Friday, May 31, 2013

Arrernte & Luritja Astronomy

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Where is Arrernte & Luritja Country? 

The Luritja lands include areas to the west and south of Alice Springs, extending around the edge of Arrernte country.

The area surrounding Papunya, including Mount Liebig is often referred to as Papunya Luritja, both in land and language, while areas to the south-east around Finke and Maryvale are often referred to as Titjikala Luritja (Maryvale is the name of the cattle station on Titjikala land).

The area around Ulpanyali and Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon) is also referred to as Luritja country and the dialect of Luritja spoken there is referred to as Southern Luritja (It's identical to Titjikala Luritja).

 The variety of Luritja spoken at Kintore is often referred to as Pintupi/Luritja.

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According to research, studies of Astronomical knowledge and symbolism in Australian Aboriginal Rock art was able to show that Indigenous Australians had a solid understanding of the astronomical realities of our planet and its place in the solar system far back into pre history  Australian Archaeology Association.

Arrernte & Luritja Astronomy

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 Maegraith (1932) collected Arrernte and Luritja astronomical knowledge during the expedition of the Board of Anthropology of the University of Adelaide in August of 1929.

Her informants were Arrernte and Luritja male elders from the town of Ntaria (Hermannsburg), near the border of Arrernte and Luritja country.

She interviewed each of the men separately between 8:00 and 11:00 pm, each time with a different interpreter, and only included information in the paper that were common to all of the accounts. Because of this, summer constellations (December-March), such as Orion and Taurus, were not included.

According to Maegraith (1932), the Arrernte and Luritja partition the night sky into two equal hemispheres, or "camps", one on the western side and the other on the eastern side of the Milky Way. The eastern hemisphere belongs to the Arrernte and the western half to the Luritja, while stars within the Milky Way incorporate both groups (see also Strehlow (1907) for a description of Arrernte and Luritja astronomical traditions).

Celestial names and stories are accounted to the various stars and celestial objects, with many stars serving as mnemonic devices or incorporated into class relationships and marriage classes. The Arrernte and Luritja distinguished stellar colours over stellar magnitude and did not generally apply a "connect-the-dots" approach to identifying constellations as did the Greeks, instead attributing single stars or clusters to individual objects or persons in particular songs or stories (Maegraith, 1932).

 Much of this sky-knowledge is restricted to initiated males, although the women have their own knowledge of the stars (Maegraith claims that the boys are told the "truth" about the stars when they are initiated). These groups acknowledged the motions of the stars, both over the night and over the year, also noting circumpolar stars (stars that never set below the horizon).

 While the papers by Maegraith and Strehlow reveal a treasuretrove of information regarding the sky-knowledge of Arrernte and Luritja cultures (as of 1932), it reveals little information about the role of meteors and meteorites. However, a review of the literature shows that meteors and meteorites played a significant role in the Dreamings and cosmology of these groups.

Exerpts from the Australian Archeology Association Blog

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Don't give to Dogs what is Sacred - 'The Kybalion' on Audio

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The French version of the cover of the book Kybalion by anonymous authors. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

WRITTEN BY:
Three Initiates

This book of Hermetic Philosophy claims to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus. One of the foundations of the book is the dedication to the Seven Principles and there is a complete chapter describing each one in detail. Each one of the Seven Principles brings to light a number of ways to become more familiar with your self and become a better and more enlightened individual.

Read more on Wikipedia.


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DO NOT GIVE DOGS WHAT IS SACRED - Don't caste your pearls before swine because its highly likely they will jump all over it and make fun of such holy wisdom of the ages. . .  Matthew 7:6


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EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . .  There is not one thing alive or dead on this planet or in this universe or all of the universes that is here by accident.  Everything is connected in the most symbiotic of ways imaginable.  One only need ponder for a moment the bees.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Thieving English Aristocracy in Australia.

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Statue of John Batman on former National Mutual plaza Collins Street. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Batman likeness supplied by his Grandson and engraved in wood in 1882 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
No person would agree it is alright to go and take something from some one else that doesn't belong to you.  We have to think of the planet in the same way and if we don't the she will continue to ache beyond our control.

