I am creating a blog to open people’s minds to new ideas. It will be about my many interests such as astrology, astronomy, finances, science, history, mythology, religion, etc. I will also accept ideas from other people.
Introduction
Albania has a great peoples, rich culture, and long history. Catholicism and Islam had a big impact on Abania. It has it's own language. It has a lot of biodiversity and it is a sovereign nation. Albanian is the language of this country and there are significant minorities.
Tribes
Hoti: First time they were documented was on 1474. They were big on Albanian independence from the Ottomans. Most of them are Catholic and sum of them are Muslim.
Gruda: They fought 4 Albanian independence too. They follow the same religions as the Hoti. They are composed of 2 clans.
Dushmani: This tribe was created in 1400's. They're Catholic and they practice blood vengeance. Blood Vengeance is killing someone for revenge or because they dishonored you.
Gashi: There were 4 brothers that created 4 tribes. They're one of them. They are over 300 years old.
There are many more tribes, but this will suffice.
Culture
"They call themselves Shqiptare." There cuisine have been influenced by Greeks, Italians, and Turks. "Most traditional Albanian food consists of vegetables, spices, meats, fish, vinegar, yogurt and herbs. Cow, lamb, rabbit and chicken meat is used heavily in various dishes." They love Spinach and Cheese Pie and Stuffed Peppers. Some of them wear traditional clothing, while others wear Western clothes. They like to sing and dance @ festivals. Albanians have strong sense of dualism, which can be seen in their folklore. People greeteach other with a hug and kiss; and they have less personal space than people in the States. When they talk to each other they raise their the volume of their voices. Family is very important in Albania. Arranged marriages were popular in Albania. Now not so much.
Language
Albanian is a Indo-European language. It is spoken by over 7 million people. The language could be a descendant of Illyrian, Thracian, or Dacian. It was influenced by Greek, Latin, Slavic and Germanic languages. There are 2 dialects of Albanian. They are Tosk and Gheg. It has been written in Greek, Latin, Arabic and Turkish.
History
Albania was part of the Roman empire than Byzantine. It was invaded by several tribes. Then Turks conquered it and it became a part of the Ottoman empire. It became independent in 1912. It was ruled by a monarchy until after WWII, then it became a communist state. It became capitalist and democratic in 1992.
Religions
Islam: It was brought there by the Turks. It's the biggest religion in Albania!!!!! It has been there 4 almost a millenia. Most Albanian Muslims are Sunnis. There are a few Sufis there as well.
Catholicism: 10% of population is Catholic. It was more popular b4 the introduction of Islam.
Eastern Orthodox: Christianity been in Albania for 2,000 year!!!!! Orthodox Christians were persecuted by communists.
Paganism: Zoroastrianism in Albania was popular b4 Christianity.
Minorities
They are as followed: Greeks, Romas, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Aromanians. The Greeks had an empire long ago. It was started by a Macedonian king. Most Aromanians are Orthodox Christians. Montenegrins are a south Slavic people that have been in balkans 4 over a millennium!!!! Romas are tribes from India. They have been in Europe since the 1200's. Conclusion
Albania has a rich history and culture. Many different tribes live there some of them are even from India!!! Albanians have a love affair with Islam. Some of them are Orthodox Christian others are Catholic. In the distant past people in Albania followed Zoroastrianism.
I went to a single mingle. I met a older woman that had one leg. She's a therapist and an advocate 4 amputees. I bought her sum apple juice and water. I met 2 RNs and 3 social workers. I seen several people from the past. The food that was there was like snack food. There was a vegetable and fruit trays, crackers & cheese, pasta salad, chicken fingers. I invited someone to the African Dance party.
Friday
My nephew came over my mama house. I was happy to see him because I haven't seen him a while. We watch Utube together and talked about quantum physics, biology, and Hoodoo. He took to the Secretary of State building to get a I.D. Then we went to Dollar General, so I could get sum water. Later that night I ubered to the Omega house. It turned out to be a regular house. So, I went back home. The Hampton alumni president texted me the flyer after I called him. Then I Lyfted to correct location. It was a middle age party so there wasn't as much dancing as I would of liked. I set @ a table and watched college basketball. I met someone whose last name is Featherstone. I told him about familysearch. com, so he can look up his ancestry. I taught his last name was (native) American. I told someone else about MMA. I seen Q that invited the alumni @ the brunch, but he treated like a stranger. Maybe he forgot who I was. I should told him was Alumini. I didn't think of it then, so my feelings was hurt.
Saturday
I went to the 3rd Erotic Poetry Anniversary and performed. When I got there the organizer didn't know about me performing. The host which is my cousin said I could perform; eventually I did. I did the greatest performance, because I got the greatest reaction!!!!! My cousin said I should be president. Everyone cracked up when I said I nutted in her coochie after she took a shit. I ate fish, mash potatoes, mac & cheese, and a vegetable medley. I drunk a Shirley Temple. It was all free. Only thing that someone had to pay for was alcohol.
Friday
I went 2 Erotic Poetry. I ate a walfe and BBQ chicken wings. The name of one the poems was tongue technician. One of the poets was a teacher. She talked about swallowing in one of her poem. I enjoyed that. A poet said he wanted to spread her checks and tongue fuck her asshole. I'll buy that 4 dollar. When I see women with big asses, I wanted to lick their shitters. Last year there was a lady poet that was almost naked!!!!! I wanted to penetrate her. She wasn't there this time. There was a couple there that got married the year I was born!!! The host is my cousin. He is allowing me to perform @ the next poetry event. I talked to sum of the vendors @ the end.
