A friend of mine pointed me to some articles about the exact tuning of the note 'A'. How vague, I thought. But then, the name of Goebbels turned up and I – as always interested in some juicy conspiracy-  I started reading.
As it turns out, throughout music history the 'A' was mostly set to the frequency of 432Hz, except perhaps for the Dark Ages (rumours about an 'A' as low as 420Hz), but everything was a bit down and gloomy then. The number '432' corresponds to a lot of things, like the size of the Sun, the size of the Moon, the size of the Earth, the speed of light, according to certain people to the frequency of the human head chakra, to the human DNA, the element Carbon, the Earth's frequency, the size of the Pyramids and the number of pagodes on the Borobodur temple. The number 432 really seems to be a heavyweight in terms of universal harmony. It is still mainly hear-say, I must admit, but as it is my vocation to spread unsubstantiated rumours on the internet (and I'm taking my job seriously), this is a promising lead!

My quest started with this article:

**click** and then I wandered off quite a bit. As usual. 

Interesting, don't you think? Especially the role of notorious German Nazi Bad Guy & Evil Genius Goebbels is intrigueing. Goebbles changed the 'A'-frequency from 432 to 440Hz – and it has never been changed back!
So, we're out of tune with the Universe! Every music you hear is now based on A=440Hz. And we also know that Goebbels – and the entire nazi regime for that matter – was heavily into black occult stuff. You know, counterclockwise rotating giant svastica's formed by thousands of torch-bearing soldiers, that sort of scary stuff. Brr!

One thing keeps bothering me though. Why has the frequency never been changed back to the original 432Hz when the war was over? (this in spite of many protests by professional musicians). Hmmm…

*narrowing eyes*

This, dear reader, I find a very disturbing image. I keep having bad dreams. and so do more people.

This, on the other hand (talking about 'radiant'), I find inspiring:

It's taken from the famous Isenheimer Altar and it shows Christ, triumphantly raising from the cross.  It's amazing how much light the artist has brought into this image.
To me, the meaning is clear: you don't have to worry about death and suffering. You're eternal and you'll trancend death, and you'll smile. Don't worship Christ, but internalize His image and know it is YOU. Nothing can really harm you, and although your earthly life is very real, it is just a fleeting moment in an ocean of time and space.
You're not cut off from a distant God and you don't live by His mercy, you are an essential part of God and he is experiencing Himself through you. As a matter of fact He is experiencing Himself through is entire creation, so everything around you is Divine too. In my humble vision Christ will return, but not on a cloud and not to rescue a bunch of Christian fundamentalists, but through us. 

It's just a matter of remembering.

At 1800m. altitude, at Crete, a couple of weeks ago, after taking dozens of breathtaking hairpin turns in a rented car, just to get away from the tourist crowd and noise, I was surprised to run into yet another tourist trap: the 'Human History Museum' annex bar and tourist shoppe. Visitors of the Museum (you had to pay, of course) could ascend to the roof of the bar and be 'near God'. Mere mortals (who, like me, thought that the museum's entry fare was a bit steep) had to stay below. Besides, the idea of having to pay to be near God struck me as completely ridiculous. What's more, I don't really think that God resides on medium to high altitudes. That's just one giant Catholic misconception.

As a matter of fact, I don't believe that anyone can come an inch closer to God, no matter what measures he hitherto undertakes. Then again, he can't get away much from God either, as much as one would wish for some distance. I just think that our general notion of God is plain wrong. That's not entirely our own fault, as massive efforts have been made throughout history to reduce God to something silly, useful for practical purposes, such as ruling the world in His name.

Take Jesus Christ, for example. He has gone to great lengths to demonstrate that the general idea is quite simple: we're all divine. Death can be a very nasty experience, but you'll get over it; he demonstrated that quite convincingly. God is everything, he told time and again, the Alpha and the Omega, and we're forever part of Him. Or Her. Isn't that great. Nothing to worry about.

