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Precognition
The other day I was riding my bike through the neighborhood and decided to head over to the next neighborhood, an equestrian community. I pedaled up onto the sidewalk that runs by the house on the corner and realized the bushes blocked my view of the sidewalk that I would turn onto. I wouldn’t be able to see if anyone was headed my way.
In normal times, this wouldn’t even be an issue because bicyclists were rare. But since the pandemic began, nothing has been normal and people are finding ways to exercise safely. My first thought was that maybe I should return to the street to make that turn because I would have a straight-on view of the sidewalk. And in the event someone was racing toward me, I would see the person first. You can see the curve on the left side of the road. The bushes are taller and thicker now.
Suppose, I thought, I make the shortcut turn and someone on a bike barrels into me? My second thought was whether this might be an instance of precognition?
By then, I was at the turn just seconds before a guy on a racing bike would slam into me. He yelped, “Yikes!” And veered away from me.
A precognition a bit too close for comfort.
Those Dog Park Benches
I haven’t written one of these dog park politics posts for while. So in the waning days of the trump presidency, here goes:
Every afternoon around 3, a loose group of anti-trumpers with dogs meet at our expansive and really cool dog park. As soon as we come in the gate, we unleash our dogs, who run off to do whatever dogs do. We grab our poop bags from the dispensary and walk to the benches at the other side of the park.
I think of it as our area, that of the democrats and independents who recognize trump for the wanna be autocrat he is. Paula. Lloyd. Arlene. Jared. Nathan. Rob. Me. Our kids over the holidays. The occasional snowbird. Our dogs, of course. Paula always brings containers of cold water and a bowl so our area becomes watering hole.
But because the snowbirds have flocked to our area for the gorgeous weather and the equestrian season, we often get to our bench area to find other people there. As our friend Lloyd says, “As soon as we start talking against trump or our gov, Ron DeSantis, the trumpies leave.”
And he’s right.
The other day a young couple was hanging out in our area, with a dog small enough to be in the small dog park. A woman from Breckinridge, Colorado joined us and mentioned how maskless people in Breckinridge, were fined on the spot for being maskless. I said it would never happen in Florida because our governor, Ron DeSantis is an asshole, a mini me trumper.
And the man walking away shouts, “We live in America, not China!”
“What total bullshit!” I shout back, and then Rob shoots to his feet and starts hurling facts and statistics at the guy.
Their shouting fest lasts until the guy and his wife and their little pooch leave the dog park.
Throughout this whole thing, the woman from Colorado, Linda, talked about what she’d encountered politically since the death of her husband eleven years ago, when she’d started moving from state to state, looking for the right place to live. “Isn’t this town for trump?” she asks.
I’ve come to think of these benches as the place where truth lives. Where facts prevail. Where science and reason and the stuff of The Mystical Underground co-exist.
January 20, Inauguration Day!
It ‘s here! The inauguration of Biden/Harris and the end of the disastrous four years of the the trump sham!
Yes, the capitol is an armed fortress with some 25,000 National Guard troops who have been sleeping on the floors of Congress.
Yes, tensions are ratcheted upward in very capitol in the country. One of the many pundits referred to this time as a new Civil War. Maybe it is. But what matters is that trump is gone. Biden wasn’t my choice – Bernie was. But early on, Bernie saw what was happening and endorsed Biden.
He may not be the most exciting choice. But honestly, it will be wonderful to listen to a president who isn’t lying every 5 seconds or firing someone or denigrating his critics on Twitter. It will be near bliss to know we have a woman VP, a cabinet that is efficient but not particularly progressive.
The progressiveness, I think, will grow because people will demand it. Humanity already cries out for it. Orange man was the manifestation of our dark side, that part of our collective psyche that we prefer to keep hidden. Thanks to him – and it’s the only worthwhile thing he did – our hatreds and prejudices are now fully exposed.
How do we heal this?
In the wake of January 6th and trump’s 2nd impeachment coming up, his republican enablers are objecting to a trial in the senate because we “must unite and unify.” Sure. like you guys have done for the last four years.
