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  • I was happy to see that most of the cliches that seem to define the paranormal romance genre didn’t show up in Seers of Light.

    User Review: Seers of Light by Jennifer DeLucy | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • I was happy to see that most of the cliches that seem to define the paranormal romance genre didn’t show up in Seers of Light.

    User Review: Seers of Light by Jennifer DeLucy | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • Wherefore, as Isidore states (Etym. vii, 8), "in the Old Testament, they were called Seers, because they saw what others saw not, and surveyed things hidden in mystery."

    Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas

  • I did not know that one reason the Vatican may be stepping in is a response because of the way a Bishop in Austria welcomed one of the Medjugorje "Seers".

    Don't go to Medjugorje Dymphna 2009

  • Success depends chiefly upon idiosyncrasy or faculty in the gazers, for "Seers" are very often men and women of imperfect education, in fact they seem "born rather than made" but the faculty may be developed in many people, seemingly at first insensitive, by frequent short trials, say fifteen to twenty minutes at a time, or less if they get tired.

    How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896

  • The Hebrews well called their poets "Seers," for they not only perceive more than others, but also help other men to see much which would otherwise be lost to us.

    The Pleasures of Life John Lubbock 1873

  • In The Gemsinger Chronicles, I have a goddess (named Meikon) but she created the mystical items that do her work in the world--the Twelve Stones of Power (which match up to the twelve birthstones on the Earth calendar) That said, religion itself isn't referred to very much beyond "Seers" (who are more like sages than priests) and the Holders of the Twelve Stones (who guard the places where the Twelve Stones are said to lie)

    On Religion in Fantasy Tia Nevitt 2009

  • Shot on location in Portugal and in the UK, the film has a cast of hundreds to re-create the scenes of the 70,000 strong crowds, with 3 young Portuguese actors play the iconic roles of the Seers.

    Art and Literature 2009

  • Shot on location in Portugal and in the UK, the film has a cast of hundreds to re-create the scenes of the 70,000 strong crowds, with 3 young Portuguese actors play the iconic roles of the Seers.

    Mary, Mother of God 2009

  • Shot on location in Portugal and in the UK, the film has a cast of hundreds to re-create the scenes of the 70,000 strong crowds, with 3 young Portuguese actors play the iconic roles of the Seers.

    "'The 13th Day' is the best film ever made about Fatima..." 2009

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