Glass is often not clear due to impurities that impart various colors. Iron, for example, colors glass yellow. Adding a purplish manganese dioxide ore called pyrosulite neutralizes the yellow color in the glass, making the glass clear and color-free. This color counterbalancing relates to D... Read More

Basil oil (oil of Ocimum basilicum) is a pale yellow oil commonly used as a respiratory remedy. Less well known are basil oil's cardiotonic effects. It's heart-friendly. Basil is a symbol of love because the leaves are heart-shaped (an example of the Law of Signatures, aka Geometric Body Re... Read More

Sandalwood oil (Santalum album) is used for skin revitalization. It's most potent in the evening, and has a base note volatility, retaining its fragrance for a long time. The fragrance of sandalwood is always located near the root (in the central heartwood), never higher in the tree (or in the... Read More

My girlfriend in Houston had a knee problem back in the 1980s. "Which knee is it?" I asked. "The left one," she replied. I immediately sensed it had something to do with ME. "What color do you think of when you think of your knee?" I continued. "Yellow." "What male do you have to m... Read More

King Camp Gillette (yes, the Gillette Safety Razor guy) wrote ... "It is a folly to try to continue longer to gull the laboring classes with the idea that they are free men. They are gradually being educated to a knowledge that they are dupes, and always have been dupes, of a non-producing class.... Read More