January 2024

A 12th century Bishop of Rennes asserted the value of thunderstones as a divinely appointed means of securing success in battle, safety on the sea, security against thunder, and immunity from unpleasant dreams

During the Middle Ages many of these well-wrought thunderstones were venerated as weapons, which during the “war in heaven” had been used in driving forth Satan and his hosts. Hence, in the 11th century… Read more.

Jan 3, 2024

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Magic, Religion, Thunderstones
Greeks and Romans, at least from the Hellenistic period onward, used Neolithic stone axeheads for apotropaic protection of buildings including villas, military structures such as barracks, temples, and kilns

The Greeks and Romans, at least from the Hellenistic period onward, used Neolithic stone axeheads for the apotropaic protection of buildings. A 1985 survey of the use of prehistoric axes in Romano-British contexts found forty examples, of which twenty-nine… Read more.

Jan 3, 2024

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Thunderstones
Albanians believed the supreme powers of thunderstones were formed during lightning strikes

Albanians believed in the supreme powers of thunderstones (kokrra e rrufesë or guri i rejës), which were believed to be formed during lightning strikes and to fall from the sky. Thunderstones were preserved in family life… Read more.

Jan 3, 2024

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Cattle, Magic, Pregnancy, Religion, Thunderstones
Humans have been interested in echinoid fossils (the fossilised remains of sea urchins) for millennia, considering them lucky and imbuing them with magical powers linked to their deities

A folk tradition in Denmark and southern England imagined sea urchin fossils to be thunderbolts, able to ward off harm by lightning or by witchcraft, as an apotropaic symbol. Another version supposed they were… Read more.

Jan 3, 2024

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CREATURES, Fishery, Magic, Religion, Thunderstones
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a large multimeric glycoprotein present in blood plasma and produced constitutively as ultra-large VWF in endothelium (in the Weibel–Palade bodies), megakaryocytes (α-granules of platelets), and subendothelial connective tissue

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a blood glycoprotein that promotes hemostasis, specifically, platelet adhesion. It is deficient and/or defective in von Willebrand disease and is involved in many other diseases, including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Heyde’s syndrome, and possibly hemolytic–uremic syndrome. Increased plasma levels… Read more.

Jan 3, 2024

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Blood, Collagen, Complement, Heparin, Metals, Plants, Reproduction, Scleroproteins, Snails, SNAKES 🐍, Spider
Armour & Company (bad blood featuring Factor VIII product Factorate, Revlon, Stevie Nicks’ papa, poison soap, poison baby powder, a ghost town in Missouri involving CDC, EPA and the Crisco Kid, Hexachlorophene and something called 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) and some other bullshit

Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led… Read more.

Jan 2, 2024

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Bad Food, Bad Medicine, Blood