The White Book by Guest Writer Ariel Alexander

FIRST AND LAST PAGE

I want to thank all of you, everyone and everything who made this work possible.

I have smoked this moment with the Sacred Pipe we made here this year. (1995)

CHANUNPA KI WAKAN INYAN SHA CHAN WAKAN.

I dedicate this work to the 5^th World of Peace, to the WHIRLING RAINBOW, to the UNION OF MALE AND FEMALE, RIGHT AND LEFT-HAND PATHS, THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING.

TO MOTHER EARTH, AND FATHER SKY, TO GRANDFATHER SUN AND GRANDMOTHER MOON, TO THE SEVEN DIRECTIONS, SOUTH, NORTH, WEST, EAST, TO THE GREAT STAR NATION, TO ALL SKY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO THE THUNDER BEINGS, TO ALL GREATER INVISIBLE BEINGS AT ALL LEVELS, TO ALL SMALLER INVISIBLE BEINGS AT ALL LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WE CALL ‘VIRUSES AND BACTERIA,’ TO THE SUBTERRANEANS, DWELLERS BENEATH THE EARTH, TO THE STONE PEOPLE AND THE STANDING PEOPLE, TO ALL FLYING BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO ALL SWIMMING BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO ALL FOUR-LEGGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO THE INSECT TRIBES, TO THE FOUR GREAT SPIRITS OF EARTH, WATER, AIR, AND FIRE, TO ALL TWO-LEGGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO ANYONE I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO SHOULD BE THANKED AND REMEMBERED HERE AND NOW, TO HEYOKA. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

PLEASE HELP……………

FACING PAGE

I have been working on this project for several years. A woman asked me to do it. When I held the Medicine Lodge in the French Rainbow gathering in the PYRENEES last year (95) a German brother came to one of the circles I was focalising with the following dream,

‘that he found himself facing an open (I think) Mummy Case, with a body wrapped in bandages like the Egyptians did for their dead. He was in 2 conflicting minds or parts. One part knew the ‘dead body’ was somehow a part of himself that he should embrace, literally, and another part was very scared, saying that if he did this he would get some awful disease.’

‘So did you undo the bandages and embrace this part of yourself that is supposed to be ‘long dead?’ I asked him?

‘No,’ he said. ‘I couldn’t face it. I couldn’t do it. I had to turn and walk away.’

He still brought me the dream, though, and I fully translated it for him.

‘You’ve got a bad case of METAPHOROSIS,’ I said to him. And then, the voice of the left side spoke in my left ear, and said,

‘NO! NOT ‘METAPHOROSIS, BUT METAMORPHOSIS!’

So here by Great Mother’s Grace is exactly that, subtitled

‘TALK TO THE MEDICINE LODGE,’

Or, ‘THE DICTIONARY OF SYMBOLIC SYMPTOMS,’ or something like that,

It’s only taken me 30 years………more like 50 now………………………………………

COPYRIGHT ARIEL ALEXANDER 1996/2012/2020

 

CONTENTS:

PART ONE INTRODUCTION (1993)(pages 5-8)

NEW PREFACE (2020)(8-9)

PART TWO THE HEAD (10-11) THE EYES (12-16) THE EARS (17-19)

THE NOSE (19-25) THE MOUTH (32-42)

PART THREE THE NECK (32-33) THE THROAT (34) THYROID etc. (38-39)

PART FOUR THE TRUNK/TORSO (42) THE CHEST (44) etc.

THE HEART (44) BLOOD DISORDERS (54-63)

THE LUNGS (63-65)/LUNG DISORDERS (65-80)

THE THYMUS (80-81) ENDOCRINE DISORDERS (81-85)

THE BREASTS (85-86)

THE ARMS, HANDS, FINGERS (86-90)

PART FIVE THE ABDOMEN (91 et seq)) THE STOMACH,(93-95) INTESTINES (95-104) THE LIVER (104-112) THE PANCREAS (110)

DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS (110-112)

THE KIDNEYS (112-119) THE SPLEEN (119-124)

THE PELVIS (124), THE BLADDER (124–129)

THE PROSTATE (129)/THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (129-133)

THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (133-144)

SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASE (144-151)

AIDS/HIV (151-155)

PART SIX THE HIPS, THE LEGS, THE FEET (155-160)

PART SEVEN THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (160-177)

PART EIGHT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM (178-180), THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM (180-182)

PART NINE THE SKIN (182), SKIN DISORDERS (182-192)

PART TEN THE SKELETON (192) THE BONES (192-197)

PART ELEVEN ‘LEFTOVER LIFE TO KILL (197).’‘PLAGUE (198-201),

LEPROSY(201-202),

CHILDHOOD CONFLICT SPECIALS (202-205),

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (205-206),

CANCER (206-207), POLIO (207-208), MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY/

MYOPATHY (208-209) ‘what a waste….’

PART TWELVE ‘TO ALL MY RELATIONS’

‘THE DICTIONARY OF SYMBOLIC SYMPTOMS,’

PART ONE INTRODUCTION

At last, by popular request, I have dragged myself away from the writing of ‘New Ball Game II’ to work on the first divinely guaranteed ‘to be as fairly accurate as I can possibly make it’ dictionary of symbolic symptoms.

We have been working with symbolic symptoms as a direct representation of the psychic – psychological – spiritual inner process for a long time now. I first began to realise the validity of this process in 1980, when I had to ‘FACE’ the fact that I could not be certain of my ability to read a number plate at 30 or so yards for my U.K. driving test.

I got the free NHS glasses, read the number plate, and passed the test, but was FACED with the quandary that I had begun to become aware that my unreliable fuzzy eyesight was not simply due to hereditary weakness: both my parents and my brother who lived with them wore glasses, but that there were other factors involved.

I had begun to become aware that the defect in my apparently ‘outer’ eyesight was in fact a ‘REFLECTION’ of a defect in my INNER vision, that there were things that ‘I wasn’t allowing myself to SEE.’ I realised that I would have to FACE them, allow myself to SEE them, no matter how UNPALATABLE I or parts of myself might find them, no matter how BITTER some of the information might TASTE, I would have to SWALLOW it and DIGEST it, if I wanted to keep my eyesight.

As you can SEE, our common language is already well and truly laced with symbolic and metaphoric uses of words which convey deeper levels of meaning which stand behind the obvious superficial meanings. In the ‘Freudian slip’ sense, our words can give us away, reveal the true meaning which parts of our ego are trying to hide.

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS go HAND in HAND with our INNER PROCESS. This is the same as saying that there is no OUTSIDE without an INSIDE. You would think that would be obvious, a truism, but there are many people who think that there is no inner spiritual life, that the only insides that people have are, as the Concise Oxford Dictionary says, ‘stomach and bowels.’

You cannot expect materialists to take spiritual life into account. No matter what their professional qualifications may be, that would be a contradiction in terms. For whatever reasons, if they believe the human body to be nothing more than a machine, and attempt to treat it accordingly, they will ignore or ridicule any information that does not agree with their version of ‘reality.’ They may even angrily or forcefully insist that ONLY their versions and explanations of reality can possibly be correct.

This book is not being written for such people. I kept my eyesight, and you can too. I do not wear glasses. (still don’t in 2020) If you fear to stray from orthodoxy, the mainstream of what is currently socially acceptable, then you will be best served if you stay with conventional medical opinion and treatment: this approach is not for you.

Nearly forty years of work as a healer in the hands-on sense, convinced me that we have to work from the inside OUT, from the inner meaning to the outer manifestations, if we are not to simply mess around with external symptoms. It does not matter if we call ourselves ‘conventional’ or ‘unconventional’, allopathic or homeopathic, ‘normal’ or ‘alternative’.

Worse still, my experience convinced me that the object of our work is NOT to look at the symptoms as a problem which is successfully solved if they are removed, got rid of!

Not a bit of it! If we get rid of the symptoms without understanding their inner meaning, the CONTEXT of the LIFE PROCESS in which they appear, they will re-present themselves at a later date in some other, usually more serious form. In other words, the symptoms are trying to get us to recognise something, tell us something. They are INFORMATION, a COMMUNICATION from the LIFE PROCESS which we ignore, or attempt to suppress AT OUR OWN RISK.

It may be that we have become divorced from our roots in Nature, that we are literally out of touch, that we have lost the ability to FEEL. Pain brings this sort of information FORCIBLY to our ATTENTION. If the ethos to which we subscribe is to eliminate the pain without understanding it, them we have missed the point entirely.

We may agree to having parts of our physical bodies removed, with the end purpose of living a pain-free life. In actual fact, this is the externalisation of an extreme form of AVOIDANCE of INNER CONFLICT. WE CANNOT AVOID THE INNER CONFLICT, THE NEED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE QUESTION OF WHAT (OUR) LIFE IS FOR, BY PURELY EXTERNAL MEANS. We have to GET TO GRIPS WITH IT, WRESTLE with it, engage in the STRUGGLE.

Pain-killing drugs are the ego’s attempt to continue the life which avoids the conflict, to overrule the message from the INNER LIFE PROCESS. The pain is actually bringing the symbolic message to our notice. If we successfully avoid the information, distract ourselves from getting to grips with the conflict, why do we think that we are somehow cured, that life will not ‘up the ante, raise the stakes?’

If one set of symptoms are not enough to force us to take notice, another more ‘LIFE, or more likely LIFESTYLE-THREATENING,’ i.e. that threatens our ego-friendly view of life, certainly will. Psychic-Spiritual problems cannot be suppressed with drugs OR cut away with the surgeon’s blade, no matter how skilled the user. They will simply recur in some other form, unless and until we get to grips with them. Therefore it is our own best interest to understand the message which the INNER LIFE PROCESS is transmitting to our outer lives through the medium of our physical bodies. Failure to do this WILL have serious consequences.

I would like to have been able to say ‘MAY have serious consequences,’ but that would be evading the issue. I have not noticed LIFE letting us off the disease process simply because we CHOOSE or PREFER to be ignorant, to AVOID CONFRONTATION and RESPONSIBILITY. If I sweeten the pill, if I compromise or ‘sanitise’ the information, I will be avoiding MY responsibility. These days, BLUE PILL? or RED PILL? Has become a meme for how much propaganda we WILL or WON’T accept.

We arrived at our present level of understanding of the symbolic symptom process through years of continuous dream-work, which has taught us quite a lot about the symbolic process. Dreams, visions, fantasies, myths and legends, as C.G. Jung clearly understood and demonstrated in a lifetime of work, reveal the same information at a prior level, which to us is less substantial, much harder to ‘GET HOLD OF.’

I had been working with permanent psychic groups since 1986. In August of 1991 we were directed to add full-time dream-work to our daily work, and we have continued ever since. In doing so we have verified and extended much of the work of C.G. Jung. He himself understood quite a lot about what he called ‘Psychogenic’ symptoms, as can be read in his autobiographical biography ‘Memories, Dreams, Reflections,’ for example, but in general he appeared to be afraid of outraging conventional medical opinion. He also believed that you could NOT make a working dictionary or encyclopedia of Dream Symbols. I think we proved him wrong. It has to stay flexible, though.

In our work we translated the dreams of everybody in the group every day, and analysed them. They were properly written up and added to the ongoing collection. We also dealt with the dreams of people outside the permanent group who either came and stayed with us for a while, or who sent or related dreams to us which had been troubling them.

Through this continuous dream-work, the place which the ‘individual’ human body takes in the symbolic process stands out, and becomes clear. When MY body appears in a dream, the body, that is, of the author of this writing, ME, it refers to one particular view of the context in which my ‘individual’ ego finds itself – MY-self in life. If I see ‘my-self walking,’ that is easily translated as ‘me on the walk of life.’ Further to this, if my body is clothed, it becomes, ‘my cover-ups on the walk of life.’ The ego is hidden beneath whatever cover-ups, conventional or outlandish.

If we extend this way of looking to the waking level of what we call our everyday consciousness, we can focus with much greater ease onto ‘my individual body,’ and what is happening to it. As you will see, we can focus down on individual limbs, organs, symptoms, and apply the same ‘psychic’ way of looking at the message behind the appearances, but without abandoning or losing sight of the overall context of what ‘I’ the apparent individual is doing.

If ‘I’ am experiencing disease or difficulty, it is within the overall context, and we will fail to get to the heart of the matter if we do not adopt a holistic approach.

The dream process is in fact much more difficult to get to grips with, for obvious reasons: the dreams are not what we consider to be OBJECTIVE. They are evanescent, they are easy to tamper with, to distort, to exaggerate, to hide. On the other hand, for us, physical symptoms can last a long time, even a lifetime, and it is hard to hide them from a determined and thorough examination. The long tradition of medical diagnosis is well-equipped to identify and categorise them.

My argument with the medical profession is not about what the symptoms ARE, it is about what they MEAN in the overall context of our lives, and what the best thing to do about them is.

Thus the first thing to do is to identify them, then to look as clearly and as carefully at them as is possible. To this end, assuming that a symptom is either obvious, or has been very carefully medically diagnosed, I propose to first of all look at the body as it is, as if it were standing in front of us.

The symbolic process tends to group or clump symbols together in a sort of agglomeration, like a heap or a pile, rather than the linear fashion in which the intellect strives to operate. So to try to stay more true to the symbolic process, we will look at each part of the body in turn, in so far as we can, instead of say alphabetically.

The first part of the body we will consider is the head, the part which includes the feature of the body which for us absolutely differentiates us from all other people, that premier symbol already referred to, the FACE.

Hi! Everybody: somehow it’s late 2012. (Now September 2020) And I have finally been nagged into agreeing to re-editing what is existentially Part II of The White Book.’ I have often complained that it’s out of date and needs revising and augmenting, because I didn’t fully realise what it was going to turn out to be when I started it. Or that it would take me most mornings for two years….but it seems to have been very popular in samizdat restricted form, So I have given up refusing and objecting. Let’s see what happens……..Ariel X

2020. New Preface. September 15 2020.

Having reached page 208 (it took me about 10 days non-stop so far) I’ve been wrangling with myself over whether to include ‘Lyme Disease,’ but I have no experience, although we did (and still do) with tick bites. Is Lyme Disease ‘the Beast from Plum Island?’ I haven’t tried to account for what government biological warfare labs have unleashed on the unsuspecting military and the general population. There is a wide body of evidence for this going back 100 years at least, Not to mention poisoning the ethnic minorities.

The fakedemic ‘virus’ is so omniprevalent currently that I have found it easier to dip in and out of it as the fancy took me through the revisions. What can you say about a disease that DOESN’T EXIST?

I face supermarket managers and cashiers and anyone else unmasked and tell them, ‘Wassamatter? Can’t you tell a world geopolitical fascist takeover when you see one?’The prognosis for this one is NOT PARTICULARLY GOOD. They have successfully created a MASS PSYCHOSIS in the general population, whom they are planning to reduce by at least 75% by 2025. (see Deagel.com) They are deliberately destroying the social fabric, such as it is, in preparation.

Through personal experience, I believe that EMF produces and aggravates respiratory symptoms which are being identified as Covid19/SARS-2-COV, and that 5G is/will make EVERYTHING EXPONENTIALLY WORSE.

I still agree with Carl Jung that you literally have to hear a voice calling you, to be able to say that you have a VOCATION. I began hearing that voice at 8 years old, then 18 years old, so it was only a matter of time. You may have to hang around for a bit until the power whatever you want to call it makes its purposes and intentions clear, or you may find yourself chucked in at the deep end.

DO YOUR BEST.

DO YOUR BEST TO DO NO HARM.

So let’s have a couple of special mantras to introduce the 2020 revised version.

‘THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS.’

‘Cancer is a socially-acceptable method of committing suicide.’

‘Cancer is GROWTH AT ANY COST.’

SYMPTOMS:

‘What does it make you do?’

‘What does it STOP you doing?’

‘THE BODY DOESN’T LIE.’

Collective symptoms held within a family WILL affect the children and PETS as well.

You have to become a detective because the ones holding the negative information energy matrix will ALWAYS hide the facts, attempt to conceal the truth.

The ‘human body’ (holobodygram) is a marvellously complex experience of interlocking, interdependent processes, and MUST BE CONSIDERED in relation to its CONTEXT insofar as you are able to establish it. Without this context, you are basically flailing in the dark.

You have to analyse the symptoms and the context according to dream language, NOT the language of cause and effect.

Thanks and blessings to anyone who ever worked in my medicine areas.

Thanks to Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Erich Neumann, Alice Miller, Louise Hay, Rudolf Steiner, G.I.Gurdjieff, Thorwald Dethlefsen and Rudiger Dalke, who showed me the way.

This life is a spiritual journey and it is best to treat it as such. It’s not over til it’s over and I can’t see the fat lady yet.

Love Ariel. x

PS I am using British English spelling, although the word processor program keeps jerking back to American spelling by itself. Chauvinist programs, huh?

PPS I COULD do an INDEX of every listed ailment alphabetically as before, but it would mean a lot more work. The 1996 version was done by 2 people who WANTED to do it.

PART TWO THE HEAD

If the body, MY body is viewed as the symbolic main, most intimate vehicle for MY journey, the journey of the supposedly separate ego through life, then it is clear that we already know that we refer to the principal part, the ruler of an organisation as ‘the head’.

So without any further ado, we have the immediate realisation that our language already expresses the fact that the ego views the head as the most important part of itself.

The head contains the eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Thus the majority of what for the ego are the most important information channels, are located in this single part of the body.

It contains the brain, so we associate reason and our thinking capacity with the head. It contains the teeth, without which it would be impossible to ‘get our teeth into’ anything. Our food goes into it, the material intake is there tasted, spat out or swallowed. Our speech comes out of it. It contains special facilities and faculties which are hardly understood: for example, the sinuses, corresponding to what we call intuition, breathing in and processing information potentially across the entire air level: important endocrine glands which are part of a complex self-governing feedback system of chemical triggers, and so on.

The ‘front,’ our ‘façade,’ the part that we present to the world and show to other people, the part that for us identifies us, separates and distinguishes us from all other people: the FACE is on the fore part. We can see this front part reflected in a single mirror. Oddly enough though, because our eyes face forwards, and we can only see what is ‘before us, in front of us,’ it takes two mirrors to see the back of our own heads.

In the beginnings of male-pattern baldness, the most hair is often lost at the top and back, the crown of the head, where ‘I, the ego’ cannot see it, unless I use the two mirrors, or someone else ‘mirrors’ the state of things for me. ‘Keep your hair on!’ Symbolically, in the same way, we also need compassionate observers to mirror our behaviour to keep us up to speed on what we are really up to. Hair has been a BIG ISSUE in my life. For decades I have tried to keep it in all senses as long as possible. The first peron to OFFICIALLY tell me to ‘Get your hair cut,’ was Cardinal Archbishop Godfrey, when I was 7, and I have basically been rebellious ever since. Some think it functions as an antenna, keeping us in contact with higher levels or frequencies, and nowadays, I think we need all the help we can get.

Without the flexible jaw, we would be unable to speak or eat. Its most protruding point, the lowest part of the face, is where we ‘take it on the chin, keep our chin up,’ I.e., meeting adversity.

In actual fact, though, regardless of the identification of the separate ego with the HEAD, and its supposed exaggerated importance, the head is actually in dynamic balance with the HEART, with the FEELING centre of the body, and many of the aches and pains which afflict ‘MY POOR HEAD’ are a direct consequence of the ego’s attempt to subordinate the feeling function to the thinking process.

Headaches FORCE us to FEEL in/with our HEADS…’ It gives me a headache’ tells us that we are trying too hard to think our way around a ‘problem.’ We have pushed our feelings too much aside, and the ever faithful LIFE PROCESS is FORCING US to feel, whether the ego likes it or not.

STROKE: a serious Cerebro-vascular event, the Stroke, or Apoplexy, upsets our applecart, ruins our plans ‘at a stroke.’ The blood flow to the brain is interrupted, showing directly how the HEART and BRAIN MUST work together in harmony, or risk the death of the ego-body.

The ability to feel and move is affected. At a stroke, we are literally paralysed, unable to continue our lives in the way that the ego wants and considers ‘normal.’

One half of the body may be paralysed, that on the opposite side from the affected part of the brain. This is called hemiplegic. If the left side of the brain is affected, we may lose the power of speech, or the ability to recognise and understand it. There is often weakness in the FACE on the affected side. The features (sic) droop.

Straight away we can see the meaning of the symptoms: ‘I’ (the ego) AM PARALYSED ON MY THINKING, RIGIDLY CONTROLLED/CONTROLLING (RIGHT) SIDE plus I AM, or MAY BE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE, or in extreme cases, UNABLE TO RECOGNISE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE AFFECTED SIDE AT ALL. I AM FORCED TO RELAX MY RIGIDLY HELD FACE, MY ‘MASK.’ I (the ego) AM FORCED TO LET GO, TO PART WITH MY VIEW OF MY PLACE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.

Symbolically speaking, fluids in the body represent different aspects of the psyche, the ‘LESS SOLID’ ASPECTS of LIFE ENERGY. Literally BLOOD FLOW, pumped by the HEART, the centre of feeling, the more REAL and VITAL centre of the ego-body, is the pressurised fluid (of) feeling, or just simply FEELING ITSELF. If it clots in the arteries to produce a stroke, the moving FEELING, the fluid life force is SOLIDIFYING. Our feelings are slowing down, turning solid, stopping moving. (Some clever engineer- doctors think the Heart is NOT A PUMP at all, and operates using VORTEX technology.)

When this passes a certain point, the poor ego-brain, convinced that it is the ruler which can survive without feeling, suddenly finds that it can‘t. It is totally dependent on the feeling/psychic system, which it has hitherto simply taken for granted.

It is all very well for the ego-brain to think that it can objectify everything: i.e. live a completely MATERIAL life, as we will see when we examine hardening or solidifying symptoms in other parts of the body, but the spiritual/psychic side WILL OUT. It can only be denied up to a certain point. Ultimately it does not matter WHAT the ego thinks.

In the 1960’s many of us felt it very important to be ‘OUT of out HEADS, OFF our HEADS; to live less rigidly-intellectually-materialistically than previous generations did. Collectively, this social phenomenon showed the reaction that was taking place against the ‘post World War 2, Cold War, material progress’ ethos. Where the human race is going, and what constitutes ‘PROGRESS’ are questions which concern us JUST AS MUCH as so-called INDIVIDUALS, as it does for humanity as a whole. At the larger level, the visible symptoms are LARGER, like the holes in the ozone layer, pollution, the extinction of species, collapse of the food chain in the oceans through pollution and over fishing, destruction of rain forests, etc. etc.

We discussed hair: it covers up and protects the ‘thinking part of me.’ In out society long hair is still seen as a female attribute rather than male, although this is changing to some extent. Short hair on men used to be demanded as an act of conformity, to flout this was an open act of rebellion. As particularly men lose their hair, the FACE is more exposed, the ‘supreme ruler’ becomes obviously more vulnerable, and as with all symptoms, particularly visible ones, our attention is drawn to a specific message about the need for more ‘FEELING IN THE HEAD,’ because this is what it is forcing us to do, as well as forcing us to accept a different view of ourselves to the one ego would prefer.

Thus the loss of hair can again be seen as a loss to do with the female, more FEELING side, a more fluid, flexible part of the head. The same is true if it dries out, loses its natural oils, becomes of condition, brittle, and breaks easily.

I have often heard it said that as more women take the ‘HEAD’ positions in business, the managerial jobs which were always previously held by men, more and more women have begun to exhibit ‘male pattern baldness.’ (ALOPECIA) Stress factors come into play here. Hair is also clearly one of the parts of the body which demonstrates rapid growth. To cut it short hides this meaning in the same manner as does baldness, although not in such a final way. Not to mention wigs, hair pieces and implants, and all the implications therein.

In the story, legend or myth of Samson in the Old Testament, (Judges 13-17) it is described how Samson’s uncut hair was the outward sign of his dedication to God, which gave him superhuman strength.

THE EYES.

As our eyes and eyesight represent INNER VISION, we have only to LOOK directly at what any symptoms are telling us:

SHORT-SIGHTED: The ability to only see what is close to us, what is important to ME, what I think affects ME. It has a very well known figurative meaning: that we are concentrating on close details to the extent that we are missing or ignoring the BIGGER PICTURE, with potentially damaging results.

LONG-SIGHTED: The opposite. I am only able to see what is well away from ME, the ego-body. Obviously, in short-sightedness what is outside my immediate vicinity is too painful, uncomfortable or difficult for me to SEE properly, and in long-sightedness the reverse. What is too CLOSE to me, what is all around me is too painful, uncomfortable or difficult for me to LOOK AT IT.

I say this because dream-work has shown us that the symbolic meaning of glass is ‘what the continuum of society uses to see through, but to AVOID FEELING, AVOID NATURE, like the windows of a house.’ (Symbols are ALL AROUND US, but we often or even usually look past them, or through them, programmed not to SEE.)

The windows of the house allow you to see through them, but they protect the interior from the wind (Holy Spirit) the AIR level, and the rain. (Psyche) , the FLUID level. The ‘house’ is the continuum of human existence itself through the maternal side.

Place the glass over the portholes through which the inner vision looks out at the ‘outside world,’ and it is easy to see that spectacles, GLASSES are like the aforementioned PAINKILLERS, allowing us to continue over-ruling and over-riding the messages from the LIFE PROCESS. In other words out old friend AVOIDING FEELING, yet again. Although life has sent us a clear message about our DEFICIENT INNER VISION, we are able to ignore it with the prosthetic aid of GLASSES, (or contact lenses) and go on as if nothing had happened.

Unless we are willing to explore our INABILITY TO SEE, whether as the subjectivity of short-sightedness, ‘EVERYTHING’ from the POINT OF VIEW of my ego,’ or ‘EVERYTHING AT A SAFE DISTANCE’ (from my ego) of long-sightedness, we miss the point, miss the message. It’s just another COVER UP.

COLOUR-BLIND: Through our years of dreamwork we finally began to get a handle on the symbolic meaning of colour. For this reason I think the subject is a bit more complex than any explanation I have yet seen in print, in any book, no matter how generally enlightened.

First, what colour(s) cannot be SEEN. WHAT COLOUR(S) AM I, the ego-body UNABLE TO SEE. Some medical textbooks say that colour-blindness begins at birth, and cannot happen later, also that RED-GREEN is the most common type. They also say that men are more prone to it than women.

RED: The colour of CONFLICT. Meaning: I CANNOT SEE THE CONFLICT.

GREEN: GROWTH. Meaning: I CANNOT SEE ANY GROWTH – PROGRESS.

BLACK: THE PSYCHE. The colour of the world of the PSYCHE is dark.

WHITE: THE EGO. For the ego, white is the colour of purity, spirituality. The ego’s world is light, bright, ‘daylight.’ or inside a building, bright electric light.

BLUE: The ego’s idea or version of the colour of the PSYCHE.

BROWN: Nearly, but not quite the psyche. The colour of the ‘dark wood’ (as in Dante) Often a symbol of the psyche, occurring ‘quite naturally’ in the ego’s world of ‘light’.

YELLOW: The colour of gold, of great value to the ego, and the ‘sunlight’ colour of the ego’s world.

SILVER/GREY: Nearly white.

Each case must be carefully assessed. This information is again unfortunately NOT EGO-FRIENDLY. I do not expect individuals to like it. If we can only see combinations of GREY, BLACK and WHITE, I, the ego-body cannot see any colour, there is no colour IN MY WORLD, or ‘IT’S ALL THERE IN BLACK and WHITE.’ ALL I, THE EGO CAN SEE IS THE CONTRAST (and/or the combination) between the EGO (me) and the PSYCHE. (the unknown.)

If colour-blindness or indeed any other symptom is said to ‘run in families,’ a COLLECTIVE statement is being made, which is obviously beyond the idea of ‘separate individuality.’ It is ludicrous for us to imagine that we only get our colour of eyes and hair, shape of nose from our parents. INNER COLLECTIVE PSYCHIC SYMPTOM STATEMENTS are actually the RULE, rather than the exception. Thus you will often get whole families wearing glasses, a sure sign that they are preventing each other from SEEING THE OBVIOUS.

CATARACT: The actual lens of the eye(s) becomes opaque, cloudy, foggy. The eyesight (I, SIGHT) itself becomes less clear, and application of GLASSES does not help. Therefore in the case of progressive rather than what is called ‘congenital’ cataract, the ego’s LACK OF INNER VISION has passed the point where simply AVOIDING THE FEELINGS which the ego does not want to recognise, has any effect. The ego-body is now heading for BLINDNESS, the final physical manifestation of ‘I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING AT ALL.’ That is to say, ‘I can’t see ANYTHING OUTSIDE ‘ ME,’’

An acrylic ‘NON-FEELING’ lens is surgically implanted in the eyeball. In this case, the ego-body concerned is no longer able to discriminate. It can no longer tell that it is ACTUALLY UNABLE TO SEE. Conventional treatment allows us to deceive ourselves, and ‘successfully’ avoid looking at the fact that we can’t really SEE, any more.

Congenital cataract means exactly what it says, that this near blindness is collective, not individual, already embedded in the family structure. It does not mean that it CANNOT be altered by understanding, just that it is likely to be even more difficult.

GLAUCOMA: The pressure of the fluid inside the eye is raised, either slowly or quickly. The channel which allows the fluid (aqueous humour) to flow away is restricted or blocked, with resulting pressure on the retina and optic nerve. Vision is blurred, difficult to see at the sides.

ACUTE: coming abruptly to a crisis. Severe symptoms, short duration.

CHRONIC: lingering, long-lasting, without rapid change. Neither definition is an index of seriousness.

In acute glaucoma there may be a lot of pain in the eye, redness of the eye, and associated headaches. The pain unmistakably draws the attention. The redness shows the location and symbolic meaning: CONFLICT AT THE EDGES OF THE VISION WITH SOMETHING ‘I’ (the ego-body) WON’T LOOK AT DIRECTLY. (I ONLY SEE WHAT’S DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME.)

The headaches show that as before, it’s a feeling matter for the ego, SOMETHING I DON’T WANT TO FEEL. Pain in the eyes states, ‘IT’S THE FEELING PART OF THE SEEING PROGRESS.’ The wide view vanishes. It’s as if ‘I CAN ONLY SEE WHAT I WANT TO SEE.’ It’s as if ‘I’M BLINKERED.’

Combine this with ‘INTERNAL PRESSURE IN WHAT I SEE WITH,’ and it is quite clear that the ego ‘IS IN CONFLICT – WITH AN INTERNAL PRESSURE – AVOIDING FEELING – SOMETHING I DON’T WANT TO SEE.’

So what is it that ‘I’ (the ego) am refusing to look at? An internal pressure to avoid seeing…..what? Internal pressure has different levels of meaning: that there is a push from ‘inside’ to avoid seeing. Literally translated this means that there is a family pressure to avoid seeing. What the family wishes the sufferer to avoid seeing is usually the psyche, the spiritual world, because conversely, what disappears from I-SIGHT in all cases which involve blindness of any sort is, of course, the ego’s world. That is why in glaucoma only the centre of the psyche, steadily creeps in around the edges. I will deal with a specific case of significant ‘family pressure’ a little later on down the line.

Looking at it another way, some sources have chosen to concentrate on the increased fluid pressure within the eyeball, and call it ‘the pressure of uncried tears.’ Liquid, remember, is a common psychic symbol.

Chronic glaucoma can sneak up slowly, so that the sufferer, usually an older person does not notice what is happening. It is generally more difficult for us to change as we get older and more habituated.

MACULAR DEGENERATION: The leading cause of loss of I-SIGHT of people over 50 in the Western world is the degeneration of the macula, the area of greatest visual acuity and sensitivity which provides our central vision, our area of greatest focus. Sufferers lose the capacity to recognise fine detail. Which speaks for itself, practically AND symbolically. ‘The devil’s in the details.’

The area of central vision becomes more or less a dark circle. This is particularly significant because the dark or black circle which actually ‘appears’ in the centre of vision is the psychic symbol for psychic/spiritual GROWTH, which is presumably what is lacking in the sight of the individual, who is FORCED TO SEE THE SYMBOL IN THE CENTRE OF WHAT ‘I CAN SEE, MY ‘I’- SIGHT.’

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA: One of a rare group of ‘INHERITED’ (as previously discussed) diseases which give rise to NIGHT BLINDNESS, and gradually, TUNNEL VISION, as with Glaucoma. Night blindness (NYCTALOPIA) can be divided into 2 kinds, firstly, the INABILITY TO SEE at twilight and in the dark, and secondly, the INABILITY TO SEE, EXCEPT at night, or in relative darkness. The symptoms state variously, I CANNOT SEE IN THE DARK/THE PSYCHE, or, I CAN ONLY SEE IN THE DARK/THE PSYCHE. They may in fact mean the same thing, but the context of any symptoms needs to be carefully checked in each particular case.

Tunnel vision, as previously expressed, means I CAN ONLY SEE WHAT MY/THE EGO WANTS TO LOOK AT. The context, the peripheral detail is SHUT OUT. The beleaguered shrinking light circle of the ego’s vision is hemmed in by the encroaching darkness. The psyche closes in!

RED EYES/PINK EYE/CONJUNCTIVITIS: As always with redness, it indicates CONFLICT as a psychic symptom. In this case, conflict with something the ego is looking at, that ‘I DON’T WANT TO SEE.’

CONJUNCTIVITIS: An inflammation of the membrane which lines the eyelid and covers the eyeball, the conjunctiva. In infectious conjunctivitis/pink eye/ophthalmic the eyelids may swell and stick together, giving rise to the sensation of soreness and grit underneath the eyelids. Redness shows conflict, the pain forces the attention onto the eyes, and the sticking eyelids literally COVER-UP the ability to see, although not in such an extreme way as previously described symptoms.

Again, what is it that I DON’T WANT TO SEE? WHAT AM I COVERING MY EYES AGAINST? In Croatia I cured the female part of two Russian doctors from Moscow State University in 30 seconds, her boyfriend not at all. They were a very sexually active couple who both had the worst case of conjunctivitis I had ever heard of, let alone seen. Their relationship had already ended, they were going their separate ways but they were pretending it hadn’t finished. Their lovemaking was so noisy that I wouldn’t allow them to pitch their tent in the medicine area, but they were free to work in it.

I put them into an altered state, so she was actually able to ’see’ what she was describing while she was explaining the situation to me in very good English. She got it! He didn’t!

Her conjunctivitis disappeared in seconds. (in front of 20 witnesses) He kept his.

For a plausible example, let us consider hay fever sufferers who get RED, GRITTY EYES during the summer. We say that they are ‘ALLERGIC’ i.e. UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE to pollen, the male element which fertilises the female germ-cell of seed-plants, thus the equivalent in plant terms of human male semen. Plants symbolise GROWTH, as does the colour GREEN. The pollen represents FERTILITY, SEXUALITY, COMMUNICATION between the MALE and FEMALE sides, so it is quite easy to see what such sufferers don’t want to look at. It makes their eyes stick shut, and irritates them enormously.

LAZY EYE/SQUINT/CROSS-EYE/STRABISMUS: When one eye does not focus clearly or gives a false image, the brain begins to ignore the image on that side. The sight in the affected eye will be greatly reduced, or may disappear altogether. Squint is described as a lesser symptom than ‘lazy-eye.’ These are generally described as conditions of childhood.

For normal vision we require 2 images which combine ‘stereoscopically’ to give the impression of depth and solidity, 3-dimensionality, which is in fact what ‘stereo’ means. When we lose one side of our vision, we need to understand which side of our INNER VISION is deficient: LEFT SIDE, FEELING, RIGHT SIDE, LINEAR THINKING. (although this is very oversimplified)

In children this means that the parents are preventing the relevant side of vision from developing properly, no matter how unacceptable this information may be.

There are many other symptoms which concern the eyes and inner and outer vision, but these more common or familiar ones should serve to illustrate our contention that EYESIGHT and INNER VISION are intimately connected, that the OUTSIDE is reflection of INNER STATES.

I have left out both CANCER and ACCIDENTS TO THE EYES/VISION. This is because I want to deal with collective subjects or headings which apply to multitudinous symptoms separately. Cancer can affect any organ or part of the body except the heart, and in ‘accidents,’ we can damage any part of our body – AND other people’s bodies – under a wide variety of circumstances.

THE EARS.

In the same way as the eyes represent inner and outer vision, the ears represent inner and outer hearing, which means RECEPTIVITY, or RECEPTION, the ability to receive or accept incoming information.

The reception of incoming sound/information is a more passive process than SEEING. Of themselves, the ears do not close like eyelids covering eyes, and we cannot really turn away, refuse to face a source of sound, because it doesn’t really have any effect. We have to do something much more deliberate at the physical EXTERNAL level, like putting our fingers in our ears, that well-known gesture meaning,

‘I DON’T WANT TO LISTEN. I REFUSE TO LISTEN.’ We can turn our heads away from somebody saying something we don’t like, but that is usually understood to mean IGNORING, refusing to take notice of, or accept, I.e. STUBBORNNESS.

If the ego-body, ‘I’ do not wish to allow stuff in, that is equivalent to refusing to eat, to take in what the situation demands, as we will look at later in detail. If a child refuses to eat, it is attempting to exert control, a clear sign that it is probably being OVER CONTROLLED already by unconscious parents or adults.

The same is true for HEARING. That is why there are many and frequent ear problems for children, particularly EARACHES. I used to get them myself. ‘you give me earache,’ and ‘turning a deaf ear,’ are well known expressions concerning this.

Eventually, as with eyesight/ ‘I-SIGHT,’ not wanting to hear becomes being UNABLE to hear. Interestingly enough, the ears are also the organs of balance, as well as hearing. The ear has 3 parts, again interestingly called ‘outer, middle, and inner.’

The outer ear receives sound and channels it down the larger passage, the ear canal, to the ear drum.

The middle ear is connected to the back of the throat by the Eustachian tube, which equalises the air pressure on each side of the eardrum. This is why our ears pop, and the pressure can be relieved by swallowing when we go up or down mountains, for example, or in ascending or descending aircraft, where the pressure may change rapidly.

Vibrations pass from the middle ear to the delicate organs of the inner ear, where they are converted into nerve impulses which travel along the auditory nerve to the brain, and are experienced as sounds. Thus even the physical hearing process is itself an analogue of the outer and inner processes.

EARACHE: This can have different causes, but the most common is infection. There are different aspects to this, but again, the common factor is INFLAMMATION, which gives rise to pain. INFLAMMATION literally means ‘IN FLAMES.’ Some aspect of our hearing, what we are hearing IS BURNING US, SOMETHING WE ARE FORCED TO LISTEN TO…… presumably repetitively, someone going on, and on, and on, perhaps.

As always, the pain draws our attention to the reality of the situation, whether we like it or not. Obviously, as children we are much less in a position to do anything about the actual cause of the discomfort or dis-ease.

The mucous membranes which line the respiratory tract (as well as nearly all the other passages and cavities inside the body) secrete mucus, a mixture including water which lubricates and protects the delicate, vulnerable membranes. Under INFLAMMATORY conditions too much mucus may be produced, blocking the Eustachian tube and middle ear. The mucus itself can become infected. We have all experienced this.

The fluids in the body, which represent the psyche, over-produce and thicken, THAT WHICH NEEDS TO FLOW TENDING TO SOLIDIFY. This gives us 2 messages at the same time: that the psyche is intruding more into the ego’s world demanding attention. That we are not dealing with our feelings properly, that they are slowing down and forcing us to feel the resultant discomfort at the physical level.

If the mucus blocks up the passages in the ear, then it literally starts to function like an EAR PLUG, blocking out the sound from the outside. Our ‘I’ can only cope with the situation like THIS…….

GLUE EAR: When a child has repeated attacks of ear infection, then mucus builds up in the middle ear (SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA) preventing the small bones (ossicles) which conduct sound to the inner ear from moving properly. This means hearing loss. The child is obviously ‘UNABLE TO COPE WITH WHAT HE/SHE IS HEARING.’ The body faithfully acts this out. It does no real good to drain the ears, and leave the child subjected to the same causes.

MIDDLE EAR INFECTION: (OTITIS MEDIA) As discussed above, an infection travels up the Eustachian tubes, giving rise to EARACHE, INCREASING PAIN, FEVER, and some DEAFNESS. It generally starts as a THROAT INFECTION, meaning that what is in flames is probably ‘THE ABILITY TO SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF,’ and possibly also ‘WHAT I HAVE TO SWALLOW.’ (see THROAT SECTION below)

In 1999 in Hungary I cured a case of chronic otitis media/glue ear in a very small child by the simple expedient of recognising the situation: that the child couldn’t cope with having to hear what was going on between his parents BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. His response was GLUE EAR: creating his own ear plugs. They had tried all forms of conventional and alternative treatment with specialists in both the USA and Britain. Nothing worked. So I simply distracted the parents by working while traveling with them I took them to Lake Balaton, and in a couple of weeks, without anybody really noticing what happened – all gone!!!

WAX IN EARS: (CERUMEN) A lesser symptom affecting hearing, but not causing pain usually. ‘I BLOCK MY EARS IN A LESS HARMFUL, LESS PAINFUL WAY.’

‘I LET MY EARS BLOCK UP.’ I recommend warm water….after a shower, a Kirby (hair) grip, and a piece of tissue to clean the grip.

MASTOIDITIS: MIDDLE EAR INFECTION (see above) spreads to the bone cells behind the ear ( the mastoid process of the temporal bone, the projecting bone behind the ear) causing fever, pain swelling. This can spread further to the membrane lining the brain, and cause MENINGITIS, (see MENINGITIS, below) or BRAIN ABSCESS.

The HEARING/RECEPTIVITY situation has now become ACUTE, (see above) and is in the process of becoming STRUCTURAL, i.e. affecting the actual STRUCTURAL SUPPORT of the EGO BODY, and the ego’s UNDERSTANDING PROCESS itself.

‘I HAVE IGNORED THE PREVIOUS WARNING SIGNS.’ Nowadays the symptoms are usually driven underground by antibiotics, but this DOES NOT REACH THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, as discussed above in MIDDLE EAR INFECTION.

If the eardrum has burst as a result of MIDDLE EAR INFECTION, another possibility is that the condition may become CHRONIC. (see CHRONIC above) This means that it just continues without getting better, or without infecting the mastoid bone, but with persistent discharge from the ear, pain and deafness.

MENIERE’S DISEASE: Usually this only involves one ear. It is believed to be a degenerative condition of the inner ear most common in men aged over 40. Attacks can be very abrupt, with the sufferer feeling extremely dizzy and nauseated, which may lead to vomiting. There are headaches and ringing in the ears, and the sense of balance is disturbed. The sufferer has to lie down.

Attacks may be mild or severe and long-lasting. Deafness may result . Looked at symbolically, we are given a great deal of information:

ACUTE attacks, LOSS OF BALANCE, I FEEL SICK, I CAN’T KEEP IT DOWN. I AM FORCED TO HEAR SOUNDS I DON’T WANT TO HEAR, I CAN’T STAY STOOD UP ON MY WALK OF LIFE etc. etc…

The sufferer clearly is engaged in a life/lifestyle which needs to be changed, but he is not listening/HAS LOST THE ABILITY TO LISTEN. LIFE ‘KNOCKS HIM OFF HIS FEET AND FORCES HIM TO LISTEN TO THINGS HE DOESN’T WANT TO HEAR, LISTEN TO! HE CAN’T KEEP DOWN ‘WHAT NEEDS TO BE ASSIMILATED.’ (Food/digestion)

TINNITUS: Noises ‘IN THE EARS,’ whistling, buzzing, ringing etc., attributed to the build up of wax in the ears, or infection, or drugs or poisons: quinine, aspirin, streptomycin etc., or unknown reasons.

This symptom seems to largely mystify the medical profession, but as anyone who has ever seriously meditated will know, the INNER LIFE rings and whistles with what has been called ‘THE UNSTRUCK SOUND.’ It has a variety of names in the Hindu scriptures, and as far as I am concerned is PERFECTLY NORMAL.

I am not disconcerted by it at all, and on the contrary, if I can’t hear it, I am probably too distracted. Thus IF this is the inner sound referred to as tinnitus, there is no need for ingenious explanations. It is actually a positive sign, although if it is forcing the ego to pay attention to it, I can quite understand that ‘I’ DON’T LIKE IT! As in Meniere’s disease, ‘I AM FORCED TO PAY ATTENTION TO INNER SOUNDS.’ The ego always wants to avoid real inner experience. If I CAN’T HEAR THE INNER SOUND, then I’m probably too distracted.

FUNGUS: Causes a rare infection of ear canal. It is found in hot steamy climates among people who wear objects or clothing which cover up their ears. I include it because it expresses the point so clearly that ‘MY HEARING IS IRRITATED BY COVER-UPS.’ The professional headwear like helmets and earphones, headphones etc. separates us from the context we are in, listening out only for messages specially selected by the ego. It states, ‘I NEED TO LISTEN and HEAR more NON-SELECTIVELY and FREELY’ and probably change my job.

THE NOSE.

Language says a lot about noses. ‘I HAVE A NOSE FOR THIS, TO HAVE A GOOD NOSE, NOSING ABOUT.’ We say things like ‘I SMELL A RAT, IT SMELLS FUNNY TO ME.’ The nose, like the mouth, has a dual role (multiple in the case of the mouth) as the organ of the sense of smell and one of the entrances to the respiratory system.

The INNER SENSE OF SMELL is the INTUITION. In our culture and society it has become quite accepted as normal to attempt to deceive and cover up the sense of smell with perfumes and deodorants. For many animals the sense of smell is as good as or BETTER than eyesight, and they are able to do something like seeing through it. It is many dozens of times, perhaps hundreds of times more amplified, more sensitive than ours.

To cover up and deceive the sense of smell means the attempt to live without intuition. The very word ‘intuition’ literally means to be ‘taught from inside‘(in-tuition), a direct translation from Latin. Our expanded meaning is the perception of knowledge ‘in the mind’ directly, without thinking or reasoning. The knowledge or understanding APPEARS in the awareness, without the ego necessarily being able to account for its presence. This is why it is described as ‘smell,’ and also why the ego doesn’t like it, along with any other phenomena that are labelled as ‘extra-sensory perceptions,’ although in fact they aren’t. They are simply more subtle perceptions which the ego has been wont to try to ignore.

To live without a good sense of smell/intuition again puts us into a very vulnerable position, because without it we do not know what things are really like, and what our relationship to them should be. We are attempting to exclude an extremely valuable component of our experience, perhaps because it reminds us too much of the animal/FEELING side of our natures. Or again, we are simply over-programmed.

ADENOIDS: The adenoids are small glands at the back of the nose which protect the respiratory system against the entry of ‘hostile’ micro-organisms. They play the same role for the nose as TONSILS (see MOUTH/THROAT/TONSILS below) do for the throat. When the nose or throat become infected, the adenoids enlarge. Particularly in young children, they can swell up so much that they block the passage of air through the nostrils, forcing the child to breathe through the mouth. They may also block the Eustachian tubes, (see EARS, above) causing pain and infection in the middle ear, which may interfere in turn with hearing.

The breath of life is the Holy Spirit. With each breath we are connected to all the rest of the air everywhere. Infection of the lymph, the glands through which flows the liquid which removes bacteria and impurities, means that the lymph process in the nose is INFLAMED. (see EARS, MIDDLE EAR INFECTION above) The process of the psyche/FEELING through the NORMAL AVENUE FOR TAKING IN LIFE BREATH, AND through which the INTUITION is transmitted, is IN FLAMES.

In a child this means that the subtlety of the BREATH/INTUITION has been made GROSS, the breath must be taken in through the mouth as if it were FOOD, AVOIDING THE INTUITION PROCESS. Presumably the child’s INTUITION is too painful for its parents. Food should not go into the lungs, the main emotional FEELING AREA, nor the breath to the stomach, where the TRANSFORMING FIRE meets ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED.’

In fact, we have the EPIGLOTTIS, a little flap of cartilage which specifically functions to prevent food from going down the windpipe, although we can sometimes get stuff past it if we are eating and drinking too unconsciously, too hurriedly.

ANOSMIA: The loss of the sense of smell through any cause, from the common cold to serious skull fracture which damages the olfactory nerves. ‘I AM UNABLE TO TAKE IN THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED ALONG WITH THE LIFE BREATH. MY ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO MY (NON-FUNCTIONING) INTUITION.’

HAY FEVER: An inflammation in the nose with symptoms resembling the common cold: itchy, streaming nose and eyes, dry cough, sometimes including asthma. (see CONJUCTIVITIS above) Hay fever is the popular name for ALLERGIC RHINITIS. RHINITIS just means a running nose.

As with the other conditions which we label ALLERGIES, the body over-reacts to some stimulus in the environment, often a substance, in this case flower or grass pollen, but it could easily be animal hair or even house dust to which the (EGO) body is inordinately sensitive.

As previously discussed in CONJUNCTIVITIS, we must look at the message which the allergen is giving us. In this sort of case the message is clear: SEXUALITY, FEELING, and the HOUSE, well, that’s the FEMALE SIDE, (of the continuum) ALL OUR MOTHERS, basically. (‘A plague on both your houses.’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’.Wm Shakespeare)

ALLERGIC ASTHMA (see ASTHMA, CHEST/LUNGS below) is similar in nature, although the area affected is the BRONCHI rather than the nose.

THE COMMON COLD: VIRUSES: The common cold is usually described as the most widespread infectious disease. It puts us into what is for me very interesting territory, as I do not agree with the ‘scientific’ medical description of viruses.

The phenomenon we label a ‘virus’ did not become visible to the human eye until the invention of the electron microscope in the 1950s. Previous to this ‘viruses’ were only THEORETICAL. Microorganisms were only a THEORY. With this development, utilising wavelengths shorter than those of visible light, extremely high magnification (100,000x) and high resolution with much greater depth of field became possible.

Patterns became visible within living or cultured animal cells, because the alleged virus process could only be viewed reproducing itself within ‘living’ tissue. Herein lies a serious problem. Samples have to be extracted from laboratory bred or living tissues, transported to the electron microscopy lab, wherever it is, and there aren’t so many, then tightly sealed in a vacuum container, only to be bombarded with a beam of high frequency neutrons. If the samples were NOT DEAD when they were removed from the original tissues, they certainly are now. So they cannot be so observed in any growth or developmental stages.

These patterns were identified as ‘viruses’ and at least 5 different groups and 150 different types of virus comprise the set of symptoms we describe as ‘the common cold.’ To make life even more difficult, they are not only associated with the common cold, but with other diseases as well. In fact, colds can be infrequent examples, and other diseases are more common with the ‘same’ virus. Sound ‘fishy?’

The viruses themselves are described as simple packages of information which ‘take over’ the biomechanisms of cells, using them to manufacture vast numbers of new viruses. During the ‘infectious’ part of the cycle, the pirated cells almost exclusively produce virus proteins rather than cell proteins, eventually exhausting themselves, and the host cell is destroyed. (LYSIS)

Microorganisms are the BASIS of the Allopathic ‘medical’ system, which views/portrays the human body as weak and vulnerable, under constant attack from hostile invading microorganisms coming from ‘OUTSIDE,’ to be treated symptomatically (to take away the symptoms but NOT the underlying causes) by mainly by chemical/synthetic drugs. Diet, living conditions, environmental pollution, EMF pollution, environmental poisons, stress factors and so on are NOT primary considerations, but they ARE in the ‘TERRAIN’ THEORY which along with HOMEOPATHY was the largest form of treatment at the end of the 19^th century, until the Rockefeller/Carnegie/Morgan coalition bought and paid for allopathic medical schools, controlling them with 2 directors on each board, to keep them pointed in their version of the ‘right direction,’ mainly drugs manufactured from petrochemicals.

Louis Pasteur gained the Nobel Prize for his ‘discovery’ of microorganisms, but on his deathbed he recanted and confessed that he had actually faked his results, and he allegedly said ‘Bechamp was right,’ (the best-known proponent of the TERRAIN THEORY) ‘The TERRAIN is the real thing.’ His son-in-law leaked his diaries, which revealed the frauds, but the damage was already done. Petrochemical drugs for extreme profit and never mind the side effects. Antibiotics mean literally ‘anti-life.’

Because we are able to see a thing with the aided or unaided human eye does not mean that we actually know very much about it, or understand it to any REALLY useful extent. It this were actually so, there would be many more effective cures for problems and diseases, rather than the jargon, excuses and propaganda which swamp medical subjects. Modern proponents of the Terrain Theory regard what are misidentified and misinterpreted as ‘viruses’ as ‘EXOSOMES’, genetic material which is part of our self-healing process which I personally DO NOT CALL ‘The IMMUNE SYSTEM.’ Their contention is that at the particular times we are living under, this ‘genetic material’ is being MIS-identified as ‘Covid 19 virus particles, and used to justify extremely repressive measures.’

The use of the ‘gold-standard PCR test,’ for diagnosis of Covid 19 against the advice and ULTRA STRONG recommendation of the inventor, Keri Mullis, also a Nobel Prizewinner is definitely FRAUDULENT, as the results are NOT RELEVANT. Allegedly they are identifying a genetic sequence from Chromosome 8 which EVERYBODY has in their genome.

This means in practice they can abuse this information to LOCKDOWN everybody when and where they like, simply by fiddling the statistics. And justify the use of RNA ‘vaccines’ which will change the DNA of whoever allows this to be done to them. If you don’t know what this means, YOU had better do some research.

This is purely a geopolitical takeover, with optional eugenics and possibly MASSIVE depopulation in store for us. Do not consent to this.

Due to my own experience, I also tend to view what are called viruses as COLLECTIVE manifestations of PSYCHIC INFORMATION, and in line with the purposes of this book, am much more interested in what they are TELLING US about ourselves, rather than viewing them mechanistically as ‘objective’ phenomena, especially if they are actually a part of our self-healing process. To try to get rid of a necessary part of ourselves by falsely accusing it is CRIMINAL.

Again, I do not wish to simply GET RID of the symptoms and call that a ‘CURE’. The information then has to find another way of forcing itself into our attention. If we have successfully avoided the ‘message’ at one level of intensity, it is most likely that life will use more intensity the next time in its attempt to grab the attention.

The common cold symptoms may include stuffy, blocked, or running nose, headache, sore throat, cough, fever, chills, aching muscles, red and swollen nasal lining, red throat, red and watery eyes, and the sense of smell and taste may be reduced. Sound familiar?

These symptoms and more are being fraudulently regarded as Covid 19 symptoms.

There are plenty of INFLAMMATORY, CONFLICT symptoms to choose from here, plenty of CONGESTION and IRRITATION. We are ‘RUN DOWN’ by life. Our eyes/vision is prickly, full of water, the No 1 symbol of the psyche itself. Our sense of smell/INTUITION is blocked, restricted. We have the opportunity to take a few days off from ’WHATEVER IS GETTING UP OUR NOSE,’ in a socially acceptable fashion.

The main message is THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING SUFFICIENT ATTENTION to EVERYDAY LIFE SITUATIONS WHICH ARE RUNNING US DOWN. It is as if we are pedestrians crossing or walking down a busy highway with our eyes shut or our attention too distracted. Our claims to be ‘JUST MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS’ are untrue. We are using that as an excuse to cover up our inattention.

The ‘running fluids’ in the eyes and nose draw our attention to the fact that we are in the ego’s world too much, out of balance with the psyche. (see EARACHE, over-production of mucus/mucus membranes.) In other words, we need to allow God into our lives, our vision/intuition a bit more. We are attempting to control things too much. Many allopathic ‘cures’ are actually restricting and/or destroying our natural abilities to heal ourselves, and we have been programmed by incessant ‘medical’ propaganda for the last 140 years. We don’t need to GET RID OF THE SYMPTOMS. They are part and parcel of the healing process, NOT the ‘disease itself.’ We have been brainwashed.

CATARRH: Chronic (long-term) inflammation of the mucous membranes. (see above) WHAT IS IT THAT IS IRRITATING OUR INTUITION, OUR ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE/EMBRACE THE HOLY SPIRIT – ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

NOSEBLEEDS: (EPISTAXIS) A small vein gives way, most often in the septum. (The partition between the nostrils.) It may be caused by the common cold, or other infection, by picking the nose, by blowing it too hard, by hay fever or smoking, in fact, anything that irritates the lining of the nose. It may be a result of increased blood pressure, or a blow to the nose, even a result of high altitudes.

Blood, the ‘pressurised fluid of feeling, pumped around the ego-body by the heart,’ (see STROKE, THE HEAD above.) ought to stay inside the body. When it comes out, ‘by accident,’ as it were, it is a sure sign of CONFLICT. We are ignoring ‘WHAT IS IRRITATING OUR INTUITION.’

As the symptoms say, ‘INCREASED PRESSURE OF FEELING, INNER OR OUTER BLOW, (I.e. hostility) IRRITATIONS, or even CLIMBING TOO HIGH.’ If nosebleeds are frequent, we are ‘CONTINUING TO IGNORE THE CONFLICT WHICH IS IRRITATING OUR INTUITION.’

SINUSITIS: Sinuses are hollow spaces or cavities in bone or tissue, especially as in this case, the 4 sets in the skull near the nose, the ‘paranasal’ sinus: the FRONTAL sinuses in the forehead, the MAXILLARY sinuses in the cheekbone, the SPHENOIDAL sinuses at the back of the nasal passages, and the ETHMOIDAL sinuses below and behind the frontal sinuses. All the paranasal sinuses lead directly into the nose.

It is apparently not fully understood in medical terms what the functions of the paranasal sinuses are, apart from (obviously) lightening the weight of the skull, warming and moistening the incoming air, and adding extra resonance to the voice.

Again, INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES of one or more of the paranasal sinuses which fill up with thick infected mucus. (muco-pus)

It often happens during or after a cold when the infection spreads. The combination of swollen tissue and thick mucus means that the cavities cannot drain properly, the passages become blocked.

The most commonly affected sinuses are the frontal and maxillary. If the frontal sinuses are inflamed, there will be headaches, if the maxillary, pain in the cheekbones, which may themselves swell up.

A thick mucus discharge comes from the nose, and there may be fever. If the condition persists, CATARRH (see above) may develop. The mucus dripping down the back of the throat may infect the bronchial tubes, leading to BRONCHITIS. The infection can also spread into the ears, the adjacent bones, and even the brain.

MAXILLA means ‘jaw,’ especially the upper jaw. SPHENOID means ‘wedge-shaped,’ especially referring to the compound bone between the temporal bone and the eye. (Temporal as in ‘the temples.’) ETHMOID means ‘sieve like’ especially the square bone of the root of the nose with many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.

As with MASTOIDITIS, (see MASTOIDITIS, EARS, above) here is what happens WHEN THE (source of the) IRRITATION IS NOT DEALT WITH SUFFICIENTLY, AND THE SYMPTOMS BEGIN TO ESCALATE, INTO THE STRUCTURE.

Whether doctors understand it or not, there are obviously air passages, airways within the facial bones around the nose, not 1 but 4!

They are connected to the BREATHING/INTUITION process , but are within the bones, the structure of the main feature of the ego-body, the face. Like it or not, the BREATHING/INTUITION process is part of the structure of the ego! The sinuses are receptacles for the Holy Spirit within the inner structure of the ego!!!

If we ignore the irritations, the source of the conflict, of course the symptoms will become chronic, or escalate.

‘THE FREE SPACES WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF MY EGO WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO THE BREATHING/INTUITION PROCESS BECOME BLOCKED, CAUSING ME PAIN,’ which of course again brings our attention to the fact that we are not feeling enough, are pushing away the feelings which the intuition brings up.

NASAL POLYPS: (POLYPI) These are small tumours which grow out of the mucous membranes in the nasal passages. They have ‘tentacle-like ramifications.’ The main symptoms are stuffy, constantly blocked feeling in the nose, WHICH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. GROWTH IS BLOCKED IN THE BREATHING/INTUITION CHANNELS, which then externalise the symptom, ‘GROWING AT THE WRONG LEVEL.’

They are said to be ‘non-cancerous,’ i.e. that they do not spread and invade nearby tissue or other parts of the body. Ronald Reagan had several operations for them. If we look carefully at the symptoms suffered by our ‘leaders’, perhaps we should be collectively less likely to place such onerous burdens of responsibility on them.

THE MOUTH

The mouth is an exceptionally interesting study because of its multiple role nature: not only is it the means whereby we take in nourishment, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ the analogue for the information the ego-body needs for its growth and development, but we also can and do BREATHE through it, although MINUS the sense of smell/THE INTUITION, which implies that such breathing LACKS important SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS and INFORMATION, although it may be able to sustain the body. Not only this, but it is also the orifice out of which our speech comes, for better or worse, the voice of the ego-body.

The tongue has clusters of nerve endings (about 9000) on its upper surface called ‘taste buds.’ These register roughly 4 different kinds of tastes, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. In conjunction with the sense of smell/INTUITION, the sense of taste is produced. When the nose is blocked for any reason, such as a cold, the sense of taste is severely reduced. (see above, this page, and NOSE, main heading.)

Thus if the INTUITION is not properly involved in the ASSIMILATION/DIGESTION process, we are only left with a very dull – TASTELESS – experience. In fact, if we explore the language, or ‘TONGUE’ a bit further, we find it means the faculty of speech, and the tendency to speak in certain manner, and we find that ‘TASTE’ refers to discernment, discrimination generally.

We could then say, in other words, that if we do not breathe properly, using our INTUITION, we will have no discernment and DISCRIMINATION, and life will be a much duller, more tasteless experience. BEING CORRECTLY NOURISHED, THEN, DEPENDS ON THE INTUITION AS WELL AS the digestive processes. THE QUALITY of our life will alter in direct proportion to our understanding and appreciation of the correct place of BREATHING/SENSE OF SMELL/INTUITION in the ASSIMILATION PROCESS. Without it, we will probably find that we are UNABLE TO ENJOY the growth process, and find our lives dull and boring, if truth were told.

So, to sum up, ‘LACK OF A SENSE OF TASTE MEANS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THE INTUITION ITS PROPER PLACE’. We are too materialistic!

The tongue is also used in chewing, swallowing and speaking. It is used as an organ of feeling in different ways, including the processing of food in the mouth AND the expression of SEXUALITY, a vital part of kissing, for example.

SORE TONGUE/INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE: (GLOSSITIS) Something is irritating the tongue: infection, smoking, irritant foods, highly spiced or sweet/sweets. It is a prominent symptom in SCARLET FEVER, where the tongue becomes swollen and bright red. GROWTH/CONFLICT, obviously. What are we doing with our tongue? What sort of things are saying with it? Should we be saying something we are NOT saying, or should we be controlling OUR RASHNESS, the RASH WORDS coming out of our mouths?

If we are over-indulging in hot/spicy/irritant foods, is our palate, our sense of taste JADED, BORED, UNSTIMULATED? Are we trying to LIVEN OUR LIVES UP AT THE WRONG LEVEL, PERHAPS?

If we are constantly sucking sweets, our lives TASTE TOO BITTER, no matter what we say, or what other people think about us. If this is causing our tongues to swell, go red, and /or hurt, we are refusing to pay attention and feel the bitter barrenness, so that we could begin to make the necessary changes. ‘NOT ENOUGH LOVE/AFFECTION/ATTENTION.’

The tongue may be affected in this way due to DEFICIENCIES IN THE DIET, ‘NOT TAKING IN WHAT NEEDS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ or as the consequence of GASTRITIS/GASTRO-ENTERITIS -literally ‘of the STOMACH, and INTESTINES.’(see STOMACH/DIGESTION below) the reverse- ‘OVER-INDULGENCE IN WHAT THE EGO-BODY IS UNABLE TO ASSIMILATE.’ We literally ‘CANT TAKE IT IN,’ and probably have stomach pain and diarrhoea (see DIARRHOEA, DIGESTION, INTESTINES below) to boot!

There may be sore tongue due to ANAEMIA, a disorder in which the body is not producing either enough red blood cells, or the HAEMOGLOBIN which gives blood its characteristic red colour. ANAEMIA however is not a disease in itself, but usually the symptom of another disease. (see ANAEMIA, BLOOD/CIRCULATION below)

ULCERS: Ulcers are small open sores on the skin or on the mucous membrane lining a body cavity. Sores on the lips or on the inside of mouth may be attributable to anything from vitamin deficiencies to SYPHILIS, (see SYPHILIS, VENEREAL DISEASE below) DIPHTHERIA, LEUKAEMIA, or CANCER.

VINCENT’S ANGINA/TRENCH MOUTH/ULCERATIVE STOMATITIS is a gum infection which may affect the back of the throat and the membranes which line the cheeks. It gives rise to tender, bleeding gums, followed by sores and ulcers covered by a greyish membrane. (skin) It affects people who are run down and badly nourished, and/or who do not keep their mouths and teeth clean. As its middle name suggests, it used to affect troops in the field, who were presumably unable to take care of their mouths. In fact, maybe we should question the sanity of millions of men in impossibly difficult conditions in trenches slaughtering each other backwards and forwards over a little piece of ground.

The most common mouth ulcers are APHTHOUS ULCERS, the small red sore spots which again, people get as a result of stress, of letting themselves get too RUN DOWN. The pain and red spots again bring our attention to the conflict, force us to feel what it is we have been avoiding. IF WE ARE RIGIDLY HOLDING ON TO A WAY OF LIFE WHICH IS HARMING US, IF WE ARE NOT OPENING OURSELVES TO TAKING IN PROPER NOURISHMENT, why should we be so surprised?

We have to look clearly at our lives and ask ourselves, ‘WHAT ARE THE SORE SPOTS?’ (in my taking in of nourishment/speaking up) The object of this sort of line of enquiry IS NOT TO AVOID LOOKING AT WHAT IT IS EXACTLY THAT WE ARE DOING, TO AVOID TAKING RESPONSIBILITY.

No matter how we are able to JUSTIFY what we are doing, our bodies FAITHFULLY COMMUNICATE the truth of the matter, as far as our day-to-day, ongoing life is concerned.

An ‘OPEN SORE’ means exactly what it says, that there is a ‘hole’ in the surface, the outside limit of the ego-body, which hurts: MAKES US FEEL, BRINGS OUR ATTENTION, shows the conflict, the red softer parts within, which normally would not be EXPOSED. IT’S A SORE POINT.’ If we are sufficiently honest with ourselves, we will be able to recognise the ‘sore points,’ and do something about them.

HERPES SIMPLEX/COLD SORES: Again we come face to face with the ‘VIRUS’ concept which I discussed to some extent in ‘THE COMMON COLD.’ (see THE COMMON COLD, above) As before, I must stress that I do not see the virus as a separate ‘objective’ phenomenon, ‘invading’ our vulnerable separate bodies. The fact that we can model viruses on computer screens because their information has a visual component, we can see something, does not mean that we really understand what is going on.

We constantly come across the strange, deficient idea that simply because we can LABEL something, we are in some position to control it, or that such control is ‘just around the corner.’

We need to understand how deficient our eyesight actually IS in terms of the electromagnetic spectrum, and what this MEANS when we try to consider such questions, especially in the context of using visual information.

The electromagnetic spectrum as we now perceive it ranges from extremely short/beyond ‘X’-rays to extremely long, beyond radio frequencies. We can convert any of these frequencies into visual information which we can then look at with the naked eye, as is done with the scanning electron microscope, or as is regularly done in ‘New’ astronomy, in which X-ray pictures, ultra-violet pictures, infra-red and radio pictures of celestial phenomena are compared with ‘normal’ pictures, observations made with the naked eye and ordinary optical magnification, such as the telescope.

The ‘naked’ eye can only see an extremely small MINISCULE range of frequencies between 400 nanometres (millionths of a millimetre) on the short side, and 700 nanometres on the long side. What this means in practice is that we literally cannot see anything which is outside these narrow limits. It simply does not exist for us, as if it is not there…..Like what? You may well ask.

Through ultraviolet ‘black-light’ photography, we can see more of what the multi-lensed eyes of insects can see, spectacular patterns on flowers which identify them for the pollinating insects, recognition patterns on the wings of insects which enable male and female to identify each other. Some flowers have what amounts to an ultraviolet searchlight shining out of the nectar area, which identify them for bees. The flowers which are pollinated by birds and bats do not have these markings.

When we start to look at the sun in the ultraviolet and at shorter and shorter wavelengths it turns blue, then black, then disappears, while at that point the Crab Nebula, 3000 light years away, is incredibly bright. All these different versions are true, including the one in which the sun is so cold that it does not register while the Crab Nebula does, in short X ray or gamma radiation. Maybe I should include questions like is outer space ‘true? Or is there a ‘firmament? They didn’t go to the Moon. The Challenger crew didn’t die. Most of them have jobs as professors in American universities. There WERE NO PLANES on 9/11. The ABC helicopter video clearly shows the South Tower exploding near the top.

What happened to 88% of the mass of the towers? You believe what you are told to believe, or you DON’T. And this applies to our health issues as much as any political questions.

So while I do not question that something can be seen by the scanning electron microscope and the eye of the observer, it’s not a ‘virus.’ Virus researchers say that the common cold viruses ‘constantly mutate,’ and are thus hard to detect. It lets them off the hook.

The Herpes Simplex virus is an acute infection which starts off with a stinging or burning sensation followed by groups of blisters, sometimes called vesicles or blebs, filled with fluid, which may burst and scab over. Herpes can actually occur anywhere in the body in the skin or mucous membrane, but is more often known as cold or fever sore on or around the lips or mouth. It subsides by itself in 10 days to a couple of weeks. Generally it is said that the virus remains in the sufferer, and flares up from time to time.

If we follow the ‘information’ analogy through, (see COMMON COLD above) we can see that we already have the answer: that what we call viruses actually ARE providing us with ‘information,’ but NOT just at the microscopic level.

Because medical ‘science’ prefers not to see the wood for the trees, we distance ourselves from the information of the virus, choosing to see it as an INVADER rather than an INFORMER. How exactly is LIFE/NATURE to attract the attention of the ego, which wishes to see ITSELF as in control of its world?

ANSWER: by the simple expedient of INFORMING the ego-body, ‘ME,’ with information – symptoms which are difficult or impossible to ignore.

If we insist on viewing ourselves as separate from the ‘natural’ world, we are unable to make use of this kind of information. However, nature does not generally REWARD our ignorance in such matters, but on the other hand, neither does it punish us. We punish ourselves by our intransigence, by literally going AGAINST Nature.

In the common cold, the mucous membranes are stimulated to overproduce the ‘running fluids.’ Our attention is drawn to the ‘stuffedupness,’ the feelings of being blocked in our heads: eyes, nose, throat etc. Often we are unable to breathe through one or both nostrils if the mucous membranes are sufficiently inflamed: ‘UNABLE TO TAKE IN THE LIFE FORCE VIA OUR ’INTUITION’ AT THE AIR LEVEL, AND CONSEQUENTLY HAVE TO BREATHE THROUGH THE MOUTH – SWALLOW THE AIR LEVEL – AT THE WRONG LEVEL. ‘The herpes ‘virus’, in comparison, draws our attention to specific areas, in this case the lips and mouth. The skin, the outer limit of ME, the ego-body is affected, as is the mucous membrane itself, the part which actually produces the more fluid parts of ‘ME,’ ‘THE PSYCHE COMES TO THE SURFACE.’

This obviously means that not enough of the PSYCHE is coming through our mouths. ‘MY EGO IS TOO IN CONTROL OF WHAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH, ‘

‘I AM INSUFFICIENTLY SURRENDERED TO THE PSYCHE (GOD) WITHIN, AND MY MOUTH REFLECTS THIS.’ The ‘burning, flaring up’ description of the symptoms implies the TRANSFORMATION which needs to take place. Another way of looking at it would be that stuff is ‘ITCHING, BURNING TO COME OUT,’ which for whatever reason we are denying. Obviously an in-depth investigation is required to get to the individual’s ‘truth’ of the situation, and what they need to do to improve it.

We usually deny our right or need to say things because we are afraid of facing, living up to the consequences of what MAY happen if we tell it like we think it is. Perhaps I should mention that I had cold sores of the cracking at the corners of the mouth variety since I was a teenager, but in the last few years they have disappeared. (1993)

TEETH: Teeth tear down ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED’ into the ego body, ‘ME’ by making the food small enough to enter ‘ME’ via the mouth. Unlike snakes, we do not have elasticated jaws which enable us to swallow our problems whole, we must break them down into small enough pieces, and to some extent, ‘CHEW ON THEM.’

Half of our mouths are located in the flexible part of the jaw. (see ‘JAW’ below) this demonstrates that FLEXIBILITY, WILLINGNESS, ACCEPTANCE, possibly HUMILITY are required parts of the assimilation process. This line of thinking leads us directly to EATING DISORDERS such as ANOREXIA or BULIMIA. (see below)

If we do not chew our food enough, or rush eating, we may get HEARTBURN (such as expressive name!) or INDIGESTION. Food, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED, represents INFORMATION, ‘INCOMING DATA’ which ‘I’ the ego-body need to accept, to take into myself, and then process.

The mouth represents our OPENING to what needs to be assimilated, and then the teeth ‘COME TO GRIPS’ with it, making it small enough for our egos to cope with! If we find it difficult to OPEN to what we need to take in, MOUTH PROBLEMS will exist in some form or other.

TOOTH DECAY/DENTAL CARIES: Dental caries is described ad the most widespread of human diseases. Because this aspect of teeth in our society is so bound up with the consumption of sugar, as a deliberate sweetener and also as a hidden ‘added ingredient’ in so many processed foods, we are obliged to look at this aspect of modern life carefully in context.

As I said earlier, food represents ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ I.e. what the body/mind, the ego needs to take into itself via the mouth for successful growth, in other words an allegory for coming to terms with the LIFE PROCESS at the head/mouth level, what we take in at the head/mouth level.

In the introduction to THE MOUTH (see above) I observed how much INTUITION is bound up with our ability to TASTE, and thus to know what is good or bad for us, much as animals are said to be ‘instinctively’ aware of this. In other words, if we have lost or restricted our INTUITION, our ability to know what is good or bad for us through our sense of taste is similarly diminished.

So what people are doing, what our society is doing by sweetening so many foods, and by having such a large confectionery industry is literally HIDING FROM ITSELF/OURSELVES the simple fact that we do not like the way our lives ‘TASTE’. We do not like the flavour of our lives, they ‘TASTE BITTER,’ and we hide the fact beneath ‘added sugar’.

Surely if we find the way we live our lives to be unacceptable, it makes more sense in health terms to come to grips with the fact, no matter how unpalatable our egos may find this? Vastly increased tooth decay is only one of the consequences of disguising the ‘natural taste’ of things. It should come as no surprise that this ‘SWEETENING OF THE BITTER PILL’ destroys our teeth, our actual ability to chew over and break down what we need to take in, sufficiently to enable us to make use of it. As I said before, this sort of thing is not nature punishing us, but our own stubbornness and stupidity. As an aside, I should add that when I first went to see my dentist Dr David English in Norwich, Norfolk UK in 1992, he inspected my mouth, walked over to the opposite wall, turned and said, ‘Do you know you’ve had between 20 and 30 fillings you didn’t need?’

‘I AM UNABLE TO STAND THE BITTER TASTE OF MY LIFE, SO I COVER IT UP WITH SWEET FOODS.’

GUM DISEASE/CINGIVITIS/PERIODONTITIS/PYORRHOEA: Gingiva simply means gums. Gingivitis is inflamed, swollen, infected gums. The gums are the soft flesh which cover the jaw bones, and the bottoms of the teeth where they fit into the jaw bones, the actual structure of the ego body.