I guess those responsible are the backward ones.  They are the same backward ones that called Aboriginals 'Savages'.  We know they were very wrong and so did many people of the day. We now know who were the real savages and they were somewhat backward as well.   |

The English Governors sent here to Lord over people.  Some of the ordinary Irish folks and English were perfectly fine recognizing the humanity in the dark skinned people they encountered, this was not the case with the aristocracy though.

It is very clear in retrospect, the white man knew nothing compared to what the aboriginal man did of country.  He  knew how it all worked.  The rest of the world compliments of the English lost their connection to finding out exactly what did happen through the stories of the dreaming.  Another clear case of the English cutting off their noses to spite their faces.
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English: An artist's impression of Batman's treaty with Port Philip aborigines in 1835 for the purchase of 600,000 acres of land. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ahh those  British,  they were a selfish, self-centered lot as the then Governor would not allow good law and good government to be formed.

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English: Detail of the inscription on the Matthew Flinders and John Batman memorial at Indented Head, Victoria, Australia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I say take back "BATMANS TREATY."   Let us proceed from that point and ignore all other law as it is not real law because it is not legal to relinquish a treaty such that was made by John Batman.

A treaty is a treaty and should still be seen as such.  That Governor was well out of order and this needs to be looked at.  They should be tried for treason.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Into the Silence of Winter




The Caravanserai

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Ali Majdfar's Image in Sanjan Iran Caravanserai
There are  three steps the average person follows through his cycle of life that is exactly the same as the sun has to follow through its yearly cycle.

The sun as does the individual, goes from its  birth to its point of greatest restoring and resurrecting power and then it passes from there to the time when it goes to harvest  and then it goes into the silence of winter. 

So what is the silence of winter in relationship to this mystery cycle? 

Winter
is the great sabbath .  It is the time of rest.  It is the time for all things which have passed through experience to then be rewarded by rest and repose.  Winter is a time of peacefulness within.  It is the time where the individual no longer has to to labor and he can rest for a time before he goes forth on another cycle.  

In the words of the men and woman of the Turkish desert,  Winter  is the great Caravanserai or the place of rest and repose where the individual who has completed the cycle of life has an opportunity to prepare for further life. 

The ancients held that under that same heading also comes the word "digestion".
  Digestion is an alchemical term.   This term is interesting,  and it has great significance for humanity.    Digestion simply means that having passed through a series of experiences it is necessary for the individual to summarize what he has accomplished.    It is then necessary to transform that experience into an awakening of inner value.

The individual has had a life with many problems and he has had many different decisions to make.   In the Pythagorean discipline of retrospect, he goes back over the years of his life to find out what he has really learned, and to know what mistakes he has made.  The individual also looks at how he corrected those mistakes along the way that he discovered with in himself. 

Here, the individual finds out how the weaknesses of his own character are still holding him back,  he discovers where little germs of self-centeredness have prevented certain magnificent facts from being manifested fully to him.  'Retrospection' therefore in the Pythagorean schools  was given at night just before bed or before sleep.  

In the great solar cycle this retrospection is part of the cycle of winter.   In the great cycle,  winter is an interesting phenomenon that  we know very little about except everything seems goes to rest or goes to sleep.  The evergreen stays green through this time and this is why it became the symbol of immortality and this is why it is the Chrissy tree. 

In this phase. the soul comes to the temporary condition of after death awareness and its not judged by something else but it is where the soul is judged by itself. 

One reviews his own conduct,  detached from body to contemplate what he has learned while embodied to help him to be unembodied forever.   This is the same as the yearly cycle once again.  Next year we will do it better because we have learned where we went wrong. 

This is the Great Solar Cycle of life.   This is all inspired from listening to "The Solar Christmas parts 1 and 2" by Manly P Hall.

The "WINTER" OF METGASCO FIASCO at Glenugie and we were all in tents and caravans.
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Monday, May 27, 2013

The Planets are dancing in the sky above us at present.

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 Image Credit: Nathan August © ; After Sunset via Flickr CC

From May 24 Through May 30

To have a best view of the 2013 Dance of the Planets, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) suggests that viewers must step outside approximately 30 to 60 minutes after the sun goes down. Then, look at the west direction and towards the horizon with Venus acting as the brightest point of reference.

