^..yeah the cd-rom's wicked!
pirateb0b..ain't cheap though..thanks , and thanks also
Spice Mind:d
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..some cultural notes for a future 'book' which needs hurrying up
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also, to me the
Mesquite is like the Acacia of America..Land of the Four Winds>
..the Ghost Dance (
Nanissáanah) was an old plains native american ritual/ceremony associated sources tell me with the Mesquite tree..it gave the warrior, to protect the children and mothers, the power to rise from the dead..the Mesquite tree mezquitamal was a major source of nutrition, in the form of it's gum sugars for infants, and it's seed as flour, and also as an antiseptic medicine..an all-round tree..
.some say .at the Battle of Wounded Knee the warriors thought they could run through a hail of bullets as the Troopers opened fire on what frightened them the most..
On the morning of December 29, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it.[6] A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifle escalated and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry's opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow troopers. Those few Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking troopers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but U.S. cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed.
their bodies lay stiff afterwards in the snow..but perhaps they did this so they truly would rise from the dead..through the trees..and walking through the bardo-worlds..
[In the Lakota] news spread among the reservations of a Paiute prophet named Wovoka, founder of the Ghost Dance religion. He had a vision that the Christian Messiah, Jesus Christ, had returned to earth in the form of a Native American. The Messiah would raise all the Native American believers above the earth. During this time the white man would disappear from Native lands, the buffalo herds and all the other animals would return in abundance, and the ghosts of their ancestors would return to earth — hence the word "Ghost" in "Ghost Dance".
..they are also guardians of the soil, nitrogen-fixers in the family Fabaceae like acacias..a few are also found in africa and asia..
good for 'smudging'..
..alkaloids found in mesquites include harman, tetrahydroharman, tryptamine, NMT, N-acetyl-tryptamine and serotonin, plus some uniquely mezquitamalian compounds..also MAOI flavonoids have been found..
see the entry on Mesquite p.12 linked above for more..some photos below..
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ps. on
SAFETY: please don't orally ingest unknown acacia leaves..the above examples of a. rigidula is good example of why..you don't want oral nicotine..! that said, nicotine seems VERY rare in acacias..
i think
Seldom is really leading the way in devising quick and low cost methods of getting an idea of what alkaloids are in Acacias, without having to use very much plant..or risk..see the top of previous page..
additionally, the concept and use of 're-agents' is fairly straightforward once grasped (and especially seen) ..
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the Angle Isle equivalent to Mesquite and Acacia is
Scotch Broom, also Fabaceae..also interesting contents..loves the Heathers of Scotland ....used to make brooms (to fly with i imagine
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what is Memory? what Form is it? could Plants have deep ones?
now, what's happening out there watchers of the acacia..?
love and respect to the trees..
..and all
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photos: the Ghostance and Mesquite> and scotch broom, paler variety..
., now before you all start asking him "how was it done?", post in the Acacia Extraction Workspace..