Herbalism

Introduction
Herbalism is using plants to heal.  It has a long history; it's over 50,00 years old.  There are many different types of herbalism.  You will learn about different forms of herbalism on each continent.  There are many ways herbs can used for healing.  I will list the contraindications and the best herbs.

Definition
"It's the study and practice of the therapeutic use of plants."  Herbs can be used to treat or alleviate a variety of illness.  Such as eczema, headaches, cancer, colds, flu, infections, stress, and many more.  They can improve the immune system, digestive system, nervous system and other systems as well.  Herbs are better than drugs because they're natural.  We have natural bodies.

History 
Herbalism has been around since prehistoric times.  Neanderthals and other humanoids used herbs to treat diseases.  Herbs were found in the Iceman.  They were used to treat parasites in his intestines.  He lived 5,000 years ago.

Australians (Aboriginals) had herbalism 4 over 30,000 years!!!  Its called Bush Medicine.  Herbs are used to prevent, cure, and treat diseases.  This form of medicine is very spiritual.       

Herbalism existed in Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago!  They used myrrh and opium to treat diseases.  Sumerians wrote about herbs on clay tablets.  The tablets had several recipes that use over 100 different herbs.

The ancient Egyptians doctors used herbs to heal people over 3,000 years ago.  They used over 800 different herbs.  They wrote about it in various papyruses.  The Eber Papyrus is the oldest known papyrus that deals with herbs.  There medical tradition influenced various African, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern societies.

India has a form of medicine called Ayurveda.  It uses a lot of herbs.  These herbs and minerals were described in 200 BCE.  Doctors of Ayurveda use over 700 herbs and more than 50 minerals.  They also use animal parts.  Ayurveda is my favorite form of medicine!

Herbalism was in China b4 the Shang dynasty.  A medicine book was made in China over 1800 years ago.  It described 365 herbs.  Sum of the herbs are hemp, ginger, orange, Chinese cinnamon, etc.   They wrote other medical books as well.

American people used herbs for millennia.  They used herbs to heal the body and the spirit.  Tobacco was used by a lot of different American tribes.  They used herbs to cure colds and problems in the organs.   

Ancient Greek doctors had there own form of herbalism.  They learned herbalism from the Egyptians.  Greeks started writing about medicine 500 BCE.  Greek Herbalists had a big impact on European medicine.  The father of European medicine was Greek.

Muslims created one or several forms of herbalism.  They synthesized herbal knowledge from the ancient Greeks, Persians, and Indians during the Islamic Golden Age; and they added to it.  They created drugs based on herbs.  Sum of the herbs they used were hemp,and poppy.  This form of herbalism had a big impact on Western Herbalism.       

European herbalism started in the dark ages or right after.  The Catholic Church knew alot about herbalism, but they kept it to themselves.  The clergy would use herbs to heal people.  Muslims brought a bunch of herbal knowledge to Europe during the Islamic Golden Age.  After the printing press came to Europe, herbal books were printed in German, Italian, English, French, and other Indo-European languages.
                                           
Types
Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine: It is connected to Hinduism.  It deals with 3 doshas.  We all have a dosha or 2 that predominate.  A few people are dominated by all 3!!!  They are as followed: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.  Each dosha is composed of 2 elements.  Vata is ether and air, Pitta is fire and water, Kapha is earth and water.  You get a disease when they're not in balance.  The doshas represent different parts and processes of the body.  Different tastes has different effects on the body.

Chinese Herbal Medicine: This is part of Chinese Classical Medicine.  It uses plants, minerals, and animal products to heal people.  We all have certain amount of chi (lifeforce) in our bodies.  If we have to much or too little chi, we will have a disease.  We also have have equal amounts of yin and yang 4 good health.  You can think of yin and yang as electricity and magnetism.

Western Herbalism: People that follow this form of herbalism analysis plants, so they can understand the different chemicals.  They apply these different chemicals to different ailments.  The healing ways I wrote about come from this form of herbalism.   

There is Papuan, Cherokee, Navajo, Hopi, Apache, Taino, Mayan, Yoruba, Igbo, Zulu, Akan, Bakongo, Mbundu, Oromo, Slavic, Celtic, Norse, Polynesinesian, and many other forms of herbalism.