The “dance of the planets” is the event where Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury (or other planets), all appear to be very close together in the sky and exchange positions with other over a short period of time.

The sky above us at present is alive with action.  The times we are in at the present is clearly evident by what we are seeing in the night skies and by the actions of our Sun.

The planet is rocking and rolling big time.  We are certainly in for some weird stuff weather wise from here on in.   Until we re gain control from them.  Them being the fools who are at the helm of this ship called OUR LIVES.

I feel so ripped off by what is happening.  I have never seen the Barrier Reef and they are killing it.  What to do?

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Do people listen to the mother or do they listen to Idiots?

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Size comparison of terrestrial planets (left to right): Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
 Time is running out to stand up and to be effective.  We have to know what to do and how to be effective in stopping our planet being completely destroyed.  I can hear the planet screaming and she is begging us to stop them doing this to her.
The planet is a living breathing entity just like we are.  We have to afford the planet the same respect that we expect of each other.
 
We are the only Rescue Team.  SAY NO with your MONEY!   Mining companies are now trialing genetically modified crops with toxic saline mining water.

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MONSANTO'S  DIRTY DOZEN

1. Saccharin

Did you know Monsanto got started because of an artificial sweetener? John Francisco Queeny founded Monsanto Chemical Works in St. Louis, Missouri with the goal of producing saccharin for Coca-Cola.  In stark contrast to its sweet beginnings, studies performed during the early 1970s, including a study by the National Cancer Institute in 1980, showed that saccharin caused cancer in test rats and mice.

After mounting pressure from consumers, the Calorie Control Council, and manufacturers of artificial sweeteners and diet sodas, along with additional studies (several conducted by the sugar and sweetener industry) that reported flaws in the 1970s studies, saccharin was delisted from the NIH’s Carcinogen List.

A variety of letters from scientists advised against delisting; the official document includes the following wording to this day:
“although it is impossible to absolutely conclude that it poses no threat to human health, sodium saccharin is not reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen under conditions of general usage as an artificial sweetener.” 
(*Read the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s History of Saccharin[9] here.)

2.  PCB's Polychlorinated biphenyls

During the early 1920s, Monsanto began expanding their chemical production into polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to produce coolant fluids for electrical transformers, capacitors, and electric motors. Fifty years later, toxicity tests began reporting serious health effects  from PCBs in laboratory rats exposed to the chemical.

After another decade of studies, the truth could no longer be contained: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a report citing PCBs as the cause of cancer in animals, with additional evidence that they can cause cancer in humans. Additional peer-reviewed health studies showed a causal link between exposure to PCBs and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a frequently fatal form of cancer.

In 1979, the United States Congress recognized PCBs as a significant environmental toxin and persistent organic pollutant, and banned its production in the U.S.  By then Monsanto already had manufacturing plants abroad, so they weren’t entirely stopped until the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants banned PCBs globally in 2001.

And that  is when Monsanto’s duplicity was uncovered: internal company memos from 1956 surfaced, proving that Monsanto had known about dangers of PCBs from early on.

In 2003, Monsanto paid out over $600 million to residents of Anniston, Alabama, who experienced severe health problems including liver disease, neurological disorders and cancer after being exposed to PCBs - more than double the payoff that was awarded in the case against Pacific Gas & Electric made famous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.”  And yet the damage persists.

Nearly 30 years after PCBs have been banned from the U.S., they are still showing up in the blood of pregnant women, as reported in a 2011 study by the University of California San Francisco.

3. Polystyrene

In 1941, Monsanto began focusing on plastics and synthetic polystyrene, which is still widely used in food packaging and ranked 5th in the EPA’s 1980s listing of chemicals whose production generates the most total hazardous waste.

4.  Atom bomb and nuclear weapons

Shortly after acquiring Thomas and Hochwalt Laboratories, Monsanto turned this division into their Central Research Department. Between 1943 to 1945, this department coordinated key production efforts of the Manhattan Project - including plutonium purification and production and, as part of the Manhattan Project’s Dayton Project, techniques to refine chemicals used as triggers for atomic weapons (an era of U.S. history that sadly included the deadliest industrial accident).