Periodontitis generally follows untreated gingivitis. The gums and bone shrink, and teeth become loosened. Pus forming at the roots of the teeth, and then discharging is called pyorrhoea. I already looked at one gum condition, Vincent’s Angina in this section. (MOUTH, see VINCENT’S ANGINA above)

If our food, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ remains in the mouth, jammed between or stuck to the teeth, it goes bad, rots. Obviously it should either BE assimilated or removed from where it has no place to linger. At the symbolic level we are either deliberately or negligently/unconsciously allowing part of the information which the ego-body needs to assimilate/transform within itself to rot, to transform at the wrong level. No wonder it makes a bad smell and taste in the mouth! We are neglecting an important part of the process.

The build-up of tartar, a combination of calcium phosphate and other mineral salts from both saliva and food particles, a bit like scale in a kettle, between the teeth and along the gums can also irritate the gums and cause gingivitis.

In the first example, rotting food and the lack of oral hygiene, we can sum up, ‘I AM NOT PAYING SUFFICIENT ATTENTION TO THE (CONSEQUENCES OF THE) FIRST STAGE OF THE ASSIMILATION PROCESS.’

In the second example, build-up of tartar, we can observe ‘FLUID FLEXIBLE PARTS OF THE MOUTH/ASSIMILATION PROCESS SOLIDIFYING.’ Something about what we are doing has lost its flexibility. Perhaps we are too fixed and rigid about what we eat, diets etc… Again, proper oral hygiene, correct brushing can do much to prevent tartar. As usual, so much depends on our ATTITUDES.

If nothing is done, or not enough is done about the condition, it may get worse. As the gums shrink away from the teeth, more common as people get older ANYWAY, more and more food particles etc. can become trapped or collect around the teeth bases, rot (be attacked by bacteria) and eventually loosen or even fall out. This, now known as PERIODONTITIS, is the MOST COMMON CAUSE OF TEETH LOSS IN ADULTS!

The term PYORRHOEA is now reserved for the discharge of the pus from the roots of the teeth which forms under this condition.

LOSS OF TEETH/FALSE TEETH: If we lose our teeth, we ‘lose our ability to bite back.’ We can no longer break down our food/symbolically prepare the problems/break down the information which the ego body needs to take in. That is to say, we can no longer prepare what we need to take in PROPERLY.

Normally, the digestive/assimilation process BEGINS in the mouth with chewing and SALIVA, which contains an enzyme called PYTALIN which immediately begins to break down carbohydrates in our diet. (see SALIVA below)

We can always eat softer or more pre-prepared food, but you can clearly see that this represents LESS OF A CHALLENGE. We are no longer assimilating the difficulties, ‘going for easier meat.’

In our society, if we can’t GET OUR TEETH INTO THINGS any more, it is normal to have prosthetic dental treatment, from fillings in different materials to completely false teeth. In all cases we are losing our natural ability to deal with our problems/what we need to chew on, but are able to APPEAR to OURSELVES as well as OTHERS as if nothing is wrong, we can still deal with life’s challenges and problems.

I HAVE NOT RECOGNISED THAT I AM NOT/HAVE NOT BEEN DEALING WITH THE FIRST STAGES OF THE ASSIMILATION PROCESS PROPERLY. I HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVELY LOSING MY ABILITY TO PROPERLY PREPARE (BREAK DOWN) WHAT I (THE EGO BODY) NEED TO ASSIMILATE/TAKE IN.

Teeth appear in the symbolic process through dreams etc. as that most common symbol of the (continuum)ego itself, the white oblong. However, to lose white oblongs in a dream, although disconcerting to the ego, is not the disaster it may seem at first glance.

SALIVA: Saliva is a mixture of mucus (see MUCUS/EARACHE above) and fluid secreted by the three pairs of salivary glands in the cheeks, under the tongue, and in the lower jaw. It keeps the mouth moist, and mixes with food, softening and lubricating it so that it can be more easily swallowed, and also enabling it to be tasted, because the taste buds (see MOUTH, main heading above) have difficulty detecting dry food.

As I mentioned in LOSS OF TEETH immediately above, saliva contains enzymes which begin the digestive process in the mouth by breaking down starchy foods into simple sugars. (any of a group of single crystalline carbohydrates, sweet tasting, which dissolve in water) It also contains the same protective constituents as mucus against infection, and lately is being thought to have the same effect on the protection of teeth.

The body’s normal production of saliva is around 3 pints per day. The secretion of saliva is controlled by the autonomic nervous system ‘unconsciously,’ as the medical profession likes to put it. In fact, MANY of the body’s important functions are controlled by this part of the nervous system, breathing and heartbeat, rate of glandular activity, for example.

The word ‘unconscious’ means that the functions are beyond the voluntary control of the brain/ego. I cannot ‘choose’ to perform them or not, as I believe I can ‘choose’ to raise my arm. It also means that saliva and other such ‘unconscious’ functions are more obviously in the realm of the PSYCHE, and this is absolutely true of saliva symbolically, representing most literally the fluid aspect in the mouth/head.

Food, or the smell of food, or even the THOUGHT of food can start the mouth watering, thus the ‘THE ACTION OF THE PSYCHE AND ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ is stressed. Our attention is brought to the part the PSYCHE plays in what the ego needs to absorb/take in. The PSYCHE prepares and assists the digestion process!

Both the lack of saliva or the excessive production of saliva point to difficulties in this area. Which way round the symptom is indicating the problem to be must be carefully investigated, although it is generally unlikely to encounter too many people who are over-dominated by the psyche in this respect. In my years of healing I have come across people whose salivary glands constantly produced excessively.

Chewing gum has been raised as an interesting side issue in this context because it stimulates the digestive system constantly, but denies it anything to work on, raising stomach acid levels and the tendency to ulcers. (see STOMACH, ULCERS below)

MUMPS/PAROTITIS: This is inflammation and swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the neck below the ear. If the parotid gland duct becomes blocked by a calculus or ‘stone,’ infection may develop. The fluid aspect again turns to stone, solidifies. If this happens to a child, the attitudes of the parents must be carefully examined. The most typical symptoms are swelling of the face and neck. In more severe cases there will be headache and high temperature/fever.

In men, inflammation and painful swelling of the testicles may accompany mumps as a secondary symptom. This is called ORCHITIS, but may also occur as the result of some other acute infection, venereal disease, or injury.

So! PRODUCTION OF THE SYMBOL OF THE PSYCHE IS BLOCKED, THE EGO (FACE) AND ITS FLEXIBLE MOUNTING TO THE BODY (NECK) ARE INFLAMED AND SWELL PAINFULLY.’ The ‘psyche in the mouth’ is denied. Your mouth can’t ‘water.’ In children particularly this means that they are being prevented from expressing the psyche, which is very likely, both by the fears of parents AND the school system. What swells up? The very part(s) in the children which are threatened in the parents: the ego and its flexibility.

If the testicles swell painfully as well, (or the rarer female equivalents MASTITIS/OOPHORITIS, swelling of the breasts/ovaries as a secondary symptom) attention is drawn to the relationship between the subject’s masculinity and/or femininity and the subject’s inability to express the psyche.

PART THREE

Nature does not necessarily provide us with the clear-cut categories our sense of objectivity and order might prefer, particularly obvious in (w)holistic and synergistic entities like the human body. This means in practice that different parts of the body act in conjunction, and clear dividing lines cannot really be drawn.

We have already mentioned the neck, for instance at the end of the previous section, in connection with MUMPS/PAROTITIS. (see above) For all that, we will begin this part with ‘the Neck’ as a separate sub-heading, in our journey down the human body from head to foot.

THE NECK: The neck is one of those parts of the body which enable other parts to carry out their functions, carrying the blood supply between the heart and the brain, air between the nostrils and the lungs, through the THROAT and LARYNX, the common passageway for both air and food, and the OESOPHAGUS or GULLET which leads to the stomach. It also contains important GLANDS such as the THYROID and PARATHYROID, (see below) which regulate the metabolism and vital chemical changes in the body.

If that were not enough, the larynx or voice box contains the vocal cords, ligaments, bands of short flexible fibrous tissue which when put under tension and vibrated by the air-stream of the breath produce that most versatile of instruments, the human voice.

The 7 bones in the neck, the cervical vertebrae, make up the upper end of the spinal column which supports the head, which with the aid of the strong neck muscles, enables the head to move freely.

The main nerve trunk, which with the brain makes up the central nervous system, passes through the centre of the vertebrae. This is the spinal cord. As you can see, such a relatively short part of the body carries a great deal of vital functions at different levels.

In sheer symbolic terms, the neck represents flexibility for the head, and thus the ego, which could only face forwards if not for the neck’s flexibility. Thus we should begin our examination of symptoms with the STIFF, non-flexible ‘inflexible’ NECK, a well known figure of speech meaning ‘stubborn, obstinate, haughty,’ in other words metaphorically representing egos which value themselves too highly (haut, from the French for ‘high’) and are unwilling to deviate from their once-chosen directions or opinions for any reason.

STIFF NECK: see above. If it is accompanied by other symptoms, such as fever/high temperature or nausea, it may indicate some other problem. We need to be careful, especially if the symptoms are considerable pain and swelling, and if they are being experienced by children, but they still indicate inflexibility, although it may well be in the parents, not the children.

It is all to easy to hold set, closed opinions in closed minds, while being sure that what we are doing is right, whereas what we are actually doing is creating or projecting ourselves, rigidly, inflexibly, in fact the opposite of life-enhancing! Children are completely susceptible to whatever atmosphere is being held or projected around them. This should go without saying!

To ‘hold our heads high’ is an old metaphor for behaving proudly and confidently, perhaps straining our neck muscles with the effort if we do not actually FEEL such confidence.

WRYNECK/TORTICOLLIS: this extremely interesting symptom is described differently by different sources. The dictionary definition states that it is a rheumatic disease affecting the neck muscles, causing twisting and stiffness. The muscles on one side of the neck contract and pull the head to one side, down towards the shoulder.

Some books also state that it may be congenital, or the result of birth injury. If this is the case, then, as previously discussed we must look at the attitudes of the parents, because what the symptom is so clearly demonstrating is the avoidance of facing. ‘I AM SO UNABLE TO FACE WHAT I NEED TO CONFRONT HEAD-ON IN MY LIFE THAT MY BODY TAKES OVER AND FORCES MY HEAD TO TWIST AWAY!’

It is quite common to find the more psychic version of this symptom in which the heads of people twist and turn to avoid the feelings which come up during therapy or reasonably intense questioning, when they are not permitted to distract, or when cover-ups are found out and pointed to.

Many older people have actually institutionalised this sort of avoidance, and twist and turn during conversation. The body gives us away! Anything that upsets such people can cause this reaction. It is a short step from viewing it as a mental/emotional ‘psychic’ symptom to seeing it as a ‘physical’ symptom when in its more intense form the body acts it out with apparent loss of the physical ability to control where the head faces.

The ego has completely taken charge: ‘I DON’T WANT TO FACE YOU. YOU CAN’T MAKE ME.’ BILL GATES is a great exponent of this kind of movement!!! He can’t keep his head still while he expresses/insists on bullshit which he DOESN’T BELIEVE, His body gives him away.

SORE THROAT: This apparently rather mild, extremely common symptom is in fact another part of the body’s network of early warning systems, giving us advance warning of more serious situations to follow. Thus it is NOT a good idea to override the information with painkilling or quick-acting drugs, but to investigate the causes carefully as they are always telling us something important about the way we are leading our lives.

We may be causing it ourselves by (too much) smoking or talking. This of course is also telling us something important about ourselves.

SMOKING has a clear symbolic meaning in some tribal cultures in which it has been used RITUALLY. Sharing the ‘pipe of peace,’ for example, is about the TRANSFORMATION of feelings, breathed into the HEART/LUNG feeling centre by the participants. (see LUNG DISORDERS below)

In our society tobacco is NOT used ritually, but for the REVERSE purpose, TO COVER UP OUR FEELINGS, and the over-abuse irritates the throat, AND WORSE! (see LUNG DISORDERS/BRONCHITIS/WHOOPING COUGH below)

SMOKER’S COUGH: our lungs have a natural self-cleaning action (see LUNG DISORDERS below) which is halted for 20 minutes every time we have a cigarette. Heavy smoking puts this process OUT OF ACTION for a long time, during which IRRITANT SUBSTANCES are kept in contact with the sensitive tissues of our lungs. SMOKER’S COUGH is the body’s attempt to clear the mixture of mucus and irritants, which if they are not removed, reduce the lung volume, causing BREATHLESSNESS.

(see BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA below)

Too much talking, shouting, or singing may hurt the throat, if we have lost our necessary balance of SILENCE and LISTENING. This may be particularly relevant ‘if we do not know what we are talking about.’

To much ‘hot air’ may burn us. Professional speakers and singers often have throat trouble. If we are not ‘GROWING’ sufficiently INSIDE while engaging in a profession which pours too much of our energy OUTSIDE, we may get CHRONIC throat problems, (see NOSE, NASAL POLYPS above) especially ‘GROWTHS’. We do well to listen to our own throats and voices.

COUGHING: the body tells us that something is wrong with the ego’s version of events. Our attention is drawn to the fact that there is something we need to notice, often what is being SAID.

It is very interesting in this context to listen to the coughs and splutters of professional broadcasters, especially on radio, where there are no visual images to distract us from perceiving what THEY FEEL about what they are saying: whether they can COPE WITH, or even BELIEVE in it!

We call this phenomenon ‘THROAT STUFF’. The FEELING of catarrh or mucus rises in the throat, and we attempt to clear it by coughing, but there is NOTHING there! This tells us that the ‘irritation’ is NOT NECESSARILY PHYSICAL, the body is disagreeing with the ego’s manipulation of the true facts of what is being expressed.

To ‘express’ means to ‘SAY WHAT YOU MEAN’. COUGHING represents ‘BRINGING STUFF UP’, especially the ‘STUFF WE FIND DIFFICULT TO BRING UP,’ i.e. difficult to communicate. The EMOTIONAL CONGESTION manifests as CATARRH, PHLEGM, MUCUS, which blocks or inhibits our ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE FULLY. If inflamed/infected, it illustrates we are in CONFLICT. If the mind says one thing and the body another, then we need to be sufficiently aware of conflict, and not just automatically take the ego’s part and try to overrule the body out of habit, or because the ego finds it convenient, because of course it WILL find it convenient to disregard any information with which it does not want to deal!

Coughing may be the associated or early symptom of another condition, and as such should be carefully investigated if it persists, because we don’t want to find ourselves ‘barking up the wrong tree,’ do we? Many heart, chest, lung, glandular complaints produce dry coughs. Croup has a ‘barking’ cough associated with it, for example. (see BRONCHITIS, LUNG DISORDERS, below)

CROUP: in its severe form is called ‘LARYNGO-TRACHEO-BRONCHITIS.’ For this reason we should look at the ‘LARYNGO-TRACHEA’ components, the larynx and windpipe are inflamed. There is usually fever and breathing difficulty. Sticky mucus clogs the throat, the voice becomes hoarse and rasping. There is the typical ‘seal-bark’ cough mentioned above.

Croup is generally referred to as a childrens disease, but may in fact affect anyone of any age. If often attacks at night, which suggests and highlights the psychic component. ‘When the ego’s world is dark, and the child-parts are open to the psyche,’ I.e. when the children are trying to get to sleep in a troubled household.

Interestingly, C.G. JUNG describes such a situation in great detail in his ‘autobiography,’ ‘MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS.’ (Chapter 1, First Years. Pp.33/4.) You can easily read it there yourselves, but in essence, the disintegration of his parents relationship affected him with what he called ‘pseudo-croup,’ with similar symptoms mixed in with anxiety attacks.

Fever emphasises the conflict, which is not being resolved at the psychic levels. The larynx (voice-box) is choked off. The child (or adult) cannot speak up for themselves, but at the same time the choking and coughing draws attention to this. The swollen, inflamed windpipe shows that the conflict extends all the way down to the heart/lung feeling area, that FEAR is preventing the proper intake of life breath. The anxiety of the parents affects the child.

Again, this ailment is said to be ‘caused’ by a virus OR a bacterium, but again I say that we need to consider this as ONLY the visible component (microscopically, that is) of a total, WHOLISTIC situation.

LARYNGITIS: Laryngitis proper (see CROUP immediately above) often follows an infection such as the common cold, (see COMMON COLD above) MEASLES or SCARLET FEVER. (see both in SKIN section below)

ACUTE laryngitis following INFLAMMATORY/CONFLICT symptoms certainly suggests that the sufferer is ‘UNABLE TO EXPRESS THE CONFLICT THEY FEEL ABOUT THE SITUATION THEY ARE IN.’ Things have ‘come to a (THE) head.’ The conflict erupts, bursts out physically because it is being AVOIDED at the levels at which it is necessary to come to grips with it, CONFRONT (i.e. FACE) it, and the LARYNX now becomes inflamed, there is coughing, and the voice is affected.

CHRONIC laryngitis tends to be milder, but shows that the ROOT CAUSES of the conflict are being CONSISTENTLY IGNORED. If the larynx is badly affected by too much smoking/drinking/talking/shouting/singing etc., that will be already fairly obvious.

PHARYNGITIS: This is the classic inflamed, infected sore throat, with accompanying high temperature. (up to 40 deg. C. 104 F.) The pharynx (back of the throat) turns red and is inflamed, along with the soft palate. (the fleshy part of the roof of the mouth immediately in front of the throat) Sometimes the tonsils (see below) are also affected.

As with chronic laryngitis above, the root causes of CHRONIC pharyngitis need to be identified, although the symptoms are generally milder.

‘I HAVE CONFLICT/MY ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO BOTH MY ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE (BREATHING) AND WHAT GOES IN AND OUT OF MY MOUTH, WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED (FOOD, etc.) and MY EGO’S EXPRESSION OF ITSELF.’ (SPEECH)

Pharyngitis may be associated with some other symptoms such as MEASLES, CHICKEN POX, or SCARLET FEVER. (see SKIN below)

QUINSY: (PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS) An abscess forms either on or in the tissue surrounding a tonsil. The affected area of the throat is extremely swollen and tender, and the swelling may extend up as far as the soft palate. This makes swallowing extremely difficult. In severe cases doctors may want to drain the pus.

The pus is part of the body’s defence against infection, being a mixture of the clear yellow watery part of blood, (serum) the remains of white blood cells, bacteria and damaged tissue. The white cells (PHAGOCYTES) are the ones which surround and destroy bacteria. Thus the pus is actually a sign that things are working well, although it may be painful. As usual, the pain draws our attention UNMISTAKABLY to the site of the conflict.

‘I CAN’T POSSIBLY SWALLOW THIS.’ We have to honestly look at what is going on in our (the sufferer’s) life. What can’t they/ we swallow? For example: I took down an extremely large peritonsillar abscess presented by an Italian lawyer in Croatia at the 2001 International Rainbow Gathering with a half-hour conversation about his life history, in which he revealed that he had been living his entire adult life under ‘family pressure.’ Stefan, the most experienced (German) allopathic doctor on the site, wanting him to go to Zadar hospital on the coast. ‘This man must go to hospital for surgery IMMEDIATELY!.’ I replied, ‘Have you got a helicopter, Stefan?’ We were in a valley in the Lika Mountains, just under the Bosnian border, a little off the back road to Bihac. We were an hour down the mountains to the parking, then an hour to Gracac, (pronounced ‘Grashatz) then across two mountain ranges with some of the worst hairpin bends and VERY bad roads til you get to the coast road, turn left and it’s 20 miles to Zadar, where there are hospitals. I told Stefan that I NEVER sen anyone to hospital from my medicine areas. I took Nitsan (an Israeli who speaks Italian) as translator, because the Italian didn’t speak enough English. We walked about 500 yards and sat down in a triangle. In translation got the story. As he told it, I put us into an altered state in which what is being told into is 3 dimensionally plus projected all around us, like a small dome, and we can see it as it’s being told. To sum it up, he had wanted to be a ‘cabaret artiste,’ but because of family pressure he went to university and got a law degree. Because he still had ideals, he became a public defender after he qualified. NOW, just before the gathering he had left public service to go into private commercial law to make more money, because of ‘family pressure.’ By the time we had come this far it had become increasingly obvious. I asked him, ‘Whose life have you been living? And whose life are you living NOW?’

I could see that he had ‘got’ it, so I left Nitsan to tidy up, and went on to do the next thing. (We did 725 cases in 21 days at that gathering.) In the morning he re-presented at the medicine area with no abscess. Stefan actually CRIED as he realised that he had wanted to send the patient to Zadar hospital (a long way under extremely difficult conditions) for SURGERY, and this was ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY. And he begged to come with us if we ever did another such gathering.

Quinsy often occurs as a complication of:

TONSILLITIS: The tonsils are 2 small flat oval masses of tissue which lie either side of the root of the tongue, at the entrance to the throat. Like the adenoids, which have the same function for the nasal passages, (see NOSE, ADENOIDS above) they are lymph glands through which flows the fluid which the body uses to remove bacteria etc. from the bloodstream. (see LYMPHATIC SYSTEM PROBLEMS, MORE GENERAL SYMPTOMS below)

Tonsillitis is often described as the most common throat disease of children, although it may affect people of any age. The tonsils become inflamed, sore, swollen, and again as in QUINSY above, it is ‘painful and difficult to swallow.’

Our eternally helpful language is telling us something important. There are common denominators visible here. If we contrast tonsillitis with ADENOIDITIS (see above) we see that the similar inflammation and swelling blocks the throat, which takes the food, allows speech, and also mouth breathing which avoids the nose and sinuses.

In ADENOIDITIS the sufferer is forced to breathe through the mouth, thus avoiding contact with the sinuses, which represent part of the INTUITION PROCESS. Breath automatically connects us to the world outside the boundaries of our ego. We ‘breathe the same air as everybody and everything else.’

Thus in adenoiditis we see the FEAR of LIFE (as a threatening experience) expressed, mainly by children. This can only be the parents fear. The breath is treated as if it were a food, and swallowed. What the children eat IS of course largely within the parents control, especially within the parental home.

In tonsillitis we see the rage of the dominated expressed symbolically at the physical level. We are not yet VOMITING, perhaps, (see STOMACH below) but we are clearly showing that we do not want to take in what is being fed to us by those who think that they should have (some?) control over our lives.

It has been quite common in the past, when there was a fad for removing adenoids and /or tonsils from affected children, especially when ‘a substantial number’ with swollen adenoids also presented SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA, aka ‘GLUE EAR.’ As you may by now realising, this is a ‘dead give-away.’ The sins of the parents are definitely visited on the children, who may have the offending reactive organ amputated. It can and does affect pets too.

Because allopathic ‘doctors’ do not understand how consciousness WORKS, many things are unnecessarily done to children. And from the drug and vaccine side, things are MUCH WORSE NOW.

OESOPHAGITIS: INFLAMMATION OF THE OESOPHAGUS:

The gullet, the muscular tube about 10” long. We get our food down to the stomach by a series of muscular contractions. It takes about 5 seconds for food to reach the lower end. Both top and bottom ends are enclosed by a ring of muscle.

If it becomes inflamed or seriously irritated by eating or drinking too hot or effectively corrosive and poisonous substances, we are either ‘NOT PAYING SUFFICIENT ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE ASSIMILATING,’ or we are deliberately attempting to injure ourselves, probably as a demonstration of rage at our perceived powerlessness.

ACID REFLUX , when the acidic contents of the stomach come back up, is a sure sign that things aren’t working properly.

Obviously if things are ‘TOO HOT FOR US,’ it is as well to remind ourselves that there are LIMITS to the degree of transformation we are able to handle. We wouldn’t want our goose to be too cooked?

This is for the same sort of reason that smoking is not a good idea, except in a conscious, ritual manner. (see SORE THROAT above.)

THYROID: the thyroid is an ENDOCRINE gland, one which produces hormones which are put directly into the bloodstream. The hormones are chemical substances which act as messengers regulating and balancing vital chemical processes, and integrating body functions.

Hormones enter the circulation and are spread to almost all the body tissues, but only certain tissues respond to a particular hormone.

A large part of the endocrine system is under the control of the nervous system, in that it responds to changes in the internal and external environment which are registered by the endocrine glands through the nervous system via the brain. The nature of this control varies from gland to gland.

Control of the endocrine system by the nervous system (NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL) means that it regulates a large part of the secretion of the operating/activating hormones in accordance with the needs of the individual, in response to the environmental changes.

Some of the glands and their respective hormones act on other endocrine glands. The THYROID gland is regulated by the PITUITARY gland, which is itself acted on by the HYPOTHALAMUS, in the middle of the brain, which acts as an endocrine gland in its own right.

The THYROID gland is located just below the larynx at the base of the neck. It produces 3 hormones, THYROXINE and TRIIODOTHYRONINE, (a derivative of THYROXINE) which increase oxygen consumption by most of the body cells, and CALCITONIN, which regulates CALCIUM levels in the body fluids.

The increased oxygen consumption stimulates the metabolism, combining oxygen and nutrients like fuel in an engine, producing energy which all the specialised cells of the body use to do their work. This of course includes the conversion of food into flesh, blood and bone, and as such is totally necessary for normal growth and development of children. Cholesterol levels are also lowered.

The appetite is increased, you lose weight, the body temperature rises slightly, among other effects.

The effect of CALCITONIN is part of the maintenance of blood calcium levels in the body, essential for a wide variety of body functions, in particular the health of nerves and muscles. In the long term, changes in this hormone affect the structure of the bones. The THYROID gland supplies calcitonin to the PARATHYROID gland, (see below) which carries out these functions.

On the other hand, you can look at these important aspects as FREQUENCY LEVELS interacting, rather than simply ‘chemicals:’ as the way consciousness functions, rather than simply mechanical responses to complex changes, but this is a more advanced workshop.

HYPERTHYROIDISM/HYPOTHYROIDISM/GOITRE: An over-active thyroid gland produces an excess of thyroid hormones. The gland itself is enlarged, and may be accompanied by protruding eyes. With this symptom it is called GRAVE’S DISEASE, or EXOPTHALMIC GOITRE.

The metabolism speeds up. Hot skin, heavy sweating, shaking, rapid pulse, and the bulging eyes are frequent indicators of THYROTOXICOSIS, literally meaning being poisoned by your own thyroid gland.

Almost any organ or tissue may be affected. There may be emotional and psychological disturbance, abnormal brain waves, nerve-muscle problems, or even convulsions.

The circulation changes, the blood flow increases, the heart pumps more, blood pressure rises. Irregular heart action is common, especially in the over-forties.

The ramifications are considerable, in fact. Other endocrine glands may be affected by excessive thyroid hormones, leading to a very wide range of symptoms. I do not propose to cover them all here, just to give a good idea of what is involved when considering the thyroid/endocrine glands medically.

‘THYROID STORM’: In its most serious form, the overproduction of thyroid hormone can precipitate a ‘thyroid crisis, or storm.’ This can lead to heart failure, kidney, liver or adrenal gland failure, and then circulation failure and death. Such crises can also be provoked by taking large amounts of thyroid hormones.

An under functioning thyroid (also called MYXOEDEMA or HYPOTHYROIDISM) may originate in the thyroid itself, or again, in the PITUITARY or HYPOTHALAMUS which regulate the thyroid. If the under function is purely thyroid in origin there may be EXOPTHALMOS, the protruding eyes.

Many of the HYPERTHYROID symptoms reverse: blood vessels constrict, there is increased resistance to blood flow, the circulation slows down, the heart’s output of blood decreases, possible heart failure. Blood flow to the kidney is reduced, and various kidney functions diminish.

The production of digestive juices diminishes, and the digestion itself slows down, or reduces, with frequent constipation. Skeletal muscles may thicken and harden, and the development of the skeleton may be affected.

In infants and small children HYPOTHYROIDISM may lead to CRETINISM, retarded or stunted growth, both physically and in intellectual development. In older children and juveniles the symptoms are very much less, and are said to be reversible.

GOITRE: this is the body’s attempt to deal with the failing thyroid gland by greater production of thyroid stimulating hormones, which make the gland increase in size. The failure of the thyroid may be caused by lack of IODINE in various forms, eating foods which affect the thyroid negatively, exposure to radioactivity, or INFLAMMATION of the thyroid. (THYROIDITIS) Before the use of antibiotics, acute thyroiditis was often a complication of a larger, systemic infection such as TYPHOID or PNEUMONIA.

The word goitre itself refers to any enlargement of the thyroid.

The hypothyroid type of goitre is called ‘non-toxic.’ Where there is an area in which goitres occur frequently, they are called ‘endemic.’ In endemic goitre, the thyroid may reach 100 times its normal size to be as big as a grapefruit. Endemic goitre is no longer to be found in Europe since the introduction of iodine in table salt.

……The endocrine glands are a very complex subject, partly because of the way they affect one another, which cannot be properly considered separately, as isolated phenomena. As we have seen the THYROID is dependent on the HYPOTHALAMUS and PITUITARY.

In the case of the thyroid in particular, (viewed separately from all the other work the HYPOTHALAMUS and PITUITARY do) the hypothalamus receives neurosensory (and other) information, on the basis of which it stimulates the pituitary gland, which releases TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormones) into the bloodstream. These hormones stimulate the thyroid, which then releases its own hormones. (see above)

OK, so you’ve had the lecture. The endocrine-thyroid complex, if we call it that, regulates the metabolism, in other words, controls the amount of energy available to the ego-body.

‘In response to environmental changes:’ The brain receives and organises information from inside and outside the body. It is then communicated to the endocrine system. (NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL, see above)

The nutrients from digestion combine with oxygen regulated by the thyroid hormones. Thus we can see that continuous TRANSFORMATION is taking place within the cells of most body organs. ‘THE PSYCHE REGULATES GROWTH/TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE EGO BODY.’

At a different level, this is easily visible as, ‘THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AVAILABLE TO ‘ME.’’(The ego-body)

So the question I must pose here and now in 2020 is, ‘What psychic factors are limiting (controlling) the amount of usable energy available to me on a daily basis?’

Goitre (see above) most clearly brings our attention to the whole question of the energy available to us, how we are dealing/coping with our lives. In either case, too much or too little thyroid function the swelling shows ‘GROWTH AT THE WRONG LEVEL,’ a subject we will have to consider in great detail later. A part of/the whole body enlarges inappropriately, substituting for the neglected or avoided INNER GROWTH.

PARATHYROID GLANDS: Also endocrine (see above) glands, there are usually 4 parathyroid, 2 behind each lateral lobe of the thyroid gland, although the number and position may vary. They are chiefly involved in the maintaining of calcium levels.

The parathyroid produces its own hormone (parathyroid hormone) which raises calcium in the blood. Calcitonin from the thyroid (see above) lowers it.

Low plasma calcium levels lead to muscular spasms. (TETANY) High levels of calcium are associated with irritability and mental symptoms, and also kidney stones as the excess calcium builds up in the urinary tract.

The parathyroid hormone acts on the human skeleton, increasing the amount of calcium moving FROM the bones INTO the bloodstream, and acts WITH VITAMIN D in transporting calcium through the intestinal walls and into the bloodstream, as calcium enters through the diet, and is excreted through urine.

HYPERPARATHYROIDISM: i.e. EXCESS parathyroid hormone clearly indicates the gradual dissolution/dissolving of the ego’s support structure. At first, the bones do not appear to be affected, other symptoms are in the foreground, but after a while the bone destruction becomes evident. The ability to absorb calcium is impaired.

The loss of calcium is easily measurable in the urine, where it exceeds the daily dietary intake.

The most common known connection of hyperparathyroidism is with KIDNEY FAILURE. (UR(A)EMIA) 1 out of 5 people with kidney failure and known hyperparathyroidism shows visible X ray evidence of bone destruction. (see KIDNEYS, SKELETON, below)

‘THE GRADUAL EROSION OF THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF THE EGO.’

HYPOPARATHYROIDISM, under functioning parathyroid glands means that the regulation of calcium (and phosphorus) in the body is affected. Decreased calcium in the bloodstream may as above mentioned produce muscle spasms, numbness and tingling, convulsions, cataracts, brittle hair, diarrhoea, even congestive heart failure. (blood too thick and heart too weak for proper circulation, see HEART below)

X ray results of the skeleton are said to be normal, but calcification of the soft tissues or basal ganglia of the brain (through which the messages are sent from the brain to other parts of the body via the nervous system. See the NECK above, and THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM below) may occur.

Hypoparathyroidism is frequently described as IDIOPATHIC.’ This means that is has no (medically) identifiable cause. However, from the point of view of the author and this book, it is evident that INSUFFICIENT calcium shows us that the ego-body is not developing/continuing ‘normally.’ There is not enough hardness in the fluid/flexible very conscious feeling (if you pardon the paradox) fluid (the pressurised fluid of feeling) for normal development of our teeth (breaking down what is to be assimilated into pieces small enough for the ego body to be able to accept/handle/swallow) and fingernails. (the hard sharp bits (outgrowths) at the end of/on the outside of the handling process)

SO WHY AREN’T OUR TEETH AND CLAWS DEVELOPING PROPERLY? Obviously there must be some opposition to our development as potentially dangerous beings, but dangerous to whom?

If the brain tissues start to calcify, ‘THINKING (THE CENTRE OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME’) HAS LOST ITS FLEXIBILITY.’ The circumstances of the sufferer must be gone into in detail.

If I can’t control the ego-body’s twitching and convulsing, ‘I’ (the continuum-ego itself) am being shown very clearly how out of control I am, that I can’t keep a ‘straight face.’ (see WRYNECK above) ‘BILL GATES.’

GLANDULAR FEVER (MONONUCLEOSIS): An infection of the lymph gland system, medically believed to be caused by a virus. (see the COMMON COLD, HERPES SIMPLEX/COLD SORES above) (see also LYMPATIC SYSTEM below) there is fever, (high temperature) headache, painful throat, tiredness, and swollen lymph glands, particularly at the main ‘nodes’ (the greatest concentrations) in the neck, armpits, and groin.

The spleen may become enlarged, (see SPLEEN below) and the liver may also be affected. The inflammation of the liver is called HEPATITIS. (see LIVER, HEPATITIS below) All in all, it is as if the immune system itself is under attack. (see IMMUNE SYSTEM below)

Mononucleosis is quite common in institutional situations, schools, colleges, the military etc., where a lot of people UNDER 35 spend a lot of time together. Although it is not medically understood, I have had some evidence in my 25 years as a healer that it has something to do with parental pressure and expectations, and peer group pressure in situations where young people are expected or required to do well, or excel.

We always have to discover WHOSE LIFE IT IS we are living, and WHOSE version of reality, WHOSE RULES we are living under. If we do not like, accept or believe in those rules, we may find ourselves in difficulties.

I have seen children as young as 12 suffering from this, when they were under enormous pressure to do well at school. Even the children of doctors! My reference books say that mental depression is quite common, which only goes to prove the point. They are DE-PRESSED!

At one point I had 4 cases of this in the Glastonbury area, and another in Salisbury. That’s how common it is/was.

‘I CAN’T COPE WITH THE NEED TO BUY APPROVAL WITH RESULTS.’ (I NEED or WOULD MUCH RATHER TO BE ACCEPTED/LOVED FOR MYSELF.)

Pressed down, de-pressed, the conflict/need for transformation bursts out in the fever. The lymphatic system, channels for the psyche/very conscious swells, showing the need for growth, and draws the attention with the pain. The sufferer collapses, now having a reason not to continue living a life for SOMEBODY ELSE for a couple of weeks.

I must add/repeat that if ‘viruses’ are really ‘EXOSOMES’, i.e. a NORMAL cellular detoxification process common to all, then the ENTIRE ALLOPATHIC PARADIGM, and particularly ‘CV19 comes down, revealing itself as criminal fraud on a VAST scale.

PART FOUR THE TRUNK OR TORSO

THE SHOULDER: Many of the metaphors we use about the shoulder concern effort. ‘I gave it to him straight from the shoulder. Shoulder to the wheel. Shouldering the burden. Standing ‘shoulder to shoulder.’ (in common or united effort)

The shoulder has the greatest range of movement of any joint in the body, enabling the arm to move in almost any direction. This is because as the arm swing out and up, the shoulder blade moves sideways and rotates, allowing the arm to freely rotate.

Here we have several major points to consider straight away: making effort, bearing the burden/carrying the load, and the movement and flexibility common to all the joints.

If we were sufficiently honest with ourselves, it would be easy enough to tell we are OVERBURDENED by some aspect of our lives, that we find it difficult to cope with the SELF-IMPOSED WEIGHT, but in actuality we probably don’t even notice what we are doing. Shoulder pain is simply telling us that this has ALREADY HAPPENED.

We are ‘BUCKLING UNDER.’

Our egos believe that whatever we are doing is the ONLY way to behave, to conduct our lives. What we have to do is to get our ego to FACE the facts, the truth of the situation, what we are actually doing, and realise that this is only a VERSION of reality, one that we are UNABLE to CARRY forward.

‘I (the ego) JUST CAN’T CARRY ON. (WITH IT?) I CAN’T CARRY IT OFF ANY MORE.’ (I.e. at the very least, without pain)

1. So why DO we create our lives/life experiences as weights, burdens which we cannot carry?
2. For the usual reason, most probably. That this is what our parents and teachers programmed us to do, and that we are so habituated to what we consider our normal behaviour, that we have failed to notice until the pain forces us to pay attention.

If we are not sufficiently flexible, it is a reflection of our RIGID BELIEFS I mentioned above. (also see STIFF NECK above, and ARTHITIS, RHEUMATISM below)

FROZEN SHOULDER: Inflammation of the tendons (TENDINITIS) and the sheaths surrounding them, (TENOSYNOVITIS) the strong bands of tissue (also known as sinews) which anchor or attach the muscles to the relevant bone structure. It may be brought on by unaccustomed usage or overexertion, but that is really just another way of saying that we have OVERREACHED or OVERBURDENED ourselves, particularly in the context of EXERCISE.

The very means by which the actual activity is transmitted in and through the ego body swells up, becomes red, heats up, becomes painful. The conflict which we are trying to avoid at the psychic level somatises, BECOMES ‘PHYSICAL’.

I have seen cases of frozen shoulder where doctors were unable to do anything. Perhaps if they had realised that it was the patient who did not want to do SOMETHING, they might have got somewhere. Unfortunately at the time I was too inexperienced myself to pinpoint what was going on.

Thickening and a build-up of calcium salts may happen in and around the shoulder joint. (see CALCITONIN, THYROID and PARATHYROID glands above) This condition is ALSO known as ‘frozen shoulder.’

‘MY FLEXIBLE LOAD-CARRYING ABILITY SEIZES UP. I DON’T WANT TO GO ON WITH THIS…….(whatever it is)’

REFERRED PAIN means that the true source of a pain is supposed (medically – that is) to be somewhere other than the experienced location. ANGINA and other HEART DISEASES (see HEART, CIRCULATION below) may give rise to pain in the left shoulder, which then spreads down to the fingertips. That simply means that it is ‘ON THE FEELING SIDE.’

NEURALGIA may give rise to pain in the shoulder. ‘TOUCHING A RAW NERVE.’ A nerve is inflamed. But why? What are we so sensitive about? ‘WHAT IS GETTING ON MY NERVES?’ A literal statement if ever.

MYALGIA is the medical name given to pains in the muscles themselves.

THE CHEST.

The chest is the upper part of the trunk or torso, containing the heart and lungs. These organs are protected by the rib cage. The oesophagus or gullet passes through the chest (see NECK, OESOPHAGITIS above) taking food from the throat to the stomach.

On the outside of the chest at the front are the breasts, of course. And at the back is the back itself, the hardest part of the ego-body for ‘ME’ to see without mirrors. Within the back are the 12 thoracic vertebrae and the relevant part of the central nervous system which the spinal column encloses.

The chest also contains the Thymus, a small endocrine gland located behind the breastbone. The thymus has a great deal to do with the so-called ‘immune system’, (see IMMUNE SYSTEM below) providing the LYMPHOCTYES (white blood cells) which determine whether AS ‘INDIVIDUALS,’ WE SUCCUMB TO A ‘DISEASE’ OR NOT. Although it is such an important part of the complex of factors we call ‘HEALTH,’ its place in the scheme of things has been much undervalued until relatively recently, and much of its function is still unknown medically.

THE HEART: allopathic story: The physical heart is a pump divided into 2 major parts or 2 pumps side by side, if you prefer, which have the job of moving blood – THE CIRCULATION – to every part of the body.

Alternative story: the heart is not a pump, but works entirely differently using VORTEX technology.

THE CIRCULATION: is a continuous process, the heart has to move about 7000 litres of blood a day around the body to supply all the organs and tissues in a never-ending cycle. An average individual blood cell goes right around the circulation system in about 45 seconds. On average, the heart beats 2,500,000,000 times, and pumps 340,000,000 litres of blood in a lifetime.

A single cardiac cycle – contraction and relaxation of the heart – takes point 8 of a second to complete. One contraction and relaxation is a heartbeat. At rest the heart beats between 60 and 70 times a minute. Exercise can push this up to over 150 times a minute, and increase the blood flow rate from 5 litres a minute to 20 litres a minute.

THE LUNGS: Oxygen is the only gas capable of supporting RESPIRATION. You get a bit high-pitched and squeaky on HELIUM. The word ‘RESPIRATION’ does not simply refer to breathing, but also to the breaking down of food within the body cells to produce the energy we use in our daily lives. To clarify this, it is sometimes referred to as CELLULAR or INTERNAL RESPIRATION.

The food plus the oxygen is transformed into ENERGY, water, carbon dioxide, and other waste products. The lungs perform an exchange process in which oxygen is absorbed from the air we breathe, and at the same time the carbon dioxide is released back into the atmosphere. Do not wear a MASK, obviously. Otherwise you are breathing your own exhaust gases. Every test with an oxymeter I have ever seen shows immediately and clearly that the oxygen percentage falls below the MINIMUM required percentage of 19 point 5 to approximately 17 point 5, setting the warning alarms off in seconds.

The CIRCULATION takes the oxygen around the body from the lungs to the cells, and brings back the carbon dioxide from the cellular respiration to the lungs, where it is exchanged in a chemical process, and breathed out.

If we compare the actual size of the contact area of the lungs with that of the skin, we find that the lungs have a much greater (internal) surface area. The skin averages between 1.5 and 2 sq. metres, the lungs around 70 SQUARE METERS.

The reason I have placed the HEART, CIRCULATION, and LUNGS together for consideration instead of separately should be obvious if we look at the overall context. Their functions are so integrated that to consider them separately loses the continuity of this context, and increases the likelihood of failing to see them as parts of an integrated system. They belong together!

The amazing work that the heart does for such a small organ (300 gram) would be useless without the breath of life. The human engine simply would not start at birth. It is a dangerous mistake to attempt to consider the human body in purely mechanistic and engineering terms. Rather it is the other way around: much of engineering theory and principles are based on the study of the human body.

Although this is a more realistic way of looking at this part/these parts of the body, most symptoms are associated with specific, more isolated views of parts or organs of the body, so to some extent we will have to take this into account as we consider the symptoms.

THE HEART OF THE MATTER. We have many metaphors involving the heart. ‘take to heart, wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve, eat, cry, play one’s heart out, in one’s heart of hearts, after my own heart, heart not in it, with all my heart,’ and so on. I’m sure we could come up with at least 20 more.

Although I have heard and read quite a few different expressions of what the heart epitomises, it is clear that what it actually symbolises is FEELING. This is particularly in contrast with the HEAD, the part of the ego-body which thinks it is in charge, associates itself with THINKING, and most expresses its INDIVIDUALITY, difference and separation/isolation from all others. (see HEAD, above)

As we have already considered, the heart allegedly pumps the blood, the pressurised fluid of feeling, around the body. In doing so, it also takes the oxygen from the air, the life breath, the Holy Spirit, to every part of the body. Thus we can say that the heart is the motor, the ‘engine’ which drives the feeling process, its motive power. If it is NOT a pump, this does not necessarily invalidate its importance, physically or symbolically.

From this point we can begin to consider ‘individual’ symptoms. Heart symptoms obviously force us to pay attention to our hearts, but at the wrong level, as with all symptoms. We are clearly being told, ‘in no uncertain terms,’ that we have neglected, not put ENOUGH attention (for our own requirements) into our feelings.

This does not mean EMOTIONS, however. The chief meaning of emotion, as our dictionaries tell us, are of disturbed mind, mental sensation or state, which tell us that they are actually to do with the HEAD, strangely enough. Feeling, on the other hand, is a RECEPTIVE state. A clear distinction is being made between EMOTION and FEELING. It tells us VERY CLEARLY that the relationship between the HEAD and the HEART is out of balance, probably out of control, in ‘favour’ of the HEAD.

(Latin: E-movere, ‘to move out (of), or away from.’

The EMOTIONS of the disturbed HEAD mean that what is happening to us in our lives does not fit our ego’s view of what SHOULD be happening, and the ego is reacting ‘emotionally’. To repeat: this is NOT ‘FEELING.’ Feeling is what happens when we ALLOW whatever is happening to pass through us. By definition, it is ‘sensation. it is non-intellectual, and does not concern the THINKING process.

The fact that we find this very difficult to understand merely goes to show how far we actually are from a proper comprehension or relationship to our feeling side, how much we are identified with the HEAD, and are convinced that this is ‘normal.’

ANGINA PECTORIS: ‘Pain in the chest.’ The coronary arteries which supply blood,

oxygen and nutrients to the cardiac (heart) muscle itself, (and remove waste products) are

unable to cope with a sudden increased demand for blood owing to the need to make

some extra effort or excitement, even the digestion of a heavy meal, or walking up stairs.

The pain is felt in the centre of the chest, but may also occur in the shoulder, neck, or arms, in which case the left arm is affected first. (see REFERRED PAIN, THE SHOULDER, above) it is more often a dull pain, with the feeling of being constricted or suffocated, and possibly palpitations (rapid or irregular heartbeat) and dizziness.

Angina is not a disease in itself, but the symptom of some other condition, ANAEMIA, (see below) or HYPERTENSION (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, see below) or HEART VALVE DISEASE. (see below)

Most commonly, however, angina is symptomatic of ATHEROSCLEROSIS, (a form of)/ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, (see below) but may lead to one if nothing is done about it.

Interestingly enough, GLYCERYL TRINITRATE, which you may know of as NITROGLYCERINE, the explosive, or at least small amount of it, are given to sufferers by the medical profession. It causes the arteries to dilate (widen) almost immediately, increasing the blood flow to the heart.

The symbolism of BLOWING UP THE HARDENING HEART notwithstanding, it is clear that angina is a warning that we are NOT FEEDING THE HEART PROPERLY, WE HAVE LOST OUR FLEXIBILITY/ARE GOING RIGID IN MATTERS OF THE HEART, in other words, FEELING!!!

If we are not paying attention to our hearts, to the feeling process, we are LISTENING TO OUR HEADS, TO THE EGO’S SIREN VOICE, and LIFE is forcing us to notice, with the angina symptoms.

HEART ATTACK: CORONARY THROMBOSIS is the end product of the ARTERIOATHEROSCLEROSIS process (see below) mentioned above in ANGINA. A blood clot forms in a damaged coronary artery, shutting off the blood supply to the heart muscle, possibly damaging it or part of it irreparably, or causing DEATH. If the blood supply to the brain is affected, a STROKE is caused. (see THE HEAD above)

There is severe chest pain, weakness, sweating, possibly collapse. However this does not come and attack us out of ‘a clear blue sky,’ out of apparently NOWHERE. We have ignored the warning signs to do with being aware of, paying attention to, and FEEDING OUR HEARTS referred to in ANGINA above. Our egos have dictated to us what is important – power, wealth, position – whatever – and we have OBEYED!

If we do not understand how the above comments on ‘power trips’ apply to us, remember that we do not need to be in obvious ‘positions of power’ in the external world. We just need to consider the proposition that what we are afraid of, and wish to control in our lives, taken over a period of time, the feelings we wish to avoid bringing into our awareness and integrating, may be injuring our hearts. This applies in personal relationships and what we call ‘LOVE’ just as much, or even more so than in other areas.

CORONARY: the ‘crown’ of branching arteries which encircle the heart.

Just a coincidence, huh? ‘CORONAVIRUS’ literally ‘Poison the heart.’ or ‘THE POISONED HEART.’

CORONARY HEART DISEASE: the narrowing or blocking of any of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart muscle. This is the second most common cause of DEATH in Britain, after CANCER, (see below) several 100,000 per year, 4 times as many men as women.

CORONARY SCLEROSIS: the accumulation of fatty deposits, fibrous tissue etc. referred to in ANGINA, above, in the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle. A form of ARTERIOSCLEROSOS/ATHEROSCLEROSIS, see below. Again, our failure to nourish our INNER HEART leads to:-

HEART FAILURE: when for any reason, the heart cannot meet the demands for blood which the body requires of it. The heart may have been weakened over a period by some other discernible symptom like HYPERTENSION/HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, (see below) or some other HEART DISEASE. (read whole CHEST section)

When the heart stops beating, this is called HEART STOPPAGE, obviously enough, or CARDIAC ARREST. The heart stopping is generally put on death certificates as the cause of death.

BREATHLESSNESS is a common symptom on the way to HEART FAILURE. Any effort or exertion leads to PALPITATIONS. (irregular or rapid heartbeat, see ANGINA above) We have tried to shut LIFE out. REPEAT, WE HAVE GONE BEYOND TRYING TO AVOID OUR FEELINGS, OUR EGOS ARE NOW DESPERATE TO SHUT LIFE OUT, TO CONTROL IT, TO DETERMINE WHAT IT SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THE EGO’S VERSION: THE PRESERVATION OF ‘ME’ AT ALL COSTS.

‘He who wishes to save his life, must first lose it.’ We have succeeded in separating ourselves from our feelings. We WIN THE PRIZE. Unfortunately, it turns out to be DEATH. See STROKE, HEAD above.

TACHYCARDIA: another word for abnormally rapid heartbeat.

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: the death of an area of the heart muscle.

CARDIOMYOPATHY/MYOCARDITIS: inflammation of the heart muscle, and its subsequent degeneration into fatty or fibrous tissue. This may occur with RHEUMATIC FEVER or DIPHTHERIA (see below) in childhood or adolescence. In later life may be a result of ALCOHOLISM. (see below)

CONFLICT WITH THE CENTRE/PROCESS OF FEELINGS. In alcoholism the heart is enlarged up to double normal size. ‘DESPERATE NEED FOR GROWTH IN THE AREA OF FEELINGS, WHILE I (THE EGO) TRIES TO ANAETHETISE THEM WITH DRINK.’ The heart desperately tries to cope, to work more efficiently through enlargement, (see THYROID above, LIVER below) at the same time as losing its flexibility and ability to function.

CORONARY OCCLUSION: again, a blockage of one of the coronary arteries by a blood clot, or something similar. (see HEART/CORONARY references above)

Time after time we see the blockage of the coronary arteries indicating the same thing; ‘THE CUTTING OFF OF NOURISHMENT AND LIFE FORCE FROM (THE MOTIVE POWER OF) THE FEELING PROCESS.’

No matter how frightened we are, no matter WHAT our ego’s justifications are, we cannot live without our feeling side, and to try to do so frequently has fatal consequences.

RHEUMATIC FEVER: a fever which can follow a bacterial infection, usually in children and young people, affecting the joints, which become swollen, red and painful. The inner lining of the heart, and the heart valves become inflamed.

The fever may be extremely high, (40 deg C.) and last for several weeks. The heart valves may become scarred as the disease passes, causing them to fail to open and close properly, making a noise, a

HEART MURMUR: an abnormal sound produced by the heart, which can be heard with a stethoscope. (many murmurs are relatively harmless and do not produce detectable problems) in such a case, breathing difficulty and a weak pulse indicate the valve damage, which is called

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: the inflammation of the inner elastic membrane lining the heart, causing damage to the heart valves. Narrowing of the valves is called STENOSIS: the narrowing of any opening, duct or passageway in the body. (see below) If the valves leak, it is called INCOMPETENCE.

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE: is also called VDH or ENDOCARDITIS. Other symptoms of rheumatic fever may include nosebleeds and a rash.

As I have said before, if children are affected in this fashion, however unacceptable it may seem, we must have a close look at what is going on with the parents or guardians. Here the most devastating aspect of the conflict (INFLAMMATION) shows itself in the very INNER HEART, the centre of the FEELING SIDE, the HIDDEN, INNER PART, I.e. the DEEPEST FEELINGS. Not only this, but in some cases PERMANENT HEART DAMAGE, DAMAGE to the ABILITY TO FEEL AND THE ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE (BREATH) results.

Many classic CONFLICT symptoms are evident, the rash on the skin, THE BOUNDARY OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’ The nosebleed, CONFLICT WITH THE INTUITION/VISIBLE SIGN OF THE RESTRICTION ON TAKING IN LIFE. The swollen, red, painful joints highlight the ACUTE LACK OF FLEXIBILITY, and the CONFLICT about it.

In the fever the whole EGO-BODY becomes involved in the CONFLICT/NEEDS FOR TRANSFORMATION. The metabolism speeds up. EVERYTHING is thrown into the need to resolve this situation, as the body attempts to burn up the problems, but at the wrong level. Do you see why we must look at the adults and authority figures who are advising/controlling/dominating the sufferers of such a disease?

It is very likely that the young people are simply EXTERNALISING DEEP SEATED PROBLEMS WITHIN A FAMILY CONTINUUM!

MITRAL DISEASE: (see VALVULAR HEART DISEASE above) MITRAL merely means ‘shaped like a mitre, ‘two-pronged.’ (The ‘fish hat from Babylon worn by bishops.) This is a rheumatic disease which affects the valve which separates the upper left chamber of the heart (ATRIUM) from the lower left chamber. (VENTRICLE)

If the valve does not close properly, blood flows back into the ATRIUM instead of being pumped to the body. This is known as

MITRAL INCOMPETENCE: see VALVULAR HEART DISEASE above. If the flaps of the mitral valve (BICUSPID VALVE) partly remain stuck together, the hole through which the blood flows is narrowed. This is

MITRAL STENOSIS: see VALVULAR HEART DISEASE above. Here we have another INFLAMMATORY SITUATION, this time not associated with a particular age group, in which again the INNER WORKINGS OF THE HEART ARE DAMAGED. THE MOTIVE FORCE OF THE FEELING PROCESS DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, AND FEELING AND THE BREATH OF LIFE ARE NO LONGER CARRIED EFFECTIVELY TO EVERY PART OF THE EGO-BODY.

HEART BLOCK: ‘Pacemakers’ are not just ARTIFICIAL ELECTRONIC machines. They have the same name as the NATURAL part of our hearts which supply the impulses which contract the ventricles, pumping/forcing the blood into the arteries. If there is damage to the nerves which carry the impulses to contract the heart, (between the pacemaker and the ventricles) the pumping action is affected.

The heart slows down. The amount of blood which the heart pumps is reduced, which reduces the blood pressure, (HYPOTONIA/HYPOTENSION, see below) which in turn may lead to repeated UNCONSCIOUSNESS. (see below)

‘THE POWER WHICH OPERATES THE FEELING PROCESS IS WITHDRAWN/REDUCED. FEELING AND THE BREATH OF LIFE ARE NO LONGER CARRIED EFFECTIVELY TO EVERY PART OF THE BODY. ‘I’ DON’T LIKE/WISH TO FACE.’

If this process is carried on sufficiently far, then I can get an

ARTIFICIAL PACEMAKER: this works by electrically stimulating the heart, and is usually implanted, running off batteries. All responsibility for the operation of the feeling process is relinquished to a machine. NO IRREGULARITIES ALLOWED!

Our fear of our feelings has become so great that the naturalness is given over to ARTIFICIAL NON-FEELING MECHANICALNESS. The bottom line, as with HEART BLOCK above, ‘I DON’T HAVE TO COPE WITH THE FEELING PROCESS.’ In the one case ‘I’ BECOME UNCONSCIOUS, literally ‘I PASS OUT.’ In other words I get away, escape. In this case MY IMPULSES ARE LITERALLY REMOVED FROM THE FEELING PROCESS.’MY DANGEROUS, DISTURBING FEELINGS ARE BANISHED FROM MY LIFE, AND REPLACED BY A (HOPEFULLY) RELIABLE NON-DISTURBING, NON-FEELING DEVICE.’

Although it is rather late on in the process, we can still ask ourselves the relevant questions. ‘Why are my feelings and impulses so dangerous and disturbing? And what is the ACTUAL JUSTIFICATION for this well-ordered life which I am so desperate to obtain, that I am willing to sacrifice my HUMANITY to obtain it? Where do we get these ideas? 3 GUESSES!

EFFORT SYNDROME/CARDIONEUROSIS/CARDIOPHOBIA: All the heart symptoms described above in this section mean that people have been forced to pay attention to their hearts. LITERALLY! They have been trying to live according to the beliefs of the ego/THE HEAD of the ego-body with which they have been conditioned. They have been trying to avoid uncomfortable FEELING, and considered this to be normal behaviour. They have tried to organise their lives according to PLAN, but cruelly the INNER HEART has made its presence known through SOMATISATION, physical symptoms, and automatically, although at the WRONG LEVEL they find themselves worrying about the condition of their hearts, taking them more into account.

Now we look at a condition where a person exhibits all the symptoms of heart disease, but no actual defects can be found medically. The cardio neurotic can produce breathlessness, palpitations, dizziness, sweating, chest pain, more symptoms often all at the same time than an actual sufferer from heart disease will produce.

In my view, PSYCHIC symptoms are just as valid and useful as so called purely PHYSICAL ones. This is because they both convey useful INFORMATION. The physical symptoms state specific information, see above. The psychic symptom of CARDIONEUROSIS under whichever of its many names it comes to light (Da Costa’s syndrome, disordered action of the heart, (DAH) nervous heart, soldier’s heart etc…) explains that the sufferer IS EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT HIS/HER HEART/THE FEELING PROCESS, so much so that FEAR about it is becoming obsessional, a full-time occupation.

It just needs to be pointed out that the PSYCHE in its wisdom has ALREADY provided the cardio neurotic with the necessary information about OPENING UP TO and DEVELOPING THE FEELING SIDE of life, in a much more KINDLY way than a heart attack would have done. It is also fair to say that such people who exhibit purely PSYCHIC symptoms are much more RECEPTIVE to the messages which LIFE is giving them than people who wait until their own hearts strike them down! They just may not have understood that they are PSYCHICALLY MORE RECEPTIVE yet.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE INFORMATION!!!

Carl Jung had to deal with a medical doctor who was an extreme case of cancer-neurosis. Nothing he could do or say could convince this patient that he did NOT have cancer, although there was absolutely no evidence for this belief.

Now we will proceed to symptoms concerning the CIRCULATION:

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE/HYPERTENSION/HYPERTONIA: As we have already discussed to some extent in the preamble to this section, (see CHEST, CIRCULATION, LUNGS above) the circulation carries blood to every part of the body except the hair, nails, and corneas. (front of the eyeball) in doing so it carries NOURISHMENT (WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED -ABSORBED BY THE EGO-BODY) and OXYGEN (THE BREATH OF LIFE – THE HOLY SPIRIT) to the cells, where they are ‘burnt’/TRANSFORMED in the original meaning of SACRIFICE – A HOLY ACT – IN AN ONGOING SACRED FIRE, giving us the ENERGY to live and act in the physical world.

The actual blood pressure itself is a measurement of the overall relationship between the pumping strength of the heart, and the resistance that the flow of blood meets as it is channeled through the blood vessels: the arteries, veins and capillaries.

It is measured as 2 figures: the higher figure, the pressure when the heart contracts and pumps the blood, the SYSTOLIC pressure, and the lower figure, when the contraction is relaxed, the DIASTOLIC pressure. The figures will then be compared with average figures for age groups.

One problem is that if the person who is having their blood pressure measured is in any way frightened or disturbed during the reading, no matter what the reason, the pressure will read artificially high.

This brings us on to the fact that this reflex can operate CONTINUOUSLY if we live in such a way that we are frightened or disturbed ON A CONSTANT BASIS, no matter how ‘justified’ the reason. The trouble is that we may be HABITUATED to the source(s) of irritation, or AVOIDING FACING them, so that our egos (‘me’) simply don’t notice. If it’s the invisible problem, tell it that I can’t see it. Kurt Vonnegut, the famous American novelist said that the normal way of life in the Western world is ‘a constant state of low-grade paranoia.’ If we live ‘under pressure’ all the time, then our blood pressure levels may be dangerously high. And we DON’T NOTICE, because it’s NORMAL. So NOW (2020) they have presented us with the ‘NEW NORMAL’, where everyone can feel really paranoid ALL THE TIME with completely false justification.

HYPERTENSION means that the fluid pressure is too high for the body’s actual needs, to force the blood around the circulatory system. It causes long-term strain on the heart, by constantly forcing it to work harder, and damages the more delicate blood vessels, such as in the kidneys and the eyes.

If the kidneys are damaged, they may further exacerbate the situation because the kidneys function as an endocrine gland (see THYROID above, KIDNEYS below) producing RENIN, which is different from other endocrine hormones in that it does not act on tissue, but on a specific blood protein, ANGIOTENSIN. This is converted in the lungs to another form, ANGIOTENSIN II,(2) which constricts the arteries, increasing the load on the heart and raising blood pressure in a ‘vicious circle.’ This is called ‘malignant hypertension.’

Quite often no external symptoms may be noticed until we find that we are frequently out of breath for no apparent reason, because of the strain on the heart, or our vision starts to blur from damage to the retina at the back of the eye. (see EYES, GLAUCOMA etc. above)

Thus KIDNEY trouble (see below) ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, (see below) and stimulation of the ADRENAL GLANDS to produce ADRENALINE, the ‘fight or flight’ hormone through fear or whatever emotional disturbance, will also raise the blood pressure significantly. Tumours on the ADRENAL GLANDS (see below) will also have the same effect, (ADRENALINE is also called EPINEPHRINE) but there will probably be other noticeable symptoms.

‘I PUT MYSELF UNDER PRESSURE ALL THE TIME AND FAIL TO NOTICE WHAT I’M DOING. I PUT ALL THE EXTRA ENERGY INTO FRENETIC ACTIVITY TO COVER UP THE PRESSURE I FEEL INSIDE.’ ‘I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!!!

What is this ‘INTERNAL PRESSURE?’ THE NEED TO FEEL, OF COURSE. TO ALLOW MY FEELINGS (TO COME) OUT AND BE DEALT WITH.’

Ask yourself, ‘Is it worth building up to a heart attack for?’ The damage blood vessels are a pre-disposing factor to the forming of blood clots, THROMBOSIS, CORONARY THROMBOSIS. (see HEART ATTACK above, THROMBOSIS below)

LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPOTENSION, HYPOTONIA: Low blood pressure up to a certain point, is not in itself a bad thing. People with lower than average blood pressure are less prone to ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, hardening of the arteries, (see below) and are generally healthier and live longer than those with blood pressures nearer the average.

It is not hard to understand that they are INTERNALLY LESS UNDER PRESSURE than those with higher blood pressure. Their feeling systems are literally UNDER LESS PRESSURE, they are not so WOUND UP, for whatever reasons. They are less likely therefore to SNAP, to BREAK.

Please bear in mind at all times when we consider such issues, and the ‘VICISSITUDES, THE INJUSTICES OF LIFE,’ or the apparent injustices, that what we are concerned with is not necessarily what we have been led to believe, not what we (our egos) THINK is going on, but what our bodies and the SYMBOLIC SYMPTOMS are telling us is ACTUALLY, REALLY going on. How we are RESPONDING UNDER these circumstances.

The difficulty is that if our egos have totally IDENTIFIED with an act, a cover up, which allows us to think that we are in fact different to the way we really are, we will have a lot of trouble DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TRUTH AND FICTION regarding our behaviour, way of life and STATE OF HEALTH. For the purpose of understanding this approach, we must assume that our bodies are telling the TRUTH, and our egos, NOT NECESSARILY!

If the systolic (contraction) blood pressure falls below 90, then it is abnormally low, and needs investigation. Abnormally low blood pressure may be caused by malfunctioning endocrine glands or central nervous system problems. (see HEART BLOCK above)

Some people feel faint when standing up from a lying down position, and their blood pressure drops. Obviously they do not want to, or CANNOT STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES, or find STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES difficult. There is a distinct difference between being RELAXED and having INSUFFICIENT PRESSURE, such a ‘low head of stream’ that we are virtually unable to do anything, especially if it doesn’t suit us,’ and so we withdraw into UNCONSCIOUSNESS. (see HEART BLOCK above)

‘I WITHDRAW FROM THE CONFRONTATION WITH LIFE WHICH I (THE EGO) FIND UNACCEPTABLE AND FRIGHTENING. I REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE ARENA SO I DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO ATTEMPT TO COPE.’

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS: is the medical name for what is more commonly called ‘hardening of the arteries.’ Over the years, the elasticity and flexibility of the arterial walls diminishes, and the arteries are less able to respond efficiently to the body’s demands for more blood/oxygen. (see ANGINA PECTORIS, above) As the walls become harder and thicker, and fatty and mineral deposits may build up, the maximum volume of blood which the arteries are able to pass is reduced, and the blood pressure rises. (see HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE above)

The arteries have relatively thick layers of elastic fibres surrounding the blood flow, and the nerves running into them allow them to be widened or narrowed on instructions from the brain. So WHY DO WE LOSE THIS FLEXIBILITY?

There has been a relentless controversy over the years with regard to the amount of CHOLESTEROL and the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fats in our diets, but unfortunately, taken over a 50 year period, test results and statistics have proved to be extremely contradictory.

I am not going to tell people what to eat, but I will again point out that FOOD ITSELF MEANS ‘ WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED.’ I.e. the PROBLEMS/INFORMATION WHICH WE NEED TO TAKE INTO THE EGO-BODY, and INWARDLY DIGEST.

CHOLESTEROL itself is a fatty steroid alcohol which the body produces in significant amounts. The amount which the body produces goes down if we eat more, and vice versa. A fair percentage of our bodies is actually made up out of cholesterol. It is a key ingredient of our bodies, and the chemical processes therein.

If as we grow older, we become more and more rigid, and set in our ways, we forget that life is a continuous process of change, which we do not want to feel, by which we do not wish to be disturbed…we lose our ability to respond ‘flexibly’ to our hearts and the flow of feelings, which have become a nuisance TO OUR EGOS…… we feel that we are entitled to what our egos think they want, and NOT what life sees fit to give us….then it is quite easy to see how the BOUNDARIES OF THE MAIN TRANSMISSION CHANNELS OF THE FEELING PROCESS HAVE HARDENED, FOSSILISED. ‘WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO FLEXIBLY RESPOND.’

ATHEROSCLEROSIS: when the building of fatty deposits in an artery begins to significantly obstruct the flow of blood, it is called atherosclerosis. (from athere, Greek for ‘porridge.’) As we have already looked at in ANGINA PECTORIS and HEART ATTACK, CORONARY SCLEROSIS above, the fatty deposits start as small streaks along the lining of the arteries.

These streaks thicken, and chalky deposits may form on the fatty areas. If the chalky bits break away, the endothelium, the lining of the artery becomes damaged. It loses its smoothness, and then BLOOD CLOTS can easily form. (THROMBUS) This may not matter too much in the case of the larger blood vessels, but in the smaller arteries such as those leading TO the heart, brain, or kidneys, it matters a great deal.

Either the fatty deposits or the blood clots can seriously reduce the blood flow through such arteries, or even stop it completely. If this happens in an artery supplying the heart, the reduced flow will be accompanied at a time of stress by PAIN IN THE CHEST, and possibly THE LEFT ARM DOWN TO THE HAND, ANGINA PECTORIS, see above. If the flow is cut off beyond a certain point for any length of time, this is a CORONARY THROMBOSIS or HEART ATTACK, see above. The affected area of the heart muscle ‘dies,’ MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

If the artery which is being blocked supplies the brain, we have a STROKE. (CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS or EMBOLISM, see STROKE, THE HEAD, above)

In either case, it is immediately clear that we have SERIOUSLY REDUCED or CUT (OURSELVES) OFF FROM SUPPLYING and NOURISHING THE WHOLE FEELING PROCESS, (THE HEART ATTACK) or TRIED TO SEPARATE OUR EGOS (OUR HEADS) FROM THE FEELING PROCESS. (see HEAD, STROKE above)

OUR EGO-BODIES ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON THE FEELING PROCESS. (BLOOD SUPPLY) IF WE WERE SANE or INTELLIGENT, WE WOULD REALISE THAT TO ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM FEELING IS SIMPLY A FORM OF SUICIDE!

IN THIS CONTEXT, I COULD FINALLY MENTION love. THERE, I MENTIONED IT.

EMBOLISM: the blocking of a blood vessel by any material which has travelled from some other part of the body. This could be a blood clot, a lump of fat, an air bubble, or several other things. It lodges at some point, blocking the blood flow, because it is TOO BIG TO PASS THROUGH THE CIRCULATION (FEELING) SYSTEM AT THAT POINT.

Again, as with ATHEROSCLEROSIS immediately above, ‘I CUT OFF THE FEELING PROCESS TO A(N) (IMPORTANT) PART OF ME.’ (THE EGO-BODY) It is of course AUTOMATICALLY accompanied by the questions,

‘WHAT IS IT THAT I AM SO DESPERATE TO AVOID FEELING?’ (‘WHAT AM I SO FRIGHTENED OF and FOR?’) WHAT IS SO WRONG/BAD ABOUT THE FEELING PROCESS, seeing that it goes to every part of our bodies?

Obviously, in view of the death statistics, particularly in the case of ARTERIOSCLEROSIS/ATHEROSCLEROSIS and CORONARY HEART DISEASE, many of us DO live and regard our lives like this. Such attitudes do not magically appear out of NOWHERE! WE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED, TAUGHT TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!!

THROMBOSIS: (see HEART ATTACK above) a THROMBUS is a blood clot which forms inside a blood vessel, particularly when the blood flow/circulation slows down, or there is an injury to the lining (ENDOTHELIUM, see ATHEROSCLEROSIS above) of the blood vessel, of if there is a change in the composition of the blood itself.

‘I (THE EGO) LOSE THE FLEXIBILITY OF MY FEELINGS, AND CUT THEM OFF FROM AN IMPORTANT/PARTICULAR PART OF ME.’

Again, as above, ‘WHY? WHY SHOULD I RESPOND LIKE THIS?’

Consider this: FLEXIBILITY: the ability to bend!

RESPONSIBILITY: the ability to RESPOND!

BLOOD DISORDERS: the blood itself, as has already been discussed, is the fluid, flexible transport system by which the necessary oxygen (BREATH OF LIFE, HOLY SPIRIT) for the transformation of food into the ENERGY which sustains the LIFE of our physical bodies, (THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME’) is taken to every part of us.

Fluid systems and fluids within the body represent the PSYCHE, because they are transitional between the tangibly SOLID and the less tangible NON-PHYSICAL. In fact, large bodies of water, particularly seas and oceans are very common symbols for the psyche in dream language. Often turbulent on the surface, they hide depths unknown to the ego. Dangerous, fast-flowing rivers often symbolise the dynamic, directional aspects.

It is already perfectly clear that we associate feeling with the upper chest, heart/lung area. Just ask yourself where we point to when we want to physically express, ‘I think,’ (THE HEAD) AND ‘I feel,’ (HEART etc. AREA) This is why the language includes such terms as ‘breast-beating,’ and ‘making a clean breast’ when we feel the feelings we have when we know that we are ‘in the wrong.’ Consider ‘Gut Feelings.’

Our ‘hearts go out, we open our hearts,’ identifying involuntarily with those with whom we empathise, sympathise, have ‘fellow-feeling.’

Thus the blood represents the ‘pressurised fluid of feeling,’ the part of the psyche pumped by the heart to every part of the body, the vehicle for the still-finer invisible gas without which the energy transformation ‘LIFE’ could not take place.

When the blood itself is affected, ‘SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE VERY (MAKE-UP OF THE) WAY WE FEEL.

AN(A)EMIA: the blood is deficient in red corpuscles, (ERYTHROCYTES) the red blood cells, or their HAEMOGLOBIN, a compound of IRON and protein which transfers oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues.

The haemoglobin gives the blood its red colour. It combines with oxygen, becoming bright red OXYHAEMOGLOBIN. When it gives up the oxygen, it becomes dark red, explaining why the blood outward bound in the veins from the tissues to the lungs is darker than the inbound blood in the arteries.

The red blood cells (ERYTHTOCYTES, from Greek, ‘erythro, red.’) are produced in the bone marrow, (see SKELETON, BONES below) and there should be billions (1,000,000x 6,000,000) circulating in the body.

Anaemia is usually a symptom of something else, not a disease in itself. In CANCER or KIDNEY failure, (see below) for example, it is likely to develop as soon as blood production or the systems for purifying it are damaged.

IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA: especially common in pregnant women and the old. NOT ENOUGH IRON! This is the most common form of anaemia.

‘THERE IS NOT ENOUGH IRON IN WHAT I MUST ASSIMILATE. (MY DIET – FOOD) MY EGO REFUSES TO TAKE IN THE HARD BITS.’ (OF MY PROBLEMS)

This automatically means that we cannot absorb the necessary oxygen (HOLY SPIRIT – BREATH OF LIFE) for the DIVINE TRANSFORMATION/SACRIFICE of LIFE. This is obviously even more true when a woman has a developing baby within her body, as her diet (WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED) demands that she assimilates more of the hardness for the needs of the baby.

Thus literally, ‘IRON and the SOUL. NOT ENOUGH IRON IN THE SOUL.’

Both red and white blood cells are produced in cavities in the bone marrow. This shows us that FEELING – PRESSURISED FLUID OF FEELING (THE BLOOD) ‘ARISES WITHIN THE SUPPORT/FRAMEWORK OF THE EGO.’ This shows us that the EGO DEPENDS JUST AS MUCH ON FEELING FOR ITS SUPPORT, AS THE EGO-BODY DOES ON ITS SKELETON.’

Without this support, we would not have the necessary rigidity and hardness to ‘STAND UP, (for ourselves) OR FOR (THE WALK OF ) LIFE. FEELING, which the ego wishes to avoid, is actually part of our STRENGTH. They are part and parcel of the SAME THING.

ANAEMIA FROM LOSS OF BLOOD: sufferers from anaemia are generally extremely pallid and constantly tired. The paleness is especially noticeable in the lips, fingernails, palms of the hands, and underneath the eyelids. In more serious cases there may be breathlessness, dizziness, loudly pounding heart, and appetite loss. The haemoglobin deficiency can easily be checked on by a blood test.

Peptic (DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, STOMACH/DUODENUM see below) ulcers, very heavy menstruation, haemorrhages, heavily bleeding haemorrhoids, or any long-term (CHRONIC) illness which involves bleeding may lead to anaemia.

The pressurised fluid of feeling, the transport for the breath of life ‘escapes from the ego-body, ‘ME.’’

‘I CAN’T KEEP MY FEELINGS IN, THEY ESCAPE THROUGH HOLES IN THE WALLS OF (THE BLOOD TRANSPORT SYSTEM OF) THE EGO-BODY, ME. I CAN’T COPE WITH MY FEELINGS. I DEMONSTRATE THE CONFLICT. I CAN’T COPE WITH LIFE.’

When the (bright) red colour of the blood shows outside the body, it symbolises/ brings our attention to the conflict which the subject is externalising. (see EYES, COLOUR-BLIND above) They are externalising the conflict simply because they cannot cope with it INTERNALLY. This is as true of heavy menstruation as it would be of an ACCIDENT, (see below) The subject is finding her life too difficult AS A WOMAN.

(I also agree that there are MORE QUESTIONS to be answered here.)

PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA: this is described as a condition of later life, middle or older age. The red blood cells do not develop properly. Huge numbers of immature cells are present as normal in the bone marrow, but do not become functioning ERYTHROCYTES, see above.

The word ‘pernicious’ means destructive or fatal, and indeed this condition used to result in many deaths. It is now controlled by the administration of vitamin B12, which is a necessary component in the formation of red blood cells.