Saturday
I went to a masquerade party. I got the mask I wore last minute. The mask I bought from Etsy never came. It was the birthday party of a lady I use to dig. I wanted to give her a gift. She texted me not 2, because her boyfriend would be there. The gift I was going to give her was $.
I ate sum weed cookies, it kicked in hours later. I ate chicken wings, fries, and I drank Cherry Pepsi. I was the first person to dance. Then the lady I use to dig and her friend danced with me. Than other people danced. Then I got high and danced. I told people I was high. I was happy, until may heartbeat increased exponentially. So ate banana pudding and called the 9-1-1. A lady told me I will be alright. Someone offered me alcohol, someone else offered me water.
Then I was told to get sum air. I went outside. I was scared of getting robbed. There was a man and woman there; they said they wanted to be as high as I was. When I got in the ambulance I was paranoid. There were 2 paramedics. A white man and a white woman. I seemed like they were trying to confuse me. They told me we were going to Providence. So I called my mama and told her. They asked if I wanted to go to Beaumont because its quicker. I said go to Providence. I thought I was going to die, then I wanted to die, because my blood pressure was super high. I worried about my organs being harvested.
Once I got to Providence I was thirty. A white cop racially profiled me. He asked if I had weapons and he asked if I had pocket knife. He scanned my coat and I told him I got keys in my coat pocket. I asked the nurse 4 something to drink. She said I got to wait 4 the doctor to c me. That seemed like an eternity. The nurse was wearing blue. I touched her side, then I went to a universe where we were having sex. I was seeing parallel realities @ the time. I would move my head back and forth and yellow/red boxes would come out of them. I forgot who I was and traveled in my memories and I saw my body in the hospital room. Maybe I experienced ego death. Then I stuck in time loop(breaking the universe). I thought it was hell and the final reality. The same thing kept happening over and over again. I thought I cracked the code on universe or something incoherent. I was rubbing my dick when a nurse told me to hold on. I imagined I put my dick in her face. I was given water later. My mom and brother was there than. I did silly stuff and my brother said they gone put you in the psych ward. My mama's friend came to c me. She told them she was her cousin. I thought they told me I had diabetes. But, someone asked me because my blood sugar was high. Then I slept at my mama's house. They never gave me back my ID and insurance cards. I thought they was keeping it so I could be a part of realities exploring team.
I was bothered by the lady I use to dig not being concern about me, but it was her birthday party. But now I just won't go to any of her events. I was digging her a bunch!!!! I wanted to tell her: (I know we can never be, but I wish we was.)
Sunday
I went to the Hampton Brunch. I ate link sausages, beacon, eggs, patty sausage, salad, omelette, chicken wings, potatoes, danish, cupcake, and drunk lemonade. I thought it was free, but it wasn't. It was $33. We had a meeting @ the table and I founded out about a party. I wanted my dad to come, but he was baby sitting. I should have told him to bring the baby. I was still high, so I did something strange and a lady saw me. Then I acted normal.
My dad picked me up and took me to Aunt Pat house. My cousin was over there and the helper. 3 of my cousin kids came over. One of them is pregnant. Another one of them has a girlfriend. The youngest one came by himself. I told about what happen with the edibles. I'm high as I type.
Friday
There was a discussion about culture (art, music, poetry, performance, and creativity) in Detroit. I said Detroiters are sharp dressers, great dancers, and we're funny.
Khary: Creator of Detroit is Different Festival
Josh: Owner of creative space were the festival was had. He wants the community to own it.
Sheleta: She's a sociology doctor and she was the facilitator. She was only able to ask 2, because there was so much discussion on the first question.
Idlewild Couple: Idlewild is a town in Michigan that a lot of Black intellectuals and entertainers visited. The couple is helping become a Mecca of Black commerce and entertainment again.
Piper: Creative liberal lady. She owns her own creative space and help others do the same. She's a dj and a photographer as well.
Joe Pep Harris: Singer,he sung smiling faces, he was inducted into The Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame. He did the most talking, because he new more about Detroit culture than anybody!
Saturday
I missed the discussion on technology because I was sleepy. The event was 1-3pm. The text game started @ 6pm. I would had to find something to do 4 three hours.
Text Game: There were 4 categories of questions. It dealt with dating, sex, partners, and exes. A fruitloop (homosexual male) set next to me, so I had ease out of there.
Natural Hair Show: I caught it @ the end. They talked about the beauty of blackness. They answered questions. Heating and dyeing the hair damages it. Someone with curly or nappy (very curly) hair shouldn't shampoo often, because it damages the hair. Straight haired people should. If they don't their hair will get oily. Black Seed Oil helps hair grow. Hair loss could mean something wrong with your organs.
I ran into people I seen @ poetry and African events. I ate 6 chicken wings, drunk a Linwood (Vodka, Geraldine, and Lemonade), ate sum chips and Snickers, and drunk 2 bottles of water. I recharged my phone in the room that I'm Rapper, She's a DJ event was going to be held.
Comedy Show: They started on CPT (colored people's time). Which means they were late. It started 35 minutes later than it was suppose too. So called Native Americans have a similar concept 2 CPT.
The first person on stage was a poet. He was sweet. Than a fat women introduced the host. She was wore a black shirt and blue jeans.
The host was Josh Adams. He was very funny and tall like a basketball player. He may be may cousin, because Adams is one of mama's family.
The first comedian Jason Jamerson bday was the same day of comedy show. He turned 31. He talked about sum R&B songs. Sum songs we think were about love are about cheating.
The 2nd comedian was Foolish. He famous in Detroit and nationwide. He was very funny!!!! He lost his fuck buddy to a stud that looked like Allen Iverson.