The real surprise in this sordid picture is Mitch McConnell. No one person should have the power he does. When the house passes a bill, the senate should be obligated to hear it. But since we don’t live in that universe yet, watch Mitch. He has said he may vote for impeachment, but refused to start a trial until next week, when the senate returns from break.
But okay. January 20. Inauguration Day. Good-bye trump and his swamp. Welcome Biden, Harris, and your accomplished team. Welcome democracy!
The countdown by the hour is on!
Catalyst
In novels and movies, the catalyst is the event, the point in time, where an event occurs that alters the life of the protagonist. It’s the harbinger of change. Jessica Brody, in Save the Cat Writes a Novel, writes, “The Catalyst will crash land in your hero’s life and create so much destruction, your hero will have no choice but to do something different. Try something new. Go somewhere else.”
Each of us is the protagonist in our own story. And most catalysts involve synchronicity.
The Catalyst is one of the fifteen beats that screenwriter Blake Snyder identifies in story telling in Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need. It can come as bad news, a divorce, getting fired. It may arrive in the form of seeing the spirit of your dad in the back seat of your car, a Near Death Experience, an alien encounter, a spiritual or creative epiphany. But all catalysts have the same thing in common: you’re kicked out of your status quo thinking and banished from your comfort box, the matrix where you’ve been living.
In the movie Romancing the Stone, the catalyst occurs with the package delivered to Joan Wilder – Kathleen Stone. In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, it’s the arrival of mysterious letters that Harry’s Uncle Vernon won’t let him see and the arrival of Hagrid, announcing that Harry is a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts.
In Stephen King’s Misery, Brody identifies the catalyst as the moment when Annie Wilkes finishes Paul’s Misery’s Child and discovers that Paul “killed off the main character, putting an end to her favorite series…she goes ballistic…then storms out of the room and tells Paul she’s leaving before she does something unwise.’”
What’s the equivalent in our lives now? Well, for us, it’s the January 20 Inauguration.
Stay tuned! Our newest book is based on the ideas in our Mystical Underground podcasts.
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Asparagus Anyone?
We don’t hear many synchronicity stories about vegetables, but here’s one about asparagus. It starts though with a serial synchronicity about kidneys…and there’s a connection. It comes from Jane Clifford, a native of England residing in Wales.
“My daughter, Sophie, had two serious kidney infections this year and thankfully has recovered. Two weeks ago, my best friend of forty-five years had to go to accident and emergency twice with terrible kidney pain diagnosed as a kidney infection.
“Then today Sophie’s best friend’s partner in Switzerland was diagnosed with serious kidney issues and is on dialysis. These things tend to come to me in 3s!
“Anyway, today I was telling Sophie on the phone that years ago I had read about asparagus being amazing medicine for kidneys and it included case histories. I wished I had saved the information to pass it on.
“Hours later, I was visiting a friend’s FB page and there it was, the exact information about asparagus that I want to share! I’m in the flow today, it seems.”
Of course we wanted to know what the connection was between asparagus and kidney issues. What Jane sent began with an article from a former Navy seaman who had been stationed in Key West, Florida.
“In 1986, I worked at the clinic at Naval Air Station on Big Coppitt Key just a few miles north of Key West. The hospital at Key West was for out-patients only for retired armed forces personnel that lived in the area. If you needed to be hospitalized, you were sent to Homestead AFB Florida.
“I had the day off and went inside the hospital. (Corpsman barracks were next to hospital). There was a retired Navy man who worked in the lab, a retired biochemist from the USN. He asked me what was going on that day and I said I had the day off. I told him that I wished I was working, because the crew on today was taking a sailor to Homestead. He had a very bad kidney infection, and needed hospitalization.
“Now this elderly gent told me the man should have eaten more asparagus, and he wouldn’t have that problem. I asked why? I’ll never forget him saying, do you eat asparagus? and I said yes, I love them. He replied you notice how your urine stinks after eating asparagus? I said well I never thought it was what I ate but yes it does have a pungent odor. He said, it was because the asparagus was detoxifying your body of harmful chemicals.
