renegadetribune--2020-10-14--Ginger’s Many Evidence-Based Health Benefits Revealed

Not only is ginger a culinary marvel , its health benefits are stunning .
It has been shown to be more effective against staph infections than antibiotics–and without the adverse effects .
Ginger ’ s culinary qualities are a delight , but its health benefits are simply stunning .
It has been shown to be more effective against bacterial staph infections than antibiotics .
It can kill cancer cells .
Its anti-inflammatory effects are already famous .
It can resolve brain inflammations , and ease or cure a variety of gut problems , such as ulcerative colitis and acid reflux @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effects of gamma radiation .
What ’ s not to love about this incredible herb ?
Standard in many kitchens and cuisines , ginger is the seasoning that gives life to a host of dishes .
It ’ s been used medicinally for more than 2,000 years .
Though best known for its gastrointestinal soothing effects , that ’ s just the beginning of its uses .
The plant parts used for both culinary and medicinal purposes are the rhizomes , the root-like stems that grow underground .
The primary plant used medicinally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ginger may be related to its health benefits , including shogaol , zingerone , and gingerols , which are similar to chili pepper ’ s capsaicin , noted for its pain relieving ability .
However , as we ’ ve seen with separating aspirin from willow bark , trying to find the active ingredient in a herb and using it alone tends to both diminish its effects and remove the balancing components that can both increase positive effects and decrease or eliminate adverse effects .
Some information in this article is derived from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generally with the goal of developing drugs .
Though this may be accomplished , a history of pharmaceuticals demonstrates that it is both hubristic to believe that nature will be improved and naive to think that isolating a single chemical can possibly be done without removing the balancing elements that mitigate against harmful effects .
Nonetheless , such studies do help demonstrate that there is strong medicine in ginger .
Let ’ s take a look at some of the areas that ginger has been shown to benefit health : • Cancer : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ability to defeat several types of cancer cells , including some of the most aggressive and difficult to treat : lung , ovarian , colon , breast , skin carcinoma , prostate , and pancreatic .
( 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ) • Diabetes Prevention : Studies have shown that diabetes may be both prevented and treated , along with the related abilities to lower blood sugar , cholesterol , and blood fats .
( 9,10 ) • Antiobiotic : Ginger ’ s antibiotic effects may be exceptional .
At least one study ( 10 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus and S. pyreus infections shows that ginger extract may be superior .
The effects on drug-resistant infections are , as yet , unknown .
Ginger has been shown to have an antibacterial effect on respiratory and periodontal infections .
( 11,12,13 ) • Antifungal : Fungal infections are among the most difficult to treat , and drug-resistant fungi have been developing .
However , there ’ s no need to despair , as ginger has been found to have antifungal capability , including to drug-resistant forms .
( 14 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be prevented with ginger .
There is a generally recognized acceptance now that the Helico pylori bacterium is associated with ulcers , and at least one study has shown that a derivative of ginger has been shown to inhibit H. pylori .
One study has demonstrated that ginger can inhibit existing ulcers , too .
( 15,16 ) • Diabetes Complications : Complications of diabetes may be limited by ginger .
Studies have shown that it may reduce urine protein levels , decrease water intake and urine output , and reverse proteinuria .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ reductase inhibitors , which reduce damage done by diabetes .
Ginger can protect nerves in diabetes and lower blood fat levels .
( 17,18,19,20 ) • Inflammation : Inflammation is a serious problem with many chronic conditions , both in terms of causing them and causing pain , and ginger can be highly effective in managing it .
Neurodegenerative diseases may be aided by ginger ’ s ability to inhibit nitrous oxide production and proinflammatory cytokines .
Its antiinflammatory ability may be helpful in arthritis , cancer prevention , prostate disease , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Gastric Distress : Ginger ’ s ability to ease gastric distress is superior , and it does more than simply ease pain .
In a double-blind study , ginger capsules were taken orally in people suffering from dyspepsia with slow emptying of the stomach ’ s contents .
It stimulated the emptying of the stomach without any negative effects .
It has been found to have an antispasmodic agent , which helps explain some of its beneficial effects on the intestinal tract .
As previously stated , it inhibits H. pylori , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protects gastic mucosa .
( 26,27,28 ) • Toxicity : Ginger helps prevent the toxic effects of a wide array of substances , including the pesticide lindane , a cancer drug , the chemical bromobenzene , and the excitotoxin monosodium glutamate ( MSG ) .
Lindane was shown to modulate oxidative stress in rats exposed to the pesticide lindane , a neurotoxin , simply by adding it to their diet .
The cancer drug doxorubicin damages kidneys , but ginger has been shown to help alleviate the harm .
Brombozene is highly toxic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can rapidly damage the liver and nervous system .
Ginger has been shown to alleviate its liver damage .