5.  DDT

In 1944, Monsanto became one of the first manufacturers of the insecticide DDT to combat malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. Despite decades of Monsanto propaganda insisting that DDT was safe, the true effects of DDT’s toxicity were at last confirmed through outside research and in 1972, DDT was banned throughout the U.S.

6.  Dioxin

In 1945, Monsanto began promoting the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture with the manufacture of the herbicide 2,4,5-T (one of the precursors to Agent Orange), containing dioxin. Dioxins are a group of chemically-related compounds that has since become known as one of the “Dirty Dozen” - persistent environmental pollutants that accumulate in the food chain, mainly in the fatty tissue of animals. In the decades since it was first developed, Monsanto has been accused of covering up or failing to report dioxin contamination in a wide range of its products.

7. Agent Orange

Anh Trang Nhan Hoi Anh Orphanage
(Pictured, Anh and Trang Nhan,
with their father, when they first
arrived at the Hoi An Orphanage).
During the early 1960s, Monsanto was one of the two primary manufacturers of Agent Orange, an herbicide / defoliant used for chemical warfare during the Vietnam War. Except, Monsanto’s formula had dioxin levels many times higher than the Agent Orange produced by Dow Chemicals, the other manufacturer (which is why Monsanto was the key defendant in the lawsuit brought by Vietnam War veterans in the United States).

As a result of the use of Agent Orange, Vietnam estimates that over 400,000 people were killed or maimed, 500,000 children were born with birth defects, and up to 1 million people were disabled or suffered from health problems - not to mention the far-reaching impact it had on the health of over 3 million American troops and their offspring.

Internal Monsanto memos show that Monsanto knew of the problems of dioxin contamination of Agent Orange when it sold it to the U.S. government for use in Vietnam. Despite the widespread health impact, Monsanto and Dow were allowed to appeal for and receive financial protection from the U.S. government against veterans seeking compensation for their exposure to Agent Orange.

In 2012, a long 50 years after Agent Orange was deployed, the clean-up effort has finally begun. Yet the legacy of Agent Orange, and successive generations of body deformities, will remain in orphanages throughout Vietnam for decades to come.

Two crops were recently genetically engineered in the United States to withstand a weedkiller made with one of the major components of Agent Orange, 2,4-D in order to combat “super weeds” that evolved due to the excessive use of Round-Up.

8.  Petroleum-Based Fertilizer

In 1955, Monsanto began manufacturing petroleum-based fertilizer after purchasing a major oil refinery. Petroleum-based fertilizers can kill beneficial soil micro-organisms, sterilizing the soil and creating a dependence, like an addiction, to the synthetic replacements. Not the best addiction to have, considering the rising cost and dwindling supply of oil…

9.   RoundUp

During the early 1970s, Monsanto founded their Agricultural Chemicals division with a focus on herbicides, and one herbicide in particular: Round-Up (glyphosate).

Because of Round Up's ability to eradicate weeds literally overnight,  It was quickly adopted by farmers. Its use increased even more when Monsanto introduced “Round-Up Ready” (glyphosate-resistant) crops, enabling farmers to saturate the entire field with weedkiller without killing the crops.

While Glyphosate has been approved by regulatory bodies worldwide and is widely used, concerns about its effects on humans and the environment persist. Round-Up has been found in samples of groundwater, as well as soil, and even in streams and air throughout the Midwest U.S., and increasingly in food. It has been linked to butterfly mortality, and the proliferation of superweeds. Studies in rats have shown consistently negative health impacts ranging from tumors, altered organ function, and infertility, to cancer and premature death. Reference the above “GMO Risks” page which includes countless references to support these statements.

10.  Aspartame (NutraSweet / Equal)

An accidental discovery during research on gastrointestinal hormones resulted in a uniquely sweet chemical: aspartame. During the clinical trials conducted on 7 infant monkeys as part of aspartame’s application for FDA approval, 1 monkey died and 5 other monkeys had grand mal seizures - yet somehow aspartame was still approved by the FDA in 1974. In 1985, Monsanto acquired the company responsible for aspartame’s manufacture (G.D. Searle) and began marketing the product as NutraSweet. Twenty years later, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report listing 94 health issues caused by aspartame.

