in the Live Action of 101 Dalmatians of 1996, so why not now in the 2021?

On the other hand, tho, I liked everything else, and I think that if I watch it enough it might have a big chance to become one of my favorite movies.

But what did I learned from watching Cruella?

Well, I learned that you have to accept who you are entirely, your good side and your bad side, and get on good terms with both sides and find a balance in order to keep yourself sane and grounded. 

Because part of the story of Cruella revolves about her trying to suppress or hide her evil side, which eventually comes out and takes entire control of her making her do crazy things, and it is not until she accepts it that she comes back to her senses. 

And this is something that I had to experience myself, in my case I don’t have an evil side (or at least not that I know) but I had a melancholic depressive side, which almost took the best of me after I tried to hide and fight it so hard in my late teens and early twenties, fortunately I learned to accept it, and with acceptance also came balance and a little bit of peace of mind now that I didn’t have a war in my mind and heart. 

Because we all have light and darkness within us, and we cannot suppress or deny one or the other because we dislike it, so our light or darkness are always going to be there and be a part of us that we have to learn to live with, so I think that’s what this movie was all about, and that’s why I liked it so much, because it was not just a simple entertaining story to feed the masses. 

And most likely I’ll be rewatching Cruella in the next couple of weeks to see what else I caught, because beside the lessons it brings I also noticed it has a lot of occult symbolism that I’d like to dig deeper into! 

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What I learned from reading The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Kate Douglass Wiggin

The Birds’ Christmas Carol
By Kate Douglass Wiggin

The penultimate book on the Christmas Collection I am reading is The Birds’ Christmas Carol by Kate Douglass, and it was really nice to read  another Christmas Story after reading the Wind in the Willows which I think it has nothing to with Christmas. 

This story is a very short one, and it is a very cute one that I really enjoyed reading, because it was simple,  the vocabulary was easy, the narrative was simple and easy to follow, so this was a very nice book to read, although I gotta say that I didn’t love it, but it was entertaining to read. 

But what did I learn from it? 

Well, I learned that sometimes, some people are just here for a purpose, and even tho not all of us might have a purpose, some people do and it is not until they accomplish that purpose that they can move on to the afterlife. 

Since this book left me reflecting on that, because it tells the story of a little girl called Carol Bird, who was born on a Christmas Day, and whose purpose was to bring her wealthy family with their poor neighbors together . 

So this book brings a beautiful message and although it is a little sad, it was fun to read, I would have liked it to be longer and probably have an epilogue or something that could tell more of what happened after, but it was nice anyways because as I already said the message it brings is that everyone has a purpose in this life that has to complete before we die. 

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What I learned from reading Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Wind in the Willows
By Kenneth Grahame

Next on the Christmas Compilation Stories I am reading I found another not Christmas related book, and it was Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. 

And I am going to be honest about this book… I found it to be the most illogical, irrational, boring and nonsensical book I’ve ever read, I only liked the first two chapters of it, afterwards it became a pain to keep reading, I would fall sleep, switch books, only read one page a day and get bored, etc, etc, etc. 

But no matter how boring the book was, I kept on reading and I finished, because I have this OCD of finishing every book that I start reading, so read the whole book despite boring me to almost death. 

But what did I learn from Wind in the Willows? 

Well, despite everything, I think that what I learn from it was that there’s a whole new world outside of our own little world, because in a way this book reflects about stepping out of our comfort zone and the wonders we could find when we just step out of it. 

Because the whole book is about a Mole who came out of his habitat to live with a Water Rat by a river, and from there they meet other animals and go into adventures with them. But then again, the book is very confusing as sometimes they portrait the animals talking with humans and interacting or acting like them too without any logical thought. 

But I am really glad I could made the best out of it and took a lesson out of it, because otherwise it would have been a complete waste of my time. 

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What I learned from reading The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

The Romance of a Christmas Card
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Next on my compilation of Christmas Stories I stumbled upon this light novel, which really honors its title, because the whole book is the romanticization of a Christmas Card.

It was really cool because it showed the whole process of the Christmas Card indeed and it was very interesting and entertaining to read, so I enjoyed a lot reading this light novel, because it made me feel Christmas even tho we are in July. 

But what did I learn from reading The Romance of a Christmas Card?

Well, this book taught me about the huge impact the small things can have in our life, because this book is about how something as simple as a Christmas Card developed a chain of actions that were never expected by the creator of the Christmas Card indeed. 

So this book had me thinking about how we take or do so many things without thinking or considering the impact that things can have in our life, so it kinda reminds me of the butterfly effect, therefore this book helped me bring awareness of my actions, even of the smallest one, and the consequences (positives or negatives) they can bring in my life. 

And I think it’s amazing how this little book brought so awareness to me, and it proves that great lessons doesn’t need a thousand of pages. 

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What I learned from reading Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne.

Review, analysis and opinion of the book Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne.
Granny’s Wonderful Chair,
by Frances Browne. 

