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Food for Thought
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After reading Star Fire, I thought to myself, if
it were possible for human beings to extend their longevity, the way to do it
should not be difficult. If it is possible, then it is natural -- right? So
instead of looking for some magic rock to fall from Heaven, we should look for
something right here on earth. Perhaps the secret to immortality or, at least,
extending the lengths of our lives is right in front of us. Perhaps the Gods
were just people who realized this, went searching, and found it. At least,
that's how I feel about it. Check out the following quote:
Lapis Exilis
"is the derivation of lapsit exillis from lapis ex
coelis or lapis de coelis, both of which mean: the stone
from the heavens. Bodo Mergell even suggests that lapsit exillis
might be a contraction of lapis lapsus ex illis stellis, which
translates as: 'the stone which came down from the stars'." --
Johannes and Peter Fiebag, The Discovery of the Grail, translated from
the German by George Sassoon.
A stone doesn't have to be a meteorite
to fall from the sky/heavens, volcanic rocks falls from the sky too. The blast of a volcano
can send ash and rock miles into the sky. For example, in May of 1980, Mount St.
Helens shot debris 12 miles into the sky. The power of a volcano can perform a
kind of magic on stones, too, changing their form and composition. Read the
following carefully.
"I flew up from primeval
matter. I came into being as Khepri; I flourished as a plant; I was hidden like
a turtle. I am the seed of every god. I am yesterday of the four, and of these
seven Uraei who come into being in the eastern land, the great one who
illuminates the people with his body. -- How to assume the form of a Phoenix,
Spell 83, The Papyrus of Ani:
When I read spell 83, I couldn't help but
feel like a volcano or a volcanic rock was talking to me. "I flew up from
primeval matter" sounds like the birth of a volcano, or a rock being ejected out of a
volcano during an eruption. "I came into being
as Khepri;" who was self-created. Volcanoes seem to be self-created. "I flourished as a plant;"
Plants can grow inside volcanoes while they're dormant. And quartz crystals seem to grow and bloom like flowers.
"I was hidden like a
turtle." A volcano is like a shell. This could also be a stone within a
stone. Look at the image of the Corundum below.
I find it very curious that the
little bread cakes were made in the shape of a cone -- like a volcano. Perhaps
even the pyramids themselves were made to represent, or even honor, volcanoes,
having been given a square base, instead of round, perhaps, for ease of their
construction and layout of their interiors. After all,
the word pyramid itself means "fire in the center." And if volcanoes
can create
a special stone that can give longevity, or even immortality, who wouldn't
worship volcanoes?!
"An interpretation of the
grail as a simple meteorite is alluringly simple, but unfortunately it does not
explain how this heavenly stone should be able to provide food, and why it was,
as described by Chr�tien, decorated with jewels, made of gold,
and emitted a bright light." -- Johannes and Peter Fiebag, The
Discovery of the Grail, translated from the German by George Sassoon.
"Made of gold" he says.
Wherever there is gold, there is quartz, and possibly other kinds of volcanic
rock. "Decorated with jewels" he says. Just look at the volcanic rock
in the images below. There are many other kinds. I could not include an image of
all of them. Might one of them hold the key to immortality?
Corundum
(aluminum oxide). Known in India from the beginning of historic times.
Corundum occurs in a wide range of colors. With the exception of the ruby, all
of the colored varieties are commonly given the name of sapphire. Corundums
sometimes exhibit the phenomenon of asterism (the six rayed star). This is
caused by the presence in the stone of a lattice of fine needles of rutile. The
star appears to shimmer across the surface of the stone with the least movement.
Although there are many sources of corundum, the best stones are found in
pockets in volcanic rocks
and in the re-crystallized calcite of Burma, and the alluvium of Sri Lanka and
Thailand.
 
Quartz
is one of the most widespread of minerals. It is found in the acid igneous
rocks, in pegmatites, in hydrothermal lodes, and in crystalline schists. Chalcedonies
are of secondary origin because they were formed as crusts and concentrations in
the sources of thermal springs or as amygdules in basic volcanic
rock.
Opals
are a hydrated form of silicon oxide with an amorphous structure. One of the
most beautiful gems, the opal is translucent and bathed in a milky light or
`opalescence� shot with lively spectral colors. Opals can be found as nodules
or encrustations in volcanic rocks
such as andesite or trachyte.
Prehnite.
(calcium aluminum acid silicate), Green, jade like or with a gray or brownish
tinge. A mineral of secondary origin, it is found in granites, gneiss,
micaschists and basic volcanic
rocks in France, the USA and Australia.
Iolite or Cordierite
(magnesium iron alumino-silicate). A good blue stone, strongly pleochroic (deep
blue/grey-blue/grey-yellow). It is found in certain volcanic
rocks and lavas, and in some metamorphic
rocks.
Obsidian.
A dark brown or black volcanic
glass sometimes with fine chatoyancy.
The best obsidians came from Mexico, where they were magnificently worked by the
Aztecs. Well known among the ancient peoples of the east, obsidian was also
valued in Kenya and Abyssinia during the middle and upper Paleolithic.
Other sources: Classification of Gems, http://www.trappgem.com,
and The Mineral Gallery, http://mineral.galleries.com/.
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