A New Direction

Hello all. Do you ever feel over stimulated?? That's how I've been feeling lately and I think that is obvious in my blog and what actually keeps me from posting more. It seems as though a lot of the topics are so varied that it just leaves one wondering what this blog is really all about? So taking a cue from the title, this blog will mainly focus on all Into The Spiral projects and art.
The posts on topics not related to art, such as the science bits, social issues, political whatnot, and so on will be posted on the Spiraling Studies blog. I might even move all the post from this page to the other if they are not art related. I hope that you'll like this set up better! Thank you for joining me in this journey! Much love. Namaste.

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License to Spill: Cheney, BP and The Gulf of Mexico

Magickal Mercury Oil Blend

This full moon is connected to Scorpio and one thing you can use these energies for is to enhance communications. If you were looking to communicate with other worldly entities, now would be a good time as we are only days away from Beltane. At Beltane, just like Samhain, the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, facilitating contact and giving strength to all sorts of magical endeavors.
Here is a simple recipe for Mercury Oil to assist you in communicating with whom ever you wish, living or not.

Mercury Oil

4 drops Lavender
2 drops Eucalyptus
1 drop Peppermint


Dilute this mix with a carrier oil of your choice (sweet almond, sunflower oil, jojoba are all options).

Charge this oil by the light of tonight's full moon and anoint yourself (throat) with this oil when you need some help with communication.

IF: Brave

The Sour Truth About Artificial Sweeteners

This is a repost from Prison Planet , as I thought it was important and worth sharing. Click here for the full post.

Aspartame has been renamed and is now being marketed as a natural sweetener

Ethan Huff
NaturalNews
Monday, February 15th, 2010

In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world’s most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin marketing it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of Ajinomoto, maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over the eyes of the public with its rebranded version of aspartame, called “AminoSweet”.

Over 25 years ago, aspartame was first introduced into the European food supply. Today, it is an everyday component of most diet beverages, sugar-free desserts, and chewing gums in countries worldwide. But the tides have been turning as the general public is waking up to the truth about artificial sweeteners like aspartame and the harm they cause to health. The latest aspartame marketing scheme is a desperate effort to indoctrinate the public into accepting the chemical sweetener as natural and safe, despite evidence to the contrary.

Continued at source.

Usnisa Vijaya Sutra

I love sutras. Sutras are defined one way as "Of minimal syllabary, unambiguous, pithy, comprehensive, /non-redundant, and without flaw: who knows the sūtra knows it to be thus."
Sutras are Hindu literary compositions containing some kind of spiritual intent The belief is that reciting particular sutras X amount of times will have a given effect. There are sutras for a myriad of things such as healing of karma. One of my favorite sutras is the Usnisa Vijaya Dharani is for healing all karmic transgressions and relief of suffering.