Ginger extract has been shown to protect against MSG nerve damage.29,30,31,32 ) • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ( Fructose Damage ) : Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ( NFLD ) has a variety of causes , but it ’ s now on the increase because of the prevalence of fructose as a sweetener .
Research on ginger ’ s function with regard to NFLD is in the very early stages .
However , NFLD is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excess triglycerides in the liver .
Ginger may help this condition by lowering serum cholesterol .
Research showing this is very new , published just this year , so it ’ s hardly definitive .
However , ginger does appear to hold promise as a treatment for NFLD .
( 33 ) • Heartworms in Dogs : Dirofilaria immitis , heartworms , are a common canine infection .
The standard medical treatments are risky , frequently causing neurological disorders and circulatory collapse .
Resistance to them is also developing .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown to be effective against heartworms .
The treatment that ’ s been tried is injections of the extract , and it does take time .
However , after 55 days , an average 83 % reduction , up to a maximum of 98 % , was found .
About half the dogs exhibited lethargy early in the treatment , but it ’ s believed to be a result of their bodies ’ need to dispose of the worms , as opposed to an adverse effect .
( 34,35 ) • Menstrual Pain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women suffering from menstrual pain compared with mefenamic acid ( a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory marketed as Ponstel ) , ibuprofen , ginger powder in capsules , and placebo was performed .
Ginger was found to be as effective as both mefenamic acid and ibuprofen .
( 36 ) • Radiation : With radiation in the news lately , it ’ s wonderful to learn that ginger has been proven to provide significant benefit against it .
One study has demonstrated that it can help prevent vomiting and taste distortion associated with radiation poisoning .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ extract to mice before their exposure to gamma radiation , and compared them to mice that had received only distilled water before exposure .
It reduced the severity of symptoms and mortality .
They were protected from gastrointestinal and bone-marrow-related deaths .
It ’ s interesting to note that treatment after exposure provided no benefit .
( 37,38 ) • Gout , Rheumatoid Arthritis , Knee Osteoarthritis , and Indomethacin : Indomethacin is an anti-inflammatory drug commonly used to treat the pain from inflammation of gout , rheumatoid arthritis , and osteoarthritis of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of ginger extract with indomethacin consistently show that ginger is , at a minimum , just as effective , and sometimes even more than indomethacin .
Since indomethacin ’ s adverse effects include renal insufficiency in 40 % of the people who take it , jaundice in 10 % , headaches in 12 % , and elevations in liver function tests indicating harm to the liver , plus a host of other nasty problems , it ’ s difficult to imagine any legitimate reason for doctors prescribing the drug when they could simply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 39,40,41 ) • Nausea and Motion Sickness : Ginger has been well studied for its classic ability to ease nausea in all sorts of situations .
It has long been used for motion and sea sickness .
Studies have been done both to ascertain whether it ’ s effective–which , of course , it is–and also to try to figure out how it works .
Morning sickness , nausea , during pregnancy causes misery for a lot of women .
Women suffering from morning sickness were given beverages with ginger during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ women given placebo .
Ginger alleviated the nausea in a highly significant percentage of the women .
A trial of taking ginger and protein after chemotherapy demonstrated that patients were able to lessen their intake of anti-emetic medications .
( 42,43,44,45 ) • Bacterial Diarrhea : The primary cause of death in young children in developing countries is bacterial-induced diarrhea .
The bacteria don ’ t cause it directly .
The toxins they release do .
Zingerone , a compound found in ginger , binds the toxin so that it can not interact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the resultant death .
The standard treatment now is antibiotics coupled with electrolyte replacement , which would indicate that the antibiotics are not particularly effective .
Since the long term effects of antibiotics are now known to be disastrous and antibiotics are expensive , it ’ s hard to imagine a legitimate reason for not implementing large-scale trials of ginger on children suffering from bacterial diarrhea .
( 46 ) • Other Benefits : The benefits of ginger are amazing , and they don ’ t stop with the ones listed above @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few more that have been studied : • Post-stroke neurological urinary incontinence can be helped with ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion .
( 47 ) • Trigeminal nerve pain is alleviated with a traditional Japanese herbal combination that includes ginger , Saiko-Keishi-To .
( 49 ) • Blood urea nitrogen , the BUN of blood tests , is markedly decreased by ginger extract .
( 50 ) • Cerebral ischemia , small stroke , causes brain damage , including memory loss .
Ginger extract significantly reduces damage and alleviates the loss of memory .
( 51 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extract may help prevent heart attacks .
( 52 ) Astounding , isn ’ t it ?
The range and severity of conditions that ginger can help is stunning , and the degree of effectiveness is even more amazing .
It ’ s time for modern medicine to take a step back and ask itself how it got on such a wrong track .
When drugs and treatments that are less effective and also full of adverse effects are used instead of first looking to a natural treatment like ginger , then surely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ginger is almost completely safe .