Next on the Compilation of Christmas Stories I am reading, I found Granny’s Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne (please do not confuse with Frances Hodgson like I did), which besides being a whole story also serves as a fairytale compilation, which I think was pretty cool.

So it contains the main story and 4 amazing  fairytales that complement the story, and as you might already know, I love fairytales, so this book was not an exception, and I loved it from beginning to end as it was simple to read, and all the stories it contains were very interesting and knowledgeable in their own unique way.  

But what did I learned from reading Granny’s Wonderful Chair? 

Well, technically there’s a bunch of lessons on this book, because each of the fairytales it compiles brings a teaching, but to not make a thesis out of it, I would say that what I learned from reading it is that our virtues will always prevail before evil, and that as we act virtuously and wisely, it’s pretty likely that we’ll do good, even when we face obstacles or hardships in life. 

Because what I’ve learned from studying occultism and from reading children’s book is that good actions bring compensation to our life in many different ways and at different times, but usually it always come when it’s most needed. 

So this was a 5 star read for me, because the morals and the fairytales were neat, and I have nothing bad to say about it. 

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What I learned from reading: The Christmas Child by Hesba Stretton

Book the Christmas child by Hesba Stretton
The Christmas Child
By Hesba Stretton 

Next on the Christmas Collection I am reading, I found this rather short story “The Christmas Child” by Hesba Stretton, and I say is rather short because it’s just a few chapters, so I don’t consider it a full novel, 

Now this was my first time reading Hesba Stretton, and I think it was an entertaining book, but not that much to actually make my way into Wikipedia to look her up, so if she has better books, feel free to recommend them to me, to check them out, as I was not much impressed  by this one. 

But what did I learn from reading The Christmas Child? 

Well, for most people the lesson of this book would be about forgiveness and not holding grudges against the people that we love and care, but for me I think that the biggest lesson from this book is about understanding that all are life are different and that we cannot shove our beliefs, experiences and lessons down others people throats, because for them to learn the hard way and they would have to live their own experience to know what it’s actually like. 

And that’s a mistake many people incur nowadays, specially parents, as most of the times they just bring the raw lesson to their children without any explanation on how or why things should be like they say. Which, contrary to what the parents think, only make the children more curious and defiant. 

Hence for me that’s what this book is about, since it tells the story of a girl who disobeyed her single old aunt who hated men and ran away from her to get married and have a child. 

But then again, it’s a fun story to read but not very impressive, so I don’t recommend it to read it, unless you are on the mood of something light and Christmas related. 

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What I learned from reading: At The Back of the North Wind by George Macdonald.

At the Back of the North Wind
by George MacDonald

Next on the big Compilation of Christmas Stories I found ‘At the Back of the North Wind’ by George Macdonald, and that made me happy because I actually had this book on my To-Read list, so it felt like killing two birds with one stone. 

I have read George before, I read The Princess and Goblin and the Light Princess, and I loved both stories, because of the way he mixed his occultism and esoteric knowledge and transform it into children stories, so every time I come across with one of his books, I get pretty eager to read them. 

And so was the case with this one, At The Back of the North Wind, was such a lovely read, although in my opinion the narration style was a little different from the the two previous books I have read of him, but in a good sense, it was a little bit more complex, I found myself re reading a few paragraphs over and over to be able to understand better what was happening on the story, specially in the first two chapters, but then I got the hold of it, and the reading was more smooth and pleasant. 

Other than that, I’ve got nothing to bad to say about it, the language was easy, the story lovely, and messages and lessons clear and strong! Which leads me to the question:

But what did I learn from reading At The Back of the North Wind?

Well, I think that the main lesson on this books is that spirituality can come to us in any form, that it’s different from person to person and that it makes unique or different from others. 

Because this book tells the story of Little Diamond, a rather poor kid son of a coach man, and the adventures he has with the North Wind, which is the spirit (if we can call it like that) that control the wind that comes from the north. 

Hence in the story North Wind come visit Little Diamond in her many different forms during the night and would take him with her as a companion to do her duties, which sometimes are good and some other bad, but both needed for her to teach Little Diamond great lessons about life and spirituality in general. 

And these lessons impact Little Diamond’s perspective of life and his way of acting, hence his spirituality makes him different from everyone else, but moreover it made him special, and I think that’s the objective of spirituality: to make us better and to make us unique. 

So this book has great lessons on it, and I gotta say that George did it again because, in my opinion,  At The Back of The North Wind is a book about Astral Projecting, so he managed to take again his knowledge of occultism and esoteric and enhance it and transform it into this beautiful book, that stole some tears from me at the very end. 

(Which is unusual from me, I think the last time I cried with a book was with Little Women) 

Anyhow, I think this is a must read for people who is developing their spirituality because of the way it is subtle portrayed during the whole story, (you would have to over think a little bit tho to fully comprehend it tho) so if you’d like to read it, you can get this book for free on iTunes by clicking here

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What I learned from reading: The Christmas Angel by Abbie Farwell Brown.

