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Snake Island a favorite swimming hole on the lake; but watch out for the islands namesake residents

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Marlis Hazleton touring Lublin- Poland. Taken in Fall 2001.

The Sleeping Knight of the Tatra mountains

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<p>Lines, angles and cannons.<br />
At the entrance to Heritage Walk in Siem Reap, there are two of these creations, each with a cannon. What do they represent? I have been unable to ascertain details about the structures. The architectural firm that designed the complex is called Five Arc, so maybe that is the reason for the five curves. Does it represent the head of the serpent of Angkor Wat? In the initial designs, the two structures were different. There weren't any cannons. One can guess as to why the cannons are there.</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
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The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
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This type of cradle has been used extensively for centuries in countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and parts of the Caucasus.<br />
The cradle is made of wood and features a striking, sturdy wooden crossbar running along its length. This bar serves to hang cloths over to protect the baby from light, insects, and drafts, and makes it easy to carry or rock the cradle.<br />
Traditionally, babies are tightly swaddled and secured in the beshik. The design includes a special built-in drainage system (with an opening in the mattress and a potty underneath) so that the baby stays dry without the need for modern diapers.<br />
The wooden base of the cradle and the fabric mattress have a round cutout in the middle, exactly where the baby's bottom rests. The mattress is designed to slope down towards this hole.<br />
The urethra ( Sumak ) is is the most important part of the system. It is a small, hollow wooden tube (often made from the wood of a dried tree branch or bone) that is anatomically adapted to the sex of the baby. For boys : A tube with a funnel-shaped collection head that fits over the penis.<br />
For girls : A flatter, elongated, trough-shaped tube that is placed tightly against the vulva.</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

