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75-480: Each volume in the series follows a different teenage, female protagonist who must face challenges involving love, the " soulmate principle", and the Night World's strict code. In the first six novels, the plot focuses on the protagonist discovering her soulmate and the danger which ensues. In the seventh book of the series, the concept of an impending millennial apocalypse is introduced. The later books' plots focus on

150-614: A choice of rivers to drink from after death, and to drink from Mnemosyne instead of Lethe. These two rivers are attested in several verse inscriptions on gold plates dating to the 4th century BC and onward, found at Thurii in Southern Italy and elsewhere throughout the Greek world. There were rivers of Lethe and Mnemosyne at the oracular shrine of Trophonius in Boeotia , from which worshippers would drink before making oracular consultations with

225-504: A dangerous mission: to fight her worst enemy, best friend, and soulmate, Morgead Blackthorn, over control of the Wild Power. The Wild Powers are four prophesied beings with the ability to use blue fire. It turns out that the person thought to be the Wild Power is a fake. Jez, her friend Hugh, and her annoying cousin Claire are attacked by two werewolves and a vampire. When she and Claire fall off

300-409: A hidden Night World store to obtain supplies, earning disapproval from its witch storekeeper Melusine, who realizes Gillian will be using dark magic. Everything seems perfect until Gillian learns her spell has made Tanya very sick. Angel's commands become stranger, more people end up hurt, and eventually he guides Gillian to an unsavory Night World clubhouse where she is almost mauled by werewolves; she

375-411: A hypnosis-style treatment, she realizes is an "old soul"; she has lived many previous lives, all featuring both her soulmate Thierry Descouedres, a made vampire and a Lord of the Night World, and Thierry's arch-enemy Maya, who wants him for herself. In each of her lives, Hannah has been killed just before her seventeenth birthday Hannah learns Maya was born a witch but longed to be immortal, so she became

450-476: A means of comfort during the day's waning moments. The poem opens as a declaration of love and connection to one's Creator, stating: "Yedid Nefesh, Av HaRachaman – My Soulmate, Father of Compassion." This poem was first published in Venice in 1588 in a book titled Sefer Charedim . Its composition is commonly attributed to that book's publisher, Rabbi Elazar ben Moshe Azikri (1533–1600). However–largely because this poem

525-447: A party, to be held on the same night as the ceremony that bonds the witches and shapeshifters. Iliana tries to use her powers to save Jaime when a car is going to hit her, but she can not activate the power. Based on that failure, Iliana assumes that she is not the Wild Power but agrees to pretend that she is the Wild Power so the ceremony can still go ahead. However, she says that she will only help if she can go to Jaime's party. Raksha and

600-680: A pet hospital he works at, where Blaise finds them. Thea confesses her belief that they are soulmates; livid that a boy would resist her charms due to Thea and worried about her cousin breaking Night World law, Blaise vows to crush Eric's spirit and kill him. In a desperate attempt to protect Eric, Thea accidentally releases a vengeful spirit which kills one of Blaise's admirers. While trying to recapture it, she takes refuge at Eric's house, where he hints again that he believes she can cast spells; realizing she could land Eric in serious trouble, Thea attempts first to let Blaise seduce him, then to charm him to love another girl. Both plans fail, convincing Thea that

675-401: A sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don’t want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment. These are people who finish out their lives together and still cannot say what it is they want from one another.” Twin flames are observed in yogic teachings. Humans have seven energy centers, known as chakras, with the lowest being the sex center and the highest being

750-460: A soulmate exists specifically for a person is an unrealistic expectation . Even though Judaism and Hinduism have sources about the existence of soulmates, some leaders think otherwise. Lethe In Greek mythology , Lethe ( / ˈ l iː θ iː / ; Ancient Greek : Λήθη Lḗthē ; Ancient Greek : [lɛ̌ːtʰɛː] , Modern Greek : [ˈliθi] ) was one of the rivers of