The biochemist later emailed the corpsman the following:
“Several years ago, I met a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a copy of an article, entitled “Asparagus For Cancer” printed in the Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just as it was shared with me: I am a biochemist, and have specialized in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years. “Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project. We have accumulated a number of favorable case histories. Here are a few examples:
“Case No. 1. A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin’s disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise
“Case No. 2. A successful businessman, 68 years old, suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments, including radiation without improvement, he began taking asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.
“Case No. 3. On March 5th 1971, a man who had lung cancer was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the Asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it. By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is now back at his regular business routine.
“Case No. 4. A woman had been troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by the acting specialist as advanced. Within 3 months after beginning asparagus therapy, the skin specialist said her skin looked fine with no more skin lesions. This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which had started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus treatment.
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Hmm, is this stuff true? Asparagus, a cure all, a cancer killer? Why doesn’t the corpsman and the biochemist have names? But the nameless biochemist wasn’t finished. So we read on.
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“I was not surprised at this result. `The Elements of “Materia Medica’, edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones. Note the dates! We would have other case histories, but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy.
“For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using. Fresh or canned asparagus can be used. I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives. Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree. Store in the refrigerator. Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning and evening. Patients usually show some improvement in 2-4 weeks. It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.
“As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent.’ Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold. For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups. The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink. As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer.
“Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell growth normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and in acting as a general body tonic. In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless substance. The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good. It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body’s most potent anticarcinogens and antioxidants.
“Just a side note… In case you are wondering why this has not been made public, there is no profit in curing cancer.”
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Our assessment is that eating or drinking blended asparagus is harmless and nutritious. But does it cure cancer? Well, that’s another matter. It doesn’t take long these days to check out such stories. Here an article about the asparagus therapy. It’s written by Dr. Joe Schwarcz for the McGill Office of Science and Society, a newsletter with the sub-title: Separating Sense from Nonsense. Yes, it’s quite skeptical.
The author, Dr. Joe Schwarcz apparently read the material above, because in his assessment, he notes:
“These stunning results obtained with asparagus therapy are reported by some unnamed biochemist who learned of the discovery from an article in a journal that cannot be found written by Richard Vensal, a dentist who cannot be found.”
Schwarcz’s article is called…”Can Asparagus be a Treatment for Cancer,” but it could’ve been called: “Spare us the Asparagus.”
We had asparagus for dinner this evening with a fish stew I made. Hey, it can’t hurt.
So it goes.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/cancer-controversial-science-food-health-you-asked/can-asparagus-be-treatment-cancer
Brooklyn Ghost Story
Over the past couple of years, our long-time friend Melissa, aka Queenie Bee, has mentioned disturbances in the apartment she shares with husband, Jon. From time to time, she senses another presence and so does her cat whose fur on her back rises up. Was it her imagination. Old buildings are known for making creaking sounds, after all.
But Melissa’s latest encounter seems to suggest something more from the ghosty realm. Here it is.
“Latest installment in our ghost story — last night at about 2:00 AM I went downstairs to sleep on the couch. Jon’s snoring had woken me up and I couldn’t get back to sleep. It wasn’t long though before I was feeling that someone or something was here with me. And Geisha ran over to the kitchen table acting like something was over there.
“She dealt with that and then came over and protected me. She was in a guarding stance and then finally snuggled in and went to sleep. This morning, Jon woke up and immediately told me he had a nightmare and I started laughing hysterically for no reason.
“In his dream ,he saw a dead lady sitting at our kitchen table in the same spot Geisha ran to and where I had felt some other presence. His description of what she looked like did not please me. I think that is weird!
“I thought my imagination was going off on a tangent since I had watched a scary movie earlier in the evening. But then Jon told me his dream. I can tell you for sure it is not Nana or my friend Sarah or anyone I know…unless they are supremely pissed in the afterlife! I told the ghost this morning that we are cool with her presence as long as she is nice.”
So Jon’s dream–as well as Geisha’s reaction–provided Melissa with a sense of verification of her experience. No doubt we’ll hear more. I say that because of Melissa’s actions to welcome the ghost. My preference would be taking action to send the lost being–if that’s what she’s dealing with–on its way into the other world. Doing so is not necessarily done out of fear, but out of compassion.