Pernicious anaemia may have any or all general anaemia symptoms, but also numbness in the arms and legs, tingling, difficulty in walking, and bladder trouble.

If we are unable to assimilate a necessary factor in our diet, we are refusing some information, to come to grips with some problem which has a critical effect on our continuing life in the ego-body, as ‘ME’.

In this particular case, it is again the LIFE BREATH, THE HOLY SPIRIT which we are ‘unable’ to absorb, through being ‘unable’ to absorb vitamin B12. As we have grown older, and presumably more rigid, we become less prepared to allow ‘God’s presence’ in our lives. We are preventing the part of the feeling system which transports the HOLY SPIRIT from functioning.

‘WE HATE LIFE!!!!’

APLASTIC ANAEMIA: the bone marrow is damaged or destroyed. There are dark spots on the skin, bleeding from the nose and mouth, many infections. (Aplastic means ‘unformed.’) In this case, not only the red cells which transport oxygen, but also the white cells (LEUCOCYTES, Greek, ‘leucos’ means white.) which operate the immune system are destroyed along with the bone marrow.

This may be caused by chemicals or drugs, such as those used in chemotherapy for cancer, for example, or over-exposure to X-rays or ionising radiation from radioactive sources. Bone marrow cancer also destroys the blood cells. (see CANCER below)

‘MY EGO-BODY’S SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ARE DESTROYED. I CANNOT TAKE THE LIFE BREATH TO ALL PARTS OF THE EGO-BODY. MY FEELING SYSTEMS ARE DESTROYED. I AM OPEN TO ALL INFECTIONS. I AM POWERLESS!

I BELIEVE THAT MY LIFE IS WRECKED, RUINED, THAT THERE’S NO HOPE.’

HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA/THALASSAEMIA (MEDITERRANEAN ANAEMIA): the red blood cells break down too quickly, leading to anaemia. This condition may be a reaction to certain drugs. It also sometimes happens to the child of a ‘RHESUS POSITIVE’ (Rh+) father and ‘RHESUS NEGATIVE’ (Rh-) mother. Rhesus positive or negative means having or not having an antigen, a substance present in most people’s red blood cells, which stimulates the body’s self-healing (immune) system into producing ANTIBODIES, which destroy ‘invading’ bacteria, toxins, ‘allergens’ etc..

This means that under some circumstances antibodies can form in the mother’s blood which ‘recognise’ the red blood cells of the foetus as if they were invaders, and attack and destroy them. In severe cases the child could be born dead. The ‘Rhesus factor’ is inherited.

Thalassaemia (Mediterranean anaemia) is a form of haemolytic anaemia which ‘runs in families’ and appears in certain racial or ethnic groups. The red blood cells break down much too quickly, leading to severe anaemia. Under normal circumstances, red blood cells should last up to 4 months.

The part of the feeling system which carries the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT around the ego-body is ‘too short-lived.’ Again, we render ourselves UNABLE to take LIFE in, properly, fully. In other words, by destroying our capacity to take the life breath fully into every part of ourselves, ‘WE ARE REFUSING LIFE/THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE FEELING LEVEL.’ (see PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA above)

‘MY FEELINGS CANNOT CARRY THE HOLY SPIRIT. I WANT TO EXCLUDE MYSELF FROM THE DIVINE PROCESS,’ ultimately if we carry this far enough, the result will be death.

In the case of the Rhesus factor babies, (allopathic version)we have to try to come to grips with some possibly unpalatable information. To paraphrase the famous fictional detective, when we have eliminated the IMPOSSIBLE, whatever remains, no matter how IMPROBABLE ….(or UNCOMFORTABLE)

NOW READ OR RE-READ THE INTRODUCTION, right at the front of the book!!!! It may help to understand what comes next.

What we are doing and trying to do in this book is to interpret the inner meaning of symbolic symptoms at what we call the ‘physical level.’ If a man and a woman have blood with conflicting Rhesus polarity, then the mingling of that blood through the conception of children, implies that they are in conflict with that (or any such) partner at the feeling level, at the level of taking the breath of life/Holy Spirit to all parts of the ego-body. At a basic level then, to project their opposite sex side on to such a partner (what C.G. Jung called ‘ANIMUS/ANIMA) is a ‘spiritual impediment,’ ANTI-FEELING and ANTI-LIFE.

This calls into question what the relationship of the woman to her father was, when she was a child, and the man to his mother, likewise. If their union is likely to create the situation whereby the red blood cells are likely to be destroyed by the mother’s pressurised fluid of feeling,’ then she is also in conflict with her own inner child parts, and creating a situation where she can DESTROY the externalisation of her own inner child parts, chiefly the children following the first. This is because her Rh- blood has not accumulated sufficient anti Rh+ antibodies, which will happen with repeated pregnancies.

This is comparatively easy to prevent medically, with injections which simply prevent the antibodies which attack the child’s blood from being formed. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE UNDER CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS ‘EXACTLY WHAT IS THE INFORMATION TELLING US?’

To me, it looks as if, in addition to the information above, the parents are trying to create a situation whereby they ‘AS THEIR OWN CHILD’ get their exclusive attention, which they do not have to share AS THEIR OWN SIBLINGS (if any) during their OWN childhoods.

There is a great deal of confusion and conflict, obviously. Anyone acting out these symptoms physically has got the levels wrong, but as they are doing this unconsciously, are powerless to prevent themselves.

The same result happens to anyone who is incorrectly given a second conflicting Rhesus blood transfusion, because the first time there are no antibodies to react with the incoming red cells. We do of course need to answer the question (or perhaps, to understand the question would be better) WHY we are in such a situation in the first place, (see ACCIDENTS below) having our blood INCORRECTLY replaced by people who are obviously incompetent?

‘WE HAVE CERTAINLY GIVEN AWAY RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR FEELINGS,’

In Thalassaemia, we again have a collective situation which clearly illustrates how symptoms, in this case damage to the feeling process, cross the generation gap. This is even more obvious in

SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA: another ‘hereditary’ disorder, found most significantly in people of African origin, in which the red blood cells change shape when the oxygen is removed. The now pointed, sickle like shapes do not pass easily through the capillaries, the tiny blood vessels which connect the body tissue cells to the circulatory system. In other words, the circulation is slowed down.

This is made worse when extra demands for oxygen are made on the system, such as during heavy physical work or strenuous exercise, or during illnesses with attendant breathing difficulties, see LUNGS below. It gives rise to severe pain, particularly in the joints and abdomen.

We again have to enter controversial territory with this disorder. The symbolism is quite straightforward: when the breath of life leaves (is forced out of) the red blood cells, they change their shape to one which cannot travel around the circulatory system (feeling system) with normal efficiency.

The feeling system/process must give up the Holy Spirit/Breath of Life to the TRANSFORMATION’ process which creates and maintains the ego-body. This is what ‘TRANSUBSTANTIATION’ essentially means in the Christian archetypal symbolism of the transformation of bread and wine into the ‘body and blood of Jesus Christ.’ In other words, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED BECOMING THE ‘PERFECTED’ EGO-BODY.’ Translated one level further, this means ‘come to grips with your problems, and you will be a (more) conscious part of the Divine process.’ To my way of thinking, this is a pretty good idea!

It is at this point that the cell shape deforms, when they ‘COME UNDER THE GREATEST PRESSURE,’ in the capillaries. So many black people were torn from their natural environment, and transported to the USA and the Caribbean as slaves. By and large, they are still regarded as second-class citizens, inferior to ‘white’ people on entirely spurious grounds.

In the symbolism of the psyche, in dreams very dark or BLACK people stand for an embodiment of the psyche itself, especially in contrast with the ego. Is it possible that DISCRIMINATION, itself a pressure, and the consequent economic and social difficulties have placed and are STILL placing a burden on black people which is reflected at different levels, externally and internally, macroscopically and microscopically?

In addition to representing the psyche, black people also represent FEELING symbolically. In this they are almost always portrayed as more archetypally ‘physical.’ Music also represents FEELING in dreams, and ‘BLACK MUSIC’ has become a truism, almost a cliché.

It is at the ‘pressure point’ in the feeling process that Sickle Cell Anaemia deforms the erythrocytes, when the Holy Spirit, and the NOURISHMENT are taken out of them. When the pressure piles on, the symptoms become more severe.

‘I CAN NO LONGER COPE UNDER (SEVERE INNER AND OUTER) STRESS.’

HAEMOPHILIA: the blood fails to clot normally. Bleeding from any injury, however slight, is prolonged. Also blood clots may form in tissues or in joints, causing different degrees of disability.

Haemophilia is one of the best-known ‘hereditary’ conditions, largely because of its connection to European ‘royal’ families. It is passed on to male offspring almost exclusively, through their mothers. Women hardly ever show the symptoms. Queen Victoria was a carrier, and transmitted the condition through her daughters.

The blood plasma, the watery part of the blood, 55% by volume, lacks a clotting factor, so the cells do not clump together and block the flow of blood from a wound.

From our point of view, the feeling process, the circulatory system analogue, ought to stay in the body, bringing the breath of life/HOLY SPIRIT and nutrients (WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED/our problems/ what we have to come to grips with in our lives) to every part of the ego-body, ‘ME’.

If we injure ourselves, and the blood gets out, it is immediately obvious, and our attention is drawn to it. An ‘accident’ (see ACCIDENTS below) is simply something that the ego claims that it did not want to happen. In other words, it is a way for the PSYCHE, the ‘very conscious’ (not the UN-CONSCIOUS at all) to bring facts necessary for development to the ego’s attention, whether ‘I’ like it, or not.

If the blood gets out, the red colour of the oxyhaemoglobin tells us that there is conflict ‘on the surface,’ just as any feverish reddening would do, but more seriously. As we cannot keep our feeling transport system within the confines, the boundaries of the ego-body, (‘ME’) the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT and the food/fuelling process (WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED) are impaired/avoided, bringing on ANAEMIC symptoms, (see ANAEMIA, LOSS OF BLOOD above)

‘THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME,’ ARE BREACHED BY WOUNDS WHICH DO NOT HEAL.’

‘Wounds which do not heal.’ How interesting! What are these ‘wounds’ which do not heal, passed from mother to son? The male child is inevitably treated as extremely fragile, eternally vulnerable, and unable to take part in the normal rough-and-tumble ‘abrasive’ activities of childhood, required to be constantly under the control of the anxious, dominating mother. Perhaps she is also ‘guilty,’ for having passed on a ‘feeling deficiency’ to her son?

In this way, the mother is ‘controlling’ the activities, particularly the aggressive activities of the child part of her own male side, when translated into symbolic language.

She does not deal with this conflict within herself, but ‘passes it on’ to her male child, the part of her own male child, the part of the male side which is definitely WITHIN HER CONTROL! Conversely, this would make us look at the ‘carrier’ mother’s relationship with HER father.

In fact, with all these ‘hereditary’ symptoms, it is necessary to investigate as many generations as possible which display the relevant symptoms, or which may display characteristics which may have a bearing on the symptoms. Although it may be found extremely difficult, we need to consider families as COLLECTIVE organisms at some important levels, rather than a connected gaggle of ‘separate’ individuals.

It may be relatively easy to understand that a family like Queen Victoria’s would probably have a collective ethos, and identifiable rigid views, modes of behaviour, which would give us clues to the collective inner environment. Was I being IRON-ic here?

AGRANULOCTYOSIS: a condition in which the granular white blood cells (polynuclear granulocytes) which play an important part in the production of mucus, are severely reduced or even disappear altogether. As with APLASTIC ANAEMIA, (see above) the bone marrow is affected by drugs, chemicals, or radioactivity.

Mucus lubricates and protects the sensitive mucous membranes which line the internal cavities of the body: lungs and respiratory tract, digestive tract, urinary and reproductive systems, etc… When these cells are missing, we are liable to infections of the mucous membrane, accompanied by sore throat, mouth ulcers, high fever with rapid pulse.

As with Aplastic Anaemia we are in a situation where we are being poisoned by some ‘external’ agent which is damaging the ability of our bone marrow to produce certain kinds of white blood cells necessary for our IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

In any such situation, we can of course deny all and any PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for being in such a situation, but all that does is to ensure that as far as our egos are concerned, we remain VICTIMS, with the implicit assumption that we are unable to do anything about it. It is then an ‘ACCIDENT,’ or ‘someone else’s fault.’ (see ACCIDENTS below)

The trouble with the ego holding such a view of ‘reality’ is that it tends to lock us into a purely ‘external’ cause-and-effect version of events in which we are assumed to be powerless, which is actually NOT THE CASE.

If on the other hand we view RESPONSIBILITY as the most-welcome ‘ABILITY TO RESPOND,’ then we can easily understand that we should stop taking drugs which poison us, or allowing other people to feed them to us. We do not have to live or work in poisonous situations. If we are in such a situation, perhaps paying attention to the truth of the situation would help, then dealing with it appropriately, instead of believing that we cannot do anything about it, or that ‘it is nothing to do with ME.’ On the contrary, if we have such symptoms, it is EVERYTHING to do with ME.

‘I AM POWERLESS. I HAVE NO SELF-WORTH. I AM ALLOWING/HAVE TO ALLOW MYSELF TO BE POISONED. I AM UNABLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, TO STAND UP IN/FOR MY OWN DEFENCE. THIS INABILITY TO RESPOND (TAKE RESPONSIBILITY) STRIKES ME TO THE MARROW. THIS BELIEF DESTROYS MY ABILITY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND MY SENSITIVE INTERNAL FUNCTIONS.’

POLYCYTHAEMIA: an excess of red blood cells, up to double the normal amount. (A rise from 5 to 10 million per cu. mm.) This is also called ERYTHAEMIA or OSLER’S DISEASE.

The spleen is enlarged, there may be a blue colour to the skin, and dizziness, headaches, fainting, tingling in the hands and feet, visual and aural (hearing) disturbances.

The blood volume increases, and the blood thickens, which affects the circulation. THROMBOSIS, clotting in the blood vessels (see above) may occur, as there is often a corresponding increase in white blood cells and platelets. (the part of the blood instrumental in the clotting process)

To ‘give vent to one’s spleen’ means to be bad-tempered, spiteful, to have a ‘sour’ disposition. This is because the spleen has an important role cleaning the blood, removing dead or damaged red cells, and other waste. If the spleen is enlarged (see SPLEEN below) then like any other enlarged organ, it is trying to do more work. It is trying to clean up the ‘bad feelings,’ which have DOUBLED in our system.

What are the doubled red cells trying to do? To carry the breath of life/HOLY SPIRIT in DOUBLE the amount to every part of the ego-body, ‘ME.’ (I must need it this badly.)

The blood is thickening, the fluid flexible FEELING transport system slows down, SOLIDIFYING, with all the attendant danger of a CORONARY THROMBOSIS/HEART ATTACK or STROKE, see above. The question is, ‘WHAT AM I SO BITTER ABOUT?’ (It should be obvious.)

‘I AM SO FULL OF BAD FEELING THAT MY SYSTEM CANNOT DEAL WITH IT. THIS GOES RIGHT DOWN TO THE BONE.’ (the foundation of my ego-personality, its basic structure)

LEUKAEMIA: leukaemia is usually/often regarded as a CANCER (see below) of the bone marrow and other blood-forming tissue, but it is different from most other forms in that it is not TUMOUR forming, and does not METASTASISE.

This means that it does not produce abnormal growths or swellings, which then spread to other parts of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system, rather it affects the blood and blood-producing system itself. For this reason I think it properly belongs to be discussed along with BLOOD DISORDERS.

Leukaemia is first divided into ACUTE and CHRONIC categories, i.e. ‘sudden’ attack, or ‘long-lasting,’ and then further subdivided according to which kind of white blood cells are affected.

The number of white blood cells are vastly abnormally increased, 30-60 times higher than normal. A normal count would be about 800 white cells or LEUCOCYTES (they are really colourless) to the cu.mm.

If the polymorph type of white cell (granulocytes, see AGRANULOCYTOSIS above) produced in the bone marrow, which normally comprise 60-70% of all leucocytes, is affected, the leukaemia is called ‘MYELOID.’ (from the Greek for ‘marrow’)

If the white cells affected are LYMPHOCYTES, 20-30% of all white cells, produced in the LYMPH NODES, (see LYMPHATIC SYSTEM below) the leukaemia is called ‘LYMPHATIC.’

In acute leukaemia, large numbers of embryonic, undeveloped blood cells appear in the bone marrow and bloodstream. These are known as ‘-blasts,’ from the Greek for ‘sprout.’ Because of this, acute lymphatic leukaemia is called ‘LYMPHOBLASTIC,’ and acute myeloid leukaemia is called ‘MYELOBLASTIC.’

The statistics of who gets what kind of leukaemia contradict each other in different sources, but by its very nature, the long-term version of the disease affects adults rather than children.

In chronic leukaemia the liver and spleen are enlarged, and in the lymphatic version, the lymph nodes are also. As previously stated, in the lymphatic version, the white corpuscles now resemble LYMPHOCYTES, but in huge numbers compared with normal healthy blood.

Lymphocytes produce antibodies, proteins which combine with the poisons produced by viruses and bacteria, and either destroy, or help to destroy them. (at least, that is the medical theory, see THE COMMON COLD, HERPES SIMPLEX, above) So if our bone marrow, lymph nodes, our IMMUNE SYSTEM (see below) is producing poison killers in vast quantities, out of all proportion, what is going on?

Similarly in chronic myeloid leukaemia, the bone marrow produces huge numbers of cell-eating PHAGOCYTES, which destroy bacteria, viruses, dead cells, inert particles etc… In both kinds of chronic leukaemia there are large quantities of immature types of the relevant white blood cells.

The LIVER has many functions: it processes and transforms the food we have received via the bloodstream from the upper intestines, WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED, and also breaks down and neutralises poisons. (see LIVER below) As we have already seen in POLYCYTHAEMIA, above, the SPLEEN also cleans the blood and fights infection, ‘SOAKING UP THE ‘BAD FEELINGS.’ They are ‘trying to do much more work.’

So it is clear that in chronic leukaemia our IMMUNE SYSTEM is symbolically acting out the attempt to save us from being poisoned at the blood level, the circulation of feelings, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ and the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT to every part of the ego-body, ‘ME.’

Please note: ‘MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY BREATH WHICH PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’

The source of the feeling transport system is the bone marrow, which is at the CENTRE of the structure which supports the ego-body, ‘ME,’ the BONES/SKELETON.

In cases where there are insufficient red blood cells, there will obviously be ANAEMIA, see above. If there are too many immature white cells, particularly of a certain kind, there will be much greater risk of infection. If the number of platelets is reduced, blood will not clot properly.

‘MY FEELING TRANSPORT SYSTEM HAS BEEN POISONED FROM THE CENTRE OF ITS STRUCTURE.’ The immune system symbolically attempts to destroy and neutralise the poison.

In Los Cigarrones in Andalucia in 2009 I helped John, then in his 80s, with diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, get his white blood cell count down by 40,000 the day before he went for the next check in Motril hospital simply by talking for a few hours about the love in his life and the ‘missed opportunities’ for the expession of love, and his feelings about it. It’s funny what you can do just sat in a field with no drugs, no infrastructure.

THE LUNGS/LUNG DISORDERS: As I have already pointed out, the lungs (which take the breath of life/HOLY SPIRIT into the ego-body, ‘ME,’) have a MUCH larger contact area than the SKIN, the ‘limit or boundary of the ego-body.’ (see THE CHEST, THE LUNGS, above)

The difference in size is greater than an ‘order of magnitude,’ (10x) so we could even call it a difference of scale. For comparative purposes, it would be like having 30 skins, or one skin 30 times bigger.

The lungs then, as an essential part of the FEELING process/ the transport of the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT to every part of the ego-body, are MUCH LARGER than the part that the ego associates with FEELING and sensitivity: the SKIN. (see below) Other much larger or longer parts such as the blood vessel system, the intestines, the lymphatic system and so on, are also HIDDEN from the sight of the ego: in fact all the parts of the INNER PROCESSES!

In symbolic terms, this just goes to show how superficial the ‘I’ sight of the ego is. The workings of the inner processes are ignored, simply not thought about, taken for granted, unless they start to give us PAIN, which forces us to give some attention to what is going on ‘inside.’

‘THE INTAKE OF THE BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT IS A MUCH BIGGER, MORE IMPORTANT PROCESS THAN ‘I’ (THE EGO) THINKS IT IS.’

The ego identifies feeling to a great extent with the external sense of touch, thinking that this is ‘contact,’ whereas what the skin actually serves as is the boundary, the ‘outer limit’ of the ego-body, ‘ME.’ We consider the skin to be a part of the ‘voluntary’ process, subject to our ‘WILL.’ (try telling this to someone with a severe chronic skin problem, like PSORIASIS)

The ego’s version of reality is that it is in control, that we can avoid what we do not like, and the superficial, the skin, ‘skin deep,’ as we say, is always so much more obvious to the ego, which is always concerned with marking out our territory: ‘WHAT’S MINE and NOT MINE/YOURS, WHAT I DO AND DO NOT WANT/LIKE.’ Ultimately, if things get difficult, we will be concerned with ‘SAVING OUR OWN SKINS.’

The breath/respiration process, however, AUTOMATICALLY transcends the ego’s silly boundaries, forcing us to share the same ‘God-given’ air as everybody else. We are ALL UNITED at the breath level with ALL OTHER FORMS OF LIFE WHICH SHARE THE RESPIRATION PROCESS. We cannot escape nature, even if we only breathe bottled gases.

So the LUNGS represent JOINING, UNITY, while the SKIN represents the ego’s power of DECISION, CUTTING OURSELVES OFF. (from the Latin ’decidere, to cut away.’) The ego believes that this reinforcement of its separation is the ability to feel. Back to front, as usual!

If we try to control, restrict or reduce our ability to breathe, we are acting out the ego’s attempt to RESTRICT the automatic flow of life through us, in other words to control or restrict ‘God’s will or ‘plan’ for us. We find it difficult to accept/embrace life, to feel safe as a part of life, that life ‘knows what it is doing.’ In other words, ‘WE DO NOT TRUST THE PROCESS.’

We don’t ‘trust the process.’ We feel we have to control and restrict things because they frighten us. It is clear that in a SEPARATED mode of perception, seeing that the ‘individual’ human body is so vulnerable and fragile, and that we are so DEPENDENT on the factors outside any REAL control for the satisfaction of our needs and desires, that the ego will practically ALWAYS find it hard to feel SECURE and CONFIDENT. By its very nature, the ego feels THREATENED. It was formed during childhood, when it had NO CONTROL over its life.

The ego’s reality is BASED on strategies to get what it wants and avoid what it dislikes and fears. The conflict between the ego’s separation, the attempt to ‘wall itself in’ for its own ‘protection,’ as it sees it, and the surrender to ‘God,’ the collective, the psyche, whatever you want to call what lies ‘beyond’ the ego’s view of itself, is worked out in large measure at the LUNG, HEART, CIRCULATION level.

SURRENDER means to relax the psychic and physical tension of the rigid fearful ego, ever sure that life is ‘out to get us,’ to unfeelingly rip away whatever tenuous hold we think we have on the ‘good things of life,’ internally and externally. We are only able to tamper with the respiration process. We cannot improve on it.

When we let go of the fears that life means to ‘do us down,’ our breathing will automatically improve. Fear ‘tampers’ with the breathing process, as do all of the ego’s emotions.

We need to allow ourselves to feel all our feelings, no matter that certain parts of ourselves find certain things difficult to accept. We take the breath in BEYOND our ego’s grasp, and then release it, giving it back to nature in the covenant of the animal world with the plant kingdom, trading oxygen for carbon dioxide.

Thus the very breathing in and out symbolises the ego’s relationship to GIVING and RECEIVING, GENEROSITY and OPEN-HANDEDNESS, and ACCEPTANCE. We refuse to let life in at our peril.

We need to understand that we have inherited our parents fears and attitudes to life, along with the shapes of our noses. We need to STOP PROJECTING THE (inherited and behaviourally conditioned) FEARS OF THE INNER PARENT ONTO LIFE. In order to do this, we are obliged to investigate life and experiment with it FOR OURSELVES. No substitute parent, priest, politician, law officer can do this for us. It is our duty to discover what life is, FOR OURSELVES. This is among other things, AN INTELLIGENCE TEST. PASS IT, DISCOVER FREEDOM! In 2009 I wrote ‘THE INTELLIGENCE TEST.’ You can find it on my YouTube song channel. It puts ‘exams’ into a totally NEW light.

LUNG DISORDERS: The ‘business end’ of the lungs is a mass composed of hundreds of millions of tiny sacs called ALVEOLI, through the extremely thin walls of which the exchange of gases takes place. As referred to at the very beginning of this section, (see THE CHEST, LUNGS above) oxygen is taken into the network of CAPILLARIES, very small blood vessels, and transported around the circulatory system to supply all parts of the body’s tissues with the necessary ingredients for the RESPIRATION process, the transfer of energy which ‘fuels’ our physical lives.

The air passages which supply the alveoli, the BRONCHI, the 2 main passages, divide into smaller passages, and then subdivide into even smaller passages called BRONCHIOLES, which terminate in the alveoli.

All these passages are constantly ‘swept’ by a ‘waving carpet’ of microscopic hairlike protuberances called CILIA. (Latin for ‘eyelashes.’) In between the cilia are cells which secrete MUCUS. (see EARACHE above) The cilia sweep dust particles and bacteria which get stuck in the mucus, up the air passages to the larynx, and finally to the pharynx, (back of the throat) where they can be swallowed or expectorated. (spat out)

The mucus is moved at about 0.4 mm per second by the rhythmical movements of the cilia, but tobacco smoke may stop this action, apparently up to 20 minutes per cigarette. In the case of unconscious heavy smoking this will obviously put the cleaning process out of action for a considerable period of time. This means that the irritant products of smoking REMAIN IN CONTACT with the sensitive inner surfaces of the lungs, and that the thickened mucus can only be cleared by coughing. (see SORE THROAT/SMOKING/COUGHING above.) This is ‘SMOKER’S COUGH!’

If the sticky mucus (PHLEGM) is NOT REMOVED, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide (GASEOUS EXCHANGE) is drastically reduced, causing breathlessness. These factors can be particularly important in cases of BRONCHITIS and EMPHYSEMA, see below. In fact, coughing and shortage of breath are the MAIN SYMPTOMS of chest/lung diseases in general.

Breathing difficulties may be attributable to a variety of disorders: the width of the air passages being reduced, so that we are able to breathe in less air, as in BRONCHITIS and ASTHMA.

The reduction of the actual volume of the lungs, the capacity, as in EMPHYSEMA, PNEUMONIA, FLUID IN THE LUNGS.

Anything which interferes with or prevents the GASEOUS EXCHANGE itself, such as thickening of the lung lining, (the EPITHELIUM of the ALVEOLI) scarring or swelling.

Anything which reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the BLOOD. (see BLOOD DISORDERS, ANAEMIA, above.)

ASTHMA: There are 2 types, BRONCHIAL and ALLERGIC. Basically, the term ‘asthma’ (from the Greek for ‘heavy breathing’) refers to the ‘WHEEZING’ breathing, particularly the out breath, which characterises the condition.

Bronchial asthma is the infection and inflammation of the air passages, from the point of view of the effect it has on the breathing. It is more or less the same as BRONCHITIS, see below.

In both kinds of asthma the membranes which line the air passages swell, narrowing them, and making it difficult to breathe.

In ‘allergic’ asthma the fault is placed on an ‘allergen,’ a substance in the environment to which the sufferer is ‘abnormally sensitive.’ (see HAY FEVER (THE NOSE) and RED EYE/CONJUNCTIVITIS, (THE EYES above) This produces a HISTAMINE over-reaction (as well as other chemicals) which instantly produces the symptoms.

HISTAMINE is a by-product of an AMINO ACID, one of the constituent parts of proteins, and is present in ALL the body tissues. The normal function of histamine is to stimulate the production of gastric juices for digestion, and to dilate capillaries, increasing blood flow. It makes the walls of the blood vessels more porous, fluid passes through into the tissues making them swell up, and activates mucus-producing cells and glands.

In the eyes and nose we get the typical symptoms of HAY FEVER, in the CHEST, ASTHMA. Many substances can serve as an allergic ‘trigger,’ as we have already seen. The allergen itself will tell us quite a lot about the particular area of life which the asthmatic projects as ‘LIFE-THREATENING.’

People suffering from SHOCK have a large amount of histamine in their blood, and these days, the medical profession is quite well aware that what they call ‘emotional stress,’ plays ‘probably the most important role in the severity of an asthmatic attack.’

In other words, what we have here is a physical expression of FEAR, in the CHEST/HEART/LUNG feeling area, directly physically RESTRICTING the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT component to the feeling process. It is like gripping too tightly, but then we do speak of being ‘in the GRIP’ of fear.

Blaming the allergen enables us to avoid the fact that we are AFRAID OF LIFE ITSELF. This fear may be concentrated around animal hair or pollen, feelings and/or sexuality, our relationship with the female/maternal side, (house dust) but the more we try to isolate and separate ourselves from what is supposed to be CAUSING our asthma, the more we are expressing the ego’s fear by attempting to CUT OURSELVES OFF from what are simply essentially harmless symbols, which like viruses are kindly informing us about what is actually going on.

We cannot cure our fear of life by attempting to separate ourselves from it! The histamine reaction is obviously trying to help us DIGEST the symbolic information, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ because that is what it does.

‘Bronchial’ asthma simply means that the conflict which we have been attempting to ignore about our fears and lack of trust in the life process, have somatised, descended from the psychic to the ‘physical’ level, where we are now unable to pretend that we haven’t got them, or hide them from ourselves. (see BRONCHITIS)

We would do well to carefully examine our SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS with the ‘divine,’ whatever we like to call it, and the LIFE PROCESS ITSELF.

Asthmatics may well attempt to CONTROL the people around them by the judicious use of attacks, and psychic and emotional manipulation. I add this because of personal experience, as well as observation.

BRONCHITIS: infection/inflammation of the air passages. The bronchi are, strictly speaking, the main passages which lead from the windpipe to either lung, but bronchitis is likely to affect the finer airways which lead to the alveoli. (BRONCHIOLES)

The infection may affect the nose and larynx as well as the lungs, and may vary in intensity from a ‘cold in the chest,’ to leading into PNEUMONIA. (see below) It may be ‘acute,’ i.e. sudden and over relatively quickly, or ‘chronic,’ persistent, recurring.

Acute bronchitis may be brought on along with a so-called ‘virus’ infection such as the COMMON COLD (see below) or INFLUENZA. (see below) It may be associated with the ‘childhood diseases’ WHOOPING COUGH, (bacterial, see below) MEASLES, (viral, see SKIN, below) or an allergy, (see ASTHMA, HAY FEVER above) or from inhaling irritating dust or gases, (vapours) such as acid or ammonia fumes.

Traditionally it is associated with being too cold and damp, especially with the contrast of moving from a heated environment to a cold damp one.

At first it may seem to be more or less ‘only’ a COMMON COLD, or CATARRH, but FEVER and COUGHING, (see NECK, COUGHING above) first dry, then bringing up CATARRH and MUCO-PUS, painful chest and throat as well as the characteristic wheezing sounds (see BRONCHIAL ASTHMA above) reveal that it is more than that.

The inflamed, narrowed tubes, the swollen mucous membranes and the initial clinging discharge produce what is known as ‘dry’ sounds, (or RHONCHI) which change into ‘wet or moist’ sounds, bubbling and crackling as the discharge becomes more abundant, and the breath is drawn through it. It builds up in the tubes until it can be coughed up.

If the infection/inflammation affects, or spreads into the finer air passages adjacent to the ALVEOLI, then it is more serious, and is called BRONCHIOLITIS. All the above-described symptoms are much more intense, and the breathing difficulties much more severe, because of the blocking of the entrance of the air to the alveoli, which reduces the GASEOUS EXCHANGE and the whole RESPIRATION process. (see THE CHEST, THE LUNGS introduction, and LUNG DISORDERS, above)

The symptoms then may become practically indistinguishable from BRONCHOPNEUMONIA. (see below) The signs of imminent suffocation (ASPHYXIA) may appear, with pallor (paleness) of the skin, lividity of the lips, (from the Latin for ‘bluish, leaden coloured.’) struggling for breath, and convulsions. (SPASMS/PAROXYSMS)

If this condition is not rapidly relieved, the sufferer stops struggling, becomes drowsy and possibly delirious, and dies. This may happen in a comparatively short time, especially among the very young and the very old, the weakest. Acute bronchitis is statistically one of the most common ‘causes’ of death among these age groups.

It is particularly likely to be most serious for those suffering from any disease which affects the respiratory system: heart disease, emphysema, tuberculosis, and as previously mentioned, to children suffering from childhood diseases with respiratory complications.

(see LUNG DISORDERS above)

Chronic bronchitis often happens after repeated attacks of acute bronchitis, or repeated infections of the upper respiratory tract generally, particularly colds and flu. It is much more common as a cause of death in Great Britain than in any other country, so it is quite likely that the legendary cold and damp of the British climate plays an important part in this. Or the prevailing PSYCHIC conditions, especially now when these symptoms and many other respiratory symptoms have simply been ‘redefined’ as Covid 19.

As we have seen in LUNG DISORDERS above, smoking, particularly cigarette smoking (see SORE THROAT/SMOKING/COUGHING above) severely irritates the lung tissues and inactivates the lungs self-cleaning action, meaning that the heavy phlegm can only be removed by harsh coughing.

Smoking, as well as other forms of airborne irritant such as the ‘occupational hazards’ which go along with certain kinds of jobs where the inhalation of dust, smoke or fumes is difficult to avoid, plays an important contributory role, as does the very act of living as well as working in the polluted atmosphere of industrial areas.

In fact, if you are an overweight, middle-aged male heavy smoker living and working in an industrial town, you are a statistically classic bronchitis sufferer.

Wuhan in Hubei, China, where the coronavirus Sars-2-Cov is alleged to have originated is not only VERY HEAVILY POLLUTED, it is also a trial city for the widespread application of 5G, which at 60GHz is alleged to interact DIRECTLY with the oxygen molecule, INTERRUPTING the oxyhaemoglobin process and producing the symptoms of high-altitude sickness and very likely Bronchitis as well.

It is my view that 4G (2 point 45 GHz) is ALREADY producing these symptoms, cumulatively for s decade at least, and the use of devices at this or close frequencies, smart phones, microwave ovens, base phones, laptops, Bluetooth, baby alarms etc. has been causing the clumping of red blood cells and disturbing our blood flow. This became obvious to me a couple of years back when I DEFINITELY began to feel the effects although I have NEVER had a smartphone and for the last 3 years only use a hardwired computer. AVOID WiFi, the HEALTH COSTS and DAMAGE are TOO GREAT!!!

ESPECIALLY 5G!!!! Some very bright people are CONVINCED it’s actually a DELIBERATE DEPOPULATION WEAPON.

The ‘classic’ symptom is the recurring or persistent cough, which in less severe cases may entirely disappear during the warmer months, only reappearing in the winter, or during changes in the weather. In more advanced cases, the cough is more or less permanent.

Chronic bronchitis may arise as a secondary symptom to some other condition, particularly heart disease, to which it can be a serious complication. The structure of the air passages changes in the affected areas, the mucous membranes becoming thickened and less flexible, with open sores. The passages may stay permanently widened and inflamed, producing masses of phlegm.

Long-lasting cases will tend to produce other complications, damage to the alveoli (EMPHYSEMA, see below) and the consequent inability to take in sufficient oxygen, leading to breathlessness nearly all the time. This affects smokers far more than it does non-smokers.

As with ASTHMA, (see above) the ability to take the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT into the ego-body (‘ME’) is severely restricted. Because of FEAR, or the refusal to FACE or con-FRONT the FEAR, the conflict expresses itself at the ‘physical’ level, where the ego is forced to acknowledge it, even if it cannot be forced to DEAL with it.

‘MY BREATHING PROCESS IS INFLAMED. I AM UNABLE (DON’T WANT) TO TAKE IN/ OPEN MYSELF UP TO THE POWER AND UNIVERSALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE I’M SO FRIGHTENED.’ Conversely, ‘I SHUT MYSELF OFF FROM LIFE.’

It is just the same as ASTHMA. We have to start to face the fear consciously before we are going to get anywhere. The worse it gets, the more mucus blocks the gaseous exchange, and the more damage the delicate lung tissues suffer until ‘I’ am successful, and manage to shut off from life COMPLETELY.

EMPHYSEMA: there are 2 forms of lung disorder which are known as emphysema, both coming from the Greek to ‘puff up.’ The less commonly known form happens when air gets into a part of the body ‘abnormally,’ i.e. into places it does not normally go. This usually occurs when there is a rupture in the lung tissue due to some violent stress, such as a coughing fit. It is known as ACUTE INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA.

The more commonly known type of emphysema occurs when the ALVEOLI (air sacs) lose their elasticity. The walls of the alveoli become over-stretched, collapse at their weak points, and form considerably larger, less efficient air sacs. Carbon dioxide is not properly removed from the blood, which gets overloaded.

In BRONCHITIS and BRONCHIAL ASTHMA (see above) emphysema can be a result of the blocking of the finer air passages. (BRONCHIOLES)

Air is trapped in the alveoli, and the out breath is not strong enough to expel it. The IN breath, however, is stronger, and can force its way past the obstruction. As a result, the alveoli become more and more stretched, with the results described immediately above. In both conditions the blocking of the airways comes from a combination of the narrowing of the airways from the inflammation, and the plugging with mucus, which produces the characteristic sounds. (see above)

Again, smoking is a MAJOR factor in the causes of emphysema, inhibiting the lungs self-cleaning process, and DIRECTLY contributing to the build-up of mucus blocking the airways. Smoker’s cough and any other form of straining aggravates the already over-stretched alveoli. Severe whooping cough can also have the same effect: permanently damaged air sacs, destruction of the blood vessels, reduction of the ability to take in oxygen, the breath of life. (see LUNG DISORDERS) The very questionable use of ventilators on respiratory patients will also provoke this.

Depending on the severity, there will be mild to dangerous breathlessness, the bluish tint to the skin, (CYANOSIS) the chronic coughing characteristic of BRONCHITIS. (see above) Bronchitis and emphysema are closely associated: there may be frequent attacks of bronchitis as well. The breathlessness is made much worse by exertion. As with bronchitis, to stop living in areas where you are forced to breathe in heavily polluted air, and giving up smoking (if you smoke) will be a great help. 3 or 4 years ago the INVISIBLE CIRCLE told me it would be a good idea if I stopped smoking tobacco in the Sacred Pipe, so I did.

With emphysema we are able to observe a distinct escalation of the intensity of symptoms: we have how reached the stage of actual damage to the lungs themselves, destroying the actual ability to take in life, ‘TO LIVE A FULL LIFE’ at the symbolic level. If we destroy enough of this ability, we die! But first, we lose our FLEXIBILITY.

‘I (the ego) AM SO AFRAID (OF LIFE) THAT I MAKE SURE THAT I DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT BY DESTROYING (PART OR ALL OF) MY ABILITY TO TAKE IT INTO MYSELF (the ego-body) UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.’ Again, ‘IF I ‘SUCCEED’ IN MY DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO AVOID ENOUGH OF LIFE…..

(for the ego to feel ‘secure’)…..I DIE.’ You have to be careful in this back-to-front life in the mirror. The more the ego wins -YOU LOSE!!!!

PNEUMONIA: the acute inflammation of the lungs is divided into separate categories. If there is an ‘allergen’ involved, (see ASTHMA etc. above) it is called ALVEOLITIS. (see below) If it is non-infectious, non-bacterial, it is called PNEUMONITIS, and called PNEUMONIA when it IS the bacterial kind, the one everyone usually thinks of as pneumonia, and also if there is an alleged ‘virus’ present. (see COMMON COLD above)

Pneumonia may develop if the self-healing (immune) system in unhealthy people is not working properly, and the resistance to infection is lowered. In such cases, any number of bacteria may trigger the disease. Immunosuppressive drugs make this very likely, allowing micro-organisms which very rarely trigger pneumonia to do so.

If a person who seemed to be healthy gets pneumonia, there will be the 2 most commonly associated bacteria, or an alleged virus present. As these bacteria are present in the mouths, noses and throats of ‘healthy’ people, pneumonia can easily develop as a complication of colds or flu (INFLUENZA) if their resistance (immune system) to infection is lowered.

The distinctions of ‘lobar’ (which part of the lung) or ‘bronchial pneumonia’ (BRONCHOPNEUMONIA) are not really bothered with nowadays. ‘DOUBLE’ pneumonia means that both lungs are affected. (BI-LATERAL or ‘both sides, from the Latin)

There will be coughing, chest pain, chills and fever, shivering. There will be breathing difficulties, possible CYANOSIS. (turning blue from lack of oxygen) The sputum (what is brought up and spat out of the mouth, from the Latin ‘to spit’) may be reddish, containing blood or pus. (dead white blood cells from the fight against the infection) The type of pneumonia can be determined by culturing samples of the sputum in the laboratory.

If the lungs are percussed, (tapped with the fingers or fist) there will be a dull thud heard instead of a hollow ‘note.’ This means that there is fluid present, particularly in the pleural cavity, the space between the ribs and the lungs. (see PLEURISY below) If one side/one lung is affected, the less affected or unaffected side will do more of the breathing, visibly moving than the affected side.

There are a few instances in which pneumonia may arise from much rarer conditions: LEGIONNAIRE’S DISEASE, (see below) in which the Legionella bacteria are inhaled or drunk through infected water supplies, ‘Q’ FEVER, where dust containing a type of RICKETTSIA micro-organism, intermediate between a bacteria and a virus, can be ingested from contact with the faeces and urine of infected domestic ‘food’ animals: cattle, sheep, goats etc., and PSITTACOSIS, PARROT FEVER, ORNITHOSIS, similarly involving a CHLAMYDIA micro-organism from the droppings, feathers, dust etc. of birds.

Pneumonia is THE CLASSIC LUNG INFECTION, thus whatever we can say about the symbolic meaning of BRONCHITIS (see above) applies to PNEUMONIA, only more so. The conflict is fought out at this ‘physical’ level, because the subject refuses to confront/face it at the psychic level, so the ego-body is ‘informed’ by bacteria or viruses. (see COMMON COLD above) Bacteria are much larger than alleged viruses. The information is ‘bigger, grosser, less subtle,’ if you like. Bacteria are ‘more physical, less psychic.’

We can take a leaf out of the book of quantum physics: with viruses we approach the example of the ‘quantum reality,’ where things can be more than one thing at a time, the defects of our vision and perception are revealed, where things (viruses) do not stand still, but rapidly change/mutate into (apparently) other things.

‘MY CONFLICT ABOUT THE FULL ACCEPTANCE (TAKING-IN) OF LIFE IS CLEARLY EXPOSED. I AM AFRAID OF LIFE, GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT, NO MATTER WHAT I MAY SAY, OR HOW I MAY (EXTERNALLY) BEHAVE.’

If there is excessive fluid in the lungs, (see PULMONARY DEDEMA below) we are attempting to BREATHE IN the psyche (the VERY CONSCIOUS) at the wrong level, the equivalent of DROWNING. (see ACCIDENTS below) This shows us how DESPERATE we actually are to come to grips with life at the psychic level. We are producing the fluid ourselves to drown ourselves! We are not fish, have no gills, and cannot breathe water, the symbol of the psyche.

ALVEOLITIS: EXTRINSIC (means outside, I.e. originating outside the body) ALLERGIC ALVEOLITIS means that the ALVEOLI, the air sacs in the lungs which perform the GASEOUS EXCHANGE are inflamed, but without the infection we call PNEUMONIA. (see above) In such cases the ‘cause’ is put down to an ALLERGEN, a substance to which in this case the LUNGS are presumed to be inordinately sensitive. (see HAY FEVER, ASTHMA above) (But is this true?)

In ASTHMA the airways are narrowed, here we are down to the air sacs being inflamed, giving us an equivalent to PNEUMONIA, but in contrast with PNEUMONIA, simply avoiding the substance(s) functioning as the allergen removes the symptoms.

The theory would have us believe that the allergen ‘causes’ the conflict, making the inflamed air sacs incapable of performing their function properly, with resulting shortage of breath, tight painful chest, coughing and fever. In our version we believe that the allergen TELLS us something about the conflict, which the subject has avoided facing at the psychic/psychological level, and is now ‘acting out’ physically.

Some alveolitis strays into the area of OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, i.e. the allergen is something with which the subject is in contact in the line of work. ‘FARMER’S LUNG’ is the most commonly known form, ‘sensitive’ to the fungal spores on mouldy hay. ‘MUSHROOM-WORKER’S LUNG’ is another. In both cases we can see the dark, slimy aspect of fertility in the seed of fungus and mushroom.

Similarly, in relation to birds there is BIRD-FANCIER’S LUNG, BUDGERIGAR-FANCIER’S LUNG, PIGEON-BREEDER’S LUNG, in which the agent(s) may be droppings, eggs, protein and blood. (serum) Birds can, of course, fly high above the ego’s world, the parts of ourselves representing being ‘ABOVE IT ALL.’ Droppings, faeces are always the ‘UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS,’ in other words, what the ego-body cannot assimilate or incorporate, ‘WHAT I (THE EGO-BODY) REJECT.’ These little birds, which we probably have caged up, are flying or would fly in that very air which we are IN CONFLICT ABOUT BREATHING IN, interesting eh?

Obviously in work-related disorders we would also have to take the individual’s relationship with work into account.

PNEUMONITIS: a general term for inflammation of the lung. In PNEUMONIA and ALVEOLITIS etc. the main theme is ‘ ‘I AM UNABLE TO TAKE THE BREATH OF LIFE PROPERLY INTO EVERY PART OF MYSELF (THE EGO-BODY) AND I AM IN A GREAT DEAL OF CONFLICT ABOUT IT.’

‘I AM AFRAID OF LIFE.’

LEGIONNAIRE’S DISEASE: a form of bacterial pneumonia first identified after an American Legion convention in 1976. The bacteria Legionella pneumophila is widely present in nature, particularly in water. Standing water such as water tanks provides ideal breeding grounds for massive multiplication of the bacteria, which is then released through baths, showers and taps etc…

The pneumonia which results is indistinguishable from pneumonia as described above except by laboratory tests. (see PNEUMONIA above) There have been quite a few COLLECTIVE outbreaks, where numbers of people are exposed to the same conditions, especially in hospitals. Central heating system cooling towers have been found to be particularly at fault in this respect.

Water represents the psyche. Here we have situations in which the proper attention is not being paid to the way we use amounts of water, and it ‘infects’ groups of people, who often have gathered, or have been brought together for specific collective purposes. If the water/psyche is not flowing properly, the infection breeds and grows, giving rise to a collective variant on the pneumonia symptoms already described. We must ask ourselves what is similar about the people who have been brought together. Obviously ‘sick’ people in hospitals will already have lowered immune systems, which as described above, will make them especially prone to ‘opportunistic’ infections.

ARE MICROORGANISMS PSYCHIC PHENOMENA, overlapping our accepted scale which we call ‘REALITY?’

When people are gathered together, the COLLECTIVE PSYCHE becomes more obviously an element to be reckoned with. What we can avoid looking at ‘individually’ may be more difficult to avoid collectively, as in the famous Indian story about the king who asked each of his subjects to bring a pint of milk by night, and put it in a large tank. In the morning, the tank was completely filled with water. Each individual thought, ‘No one will know if I put water in instead of milk.’ Individually, NO, collectively, YES.

‘IN A COLLECTIVE SITUATION, THE PSYCHE FORCES MY/OUR FEAR OF LIFE TO BE EXPRESSED AT THE ‘PHYSICAL’ LEVEL.’

Life is actually interdependently collective. The fact that we may not prefer to face up to the realities of life (and death) is ultimately neither ‘here nor there’. Politicians may say that there is ‘no such thing as society,’(Margaret Thatcher) and promote ‘individualism’ as a philosophy, above all else. Right-wingers across the world tend to do this, but at bottom this is just words, empty rhetoric the hollowness of which the passage of time reveals. Ask any actuary or statistician whether we collectively obey rules and conform to trends or not. Financial industries, especially insurance, are based on our collective obedience. And now, ‘the new normal.’

EPIDEMIC: In fact the words ‘ epidemic’ and ‘PANDEMIC’ both are words expressing lesser and greater degrees of collectivity in the way that diseases affect groups of people, from the Greek, ‘demos, the people.’ (see INFLUENZA below)

In the case of ‘Sars-Cov-2’ the World Hoax Organisation (WHO) has definitely BENT THE RULES for the definition to be able to declare it as a ‘pandemic.’ This is political and ‘financial’, not medical. They have done this before with various flu outbreaks, but NOT to this extent.

PLEURISY/PLEURITIS: inflammation of the PLEURA, or PLEURAL MEMBRANE, a SEROUS (or serum, or watery) membrane which covers the lungs, and lines the THORACIC or chest cavity, the inner surface of the ribs.

It is called a ‘watery’ membrane because it produces the PLEURAL FLUID which lubricates the points of contact where the lungs rub against the ribs during breathing, reducing the friction.

Pleurisy is generally associated with other chest inflammations, and is frequently a complication of PNEUMONIA, (see above) and PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. (see below)

In ‘DRY’ PLEURISY, FIBRIN, a protein (FIBRINOGEN) by-product in blood plasma, part of the regular blood clotting process, may cover the pleural membranes, which then rub painfully up and down against each other during breathing. This causes faster than normal shallow breathing to avoid the sharp pain from deep breaths, and a rubbing sound and/or sensation may be heard and/or felt by placing a hand on the rib cage during breathing. (FREMITUS)

If the inflammation produces extra fluid, this is called a PLEURAL EFFUSION. Sufficient fluid separates the membranes, and the stabbing pain will stop. It is possible that the surface of the membranes covering the ribs and the lung will stick together in places, preventing the lung from expanding fully, and leading to EMPHYSEMA. (see above)

The amount of fluid produced by a pleuritic inflammation may vary greatly, from almost nothing up to 6 or so litres. Large amounts may accompany LUNG CANCER, (see below) HEART (see above) or KIDNEY disease, (see below) as well as PNEUMONIA or TUBERCULOSIS. Large amounts may compress the lungs, squashing them out of shape, and tend to displace other organs. If the fluid is not quickly re-absorbed or drained off, the lung may be incapable of re-inflation later after healing, and the chest wall etc… deform.

If the PLEURAL FLUID or EFFUSION becomes infected, pus may form. This is called EMPYEMA, giving rise to high fever. (see below)

Injury to the chest wall may also be connected with pleurisy, as the tendency has been observed for TUBERCULOSIS to possibly follow some years after attacks, particularly if there has been repetition.

There may or may not be fever accompanying ‘dry’ pleurisy, and any slight coughing will be very painful. Pleural effusion will usually begin with chills and fever. The worst pain is at the beginning, breathing becomes more and more difficult as the effusion increases in volume.

‘IT HURTS TO BREATHE.’ This is such a simple statement, but one containing so much information, stating that life is an incredibly PAINFUL process WHICH NOW MUST ACTIVELY BE SUPPRESSED AND RESTRICTED TO AVOID THE PAIN.

As it is to do with the breathing process, it is saying that LIFE ITSELF is the source of pain. No parent should ever teach a child this, or allow a child to believe this for any reason.

The inflammation, the conflict is in what SURROUNDS the lungs, the relatively large contact area (see THE LUNGS/LUNG DISORDERS above) for taking the BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT into ‘ME, THE EGO-BODY.’

‘WHAT SURROUNDS THE ISSUE OF HOW MUCH LIFE I CAN HAVE? (TAKE INTO MYSELF?)’

THE IGNORED, AVOIDED, PUSHED AWAY ‘PSYCHE’ makes its presence FELT, LITERALLY, in the PLEURAL EFFUSION.

In ‘dry’ pleurisy, FIBRIN, the clotting constituent of the FEELING TRANSPORT SYSTEM, (BLOOD/LYMPH) which is actually for ‘healing wounds,’ FORCES US TO FEEL THE PAIN OF OUR FEELINGS ABOUT LIFE WHICH WE HAVE BEEN AVOIDING.

EMPYEMA: literally means PUS being formed in a body cavity, most commonly in the PLEURAL CAVITIES (see PLEURISY above) surrounding the lungs. Pus itself is actually a sign, a product of the SELF-HEALING () SYSTEM (see below) at work, being a combination of blood serum, white blood cells, bacteria, and damaged tissue from the infection/inflammation process.

In boils, spots, styes etc., the pus can easily get out, but in empyema it is not very likely that it is going to burst through the rib cage and wall of the chest.

Before antibiotics, empyema was often a serious complication of PNEUMONIA, (see above) and TUBERCULOSIS (see below) It may also come about from infection due to disease in neighbouring organs, or as a complication to wounds which puncture the chest wall. However, the use of antibiotics (literally ‘anti-life’) is always questionable.

There may be breathing difficulties, coughing, and high temperature.

’THE CONFLICT SURROUNDING THE BREATHING PROCESS (TAKING IN OF THE BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT) CANNOT GET OUT.’ It is thus ’VERY SLOW TO HEAL.’ Superficial types of ABSCESS (collections of pus) which are ’CLOSER TO THE SURFACE’ discharge their contents relatively easily through the SKIN, the ’OUTER LIMIT OF THE EGO-BODY, ME.’’ THE SYMBOLIC CONTENTS/RESULTS OF THE CONFLICT ARE GOT RID OF BY MAKING A HOLE IN THE OUTER LIMIT OF THE EGO-BODY, OF ’ME.’ STUFF COMES OUT, BUT SOMETHING MUST ALSO COME IN, IT’S A 2 WAY STREET. In empyema things are more serious. It cannot be discharged like this.

INFLUENZA: (from Latin, ’the INFLUENCE’) an acute (short duration, relatively severe symptoms) alleged infectious ’virus’ disease, which comes on quickly with chills and fever, aches and pains, and irritated, inflamed mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, (nose and throat) headaches and coughs.

In milder cases it will seem more or less like a COMMON COLD. (see THE NOSE above) There have been a small number of influenza viruses clearly identified. Infection by one provides no immunity against infection by another, or against a subsequent attack, because the viruses mutate. The 3 main types of virus are classified A, B, & C.

There are fairly frequent EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS which are declared ‘caused’ by these viruses, in which large numbers of people are affected in a particular place or places at one time. In the case of a pandemic the mass infections will be extremely widespread. (see LEGIONNAIRE’S DISEASE above)

As the ‘SELF-HEALING (IMMUNE) SYSTEM (see below) is weakened, there is the risk of lung infection as a complication. (see PNEUMONIA/BRONCHITIS above) This is especially likely to affect older people and those with heart problems.

We have already discussed VIRUSES to a certain extent in THE COMMON COLD and also HERPES SIMPLEX/COLD SORES above. Modern medicine tends to view what happens between the IMMUNE SYSTEM of the body and ‘invading viruses’ in a purely adversarial way, as ‘CELL WARS,’ that hostile micro-organisms are ‘out to get us.’ This, as I have already taken some pains to point out, is part of the REDUCTIONIST, SEPARATIST way of looking at life which has been espoused by the scientific/technical establishment and its supporters.

The ego-body (‘ME‘) tends to view itself as a single, united, separate entity in which the world is ‘outside me’. We have relied on our inadequate eyesight (‘I’ sight) and its extension by technical means without realising that is such respects, that the world we are ‘creating’ – or rather, the VIEW, of the world that we are creating while we attempt to decipher and understand it – IS IN OUR OWN IMAGE!

We have simply created a version of ‘reality’ which we cling to like a piece of driftwood, a lifebelt in an ocean of threatening multiplicity and variety, one which supports our ‘philosophy’ and viewpoint that we are somehow ‘separate’ from and ‘superior’ to the rest of Nature.

Considering our track record, this is very arrogant indeed. I do think that this is rather presumptuous on the part of people who define intelligence as narrowly as we do, for example as the ability and desire to use our kind of tools, when we cannot see as well as insects and birds can, when we kill so many of our own species, pollute the planet, and destroy so many other species. We might just not be able to recognise intelligence if it differs too much from our expectations, not to mention our ability to understand it.

We justify our superior role as the ‘undisputed crown of creation’ with quotations from our own religions, scriptures and philosophies, calling it the ‘Word of God.’ We do not realise how much we anthropomorphise everything: we make it take human characteristics, regardless of whether this actually makes any sense.

The difficulty here is that we have projected the ego-body’s view of itself as separate, vulnerable and threatened onto the ‘disease’ process, and quite naturally we make our view of what we ‘see’ through microscopes etc., fit this version of ‘reality,’ with all its cause and effect implications intact. ‘This separate virus (or bacteria) ‘causes’ such and such a disease.’ (INFLUENZA, ‘FLU’ in this particular case)

If we take a wider view, including ourselves IN with the rest of Nature, as well as micro-organisms, we can begin to see them fulfilling an ecological function which in actual fact MAY NOT BE IN DEADLY OPPOSITION to us, but according to different lights may be extremely useful and helpful.

We need to understand a bit more about what a bundle of contradictions we are! How EGOCENTRIC and PHYLOCENTRIC (species-centred) we are! How this puts us in conflict with our ‘separateness,’ our weakness and vulnerability!

We do not consider water, for example, as a deadly enemy,’ if it fits in with our plans, and doesn’t threaten our lives and property, our ‘lifestyles.’ But just let us fall into it in unfavourable circumstances, let there be a bit too much rain, flood, earthquake, tidal waves etc., and our attitude to it rapidly changes.

Water becomes our ‘enemy’ when it is in larger amounts than we think we can deal with, and when it’s in what we think is the ‘wrong place.’

In this respect it is not altogether different from the multiplication of micro-organisms, especially those which are normally resident in our bodies. When they increase in number, and our ego bodies are forced to notice their ‘message’ whether we want to or not, they interfere with our plans, our versions of how things should be, force us to feel pain, and other feelings which we would much rather avoid.

Just as with the water, we do not tend to think that it is WE who might be in the WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG TIME, that perhaps we might be going about things the WRONG WAY. It is presumably on account of our ‘superiority’ that if there ARE ‘laws of Nature’ we are ‘entitled’ to be ignorant of them, or flout them, and get away with it unscathed?

No, of course it’s not true. We just like to think it’s true, or behave as if it’s true. If we are living in too great conflict with the laws of Nature, it should not be too great a surprise if Nature lets us know that this is what we are doing. This is not actually a PROBLEM, it’s an ADVANTAGE. A BLESSING.

It is in our own interest to stop forcing the separate, ‘mechanical,’ reductionist version onto Nature. Perhaps we need to stop and think: face the fact that if we consider the ‘invading virus’ version as a THREAT, it is because we feel THREATENED.

We are insecure, vulnerable, fragile, frightened….. That IS how we feel, fighting invisible microscopic mutating ‘enemies’ all the time, and getting further and further from any comprehensive understanding of Nature as we attempt to ‘defeat’ it.

What is more, the separate, reductionist, adversarial ‘life as dangerous enemy’ model encourages us to live our lives fearfully.

In our model, so-called viruses, bacteria etc. are HELPING us by forcing us to notice not only that they ‘carry’ information, but that they themselves actually ARE the information. The majority of our white blood cells are ‘PHAGOCYTES,’ literally ‘cell eaters.’ (from the Greek) They digest the micro-organisms, the information, LITERALLY.

This is analogous to ‘eating food’ in SYMBOLIC or DREAM LANGUAGE, which I usually translate as ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ i.e. the information I need to take into my ego-body, and DIGEST/INCORPORATE.

If we are OVERWHELMED by the micro-organisms, (the illness) it is because we are NOT assimilating/digesting the necessary information at the correct frequency (PSYCHIC/MENTAL) level, and by the laws of manifestation it becomes (more) physical, forces the ego-body (‘ME’) to notice and (hopefully) pay more attention.

In other words, rather than mistaking them for ‘invading enemies,’ we can look at what are called micro-organisms as teachers, part of the LEARNING PROCESS OF LIFE, part of what we are ‘HERE FOR,’ instead of something which damages ‘ME’ and interrupts my plans.

When we have ‘incorporated the information, the ‘lesson’ of the illness,’ it becomes part of us, gives us a degree of immunity, and means that we will not/should not be so easily surprised by the information/illness again.

The ‘collectivity,’ the mass statistics of influenza merely show us in a very obvious way, how much we are actually connected, how alike we really are. No matter the differences of which our egos make so much, we are ‘physically’ forced to acknowledge that we are confronting the same conflict as ‘the other guy,’ about how much the way we experience our lives ‘REALLY GETS UP OUR NOSES,’ because we are ‘SO RUN DOWN.’ (see THE COMMON COLD above)

If we are not putting enough attention and energy into our spiritual lives, (and who of us can really claim that we are?) if we are UN-INSPIRED, if we have INSUFFICIENT IN-SPIRATION, then this conflict readily emerges, brings us ‘down to earth,’ puts us flat on our backs, no matter how important our ego’s plans are, just like all the others brought down the same way!

You see, one of the purposes of human life is to consciously connect the (continuum) ego to the inner life, the inner (spiritual-psychic) process. If we have the balance wrong, ‘TOO MUCH EGO, TOO LITTLE SPIRIT,’ life will very kindly show us.

(PULMONARY) TUBERCULOSIS: tuberculosis is the name given to a group of diseases characterised by the presence of the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and may affect most organs in the body, most significantly, the lungs. (pulmonary) The bacteria multiply and form granular masses (tubercles) in the lungs, damage to the lung tissue which over a period reduces the ability to perform the GASEOUS EXCHANGE (see LUNG DISORDERS above) causing breathing difficulties.

The tubercles fuse together and form a ‘cheesy’ mass of broken down tissue, which may eventually penetrate the air passages. (BRONCHI) This is severely irritating, causing violent coughing, and the broken down tissue gets coughed up, leaving cavities in the lung, from which THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS of bacteria may be spat up in a 24hr period. These bacteria are not easily destroyed, except by direct sunlight. (ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT)

This stage of the disease is extremely exhausting, and used to be known as ‘CONSUMPTION’ meaning ‘wasting away,’ owing to the severe weight loss commonly experienced.

Many people may suffer from a mild form of the disease, depending on how well or badly their SELF-HEALING (IMMUNE) SYSTEMS (see below, see INFLUENZA above) deal with the bacteria. This may mean that the disease remains undiagnosed, with small lesions/damage to lung tissue turning to small scars which may remain undetected except by X ray or autopsy.

Immune deficiency disorders increase the likelihood of being affected by tuberculosis. The disease is most common in underprivileged inner city areas in the UK. There used to be a high death rate which is now much reduced, although there are still some 6000 cases notified each year.

Again we have the breaking down, the damage to the lung tissue which we have already seen in BRONCHITIS and EMPHYSEMA. (see above)

There is a famous rhyme which is particularly pertinent to these illnesses, as well as being macabrely funny: ’It wasn’t the cough that carried him off, but the coffin they carried him off in!

The fact that it is most common among the underprivileged merely adds weight to the essential meaning of the symptoms. ‘MY LIFE IS SO HORRIBLE THAT I DESTROY MY ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE.’ (THE BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT.)

If blood is brought up by coughing, in the sputum etc., we may translate it, ‘I BRING UP THE CONFLICT WHICH IS SO SEVERELY IRRITATING MY ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE. I CAN NO LONGER CONTAIN MY FEELINGS. THE STRUCTURE OF MY ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE AND FEEL (BE NURISHED) IS COLLAPSING.’

‘MY EGO-BODY (‘ME’) IS WASTING AWAY!’

WHOOPING -COUGH/PERTUSSIS: is an acute (short-lived, severe) infection of the mucous membrane of the BRONCHI and upper respiratory tract, mostly affecting children beneath the age of 10. Although it is best known as a childhood disease, it may happen at any age, although usually only once.

Whooping cough is associated with the presence of the bacterium Bordetela pertussis in the spittle. It is interesting to compare whooping cough with CROUP. (LARYNGO-TRACHEO-BRONCHITIS, see above)

The initial stage of whooping cough is not easy to tell from a heavy cold with sore throat, slight rise in temperature, CATARRH (see NOSE above) and persistent COUGHING. (see SORE THROAT, COUGHING above)

It then goes into the second stage in which the cough gets much worse. (PAROXYSM or COUGHING FIT) Violent coughing fits are followed by the loud strangled ‘crowing’ in-breath, the characteristic ‘whoop’ of the name. The fits may go on day and night, being (like CROUP) worse at night. Extra-violent attacks may damage the lung tissue, or (EMPHYSEMA, see above) burst blood vessels.

This stage may last a month or longer, and there is the risk of lung infections/inflammations (see BRONCHITIS/PNEUMONIA above) as complications, after which it gradually subsides, with less frequent coughing, with the ‘whooping’ declining.

Coughing is one of the ways we ‘BRING STUFF UP,’ especially ‘STUFF WE FIND DIFFICULT TO BRING UP (BY OTHER MEANS).’ The ‘stuff which irritates our ability to fully take in life,’ (RESPIRATORY SYSTEM) PHLEGM, CATARRH, MUCUS (see EARACHE above) in other words EMOTIONAL CONGESTION, already tells us that there is conflict going on. This is because only small quantities of mucus are actually necessary to lubricate the air passages. Greater production automatically tells us that there is INFLAMMATION, the mucous membranes are inflamed.

When the more fluid elements in the lungs and air passages thicken and solidify, they irritate us. We cough to try to remove, bring up the irritation.

The violent coughing and noisy, difficult breathing get our attention, telling us that this is a serious situation. As a CHILDHOOD ‘disease,’ we are once again faced with the ‘unthinkable,’ the ‘unacceptable.’ Like childhood ASTHMA (see above) we are being told HOW MUCH WE ARE STIFLING THEM, HOW WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BREATHE FREELY, and HOW MUCH CONFLICT THIS CAUSES THEM. Also, HOW AFRAID WE ARE, AND HOW MUCH OUR FEAR ACTUALLY AFFECTS THEM.

‘Barking’ coughs are the call of the animal, ‘feeling’ side which is being too much ignored, avoided. The attacks are worse at night, (see CROUP above) the dark side, the dark time when the psyche intrudes most into the ego’s world. As someone who lives in a country area I am most familiar with the night call of the fox, which sounds just like this sort of cough!

We have to understand that our children are not separate from us. We live in a continuum with them. They are extensions of us, just as we are extensions of our parents. We have to understand how sensitive all human beings are, but most particularly (very) young children.

If we are not prepared to face OUR FEAR, OUR CONFLICTS, our children WILL ACT THEM OUT FOR US. Each generation pushes away the stuff it doesn’t want to face, FORCING the next generation to act it out, mostly at the wrong level! SOMEBODY REALLY OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING! CONSCIOUSLY. WHY NOT US?

If we are not prepared to take the necessary steps, who do we expect to do it ‘for us,’ and WHY SHOULD THEY?

PNEUMOCONIOSIS: a general term for a group of OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES which involve the formation of fibrous or scar tissue in the lung ALVEOLI through the inhalation of dust particles. (FIBROSIS)

Coal dust is one such particle, whether or not there are particles of silica present, but by far the worst disease is

SILICOSIS: the inhalation of particles of free silica. Silicon dioxide or silica is one of the most abundant mineral forms to be found on the planet. Quartz for example is silicon dioxide. It is a major constituent of rocks and sand etc.. It is relatively hard, and as such it is the most significant industrial hazard in those industries which tend to produce quantities of such dust.

In the pottery industry it has long been called ‘Potter’s asthma,’ in cutlery, ‘Grinder’s rot.’

The scarring gradually reduces the efficiency of the lungs, causing shortage of breath, and a dry (non-phlegmy) cough. Likely complications are BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA, and TUBERCULOSIS. (see all above)

Other similar OCCUPATIONAL DISORDERS are ASBESTOSIS, (asbestos fibres) BAGASSOSIS, (sugar cane fibres used in fibreboard) SIDEROSIS, (iron dust) BYSSINOSIS, (textile dust, cotton, flax, hemp) ANTHRACOSIS/ANTHRASILICOSIS/BLACK LUNG. (anthracite, hard coal with silica)

It should go without saying, ‘I AM NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO WHAT I AM BREATHING IN. I AM NOT SUFFICIENTLY CONSCIOUS OF WHAT I (THE EGO-BODY) AM TAKING INTO MYSELF AS WELL AS THE BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT.’ STOP DOING IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. The same is true for

OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA: in which a wide variety of industrial agents act as ALLERGENS. (see ASTHMA above) The symbolism of some of the specific agents is immediately clear: flour and grain dusts, (seeds/fertility) arthropods, crustaceans, (small parts of myself I dislike/fear, some of which dwell in the sea (psyche)) antibiotics, (literally ‘against life’) other things are relatively poisonous: isocyanates, (superglue etc.) epoxy resins/epoxides, metal salts etc.

In all occupational disorders we have to look at the association MONEY (the avoidance of feeling/non-feeling in symbolic language) has with the occupation. We believe that we need to work (for money) in order to live. This is the ego’s version, as usual the wrong way round, because ‘to have life more abundantly,’ we need MORE feeling NOT LESS!

We do not need money to ‘live.’ Life is ‘every breath that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ We cannot breathe, eat or drink money. Life has been gifted to us already. Our FEAR, though, says differently, and equates life with money, whereas what we actually mean is to DO WHAT ‘I’ WANT, to make our lives more EGO-FRIENDLY!

If we genuinely hate our work, we need to be honest about it, to ourselves at the very least. If we manage to get the ‘non-feeling’ without having to feel the feelings our work brought up in us, a potentially even more dangerous situation.

WE OBVIOUSLY CANNOT POISON OURSELVES IN ORDER TO LIVE, (MORE ABUNDANTLY) THAT IS A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.’

SO HERE WE GO:

THYMUS: the THYMUS is an ENDOCRINE gland, (see THYROID above) a ‘LYMPHOID’ organ, (‘LYMPHOID’ from the Latin for ‘limpid.’ LYMPH is the ‘watery fluid’ which circulates through the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, part of the IMMUNE SYSTEM, see below) meaning tissue which is part of the production of lymph, LYMPHOCYTES, (white blood cells) and ANTIBODIES. (proteins, chemical ‘messengers’ which ‘lock on’ to ‘foreign’ proteins/micro-organisms/allergens, enabling the IMMUNE SYSTEM to deal with them)

It was apparently named ‘thymus’ by the famous Greek physician Galen, (129-199 AD, who attempted to systematise the whole of medicine) for its resemblance to ‘a bunch of thyme flowers.’ The outer part (CORTEX) is packed with LYMPHOCYTES, (white blood cells) and is by far (500%) the largest producer of new white blood cells, compared to the LYMPH NODES and other lymphoid tissues.

The inner part (MEDULLA) contains far fewer lymphocytes, and clusters of cells called ‘Hassall’s corpuscles,’ thought to be remnants from the formation of the thymus during foetal development.

It was thought to be unimportant until comparatively recently, simply because ADRENOCORTICAL (STRESS) hormones cause LYMPHOID tissues to atrophy. (shrink in size) in autopsies of people who had suffered long or severe illnesses, the thymus was much smaller. However, the thymus in those who have suffered sudden death remains relatively large. Because it is large-sized during foetal life and early childhood, then gradually gets smaller, this all led to the belief that is was only really important during early life, another classic example of how to wrongly add up information!

Nowadays it is regarded as having a KEY position in the IMMUNE SYSTEM, in the‘training and development,’ as it were, of ‘stem’ (undifferentiated cells which can develop into specialised cells) cells, particularly for that part of the SELF-HEALING (IMMUNE) SYSTEM known as ‘T’ cell/lymphocytes. The ‘T’ stands for ‘thymus-derived.’

1. NB. It is important to remember that the ‘scientific/medical’ reductionist, separatist egocentric view of this is only a version of what is going on, ‘reality,’ in other words a viewpoint, a ‘point of view,’ and an evolving, changing one at that. I am trying to juggle several systems for describing ‘reality’ to run alongside each other, maybe this is IMPOSSIBLE. And you, the reader will have to be the judge of how far I have been successful.

THE FOLLOWING is the ALLOPATHIC VERSION:

The intense ongoing research into CANCER, AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDERS (the production of ANTIBODIES which ‘attack’ one’s OWN tissues, rather than foreign ‘invaders’) and AIDS/HIV, ‘ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME/HUMAN IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY VIRUS’ (see below) has established that the ‘T’ cells perform a variety of functions in the service of the IMMUNE SYSTEM.

‘HELPER’ ‘T’ cells identify the foreign micro-organism/antigen/protein and stimulate the production of other cells to ‘fight’ the infection.

‘KILLER’ ‘T’ cells are ‘called up’ by the ‘HELPER’ cells. They specialise in ‘killing’ cells which have been ‘invaded/taken over’ by foreign micro-organisms etc., or those which have turned CANCEROUS. (see CANCER below)

‘SUPPRESSOR’ ‘T’ cells ‘turn off‘ the other cells after the infection has been dealt with.

‘MEMORY’ ‘T’ cells remain in the circulatory systems for a long time after the infection, enabling the body to respond much more quickly to subsequent infections.

The thymus plays a large part in the rejection of transplanted tissue/organs. If the thymus is REMOVED soon after birth, the body no longer rejects ‘foreign’ tissue, but also cannot produce normal LYMPHOID tissue, small lymphocytes, LYMPH (plasma) etc…

Enlargement of the thymus is associated with a variety of disorders, the most common being MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, an AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDER (see IMMUNE SYSTEM below) in which antibodies interfere with the chemical (ACETYLCHOLINE) which transmits (NEURO-TRANSMITTER) the nerve impulses from the nerve endings (AXONS) to the muscles. The muscles are weakened, and unable to contract.

Other associated disorders: GAMMA GLOBULIN DEFICIENCY, (AGAMMAGLOBULINAEMIA) in which there are no, or reduced GAMMA-GLOBULINS, the ANTIBODY component of human blood, leading to increased infections, particularly MEASLES (see below) in children.

Decreased production of red blood cells, increased destruction of red cells by HAEMOLYSIS, (poisoning) shortage of small lymphocytes.

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS: THYROTOXICOSIS, THYROIDITIS, (see THYROID above) ADDISON’S DISEASE, (destruction of the ADRENAL CORTEX, see ADRENAL GLANDS, KIDNEYS, below) HYPOPARATHYROIDISM, (see PARATHYROID, above) – all have AUTO-IMMUNE components in which the thymus is involved to some degree. In THYROTOXICOSIS and THYROIDITIS the hormone secreting cells (PARENCHYMA) of the thymus may be enlarged.

The increased frequency of some types of LEUKEMIA, (see above) RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, (see below) and HODGKIN’S DISEASE (LYMPHADENOMA, the enlargement of LYMPH GLANDS) may also be connected with defective immune responses in which the thymus plays a part.

Again, this is ONLY the scientific/medical story, from the viewpoint of the separate ego. Amazingly enough, what is NOT properly emphasised even in the more up-to-date reassessment of the role of the thymus, is that it is ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL to the (OUR) SELF-HEALING SYSTEM. It manages it, rules it to the extent that for many years now I have believed that IT is what is referred to in esoteric circles as the physical manifestation of the SPIRITUAL HEART, and that this is NOT the physical heart itself.

IT’S A LOVE SYSTEM. This is very important.

OUR SELF-HEALING SYSTEM is NOT some distant, abstract, theoretical concept at all, but the VERY WAY we interact with LIFE AT THE MACROSCOPIC AND THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL. Life presents us with the myriads of pieces of microscopic information have been labelled viruses and bacteria. (see the COMMON COLD, INFLUENZA, above) What we call ‘disease’ is part of our interaction with this information.

It is extremely short-sighted, stupid and dangerous to egocentrically separate ourselves from this aspect of the life process, and treat is as it is treated under the prevailing regime: adversarial reductionist causality theory – ‘CELL WARS.’

