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originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: Pistoche
I suspect their hunt for gold and the mercury-amalgamation gold extraction process had something to do with their pools of mercury.
Harte
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Heat this stuff up and mercury comes out of it.
originally posted by: anti72
Harte
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Heat this stuff up and mercury comes out of it.
Mercury has a boiling point of 356.73 °C.
not with a boiling fire for sure, and then you need an environment to collect the mercury vopors..
originally posted by: Shiloh7
I can't help going back to the crown in the UK which claims it owns all the gold found here. I suspect the history of that claim goes back to the earliest civilisations whereby the king/ruler claimed the gold rights; hence perhaps the mercury pools were some linkage to gold mining and also an ancient claimed right verified by the pool.
The Egyptian similarity to this though seems strange because no Pharoah's have been found actually buried in the pyramids, so perhaps a universal idea of mercury in the pyramids housing dead kings may not have be universal at that time.
originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
a reply to: AxlJones
Why do they have to have anything in common? A lot of ancient rulers were buried with gold and precious stones too. It's a symbol of wealth/royalty.
originally posted by: Jekka
originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
a reply to: AxlJones
Why do they have to have anything in common? A lot of ancient rulers were buried with gold and precious stones too. It's a symbol of wealth/royalty.
While this is true, ancient people inevitably knew the dangers of mercury (it is highly poisonous) and it is within the realm of possibility that they had a trade system and therefore contact to come to the same conclusion that is makes it hard to rob a tomb if it is surrounded by it. The reason I argue for trade is that despite its raw form (cinnabar) being everywhere, not all of these ancient cultures had the mining and refining techniques to get it in its pure form.
originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
a reply to: AxlJones
Why do they have to have anything in common? A lot of ancient rulers were buried with gold and precious stones too. It's a symbol of wealth/royalty.
originally posted by: Generation9
I searched Google News to find the oldest mention of this Mexico mercury story and found that it was put online last week on Friday, April 24, 2015. Then the story was posted again and again each day this week. It would seem that somebody wants to spread this MERCURY news around for all to see. The timing of this is most curious.
originally posted by: Rextiberius
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
Excuse me, did you read what I wrote CAREFULLY? I said mercury has to be PURIFIED before it can be used and even then the healer has to be apprenticed to an expert and this can take years of serious study. Which is what Occultism is all about. You do not appear to have any idea what Occultism is so I suggest you go somewhere else instead. What is quite laughable is that you yourself are using an avatar containing what appears to be one of Alex Grey's paintings which is expressly OCCULT in nature as it can be traced to the sphere of Indian/Tibetan/Eastern occultism (often mistaken for spiritualism and mysticism) - locally and specifically known as Tantricism. And yet you unwittingly critiqued occultism as hogwash???
I am NOT talking about America but about the Far East where you probably have not visited or have any idea of .... The last place one should go for info is Wikipedia as this is a site highly compromised by the powers that be and often misleading info is discharged here. People who are smart will stay clear of Wikipedia if they want to get to the truth. You yourself should go and educate yourself first before you even try to make such unwitting remarks ... my reply to the questioner was to provide a few interesting pieces of news for discussion by relating what a close of friend told me. I do not subscribe to, approve or disapprove of what others are doing with regard to mercury etc .... am just open to novel ideas, traditional therapies, etc. The person who was healed of cancer was very grateful as his own doctor could not help him with conventional medicine. In any case, the US (a civilized nation) routinely puts FLUORIDE (one of the most toxic substances known) into toothpaste, drinking water to say nothing of the countless chemicals into the bodies of its own citizens and even approves the use of unpurified Mercury into dental amalgam and vaccines including the use of aluminum. titanium, including organo-chlorine in drinking water, highly toxic irradiation of foods, devices using ionizing radiation - MRI scans, microwave ovens ... the list is endless. I suggest you write to the authorities who approve of them and tell them about all about your concerns first since you seem to be very troubled about environmental toxins, and else. Also, don't make the presumption that those who subscribe to ATS or visit the site are a bunch of impressionable and naive teens - this is far from the truth for I often come across smart, intelligent and savvy folks and some are willing to share and inquire deeply into the interesting happenings around them and about puzzling issues in life - without trying to monopolize and thrash their fossilized mental states on others - yourself excepted, of course ! So, do yourself a favor: take that condescending attitude with you and head elsewhere, pleeeeeeeeeeez
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