11.   Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH)

This genetically modified hormone was developed by Monsanto to be injected into dairy cows to produce more milk. Cows subjected to rBGH suffer excruciating pain due to swollen udders and mastitis, and the pus from the resulting infection enters the milk supply  requiring the use of additional antibiotics. rBGH milk has been linked to breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer in humans.

12.   Genetically Modified Crops / GMOs

In the early 1990s, Monsanto began gene-splicing corn, cotton, soy, and canola with DNA from a foreign source to achieve one of two traits: an internally-generated pesticide, or an internal resistance to Monsanto’s weedkiller RoundUp.

Despite decades of promises that genetically engineered crops would feed the world with more nutrients, drought resistance, or yield, the majority of Monsanto’s profits are from seeds that are engineered to tolerate Monsanto’s RoundUp an ever-rising, dual income stream as weeds continue to evolve resistance to RoundUp.

Most sobering however, is that the world is once again buying into Monsanto’s “safe” claims.  Just like the early days of PCBs, DDT, Agent Orange, Monsanto has successfully fooled the general public and regulatory agencies into believing that RoundUp, and the genetically modified crops that help sell RoundUp, are “safe.”

Except Monsanto has learned a thing or two in the past 100+ years of defending its dirty products: these days, when a new study proving the negative health or environmental impacts of GMOs emerges, Monsanto attacks the study and its scientist(s) by flooding the media with counter claims from “independent” organizations, scientists, industry associations, blogs, sponsored social media, and articles by “private” public relations firms. These studies etc are frequently founded, funded and maintained by Monsanto.

Unfortunately, few of us take the time to trace the members, founders, and relationships of these seemingly valid sources back to their little Monsanto secret.

Fooling the FDA required a slightly different approach: click on the below chart compiled by Millions Against Monsanto to see how many former Monsanto VPs and legal counsel are now holding positions with the FDA..

Don’t forget Clarence Thomas, former Monsanto attorney who is now a Supreme Court Justice, ruling in favor of Monsanto in every case brought before him.

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13.  The Bakers Dozen  - Terminator Seeds

In the late 1990s, Monsanto developed the technology to produce sterile grains unable to germinate. These “Terminator Seeds” would force farmers to buy new seeds from Monsanto year after year, rather than save and reuse the seeds from their harvest as they’ve been doing throughout centuries.

Fortunately this technology never came to market. Instead, Monsanto chose to require farmers to sign a contract agreeing that they will not save or sell seeds from year to year, which forces them to buy new seeds and preempts the need for a “terminator gene.”

Lucky for us, since the terminator seeds were capable of cross-pollination and could have contaminated local non-sterile crops.

What’s the Result of our Monsanto Legacy?

Between 75% to 80% of the processed food you consume every day has GMOs inside, and residues of Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide outside. But it’s not just processed food - fresh fruit and vegetables are next: genetically engineered sweet corn is already being sold at your local grocer, with apples and a host of other “natural” produce currently in field trials.

How is it that Monsanto is allowed to manipulate our food after such a dark product history? How is it they are allowed to cause such detrimental impact to our environment and our health?

According to the Organic Consumers Association, “There is a direct correlation between our genetically engineered food supply and the $2 trillion the U.S. spends annually on medical care, namely an epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases.

Instead of healthy fruits, vegetables, grains, and grass-fed animal products, U.S. factory farms and food processors produce a glut of genetically engineered junk foods that generate heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer - backed by farm subsidies - while organic farmers receive no such subsidies.

Monsanto’s history reflects a consistent pattern of toxic chemicals, lawsuits, and manipulated science. Is this the kind of company we want controlling our world’s food supply?

P.S. Monsanto’s not alone. Other companies in the “Big Six” include Pioneer Hi-Bred International (a subsidiary of DuPont), Syngenta AG, Dow Agrosciences (a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, BASF (which is primarily a chemical company that is rapidly expanding their biotechnology division, and Bayer Cropscience (a subsidiary of Bayer).

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