  

Healing Ways
Herbal Tea:  Heat up water and pour it in jar of herbs.  Let it sit for 20 minutes.  Then strain it in to into cup and drink up.  Refringe the rest.

Herbal Infusion: Same as herbal tea, but let it sit for 4 hours or more.  By doing this you get more medicinal properties of the herb.

Decocition: This is for hard plant material.  Such as roots, bark, seeds, etc.  Heat up water to a boil.  Then put the hard plant material in the water.  Let it simmer for 20 minutes.  Than strain it into a cup and drink up.

Herbal Salve: Heat up beeswax over stove.  Add essential oil.  When the wax melts put it into container.  After it cools off it will be a salve.  This for topical use only and they can be used as lip balm.  This is like ointment. 

Herbal Compress: Make an herbal tea.  Dip a washcloth into it.  Put it on area of skin that is bruised, rashed, has eczema, etc. 

Herbal Liniment: Put herb in jar of grain or rubbing alcohol.  Leave the herb in there for 6 weeks. Shake it up or sir it everyday.  After 6 weeks train the oil.  It is 4 topical use only.

Tincture: Similar to lininments, but you use vodka instead.  Mostly for oral use, sometimes for topical use.  You take several drops a day when using it. 

Infused Oil: Similar to tincture, but you will use olive oil instead.  Other oils can be used as well.  4 topical use only.

Herbal Steam: Similar to herbal tea, but instead of drinking it you breathe in the gases.

Tooth Powder: Mix kaolin clay, baking soda, and essential oil with dried sage and brush your teeth with it.           

There are other healing ways but this will suffice.

Contraindications
Be careful of the herbs you take if you are on drugs.  Sum drugs and herbs battle each other in the body.  If you are on any drugs find out it how it would interact with a particular herb b4 u take it.  If you have any medical conditions, find out if the herb you want 2 use would aggravate it.  2 much of a particular herb may make you sick.  To little of a certain herb may be ineffective.  Find the proper dosing 4 your gender, age, and body types.
                                       
Best Herbs
Garlic: Cure diabetes, anti-inflammatory, helps blood pressure, improves heart function, helps immune system, and it may help hair grow.

Ginger: Anti-inflammatory and antioxidants.

Turmeric: Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial.

Ginseng: Helps you relax, lose weight, low blood sugar, lungs, and sexual function.  It is anti-inflammatory and it improves the immune system.

Ginkgo Biloba: Improves the brain, eyes, mood, stress levels, and libedo!!!  It also reduces pain. 

There are other great herbs, but this will suffice.

Conclusion
Herbalism is the oldest form of medicine in the world!!!  It is older than shamanism!  That's over 40,000 years old!!!!  It has a long and amazing history.  There are many different types.  The most popular in the United States and Europe are Western, Traditional Chinese, and Ayurveda.  There are many ways you can use herbs to heal yourself and other.  Get the proper dose of the herb you using.  Watch out for contraindications, so you won't get sick.  There are many herbs with great benefits. 

References
learningherbs.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_herbalism
https://theherbalacademy.com/herbal-history/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358962/
https://www.christopherhobbs.com/library/featured-articles/history-of-western-herbalism/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-remedy/
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/aboriginal-healers-working-to-keep-traditional-medicine-alive/5471058
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_medicine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world
http://www.itmonline.org/kunzle/chap2.htm
https://www.rmhiherbal.org/aa/f-ahr1-hist.html#renaiss
https://www.thelivingcentre.com/ayurvedic-medicine-articles/ayurvedic-herbal-medicine-oldest-system-of-natural-healing-in-the-world
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/chinese-herbal-medicine
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Western+Herbalism
https://draxe.com/herbal-medicine/

Anshar

Synopsis
The Anshar are humans from the distant future.  Super cool!!!!!  They came back in the past to fix their present.  They are composed of of several races.  They have conscious base technology.  They live in Antarctica today.  They have a great society there.  Most of them don't interact with people on the surface.  S Corey Goode have been in contact with them and other beings. 

