Tincture

Aberrant Data Allow it to be said, as a point of peremptory optimism, that the author of this essay invests every confidence in the strength of the human intelligence. Men fail, as surely and naturally as any carbonic life, but one mind always survives another. And the mind endures, ungovernable, difficulty notwithstanding. The question of utopia is not so easily answered as “perfection” or dystopia as “imperfection”. “Perfect” is not a reasonable or corporate state ; it is an apparition,…

Dandelion (Taraxicum officinale) is one of the most widely recognized wild herbs. Nearly everyone is familiar with the sunny yellow flowers and delicate white puffballs of seeds known as dandelion clocks. Unfortunately, the medicinal value of dandelions is not so well known, and these beneficial plants are often sprayed with herbicides by people who want to discourage them from growing in their lawns. Dandelion is a perennial plant native to Asia and Europe. It was brought to North America…

dream is all amiss interpreted; It was a vision fair and fortunate: Your statue spouting blood in many pipes, In which so many smiling Romans bathed, Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck Reviving blood, and that great men shall press For tinctures, stains, relics and cognizance. This by Calpurnia's dream is signified.”(II, 2, 83-90) This quote was spoken by Decius Brutus, in which Decius Brutus is saying the dream was misinterpreted, this was a good vision, and that, Caesar gives the…

world. Its inimical presence always circled near as it awaited the striking hour; dwarfing—to unopened, latent eyes—every speed known to humans. Consequences didn't exist until then, and the future abided by their wills—not science nor the lingering tincture of danger. Nothing laid beyond their walls of consciousness. Or so they believed. Despite their steadfast beliefs, optimism was more dangerous…

William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar tells the true story of the murder of Caesar himself. Within the play, there are several aspects that contribute to his death. These aspects revolve around the theme of manipulation. Now manipulation can come in all shapes and sizes, whether it be the small stuff like convincing your parents you need an extra twenty dollars or casually convincing someone to kill their best friend. It could turn into some tricky business. Characters in the…

He states that only the Jewish people were able to pursue the arts of alchemy in ancient times, and were required to do their work in secret, even hiding their tinctures, or alcohol extracts, in order to evade arousing the suspicions of those who might want to stop their work. He describes their secretive ways in a generally appreciative tone, perhaps because their secret works allowed for the preservation of alchemic…

Thomas De Quincey introduces Confessions of an English Opium Eater, as an extract from a longer autobiography entitled, Life of a Scholar. De Quincey’s primary reason in writing this autobiography is, he hopes it will be “instructive” to his audience. That reason is also why his writing goes into such explicit detail about his personal life. He tried to resist opium, but due to the fact that opium was a major and effective pain reliever at the time, it was difficult, seeing as he suffered from…

Facades, treachery, and deceit are all tactics used in manipulation, and without manipulation, the course of history would have changed dramatically. Brutus would never have joined the conspiracy to kill Caesar, and because of that, the second triumvirate would change. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare writes about how deceit, treachery, and facades are used time and time again for conspirators and loyal friends to get what they want. Shakespeare…

Blood Imagery Causing Fear and Grief The play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is about a conspiracy that is made to kill Caesar, because the conspirators are hungry for power of their own. While they are fawning over Caesar, the conspirators stab him multiple times, which leads to a civil war between the friends of Caesar and the heads of the conspiracy; the leaders of the conspiracy army commit suicide, therefore Caesar's friends are victorious in the war. Inside the play Julius Caesar,…

People all over the world for hundreds of years have relied on Cannabis to soothe their aches and relieve their pains despite the fact that it is still considered an illegal drug in most places. As the buzz to legalize the ancient miracle herb increases, the louder the conversation becomes about how awesome the benefits are. Believe it or not there are countless ailments that can be treated and sometimes cured simply by enjoying a little marijuana. Here are a few you never thought of: Asthma-…