It is possible , though exceedingly rare , to experience an allergic reaction associated with anaphylactic shock .
Obviously , if that occurs , you should not attempt to take it again .
Ginger interacts with many drugs .
In most cases , the effect is additive , not contradictory .
You are told not to take ginger with these drugs–but frankly , one should ask why the doctor doesn ’ t start with ginger and add the drugs if needed .
Here are some of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 53 ) : • Aspirin or other NSAIDs ( non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ) such as ibuprofen ( Motrin , Advil ) , diclofenac ( Cataflam , Voltaren ) , etodolac ( Lodine ) , indomethacin ( Indocin ) , meloxicam ( Mobic ) , nabumetone ( Relafen ) , naproxen ( Aleve , Naprosyn ) , piroxicam ( Feldene ) , and others .
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ( NSAID ) including ibuprofen ( Advil , Motrin , Nuprin , others ) , naproxen ( Aleve , Naprosyn , Naprelan , Anaprox , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Orudis ) , indomethacin ( Indocin ) , etodolac ( Lodine ) , nabumetone ( Relafen ) , oxaprozin ( Daypro ) , piroxicam ( Feldene ) , sulindac ( Clinoril ) , tolmetin ( Tolectin ) , and others • Blood thinners , usually used for deep vein thrombosis ( often during surgeries ) , including ardeparin ( Normiflo ) , dalteparin ( Fragmin ) , danaparoid ( Orgaran ) , enoxaparin ( Lovenox ) , or heparin .
Of course , if you take other herbs with ginger , be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blood thinners .
If so , you may need to stop either the ginger or the other herb .
At least , add one or the other slowly to assure that there are no adverse consequences .
In general , for personal use , there are two forms of ginger : extract and tea .
Extracts may be purchased , of course , but be aware that there are two forms of extract , water and alcohol based .
With many herbs , water based extracts are fine .
However , alcohol based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ superior over and over .
Therefore , if you ’ re planning to use ginger extract medicinally , you should take the alcohol-based variety .
Ginger tea is a treat for many of us .
You can buy ginger teas in tea bags , but they ’ re generally not as beneficial as making your own .
It ’ s not difficult .
Just follow these instructions : Peel about a cubic inch of ginger .
You may either slice it thinly or grate it .
Boil it in about 1½ cups of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you wish , you could add a bit of lime or lemon juice .
If you want it sweetened , add some honey or stevia .
Pour into a cup and enjoy !
Everyone ’ s taste is different .
This is a starting point .
Use more or less ginger as suits you .
With a special thank you to GreenMedInfo – a wonderful resource !
( 1 ) Histone deacetylase inhibitors from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet .
( 8 ) In vitro and in vivo modulation of testosterone mediated alterations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] -gingerol .
( 9 ) Inhibitory effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe derived components on aldose reductase activity in vitro and in vivo .
( 10 ) Anti-diabetic and hypolipidaemic properties of ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats .
( 11 ) Comparative studies of antibacterial effect of some antibiotics and ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) on two pathogenic bacteria ( 12 ) Antibacterial effect of Zingiber officinale and Garcinia kola on respiratory tract pathogens .
( 13 ) Antibacterial activity of [ 10 ] -gingerol and [ 12 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bacteria .
( 15 ) Inhibition of gastric H+ , K+-ATPase and Helicobacter pylori growth by phenolic antioxidants of Zingiber officinale .
( 16 ) The anti-ulcer effect in rats of ginger constituents .
( 17 ) Anti-diabetic and hypolipidaemic properties of ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats .
( 18 ) Inhibitory effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe derived components on aldose reductase activity in vitro and in vivo .
( 19 ) Effect of ethanolic extract of Zingiber officinale on dyslipidaemia in diabetic rats .
( 20 ) Neuroprotective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats .
( 21 ) Hexane fraction of Zingiberis Rhizoma Crudus extract inhibits the production of nitric oxide and proinflammatory cytokines in LPS-stimulated BV2 microglial cells via the NF-kappaB pathway ( 22 ) 6-Shogaol inhibits monosodium urate crystal-induced inflammation – An in vivo and in vitro study ( 23 ) 6-Gingerol inhibits ROS and iNOS through the suppression of PKC-α and NF-κB pathways in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated mouse macrophages ( 25 ) Chemopreventive anti-inflammatory activities of curcumin and other phytochemicals mediated by MAP kinase phosphatase-5 in prostate cells ( 26 ) Effect of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ functional dyspepsia ( 27 ) Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of ginger in gastrointestinal disorders .
( 28 ) Gastroprotective Effect of Ginger Rhizome ( Zingiber officinale ) Extract : Role of Gallic Acid and Cinnamic Acid in H+ , K+-ATPase/H .
pylori Inhibition and Anti-Oxidative Mechanism ( 29 ) Protective effects of dietary ginger ( Zingiber officinales Rosc . )
on lindane-induced oxidative stress in rats ( 31 ) Protective effect of ginger extract against bromobenzene-induced hepatotoxicity in male rats .