3rd comedian was Martini Harris. He made a movie with Trick Trick it will be Netflix. He reminded me of Richard Pryor. He was very funny!!!! He told his uncle drugs are for the birds. His uncle said tweet tweet. He thought I was a thug, but I told him I'm a entrepreneur.
4th comedian was Coco. She's famous radio host. She likes young men and we like her. Millennium Party: It was wack because it was almost empty. So I left early.
Sunday
There was a lot of podcasts that day. It was 2-7pm. I didn't go because I went to my nephew birthday dinner.
I went my family to P.F. Chang. My nephew got a cupcake 4 his birthday. I ate Dynamite Shrimp, Fried Green Beans, and Hokkien Street Noodles. I drunk Strawberry Lemonade.
I didn't eat all my food, so I took sum home.
Conjure Fair: There were a lot of weirdos and freaks there. I seen a white guy that wore a dress and may of had purple hair. I don't like that faggy shit!!!! I miss the 90's, where boys were boys and girls were girls. I experienced subtle racism. There was a lot of vendors there. I went to most of the tables. I was given a bag when I came in. They were selling crystals, earings, candles, sage, etc. Kenya Coviak talked to me when I was sitting down. She amazing!!!!!! She taught me about coins. I left early, because it wasn't the conjure fest. It was called the conjure fest online, that why I went. There was only vendors. There weren't any classes. Kenya would have taught me more if I would stayed.
I found out Rosetta Tharpe was the grandmother of rock and roll.
Freak Party: There was a white lady painter and guy painting on a lady. There was a word game: a woman said a letter and the audience had 2 a come up freaky word starting with that letter. A lady danced on stage with her booty out. She came off the stage and danced in the crowd. A male singer sung R&B. A lady came out and danced on the 2nd song. Sprinkles went up on stage and danced. She's a white stripper with plastic surgery. She look terrible. A lady poet said 2 poems. I founded a massage therapist to give me massages in the future. There was a fire lady, then a dominatrix. Someone in the audience got on stage and wiped her. A white lady got tied up and hung from a cord. A poet spit while the white women was being tied up. Single Rose said sum poems. Boogie Williams did stand up. He was very funny. Wild Card Intimate was a girl group that posed in lingerie. A male poet said sum poems. A man humped a woman on stage and pretended to eat her out. Candace the Coldest did a dance on stage. 4 poets said poems back to back. The first of 3 said her poem very fast. The second one poems was about receiving sexual pleasure from her significant other. The 3rd one was a dude. The other 3 were women. Lexi Blazes Stage said a sexy poem that was super freaky. She said another poem, while a woman got spanked. Cinnamon danced on stage. I touched her belly when she danced in front of me. Kesh did stand up. She was the woman I massage for a dinner @ the Cino Del event. The painter sold her art. It almost gave me a ❤ attack when she brought it on stage. It was a succubus. She's naked with a animal skull on her head, human skulls between her leggs, and she 's surrounded by fire. Another artist sold his painting. There were 3 poets @ the end. I performed in front of Dee's daughter after the show was over. She liked my performance, but told me to slow down. That was because my performance have certain movements. I will perform slower in the future.
Otis Blackwell made demos 4 Elvis. Elvis copied his style of singing. Chuck Berry is the father of Rock and Roll.
Saturday
Vendors: Talked to Crystal lady about cannabis oil vs CBD oil. I met a lady that heals with access bars. I met a medium that feel the energy of a spirit after someone draw it. I bought Crown of Success oil from a planetary rootworker. She's amazing!!!!!!! I'm attract to her.
1st Presenter: Seen a presentation on talking to the deceased person related to someone in the audience. Audience members were given tickets. If their ticket was called, then they went on stage to talk to the medium. She did the opposite of what all the other mediums did. The other mediums opened themselves up to spirits in general, while she was particular.
2nd Presenter: She did a presentation on CBD oil. It included a slide show. She talked about the history of cannabis. Chinese people were the first to use it. Then it spreaded west. Endocannabinoid System: Produces and absorbs cannabinoid. Its connected to all the other systems of the body.
3rd Presenter: Another medium presentation, she just said what spirits told here and members of audience stood up if what she said applied to them. Mediums can feel time. A youtube video on my phone went off when the medium was speaking.
4th Presentation: She channelled a being that is called All That IS. It gave general answers, which mean it not All That Is. It said autistic children soul isn't all the way in the body. She told me my eldest brother having a ball in the afterlife. I've always been humanoid, so she said. Human perception and experience makes existence seem disconnected but it not. Connection is felt in the heart. Every being has one life purpose joy is purpose. You must resonate with beings you want to connect with. We need to focus on the most important things in life; and less attention on trivial things. Dealing with difficult people help you become loving. We give meaning to everything in life.
Last Presenter: She did a guided meditation. I felled myself with red energy for sex and green energy 4 $. She tuned in to audience spirits of deceased relatives. Earth Contract: the amount of time u have on earth. Sum adult spirits comfort child spirits in the afterlife.
I give my # to a lady that was cursed. I can help her remove it. I also gave my bizzness website to ladies.
Sunday
1st Presenter: She is a medium and she got a lot of credentials. She a psychic and a ordained minister in the spiritualist church. My uncle James spoke to the medium. He died b4 I was born. He showed her an image of me jugging plates and dancing. The jugging different plates represents the different services in my bizzness and I love to dance. He want me to heal people and he want his light to shine brighter. She told me to become a vendor. Next time I'll be a bodyworker.