825-413: A specific mission. They describe a soulmate as one of many potential spiritual brothers or sisters: "Even though there may be a great attraction and bond between soulmates, fundamentally, in the ultimate sense, you could define it more as a brother/sister relationship, even though soulmates have great marriages and a great union of hearts." According to Mark Prophet: "A soulmate relationship has to do with

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900-803: A story that exonerates his sisters and allows them to stay in Oregon. Mary-Lynnette admits she loves him but is hesitant to become a vampire, and Ash vows to reflect on his wrongdoings to become worthy of her; they agree he will return to see her next year. As Ash leaves, his sisters and the Carters prepare to form a new haven for the Night People away from the enclaves. Witches Thea and Blaise Harman are first cousins. Thea uses white magic to heal and protect animals, while Blaise uses black magic to make boys do anything for her, including gifting her their possessions, harming themselves and others, and burning down buildings. When

975-465: A vampire hunter known as The Cat, determined to eliminate as many as possible until she finds her family's killer. While linking up with a hunting team in Boston, they and Rashel apprehend a cold-hearted "made" vampire named John Quinn, whom Rashel allows to escape after they have an unexpected empathetic connection, attracting fury from the other hunters. After investigating a series of strange abductions in

1050-413: A year. When Rāma, with the help of his companion Hanumān , locates Sītā, he battles Rāvaṇa to reunite with his wife. According to the esoteric religious movement Theosophy , whose claims were modified by Edgar Cayce , God created androgynous souls—equally male and female. Later theories postulate that the souls split into separate genders, perhaps because they incurred karma while playing around on

1125-449: Is a common practice to work on one's middot . It is a practice amongst Orthodox Jews to avoid looking at things that trigger sexual thoughts or actions. In relation, it is argued that Joseph was deserving of marrying his bashert because he did not stare at her or fantasize about her. It is encouraged to perform ‘‘ tzedakah ’’, meaning righteousness or charity work, to find one’s soulmate. Some psychologists state that believing that

1200-475: Is able to drive David away from his girlfriend Tanya, and that she swiftly learns of Tanya's subsequent vengeful plan to sabotage both her and David's reputations. Angel also reveals Gillian's heritage; she is descended from one of two lost babies from the Harman family, making her a witch, and with this insight he helps her create a spell to stop Tanya and her accomplice Kim from carrying out their plan. He guides her to

1275-413: Is attacked by one of the werewolves; she is saved by Quinn, who has concluded that their connection means they are soulmates, and attempts to turn her into a vampire to avoid breaking the law against loving a human. However, the process of exchanging blood allows each to see the other's past, and their mutual grief and new-found affection unites them against the Night World. They confront the vampires to whom

1350-402: Is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature. Each of us, then, is a ‘matching half’ of a human whole…and each of us is always seeking the half that matches him. When a person meets the half that is his very own, something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by

1425-457: Is destined to marry Galen Drache, a shapeshifter of the first house, so the shapeshifters will side with the witches and not the vampires. But when Raksha learns that Galen is her soulmate, she realizes that their love could destroy the world. Night World shapeshifters have been attacking humans, and they have also killed the Crone of the witches, Grandma Harman. Iliana's deaf friend, Jaime, is hosting

1500-490: Is destined to marry a poor man. To prevent this from happening, he keeps her locked with servants in the tower of a palace deep within a forest. It is said that a bird of prey brought her soulmate to the tower, and they fell in love. The story ends with King Solomon realizing that the young man is a scholar, even though he isn’t rich. It is said that humans were androgynous. In the Symposium , Plato has Aristophanes present

1575-773: Is first found in Deuteronomy , chapter 33, verse 12. The Hebrew word Nefesh , meaning soul, is first found in Genesis , chapter 2, verse 7. While this poem is known by its opening refrain, Yedid Nefesh/Soulmate, in the 18th-century prayer book of Rabbi Jacob Emden , he records its official title as: "Song of Awakening of the Soul-Toward the Love of Blessed Hashem (the Name)" (translation from his original Hebrew). In Judaism, bashert means destined or intended. This term can refer to any destined incident and