But hey. The Roman Empire was bent on exterminating the early Christians, but then, when the Empire started to collapse, it discovered that Christianity was very useful to perpetuate and expand Roman worldly power on a new level and thus transcend it's physical decay. Clever, really. Christ Incorporated. So, they invented a very flexible and downgraded consumer version of Christian faith, with all kinds of imagery for easy market penetration: saints, demons, statues, cathedrals, and, of course, whole new lines of clothing, holy chants and sacred ceremonies, with a Pope as temporary body-double for Christ (they knew damned well He wouldn't be back for a while).

The very symbol of this strange cult was a Roman torture and execution device, the Cross, with a guy in utter agony nailed to it. Behold the Power of Rome over humanity. Brilliant.

To me, this looks like some giant fraud. Maybe people have some built-in urge to worship something, and churches have been founded upon that very principle. Maybe that's why the so-called Mercy Period was installed: just to wait until humanity got over it's worst stage of utter stupidity. We're all sinners and can only deserve Eternal Life through God's Grace and the Blood of Our Lord Who Died on the Cross. Yeah right. It's just not true. It's way beside the point. It's just a big scam.

Just look at the total mess we made of this place. We allowed those guys to steal God, to make us believe in bedtime stories and to make us forget who we really are. It's about time we should start remembering… I'm sure Christ will be back, but not on a cloud, and certainly not to save a Chosen Few. It's up to us now to break the web.

Ugh. More of this later.

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It's called 'Survival Acres Blog' 

 Two quotes:

… Part of gearing up, is gearing yourself up. The human body was not intended to sit in a cubicle and type on computer screens for months on end. This type of sedentary lifestyle is one of the worst things you can do to yourself. Get up and get moving. Get that body active, daily.

And:

… On the economics – get out of debt asap. You cannot do this fast enough. Collapse will NOT protect you from the creditors, or a debtors prison camp. Don’t even risk it. Do whatever it takes and clear out your debts. Simplify, reduce and downgrade if you have to – everything. Houses, land, jobs, cars, consolidate bills and get rid of superflous junk and simplify your life as fast as you can.

Check out this weblog! It covers a very broad range of topics and is centered around the subject of crash survival, and offers a lot of practical advice. I have to agree on most of his pessimistic future predictions, which are pretty dark and leave little doubt about what is coming up, who is to suffer and who are to benefit (the usual suspects). Then again, although the weblog is obviously written with great passion and holds much truth, I still think it tries to cover everything from a material point of view. As for me, I think there's far more to the upcoming crisis than resource depletion and the global rise of fascism; in my view the entire 'crisis' is a thing that has been carefully and secretly prepared for centuries; as such it's purely occult, in a black sense. I really believe we have more options than being slaves to the System or a marginal existance as destitute and desperate fugitives outside The Zone. Ultimately, and primarily, this battle is spiritual. We have to take sides, and remember who we really are. The only way to defeat darkness is by spreading LIGHT. If we allow ourselves to be obscured by fear we will be complicit to the dark side.

Ugh. More of this later.

Nice article on Energybulletin about mobilizing otherwise socially and agriculturally dead suburbs into building community gardens:

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So, not all is doom & gloom. Besides,

“Political independence and the ability to engage in society has a lot to do with from what position of autonomy do we stand. And if we stand totally dependent on a one or two or three day food supply chain we don't really have any position of political autonomy.”
— David Holmgren, Permaculture co-orginator (quote taken from greening the apocalypse)

And:

"I think that growing food, along with rebuilding community (to counter the individualisation and social atomisation faced in this corporate-driven society), are some of the most important and subversive activities we can do today." 