‘CELL WARS’ treats the incoming information solely as an ‘INVADING ENEMY’ and confuses parts of our own self-healing system with hostile agents whose only intent and occupation is to HURT us, whom it is our job to ‘DEFEAT’ by any means possible, so long as the symptoms disappear. It is, of course, the logical extension of the ‘hard life, cruel world, hostile universe, vengeful God’ attitude. Very traditional, in Rockefeller medicinespeak, but that doesn’t make it any less STUPID.

WE ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY AWARE THAT IT IS WE WHO ARE PROJECTING THIS ATTITUDE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY AWARE THAT WE ARE PROGRAMMED, TRAPPED WITHIN OUR CONDITIONING. We believe that our perspective is ‘true’ and ‘real’ and ‘THAT’S THAT!’ Perhaps we still don’t understand that we got it, or a lot of it from our parents, along with the shape of our noses and the colour of our eyes.

And depending how trapped we are, we will have to undo as much as it takes to get through the invisible barrier behind which the population is being held SPELLBOUND.

The thymus governs a large part of our interaction, our RELATIONSHIP with the MICROCOSM, the microscopic world, that is ‘TOO SMALL FOR ME (the ego-body) TO SEE.’ As many many micro-organisms are permanently resident within our bodies, and are dealt with by our SYSTEM without symptoms arising, the idea of INVASION, ‘attacking’ entry from OUTSIDE is obviously WRONG. We need to look at the relationship more in terms of INFORMATION and BALANCE.

If we are SUFFICIENTLY aware and in touch (FEELING) with the INFORMATION, ‘WHAT LIFE REQUIRES US TO ASSIMILATE,’ (the symbolism of FOOD, which nourishes/sustains us, which must be TAKEN INTO THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME’) there is balance, and SYMPTOMS (of disease) DO NOT ARISE.

If we are ‘unaware,’ out of touch, out of balance, the INFORMATION LEVELS will readily INCREASE, increased numbers of micro-organisms will be found in tissue, SYMPTOMS ARISE as the ‘physical’ part of the INFORMATION ‘ANALOGUE.’ This means that LIFE ‘communicates’ with us (the ego-bodies who believe that they are ‘separate’) through MULTI-LEVEL messages which we are not able to ignore entirely, although we may misunderstand them, refuse to accept them, or attempt to override them. The thymus regulates/organises our response to this information.

AIDS/HIV is extremely interesting. Various researchers, including Keri Mullis the Nobel Prizewinner who invented the PCR test were/are ADAMANT that AIDS/HIV are actually a many-sided combination, a complex of factors, NOT one single thing, ‘the disease,’ which therefore can be ‘cured’ by the ‘magic bullet.’ Mullis and others were VOCIFEROUS that Robert Gallo and his associates were fraudulent with the data.

Dr Stefan Lanka, an eminent prizewinning virologist has a standing offer of 100,000 Euro, for anyone who can conclusively prove the existence of viruses according to Koch’s postulates. NO ONE HAS YET SUCCEEDED. He would also like to publicly debate Robert Gallo, but, ‘No dice.’ Just like ‘Covid 19,’ the supporters and defenders WILL NOT debate and defend their positions PUBLICLY, for very good reasons.

I am (obviously) not going to try to defend the ‘virus’ theory, or explain ailments according to its precepts. It’s FALSE !

In 1996 when I explained myself to the dermatology consultant for 3 hospitals, she said to me, ‘I’M ONLY A MEDICAL DOCTOR.’

We need to get to the bottom of the heap here. We KNOW that the U.S. government were actively recruiting homosexuals in the San Francisco Bay Area for ‘special projects.’ Some of my close friends died, allegedly from ‘AIDS/HIV.’ They were all homosexuals, all somewhat camp. Some more so than others, and the gay life-style took its toll on them. They all lived in California. The idea that there ARE NO LIMITS is basically faulty. Your individual life will teach you whether there ARE such LIMITS, and what they ARE in your particular case. I have definitely taken it to the wire in my own life. Not in the way my gay friends did, but I have been convincingly shown that you MUST pay attention to your own health, broad-spectrum.

‘If you know what’s good for you.’

It’s like driving. You can’t drive anywhere you want, the vehicle may not be able to handle it. Even in a tank. You can’t drive at 200 mph down narrow twisty country roads, even IF your car will go that fast. To survive, you have to obey certain rules in certain situations, and you often, even at relatively slow speeds, have ONLY fractions of a second to respond. If you get it wrong, in your individual case, you CRASH!

Each individual case has to be properly investigated to determine precisely which factors are playing what part in the case, NOT ‘one size fits all.’

The AIDS sufferer has effectively LOST THE ABILITY TO RESPOND/ COMMUNICATE/INTERACT WITH THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL, in other words, ‘WHATEVER IS TOO SMALL (or perhaps UNIMPORTANT) FOR ‘ME’ (THE EGO-BODY) TO SEE/BE AWARE OF.’

THE EGO HAS TRIUMPHED = ALL IS (probably) LOST!

The thymus is no longer able to manage the SELF-HEALING SYSTEM, balance is lost, and the edifice we have constructed from our lives keels over. But WHY?
THE ‘GAY PLAGUE’: Your government WANTS you to be TERRIFIED!!! They have had several attempts with various ‘flu’ type symptoms and pandemonium wholly-owned media panic, (possibly as trial runs fot this, THE BIG ONE) like ‘bird flu’, H5N1? ‘Swine Flu’ ‘H1N1.’ Now the wannabe ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT lot have pulled Covid 19, SARS-Cov-2 as part of, indeed the ‘maximum enabler’ of AGENDA 21. Do your research NOW!!!! as agreed to in Rio 1992 by the then……..’leaders’? Not on your Nelly, if you have one: ‘Leaders?’ Not my ‘leaders’ of 179 countries. Depopulation under the guise of ‘sustainable development. The Deagel.com website says US population will be 65 million in 2025, and the UK pop. 15 million. The Georgia Guidestones say ‘Maintain the world population in balance with Nature at 500 million.’

YOUR GOVERNMENT wants to KILL YOU!!!

It was the 2010 Swine Flu debacle that finally did it for me with the World Hoax Organisation who got the British Government to spend £2 billion of taxpayers on a useless vaccine for a non-existent pandemic. Believe in them, trust them at your peril.

Whatever BILL GATES wants, believe me, YOU DON’T.

‘I HAVE LOST ALL ‘HEART’ IN LIFE. THERE IS NO MORE/NO ‘UNCONDITIONAL ‘LOVE,’ ONLY ‘TRANSACTIONS.’ (i.e. ‘NON-FEELING’)

Similarly, in what are labelled AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDERS we are expected to believe that we have MIRACULOUSLY started to treat parts of our own our tissues as if they were ‘invaders.’ Myasthenia gravis is a good example.

‘’I’ (or parts of me) HAVE BECOME ‘THE ENEMY.’ ‘MY OWN ENEMY,’ to the extent that the thymus has shrunk so far that it is NO LONGER able to perform its function of anchoring the SPIRITUAL HEART in the 3/4D holobodygram. Balance is lost.

The TERRAIN THEORY states that we have allowed ourselves to be so weakened and poisoned, while regarding this as NORMAL, that our self-healing/LOVE system cannot function, and the poisons start to take effect, when the LIVER(see below) and other organs which store what CANNOT BE EXCRETED, and that includes psychically, are overloaded, and the overload pours into our bloodstream.

‘I ATTACK THE PARTS OF MYSELF WHICH NEED ATTENTION MOST.’

In MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, this is existentially proved because a significant percentage of sufferers get a tumour of the thymus, (10%) and the rest get INFLAMMATION of the thymus. This clearly states ‘GROWTH IN MY DEALINGS WITH THE MICROCOSM/CONFLICT WITH/ABOUT GROWTH IN MY DEALINGS WITH THE MICROCOSM.’ /’GROWTH AT THE WRONG LEVEL’ means that the thymus is trying to ENLARGE, get BIGGER to COMPENSATE for it’s under-function, inability to function, other organs, primarily the LIVER (see below) do this too. The holobodygram takes/ENACTS GROWTH AT THE WRONG LEVEL, LITERALLY.

The sufferer then becomes ‘UNABLE TO MAKE ANY EFFORT.’ Well, that’s one way out….They actually AMPUTATE the thymus in many cases of this. This is real blasphemy.

The thymus is also that part which we (gently, I hope) pound in the act of ‘breast beating.’ Esoterically, gentle tapping of the sternum with the knuckles of the clenched fist is what you should do if you want to activate the immune system a bit.

The Roman Catholic Church has this action institutionalised in its ritual as an act of submission, expressing LACK of (self) WORTH.

‘THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT = IT’S ALL MY FAULT.’ Although it is considerably mixed up, it expresses a recognition that attention to this point in the body is RELEVANT to the relationship with the UNSEEN.

‘MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF IT, GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST.. ‘ We have to re-establish ourselves (‘ME,’ the EGO-BODY) in LOVING RELATIONSHIP with LIFE/THE COSMOS. As I said above, we have substituted ‘transaction’ for LOVE, accepted MONEY/MAMMON as a GOD, instead of LOVING ATTENTION, we have television, entertainment, and SHOPPING. Instead of creativity, making things, being in touch, craftsmanship, we want to BUY IT, because we are far too BUSY for all that. Think about it, folks….. We simply associate NON-FEELING with everything. EVERY-THING! EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE.

WE ARE SIMPLY UNAWARE OF THE POINT WHICH THINGS HAVE REACHED.

And then we are surprised that we can no longer interact with life.

THE BREASTS: the MAMMARY (milk-producing) glands which develop for the purpose of nourishing the offspring of MAMMALS, whence comes the name. I would say ‘on the female of the species,’ BUT occasionally even in men and boys there is such unusual development called GYNAECOMASTIA of one or both breasts, which may secrete milk or a watery fluid. It is generally the result of HORMONES, the activating chemicals produced by the ENDOCRINE GLANDS, (see THYROID, PARATHYROID, THYMUS etc. above) or an overdose of certain drugs, or hormones given in drugs. Extra breasts are also known to develop occasionally in unusual places, such as in the armpit, or lower down the abdomen.

The breasts normally develop in young females at puberty, (from the Latin for ‘adult’) the time at which the girl is functionally capable of procreation, responding to hormones secreted by the OVARIES and PITUITARY gland. (see below) They are made up of milk glands, fatty tissue, and the ducts (small tubes) which carry the milk to the nipple, when stimulated by the hormones of pregnancy and birth, and finally by the sucking of a baby. THEY REPRESENT THE SATISFACTORY, NATURAL, INTIMATE NOURISHMENT OF THE INNER INFANT.

BREAST DISORDERS: the INNER INFANT represents our INNER GROWTH. If we neglect or frustrate our inner growth and development, it is very likely that it will be shown to us. MOTHERHOOD REPRESENTS THE NOURISHING (nurture is the same word) PRINCIPLE ACTIVE IN OUR LIVES. We have to be extra-consciously careful not to ABUSE it. It is ARCHETYPAL, part of the basic foundation of our (human) level of life.

MASTITIS: acute or chronic INFLAMMATION of the breasts. Acute mastitis is very common while suckling infants, especially in the first couple of months. The nipples may become infected, with soreness and cracks.

CONFLICT ABOUT NOURISHING THE ‘INNER CHILD.’ It is probable that ‘MY OWN INNER CHILD IS UNDERNOURISHED.’ (or possibly is ‘starving’)

Chronic mastitis is not associated with infection, but with the ENDOCRINE control of the condition of the breasts by the OVARIES and PITUITARY gland, mainly giving rise to swelling and pain in an area of, or in the whole breast, or even both. The pain is worst just before or during the first days of menstruation. It is most common in women over 30, who have already given birth, and may be mistaken for BREAST CANCER. (see below)

The fear of cancer is in itself a dangerous thing, made worse in such situations of chronic mastitis by the possible appearance of ‘lumps,’ cysts, or abscesses, and the common knowledge that breast cancer is the third largest by number of malignant cancers, with numbers nearly equal to the largest groups. (LUNG and BOWEL CANCERS)

As cancer is the second largest ‘cause’ of death from disease, such fears are quite understandable, but it is worth mentioning here the ‘side issue’ that instead of ‘objectifying,’ isolating and separating ourselves from such thoughts and fears, and considering them as an evil, we can agree with C.G. Jung that they are psychic information drawing our attention to the need for growth in just the same way as physical symptoms do. They are not merely ‘irrational.’ Psychic information is just as valid as physical information. It is just not PHYSICAL.

The idea that becomes a book, a painting, a product, is not physical as such, either, but that does not mean that it is not ‘real.’

‘I NEED TO GROW IN MY NOURISHMENT OF MY INNER CHILD.’ What I have identified as missing from my early childhood. Has it been repeated down the generations?

The very fact that these growths are NOT malignant means that the need for personal, spiritual growth has not eclipsed everything else, i.e. has not become unrestricted. In the case of abscesses, ‘THE RESULTS OF THE CONFLICT ARE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE.’ As we have seen, the PUS discharged is the result of the interaction of the ego-body’s SELF=HEALING SYSTEM with the information carried by micro-organisms, bacteria etc…However uncomfortable, it shows us that this process is working.

The fact that these symptoms are CHRONIC, however, tells us that these are ONGOING PROBLEMS, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED. We must look at how our child parts actually feel/behave, and how our parent or super-ego parts deal with them. We must LOOK AT OUR INNER LIVES.

If we do not believe in our INNER LIFE, that is, that the ego is too strong and obscures everything else, then we would do well to study our dreams. They will give us the necessary information, if we can translate/interpret it, which will enable us to avoid having to deal with these problems SOLELY AT THE WRONG LEVEL, at that of our physical bodies, as events which just ‘accidentally happen’ to us, and for which we bear NO RESPONSIBILITY.

If a woman does not like being a woman, and finds difficulty with, or RESENTS the NOURISHING/NURTURING aspects of the female/maternal role, with its constant INTIMATE demands, it is quite likely that the symptoms of the INNER CONFLICT will present in those areas of the body which naturally express FEMININITY, which differentiate the female from the male. This will invariably be a result of the way HER OWN MOTHER treated her as an infant and child, and to a lesser extent how others and society at large regard femininity and childhood.

ARMS:/HANDS:/FINGERS: are all to do with HOLDING, CARRYING, and how we interact with, deal with, COPE with, HANDLE our lives. For obvious reasons (because they are so interconnected) I think we need to consider them together to some extent.

The ARMS represent our ability to CARRY, but also to EMBRACE , to HOLD another person, to become more INTIMATE with another part of ourselves, who is NOT ‘ME,’ the individual component of the continuum ego-body, otherwise we may ‘HOLD THEM (or situations we don’t like) AT ARMS LENGTH.’

‘BODY LANGUAGE.’

We indicate our degree of openness, how welcoming we are ‘WITH OPEN ARMS.’ We are prepared to let people (and events) get CLOSE to us.

Folded, CLOSED arms indicate the opposite, even though the words CLOSE and CLOSED are so similar. (CLOSE) We are NOT prepared to let it get near the ego-body, ‘ME’ to let it in. Watch BILL GATES in videos. (or ‘BILL GATED)

‘THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, A STRONG RIGHT ARM’ (ARMS AND THE MAN)

Indicate the longstanding connection between the male side and more WARLIKE, AGGRESSIVE tendencies. (to defend the ego-body, ‘ME,’ and the super-version of the super-ego, (the parent) THE STATE) In this context the words ‘arms’ and ‘weapons’ are interchangeable.

Our HANDS represent our ability to INTERACT with life. There are dozens of useful ‘hand’ metaphors in the language: ‘tight-fisted, handyman, handy, to ‘handle’ it, to have a ‘handle’ on, open handed, to fall into the hands (clutches) of, penny-pinching, grasping, heavy handed, you have to hand it to, hand-me-down, second-hand, lend, give, take a hand, hands off or on, underhand, hand over hand, offhand, on the other hand, and many, many more.

FEAR makes us ‘clutch at straws,’ use inappropriate force or energy, we hold on far too long when we should have let go. Our hands are about the ability to interact, to HOLD (and RELEASE) but also the general ability to TOUCH, to DISCRIMINATE, to FEEL. ‘Reach out and touch, somebody’s hand, make the world a better place,’ as the song goes. Thus TOUCHING (especially with the hands) represents an ACTIVE component of FEELING. ANTI-SOCIAL DISTANCING IS A CURSE MADE UP BY DEMONS.

Contrariwise, hand problems show us how much difficulty we are having ‘handling’ LIFE. I have been close to several people who have suffered from CHRONIC splitting of the skin of the hands, with scaliness and eruptions which are usually diagnosed as ECZEMA. (see SKIN below)

In this we are clearly shown the surface of the ego-body cracking and splitting, painfully revealing the soft red (CONFLICT) underneath, and how difficult it REALLY is for the sufferer to HANDLE what is going on in their lives. It shows us how ‘SKIN-DEEP’ the surface of the ego is, and that we are not paying ENOUGH attention to the INNER CONFLICT.

We will be coming to ARTHRITIS shortly, but I remember only too well my Scottish grandmother’s hands gradually turning into claws, and stiffening in that position, and as a teenager understanding that this was ACTUALLY expressing this side of her peronality.

ACCIDENTS: to hands, particularly common while working, show us more or less the same thing: lack of attention, the conflict brought to the surface so that I (the ego) can see and feel it. I lived in an agricultural area with many wood yards, and missing fingers were quite a frequent sight. (1993)

The same questions should always be asked: What does this accident FORCE me to do or admit/accept?(THAT I DON’T WANT TO) What does this ‘accident’ PREVENT/STOP ME DOING? These are no ACCIDENTS. We are being informed symbolically, ‘CONFLICT ABOUT HANDLING IT.’ (LIFE)

BROKEN BONES: are informing us about our RIGIDITY. It is being BROKEN THROUGH, a drastic remedy necessary because we are NOT PAYING ATTENTION to what LIFE WANTS US TO NOTICE. Our rigid ego structure snaps! LESSONS need to be LEARNED.

JOINTS: are in this case about the FLEXIBILITY of the CARRYING, HOLDING and/or HANDLING process. If we are too INFLEXIBLE for our LIFE situation, we may develop some form of JOINT PROBLEM.

ARTHRALGIA: Simple joint pain, but with no swelling. At this stage, our attention is being simply drawn to our flexibility. We are being forced to feel/notice, but with less demanding intensity than the structural changes of

ARTHRITIS: any condition of the joints involving inflammation and/or structural change. The old term ‘RHEUMATISM’ is no longer in use, except as a lay person’s generalisation. It is divided into categories, of which the 2 main are OSTEOARTHRITIS and RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. (see below) ARTHRITIS is often described as THE MOST COMMON CRIPPLING DISEASE in Western countries.

OSTEOARTHITIS: is the term applied when there is a detectable change in the structure of cartilage and bone rather than the painful inflammation of the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES which line the joint cavities, providing lubrication. (SYNOVITIS)

It usually means that there is a reduction in the load-bearing area of the joint. (If they say ‘articular’, they mean ‘joint.’) The HYALINE (glass-like under the microscope, from the Greek for ‘glass’) CARTILAGE which covers the ends of the bones where they rub together making them slippery, breaks up in the centre. There are usually outgrowths of cartilage at the edges of the joint which ossify, turn into bone, known as OSTEOPHYTES.

There may be confusion about the term ‘OSTEOARTHRITIS’ because it may also be used to cover joint pain where there is no evidence of cartilage degeneration. OSTEOPHYTES tend to form more frequently as we get older, causing pain by friction. The incidence of the loss of load-bearing cartilage increases significantly with age, but not with everybody.

The main problems are to be found in the hip and knee, mostly in later life. Cartilage loss in the knee after the age of 50 is often associated with loss in the finger joints, and the growth of bony lumps called HEBERDEN’S NODES.

The symbolism here should be fairly obvious: the bones, the skeleton forms the foundation, the rigid structure of the ego-body, ‘ME.’ It must grow properly, and not be too brittle (see OSTEOPOROSIS/OSTEOGENESIS/BRITTLE BONES, SKELETON below) or too floppy, otherwise we won’t have enough ‘backbone,’ as the saying goes. We won’t be able to ‘STAND UP FOR OURSELVES,’ go on the ‘walk of life,’ or successfully ‘HANDLE’ anything. We would have no ‘GRIP’ on anything at all.

If we are losing the load-bearing cartilage of joints, we are losing/have lost our flexible load-bearing ability, we are no longer able to BEND in the right places with life’s vicissitudes. The ego has lost the ability to cope with changing circumstances.

The bones are continually growing and changing, minerals are being removed and replaced, there is no final state of anything, the bones are constantly being destroyed and rebuilt. If the growth is at the margins, and not at the centre, it speaks for itself. Pain and deformity force us to notice and pay attention, to whatever extent our egos are willing to take on board the reality of the situation.

It is important and well worth reading THYROID and PARATHYROID above for the effect endocrine glands have on bone development, and ask ourselves whether there may be any useful connection.

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: is the term used for the CHRONIC inflammation of the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES which surround and seal the lubricating SYNOVIAL FLUID into joints, tendon sheaths, (similar membranes which surround the cords which join muscles to bones) or BURSAE, hollows at pressure or friction points which contain fluid, where muscles rob against each other, or against bones, good examples being the elbow or kneecap. ‘SYNOVIA’ is a word that PARACELSUS probably made up.

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS affects a number of joints at the same time. In many cases there is a ‘symmetrical pattern,’ of the spread of the condition, affecting both sides of the body. In 70% of cases there is an ANTIBODY in the blood, giving rise to the current theory that there are genetic factors involved – it is ‘inherited.’

When it affects children, it is called STILL’S DISEASE, or JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. If the inflammation continues over a period of months, both cartilage and bone may be destroyed, being replaced by a kind of scar tissue. Small lumps with decaying centres may form under the skin. (NECROBIOSIS) It affects 4 times as many WOMEN as MEN.

As with OSTEOARTHRITIS above, bone, the structure and support of the ego-body (‘ME’) is being eroded, but the significant difference is the INFLAMMATION: REDNESS, HEAT, PAIN, SWELLING, the classic signals of the CONFLICT about our LACK OF FLEXIBILITY. Firstly our attention is drawn to the situation by the pain, stiffness, redness and swelling. In all cases of swelling, lumps and growths, the LACK of and NEED FOR INNER GROWTH is indicated. (see CANCER below)

If we allow others to ERODE the support of our ego, in other words to DOMINATE us, we should not be surprised if our bodies follow suit.

‘OUR LACK OF FLEXIBILITY IN OUR ATTITUDES IS INHERITED FROM OUR PARENTS.’ (along with the shape of our noses) We are taught our attitudes BY EXAMPLE, and constant repetition. We may be thus totally DOMINATED by the INFLEXIBILITY OF THE ATTITUDES OF OUR INNER PARENTS, although our PHYSICAL parents may now be dead.

WHITLOW: the generally popular term for acute inflammations in the tissues of the fingers. ‘CONFLICT OVER SPECIFIC DETAILS IN HOW I AM HANDLING IT.’ Speaks for itself, really!

PARONYCHIA: inflammation around a fingernail. (or toenail) It occurs as an ACUTE infection very frequently with nurses, and those who have to HANDLE sick people, and infected material regularly.

As a rule of thumb, anything to do with our fingernails and teeth, teeth and claws, (see HYPOPARATHYROIDISM, TEETH above) has a bearing on our ability or need to rip, tear, scratch or bite etc… This is to say that there is a certain AGGRESSIVE component involved, which should not be neglected.

Such an infection with nurses says that they are presently unable to cope/HANDLE so many ‘SICK’ NOT-ME PARTS OF THEMSELVES, that they are in CONFLICT about it. Of course, it calls into question the suitability as a career if it is repeated, or becomes CHRONIC. It certainly draws the attention to the information, which may be interpreted as ‘I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE (FOR THE MOMENT).’

CHRONIC paronychia is said to occur most commonly in women who have their hands in water too much, as in too much washing up, laundry etc…. Are they also ‘IN TO MUCH HOT WATER?’ as the saying goes, in trouble, difficulty or disgrace?

It affects men in certain careers too, such as chefs and fishmongers! WATER is, of course, one of the major symbols of the PSYCHE, the INNER WORLD VIEW. FOOD symbolises ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ what the ego needs to take in and digest, and FISH are DENIZENS OF THE PSYCHE. (dwellers in water, beneath the surface, generally our of sight of the ego.)

In all these cases, the PSYCHE intrudes symbolically, as does the CONFLICT about handling LIFE/it. If we spend time ‘earning a living’ (getting money – NON-FEELING) surrounded by or in contact with the PSYCHE/symbols of the PSYCHE at the wrong LEVEL, we are in CONFLICT about that, too. No wonder the medical advice is to keep our fingers DRY!!!! (or:- ‘KEEP AWAY FROM THE DANGEROUS PSYCHE/INNER LIFE, as well as taking ANTI-LIFE/ANTIBIOTICS.)

WE NEED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE PSYCHE CONSCIOUSLY. If a job or career puts us in touch with the psyche at the wrong level, or if we experience a lot of anger in the job, we ought to seriously ‘consider our position.’

CLAW HAND/MAIN EN GRIFFE(French translation): the hand is bent and contracted. The hand and fingers may shrink, especially the 2 smallest fingers. Injury to the ulnar nerve (forearm) creates the characteristic shape.

‘I AM TOTALLY UNABLE TO HANDLE IT/GRASP IT.’ Sounds like what my grandmother had.

DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE: the fibrous tissue surrounding the muscles in the palm of the hand thickens and contracts, tightening and pulling the skin with it. It is of unknown cause, although associated with a variety of diseases. The message is the same.

‘I AM UNABLE TO HANDLE IT.’

There are a variety of other special descriptions applied to deformed hands:

MONKEY HAND: the thumb muscles are atrophied. ‘UNABLE TO GRIP.’

LOBSTER HAND: absence of fingers, hand divided into 2 distinct parts. Congenital. ‘MY WHOLE FAMILY CANNOT HANDLE IT.’

SKELETON HAND: most of the muscles of the hand are wasted. In MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (MYOPATHY) the muscle fibres waste away, sometimes being replaced by other types of tissue. This is also often called congenital.

The muscles are what enable us to PHYSICALLY INTERACT. If large amounts of muscle tissue waste away, ‘I AM UNABLE TO……DO ANYTHING!!!!!

OBSTETRICIAN’S HAND: Fingers and thumb are held together, as in TETANY. (muscle spasm) ‘CAN’T HOLD.’

DROP WRIST: the hand cannot be held straight out from the wrist. The nerve which runs from the armpit (radial nerve) is affected. Ultimate limp-wristedness. ‘AVOIDING THE WHOLE HANDLING ISSUE.’

PART FIVE THE ABDOMEN

The lower part of the trunk or torso is called the abdomen, and is separated from the CHEST, the upper part, (see CHEST above) by a dome-shaped flexible muscular partition called the DIAPHRAGM or MIDRIFF.

The abdominal cavity contains the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, THE STOMACH and INTESTINES, the associated GLANDS, the LIVER and PANCREAS, as well as the KIDNEYS which filter URINE and waste substances, and the SPLEEN which cleans the blood, removes dead corpuscles and other waste products.

The organs in the abdominal cavity are surrounded and protected by the PERITONEUM, a membrane which lines the whole cavity, by a complicated series of what can best be visualised as folds.

PERITONITIS: is the INFLAMMATION of the peritoneum, either from infection or from the irritation of the membrane by substances which should not normally be in contact with it, i.e. BILE and/or gastric (digestive) juices.

INFECTION may come about through a wide variety of circumstances, generally because of the entry of micro-organisms (BACTERIA) in wounds in which the abdominal wall is pierced, or from the perforation or rupture of one of the internal organs which the peritoneum encloses, or by an abscess connected with one of the organs. It may also come about through infection of the womb of Fallopian tubes after childbirth.

The symptoms include shivering, fever, high temperature, very severe abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting. There may be constipation with the abdominal muscles held rigid, and an absence of PERISTALSIS, the wave-like movements which pass food through the stomach and intestines. It can be FATAL. The abdomen swells up because of gas in the intestines. If the peritonitis is a result of PERFORATION from the stomach or intestine into the peritoneal cavity, the process can become very fast, going from initial symptoms through collapse to DEATH in less than 24 hours.

We are now considering problems in the ego-body which are LITERALLY ‘BELOW THE BELT,’ (a low blow) with all the associated implications of unfairness.

This is a quite typical inflammation of a serous (watery) membrane (see PLEURISY/EMPYEMA, CHEST above) in which FIBRIN and extra fluid/pus are produced. ADHESIONS (bands of fibrin) may be produced which stick organs together, interfere with their function, and strangle the bowel.

In the same ways as the PLEURAL MEMBRANE protects the LUNGS, the PERITONEUM protects the organs which DIGEST and ANALYSE WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED, (FOOD) and REJECT AND EXCRETE what ‘I’ the ego-body cannot use/INCORPORATE. (EXCREMENT/FAECES)

This means that generally speaking we are in SEVERE CONFLICT. Our ability to deal with the TOXICITY of our (ego-) body wastes has COLLAPSED, and SO DO WE!

‘MY ABILITY TO DIGEST/ASSIMILATE CAN NO LONGER COPE WITH THE EXTREMES OF CONFLICT, AND THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS BURSTS THROUGH/PERFORATES THE PROTECTIVE WALLS, AND POISONS ME.’

In women, perforation via the reproductive organs means: ‘SEVERE CONFLICT ABOUT GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY BURSTS THROUGH THE PROTECTIVE WALLS AND POISONS ME.’ (THE EGO BODY)

If the peritonitis is caused by wounding from outside, then, ‘THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY (‘ME’) ARE PUNCTURED/PENETRATED, CAUSING CONFLICT AND POISONING ME.’ This is either ‘CAUSED BY MY REPRESSED AGGRESSION IN THE SHAPE OF A PART OF ME THAT I DO NOT RECOGNISE AS A PART OF MYSELF, ‘(another person) or ‘AN ACCIDENT: MY EGO REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS (MY) PART IN THE VIOLENT BREAKING THROUGH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY. I DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY LACK OF ATTENTION.’

If PERISTALSIS stops, we are ‘LITERALLY NOT COPING/DEALING WITH OUR OWN SHIT.(the UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS)’ And it poisons us!!!! (see INTESTINES below)

This is actually where I came in. In September 1974, after the band came back from Denmark, we were holed up in a large Swiss-style chalet on the North Downs. It had a gravel drive, and one day Carola, one of the 3 girl backing singers, collapsed on the gravel, screaming and writhing. I had a good look at her and decided thi was professional screaming, not amateur, so I went inside the main house and called for an ambulance. The emergency guys told me it would take at least 45 minutes to arrive, because of where we were located.

I went back outside and looked at her. She was still screaming. Then the ‘voice’ spoke in my head or wherever, and it said ‘She won’t last 45 minutes. You have to do it NOW!’ I had been formally meditating since February 1972, and informally before that, so I knelt down beside her and stretched my hands over her where I could feel the subtle energy centres, nodes, chakras, whatever you want to call them, and concentrated, particularly on her mid section. After a bit of this she began to calm down, and I had an odd feeling and turned my head, and I could see another Carola, exactly the same, also lying in the same position on her back.

As I swung my head between the two Carolas, I saw that the first Carola had now stopped writhing, and lay still, relaxed, with her eyes closed and a slight smile playing on her lips. Things stayed like this until eventually, the ambulance and paramedics showed up, bustling about, put her on a stretcher and into the ambulance. At this point I was confused, and didn’t know whether I should go with her and try to maintain whatever had just happened, (I thought it was probable the double as described in Castenada’s books) or if it was self-sustaining and would last until she was in the trauma-surgeon’s hands.

She was in the ICU for weeks, and we couldn’t see her. When she finally came back after about a month she threw herself on my shouting ‘you save-a my life.’ (strong Italian accent) She had had abdominal surgery in Italy the previous year. We knew nothing about it.! It had become infected and the intestinal wall had massively failed and basically her shit (the unconscious contents) was in her bloodstream and the surgeons told her that she should have died in minutes, under ‘normal circumstances’

I saw her again in 1981 outside Miami Convention Centre. She was dressed in a turquoise silk trouser suit and dripping with gold and diamonds. She had become an international fashion model between Italy and Brazil, and a small recording career in Italy in the Italian language.

On seeing me, she repeated the ‘You save-a my life’ routine again.

STOMACH: we already know that ‘to have a strong stomach’ means to be able to cope with things which are difficult to assimilate or accept, and conversely, ‘not to have the stomach for it,’ or ‘not to be able to stomach it,’ means to be unable to cope, ‘to keep it down.’ If we can’t ‘keep it down,’ if our stomachs will not accept it, back up it comes, vomiting out of our mouths, out of the ego-body.

The stomach is the first organ of the digestive system. (ALIMENTARY CANAL, my dear Watson.) It is a pear-shaped muscular organ which receives the food and holds on to it for about an hour, rhythmically churning it with peristaltic (alternately contracting and relaxing) movements, mixing it with the 3 types of fluids produced by specialised cells in the stomach mucous membranes, making up the GASTRIC JUICES.

The resultant mixture is a thick creamy liquid called CHYME. Animal foods take longer to churn to liquid. The 3 types of digestive juices are PEPSIN, (PEPSINOGEN) HYDROCHLORIC ACID, and MUCUS. (see EARACHE above) Each peristaltic wave pushes a little of the CHYME mixture into the first part of the small intestine. (see below) the stomach does not actually DIGEST the food. This is done in the INTESTINES.

Many cultures have considered the stomach to be the seat, or a major seat of the emotions. It is well known how affected the digestive system is by FEAR or undue excitement. The vulgar phrase is ‘TO BE SCARED SHITLESS.’ The digestive process speeds up, giving rise to DIARRHOEA (loose bowels) or a cessation of gastric movements, the stomach holding on to its contents for a period. Emotional ‘love’ has

a similar effect. I can definitely vouch for that myself. The stomach becomes a major centre of feeling. It feels as if there’s heavy weight in it,’ or as if it’s ‘tied up in knots.’

GASTRITIS: inflammation of the stomach. Acute gastritis is very commonly caused by overindulgence in ALCOHOL or FOOD, by FOOD POISONING, by INFECTION, especially BLOOD POISONING (SEPTICAEMIA) TOXINS, (bacterially produced poisons, or the excess waste products which circulate in the blood when the LIVER or KIDNEYS fail, see below) or by the actual swallowing of POISONOUS SUBSTANCES.

(May include FOOD with DANGEROUS ADDITIVES)

INDIGESTION or DYSPEPSIA are common terms describing pain in the upper abdomen after eating. There may also be loss of appetite, NAUSEA, HEADACHES, VOMITING etc.

CHRONIC GASTRITIS: has more or less the same symptoms. The lining of the stomach is thinner than normal. The glands which secrete the DIGESTIVE JUICES (see above) may partially or almost entirely stop working. The sufferer avoids any ‘food he or she finds indigestible,’ follows ‘A BLIND DIET.’ – which speaks for itself!

If sufficient digestive juices are NOT being produced, the ability to absorb vitamin B12 is affected, possibly leading to PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA (see BLOOD DISORDERS above) and NERVOUS DISORDERS.

Chronic gastritis is more common with advancing age. It affects more women than men, and a high percentage of sufferers also have chronic IRON-DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA. (see above)

The inside of the stomach becomes covered with a thick coating of mucus, which acts as a barrier which even MORE EFFECTIVELY PREVENTS digestion from taking place. Not only do we have the CESSATION of the production of digestive juices, but a lining, a ‘cover-up’ as well!!!!

So here we have the situation where we are still receiving the food, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ but we are in CONFLICT about it, and then if it continues, ‘WE REFUSE TO DEAL WITH IT TO A GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE.’

STOMACH/GASTRIC ULCER: commonly called PEPTIC ULCER. (along with DUODENAL ULCERS, see below) Quite frequent, (5-10% of the population) especially among men. ‘You’ll give yourself an ulcer.’

The stomach ‘digests itself.’ The digestive juices begin to burn through the 4 sections (linings) of the stomach wall called ‘coats.’ The ulcer may heal easily, or it may penetrate further. If it penetrates the blood vessels there will be internal bleeding, with vomiting of blood (HAEMATEMESIS) in a quarter of cases. If it penetrates the PERITONEAL coat it is called PERFORATION, and leads to PERITONITIS. (see above) Contraction of the stomach wall may block the PYLORUS, the narrow exit from the stomach to the intestines. DUODENAL ulcers are found just beyond the PYLORIC SPHINCTER, and are very similar to STOMACH ulcers.

Although the medical profession ‘does not fully understand’ peptic ulcers, it should be quite easy to see that ‘I AM EATING MYSELF UP,’ as the saying goes. We say that JEALOUSY and ENVY ‘EAT AWAY AT US, EAT OUR HEARTS OUT.’ If we are honest, it should be quite obvious what is eating at us. We have transmuted our severe emotional pain ‘successfully?’ to the physical level by ignoring and failing to deal with it in the proper course over a period. We can’t ignore it now, though, can we?

Ulcers have been quite widely identified with ‘stress.’ The question which needs to be asked under such circumstances is, ‘WHY AM I PUTTING MYSELF UNDER SUCH STRESS?’

‘WHY AM I DRIVEN? WHOSE RULES OR AGENDA AM I ACTUALLY FOLLOWING? AM I DOING THIS TO GET ONE OVER ON, COMPETE WITH, IMPRESS OR PROVE SOMETHING TO – MY PARENTS?’ IF NOT. ‘WHO?’

If I am ‘successful’ is the idea that people will stop criticising me? If I have ‘won,’ become the ‘victor,’ will they finally leave me alone, and admit that I am GOOD ENOUGH? If I am attempting to overcome parental (or other) conditioning that I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH (possibly because some other sibling was more favoured) –

If I have not faced and begun to deal with the ANGER. This can be INTENSE enough to give someone Chronic Multiple Sclerosis, as we shall see later. –

It will certainly EAT AWAY AT ME, EAT ME UP. If I have sublimated the anger, diverted it and hidden it in different kinds of activities, business, sporting, whatever, I have not dealt with it, I just act it out aggressively at the wrong level.

STOMACH CANCER: see CANCER, below.

CONGENITAL PYLORIC STENOSIS: a ‘congenital’ (continuum) condition happening more commonly to boys, about 1 in every 300 births. The muscles around the pylorus, the area where the end of the stomach passes into the duodenum, (small intestine) are enlarged. (HYPERTROPHY)

The baby appears normal, but after a couple of weeks explosively vomits near the end of feeding. Movements within the stomach can be seen, and the enlarged pylorus can be felt as a lump. The food comes up in one go.

‘Congenital’ actually means ‘existing from birth,’ as well as ’inherited/hereditary,’ but for our purpose of translating symbolic information, that doesn’t make a great deal of difference. Although such a condition will naturally be frightening to the mother of a newborn infant, she has to face the information that the ’PART OF HER TO WHICH SHE HAS RECENTLY GIVEN BIRTH, (PROBABLY ’UNCONSCIOUSLY’) HAS A MORE THAN NORMALLY DEVELOPED RESISTANCE TO ACCEPTING ’WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED.’’ (DYAD??? NOT JUST MOTHER BUT FATHER TOO!!)

The sting in the tail is of course that part of the information which ‘HER NEWBORN PART IS REFUSING TO ACCEPT/ASSIMILATE,’ is mother’s milk. ‘NOURISHMENT FROM HER, (ME) THE FEMALE SIDE OF THE CONTINUUM-EGO.’

This states clearly that there is a situation within the female side of the family which must be identified and dealt with, quickly.

THE INTESTINES: are the part of the digestive system, the ALIMENTARY CANAL, below the STOMACH. (see above) ‘Intestinal fortitude’ is a metaphor for determination, the strength to keep going under conditions of hardship. More commonly, we say, ‘to have/it takes GUTS, I feel GUTTED. GUT FEELING.’ Also of interest, ‘I hate your GUTS, to work one’s GUTS out.’ ‘A GUT feeling.’ ‘A GUTLESS wonder – NO GUTS.’

The intestines are divided into SMALL: the part extending about 22 feet (6.5m) from the stomach, and about 1point.5 inches (35mm) at its widest point, and LARGE: much shorter (6 feet, 1.8m) and wider, (2.5 inches, 65mm) extending the rest of the way to the anus. Together they stretch some 28-30 feet, 8.5-9 metres.

THE SMALL INTESTINE: is divided into 3 parts: the DUODENUM: the first 10-11 inches, (25-30cm) named after the Latin for 12 fingerbreadths.

The next part is the JEJUNUM, from the Latin for ‘fasting,’ because if it is cut open after death, there is generally nothing in it. It is 8-9 feet long. (2.4-2.7m)

The last part is the ILEUM, which empties into the LARGE INTESTINE or COLON. Many texts do not distinguish between the JEJUNUM and the ILEUM proper, calling all the small intestine from DUODENUM to COLON the ILEUM.

The LIVER and PANCREAS pour their secretions into the DUODENUM, 0.5-1 litre of BILE, and about 1.5 litres of pancreatic juices a day. BILE is stored and concentrated in the GALL BLADDER (see below) which is attached to the LIVER. (see below) BILE partly carries the waste products from the liver, and partly aids in the digestion and absorption of fats from the diet. The PANCREATIC JUICES act on starches, fats, and proteins, breaking them down to peptides, amino acids, glucoses etc. which the body can readily absorb.

Most of the actual absorption of our food takes place in the ILEUM, which has tens of thousands of small finger like protuberances called VILLI, (from the Latin for ’shaggy hair’) which vastly increases the area available for absorption. It is further aided by the thin walls of the VILLI, through which fluids easily pass.

Peristaltic waves move down the DUODENUM and ILEUM at about 2cm per second, encouraging the progress of the partly digested food through the system. There are also muscular churning movements, as in the STOMACH. (see above) The walls of the intestines generally are similar to those of the stomach, although they vary slightly at

different points. Food may take 3-4 hours to pass from the small to the LARGE INTESTINE via the ILEO-COLIC or ILEO-CAECAL valve/sphincter, which generally prevents it from going in the reverse direction.

LARGE INTESTINE: begins in the lower right of the abdomen. The first part is called the CAECUM, which ‘medical science’ says does not have a use in humans, as also the APPENDIX, a thin tube opening into the caecum, varying in length from 2-20 cm. In herbivores and some rodents CAECUM and APPENDIX are much larger and have a role in the digestion of cellulose.

The caecum continues as the COLON. The first part rises upwards through the right side to beneath the liver, and is called the ASCENDING COLON. It then crosses the upper abdomen to the left side. This part is called the TRANSVERSE COLON. It then bends downwards through the left side of the body, and is called the DESCENDING COLON. From where it passes the PELVIS it is called the SIGMOID COLON. (Greek, from the letter Sigma. ‘crescent-shaped’) The last part of the LARGE INTESTINE is the RECTUM, which leads straight down through the rear of the pelvis to the ANUS, where the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM/ALIMENTARY CANAL ends, and the FAECES (shit/excrement) comes out.

DUODENAL ULCERS: are quite similar to GASTRIC ULCERS, (see above) but much more common. (10-15x) Statistically, DUODENAL ULCERS are prevalent at half the age for stomach ulcers, and 3x more common for MEN. In fact, it is rare for women to have gastric ulcers until after childbearing age.

Duodenal ulcers are generally described as chronic, although the pain may well be acute. In other words they are part of a long-term process. As with gastric ulcers, there may be PERFORATION or BLEEDING, in which case PERITONITIS (see above) or vomiting of blood/blood in faeces may occur. If vomiting occurs, it is often because the ulcer is obstructing the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.

As has been previously discussed in the introduction, ‘THE SMALL INTESTINE’ above, the main digestive enzymes and BILE are added to the partly liquidised CHYME (see STOMACH above) in the DUODENUM, and it is here and in the ILEUM that the main DIGESTION, the BREAKING DOWN and ASSIMILATION of what the EGO-BODY ‘ME’ NEEDS TO TAKE IN, ‘IN-CORPORATE,’ happens. Metaphorically, our ‘food,’ the information and experience, is ‘made flesh.’

However, as the language tells us, the DUODENUM is also where the CONCENTRATED BILE, ‘bad temper, peevish anger,’ enters the digestive system. Like any other ulcer, ‘an open sore on an internal or external surface of the body,’ duodenal ulcers tell us that these are such sore points that the walls, the boundaries which contain the process are breaking down, becoming eroded, punctured or perforated.

At this ‘sore point,’ we have begun to DIGEST…..OURSELVES!!!!!

We have become the problem which must be solved, the information which must be incorporated, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED’ is our own ego, ‘ME’. obviously it must be reduced in size, along with our anger, our hostility, our ‘CONCENTRATED BILE’ and spite. We must notice, become aware of what angry lives we are living, how frustrated we are.

GASTRO-ENTERITIS/ENTERITIS: inflammation of the (stomach/ (see above)) intestines. Inflammation of the outer surface of the intestines is PERITONITIS. (see above) Enteritis (Greek for ‘intestine’) is the inflammation of the inner surface of the intestines, although the inflammation of specific parts and areas of the intestines have specific names, e.g. ILETITIS, APPENDICITIS, COLITIS etc… (see below)

Enteritis itself can be a major symptom of an ENTERIC FEVER such as TYPHOID or PARATYPHOID FEVER, (see below) and other diseases such as DYSENTERY or CHOLERA. (see below)

DIARRHOEA: looseness of the bowels, ‘the runs,’ is the major symptom of enteritis. FEAR: the liquid/water in the diet, ‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ is not INCORPORATED, runs out and is lost to the ego-body ‘ME’ as part of excrement ‘THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS.’

The normal medical story is bacterial food poisoning, adenoviruses or ECHO viruses, (Enteric Cytopathogenic Human Orphan) drug or food problems, and nowadays anxiety is accepted. We talk of being ‘SCARED SHITLESS, SHIT SCARED,’ after all. But for the MICROBIOLOGICAL picture please refer back to the COMMON COLD, HERPES SIMPLEX, INFLUENZA, THE THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM etc below.

What it MEANS is that we are temporarily unable to INTEGRATE THE PSYCHE in its fluid aspect, to come to terms with some inner information. Thus DEHYDRATION is common in severe attacks.

So ENTERITIS is ‘CONFLICT ABOUT THE ASSIMILATION OF INFORMATION/SITUATIONS WHICH I FIND DIFFICULT.’ This particularly refers to the INNER or SPIRITUAL aspects of the situation.

ILEITIS/CROHN’S DISEASE: inflammation of the small intestine. The symptoms include abdominal pain, alternating DIARRHOEA and CONSTIPATION, weight loss, FEVER. ‘CONFLICT/DIFFICULTY IN DEALING WITH MY OWN SHIT,’ I.e. ‘OBSTRUCTING THE PROCESS/REFUSING TO PROCESS IT,’ and are UNABLE to hold on to it long enough to absorb the fats and fluids through the LARGE INTESTINE. (see DIARRHOEA above) Inner transformation is externalised = Fever.

APPENDICITIS: inflammation of the APPENDIX, a relatively thin tube which forms part of/projects from the CAECUM, the first part of the LARGE INTESTINE. (see above) ‘The most common cause of abdominal sepsis in the western world.’ ‘I HOLD ON TO MY SHIT, THE PROCESS OF HANDLING MY SHIT GOES BAD.’

COLITIS: inflammation of the COLON, the main part of the LARGE INTESTINE. (see above) What used to be called MUCOUS COLITIS is now called SPASTIC COLON, (see below) and is no longer medically regarded as a form of COLITIS.

ULCERATIVE COLITIS: the main form of colitis. Again, the cause is medically unknown. Fever, severe diarrhoea, (see above) faeces contain pus, blood, and mucus. ‘OPEN SORES’ in the affected area of the colon.

This is mostly a disease of young adults. I have worked with such sufferers, and would definitely like to add that it is connected with their parents’ fears about life, particularly the mother, and the impression that such fear projections make on the attitude of the adolescent coming into young adulthood.

Like DUODENAL ULCERS, (see above) what is/are the ‘sore point(s)?’ Here, the sore point is in the colon, which reabsorbs the fluids which would otherwise be lost, particularly the large amount in the digestive juices. If we did not recycle our water, we would be excessively dehydrated.

Symbolically this clearly states that the conflict is about the ‘PSYCHE IN THE LIFE OF THE (YOUNG) PERSON.’ If the parent is pushing their son or daughter towards a too materialistic view of life through their own fears of the ‘unknown,’ especially if the child does not have enough inner strength to deal with the parental ‘knowing what’s best for you,’ and if there is also the view that what goes on below the waist is ‘dirty and nasty’ particularly bodily wastes, faeces….’WAIST and WASTE.’

I HAVE TO TRY TO GET RID OF THE PSYCHE FROM MY EGO-BODY TO PLEASE THE ANGRY FRIGHTENED OUTER (and/or INNER) PARENT.’ ‘I AM NOT ENTITLED TO HAVE A PSYCHIC-SPIRITUAL LIFE WITH WHICH MY PARENT DOES NOT AGREE OR APPROVE …..’

And, of course, ‘I AM NOT HANDLING MY SHIT PROPERLY.’

‘The UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS.’ The information/experience which ‘I’ the ego-body CANNOT ASSIMILATE, and has to EXCRETE.

I REPEAT: because this is VERY BASIC:

SPASTIC COLON/IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME: painful spasms, jerky involuntary contractions of the colon. Our attention is being brought to the ‘SHIT-HANDLING’ process. We are made to feel it ‘involuntarily, i.e. ‘against our will.’ ‘I AM BEING FORCED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE PROCESSING OF THE ‘UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS’ (WHAT ‘I’ THE EGO-BODY AM UNABLE TO ASSIMILATE/HANDLE/INCORPORATE) THROUGH THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’

Irritable bowel syndrome is an inaccurate term if it is used only to describe the colon, because it covers both intestines, not just the colon.

Abdominal pain which moves about, irregular defecation, (shit) watery DIARRHOEA, or alternating CONSTIPATION and DIARRHOEA, (see ILEITIS/DIARRHOEA above) inflated gut, heartburn. As well as the symptoms sufferers are often characterised by high ANXIETY and PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS levels. A better, higher-fibre diet which is often (RIGHTLY) recommended for IMPROVING THE HANDLING OF THE ‘UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS’ only symbolises improving our INNER DIET, the way we live and experience our lives.

TYPHOID FEVER: Allopath medical story : a SALMONELLA bacteria (SALMONELLA TYPHI) which is most commonly carried in the water supply through pollution by human excreta, although when dried it can be wind-blown, or carried by flies onto food etc. Not everyone is affected by it. Some people are ‘CARRIERS,’ retaining the bacillus (rod-shaped bacteria) in their intestines or other internal organs without taking on the disease.

Typical symptoms may seem relatively mild at first: headaches, tiredness, general aches and pains, bodily discomfort, inability to sleep and feverishness at night. As the disease progresses, the temperature also rises in progressive steps to higher plateaus, and so is called ‘step-ladder’ temperature.

Before long the sufferer will have to lie down, and the typical fever symptoms will be apparent: restlessness, hot and sweaty, uncomfortable, along with swollen abdomen, abdominal pain, swollen liver and spleen, with rosy or red eruptions on the chest, abdomen and/or back appearing about the second week, but by no means in all cases.

By the third week the sufferer may be unable to move, emaciated, exhausted and delirious, with involuntary muscle spasms. Death may ensue from a variety of causes: exhaustion, bleeding from the bowels, (HAEMORRHAGE) perforation of an intestinal ulcer and PERITONITIS, (see above, also DUODENAL ULCERS etc.) or from the fever being too great, or from complications such as opportunistic infections.

On the other hand, they may gradually recover, with relapses for several months, and troubling back pain etc. (TYPHOID SPINE’)

The lymphatic system (see THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM below) in the lower part of the small intestine becomes inflamed (PEYER’S PATCHES) and enlarged, dropping off and leaving ulcers which may perforate the bowel or destroy blood vessels. This is what causes the most trouble.

There may be a little or a GREAT DEAL of DIARRHOEA (see above) with a characteristic light-yellow ‘pea soup’ look to it. If there has been HAEMORRHAGE (BLEEDING) in the intestines, then the faeces will be dark brown, OR BLOODY.

From our point of view, the symbolism is simple and straightforward, ‘THE EGO DUMPS THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS (WHAT ‘I’ THE EGO-BODY AM UNABLE TO INCORPORATE/ASSIMILATE) CARELESSLY IN THE PSYCHE – WITHOUT PAYING PROPER ATTENTION TO THE TOXIC (TOXIN) EFFECT.’ ‘I POISON OTHER PARTS OF MYSELF THROUGH THIS CARELESSNESS AND AVOIDANCE. HUGE CONFLICT.’

‘PROCESS YOUR (PSYCHIC) SHIT BEFORE IT PROCESSES YOU.’

PARATYPHOID FEVER: is a milder form resembling TYPHOID FEVER, (see above) which is associated with one of 3 SALMONELLA bacteria, SALMONELLA PARATYPHI, types ‘A, B, or C.’ the incubation period is shorter and the red eruptions are seen more rarely. The fever is less severe, less long-lasting.

Medically, paratyphoid is described as generally being passed along by a ‘CARRIER’ who has already had the disease, or through food (WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED BY ‘ME,’ THE EGO-BODY) or water. (PSYCHIC INFORMATION)

‘WHAT IS THE REAL CONTAMINATION STORY?’

As always, get to the facts and check them very carefully.

READ TYPHOID FEVER above.

CHOLERA: (allopathic story) is associated with the VIBRIO bacillus, and is spread in much the same way as TYPHOID/PARATYPHOID FEVER. (see above) It was originally only known in Asia, but spread westward in the 1800’s, arriving in England in 1831, shortly after in the USA.

It is particularly associated with hygiene and the contamination of the water-supply by faeces. The vibrio bacteria multiply very quickly in water temperatures between 25-30 deg. C. One sufferer may put a whole population at risk through contaminating the water supply.

The symptoms vary a great deal, between mild cases where the person does not even feel they have to lie down, and others who die within 24 hours. (in other words, some people are NOT AFFECTED) Most of the cases however fall into a recognisable category, ‘CHOLERA GRAVIS,’ in which there are 3 stages visible.

1. A few hours of DIARRHOEA and vomiting, which come on suddenly. This is painless at first. The faeces become what is known as ‘RICEWATER STOOLS,’ which look like the water from a boiling pan of rice, containing flakes of FIBRIN. (see PLEUSIRY above) Fibrin is an insoluble protein which is both part of the blood-clotting process and forms a cover on inflamed membranes internally during inflammatory conditions.

Soon there is severe pain in the limbs, then the abdomen, with intense thirst and exhaustion, as the sufferer loses too much water and begins to become dehydrated, with weak pulse and fairly high temperature.

2. The symptoms rapidly proceed to a state of collapse, sometimes called ‘algid,’ from the Latin for ‘cold, chilly.’ The body feels cold, and turns purplish-blue. The skin feels dry and wrinkled from the extreme loss of fluids. The voice is no more than a hoarse whisper. (known as vox cholerica, ‘cholera voice.’) Death may take place in less than 24 hrs from this stage.
3. The previous symptoms stop, and a gradual improvement is visible. The chills and colours become more normal. Vomiting stops, although the diarrhoea may continue, it is not as bad as before, and the agonizing cramps stop. It may take some time before urine is passed.

HOWEVER, fatal relapses are possible at this stage, as is a severe FEVER, (so-called ‘TYPHOID’ stage) which can start as late as the 2^nd or 3^rd week.

The death rate varies between 5 and 50% of sufferers, depending on location and treatment, and is far worse among children and the old and infirm. During an epidemic, people are known to die within ONE or TWO HOURS, during the collapse stage, without much apparent diarrhoea and vomiting.

We say that as human beings, we are mostly made up of water, without realising that this is the pre-eminent symbol of the more tangible, FLUID aspect of the PSYCHE, the ‘NON, or LESS-PHYSICAL’ part of ourself/selves. In deserts, or at times like this, we may finally realise how IMPORTANT this is, because in CHOLERA death is caused primarily through DEHYDRATION, loss of WATER and ESSENTIAL BODY SALTS.

‘UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND CARELESSNESS CONCERNING THE PSYCHE, WHICH IS IN FACT THE ENTIRE BASIS FOR THE LIFE OF ‘ME’ THE EGO-BODY.’

DYSENTERY: 2 main types, BACILLARY (bacterial) or AMOEBIC. (single cell organism considerably larger than bacteria: protozoa, from Greek for ‘first, or original animal.’)

Again, both kinds are spread by lack of attention to hygiene, pollution of water supplies by faeces, insanitary conditions, handling of uncooked food by carriers etc., overcrowding, flies, direct contact.

‘THERE’S A LOT OF SHIT ABOUT, AND CARELESSNESS ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE ASSIMILATED AND THE PSYCHE.’

BACILLARY DYSENTERY: symptoms vary from mild DIARRHOEA (see above) to a serious sudden ACUTE infection. Pain, nausea, chills, fever. Up to 50 stools (excretions) per day in serious cases, mostly blood and mucus. The course varies between a couple of days and several weeks. The complications in ultra-severe cases, mostly blood and mucus. The course varies between a couple of days and several weeks. The complications in ultra-severe cases are from ulceration and perforation of the lower intestine. (see PERITONITIS above) The mortality rate was 50%, but now is much less through antibiotic drugs, although it is still serious in infants, the old and infirm, and under-nourished people generally.

‘WE DON’T APPRECIATE HOW BAD THE COLLECTIVE PSYCHIC SITUATION IS.’

AMOEBIC DYSENTERY: the amoeba settle in the large intestine, forming colonies on the walls, causing inflammation and ulceration. The ulcers themselves often become infected, and may spread the infection through the portal vein, which carries blood from the abdominal organs to the liver, forming abscesses, collections of infected pus, inner BOILS, effectively. Such abscesses may form in the LIVER, or in exceptional cases spread to lungs or brain, even as far as the bones.

An amoebic mass appear very quickly, or may even take YEARS to show themselves. They become recognisable through the appearance of several bloody stools (defacations) per day. Even if the onset is gradual, there will be weight loss, stomach upset (DYSPEPSIA, see INDIGESTION above) and ANAEMIA. (see in BLOOD DISORDERS above) Complications may include PERFORATION, (see PERITONITIS above) INTERNAL BLEEDING, (HAEMORRHAGE) and ABSCESS formation as described above.

As amoebic dysentery is now mainly associated with tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, anyone who returns from the tropics complaining of abdominal pain and indigestion should examine their faeces carefully for blood.

Again, ‘UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND CARELESSNESS CONCERNING THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS (WHAT ‘I’ THE EGO-BODY CANNOT INCORPORATE/ASSIMILATE/HANDLE) AND THE PSYCHE.’ ‘THE CONFLICT BECOMES VISIBLE IN THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS.’ ‘I MUST AGREE TO ALLOWING THE PSYCHE TO PLAY A MUCH LARGER PART IN ‘MY’ LIFE.’ (THE LIFE/PERCEPTION OF THE EGO)

CONSTIPATION: must be distinguished from OBSTRUCTION of the BOWELS, which is much more serious. There is great individual variation in peoples defacatory habits, (how OFTEN you SHIT) and the colour, amount, texture and consistency, depending on diet, of the FAECES/STOOLS. (see below) If too much water is being absorbed in the colon, known as ‘greedy colon,’ the FAECES will be small, hard, dark, and difficult to excrete.

If there is SPASTIC COLON (see above) the muscles in constant spasm make it difficult for smooth, ‘normal’ functioning. If the diet (‘WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED’) is not CHALLENGING, CONFRONTING enough, not enough roughage, fibre, lack of B vitamins, we end up literally ‘HOLDING ONTO OUR OWN SHIT’ for too long. The textbooks say that the discomfort is worse than the toxic effect at this point.

If our ‘SHIT-HANDLING PROCESS is all jangled up,’ this is easy to understand. We need to look at our parents, our life conditions, our RELATIONSHIPS, and particularly pay attention to how we have been taught to cope with difficult, uncomfortable situations.

If we are not letting go of the water, it looks to me as though we are desperately wanting (to hold on to) THE INNER PROCESS, BUT AT THE WRONG LEVEL although obviously each case MUST be looked at individually. How we deal with our SHIT IS one of the first things our parents think is IMPORTANT (and possibly DISGUSTING) for a small child to do, after all.

My youngest son at 4 spent a week eating out of the shit can, and didn’t seem to die from it.

He would SNEAK to the little shed.

OBSTRUCTION OF THE BOWELS: there is quite a wide variety of possible causes for obstructed bowels, some of which are not within the bowel itself, but it will always be very painful and SERIOUS, so careful diagnosis is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. Many are only verifiable medically by exploratory operation.

‘HANDLING MY SHIT (THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS WHICH ‘I’ THE EGO-BODY CANNOT INCORPORATE/ASSIMILATE) IS COMPLETELY BLOCKED.’ In the worst (ACUTE) cases, death in a few days without intervention.

Obstruction because of CANCER (see below) of the COLON or RECTUM is relatively common in older people. It is less common in the small intestine, and usually BENIGN, i.e. NOT liable to spread.

HERNIA: a part of an organ pushes through the weakened wall of muscle/tissue etc. surrounding it. The term actually refers to ANY organ, but here we are concentrating on INGUINAL (Latin for ‘groin.’) hernia, the most commonly referred to kind, popularly known as ‘RUPTURE.’

In fact, almost any abdominal organ except the liver and pancreas can protrude through the muscular wall, but most commonly it is a part of the bowel. There are certain weak spots and natural openings (e.g. UMBILICUS/NAVEL) particularly in the groin, through which the testicles descend in males, and later stays open. This is called the INGUINAL CANAL. On the other side is the FEMORAL CANAL, which admits the femoral nerves, artery etc. from the lower abdomen to the thigh. If a hernia emerges through either opening, it will be called ‘INGUINAL’ or ‘FEMORAL’ respectively. If a hernia comes through the navel area it will be called ’UMBILICAL.’ If it comes through the site of a previous wound to the abdomen, it is called ’VENTRAL.’

If a hernia can be pushed back through the opening it is called a ’REDUCIBLE’ hernia. If it cannot be pushed back because it has become enlarged of fixed, it is called ’IRREDUCIBLE.’

If the contents are caught and blocked from moving on inside part of a protruding bowel, either CONSTIPATION or OBSTRUCTION OF THE BOWEL (see both above) will apply. The worst case is if the blood supply is cut off from part of the bowel pressed against the opening, as it will wither, die and rot, which is known as GANGRENE or MORTIFICATION. If the bowel becomes gangrenous, death will come in a few days.

‘Groin strain’ tells us the story of WEAK SPOTS, WEIGHT and PRESSURE. If a child has the hernia, the parent(s) are not carrying enough of their burden themselves. They are literally (PSYCHICALLY) pushing it onto the child. The associated questions are simple: ‘WHAT ARE THE ‘WEAK SPOTS?’ WHY IS LIFE SUCH A BURDEN?’

‘WHAT ARE MY PARENTS ATTITUDES/MY ATTITUDES (POSTURES/STANCES) TO THE LOAD OF LIFE?’

‘Rupture’ literally means to break. We literally break down under the load of life, at the point where the ego-body (‘ME’) bends double, where the ‘walk of life’ joins the ‘TRUNK,’ the ‘MAIN’ part of the ego-body as it sees itself. The ‘WEAKNESS IN THE PART OF THE PROCESS WHICH CONTAINS THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS PUSHES THROUGH THE INNER BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY, FORCIBLY REMINDING US THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING SUFFICIENT ATTENTION TO IT.’

It happened to me. I gave away my yoga time to look after my youngest daughter 2 hours every morning. So my partner had free time, and what seemed like a pimple erupted in the right groin. I fought it for 19 years, and finally it went IRREDUCIBLE on the 4^th October 2018. So I was driven to the local main hospital and had an emergency op.

PILES/HAEMORRHOIDS: varicose (stretched and widened) often inflamed veins at the lower end of the large intestine. External piles are those which are outside the bowel, mixed piles are on the edge of the outer anal sphincter, internal piles are actually within the opening, but are not found beyond the stronger inner anal sphincter, the ring of muscle which keeps the faeces (UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS) from escaping inopportunely.

The ‘haemorrhoidal’ veins form the lower part of the ‘PORTAL’ vein system, which is different from most other veins (except for some in the KIDNEYS) because it ends in a capillary network instead of taking the blood directly back to the heart. Relevantly here it is carrying the blood from the large (and small) intestine(s) to the LIVER. (see below)

The muscular system for keeping the rectum closed interferes to some extent with the circulation through these veins, which tend to become overfilled with blood when there is any such interference.

Various forms of ‘irritation’ (over-eating, lack of exercise, chills, constipation, cold seats, damp etc.,) bring on ‘an attack of piles.’

Being an ex-piles sufferer myself, I think that ‘IRRITATION’ sums it all up rather nicely.

‘WHAT IS IRRITATING ME (THE EGO-BODY) ABOUT THE ‘KEEPING THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS (WHAT ‘I’ THE EGO-BODY CANNOT ASSIMILATE/INCORPORATE) FROM ESCAPING INAPPROPRIATELY/HANDLING ‘MY OWN SHIT?’’ Babies and enough medicine area work completely conquers the aversion to blood and shit. Also SEEING IT IN SYMBOLIC TERMS HELPS.

If you find that a bit of a mouthful, try ‘MY TOILET-TRAINING,’ instead. Oh well, mum, you again…… but I’m not going to apologise, I’ve been suffering from your attitudes to this one more of my life that I can remember.

FAECES/STOOLS: etc. ’Oh Shit!’ There is nothing wrong with human excrement. As farmers, the Chinese, native peoples, and many ‘alternative’ people well know, it makes wonderful fertiliser, and in a relatively short time, marvellous compost. In our (continuum-) ego-centred and driven society, however, there is a considerable taboo on it. I didn’t know the word ‘tabu’ was Tongan, did you?

This is because shit (from the old English ‘scitan’) symbolises the ‘UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS,’ which means EVERYTHING IN OUR DIET OF EXPERIENCE which the ego ‘ME’ CANNOT ABSORB, ASSIMILATE, INCORPORATE, DEAL WITH/HANDLE PROPERLY.

It is ‘A BIT SMELLY’ precisely because we are not dealing with/handling it properly. Covered with ash or earth, it scarcely smells at all. The SMELL lets our INTUITION KNOW that we are not handling it properly. (see ‘THE NOSE’ above) On our little planet, we already have discovered that flushing it away and pumping it into the seas and oceans (UNCONSCIOUSLY INTO THE PSYCHE – I.e. ‘AWAY FROM THE EGO ‘ME’) is NOT a solution, as shitty beaches and shit-covered surfers will rapidly let you know. The ocean (VERY-CONSCIOUS PSYCHE) is NOT the correct place for it. NOT IF IT FLOATS! LITERALLY, IT COMES TO THE SURFACE.

People’s bowel movements vary between considerable extremes, from once or twice a week, to several per day. It is necessary to assess a person’s life context to know how significant frequency is on its own. Apart from this, we can consider other aspects: colour and diet.

The natural colour of our faeces is dark brown, because of bile pigment coloration. (see LIVER, GALL BLADDER below) if bacterial decomposition is happening more quickly than usual, the colour may change to GREEN, as also will happen if we eat a lot of some leaf vegetables. Or wild plants. Or turmeric. (yellow-green)

If the colour becomes WHITE, then bile is not getting into the DUODENUM, (see SMALL INTESTINE above) and there will be JAUNDICE, (see below) as the bile WILL be getting into the bloodstream, and be visible in skin colour.

If children are fed on too much fatty, creamy foods, their faeces will also be whitish.

Certain drugs and iron compounds make faeces BLACK or DARK GREY. If there is bleeding in the stomach, the iron in the blood will combine with hydrogen sulphide to produce iron salts and a BLACK or very DARK tarry appearance. (MELAENA)

When faeces pass very rapidly through the digestive system, as in DIARRHOEA, (see above) the bile pigments are not chemically altered, and the stools may be bright YELLOW. Certain drugs, rhubarb and senna or a lot of turmeric will also produce this effect. These are LAXATIVES and PURGATIVES. (APERIENTS. Cascara, castor oil, aloes, Epsom salts, Seidlitz powders etc….)

RED blood means that the COLON is bleeding, or there are PILES. (see above, also ULCERATIVE COLITIS) If the bleeding is from higher up the digestive system its colour will have significantly darkened. But as any Borscht or beetroot lover like myself knows, it will turn your shit DEEP RED, positively CARMINE, so don’t panic!

Lots of mucus means that the mucous membranes are inflamed or irritated in the lower intestine. (see COLITIS above) But don’t panic as the intestines EXPEL a cerain amount of mucus regularly anyway.

Sharp pain (apart from wind) may mean that we have PILES or ULCERS at the edge of the anus. (ANAL FISSURE)

LIVER: the liver is the body’s largest gland, the ‘chemical factory and processing-plant,’ as it were. It has many extremely important functions: excretory, regulatory, storage, detoxification etc..

It is fairly large, wedge-shaped, weighs about 31bs., (1.4 kg.) and is situated in the upper right of the abdomen beneath the diaphragm, behind the right side of the rib cage. It is usually described as being divided into 4 lobes, of which the right lobe is by far the largest.

The right and left hepatic (Greek, hepatikos, ‘liver.’) ducts come from the right and left lobes of the liver, join as the common hepatic duct, join the cystic duct, together forming the BILE duct. Bile either passes straight down into the duodenum/small intestine, or upwards through the cystic duct to the GALL BLADDER, where it is stored and concentrated.

The blood supply to the liver differs from any other part of the body (as described in PILES above) in that the blood from the stomach and intestines DOES NOT go immediately back to the HEART, (see THE HEART/CIRCULATION above) but via the portal vein, breaking up into a network of CAPILLARIES (small blood vessels less than 0.025mm wide) before entering the liver. This enables the liver both to detoxify and collect and store nutrients relatively gradually, for gradual later use. It also has an independent blood supply for its own nourishment.

The liver converts sugars, amino acids etc., to glycogen, an insoluble carbohydrate, which it stores for short-term energy needs, balancing and regulating blood sugar levels by converting glycogen back to glucose, and putting it back in the circulation when required.

It secretes BILE, bile salts and bile pigments (which colour FAECES, see above) from the breakdown of old blood cells. The bile salts emulsify fats, and are later reabsorbed from the intestines, coming back to the liver again. It also stores the iron (and copper) from the breakdown of old blood cells.

It manufactures vitamin ‘A’ from carotene, and stores ‘B’ vitamins, including ‘B12,’ also the blood plasma proteins, especially the fibrinogen for clotting, also albumin and globulin. It also produces heparin and thrombin, between them balancing, telling blood clotting ‘when to stop.’

It converts poisons produced in the intestines from the action of bacteria on amino acids, (products of the digestion of proteins) into harmless substances, along with the removal of nitrogen, enabling excess amino acids to be converted into glycogen. The waste products and nitrogen are excreted as urea and uric acids. It stores fat, and also converts it into substances which can be used by other parts of the body. In doing all this and more, it produces a large amount of heat, which travels through the circulatory system, regulating body temperature. Wow! Look after your liver! No wonder the words ‘life’ and ‘liver’ come from the same Germanic root ‘lif.’

LIVER DISEASES

HEPATITIS/INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER: inflammation of the liver cells. There are many different variations of hepatitis, and it can be differently classified according to severity.

VIRAL HEPATITIS: types ‘A to E,’ allopathically regarded as an infection by one of these ‘viruses.’ (see THE COMMON COLD, HERPES SIMPLEX, INFLUENZA, THE THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM below) However other ‘virus’ infections are associated with inflammation of liver cells, including GLANDULAR FEVER, (see above) HIV. (see THYMUS above, HIV/AIDS below)

INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS: infection with types ‘B, C’ or ‘D,’ via infected blood – dirty (unspecialised) needles for injection of drugs, badly sterilised equipment or infected blood transfusions, sexual intercourse with infected persons, or infected tattooing needles. Serum infections have a much higher mortality rate, and the blood of affected persons may stay infectious for many years, making them ‘CARRIERS.’

If hepatitis ‘B’ remains in the blood for longer than 6 months it is classed as CHRONIC. Liver cancer is common in parts of the world where there are many type ‘B’ carriers. (HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA)

FULMINANT HEPATITIS: (developing suddenly, from ‘fulminate – to explode violently’) massive destruction of liver cells which results in liver failure, severe jaundice, water retention, bleeding, and possible kidney failure. (see KIDNEY below) This may come about from ALCOHOL or DRUG (particularly PARACETAMOL etc.) OVERDOSE, or severe ACUTE viral hepatitis.

All in all, although many drugs and substances, many of them used medically, can bring on BOTH ACUTE and CHRONIC hepatitis, it is the use, abuse, over-indulgence in ALCOHOL which creates the worst liver problem in western society.

The liver is, as you see, quite a complex organ. It receives ALL THE BLOOD from the alimentary canal, i.e. ‘WHAT HAS BEEN ASSIMILATED, WHAT ‘I’ THE EGO-BODY HAVE TAKEN IN, INCORPORATED.’ It is charged with making this ‘SUPPLY OF LIFE/GROWTH/NOURISHMENT FIT FOR LIFE,’ which is quite a responsibility. In doing this it must deal with any poisons which are present, which we have KNOWINGLY taken in. This function is called HOMEOSTASIS, the maintenance of EQUILIBRIUM, which is why the idea of BALANCE is important here.

If we do not have this balance, this inner regulation, our energy and detoxification systems go haywire, showing us ’THE CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE HAVE ASSIMILATED/ARE ASSIMILATING FROM LIFE.’ We become unable to handle even small amounts of poison any more. It shows us that we actually have ’A JAUNDICED (see below) VIEW OF LIFE,’ no matter what our ego THINK we are doing.

In all cases we ’LOSE OUR APPETITE FOR LIFE.’ The TRUTH is that we are NOT ACTUALLY CONSCIOUS of what we are TAKING IN, WE JUST THINK WE ARE. The liver, our ’(APPETITE FOR ) LIFE’ organ shows us that in reality we do NOT HAVE the energy we thought we did.

I think that the function of the liver is comparable in this respect to the THYROID gland, (see above) but at a different level. In so far as drug and alcohol abuse, that speaks for itself. WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT CONSCIOUS!!!! WAKE UP!!!! STOP TELLING LIES TO YOURSELF!

In the case of so-called ’INFECTIOUS’ hepatitis, read the PUNCH LINES for the ENTERIC DISEASES from TYPHOID to AMOEBIC DYSENTERY, above, as well as for HEPATITIS above, again, carefully.

The common symptoms for ACUTE HEPATITIS may include jaundice, a tender, swollen liver and abdominal pain, high temperature, fever, nausea etc., but the common message is – ’STOP POISONING YOURSELF.’

Ask yourself, ’DO I REALLY ENJOY LIFE?’ I have discussed this aspect with friends who were both ex?-junkies and Hep C sufferers, and they agree that I could tell them they probably hate life, and they wouldn’t disagree.

JAUNDICE: when the BILE (see HEPATITIS above) produced by the LIVER (see above) from the breaking down of red blood cells cannot make its usual exit via the (blocked) bile ducts to the DUODENUM, (see THE SMALL INTESTINE above) it goes into the bloodstream and lymph system.

As the blood contains too much BILIRUBIN, the chief bile pigment, it colours the skin to some extent, as well as the whites of the eyes, from yellow to olive green to bronze. Bile itself is a yellow-green, and bilirubin on its own is brown. (see FAECES above)

Jaundice is divided into 2 main kinds, ‘HEPATOGENOUS,’ (originating in the liver) and ‘HAEMOLYTIC.’ (from ‘haemolysis, the loss of haemoglobin from red blood cells.’) (see ANAEMIA above) (Greek, haima, ‘blood.’)