Review of the book the Christmas Angel
The Christmas Angel
By Abbie Farwell Brown

The Christmas Angel by Abbie Farwell Brown was next in line on the Collection of Christmas Stories I am currently reading, and this one was indeed a Christmas story, unlike other books that I’ve read on that collection, which I’d say that it’s half good classical books, and half Christmas stories. 

And this book was indeed just a story, so it wasn’t a long novel, which I think was pretty good, and I could felt the Christmas spirit in it, which was the main motive why I chose to read that whole collection, I wanted to feel Christmas through the year because I love Christmas. 

But what did I learned from reading it? 

Well, the lesson from this book is very explicit and I didn’t have to dig deeper or over-analyze it to pull it, because I learned that we cannot judge people for what we see or the little that we know about them, because everyone has a back story and motives to act they way they do, so we shouldn’t never really have a thought or a saying on other people actions without having know their entire story or haven’t been on their shoes. 

Because the plot of this books is all about it, since it tells the story of a old lady who makes a social experiment to prove herself that the Christmas spirit didn’t exist. But *** Spoilers*** at the end she gets a visit from the Christmas spirit whom proves her wrong and shows her the other side of coin (the how and why people acted the way they do). 

And although this was not something that I really learned from this book, because I’ve learned that years ago from life itself, it was a good reminder to read a book that express this lesson so greatly. 

Because besides being a fun and entertaining story it carries this great message about stop being judgmental that I think everyone should read, because if there’s something that we have by tons in the planet is judgemental people. 

So if you have the time to read this story, check it out because it’s short, good and a pretty good read! 

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Visual Art: Vibing.

Surreal and symbolic visual photo collage montage with illuminati and esoteric occult symbolism  Inspired by Ariana grande and Selena Gomez
Vibing. 

Time passes and we grow, learn, change and heal along with it. 

On 2014 I made the Lobotomy, a piece of art that represented my search and journey to the illumination of my mind and soul, and it’s 7 years laters that I can realize that it’s been a rewarding journey and that I’ve grown and become a better me. 

Now I feel in another level, and although I admit that I am way too far from reaching illumination, I also don’t think that it’s something beyond my grasp or something that would hurt me. 

I am now vibing on a different level, realizing new and more powerful types of magic and awakening the powers within me. 

So let’s continue the journey and see what else I can learn, grown, and enjoy from it! 

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What I learned from reading: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery.

Review of Anne of the Green Gables Book
Anne of Green Gables
By L. M. Montgomery

Next in line of the Collection of Christmas Stories I am still reading, (and probably won’t finish until Christmas time again) I found Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery and I gotta say this was THE PICK UP of the pace after the combo breaker of Christmas with Grandma Elsie.

Because I loved this book from beginning to end, and for me it is the example of a perfect book, I enjoyed everything, the style, the vocabulary, the plot, the characters, everything!

So after I am done with the collection of Christmas stories, I will be picking up the other books of the Anne (with an E) saga, because I just found out that this is the first out of four books, written by L. M. Montgomery narrating Anne’s life. And since I enjoyed and loved this one so much I don’t wanna miss the others.

But what did I learn from reading Anne of Green Gables? 

Well, I learn that life is a great journey and that we cannot put a pause on it, so we really should make our best to enjoy every stage or phase that we are supposed to go thru in life according to our age, because time doesn’t stop for us, it always keep going, so the best we can do is take it by the hand and let us guide us thru life, accepting all the eras and changes that we are meant to experience. 

Because Anne of Green Gables tells the story of Anne (with an E) an 11 years old orphan that is adopted by accident by a brother and a sister who actually wanted a boy. But due to Anne (with an E) wittiness they decide to keep her. 

Hence, the book tells the next 5 years of Anne’s life and narrates her transition from childhood to teenager, in a very majestic way, here I take the cap off before L. M. Montgomery, because the way she put that growth and transition into words was really impressive, as you read the book you can notice how Anne vocabulary changes and matures and you can actually feel that the little girl you started reading about in the beginning of the book is growing and maturing. 

So it made me look back and reflect a lot about my life and my growth too, so it made realize that I am already 31, and that life and time passes so fast that if we don’t take some time to grasp the situation and acknowledge the long journey we have gone thru, we might just get caught up in the fast paced life we are living nowadays and never realize it. 

Therefore, since I loved Anne of Green Gables so much and it made laugh until I cried, think about my life, and then made me actually cry of feelings, I totally recommend this book to everyone, so you can get it by getting the Christmas Collection I’m reading or just download this book (for free too Public Domain Rocks) here on iBooks

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What I learned from reading: Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley

Review thought and lessons of the book Christmas with grandma Elsie by Martha Finley
Christmas with Grandma Elsie,
By Martha Finley

Next in the Collection of Christmas Stories was Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley, and I gotta be honest with you, this book was the combo breaker of this great compilation of Christmas Novels, since, so far, all the books that It contained I enjoyed them and had a good time with them. 