In there present they had mandela effects, so they traveled 17 million years in the past to stop the mandela effect from happening.  Now they have a thriving civilization in Antarctica.  Sum of them interact with people humans on the surface.  But most of them keep to themselves.   There are 4 races and 2 sub races.  They are as follows:  Africans: They have strong presence.   Indians: Unknown.  Asians: Unknown.  (Caucasian) Mediterranean: Unknown.  (Caucasian) Nordic: Most popular.  They machines that are controlled by consciousness.

References
https://www.exopolitics.org/tag/anshar/
https://www.exopolitics.org/inner-earth-beings-take-first-step-to-openly-reveal-themselves-to-humanity/
https://michaelsalla.com/2017/01/25/visit-to-antarctica-confirms-discovery-of-flash-frozen-alien-civilization/
https://macyafterlife.com/2017/12/10/making-sense-of-the-anshar-agartha-hollow-earth-people/
https://exonews.org/author/sallagoode/

Sociology

Introduction
Sociology is the study of people.  It came into existence in the 19th century in Europe.  Several theoretical frameworks are involved in this discipline. There are many dimensions to sociology.  I will list the most influential people in the field.  The government hires the most sociology majors, but there are other jobs as well.  It was my major in college. 

Definition
Sociology is the scientific study of society.  It looks @ how people are shaped by society and culture.  Society and culture is shaped by people as well.  Some the dimensions sociology are as followed: family, religion, crime, age, race, gender, government, environment, etc.  Studying this field can help us improve society and ourselves.

History
Confucius and Ma Duanlin engage in social analysis.  Confucius believed relationships in society should be hiearcial.  Ma Duanlin wrote about social changes in Chinese history in a encyclopedia.  Sum of the the Greek philosophers did this as well.  Ibn Khaldun was the first sociologist.  He looked @ social cohesiveness and social conflict.  He contrasted sedentary life to nomadic life.

Henri de Saint-Simon was a French theorist that believed scientists should rule society.  He thought they could improve society.  Auguste Comte invented positivism.  It is the belief that all knowledge come from our senses.  It rejects intuition; European science is seen as superior to philosophy and religion.  Karl Marx thought there was conflict between upper and lower class in Europe.  Herbert Spencer created the word sociology.  He came up with term survival of the fittest.  He believed that society become more heterogeneous over time.

Sociology classes started in the U.S. in the late 19th century.  Kansas University was the first school to have a sociology class.  Chicago University was the 2nd one to have it.  Britain got its first sociology class in 1904.  Germany got one on 1919.

In the early 20th century symbolic interactionism, social phenomenology, and social constructionism was created.  Communist Russia and China outlawed sociology.  In China and Russia it was seen as detrimental to communism.  In the late 20th century postmodernism was created.

Theoretical Frameworks
Structural Functionalism: The different parts of society work together in harmony.  Like a ant colony. 

Social Conflict: Different segments (castes & classes) fight each other over resources.

Symbolic Interaction: The subjective experiences of individuals create our society.

Utilitarianism: People interact with each other 4 their own self interest.

Critical Theory: Critique and change society.

Feminism: It looks @ gender inequality and it effects on society.  May have been created by the CIA to stop the Black Power movement and/or the anti-war movement.

Grounded Theory: Gather data then create a theory based on it. 

Middle Range Theory: It integrates theory and empirical research.

Postmodernism: It rejects objectivity.  We can learn more from observation than data collection.

Methodology
You target a certain population for your research and you chose a sample (small group) from the population.  Then you apply your findings from the sample to the population.  Statistics play a big role in this.  It tells you what percentage of population your findings apply too.  This is very objective; logic is of supreme importance.

There are various forms of methodology.  I will list a few.  Experimental Research: The sociologist creates a social experiment in a laboratory.  Longitudinal Study:  A person or group is studied over along period of time.  Survey Study: The sociologist gathers information from a survey. 

Dimensions
Sociology of Culture: It looks @ how culture shapes individuals in society. 

Sociology of Knowledge: It looks looks @ how ideas influence society. 

