Amethyst is yet another silicate stone. Silicon dioxide, SiO2, is a variety of amethyst violet, which is white. So what makes the color purple? Much of the contention, amethyst’s purple color is believed to come from manganese. Also about sulphur. Perhaps also from ferric thiocyanate. The color purple had many possible origins. Recent research on […]
Tag Archives: Chastity
Have you heard of these ceremonies called Purity Balls? If not you might in the coming years as they are getting quite popular, especially among the Evangelical Christians. According to Leslee Unruh, the founder of Abstinence Clearinghouse, there were more than 1,400 Purity Balls in 2006 and they are expecting that number to double by […]
The history of one of human culture’s most interesting and sometimes romantic devices is the female chastity belt. History that stipulated that wide use of the chastity belt by men, Peregrinus demonstrated that the bond on wives is the most false. The romantic use of the chastity belt was promoted in medieval poetry. Thus it […]