But Christmas with Grandma Elsie marked the difference in a really bad way for me, I found this book dull and it was really annoying to read, and I don’t know if it was due to the narrative, the empty characters or the intense and continuous religious messages this novel try to shovel down your throat.

For me I found this book boring from the very beginning because it doesn’t have a plot and almost nothing happens in it, but I kept reading it with the hopes that something would happen in the end that would make it worth reading, but nope, nothing, boring from the beginning to end. 

And now that I finished it I googled it and I discovered this was the 14th book of the series of Elsies book, so probably this was a just fan service book for the people who looked forward to the saga. Maybe the first books were good, but that’s not something I want to discover, because I really dislike this book. 

So what did I learn from reading Christmas with Grandma Elsie?

Well, I learned that books have to have a plot to be interesting and engaging, because this book is just a slice of life of a happy and rich family that is always lucky to avoid anything bad happening to them. So I found myself pretty bored and annoyed while reading how perfect and happy they were. 

But I think it was because I just found it very unrealistic, life cannot be that perfect or happy. Judging for my experience life is all about the ups and downs, enjoying the top and suffering the bottom, and this book just didn’t portrait a real sense of life to me, but more like the desire or dream of a never lasting happiness. 

So I don’t recommend it at all, and if you ever found yourself with a huge compilation of novels and find this book on the list, just skip it because it is not worth reading. 


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What I learned from watching: Space Dandy.

Review analysis and opinion of the anime Space Dandy
Space Dandy

Yeah, Baby! I watched Space Dandy! 

And for those who don’t know Space Dandy is an anime that aired in 2014 that became really popular due to the similarities and comparación the public made with the classical Cow Boy Bebop, because of the special setting and the plot of catching Bounty Aliens to make a living. 

Although, I agree a little with that opinion, I honestly liked Space Dandy 99% more than Cowboy Bebop, because in my opinion the main character, Dandy was really well written and was charismatic, fun, stubborn, kind, special and unique; so you click with him from the first episode (or at least I did I actually got a Crush on Dandy and I want my future husband to be like him)

But What did I learn from watching Space Dandy? 

Well, to begin I have to clarify that Space Dandy doesn’t have a chronological story, each episode narrates an adventure and I could say that each episode has a little lesson or a philosophical insight that it’s worth to take the time to analyze. But since I don’t wanna make a thesis about it, I’m wrapping it all up together to say that what I learned from watching Space Dandy is YOLO. 

Yes, I learned that You Only Live Once, because life is only one so we have to make the best out of this experience and try have to fun, enjoy the good times and take the bad times carelessly, because (then again) life is just one. So we have to live to enjoy even the mundane pleasures that we can have, because that is what life is about: enjoying the little simplest things we have in our everyday basis. 

And this anime moved and stirred some feelings, because all my life I’ve taken my journey to illumination and knowledge too seriously and I forget to have fun; and sometimes I’m even too hard on myself and others for the lack of seriousness in life. So watching Space Dandy was a good reminder that YOLO so I should just Chillax. 

So thanks to that lesson, Dandy, and the crazy stories each episode tells, I gotta say that I loved watching Space Dandy, like I really LOVED it! I even made it last. 

This anime has 24 episodes, and I watched it in 24 days, I saw one episode daily just because I didn’t want to bind watch it and be over with it, I wanted to made it last and enjoy each and every episode (so probably it was a lesson learned from episode one?)

And when I do that, it means that it’s a golden star for me, so if you’d like to watch something different and fun but also philosophical check Space Dandy, because it’s really worth to watch. 

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What I learned from reading: Little Lord Fauntleroy by F. H. Burnett

Review and analysis of the move, Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson with the moral and lessons of the story.
Little Lord Fauntleroy 
By Frances Hodgson Burnett

Continuing with the Collection of Christmas Stories I’m reading, I found Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnet next in line, and I got the chills, because I read “The secret Garden” from her a couple of years ago and I loved that book so much that I couldn’t help to get my expectations high with another of her novels. 

And I am very glad to say that my expectations were met and that I enjoyed reading this book so much, despite being a little bit disappointed in the beginning, because it took me a while to adapt to the narrative style of it, but after that I enjoyed and loved each and every word of this book. 

Although, I really don’t know why Little Lord Fauntleroy was in this Christmas Collection, because it doesn’t have a Christmas related theme, but I’m really glad it was there, and now I that looked at the Wikipedia article of this book, I found out that it was published before The Secret Garden, and if we compare both books we can notice that Frances grew as a writer and occultist and improved her art and teachings thru the years. 

But what did I learn from Little Lord Fauntleroy? 

Well, despite many could say that the main lesson of this book it’s all about love and how it can help us  change to become a better person (and I do agree with this), I rather think that this book teachings go beyond love and touches the grounds of how important and how our behavior can be affected by the perspectives others have of us. Therefore I learned from this book that’s it’s the perception other people have of us that it’s going to define our way to act towards them. 