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1650-482: Is happy to have found her brother and her soulmate. However, no one can rest yet, because the witches have seceded from the Night World Council, leading to war between vampires and witches. Two Wild Powers have been found, and both are now on the side of Circle Daybreak. Only two more remain. Circle of Daybreak shapeshifter Raksha Keller and her team race to a mall to save the new Wild Power, Iliana Harman. Iliana

1725-568: Is her soul mate, and Morgead survives. Maggie is a human who tries to rescue her brother from his girlfriend, a witch named Sylvia. Maggie stumbles upon an old Night World colony, where she meets vampire prince Delos Redfern, ruler of the Night World and one of the Wild Powers. Though he is cold toward her, he repeatedly saves her, each time stating that he will not help her again. The two soon learn that they are soulmates, though Delos refuses it and tells her to leave. Maggie does not, and sheremains in

1800-468: Is indissoluble. The creation of woman from man was possible because Adam originally had two faces, which were separated at the birth of Eve. It's a common belief that before mankind multiplied, each baby boy was born with his soulmate as his twin sister. Cain and Abel 's soulmates were born with them, and Rachel and Leah were the soulmates of Jacob and Esau , respectively. A lesser-known tale centers on King Solomon , who knows one of his daughters

1875-482: Is partially in the perceived definition that two souls are meant to unite. The term soulmate first appeared in the English language in a letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1822. The term soulmate may have initially been borrowed from the 16th-century poem Yedid Nefesh . This poem became popular due to its customary weekly recital by traditional Jews during their final Shabbos/ Shabbat meal, seudah shlishit , as

1950-456: Is particularly used for one's soulmate. According to the Talmud, it is said that forty days before a male child is formed, a voice from heaven announces whose daughter he is going to marry–a match made in heaven. Jewish mysticism speaks of husband and wife as half-souls. It is also said that God takes the soul whose time has come to enter this world and separates it into two halves, placing one half in

2025-450: Is proud of her lamia heritage, but one day a flashback makes her realize her mother was human, and her devastation makes her run away from her Uncle Bracken and her gang of human-hating vampire friends to live with her human relatives. She later learns about Circle Daybreak, and begins working with them as a vampire hunter to atone for her previous cruelty towards humans. However, she returns to her friends when Circle Daybreak asks her to go on

2100-400: Is said that Adam had a wife called Lilith created from the ground's dust, just as he was. But she remained with him only a short time because she insisted upon enjoying full equality with her husband. She derived her rights from their identical origin. The woman destined to become the true companion of man, Eve , was taken from Adam's body, for only when like is joined unto like the union

2175-457: Is saved by Ash Redfern. Angel claims he and Gillian are soulmates, so he would never hurt her; however, when his influence almost causes David's death, Gillian blocks out Angel's voice and begs Melusine for help. Together they undo the spell against Tanya and Kim, and conclude that Angel is likely a spirit with unfinished business who died close to where Gillian met him. Before setting out to stop Angel, Gillian visits David in hospital and realizes he

2250-496: Is the killer; he resented Opal for bringing three new vampires into his hunting territory, and when the Redferns wouldn't leave, he killed the animals to scare them off. He has also intended for some time to make Mary-Lynnette a werewolf, so sees Ash as a threat he must eliminate. Mary-Lynnette defends herself with a silver knife that Opal lent her, and Jeremy is killed when her faulty car explodes into flames. Ash successfully fabricates

2325-654: Is toying with her, James successfully makes Poppy a vampire and the two acknowledge that they are "soulmates", an ancient concept deemed nonsensical by modern Night People (and illegal via their laws). James hides Poppy in his apartment, but his "crazy" cousin Ash Redfern abducts her, intending to expose her as an illegal vampire at a gathering in Las Vegas. Poppy fights off Ash telepathically before James and Phil arrive to save her, making James realize Phil and Poppy must be descended from witches and therefore have every right to know of

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2400-485: Is willing to keep their secret; she tells Thea and Eric to find "Circle Daybreak", and Blaise accepts Thea's love for Eric as they part ways. Following what should have been a fatal accident, Gillian Lennox is resurrected by a beautiful being calling himself "Angel". He encourages her to alter her appearance, her behavior and her social circle, making her the most popular girl at school and uniting her with her long-time crush, David Blackburn. Angel's omniscience means Gillian

