Natural Science

Another Word on Monism

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Originally by J. de Bonniot 
Edition by D. Major

This, our second article on this topic, addresses the question of the origin of the earliest known organized beings. It also discusses the propensity of science to embrace reason, rather than faith in divine intervention. A firm corollary of this essential characteristic of science is the proposal and adoption of two indubitable and fundamental premises:

1) That there was a period during which the Earth was composed entirely and solely of mixed mineral elements; and

2) That scientific experience demonstrates the inability of such a mineral milieu to be a precondition for the development of life.

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The Soul of the Ape & My Friends the Baboons | Eugene Marais

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This unique volume brings together two essential works by the visionary South African naturalist Eugène Marais.

The Soul of the Ape is his groundbreaking scientific study of primate behavior and the origins of the human psyche, a manuscript famously lost for over thirty years.

It is paired here with My Friends the Baboons, a collection of warm, anecdotal observations from his three years living among a wild troop in the Waterberg mountains.


Together, these two fascinating texts offer a complete picture of Marais' pioneering research into the animal mind.
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Gaston Naessens: Somatid and Somatoscope

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by Fitzraven Sky

Gaston Naessens' somatid theory of the origins of cancer, the result of over 40 years of research in bacteriology and biology (the last 20 funded personally by the late David Stewart of the MacDonald-Stewart Foundation), has its roots in the concept of pleomorphism, first advanced by Antoine Bechamp in France in the 1870's. Pleomorphism is the assumption of multiple forms, or stages, by a single organism during its life cycle. Bechamp postulated such a pleomorphic (literally, shape-changing) micro-organism, which he named “microzymia” as a common progenitor of all bacteria.

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To Be or Not to Be? – 150 Years of Hidden Knowledge

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by Christopher Bird.

Astounding findings in a field of knowledge that deals with the very smallest forms of life.

Hard as it is to believe, these findings, made over more than a century ago, have been consistently ignored, censored by silence, or suppressed throughout all of that time by ruling "opinion-makers", orthodox thinkers in mainstream microbiology.

Instead of being welcomed with excitement and open arms, as one would a friend or lover, the amazing discoveries have been received with a hostility unusually only meted out to trespassers or imposters.

To try to present the vastness of a multi-dimensional panorama, is a little like trying to inscribe the contents of thick manuscript onto a postage stamp, or reduce the production of an hour-long drama into a few minutes of stage time.

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Mechanical and Electrical Responses in Living Matter

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The first two chapters of Bose's 'Response in the Living and Non-living'.

 Reaction under stimulus is seen even in the lowest organisms; in some of the amœboid rhizopods, for instance. These lumpy protoplasmic bodies, usually elongated while creeping, if mechanically jarred, contract into a spherical form.

If, instead of mechanical  disturbance, we apply salt solution, they again contract, in the same way as before. Similar effects are produced by sudden illumination, or by rise of temperature, or by electric shock.

A living substance may thus be put into an excitatory state by either mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical, or light stimulus. Not only does the point stimulated show the effect of stimulus, but that effect may sometimes be conducted even to a considerable distance.

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Bacteria are microzymas

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Article - Alan Cantwell

A century and a half ago, Antoine Bechamp declared the microzyma is the essential unit of life. He observed tiny, round granular bodies within the cells that glistened as tiny sparkles of refracted light. He was not the first to see the granules, but he was the first to suspect these 'little bodies' might hold the key to the origin of life.

Bechamp taught that all life arises from microzymas. After many laboratory experiments and microscopic examinations, he claimed that microzymas were capable of developing into common living organisms that go by the name of bacteria. Some of these intermediate bacterial stages were regarded by experts as different species, but to Bechamp they were all related and derived from microzymas.

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Second Thoughts on Disease

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by Drs Archie Kalokerinos & Glenn Dettman.

Aboriginal infant mortality in Australia is strongly associated with the immunizations that are meant to save them. The value of megascorbic therapy as treatment. This important paper relates these findings to Antoine Bechamp's science.

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The Soul of the White Ant | Eugene Marais

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The Soul of the White Ant is a passionate, insightful exploration of the world of termites.

Based on ten years of intense observation in the South African veld, Eugène Marais formulated a revolutionary theory: that the termite colony is not a community of individuals, but a single, composite animal. Workers and soldiers function like blood cells, the fungus gardens as digestive organs, and the queen as the brain.


This Distant Mirror edition preserves Marais’ lyrical and scientifically precise prose, inviting readers into the mysterious, highly structured life of the termitary.
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Earthworm | George Oliver

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Paperback.In 1906, physician George Sheffield Oliver read Charles Darwin's work on earthworms and decided to test the theories on his own land. 'Earthworm: The Most Important Animal in the World' is the result of his 40 years of research. This Distant Mirror edition brings back the classic practical guide on how to harness the power of the humble earthworm to restore soil fertility, grow superior crops, and feed poultry and livestock naturally. It is a must-read for anyone interested in vermiculture, organic gardening, or sustainable farming.

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Response in the Living and Non-Living | Jagadish Bose

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Response in the Living and Non-Living is the groundbreaking 1902 treatise by Indian scientist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose. Predating modern biophysics, Bose used sensitive instruments of his own design to prove that plants and metals share a similar electrical response to stress, fatigue, and poison as animals.


This Distant Mirror edition includes an introduction by Paramahansa Yogananda, highlighting the spiritual implications of Bose's scientific proof that the boundary between the living and the non-living is not as rigid as we once thought.
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