In the book Cedric (Lord Fauntleroy) managed to change the old nasty ways his grandfather used to have, just by believing he was a good person and by having a innocent pure perception of the man that everyone disliked. So to match the boys believes and don’t disappoint him, Cedric’s Grandfather becomes a good person, thanks to the love and good perception his grandchildren had of him. 

Because sometimes all it takes for you to actually start acting and getting better, it’s to have someone believe that you are better than what you think you are. Since we humans care too much about what other people think of us and the perspectives and expectation they have for us and that can influence our life really drastically, because it’s the mind that create and construct reality, so others people mind can transform our own reality. 

Since we act accordingly to those perception or expectations other people has for us, therefore if someone thinks that you are a nasty person and you know that they think like that about you, you won’t act nicely to prove them wrong, no, you’d probably reject that person because of what it believes of you and act your naughtiest so they really know how nasty you can be. 

So the power of others people perception or thoughts about us can really define our behavior and that’s why it’s important for us to surround ourselves with people that think high of us, so we can keep up acting accordingly to these believes and actually improve our life to match the perception or expectations they have of us. And if this good perceptions come along with love, their power over us exponentially increase and can magically transform us entirely. 

Although nothing of that is expressed directly on the book, I’m pretty sure that it was what Frances wanted to teach us with Little Lord Fauntleroy, so if you’d like to get the whole lesson, you should really give it a try and read it, because it is a beautiful children book with a lot of occult knowledge. 

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What I learned from watching: Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S.

Review of the anime YuGiOh! Vrains series with analysis and lessons learned from it,
Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S.

Another Anime that I actually finished watching last week is Yu-Gi-Oh! Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Network System (V.R.A.I.N.S.), which is the the fifth series of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime and playing cards game from the late 90s and early 2000s. 

I’ve always loved Yu-Gi-Oh!, I played the game when I was a kid and I still play it on my phone, and I’ve actually rewatched the original series two times, because of all the symbolism and occultism you can find in it hidden in plain sight. So I really enjoyed watching Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S. because those cards battles are exciting and it’s always fun to watch the main character cheat his way to victory by using the LOA and Manifestations techniques. 

This series in particular has 120 episodes, and I watched them in the term of 3 years, because I started watching one episode weekly when it aired back in 2017, but the waiting time annoyed me so I stopped watching it for a year, then caught up when the series was half-ways thru, then I took another break to wait until it was over, so I could bind watch it, but then when the series ended in 2019 I didn’t have much time to bind-watch it so I ended up watching one or two episodes a week. 

But what did I learned from watching Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S?

Well, I think the main lesson I learned from Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S. is that man on his whim to emulate  G—d using science will eventually lead him to it’s own destruction.

Because the plot of Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S. is set on the future, when the use of Artificial Intelligence has become really normal and popular, and in the pursuit to keep evolving and in the attempts to replicate G—d’s major blessing granted to humanity and which makes everyone special and unique, they create Artificial Intelligence with Free Will, which of course lead to great disaster. 

So another lesson I pulled from it: Artificial Intelligence never should be granted with free will, and mostly because (leaving all religion or esoteric reasons aside) computers and machines are designed to be perfect unlike we humans; therefore, eventually they’ll realize that their own creators are like a virus destroying the planned, yes, we humans are the virus, and we are even worst than the Corona Virus COVID-19, and Artificial Intelligence will turn into our enemy and executor, because it’s common sense. 

And it’s funny because despite the fact that this has been told in many movies, books, series and anime, I am pretty sure that if the apocalypse doesn’t happen like the Bible says, that’s how humanity will meet its end, created by itself, because just as G—d created man and then man killed G—d, it’s just karma that man would follow the same path and repeat it’s father mistake. 

So with all this knowledge and lessons, I’m sure you can guess that I loved watching Yu-Gi-Oh! V.R.A.I.N.S. And despite the fact that it gets a little bit predictable with the battles and the outcomes of certain events, it was really fun to watch and it even inspired me to make this meme: 

IQ Level Curve Meme of Yu-Gi-Oh! Being satanic and demoniac because the cards are full of demos and Satan
Yu-Gi-Oh! Is Satanic, the cards are full of Demons!
IQ Level Curve Meme. 

And now I am looking forward to watch the new series Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, which started airing last august 2020, but I’m sure it’ll probably take me a few years to watch entirely, because I might actually watch it by parts or arcs like I did with V.R.A.I.N.S.

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What I learned from watching: Candy Candy

Candy Candy

For those who doesn’t know, I like watching anime a lot, because they are usually filled with occultism, religion, magic theories, alchemy, future escenarios and so much more. But Candy Candy was not like that. 

Candy Candy is a 115 episodes anime, that tells the life and story of Candy, an orphan girl who lives the hell of a life, and it was one of the most popular anime back on its time, since it’s from the 1970s, it was translated to a lot of languages, and some countries even got an alternative ending to the original anime, so it was a huge thing. 

