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馃嚭馃嚫 United States and 3 more11:11
A clock time believed to signal spiritual alignment or synchronicity in numerology and New Age thoughtBelief 路 Wonder and entertainment 路 Power and authority Living
馃嚭馃嚫 United StatesThe Michael Teachings
A channeled New Age system for self-understanding and personality analysisTradition 路 Love and attraction 路 Change and initiation Living
馃嚭馃嚫 United StatesNew England vampire panic
A folk response to tuberculosis involving the exhumation and burning of organsBelief 路 Protection 路 Healing Historical
馃嚭馃嚫 United StatesNew England vampire panic
A folk response to tuberculosis involving the exhumation and burning of organsBelief 路 Protection 路 Healing Historical
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- New England vampire panic: no credited author, Public domain, source