2475-547: The Mnemosyne instead. Drinkers of the Lethe's water would not be quenched of their thirst, often causing them to drink more than necessary. Some ancient Greeks believed that souls were made to drink from the river before being reincarnated, so that they would not remember their past lives. The Myth of Er in Book X of Plato 's Republic tells of the dead arriving at a barren waste called

2550-462: The "Night People", including vampires, werewolves and witches, have co-existed with humans for millennia. To save Poppy's life, he offers to convert her into a "made" vampire, even though Night World law states that humans may not learn of its existence, transform into a Night Person without permission from its Council, or - most importantly - have a relationship with an existing Night Person. Despite opposition from Poppy's brother Phil, who believes James

2625-531: The "plain of Lethe", through which the river Ameles ("careless") runs. "Of this they were all obliged to drink a certain quantity," Plato wrote, "and those who were not saved by wisdom drank more than was necessary; and each one as he drank forgot all things." A few mystery religions taught the existence of another river, the Mnemosyne ; those who drank from the Mnemosyne would remember everything and attain omniscience . Initiates were taught that they would receive

2700-455: The "soulmate principle" is real, and she tells Eric the truth about everything. He agrees to help her capture the spirit by luring it into a trap during a witches' covenant; however, the Circle of Witches is notified that Thea has cast forbidden spells, and she is summoned to answer for her wrongdoings. She eventually convinces them to let her complete her plan, and manages to return to Eric and banish

2775-474: The Earth, or "separation from God." Over several reincarnations, each half seeks the other. When all karmic debt is purged, the two will fuse and return to the ultimate. Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet define a soulmate as a separate entity with whom an individual has shared many lifetimes, whether as a friend, lover, co-worker, or partner. Typically, the individual is drawn to this entity to complete

2850-440: The Night World to find her brother. Delos's great-grandfather, Hunter Redfern, arrives to take over the kingdom. Delos soon discovers that his powers are bound by a spell, and he cannot fight. Maggie finds out that her brother was turned into a shapeshifting falcon by Sylvia. Sylvia is killed by Hunter Redfern after she releases the spell binding Delos's powers. Hunter Redfern is presumably killed by Delos's use of blue fire. Maggie

2925-466: The Night World. Resolving to change their people's laws, James and Poppy leave to seek help from the latter's father, the source of the Norths' witch ancestry. Lamia sisters Rowan, Kestrel and Jade Redfern have fled their homeland, a Night World island enclave, for Oregon. They plan to stay with their Aunt Opal, an earlier fugitive, only to find she has been killed. Opal's neighbor Mary-Lynnette Carter suspects

3000-473: The Old Testament book Song of Songs and specific Psalms (31, 32, 70, 72, and 124) for forty days is an ancient practice that has also been used as a method for one to find their ‘‘bashert’’. Though Judaism believes in beshert (destined one), destiny is influenced by free choice. If one does not work on their character traits or leads a wicked life, they forfeit their beshert to someone more deserving. It

3075-511: The Roman general Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus sought to dispose of the myth, as it impeded his military campaigns in the area. He was said to have personally crossed the Lima, and then called his soldiers from the other side, one by one, by name. The soldiers, astonished that their general remembered their names, crossed the river as well without fear. This act proved that the Lima was not as dangerous as

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3150-404: The abducted girls were to be served as a "feast" - and discover that Quinn's guardian, the supposedly peaceful Hunter Redfern, is behind the abductions. Rashel instantly recognises him as her mother's killer, and learns that Timmy is not dead, but was turned into a vampire and raised by Hunter as a tormented eternal four-year-old. Nyala, a vengeful, unbalanced vampire hunter who followed Rashel, sets

3225-402: The area, Rashel sees a girl named Daphne escaping a truck; she helps her infiltrate an underground party which a group of vampires, including Quinn, are using to abduct young girls. Rashel and Daphne allow themselves to be captured and taken to an island, where they free the abductees from their werewolf bodyguards and help them escape. Rashel stays behind to find out who ordered the abductions but

