“Alchemy is intimate, private, and connected.”

In person … for all practical purposes.

Doing it over Skype is way more complicated and takes years of experience instead of mere weeks.

“Morons and imbeciles call them Big Pharma. They’re drug dealers! Does anyone understand what it is to deal with a drug dealer? That’s all they are. They’re a criminal operation. Look at how they’re destroying people’s lives. Oh, you have this ailment, that ailment? Well, take this drug. Oh, by the way, here are the side effects.”

Emma Gaye Chitwood of Chandler, Texas, could free up every vertebrae.

I thought my neck was broken the first time she adjusted me.

My right hand felt like it was on fire.

I relaxed when she walked past me, saying, “You can really feel the heat in that hand, can’t you?”

I prefer doing it for one year. It’s dark gray, less strong, and maybe as therapeutic.

Put whole cloves (don’t remove the skin) in a jar filled with apple cider vinegar.

Add a teaspoon of salt, close the lid, and you’re good to go … in a year or two or three.

Re: After two or three years, what do you do?

Eat a clove or two.

Three or four might have you running to the bathroom!

Re: What time do you eat a clove or two?

With supper. Remove them from the bottle as needed, peeling off the skins.

Re: What does it do for the body?

Persian garlic helps decontaminate and regenerate the liver.

The “black garlic” sold in health food stores is not the same. It’s based on a Korean method also popular in Thailand.