Allelopaths

[I hope the lady who gave me this info doesn't mind me sharing it, if she does, I will remove it.]

I was recently recommended as a solution to a personal work I have been doing, the use of Black Walnut, an allelopath. The work being done is in reference to being extremely sensitive to other's thoughts and emotions. The idea being that allelopaths create a natural border around them where very few plants can grow or thrive. Black walnut was recommended being it is the strongest of the allelopathic plants. I've also recently seen some agricultural articles where research is being done on Peppermint oil for it's allelopathic qualities. Also ran across that farmers growing Japonica Rice in certain areas, aiding in controlling the growth and spread of major aquatic weeds, which might be helpful in specific works.

Some others that may be of use:

American Chestnut
Thyme
Purple Sage

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Aside from the Box

My TV blew out several days ago. I had always considered myself not hooked on the tube, but I am instinctually(?) missing it. Several years ago, I didn't watch TV for over a year. (My friends telling me about Dave Chapelle's Show is what brought me back in the fold) So now I am without a hypnotube and what to do? The day seems to go alot slower, which is nice. I can hear the birds outside and spend time paying attention to the trees outside my window. I am finding I have a lot more time to get work done.

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Last night I was relaxing and watching videos on YouTube. I came across this lady named Nancy Today. I really like her videos that I watched. The ones I watched were of her in one of her self-constructed tipis on her wilderness property in Ontario Canada. One day soon, I will be constructing a tipi on my property somewhere in Northern New Mexico or Arizona. Living life outside under the sky...

"I became invisible a few years ago, so I made and wear outrageous flower-covered hats. I'm locally known as the Hat Lady." ~ Nancy Today

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Earthships

And now for some good stuff... :)

Was watching the Science Channel and saw a program called Eco-Tech with a feature on "Earthships", common-sense homes. I had seen these a while ago, and wanted to live in one (I really want to live in a lodge/tipi, maybe one day...).

Lots of info and images to look at.

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Calling on the Rain -- Yemaya -- Pt.3

Here's the pic of the Chana Blue Rain Rice.



Also took pics of some of the Salts and one of the bags of Lucky Green Rice I made over the past several days. Putting them in the next post.

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Beauty for the Day

I just thought I would leave the day with a nice post, showing a lovely landscape. Been thinking a whole lot about living in the desert. I love the New Mexico, Arizona desert spaces. So beautiful and wide. Found this beautiful pic.

Calling on the Rain - - Yemaya / Pt.2

I came up with a recipe for the Rain Rice soon after writing the Pt.1 of this post. I decided to name it after my daughter, since she inspired me to make it -- Chana Blue Rain Rice. I colored it blue with laundry bluing, mixed it with Lavender and several other "smooth-type" healing/love herbs. It calls to mind the scent right before a good rain. I think it will be good for wrapping up and tying in little bundles to wear around the neck. I also have taken the herb combo and made Chana Blue Crystal Salts for bathing, laundry or breathing in the work in steam (from a bowl w/ hot water). Cameras and I don't get along too well, but I would like to post pictures. The color blue came out so nice, looks like the ocean. I will attempt to strike up a truce tomorrow and take some pics.

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Calling on the rain -- Yemaya

My daughter frequently calls the rain. I am not quite sure which emotional state or feelings provoke when she calls the rain, but from what I can see and what she has told me, it appears to be a time when she is feeling a little sad, melancholy maybe?... but I cannot see it on the outside. I can only guess, but it feels as if she need a cooling visit from her 'friend' Yemaya.

Looking up anything about some type of Rain Rice recipes. Wanted to make her some for her to keep in her little bag. I got 'lost' and found a couple of interesting web pages that mentions the calling of rain.

This page on Sacred Texts has a copy of the book "Taboo, Magic, Spirits: A Study of Primitive Elements in Roman Religion" by the author Eli Edward Burriss. I have not heard of it before, but it seems to be the typical arrogant rigid caucasian male view anthropological book, commonly disseminated as academic fact in early 20th and 19th centuries. These types of texts are so ironic to read because of the authors assuredness in their superior intelligence. Despite the obvious assumptions made by the author, there are some interesting descriptions of past communities rain-making that I was not familiar with. I had a somewhat hard time focusing on what I read, so I only skimmed it, but this part struck me:

When Marcus Aurelius was leading his forces against the Quadi in 174 A.D., a drought settled upon their country. According to one account, some Christians who happened to be serving under the Roman standards prayed for rain, and forthwith the heavens overflowed. 16 The pagan account of this rainstorm says that an Egyptian magician procured it from Hermes. 17 We do not have to go to antiquity, however, for evidence of supernatural rain-making. Frazer records 18 a case of rain-making by immersing the statue of a saint in water. He writes: "Beside the old priory of Commagny, a mile or two to the southwest of Moulins-Engilbert, there is a spring of St. Gervais, whither the inhabitants go in procession to obtain rain or fine weather according to the needs of the crops. In times of great drought they throw into the basin of the fountain an ancient stone image of the saint that stands in a sort of niche from which the fountain flows."

It seems the saint in question may have been Saint Honoré and I came across this page about a hydrotherapy station named for him. I will have to look into the Egyptian magic portion of this recount later.

What all this has to do with Rain Rice? Don't rightly know yet... another one of my typically unexpected 2 hour trips down the rabbit hole I suppose. Hope there's something revealing to glean from it.

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Moon Phase Reference

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Moon Phases Calculator


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Quick Days of the Week List

Days of the Week Correspondences:

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Sunday · Leo · orange · fire · Sun

Monday · Cancer · white · water · Moon

Tuesday · Scorpio · red · water · Mars

Wednesday · Virgo/Gemini · yellow/green · earth/air · Mercury

Thursday · Sagittarius/ Pisces · purple/blue · water/fire · Jupiter

Friday · Taurus/Libra · pink/brown · earth/air · Venus

Saturday · Aquarius/ Capricorn · dark blue/black · air/earth · Saturn

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