2nd presenter: She is a psychic healer. She did a ritual to cleared and healed the audience. She helped us attract $. She told us to ask the universe how to get what we want. She told us about a question mantra. She do different forms of healing and teaches them.
3rd presenter: She is a astrological tarot card reader. She told the audience about the birth cart. She new a lot about Western (tropical) Astrology. Every sign has pros and cons. Every sign is ruled by a certain planet. Taurus is ruled by Earth!!! Someone discovered that recently. Water signs are the most psychic signs. Virgo may be ruled by Maldek (asteroid belt) or Vulcan.
The Final Presenters: They are named The Michigan Medium Angels. They communicate with spirits and heal people. They are great healing teachers!!!!!!!
Vendor: The planetary rootworker was less friendly than the day b4 and I was loss 4 words. I showed her my magic ebook. I told her about what my uncle convided to the medium. I said she was interesting, eazy on the eyez, and I like the fact she came from California. She was bothered by me saying she eazy on the eyez. I told the Pyramid Lady about the medium and my uncle and the conjure fest. I forgot to her about my new job.
Introduction
This post is about the various topics that was spoken of @ the symposium. The symposium was about psychedelics being used for therapy. I talk to several people there. They talk about MDMA, DMT, Ibogaine, LSD, Psilocybin, Salvia, Shamanic dancing, brain waves, neurotransmitters, neurophenomenology, enthogens, government suppression of mind altering substances, experimentation, MAPS, reproductive rights of Africans, etc. I asked 4 questions. We watched a Rick Strassman video.
People I Holla @
When I got there everybody was a snowflake. I was a bit uneazy; because I tend to experience racism when I'm in a room full of snowflakes. The Indian man look @ me because he knew we were the only dark skin people around, so it seemed. The first person to speak to me was a wonderful Asian lady. She said hello 2 me and we said a few words. After the first break I met someone named Chris. We talked about psychedelics and Terence Mckenna. Kilindi was there; I met him years ago. He's a psychedelic guru!!!! He should of spoke he knew more about psychedelics than anybody!! I was going to ask him why he didn't, but I assumed he lack credentials. You don't need a PHD to an expert, it just helps you get a good job.
Psychedelics
I define psychedelics as man made entheogens. It was made in a laboratory. Even if comes from a plant it is in a unnatural state.
MDMA: Commonly called Ecstasy and Molly. Helps get rid of PTSD. It's less dangerous than alcohol.
DMT: It gives you great spiritual vision. It is neurotransmitter created in mammals' brains. less bad trips, than other psychedelics.
Ibogaine: It's a major ingredient in the Iboga plant. It gets rid of drug addiction.
LSD: This drug was used 4 MK-Ultra. That was a CIA mind control program. @ first is used on soldiers, until that became illegal. Then it was used on civilians. Timothy Leary promoted the use of this drug with hippies. LSD helped Steve Jobs the creator of Apple. It reduces anxiety, depression, and it can cause you to have a spiritual experience.
Psilocybin: They increase confidence, contentment, stress reduction, and well being. Kills addiction!!!!
Entheogen
They didn't say much about entheogens. I heard a little about Ayahuasca. The truth of the matter is Entheogens are the mother of psychedelics. You can think of an entheogen as natures psychedelic.
Acacia: This plant was used by people all over the world!!!!! It was used for medicine, building material, etc. It was used by Australians (Aboriginals), Egyptians, Arabs, Hebrews, and many other people. Australians may still use it. It contains DMT.
African Dream Root: It is used by Xhosa shamans 4 initiations.
Ayahuasca: It is composed of 2 plants. One that gives you the vision and other guards the vision. It is used by shamans in the Amazon. It has been used 4 over a millennium. It gives you a great spiritual experience!!!! You may see events from your past, you may interact with DNA, you may meet non-human intelligences, etc.
Salvia: It's a mint plant that will give you a great spiritual experience. It is used in Mexico and Central America 4 shamanism. It may decrease certain neurological disorders.
There are many different entheogens. It seems like people in South America use entheogens the most. They are the least affected by the 3 asshole religions!!!!!! Theses are the people that live in the forest.
I think entheogens are better than psychedelics because inside of them they have a family of chemicals. Whereas a psychedelic is one chemical more or less. So it seems like enthogens have more resources. Psychedelics are good for certain conditions, while entheogens are great overall!!!! But This idea my need to be critiqued. Sum entheogens may have toxic chemicals in it so pulling out trippy chemical minus the toxins would be a good thing. Psychedelics seems reductionist, but someone could make that argument about entheogens as well.
Shamanic Dancing
I learned @ the symposium that this form of dancing has similarities to using psychedelics. The speaker said it increases Beta and Gamma Waves. There was a study done on plastic shamans. But may experience says it increases Alpha waves. Shamanic dancing is dancing in a trance. The first time I did it was @ a Pow Wow; I thought I was dancing like my ancestors. I do it when I hear certain drum beats.
Brainwaves
Gamma: This is the concentration wave. You focus the best when wave is activated. These waves are create stronger compassion, peace, and happiness. Tibetan Buddhist meditation increases the activation of these waves.
Beta: This is the awoke wave; the busy wave. This wave is activated when we are @ work or school.
Alpha: This is the relaxed wave. People get into this one when they mediate, watch t.v., and most forms of hypnosis. Sum psychedelics increase this wave.
Theta: This is where the magick happens. This the wave of dreams and half sleep. DMT and LSD increase this wave. I guess any trippy psydelchelic/entheogen would increase this.
Delta: Deep sleep wave. It helps you heal.