3300-464: The building on fire, but Rashel and Quinn escape with Timmy, and at Rashel's pleading, Quinn returns to save Nyala. Rashel's rage towards vampires subsides, and she and Quinn decide to search for a rumored coven that accepts humans, Circle Daybreak. Hannah Snow has been having nightmares and keeps finding notes written in her own handwriting warning her she will die before turning seventeen. She begins seeing psychologist Paul Winfield, and while undergoing

3375-462: The cave of Hypnos, god of sleep, where its murmuring would induce drowsiness. The shades of the dead were required to drink the waters of the Lethe in order to forget their earthly life. In the Aeneid (VI.703-751), Virgil writes that it is only when the dead have had their memories erased by the Lethe that they may be reincarnated . The river Lethe was said to be located next to Hades 's palace in

3450-421: The chance to atone for his actions; with David's help, Gillian leads the girl's father to where Gary hid her body, and when he states that he forgives whoever caused his daughter's death, Gary is finally able to move on to the afterlife. Aged just five, Rashel Jordan witnesses the murder of her mother and her friend Timmy by a ruthless vampire, then survives a fire that kills her one remaining relative. She becomes

3525-446: The cousins start at a new school, Thea heals aspiring vet Eric Ross after he is bitten by a snake and feels an unexpected affinity with him; however, she flees when he guesses he was healed by magic. To keep seeing him without raising questions, Thea pretends she wants to seduce Eric herself so Blaise won't target him. At a school dance, one of Blaise's former victims bursts in and attacks her new admirers; to comfort Thea, Eric takes her to

3600-440: The death of both Opal and various animals in the area. Meanwhile, the Redferns' ruthless brother Ash has followed them to Oregon to either retrieve or kill them; however, when he meets Mary-Lynnette, the two realize to their joint horror that they are also soulmates. After learning about Opal, the shellshocked Ash agrees to assist in the investigation, though he and Mary-Lynnette insist they will not act on their feelings. Together,

3675-405: The five horns. Galen who has never acquired a shape yet and wanted to be something small and peaceful turns into a leopard and removes another horn to save Raksha. Raksha sees her witch friend whisper something to Iliana, and Iliana stands up. She chants a spell and makes blue fire appear, which destroys the dragon while healing everyone else. Raksha and Galen find a way to be together and still unite

3750-505: The god. More recently, Martin Heidegger used "lēthē" to symbolize not only the "concealment of Being" or "forgetting of Being", but also the "concealment of concealment", which he saw as a major problem of modern philosophy. Examples are found in his books on Nietzsche (Vol 1, p. 194) and on Parmenides . Philosophers since, such as William J. Richardson have expanded on this school of thought. The goddess Lethe has been compared to

3825-505: The goddess Meng Po of Chinese Mythology, who would wait on the Bridge of Forgetfulness to serve dead souls soup which would erase their memories before they were reincarnated. Amongst authors in antiquity, the tiny Lima river between Norte Region, Portugal , and Galicia, Spain , was said to have the same properties of memory loss as the legendary Lethe River, being mistaken for it. In 138 BCE,

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3900-443: The group deduce Mary-Lynnette’s childhood friend Jeremy is a rogue werewolf, and after a meeting, he agrees to help them find the killer. Ash's revulsion towards humans slowly weakens, while Mary-Lynnette tries and fails to convince herself she hates him; finally, the two passionately acknowledge their shared feelings and begin the process to make Mary-Lynnette a vampire. However, Jeremy ambushes them in werewolf form, and reveals that he

3975-404: The idea that humans originally had four arms, four legs, and one head made of two faces; Zeus split these creatures in half, leaving each torn creature to search for its missing counterpart. The severed humans were a miserable lot. Aristophanes says, "Each one longed for its other half, and so they would throw their arms about each other, weaving themselves together, wanting to grow together. Love