Sociology of Leisure: It looks @ what people do with their free time. 

Sociology of Religion: It looks @ how religion shapes society. 

Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations:  It studies the economic, political, and social interaction between different races and tribes. 

Military Sociology: It deals with gender, race, combat, families, society, peace, and war of the military. 

Political Sociology: It looks @ how politics influence society. 

Most Influential People
Karl Marx: He created the social conflict paradigm.  Marxism is critical of religions.  His famous phrase was religion is the opium of the masses.  The fathers of sociology helped sociology become a class in universities.  Marx is a 1st father of sociology.   

Emile Durkheim: He was the 1st professor of sociology in France.  Structural-functionalism was invented by him.  He made sociology more scientific.  Prior to him I assume it was more philosophical.  Religion kept society cohesive.  He is a father of sociology.

Max Weber: He created symbolic interactionism.  He studied six religions in several countries.  Religions can led to different economic systems.  Protestantism led to capitalism in his opinion.  He called it the Protestant Ethic.  He a father of sociology.

W. E. B. Dubois: He followed the social conflict paradigm.  He was the first sociologist to study Black people in the states.  He helped create NAACP.  He was a pan-Africanism and supported women rights.  The government was scared of Black soldiers after WWI, so they got Dubois to spy on them.  He's the final father of sociology.

Charles Wright Mills: He came up with term power elite.  He knew the government was controlled by wealthy people.  He understood that democracy is a lie.  It's really a oligarchy and aristocracy

Daniel Bell: He believed services became more important than goods in U.S. society.  'Knowledge became form of capital.'  Creating new idea is the way to grow this economy instead of new goods. 

Erving Goffman: He believed our sense of self comes from our society.  Most of us try to fit in society, so we conform.

Careers
The top 6 jobs for sociology r as followed: guidance counselor, human resources representative, lawyer, management consultant, media planner, and market research analyst. 

Guidance Counselor: They help students in academics and with career choices.  They help students resolve conflicts.  They create group sessions with students to talk about drugs, safe sex, and bullying.  They make over 50 grand.

Human Resources Representative: They determine who gets the job.  They resolve conflicts @ work.  They make about 60 grand.

Lawyer: 'They research and litigate court cases.'  They make about 100 gs.

Management Consultant: They solve bizzness problems 4 clients.  They make about 80 gs.

 Media Planner: They help clients advertise.

Market Research Analyst: They help make market campaigns and study the demographics of customers.  The demographics of the customers help them determine how the campaign should be marketed. 

Who's Bad
I was a sociology major in college.  I chose it because I like a minor it  had.  It was race, gender, class.  @ first I was undecided, until I saw that minor.  The funny thing is, I never minored.  I enjoyed the all my sociology classes.  I got great grades in most of them.  I graduated with a B.A. in sociology from Hampton University.

 Conclusion
Sociology is the scientific study of society.  It has been around for 6 or 7 centuries.  It has many different theoretical frameworks and dimensions.  There were several influential sociologists.  There are many different careers for sociology majors.  I majored in sociology and I enjoyed it.  Sociology will give us insight on how to create a better world.   

References
Definition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sociology
Auguste Comte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer#Sociology
Theoretical Framework
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociological_theory
https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2012/02/women-white-miller-woman-young-2
https://degreeinsociology.net/influential-sociologists/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/editorial-why-w-e-b-du-bois-matters-n719971
https://www.scribd.com/read/163596674/Black-Lies-White-Lies-The-Truth-According-to-Tony-Brown
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/top-jobs-for-sociology-majors-2059633
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_research#Methodological_assumptions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology_of_culture
https://www.thoughtco.com/military-sociology-3026277

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Introduction
DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) is my favorite mental illness, because it like a bunch of people sharing the same body.  It has several causes.  This disease has a long history.  DID have been used by Satanists and the CIA 4 various reasons.  I will list sum of the people with DID.  There is a cure for DID.

Definition
Someone with DID have multiple personalities called alters (alternative personalities).  Each personality has its own identity.  Each altar has it own memories.  The memories of one altar is separated by another.  It called an amnesia blocks.  Altars may have different genders, political affiliations, sexual preferences, morality, ages, etc.       