There are other brainwaves, but these are the most popular. Shamanic dancing can increase any of these waves more/less. Neurotransmitters
There are 3 major neurotransmitters affected by psychedelics. They are acetylcholine, norepinephrine, and serotonin.
Acetylcholine psychedelics: Make the user see or feel as if someone is with them. They may feel like they're flying. It also stimulates the vaginia.
Norepinephrine psychedelics:' They block, mimic, or enhance the norepinephrine system in the brain.' They increase your sensory perception. Colors become more vivid, sounds are deeper or lighter, and/or sense of touch greatly enhanced.
Serotonin psychedelics: Give you amazing trip!!!!!!!!! It has a similar chemical composition to DMT.
This neurotransmitter is created by the pineal gland in the morning. It is activated by light. It affects our mood.
Melatonin: It is also created pineal gland, during the night. It is activated by darkness. It helps us go to sleep and dream. It seems like this neurotransmitter is not affected by psychedelics.
Neurophenomenology
This is the study of how the brain creates experience. It was created around 1995. It is a combination of neuroscience and phenomenology. Some scientists feel consciousness can not exist by itself. It is always conscious of something. Subject and object are bound together like yin and yang, sum think.
Government Suppression
Psychedelics became illegal in the 1970's. Richard Nixon started the war on drugs; which became war on Black people. The use of psychedelics leads to a freer society. Politicians and corporations don't won't a freer society, because that would cause a loss of funds. Terence Mckenna said psychedelics are suppressed because we live in a dominator society. A dominator society is sexist, racist, and militaristic.
Animal Experiments
Scientists apply what they learn from animal experiments to the human body. They found out how DMT affect human and rat brain cells. Sum rats were microdosed DMT and they became less anxious. Many animals have been and continue to be experimented on. I'm against it because animals are people too.
MAPS
It means Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelics Studies. It was started it in 1986. This organizations research ways psychedelics can be used therapeutics. They've researched MDMA, Weed, LSD, Ibogaine, Ayahuasca, etc.
My Questions
Can you explain the experiences on DMT? Do people on DMT see machine elves?
The experiences were colorful. No one in the experiments reported seeing machine elves.
How does psychedelics affect the people with traumatic brain injury?
They help the brain by reducing inflammation.
What is the significance of experimenting on rats?
They are similar to humans, so what info gained from the experiments can be applied to humans.
I ask another question, but I forgot it. Kilindi Iyi
He is a master of martial arts and psilocybin. He taught about psychedelics around the world and teaches martial arts @ Tamerrian Institute in Detroit. He said psilocybin awakens junk DNA. He discovered martial arts have been influenced by entheogens. He understands martial arts originated in Africa. Africans were the first people to use entheogens; long b4 Sumer existed!!!
Rick Strassman
He is a psychiatrist that researched psychedelics. He was the first person to study psychedelics in the United States after the government stop banning it from research. He studied melatonin in the 1980's. He discovered bright light surpass the production of melatonin. He wrote books about DMT.
Reproductive Rights of Africans
This is a guise 4 depopulation. Certain europeans want Africans to stop reproducing. That's why there were sterilants in vaccines given to them, HIV was created, and so called reproductive rights. I doubt any African nation asked any european nation 4 reproductive right. Europeans should only concern themselves with their own reproduction and not anyone else's.
Conclusion
There many different psychedelics. Entheogens come from nature and psychedelics come from a laboratory. Shamanic dancing has similarities to psychedelics. Different brain waves and neurotransmitters are activated or deactivated by psychedelics. Neurophenomenology is the study of how the brain creates the experience. They were surpassed by the government, but now not as much. Animals have been experienced on with psychedelics. MAPS is an organization that researches it. I asked 4 questions. I talked to Kilindi and watch a Rick Strassman video. A speaker said something about reproductive rights of Africans. The symposium was amazing, besides the subtle racism that me feel like shit!!!!!!!
Introduction
I went to this event in the evening on 9/12. The 2 artists were Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson. They talked about artificial senses, different types of cyborgs, and hearing colors. Moon spoke first and Neil spoke last. They both made Cyborg Foundation. A big part of is the Transpecies Society which Manel Munoz help create. You can go to their websites to learn more about them.
Artificial Senses
Moon did Earthbeat in the beginning. She beat a big drum after a machine said a year. It represented the seismic activity that year. Dancing is her passion and she added technology to it. She had earrings that detected movement and she featured out how fast people were moving in European Capitals. She had seismic sensors implanted in her feet. You would feel vibrations whenever there was an earthquake. She had a sensor implanted in her tooth and her friend did as well. Whenever they moved there teeth the other person would feel it. It is called transcendental communication system. She talked about other artificial senses as well. Magnetic hair give you the ability to feel the magnetic fields. The weather feather give you the ability to sense the weather. There is a device that help you perceive ultraviolet light and another that helps you perceive cosmic rays. There is also a echolocation device and many more. Moon want people to have nightvision so they would use less electricity @ night.
Different types of Cyborgs.
The terms psychological cyborg, biological cyborg, neurological cyborg, and phantom cyborg were explained. Psychological Cyborg is someone who feels the technology they own is a part of them. Example would be when some says there down, instead of saying their cell phone battery is down. Biological Cyborg is someone who has machine parts. A good example of this Robocop. Neurological Cyborg is someone whose brain is enhanced by technology. Example would a computer chip in someone head. Phantom Cyborg is someone who still feel sensations even though there machine parts have been removed. It like phantom limb syndrome. An example of this is Moon. She still feel vibrations even though she no longer have seismic sensors.