A common cause of the obstruction of the passage of bile is GALL STONES, (see below) in which case the jaundice will be a symptom, because jaundice as such is NOT a disease, but always a SYMPTOM of other conditions, such as CIRRHOSIS of the liver, (see below) or the swelling of some gland near the liver, or a tumour.

The action of the liver may be damaged by poisons, phosphorus, mercury, snake venom, etc., as well as many common drugs, INCLUDING those used commonly as medicines. However, inflammation of the liver (HEPATITIS, see above) is most frequently involved.

It may be a symptom of YELLOW FEVER or MALARIA, (see below) TYPHOID FEVER, (see above) or certain kinds of blood poisoning, as also of LEPTOSPIROSIS, (SPIROCHAETAL JAUNDICE) of which one more well known variety is WEIL’S DISEASE, micro-organisms transmitted through rat urine or rat bite.

Newborn babies are sometimes unable to metabolise bilirubin, but this should only be temporary. Jaundice may also occur in ‘RHESUS’ babies, (see HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA/etc. above) or even as a result of incompatible blood transfusions.

Urine will be dark green-brown, because the kidneys are attempting to deal with all the extra bile. The FAECES will be WHITE or excessively pale, (see FAECES above) constipation, occasional DIARRHEA, and smell really bad. There will be difficulty in digesting food, the tongue will be heavily coated, lack of appetite, nausea, which becomes worse if fats are eaten. There may be a peculiar taste in the mouth from bile salts in the saliva. This may also lead to severe itching (PRURITIS) and irritation from bile salts in the sweat.

‘I HAVE LOST MY CAPACITY FOR INNER REGULATION AND BALANCE. (see LIVER/HEPATITIS above) I CAN NO LONGER DEAL WITH MY BILE (peevish anger, bad temper, spite) PROPERLY. THE ANGER MAKES IT TO THE SURFACE, WHERE I CAN’T HIDE IT.’

CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER: (FIBROSIS) where the liver tissue becomes fibrous, like scar tissue. (Greek, ‘kirrhos, tawny.’) (from the colour of the affected area)

Again, this disease is not medically properly understood. In some cases the liver shrinks, (ATROPHIC CIRRHOSIS) in others it is greatly enlarged, (HYPERTROPHIC or BILIARY CIRRHOSIS) and there is JAUNDICE.

Symptoms include INDIGESTION/DYSPEPSIA, (see above) lack of appetite, ANAEMIA, (see above) and the typical swollen blood vessels (SPIDER NAEVI) which are associated with CIRRHOSIS/ALCOHOLISM, especially in the nose. There is also possible reddening of the palms of the hands.

As in severe HEPATITIS, (see above) the most common association is with heavy ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION causing CIRRHOSIS in western people, but in Africa and Asia, HEPATITIS ‘B’ is the most frequent.

‘I AM PERMANENTLY DESTROYING MY CAPACITY FOR INNER REGULATION AND BALANCE BY POISONING MYSELF.’ If JAUNDICE is present, SEE ABOVE.

SEE ALSO LIVER/HEPATITIS ABOVE.

ACUTE YELLOW ATROPHY/ACUTE HEPATIC NECROSIS: a rare and usually fatal liver condition often caused by acute poisoning by industrial chemicals/poisons such as CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, CHLOROFORM, BENZENE derived SOLVENTS etc., also from FUNGI POISONING such as Amanita Virosa, ‘Destroying Angel,’ of which 50g of raw mushroom are said to be fatal, described as the ’most deadly fungus known, with 50-90% chance of mortality.’ The poisons are called ’AMATOXINS.’ These were very popular with Roman matrons who wished to dispose of their husbands, as they had no civil rights, no political rights, were not allowed to own property, their children were the property of the husband etc. So they made mushroom soup!

It may occasionally be a complication of ACUTE INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS, (see above) and very rarely a complication of pregnancy.

There will be symptoms of jaundice, but these are indistinguishable from ’ordinary’ jaundice. (see above) The jaundice gets worse, there is pain around the liver, convulsions and delirium. The heart weakens, and the person dies within a day or two. Very often the liver is completely destroyed!

If the liver damage is partial, recovery may be possible after a long illness, but in the case of the fungus poisoning, there is no known antidote, in spite of many years of research.

‘CONFUSING THE HARMLESS WITH THE DEADLY.’ ‘BELIEVING I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.’

‘HUBRIS. FOLIE DE GRANDEUR.’

‘I KILL MYSELF THROUGH ARROGANTLY BEING IN A SITUATION/ATTEMPTING TO ASSIMILATE STUFF OF WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA OF THE DANGER AND IMPOSSIBILITY FOR MY EGO TO INCORPORATE IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION.’

‘CARELESSLY TRYING TO ASSIMILATE INFORMATION WAAAAAY BEYOND MY PRESENT CAPACITY.

GALL BLADDER: gall and bile mean the same thing, as we have already seen: ‘peevish anger, bad temper, spite.’ The adjective ‘bilious’ means ‘bad-tempered.’

The gall-bladder is a pear shaped sac in the upper right part of the abdomen, resting on the underside of the liver. (see LIVER above for the description of the location of bile ducts) It is 3-4 in./100mm long, and holds about 30cm3 of bile.

When food containing a sufficient quantity of fat arrives in the upper intestine, (see SMALL INTESTINE above) bile is released from the gall bladder. One of the functions of the bile is to break down the fat in the diet by reducing its surface tension, forming an emulsion. The complex organic bile salts which do this are later reabsorbed, and returned through the portal vein to the liver. Any disorder which affects fat absorption reduces our uptake of fat-soluble vitamins, ‘A, D, and K.’

The gall bladder concentrates bile by a factor of about 10X by absorbing water. If the balance of the composition is upset/altered, gall-stones may form, the most common gall bladder disorder, affecting 22% of women, and 11% of men.

There are 3 kinds of GALL-STONES: cholesterol, (see ARTERIOSCLEROSIS above) pigment, and mixed. Cholesterol has an essential role in the production of sex hormones, membrane repair AND is the source material for the production of BILE ACIDS. As usual, medicine doesn’t really understand why gall-stones form, but it is known that they will form around a ‘foreign body’ in the bile ducts.

BILIARY COLIC: the muscles around a stone in the CYSTIC DUCT or the BILE DUCT (see LIVER above) spasm, causing (possibly intense) pain in the upper right abdomen, nausea/vomiting.

If gall-stones are small enough to enter the bile duct, they may block it, the displaced bile causing JAUNDICE. (see above)

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS: if the cystic duct is blocked, the wall of the gall-bladder may become inflamed. There will be pain in the upper right abdomen, fever, and an increase in the white blood cell count. A simple identifying symptom is pain over the tip of the 9^th right rib of taking a deep breath. This is called ‘Murphy’s sign.’

The gall-bladder may become infected, resulting in an EMPYEMA, a pus-filled abscess. (see EMPYEMA, LUNG DISORDERS above) Older people more frequently get complications, including PERFORATION of the gall-bladder, and the formation of a FISTULA, an abnormal connecting passage from the gall-bladder to the small intestine.

CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS: is more difficult to diagnose, because the inflamed gall-bladder produces milder symptoms, abdominal pain, wind, nausea after fatty foods, etc., which may be harder to distinguish from say, INDIGESTION. (see above)

Clearly, our BILE system is another of the body’s wonderful FEEDBACK systems. The BILE needs to keep flowing, keep being reabsorbed. If it is prevented, we are trying to BLOCK a part of the ASSIMILATION process.

If the stone/blockage is in the gall-bladder itself, the interference is with the ‘CONCENTRATED BILE’ part of the equation. Part of the bile is made up of ‘DEAD PARTS OF THE FEELING PROCESS WE NEED TO GET RID OF.’

If at any time part of a FLUID, FLEXIBLE PROCESS STARTS TO SOLIDIFY, we are ‘HOLDING ON WHERE WE SHOULD BE LETTING GO.’

Bile also neutralises stomach acid, (HYDROCHLORIC ACID) because it is very alkaline. This enables the enzymes in the small intestine to work, which enables our food (WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED) to be COMPLETELY DIGESTED. If we block this process, it speaks for itself.

BUT ALSO… if we have not neutralised the stomach acid, we may begin to BURN/EAT ourselves. (see STOMACH/GASTRIC ULCER above) As with the stomach, ‘WE ARE REFUSING/HAVE REFUSED TO DEAL WITH OUR ANGER AND OUR BAD TEMPER, BUT WE CAN’T IGNORE IT NOW, CAN WE?’

PANCREAS: the pancreas is both an ‘exocrine’ gland, which secretes a substance through a duct, and an ENDOCRINE gland which secretes directly into the blood. (see THYROID, THYMUS etc., above)

The exocrine secretion is digestive juice, rich in enzymes, the endocrine secretions are released from specialised groups of cells scattered throughout the pancreas called, ‘Islets of Langerhans,’ and release the (polypeptide, 10 or more bonded amino acids) hormones INSULIN, GLUCAGON, PANCREATIN and (possibly) GASTRIN.

The pancreas stretches across the back of the upper abdomen, behind and across the lower part of the stomach. It is about 6 in. (15 cm.) long, and the duct runs the length of the gland, joining with the BILE DUCT (see SMALL INTESTINE, LIVER, GALL BLADDER above) to pour its secretions into the DUODENUM, 3 – 4 in. (6 – 10cm.) Below the exit from the stomach. (PYLORIC SPHINCTER) The secretion from the approx. 1 million ‘islets of Langerhans’ does NOT enter the gland duct.

The pancreatic juice is the most ‘important’ of the digestive juices, being very alkaline, and containing 4 enzymes, 2 of which, TRYPIN and CHYMOTRYPSIN, digest proteins, AMYLASE, which changes starchy carbohydrates into the sugar MALTOSE, and LIPASE, which catalyses the decomposition of fats.

The INSULIN secreted by the inlets of Langerhans increases the ability of muscles and other tissues/cells to take GLUCOSE, (the main form of sugar circulating in the blood, and the one which all other sugars and starches in the small intestine are converted into.) out of the bloodstream, thereby reducing the glucose levels in the blood.

INSULIN DEFICIENCY, DIABETES MELLITUS, (see below) is a common, serious endocrine disorder.

GLUCAGON causes the LIVER (see above) to increase its destabilisation of GLYCOGEN, which stores carbohydrates from food, producing an immediate increase of GLUCOSE in the bloodstream when extra energy is needed. (rise in blood sugar levels) It also increases the formation of GLUCOSE from amino acids.

The secretion of GLUCAGON is raised when blood sugar is low, and lowered when blood sugar is high. Pancreatic GLUCAGON is especially high during ‘fasting,’ attempting to keep blood sugar levels from becoming dangerously low when no food is available for long periods.

Both pancreatic insulin and glucagon are metabolised extremely quickly, in less than half an hour. The role of pancreatic GASTRIN is unknown, although in the STOMACH (see above) Gastrin secreted by the gastric mucosa increases the production of GASTRIC JUICES. (see above)

DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS

PANCREATITIS: acute pancreatitis, inflammation of the pancreas, is very sudden in onset, with intense pain, causing severe shock, collapse, with a fairly high death rate (20%) even when prompt hospital treatment is available. Again, (sigh) the cause is medically unknown.

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: is more difficult to diagnose, but is associated with gall-bladder disease (see above) and chronic alcoholism.

Repeated acute attacks may lead to chronic inflammation and permanent damage to the pancreas, which then cannot produce enough insulin.

DIABETES MELLITUS: loss of INSULIN secretion or its effect, not (yawn) clearly medically understood. (see PANCREAS above) causing high glucose levels to remain in the blood. (very high blood sugar)

The symptoms include increased volume of urine, (POLYURIA) thirst, (POLYDIPSIA) weight loss despite increased eating, (POLYPHAGIA) increased likelihood of infections to do with penis foreskin, or vulva. (VULVO-VAGINITIS)

Insulin-dependent diabetes is described as ‘resulting from autoimmune destruction of beta cells (the cells in the islets of Langerhans which secrete insulin) within the pancreas.’ (see THYMUS above)

There are 7 stages of identification of the severity of diabetes mellitus, based on the ability to metabolise carbohydrates and fats.

1. ‘predicaments.’ the likelihood of certain individuals with particular individual/family histories to develop diabetes, in other words, a ‘genetic predisposition’ to diabetes.
2. ‘stress diabetes.’ a condition which disappears when the stress is no longer present: infection, trauma, overproduction of adrenal hormones (see KIDNEYS/ADRENAL GLANDS below) or drug therapy.
3. Normal fasting blood glucose levels, but unnaturally high blood sugar levels after food or taking glucose.
4. The most commonly diagnosed form of diabetes, as 3., but the fasting blood glucose levels are now raised. In 3. & 4. there are no ketone bodies, (acetones) products of imperfect metabolism of fats and proteins in the urine or blood.
5. KETOSIS. ketone bodies (see 4.) are now present in the urine, but not in the blood. Abnormally high blood-sugar levels, but normal breathing.
6. DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS. Ketone bodies present in the urine and in the blood plasma. Reduced carbon dioxide in the blood. Fast breathing is common. Deep over breathing (fast gasping breaths) may develop.
7. DIABETIC ACIDOSIS COMA. High accumulation of ketone bodies in urine and blood plasma, blood carbon dioxide significantly reduced, blood becoming acid, (serum Ph level 6.8-6.9) deep over breathing.

In the early stages of diabetes the sugar reconverted from glycogen or produced from protein can be metabolised without raising blood sugar levels.

In stage 4. However, the ability to deal with the body’s own sugar is reduced, so blood sugar levels stay high. Glucose can still be used in 3. and 4.

In 5., 6., 7., the tissues cannot use glucose as fuel because of the lack of INSULIN, or because it is not working properly. The body shifts to using fatty acids instead, but this brings problems, because the body can’t use the fat as fuel properly either, and the wastes build up in body fluids, as well as the high levels of glucose which are not being dealt with.

Complications are: DIABETIC EYE DISEASE, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, a term used to cover ‘non-specific abnormality of the retina,’ (in other words they don’t understand it) the largest number of people between 20 – 65 register blind in the UK because of this.

CATARACT. (see EYES above for both)

NEPHROPATHY, KIDNEY DAMAGE/FAILURE. (see below) Increased risk of HEART DISEASE, (see above) and DISORDERS of the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. Increased likelihood of STROKES, (see both above) NERVE DAMAGE, SKIN DISORDERS. (see below)

DIABETIC HYPOGLYCAEMIA: blood sugar levels become too low. All sugars we consume are converted to glucose in the body. Symptoms generally develop when the glucose level drops below a certain point. (2.5 mmol/litre) Confusion, hunger, sweating. Easy to deal with: just add sugar! ‘MY LIFE’S NOT SWEET ENOUGH.’

Let’s consider the PANCREAS for a moment: the organ ‘most important in the production of digestive juices,’ ‘THE FLUID PART OF WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED/INCORPORATED INTO THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME,’ is also the organ which ‘REGULATES/BALANCES OUR ABILITY TO MAKE USE OF THE SWEET ENERGY OF LIFE.’

Another way of saying this would be ‘LIFE (itself) IS SWEET!!!! Or – ‘TO LIVE OUR LIVES PROPERLY AT THE PHYSICAL LEVEL, WE MUST COMBINE THE ENERGY/SWEETNES WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.’ (the breath of life.) ‘I (THE EGO) REJECT THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE!!!!

‘IF WE DO NOT ENJOY LIFE, WE BECOME SICK.’

‘WE ARE SICK BECAUSE WE DO NOT ENJOY LIFE.’ ….IF NOT, WHY NOT?

THE ‘IMPORTANT FLUID PART OF WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED,’ is of course representing/SYMBOLISING the spiritual-psychic component. Pancreatic inflammation is A CLEAR SIGN of our CONFLICT with LIFE’S IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR US/ME!!!! COLLECTIVELY AND ‘INDIVIDUALLY,’ and our REJECTION of it.

KIDNEYS: the kidneys are a pair of glands, high up at the back of the abdomen, on either side of, and close to the spine. They are both ENDOCRINE and EXOCRINE glands. (see PANCREAS above)

The average size is about 4in. (10cm) long, 2.5in. (6.5cm) wide, a bit less thick, weighting about 5 oz. (140gm) The actual size will vary considerable with the individual, but maintains a constant ratio to the body weight.

Basically, they filter the blood, separating fluid and certain solids to the extent of about 15 gallons (68 litres) every hour. Excess water and waste products are excreted via the bladder as URINE.

The urine will generally show changes in kidney diseases. It may be reduced in volume, contain excess proteins, (albumin) or be bloody. If there is an infection in the urinary tract it will contain pus. When KIDNEY STONES are present, (see below) the urine will contain deposits of the evidence.

The endocrine secretions of the kidneys are RENIN, which is different from hormones because it acts on a blood protein (ANGIOTENSINOGEN) instead of on a tissue or organ, to form a PEPTIDE (an organic compound consisting of 2 or more sequentially bonded AMINO ACIDS) which increases BLOOD PRESSURE, (see HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HYPERTENSION above) and stimulates the ADRENAL GLANDS (see below) to secrete ALDOSTERONE, which regulates the sodium/potassium (SALT) balance, and extra water retention along with the sodium, for the body cells, and ERYTHROPOEITIN (RENAL ERYTHROPOEITIC FACTOR, (REF) which stimulates the production of red blood cells (ERYTHROCYTES) in the bone marrow.

KIDNEY DISEASES.

URAEMIA: basically, KIDNEY FAILURE, which may have come about from kidney disease, or from some condition before, or after the kidneys themselves, because it actually refers to excess UREA, (CO(NH2)2) the main waste product excreted in the urine, being present in the blood, causing blood poisoning.

In ACUTE uraemia there may be a decrease in the amount of urine, in CHRONIC, an abnormally large volume may be produced, but except in terms of the onset being relatively sudden, there is no clear dividing line.

As the toxicity increases, the symptoms escalate, including headache, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, drowsiness during the day, itching, muscular cramps, nausea, vomiting etc., all the way up to blindness, epileptic-type convulsions, coma, and possible death, in severe cases. The breath may also smell of ammonia. Chronic symptoms are similar to those of GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. (see below)

‘I AM UNABLE TO FILTER OUT THOSE PARTS OF THE PSYCHIC PROCESS WHICH I (THE EGO-BODY) AM UNABLE TO DEAL WITH, AND POISON MYSELF.’

‘I AM UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH/LET GO OF, THOSE PARTS OF THE PSYCHIC PROCESS. I AM UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH/LET GO OF, THOSE PARTS OF THE PSYCHIC PROCESS. I AM NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE PSYCHIC PROCESS.’

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS: the GLOMERULAR CAPILLARIES are repeatedly branching capillaries (very small blood vessels) which are coiled into small knots of vessels. The pressure in the glomerular capillaries is high, (because the RENAL (kidney) artery is short, and the heart pressure is little diminished, and the winding capillaries produce a lot of resistance) causing fluid to filter through the capillary walls. About 180 litres are filtered per day. Large molecules are retained, amino acids, glucose and some salts are reabsorbed along with much of the water in RENAL TUBULES (tiny tubes) beyond the glomerular capsule. The remainder is excreted as urine.

The ‘NEPHRITIS’ part means inflammation of the kidneys. Here we look at the ALLOPATHIC VERSION :‘IMMUNE COMPLEXES,’ collections of ANTIBODIES, (see THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM below) are deposited on/in the walls of the glomerulus, activating ‘COMPLEMENT,’ part of the IMMUNE SYSTEM reaction, doing something which can be compared to the clotting process in blood, leading to a combination of inflammation and coagulation which damages the glomeruli. The most common ANTIGEN (substance which causes the formation of ANTIBODIES) responsible for the development of such IMMUNE COMPLEXES is the STREPTOCOCCUS bacteria associated with TONSILLITIS, (see above, also SORE THROAT, PHARYNGITIS.) and SCARLET FEVER. (see below)

There are also rarer forms of glomerular disease associated with LUPUS, (see below) POLYARTERITIS, (inflammation of the arteries) and some TUMOURS.

So ACUTE NEPHRITIS following on the heels of a streptococcal throat infection is actually the most common INFLAMMATION of the KIDNEYS, with symptoms including swelling of the face and eyelids, and some degree of puffiness to the body as well. As in ACUTE URAEMIA above, the amount of urine is reduced, and contains blood and the excess water-soluble proteins. (ALBUMIN) The blood pressure will most probably be higher.

It most commonly happens to children and adolescents, coming on suddenly with fever, listlessness, lower back pain. Although most recover well, a few don’t, and go on to KIDNEY FAILURE. Also some who appear to recover, carry on excreting protein in the urine. (PROTEINURIA) If this reaches the point where the liver is unable to make good the loss, the blood protein levels fall. This is called NEPHROTIC SYNDROME. OEDEMA is the chief visible symptom: abnormal fluid levels beneath the skin.

Allopathic ‘medicine’ regards ‘NEPHRITIS’ being ‘caused by microorganisms’ rather than seeing the CONTEXT and the SPECIFIC PART of the WHOLE LIFE PROCESS, of which the kidneys play such an IMPORTANT PART, regulating the symbolic flow of the PSYCHE in and out of the ‘EGO-BODY’ (the EGO-HOLO-BODY-GRAM ‘ME.’)

These symptoms tell the story of our CONFLICT with the correct functioning of the PSYCHIC PROCESS within the EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’

‘I AM UNABLE TO PROPERLY DEAL WITH THE INNER PSYCHIC PROCESS. THE PART OF ME WHICH DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN NOURISHMENT AND WASTES AND POISONS IS DAMAGED BY THE CONFLICT.’

‘I AM UNABLE TO PROPERLY/CORRECTLY DEAL WITH THE INNER PSYCHIC PROCESS. THE PART OF ME WHICH DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN NOURISHMENT AND WASTES AND POISONS IS DAMAGED BY THE CONFLICT.’

‘I AM UNABLE TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THE PSYCHIC SYMBOLIC INFORMATION WHICH SHOULD BE RETAINED, AND WHICH SHOULD BE NATURALLY LET GO OF.’

The aspect of nephritis following on THROAT INFECTIONS and TONSILLITIS in children and adolescents is IMPORTANT. It clearly tells us how they are being DOMINATED by the ‘adults’ around them, and how they are ‘UNABLE TO SWALLOW IT!!! It is a crushing indictment that tells us that we are TEACHING CHILDREN TO BE UNABLE TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN FOOD AND POISON.

‘WE DESTROY OUR CHILDREN’S PSYCHIC ABILITIES.’ (AND THOSE OF OUR OWN INNER CHILD.)

KIDNEY STONES/GRAVEL: solid substances precipitate (separate) out in the urine. They are variously called sand, gravel, or stones, depending on the size, and are formed out of the chemical salts already present in the urine (calcium oxalate, calcium carbonate, calcium or ammonium phosphate, uric acid, urates etc.) when large amounts are produced for some reason, or if the acid/alkaline balance in the urine is significantly altered.

Excessively acidic urine may produce uric acid stones, and alkaline urine give rise to phosphate stones. Otherwise, there are quite a lot of conditions associated with kidney stones: kidney infections, high levels of calcium in the urine, (the most commonly associated in the UK, known as HYPERCALCIURIA) although the blood calcium levels may be normal, over-active PARATHYROID glands, (see HYPERPARATHYROIDISM above) moving calcium from the bones into the blood, and excreting it through the urine. Lack or excess of certain vitamins may play a part, as also may dehydration, for example heavy constant sweating in hot countries, which may concentrate the urine on a regular basis if insufficient fluids are taken.

Lack of physical activity, too much lying around, being ill in a hospital bed, or even sedentary occupations, in which you do too much sitting down make sedentary workers statistically likely to suffer from kidney stones. They are much more common among men than women. (see GALL BLADDER above)

More than 2% of the population may suffer from stones (RENAL CALCULI) in the UK, but the percentage is known to be much higher in other parts of the world, especially the Middle East.

From our point of view, KIDNEY STONES are a classic example. The fluid processes in the body represent/show us how we (the EGO-bodies) are dealing with the PSYCHE, the fluid/water (etheric-astral) levels of our being, the EMOTIONAL/FEELING LEVELS.’

The kidneys deal particularly with the CLEANSING and WASTE aspects of how we deal with the fluid processes generally. Here the fluid, flexible processes are being BLOCKED, SOLIDIFIED, TURNED TO STONE.

‘I HOLD ONTO ‘STUFF’ (AT THE FLUID/EMOTIONAL LEVELS) WHICH I SHOULD (NEED TO) LET GO.’ ‘I NEED TO CLEAN UP/KEEP MY EMOTIONAL LIFE FLEXIBLE.’

If a stone DOES block the flow, then we experience the pain of

RENAL COLIC: a renal calculus/kidney stone is making its way down a ureter, (which is a tube carrying urine from the kidney(s) to the BLADDER) and may BLOCK the ureter, giving rise to severe pain.

The ureter is 10”-12” long, (25-30cm) and blockage may give REFERRED PAIN, in this case shooting pains in the GROIN area and UPPER THIGH, and in the tip of the PENIS in men. The ureter is not very wide. Particles under 0.5 cm may pass through with the urine, but anything over 1 cm will certainly block it, and be extremely painful.

‘MY PUSHED AWAY STUFF/FEELINGS/UNACKNOWLEDGED EMOTIONS HAVE BECOME RIGID, SOLIDIFIED, AND BLOCK THE PASSAGE AND FLOW OF THE PSYCHIC PROCESS WHICH CARRIES AND CLEANS MY EMOTIONAL WASTES OUT OF THE EGO-BODY. (ME) I AM FORCED TO FEEL THE BUILDUP OF THESE FEELINGS ALL AT ONCE.

I HAVE REFUSED TO FEEL MY FEELINGS, AND REFUSED TO FLOW WITH THE CURRENTS AND TIDES OF MY LIFE. I HOLD ON TO THE RUBBISH AND LEFTOVER EMOTIONS WHICH I SHOULD LET GO OF, UNTIL THE PAIN IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. I AM FORCED TO GIVE VENT TO MY FEELINGS.’

I have had enough proof that if a person embraces a higher level of psychic awareness, this sort of problem SIMPLY DISAPPEARS.

RENAL CARBUNCLE: an abscess in the kidney. Abscesses are infections which produce PUS, mainly composed of dead WHITE BLOOD CELLS, which die as they deal/attempt to heal/deal with the associated bacteria.

In our model, as you will see all over this book, (see COMMON COLD, INFLUENZA etc above) we do not regard what are allopathically labelled as micro-organisms as the ‘INVADING ENEMY,’ which it is our duty to SUBDUE and DESTROY AT ALL COSTS, but as HELPFUL INFORMATION at the MICROSCOPIC LEVEL. They should be viewed IN CONTEXT, not isolated in a REDUCTIONIST version that wants to replace a faulty mechanical part.

Thus the PUS is a PRODUCT, a sure sign of the attempt to ASSIMILATE/DEAL WITH the CONFLICT which is ALREADY within the EGO-BODY. (‘ME’) It’s a part of our SELF-HEALING PROCESS.

It tells us that the process is working, but how perhaps how difficult the person concerned is finding ‘the struggle.’

The problem here is that such infections in the internal organs are ‘beneath the surface,’ and do not drain easily. (see EMPYEMA above) ‘HIDDEN (AWAY) CONFLICTS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE.’

The pus must be re-absorbed. If we do not understand the meaning of the symptom at the right level, we gain nothing, or very little from our experience.

‘CONFLICT WITH THE WAY I (‘ME’ – THE EGO-BODY) HANDLE THE DISCRIMINATORY ASPECTS OF THE PSYCHIC PROCESS.’ (see GLUMERULONEPHRITIS above)

ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY: the kidney machine/kidney transplant.

‘I HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DISCRIMINATORY ASPECTS OF THE INNER PSYCHIC PROCESS. I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT IS GOOD OR BAD FOR ME PSYCHICALLY/SPIRITUALLY. I HAVE DESTROYED (PART OF?) MY CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH MY FEELINGS.’

ADRENAL GLANDS (SUPRARENAL GLANDS): are situated one at the upper end of each kidney. Each has an inner section, known as MEDULLA, which produces the hormones EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE, and an outer CORTEX which produces STEROID HORMONES. The CORTEX itself has an outer and inner section. Its outer part produces ALDOSTERONE, a hormone which regulates the salt (ELECTROLYTE) balance in the body. The inner produces the ADRENOCORTICAL hormones, synthesised from CHOLESTEROL (see ARTERIOSCLEROSIS above) which affect the metabolism of GLUCOSE (see LIVER above) and other carbohydrates and proteins, and also the SEX HORMONES, including both ANDROGENS and ESTROGENS, (male and female hormones) which have the same effect as those produced by the SEX ORGANS/GONADS/OVARY and TESTIS. (see below)

The principal effect of the MINERALOCORTICOID ALDOSTERONE is to INCREASE the amount of SODIUM the KIDNEY (see above) holds on to, while DECREASING the amount of POTASSIUM. It affects other organs as well, but the main effect is on the kidney. ALDOSTERONE and the GLUCOCORTICOID hormones increase their secretion under PHYSICAL and MENTAL STRESS. (see HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE/HYPERTENSION, KIDNEYS above)

The GLUCOCORTICOID hormones influence the metabolism (the chemical processes which result in energy production) of GLUCOSE neutralising the effects of INSULIN, (see PANCREAS above) the ability to take GLUCOSE, and thus ENERGY from the blood, while reducing the amount of GLUCOSE/SUGARS in the blood, and at the same time INCREASING the production of GLUCOSE from other sources, from amino acids (the products of the digestion of proteins from food) and other no carbohydrates in the LIVER. (see above)

The main GLUCOCORTICOIDS are CORTISOL and CORTICOSTERONE, of which the body produces about 20 mg and 3 mg per day respectively. The very well-known GLUCOCORTICOID CORTISONE is a metabolic by-product of CORTISOL in the liver. The secretion of glucocorticoids is mostly controlled by the PITUARY GLAND. (see below)

The ADRENAL ANDROGENS (male hormones produced by the adrenal glands) play a part in the growth of pubic and armpit (AXILLARY) hair in women. An excess of them may produce masculine characteristics.

EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE are similar, with certain exceptions. They are what used to be called ‘ADRENALINE’ generally. They both increase the strength of the action of the HEART. (see above) They break down fats, releasing the energy, raise the metabolic rate, the speed at which the metabolism operates, and act on the brain to increase alertness and mental power.

NOREPINEPHRINE constricts nearly ALL the blood vessels. EPINEPHRINE also raises blood pressure by constricting blood vessels, but DILATES (relaxes) the blood vessels in the skeletal muscles and the LIVER. The total result is that blood pressure is not greatly increased. The ADRENAL MEDULLA produces about 4x the amount of EPINEPHRINE as NOREPINEPHRINE. As well as ‘STRESS,’ low blood sugar and blood pressure, cold and lack of oxygen produce more of both hormones.

EPINEPHRINE converts the GLYCOGEN in the liver back to GLUCOSE, which then goes back into the bloodstream. This is called GLYCOGENOLYSIS. (see LIVER, PANCREAS above) This triggers the well-known ‘Fight or Flight’ expression.

CUSHING’S DISEASE/SYNDROME: prolonged excess of CORTISOL and/or similar STEROID (compounds which chemically are similar to CHOLESTEROL) hormones, from PITUITARY GLAND TUMOUR, (see PITUITARY below) of from enlarged outer parts (CORTEX) of the adrenal glands, when there are signs of PITUITARY TUMOUR. It can also appear more rarely from benign tumours (ADENOMA) as well as CANCER (see below) of the adrenal cortex.

Even more rarely it can result from other cancers: e.g. LUNGS, COLON, or THYROID. They, like the PITUITARY GLAND, produce ACTH, the (ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE) TROPIC (hormones which regulate other ENDOCRINE GLANDS) pituitary hormone which regulates the output of the adrenal cortex.

These days the most common association is with the overdose of natural or artificial ACTH given as a drug, or the administration of synthetic cortical-like steroids.

ALDOSTERONISM: as discussed above, ALDOSTERONE regulates the balance between sodium and potassium in the body. In the KIDNEYS (see above) we see that the endocrine secretion RENIN acts with the blood protein ANGIOTENSIN to increase the production of ALDOSTERONE, which causes fluid retention along with the extra sodium, and raises blood pressure.

The amount of ALDOSTERONE produced in the body is small, normally less then 300 micrograms, of which amount 1/7^th shows up daily in the urine. If this is regularly exceeded, ALDOSTERONISM is diagnosed.

As with CUSHING’S DISEASE above it may result from an ADENOMA (benign tumour) or ADRENAL CANCER. Another type ‘HYPERALDOSTERONISM’ or secondary ALDOSTERONISM results from disturbances to the body fluid systems, and especially to the amounts of sodium and potassium in the body fluids.

A low sodium intake, much standing up, bleeding, and/or LIVER and KIDNEY inflammations will increase the secretion of ALDOSTERONE.

DISORDERS OF THE ADRENAL MEDULLA: in about 1 per 1000 of the population tumours develop which secrete CATECHOLAMINES, another word for EPINEPHRINE/NOREPINEPHRINE, which themselves are other names for ADRENALINE/NORADRENALINE. But only 1 in 10 turn out to be cancers, i.e. ‘malignant.’

Those in the adrenal medulla produce both EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE. There is another type which occurs on or at nerve endings, which only secrete NOREPINEPHRINE, and may be situated in a variety of places outside the abdominal cavity, e.g. chest, pelvis, bladder etc. A wide variety of anxiety/high blood pressure symptoms are associated with this condition.

So, here again is a large amount of information to do with the ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, but basically, this part of our consideration of the ADRENAL GLANDS is about,

‘HOW I (THE EGO-BODY) PERCEIVE (THAT I AM UNDER) ‘STRESS’.

The questions are, ‘WHY DON’T I RECOGNISE THE STRESS THAT I AM UNDER? WHY AM I NOT AWARE HOW I REACT TO THE PERCEIVED STRESSES?’

The tumour/cancer/enlargement issue is of course, generally speaking, ‘THE NEED FOR GROWTH TO DO WITH STRESS AND THE RELATED ISSUES BECOMING IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. I AM FORCED TO NOTICE THEM, SEE THEM, FEEL THEM….etc’

ADDISON’S DISEASE: deficiencies in adrenocortical hormones. The loss or decrease of the adrenocortical hormones because of damage to or destruction of the CORTEX (outer part) of the ADRENAL GLANDS, affecting about 1 in 25000 of the U.K. population.

The term ‘Addison’s disease’ used to refer to adrenal cortex damage/destruction by ATROPHY, (wasting through lack of nourishment) TUBERCULOSIS (see above) or other micro-organisms, or CANCER. Nowadays AUTO-IMMUNE DAMAGE, SURGICAL REMOVAL of the ADRENALS, the suppression of ADRENAL FUNCTION by taking STEROIDS, or POISONING by TOXIC substances are likely ‘causes.’

Diagnosis is difficult because there are a large number of possible symptoms, most of which are associated with other conditions, but ‘bronzing,’ (darkening of the skin) fatigue and weight loss, nausea are relatively common.

The condition may also be ‘partial,’ in that the secretion of the steroid hormones is sufficient in ‘NON-STRESSFUL’ situations, but cannot increase to cope successfully with emergencies of whatever kind.

Damage to the PITUITARY GLAND or HYPOTHALAMUS may result in ‘secondary HYPOADRENOCORTICISM,’ (lack of adrenal hormones) because of the lack of ACTH and other ‘tropic’ hormones which regulate the adrenal glands. (see CUSHING’S DISEASE above)

‘I AM UNABLE TO COPE. I OR THE ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM WITH MY CONSENT DAMAGE OR DESTROY MY ABILITY TO COPE WITH STRESS’

WATERHOUSE-FREDERICHSEN SYNDROME: Again, the allopathic ‘germ, virus, microorganism’ version. Severe ‘fulminating’ (exploding violently) infection, often meningococcal, (the bacteria which include the one associated with CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS) in the bloodstream, (SEPTICAEMIA), i.e. blood-poisoning by bacteria, bleeding or clotting of the blood within the adrenal glands, in the skin and in other parts of the circulatory system, with collapse of the circulation and of the production of ADRENOCORTICAL HORMONES.

‘I AM IN TOTAL CONFLICT, COMPLETELY UNABLE TO COPE WITH STRESS AND PRESSURE. MY ABILITY TO FEEL IS POISONED. I AM UNABLE TO NOURISH THE PARTS OF MYSELF WHICH COPE WITH STRESS.’

The ability to cope with stress and pressure has collapsed at 2 levels, hormonal and blood pressure. Like air or water pressure, the feeling/nourishment systems must be under sufficient pressure in order to function properly! But NOT TOO MUCH!

SPLEEN: is a soft pulpy organ filled with blood vessels. It is of varying length and size, which also depends on how much blood it contains at any one time, averagely 5 or 6 inches long, (12.5 – 15cm) and weighing about half a pound (227 gm) or more. It may enlarge greatly under disease conditions, reaching 8 or 9 KILOS in weight. It lies in the upper left of the abdomen, between the stomach and diaphragm, against the lower ribs.

Spleen itself means ‘low spirits, moroseness, ill temper, spite,’ from the Latin and Greek, ‘spleen’. The adjective ‘splenetic’ means primarily ‘ill-tempered, peevish.’ We say, ‘attack or fit of spleen, give vent to spleen,’ in English. You can see from what is embedded in the language that the original knowledge which brought the meaning to ‘spleen and bile’ for example is STILL there.

The spleen is enveloped by the PERITONEUM (see PERITONITIS above) and has an elastic covering which allows it to expand and contract fairly freely, depending on blood flow.

Large blood vessels carry blood to the spleen, where MACROPHAGES, large white blood cells, ingest damaged, worn out blood cells and particles, bacteria in the bloodstream, producing BILIRUBIN, (see LIVER, GALL BLADDER, JAUNDICE etc. above) a main ingredient of BILE, and IRON from the HAEMOGLOBIN, which carries OXYGEN to every cell of the body. (see LUNGS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AN(A)EMIA above) Most of the BILIRUBIN goes to the LIVER to be used in the BILE process, and the IRON is stored in the liver and the spleen itself, to be used in the BONE MARROW for the production of new red blood cells.

Doctors often say that the spleen does not seem ‘essential’ to ‘life,’ that if it is amputated, the LYMPH GLANDS (see THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM below) all over the body get bigger to compensate – that this does not necessarily ‘interfere’ with ‘health’……’ SHEESH !

Unfortunately for this approach, the SPLEEN also has a spiritual-psychic counterpart, three fingerbreadths or so below the navel, which plays a large role in integrating many of the body’s earthly and earthy functions…..

MALARIA: the spleen becomes chronically (long-term, over a period) enlarged. (this may also happen in TYPHOID and MONONUCLEOSIS/GLANDULAR FEVER, see above) (see also ANTRAX below) when the SPLEEN has been enlarged and softened like this, it is particularly vulnerable to rapture or tearing, which may follow on some quite light physical blow, causing severe internal haemorrhage, collapse and death.

‘MALA – ARIA,’ Italian for ‘bad air, also known as AGUE, MARSH or JUNGLE FEVER. (PERIODIC FEVER) In the U.K. it was known as ‘FEN AGUE,’ from the breeding grounds (marshes) of the ANOPHELES mosquito which can transmit one of three PROTOZOA, single-celled animals parasitic on human beings. (although most PROTOZOA are not)

One stage of the life cycle of the protozoa is spent in humans, and the sexual reproductive part in the mosquito. If a mosquito which has sucked blood from a malaria sufferer bites another human, the offspring (SPOROZOITES) are injected into the blood, along with the anticoagulant the mosquito uses to enable it to suck blood easily. The sporozoites only develop further in LIVER cells, where they multiply asexually by cell division. (MEROZOITES)

Some remain in the liver, others are released into the bloodstream where they get into red blood cells, feed, grow and reproduce asexually again, enlarging to the capacity of the blood cell, which then collapses. When the merozoites burst out of the red blood cell into the plasma, they burst out of ALL the red cells at the same time, which is simultaneous with the spasms or convulsions (PAROXYSM) of the malaria FEVER. There may be quite a few million released at once. Rose, a pioneer in malaria research, thought that 150 million at least need to be present before the signs of fever are shown.

The sexually reproductive form also develops in human blood, but DOES NOT reproduce until sucked up by a mosquito, and then reproduces ONLY IN THE STOMACH of a FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO. Female mosquitoes feed on blood before producing eggs, mostly at night.

ACUTE MALARIA: is generally divided into 3 stages: Cold stage, the AGUE, shivering and shaking, feeling cold, chattering teeth, even in very hot weather. Although the actual temperature is considerably higher than normal, the sufferers face and hands may be blue with cold. This stage only lasts a couple of hours at most.

Hot stage. The body temperature rises with hot flushes which get longer and longer until it feels burning hot, at between 105/106 deg. F., 40.5 – 41.1 deg. C.. Headache, dizziness, pain, rapid pulse and breathing, possible delirium. This may last 3 to 4 hours.

Sweating stage. When the FEVER reaches its peak, as the temperature begins to fall the sufferer begins to pour sweat, and begins to feel better. After several hours they feel much better and may be able to get up, although feeling exhausted. They will stay feeling better until the onset of the next attack, depending on what type of malaria it is.

The first ‘attack’ comes between about 10 and 14 days after the bite from the infected mosquito, and there may be headache, relatively mild aches and pains, chilliness, slight temperature while the protozoa are multiplying. It takes them about a week to multiply in the liver, and then a couple of days for the merozoites to multiply in the red blood cells. When this reproduction is complete, the cell collapses, the protozoa and their waste products are discharged into the blood plasma, and the attack commences at the cold stage.

There are 3 or 4 identified forms of protozoa (depending on the literature) which give rise to different intervals between ‘attacks.’ if there are 2 clear days between attacks, it is called ‘quartan’ ague or fever, if only one clear of symptoms day, ‘tertian.’ In the case of ‘malignant tertian,’ there may not be time for one attack to pass before the next one comes. If the attacks are every day, it is called ‘quotidian.’ (Latin for ‘daily’)

Normally people recover between one bout of ague/fever and the next, but sometimes the attack may increase in severity at the hot stage. This is called HYPERPYREXIA: the temperature just continues to go up until the sufferer dies, before getting to the ‘sweating’ stage.

Huge numbers of the protozoa may block small blood vessels in the brain. This is called ‘cerebral malaria,’ and may lead to death, as also may excessive vomiting, diarrhoea, and/or just plain exhaustion.

There is a severe condition known as BLACKWATER FEVER associated with malignant tertiary malaria, and regarded as a complication. (see immediately below)

Even if conventionally untreated, the attacks diminish with time, after some weeks eventually disappearing. The protozoa are not, however, eliminated, and relapses are likely after weeks or months.

If malaria becomes CHRONIC, the sufferer becomes ANAEMIC (see above) because of the large number of red blood cells destroyed by the protozoa at each multiplication stage. Wasting will set in, bodily weakness, the SPLEEN (see above) becomes much enlarged, as does the LIVER. (see above) The skin becomes yellow.

The protozoa ‘PLASMODIUM,’ the malarial ‘parasite’ absorbs soluble nutrients directly through its cell membrane, the skin or wall of the cell.

2 meanings of the word ‘parasite’: ‘an organism living in or on another and benefiting at the expense of the other, a person who lives off or exploits another or others.’

Something, a tiny ‘animal’ or very basic FEELING part so small that ‘I’ the ego-body cannot see it, is introduced by a small visible FLYING annoying FEMALE FEELING part which bites through the boundaries of the ego-body, irritating me, and takes a little of my fluid/feeling/psychic body to nourish itself when reproducing itself/HERSELF.

‘MY SEPARATION, THE BOUNDARY OF MY EGO-BODY (‘ME‘) IS PENETRATED.’ ‘I AM INVADED BY ‘FLYING FEELINGS’ I DON’T WANT TO HAVE.(FEEL).’ ‘ THEY SUCK ON MY UNCONSCIOUS FEELINGS AND SYMBOLICALLY BRING THEM TO THE SURFACE.’

The tiny animal(s) circulate through my CIRCULATION system, the FLUID body/part which carries THE BREATH of LIFE and NOURISHMENT/WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED (what the ego-body ‘ME’ needs to grow) to every part of the ego-body (‘ME’), BUT the tiny feeling animals can only grow and develop in my LIVER, my ‘ORGAN OF LIFE WHICH MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING, and stores and distributes my NOURISHMENT.’

The little feeling parts grow and multiply in my ‘ENERGY of LIFE’ organ, some stay there multiplying, and thousands then go back into my fluid/feeling/nourishment/breath of life transport system (CIRCULATION) where they grow and multiply again in the red cells. When they are grown, the red cells, which carry the breath of life/holy spirit to every part of me the ego-body, ARE DESTROYED. At this point ‘I’ have the AGUE. (cold stage, see above)

As you see, the cycle involving the carrier, the mosquito, the protozoa, and the newly infected subject, is quite complicated, so I have broken it down and translated it step by step. REMEMBER, we are surrounded by all sorts of disease situations (allopathic version) INFORMATION (TERRAIN VERSION) most, if not all of the time, but if we successfully integrate/ASSIMILATE it, we do not show the symptoms. WE DEAL WITH IT!!!!! The ‘scientific-medical model’ is just a version of ‘reality.’

In MALARIA, the ‘FEELING PARTS FLYING, BUZZING AROUND US, WHINING, ANNOYING, PUNCTURE THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME’, INTRODUCING OTHER FEELING PARTS WHICH GO TO THE SEAT OF OUR WELL-BEING, GROW AND MULTIPLY.’

‘In my blood’ means to be ‘inherent in one’s (my) character.’

‘THE FEELING PARTS THEN MULTIPLY and GROW IN MY FEELING/ABILITY TO HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE THROUGH ME PROPERLY, AND DESTROY THAT PART OF THE ABILITY, PUTTING ‘ME’ IN SHOCK, MAKING ME SHIVER, THEN MAKING ME FEEL THE RAGING TRANSFORMATIONAL FIRE (CONFLICT) AT THE WRONG LEVEL.

THEN WHEN SOME OF THE PSYCHE HAS POURED OUT OF ME, I FEEL BETTER……UNTIL THE NEXT ‘ATTACK.’ (WHY DOES ‘LIFE’ ATTACK ‘ME’?)

‘I PUSHED AWAY MY FEELINGS. WHY DO I FEEL LIKE ‘A PARASITE?’’

‘I AM FORCED TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE HORDES OF TINY FEELINGS I HAVE BEEN PUSHING AWAY. THIS ‘DISEASE PROCESS’ KNOCKS ME OFF MY FEET, BECOMES CENTRAL TO MY LIFE, REPEATS ITSELF, AND COMES BACK LATER WHENEVER ‘I’ AM VULNERABLE.’

BLACKWATER FEVER: Haemoglobinuria = ‘black water,’ which is the showing of blood pigment in the urine, with a dark brown colour, from the breakdown of the red blood cells in blood vessels or the urinary passages themselves. It is associated with malignant tertiary MALARIA, (see above) particularly with the taking of quinine, shock, cold, or even tiredness.

Possible symptoms include JAUNDICE, ANAEMIA, (see above) FEVER, nausea, vomiting. The SPLEEN and LIVER are enlarged and painful, in other words, generally similar to CHRONIC MALARIA. Like malaria there is a high temperature stage, which then falls, with copious sweating. The skin becomes yellow.

The yellowing is because of HAEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE. (The disorganisation of the functioning of the LIVER can also prevent BILE (see LIVER, HEPATITIS, JAUNDICE above) from reaching the BILE DUCTS at all.) The red pigment of the blood in the skin breaks down to yellow, because of the number of destroyed red blood cells.

The enlarged SPLEEN and inflamed LIVER are demonstrating ‘upsizing,’ in the current English jargon – they are ‘doubling’ their message. The SPLEEN is trying to cope with processing the vastly increased number of destroyed red blood cells and wastes from, and presumably to some extent, the protozoa themselves. It is extremely tender.

‘I AM FORCED TO FEEL THE PAIN OF THE DESTRUCTION OF PART OF MY ABILITY TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE THROUGH ME. I AM FORCED TO NOTICE ‘GROWTH’ AT THE WRONG LEVEL……’

The LIVER (see above) is disorganised from the destruction of cells/its attempt to deal with the IRRITATION the invaders cause. The CONFLICT WITHIN THE PSYCHE clearly shows in the bloody urine.

‘I AM FORCED TO SEE AND FEEL VERY CLEARLY THE CONFLICT I HAVE ABOUT THE PSYCHIC PROCESS, THE FEELING I HAVE PUSHED AWAY, AND THE FEARS I HAVE ABOUT MY OWN WORTHLESSNESS, AND THAT LIFE IS A HOSTILE PROCESS.’

‘I AM A VICTIM.’

In Croatia (2001) We had an Austrian (twin) in her early 20s who had been bitten by a mosquito at a music festival in central Africa. It took us 20 minutes to diagnose tertiary Malaria. It took Zadar Tropical Disease Hospital 6 weeks including 2 biopses. Ho Hum.

YELLOW FEVER: also known as YELLOW JACK/VOMITO AMARILLI. Like MALARIA above, it is a condition spread throughout the Tropics, particularly Africa and South America, carried from the blood of an infected person by a female mosquito, this time the ‘Aedes aegypti.’ It is said to be caused by a virus (allopathic versionsee INFLUENZA/HERPES SIMPLEX/COMMON COLD above) which remains in communities of monkeys in areas where is widespread. (ENDEMIC)

Epidemics have swept through the United States, but the last serious one was in 1878. It is not known to have taken hold in the U.K. or northern Europe, although occasional outbreaks have broken out in Spanish and Portuguese ports.

The so-called ‘virus’ (Latin for ‘poison’) or poison is very infectious, and is claimed to be found in the blood of the infected for the first 3 or 4 days. Quite a few of the early researchers probably died from handling infected blood, although one successfully survived attack usually gives immunity from re-infection for life.

Mild attacks may resemble influenza. The incubation period may vary from 3 – 10 days. Like malaria again, yellow fever is usually described as having 3 stages, although each stage is not so short.

1^st stage. Headache, chills, rise in temperature, pains in the back, arms and legs, furry tongue, bloodshot eyes, vomiting, constipation (see above) and the urine decreases in amount, and shows ALBUMIN present, (protein excess/PROTEINURIA) a sure sign of inflammation of the KIDNEYS. (see GLOMERULONEPHRITIS above) How strongly the above symptoms appear is an index of the severity of the attack.

2^nd stage. After about 3 days of stage 1. The symptoms become milder for about a day, and the sufferer seems better.

3^rd stage. About the 4^th day, the sufferer becomes very weak, and continually brings up ‘BLACK VOMIT,’ a clear fluid which contains black flakes made out of blood which the gastric juices (see STOMACH above) have acted on. Jaundice appears, although it may vary from pale yellow to deep brown, and subcutaneous haemorrhages. (bleeding under the skin) (see JAUNDICE above)

Autopsies (post-mortems) on yellow fever victims usually show signs of degeneration of the LIVER, (see above) inflammation of the kidneys, and inflamed, congested STOMACH.

Like MALARIA above, ‘THE BOUNDARY OF MY SEPARATE EGO-BODY, ‘ME,’ IS PENETRATED, PUNCTURED, ALLOWING IN THE ‘INFORMATION’ BY A SMALL ANNOYING, IRRITATING FEMALE FLYING PART OF ‘MYSELF.’

So the next question is, automatically, what this information means, what it is trying to tell us/inform ‘ME’, the ego.

So what do we have? The first stage forces ‘me’ to FEEL, and with many ‘ILLNESSES,’ I am unable to carry on with ‘MY LIFE.’ I am forced to ‘lie down on the job.’ Urine, which represents the flow of the PSYCHE through us, is decreased, along with signs of KIDNEY INFLAMMATION, ‘CONFLICT WITH MY ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE PSYCHIC PROCESS/TO PROPERLY FILTER/HOLD ONTO NOURISHMENT.’ (protein excess in urine)

‘I’ seem to get ‘better,’ but then comes ‘BLACK VOMIT,’ in which ‘MY CONFLICT WITH THE RECEPTIVE PART OF THE ASSIMILATION PROCESS,’ (what ‘I’ the EGO-BODY need to learn/take into myself in order to grow/develop) is revealed. (the inflamed, congested STOMACH) This brings out masses of blood in the stomach, ‘WHICH ‘I’ BRING UP. I CANNOT DIGEST THE CONFLICT!’ My breath of life/HOLY SPIRIT (AIR) circulatory pressurised fluid of FEELING does not belong in the digestive process. (see CIRCULATION/BLOOD DISORDERS above)

JAUNDICE appears, the skin turns yellow – ‘MY JAUNDICED VIEW OF LIFE/MYSELF COMES TO THE SURFACE.’ My LIVER, my organ of WELL-BEING, ENERGY/APPETITE FOR LIFE, is damaged/degenerated.

We can also look at the bringing up of BLACK VOMIT as a psychic symbol in its own right. ‘I BRING UP THE UNDIGESTED PSYCHE.’ There are plenty of ways for us to demonstrate our conflict with the psychic processes.

Bleeding visible beneath the skin = ‘CONFLICT VISIBLE BENEATH THE SURFACE.’ (OF ‘ME’ THE EGO-BODY)

‘WHO AM I?’ ‘WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ‘ME?’

THE PELVIS: is the part of the abdomen which is enclosed by the pelvic bone basin (see SKELETON/BONES below) containing the RECTUM, (the end part of the LARGE INTESTINE, see above, also PILES/HAEMORRHOIDS) the BLADDER, the PROSTATE in the male, and the UTERUS, OVARIES and FALLOPIAN TUBES in the females. (see all below)

I will include the MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS at this point, although the PENIS and TESTES/TESTICLES (after the latter have descended) lie outside the abdominal cavity, because it doesn’t make any sense not to do so, although the fact that they are ‘outside’ the protection of the body should be noted carefully, in spite of how OBVIOUS this may be, because it makes an instant statement about ‘vulnerability.’

THE BLADDER: is basically a sac, a bag like cavity enclosed by a membrane, with elastic tissues and muscles in its walls, which stretches to make room for the urine as it comes down the ureters, the tubes which bring it down from the KIDNEYS (see above) by PERISTALTIC action. (waves of contraction and relaxation) The bladder wall is similar in structure to that of the STOMACH and INTESTINES. (see above)

The amount of urine in the bladder can build up to about 400c.c. without causing too strong a feeling of pressure, but when it gets towards 600c.c. (just over a pint) waves of contraction pass along the bladder, giving the urge to urinate. We are only able to control the urge to urinate safely at about this amount. If we hold on beyond this point, we risk damage to the KIDNEYS from the back pressure this sets up.

The release of urine is controlled by a SPHINCTER, a ring of muscle which surrounds the URETHRA, the tube which leads from the bladder to the outside. The urethra is about 4 cm long (1.5) in women, and 20 cm (8”) in men. It is also the channel through which SEMEN, the male sexual fluid, leaves the body of a man. A woman’s urethra only conveys urine.

URINE: (see KIDNEYS, GLUMERULONEPHRITIS above) is about 96% water, with the rest as dissolved solids, of which the most important is UREA, followed by ’common salt,’ (sodium chloride) at 25 and 9 grams per litre respectively.

DISORDERS OF THE BLADDER: the most common are to do with urination. (pissing) The most serious is being unable to urinate, due to blockage of the urethra. This is called ’RETENTION.’ When the kidneys are failing to produce urine, it is called ’SUPPRESSION.’

CYSTITIS: INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER: although many bacteria are alleged to be normally present in the urine, a healthy bladder does not get infected. If bacteria are introduced from outside, they may enter via the urethra, and multiply in sufficient numbers to cause inflammation. Women are particularly subject to this, especially in connection with (issues surrounding) sexuality, pregnancy, etc…

It is possible that bacterial masses may come down from the KIDNEYS but this is less likely. More likely is transference of infection directly from adjoining organs, as with the URETHRA, and URETHRITIS, (see below) for which the most common cause is the sexually transmitted disease GONORRHOEA. (see below)

Any condition which restricts the free flow of urine, such as a STRICTURE, the narrowing of the URETHRA, may produce cystitis. The enlargement of the PROSTATE gland (see below) is very common in older men, and as it surrounds the exit from the bladder and part of the urethra, will often cause CHRONIC CYSTITIS. In women, a similar condition may be experienced with the PROLAPSE, the downward displacement (sliding downwards) of the WOMB. (see below)

GOUT, an excess of uric acid in the blood, (see below) may produce stones or gravel in the urine. The passage or deposition of any such material in the bladder may give rise to inflammation.

The TUBERCULOSIS bacteria (see above) may cause abscesses or ulcers in the bladder. The SCHISTOSOME (parasitic minute flatworms or blood fluke) ‘haematobium’ also may produce chronic cystitis by settling in the blood vessels of the bladder wall. It is most widespread where farmland is irrigated by canals, e.g. the Nile/Tigris/Euphrates valleys.

There will be pain in the bladder area and/or lower back, the urge to urinate frequently possibly accompanied by a painful prickling or burning sensation. In acute cystitis there may be fever, high temperature, chills, shivering.

We are not able to urinate as and where we like, as ‘adults’ in various social situations, so we have to ‘hold on,’ to some extent. It is easy then to see how a ‘full bladder’ has to do with holding on, letting go, and pressure, so much so, that to say, ‘I have to go to the toilet,’ is a socially acceptable way of getting out of, or at least temporarily postponing a situation.

As we saw above, the urine steadily accumulates to about 400 cc (2/3 pint) before we feel much pressure. The bladder is a reservoir, a ‘collecting and holding point’ in the process of ‘what we need to let go of ’ at the FLUID level, in other words, the (UNCONSCIOUS) PSYCHIC PROCESS as it passes through us, purifying us, taking out those wastes which ‘I’ (the ego-body) cannot (safely) absorb.

‘CONFLICT WITH ALLOWING THE PSYCHIC PROCESS. I AM CONFUSED ABOUT WHEN TO HOLD ON AND WHEN TO LET GO. MY FEAR (AND THE FEAR OF THOSE SURROUNDING ME) MAKES ME WANT TO CONTROL IT. I AM FORCED TO FEEL THE CONFLICT.’

We cannot, however, really ‘allow’ the PSYCHIC PROCESS, or not, any more than we can stop ANY of our inner (life) processes from working – any more than we can ‘stop’ the blood flowing, the kidneys from filtering, the breath from going in and out, or than we can ‘hold back’ our need to urinate, beyond a certain point. WE could instead say, ‘THE PSYCHIC PROCESS IS ALLOWING US.!’

Like King Canute, we can only find out that we are essentially powerless to tell the advancing tide to ‘go back,’ no matter the flattery of our courtiers, the sycophantic self-aggrandising parts of our ego. We can, on the other hand, discover how unconsciously we are INTERFERING already with our inner processes, and in how much CONFLICT we already are with them/parts of ourselves.

BLADDER STONES/CALCULUS: ‘calculus’ means a small stone used for ‘reckoning on an abacus,’ from the Latin. ‘Calculi’ is the general term for ‘concretions,’ solid matter precipitated and/or deposited in tissues and (particularly in this case) bodily cavities.

Large stones in the bladder may easily be bigger than chicken egg size, or bigger, in exceptional cases. The largest ever reported in 1809 in England weighted 1.36 KILOS (2 3/4lb)!!! And in 1975, one which weighed 1.13 KILOS was removed in a hospital in London.

As we have already seen in KIDNEY STONES, above, various stones may be formed out of chemical salts already present in the urine. ‘Uratic’ stones are associated with GOUT, (see below) in which an excess of uric acid (C5N4H403) is found in the blood. It is produced in the LIVER, and normally removed in the KIDNEYS, except under certain conditions.

‘Oxalic’ stones are made up of oxalate of lime. The most common kind are ‘phosphatic,’ salts of phosphoric acid which are constantly being excreted in urine, from food, the decomposition of cells and bone etc…. If anything, particularly (allopathic) bacteria in the urine, makes it more alkaline, tending to decompose it more rapidly, phosphates will begin to deposit, and start to form stones. Phosphate stones tend to occur in chronic cystitis/bladder inflammation cases.

Severe inflammation of the bladder may result, with the same symptoms, severe pain on urination, and afterwards, blockage of flow etc…

‘I HOLD BACK/BLOCK THE FLOW OF THE PSYCHE THROUGH ME SO MUCH THAT WHAT SHOULD BE FLUID TURNS SOLID – AND BLOCKS THE FLOW. I REFUSE TO ‘LET GO’ OF THE ‘WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.’ I REFUSE TO LET GO OF THE PAST AND ACCEPT PURIFICATION. I REFUSE TO SURRENDER.’

GOUT: as seen above, an excess of uric acid in the blood tends to deposit in the joints as sodium monourate. Uric acid in the body comes from protein breakdown in nutritional processes, (from food) and is excreted by the KIDNEYS. (see above) In ACUTE GOUT normal amounts are exceeded before and during the attack. In CRONIC GOUT the amount in the blood, and in other parts of the body are permanently higher than normal. The normal amount in the blood of a ‘healthy’ person is between 3 and 6 mg per 100 ml.

There is quite a lot of contradictory information about GOUT. The traditional idea is that it affects ‘couch potatoes,’ sedentary people (not enough exercise) who overindulge habitually in rich foods, particularly meat, and drink too much alcohol. Characters in literature have certainly encouraged this impression, but it also affects vegetarians and non-drinkers.

GOUT is also looked on as ‘HEREDITARY,’ because of the extremely high percentage of cases in which there is a clear family history. (well above 50%) We already examined the idea of ‘COLLECTIVITY’ of symptoms in HAEMOPHILIA, see above.

Gout is by far a condition which affects men, (95%) and generally men over 40, exceptions being younger males who have the family history. Where it affects women, it is usually after the menopause. However, you can have a relatively high level of uric acid in the blood without developing gout.

Acute attacks of gout may occur at night, with relatively little warning. The sufferer will characteristically be awoken by pain in a big toe, or other part of the foot, or a thumb, which will be red, swollen, and very tender to the touch.

The pain may decrease after a few hours, but will return at night for up to 10 days. Although the symptoms abate, the skin over the affected joint may start to be pitted, and also may flake off in scales (DESQUAMATION) a little.

If the attacks repeat, which is very likely, at first the same joints which were affected originally will be affected again, but gradually more will be affected, and it becomes chronic.

The repeating attacks are not as painful as acute attacks, but uric acid salts (URATES) start to deposit around the joints in a mass called a TOPHUS (pl. TOPHI) which is soft at first, but gradually hardens.

In mild cases this is not very noticeable, but in severe cases, the joints may well be enlarged and deformed, and permanently stuck in rigid positions. This may happen to any joint, but more often it affects the hands and feet. The skin around the joint may collapse, revealing the stone beneath.

The KIDNEYS may also get uric acid stones forming when there is gout. Deposits of the crystals may also form in the ear cartilage, beneath the skin, along tendons, or in the SCLERA, the white of the eye.

Uric acid is an end product of the DIGESTION/GROWTH process, ’WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED.’ (SO THAT ’I’ THE EGO-BODY CAN ’GROW’/DEVELOP) If we translate this carefully, it means that an important ingredient in the message of life, the’purpose’ of life for which we are occupying these bodies, is in OVERSUPPLY, (especially in the blood) and/or is NOT BEING PROPERLY METABOLISED.

‘I HAVE MISSED AN IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT THE ASSIMILATION/GROWTH PROCESS.’

The link with the over-consumption of rich food then becomes very obvious. The idea is correct, but the MEANING is understood at the WRONG level.

MY DIET IS FAR TOO EGO-FRIENDLY.’ This is why it can affect vegetarians and non-drinkers. The ‘real meat’ of what is to be ASSIMILATED is ‘THE ESSENCE, THE CHIEF PART of LIFE’S MESSAGE TO US. In other words, it’s a PSYCHIC SYMBOL, a direct communication.

The women in the continuous group who have done dream work have all had dreams in which they have been offered meat, to which they have all replied, ‘But I’m a vegetarian.’ In ‘real life’ we were all vegetarians in the group.

The PSYCHE is saying, ‘YOU ARE CONCENTRATING ON THE INESSENTIALS, AND MISSING THE MAIN POINT!!!!

Collectively then, society is well aware of what the excess of uric acid means, as we are also to some extent aware of what the RIGIDITY that results from it means, and how this rigidity ‘RUNS IN FAMILIES.’ (see ARTHRITIS above) ‘MY FAMILY’S DIET.’ ‘WHAT MY FAMILY ‘LIVES’ ON.’

‘MY RIGIDITY AND FAILURE TO ASSIMILATE PROPERLY (AND MY CONTINUUM’S FAILURE) DESTROYS MY FLEXIBILITY IN HANDLING LIFE/THE WALK OF LIFE, AND TURNS IT TO STONE.’ (NOT ENOUGH ‘EXERCISE’)

‘A RIGIDITY AND FAILURE TO ASSIMILATE PROPERLY (AND MY CONTINUUM’S FAILURE) DESTROYS MY FLEXIBILITY IN HANDLING LIFE/THE WALK OF LIFE, AND TURNS IT TO STONE.’ (NOT ENOUGH ‘EXERCISE’)

‘A RIGID DIET…..OF WHAT? What have they fed us/are feeding us/are we feeding ourselves???

URETHRITIS: is quite difficult to distinguish from CYSTITIS, (see above) because in many cases they may accompany each other, with similar symptoms. As we have already seen, GOUT and accompanying stones or gravel may damage or inflame the urethra. Unskilful medical examinations, (allopathic) or anything else introducing bacteria from the outside may have the same effect.

The main association, however, of INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA is with SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DESEASES, particularly GONORRHOEA, and to a lesser extent the conditions known as NON-SPECIFIC URETHRITIS.

(STD and NSU for short) (see below)

The acid urine of gout, or the effect of drugs, alcohol, or items of diet may inflame the sensitive membranes of the urethra. The main symptoms of URETHRITIS are intense burning or scalding pain on urination, the oozing of pus, possibly with blood in it, (HAEMATURIA) and increased redness at the orifice. There may be inflammation of associated organs, bladder, testicles, or even kidneys.

‘I AM MADE TO FEEL THE CONFLICT ABOUT LETTING GO.’ (INTENSELY)

As we saw above in CYSTITIS, the narrowing of the urethra, a ‘STRUCTURE,’ whether ‘SPASMODIC,’ i.e. temporary, from something like exposure to too much cold, or overexertion in some physical exercise such as cycling, too much alcohol, or much more seriously, an ‘ORGANIC’ STRICTURE, from injury, ulceration, the natural puckering which takes place from any scar, or from continued CHRONIC inflammation, the flow of urine is restricted, with pain and straining.

Inflammation of the BLADDER and KIDNEYS may follow on from long term urethritis from strictures. The bladder will of course become distended, stretched and swollen if the flow of urine is restricted or even STOPS, accompanied by severe pain.

‘I AM MADE TO FEEL HOW MUCH I AM HOLDING ON, HOW LITTLE I AM SURRENDERED, HOW MUCH I RESIST THE FLOW.’ (OF THE PSYCHE/INNER LIFE)

THE PROSTATE GLAND: /MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: surrounds the URETHRA where it joins on to (the ‘neck of) the BLADDER. Only MEN have it. In ‘later life’ (?) in many men it enlarges considerably, squeezing the urethra, pressing on the neck of the bladder, restricting the flow of urine, producing the ‘STRUCTURE’ symptoms of URETHRITIS/CYSTITIS, see above.

The prostate is a part of the MALE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, a system in which it produces (along with the SEMINAL VESICLES and COWPER’S GLAND, (BULBO-URETHRAL GLAND) some of the SEMINAL FLUID, or SEMEN, the albuminous (high-protein) fluid in which SPERMATOZOA, the male sex cells are carried. The SPERM (for short) are carried from the TESTICLES where they are produced, to the PROSTATE, inside which they join with the prostate secretions, and those of the seminal vesicles.

The SPERM becomes MOTILE, able to move, after they enter the fluid medium of the mixture of secretions in the SEMEN. It nourishes them and ‘starts them up,’ so to speak.

ENLARGED PROSTATE: enlargement, ‘inappropriate growth’ is always trying to tell us that we are NOT GROWING ENOUGH in respect of the function of the organ, and also that the organ itself is ‘trying to do more work,’ as in the case of enlarged heart or liver, for example. (see above)

It is not surprising that we do not really understand the meaning of the functions of sexual organs or sexuality at the INNER (PSYCHIC) level. The key statement of the entire process is ‘TO GIVE BIRTH TO ONE’S SELF (MYSELF) CONSCIOUSLY.’

Symbolically (as well as literally) the MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FERTILISES this process. As MALES, ‘we’ must become CONSCIOUSLY INTIMATE with the INNER FEMALE NATURE which we are probably NOT expressing, and may not be aware of, our own female side, so that we can become or realise our completeness, as well as the OUTER FEMALE in her different forms, LOVER/PARTNERS, MOTHER, SISTER, DAUGHTER etc. While we see human beings in separation, this is very difficult.

The whole area of experience is itself a symbol of the ‘GROWTH PROCESS’ which is at the same time ‘MOST ENJOYABLE.’ (TRANSCENDENTLY) We are a part/parts of this process, and not SEPARATE PARTS, at that. The human race is a gestalt process, an organised whole which is ‘more than the sum of its parts.’ This means that it cannot be divided and still make sense, or be understood sensibly. We are some of these parts.

‘I HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THE DYNAMIC ASPECT OF MYSELF AS A MALE. IT BEGINS TO BLOCK/INTERFERE WITH THE FLOW OF THE PSYCHE THROUGH ME.’

‘I NEED TO GROW (MORE GROWTH) IN PARTS OF MY ABILITY TO FERTILISE THE PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF/OURSELF/OURSELVES CONSCIOUSLY.’

Cancer of the Prostate is very popular these days, ‘the second most common cause of death from cancer in men, mostly over 65s.’

PROSTATITIS: inflammation of the prostate, may accompany or follow infection of part of the urinary system, especially the BLADDER/CYSTITIS, (see both above) or a sexually transmitted disease. (STD) (see below)

There may be fever, back pain, difficulty in urination although needing to pee frequently. Possible discharge of pus.

‘I AM IN CONFLICT WITH PARTS OF MY ROLE IN FERTILISING MY FEMALE SIDE/(INNER AND OUTER) GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY. I AM IN CONFLICT WITH THE GROWTH PROCESS.’ (read PROSTATE/ENLARGED PROSTATE above)

PENIS: the male GENITAL and URINARY organ, of which the URETHRA from the PROSTATE GLAND to its exit at the tip of the penis is a common duct or tube for both URINE and SEMEN, the male REPRODUCTIVE fluid. (see PROSTATE GLAND above)

It has spongy ERECTILE TISSUE along its walls, which fill with blood when the male is sexually excited/stimulated, making the penis swell up and stand erect. If there is sufficient stimulation, a ‘SPINAL REFLEX’ action takes place, known as

EJACULATION: in which the constituents of semen from COWPER’S GLAND, THE PROSTATE GLAND, THE TESTICLES, THE SEMINAL VESICLES are discharged in sequence. Each millilitre of SEMEN contains an average 100 million SPERMATOZOA, and an average discharge is between 2 and 4 ml.

Only one sperm can fertilise each OVUM, (female egg) and it is thought that although the sperms live for about 3 days, they are only capable of fertilising the egg for a period of about 24 hours.

The end of the PENIS is overlapped by a fold of skin called the PREPUCE or FORESKIN which normally retracts when the penis erects. It is often surgically removed for what are described as medical or religious reasons. This removal is called CIRCUMCISION, and even the medical textbooks say ‘there is virtually no medical or surgical reason for circumcision in the male new-born infant.’ But it may go back to BAAL-worship in Ancient Egypt or BEFORE!

American statistics suggest that CANCER of the penis only happens if the penis still has a foreskin, which makes them more likely to endorse circumcision. ‘CUTTING OFF PART OF THE ULTIMATE MALE SYMBOL, NOT TO MENTION THE SHOCK.’

HYGIENE, HOWEVER, IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!

TESTICLES/TESTES: are the MALE SEX GLANDS, which are ENDOCRINE as well as EXOCRINE GLANDS. (see THYROID, THYMUS etc. above) They produce SPERM CELLS, (SPERMATOZOA) one of which can fertilise the egg (ovum) produced by the female, and they also produce TESTOSTERONE, the male sex hormone, which is responsible for the development of male characteristics such as beard growth, body shape, lengthening of the larynx which deepens the voice etc. Hormones which produce male characteristics are collectively known as ANDROGENS. (see ADRENAL GLANDS above)

Both the production of SPERM (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the ENDOCRINE function are under the control of the PITUITARY GLAND, (see below) itself regulated by the HYPOTHALAMUS, (see below) part of the forebrain, which it is directly beneath, and to which it is (also directly) connected by a stalk.

The testicles are made up of up to 1000 tiny tubes called SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, the walls of which consist of cells which divide constantly, producing vast numbers of millions of SPERMS every day, and carry them to the URETHRA.

The SPERMS drain into the EPIDIDYMIS, a tube at the back of each testicle which is so coiled and convoluted that the distance between TUBULE and URETHRA is 6 metres. (20”) Sperms are produced continuously from the time boys reach PUBERTY, the point of development when they are capable of reproduction, which can be any time between 10 and 17 years old.

CRYPTORCHIDISM: undescended testicle(s). Normally, the testicles come down into the wrinkled sac of the SCROTUM, bringing their blood vessels with them, in the 7^th month of pregnancy. Before that, they develop in the abdomen.

If the testicles do not descend before the end of the first year after birth, the condition may well remain until puberty, or even continue into adulthood. Fertility/sperm production will be decreased or possibly entirely absent if both testicles do not descend. Male hormones production remains normal.

‘MY MALE SIDE IS NOT DEVELOPING PROPERLY. I AM UNABLE TO (OR I MAKE IT DIFFICULT) TO GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF.’

HYDROCELE: an accumulation of serous (watery) fluid in a body sac, in this case distending one testicle, on that side of the scrotum.

It usually appears in middle age, and gradually increases in size, although usually without pain. If it happens to small children, it usually goes away by itself.

‘THE PSYCHE BRINGS MY ATTENTION TO THE GENERATIVE POWER OF THE MALE SIDE.’

VARICOCELE: varicose veins in the scrotum. The veins, particularly on the left side testicle and parts of the spermatic cord which lead to it, become swollen and painful. It is especially obvious during hot weather, or after strenuous exercise, but the significant ‘bag of worms’ swelling rapidly goes down when the sufferer lies down.

‘I AM NOT FEELING ENOUGH/AM NOT SUFFICIENTLY IN TOUCH WITH MY FEELINGS/THE FEELING PART OF THE MALE GENERATIVE PART OF THE SEXUAL PROCESS.’

ORCHITIS: Acute INFLAMMATION of the testicles. It may follow on from other urinary infections, CYSTITIS or BLADDER STONES. (see both above) The most common association is with GONORRHOEA. (see below) There will be all the normal symptoms, swelling, redness, pain etc. of the affected testicle.

Abscesses may form under the skin. If they burst through the skin, the pain is immediately relieved.

‘I AM IN TOTAL CONFLICT WITH MYSELF AS (MY ROLE AS) A MALE/WITH THE MALE GENERATING/FERTILISING POWER.’

TORSION: twisting of the spermatic cord, quite common in adolescent/young adult males, particularly during the winter months, and very often while asleep. There will be pain, from slight to severe.

‘I AM IN A TWIST’ ABOUT…..’ about the generative power of male sexuality. Not surprising really that young males get ‘all twisted up’ about sex. ‘Got my knickers in a twist.’