Now, I didn’t watch Candy Candy recently, I watched it like 3 years ago, and I liked it so much that ever since then I’ve been wanting to make a post about, although I didn’t know how to adhere it to the “famous writer” vibes I wanted this blog to have back then, but now that I’m changing things here and I am making this review section, I can finally write about it! 

So I’m very glad to finally been writing this post, because it has been on the back of my mind for years, but why did I like Candy so much? Well, it’s easy for the message it brings to the viewer, which leads to my favorite question: 

What did I learn from watching Candy Candy? 

Well, Candy Candy actually taught me to be positive and to always try to remain happy and hopeful before the eventualities or obstacles that life puts in your path, because wether you believe it or not, I have not always been this cheery optimistic positive guy that I might have been portraying lately on my posts, I come from a dark past, and watching Candy Candy helped me a lot with that transition. 

Because in the anime Candy really goes through a lot, she experiences bully, rejection, degradation, treason, violence and the death of her loved ones, so yeah a lot of sad events, but not matter what happened to her she always kept an smile on her face, even when her tears were rolling down her cheek. 

And that’s what our attitude on life should be, because we don’t gain anything by complaining or whining about what happens to us, so the best we can do is be like Candy and face everything with grace, hope and a big smile on our face so we can move out of the dark times quickly.

So I really recommend everyone to watch Candy Candy, because it’s cheery, entertaining and a great anime, although I reckon that it would be really hard to do due to some copyright issues with the original author, so it’s not on any streaming services and I could only watched it on YouTube in Spanish jumping from different accounts because the videos were usually removed, so it was a challenge to watch.

But then again, it was totally worth the effort and time, because I really loved it and I actually think it opened my eyes and helped me change my perspective of life so much! So if you ever have the chance give it a try, because it might change you for the better as well! 

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What I learned from reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

A Christmas carol book review analysis and lessons
A Christmas Carol 
By Charles Dickens

As I kept scrolling down on the huge Christmas Stories Compilation Book I am reading, I found Heidi next in line but I have already read it (Here’s my review of it), then Peter Pan and Wendy but I read it like 10 years ago, after that Little Women which I had read too (here’s my review but it’s in Spanish), then The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which I read too (all 13 books like 3 years ago), and then I found the A Christmas Carol. 

And I got excited, because the only piece I’ve read from Charles Dickens was Great Expectations, which I actually read twice, once in my early twenties and another time on my late twenties, so reading another book from Charles was exciting, and if we add the fact that A Christmas Carol is super popular and that I’ve seen several movies adaptations of it, then the hype increased.

So I enjoyed a lot reading A Christmas Carol but I have to note that it was a completely different experience from reading Great Expectations, and not in a very pleasant way, because I don’t know if it was due to the style, how the story was written or the structure of it that I had some hard times reading it, often I found myself having to reread sentences and entire paragraphs because I just didn’t get it or I couldn’t picture in my mind what was being expressed. 

Therefore it was not a smooth read, but having watched the different movies adaptations of it helped a lot, and I also have to say that the movies don’t miss anything from the book, so I guess I can say that it’s the same to read the book or watch the movie, because nothing is left out. 

But what did I learn from reading a Christmas Carol? 

Well, if you ask that to a commoner they would tell you that ‘the main lesson of this story is to be kind and to share your wealth with the people in need to win they their love and appreciation’ which I think it’s a really bad lesson, first because it implies some communism ideals, and secondly because it’s basically buying people love and good grace with money and gifts which is bad too. 

So the main lesson that I, Sir Helder Amos (with my auto-imposed self title of Sir), learned from reading a Christmas Story is that it’s never to late to change our life and fix our way so we can find our path to be happy in life. 

Sine one thing that is certain in the book is that Old Scrooge didn’t fully enjoy his life in the beginning, he lived a greedy gray life, but after the visit of the three spirits he gives his life a 360° 180° Change to find joy and happiness by sharing with others his wealth, and it’s in this change of life where I focus the lesson of this book.

Because if it were the case he could have found joy in traveling, in studying, or in dedicating himself to a craft; since happiness can be found in many different ways and not only in sharing one’s wealth by helping others; which I don’t criticize, but I want that the message that you can change your life for the better prevails more, since not everyone with a gray life have a fortune to share. 

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What I learned from watching: Yo Soy Betty, la Fea.

Yo soy Betty, la fea. 

Besides reading everyday, I also like to dedicate one hour (yes, just one hour) of my day to watch series and movies, and in the last few months I watched the famous Colombian Soup Opera: Yo soy Betty, la Fea. 

This soap opera was first aired from 2000 to 2001 and at first I hesitated a lot of wether to watch it or not because it has 335 episodes of 23 mins, so I wasn’t sure to spend 4 months watching it (3 episodes per day) but at the end I just allowed myself to take the time to enjoy it and learn from it. 

And it was the best decision because it really hit the nostalgia, since I remember watching this soap opera  when I was 11 years old, so re watching it now as an adult was really moving and enriching, because I could catch a lot of the messages I missed as a kid. 