4050-562: The local myths described. In Cádiz , Spain, the river Guadalete was originally named "Lethe" by local Greek and Phoenician colonists who, about to go to war, solved instead their differences by diplomacy and named the river Lethe to forever forget their former differences. When the Arabs conquered the region much later, their name for the river became Guadalete from the Arabic phrase وادي لكة (Wadi lakath) meaning "River of Forgetfulness". In Alaska,

4125-435: The male and one half in the female. And when these two halves meet again in matrimony, their original connection and love bond returns. Baal Shem Tov once said, "From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being." In Jewish folklore , it

4200-471: The other members of Circle Daybreak, a group of humans, vampires, wolves, witches, and shapeshifters who are hoping for peace between Night World and the human race. Maya tracks down Hannah and attempts to turn her into a vampire and then kill her, thus ending her cycle of reincarnation; instead, Hannah manages to kill Maya. Hannah decides to remain human and live a mortal life, after which Thierry will wait for her to return in her next one. Jezabel "Jez" Redfern

4275-421: The party, the dragon disguises itself as Jaime's brother Brett, lures Raksha into a room, and locks her in. She shapeshifts into a panther, jumps out the window, and reenters the party to try to find Iliana. The real Brett directs her to the basement, where Raksha finds a tunnel that leads her to her friends and Iliana, who is badly hurt. Raksha attacks the dragon, who was disguised as Jaime, and removes three out of

4350-582: The people who are protecting Iliana agree and go with her to keep her safe from the Night World shapeshifters, particularly a dragon that can disguise itself as anyone it touches. The night before the party, Raksha and Galen stay up looking through scrolls that contain writing only shapeshifters can read, trying to learn about the dragon. They find out that dragons have horns and that if you cut them all off, they can no longer shapeshift. They also find out accidentally that they are soulmates, but Raksha thinks they have to ignore it because he has to marry Iliana. At

4425-571: The previously used "Walkman" on the next page. Each novel in the series features a male and female that discover that they are soulmates—beings connected by an unbreakable bond of love. Literature scholar Deborah Wilson Overstreet describes the so-called "soulmate principle" as "the main story line in each novel". Poppy North, a regular teenage girl, is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer . Her best friend and secret crush, James Rasmussen, reveals that his family are " lamia " (vampires by heritage) and that various supernatural creatures known as

4500-502: The river of forgetfulness, is one of the five rivers of the Greek underworld ; the other four are Acheron (the river of sorrow), Cocytus (the river of lamentation), Phlegethon (the river of fire) and Styx (the river that separates Earth and the Underworld). According to Statius , Lethe bordered Elysium , the final resting place of the virtuous. Ovid wrote that the river flowed through

4575-538: The search for four "Wild Powers" who, according to an ancient prophecy , will either save the world or aid in its destruction. Books from the series appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List for children's books in 2008 and 2009. The first nine books in the Night World series were originally published in 1996–1998 by Simon & Schuster . The release of the tenth and final book, Strange Fate ,

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4650-402: The seat of the soul Chandra , that Chandra just above the base ... The connection is one of parallel and mutual evolution rather than origin." According to Judaism, all souls destined for the world stand before God in couples. When they arrive in the world, the blessed Holy One matches these couples who are half-souls or twin flames. It is believed that prayer from the heart helps find

4725-451: The sisters of murder, but after she and her brother Mark find them eating a deer in the woods, they reveal their vampire heritage and convince her they are innocent. Instead of following Night World law by killing the Carters, the Redferns do a "blood-crossing" ceremony, binding the families in a vow of mutual protection - to the delight of Jade and Mark, who are convinced they are soulmates. The alliance enables Mary-Lynnette to help investigate

4800-480: The spirit before it kills him. Despite this, the Circle refuses to let Eric love Thea or retain his knowledge of the Night World, and Thea requests that they both drink from the Cup of Lethe , which will erase their memories and allow them to be together as humans; however, Thea realizes while drinking that Blaise had previously switched the drink with iced tea, so neither forgets anything. Circle member Aradia deduces this, but