Cyborg Antenna
Neil Harbisson was born colorblind. He can only see gray, black, and white. In 2003 he created the Cyborg Antenna and it merged into his occipital bone. It translates colors (including infrared and ultraviolet) into sounds, it has wifi, it can connect 2 satellites, 5 of his friends send colors to antenna and can change his dreams, he can receive phone calls on it, etc. He spoke on a screen today to the audience in the theatre. He correctly identified colors sent 2 him by another artist with a Cyborg Antenna. Then he explained the color of audience members faces. He paint speeches and music. He painted I Have a Dream Speech, Baby by Justin Bieber, etc. Each color give off a certain sound. That why he was able to make those painting. Black people are dark orange and white people are light orange. He is going to create a device that keeps track of time.
Conclusion
Wow the technology is amazing!!!!! But its crazy as hell. I'm all 4 external technology. I don't want any internal technology. I rather develop extrasensory perception naturally. There are many practices/techniques one could use instead gigabyting themselves. I rather die than be a cyborg.
Introduction
He was a polymath and lived for 74 years. He has a rich history and wrote books. He was a mathematician and philosopher. He dealt with math logic, probabilities, philosophical logic, ethics, metaphysics, etc. He invented pragmatism.
History
He was a philosopher, scientist, mathematics, and much more.
Childhood: He was in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 9/10/1839. His father was a professor @ Harvard. His parents have 5 other children. He start going to Harvard when he was 16. He got a master's @ Harvard and a Bachelor of Science from Lawrence Scientific School. He was a professor and gave lectures @ 2 universities.
Mid-Life: His married Harriet Melusina Fay in 1862. She was a writer and helped him with his scientific works. She was a feminist. He cheated on her with Juliette Annette Froissy Pourtalai. He wife left him and he had a nervous breakdown. They divorced in 1883, 2 days later he married Juliette.
End-Life: He was poor in in the early 20th century. His friends and students would give him $ from time to time. In 1909 he got cancer; he was taking morphine everyday 4 the pain. Even though pain was almost unbearable, he continued to write. Juliette donated his wrings to Harvard after he died in 1914.
Books
There are many books that came from his writings. There is also bibliographies written about him.
Chance, Love, Logic: It was a collection of his essays. It was about taxation, ideas, probability, nature, theories, mind, etc.
Peirce on Signs: It is a collection of his essays. They dealt with metaphysics, logic, belief, pragmatism, etc.
The Essential Peirce, Volume 2: It is about reasoning, logic, meanings, god, philosophy, science, etc.
There are other books, but this will suffice.
Math
Logic: description and analysis; math is deduction. It separates good thinking from bad thinking. Ethics creates logic and it is the mother of metaphysics. Logic informs what should think about. There are 3 branches of logic: speculative grammar, critics, and speculative rhetoric. He called logic semiotic, which is the study of symbols.
Probabilities: Science is full of chance. The only thing certain is change. Atoms blink!!!!!!!!!!
Statistics: He was a founder of this field. He created " blinded, controlled randomized experiment" with help from Joseph Jastrow.
Philosophy
Ethics: Good is knowledge and ignorance is evil. Good leads us to reality and evil takes us away from it. We must be deliberate and control ourselves to do good.
Metaphysics: It has 3 branches: ontology, religious, and physical. He was a scholastic realist, believed in one god, and an objective idealist.
Pragmatism: He created this philosophy. It is using any means to get the best ends.
Conclusion
Charles Sanders Peirce was the modern day Aristotle! He did a lot academically. He was great with math and philosophy. He the father of pragmatism. There are several books based on his writing.
Introduction
I went on a tour Saturday @ the World African Festival. I learned alot about Detroit. The tour guide taught us about a semi-French mayor, hotels, a restaurant, clubs, Motown, Black Bottom, Paradise Valley, interaction between my tribe and the Abrahmists, hospitals, 1963, racism, KKK, Henry Ford, numbers, Detroit Urban League, and the flight of the Black middle class. I learned so much that day!!!!
1st Mayor of Detroit
Detroit was a French colony, then a British one. In 1796 it became a U.S. city. John R. Williams was the first mayor. He became the mayor several times. His parents was Cecile Campau and Thomas Williams. His mother was a rich of a rich French family. Thomas was a British landowner and a merchant. He married his cousin and had 10 kids with her. He fought in the war of 1812.
Black Bottom
Most members of tribe lived here during the early and mid 20th century. There were many great musicians that lived here. The French called it black bottom because of the black top soil. A freeway was built here, so the people that lived here had to relocate. The government didn't help them with housing because most politicians are racist!!!!!!!!
Paradise Valley
This was the center of African American bizznesses and entertainment. People from Black Bottom would come here often. A lot of famous musicians played and sung here. Paradise Theatre was created there, now its Orchestra Hall . A part of it was turned it into a Chrysler Freeway, so factory workers can go to the suburbs 4 work. Another part of it became Ford Field.
My tribe and the Abrahamists
Members of my tribe moved into areas in Detroit that were owned by Ashkenazi Jews. My people couldn't purchase certain property because of racism. But, Jews would sell their property to my people because they also faced discrimination. B4 Paradise Valley became a Black Mecca it was Zion. Jewish bizznesses and entertainment was there b4 it became Black. The Pelican
This was a restaurant, it started 1948-1981. It was in a large house. The owners lived next door. Home cooked meals was severed here. There much room 4 sitting in the restaurant. So, when it filled up you had to take it to go. The food was delicious; it was soul food. Duck, fried chicken, meatloaf, fish, mac & cheese, greens, string beans, peach cobbler, etc. Hotels
Gotham Hotel: It open from 1943-1963. It was a 5 star hotel for rich members of my tribe. Musicians, celebrities, athletes, would stay there when they came to Detroit, because they couldn't stay white hotels. Numbers were popular there.
