13 Don'ts on Child Safety

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6. Garage Door: Watch out for automatic garage doors. If your garage door does not already have one, install a sensor such as an 'electric eye' forrepparttar garage door. It signalsrepparttar 140941 door to reverse its motion if anything is inrepparttar 140942 way.

7. Entertainment Center: Use angle braces or anchors to secure larger furniture-which presents a tipping hazard-torepparttar 140943 wall.

8. Baby Walkers: Each year, an average of 2 children die as a result of baby-walker related injuries. Holtzman recommends using a stationary activity center instead.

9. Water faucet: Water with 140 degrees Fahrenheit will produce a third-degree burn on a child in just 3 seconds! Set hot water heaters no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. A lower water temperature will reducerepparttar 140944 chance of scald burns. Always checkrepparttar 140945 water temperature before giving a small child a bath.

10. Mouthwash: Many brands contain alcohol. Children are much more sensitive torepparttar 140946 toxic effects of alcohol than adults.

11. Window Treatments with hanging cords: Those that were manufactured before 2001 may pose a strangulation risk to small children. Consider replacing them with today's safer products or repairing them.

12. Antifreeze: It has a sweet taste. Children or pets will drink large amounts of it if it is left out in an open container or if it is spilled on your driveway.

13. Plants: As beautiful as they appear, decorative plants may not be safe as you think. Two common household plants that are frequently ingested by children are Dieffenbachia and Philodendron. Both of these plants can cause very serious symptoms. These plants contain oxalates, small crystals that get released intorepparttar 140947 mouth whenrepparttar 140948 plant is chewed, causing extreme pain and inflammation. A popular Flower Garden plant isrepparttar 140949 beautiful Oleander.

Alma De la Cruz, a staff mystic employed by http://www.psychicrealm.com, has a profound personal history where she has unabashedly delved deep into the heart of occult mysteries for an extensive period of her life. Check out her bi weekly metaphysical column: http://www.newagenotebook.com where she takes a new twist, incorporating Latin shamanistic philosophies with leading edge occult beliefs.


Higher Self: Growing Inside of Us

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Golden Dawn

The Order ofrepparttar Golden Dawn, a magical group which was founded in England by men with backgrounds in Rosicrucian and Freemason societies, flourished for some 40 years prior to 1920. This occult society admitted both male and female members with equal status and now significant proportions of it's senior officers are female.

Fromrepparttar 140940 neo-pagan revival torepparttar 140941 New Age movement,repparttar 140942 Golden Dawn's wealth of teachings still has a profound and lasting effect on all those who seek spiritual enlightenment inrepparttar 140943 western world. Astrology, tarot, Kabbala andrepparttar 140944 Egyptian mysteries formedrepparttar 140945 backbone of their teachings.

Theosophy

Theosophy is a fragment ofrepparttar 140946 ancient wisdom teaching. The masters of Theosophy, located in Tibet and aroundrepparttar 140947 world, preserve and extend this ancient wisdom. Periodically they send a messenger – Helena Blavatsky - to help spread this teaching to all of humanity. The Theosophical Society is a worldwide association of men and women determined to encourage altruism and compassion. Founded by Helena P. Blavatsky, and several others, it is one expression of a spiritual and educational movement that has been active in all ages. Its objectives are: •to demonstrate thatrepparttar 140948 oneness of all life is a fact in nature, and to form a nucleus of a universal brotherhood; •the study of ancient and modern religions, sciences, and philosophies; •to investigate and share natural truths --repparttar 140949 spiritual, psychological, and material laws and powers found inrepparttar 140950 cosmos and inrepparttar 140951 human being.

Alma De la Cruz, a staff mystic employed by http://www.psychicrealm.com, has a profound personal history where she has unabashedly delved deep into the heart of occult mysteries for an extensive period of her life. Check out her bi weekly metaphysical column: http://www.newagenotebook.com where she takes a new twist, incorporating Latin shamanistic philosophies with leading edge occult beliefs.


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