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Originally Posted by 777 The Great Work

This failing Tulip is an Xample of cutting off the flow of energy with images, and then there is the looking glass of Mr.Hollands Opus.




In the years 1636-37, tulipmania ruled in the Netherlands. Tulips were a symbol of wealth and status and were traded like currency. A bed of tulips could buy a small house. Some highly prized tulips were even more valuable and a single bulb could be traded for a large house with all of its land, furniture and other accessories.

When the tulip market crashed, it was similar to the American stock market crash in late 1929. Thousands of businessmen in the Netherlands were ruined when the tulipmania bubble burst.

The name for tulips comes from the headdress worn by many Middle Eastern peoples known as a turban or (TALIBAN). In Latin, this translates to "tulipa."

Tulips are generally symbolic of fame and perfect love.

Tulips are still the foremost national symbol of Holland.

The tulip also remains as a favorite flower heralding Spring.

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What would Black Moon and Tulips be doing in the News??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/8454049.stm

A historic map of the world, with China at its centre, has gone on display at the Library of Congress in Washington.

The map was created by Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in 1602. It is one of only two copies in existence in good condition.

Because of its rarity and fragility - the map is printed on rice paper - the map has become known as the "Impossible Black Tulip of Cartography".