TUBERCULOSIS OF THE TESTICLES: may occur if there is already TB present in some other organ. (see PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS (LUNGS) above)

‘MY LIFE AS A MALE IS HORRIBLE. I HATE MYSELF/MY LIFE/MY SEXUALITY/THE MALE SIDE/(MY FATHER(S))/THE MALE GENERATIVE POWER.’

As I already mentioned above in ‘ENLARGED PROSTATE,’ there are key statements which can help us understand the meaning of the different levels of our lives, what our physical bodies ARE, and how to understand and interpret what happens to us and our bodies, the PROCESSES we are going through.

As one sex or the other, barring HERMAPHRODITES, that is, people in whom both ovaries and testicles are present to some extent, and those who have no external or internal genital structures, although they may have a male or female body type, we need to understand that to a considerable extent we are defined, can in truth only be defined and define ourselves in terms of the other, complementary sex.

Life has placed us in a ‘tick’ and ‘tock’ situation. We cannot define polarities except in terms of both/each other. There is no ‘cold’ except in relation to ‘hot,’ ‘high/low, up/down, in/out,’ and so on. We define light in relation to dark. ‘It’s getting dark.’ While we inhabit such a world of complementary relationship, not really ‘opposites’ in the way that it is so often carelessly presented, we need to come to ‘grips’ with it. We are not doing ourselves ANY favours if we seek to avoid exploration and experiment, no matter what our justifications are, ‘internally’ and/or ‘externally.’

Sexuality and the reproductive process face us with TWO main headings, ‘BECOMING INTIMATE WITH ANOTHER PART OF MYSELF/THE MALE/FEMALE SIDE/DARK (psyche) or LIGHT (continuum ego) SIDE,’ and ‘GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY.’

Both of these statements are primarily internal, symbolic statements on the same level as dream/visionary information, but they also relate directly to the externalisation of their meaning at what we call the (separate/real) PHYSICAL level. These statements of information (of being formed inwardly) appear as part of the processes we call DREAMS, but if you want to find out more you will have to collect and work with your dreams.

The Latin verb ‘informare’ literally meant ‘to give shape to, to fashion.’ In this way inner processes form us from within. And so if the psyche shows us sexual intercourse, the meaning is that we are becoming or need to become intimate with the ‘part of ourselves’. symbolically represented, with whom we are having sex (if that is the case) in the dream. This aspect of ‘INTIMACY’ is extremely important in the context of sexually transmitted diseases. (STD) as we will see below.

If we are male, we probably do need to ‘get acquainted better’ with our more nurturing, receptive, inner ‘female’ side of our nature, because we are not just ‘one thing or another.’

In recent years, this has led to a GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION. Our society/culture tends to drastically oversimplify, to slant information to make it conform with the perceived needs of vested interests, Church, State, Business etc. In a life of spiritual/psychic growth, we cannot personally afford to do this.

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS: the OVARIES, FALLOPIAN TUBES, UTERUS, (or WOMB) VAGINA and VULVA. See all below

THE OVARIES: are 2 oval, almond shaped glands, about 35-40mm (1.5”) x 15mm (.6”), one each side in the lower abdomen. One end of each is attached to the FALLOPIAN TUBE, or OVIDUCT, down which each egg produced by the ovary, which if fertilised becomes a new human being, is released every 4 weeks by a sexually mature female.

PUBERTY, or SEXUAL MATURITY, the age at which a girl is capable of REPRODUCTION, tends to occur earlier with girls than boys, (see TESTICLES above) between the ages of 11 and 14.

The OVARIES are also ENDOCRINE GLANDS, (see THYROID, THYMUS etc. above) secreting the 3 female hormones ESTRADIOL, PROGESTERONE, and RELAXIN, which are collectively called (O)ESTROGENS. OESTROGENS are responsible for FEMININITY generally, giving a woman her female characteristics, and playing an important part in the regulation of the MENSTRUAL (from Latin, ‘mensis, month.’) CYCLE, i.e. ‘monthly.’

MENSTRUATION: at birth every female ovary already contains a certain number of potential egg cells called FOLLICLES. By the time of sexual maturity, the number has reduced vastly, but still is quite large, in the region of 400-500. The medical source books differ on actual numbers quite a lot. (I have 4 different versions in front of me.)

At about the point where one menstrual cycle is finishing, approx. 28 days after the previous one, more or less, one of the FOLLICLES starts to get bigger, triggered by a hormone from the PITUITARY GLAND, FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, FSH, a ‘TROPIC’ hormone. (because it regulates another gland)

At about the 14^th day of the cycle there is a sudden increase in FSH and ‘LUTEINISING HORMONE,’ LH. With the LH, the now mature (called ‘Graafian follicle,’ after R. de Graaf, a Dutch anatomist who died in 1673) follicle bursts, and releases the egg/ovum into the funnel end of the OVIDUCT, down which it is transported by cilia which line the airways of the LUNGS. (see LUNG DISORDERS above) This is ‘OVULATION.’

The ovum/egg is transported to the UTERUS/WOMB, from where, if it is not FERTILISED (see EJACULATION above) it will pass to the outside world through the vagina, with the menstrual flow.

Back in the OVARY, the cells of the ruptured follicle continue to grow, producing a mass of special cells called the CORPUS LUTEUM, (yellow coloured, from Latin ‘luteum, (n) egg-yolk, luteus, yellow’) which fills the follicle, and produces the hormone PROGESTERONE, (already mentioned in this section) which causes the ENDOMETRIUM, the (Greek for ‘inside of womb’) inner lining of the UTERUS/WOMB to thicken and increase its blood supply, producing mucus, and extra GLYCOGEN (see LIVER above) for extra energy, in anticipation and preparation for FERTILISATION.

In the ovary, PITUITARY LH hormone keeps the CORPUS LUTEUM going and active hormonally for 10 – 12 days. If FERTILISATION does occur, the corpus luteum will carry on producing PROGESTERONE for several months more, but if it does NOT take place, the corpus luteum degenerates, stops producing progesterone, and MENSTRUATION begins. The complete cycle from the FSH triggering the follicle to the end of the activity of the corpus luteum takes approx 28 days.

As the corpus luteum regresses, the new womb lining begins to break down, bleeding occurs, and the new tissue disintegrates. This is the MENSTRUAL FLOW, which lasts about 5 days. It stops because the arterial blood supply to the lining of the womb is cut off. (VASOCONSTRICTION)

AMENORRHOEA: absence of menstruation at the time when it should normally happen. If menstruation has NEVER happened, it is called ‘PRIMARY AMENORRHOEA’, if it does not happen after a normal cycle has been experienced for several years, it is called ‘SECONDARY AMENORRHOEA.’ Although many reasons are allopathically given for these conditions, not the least being PRESCRIBED DRUGS,

I can point out that I helped fix? a case of secondary Amenorrhoea while walking around the Dome of the Rock/Haram es Sharif in Jerusalem in 1995 for about 20 minutes just by talking about the same subjects I discuss in these pages. She was American and hadn’t bled for over a year.
DYSMENORRHOEA: painful menstruation, from mild mild discomfort to seriously painful, and including vomiting and lack of energy. There are definitely psychological factors at work here. My own mother used to pull 2 weeks in a darkened room with a cloth over her eyes until she got the contraceptive pill, which magically cured her.

She DIDN’T WANT ANOTHER CHILD, 2 were enough, and then a condom failed and it was 3, and my father was still an anti-contraception pope-(and his mother) fearing Catholic.

Many girls DO NOT WANT TO BE, or are frightened of becoming WOMEN, whatever their programming has led them to believe or shown them that this involves, and may be under pressure from a wide variety of factors. Each individual case needs to be properly investigated. The details will reveal the truth.

OVARITIS/INFLAMMATION OF THE OVARIES: also known as OOPHORITIS, it usually occurs with other inflammations, such as SALPINGITIS, (which actually means the inflammation of any tube in the body, but is generally used for inflammation of the FALLOPIAN TUBES/OVIDUCT, see above) or the pelvic PERITONEUM. (see PERITONITIS above) (or EUSTACHIAN tube see EAR above))

ACUTE ovaritis may accompany GONORRHOEA, see below, or infections following CHILDBIRTH, or ABORTION, or infections of the INTESTINES. (see above)

If ovaritis becomes CHRONIC, ADHESIONS may form, bands of FIBRIN, (see PERITONITIS) part of the clotting process produced from both blood and lymph fluid. SEROUS (watery) MEMBRANES produce them when they are inflamed, producing a dense mass of fibrous tissue after a while, which may stick to the OVARIES, FALLOPIAN TUBES and WOMB, losing them their flexibility, and pushing them out of place. It may also interfere with the functioning of the BLADDER. (see above)

Textbooks say that the possibility of TUBERCULOSIS (see PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS above) should be considered in infections of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes in young women. The TB bacteria is carried through the body in the lymph system.

There will be pain in the lower abdomen, especially around the time of menstruation, which may last longer than normal. There may be fever/high temperature, pain on urination, vomiting/nausea.

In chronic cases, there may be backache, a vaginal discharge,

LEUCORRHOEA: an acute infection anywhere in the genital tract, UTERUS, CERVIX, VAGINA etc., may produce a thick white vaginal discharge, mainly pus, dead tissue from the infection process. Chronic discharge tends to be more like regular mucus, thinner, clear. It may however have a strong smell. It is most common with womb inflammations after childbirth, GONORRHOEA, or VAGINAL infections. (see below)

Abscesses are known to develop in the OVARY or FALLOPIAN TUBES. There may be problems with absorbing the (toxic) contents of such infections. (see EMPYEMA above)

The ovaries are the whole condensed female side, or rather they contain the eggs, the circles which represent the whole of the contribution of the female side to the human life/growth process, which is at the same time the growth process of the whole human race, male and female, at the physical level. The female fetus and/or newborn baby girl may contain MILLIONS of partly formed ova/eggs.

In a way this is equivalent to a whole race or nation being present and represented in one human female at the time of the birth process, in the same way as HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of sperms are ejaculated by the SEXUALLY MATURE human male. (see EJACULATION/TESTICLES above) In this way we represent large numbers of the human race quite clearly.

We PERSONIFY a process. The old adage (proverb) ‘which came first, the owl (or chicken, I have heard it both ways) or the egg?’ turns out to mean that BOTH the apparent ‘individual’ AND (the representation of) potential MILLIONS are present AT THE SAME TIME!!!!

Inflammation of the OVARIES means, ‘I AM IN CONFLICT WITH MY PART IN THE GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF/GROWTH PROCESS EXPRESSED IN THE ROLE OF THE FEMALE SIDE. I AM IN CONFLICT WITH THE FEMALE CREATIVE POWER OF LIFE.’

To say simply, ‘I AM IN CONFLICT WITH FEMININITY,’ is too much of an oversimplification, although it is obviously true, that would be more true of infections and inflammations of the VAGINA itself.

The vaginal discharge of LEUCORRHEA tells us that the CONFLICT is somewhere in the REPRODUCTIVE system, although infection of the WOMB/UTERUS (see below) is mot likely. The strong smell of CHRONIC LEUCORRHEA tells us that thus far we have ‘DENIED OUR INTUITION’ about whatever is giving us long-term reason for conflict, BUT WE CAN’T DENY IT NOW, CAN WE?

OVARIAN CYSTS: are hollow swellings of more permanent nature. The straightforward swellings to do with inflammation/infection are not usually referred to as cysts. Ovarian cysts come in several varieties, and may reach great size, the largest known being allegedly an astounding 148 KILOS, (328lb.) apparently.

‘DEVELOPMENTAL’ cysts are the kind that can grow very large, and usually contain clear fluid. ‘Dermoid’ cysts may contain hair, teeth, fat, etc.

Swelling and enlargement is generally about ‘GROWTH,’ and ESPECIALLY in this sort of condition. ‘GROWTH AT THE WRONG LEVEL.’

‘I AM AVOIDING GROWTH IN MY ROLE AS A FEMALE/THE FEMALE CREATIVE POWER OF LIFE/THE ROLE/PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY/THE SPIRITUAL-PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.’

If ADHESIONS are produced during CHRONIC OVARITIS, (see above) by bands Of FIBRIN, ‘I AM TRYING TO HEAL MYSELF AT THE WRONG LEVEL, BY (AND) PUSHING THE MEANING OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS (TO GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY) OUT OF THE WAY.’

‘FIBRIN IS BEST FOR HEALING WOUNDS, LITERALLY.’

THE UTERUS/WOMB: the uterus is a muscular, more or less triangular from the front, flattened from the side, hollow organ, about 8 cm. long, (just over 3 inches) 5cm. At its widest, (2 inches) with thick walls, weighting only a couple of ounces. (30-40 gm.) It is suspended in the centre of the pelvic cavity.

It protects and nourishes the growing foetus during pregnancy, at which time it increases enormously in size, having very elastic walls, and becomes even thicker. The normal volume is more or less a slit of between 2-5 cu. Cm., but during pregnancy the volume increases to a relatively enormous 5000-7000 cu.cm.

Fertilisation actually takes place in the FALLOPIAN TUBES/OVIDUCTS, (see above) and the fertilised egg (or ZYGOTE, from the Greek for ‘yoked.’) then travels down to the uterus between 4 and 7 days after it leaves the OVARY. It sinks into the lining of the uterus. This is called IMPLANTATION. It may locate itself at various points in the uterus, but commonly high up at the back. For what happens in the womb if fertilisation/implantation does not take place, see MENSTRUATION above.

The lower end of the uterus narrows into a rounded neck called the CERVIX (and/or CERVICAL CANAL) about 1 inch (2.5 cm.) long, which connects with the VAGINA (see below) and the outside through a narrow opening. (the OS UTERI ‘OS’ anatomical ‘mouth’) ‘Womb’ is Old English, ‘Uterus’ Latin.

DISORDERS OF THE UTERUS: some of the most common problems to do with the womb/uterus are those of PAINFUL and IRREGULAR MENSTRUATION, (see above) other symptoms may include LEUCORRHOEA, (see above) a thick vaginal discharge, lower back pain and sensations of weakness, and the possible inability to conceive. (get pregnant)

MALFORMATIONS: if the shape of the womb is affected, e.g. the CERVIX is much longer or narrower than usual, or in rare cases the uterus is divided down the middle by a partition, then childbirth will be unusually painful and difficult. But by far more common are

DISPLACEMENTS: in which the uterus, which is actually slung or suspended in the centre of the pelvic cavity on ligaments, strong bands of fibrous tissue, may bend or change its position, tilt, if its own muscle is flabby, or if the ligaments contract or stretch.

Each displacement is given a separate name. To be bent forwards is called ANTEFLEXION, to tilt forwards is called ANTEVERSION, and corresponding rearward displacements are called ANTEVERSION, and RETROVERSION. Downward displacement is called PROLAPSE, which in severe cases may actually protrude well into, or even out of the vagina, although mainly it happens to overweight older women in whom the ligaments which support the womb have been already damaged during childbirth.

The symbolic meaning of the womb is straightforward, although perhaps difficult to understand/assimilate spiritually because of different levels involved. The womb receives the fertilised egg, which sinks into it, and develops there. A simple statement? IS THIS A SIMPLE STATEMENT????

For me, this has become a KEY statement. With this ‘key’ we can unlock understanding of the human condition and dilemma. ‘New’ life comes into being as a result of the FUSION between the symbols of the MALE and FEMALE generating power. This fusion is naturally the result of SEXUAL INTERCOURSE in most cases – this is ‘Nature’s Way’ of doing things, generally propelled in my own experience by SEXUAL DESIRE, which as has often been observed, is a strong motivating force in males. I do not intend or presume to speak for women in this, OK girls?

‘LOVE’ is, of course, a difficult issue. In retrospect, trying to assess my own experiences with this subject of subjects, leads me to believe that up till now I have usually more or less completely confused love with sexual desire, which always led me to project my fantasies on a suitably attractive female target, sorry girls…. In a selfish way which did not allow me to see the person whom I was projecting on, PROPERLY…. IF AT ALL!!!!

Subsequently, I have begun to learn a lot more about trying to allow those people to whom I am attracted to be themselves, and not desperately trying to insist that they conform with my fantasy projections.

We are far more emotionally conditioned than we probably realise. The continuum/social conditioning/programming does not ALLOW us to look too clearly at the interaction/symbiosis which takes place between parents, particularly mothers, and small children. We are not allowed/do not like to look too closely at the TOTAL DEPENDENCE/TOTAL INTERDEPENDENCE situation.

We are in the position in which our parents emotional mind-set is induced/projected on to us CONSTANTLY. This ‘reality’ of the so-called ‘separate’ ego which they project onto us and get us to agree with, is only a DESCRIPTION of ‘reality,’ one possible version of events, one way of looking at the way we perceive LIFE.

They give this version of events to us because it was what was given to them, and the less they have actually examined it themselves, the MORE likely they are to (fearfully) INSIST that we, as their children, MUST FAITHFULLY AGREE WITH IT.

In ‘THE LUNGS’ section introduction above we somewhat discussed the differences between EMOTIONS, FEELING and THINKING. I want to repeat that our EMOTIONS are the reactions, mostly dreadfully insecure, between this ego-projection we have agreed to, and the inner and outer events we/it perceives happening to us in life. The reason that the ego is the way that is, is simply because it is an arrangement of energy, a kind of artificial division or statement, set of statements, without discipline, focus, or strength.

IT HAS NO OBJECTIVE REALITY AT ALL. If we insist on ‘running’ our lives according to this funny set of rules, and are not prepared to examine its validity very carefully, we are going to have a lot of trouble with it.

If we then project our unsatisfied needs onto an equally deluded, unsatisfied member of the opposite sex, under biological and social/continuum pressures, to begin with, it is liable to be a confused chaotic mess, until we start doing some serious work with it. And what a shame, because the crest-jewel, the unlimited opportunity, the whirling rainbow, the infinite galactic bank account… every gosh-darned tootin’ thing you every wanted is contained therein. (the crest-jewel is (of course) DISCRIMINATION)

In the esoteric native American traditions much emphasis is put on the power of the womb – it is understood that women are better practitioners and stronger than men, precisely because of the magic and mystery of the womb – the automatic connection to the life power which is MUCH more difficult for men, who are more easily distracted and seduced by the projections of the ego-intellect.

However, this is RELATIVE.

So, back to the symbolic symptoms, if the womb is damaged or displaced, then it is much more difficult, if not IMPOSSIBLE to conceive and develop the inner child-fusion of the male and female sides.

‘I MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE, DEVELOP AND GIVE BIRTH TO MY CONSCIOUS INNER CHILD, (ESPECIALLY) BECAUSE I’M AFRAID.’

INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB: is the most common condition, and is divided into

ENDOMETRITIS: (metra is Greek for ‘womb’) inflammation of the mucous membrane, or simply and much less frequently,

METRITIS: in which the muscular wall of the uterus is affected. If the soft thick mucous membranes which line and lubricate the womb are inflamed, then there will be mucus discharge, see LEUCORRHEA above. The ENDOMETRIUM is the mucous membrane lining. Endometritis is a general term, which from our point of view clearly illustrates the conflict with the ability and need to conceive, bear, develop and eventually deliver the INNER CHILD. We need to carefully pinpoint our exact attitudes.

The womb and its enormous capacity for stretching and expansion PERFECTLY SYMBOLISE and ENCAPSULATE THE MEANING of the central part of the process of ‘GIVING BIRTH TO MYSLEF CONSCIOUSLY.’ The female ‘OWNS THE METAPHOR,’ if you like. Us poor men have to understand, and then make this process REAL in our lives, and the only way to accomplish this, or even to head in its direction, is with and through the agency of a conscious woman/woman. Fortunately we are REQUIRED to FERTILISE the process.

If the wall of the womb is affected, the conflict goes deeper. It is often associated with MISCARRIAGE, or SPONTANEOUS ABORTION, in which the F(O)ETUS, the developing baby in the womb is ejected before it has developed for 28 weeks, usually too early to survive, or with difficult or complicated childbirth.

‘I HAVE GREAT DIFFICULTY GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY,’ or, ‘THE CONFLICT IS SO GREAT THAT I REJECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY INNER CHILD, AND WANT TO BE/GET RID OF IT.’

FIBROIDS: (FIBROMA/FIBROMYOMA) are the most common tumour of any sort in any part of the body, non-malignant, i.e. not cancerous, which may appear at any time between puberty and menopause, (cessation of MENSTRUATION.) although most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 35 and 45.

They grow in the tissue (FIBROUS TISSUE) of the muscle fibres in the walls of the womb, single large ones, or scattered small ones, ranging in size from small seed to several pounds/kilo plus in weight. The tissue is similar to that of the womb muscle fibres.

Again, (sigh)oh dear arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh medicine doesn’t understand why, but they are much more common in women who have never given birth than those who have. How fibroids will affect a woman depends very much on the location and size. Many cases will not be noticed at all. As with DISPLACEMENT above, a large fibroid may cause the womb to press on other organs, particularly the BLADDER, (see above) and interfere with its function.

Symptoms may include irregular MENSTRUATION (see above) accompanied by heavy bleeding, longer periods than usual, make conception difficult or impossible, make urination (pissing) more frequent, or block it. (RETENTION, DISORDERS OF THE BLADDER above) There may be pain, but it is not such a noticeable feature as with other conditions.

All in all, it should be easy to see how involved we are here with the metaphor of GROWTH – ‘INNER GROWTH.’ ‘INNER GROWTH IN THE AREA (the womb) IN WHICH THE (SYMBOLIC) INNER CHILD SHOULD DEVELOP.’ (AND GROW TO THE POINT OF ‘BEING BORN.’) LITERALLY ‘GROWTH AT THE WRONG LEVEL.’

If we are not developing the conscious inner child/preparing to give birth to MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY ENOUGH, this much is clear. We can moan and complain, but no matter our cries of ‘why me?’ and ‘IT’S NOT FAIR,’ LIFE does not necessarily accept our pleas of IGNORANCE as a GOOD EXCUSE.

Obviously part of the PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS for the female side/for a woman INVOLVES the symbolic CONSCIOUS FERTILISATION by HER/INNER MALE SIDE/A CONSCIOUS MALE PARTNER/MAN. If the different levels of this need for conscious growth are neglected, then life is simply letting us KNOW, and kindly too, by not showing us the so-called ‘MALIGNANT’ form of all to frequent WOMB CANCER. (see below)

So find your CONSCIOUS INNER and OUTER MALE SIDE, girls. DO NOT DELAY!!! That is why fibroids tend to make their presence known between the ages of 35 and 45, especially in women who have not given birth. It is because they have neglected, or are trying to AVOID the actual MEANING and/or REASONS for being FEMALE/IN A FEMALE BODY.

I have’cured’ fibroids.

Painful and irregular menstruation (see above) brings our attention EVERY MONTH to the fact that we are not giving enough attention to, and not feeling enough of the FERTILISATION/GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT between our INNER MALE and INNER/OUTER MALE, and INNER/OUTER FEMALE SIDES… another month, in other words, ‘IN WHICH I HAVE NOT BEGUN THE INNER GROWTH PROCESS. MY INNER/OUTER MALE AND FEMALE HAVE NOT BECOME INTIMATE – MY INNER CHILD/GROWTH POTENTIAL HAS NOT BEEN FERTILISED.’

Our anxious awareness of the calendar, the passing days shows us the calendar, the hourglass of our lives, more days, months, years going by IN WHICH WE DO NOT TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE OF THE INNER GROWTH PROCESS/GIVING BIRTH TO OURSELVES CONSCIOUSLY. There is an obvious analogue (comparison) between MENSTRUATION anxiety in those who either desperately DO – or DO NOT want to conceive children in the NORMAL WORLD, with our INNER SPERM/EGG, (FERTILISATION) FOETAL DEVELOPMENT, CONSCIOUS BIRTH – CONSCIOUS LIFE etc. process.

There are quite a few traditions which believe, and clearly state that we do not automatically have a ‘SOUL’ unless we consciously create one through EFFORT. Another way of looking at this would be that we have automatic BUT NOT CONSCIOUS access to the SOUL/PSYCHIC SPIRITUAL PROCESS, (in this world) and that the CONSCIOUS ALCHEMICAL UNION/WEDDING BETWEEN OUR MALE AND FEMALE SIDES AT ALL LEVELS is a LARGE PART OF, and VITAL, INTEGRAL, NECESSARY TO THIS PROCESS.

Amen Awoman Allwomen Alone ALLONE.

(C.G.Jung’s ‘PSYCHOLOGY AND ALCHEMY’ is a very good book to follow up this direction of thought with. (BOLLINGEN SERIES 44. Try a library)

In view that the colour RED, and BLOOD generally being outside the BODY represent CONFLICT, and the ESCAPE OF LIFE/FEELING symbolically, (and in dreams) it is possible to infer that the menstruation process may ILLUSTRATE this process SUPREMELY, and that under conditions of GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF/YOURSELF/OURSELVES CONSCIOUSLY, it may change, cease, or become something else entirely, in a process like METAMORPHOSIS, in which a caterpillar becomes a BUTTERFLY. WE MAY BECOME ANGELS. The thing is, we must go through the consciousness process, ‘GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY, FROM ‘FERTILISATION’ – TO WHATEVER THE ‘MATURE’ CONSCIOUS STATE TURNS OUT TO BE.’

‘Evolution’ of the menstruation process, if I have understood it correctly, will keep pace with PSYCHIC-SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION. If we bring the energy of our INTENT and our ATTENTION regularly, consciously to bear on the situation, it is like any other form of EXERCISE. It changes US, as well as the situation, making us stronger and fitter.

So now we are considering the whole area of ‘INTIMACY BETWEEN THE INNER MALE AND FEMALE PARTS OF OURSELVES.’ If we think about it, it will be obvious that it is one of the major learning tasks of life in this world, expressed as it is in these terms of POLARITY. It is placed before us as a major puzzle. The AUTOMATIC QUESTION is, of course, ‘DO WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO (TRY TO)SOLVE IT?’

‘CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO?’

VAGINA: is the muscular passageway between the narrow ‘neck’ of the WOMB (see UTERUS/WOMB above) or CERVIX, and the VULVA, which is the general term for the ‘external’ female genitals. ‘Vulva’ incidentally, is Latin for ‘womb.’ It is normally 4-5 in., 10-13cm. Long, lined with mucous membrane. It is entered by the male PENIS (see above) during SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, and surrounds it, acting as a sheath, receiving SEMEN in the upper vagina during EJACULATION. (see above) For CONCEPTION/FERTILISATION to take place, the SPERMS must make their way through the CERVIX and the WOMB to encounter the OVUM, the FEMALE EGG CELL, in the FALLOPIAN TUBES/OVIDUCT.

During CHILDBIRTH the vagina becomes the lowest part of the birth canal, and stretches to many times its normal size to allow the baby to come out.

The URETHRA, the passage for exit of urine from the BLADDER, (see above) opens into the VULVA (see below) just in front of the vagina.

DISORDERS OF THE VAGINA

DISCHARGE: it is not abnormal for there to be a slight discharge from the vagina. It will be clear, and not smell too strong. It may increase at the time of ovulation. (see MENSTRUATION above) if it is thick, yellow or white, with a strong or unpleasant smell, it may be LEUCORRHOEA, (see above) which is not a disease, but the SYMPTOM of an infection of the genital tract. (see DISORDERS OF THE UTERUS/METRITIS above) Like any other infection there will tend to be products of the infection: increased mucus from the inflamed membranes, dead cells, pus etc.

VAGINITIS: inflammation of the vagina is fairly common. Symptoms may include itching, burning and increased DISCHARGE. (see above, also LEUCORRHOEA)

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS: ‘TRICHO’ is a PROTOZOA, (see MALARIA above)

One of a group of single cell organisms, which although common in soil and water are relatively rare in human beings.

It is present quite normally in the vaginas of nearly half the female population without causing symptoms. It becomes pathogenic (disease-causing) under certain circumstances, causing inflammation and discharge, and is classed as VAGINITIS. (see above)

THRUSH: CANDIDA ALBICANS: CANDIDIASIS/MONILIASIS/YEASTS: Candida is described as the most common fungal infection. It is one of the quite large number of organisms which live on or in us without causing symptoms. While here are no symptoms, they are called ‘COMMENSALS.’ (from Latin ‘cum mensa – at the same table.’)

Like TRICHOMONAS above, it tends to present symptoms of itching and vaginal discharge (LEUCORRHOEA, see above) particularly when ‘resistance is low.’ It is quite common with people on prolonged courses of antibiotics, and those whose ‘immune systems’ (see THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM, below) are under severe strain, especially HIV/AIDS sufferers and those on immunosuppressive drugs.

It is more correctly called ‘THRUSH’ when it is found in the mouth, not the vagina, although use of the slang term does continue.

Sexually transmitted diseases such as GONORRHOEA (see below) often present vaginitis as a symptom. Because TRICHOMONAS spreads from person, to person, usually during SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, being associated with URETHRITIS and PROSTATITIS (see both above) in male partners, VAGINITIS can also be considered an STD, and needs to be carefully diagnosed.

To add insult to injury, as we say in English, commensal fungi like CANDIDA are often kept in balance by commensal bacteria. The ANTIBIOTICS so frequently used to treat VENEREAL infections kill or suppress the bacteria, and the fungi can spread without restraint.

Whether we call it sexually transmitted (STD) or not, we are talking CONFLICT IN THE VAGINA. Native american medicine women, Jungian analysts and others, say more or less the same thing, that women ‘have forgotten how to yield.’ In other words that women are literally in conflict with femininity itself, the female pole or power and its necessarily RECEPTIVE nature. This receptivity is EXPRESSED in the female body, and particularly in the SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, and most particularly the womb, which must expand and stretch thousands of times to accommodate the growing foetus, ‘GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF.’ (unconsciously)

The VAGINA accepts, or must accept CONSCIOUSLY the penis, the SYMBOL of male generative power. To do this fully, of course, means ultimately to understand that there is no seperation between the male and female power, that they are complementary aspects of the same being within us and OUTSIDE, EXTERNALISED, (externus is Latin for ‘outside) and that we are being ’educated’ thus here in the sphere of human/sexual relationships at the external ‘symbolic’ level – THAT IT HAS AN OUTER AND INNER MEANING, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT. THE DO NOT MEAN, HOWEVER THAT YOU HAVE TO LET STUPID MEN WALK ALL OVER YOU!

If we do not have the outer meaning of sexuality we will be confused, lonely, and afraid of the other sex. If we do not have the inner meaning of sexuality we will be UNSATISFIED unless we can convince ourselves ‘that this is all there is,’ and FRIGHTENED because we do not understand the powerful movements of energy, the ‘meaning’ of life. We should carefully examine our relationships with our parents, but most particularly the parent of the other (‘opposite’) sex, because this is where we get our models from.

We need to stop trying to enact/re-enact our parents relationship models IF THEY DON’T WORK, but we need to look at them very closely to be sure of what they ARE (or were)

So ‘CONFLICT IN/WITH THE VAGINA ‘ means ‘I AM IN CONFLICT WITH MY/THE FEMALE ROLE/NATURE. I DO NOT ACCEPT MY OUTER/INNER PHYSICALLY EXPRESSED ‘RECEPTIVE’ ROLE IN RELATION(SHIP) TO/WITH THE INNER AND OUTER MALE. I DO NOT ACCEPT THE REALITY AND TRUE NATURE OF THE FEMALE POWER IN (MY) LIFE.’

In the case of TRICHOMONIASIS/THRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS we can transfer or resonate this conflict between partners.

The symbol of HETEROSEXUAL (SEXUAL) INTERCOURSE (‘Hetero’ is Greek for ‘different/other.’) means ‘TO BECOME UNITED WITH/ONE WITH (INTIMATE IN THE SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING THOROUGHLY) THE OTHER PART/POLE OF MYSELF, COMPLETING MY STATE OF POLARITY.’

This completion symbolically FERTILISES the FEMALE/HUMAN POTENTIAL, causing the female to ‘GIVE BIRTH TO THE INNER (SPIRITUAL) CHILD – I.e. CONSCIOUSLY.’

The female must take her responsibility for ensuring that the male she invites/allows to enter her internally and externally is aware of his role in the conscious process/alchemical wedding, fertilising and fathering THE INNER (SPRIRITUAL) CHILD OF BOTH OF THEM/US. The lack of this knowledge and understanding simply leads to having (unconsciously conceived) external children, and the POPULATION EXPLOSION worldwide which frightens so many people.

The conscious male must surrender to the female power of surrender.

THE VULVA: the external female genitals. The vulva is enclosed by 2 folds of skin, the LABIA (Latin for ‘lips’) MAJORA and MINORA. (greater and lesser lips) The inner folds – the labia minora – meet in front of the CLITORIS, a small sensitive organ of erective tissue, which projects just below the pubic bone, where the labia meet. Like the penis, it engorges, fills with blood, enlarges and gets harder when the woman is sexually excited, although unlike the penis (see PENIS above) it is not a part of the URINARY TRACT. The opening of the URETHRA (which is of much shorter length than in men, see above) is just behind the CLITORIS. The VAGINA opening is just behind the urethral opening.

A thin membrane called the HYMEN (personified as the Greek and Roman god of Marriage) usually partially encloses the vaginal opening of a young girl or woman who has not had sexual intercourse. (or anything else stuck in it) (‘hymen’ is Greek for ‘membrane’)

FEMALE CIRCUMCISION: involves cutting off the CLITORIS, and is a horrific practice of no benefit whatsoever, except to those who may feel a need to torture, degrade, humiliate and control women. This FEAR of the power of female sexuality speaks for itself.

VULVITIS/VULVO-VAGINITIS: the first being inflammation of the VULVA alone, the second being inflammation of the vulva and vagina. (see DISORDERS OF THE VAGINA/VAGINITIS above)

Simple things like lack of attention to hygiene, and consequent contamination of faeces (shit) and urine (piss) may lead to inflammation of the vulva, as may ‘allergic’ reactions (see ASTHMA above) to things like detergents and ‘medicines.’ Over-tight fitting underwear is said to be a possible cause. Or synthetic materials.

Either way, it is called VULVO(-)VAGINITIS if the vagina is affected as well as the VULVA, and common symptoms are itching and burning. There may be reddening and swelling, ranging from mild to severe, and if it continues, there may be abscesses in the surrounding areas.

It is said to be more common in young girls than in older women, and possibly signify infection in the vagina, ‘or some other part of the body.’ Ha, bloody ha!

Firstly, if ‘young girls’ are not sexually active, or even sexually mature, then the subject of fertilisation, fertility, and the conscious union of the male and female power, alchemical wedding, giving ‘birth to myself consciously’ etc., does not directly concern them, at least, not in OUR kind of society/culture, anyway. Several things are quite likely, however.

The first thing to consider is what the family attitudes to sex, sexuality are in general, and then the attitudes towards femininity in particular, especially the mother’s attitude towards her own sex, the value of being a woman, how well the female role is understood, and so on. If mother’s have a negative attitude to sex, then this will certainly affect their daughters.

Hygiene in the sense of washing means ‘bringing the psyche, the inner process into contact.’ Faeces and urine are symbolically ‘THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS/THE INPUT FROM THE ASSIMILATION PROCESS WHICH ‘I’ (THE EGO-BODY) CANNOT INCORPORATE.’ Put the two together and we HAVE TO look at the PSYCHIC CIRCUMSTANCES/PSYCHIC-SPIRITUAL HEALTH of the people around the sufferer concerning sex/sexuality/surrender/young female vulnerability.

Allergies are extremely interesting, (read ASTHMA carefully) In the case of ’allergy to detergents’, I immediately begin to think of the ’FEMALE GENITALS AS DIRTY’ model. It is a very short step to ’SEX IS HORRIBLE, UGLY AND DIRTY. THE HUMAN BODY IS HORRIBLE, UGLY, DIRTY AND DEGRADING, BEING A WOMAN IS HORRIBLE, UGLY, DIRTY AND DEGRADING, I HATE IT AND AM IN CONSIDERABLY IN CONFLICT WITH IT.’

Clothing symbolically states ’COVER-UP.’ The idea of ’cover-up’ reinforces the idea that something either should be hidden, or IS being HIDDEN, NEEDS TO BE HIDDEN!!!! If the cover-ups to the female genitalia, bottom, anus etc. are far too tight, THEN THEY SHOULD BE LOOSENED. (or even removed completely to let a little light and air in on what is obviously an EMBARASSING subject.)

‘VARYING DEGREES OF CONFLICT ABOUT BEING A WOMAN/THE FEMALE ROLE/FEMALE SEXUALITY.’ The female genitalia are what more obviously differentiate little girls from little boys!!! If the VAGINA is also involved, (see above) we are obliged to look more deeply into things.

‘DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY! (GOD (a male god) WILL PUNISH YOU.’

’LIFE IS HORRIBLE AND YOU’D BETTER BELIEVE IT!!! (or I’ll punish you)

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES(male/female): now a certain kind of person genuinely does see these as being a punishment from GOD!

GONORRHEA: is the most common sexually transmitted disease, about 200 million cases a year worldwide, according to World Health Organisation statistics. (WHO) It has been a well-known disease historically. The bacteria known as the ‘gonocus,’ Neisseria gonorrhoeae, identifies the condition, being found in urethral discharge in males about a week after infection.

The mucous membranes of the URETHRA in males, and the VAGINA in females (see both above) become infected/inflamed. The infection may spread to other parts of the body. The symptoms show more strongly in men than women, with possibly more than half those women infected not presenting symptoms at all, and possibly being unaware that they have the disease, and are infecting or reinfecting their sexual parther(s).

In males, there is discomfort in the urethra after the incubation period, between 2 and 10 days. (the medical literature varies on the length.) There is quite likely to be a burning pain when urinating, (pissing) with a sticky or thick yellow-white or yellow-green discharge from the penis. This discharge of pus is sometimes called ‘GLEET,’ which also describes a state of CHRONIC gonorrhoea.

If the infection spreads to the PROSTATE GLAND, (see above) urination may be painful and difficult. If the BLADDER becomes infected (see above) there may be CYSTITIS. (see above) The TESTICLES may be affected, (see above) with infection of the EPIDIDYMIS and SPERMATIC CORD or DUCT, (vas deferens) which may lead to STERILITY, the inability of the male to father children.

The glands in the groin may enlarge, and produce pus. (SUPPURATE) The urine may be cloudy and contain threads of pus which are quite visible.

Later on, if the infection becomes CHRONIC, the inflamed URETHRA may develop fibrous tissue, which both contracts and constricts the urethra. This narrows the passage of urine, and may block it altogether. This is called a STRICTURE. (see CYSTITIS above)

Inflammation may spread to joints, the wrist, elbow, ankle and knee being most commonly affected, and may lead to ‘permanent stiffness.’ Connective tissue in other parts of the body may become inflamed and more fibrous, producing LUMBAGO, pain from swollen tissue in the lower back, or pain in the feet.

Occasionally there may be blood poisoning, inflammation of the valves of the HEART, (RHEUMATIC FEVER, VALVULAR HEART DISEASE, ENDOCARDITIS, see above) and ABSCESSES, collections of pus in different parts of the body.

If infected tissue gets into the eyes, a severe form of bacterial CONJUNCTIVITIS may result. Newborn babies were often blinded by a type of this, received while passing through their mother’s infected birth canal. (OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM)

Women are affected differently from men. The symptoms may appear later, and/or the woman may be unaware of being affected at all. There may be a yellow vaginal discharge, painful/burning urination, possible inflammation of BARTHOLIN’S GLANDS, small glands either side of the vagina which help lubricate the vulva.

The most serious problems come with the spread of the disease deep into the GENITO-URINARY system. The inflammation changes the structure of the tissues of the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, and the womb, (see above) through the Fallopian tubes. Abscesses of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes are especially dangerous in this context.

‘Conflict in the penis and the vagina.’ By now, if you have been following our line of thought, it should start to be getting obvious.

Sexuality itself, and the act of sexual intercourse in particular, represent the phase of INTIMACY, THE UNITING OF COMPLEMENTARY PARTS, (so-called ‘opposites’) THE ‘COMING-TOGETHER’ (excuse the pun) phrase of the UNITING OF THE MALE AND FEMALE GENERATIVE POWER(S) CONSCIOUSLY IN ORDER TO ‘GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF (A NEW LEVEL OF BEING) CONSCIOUSLY.’

In Western esoteric/cultural symbolism, this is known as ‘THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING.’ The human sexual process is a METAPHOR for this stage of the EVOLUTION, or GREATER REAL-EYES-ATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

In India, whole temples and temple complexes are ‘decorated’ with exotic ‘erotic’ sculptures expressing the union of male and female principle. The symbolic ‘YONI-LINGAM’ representing the same union, but sculpted as a simple pillar with a rounded top, emerging from or penetrating stylised female genitals, can be seen everywhere.

The Native American red stone medicine pipe has exactly the same symbolism when the bowl is joined with the stem. These ‘cultural interpretations’ of the same gigantic idea are in no way accidental. They point out that other peoples and cultures are and have been VERY AWARE of these issues.

GONORRHEA shows how much we are ‘IN CONFLICT WITH INTIMACY BETWEEN OUR FEMALE AND MALE SIDES, AND HOW FAR THIS CONFLICT WILL EXTEND IF IT CONTINUES UNCHECKED. (becomes chronic) IT STARTS OFF SHOWING ME HOW PAINFUL I FIND IT TO LET GO OF MY FEELINGS AND ALLOW THE PSYCHIC PROCESS TO PASS THROUGH ME IN A PROPER (CONSCIOUS) WAY.

IT CAN SPREAD TO SHOW ME THAT IT EXTENDS TO ‘THE INNER HEART’ OF MY FEELINGS, CONFLICT IN THE CENTRE OF MY FEELINGS….

CONFLICT AT THE CENTRE ….. FINALLY THIS CONFLICT MAY DAMAGE OR DESTROY MY ABILITY TO GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF. (CONSCIOUSLY)….. OR EVEN KILL ME.’

It is especially clear that women/THE FEMALE SIDE have to be extra aware, because of the danger of/from abscesses/peritonitis in the OVARIES and FALLOPIAN TUBES. (see above)

‘MY CONFLICT WITH THE FEMALE GENERATING POWER IS SO EXTREME THAT IT POISONS/CAN DESTROY ‘ME.’ (the ego-body) THE CONFLICT ABOUT INTIMACY WITH THE MALE SIDE BRINGS THIS UP.’

Also the eye infection or blindness of newborn babies tells us how strongly we are avoiding looking at the conflict. ‘I BLIND (OR RISK BLINDING) MY OWN CHILD PART. (THE CHILD ‘IN MYSELF’ IS BLINDED.) THIS MAY ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPING PARTS OF MYSELF ‘ARE UNABLE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.’’

How important is it to us to avoid looking, blinding our development?

NON-SPECIFIC GENITAL INFECTION/NON-SPECIFIC URETHRITIS/NSU: we already touched on NSU in URETHRITIS. (see above) The symptoms are more or less the same as NSU, and also similar to GONORRHOEA, (see above) and tend to be shown by men much more than woman, although they are definitely transferred between the sexes.

There are different types of micro-organism associated with NSU, and although CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS is identified in many cases, it is still uncertain whether viruses (see COMON COLD, INFLUENZA above, AIDS/HIV, IMMUNE SYSTEM below) or other ‘organisms’ such as MYCOPLASMA, which differ from BACTERIA in lacking a cell wall, are involved.

In males, damage to the PROSTATE GLAND and EPIDIDYMIS may ensue, as with GONORRHOEA, and the danger of STERILITY. In females, there is danger of so-called ‘PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE,’ acute or chronic general infection of the reproductive system, OVARIES, FALLOPIAN TUBES, and/or UTERUS/WOMB, (see all above) which also may result in sterility. The infection may spread from an infection of some other organ, or be carried by the bloodstream. There is also the same danger, as with GONORRHOEA, that the eyes of newborn infants may be affected at birth. (OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM) There is also risk of an ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. ‘EPTOPIC’ simply means ‘not in the usual place,’ I.e. outside the womb.

ECTOPIC pregnancies mainly happen in the Fallopian tubes, and are dangerous. Occasionally they happen in other parts of the reproductive system. The symptoms of pain, swelling on one side, and vaginal bleeding, will not show for a couple of months.

‘I FRUSTRATE THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MY ‘INNER CHILD’ BY PLACING THE RESULTS OF MY (UNCONSCIOUS) FUSION WITH MY (EXTERNALISED) MALE SIDE IN A PLACE WHERE IT/I CANNOT GROW AND DEVELOP PROPERLY, WILL CAUSE ME IMMENSE PAIN, LITERALLY TEARING ME (THE PLACE OF UNION AND FERTILISATION) APART.

The Fallopian tube is the place where FERTILISATION normally takes place, and is also the normal channel, the communicating link between THE CREATIVE FEMALE SELF-GENERATING POWER AND THE PLACE OF GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, EXPANSION WITHIN. To try to grow a child there is to ‘deliberately’ hold back the (unconscious) growth process, but EVEN MORE UNCONSCIOUSLY.

Back to ‘NSU:’ If MEN show the symptoms of the CONFLICT more than women, then we have to accept that WOMEN HIDE THESE CONFLICTS ‘BETTER’ than men, because it is established that the infection is passed between partners during sexual intercourse, the main symbol of INTIMACY BETWEEN THE (MY) MALE AND FEMALE SIDE(S), ‘THE ATTEMPT TO UNITE THE MALE AND FEMALE GENERATING POWERS AT THE ‘PHYSICAL’ LEVEL….. IN ORDER TO GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF – CONSCIOUSLY OR……(usually) UNCONSCIOUSLY.’

I think that the fact that male genitals are outside the rest of the body, (the ego-body, ‘ME’) illustrates MALE VULNERABILITY symbolically. Our MALE SYBOLS are ON SHOW, and we are literally more EASILY HURT, no matter what MACHO stances we may take. Anyone who gets kicked ‘in the balls,’ or gets the skin of his penis caught in a zip, will tell you what if feels ‘to be directly hit in the centre of the MALE GENERATIVE POWER.’ The inner meaning is just the same.

‘WOMEN ARE STRONGER, MORE (literally) INTERNALISED THEN MEN.’

Again, in NSU there is the risk of STERILITY to both women and men, ‘THE LOSS OF MALE AND FEMALE GENERATIVE POWER. WE STILL MAY LOOK THE SAME, BUT WE HAVE LOST OUR INTERNAL CREATIVE POWER, THE ABILITY TO GIVE BIRTH TO OURSELVES UNCONSCIOUSLY/CONSCIOUSLY.’ If we lose this, symbolically we have lost the reason for being in these bodies at all. We are unable to make spiritual progress.

In addition to the risk of blindness to the newborn, (see GONORRHOEA above) there is also the risk of lung infection/PNEUMONIA. (see above)

SYPHILIS: first described in an epidemic (widespread outbreak) among French troops at the Siege of Naples, Italy (1494/5, and subsequently associated with soldiers/armed forces, to the extent that during World War 1 in Europe, (1914-18) it has been estimated that 1 in 4 of all soldiers were infected with SYPHILIS or GONORRHOEA. (see above)

There is an incubation period, but the literature again differs considerably on the length – ‘a few days, 4 days, 9 days, 10-90 days, an ‘average 4 weeks,’’ etc. Then a ‘CHANCRE’ appears, ‘a hard sore’ or ulcer, which has hard tissue round and under it. (‘chancre’ is the same word as ‘cancer,’ from Latin) This lasts for a few weeks, and then clears up.

The sore is called the ‘primary sore,’ and may be extremely red and inflamed, although generally painless, or it may be hardly noticeable. SYPHILIS is divided into 2 types, ‘congenital’ (or hereditary – passed on from mother) or ‘ACQUIRED,’ I.e. mostly through sexual contact.

The ACQUIRED type is divided into 3 stages, ‘primary, secondary, tertiary,’ (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) although sometimes the 2^nd and 3^rd stages are not clearly separate, or the 3^rd stage is absent.

The chancre is usually on the genitals, at the ‘site of infection,’ the penis, or vaginal labia, but may be on the lips, or some other part of the skin. It resists any attempt to heal it. A few days after the appearance of the chancre, the surrounding LYMPH GLANDS swell up, as the body tries to come to grips with the infection, and later the rest of the lymph glands swell up. (see THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM below) After several weeks the sore clears up, and the swollen glands go down.

The secondary stage begins ‘7-10 weeks’/about 2 months after the initial infection, with a rash which is spread over the body, but is most visible on the chest, along with the general symptoms of a fever, high temperature, lack of appetite, aches and pains.

(some sources say thed secondary stage, as well as the primary stage, SYPHILIS is very infectious. There may be sores in the mouth and on the genitals. Some cases are quite severe at this stage, with extensive ulceration, while other cases may just show the slight rash.

Eventually (when ‘untreated conventionally’) the second stage will end, and the TERTIARY or 3^rd stage set in, with damage to HEART, LIVER, BONES, or BRAIN. Rubbery hard tumours called ‘GUMMAS’ appear on the skin, in muscles, or in the bones, internal organs, brain or spinal cord. These tumours are not in themselves dangerous, but produce symptoms by interfering with the functions where they are situated. BLINDNESS, LOCOMOTOR AXIA, (also known as Tabes dorsalis, Latin for ‘wasting away of the back’) the characteristic lurching walk and inability to coordinate movements, due to the destruction of nerve fibres in the spinal cord. This means that the brain does not get information about what is happening in/to the body.

Another consequences of tertiary syphilis are ANEURISMS, widened, enlarged, and thus weakend ARTERIES, particularly the THORACIC AORTA, (chest arteries) the big-blood-vessel which carries blood from the left ventricle of the HEART to the whole body, (syphilis is the main association with this symptom) and STROKES, (see above) or APOPLEXY, in which the blood flow is cut off from the brain.

‘Congenital’ syphilis is much less common these days, but the sores of an infant sufferer are ‘highly infectious.’ This form of syphilis may affect the development of the child before birth, and lead to miscarriage, or stillbirth. (The child is born dead at full term.) Another variation is for the newborn child to present the first symptoms a couple of weeks after birth, as if it has gone straight to the SECONDARY stage of ACQUIRED syphilis.

The organism associated with syphilis is the TREPONEMA PALLIDUM bacteria, which is found in large numbers in the sores of the 1^st and 2^nd stages. Although ‘ACQUIRED’ syphilis is mostly transmitted via sexual intercourse, it can also be got from kissing an infected person. The bacteria is described as ‘having the ability to penetrate mucous membranes.’

Generally the skin itself is sufficient protection, the bacteria cannot pass through it, but if it is punctured by a surface wound, the bacteria from the sores of an infected person can get in. It is also known for cutlery, utensils, bedding, toilet and washing articles to be able to temporarily pass on the infection.

So what we have here is not strictly a venereal, or sexually transmitted disease. It is not breathed in. It is not only passed through sexual intercourse. It is a CONTACT condition, which passes through the boundaries of the ‘separate, individual’ human being through an ‘open wound’ of some sort. Even domestic articles, things which the infected person has touched can make the connection to a suitable subject.

Of course, sexually you have to open ‘intimately’ to another person simply to engage in the act of sexual intercourse, at least to a certain extent, physically. You have to intimately touch each other.

We should not miss the connection between the high percentage of soldiers with the disease, and inmates of ‘insane asylums.’ Being in the army under war conditions could easily be described, as Joseph Heller did in ‘CATCH 22,’ Kurt Vonnegut in ‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5,’ etc. as being in ‘insane asylums,’ under the management and orders of literal madmen. This was especially true in World War 1.

So the high levels associated with soldiers need for some kind of contact under these conditions, should not be too surprising. War is by definition a dehumanising process, as it involves killing or at least disabling the other side. So soldiers are specifically conditioned NOT to see the other side as human beings, which sets up a huge internal conflict, and as became very clear in Vietnam, for example, it gets very hard to know where to draw the line, to not begin to see EVERYONE as ‘less than human, objects to be used and discarded as need dictates.’

So, although the first sign of the condition often (but not always) appears on the genitals, it is mostly painless, and tells us that we have a ‘sore spot’ that we do not feel. Then the symptoms do not become the symptoms of a sexual desease/GENITO-URINARY disorder as such, but eventually become a (different) kind of GROWTH metaphor, which, like CANCER (see below) but not in quite the same way destroys the ego-body. (‘ME’)

‘I CONFUSE THE NEED FOR CONTACT/BEING IN TOUCH WITH OTHER PARTS OF MYSELF/WITH SEXUALITY.’

As we have seen above, the sexual process is a metaphor for CONSCIOUS GROWTH, ‘BECOMING INTIMATE WITH MY RELEVANT ‘OPPOSITE’ (COMPLEMENTARY) (MALE OR FEMALE) SIDE/GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY.’ It is all too easy to confuse the need for CONTACT, of being touched, to be in the same way as a small child needs warm human contact in the same way as a small child needs to be held and loved, cared for, with the GROWTH PROCESS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

THIS SERIOUS ‘CONFUSING OF THE LEVELS’ OF MEANING OF (HUMAN) LIFE PROCESSES always has important and drastic consequences. This is especially true with the sexually transmitted ‘virus’ conditions and IMMUNE DISORDERS, as we shall see below.

CANDIDIASIS/THRUSH/etc: see DISORDERS OF THE VAGINA above.

CYSTITIS: see DISORDERS OF THE BLADDER above.

TRICHOMONIASIS: see DISORDERS OF THE VAGINA above.

‘GENITAL’ HERPES: see HERPES SIMPLEX/COLD SORES (THE MOUTH) above. As we have seen, herpes simplex is described as an acute infectionus condition, which can occur at any part of the body in the skin or mucous membranes. In this case, all too common nowadays, the vesicles (the painful swellings which turn into fluid-filled blisters or ‘blebs’ – the same as ‘blob.’) are on the genitals, and/or close to the genitals of either sex. ‘I’ve got herpes,’ is something I hear quite frequently.

If we read ‘THE COMMON COLD/INFLUENZA/THYMUX above, IMMUNE SYSTEM/AIDS/HIV’ etc. below, we get rather a different picutre from the ‘medical model’ cause and effect version of reality. If we accept the ‘virus as information’ model, it is STUPID and VERY SHORT-SIGHTED to concentrate on the ‘EFFECTS’ of the information, and IGNORE THE MEANING!!!

The question then becomes, ‘what is the condition trying to tell me/us?’ if we read this whole section, I.e. the MALE and FEMALE GENITO-URINARY/SEXUAL/REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, more or less from the heading ‘THE PELVIS’ onward, there is quite a lot of information about the ‘meaning’ of SEXUALITY and the REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS.

The burning/stinging/itching ‘PRODROME’ (so-called, meands simply, ‘early or precursor symptoms’) tells us about the pain and irritation the sexual process is causing us. This is because we have OBJECTIFIED it, and do not understand that it is actually a ‘SPIRITUAL’ process, which we should not be at all careless about. Who our ‘partners’ are, and how they understand their lives, and what they are doing/trying to do with their lives is of PARAMOUNT importance. They are not merely objects for our ‘SEPARATE’ EGO and DESIRE GRATIFICATION. THEY ARE THE MIRROR WHICH SHOWS US OUR MISSING UNCONSCIOUS INNER SELF, personified in our mothers if we are male, and our fathers if we are women.

Our mothers show us their relationship with the male principle, and how they feel about themselves in their totality as EXPRESSIONS OF THE FEMALE. Our fathers vice versa. (the other way around) We need to understand what has actually HAPPENED in our families, FACE UP to it, TURN IT INTO A CONSCIOUS PROCESS, and (solve the puzzle) as far as possible, COMPLETE IT. If you do not understand what any of this means, ask me personally.

PERHAPS WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW DEEPLY OUR CONDITIONED IDEAS OF SEPARATION ACTUALLY GO. In actual fact, we have BOTH male and female energies within us, but our PHYSICAL bodies mainly express one sex/side or the other. This is ‘the puzzle you must solve.’

(For me, the English pop/rock group ‘SQUEEZE’ sum up my teenage South London school day angst in 2 songs, ‘NOW I’M REALLY ‘UP THE JUNCTION,’ and ‘ALL I GET IS BITTER AND THIS NASTY LITTLE RASH.’

(KOOL FOR KATS)(‘bitter’ is a pun on English beer)

English humour aside, (NEVER LOSE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR) the fluid filled blisters (vesicle in this case means a small bubble/collection of fluid in the outer layers of skin. (epidermis)) are serum, the watery part of the blood and LYMPH FLUID.

What this means is that ‘THE REPRESSED EMOTIONS, PUSHED AWAY FEELINGS COME TO THE SURFACE.’ (ANYWAY) WE ARE NOT PAYING THE PROPER, OR ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE/OUR PSYCHE, AND WHAT THIS PART OF OUR LIFE MEANS. As I have said frequently, it does not matter whether the other person, or any other person shows the symptoms or not, the ‘individual’ lesson is there for ME/US. Our IGNORANCE OF THE LAW is not an EXCUSE, in fact it is what the condition IS TELLING US.

LIFE AS A LEARNING PROCESS IS NOT ABOUT ‘GETTING AWAY WITH IT.’

Nobody ‘gets away with it,’ we just IMAGINE THAT THEY DO.

Nobody ‘gets away with it,’ we just IMAGINE THAT THEY DO.

Herpes may also affect the CORNEA or CONJUNCTIVA, (see EYES above) or the BRAIN, with MENINGITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANES SURROUNDING THE BRAIN, see below) occurring. If you think this is unlikely, it has made the life of my youngest brother difficult for about 15 years. However it was Roack and Roll and drugs one way oAND the other which finally killed him in 2005.

‘MY ATTITUDE TO THE SEXUAL PROCESS, MY BELIEF SYSTEMS ABOUT LIFE, MY WHOLE THINKING PROCESS IS IN SERIOUS CONFLICT.’

GENITAL WARTS: small ‘GROWTHS’ (THE NEED FOR GROWTH WITHIN – INNER GROWTH IN MY RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEXUAL PROCESS, ATTITUDES TO LIFE and SEXUALITY IN MY FAMILY) on the PENIS of LABIA.

‘DO I BELIEVE THAT INTIMACY BETWEEN THE MALE/FEMALE PARTS OF MYSELF IS DIRTY, UGLY, UNCLEAN, even SINFUL?’

Do not neglect the message. The ‘GROWTH’ issue is one of the ARCHETYPES, a foundation of our lives on ‘this planet at the PHYSICAL level.’ Little ‘growth’ messages can turn into BIG ONES!!!

Again, WARTS are described as a ‘VIRUS infection of the skin,’ (PAPOVAVIRUS, a group of ‘viruses) and anything to do with the skin can be looked at PRIMARILY as to do with the boundaries of the ego.

This book does not view us, the human race, as having truly INDIVIDUAL egos, but rather a GESTALT (an organised whole, inseperable, something we cannot split up in any real or practical sense, which is greater than the sum of its parts – try thinking about a car, an airplane, a cake) PSYCHIC COLLECTIVE which is induced and conditioned into each successive generation, based on the BELIEFS and VIEWPOINTS of each set of parents/caregivers. I/WE call the result the ‘CONTINUUM EGO.’ Make it conscious!!!!

AIDS: ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME:, and

HIV positive+): HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS: (allopathic version only below, take care!) have been recognised since 1981, when young men who were mostly homosexual began to present the symptoms of rare diseases and cancers, but often while appearing to be otherwise strong, fit, and healthy. The first groups were identified in the USA, but it was rapidly realised after that, that the symptoms had probably been observed in Africa back in the 1950s.

AIDS, or ‘full-blown AIDS,’ as it is sometimes called, is the late stage of HIV infection, (see THYMUS above – NOW) when the so-called ‘IMMUNE’SYSTEM (see below) falls to, or below a certain level, i.e. the number of certain kinds of cells, the ‘CD4+ or HELPER ‘T’ cell,’ fall below 200 per cubic millimetre of blood. At this point, the symptoms of AIDS appear.

HIV ‘positive, plus, or +’ means that tests on the blood or salvia of suspected affected ‘individuals’ show a ‘positive’ reaction, I.e. that they produce specific antibodies, which begin to be detectable ONLY between about 6 to 12 weeks after the presumed infection. A test carried out BEFORE this phase has developed, may well NOT show up ANYTHING, although the subject may actually be infected. So the timing of tests is IMPORTANT. The length of time during which the specific antibodies CANNOT be detected is called the ‘WINDOW.’

What the HIV actually does is to take over the CD4+/’HELPER ‘T’ CELL’ and convert it into a virus producing factory. The trouble is that HIV takes over the very cell which ‘manages and organises’ the response of the other cells which normally ‘deal with’ the ‘incoming virus.’ the virus clones/replicates thousands of copies of itself in the infected cell, which is destroyed, and the other cells which would deal with/interface with the virus don’t ‘notice what is happening.

BINGO! A collapsing ‘IMMUNE SYSTEM.’

75% do not show any immediate symptoms, the other 25% get something which resembles GLANDULAR FEVER (see above) during the same 6 to 12 week post-infection period, as the LYMPHATIC/IMMUNE systems react to the situation. This is called ‘SEROCONVERSION.’

The stage without showing symptoms (ASYMPTOMATIC) may last for years, but every time the CD4+/’HELPER ‘T’ CELLS’ come into action to deal with other, unrelated infections, the HIV process continues until the CD4+/ cell count gets so low that the sufferer starts to be susceptible to a whole range of ‘OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS,’ some of which are clear signs of AIDS.

‘Opportunistic infections’ means that because the ‘normal’ balance is disturbed, conditions which usually don’t cause us problems, which may naturally be present in our bodies, may suddenly appear as raging infections. Also that things which would normally be local ‘minor’ infections, become major, and much more widespread. (see ‘minor’ infections, become major, and much more widespread. (see THRUSH/COMMENSALS above) Because the CD4+ ‘management’ of the ‘immune’ system is being destroyed, we are just not able to deal with ‘normal’ any more.

The first recognised appearance of AIDS was because of unusual numbers of cases of the rare PROTOZOAL pneumonia (see PNEUMONIA, also TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS, MALARIA above) Pneumocystis carinii, PCP for short, and the previously rare skin cancer KAPOSI’S SARCOMA. (KS) (However it was more common in Africa, prior to 1981)

Persistent enlargement of the LYMPH GLANDS, (LYMPHADENITIS/LYMPHADENOPATHY) showing that the immune system is engaged with the virus, too much bleeding and bruising for insufficient visible evidence, (THROMBOCYTOPENIA) with purple spots or patches, white patches in the mouth, (LEUKOPLAKIA, careful with the spelling, not ‘Leucoplakia’ which means ‘white patches on the tongue’ as opposed to the mucous membranes of the mouth) excessive dandruff and scalp irritation, (SEBORRHOEA, chronic tiredness, fevers, night sweating, loss of weight, CANDIDA (see above) in the mouth, and so on, are signs that the condition is proceeding.

At certain lowered CD4+ levels, the sufferer has lost resistance to viruses, funguses, bacteria, protozoa, mycobacterium, (TUBERCULOSIS for example) and certain tumours, which are characteristic symptoms of AIDS. These include acute recurring HERPES infections, see above, generalised CANDIDIASIS, LUNG INFECTIONS, (PCP, CYTOMEGALOVIRUS) BACTERIAL DIARRHOEA, MENINGITIS, eye infections, RETINITIS, (see above) leading to progressive BLINDNESS Characteristic ‘FULL-BLOWN AIDS’ indicator symptoms which occur when the CD4+ ‘T’ CELL count has reached less than 50 per cubic millimetre, TEN TIMES LOWER THAN NORMAL, may include mild to severe DEMENTIA, the collapse of MENTAL FACULTIES, KAPOSI’S SARCOMA in the SKIN, and in the INTESTINES, with severe BLEEGIND, and tumours of the LYMPH GLANDS. (LYMPHOMA)

Most AIDS sufferers die, maybe quickly, maybe in 10 years or so. This is not a great surprise. It depends in part on how quickly the ‘immune system’ falls, but equally important in all major life and death situations is the PSYCHIC/PSYCHOLOGICAL question – whether and how much people are dying to oblige the beliefs, thought forms, fears and projections of DOCTORS. There is a special term, ‘IATROGENIC,’ for diseases which are ‘caused’ by doctors. (‘iatros’ is Greek for ‘physician’)

Doctors play a role equivalent to parents to small children in our society. People respect and fear them, wish to please them, and if doctors believe and FEAR a condition or situation themselves, this creates a WEIGHT, a movement of energy PSYCHICALLY which has an effect on those around them. In the USA, the saying is cynically, ‘Doctors are next to Godliness.’ Just having the letters MD after your name makes you a special person, and your wishes and whims MUST be carried out. People are literally dying to please ‘doctors.’

AIDS is not the ‘GAY PLAGUE’ of the popular newspapers, but in the case of homosexual men, who are a highly vilified and VISIBLE group, they were the first people to be noticed in the USA who fulfilled ‘the conditions’ for HIV/AIDS. Normal transmission is through SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, HETEROSEXUAL or HOMOSEXUAL, or by transferring infected ‘T’ cells directly in blood, through shaped needles of INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, BLOOD PRODUCTS etc. It is not a matter of casual contact at all.

‘T’ CELL means ‘THYMUS-derived.’ This means cells which the THYMUS organises and ‘trains,’ the very same ‘T’ CELL LYMPHOCYTES which form the ‘CELL-MEDIATED ARM OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM,’ the cells which perform the ‘immunological functions,’ as doctors/the medical world see it, but this book views differently.

THE TERRAIN VERSION:
So we have to REDEFINE: What are infections? Do viruses actually EXIST? And can they be transmitted across species or EVEN BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS?

NOT what people with vested interests are telling us is TRUE, but what the symptoms themselves are telling us.

We do not believe in CELL WARS, or the HOSTILE WORLD OUT TO GET US perspective. The immune system is NOT our defender in that sense, but rather our ABILITY to interface, to COMMUNICATE with LIFE at the MOCROSCOPIC LEVEL. IF WE HAVE LOST THIS ABILITY, and do not UNDERSTAND it, this is NOT AT ALL THE SAME as the ‘POOR ME, VICTIM CONSTANTLY UNDER THREAT’ version of reality.

The THYMUS is a key point or part of a dimension of our being which ‘medicine’ does not really recognise, and certainly DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.

Our ‘physical’ body represents the CONTINUUM EGO, the part of us which is a continuation of our family line PSYCHICALLY as well as ‘physically.’ Although it has been conditioned to see itself/myself as SEPARATE, it is actually a fully connected part of an INNER SPIRITUAL PROCESS which APPEARS as the PHYSICAL WORLD.

The THYMUS is what we can call THE ‘SPIRITUAL’ HEART, which includes our ability to LOVE, RESPECT, AND FEEL SECURE IN OUR LIVES. HIV/AIDS (and other ‘diseases’) INFORM us to what level we have ‘BROKEN OUR SPIRITUAL HEARTS,’ ignored, avoided, misunderstood the spiritual part of the FEELING PROCESSES in our lives. (see THE CHEST, HEART, LUNGS, and CIRCULATION, BLOOD DISORDERS, LUNG DISORDERS, above)

We have lost ‘touch’ with our place in nature. For many of us LIFE has become so artificial, so painfully un-natural that we just don’t understand ‘nature and natural’ any more. We have lost all respect for our inner lives and the sanctity of our own physical bodies, and those of others. Many people, including many homosexuals, have lost all connection to the process of CONSCIOUS GROWTH, INTIMACY and SEXUALITY – THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING – except in terms of the OBJECTIFICATION of sexual gratification as a goal.

‘JUNKIES’ have lost the perception of the sacredness of their own lives, and bodies as the ‘TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT’ in the CONSCIOUS LIFE PROCESS in their pursuit of ‘THE BIG FIX,’ the attempt to SHUT THE FEELINGS OFF, to STOP THE PAIN. LIFE HURTS TOO MUCH. I have discussed this with many of them since I was a teenager.

We simply do not understand what is going on, what kind of life we are actually ‘in’. Appearances maybe to the contrary, we need to understand that this world is about LOVE, a ‘school’ or ‘training place’ for the CONSCIOUS SPIRITUAL PROCESS. We are much, much more than ‘meat puppets.’ The THYMUS and ‘immune system’ function as a sort of index which show us how successful we are/have been in our interaction with the ‘SPIRITUAL – LOVE – PROCESS’ in our LIVES….LOVE LIFE – LOVE EACH OTHER – LOVE WHAT WE DO – WHOLE – HEARTEDLY, WITH OUR WHOLE HEART, WITH OUR WHOLE SOUL, WITH OUR WHOLE MIND….’and so on.

The sexual process between men and women is that process of TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS known as ‘the ALCHEMICAL WEDDING.’ The meaning and purpose of interaction between the sexes, sexual relations and intimacy is ‘TO GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY’ – to reach a new level of being. This is much more difficult for male homosexuals, especially because homosexual partners do not have a physical WOMB, the organ of TRANSFORMATION/TRANSFORMATION VESSEL/CRUCIBLE/WITCHES CAULDRON, in which the development process and huge expansion takes place.

As far as our physical growth and development is concerned, the largest leap in growth takes place in the WOMB, (UTERUS, see above) a growth factor of several THOUSAND TIMES, or SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND per cent. If a baby’s average growth from birth to adulthood were represented to the same scale, we would all be 4000 feet tall – 1200 metres. That’s how drastic a leap the metaphor represents.

‘I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO LOVE. I HAVE LITTLE OR NO VALUE/SELF WORTH. I DO NOT REGARD MY BODY AS SACRED – THE TEMPLE OF THE SPIRIT – IN ANY WAY.

I HAVE COMPLETELY LOST THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SEXUALITY AND MY INNER LIFE/GROWTH PROCESS. MY ABILITY FOR ALL SORTS OF GROWTH FAILS,’ (so I get all kinds of invasive growths at different levels.)

‘LIFE IS LOVE IS HEALTH IS WEALTH….’ or

‘I REGARD MYSELF, MY BODY, AND THOSE OF OTHERS AS MATERIAL OBJECTS FOR THE GRATIFICATION OF MY SEPARATE EGO.’

PART SIX THE HIPS THE LEGS THE FEET

(DOWN TO THE GROUND)

THE HIPS: the hip joint is a ‘ball and socket’ type of joint which connects the FEMUR, . the thigh bone, the top of the leg bone, which is the longest and strongest bone in the body, into the deep cup-shaped hole or socket in the PELVIS. (see above)

The joint is surrounded by fibrous tissue, called a CAPSULE, and strengthened by LIGAMENTS, strong bands of fibrous tissue which attach to the margins of the joint. The socket is called the ACETABULUM, Latin for ‘vinegar cup,’ believe it or not.

Disorders of the JOINTS have largely been covered already in the HANDS AND ARMS section in PART 4, read from JOINTS to JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, above.

‘Ball and socket’ joints allow ‘movement in any direction.’ The hips allow us to bend at the middle, to stoop, to sit, to also BALANCE our movement in any direction, and particularly on the ‘WALK OF LIFE.’ Balance while running, for example, would be extremely difficult if we were not able to ‘SHIFT OUR BALANCE’ from the hip.’ Sexually we thrust ‘from the hip’ in intercourse. ‘Wiggle those hips,’ and so on.

The hips are at our centre, forming the flexible connection between the two processes of the ‘Walk of Life,’ and the upper body processes, at the top of which the head sits, and the face which symbolises the continuum ego. Thus the hips ‘HELP CARRY US FORWARD FLEXIBLY.’

Anything which inhibits this flexibility makes it ‘MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO KEEP MY/OUR BALANCE.’

‘I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO RESPOND FLEXIBLY, AND CHANGE DIRECTION.’

‘I (AND MY WALK OF LIFE) AM FAR TOO RIGID. I AM UNABLE TO COPE WITH NECESSARY CHANGES, AND ADJUSTMENTS TO MY POSITION.’

Perhaps the fact that the genitals are also at the centre, in between the hips, ‘UPSETS OUR BALANCE.’ It often interferes with our carefully laid plans, doesn’t it. Maybe even LESS earth-shaking things upset our balance. Then we can truly understand how RIGID we really are.

‘LOOK AT THE ROUTINES.’ ‘SWIVEL THOSE HIPS.’

THE LEGS: apparently correctly speaking according to my older medical dictionary, (Black’s 37^th Edition 1992 word) the ‘leg’ only applies ‘between the knee and the ankle,’ but according to my older Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eighth edition 1990)(the best) it covers ‘from hip to ankle.’ The medical dictionary calls the upper part the Thigh.

My newer Concise Oxford (2011) doesn’t mention the length, and the newer Black’s (43^rd Edition) now doesn’t mention the leg at all. Take your pick.

Whichever word we use, the symbolism of the ‘walk of life’ applies, meaning our path, our progress step by step through whatever we believe this life really IS. This is a metaphor for SPIRITUAL progress. This is why people speak of the ‘spiritual path.’ We are on it, this voyage of discovery, whether we like it or not. We get no ‘prizes’ for insisting that, for example, our parents ‘way of life,’ or one endorsed or approved of by educational or political systems, is ‘the way forward-the way ahead,’ and is somehow superior just because we are familiar with it, it feels ‘safe,’ in the way our parents understood-or misunderstood the word.

We need to be able to discriminate, to distinguish between HABITS and ROUTINES conditioned by FAMILIARITY – the word ‘FAMILIARITY’ itself tells us that it means ‘what the family makes us used to.’

We need to be aware that we have the same connection to the LIFE process, the same ACCESS to the discovery and understanding of the (divine?) PURPOSE of our (human) LIFE as EVERYBODY ELSE. One of the main obstacles on our path, in our way, is false belief.

THE KNEE: is a hinge joint, although not just a simple ‘up and down,’ because it permit’s a certain amount of rotation. It is quite complex in its internal construction, which gives it great strength, relatively, but means that damage to it can be serious.

It has FIBROUS CARTILAGE (see OSTEOARTIHRITIS above) protecting the edges of the ends of the bones. The fibrous nature of such tissue, as in SPINAL DISCS, (see SPINE below) means that it is more flexible than regular cartilage, but it may become loose or fold, and tend to lock the joint. This is a common ’sports’ injury, ’torn or damaged cartilage.’

HOUSEMAID’S KNEE/BURSITIS: there are little hollows or pouches within the FIBROUS TISSUE, called BURSAE. (Latin for ‘bag,’ the same word as ‘purse,’ from the Greek for ‘hide or leather’) These BURSAE (see RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS above) may become inflamed and extremely painful because of too much fluid collecting, or thickening the walls, producing a swelling over the joint.

‘Too much kneeling’ produces such results, as does ‘too much pressure’ on other joints, such as ‘desk-worker’s elbow.’

Here we see clearly the inadmissible, unexpressed rage of the ‘downtrodden’ reveal itself. The knee reveals its well-known meaning of submission and humility, but at the same time, true humility is an INTERNAL, PSYCHIC matter of letting go, not bowing and scraping to others. ‘GET OFF YOUR KNEES… DOWN ON YOUR KNEES, INFERIOR BEINGS.’ etc. etc.

‘I AM IN CONFLICT ABOUT MY INABILITY TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF’ – LITERALLY!!!!! ‘I PUT MYSELF UNDER TOO MUCH PRESSURE/OR I ACCEPT IT RESENTFULLY, WHICH AMOUNTS TO THE SAME THING.’

Any ‘fluid swelling’ means that the PSYCHE is sticking its ‘nose’ in, grabbing our attention, showing us that we are in CONFLICT WITH, OR ARE NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO OUR INNER LIFE PROCESS.

WATER ON THE KNEE: is a very good example of this. Any so-called accident which produces a fluid swelling, which must be ‘rested,’ is telling us about the INNER CONFLICT WE HAVE WITH HUMILITY/SUBMISSION ON OUR ‘WALK OF LIFE, WHICH OUR EGOS (‘ME‘) REFUSE TO RECOGNISE. THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS, JUST MY REFUSAL TO LOOK WHERE I’M GOING!!!!!