Cause
Great trauma caused to a baby can cause them to dissociate.  If this happens over a long period of time they will have DID.  One of the altars will deal with the trauma while the others won't.  DID is a defense mechanism, it protects the core personality.  Most cases of DID come from prolong emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse to someone between 0-2 years of age.

A severe accident or could could to DID.  If someone is in accident that may kill them.  They may dissociate.  Later on that could they could develop altars.  Natural disasters and loss of a love one can cause DID too.

War could cause DID.  This is because sum soldiers experience experience great trauma.  A lot of them get PTSD.  Civilians could get DID as well, especially children.

History
It may have existed since prehistoric times and demonic possessions may have been a manifestation of it.  The first known person with DID was a German woman in 1791.  Her altar was French and she had amnesia blocks.  Sometimes DID is misdiagnosed.  Some people with schizophrenia/bipolar same like they have DID.       

Evildoers
The CIA created a mind control research program called MK Ultra.  They used LSD an other means to control people minds.  A part of MK Ultra was the Monarch Project.  That project was about causing someone to develop DID and programming the different altars for different tasks.  Victims were used 4 spying, assassinations, etc.     

People with DID
Roseanne Barr has 7 personalities.  She calls 2 of them Somebody and Nobody. 

Britney Spears has @ least 4 personalities.  They are as follows: weepy girl, British girl, incoherent girl and diva. 

Nicki Minaj has several personalities, one of them is named after a famous pedophile. 

Lady Gaga may have DID.

Mel Gibson may have it as well.

Truddi Chase has 92  personalities.  She was interviewed by Oprah.   

Integration
The way someone gets rid of DID is by combining all the altars into the core personality.  The altars may be kicking and screaming but that is what needs to be done.  Some patients with DID do art therapy.  Each altar has their own style of art.  Therapists help the altars communicate with each other more effectively.  They also discourage patients from following destructive altars.     

Conclusion
DID is a reaction to extreme trauma.  The causes of it is terrible, but it's still favorite mental illness.  That because it is like a bunch of people sharing one body.  But it's just one person coping with trauma.  It has a long history.  DID been around 4 centuries or millennia.  The CIA gave DID to people for nefarious purposes.  A lot of famous people go it.  You can even see it in music videos!       

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_(psychology)
https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/dissociative-identity-disorder/dissociative-identity-disorder-did-statistics-and-facts
https://sunrisehouse.com/multiple-personality-disorder/root-causes/
https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/dissociative-identity-disorder/the-amazing-history-of-dissociative-identity-disorder-did
https://www.trinfinity8.com/mkultra-what-i-learned-about-mind-control-from-clients/
https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-multiple-personalities/celebrity-lists
http://www.isst-d.org/downloads/guidelines_revised2011.pdf

Nordics

Introduction
There are various species of aliens that look like Northern Europeans.  All together they are called Nordics.  3 of the species are Lyrans, Pleiadians, and Tall Whites.  There are probably other species as well.  They have influenced various cultures over time.  There have been people that have interacted with these aliens.  They may have dealing with various governments.

Description
They have blond and red hair.  Their eyes are blue, black, and green.  They could grow to be over 6 feet tall.  Sum of them has ears.  They wear body suits and sometimes wear human clothes.  They are telepathic vegetarians and most of them are of service to other orientation.  They are able to shape-shift.  They are able to merge their minds together and move one person's soul into another person body.  When I was younger I wanted to jump into other people bodies, which they can do!!!!!!

Lyrans       
They live in the Lyra constellation.  From there they traveled to different areas of the Milky Way.  They have psychic powers and may be able to manipulate reality.  They lived in peace and were farmers.  They got attacked by the Draconians, which made them want to live in other parts of the galaxy.  Some Lyrans were genetically modified by the Dracos.  Dr. Bruce Goldberg said Lyrans and Draconians were fighting each other near earth millennia ago, and influenced Lemuria and Atlantis.  Humans may have worshiped Lyrans in the past.  They were created by the Vegans or they are their brothers. 