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Where The Journey Begins<br />
© 2026 Kurosawa Michiyo<br />
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Stonehenge has a long, partly mythical history associated with solstice celebrations, and many experts still do not fully explain how or why it was built. Among these gatherings, the summer solstice remains one of the most well-known celebrations at the site.<br />
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Testimony<br />
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This journey begins with exploration and evangelism.<br />
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In 2012, before social media widely helped share cultural and heritage practices, some individuals criticised the summer solstice celebration at Stonehenge as being “just for hippies” and “weirdos.” They described it as inappropriate, particularly due to accounts of people running around in the nude, followed by arrests carried out by on-site police. My response to those who discouraged travellers from visiting Stonehenge during the summer solstice was, ‘I do not believe being or not being a hippy justifies not exploring and travelling to different sites.’ I remember friends telling me they were concerned that being labelled a “hippie” would create a negative impression and discourage people from stepping outside rigid social expectations.<br />
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I believe our current generation started to practice the notion of internationalism, questioning traditional and stereotypical ideas that exclude, isolate, or filter out other perspectives out of fear of the labelling effect, criticism, stepping beyond discomfort, being or thinking differently and challenging the fixation of “outside the box” about what the cultural and social norms interpret in our lives.<br />
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There were only a couple of hundred people who visited the sites. They brought a subcultural instrument to appreciate nature. These individuals were open-minded and showed a warm welcome to their beliefs, contradicting the criticism of them being weird and not following the robotic social patterns of ordinariness. I witnessed individuals painting their bodies with glowing paints on their nude bodies and circulating the site before the police had to remove them. There was space to walk around to explore the stones and stand on the stone as one wished to see the sunrise between people. It was a small festival that the ‘ordinary’ would not want to attend.<br />
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One would choose to stay in the restricted zone area of the site away from the stone till it was opened for the ticketed visit surrounding the site only. I was able to assist the volunteers and staff to clean up the trash after the festival alongside the visitors. The entire visit was beautiful and peaceful.<br />
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Returning to Stonehenge for the second time in 2026, I witnessed the positive effect of social media that brought Stonehenge to different audiences and broke down stereotypes, which encouraged people from diverse backgrounds to explore the beauty of historical sites and heritage practices across the world. At Stonehenge, the summer solstice celebration connects with a wide range of spiritual traditions. People dress in diverse ways, and some bring instruments to play subcultural music. The event also attracts individuals from different backgrounds and spiritual beliefs, united—at least in part—by their wonder at the meaning of what Stonehenge represents to the ancestors who built it. There were so many people at the site, completely packed, competing for a spot just to witness the beauty of a summery sunrise.<br />
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There was intensified security after years of disorder/ criminal damage, as well as the dramatically incrase of visitors, forcing the escalation of enforcement of security and safety. We were also forced to leave the sites by guards without the opportunity to stay longer than usual to assist in cleaning up the site.<br />
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Before becoming a follower of Jesus Christ in 2018, I also sought positivity through various spiritual practices. I felt that something essential was missing within me, and I tried practices intended to “cleanse” negativity—such as incense, white sage, and palo santo. Many who use these rituals believe in confronting darkness and evil with a positive intention: to bring light, joy, and peace. They view these practices as distinct from harmful “cursing,” or efforts to bring misfortune upon others.<br />
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I was part of that search. I continued to look for ways to remove negativity and rebuke darkness. I used tarot cards, and I believed certain symbols indicated demonic influences—something I believed could not be used safely without inviting spiritual danger. I was still questioning God as I explored these ideas more deeply. I sought out angel cards to better understand Heaven and what angels might mean, and I practised with white sage incense and crystals. I remember feeling a warmth associated with those angel cards, and it led me to ask: if angels are real, then the Creator behind them must also be real.<br />
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So I ordered an English Standard Version Holy Bible from Amazon. When it arrived, I opened it to a random page—and I felt an immediate warmth at the centre of my heart. My fear, worries, and anxiety lifted at once. I had not fully understood what the Bible said in detail, but what I “knew in my heart” was that this book felt real, powerful, and unmistakably different from anything else I had tried. Even opening it seemed to rebuke darkness instantly, without me needing to study a single passage.<br />
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That same night, I dreamed a completely white dream. I saw a crowd of people—so bright that I could only make out the shapes of their bodies. They stood around another human-shaped figure, also intensely bright, with only the outline of His form visible. He was preaching to the crowd. Then, suddenly, his very bright face turned to his right, and although I couldn’t see clearly, I knew he was looking at me. When I woke, I understood that I had seen God, and had been describing them, ‘the very bright people’. I did not yet know anything about who Jesus Christ was, but I knew I had seen heaven. I did not know anything about the book called the Holy Bible, but I knew to my heart that as long as this book is with me, I was safe and I wouldn’t have to worry about anything anymore. I relied on the book and brought it everywhere with me agaisnt darkness. <br />
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Later, I compared the methods I had used to “rebuke negativity.” In my personal experience, white sage might remove negative energy while it burns, but the negativity returns once the incense stops. Palo santo seemed to restore spiritual abundance temporarily. I never fully understood the purpose of crystals, but I appreciated their beauty and connected them with nature and creation. The cards are too limited, with only a few explanations when Jesus Christ shows me both the past, the present, and future events altogether beyond a few cards, but of all-knowing at the scope of the world and beyond. Compared to the Holy Bible, these methods did not bring the same lasting sense of peace, freedom, love and the complete shield from darkness and deceptions. With Jesus and the Holy Bible, the rebuke of all darkness and restoration of the fruit of the Spirit is completed. He is the only way for a complete and eternal abundance compared to the temporary methods. <br />
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I threw away the cards and stored the incense to embrace the Holy Bible and Jesus Christ daily. I can pray to a God who orders and moves His angel servants. Why do I need to understand His servants when human beings hold more authority in Jesus’ name than His servants do? The most powerful personal experience of walking with Jesus is witnessing every dark force run and flee instantly, without hesitation, under the authority of Jesus Christ, and even seeing the control of weather movement in His name for His children to enjoy His creation in this world. I would use the remaining incense and the wood to lighten up the indoor smell without the necessity to rely on them for negative energy removal. <br />
