đ„ Salt Snatchers and The Cosmic Stick-Up of Your Soulâs Swagger (WITH RECEIPTS)
There was a time when to steal a manâs salt was to steal the brightness from his bones. Back when salt was the VIP pass to the good life, swiping a dudeâs salt stash was like hacking his crypto wallet, torching his mixtape, and stealing his grandmaâs legendary hot sauce recipe. Salt wasnât j
SCNâ» is like a cipher waiting to be inserted into half-finished equations
Here are a few intriguing, underdeveloped or overlooked domains where SCNâ» could serve as a missing metabolic or symbolic link: đ§ âł 1. Chronobiology and Circadian Disruption The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) â the brainâs master clock â governs circadian rhythms, but its biochemical modu
âïž Alchemyâs Displacement and Chemistryâs Ascension
The French Revolution as both crucible and crucifix The French Revolution didnât just decapitate monarchs â it decapitated paradigms. Chemistry, once entangled with alchemyâs mystical transmutations, emerged as a quantitative, state-sanctioned science. Antoine Lavoisier, often called the Fathe
đ„ Phlogiston vs SCNâ»: The Displaced Flame
Phlogiston (sometimes misrendered as âphlogostinâ) was the name given to a fire-like principle in early chemistry â a substance thought to be released during combustion. It was: It was later debunked and replaced by oxygen theory, but the metaphor lingers: phlogiston was the essence of fire, t
The term “hormesis” derives from Greek hĂłrmÄsis for “rapid motion, eagerness”, itself from ancient Greek hormĂĄein to excite. The same Greek root provides the word hormone.
Hormesis is a two-phased dose-response relationship to an environmental agent whereby low-dose amounts have a beneficial effect and high-dose amounts are either inhibitory to function or toxic. Within the hormetic zone, the biological response to low-dose amounts of some stressors is generall
Fossils as thunderstones
In many parts of southern England until the middle of the nineteenth century, another name commonly used for fossil Echinoids was ‘thunderstone’, though other fossils such as belemnites and (rarely) ammonites were also used for this purpose. In 1677 Dr. Robert Plot, the first keep
Thunderstones in European Folklore
In Scandinavia thunderstones were frequently worshiped as family gods who kept off spells and witchcraft. Beer was poured over them as an offering, and they were sometimes anointed with butter. In Switzerland the owner of a thunderstone whirls it, on the end of a thong, three times around hi
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 the Byzantine emperor sent to the Holy Roman emperor a “heaven axe̶
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 as important cult objects. It was believed that bringing them inside
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 petrified eggs of snakes, able to protect against heart and liver disease, poisons, an
Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like
One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. It has also been used for divination by arrows (which have wooden shafts) – otherwise known as belomancy. Less
Langgan ç ç is the ancient Chinese name of a gemstone which remains an enigma in the history of mineralogy; it has been identified, variously, as blue-green malachite, blue coral, white coral, whitish chalcedony, red spinel, and red jade
It is also the name of a mythological langgan tree of immortality found in the western paradise of Kunlun Mountain, and the name of the classic waidan alchemical elixir of immortality langgan huadan ç çèŻäžč “Elixir Efflorescence of Langgan̶
In Chinese alchemy, elixir poisoning refers to the toxic effects from elixirs of immortality that contained metals and minerals such as mercury and arsenic
In Chinese alchemy, elixir poisoning refers to the toxic effects from elixirs of immortality that contained metals and minerals such as mercury and arsenic. The official Twenty-Four Histories record numerous Chinese emperors, nobles, and&nb
Kaustubha, divine ruby or gem in Hindu mythology
Kaustubha (Sanskrit: à€à„à€žà„à€€à„à€, romanized: Kaustubha, lit.â‘crest jewel’) is a divine ruby or ratnam (gem) in Hindu mythology.[1] This gem is in the possession of Vishnu, granting him the epithet of Kaustubhadhari. It is believed in Hindu scriptures to be the m
HalÄhala or kÄlakĆ«áča poison
HalÄhala (Sanskrit à€čà€Čà€Ÿà€čà€Č) or kÄlakĆ«áča (Sanskrit à€à€Ÿà€Čà€à„à€à€, literally: ‘black mass’ or ‘time puzzle’[1]) is the name of a poison in Hindu mythology. It was created from the Ocean of Milk when the devas and the asuras churned it (see Samu