This morning, 2 January 2009, I woke up with a smattering of a dream still vivid in my mind.

I was looking at an old building, the front being mainly of wood, and it seemed to be a shop/cafe of some sort.

On the name plate was the words "McCross Cupboard".

What this means I don't know, does such a name as McCross exist? I don't remember anything before or after this so it was one little image in isolation.

If anyone has any ideas about this please let me know.

Just found this article via the Graham Hancock site.

Intriguing, and worth following up.

If it has already been highlighted on TDG then I apologise for bringing it back to the fore, but I am certainly interested in any new knowledge about the Earth and the way it reacts to the rest of the Solar System.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/...

I am also wondering if this could have something to do with the big changes in the weather recently?

It seems to support the idea of an electric universe too.

Just a quick note to say, Merry Christmas everybody! and a Happy New Year!

This morning I think I dreamt that I saw a naked man walk from the outside corner of my upstairs bedroom around the bed to the door of my bedroom. Or did I?

This is nothing new as my husband sleeps in the same bed, and it could have been him, but the first outside corner of the room was not exactly as it known to me. There is a cupboard at that position, but in this dream part there was no cupboard.

I would add that without my glasses I see things only very blurred so I honestly considered I might be awake and seeing a real person wander about my room. I have never viewed anything in a blurred state before in my dreams.

Yet, my husband is adament that he did not do what I thought I saw, so what did I see? Was it a dream? Was it a real person? Was it a ghost? Was it an image out of normal time?

I admit I don't know but I am intrigued by this. Any ideas anyone?

I have finally seen the dvd of WallE and I have to say to RPJ, I loved it. You were so right!

It deserves to have an oscar.

This is a question I ask because I have noticed that in other areas of nature there are species which hate each other's guts!

In the plant world there are some plants you should never plant together. They will end up either destroying themselves, or one of them will destroy the other. For example, when I planted a biennial Angelica plant next to a tall slow growing Rosemary bush I lost the Rosemary bush in no time. I know that Rue should not be planted near other plants, and there is a history of what is termed "complimentary planting" whereby some plants help protect others from diseases.

There are also some animals that do not like being near each other. Within the bird kingdom I have watched as robins chase away sparrows. Magpies are hated within the crow family. Seagulls and crows do not get on at all, with the seagulls searching out the crows' eggs.

With so many plants not getting on with each other, and even birds, never mind the usual cats chasing birds and mice, I believe there is an inherent "hatred" or "despising" of similar animals that is not easily overcome.

As a species, the human race has always "hated" or "fought" other humans, usually on a tribal basis, often due to a lack of food, water, or land for the tribe. But we are today being encouraged to "get on" with our human neighbours, and I wonder sometimes if this is truly possible in every instance?

I accept that skin colour does not have to be a problem, even other cultures can be tolerated, but I have found that the people who prove themselves most friendly and tolerant are those who at that time adopt a similar culture/society and language. Not every part of the globe should be under the same culture/language, as long as we acknowledge that in a particular place a certain set of rules/culture/language is dominant. In fact the diversity makes it pleasurable to wander, as a guest, in other places, and even become resident there as long as the dominant culture/society/language of the area is adopted.

Perhaps, what makes us "hate" each other is not the physical differences of the human race but the cultural differences that each country/tribe/nation adopts.

I have watched over the past few decades the British and English identity be subsumed and overtaken by other cultures/languages/societies. It is the same piece of land, and the same environment as far as nature is concerned, but the governance of the society within the UK has allowed others to come in and take over the dominance of the culture/language/society. This is causing a lot of heartache for many indigenous people.

I accept that in the past many people have come and taken over this island. The Romans, the Saxons, the Vikings, the Normans, and each has put its stamp on the land, but they did so by military conquering, not this slow yet forceful stealth takeover we have experienced in recent times. Betrayal by the powers that be is how some people have viewed it, and I can understand their reasoning.

But I also wonder if we are meant to "get on" with our human/tribal/national neighbours?

It is a question that will rarely be asked, but perhaps it should be considered, even quietly, so that when people discuss diversity and equality within society they truly comprehend exactly what is meant by these words, and the consequences that they engender.

Last night, I watched a film on DVD, "Deja Vu". It was a brilliant film, and I found the ideas very thoughtprovoking. However, there was one small part which struck me in the face, metaphorically that is!

When I was in my early teens, in the first half of the 1960s, I remember reading a children's book which had an unusual slant on space/time travel. I don't remember the name of the book, the author, or the rest of the story, but one idea did stand out and still is indelibly imprinted on my mind.