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The name of Jesus Christ is my white sage and palo santo—yet smoke-free; my nature and crystals, my oracle cards, my recorder of past events and revealer of what is to come; the most powerful rebuker of dark forces; my Love, Nurturer, Friend, Listener, Father, Teacher, Carer, Shelter, Protector, Provider, Advsier, and the Everything of everything. Why would I need anything else when I have Jesus Christ?<br />
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What I found most striking was this: keeping the Bible open felt like it calmed fear and restored my heart. When I did eventually read and pray, I felt God was forming a protective shield or a solid dorm—shielding against darkness and negativity—especially when I prayed for spiritual and environmental protection. Over time, I came to believe that the Holy Bible is more powerful than any other ritual tool for confronting fear and darkness. And I came to understand that the name of Jesus Christ carries a unique authority for us—bringing love, peace, and abundance in a way that far exceeds the power of spiritual rituals such as white sage and palo santo.<br />
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My ego blocked me for a while from reading and understanding God’s words through personal interpretation. Yet God continued to show me visions, even when I did not know the Scriptures. About three years after I bought the Bible, I prayed to Him for wisdom to prevent deception. Then I was finally able to read and understand Scriptures. I learned that ‘the very bright people’ I had seen in my dream the night I bought the Bible are called “lampstands” in the Bible—and that the people of God themselves are the light source.<br />
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Revelation 22:5 “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.” <br />
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Matthew 7:7–8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” <br />
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The Bible did not expand my understanding of who Jesus Christ is in my life, but the confirmation of His existence, which I had already been revealed about Heaven and the Creator through visions and miracles before the Holy Bible, a guide for the spiritually blind, mute, and the deaf. I regard the Bible as a daily guide, helping me stay grounded and ensuring I am not lost. I already believed in my heart that the Creator and His Love are real, without needing the Bible to “prove” it in the first place. Hence, I have a firm foundation to know the Bible is real and He is the truth without lies, not through the written words, but His revealing of Himself that matches everything the scriptures say about God in the Holy Bible that I learned later. <br />
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The purpose of the Holy Bible is to convey to us the necessity of receiving Jesus Christ for salvation and describe a bit about what He does and His power to His little children, whom we are all ignorant about His existence, blinded by every distraction from the fallen. He did not need a small written book to prove His magnificent existence. He can simply show up to prove how powerful He is, with the power that is enough to turn the whole world upside down, if He wants to. In fact, He did not need us at all. He revealed Himself and gave us the Holy Bible because He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, so that we would not fall into the same fate He destined for Satan and all the fallen angels, so that we would continue to walk according to how He chose to create us in the first place. We can be so insignificant in His creation, but because He is a Loving God and a merciful God, He sends His Son and continues to interfere with human life just to rescue all of us from falling astray. Hence, the Bible is a little teaching book aiming to rescue all of us and free us from slavery rather than the boast of who He is, or the Holy Bible is too understated and undermines our Creator, but the Holy Bible to His existence is merely a cute and small booklet to guide His little ones. <br />
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Psalm 38: 13-15 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak; I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.<br />
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Matthew 18:12, “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?”<br />
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Our Creator created this world with different elements and us to hope that we will appreciate and enjoy the world that He admires and adores. Hence, it is important to enjoy every part of this world that God created for us to enjoy, including the warmth of the sun. Nonetheless, the deceivers produce endless distractions for many to overlook the most essential longing of all: love. The purpose of gathering at Stonehenge was to seek positivity and love. They were seeking love and attempting to find it through many different avenues. If anyone ever challenged me for being “hypocritical”, as a Christian standing alongside people who practise different spiritual traditions, I understand why that question may arise. However, I was (and I remain) a seeker in the same way they are. Jesus accepted me as I was, so I see no reason not to offer joy, welcome, and acceptance to others who are pursuing the same kind of search.<br />
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They are brothers and sisters in Christ through my eyes. I do not want to exclude, isolate, or discriminate against them. If some describe these practices as “hippy” traditions to burn sage or palo santo with oracle cards, wouldn’t the “most hippy element " be having the most powerful Holy Bible to witness the rebuke of darkness instantly? I believe Jesus calls people toward the light, not toward separation.<br />
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Ephesians 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”<br />
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I have also heard accounts at the Stonehenge gathering that some misrepresented Christianity in the historical contexts to oppress many, together with their cultural practices, rather than to set them free from slavery. These stories deeply saddened me. I believe the message of the Bible is to free His people from every form of slavery. It grieves me when people exploit Christianity, distort Jesus, or twist the purpose of love to justify bondage. I believe my duty as a follower of Jesus Christ is to understand others, stand alongside them, and spread the Good News of the name of Jesus Christ, not to impose beliefs or control people’s hearts, but to invite people toward love. Ultimately, it is Jesus’s perosnal and intimate relationship with them that brings genuine transformation.<br />
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In addition, I urge the public not to be misled and deceived by forces of darkness that exploit the language of inclusion and diversity to embrace extremism and enact oppression and slavery. There is a singular type of ideology that one cannot find in the photographs and the videographs of the Stonehenge festival, which has been publicly calling for inclusion while refusing to voluntorily participate in the diverse festivals with others, but to demand acceptance from all to centralise themselves. This active inconsistency can reveal a deeper exploitation, but mock other groups of faiths while using our past to launch personal attacks agaisnt us and our faiths, as well as grasp obvious kindness and Love for one another for weaponisation to uplift extreme ideology. For instance, in 2025, that particular spiritual extremist who worships satan but did not attend the Stonehenge festival looked at me with disgust to claim I used oracle cards ( over a decade ago). satan is the accuser who refuses to forgive, but keeps us captive in our past to shame our faith in Christ through all forms of deception they themselves added in this world to enslave us before putting us all astray. <br />
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Revelation 12:10, “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.”<br />
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2 Corinthians 2:11 “so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.”<br />
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Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindadevolder/55382994276/" title="Fayzulla Khojayev house museum"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55382994276_b98e19414f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Fayzulla Khojayev house museum" /></a></p>

