Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

The Library of Economics and Liberty offers a wonderful free online edition of Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
by Charles Mackay (1814-1889) with a "clickable" Table of Contents which includes the following topics:

• Money Mania.—The Mississippi Scheme
• The South Sea Bubble
• The Tulipomania
• The Alchymists
• Modern Prophecies
• Fortune-Telling
• The Magnetisers
• Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard
• The Crusades
• The Witch Mania
• The Slow Poisoners
• Haunted Houses
• Popular Follies of Great Cities
• Popular Admiration of Great Thieves
• Duels and Ordeals
• Relics

Ephemerides on the Web

My system of reading tarot cards takes into consideration both the cards and astrology.

Right now I'm looking (again) for a good ephemeris online.

Wikipedia has an interesting summary of the origins, scientific and astrological uses of ephemerides along with suggested links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeris

The Encyclopædia Britannica has an interesting article about ephemerides.

There are many choices out there, so I'd just like to collect a small sample here.

Matrix software offers daily details in this monthly ephemeris chart

Go back in time or forward in time with a 3,000 Year High-Precision Daily Astrological Online Ephemeris
600BC to 2400AD - Midnight GMT- with an Aspectarian included for Years 1900 to 2005 from khaldea.com

Astrodienst offers a Swiss Ephemeris as a download for private use.

Check out http://www.zodiacal.com/ephemerides/

Wow, check out the JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institue of Technology -- this could be the primary subject of a separate blog!

The San Jose Astronomical Association offers a newletter with the ephemeris, check out http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/

There are so many more Rhianna wants to explore but this is all Rhianna has time for now :-)

New Formats in the Wings

Wonder why Rhianna has been silent?
Don't think that she hasn't been thinking of you!

All of Rhianna's sites will be undergoing a makeover.

So thanks for all the good wishes and a bright new start is in the cards.

(Rhianna also has been known to goof off here and there at times too, but what else is new?)

Peace out!

~Rhi