THE ANKLE: means that we have FLEXIBILITY about where we are putting our feet. In English we say, ‘I put my foot in it,’ meaning that I am not taking enough care. This may easily lead to a

SPRAINED ANKLE: sprains are wrenched joints, with either with accompanying SYNOVITIS, inflammation of the membrane lining the joint, (see OSTEOARTHRITIS/RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS above) or tearing or the LIGAMENTS, (see HIPS above) with possible EFFUSION, the outpouring or displacement of some of the fluid which lubricates the joint, within the joint itself.

‘I AM NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO HOW AND WHERE I AM WALKING MY WALK OF LIFE.’

Also perhaps we should consider, ‘I NEED TO CHANGE DIRECTION. I CAN’T WALK THIS WAY ANY MORE.’

FRACTURES: are also common, especially ‘POTT’S FRACTURE,’ the fracture of the FIBULA, the slender outer leg bone at the lower end when violently twisted outwards. This is more properly dealt with under the general heading of BONES/SKELETON below, because here we are actually dealing with a cracking or break in the RIGID SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF THE EGO, (‘ME’) showing us that there is a VERY HIGH DEGREE OF CONFLICT happening between, in this case, the way the ego thinks it/I should go, and the way LIFE wants me to go.

THE FOOT: so here we have the actual part of the ‘WALK OF LIFE’ process which contacts the ground, or at least it would, if we didn’t cover it up so much. It has a similar structure to the hand, with 26 bones, 33 joints, bound together by over 100 strong ligaments. The arrangement of nerves and arteries is also similar to the hand and fingers.

An important feature of the foot is the ARCH. Only the outer edge of the foot should touch the ground when walking, transferring the body weight to the ground through the heel and toes. The bones are arranged so that there is a hollow arch in the middle of the foot, the ‘INSTEP.’

FLAT FEET: or the Latin, ‘PES PLANUS,’ means that the arch sinks, and the characteristic missing chunk of a footprint made by a bare foot in sand or soft earth, is absent. The footprint shows the whole foot.

There will be pain in the arch and instep, and perhaps the ankle. Our feet are unable to support our weight properly. Perhaps we are OVERWEIGHT, or ‘STANDING ABOUT TOO MUCH, RATHER THAN GETTING ON WITH THE WALK OF LIFE.’

‘MY WALK OF LIFE IS TOO HEAVY? I AM NOT LIGHT ENOUGH ON MY FEET.’

Perhaps we should consider more DANCING?

ATHLETE’S FOOT: (TINEA PEDIS) also known as

RINGWORM: (of the foot) IS A FUNGUS INFLAMMATION of the feet, involving a threadlike fungus called EPIDERMOPHYTON, which gives rise to different forms of the condition.

Vesicular: the affected area is covered with small blisters, or vesicles, or

Intertriginous: INTERTRIGO’ (from the Latin for ‘rubbing together) the skin between the toes becomes too moist, white and sodden, (damp) and comes off, leaving a red raw painful area, often with cracks. It may spread to cover the whole foot, or other parts of the body.

OVER-SWEATY FEET may also give a similar appearance. Other infections can also produce similar symptoms.

‘CONFLICT WITH INSUFFICIENTLY LOOKED AT SMALL DETAILS ON THE WALK OF LIFE. AM I BEING NATURAL ENOUGH IN MY ‘GROWTH’ ON THE PATH?’

Over-sweaty feet means ‘TOO MUCH IS COVERED-UP ON MY WALK OF LIFE. THE PSYCHE APPEARS AND LETS ME KNOW. ‘EXPOSE YOURSELF!’

(My emotions/feelings are coming out through/about my walk of life.)

CHILBLAINS: (ERYTHEMA PERNIO) inflammation with reddening, swelling, itching, burning, which can occur on the feet, hands, ears or nose.

The CIRCULATION (see CHEST/CIRCULATION above) is not getting through to certain parts of the EGO-BODY (‘ME’) properly. In the case of the feet, ‘CONFLICT ABOUT FEELING CERTAIN DETAILS ON MY WALK OF LIFE. AM I DENYING FEELINGS?’ (ON OR ABOUT MY WALK OF LIFE?) ‘WHERE AM I? WHERE AM I GOING?’

CORNS: thickened skin, a kind of CALLUS, possibly through friction of badly fitting shoes. The keratin layers in the skin form a sort of horn shaped like a cone, with the point downwards. If it happens over a wider area, it is called a ‘CALLOSITY.’ (from ‘CALLOUS,’ which is itself from the Latin, ’callous,’ meaning ’unfeeling, insensitive’) They can be extremely painful, and the meaning is quite obvious.

‘I AM NOT FEELING ENOUGH ON MY WALK OF LIFE – MY COVER-UPS ARE FAR TOO TIGHT/RESTRICTIVE.’

BUNIONS: are similar to CORNS, immediately above, except that they are found above the joint at the base of the big toe. The bone may be affected, with some degree of overgrowth. In extreme cases, the toe may be deformed, and to some extent rotated. A BURSA, (see HOUSEMAID’S KNEE/BURSITIS above) may form over the joint.

HAMMER-TOE: is when this affects the second toe, also with a bunion over the joint, etc. The toe is permanently bent.

CLAW FOOT: is when this happens to all the toes.

‘THE COVER-UPS ON MY WALK OF LIFE ARE UNBELIEVABLY PAINFULLY RESTRICTIVE, DAMAGING ME.’ (TAKE THEM OFF, NOW!)

We must ask, in a situation like this, why the person concerned is putting up with it at all. Whose life is it, anyway????

HALLUX: may be used as the medical name for the big toe.

HALLUX RIGIDUS: means that the joint of the big toe is longer than usual, and prone to stubbing.

‘A BIG PAINFUL DETAIL ON MY WALK OF LIFE. (PAY ATTENTION!)

HALLUX VALGUS: ‘VALGUS’ means ‘knock-kneed’ in Latin. It means here that the big toe is displaced outwards, I.e. towards the other toes. There will again be a bunion formed. (see BUNION above) In this case it usually happens because of an excessively broad foot, and badly fitting shoes, which curve the toe onto the other toes.

‘WHY ARE WE DOING/PUTTING UP WITH THIS?’ (see CLAW FOOT above)

NAILS: badly fitting shoes may also cause INGROWING TOE NAILS. This may also happen from over-cutting of the corners of the nails while trimming them, from lack of attention, through build-up of dead skin and dirt, and inflammation.

Skin diseases (see SKIN DISEASES, ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, below) may also present INFLAMMATION of the nails may become rough and thickened, irregular in the nails during diseases which feature high fevers.

In the skin diseases, the nails may become rough and thickened, irregular in growth, and split easily.

ABSCESS/WHITLOW: an abscess at the root of the toe nail is called a WHITLOW. It may occur underneath the edge of the nail. (see WHITLOW, HANDS, above) Like any abscess, it is an acute inflammation. SEE ALSO PARONYCHIA, HANDS, above.

The nails are our vestigial claws. If we have trouble with our toenails, particularly with infection/inflammation, then we have to look at ‘CONFLICT WITH OUR AGGRESSION ON THE WALK OF LIFE.’’

In other words we are not DEALING with our aggression, maybe we are NOT DEALING WITH OUR ENERGY – we may have too much energy which cannot be used up in what we are doing. Perhaps WE NEED TO SHOW OUR FEELINGS ABOUT THIS ENERGY, THIS AGGRESSION ON OUR PATH, BY LASHING OUT – by ‘KICKING OUT’ AGAINST WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER RESTRICTION WE ARE RESENTFULLY OBEYING…..

So many of these foot problems centre around CONTROL ISSUES. As I often say, ‘WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? WHAT IS LIFE FOR?’

Can we believe-how can we believe others about what life is? Each of us is here as an experiencing ‘reception terminal’ in the sense of receiving impressions, information, feelings. Life is the process we are currently involved in, and we have to sort it out, make sense of it OURSELVES. Otherwise we may experience such DISTORTIONS ON OUR PATH-OF OUR WALK OF LIFE, as the above.

BUT BEWARE! WE WILL BECOME OUR PARENTS, IN TURN. CHILDREN MAY VOICE THE SAME COMPLAINTS AGAINST US, AS WE MADE AGAINST OUR PARENTS.

‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who have trespassed against us…..’

NOW!

MUSCLES: account for about half our body weight. There are about 650 of them. Most of them are ‘SKELETAL,’ attached to bones by TENDONS, strong bands of fibrous tissue, and LIGAMENTS, (see HIPS above) which bind together the bones entering into a JOINT.

Muscles make possible the MOVEMENT of the limbs and body, in other words they represent POWER and ENERGY at the ‘physical’ EGO-BODY level. (see THYROID GLAND above)

THE LEG MUSCLES: represent our ENERGY and ABILITY to actually MAKE OUR WALK OF LIFE, WALK OUR PATH-at the EGO-BODY (‘ME’) LEVEL. Without the leg muscles in good order, the EGO-BODY (‘ME’) cannot really hope to make much SYMBOLIC SPIRITUAL PROGRESS. Thus we should examine any pains, which draw our attention to the lack of FEELING, or to any impediments which make our WALK, OUR PATH MORE DIFFICULT.

By this I don’t mean that we should all become conventional ATHLETES, as any physiotherapist will tell you how common SPORTS injuries are, but rather do more working out, more circuit training PSYCHIC/SPIRITUALLY.

PART SEVEN THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Well actually, the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD together make up the ‘CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.’ 3 divisions are made: THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, THE ‘PERIPHERAL’ or ‘CEREBRO-SPINAL NERVES/NERVOUS SYSTEM, the 43 main nerves on each side which proceed from, but are outside the BRAIN/SPINAL CORD, and the ‘AUTONOMIC’ (or ‘self-governing’) NERVOUS SYSTEM, which although connected to the CEREBROSPINAL nerves, is largely independent from the brain and cord in the way that it works.

Although people do go on and on about the human brain, it is just the enlarged, specialised top end of the spinal cord, containing about 15 thousand million NEURONES, or NERVE CELLS. A NEURON (or NEURONE) is how the basic building block of the nervous system is pictured: a mass of cytoplasm, protoplasm, a clear glue-like mass made up mainly of proteins, containing a central ‘nucleus,’ (from Latin ‘nut’ (kernel)) which appears to ‘direct’ its activities.

(‘CYTO-’ means ‘to do with cells’) DENDRITES (from Greek for ‘tree-like’) branch out and away from the cell body. They may be very long. In mammals, the CELL BODIES are mostly within the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD, and the DENDRITES (OR ‘NERVE FIBRES’) extend to the relevant organ or limb, etc. From the spinal cord to the foot, for example, can be over a metre long, although the diameter may be extremely thin-1 to 20 micrometres. (thousandths of a millimetre)

The DENDRITES/NERVE FIBRES also contain cytoplasm, but without many ‘ORGANELLES,’ the organised or specialised structures of the NEURONS. The fibres are often surrounded by the MYELIN SHEATH, a protein and ‘phospholipid’ (fat) covering, produced by groups of ‘SCHWANN’ cells which surround the fibre at distinct distances. (0.3-1.5mm) This has the effect of ‘insulating’ the fibre, and the electrical nerve impulses pass along them more quickly than those without the MYELIN SHEATH, between 1 and 120 metres per second.

If the impulses travel AWAY from the nerve cell, the fibre is called an AXON. If the impulses travel TOWARDS the cell, the fibre is called a DENDRON. Lengths of exposed nerve fibre are called ’NODES OF RANVIER.’ The way that the fibre conducts electricity is completely different to what happens along ordinary wires: the potential difference is across, rather than along, with the inside ’negative.’

The speed at which the nerve discharges depends on the diameter of the fibre, and the presence or absence of the MYELIN SHEATH. The SCIATIC NERVE, for example is relatively very thick, about the diameter of a pencil. Fibres without the MYELIN SHEATH are called ‘NONMEDULLATED,’ and are much thinner.

After the nerve has discharged, it has to make itself ready again by restoring the potential difference. (about 90 millivolts) This is thought to be a function of the RESPIRATION (see RESPIRATION, THE LUNGS, above) process, and so requires a good blood supply to bring adequate food/glucose (see LIVER above) and oxygen to the nerve cell.

This process of restoration takes an extremely short time – between 1/5000 and 1/1000^th of a second. If a stimulus is applied to the nerve, it discharges in a series of pulses of between 20 and 100 per second, which to us appears continuous.

It discharges (or ‘fires’) with a kind of ‘trigger’ mechanism, in other words, below a certain strength, electrically speaking, it doesn’t fire at all, but above this level, the ‘THRESHOLD OF RESPONSE,’ the impulse travels down the nerve fibre to the end, without becoming weaker. If the stimulus is more or less intense, then the number of impulse/discharges per second goes up or down. This is how the Central Nervous System (CNS) distinguishes between the differing intensities of stimuli.

It doesn’t make any difference what sensory organ, eye, ear, nose etc., is at work, the impulses down the nerve fibres are the same as far as ‘medical science’ is concerned, purely electrical, and it is the brain/area of the brain which distinguishes what sort of stimulus it is. As far as ‘THEY’ are concerned, if the nerves from the sensory organs were reconnected, say, the ears to the eyes, and vice versa, you would ‘hear’ light, and ‘see’ sound.

HOWEVER, it is getting a bit better known these days that people who experience ‘SYNAESTHESIA’ do experience the cross-over from one sense to another in this way. I have always ‘seen, felt, and almost just about tasted’ music, as well as hearing it, and also have been aware of sometimes TASTING the food in other people’s HANDS or MOUTHS since I was a teenager. There’s a lot more I could say, but I don’t want to bore you.

‘MOTOR’ NERVE FIBRES (or MOTOR NEURONES) have a lot of branches leading to different parts of the muscle (or GLAND) which is being supplied with impulses. Each branch ends in what is called a ‘MOTOR END PLATE’ (motor nerve ending) on a single muscle fibre. When a rapid burst of impulses comes down the line to the ‘END PLATES,’ it makes the muscle fibre CONTRACT.

Where the branches from the branch system from one nerve cell (NEURONE) meet the branch system from another nerve cell, or meet the body of another cell directly, the connecting point is called a SYNAPSE, a microscopic gap (20 nanometres/millionths of a millimetre across) is usually present, which acts as a barrier preventing other nerve cells/NEURONES from being ‘switched on; and also prevent too weak nerve stimuli from affecting the system. They make it possible for the nervous system to compute and juggle with complex sets of stimuli. In the spinal cord, for example, some cells connect with SEVERAL THOUSAND synapses, large numbers of which must be activated at the same time to trigger an appropriate response in the nerve cell.

The ‘switching on’ across the synaptic gap is not electrical, but chemical. When a nerve impulse arrives at the synapse at the end of a branch, (or ‘DENDRITIC PROCESS) a small amount of a chemical called a ‘NEUROTRANSMITTER’ is released into the gap. Several nerve impulses may be necessary for sufficient chemical build-up to ‘fire’ the next NEURONE.

If for some reason the body cannot produce enough of the correct NEUROTRANSMITTER, then the nerve concerned cannot carry out its function. Good examples of this are ‘DOPAMINE,’ the lack of which is associated with PARKINSON’S DISEASE, ‘ACETYLCHOLINE,’ which controls the transmission of impulses from one nerve to another, and/or to the relevant organ, is important to the PARASYMPATHETIC nervous system, part of the AUTONOMIC, or involuntary system, as well as being important to the transmission of nerve impulses in the brain, and NORADRENALINE, which as well as its hugely important role in the ADRENAL SYSTEM, (see ADRENAL GLANDS, EPINEPHRINE = ADRENALINE etc. above) also regulates the transmission of nerve impulses in the SYMPATHETIC nervous system, and acts as a TRANSMITTER in the BRAIN.

The nerve fibres are neatly arranged in bundles to form NERVES. The CRANIAL NERVES (12 pairs) leave the brain through holes in the SKULL, going to the nose, eyes, eye muscles, skin of face, face muscles, hearing and balancing, (ears) tongue, (taste) VAGUS nerve to heart, larynx, lungs, stomach, to neck muscles, and to tongue muscles.

The SPINAL NERVES (31 pairs) leave the spinal cord between adjacent vertebrae, and carry both SENSORY and MOTOR FIBRES, which carry impulses both towards and away from the spinal cord, and also fibres of considerably differing diameters. The narrow fibres conduct the impulses more slowly than the thicker ones, ensuring that impulses from one area will arrive at their destinations in the central nervous system at different times.

It is well known that many nervous system reactions do not involve the brain. Those called REFLEXES, or REFLEX ACTIONS do not require ‘CONSCIOUS’ control, like coughing, sneezing, blinking, or ejaculation during sexual intercourse, (see PENIS/EJACULATION above) or what happens when we touch something hot, for example. And jerk back away from it.

The path that such a nerve impulse travels, say to the arm from the hand, via the spinal cord, and back to contract the biceps, (arm muscle) is called a REFLEX ARC, and the reflex is called a SPINAL REFLEX.

Although the brain is not directly involved in this, synaptic connections will be made which reach the brain so that we can feel pain, shout about it, or OVERRIDE the REFLEX. Some reflex pathways DO lie within the brain, such as salivation (see SALIVA above) and the contraction of the IRIS in the eye, but the REFLEX ARC is similar to that of a SPINAL REFLEX.

The AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM regulates our internal activities which we call ‘INVOLUNTARY,’ like digestion, VASOCONSTRICTION, (the narrowing of blood vessels, reducing flow and increasing pressure) the heartbeat, blood pressure, etc.

The structure of the nerve cells and the way they connect to the relevant organs differs from the rest of the nervous system. The nerve fibres do not have the myelin sheath, are ‘UNMEDULLATED,’ and large parts of the system lie outside the SPINAL CORD. It is looked at as being divided into 2 parts, SYPATHETIC and ‘PARASYMPATHETIC’ systems, although the actions of these are COMPLEMENTARY, they are looked on medically as ‘ANTAGONISTIC.’

This is because in a complex way, often involving several organs at the same time, the action of one will be stimulated while the other is being slowed down, and it is not possible to over-simplify the workings of these systems, although generally speaking, the SYMPATHETIC system encourages activity by raising energy levels, while the PARASYMPATHETIC is more conserved with CONSERVING energy, and the ‘management’ of conservation.

A regularly used example is that the PARASYMPATHETIC system reduces the heart rate while speeding up the action of the intestines, and the SYMPATHETIC system speeds up the heart while slowing the action of the intestines.

THE SPINAL CORD: is the lower part of the central nervous system, directly continuing out of the brain, within the spinal column. It more or less simply changes its name at the point where it exits through the FORAMEN MAGNUM (Latin for ‘Big Hole’) from the skull.

It is a great mass of nerve cells and fibres running from the brain to the second lumbar vertebra (at the top of the PELVIS) in/as a cylinder, surrounded and protected by 3 membranes, called the MENINGES, the ‘DURA MATER, ARACHNOID MEMBRANE, and PIA MATER,’ from the outside to in, respectively. ‘DURA and PIA MATER’ mean ‘hard and delicate mother,’ which are translations into Latin from the Arabic, ‘a;-’ umm al-jafiya/al-’umm al-rakika.’ The DURA MATER contains the blood vessels which nourish the blood vessels which nourish the brain and spinal cord.

The spinal cord is also surrounded and protected by the bones of the spinal column. The spinal nerves come out between the vertebrae, and run to all parts of the body. There is a central canal in both the spinal cord and brain, containing CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, which bathes both, and contains proteins, sugars, and salts, and also a few (relatively) LYMPHOCYTES. (see THYMUS above) The DURA MATER forms a wide tube containing the fluid, which separates it from the cord.

In cross section it is easy to see that the nerve cells are grouped together in an ‘H’ shaped arrangement across the centre of the cord, in what is known as ‘GREY MATTER.’ Around and outside this are the nerve fibres as they run up and down the cord, in what is called the ‘WHITE MATTER.’

Most of the information which reaches the brain from the body, passes through the spinal cord, and the brain returns ins instructions back to the muscles etc. via the motor fibres, through the spinal cord and the spinal nerves.

THE BRAIN: like the spinal cord, it has the central canal containing cerebrospinal fluid. The nerve fibres/WHITE MATTER surround(s) the nerve cells/GREY MATTER, with 12 pairs of sensory and motor nerves entering and leaving, although not in such a regular sequence as the spinal nerves. (see above)

THE CEREBRUM: is the main part/largest part of the brain, divided into 2 incompletely separated hemispheres, which are joined at the bottom of a deep cleft by a thick band of some 200 odd million nerve fibres, the CORPUS CALLOSUM. Clefts or fissures called SULCI (Latin, ‘groove/wrinkle’) groove or furrow the surface of the brain into LOBES, many of which are associated with sensory functions, and the definite functions of limbs, etc.

The outer area or CEREBRAL CORTEX consists of about 3mm of GREY MATTER nerve cells, folded and grooved. Below this is the WHITE MATTER, medullated’ nerve fibres, (see CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM above) There are rounded masses of GREY MATTER within the WHITE MATTER called ‘NUCLEI.’

In the middle of either hemisphere is an irregular cavity, a hole-called a VENTRICLE. The ventricles connect to each other and to other ventricles. (Latin ‘little belly’) They are filled with cerebrospinal fluid, and connect to the spinal canal. We have ‘liquid centres.’

There are 2 large masses of GREY MATTER called the ‘BASAL NUCLEI,’ which are at the bottom of the cerebral hemispheres. In other creatures, these masses form the largest part of the brain, but in humans the cerebral cortex has expanded greatly.

The ‘3^rd VENTRICLE’ (cerebrospinal fluid-filled space) lies between the BASAL NUCLEI-or THALAMI (single THALAMUS, which also means ‘inner room, or women’s apartment’ in Ancient Greek) The HYPOTHALAMUS is the part of the FOREBRAIN beneath the THALAMUS on either side of the 3^rd ventricle, and also forms the floor of the ventricle. (Hypo- is Greek for ‘under’)

THE HYPOTHALAMUS: is believed to contain nerve cells which control the SYMPATHETIC and PARASYMPATHETIC nervous systems. (see BRAIN and CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM above) It regulates various vital functions: the maintaining of balance in the internal functions, finding and digesting food-the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates (sugars and starches), and water-sleep, body temperature, genital and reproductive functions.

It is an ENDOCRINE gland in its own right. (see THYROID/THYMUS above) as well as regulating endocrine production in other glands. It is involved, as we have seen in THYROID above, in a complex ‘FEEDBACK’ system with the PITUITARY gland (see below) and the THYROID, which means that they are constantly adjusting the functioning of each other.

One of the feedback functions controls OSMOSIS in the KIDNEYS. (see above) ‘OSMORECEPTORS,’ sensor cells in the HYPOTHALAMUS detect blood concentration changes, and cause the pituitary to secrete a hormone which regulates the absorption of water from the URINE (see above) by the KIDNEYS. (VASOPRESSIN or ADH: Anti-diuretic hormone)

It regulates the production of ‘growth hormone (GH) by the PITUITARY, the absence of this hormone results in ‘dwarfism,’ and skeletal deformity. The hypothalamus releases GRF, ‘growth hormone releasing factor.’

It regulates the secretion of OXYTOCIN by the pituitary, which through the stimulus of sucking by a nursing baby, contracts the milk ducts in the breasts, and squirts milk into the mouth of the waiting baby. It also aids labour (the birth process) and possibly the ability of sperm to move through the female genital tract during sexual intercourse.

It also affects insulin secretion, (see PANCREAS above) and the ADRENAL (see above) medullary secretions, (adrenaline) triggered by fright and anger, as well as plenty of other things.

THE CEREBELLUM: is the part of the brain at the back, below the occipital lobes of the CEREBRUM. (occiput is Latin for ‘back of the head’) The cerebellum is the ‘older, or more primitive, animal-movement’ brain. Although life can continue without the CEREBRUM, which also houses the thinking, associative-intellectual faculties, if the CEREBELLUM is damaged, motor activities and muscular coordination may be lost – you just fall down and can’t get back up.

It receives mostly nerve fibres from the stretching ‘RECEPTOR’ cells which convey impulses from muscles, and also the UTRICULUS and SACCULUS, and the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS, which form the organs of posture and balance in the INNER EAR. The nerve fibres may come direct from the sense organ or the SPINAL CORD to the cerebellum, or via synapses (see BRAIN/CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM above) in the MEDULLA OBLONGATA, (see below) or some other association centres.

The outgoing nerve fibres do not go directly to ‘EFFECTOR’ organs like muscles/muscle fibres, but to motor centres in the MIDBRAIN or MEDULLA, or to the CEREBRAL CORTEX via the THALAMUS. (see above)

Experimental surgery on the cerebellum and this sort of pattern of connections leads to the belief that the cerebellum controls posture, balance, and in particular complex coordinated muscular activities.

A large band of nerve fibres runs to it from the CEREBRAL CORTEX which probably carry the ‘VOLUNTARY’ commands to be coordinated and passed on to the muscles, although many reflex actions are dealt with by the cerebellum.

Like the CEREBRUM, the cerebellum also has a cortex, an ‘outer layer’ of nerve cells (CEREBELLAR CORTEX) which is deeply grooved and folded, which increases the surface area. But in this cortex a very few incoming impulses are able to make a very large number of connections with a huge number of outgoing nerve fibres, which enables a small sensory impulse to be powerfully responded to. The large number of interconnections also mean that the responses can be smooth and controlled rather than jerky, and the cerebellum may well damp down oscillatory (to and fro) reflex movements, which would otherwise occur when ‘antagonistic’ muscles are stimulated. (muscles which pull against each other in the production of a movement)

THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA: is the lowest part of the brain, like an upper part of the spinal cord, which it more or less is, continuing up to become the brain. It contains some important nerve centres, like those which regulate breathing, heart action, swallowing, blood pressure and temperature, and also the nerve fibres from sensory organs like the tongue, COCHLEA (inner ear sound receptor/ear drum) the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS, (posture/balance organs) TOUCH RECEPTORS, (nerve endings in skin) and MUSCLE SPINDLES, (stretch etc. receptors which sense information about muscle tension, position etc.) make their first synaptic connections (SYNAPSES) in the medulla.

It receives information from internal organs via the VAGUS NERVE, (PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE) (vagus, Latin for ’wandering) the 10^th pair of CRANIAL nerves, which unlike all the others concerned with head based senses, or the skin and muscles of the head and neck, wander down into the chest and abdomen, connecting the throat, lungs, heart, stomach etc.

Although many of these adjustments are REFLEX ACTIONS controlled by the medulla, it will be influenced to a great extent by the HYPOTHALAMUS. (see above) if emotion or excitement is involved, if anything to do with our beliefs, the way we see ourselves and LIFE, CORTEX will come into play, involving the EGO/CONTINUUM EGO.

THE PITUITARY GLAND: also known as the HYPOPHYSIS, lies deep in the head, above the nasal cavity in a hollow depression called the ‘sella turcica,’ or ‘Turkish saddle,’ on account of its shape.

The understanding of this gland has been recently revised, like that of the THYMUS, (see above) and it is now regarded as the ‘MOST IMPORTANT, MASTER GLAND OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM.’ Its previous classification, and division into 2 parts, the ‘ANTERIOR’ and ‘POSTERIOR LOBES’ respectively, connected directly to the HYPOTHALAMUS (see above) by a stalk, the ‘INFUNDIBULUM,’ (Latin for ‘funnel’) is now regarded as much as much too simplistic. (anterior/posterior mean ‘front and back’)

How they work out their version of which bit does what, is quite complicated, dividing up which cells have which origin based on dyestaining tests and electron microscope observation. In some species it has been observed that there are 6 distinct cell types, one corresponding to each ANTERIOR LOBE hormone, and it is believed to probably be the same in humans, but this has not yet been fully identified.

From our point of view, the most important things to understand (which have been covered to quite some extent already, see THYROID, THYMUS, HYPOTHALAMU above) are the way it works in ‘feedback’ regulatory systems with other glands, and the number and variety of hormones it produces from its different parts.

The hormones which it produces which in turn regulate the secretion of other endocrine glands, are called TROPHIC hormones. (see for example ADRENAL GLANDS/CUSHING’S DISEASE above)

The anterior lobe secretes 6 ‘polypeptides’ (10 or more amino acids bonded together, the results of the digestion of proteins, from which the body-proteins are build up) or protein hormones. ‘Adrenocortico trophic hormone’ stimulates the cortex of the ADRENAL GLANDS. (ACTH)

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) affects the activity of the THYROID GLAND. (see above) The ‘GONADOTROPHIC’ hormones FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinising hormone) affect the OVARIES. (see above, also MENSTRUATION) triggering egg development and ovulation.

The ‘growth’ hormone (GH or STH) ‘somatotropin’ regulates growth by acting on cells, promotes the release of energy from fat metabolism, as well as protein production. It is itself controlled by the release of GRF from the HYPOTHALAMUS. (see above)

Prolactin stimulates the production of human milk in the breasts. (see BREASTS above) Prolactin secretion rises significantly with the production of FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone) and LH at (Luteinising Hormone), and its production is INHIBITED by the HYPOTHALAMUS, through the secretion of a ‘prolactin inhibitory hormone.’

The human (and mammals generally) pituitary also contains 2 ‘intermediate lobe hormones,’ known as ‘alpha and beta melanocyte stimulating hormones’ respectively. (aMSH and bMSH) They play a role in protective changes in skin coloration in animals, particularly in fish, reptiles and amphibia, but there is not sufficient evidence for these effects in humans.

The posterior lobe of the pituitary produces the 2 polypeptide hormones OXYTOCIN and VASOPRESSIN, which have already been covered in HYPOTHALAMUS. (see above) And now….

THE PINEAL GLAND: to quote the Encyclopaedia Britannica, ‘the pineal gland properly belongs in the list of organs with suspected rather than proved endocrine functions.’ The literature says that many theories have been postulated concerning its function: that at least in animals it is affected by light, plays a part in the process of hibernation, control of sexual activity, skin colour, and control of ‘CIRCADIAN’ (from Latin, circa diem, ‘about the day’) rhythms, how the patterns of bodily activities and functions changes over a 24 hour period.

The hormone which the pineal gland is thought to secrete is MELATONIN, which the pineal makes from SEROTONIN, (5-hydroxytryptamine) a compound found in blood serum, the brain and gastrointestinal tract, and believed to have a similar effect to HISTAMINE (see ASTHMA above) in inflammation, but in the gut it inhibits gastric secretion, and stimulates the muscles in the intestinal walls.

Serotonin is a NEUROTRANSMITTER, (see BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM above) and ‘may have a function in controlling mood and states of consciousness.’ Certain foods, especially bananas and avocados are reputed to have high serotonin levels.

In other words, they don’t really know very much.

The stone pine cones on plinths outside the Vatican and the symbolic representations in many cultures tell a different story. That the pineal is the INNER EYE, the AJNA chakra, and the would-be rulers of the world are trying to destroy it with fluoride in the drinking water, mercury in teeth fillings, heavy metals, pesticides, chemtrails, drugs, EMF and on and on.

ENCEPHALITIS: inflammation of the brain, usually labelled a virus infection,(allopathic version) or as a complication of infectious diseases, including measles. (1 in 1000 cases) It is sometimes known as ‘SLEEPY SICKNESS,’ (not to be confused with ‘SLEEPING SICKNESS,’ African TRYPANOSOMIASIS, from TRYPANOSOMA, a protozoon parasite, transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly, see MALARIA above) because of the symptoms of drowsiness, lethargy, which may proceed to unconsciousness.

It occasionally appears in an epidemic (widespread) form, especially in the spring, when it is known as ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA, EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS, or VON ECONOMO’S DISEASE. The last epidemic to affect the UK was in the 1920’s.

The BASAL GANGLIA, (GREY MATTER (NUCLEI, see CEREBRUM above) at the base of the cerebral hemispheres) the CEREBRUM itself, and the BRAIN STEM (central part above MEDULLA OBLONGATA) are affected, with swelling up, haemorrhage, (bleeding) the destruction of brain tissue, both nerve cells and fibres, and possibly extending to other parts of the brain and spinal cord.

It starts off with a rise in temperature and the drowsiness etc. (as above) but in some cases initially the sufferer may become hyperactive and excited. The drowsiness however will come, and deepen over a week or so, accompanied by various kinds of paralysis, reminiscent of a mild stroke, drooping eyelids, squint (inability to control eye muscles) weakeness of one of both sides of the face.

The nerves which control the throat muscles may be paralysed, which will cause changes to the sound of the voice, and difficulty in swallowing.

If the spinal cord is affected, there may be severe pain and partial paralysis in one or more limbs. There may be the signs of inflammation in other organs, and subcutaneous (beneath the skin) haemorrhaging, also in the muscles, and blood may be vomited or excreted with the stools. (shit)

The effects may go on for months, showing signs of fatigue, muscle and facial rigidity, and the peculiar running gait (walk) associated with Parkinson’s disease, (see below) as well as the ‘tremors,’ the shaking, finger ‘cigarette rolling’ type of movements. Parkinsonism may follow ENCEPHALITITS LETHARGICA. The peculiar walk is known as ‘FESTINATION,’ from the Latin ‘haste or hurry.’

As you can see in the COMMON COLD/HERPES SIMPLEX/INFLUENZA/THYMUS/AIDS/HIV etc. above, I/we do not regard ‘viruses,’ infection and inflammation as some kind of accident or curse which strikes us as ‘a bolt from the blue,’ or anything like that. We say rather that it is part of a complex set of circumstances which must be considered PROPERLY, and in SUFFICIENT DEPTH.

If I (the continuum-ego – EGO-BODY) am in conflict with the way I think about life/myself, I am in severe conflict with the way I resonate with/affect the EGO-BODY/my body in this way.

The point is that it has ALREADY reached such a level, such a point and confirms the situation. We must go behind the MASK, the puppet, to the person beneath it, and communicate with them directly about HOW THEY REALLY FEEL ABOUT LIFE!!!

MY INNER CONFLICT HAS REACHED SUCH A POINT THAT MY BASIS FOR THINKING IS BEING DESTROYED, AND I AM FORCED TO SHOW/ACT OUT THE MASK/RIGIDITY OF MY EGO-BODY, AND THE ‘FACE’ I SHOW TO THE WORLD.’

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS: found along the entire East Asian coastal region, from a virus carried by a mosquito which breeds in rice (paddy) fields, associated with encephalitis in horses, and abortions in pigs. The length of time the disease lasts is not predictable, the after effects go on for a long time, and the death rate among the children can be over 30%, also permanently damaging the nervous systems of the survivors.

TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS: there are 2 forms of virus carried by different ticks, which are small arthropods of the spider family. There is a form peculiar to the Far East, in particular Siberia, carried by Ixodes persulcatus,’ which again carries a 1/3 mortality rate, and severe paralysis.

‘Ixodes ricinus’ carries the European form, which is relatively mild, has a stable incubation period of between a couple of days and 2 weeks, and a mortality rate of 1 – 2%.

It is occasionally contracted from the un-pasteurised milk of infected goats. It appears in May-June and Sept-Oct. particularly in Austria, Czech and Slovak republics, and the former Yugoslavia. See ENCEPHALITIS above, and MALARIA/YELLOW FEVER. ‘THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY ARE PENETRATED/MY BOUNDARIES/BARRIERS ARE PUNCTURED’

APHASIA: the loss of the ability to speak, due to damage to the brain centres which organise speech, particularly LEFT BRAIN/RIGHT SIDE. May be caused by rupture of blood-vessels, blood clots, embolus, (see THROMBOSIS, EMBOLISM above) anything which cuts off the blood supply to the area concerned – in other words a STROKE. (see above)

If the sufferer can still read silently and write, the condition is called MOTOR APHASIA.

If the sufferer cannot write ‘rationally,’ the condition is called AGRAPHIA. If the sufferer cannot RECOGNISE the written and spoken word, although lucid otherwise, the condition is called SENSORY APHASIA.

‘I AM SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MY FEELINGS (SELF-NOURISHMENT/THE HOLY SPIRIT) THAT I CUT THEM OFF FROM MY THINKING, TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT MY EGO CAN NO LONGER SPEAK FOR ITSELF/ITS OPINIONS/THINKING.’ (see APHASIA variants above) (see STROKE above)

EPILEPSY: ‘falling sickness.’ a nervous system disorder in which there may be periodic losses of consciousness, along with convulsive seizures. This can be a little misleading because other attacks which feature convulsions can be described as ‘epileptiform.’

There are 2 clearly different forms of seizure: ‘grand mal,’ or ‘great sickness,’ ‘petit mal,’ or ‘little sickness.’ Grand mal is the kind which is popularly known as an ‘epileptic fit,’ and attracts much more attention.

There is also another form called ‘JACKSONIAN EPILEPSY,’ (first described by British neurologist Hughlings Jackson) in which the ‘involuntary’ movements begin in a small area, a single muscle or group of muscles, such as the thumb. It may well, however, lead

eventually into the ‘grand mal’ type.

There are an estimated 290,000 epileptics in England and Wales-100,000 children under 16, with an estimated 33,000 new cases each year. One in 20 people are described as having a fit of ‘some sort’ in their lifetime, but of them, ‘only 1 in 8 will suffer from chronic epilepsy.’ It begins before 5 years in ¼ of cases, and before leaving school in more than half.

It may be the sign of a cerebral tumour, (see CANCER below) or a cerebral haemorrhage, a scar from the damage to the blood vessels from a post-cerebral THROMBOSIS, (see THROMBOSIS above) or from inflammation, (see ENCEPHALITIS above.)

It may also be associated with various metabolic disturbances, particularly deficiencies, such as HYPOGLYCAEMIA, (low blood sugar, see PANCREAS/PANCREAS DISORDERS, DIABETES/DIABETIC HYPOGLYCAEMIA, above) HYPOKALAEMIA, (low potassium) HYPOCALCAEMIA, (low blood calcium) or HYPOXIA. (low blood oxygen content)

The characteristic brain patterns of epilepsy can be confirmed by electro-encephelogram. (EEG) if it is described as ‘IDIOPATHIC,’ it means that they don’t know what causes it.

Epileptic attacks are often preceded by warning signs, which may be behaviour changes, depression or elation, changes in expression. For the epileptics themselves, there are a variety of internal indicators which are collectively referred to as ‘AURA EPILEPTICA,’ strong feelings or pains, smells, visions, trembling, or even sensations which cannot really be described.

When I was a teenager, I had an epileptic girlfriend. Before she had a ‘grand mal’ seizure, there would be a strong egg-shaped field around her body, which I was well aware of, as if it vibrated very fast, made me feel a sort of tingle, like pins and needles, or a ‘skin crawl,’ and emitted a musical note. It was almost audible in that way.

They will be unconscious, the muscles contracted and stiff, more on one side than the other. The head is turned towards one shoulder, breathing stops, the face is first pale, then turns blue, (livid) the pupils extremely wide, (dilated) rapid pulse.

This is the first stage of the fit, which lasts for about half a minute. It is followed by violent convulsions, with wildly rolling eyes, grinding teeth, often the tongue is badly bitten. Noisy breathing, foaming at the mouth, which is often bloody, and the bowels and bladder may evacuate. (shit and piss themselves)

This stage can be very short, or last for several minutes, after which the violent movements stop, and the muscles relax, and the sufferer comes to, (wakes up) and will begin to look around in a confused state, and may try to speak.

This stage can be followed by drowsiness and stupor (semi-unconsciousness) which may go on for several hours, after which the sufferer will either be fully recovered, or tired and depressed. Occasionally there may be hysterical excitement.

The frequency of ‘grand mal’ epileptic fits is unpredictable between the extremes of once in a lifetime, and every day, or even many times a day. There is a condition where successive attacks follow on each other for many hours, or so frequently that the sufferer does not seem to come out of it. This is called ‘STATUS EPILEPTICUS,’ and is dangerous because of the frequent deprivation of oxygen, and may be fatal.

Attacks generally happen by day or night, but in some cases they only happen at night, and so the condition remains unknown to outsiders.

‘Petit mal’ epilepsy does not have the violent convulsions, instead the subject has short bursts of unconsciousness which only last for a few seconds, with staggering or some other interruption to whatever movement they were engaged in, or simply look ‘not all there,’ as if daydreaming, or confused for no particular reason. The subject may remain unaware that anything has happened. There may be some spasmodic movement in the muscles, or unusual facial expressions. There may also be a certain amount of ‘AURA.’ before attacks, and possible faintness after them.

POST-EPILEPTIC AUTOMATISM: the subject performs some uncharacteristic action after a fit, of which they are supposed to be completely unaware afterwards, undressing, taking something, or attacking someone. It is apparently always the same action which is performed.

Without knowing what object is taken, or who is attacked, it is difficult to be specific, but it is very likely that these supposed mysterious actions are PURELY SYMBOLIC, and the freedom of the fit enables the subject to ACT IT OUT, without restraint. Undressing, of course, means ‘removing the cover-ups FROM THE EGO-BODY.(‘ME’)’

Epilepsy shows a mixture of factors: firstly, ‘I CAN’T STAND FOR THIS. I ’THE EGO-BRAIN’ CANNOT THINK THIS WAY. I VIOLENTLY WITHDRAW FROM THE PROCESS OF EXPRESSING LIFE AT THE SEPARATE EGO-BODY LEVEL, TEMPORARILY. (see HYPOTONIA above) I AM UNABLE TO CONFORM TO THE ACCEPTABLE VERSION OF EXPRESSING LIFE. (AT THE EGO-BODY LEVEL)

Secondly: ‘I CANNOT TAKE IN THE BREATH OF LIFE/HOLY SPIRIT. MY EGO BODY EXPRESSES THE RIGIDITY I CANNOT COPE WITH.

Thirdly: ‘I AM ABLE TO (UNCONSCIOUSLY) EXPRESS THE VIOLENCE AND SELF HATRED I FIND SO DIFFICULT, POSSIBLY INJURING THE EGO BODY. I EXPRESS THE CONFLICT, LITERALLY ‘BITING MY TONGUE,’ ACTING OUT BEING FORBIDDEN TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS. I LET GO OF THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS.’ (excrement and urine)

Many tribal cultures see epilepsy and fits as part of the shamanic initiatory process, of contacting levels beyond the normal, because what is happening to the sufferer IS SO CLEARLY AND DRAMATICALLY beyond the socially acceptable norm of behaviour. They see it as part of a process which is built into their culture, and so not THREATENING in the way that it tends to be perceived in the so-called ‘civilised’ world view. They would say that the person is specially chosen to GO BEYOND, to form a living bridge with other levels.

Milder forms of epilepsy say, ‘I THE EGO AM NOT IN CONTROL OF THE EGO-BODY, AND DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SYMBOLIC MEANING OF THE PARTICULAR AFFECTED PART OF THE BODY.’

MENINGITIS: inflammation of the meninges, the membranes surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord. (see SPINAL CORD above) (meninges is a plural noun, the singular is meninx, Greek for ‘membrane.’) Depending on which part of the system is affected, it is either called CEREBRAL or SPINAL MENINGITIS.

If the DURA MATER is affected, the condition is called ‘PACHYMENINGITIS.’ If, more commonly, the PIA MATER/ARACHNOID MATER is/are inflamed, it its called ‘LEPTOMENINGITIS.’ (infection of the more delicate membranes) Pachymeningitis is often localised, and a secondary symptom or complication to a bone condition such as TUBERCULOSIS or SYPHILIS. (see both above) Leptomeningitis is more widespread, changes the composition of the CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, and may be either a PRIMARY infection, or secondary to some other infection in some other part of the body.

Meningitis is associated with both viruses and bacteria. (so-called Viral meningitis is relatively mild, but bacterial meningitis is much more dangerous) The different types of bacteria, Pneumococcal, (coccus means any round or spherical bacterium, from the Greek for ‘berry’) pyogenic, (pus-forming) tuberculosis, syphilitic, meningococcal, (a Neisseria bacterium, of a kind which occurs in pairs, and are so called ‘diplococci,’ which include the GONORRHOEA (see above) bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoea) are determined by taking a sample of cerebro-spinal fluid by LUMBAR PUNCTURE into the spinal canal in the lower back.

In meningitis, the cerebrospinal fluid changes its appearance and constituents, and the pressure increases. The protein content and the number of cells in it (see SPINAL CORD above) increase, and the glucose level decreases. The different bacteria make visible changes in the fluid.

The irritated meninges and higher intercranial pressure give rise to headaches, high fever, vomiting, great sensitivity to light, (PHOTOPHOBIA) rigidity, pain and stifness in the neck and back muscles, convulsions, paralysis, delirium, and unconsciousness. There is also a particular symptom known as ‘KERNIG’S SIGN,’ in which it is not possible to bend the leg up with the knee straight.

PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS usually occurs in conjunction with a pneumococcal infection already in another part of the body, such as EMPYEMA, or MIDDLE EAR INFECTION, (OTITIS MEDIA) (see both above)

PYOGENIC MENINGITIS occurs in conjunction with STAPHYLOCOCCUS or STREPTOCOCCUS infections, or more rarely Haemophilus influenzae, gonococcus, (GONORRHOEA) or ANTRAX.

TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS is most common in children under 10, from exposure to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS from humans or cows. A rather frequent association is from grandparents with a cough, who suffer from PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. (see above) If adults get it, it is commonly associated with other forms of tuberculosis, especially PULMONARY. (lungs)

SYPHILITIC MENINGITIS is a CHRONIC (long-lasting) inflammation which may produce acute symptoms. It generally occurs within the first few years after infection. It can spread from the PIA MATER/ARACHNOID MATER to the BRAIN. (PIA-ARACHNOID) It can also affect the DURA MATER, and spread from there to the surrounding bone.

The cerebrospinal fluid is clear, the pressure is considerably higher than normal, and there is a much larger number of LYMPHOCYTES (white blood cells fighting the infection) in the fluid. (see THYMUS above, IMMUNE SYSTEM below)

If the inflamed meninges exert too much pressure, the cranial nerves (see BRAIN and CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM above) may be affected to the point of paralysis of their functions. There may be HYDROCEPHALUS, the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the skull, distorting the head shape, especially in children, the brain ventricles are hugely swollen, and the brain itself squashed.

There will be severe headaches, vomiting, drowsiness, mental changes and disturbances, congestion (too much blood) in the optic discs, the ‘BLIND SPOT,’ the point at which the optic nerves leave the eyeball. The last is a recognised sign of meningitis.

MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS: the most common form of meningitis, the ‘epidemic’ variety, tends to affect people in closed institutional situations, like GLANDULAR FEVER does. (see above) It usually happens just before, or about springtime, February to April, and there is the NEISSERIA MENINGOCOCCUS bacteria detectable in the infection/inflammation products which seep out around the nervous system, also in the blood, and in mucus from the nose.

It is thought that a large number of people do not actually show any symptoms of this meningitis, but act as a reservoir of infection for more vulnerable people, especially children. Infection is thought to be via the nose through coughs and sneezes.

It can come on very suddenly, with the first symptoms of headache, vomiting and shivering, which is followed a few hours later by painful stiffness in the neck. Children may well have convulsions. In very acute cases they may be going about normally, and just collapse in a convulsion, or go to bed normally, and be found unconscious next day.

If they are not unconscious, the same symptoms continue, there may be squinting from pressure on the nerves, dry furry tongue, and high temperature. They will be irritable, uncomfortable, in pain if touched, and may display the stiff legs of ‘Kernig’s sign,’ already described above.

They may be delirious, and find it hard or impossible to sleep, with the symptoms appearing and disappearing. Purple ‘PURPURIC’ (escape of blood from blood vessels) spots may appear on the body in about ¼ (a quarter) of the cases during the first week. It is sometimes called ‘spotted fever. Death from heart failure may take place within a week.

In those who do die, it is quite common to find that the surface of the brain and spinal cord is covered with thick pus, the products of the infection process, containing dead white cells and the parts shed from the inflamed mucous membranes. Another result of the inflammation is that the blood vessels are congested, over-filled with too much blood, and there is more cerebrospinal fluid than normal visible in the brain.

As I have already pointed out in ‘THE CEREBRUM above, we have ‘liquid centres.’ This means (as if you didn’t already know) that at our centre, at the ‘core,’ – ‘deep down in my very soul,’ as the song goes, we are PSYCHIC beings, and the nature of the water body, the water element, is FEELING/EMOTION. (see THE LUNGS/THE HEART OF THE MATTER above)

As we have seen, the FLUID PRESSURE can distort the shape of our heads in HYDROCEPHALUS. (syphilitic meningitis) How far do we have to let it go, how far do we have to IGNORE our feelings, the way that we REALLY feel about life. This affects our children, animals, and the land around us TOO, but we just don’t notice, as we go our ego-driven, self-obsessed way through life, instructing it from the DISTURBED HEAD conditioning we have probably received from our parents/primary care givers/teachers, constantly, relentlessly telling LIFE ‘HOW IT SHOULD BE.’

The power of life IS NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF OUR SEPARATE EGOS. In actual fact, there is no such thing as a separate ego as such. We are TRAINED into obediently accepting it. This is a projection, an illusion. LIFE, INCLUDING US, IS AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING POWER, and ‘all the king’s horses, and all the king’s men’ don’t have the power to make any difference.

MENINGITIS tells us that we CANNOT ignore our water centre, our fluid soul, without being made aware of the INTENSE ego-body-life-threatening CONFLICT this causes in us. The different varieties of meningitis listed above tell us what the EMPHASIS is in our continuum complex, in the CONTEXT of our families/lives, for example, PNEUMOCOCCAL/TUBERCULOUS tell us about the LUNG/BREATH aspect (see LUNGS section above) of FEAR about TAKING IN LIFE/LIFE BREATH/HOLY SPIRIT. SYPHILITIC tells us that we have confused the levels of the understanding of the meaning of SEXUALITY/COMPLEMENTARITY/THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING/GIVING BIRTH TO MYSELF CONSCIOUSLY, and so on.

MENINGOENCEPHALITIS: is when both the meninges and the brain tissue beneath are inflamed/infected. The brain is generally affected to some extent in MENINGITIS, but the term ‘meningoencephalitis’ is used when the brain is CONSIDERABLY affected.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: is a degenerative condition affecting the CEREBRAL CORTEX (see CEREBRUM above) of the brain, usually in midlife or later, giving rise to DEMENTIA, which (statistically) occurs ANYWAY in 5% of people over 65, and a milder intellectual impairment (called medically ‘benign senile forgetfulness’) affects another 10-15%. The percentage of dementia rises to 30% in the over-84 bracket. (2017)

Alzheimer’s is the greater association with dementia by far, in a ratio of 70 to 30 over another type, ‘Multi-Infarct Dementia.’ Both of these need to be distinguished from a reversible Dementia Syndrome (syndrome is a group of symptoms which occur together regularly, and are then given a name as a disease) which can come and go over a period.

The Alzheimer’s type (SDAT SENILE DEMENTIA ALZHEIMER’S TYPE) symptoms include loss of orientation, (not knowing who or where you are in relation to things) memory, the ability to think coherently, (intellectual function) judgement, and activity. (i.e. just sitting about, blankly)

It is defined as the persistent (continuing) loss of intellectual function in at least 3 areas of mental activity, including: language, memory, visual-spacial coordination skills, deterioration of personality, and the abilities of abstract thinking, comparison-judgement, and arithmetic/mathematics.

Before all this, there tends to be clear short-term memory loss in the couple of years before the above symptoms become noticeable.

The aluminium theory has been put forward, as has the idea that it may be ‘hereditary,’ but basically, again, they don’t know. It should not be too surprising to us that we have not, in fact, created the ‘best of all possible worlds’ for people to grow old in. We should ask ourselves certain questions….

‘WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH OUR THINKING? WHAT HAVE WE USED THIS ABILITY/THESE ABILITIES TO ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT? WHAT ABOUT OUR HEART/HEAD FEELING/THINKING BALANCE? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IF WE DO NOT LET OUR FEELINGS ‘GET INTO OUR HEADS’ ENOUGH, THAT OUR THINKING MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY STARVE TO DEATH, AS IT WERE, DETERIORATE LITERALLY THROUGH LACK OF LOVE?’

‘MAN DO NOT LIVE IN A SATISFACTORY WAY THROUGH FEAR AND SEPARATE SELFISHNESS ALONE.’

‘WHAT ABOUT CONTACT WITH ‘NATURE?’ ARE WE ‘GROUNDED AND CONNECTED?’

MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE/PARALYSIS: usually occurs in mid-life. The grey matter ‘horn’ (the shape in cross section) cells of the SPINAL CORD degenerate, taking with them the peripheral motor nerves, and consequently the muscles atrophy through lack of use.

And/or, the nerve cells in the part of the brain where the cranial motor nerves come out degenerate, including the tongue muscles, (hypoglossal) facial muscles, skin of face receptors, (trigeminal) eye muscles, (coulometer) taste receptors to tongue, (gloss pharyngeal) and Vagus nerve, to heart, lungs, larynx, stomach, etc.

In some cases the large motor neurones of the cerebral cortex degenerate, and the nerve fibres of the SPINAL CORD (see SPINAL CORD, BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, CEREBRUM above) atrophy. (the white matter) the motor nerves are useless, leaving the person paralysed, unable to move, but still able to feel, as the sensory fibres are relatively unaffected. WOW!!! David Niven, the ‘actor,’ died of MND. And recently, Stephen Hawking. (or a duplicate)

In all cases of PARALYSIS, or PALSY, we lose the ability to DO. If the power of the muscles is weakened but not completely lost, the condition is called PARESIS.

HEMIPLEGIA (see STROKE above) means that paralysis affects one side of the face, and the arm and leg on that side, as a result of damage to the brain on the other side.

DIPLEGIA means that both sides are affected, I.e. total paralysis.

MONOPLEGIA means the paralysis of a single limb.

PARAPLEGIA means that everything is paralysed below a given point, usually the waist.

QUADRIPLEGIA means that all four limbs are paralysed.

Paralysis is a symptom, not a cause. Hemiplegia may come about from bleeding into the brain, (CEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE) blocked blood vessels from clots, (CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS, see THROMBOSIS above) a clot from some other part of the body, (see EMBOLISM above) from injury, TUMOUR, (see CANCER below) and make come on suddenly, as in a STROKE, or gradually, without becoming unconscious. (see APHASIA above)

There is also CROSSED PARALYSIS, in which one side of the face, and the opposite side of the body are affected.

MYELITIS: inflammation of the spinal cord, can lead to PARAPLEGIA, but so can injury, bone disease. (see SKELETON below) It all adds up to, ‘I DON’T WANT TO. YOU CAN’T MAKE ME.’ We, or our parents) don’t want to do something very badly, and it is acted our. Not the least possibility is what I call, ‘EXCUSED LIFE ON ACCOUNT OF THIS NOTE FROM MY MUMMY.’ (and/or DADDY, BUT MUMMIES ARE USUALLY MORE/MOST IMPORTANT)

CEREBRAL PALSY: a term used to describe a group of conditions with different degrees of PARALYSIS which happen in infancy or occasionally early childhood. This is ‘SPASTIC PARALYSIS,’ from whence the word ‘SPASTIC’ comes.

In most cases the damage happens before, or during birth, from genetic malformation of the brain, a congenital defect, or the effect of an infection on the brain during pregnancy, or during birth, TRAUMA, shock from the birth itself or injury, or what is thought by some to be the most significant reason, deprivation of oxygen during the birth process.

After birth, the 10-15% of remaining cases may be from KERNICTERUS, severe jaundice. (‘ikteros’ is Greek for ‘jaundice’) If it happens within 24 hours of birth, it is probable that there is blood group incompatibility between mother and baby. (see HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA above)

There is too much bile in the bloodstream, the baby cannot deal with it, and it can stain anddamage the nerve cells in the BASAL NUCLEI of the brain. (see JAUNDICE above)

Other post-natal causes may include INFECTION OF THE BRAIN, (see ENCEPHALITIS above) CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS, (see THROMBOSIS above) or EMBOLISM, (see above) or again TRAUMA.

The condition described as ‘congenital’ affects boys much more than girls, and also affects a high percentage of first-born children.

‘SPASTIC’ comes from the Greek ‘spastikos,’ meaning ‘pulling.’ The control of the motor nerves is lost, and the muscles are in a state of over-stimulation. The muscles are commonly in an over-excited state, or FLACCID, too loose and relaxed, insufficiently stimulated. There may be slow, writhing movements, repetitive movements of the hands and feet, known as ATHETOSIS, or ATHETOID SPASMS. There may be any variety of PARALYSIS as described in MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE, see above. There may be ‘sub-normal’ mental symptoms. These may be difficult to recognise, until a child has difficulty doing things that a ‘normal’ child for the age has no difficulty with, or it may be difficult to tell what is happening because the child may slobber, grimace, make odd movements or sounds, but this does not mean that a child is mentally ‘retarded.’

This is another hard condition to face properly. If we want to destroy our unconsciously produced INNER CHILD, or prevent the development of the INNER CHILD for whatever reason, it states that we are simply EXTERNALISING the fear and REFUSAL of this part of our family CONTINUUM to grow and develop properly. Because we will not care for our PSYCHIC/SPIRITUAL INNER CHILD, we are forced to look after the ‘damaged’ OUTER CHILD, but really THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IF WE CUT OFF/DENY THE LIFE BREATH/HOLY SPIRIT TO THE CHILD. IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT, THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS, WE ARE MERELY ‘UNCONSCIOUS.’

MYALGIC ENCEPHALITIS/M.E.: another ‘SYNDROME,’ (collection of symptoms with a name attached) with fatigue, pains, inability to concentrate, panic attacks, loss of memory, general depression, etc.

It often follows on virus infections of the upper respiratory tract, (nose, throat, etc. see above) and intestines. (see above)

Doctors cannot find any ‘medical’ evidence for the disease, so are in two minds whether it exists at all, or whether it is a case of advanced ‘malingering,’ (avoidance) This is more difficult however if they have to face epidemics of it. They sometimes label it, ‘POSTVIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME,’ or ‘EPIDEMIC NEUROMYASTHENIA.’

I have worked with M.E. sufferers, and often they have been in stressful careers that they don’t really like, or feel suited to, but feel that they have to go on being ‘high-powered’ because their parents like their child being a ‘success.’

Many parents who wanted their daughters to be boys, put continuous unconscious pressure on them to ‘excel,’ feeling that this gives meaning to the PARENTS OWN LIVES, disguising the societal conditioning that WOMEN, INCLUDING THE MOTHERS THEMSELVES, ARE ‘NOT GOOD ENOUGH.’

IF MY CHILD SUCCEEDS IN A HIGH-POWERED CAREER (MALE ROLE) THEN I AM NOT (OR AM LESS OF) A FAILURE.’

The stress factor in such parent-child relationships is ONGOING. It clearly goes back to the parents own conditioning, as with so many conditions, bouncing down the generations. As with GLANDULAR FEVER, (see above) I have to ask ‘WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? (TO YOURSELF) WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?

And ‘ARE YOU GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?’

HEADACHE/MIGRAINE: see HEAD at beginning of book. MIGRAINE is sometimes called HEMICRANIA, from the Greek ‘hemicranias, half a skull.’ It is more frequent in women than men, with up to SIX MILLION sufferers, who get repeating severe headaches with visual symptoms, blinding lights, ‘hallucinations,’ and disturbed digestive systems in the worst cases. It can go on for hours or days.

The generally accepted view is that ‘susceptible’ individuals constrict the blood vessels in the brain, then expand them so that more fluid then puts pressure on the surrounding tissues.

Women often start migraines at puberty, and continue until the menopause, until menstruation (see above) stops, and they cannot become pregnant. My mother’s migraines only stopped WHEN SHE WENT ON THE PILL. (started taking prescribed birth-control pills)

Fear of becoming pregnant is easy enough to understand, especially because migraines stop during pregnancy. After all, there is no point in having migraines to stop pregnancy, ‘Not tonight, dear, I’ve got a bad headache,’ if you are ALREADY pregnant.

Men get them too. It is all about AVOIDING FACING YOUR FEELINGS. FACE YOUR FEELINGS, AND MOST OF YOUR ‘HEADACHES’ WILL FADE AWAY.

STOP BANGING YOUR FOOL HEAD AGAINST THE WALL. IT IS NOT LIFE-ENHANCING, THERE IS NO ‘PERCENTAGE’ IN IT.

If it is difficult to be a woman, or a man, maybe we should FACE UP TO IT, and COMMUNICATE MORE TO OUR PARTNERS, FAMILY, THOSE AROUND US. SHARE IT, DON’T BOTTLE IT UP.’

Headache may be a secondary symptom of other conditions. INFECTED SINUSES=‘CONFLICT WITH THE INTUITION,’ (see SINUSITIS above)

URAEMIA/GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (see above) may bring on headaches from toxicity, and HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (see above) may be involved as well, as may NAUSEA and CONSTIPATION – ‘HOLDING ON TO MY SHIT.’ It’s the same thing, really. (see also ENCEPHALITIS/MENINGITIS above)

PART EIGHT IMMUNE SYSTEM/LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

The word ‘immunity’ comes from the Latin ‘immunis’ meaning ‘exempt from public charge or service.’ ‘Exemption from an obligation, penalty, or infavourable circumstance.’ (Concise Oxford Dictionary)

As I/we have discussed at length in various conditions throughout this book, (see THE COMMON COLD, HERPES SIMPLEX, INFLUENZA, THE THYMUS, HIV/AIDS etc. above) we can look at LIFE, the EARTH, the world and everything in it as completely separate from an ‘individual’ ‘ME/US,’ (that is, let alone the solar system, the galaxy, the universe, GOD and all other levels and dimensions) and HOSTILE to ‘ME/US,’

or,

we can (begin to) look at LIFE as a much more cooperative, holistic experience and adventure in which we are involved, along with many other people, races, tribes, species, both visible and INVISIBLE, macroscopic and microscopic, which are not OUT TO GET US, HURT US, DO US DOWN, OR IN.

UNFORTUNATELY I NOW HAVE TO ADD, ‘EXCEPT FOR THE VERY WELL ORGANISED ONES WHO ARE !!!

What we are looking at here is the difference in MODELS (or paradigms, if you like the popular newspeak words) of PERCEPTION. We do not take the way we have been taught to look at things as being AUTOMATICALLY TRUE and ‘REAL,’ but first LOOK AT THE WAY WE LOOK AT THINGS, to see if they make sense.

If we do not WANT TO LOOK, if we are AFRAID of challenging ‘higher authority’ in ANY FORM, (our parents, religious leaders, doctors, scientists etc.) then we should prepare ourselves for the POSSIBILITY that we are being conned/deceived/swindled/VICTIMS OF A ‘CONFIDENCE TRICK.’

‘The blind leading the blind. In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.’

If we are to start to make sense of what is actually going on in human life, or if we just want to have a better model, a superior explanation, then one of the first things we have to do is to abandon the CELL WARS model, look more closely, ‘GET WHOLISTIC!!!!’

The REDUCTIONIST model of trying to look at all the pieces of the puzzle in separation, has caused the scientists and ‘health professionals’ of western society to MISS THE BIG PICTURE, THE CONTEXT, THE PERSPECTIVE, and they/we end up with little patterns moving about in microscopes, which is all very well, but we need to get closer to SYSTEMS and PROCESSES, which include PEOPLE and their FEELINGS, WHERE WE/THEY ARE, HOW WE GOT HERE, WHAT OUR INFLUENCES ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING, and so on. In other words, we need something which is considerably MORE than a reasonably accurate MAP of the WHOLE TERRAIN.

That is what this project is trying to do. I/we want to make you THINK about it, not necessarily accept our version as true. As the bottom line for M.E. and GLANDULAR FEVER state, ‘WHOSE LIFE IS IT, ANYWAY?’

We want to EMPOWER you, to help you to take more control and responsibility for what is actually happening in YOUR LIFE. If you are too frightened, or too ‘busy,’ you should not be reading this book, because it will only make you upset, or angry.

If you face reality with a good medical encyclopedia/dictionary, you will be forced to the INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION that THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, most of the time. Example after example, the reference books will tell you RELENTLESSLY, ‘the cause is not known.’ They have special words to disguise their ignorance,

‘IDIOPATHIC, IATROGENIC.’ Look the meanings up, if you don’t know.

As I hope you have understood from ‘THE THYMUS’ and ‘AIDS/HIV’ above, the ‘IMMUNE SYSTEM’ is managed by THE SPIRITUAL HEART, the centre of OUR LOVE (or lack of it) OF and FOR LIFE. IT IS OUR MAIN CONNECTION POINT TO LIFE PSYCHO-SPIRITUALLY. IF IT IS ATROPHIED, EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIFE SUFFERS.

This is the TRUTH, ‘THE HEART OF THE MATTER,’ that we need to SEE the TRUTH, TELL THE TRUTH, LIVE THE TRUTH IN OUR LIVES. We must be HONEST, and FACE UP TO HOW WE REALLY ARE, HOW WE LIVE, WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LIFE, OUR INNER AND OUTER BEING REALLY IS.

If we believe that we are basically BAD, UNWORTHY, and consequently DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED, then it should not surprise us greatly that our collective medical model is PUNISHMENT-ORIENTED. ‘The PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME,’ so to speak.

The TRUTH of the IMMUNE SYSTEM is……

That there is NO immune system.

Life is a metaphor for the spiritual process, and its metaphors can be read, just like dream-language, the metaphorical – symbolic language of dreams can be read and understood. Life is INFORMING US CONSTANTLY through INNER and OUTER processes, and all we have to do is pay ATTENTION. LOOK! LISTEN! FEEL!

The processes we call sickness and diseases, are telling us things about our collective (and to a LESSER extent ‘individual’) LIFE. Their nature is that they ARE processes, and if we are able to egotistically self-obsessedly, fearfully IGNORE the more subtle early information, that does not mean that more GROSS, CONFRONTING, EASY TO SEE symptoms/information is/are an ‘accident,’ which suddenly appear out of NOWHERE. This is simply NOT TRUE!

I can, and YOU can READ and UNDERSTAND the information successfully, even if doctors cannot.

I SWEAR THAT YOU CAN HAVE ‘IMMUNITY.’ ‘EXEMPTION FROM THE OBLIGATION, PENALTY, OR UNFAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCE,’ but you must pay the price of

* ATTENTION *

THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM: (allopathic version): as we have already discussed in THE CIRCULATION and the various HEART and BLOOD DISORDERS above, the heart pumps blood containing oxygen and food through the arteries to every living and working part of the body. The arteries divide into smaller vessels called ARTERIOLES, which then divide repeatedly until they form an extremely dense, thorough network, which penetrates between the cells of all the living tissues. These terminating branches are called CAPILLARIES.

The capillaries are incredibly thin, about one cell thick, if we can call it that, and the network is so dense that no living cell is at all far from its food and oxygen supply. In fact, in the LIVER, (see above) for example, every cell is connected to a capillary. Some capillaries are so thin that blood cells are squashed and distorted as they pass through them.

The blood pressure is very high at the artery end of the capillaries, (called capillary beds) and the walls of the capillaries are very thin, so thin that a clear fluid called ‘TISSUE FLUID,’ is forced out of the blood and into and through the spaces between cells.

The tissue fluid carries away carbon dioxide and other waste products to the vein system, because of the pressure gradient. Not all the tissue fluid returns to the CIRCULATION via the capillary/venule (tiny vein) system, some of it goes back through the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. (The proteins are too large and blood pressure too low to re-enter veins.)

The LYMPHATIC SYSTEM starts off with narrow, thin-walled tubes called LYMPH CAPILLARIES or LYMPHATICS, of which there are almost as many in the tissues as blood capillaries. They drain into larger lymph vessels similar to veins, and eventually join up into 2 main ducts which empty into the large veins in the root of the neck, and thence to the ATRIUM of the HEART. (‘atrium’ is the central court of an ancient Roman house)

The larger of the 2 main lymphatic ducts is the THORACIC DUCT which collects lymph fluid from the intestine, absorbing fats after meals through lymph capillaries called LACTEALS (Latin ‘milky’) from the colour of the fat emulsion.

On its way through the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, the lymph fluid, which is basically colourless blood with less protein in it, (but with the same clotting properties etc.) passes through a number of LYMPH NODES, which appear as swellings on the LYMPHATICS. They are most numerous in the armpit and groin, and have 2 main functions, to trap and remove any abnormal or foreign particles from the lymph, (which is done by large white blood cells called MACROPHAGES, Greek for ‘big eaters!) and to be a part of what medical ‘science’ calls the ‘IMMUNE SYSTEM.’ (see above) (read carefully)

This project disagrees wholeheartedly with much of the medical definitions and descriptions, but gives them to you anyway, so you can ‘make your own mind up.’

To continue: there are 2 types of LYMPHOCYTES, (white blood cells which are produced in the LYMPHOID or lymph-producing tissue, the LYMPH NODES, THYMUS, (see above) TONSILS, (see TONSILLITIS above) SPLEEN. (see above)) large and small LYMPHOCYTES, which together make up 25% or so of all white cells. MACROPHAGES are large cells.

They play an important part in the production of ANTIBODIES, (see THYMUS) which are part of a set of systems which enable the body to ‘deal with’ the ‘foreign matter’ already mentioned, etc., as well as the microbiological/microscopic/micro-organisms which we ‘see’ (read the part of HERPES SIMPLEX above about our eyesight carefully) under the various forms of microscopy, and call VIRUSES and BACTERIA. Or at least, this is the allopathic version……meanwhile…..

The THYMUS (read carefully) produces 5 TIMES AS MANY LYMPHOCYTES as all the other LYMPHOID TISSUE. It also produces a hormone called THYMOSIN which is probably part of a COMMUNICATING PROCESS between cells in the system.

My contention is that we have GOT IT ALL WRONG, that the THYMUS (which is negatively affected by stress, and the ADRENOCORTICAL or STRESS HORMONES, see ADRENAL GLANDS above) is the SPIRITUAL HEART, or an expression of it, and that the ‘IMMUNE SYSTEM’ (see above) is NOTHING OF THE SORT, that it is NOT a MECHANISTIC DEFENCE SYSTEM, which so often seems to FAIL, but effectively a REAL LOVE SYSTEM, a sort of barometer or indicator of what we are really doing in our lives. That what they persist in calling mere ‘chemicals,; hormones and separate ‘particles’ etc. are functions of CONSCIOUSNESS, which are part of an essential UNITY, which cannot be treated as if they were objective mechanical PARTS which can be manipulated, replaced, removed without severe repercussions on the ‘patient’ or victim.

‘IMMUNITY’ in the medical sense, is ACTUALLY our FREEDOM FROM FEAR. (FEAR, which naturally produces lots of ADRENOCORTICAL/STRESS hormones, activates what are described as HISTAMINES/allergens etc.)(see ASTHMA above) how much we are at home with, feel comfortable with, LOVE LIFE, and consequently TRUST IT, and FEEL REAL JOY, makes us ‘immune’ or simply, WE DON’T RESPOND ‘NEGATIVELY’ TO THE MICROSCOPIC INFORMATION IN OUR BODIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

OUR ‘DIFFICULTY’ IS THAT ALMOST NOBODY TELLS THE TRUTH IN OUR ‘BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS.’ IT MAY BE THAT WE DON’T EVEN REALLY KNOW HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH.

‘EATING,’ you see, as in white blood cell/MACROPHAGES, etc. ‘eating’ intruders, is the dream/psychic language for ‘ASSIMILATING INFORMATION, WHAT IS TO BE ASSIMILATED, INCORPORATED INTO THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’

It’s exactly the same as what the ‘immune system cells’ are doing…………’WHAT A COINCIDENCE…..’

CAN YOU IMAGINE A REALITY WHERE ‘SCIENTISTS’ AND ‘DOCTORS’ ARE STUDYING INTEGRATED FUNCTIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS UNDER MICROSCOPES AND MISIDENTIFYING/MISINTERPRETING THEM? AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, ESTABLISHED AS MAINSTREAM ‘MEDICAL TRUTH,’ AND BASICALLY PUNISHING THE POPULATION.

If we are unable for whatever reason to EAT THIS FOOD/ASSIMILATE THIS INFORMATION, we say that we ‘become ILL.’ The human body-as-metaphor expresses or illustrates what is really going on in SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE which is quite EASY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND, but the difficulty is that our ‘culture’ trains us to view human bodies as ‘separate and individual,’ in which parts go WRONG somehow separately, whereas the information food often (if not always) has a large COLLECTIVE COMPONENT.

HIV and the immunodeficiency diseases are good examples, because the former progressively shows/makes us unable to eat the information, and the latter shows us ‘EATING OURSELVES.’ To make headway with all this, we need to resolve very differing perspectives, world views. But then, ‘WHAT IS LIFE FOR?’

WE NEED TO LIVE IT WITH LOVE.

PART NINE ALL SKIN AND BONES

THE SKIN: ‘I’ve got you, under my skin, I’ve got you, deep in the heart of me. Frightened out of my skin, skinflint, thick or thin skinned, shed my skin, skin-deep, by the skin of my teeth,’ and so on.

The skin is a membrane which covers the outer surface of the body, and meets the mucous membranes which line the body’s internal cavities, at the body’s various openings.

It has 2 distinct layers, the outer layer, EPIDERMIS (or EPITHELIUM or CUTICLE) and the inner layer, DERMIS or CORIUM.

The epidermis itself has several layers, the top or horny layer, which forms a tough, bacteria-proof, waterproof overcoat ‘between man and his environment.’ (sorry, girls, I’m just quoting this) it is made up of several thicknesses of flat, dead cells full of KERATIN granules. (Keratin is a fibrous protein, from the Greek for ‘horn.’)

The only openings in the skin are for hairs and sweat glands. The flat cells are continuously being worn off, rubbed away, and replaced by the next layer beneath.

The middle layer (or layers, depending on sources) is called the GRANULAR LAYER, in which cells are changing their form and substance from the layer beneath, as they are progressively pushed upwards, the KERATIN granules are formed in them, and they lose their nuclei and become flattened.

The bottom layer is called the MALPIGHIAN or GERMINATIVE LAYER. In this is a continuous layer of living cells which continually divide and produce the top layer of living cells which continually divide and produce the top layers of the epidermis, constantly replacing them as they are pushed outwards.

There are no blood vessels in the epidermis, but the tiny sensory nerves end between the cells of this layer. The cells are nourished by the rich blood vessel network of the DERMIS (inner layer) beneath.

It is also in this (MALPIGHIAN/GERMINATIVE) layer that cells called MELANOCYTES produce MELANIN (from the Greek ‘melanos, black’) a dark-brown to black pigment which occurs in the hair, skin, and the IRIS of the eye.

When the granules of this pigment which the MELANOCYTES produce, are exposed to ultra-violet light, they are released into the upper layers of the skin, where they produce SUN-TAN, which to some extent protects the skin against further ultra-violet exposure.

Genetic factors influence the distribution of MELANIN in the skin, which gives it its colour. Black and brown people (as well as suntanned white people) have a more widespread distribution of MELANIN in the upper layers of skin. Apparently the number of MELANOCYTES does not increase, but they get more active.

The skin CANCER (see below) MELANOMA arises from the MELANOCYTE cells, particularly in moles on the skin, raised darker pigmented spots.

The DERMIS, CORIUM (or ‘TRUE SKIN’) is the fibrous layer of CONNECTIVE (which holds different structures together) tissue, in which a variety of specialist tissues and cells are embedded, and is the main part of the covering of the body. The EPIDERMIS varies in thickness between about 1mm. on the palms of hands/soles of feet, to 0.1mm. on the face. The DERMIS varies from about 0.5 – 3mm., thicker on the back than the front of the body, and thicker in men than in women.

The fibres are mostly COLLAGEN (the most common protein in the body, which occurs in many different forms, and is converted to GELATIN when boiled) and ELASTIC FIBRES here and there, which keep the skin flexible, and at the same time, stretched.

The fibres are produced by flattened or star-shaped cells called FIBROBLASTS, and are bundled together to form a woven mat sort of cover, like felt. The dermis also contains MACROPHAGES, (see LYMPHATIC SYSTEM above) similar to the white blood cells which move about ingesting foreign matter and BACTERIA etc.