Tuller Hotel: Lew Tuller founded this hotel on 1906. It was the greatest hotel in Detroit!!! It was shut down in 1976 and demolished in 1991.
The Cochrane House: It started @ the end of 2018. It is a bed & breakfast. This house was built in 1870 by an eye doctor. A year later Lyman Cochrane bought it.
Hospitals
Until 1945 most black babies were born @ home. Black people were allowed in hospitals. In response to this 30 black hospitals were created in Detroit. Later on white hospitals got colored sections, but they wouldn't hire black doctors. After integration insurance companies wouldn't pay black hospitals, so they went out of bizzness. 1963
Gotham Hotel: It was shut down in 1963, because of numbers. It was the headquarters of numbers in Detroit. It made 30 million a year. Then it was demolished in the next year.
Garfield Hotel was burnt down this year. No knows who did it.
Flame Show Bar was closed this year.
Sum black bizznesses lost their land to the government on this year.
Clubs
Flame Show Bar: There were black businesses in this club. Berry Gordy and famous singers met each other here. It became the prequel of Motown.
Graystone Ballroom: It had a lot famous acts, but members of my tribe could only go there on Monday night.
Henry Swing Club: It was a popular club and it was sung about in Boogie Chillen. It was John Lee Hooker song. He was the grandfather of rock and roll.
Motown Berry Gordy Jr. created Motown. He worked with people he met with @ the Flame Show Bar. Sum of those people were Smokey Robinson, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, and Harvey Fuqua. Berry Gordy Sr. and David Ruffin built Studio A. Temptations and Jackson 5 were the most popular singing groups in Motown. The Marvelettes were the second singing group of Motown. They had great success. Their most famous song was Please Mr. Postman. The Supremes were the greatest lady singing group of all time!!!! Stop! In the Name of Love is their most famous song. Diana Ross is the most famous Supreme. They made 153 albums. So amazing!!!!!! Berry Gordy shouldn't have moved to California. Great talent lives in Detroit!!!!!
KKK
In the 1930's there were 100,000 members of the KKK living in Michigan. Half of them lived in Detroit. They met @ a building called Kastle. That building today is used for something else. The headquarters of the KKK is now Howell, MI.
Henry Ford Motor Company
25% of Black men in Detroit worked @ Henry
Ford Motor Company. They were given the hardest jobs because Henry Ford was racist. They would get injured from doing those jobs every month. After Henry son took over he gave Black men better jobs and they were able to become supervisors.
Numbers
This form of gambling was popular among minorities in the United States. People would pay a bettor sum $ to pick 3 numbers. If they win they'll get over $1,000!!!! It was popular in Detroit, Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and the Bahamas. The lottery is based on this game. Detroit Urban League
There was a famous architect named Albert that lived Detroit. His house became the first building of Detroit Urban League. They helped southern Blacks find jobs in Detroit. They also helped promote civil rights. Sum of their services: WIC, Food Program, education, housing, etc Black Flight
In the 70's and 80's many middle class Black people left Detroit 4 the suburbs. Detroit lost a lot of taxes because of that. There are still many of my people leaving Detroit. They move to areas with more economic opportunities. White people are moving to downtown Detroit. I prefer my city stay Black!!!!!!
Conclusion
The first mayor of Detroit was French. Many members of my tribe lived in Black Bottom. Paradise Valley many Black bizznesses. The Pelican served home-cooked meals. There were many amazing hotels and clubs. Motown was born here!!!! There were racists hospitals and the KKK was headquartered in Detroit. Henry Ford Motor Company was in Detroit. Detroit Urban League helped Black southerns get jobs in Detroit. Numbers were popular 4 over 30 years in Detroit. A lot of middle class folk left Detroit to broaden horizons.
Introduction
I was bizzy all last weekend. I went to the African World Festival @ Charles Wright Museum of African American History, Natural Hair Expo @ Cobo Center, and a family panic @ Wallow Park. I had a blast!!! I danced, watch stage performances, went on a tour, listened to speakers, met people, gave out my info, and bought stuff. The events took place between 8/16-18/2019.
Friday
This was the the first day of the African World Festival. I got there early, so I had a lot of down time. I bought a triple shot espresso, and to 2 bottles of water. The triple shot kept me up all night. I bought a omelette, hash browns, and toast @ Olympia Coney Island. The egg white omelette had U.S. cheese, broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, sausage, and bacon. I mixed it with my hash browns and ketchup. I ate wheat toast with grape jelly.
There was an opening ritual on stage @ 4:00 pm. Someone did libation 4 the ancestors, then someone else sung The Black National Anthem. I sung along, it was emotional. There were 125 vendors there. Most of them were from West Africa. Many of them were selling sculptures and clothes. They were breath taking!!! I seen a booty lady. She wore a short shirt, I almost saw her ass. I walked behind her to sneak a peak. It made me so excited!!!!!! I did Afro-Cuban and West African dancing under a tent. I passed out my digits and/or my website to women. Freddie Jackson was the last act. I left while he was singing his 2nd song.
Saturday
I went to the Natural Hair Expo. There were many beautiful women there. I gave my url to vendors. I listened to 6 bloggers talk about blogging. One of them is a digital marketer. I gave her my info so she can help me. I almost got a massage, but I forgot. There was one booth 4 Black men. That company created a shower gel that won't make you ashy. I will buy sum in the near future.