The idea was called "Tessering". It was how a person could travel quickly across space, and in the process move through time more quickly than the usual route. Somehow, I honestly don't remember exactly how, it was possible, via thought alone, to turn the body into a wave and "jump" from one part of space to a very distant part of space in an instant. The concept was described as a means of folding/bending space itself. The example used was that of a large apron, spread out, and when the material was stretched flat the corners were far apart, and it would take a lot of time to cross from one corner to the other, but by bring the two corners towards each other, and bending the apron so it moved downwards in a 3D format, not spread out in a 2D format, it was possible to reduce the space between the corners to practically zero and as such be able to move quickly from one corner to the next. This is what the characters in the book were able to do by thought alone.

In the film, Deja Vu, a similar concept is described, only the corners of a smaller sheet of paper are used to demonstrate the principle.

It was this which struck me so strongly!

I have wondered if I have been given an implanted, false memory. With so little information regarding the book itself remaining in my head, except this one concept, it is possible. I also have had an instance in my past where what I thought had happened proved to be erroneous and the idea that I had heard a message from a plausable source has also been discounted, so what exactly prompted me to believe what I did believe, especially for more than 30 years?

As the above concept was "learned" within a couple of years of my other incident could it be that someone played mind games with me?

I will never know but the whole idea still generates a strong feeling of "knowing" within me.

I would be interested in other people's views on this whole concept.

I recently was doing a crossword when I looked hard at a cryptic clue, realising the answer was something I had never considered.

It was an anagram of "St Michael's" and I realised that the answer was "alchemists".

All Christians should know that the bible has imaginative visualisations of St Michael coming from behind the sun to save the Earth and its people! This is in Revelations. There are also two references to St Michael in the old testament, as well as him slaying a dragon (this is now usually accredited to St George).

The point I am making is that the letters making up the name - St Michael - can also be rearranged (altered, transmuted, changed) to read the world - Alchemist. Now an alchemist is said to be able to change one substance into another, classically considered to be lead into gold. But no-one ever considers what else can be changed - in this instance the letters themselves!

St Michael is also said to come from behind the sun, a space body which is always associated with Gold!

This brings forth to my mind that perhaps there are other "hidden" words that can be found by rearranging letters from the bible words?

The English version we all know is the King James Bible, and this is said to have actually been created/pulled together by Bacon! James I apparently appointed him as the main co-ordinator of this work. Bacon is also said to have been interested in esoteric/alchemical ideas too, so suppose he did hide some other information within the bible itself, hiding it in "plain view"?

I remember being part of a committee who had this old portacabin as its hq. Someone came in and painted a mural on some of the walls, and these walls happened to be the ones behind which the office equipment and files were stored. Everybody looked at the mural, but saw only the surface design, being unaware of the true practical purpose of the wals, and the secrets they held.

Could this be the case behind the alchemists?

I was reading the UK's Daily Mail recently, and apparently there is a possible answer to those who suffer from CFS, ME, and other related problems.

This is "The Lightening Process".

See the following websites:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/articl...
Lightning Process Article

http://www.simpsonandfawdry.com/phil_par...
Main site

I don't know how accurate this is, and it is not for the poorest people, but if it holds some truth then perhaps it is worth investigating.

I was surprised to find that one of the UK high street retailers, Woolworths, a company which has been around in the high street for many many years, is in trouble.

The problem seems to be that the three main trade credit insurers which insure most of the world's companies have decided to withdraw their insurance cover!

This is happening all over the place, and will add to the already uncertain market. The three main credit insurers are:
Euler Hermes (based in Paris),
Atradius (based in Amsterdam),
Coface (based in Paris).

It may well be that these retail companies are not functioning financially as well as they should but the one thing that will bring about the death of these companies is to have their insurance cover withdrawn. This has happened to Woolworths over the past few months, and I see more companies suffering in the same way, certainly in the UK.

I have said for some years that there are those who are determined to destroy the UK/Britain/England any way they can, and they have been succeeding, albeit slowly. We have had our utility companies taken over by foreign investors who are only interested in taking every last bit of blood (money) from this country; our politicians have signed away most of our rights and sovereignty; financial companies have been making life difficult for everyone, and now we have the few mainstay British/UK companies that are left being forced to sell their businesses for a pittance due to a foreign based credit company making decisions that will destroy our last vistages of tradition and culture.

Woolworths is prepared to sell its 800 outlet stores for a mere £1. A company that has been in this country for more than a century suddenly gone! Who will be next? Will it be the companies which are still seen as British or are British owned?

My country has been stripped bare, and still is being stripped to the bone, all flesh that makes it British/UK is almost gone.

How much more can my country take?

But it is not just the UK which is being affected by these trade credit insurers. They control the credit rating of companies the world over and I believe that the US and other countries within the West will soon be seeing the same destruction.