Pleiadians
They are refugees of Lyra and they are related to Earthers.  Their lifespan is 700 years!!!  They wanted to help us spiritually evolve, so I've read.  Earthers (humans native to earth) becoming one consciousness may be their goal.  Grays and Reptoids are beefing with the them.  Sum Pleiadians are are sinister, but not the majority.   

Tall Whites
They are 6-10 feet tall and they wear white outfits.  People have being seeing these aliens since the end of the 19th century.  They have a longer lifespan then Earthers.  They get taller as they get older.  They have a pencil like weapon which can be used to stun or kill someone.  Sum of them may be blue.  Charles Hall was in the air-force and he interacted with them.  They saw him as a pet.  They see people of high social status as superior and people of low social status as inferior.

Cultural Influence
There are several American tribes that believe their ancestors were Pleiadians.  Africans came in contact with Nordics centuries or millennia ago.  The Nordics had a metallic device that gave them the ability to teleport.  Sum Africans called these aliens Mazungu.  They called Europeans the same name because they looked like them.  The Pleiades star cluster was in a lot of peoples' mythology.

Contactee/Channeler
They have contacted several humans on earth, such as Billy Meier.  He met the first Pleiadian when he was 5.  The Pleiadian male was elderly.  After the alien died he met another.  But it wasn't Pleiadian.  Later on he met the granddaughter of the elderly Pleiadian.  He wrote 40 books about the Pleiadians. He have been interacting with aliens since the 40's.   Billy may be insane because he thinks he's a prophet or messiah.  He may have been lied too and he may think Jesus was an alien. 

Barbara Marciniak is a channeler (a mouthpiece for other entities).  She have channeled Pleiadians.  4 books was written about them by her.  Sometimes she gives lectures and have workshops.  In her 1st book it says the Pleiadians come from another universe.  They came from the future to make sure we don't become tyrannical or so it seems.       

Government Deals
The Iranian government believes the Tall Whites are controlling the U.S. government.  I thought it was the Grays and/or Reptoids controlling the U.S. government.  TWs may have assisted the Nazis in WWII.  The Tall Whites want to control all the information in the world, so the story goes.

In the 40's the Pleiadians or sum other Nordic species wanted to give the U.S. government advanced technology.   In exchange 4 giving up their nuclear weapons.  The government turned them down and made a deal with the Grays. 

Conclusion
Nordics look like Northern Europeans and come in different species.  They have influenced people around the world.  Their demeanor tends to peaceful, but some of them are evil.   Sum Earthers have interacted with them face to face.  Sum had spoken to them telepathically.  They have made deals with certain governments 4 good or ill.  Sum Reptoids made themselves look like Nordics, so be careful. 

References
https://hybridsrising.com/Hybrid-Project/Hybrids-Rising-Blond-Nordics-HP.html
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pleiadians
Nordic Contact
http://tall-white-aliens.com/ 
https://www.gaia.com/article/nordic-aliens
Lyrans & Vegans
https://www.gaia.com/article/who-are-the-pleiadians
https://www.mufon.com/billy-meier---1964-to-present.html
https://www.pleiadians.com/index.html
Who Controls the U.S. government?

Alchemy

Introduction
Alchemy is inbetween magic and science.  This practice started in Kemet and gave birth to chemistry.  It has a long history and various people did it.  Alchemy became popular in Middle, East, Europe, China, and India.  Alchemy comes in different types.  2 major organizations still practice alchemy.  There were sum famous alchemists.  The symbols of this discipline is numerous.  It is still practiced today!!!!!   

Definition
Alchemy is transmutation.  Its's the turning of one substance into another.  Sum alchemists in the past wanted to turn lead into gold.  Lead is a represents the body.  Gold is the represents the soul.  Metaphorically turning lead into gold is turning animal-man into God-man.  Alchemists also looked 4 cures to diseases.         

History
Alchemy started in Kemet by Tehuti.  Tehuti knowledge was contained 2 pillars.  These pillars contained the Emerald Tablet of Tehuti.    Alchemists wrote various papyri dealt with making alloys, dyeing, metals, etc.  Different metals represent different planets.  Gold=Sun, tin=Mercury, copper=Venus, silver=Moon, iron=Mars, electrum=Jupiter, and lead is Saturn.  The Greeks and Romans learned alchemy from Kemetians.  They had tradition called Hermeticism that dealt a lot with alchemy.