I ubered to the family panic. I met sum new faces. I was sad because I was single and no one initiate conversation with me. I got my dad to take a picture with his siblings. I was going to take the picture on my phone, but my cousin told me not too. She said she would take a pic on her phone and share it with me. She lied!!!!!! I will never let that happen again. I met my other cousin husband and we talked about the universe, Vodou, shamanism, parapsychology, etc. He was talking to my 2nd cousin about heavy stuff so I joined in. There was ribs, green beans, turnip greens, potato salad, baked beans, mac & cheese, chicken, etc. I ate it all. I wanted to fix my mom a platt, but I was 2 late. Never again will that happen. I did the Cha-Cha Slide.
Sunday
This was the last day of the African World Festival. I ate @ Starter's. I had Much Macho and flavored (raspberry, peach, strawberry) lemonade. My waitress had beautiful chocolate skin. I told her she should be in a commercial, because she has a pretty face. Then I bought coffee. After that I went on a tour. It rained during the tour, then it stopped. The guide told us about sum of the history of Detroit. I will write about it in my next post. Once we got back I bought a bottle of water. There was a honoring elders and ancestors event on the big stage. I stayed for the first part. One of the elders was a teacher @ Hampton Middle School. I went to Hampton Elementary!!! Her son went there too. Next there was drummers and dancers on stage. Sometimes that would be on stage together other times separately. The next act was a reggae band. I went to the Ghettotech section and got to gigabyting. I bought my mom earrings and a necklace. I wanted to buy a 37th African World Festival shirt, but was unable too. I had to go inside because it was raining hard. I went downstairs and listened to 2 women recite poems. I talk to one of them, and texted her my url.
Past
@ the World African Festivals I went 2 b4 I danced on stage. This time I didn't, because a lot of people wasn't up there. Last year there was a dancing group from Botswana that danced on stage. Libation is done @ every African World Festival and that's wonderful!!!! Libation is when you pour out liquids for the deceased/ancestors. I did more dancing @ past festivals and there were more people. The African World Festival started in 1982. I was born 1987!!! That's amazing!!!!! It would take place in Hart Plaza, until a decade ago. I assume. Now it is always @ Charles Wright Museum.
Introduction
This language family is in Southeast Asia, India, and China. It was created over 4,000 years ago. It has 2 main branches and 169 languages. It has different scripts 4 writing. Millions people speak these languages. It has its own phonological and grammatical characteristics.
History
These languages is spoken by over 60 million people! Most Austroasiatic speakers may have common ancestors 10,000 years ago in China. They have ancestry with Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan, Hmong-Mien people 35,000 years ago!!! They are more distantly related to Melanesians and (native) Americans. Sum of them moved into India 10,000 years ago.
2 Stems and Many Flowers
The stems are Munda and Mon-Khmer. Munda has 22 languages and they were influenced by Indo-Aryan languages. Mon-Khmer has 147 languages and it was influenced by Chinese languages. The most popular Mon-khmer languages are Vietnamese and Khmer. Khmer is spoken in Cambodia. Munda languages are spoken in India and Bangladesh. Sum of those languages are endangered because they don't have a lot of speakers. These languages have many dialects.
Phonological Characteristics
These languages has many vowels, but most don't have tones. Sum vowels are said differently. Most words are one sound. There are constants @ the end of words. Mon-Khmer languages have a 2 constant syllable in the beginning of sum of their words. The words of these languages are rhythmic. The Khmer language has 36 vowels!!!
Grammatical Characteristics
Munda languages have a complex morphology and Vietnamese doesn't have one @ all! Most Austroasiatic languages have infixes, affixes, and prefixes. These languages also have expressives. They describe sensory perceptions and emotions.
The sentence structure 4 Mon-Khmer languages is subject-verb-object. The sentence structure 4 Munda languages is subject-object-verb, because it was influenced by Dravidian languages. There is no word 4 be in these languages.
Sum of the vocabulary of these languages were borrowed from other languages. Examples: Vietnamese borrowed words from Mandarin. Mon from Sanskrit and Khmer from Pali. A lot of the original vocabulary was lost. But, I think the Munda retained most of it.
Scripts
There are 4 main alphabets 4 this language family. They are Khmer, Thai, Lao, and Burmese. They are many minor alphabets as well. The Vietnamese script is based on the ancient Chinese writing. There have been alphabets created using the Latin alphabet. Speakers
The Munda live in India and Bangladesh. They weave and create baskets. There religion is Sarnaism; it has a creator and earth goddess. The Sal tree and sacred groves are important. They mixed Sarnaism with Hinduism.
The Khmer tribe rule Cambodia. They created the first written language of Austroasiatic language family. Most of them follow Theravada Buddhism. They believe they came from a Brahmin and a celestial nymph. They created an empire and Angkor Wat.
Mon people have the same ancestors as the Khmer. Most of them live in Myanmar. They founded ancient civilizations in Thailand and Laos. The British helped the Mon people defeat the Burmen monarchy. They want their own country. There script is based on "Indic scripts". They do spiritual dances and play many different instruments.
Nicobarese live on 19 island off the coast of Bengal. They have their own form of shamanism and they like Christianity. There are 3 spheres of life: sky, earth, and sea. They know everything has a spirit.
There are many other Austroasiatic people, but this will suffice. Conclusion
The Austroasiatic language family is over 4,000 years old! It is spoken by many people. It is composed of 2 branches: Munda and Khmer-Mon. It is the only language family I know of with expressive. The languages have been influenced by Indian and Chinese languages. They have created their own scripts 4 writing. There are many different types of Austroasiatic people and they all are amazing!!!!