The dermis also contains an extensive network of blood capillaries, nerve endings, and lymphatic capillaries. The capillaries supply the dermis and cells in the GERMINATIVE layer of the EPIDERMIS with food and oxygen, and take away the waste products. The sweat glands and hair follicles (FOLLICLE is the name given to a small sac or gland.) also have a network of capillaries supplying them. The capillary system not only nourishes etc., but plays an important part in temperature regulation.

The temperature of fish, amphibia, reptiles etc. when at rest is more or less the same as their surroundings, which makes them very dependent on the external temperature. If the temperature suddenly falls, their metabolisms slow down to the point of inactivity.

Man on the other hand (and woman) is a constant temperature being, in other words in a healthy state, the internal temperature remains constant between 36.7 and 37.2 degrees C., (98-99) deg. F.) regardless of the outside temperature.

The chemical changes in living tissue produce quite a lot of heat. Glands, particularly the LIVER, (see above) and the work of muscles, produce a lot of heat, which is dispersed around the body by the CIRCULATION. (see above) In fact, NEARLY ALL of the energy of the chemical reactions appears as HEAT. If we could not get rid of it, the temperature of a TOTALLY INACTIVE person would go up 1 degree C. per hour.

The body loses heat to the atmosphere by CONVECTION (upward movement) and RADIATION, (waves) but in hot conditions heat may actually be gained rather than lost this way.

Moisture moves constantly through the skin and evaporates into the air, taking heat with it, but this is not the same as SWEATING. If we want to reduce these heat losses, we put on more clothes, ‘an extra layer of skin.’ We also lose heat through breathing out.

If we get too hot, because of high outside temperature, physical work/exercise, fever, direct solar radiation, etc., when the temperature of the blood reaching the HYPOTHALAMUS (see above) in the BRAIN registers with its receptors as anything above normal, the following instructions are sent out. Widen the blood vessels beneath the EPIDERMIS! (VASODILATION) More blood flows near the surface, losing more heat into the air. This makes a white skin flush red.

Sweat! Nerve impulses from the THALAMUS conveyed by the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (see BRAIN and CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM above) stimulate the sweat glands into activity. About 3 million tiny coiled tubes go down from the surface zig-zagging down to the flesh below the DERMIS. They can just be seen as the pores of the skin with the naked eye, and easily under low magnification. The number per square inch varies from a few 100 on the back to a few 1000, say, on the palm of the hand.

Each tube is lined with cells which absorb fluid, mainly water with some dissolved salts, from the surrounding tissue cells and capillaries, passed up the tube, which leaves a layer of moisture on the surface, taking heat from the body as it evaporates.

Evaporation from the forehead, upper lip, neck and torso do the temperature regulation. The palms, soles of feet and armpits also sweat under emotional stress.

If the temperature gets too high, and these methods don’t work, we are in serious trouble. We get HEAT STROKE, which at its most extreme is called HYPERPYREXIA, and can be fatal. Look out for very high temperature, (41.7 C. 107 F. or worse) stopping of sweating, coma.

If we lose more heat than we are getting, the sweating decreases, cutting down evaporation, the arterioles which supply the skin capillaries constrict, decreasing the blood flow near the surface, (VASOCONSTRICTION) and cutting down heat loss. The liver speeds up our metabolic rate, producing more energy, releasing more heat, and, SHIVERING begins, a reflex action in the muscles which, although it may not feel like it, generates more heat and helps raise the body temperature.

If the temperature falls too far, this leads to HYPOTHERMIA, the main cause of death from ‘EXPOSURE,’ and a problem for old people who are too inactive. It leads to collapse of functions and death from HEART FAILURE.(see above)

The skin does perform a little of the function of RESPIRATION, but in humans only between ½ and ¾ of one per cent of the respired CARBON DIOXIDE (see LUNGS above) is given off by the skin, we breathe out the rest.

It is well known that the skin is very responsive to emotional states, BLUSHING is an extremely frequently used example. It is quite interesting that the body is very energy efficient in this sort of matter, and the reddening tends to follow the neckline of what is being worn. It illustrates the CONFLICT the ego-mind of the subject is in, with what they are FEELING…..’FACE THE CONFLICT.’

From our point of view, the skin represents the BOUNDARY of the SEPARATE, or rather, ‘IMAGINED-TO-BE-SEPARATE’ EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’ It is the ‘edge’ which divides INFINITY up into ‘ME,’ and ‘NOT-ME.’

In this context it represents and expresses the REDUCTIONIST, SEPARATIST, ELITIST, ‘INDIVIDUALIST’ views which our society tends to preach, and consequently suffers from quite a lot of CONFLICTS/INFECTIONS/INFLAMMATIONS/NERVOUS/EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS which these sorts of attitude force us to live with. Such symptoms tell us that these kinds of attitudes and associated behaviour give us FEELING problems, and are also UNSIGHTLY, ‘DISFIGURING,’ even. If we are being forced to notice them, to PAY ATTENTION, we should thank our bodies kindly, and not get angry, or try to hide the information.

ACNE: inflammation of the SEBACEOUS or OIL GLANDS associated with the HAIR FOLLICLES, blocked pores and follicles lead to blackheads, and bacterial infection to inflammation, namely acne.

However, as I mentioned above, like BLUSHING, ACNE affects the same visible area, chiefly the FACE, NECK, and UPPER CHEST. It normally begins at puberty, and is correctly associated with TEENAGE ANGST, and developing ‘hormones.’

‘SMALL CONFLICTS ABOUT GROWING UP, (whatever that means) BEING ‘NOTICED’ AND BEING UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT IT, AND DEVELOPING SEXUALITY.’

‘CONFLICT ABOUT SEEING MYSELF AS AN ADULT.’

Considering phenomena like this should help you to understand that the ‘MEDICAL MODEL is just plain WRONG! The human body is marvelously complex and should not be idly messed around with for profit.

BROMIDROSIS: Evil-smelling perspiration. ‘Your feet, have put a hurt, on my nose.’ (F. ZAPPA)

‘MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PSYCHE SMELLS FUNNY. INTUITION, THE PSYCHE, AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO.’

BOILS: inflammation of the skin containing pus, usually labelled a STAPHYLOCOCCUS infection.

‘CONFLICT WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO. RAGING ANGER.’ (but possibly unfelt, not faced up to, or unexpressed. Often with parents, because they give you their description of what a person is.)

The exact meaning will vary according to the position of boils.

DERMATITIS: Inflammation of the skin.

Contact Dermatitis: ‘SHOULD I BE DOING/BE IN CONTACT WITH THIS?’

Light-sensitive Dermatitis: again, the face, neck and hands, and a main incidence between April and September. Reddening and blistering of the skin. Allergic to LIGHT means ‘I’M TOO EXPOSED. I REALLY WANT TO HIDE.

EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS/ERYTHRODERMA: patches of skin reddening, called ERYTHEMA. The skin thickens, and then begins to peel off. In over half the cases it is associated with another skin condition, CHRONIC ECZEMA or PSORIASIS. (see both below) In one third no cause can be found. The rest are associated with cancers.

It spreads to cover the whole body, is rare until 50, and is 3 times more common in men than women.

‘WIDESPREAD CONFLICT WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO. WHAT IS BENEATH THE COVER-UP? WHO AM I?’

ECTHYMA: not eczema with a lisp. Pustules (small localised collections of pus, a small ABSCESS, see QUINSY above) with surrounding inflammation. They burst open and discharge, leaving coloured scars.

LIKE BOILS. (see above) ‘THE CONFLICT BURSTS THE BARRIERS, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY.’ (but at the wrong level.)

ECZEMA: red itchy skin (ERYTHEMA) which blisters and splits. The splits may feel like burning. It can go from quite mild looking to extremely angry looking overnight without apparent reason. The message varies according to the (inner) meaning of the location on the body. The parental connection is extremely important.

‘RAGING CONFLICT/UNEXPRESSED/INSUFFICIENTLY EXPRESSED ANGER.’

NUMMULAR/DISCOID ECZEMA: disc-shaped patches on the back of the hands, often on the backs of girls hands when they start work.

‘I CAN’T HANDLE THIS. WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?’

The back of the hands represents the psychic/inner component of the holding/MANIPULATION/MANIPULATING process. Think about it!!!!

‘ATOPIC’ ECZEMA: the ‘allergic’ hypersensitivity, which may show as ASTHMA, (see above) HAY FEVER, (see CONJUNCTIVITIS, HAY FEVER, above) or ECZEMA. May begin in early infancy, 3-4 months. The parental connection is ABSOLUTE. The condition is then known as

INFANTILE ECZEMA: the parents have serious problems with their own inner/outer child, which are projected on the outer child.

ERYSIPELAS/THE ROSE/ST. ANTONY’S FIRE: inflammation of the skin, with fever, associated with the STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES bacteria. Commonest in late middle age, (40-50-60) slightly more women than man. Pain, heat and burning/tingling. May affect a whole limb or large area of the body.

‘I FEEL AS IF I’M ON FIRE.’ ‘CONFLICT WITH THE NEED FOR TRANSFORMATION/(and) THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME-NOT-ME.’’

ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM: ‘slapped cheek’ disease. Fiery rash on children’s cheeks, especially in spring. Lasts for up to 3 weeks., thought to be a ‘virus,’ but none discovered yet.

‘FACING THE CONFLICT ESPECIALLY ABOUT FERTILITY, PROJECTED ON MY UNCONSCIOUS (INNER/) OUTER CHILD PARTS.’

HERPES SIMPLEX: (see above, also ‘GENITAL’ HERPES above)

HERPES ZOSTER/SHINGLES: the same ‘virus’ (allopathic version) as CHICKENPOX in children. Small yellow fluid-filled blisters spread around the chest in a band, dry up and scab. (form a crust from fibrin clotting. The vesicle-blisters are fluid from blood serum.) There may be facial HERPES on the brows, and around the eyes.

Feeling unwell, slight rise in temperature, vague pains. The pain becomes localised at a point in the side, and 2-3 days after the first symptoms, the rash appears. The little yellow blebs or vesicles appear on the back, side, or front of the chest, or all 3, along the space between one pair of ribs. They increase in number until there may be clearly visible ‘half girdle’ round one side.

The pain is quite severe at this stage, but much worse in older people than children. In old people especially, the pain may not stop when the eruption disappears, but linger for weeks of months. This is called, ‘POST-HERPETIC NEURALGIA.’

Most adults who get Herpes zoster have had CHICKENPOX in childhood, and so are still susceptible to ‘the virus,’ (or INFORMATION‘) but it is rare for zoster to occur after contact with CHICKENPOX, although it is common for an adult with zoster to ’infect’ a child with

CHICKENPOX: or VARICELLA, is a contagious disease which mainly affects children, but may in fact happen at any age. The name ’chickenpox’ is apparently a reference to the erupting blister/vesicles resembling cooked CHICK PEAS. (GARBANZO BEANS)

It occurs in epidemics affecting mainly children under 10, and is ‘extremely infectious.’ There is a 14-21 day incubation period often infection, then the child becomes feverish, or starts to shiver, may feel more ill with vomiting, and pains in the back and legs.

At more or less the same time, the eruption appears on back and chest, perhaps on forehead, less often on arms and legs. It starts as red pimples but quickly these become the fluid-filled blisters. The vesicles appear over several days, and on the second day may change from clear to cloudy and pus-filled. They burst in another day or so, shrivel up and form crusts, which dry up and fall off in about a week.

One attack gives immunity from re-infection, but the virus (allopathic version) may remanifest later in life as HERPES ZOSTER/SHINGLES. (Zoster is Greek for ‘belt or girdle.’)

‘CONFLICT WITH THE PSYCHE AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO.’

‘COLLECTIVE FEAR ABOUT THE PSYCHE AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO, (‘ME’ and ‘NOT-ME’) PROJECTED ON THE EXTERNALISED (GIVEN BIRTH TO MYSELF UNCONSCIOUSLY) CHILD PARTS.’

Which side is the ‘girdle’ on? Zoster affects the older people much more severely than the children, of course.

HYPERHIDROSIS: Excessive sweating. The PSYCHE POURS OUT OF ME, ‘I CAN’T KEEP IT IN.. I AM FORCED TO NOTICE. IS IT TOO MUCH EFFORT, OR …WHAT?’

ICHTHYOSIS: the skin surface becomes hard and scaly, dry and cracked, like fish scales. Said to be ‘hereditary.’

‘I WALL MYSELF IN. (PRESUMABLY FOR MY OWN PROTECTION) THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CONTINUUM-EGO ARE HARD AND INFLEXIBLE, RIGID.’

IMPETIGO: bacterial infection, particularly on the FACE, associated with STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. Vesicles, pus blisters which leave yellow-brown scabs. Can last a long time, with the site of infection moving about.

‘FACING THE CONFLICT WITH THE PSYCHE, AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO…. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FACE….’

ITCHING/PRURITIS: ‘SOMETHING IS BOTHERING ME, ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO… WHAT IS THE ‘SOURCE OF MY IRRITATION????’

‘SCRATCH, SCRATCH, SCRATCH THAT ITCH….’

KERATOSIS: overgrowth of horny layer of skin, attributed to overexposure to the sun. Happens to older people in less sunny areas, but develops earlier in sun-bathing ‘enthusiasts.’ Firm dry scaly areas surrounded by redness, and patchy pigmentation generally on the exposed areas.

‘I TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF, SO EVERYONE THINKS I’M ‘EXPOSED,’ BUT I’M NOT REALLY. IT’S THE WRONG LEVEL, AND TO PROVE IT THE BOUNDARIES OF MY EGO-BODY BECOME HARD AND RIGID, WHERE I’M EXPOSED.’

LEUCODERMA: areas become white, in various skin diseases.

‘WHITENESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.’ Oh no it isn’t. It means ‘TRIUMPH OF THE WILL.’ Ask Leni Reifenstahl. ‘I was only making movies,’ she says. If you want to know more, ask the focaliser.

LICHEN: in Lichen simplex, hardening of the skin with pimples, through scratching….’ WHAT IS IRRITATING ME, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SCRATCH AWAY AT THE WRONG LEVEL????? See ITCHING/PRURITIS, above.

It affects women more than man, especially on the back of the neck, and back of forearm, inner thigh, back of knee, and around ankles. The skin ‘becomes like morocco leather.’

‘YOU HAVE TO HAVE A THICK HIDE TO RESIST WHAT???’ Obvious, isn’t it? The affected parts are mainly at the back, where it’s ‘HARD FOR ‘ME’ TO SEE.’ This means literally that something is happening, but the ego ‘doesn’t know what’s going on.’

LICHEN PLANUS: purple pimples which begin on the wrists, and spread to the body and legs. The skin around the ‘purple shiny pimples’ thickens. Supposed to be ‘emotional/nervous’ or ‘allergic.’ CHRONIC.

The pimples are also often found in the mouth.

LUPUS: VULGARIS. ‘intractable skin diseases.’ Associated with the tuberculosis bacteria MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. It’s described as ‘not very infective,’ but it EATS THE FACE AWAY. Details are pretty gory. You don’t want to know. A clear yellow transparent(ish) nodule appears as the first sign, called ‘apple-jelly nodule.’ (small lump)

‘I CAN’T FACE THE HORROR, NOW I HAVE TO….’

LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: ‘unknown aetiology.’ another of these nice medical terms for ‘WE DON’T KNOW.’ 2 types, ‘discoid,’ rounded red, slightly raised circles, most commonly on nose and cheeks, fuse together at edges, give a characteristic ‘butterfly’ appearance to reddened nose and cheeks. No deformity but ‘unsightly,’ Most common in women. ‘FACE THE CONFLICT.’ Round red circles are a nice dream symbol for ‘conflict with the ego’s idea of spiritual progress/development.

The other type is lupus erythematosus SYSTEMIC, a different kettle of fish. An AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDER (see THYMUS above) which affects 9 times as many women as men. The symptoms include the discoid form, painful joints, KIDNEY trouble, (see above) ALVEOLITIS, (allergic PNEUMONIA, see above) enlarged SPLEEN, (see above) and fever.

‘FACE THE CONFLICT + I ATTACK MYSELF in ALL THESE AREAS. I AM THE ENEMY.’ Who is not allowing you to have any kind of a life? Is it MUMMY? Why do you believe her? And what is so wrong with being a WOMAN?

PITYRIASIS ROSEA: skin eruption of ‘wait for it – unknown origin’ that young people get. A characteristic oval slightly red scaly patch develops between the shoulder blades or on lower abdomen. This is called the ‘herald patch.’ It spreads over the whole trunk in 3-4 days time. It features pink pimples, and oval brown spots or stains which itch a lot. It lasts about 6 weeks, but does not usually come back.

‘CONFLICT-WHERE I CAN’T SEE IT.’ it then becomes obvious THAT THERE’S SOMETHING IRRITATING ME A LOT. If the body ‘blushes’ it shows the conflict and embarrassment for me. Maybe it’s LIVING AT HOME, TEENAGE ANGST…OR SOMETHING?

POMPHOLYX: CHEIROPOMPHOLYX. Eczema with fluid blisters set deep in the palms of the hands and fingers.

‘RAGING CONFLICT ABOUT HANDLING IT. I DON’T WANT TO HANDLE, HOLD THIS. HANDLING ‘PSYCHIC GROWTH…’’

PODOPOMPHOLYX: the same, but on soles of feet and toes. Just read ‘THE WALK OF LIFE,’ instead of ‘HANDLING.’ ‘I DON’T WANT TO…etc.’

PRURIGO: small pimples and INTENSE ITCHING, which may be uh, permanent, or come and go……

‘HUGE IRRITATION. WHY (AND WHAT?) DOES IT IRRITATE ME SO HUGELY, THE ‘ITCH’ WON’T LEAVE ME ALONE.’

PRURITIS: the other name for ITCHING, see above.

PSORIASIS: a skin disease in which raised, rough, reddened areas – itchy red patches covered with loose, flaky silvery scales erupt from a chronic inflammation in the DERMIS or CORIUM, see above.

The PAPILLAE, small projections (like those on the surface of the TONGUE) which increase the contact between the DERMIS from which they project, and the EPIDERMIS, (see the SKIN above) (the actual interface/where they meet,) become quite a lot longer, and the blood vessel system increases, along with changes in the EPIDERMIS, which changes the composition of the top HORNY layer, and it increases cell production considerably. The nails are also affected in about half the cases.

It usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood, and often ‘runs in the family,’ with up to a 60 per cent chance of having it, if both parents have it. It starts off most often at the back of the elbows and front of the knees, with small pimples covered with a cap of white scale, which bigger and wider until they form patches 2-3 inches, 5-7.5cm. wide.

At the same time, patches start to appear on other parts of the body, the torso, (trunk) back, arms and legs, scalp, and also the face in more severe cases. I have worked with several people with more or less WHOLE BODY PSORIASIS. Again, they don’t know what causes it.

I once asked one of the WHOLE BODY SUFFERERS if he understood why he had the condition, and he told me, ’So that people won’t hurt me, because they CAN SEE HOW MUCH I’M HURTING ALREADY.’

To produce or to try to produce more skin through this INFLAMMATION is an interesting paradox, are the sufferers trying to produce more skin, or to shed it? Are they trying to make a better barrier, a more effective boundary for the (CONTINUUM)-EGO, or GET RID OF IT? ARE THEY TRYING TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, FROM DIFFERENT CONFLICTING PARTS OF THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THE CONFLICT IS CERTAINLY THERE?

‘DO THEY WANT TO BE ‘THICKER-SKINNED?’

More feeling, nourishment, and oxygen comes to the DERMIS, which is usually well supplied anyway.

THE CONFLICT IS ‘JUST BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’ I know from experience that the FEAR component is very large with PSORIASIS sufferers. I think that they are TRYING TO TRANSFORM THEMSELVES, but at the wrong level, in the wrong way. I think that they want to let the wounded, vulnerable being out from underneath, but all they end up doing often is to completely immobilise themselves, because at times the folds of the skin become rigid, inflexible – INFLEXIBLE – and it is TOO PAINFUL TO MOVE. I have seen them lying there, having to have olive oil very gently rubbed all over them, so there is a ‘I CAN’T DO ANYTHING FOR MYSELF. I AM IN NEED OF CARE AND TENDERNESS’ component involved too. But isn’t that true for ALL OF US?

‘I AM TOO HURT. I OVER-DRAMATISE MY PAIN, BECAUSE IT’S MOSTLY FAIRLY SUPERFICIAL. I CAN’T FORGIVE MY FAMILY FOR THE WAY THEY HURT ME.’

I think the best thing to do here is just to pile all the useful information up, and see what the heap looks like.

RINGWORM: see ATHLETE’S FOOT, above. Ringworm of the groin, also known as DHOBIE ITCH, is from the same agent EPIDERMOPHYTON.

ROSACEA: or ACNE ROSACEA: chronic congestion (too much blood) in the FLUSH/BLUSH areas of the face, with red pimples. It comes and goes at first, but then becomes permanent. The SEBACEOUS GLANDS particularly in the nose may enlarge considerably, and may enlarge the nose itself. (This is called RHINOPHYMA)

It starts with redness, burning and tingling in the nose, which only lasts a few hours, but tends to become permanent, and also appears on the cheeks, chin and forehead.

In the severe form the nose is extremely red, and the skin gets thick, lumpy, and the sebaceous glands now appear as quite wide deep holes. These are the bunch of small sacs which produce the fatty material which oils the skin, and keeps it flexible. They are larger in the nose anyway. You sometimes may get blackheads/blocked pores in them.

In really severe cases, which are much more common in men than women, they may give the enormous enlargement (RHINOPHYMA) already mentioned.

‘CONFLICT WITH FACING, CONFLICT WITH THE INTUITION, CONFLICT WITH FEELING/ALL WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO. SMOTHERING/PUSHING AWAY/AVOIDING THE INTUITION, BUT A DESPERATE NEED FOR GROWTH.’

Known as ‘grog blossom’ or ‘alcoholic’s nose,’ because in the early stages the redness is drastically increased after too much alcohol.

SEBORRHOEA/DANDRUFF: the same oil-forming glands (SEBACEOUS) as in ROSACEA above, but this time in the scalp, but this time SEBORRHOEIC DERMATITIS, or ECZEMA, like PSORIASIS above ’EXFOLIATING’ increasing amounts of skin flakes or dandruff, and scalp redness, or so much oil (SEBUM) is produced that the bedding/pillow is soaked at night.

‘NOT ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY, SUPERFICIAL CONFLICT, TRYING TO LET SOMETHING OUT, SHED MY SKIN, THE HEAD IS TOO TIGHT, TOO ARMOURED, TOO RIGID.’

URTICARIA: HIVES, or ‘NETTLE RASH.’ raised red and white blotches which resemble nettle-sting rash, in parts or over the whole body, with severe itching and irritation. Acute or Chronic.

It is generally regarded as a DIETARY allergy, along the lines of HAY FEVER and ASTHMA, (see both above) particularly flesh meats, fish, shell-fish, etc.

In dream-symbolic language, ‘eating THE REAL MEAT’ symbolises, ‘getting down to the core, the real meaning,’ of whatever the subject is. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT HERE. ‘WHAT IS STINGING US?’

There is fever, sickness, feeling faint, either before or during the appearance of the rash. It may be on any part of the body, but most common on the face and trunk. (TORSO) There is swelling and some disfigurement of the face while it lasts, which may frighten people who don’t understand that it is temporary, usually a few hours, but may go on sporadically for a few days. The blotches itch severely.

‘THE REAL MEAT, MY FACE STINGS ME, I’M VERY IRRITATED, BUT WHY? FACING MY FEAR, THAT’S WHY. I USE THE ALLERGY TO DISGUISE MY FEAR, CHIEFLY TO HIDE MY FEAR FROM MYSELF.’

A similar condition (HIVES) can swell up the throat and block it, which certainly stresses the ALLERGY ‘LIFE-THREATENING’ ASPECT.

PART TEN THE SKELETON/BONES

The term ‘SKELETON’ applies to all the hard structures which either support and/or protect the much softer body tissues. There are 2 types of skeleton. Many animals have a rigid external covering fro support and protection. Particularly ARTHROPODS, like insects, spiders, crustaceans, like crab, lobster, shrimp etc., which is composed of bone, horn, or something similar. This covering is called an EXOSKELETON. (‘Exo’ Greek for ‘outside.’)

Humans have an ENDOSKELETON, (Greek, ‘endon,’ meaning ‘within.’) as do VERTEBRATES, any animal which has a SPINAL COLUMN. (see below) It is covered completely by soft tissues. It consists mainly of BONES, except for places like the LARYNX and the front of the CHEST, which are protected by CARTILAGE, (see OSTEOARTHITIS above) which is sometimes found as a combination of cartilage and fibrous tissue, as in the discs between the vertebrae of the spine.

In mammals, the skeletons of the embryos are formed out of cartilage, which is replaced by bone before birth, leaving cartilage only on the surfaces of joints. (see OSTEOARTHRITIS) The term ‘SKELETON’ includes the cartilages in the body. The skeleton is made up of over 200 bones.

For our purposes, the SKELETON represents ‘THE RIGID STRUCTURE OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’’ Also we are looking at it ‘WITHOUT THE COVER-UPS.’

THE BONES: themselves are partly composed of fibrous tissue, and partly of a ‘bone matrix’ (from ‘matrix’ Latin for ‘womb’ used to denote material in which something develops ’) composed of a mixture of calcium phosphate and carbonate of lime. A child’s bones have about 2/3 fibrous tissue, an old person’s, about 1/3, which makes it obvious that a child’s bones are tougher, and those of the old tend to be more BRITTLE.

There is a soft substance in the interior of bones called ‘BONE MARROW,’ which is of 2 kinds: yellow marrow, which occupies the tubular space in long bones, like those of the arms and legs, and red marrow, the interior of ribs, sternum, (breastbone) spinal vertebrae, and the ends of the shafts of long bones like the femur, (thigh bone) and humerus. (upper arm bone, shoulder to elbow)

There is not a lot of difference between the 2 kinds. Yellow has quite a lot of fat in it, and red has the cellular structure in which red blood cells, platelets or THROMBOCYTES, (which are important in clotting) and granular white blood cells, are formed. (see APLASTIC ANAEMIA and AGRANULOCYTOSIS above)

Even the densest bone has little tunnels in it, through which run blood and lymphatic capillaries, and nerve fibres and cells. In spite of ideas to the contrary, bone IS NOT AN INERT FINAL SOLID SUBSTANCE, but is constantly changing, growing, being repaired.

Experiments have showed that ‘marker’ chemicals injected into the blood, are absorbed into the bones within a few hours, even in bones which have apparently stopped growing. After about 3 weeks, the marker chemicals have almost entirely disappeared from the bones.

Cells called CHONDROCYTES divide and grow CARTILAGE, OSTEOBLASTS lay down bone on calcified cartilage. When they are completely embedded and surrounded in bone, and have stopped their activity, they are called OSTEOCYTES. OSTEOCLASTS dissolve and break up dead or damaged bone. All of this activity is organised from materials in the blood. The medical lot observe that these things happen, but they don’t understand HOW the CONSCIOUS LIFE FORCE does them.

The bone material is called ‘OSTEOID,’ and the outer layer of bone is called PERIOSTEUM, which also includes the membrane surrounding the bone, which carries the blood vessels and nerves, which service the nutrition, growth and development for the bone, irritation of which is called PERIOSTITIS. (see below) When it is irritated, an increased deposit of bone grows beneath it; if it is destroyed, the bone may stop growing, and a portion may die and separate as a SEQUESTRUM. (see CHRONIC INFECTION below.)

OSTEOMYELITIS: acute infection in bone usually comes about through STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS or STREPTOCOCCUS following cuts or grazes, or sore throat. (see above) It is mostly a children’s condition. It is carried through the bloodstream particularly to the vascular ends of longer bones like the THIGH.

A few days after the child has a minor injury they become feverish and complain that their leg, or whatever limb hurts. It will be red, swollen, tender, painful.

As we have seen all the way through this work, the separatist, REDUCTIONIST version of events describes the infection as above, but we have to say that the STRUCTURE OF THE CHILD’S LIFE/WALK OF LIFE (leg) IS ‘IN CONFLICT.’

The trigger for the conflict is the PENETRATION OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE CHILD’S PROJECTED SEPARATE EGO-BODY. (skin) STAPH. and STREP. are very common messengers from nature, allowing us to experience the CONFLICT EXTERNALISED, SO WE CAN BECOME AWARE OF IT. (see PHARYNGITIS above)

We have to ask ourselves WHY THE CHILD IS RESPONDING THIS WAY. In a child, ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS is bound to be telling us MORE about the parents than what is happening to the child. The child tells us about the conflict, but the play, the scenario, is acting out the INNER CHILD CONFLICT of the parents, HOW IN CONFLICT THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR EGO-LIFE/WALK OF LIFE IS.

CHRONIC INFECTION: of bone can follow acute infection, ‘accident’ trauma, operations, (SURGERY) etc. In TUBERCULOSIS and SYPHILIS (see both above) bone is often destroyed. Fragments of dead bone are called SEQUESTRA, and being enveloped by new bone, a hollow or SINUS may be produced, and the SEQUESTRUM acts as an irritant, causing a constant discharge.

‘DAMAGE TO THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF MY EGO-BODY (in my WALK OF LIFE, or whatever aspect) IS A SOURCE OF CONSTANT CONFLICT.’

OPERATIONS mean that ‘I AM UNABLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STRUCTURE OF MY EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’)

AVASCULAR NECROSIS: the blood supply is cut off, and the bone dies. It often affects the FEMUR (THIGH BONE) at the HIP. It may well lead to INFECTION. (see above)

‘MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT/FEELING/NOURISHMENT IS CUT OFF FROM THE STRUCTURE OF MY EGO-BODY, ‘ME,’ OF WHICH A PART DIES/IS DESTROYED.’ What does the relevant part of the body MEAN?

OSTEOCHONDRITIS: inflammation of both the bone and cartilage, a common cause of problems to young people, especially athletes and gymnasts. A common condition is when a small pieces of bone and cartilage die and fall off in the knee joint, causing it to swell, and possibly lock, with recurrent pain.

‘CONFLICT WITH THE RIGID AND MORE FLEXIBLE PARTS OF THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE OR THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’ A BIT OF MY ABILITY TO BE HUMBLE HAS BROKEN OFF AND DIED, AND IS SHOWING ME THAT I DO NOT HAVE PROPER RESPECT FOR MY PATH OF LIFE. I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO BEND, TO FLEXIBLY RESPOND.’ (see OSTEOARTHRITIS above)

This is also a frequent cause of BACKACHE.

PAGET’S DISEASE/OSTEITIS DEFORMANS: the rate at which bone is being renewed/produced becomes very high, and the bone becomes thick and brittle, and breaks easily. This affects 3% of the over 40s in the western world, but is rare, for example, in Africa.

‘THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF MY EGO HAS NOT DEVELOPED PROPERLY, AND BREAKS EASILY.’

PERIOSTITIS: see above, THE BONES.‘CONFLICT ABOUT NOURISHING THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’ (MY EGO) NOT ENOUGH FEELING? AM ‘I’ WORTHY OF NOURISHMENT, SPIRITUAL GROWTH AT THE BASIC SUPPORT LEVEL?’

RICKETS: a childhood condition, soft bones, lack of VITAMIN D, calcium, proper nutrition, sunlight, fresh air.

Disorders of the DIGESTIVE/ALIMENTARY SYSTEMS (see both above) appear first, and rarely after the age of 5. Vomiting, DIARRHOEA, (see above) Grey FAECES, (see above) of unhealthy appearance. There may be convulsions.

Painful bones lead to a lot of crying when the child is moved or handled. Sitting up and learning to walk is delayed, and a child who has already begun walking may stop. Changes in bone and body shape start to become visible.

‘I AM UNABLE TO NOURISH/TAKE CARE OF MY (INNER AND OUTER) CHILD PARTS, THE CHILD’S/MY EGO-SUPPORT STRUCTURE DISTORTS EASILY.’

‘WHY IS THE (INNER AND OUTER) CHILD BEING DENIED THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE, (WHAT NEEDS TO BE ASSIMILATED) THAT THE EGO-BODY CANNOT DEVELOP PROPERLY?’

OSTEOMALACIA: the adult form of RICKETS. (see above)’ NOT ENOUGH BACKBONE.’

OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA: a collagen (the most common protein in the body) deficiency, which makes the skeleton extremely fragile. The whites of the eyes may be blue, teeth transparent, the joints excessively able to move, (HYPERMOBILITY) deafness, and short stature. (DWARFISM) Unknown cause… hahaha.

PARENTS LACK OF FIBRE, A SPIRITUAL/PSYCHIC DIETARY DEFICIENCY.

‘MY EGO IS TOO FRAGILE.’

OSTEOPOROSIS: reduced mass of normal bone, common in the elderly. The quality of the bone is normal, but it is being RESORBED, it is ‘GROWING IN REVERSE, ‘UNGROWING.’

Apparently, after the MENOPAUSE, (see MENSTRUATION above) women lose ONE PER CENT OF THEIR BONE EACH YEAR. Don’t panic, girls. I don’t believe this for a moment. I want to know WHICH WOMEN SUCH STATISTICS ARE BASED ON.

‘MY EGO SUPPORT STRUCTURE IS DISSOLVING. MY FEELINGS ARE DISSOLVING MY EGO.’ WHO ARE YOU? WHAT IS LIFE ‘FOR?’ NOT ENOUGH BACKBONE! ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD, PLEASE.

SPINAL COLUMN: ‘UPRIGHTNESS, BACKBONE etc.’

KYPHOSIS: backward curvature, causing a hump back. Occurs in elderly people with OSTEOPOROSIS, people who are overweight with bad posture, tall girls who stoop.

SHEUERMANN’S DISEASE: adolescent KYPHOSIS, more common in girls. ‘BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PLEASE. (OTHERS)/MY LOAD IS TOO HEAVY.’

SCOLIOSIS: the spine curves to one side. ‘IDIOPATHIC’ in up to 80% of cases, DOCTORS DON’T KNOW AGAIN, Ho-hum, yawn. 90% of cases are GIRLS.

‘I FIND MYSELF FORCED TO LEAN TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. I AM WEAK-WILLED, AND MUST SIDE WITH THE DOMINANT PARENT.’

DEGENERATED DISCS: a series of thick fibro-cartilage discs lie between the spinal vertebrae. INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS. They help make the spine flexible and pliable, and act as SHOCK ABSORBERS.

Degeneration of the discs is held to be a normal consequence of ageing. The dictionaries/encyclopedias tell it all.

‘UNABLE TO STAND THE PRESSURE, LOSES RESILIENCE, PUTS PRESSURE ON THE NERVE. RUPTURE WITH PHYSICAL STRESS.’ Pain in back and nerves.

‘I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF.’

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS: a rheumatic disease of young adults, chiefly males. Starts with lower back pain and stiffness, which progressively gets worse until it affects the whole spine. The discs and ligaments are replaced by fibrous tissue….MAKING THE SPINE RIGID.

‘WELL ROGER ME RIGID.’ NO FLEXIBILITY, EH? ‘I HOLD MYSELF TOO RIGID. I TAKE MYSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. STANDING TO ATTENTION IN FRONT OF THE ANGRY MALE SUPEREGO/AUTHORITY FIGURE/FATHER.’

Why is he so angry? Is he afraid that WITHOUT THIS RIGID HIERARCHY and AUTHORITY STRUCTURE, IT WILL BE THE END OF THE WORLD/EVERYTHING/AS WE KNOW IT? BLAME, BLAME, BLAME, FEAR, GUILT. IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!!! MILITARY FAMILIES?

SPONDYLITIS: Disc and joint degeneration in the back. Usually OSTEOARTHRITIS, see above. Pain in the neck and lower back, which puts us ‘out of joint,’ puts pressure on the SPINAL NERVES, (see BRAIN and CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, and SPINAL CORD above) and the lumbar/lower back. SCIATIC NERVE PAIN, and pain down the arm, if the neck vertebral discs are affected.

‘LOSING MY FLEXIBILITY, UNABLE TO BEAR THE LOAD, MONKEY ON MY BACK, LACK OF SUPPORT, MONEY PROBLEMS/SUPPORT MYSELF/YOURSELF.’ See ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS above.

SPONDYLOLISTHESIS: the spine is shifted forwards. The groin and lumbar (lower back) vertebrae. ‘Pressure may be put on the CAUDA EQUINA, the collection of nerves which comes down the spinal column,’ until they leave through their appropriate openings in the SACRAL and COCCYGEAL (tail) vertebrae.

The usual symptom is pain after exercise.

‘TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO WHAT? TO LOOK GOOD? TO BE SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE AND FIT. WHAT AM I RESPONDING TO? CERTAINLY IT AFFECTS/PUTS PRESSURE ON THE LOWER FEELING SYSTEM.’

Black’s says it might be ‘FAMILIAL.’ (or degeneration in the joints)

SPINAL STENOSIS: the spinal canal narrows, squashing the nerves together, causing NUMBNESS, (PARAESTHIA) and ‘PINS AND NEEDLES’ in the legs.

‘NUMBING MYSELF ON THE WALK OF LIFE. WHY? TO WHAT. WHY DO I NEED TO BE ANAESTHETISED? DOES IT HURT SO/TOO MUCH?’

WHIPLASH: usually when the car crashes, and the head is thrown backwards and then forwards very quickly. ‘IT’S NO ACCIDENT. THE MALE SIDE IS GOING TOO FAST AND IS BROUGHT TO A RAPID HALT! NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION ON THE MALE SIDE. HOLD YOUR HORSES! UNDER THE LASH OF THE WHIP.’ Injuries to the NECK.

‘NOT FLEXIBLE ENOUGH IN MY THINKING.’

ACCIDENTS::: there are NO accidents, of ANY KIND. This is just a DECEITFUL way of socially acceptably avoiding the truth. Broken Bones just say that we are TOO RIGID, NOT PAYING PROPER ATTENTION, AND NEED TO STOP WHAT WE ARE DOING, SO WE/LIFE MAKE OURSELVES STOP!

All vehicles represent the RIGHT SIDE, MALE, DYNAMIC ENERGY, from small boxy cars, which just carry ‘ME’, to huge STUFF-CARRYING JUGGERNAUT-PANTECHNICONS. (BIG TRUCKS) Tons and Tons of STUFF!!!

PART ELEVEN ‘LEFTOVER LIFE TO KILL.’(Caitlin Thomas)

(The autobiography of Dylan Thomas’s widow.)

ANTHRAX: a disease of sheep and cattle, and people who look after them, and/or those who handle the bones, hides, skins, fleeces.

(allopathic version) The associated bacteria ‘BACILLUS ANTHRACIS’ is extremely tough and is not killed by boiling, freezing, 5% CARBOLIC ACID ANTISEPTIC solution, or by the gastric juices, which destroy most bacteria/bacilli. (see STOMACH above)

It enters the body through small wounds, cracks in the skin, from the bodies of diseased animals, most likely to shepherds, cowmen, slaughter men, or butchers, or from contaminated skins or fleeces.

These days all skins are handled wet, to avoid dust, but if they are accidently allowed to dry, and dust with anthrax spores is inhaled, then it is possible to get an INTERNAL FORM of the disease.

There are known cases of anthrax being transmitted on shaving brushes made from the bristles of infected animals.

The external form, ‘malignant pustule,’ starts with a red inflamed swelling, which appears from a few hours to a few days after infection. The swelling grows larger until it covers over half the face, or the width of the arm, wherever the wound was. A round pus blister appears on top of the swelling, and then bursts, leaving a black scab (crust) half an inch (13mm.) wide.

The sufferer collapses with extreme exhaustion and high fever. It may last for about 10 days, after which recovery takes place, if the sufferer has survived.

The internal form is a kind of PNEUMONIA (see above) with HAEMORRHAGES, if the spores ended up in the LUNGS, or ULCERS OF THE STOMACH and INTESTINES (see DUODENAL ULCERS etc. above) with GANGRENE (inflammation and death/necrosis) of the SPLEEN, (see above) if the spores have been swallowed.

The internal form is usually FATAL in 2-3 days.

Bad treatment, that is, unfeeling or unconscious treatment of any of ALL OUR RELATIONS, as the Native American expression has it, leads to serious trouble, as British meat producers have been finding out recently, with respect to B.S.E., BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY, the ‘slow virus, and its human variant CREUTZFELD-JAKOB DISEASE,’ (CJD) a progressive DEMENTIA (see ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE above) which rapidly develops, leaving a sufferer helpless within a year.

It can certainly be transmitted in reverse, from human to animal, through the injection of infected HUMAN brain tissue into animals, after an incubation period of between 11 months and about 6 years, which is why they call it ‘slow’.

Now they are finding that young people in their early 20s are collapsing and dying in relatively few days, and the infective agent is believed to be being transmitted in fast-food hamburger meat, which may have been from cows which were fed on ‘protein-enriched’ cattle feed into which PERMITTED additives included minced-up sheep remains from sheep which had died of SCRAPIE, a definitely identified slow-virus in animals.

My version:

ANTHRAX is like this:. All animals represent aspects of FEELING, or FEELING PARTS OF OURSELVES. THE ‘DOMESTICATED’ ANIMALS are even closer to us.

‘The real meat,’ or, ‘THE MESSAGE/INFORMATION TO BE ASSIMILATED/UNDERSTOOD/INCORPORATED,’ is this:

NO PERSON OR FEELING ANIMAL (ANIMAL with FEELINGS) SHOULD BE FORCED TO UNDERGO WHAT THESE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH IN THE NAME OF ‘FOOD FOR HUMANS.’ THIS IS TOTALLY CRUEL and UNNATURAL. AND THEN YOU WANT TO EAT IT?????????

(external form) ‘EXPANDING CONFLICT WITH FACING/HANDLING WHAT I/WE ARE DOING. FACE THE CONFLICT. THE SWELLING CONFLICT (GROWTH) BURSTS THROUGH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME,’ LEAVING A PSYCHIC WHOLENESS SYMBOL (MANDALA-BLACK CIRCLE) AT THE SITE WHERE THE INFECTED FEELINGS BROKE THROUGH. THE EGO-BODY COLLAPSES AND MAY BE DESTROYED BY THIS CONFLICT.’

(internal form) Lung form. ‘MY CALLOUSNESS DESTROYS MY ABILITY TO TAKE IN LIFE. I DROWN IN MY FEELINGS AT THE WRONG LEVEL.’

STOMACH/INTESTINES/SPLEEN FORM. ‘THE SORE POINT. I LOSE MY ABILITY TO RECEIVE/DIGEST THE INFECTED REAL MEAT. I POISON MYSELF/EAT MYSELF, LOSE THE ABILITY TO CLEAN UP MY FEELINGS.’

In other words, we have to realise that animals/the whole of nature, is me, a part of ourselves, the same as, one with ourselves/myself, and treat everything as WE WANT TO BE TREATED, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

NO PERSON OR FEELING CREATURE SHOULD BE FORCED TO UNDERGO TORTURE IN THE NAME OF ‘FOOD.’. THE FEAR AND DEATH HORMONES SERIOUSLY AFFECT ANYONE WHO EATS THEM.

MAYBE THIS IS WHY ORTHODOX JEWS AND MUSLIMS DEMAND KOSHER OR HALAL MEAT/FOOD WITHOUT THE BLOOD!!!

THE PLAGUE/BUBONIC PLAGUE: allopathic version: an epidemic infectious disease which affects humans and many animals, with fever, swollen LYMPHATIC GLANDS, high death rate. It was known as ‘THE BLACK DEATH’ in Europe in the Middle Ages.

The late time it seriously struck England was the Great Plague of 1664-5, when between one sixth and one seventh of the total population of London was wiped out. Epidemiologists think it is endemic to S,W. China, the hill people of India, and E. Africa,and that it gets out occasionally, village to village, or along trade routes.

The associated bacillus, YERSINIA PESTIS is found in the swollen LYMPHATIC GLANDS, in the sputum (phlegm) in PNEUMONIC cases, and in the blood of SEPTICAEMIC cases. (Infection of the BLOOD)

It is thought that PLAGUE was originally a disease of animals only, which keep the pathogen going in the wild, from where periodically it can be re-introduced to humans.

Before it occurs as an epidemic in humans, it does so in animals first. This is called an EPIZOOTIC, an ‘animal epidemic.’ Black and brown rats certainly harbour the PLAGUE bacillus in India, Pakistan, and Burma. To keep the epidemic going, the host animal must have a high resistance to the disease. When they introduced PLAGUE to rats in other parts of the world, the rats had low resistance, and died quickly.

In other parts of the world, Marmots, gerbils, guinea-pigs, ground squirrels, wood rats, prairie dogs have all acted as reservoirs.

The infection is transmitted from rat to human by the rat flea, XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS. When this flea feeds on infected blood, the bacillus multiplies in the flea’s stomach, in which it may remain infectious for 6 weeks.

When the bacterial mass gets large enough, the flea cannot feed, and so to make space for more blood, it regurgitates/vomits the bacterial mass onto the host’s skin.

In PNEUMONIC PLAGUE, the bacillus may pass from person to person as an airborne droplet infection. When the flea pierces the skin to feed, if ENOUGH bacteria enter the bloodstream, infection results.

2-6 days after infection for the BUBONIC form, and 3-4 days for the PNEUMONIC form, the disease comes on suddenly with fever, headache, great tiredness, and aching limbs. The temperature soon rises to 39.5 degrees C., (103 deg.F.) or more. The skin is hot and dry, an extreme feeling of thirst, the sufferer becomes extremely weak, and feels very ill, may become half unconscious, and delirious, with sickness and vomiting.

In 2/3 of all cases the LYMPHATIC GLANDS swell up in the groin and less commonly armpits, possibly to the size of a hen’s egg. The LYMPH NODES have become choked and swollen with huge amounts of dead cells and bacteria. (see THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM above) These BUBOES (Greek ‘boubon, groin.’) identify the disease clearly as BUBONIC PLAGUE.

In many cases there are HAEMORRHAGES under the skin which produce black GANGRENOUS patches, which lead to large ulcers, which is why it was called BLACK DEATH.

In favourable cases, the fever goes down after about a week, the sufferer starts to regain strength, and the BUBOES soften and burst, and release pus which smells bad.

If the blood is poisoned, the sufferer may become very weak, and die on the second or third day, or even in a few hours, before the BUBOES have enough time to form. This is SEPTICAEMIC PLAGUE.

In other cases the LUNGS are affected, with PNEUMONIA, and the sufferer dies on the 4^th or 5^th day. This is PNEUMONIC PLAGUE, which is said to be the most infectious, and have the highest DEATH RATE.

In all epidemics there are mild cases, especially at the beginning and the end of the epidemic, with subjects who only show symptoms of the inflamed BUBOES, and who continue to go about their normal daily lives. The matter from the swellings is still highly infectious.

The untreated death rate is between 25 and 50%.

My version: The question is always, how do we get there from HERE, that is assuming you don’t want or need to ‘GET HERE FIRST,’ and what does it MEAN? In cases where we don’t KNOW THE FACTS, and have to depend on STORIES and NARRATIVE. HIS-STORY things which are SUPPOSED to have happened in the past, (written by the ‘owners’ and ‘victors,’ or their scribes and servants) as most of them ARE. They have clearly been trying to foist an EBOLA epidemic on western society for quite some time, unsuccessfully. We NOW have a fake viral epidemic which exists solely in the media, and consequently in the minds of true believers, but NOT actually in the evidence of nurses, doctors and consultants working on the alleged ‘front line,’ and definitely NOT in the videos shot by people from several countries who ran around to check and film what was happening in dedicated CoVid 19 hospitals. And found them EMPTY. And NOT in the STATISTICS, especially the death and EXCESS DEATH statistics, so the problem is ‘did it actually happen, and if it did so did it happen ‘in the way it has been described?’

In view of current events, I think it’s our duty to be very, very careful. Otherwise we are at the mercy of a total multi-level propaganda machine, which is working hand-in-glove with the overlapping medical-pharma-fascist-eugenicist conglomerate which is currently terrifying most people the media can reach. Without the media machine there is literally NO PANDEMIC, as with previous epidemics. Also the ‘World Hoax Organisation conveniently changed the definition of ‘pandemic’ immediately before declaring this one.’

Let this stand as a PERFECT LESSON about what is happening. It is totally dependent on BELIEF, and OBEDIENCE/COMPLIANCE, and the pointless mask-wearing and anti-human RULES which are simply wearing DOWN the population, making them sicker and more and more paranoid, by DESIGN. If you are aware that negative emotion/energy can be HARVESTED, then you will understand that that is a part of this scenario.

It is very interesting to note that there are paintings and drawings connected to alleged past epidemics which feature anachronistic flying saucers projecting energy beams to the ground while the farm workers go about their business, and there are stories, tales which say that before the PLAGUE hit strange ‘men’ were going about the fields using what were described as ‘like scythes,’ which may have been spraying equipment, which of course wouldn’t make much sense to observers in the year 1500, and there were ‘evil-smelling mists.’

In the TERRAIN THEORY, for a start, (as far as I understand it) ‘diseases’ as such CANNOT transfer between species. Nor are ‘viruses,’ etc. transferred between people, either by contact or ‘airborne’ for example ‘droplets.’ .We are poisoned by our lifestyles and what is has been loosed into our environment: industrial chemicals, toxins, pesticides, GMOs, EMF, fluoride in drinking water etc., not to mention vaccinations, which usually have extremely dubious contents and additives.

We CAN take in poisons unconsciously, and CONSENT to have them injected into us.

So, for the sake of argument, assuming that the PLAGUE stories are ‘true, we can attempt to translate the symptoms:’

FIRST WE EXPRESS THE CONFLICT. WE ARE ‘BURNING UP.’ WE FEEL DESPERATE TO GET THE PSYCHE INTO US. (but we and our ‘doctors’ don’t understand the symbology) WE LOSE CONTACT WITH THIS ‘REALITY.’

WE ARE UNABLE TO ASSIMILATE THE INFORMATION. WE REJECT IT, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO CLEAR/CLEAN OUR POISONED FEELINGS, WHICH NOW CANNOT FLOW OUT OF US.

BLACK CIRCLES (symbols of the conscious psyche) APPEAR ON THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO-BODY.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS UP, THE POINTS WHERE THE POISONED FEELINGS COLLECT SWELL UP AND BURST, RELEASING HOW OFFENSIVE WHAT WE HAVE KEPT INSIDE AND ARE NOW GETTING RID OF IS TO THE INTUITION.

IF OUR FEELINGS ARE SUFFICIENTLY POISONOUS, WE MAY DIE.

SIMILARLY IF OUR TAKING IN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (LIFE-BREATH) IS

SUFFICIENTLY POISONED, WE ARE EVEN MORE LIKELY TO DIE.

LEPROSY: is a chronic condition affecting the SKIN, MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND NERVES. The associated organism is the bacillus MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE, which closely resembles MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, see above.

The incubation period is thought to be between 3-5 years, or even longer. Males are more commonly affected than females, it is rare below 4, and there are no records of infants having it. White and yellow people are more likely to get the more serious form of the disease than brown and black people are. There is also evidence that bad diet may make people more susceptible to infection.

Leprosy is transmitted by direct contact with infected people. The NASAL MUCUS of infected cases is full of the bacteria. It can also be transmitted through the breast milk of infected mothers. BY NO MEANS ALL of the people in direct contact develop the disease, in fact, RELATIVELY FEW, and of these, those in contact with the TUBERCULOID form, are much less likely to develop leprosy than those in contact with the LEPROMATOUS form.

LEPROSY is divided into 2 clearly different types. The distinction is regarded as IMPORTANT because the TUBERCULOID form is relatively mild and ‘self-healing,’ and the LEPROMATOUS form gets progressively WORSE.

There is also a group of cases, however, in which the symptoms of both kinds are seen in the same person. It is then called ‘INDETERMINATE,’ or ‘DIMORPHOUS.’ (Greek for ‘two forms.’)

The symptoms can be divided into cases which involve the SKIN, and cases which involve the NERVES. The skin symptoms vary from whitening of the skin to large lumps. The nerve symptoms vary from swollen nerves to large areas of numbness on the skin. It is the destruction of the nerves which led to the deformities which are/were the ‘trademark’ (identifying feature) of leprosy, like DROP-FOOT, CLAW-FOOT, DROP-WRIST, etc. (see HAND section above)

Lots of ulcers on the hands and feet lead to loss of fingers and toes, and eat away at the bone. It is literally re-absorbed.

The eyes may be affected, leading to blindness, and ulceration of the mouth and larynx may lead to hoarseness, or the larynx may be blocked, and the voice lost.

As LEPROSY takes so long to ‘incubate,’ it is quite clear that because it damages the EGO-BODY, ‘ME,’ so much, the person really has to be ‘going for it,’ ignoring, avoiding, looking away from what is actually going on. There is the unavoidable necessity to consider that there is a large component of SELF-LOATHING, SELF-HATRED, LACK OF WORTH, because that is what is being so amply demonstrated.

The huge nodules of the SKIN variety tell us about the awesome NEED FOR ‘GROWTH’ to do with the limits and boundaries of the EGO-BODY, ‘ME, – NOT-ME.’ ‘WHITENING,’ LIGHTENING, BRIGHTENING etc., always tell us that the viewpoint of the CONTINUUM-EGO is involved, challenged here in a particularly terrible way.

The destruction of NERVES, as we will see in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS below, as in MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE above, ‘HOW MUCH WE ARE CUTTING OURSELVES OFF FROM FEELING, AND HOW THIS LACK OF FEELING DISTORTS AND DEFORMS THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’

It is not that this is difficult to understand. It is simply HARD TO ACCEPT. In LEPROSY we see the ‘HOSTILE LIFE, CRUEL, UNCARING FATE’ model, version of reality carried to extremes. (see LUPUS VULGARIS above) The destruction of toes and fingers, and the nerves leading to them, even the bone beneath, tells us how BIG the ‘WALK OF LIFE’ PROBLEMS ARE, AND HOW ‘I CAN’T HANDLE IT….’ LITERALLY, ANY MORE.

TRUTH IS TRUTH.

SCARLET FEVER: associated with STREPTOCOCCUS bacteria. They say ‘the erythrogenic toxin,’ but that just means ‘red – produced – poison – produced by bacteria,’ which is more or less the same thing.

Pyrexia, (Greek from ‘be feverish,’ from ‘pur, fire.’) headache, (see above) vomiting, and a PUNCTATE (‘marked with points, studded’) ERYTHEMATOUS (‘superficial reddening’) RASH, follow a STREPTOCOCCAL infection of the THROAT, (see SORE THROAT/LARYNGITIS/PHARYNGITIS above) or a wound. The rash is symmetrical without itching, and the skin peels afterwards.

Apparently between 1850 and 1900 it was the main cause of death in children over 1 year old, but scarcely anyone dies nowadays.

The incubation period may vary between 2 and 4 days after infection, but possibly up to a week. The fever comes on quickly, temperature rising to 104 deg.F., 40 deg.C., within a few hours. Also shivering, vomiting, headache, sore throat, and fast pulse. There may be convulsions or delirium in young children.

The rash comes on within 24 hrs of the fever, and there may be small fluid blisters. (vesicles) The rash reaches its peak in about 2 days, and is gone a week after it first appears. The tongue turns red.

INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS/GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (see above) is a common serious complication, as is MIDDLE EAR DISORDER/PUS FORMATION, (see above MIDDLE EAR INFECTION) ENDOCARDITIS/VDH, and RHEUMATISM, (see all above)

THE CLASSIC CONFLICT, especially for children. ‘I AM IN CONFLICT WITH SWALLOWING.! (WHATEVER MY PARENTS TRIP IS.) or ‘I CAN’T SWALLOW THE CONFLICT. MY PARENTS HAVE NO REGARD FOR MY VULNERABILITY/MY LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES. THE BOUNDARY OF MY EGO BODY SHOWS THE CONFLICT.’

MEASLES (MORBILLI): ALLOPATHIC VERSION; ‘an acute infectious viral disease marked by red spots on the skin.’ (CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY) It was originally thought to be a kind of smallpox, and also confused with SCARLET FEVER. (see above) RUBELLA or GERMAN MEASLES (see below) is a completely different condition.

It tends to be a childhood disease, but babies under 6 months do not get it, and adults have usually had it already, although it is possible to get it again. It tends to occur in epidemic form every 2 years, early in the year or spring. 1990 was the first year in which no deaths were reported. (measles/mumps/rubella vaccine introduced 1988)

It is very infectious, with an incubation period of 10-15 days. When it starts, it’s a bit like suddenly catching cold, with acute catarrh, sneezing, running nose, watery red eyes, cough, there may be vomiting and diarrhoea. I have 2 versions of the temperature rise, 37.7-39 deg.C., 100-102 deg.F., and up to 106 deg.F., 41 deg.C.

Rapid pulse, headache, thirst, restlessness to various degrees.

About the 4^th day after infection, the spots appear, on the forehead, cheeks, chin, behind the ears, on the neck. (According to two texts the entire body is possible. They don’t all say the same things.

Even before the dark red spots appear, blue-white spots may show inside the mouth, on the mucous membranes on the inside of the cheeks.

These are called ‘KOPLIK(‘S) SPOTS.’ When the rash appears, the symptoms will intensify, and the temperature probably come up to the aforementioned peak.

The symptoms usually decline as soon as the rash reaches/passes its maximum, and there will probably be a sudden fall in temperature. By about a week after it first appeared, there will be hardly any sign left on the skin.

This is a droplet infection, like an intense COLD, or INFLUENZA, (see both above.) but with the sure sign that it has a lot to do with CONFLICT WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EGO. The parents avoid it, the CHILDREN ACT IT OUT, COLLECTIVELY, in the epidemic ‘childhood’ diseases. As in most cases it confers ‘immunity,’ (see IMMUNE SYSTEM, above) after a single episode, it is making its point in one go, unlike colds and flu, in which the viruses/INFORMATION are constantly mutating, changing, which means that you can get them again and again.

So we must look carefully at the ‘childhood’ aspect, between 4 and 7 particularly. Certainly at this point we get sent to school, entering the ‘adult world, the EGO’S WORLD,’ for the first time on a semi full-time basis.

It is described as one of the most infectious conditions, and like the others we breathe it in, causing inflammation of the MUCOUS MEMBRANES, ‘CONFLICT WITH THE INTUITION.’ What is it? Why, we are NOT LISTENING TO OUR INNER/OUTER CHILD PARTS. WHAT PRESSURE IS OUR INNER CHILD UNDER?

‘MEASLES’ is the ‘disease for which DR. STEFAN LANKA and others have offered LARGE CASH SUMS for anyone who can CONCLUSIVELY PROVE its existence under the conventionally accepted postulates. Purification, etc., but nobody has been able to do it.

Similarly, SARS-COV-2 (CoVid19) has similarly not been proved, no matter what CLAIMS are being made.

GERMAN MEASLES/RUBELLA: a mild type of infectious ‘virus’ disease. The ‘german’ actually means ‘the same, of the same parents,’ and has nothing to do with Deutschland. Rubella is from the Latin for ‘reddish.’

It is again spread by close contact, through breathing in, and is also epidemic, appearing every few years, in winter and spring, and affects children, rather than infants. (infant=less than 1 year) and a single attack brings ‘immunity.’ (see MEASLES/IMMUNE SYSTEM above)

The incubation period (from infection to the showing of symptoms) is 2-3 weeks, and the condition is presumed to be infectious for a week before the characteristic rash appears, and about 4 days after.

There may be shivering, headaches, cold symptoms, slight catarrh, sneezing, coughing, sore throat, with a slight rise in temperature, (not above 100 deg.F., 37.8 C.) and the LYMPHATIC GLANDS in the neck swell up. Within 24 hours a pink raised rash appears on the face or neck, then on the chest, and spreads all over the body.

In terms of the rashes/ERUPTIONS of other conditions, it is more or less in between MEASLES and SCARLET FEVER. (see both above) it is less patchy, more tiny pink spots than the fierce red rash of MEASLES, and more definitely ‘spotty’ than the more consistent red areas of SCARLET FEVER. The rash is bright and intense on some parts of the body, and almost absent on others. The sources are in conflict about how long it lasts, giving ‘1-3 days,’ ‘the greater part of a week, etc.’ Fine scales may come off it as it fades.

The condition affects pregnant mothers, and the unborn baby/FOETUS in about 20% of cases, during the first few months of pregnancy.

The foetus occasionally dies/spontaneously aborts, or there may be a variety of birth defects. Women who know they are pregnant, or suspect that they might be, are generally speaking advised to avoid all contact with anyone who may have the condition.

Here the conflict appears to be less intense, but at the same time the swollen LYMPH NODES and possible damage to the unborn foetus tell us that we shouldn’t be too hasty, and jump to conclusions.

Here is a condition which drives a WEDGE in between mothers and children, which is telling us that although the symptoms don’t SEEM so big, that the conflict being acted out by children and adolescents has something to do with the BIRTH/CONCEPTION process.

‘It’s a love thing,’ as the disco tune goes. Do we love ourselves, are we capable of loving? Who IS THE THREAT TO THE UNBORN CHILD IN ALL OF US?

DO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE CONSCIOUS BIRTH TO MY INNER CHILD?

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: (MS) a disease of the brain and spinal cord, which comes on slowly, but eventually producing PARALYSIS (see MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE above) and involuntary movements, shaking, trembling etc.

The fine tissues which should support the nerve cells and fibres of the nervous system start to go hard in irregular patches, here and there in the BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. (see BRAIN/CNS/SPINAL CORD above) The MYELIN SHEATHS which insulate the nerve impulses, break up in the hardened patches, which may be anywhere between pinhead and pea-sized. The MYELIN SHEATHS (which are composed of protein and phospholids/phosphate and one or more fatty acids) are absorbed, leaving the nerve fibres bare and exposed. The connective tissue later forms in the gaps.

The patches are what are described as ‘SCLEROSIS,’ abnormal hardening of body tissue,’ from the Greek, ‘to harden.’ The symptoms greatly depend on what parts of the brain and spinal cord are affected by the sclerotic patches. There may be temporary paralysis of a limb, or eye muscle, double vision, shaking when performing ordinary actions, first in the affected areas, then more widespread.

Stiffness and lack of feeling in the legs may make walking difficult, and this will be one of the first things which may be noticed.

Over-activity may show in reflex movements. There is a characteristic ‘abnormal response’ sign called ‘BABINSKI REFLEX,’ (or SIGN) in which when the sole of the foot is ‘stroked’ by a pointed object, the big toe bends upwards and the other toes spread apart, instead of all bending downwards. If this happens after the age of 2 years, it is taken as indicating a severe disturbance in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Difficulty in controlling eye movement, (NYSTAGMUS) and trembling spidery-scrawl handwriting, difficulty in controlling the BLADDER, (see above) (usually called INCONTINENCE) giddiness, speech difficulties occur.

Numbness, ‘pins and needles’ tingling are common in the early stages. The paralysis which at first came and went, now becomes normal, and there may be great difficulty moving the limbs at all. Many cases move along very slowly in this fashion, and do not usually present any life-threatening danger, NOT OF IMMEDIATE ‘PHYSICAL’ DEATH, AT LEAST. As usual, the ‘cause’ is UNKNOWN.

‘I DON’T WANT TO FEEL. IF I CAN’T FEEL, THEY/YOU CAN’T HURT ME.’ ‘I’M TOO AFRAID THAT LIFE WILL HURT ME EVEN MORE. EMOTIONS ARE SO HURTFUL AND DANGEROUS THAT I WON’T FEEL THEM/HAVE THEM. THIS IS MY WAY OUT, AND YOU CAN’T STOP ME.’

‘I REFUSE TO FACE and FEEL MY ANGER OVER HOW MUCH YOU HURT ME, MUMMY.’ This last statement is from an actual MS case.

Talk to me. I have extensive experience. I’m afraid that it’s all true, folks.

Don’t tell me children can’t feel that much anger. In the Slovenian camp in Croatia (2001) Max aged 5, plunged his hand into the fire, pulled out a red-hot iron bar, and held it up in between the angry ‘adults.’ I had to throw 6 healers (including myself in shifts at the terrible burns, and it took about a week, but we got it back to normal. And finally

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CANCER: allopathic version: the term for a ‘MALIGNANT’ tumour. It means that a swelling (the literal Latin meaning) in any form of tissue can grow progressively, without restraint from the boundaries of normal organs, and spread to other parts of the body via the bloodstream of LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, (see above) producing SECONDARY TUMOURS called METASTASES.

Most cancers start in tissues which normally divide. Under the microscope, the cancer cells appear different to the host or normal cells in the affected tissue. They are more ‘primitive,’ less developed and differentiated. They grow faster in what is presumed to be a disorganised ‘haphazard’ fashion. To find out what is going on, tissue is usually removed surgically for examination. This is called a BIOPSY.

CANCERS are classified according to both the type of cell in which they originate, as well as the organ involved. In most countries, CANCER is the second most common cause of death, after HEART DISEASE, (see above) and the most frequently found types of CANCER vary a lot from country to country, so there is great interest in ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS and influences. In the UK and USA, CANCER of the BRONCHUS, (see LUNG DISORDERS above) the main air passages into which the windpipe divides, on its way into the LUNGS, is the most common, as well as being the most common cause of DEATH from CANCER in men.

‘I BLOCK THE INTAKE OF LIFE BREATH/HOLY SPIRIT INTO THE EGO-BODY, ‘ME.’ I NEED TO GROW IN TAKING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO MY EGO-BODY LIFE……HE WHO WOULD SAVE HIS LIFE, MUST NEEDS LOSE IT.’

In women, BREAST (see above) CANCER is the most common, 25% of all women’s cancers, although statistically speaking, less than half of those who get it will die of it.

‘I FAIL TO GROW IN THE NOURISHMENT OF MY INNER CHILD. I NEED TO GROW IN THE HONORING OF THE NEEDS/NOURISHMENT OF MY INNER CHILD IN VERY DIRECT WAYS.’

Common cancers in males are COLON, ‘DEALING WITH MY SHIT, MAKING THE PSYCHIC PROCESS REAL IN MY LIFE,’ RECTUM, ‘DEALING WITH MY SHIT, LETTING GO OF THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS, WHAT ‘I, THE EGO BODY’ AM UNABLE TO ASSIMILATE/INCORPORATE, HOLDING ON…!(TO THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS) PROSTATE, ‘GROWTH IN THE UNION WITH MY FEMALE SIDE, THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING,’ BLADDER, ‘GROWTH IN DEALING WITH, HOLDING ON TO THE PSYCHE AT THE WRONG LEVEL.’ (see all above)

In females: COLON, RECTUM, (see just above, same as men.) UTERUS, ‘LETTING MY INNER CHILD GROW, PREPARING TO ‘GIVE BIRTH TO MYSELF’ CONSCIOUSLY, EXPANSION AT ALL LEVELS,’ OVARY, UNION, THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING, FULFILLING THE DIVINE PURPOSE AS THE DIVINE FEMALE, HONOUR THE DIVINE SPARK,’ PANCREAS, ‘THE SWEET ENERGY OF LIFE, LOVE IT, HONOUR IT, RESPECT IT, ENJOY IT, CONSCIOUSLY.’ (see all above)

I do not really want to ‘beat around the bush,’ as we say in England. We can talk about what happens in cells, in the genetic structure, environmental factors etc., but what this work is really concerned with is THE WHOLE PICTURE, THE PERSPECTIVE, THE CONTEXT – of the MYRIAD MULTI-LEVEL PROCESSES WHICH MANIFEST THE LIVING DIVINE HUMAN BEING.

CANCER SPEAKS THE TRUTH, IT PRESENTS THE TRUTH. At this level we can even say that it IS THE TRUTH! It says/shows that the person concerned ‘IS EXPRESSING THE AVOIDANCE OF THEIR NEED FOR GROWTH AT HIGHER LEVELS, LIFE-ENHANCING, LIFE-SUSTAINING, NECESSARY LEVELS!!!!

CANCER is LITERALLY – LITERALLY – LITERALLY ‘GROWTH AT THE WRONG LEVEL.’ In America, they say, ‘GROWTH AT ANY COST.’ (your life)

THE TRUTH WILL OUT!!! THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.

Because of our peculiar way of looking at the world in the abstract, separatist way of the CEREBRAL CORTEX, (see above) we believe that children, for example, can get serious diseases, including cancer, in some sort of way which is somehow – mysteriously – unknowably SEPARATE from the TOTALITY of the integrated-at-all-levels LIFE EXPERIENCE of their parents and/or primary care givers.

IT IS A LIE. WE ARE IN NO WAY SEPARATE FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT, FROM LIFE, FROM NATURE AND ALL THE PROCESSES OF THIS EARTH OUR MOTHER, AND WIDER LIFE PROCESSES OF THE LIFE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE, ALL UNIVERSES, LEVELS AND DIMENSIONS….

……AS OUR NATIVE AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS SAY…………..

‘I dedicate this work to all my relations, in gratitude and respect. It is good to have spoken. MITAKUYE OYASIN.’

It would have ended here, but yesterday Thursday may 9^th 1996, my guides insisted that I should add

POLIOMYELITIS/INFANTILE PARALYSIS: allopathic version: a virus infection, 3 types. The infection enters the body through the mouth. The virus passes into the INTESTINES (see above) and is excreted in the stools. (shit) (see above) It affects the SPINAL CORD and BRAIN. (see both above)

90% of the paralysis sufferers, especially children, excrete (SHIT) the virus, as do also contacts who do not get the disease. So it is regarded that it is spread by faecal contamination. (shit from the hands to the mouth.

Children are very susceptible, but there have been quite a few severe PARALYSIS cases among young adults in recent years. There is usually ‘immunity’ after a single episode. It does not normally recur.

The ‘virus’ affects the motor cells in the SPINAL CORD, more so in the LUMBAR (lower back) area. There is also involvement with the CRANIAL NERVES, and some of the BRAIN NUCLEI, in certain cases. (see BRAIN and CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, SPINAL CORD etc., above)

The incubation period is between a few days and 3 weeks, often between 7-12 days and the symptoms may be sudden or gradual. The child may just feel ‘unwell’ with a few aches and pains for a couple of days, with a slight rise in temperature, and then become weak, and the limbs paralysed.

On the other hand, the limb paralysis may come on suddenly, with a sharp rise in temperature. In the sudden cases, the sufferer will complain of headache and other pain, and the temperature will go up to 39.5 deg.C., 103 F., or more. In some cases, the child may be unable to move arms and legs in the morning, although they appeared to be all right the night before.

How the paralysis goes will depend on how much is going on in the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD. In the most serious cases, the DIAPHRAGM and RESPIRATION (see above) muscles are affected, and the subject cannot breathe, and will die, if not artificially ventilated very quickly.

If the CRANIAL NERVES and BRAIN are affected, there may be ‘involuntary’ eye movements, (NYSTAGMUS) hoarse voice, swallowing difficulty. Convulsions (fits) in younger children.

The cell count in the CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (see above) is HIGH in the first 2 weeks, and contains higher protein in the 3^rd week.

WELL, there you are, LITERALLY, ‘HANDLING THE SHIT.’ The parents are NOT, obviously, ‘handling the shit very well, and this is so bad, has gone so far that it is LITERALLY PARALYSING THE CHILD PARTS.

It can get so bad that the child CANNOT TAKE IN THE LIFE BREATH/HOLY SPIRIT. The parents MUST be FORBIDDING the child to ‘be alive, take in life.’

‘THE UNCONSCIOUS CONTENTS THAT I THE EGO BODY CANNOT INCORPORATE/ASSIMILATE, PARALYSE ME/MY EXTERNALISED CHILD PARTS. I AM PARALYSED WITH FEAR…..’ ‘I CAN’T SWALLOW THAT.’

However, is Polio ‘real?’ (as described?) It is said that Jonas Salk, the creator of the ‘Salk vaccine, was a FRAUD. It is also pointed out (not least by health authorities in Africa and India) that Bill Gates’s ‘polio’ vaccine has literally infected thousands and HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of children in those countries WITH ‘POLIO!!!’

Do viruses exist? Just because we are ‘told’ they do? Are you a ‘true believer?’

‘SHIT’ certainly exists. Symbolically it represents the NECESSARY INFORMATION the ego CANNOT ASSIMILATE/INCORPORATE into its life growth process.

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY/MYOPATHY: a muscular wasting disease, which apparently is not due to damage to the nervous system…’appears to run in the families,’ transmitted by the mother…. Ha, ha, ha.

Examination after death shows that the muscles have ‘wasted away,’ and been replaced by fatty and fibrous tissue (see MUSCLES, LEGS above) in some cases.

The common type is called ‘PSEUDOHYPERTROPIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY,’ and affects the upper parts of the childrens legs. The child is clumsy and weak, and has difficulty ‘picking HERself up when she falls, although the muscles seem well-developed.’

In a form that begins about 14, (PUBERTY) the upper arm muscles are affected first, and later on the spine and legs grow weak. I’M NOT ALLOWED TO GROW UP /BECOME A WOMAN.

The 3^rd form, which begins at about the same age, the face muscles and shoulder, upper arm muscles waste first. IN ALL FORMS, THE WASTING CONTINUES UNTIL THE POWER TO CONTRACT, TO BE USED IS LOST.

In the ‘PSEUDOHYPERTROPHIC’ form, they do not usually reach 20, succumbing to diseases which would not normally be life-threatening. In the other forms, the wasting stops at a certain point, often not changing for the rest of the life.

MYOPATHY may also be a secondary condition, associated with THYROTOXICOSIS (THYROID storm, see above) OSTEOMALACIA, (adult form of RICKETS, see BONES above) or CUSHING’S DISEASE. (see ADRENAL GLANDS, CUSHING’S DISEASE above)

‘MUMMY DEAREST, WHAT A WASTE………………….SOUNDS LIKE A WAR BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD, INNER AND OUTER, SYMPTOMATICALLY.

Every case has to be considered very carefully with personal contact. Don’t try to make them ‘fit’ a predetermined allopathic model.

Have you understood yet? If you don’t understand, come talk to me.

First and last page

I want to thank all of you, everyone and everything who made this work possible.

I have smoked this moment with the Sacred Pipe we made here this year. (1995) CHANUNPA KI WAKAN INYAN SHA CHAN WAKAN.

I dedicate this work to the 5^th World of Peace, to the WHIRLING RAINBOW, to the UNION OF MALE AND FEMALE, RIGHT AND LEFT-HAND PATHS, THE ALCHEMICAL WEDDING.

TO MOTHER EARTH, AND FATHER SKY, TO GRANDFATHER SUN AND GRANDMOTHER MOON, TO THE SIX DIRECTIONS, SOUTH, NORTH, WEST, EAST, TO THE GREAT STAR NATION, TO ALL SKY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO THE THUNDER BEINGS, TO ALL GREATER INVISIBLE BEINGS AT ALL LEVELS, TO ALL SMALLER INVISIBLE BEINGS AT ALL LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WE CALL ‘VIRUSES AND BACTERIA,’ TO THE SUBTERRANEANS, DWELLERS BENEATH THE EARTH, TO THE STONE PEOPLE AND THE STANDING PEOPLE, TO ALL FLYING BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO ALL SWIMMING BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO ALL FOUR-LEGGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO THE INSECT TRIBES, TO THE FOUR GREAT SPIRITS OF EARTH, WATER, AIR, AND FIRE, TO ALL TWO-LEGGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO ANYONE I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO SHOULD BE THANKED AND REMEMBERED HERE AND NOW, TO HEYOKA, FOX AND COYOTE MEDICINE, AND TO THE OLD WOMAN HERSELF. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

PLEASE HELP………………………………………..