Perspective – A Year Later
If you look back to last year at this time, there are some eerie parallels. In early January 2020, Trump’s impeachment was winding down – not enough to vote for conviction. I first read about the corona virus. A passing reference, nothing more. I remember because my neighbor was really ill, with three or four hospital stays. I had read about the corona symptoms and they sounded a lot like what my neighbor was experiencing. I asked her husband, a commercial pilot, if he’d flown to China recently.
“Not my route,” he said.
“Annette’s symptoms sound like this new corona virus in Wuhan, Kevin.”
He shook his head and said they’d been told she had a B virus.
On January 10, 2020, when the much talked about Saturn/Jupiter conjunction in Capricorn happened, Wuhan released the genome sequence of the virus. It was around this time that the trump admin was first notified about the virus.
Today is January 13, 2021. The House will vote on the second impeachment of trump, the only time in history that a president has been impeached twice. Thanks to Bob Woodward’s book, we know that trump knew about this virus back in January but chose to ignore it. So as of today, the virus trump said would magically disappear in April, has killed more than 380,000 Americans. But a vaccine is available – if your state has a plan. Florida never had a plan for anything. Our governor, Ron DeSantis is a trump lapdog. But that’s another story.
Here in the east, this is a new moon day, at 23 degrees Capricorn. The moon, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury are all in Aquarius, in trump’s 5th and 6th houses. Saturn and Jupiter will be playing tag for awhile, and now they’re just 2 degrees apart.
Saturn represents the status quo, government, structure, rules, discipline. Jupiter represents expansion, the higher mind and higher education, your worldview, spirituality, luck, synchronicity. Transiting Jupiter at 5 degrees Aquarius in the outer circle of the chart is opposed to Trump’s natal Pluto at 10 Leo in the 12th house, the inner circle. Pluto represents power. The spirituality (conscience?) of people in the government becomes central. Do you vote for a person or for a country? Are you loyal to your ideals, your vows, your moral compass – and the constitution – or are you loyal to a person?
That 23 degree Capricorn moon. I have a superstition about the #23. In the I Ching, that hexagram is called Splitting Apart. Author Robert Anton Wilson collected hundreds of incidents involving that particular number. Capricorn is the sign of government. They have a new opportunity to do the right thing, but thanks to that #23, things may have to split apart first.
Stay tuned for February astrological forecast.
The Power of Symbols
Symbols are powerful. Carl Jung knew it. Rosa Parks knew it. Martin Luther King knew it. Princess Di knew it. And it seems that some members of congress now know it.
The U.S. Capitol is a symbol of democracy. On January 6, it was invaded by a mob that trump had incited. They broke into the chambers of the senate and house of representatives, a shocking metaphor for democracy and freedom under siege.But beneath the symbol, senators and members of Congress cowered in fear in their offices, under desks, behind stacked chairs. Beneath the symbol, the siege became personal.
The fact that the siege was televised all over the world, that international leaders expressed their horror and revulsion at what they were seeing on their televisions, became a humiliation. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have become another type of symbol – that of hungry ambition, without moral compass. Like trump, really.
Another weird symbol during that siege – that mobster wearing horns and what looked like war paint on his face. He didn’t wear a mask, so I suspect he won’t be difficult to identify. But what about the rest of these brainwashed, dangerous idiots?
And will any form of censure be taken against Cruz, Hawley, Cotton? And what about all those members of congress who signed on to object to the certification process even after the siege on the Capitol? Are there consequences for that? And all of this, of course, took place during a major symbol – a pandemic.
According to Worldometer, the U.S. has the highest number of covid cases in the world – 23,340,710 as of today, January 12, with 389,041 total deaths. We also lead the world for the worst failure on the globe for containing this pandemic. Even our vaccine distribution is a joke. These figures are symbols of the trump era.
He never dealt with the pandemic like a leader. He lied.
He never led anything. He lied.
And his lies were believed by his cult followers.
When symbols are broken and created from that rubble, then we’re at the juncture of the old paradigm and the new, an old paradigm that no longer serves us struggling to survive as a new, more egalitarian paradigm moves in, a force of nature.
May impeachment or the 25th amendment get rid of him, please. And then let’s see this conman hit with the fact that the law is coming for him, his tax returns, and his corrupt kids and inner circle.