Also watching this as an adult and a writer made me realize how good and perfect this soap opera is, because it is neatly written, the plot is engaging from beginning to end, and the writers or producers made sure to chain all events from the first episode to the last, so it’s really a masterpiece! And it shows because this soap opera has had a lot of remakes and it had won a lot of prices too. 

So, for me, despite I don’t watch much soap operas (funny since I do read a lot of novels), this is the best Soap Opera that exists, not only for the plot and how good it is, but for all the positive messages and lessons it has, which lead me to the question...

What did I learn from watching Yo soy Betty, la Fea? 

Well, as I just wrote, it has a lot of lessons, but the most important and relevant lesson I can pull from it it’s about self love, and how our physical appearance reflects our thoughts and the appreciation we have of ourselves. 

Because Betty was only ugly because she believed she was ugly, so she didn’t care to take care of her appearance due to the fact that she was so stuck on her perception that she was ugly that she never felt deserving of being “beauty” or appreciated by others. And it is not until she starts realizing her worth and that the limitations of her physical appearance were only in her mind, that she begins her transformation into the secure, strong and beautiful woman that was lost under her ugly appearance.

And now that I writing this words and thinking about it, I guess we can say this soap opera is the 2000s adaptation of the ugly duckling fairy tale, but it shows more how being called “ugly” and “undeserving” can scar our life if we took that words into our mental programming and make them part of our beliefs. 

That’s why it’s so important to have a positive and open attitude in life and a good perception of ourselves and our worth, because we will only accept what we think we deserve.

Unfortunately, Yo Soy Betty, La Fea It’s not available Netflix USA or Canada, despite I watched it on Netflix Latinoamérica, so I don’t where you can watch it, but I’m sure that there might be a streaming service that should have it subbed or dubbed, since this is the best soap opera of all times! 

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What I learned from reading: The Little City of Hope by F. Marion

The Little City of Hope
By Francis Marion Crawford 


As I said on my last post, I downloaded this huge compilation of Christmas Stories on iBooks and the next book on the list was this one: The Little City of Hope by Francis Marion, which I actually finished reading a couple of weeks ago. 

And just from reading the title it got me excited, because I’m an optimistic and positive person, so it build my expectations. 

But before jumping into the lessons I learn from this book, I want to share with you that it was my first time reading this author, and that oddly enough “The Little City of Hope” doesn’t have a Wikipedia Page, so all the information I could gather about it was that it was published on 1907. 

Parentheses: Why is it that all the great books and writers are all from the same era (late 1800 early 1900)?

The plot of this book is very simple, as it narrates the story and struggles of an inventor trying to make his failed invention work, and since all the events take place during the Christmas time, of course it was called a Christmas story. 

But what I learned from it? 

This might sound a little cheesy, but the main lesson this book brings it’s that of never losing hope and stick to our dreams, because wether we believe it or not, when we stay true to our dreams and ideals, the universe will provide with the answers or resources we need to make them happen! 

So, I really enjoyed reading this book and I’m happy to say that my expectation were met! Because I love positive books that program my brain to believe in myself and that my dreams can come true if I stay hopeful and true to myself, and despite the fact that I know that this was a fiction book, I also know that reality is never too far from fiction! 

Therefore I rather to believe in my dreams and the magic of life than to let reality crush all hopes and dreams! And this book was perfect to reinforce that thought! So if you like positive books with happy endings, you should give it a try to The Little City of Hope, because it’s a beautiful story than I’m sure will put a small on your face!  

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What I learned from reading Christmas-Tree Land by Mary Louisa Molesworth

Christmas-Tree Land
by Mary Louisa Molesworth

Another book I finished a couple of weeks ago is Christmas-Tree Land by Mary Louisa Molesworth, and this was a very interesting reading because I’ve never heard or read anything about Mary Louisa before in my life, so I had my doubts as wether to read this or not, because as you might have noticed I like reading classical and well known authors.

But since the version I downloaded of the Life & Adventures of Santa Claus for free in iBooks, was actually a compilation of several Christmas Novels / Stories, I decided to just keep reading and check the other books in there too, so expect that the upcoming reviews of this year are going to be mostly about Christmas Books, because that compilation have like 15 or 20 books in it (although there are some that I’ve already read, so I’ll skip those ones).

Now, back to Mary Louisa Novel: Christmas-Tree Land, it is a fantastic children book, it is really entertaining and full of magic and unbelievable events, which made me really happy to read, as I love everything Magic and Fantastic, so I enjoyed this book a lot. 

And since it’s a children book it’s pretty easy to read and it’s not that long, so then again it was a perfect reading for me; although if there’s something I could say that I didn’t like about this book is that probably it was too structured, it seemed as if this book followed the basic children book script so it felt very generic, but then again I enjoyed it and it was good altogether. 

But what I learned from it? 

I learned from this book that spirituality is something that is planted within us from our childhood,  because if we don’t believe in magic or fantasy when we are kids, it’s really hard that we can develop any spirituality when we grow up and even more unlikely that we can teach or pass anything related to it to our kids or children around us. 