4875-430: The station platform onto the train tracks, Jez sees blue fire and thinks Claire is the one. When she, Claire, Hugh, and Morgead are captured by Lily Redfern, who is in search of the Wild Power, Jez figures out the meaning of the prophecy: she is one of the Wild Powers, and her blood must be spilled to release the blue fire. Lily stabs Morgead with a stake, and Morgead convinces Jez not to let go or give up. Jez admits Morgead

4950-573: The underworld of Hades . Also known as the Amelēs potamos (river of unmindfulness), the Lethe flowed around the cave of Hypnos and through the Underworld where all those who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness. The river was often associated with Lethe , the personification of forgetfulness and oblivion, who was the daughter of Eris (Strife). In Classical Greek, the word lethe ( λήθη ) literally means "forgetting", "forgetfulness". Lethe,

5025-402: The underworld under a cypress tree. Orpheus would give some shades (the Greek term for ghosts or spirits) a password to tell Hades's servants which would allow them to drink instead from the Mnemosyne (the pool of memory), which was located under a poplar tree. An Orphic inscription , said to be dated from between the second and third century B.C., warns readers to avoid the Lethe and to seek

5100-449: The witches and shapeshifters: they need to do a blood cross between Iliana and Raksha. Soulmate A soulmate is a person with whom one feels a deep or natural affinity . This affinity may involve similarity , love romance , comfort, intimacy, sexuality , sexual activity , spirituality , compatibility , and trust . The idea of soulmates is found in Judaism and Hinduism but

5175-446: The world's first vampire through a spell that involved drinking the blood of four babies. Maya then turned Thierry into the first ever made vampire. At first, Hannah suspects Thierry is the one who always killed her in her past lives, but through another hypnotic episode, she realizes that it was Maya, who would shapeshift into Thierry's image to establish a pattern of him supposedly being the killer. Hannah goes to Thierry's house and meets

5250-457: The ‘‘ samādhi ’’, a state of deep meditation. According to philosopher Osho , two souls are bonded when the seven chakras of a man are in tune and harmony with all seven of a woman, creating a sense of completeness. The story of a married couple Rāma and Sītā , told in the ancient mythological Indian epic Rāmāyaṇa , depicts the transformative power of love. Demon-king of Lanka , Rāvaṇa , abducts Sītā and keeps her locked within his palace for

5325-409: The ‘‘bashert’’. Eliezer prayed to God for help in finding a bride for Isaac. In another instance, Leah prayed for another soulmate, or different destiny, upon discovering that her current soulmate, who she was to marry, Esau, was a wicked man. Leah’s prayer was heard, and she married Jacob instead. Praying at the tombs of renowned spiritual leaders regularly is also a common prayer practice. Reading

5400-512: Was her soulmate all along. She tries to find Angel in the local cemetery, and eventually he appears and takes her to his grave; his real name is Gary Fargeon, and he is descended from the other lost Harman baby, making him Gillian's second cousin. He has remained a spirit because he accidentally killed a young girl while casting an unstable spell, and died in a drunk-driving crash without telling anyone what he did. He denies Gillian's conviction that his actions don't make him evil, but eventually accepts

5475-448: Was missing from the original galleys containing Rabbi Azikri's own poems–others posit that it was composed by another of his contemporaries, Rabbi Israel ben Moses Najara and famed kabbalist Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero being the most commonly offered. Still others assert that this poem, and thereby this term, is far older, dating to the 11th century Rabbi Judah Halevi . The Hebrew word Yedid , meaning close mate or dear friend,

5550-440: Was popularized in the 19th-century Theosophy religion and modern New Age philosophy . In the modern day, soulmate typically refers to a romantic or platonic partner, implying an exclusive lifelong bond. It commonly holds the connotation of being the strongest bond that one can achieve with another person. People who believe in soulmates commonly accept that one will feel "complete" once they have found their soulmate, as it

5625-478: Was put on hold when L.J. Smith took a hiatus from writing in 1999. In 2008, the nine Night World books were reprinted in three omnibus volumes. For the 2008 reprint, some edits were made in an attempt at modernisation, such as the replacement of the word "Walkman" with "iPod" in Daughters of Darkness . These edits were not made consistently: there are references to iPods on one page of a novel, followed by references to

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