Muslim alchemy started over a millennium ago.  They translated many Greek texts sum of which had alchemical information.  Syriac Christians helped Muslims with translations.  Islamic alchemist believed alchemy could bring them closer to Allah.  From alchemy they created chemistry.  The Moors transmitted this knowledge to Europe.

There were Chinese alchemists.  Alchemy played a big part in Taoism.  The body has 5 elements: fire, metal, earth, wood, water.  Each element had more/less Yin or Yang.  The focus of Chinese alchemy is obtaining immortally.  They told by ingesting fake gold they could become immortal.  Outer alchemy dealt with creating elixirs.  Inner alchemy deals with cultivating jing, chi, and shen.  You do this by meditating and breathing exercises.                         

Indian alchemy dealt a lot with Tantra (form of Hinduism).  Several alchemical books were written in medieval India.  Some of the alchemists came up with ways to cure diseases.  They came up with elixirs and therapy as a way to alleviate disorders.

Alchemical knowledge from China and India made its way to Tibet.  It became a part of Tibetan Buddhism.     Tibetan alchemists believed the philosopher stone turned poison into medicine.  They worked a lot with herbs.         

Types of Alchemy
Spiritual: This is about spiritual elevation.

Psychological: This is about turning emotions into reason.

Artistic: This is about making trans-formative art.

Social: This is about improving society by turning vices into virtues.

Practical:  This is about creating healing substance.   

Therapeutic: This is about using different healing modalities.

Organizations
The Rosicrucian Order and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn deals a lot with alchemy.  You can learn about spiritual alchemy from The Rosicrucian Order.  They also have their own symbols.  The Hermetic Order the Golden Dawn uses alchemy 4 higher states of consciousness.  Sex and love can assist in achieving those higher states. 

Famous Alchemists
Tehuti: He is the neter (god) of intelligence and writing in the Kemetic religion.  Some people believe he was a living person that came from Atlantis to Kemet.  He is the Father of Alchemy and several other sciences. 

Pseudo-Democritus: Famous writer of alchemy books.

Zosimus: He defined alchemy as the study water and spirit.  He was also a Gnostic.

Maria Prophetissa:  She may have discovered hydrochloric acid.

Kleopatra: She invented the alembic.

Ko Hung: Taoist that created first aid.

Khalid ibn Yazid: He had alchemical books translated to Arabic.

Zhang Guo: He was a Taoist with a interest in necromancy.  He was also a master of Qigong. 

Nargarjuna: He tried to find a formula 4 immortality.

Al-Razi: He wrote 20 alchemical books.  He knew how to distill alcohol.

Albertus Magnus: He was a magickian and wrote commentaries on Aristotle writing. 

Roger Bacon: He wrote alchemical text.

John Dee: He created Enochian Magick.  He was the original 007 and a polymath.

Isaac Newton:  He was an occultist and philosopher.

Rudolf Steiner: Great philosopher!!!

Symbols
Birds: ascending means evaporation and descending means condensation.  if they are doing both it is distillation.  A black bird means putrefaction.  White bird means purification.  Rooster means conjunction and peacock means fermentation.     

Basilisk: It means mercury and sulfur mixing together in cinnabar.  It also means blending the higher self with lower self.

Dragon: It represented mercury.  Black is decay, green is the kinetic energy, red is chaos.

Rose: Red-lust & love, white-purity, black-death, pink-appreciation, yellow-communication, orange-happiness, blue-spiritual retreat, and gold-self actualization. 

Ciphers: Glyphs used by alchemists for different ideas. 

The Greeks and Romans used the symbol of the serpent to represent wisdom and immorality.  The staff of Hermes is used in hospitals.