<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
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The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/marksunderland/">Mark Sunderland</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/marksunderland/55382981841/" title="St Bavos Church from Oude Groenmarkt Haarlem Netherlands"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55382981841_da0a8b8b9a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="St Bavos Church from Oude Groenmarkt Haarlem Netherlands" /></a></p>

<p>View through trees to St Bavos Church from Oude Groenmarkt Haarlem North Holland Netherlands</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jocelyn777/">Jocelyn777</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jocelyn777/55383391015/" title="By the Lake"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55383391015_5a7e939635_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="By the Lake" /></a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindadevolder/55382057782/" title="Fayzulla Khojayev house museum"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55382057782_8bc81e0231_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Fayzulla Khojayev house museum" /></a></p>

<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mario_alpha/">Mario Ottaviani Photography</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mario_alpha/55383393915/" title="Dome - Patriarchal Basilica of San Domenico (3)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55383393915_2be99e3d32_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Dome - Patriarchal Basilica of San Domenico (3)" /></a></p>

<p>Sony a7IV | Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD<br />
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lindadevolder/">Linda DV</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindadevolder/55383123533/" title="Fayzulla Khojayev house museum"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55383123533_6dc1c28d66_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Fayzulla Khojayev house museum" /></a></p>

<p>Uzbekistan<br />
Bukhara<br />
<br />
The Fayzulla Khodjaev Museum (also known as the Fayzulla Khujayev House Museum)in Bukhara, Uzbekistan , is a beautifully preserved 19th-century mansion that serves as a memorial to the influential Uzbek statesman Fayzulla Khodjaev and as an ethnographic museum<br />
The complex offers a unique and colorful glimpse into the opulent life of wealthy Central Asian trading families from before the Russian Revolution.<br />
The museum is housed in Khodjaev's ancestral home, built in 1891 by his father. It is a masterpiece of traditional Bukharan residential architecture.<br />
The rooms and balconies ( aivans ) display spectacular woodcarving, colorful murals, and detailed stucco work ( ganch )<br />
There are antique furniture, traditional silk clothing, historical musical instruments, and precious Chinese and Russian porcelain to admire.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/89509442@N00/">donbyatt</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/89509442@N00/55383063003/" title="Barrow in Bloom"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55383063003_2f131a97b8_m.jpg" width="151" height="240" alt="Barrow in Bloom" /></a></p>

<p>The impressive Town Hall in Barrow-in-Furness</p>

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