Ah, a call for subversion! I wonder how long it takes to get permaculture on the CIA black list.  After all, people enjoying themselves, making friends, exchanging knowledge and food, and dropping out of the System is not quite The Plan, is it. It's subversion after all, and that means:

"Subversion refers to an attempt to overthrow structures of authority, including the state. It is an overturning or uprooting." (Wikipedia)

So, in fact, permaculture is an act of terrorism! *gasp*

(Then again, how on earth are suburbians of all nations ever going to survive Peak Oil, a Housing Crash and a Dollar Collapse except by getting together and turning the place into productive community gardens? Nobody else is coming to save them…)

It is said that the giant oil-wells of Saudi-Arabia are now in permanent decline and that their own oil reserve assessments are not very reliable, to put it mildly. Against this background it is no real surprise that the exploration of Iraq's oil-fields was not much of a success since the invasion by the US. Iraq holds the world second-largest oil-reserves. Ten years ago, and probably much longer, The US administration was already fully aware of Peak Oil. So, instead of fully exploiting these giant conquered oilfields it was far more convenient to keep the oil production low by constant sabotage by insurgents. When crisis breaks out (through war with Iran, the collapse of the dollar and the US economy, to name a few) the US hold a valuable trump-card in the form of the Iraq oil-fields. The entire current crisis in Iraq is in fact very convenient from that point of view. Let the stupid bastards riot and kill each other and spread chaos and civil war across the entire country – as long as the oil remains where it is, for the Empire will need it later.

But what if… the Iranians occupied the Kurdish oilfields in Northern Iraq before the US military got there to kick Iran's ass? AND Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz? That would be check-mate, wouldn't it? With a very, very sour loser… (the great game of chess was invented by the old Persians…)

Ah well, just some thoughts… 

[audio:http://www.radiokazoo.net/music/Como la Luz.mp3]
'Como la Luz' – Bulerias (sort of) by Chambao – great music, enjoy!

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The blog is called 'Cyclone's Real Deal' and I think this article is pretty damned impressive, including the comments. People are getting aware they're being screwed and luckily ever more dare to speak out. There's a growing impeachment movement in the States and there's talk about putting G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney on trial ('dickchenerey' is a new word for deceit) for breaking the Constitution. I just hope it's in time before these maniacs plunge the whole planet into war, chaos and hardship. Then again, maybe these things need to come to pass and these lunatics only play their role in The Grand Play, who knows… (we know so little).

In any case, I'll be refilling my crash food stock, there's a bad smell in the air (and it ain't me)…. 

A quote:

Here is one of my favorite speeches, done by Don Juan to the Devil in “Don Juan In Hell” by George B. Shaw after the devil chastises Don Juan for being uncivil to his minions.

“Pooh! Why should I be civil to them or to you? In this palace of lies, a truth or two will not hurt you. Your friends are all the dullest dogs I know. They are not beautiful; they are only decorated. They are not clean; they are only fashionably dressed. They are not educated; they are only college passmen. They are not religious; they are only pewrenters. They are not moral; they are only conventional. They are not virtuous; they are only cowardly. They are not even vicious; they are only frail. They are not artistic; only lascivious. They are not prosperous; they are only rich. They are not loyal; they are only servile. They are not dutiful; only sheepish; not public spirited, only patriotic; not courageous, only quarrelsome; not determined; only obstinate; not masterful; only domineering; not self-controlled; only obtuse; not self respecting; only vain; not kind, only sentimental; not intelligent, only opinionated; not progressive, only factious; not imaginative, only superstitious; not just, only vindictive; not generous, only propitiatory; not disciplined, only cowed; and not truthful at all—liars every one of them, to the very backbone of their souls.”

The Brilliant Régis Gizavo – enjoy! 

Stay alert for news articles about your friendly and vigilant local neighbourhood police force purchasing new 'non-lethal' electric and other 'humane' crowd-control weapons…

Picture: the noble art of Waterboarding is centuries old, but the open source technique is subject to constant upgrading & refining by ever expanding groups of enthousiasts. It's just like Linux for total morons. In the good old days they either made you confess and killed you later (by hanging, burning) OR killed you while making you confess. In modern times erm… it's just the same, except they'll use a plane to hijack you first. Progress is so wonderful!…