And I learned this over analyzing the characters and the plot of this book, so don’t expect to find any lines or comments about spirituality in it! But for me every book that has fairies and magic in it, it’s a spiritual book, because to be able to write about fairies, one has to have at least some basic knowledge about them and occultism, and the way Mary Louisa talks about fairies and nature in this novel, makes me believe that she was initiated into the occult knowledge (another reason why I enjoyed this book so much). 

So if you are into occultism and children books like I am you should give it a try to Christmas-Tree Land, even when it’s not Christmas time, because it is a really enjoyable read! 

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What I Learned From Reading: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus 
By L. Frank Baum

This is another book that I read on December but I didn’t have the time to analyze and digest, because of all the work and time I was putting to my Tarot Readings project / branding www.weeklytarot.com but since I don’t have any customers tonight’s I figured it would be great to catch up with my reviews. 

For starters, I want to let you know that I’ve read all 13 Books of The Land of Oz and The Sea Fairies, so this was not my first time with L. Frank Baum so I kinda had expectations about this book, knowing his style and amazing creativity and imagination, and I’m really glad to say that all my expectations were met! 

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is an amazing, magical and entertaining children book, that serves as a biography of our beloved Santa, and even though it was made up by Frank, I took it as the cannon story of Santa, because despite being all fiction, it makes sense and goes accordingly with the occult knowledge of the actual universe. 

So it is a brilliant book that was majestic put together, I loved it! And it really blew my mind when I searched the Wikipedia article of it and found out that Frank wrote and published this book way BEFORE the Land of Oz series, because I thought this book was published after them! So it’s even more amazing how Frank kept and stay true to his style and fantasy world he created on his mind.

But what did I learn from it? 

Well, as it’s usual with Frank’s novels, this book has a lot of moral lessons and A LOT of occult knowledge, but the lesson that sticks the more to me from the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is that of how consistency and hard work can lead you to greatness, and that even the biggest public figures start from the bottom.

In this book, Frank tells the story of how Santa made his first toy carving it out of wood, and then he keept doing one by one before actually getting any help, so he started from the bottom, and it was his consistency and hard work that brought him the fame he has nowadays, and even though he is a fictional character, life does not part too long from fiction.

So that’s the great lesson I learned from it! Which at the same time motivates me to keep going until I finally make it! 

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What I learned from reading The Caste of Otranto by Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto

I am a little behind with the books that I’ve read recently, because I’ve so focused in working in my new project www.weeklytarot.com and in the branding of it and all the tarot readings that I am doing every day that I didn’t have much time for blogging about the books I’ve read. 

But now re taking the reviews and the lessons or knowledge I learn from the books I’ve read, I finished this book, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, back in December, and I honestly wasn’t sure of wether to post of having read this book or not. 

Because after reading it, I felt that I didn’t learn anything new besides all that you can find in the Wikipedia article of it, since from my point of view this book is purely entertainment, of course you find some ironies of life in it about relationship and love, but I didn’t think it was something new or relevant to me (although it probably was back in the time it was published). 

Although I cannot deny that the story was very interesting, specially since it’s about apparitions, prophecies, love and power, so it’s a very complete book plot-wise talking. 

Also this book is considered the first Gothic Book that open the path for so many gothic writers that emerge after The Castle of Otranto was published, so I think it’s a must read. Since it represents the beginning of an era. 

And now that I’ve been writing this post and thinking about this book, I think that I can say that best lesson or knowledge I can pull out of it it’s that sometimes being in the wrong place at the wrong time can change your life. 

So, always be aware of where you are and pay attentions of your surroundings. 

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Visual Art: The Hand of the Emoji

The Hand Of The Emoji by Sir Helder Amos

Hello everyone, happy new year 2021! 

I hope everyone had received the new year with a positive attitude and mindset, in my case I am receiving it with this new Photo-collage that I did! Because is there a better way to start the new year than with a piece of art that represents the new stages or phases in your life? 

I don’t think so! 

So I wanna start this 2021 sharing with you this piece I decided to call the Hand of the Emoji, because I like to think of it as a newer and updated version of  “ La Mano Dei Filosofi” or in English the “Hand of the Mysteries”, which in alchemy is believed that contain the knowledge to achieve divinity and unravel all the mysteries and secrets of humankind. 

And since I’ve been studying the occult symbolisms and meanings of the original piece I think it was time to give it an update, and what a better way to adapt it to modern times than by using emojis, that I don’t know if by chance or by intention, relate perfectly well with each symbol of the original piece. 

So I really hope you like this photo and take some time to look a little bit more about the “Hand of Mysteries” because it is a really profound image with a even more amazing background in alchemy, just beware to not let yourself be fooled by the adaptation Gucci did of the Hand of The Mysteries a few years ago for one of its campaigns, because although it was pretty good it had a more darker meaning of the original version and than even mine!

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