Becoming Chemistry
A Muslim alchemist created chemistry.  His name was Jabir Ibn Hayyan.  He is the "Father of Chemistry."  Did many experiments with chemicals.  He thought the chemist had to experiments to better understand chemistry.  He knew about molecules, discovered various acids, and created a periodic table.     
                                       
Conclusion
Alchemy is causing one substance into another.  It as many dimensions.  Such as practical, spiritual, mental, artistic, social, and therapeutic.  The Rosicrucian Order and the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn practice alchemy, but there are others.  There were many famous alchemists and a lot of symbols.  Finally alchemy led to chemistry.     
                                         
References
Kemetic Alchemy
https://prezi.com/ek6lrlosqgdp/the-history-of-greek-alchemy/
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2002/tubb/history.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_alchemy
Idiots Guide to Alchemy
Indian Alchemy
Guide to Becoming an a Magician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alchemists
https://mvslim.com/islam-and-science-jabir-ibn-hayyan-the-father-of-modern-chemistry/
https://www.golden-dawn.com/eu/displaycontent.aspx?pageid=102-true-nature-of-hermetic-alchemy
https://www.rosicrucian.org/rosicrucian-digest-alchemy

Taino Spirituality

Introduction
The Tainos have complex spiritual system.  They have their own creation story, spirits, rituals and art.  They used a entheogen to communicate with spirits.  They performed ceremonies that gave that gave them great joy.

Creation Story
Atabey created the universe and 2 sons.  They were Yucaju and Guacar.  Yucaju created lifeforms.  He wanted to make a lifeform  that was as low as an animal nor high as a god.  That why he created humans.  The first human created was Locuo.  Guacar was envious of what his brother created.  Guacar changed his name to Juracan.  He became the god of strong winds and other natural disasters.  The winds would blow so hard animals and planets would get killed.   Yucaju created zemis to help Locuo.  The first man and woman sprung from his belly button.  Their children populated the earth.  Juracan created evil spirits to torment humans.

Tainos saw the Caribs as agents of Juracan.  This was because they destroyed villages and kidnapped women.  When they met the Spanish they thought they were agents of Yucaju.  They soon founded out they were wrong. 

Zemis
Zemi is the Taino word 4 spirit.  Sum Zemis were ancestors, others were deities.

Hupia: Spirit of a deceased person.

Atabey: Creatress.  Goddess of water, beauty, and the fertility cycle.

Yucahu: Creator.  Son of Atabey.  He finished creating the universe after she got started.God of peace and farming. 

Juracan: God of hurricanes.  Creator of evil.

Boinayel: God of rain.  His tears fertilized the earth.

Maquetaurie Guayabe: Lord of the underworld.  He allowed hupias to enter the realm of the blessed or caused them to remain on earth.

Moboyas: God of death, destruction, and darkness.   

There are many more Zemis.

Art
Sacred statues are known as Zemis as well.  Images of Zemis were craved in stones.  Art was used for shamanism, divination, funerals, music, etc.  Dujos (stools) were used by chiefs and shamans in ceremonies.  That reminds me of the Ashanti.  Tainos believed certain Zemis had magick power.

Rituals
The shamans grinded up a nut called cohoba and snorted it.  They would look @ Zemis and it talk to them after the ingested cohoba.  In Puerto Rico Tainos had ceremony called Areyto.  They would fast b4 the ceremony and use cohoba.  They planted their bodies and wore jewelry.  After that sum people would carry bread and sing about the zemis.  They would play musical instruments as well. 

Conclusion
The Tainos are a great people!!!!!!!  They have a great creation story, art, rituals, and deities.  They are sum of the nicest people in the world.  One day I hope to have the privilege to them.

References
http://entheology.com/peoples/the-taino-world/
https://study.com/academy/lesson/taino-religion-legends-gods-creation-myth.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ta%C3%ADno_mythology
http://tainogallery.com/symbology/
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/vpit/vpadvance/artgallery/gallery/taino_treasures/mendez_essay_a.htm
https://www.pinterest.com/honeyangel0015/taino-gods-and-goddesses/?lp=true
http://georgiegirl120.tripod.com/puertorico/id10.html
https://magicinpuertorico.com/2013/06/26/areito-the-dance-of-the-tainos/
Important Info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taino_Ritual_Seat