( 32 ) Neuroprotective evaluation of extract of ginger ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toxicity in different brain areas male albino rats .
( 33 ) Potential efficacy of ginger as a natural supplement for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ( 34 ) Screening of microfilaricidal effects of plant extracts against Dirofilaria immitis ( 36 ) Comparison of effects of ginger , mefenamic acid , and ibuprofen on pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea .
( 39 ) 6-Shogaol inhibits monosodium urate crystal-induced inflammation–an in vivo and in vitro study .
( 41 ) Evaluation of the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Zingiber officinale rhizomes in rat collagen-induced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against seasickness .
A controlled trial on the open sea .
( 43 ) Effects of ginger on motion sickness and gastric slow-wave dysrhythmias induced by ( 44 ) Ginger syrup as an antiemetic in early pregnancy .
( 45 ) Protein and ginger for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced delayed nausea .
( 47 ) Randomized controlled study on ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion at shenque ( CV 8 ) on urination disorders poststroke ( 48 ) Ginger extract reduces delayed gastric emptying and nosocomial pneumonia in adult respiratory distress syndrome patients hospitalized in an intensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Saiko-Keishi-To ( TJ-10 , a Kampo herbal medicine ) for trigeminal neuralgia in rats ( 50 ) The effect of ginger extract on blood urea nitrogen and creatinine in mice .
( 52 ) Aqueous extracts of onion , garlic and ginger inhibit platelet aggregation and alter arachidonic acid metabolism .
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Not only is ginger a culinary marvel, its health benefits are stunning. It has been shown to be more effective against staph infections than antibiotics–and without the adverse effects.
Ginger’s culinary qualities are a delight, but its health benefits are simply stunning. It has been shown to be more effective against bacterial staph infections than antibiotics. It can kill cancer cells. Its anti-inflammatory effects are already famous. It can resolve brain inflammations, and ease or cure a variety of gut problems, such as ulcerative colitis and acid reflux. And ginger can even alleviate the effects of gamma radiation. What’s not to love about this incredible herb?
Standard in many kitchens and cuisines, ginger is the seasoning that gives life to a host of dishes. It’s been used medicinally for more than 2,000 years. Though best known for its gastrointestinal soothing effects, that’s just the beginning of its uses. The plant parts used for both culinary and medicinal purposes are the rhizomes, the root-like stems that grow underground. The primary plant used medicinally is Zingiber officinale.
Several compounds in ginger may be related to its health benefits, including shogaol, zingerone, and gingerols, which are similar to chili pepper’s capsaicin, noted for its pain relieving ability. However, as we’ve seen with separating aspirin from willow bark, trying to find the active ingredient in a herb and using it alone tends to both diminish its effects and remove the balancing components that can both increase positive effects and decrease or eliminate adverse effects.
Some information in this article is derived from studies that have isolated single ingredients, generally with the goal of developing drugs. Though this may be accomplished, a history of pharmaceuticals demonstrates that it is both hubristic to believe that nature will be improved and naive to think that isolating a single chemical can possibly be done without removing the balancing elements that mitigate against harmful effects. Nonetheless, such studies do help demonstrate that there is strong medicine in ginger.
Ginger’s Health Benefits
Let’s take a look at some of the areas that ginger has been shown to benefit health:
Cancer: Several studies have demonstrated ginger’s ability to defeat several types of cancer cells, including some of the most aggressive and difficult to treat: lung, ovarian, colon, breast, skin carcinoma, prostate, and pancreatic. (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
Several studies have demonstrated ginger’s ability to defeat several types of cancer cells, including some of the most aggressive and difficult to treat: lung, ovarian, colon, breast, skin carcinoma, prostate, and pancreatic. Diabetes Prevention: Studies have shown that diabetes may be both prevented and treated, along with the related abilities to lower blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood fats. (9,10)
Studies have shown that diabetes may be both prevented and treated, along with the related abilities to lower blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood fats. Antiobiotic: Ginger’s antibiotic effects may be exceptional. At least one study (10) that compares the effects of ginger and antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus and S. pyreus infections shows that ginger extract may be superior. The effects on drug-resistant infections are, as yet, unknown. Ginger has been shown to have an antibacterial effect on respiratory and periodontal infections. (11,12,13)
Ginger’s antibiotic effects may be exceptional. At least one study that compares the effects of ginger and antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus and S. pyreus infections shows that ginger extract may be superior. The effects on drug-resistant infections are, as yet, unknown. Ginger has been shown to have an antibacterial effect on respiratory and periodontal infections. Antifungal: Fungal infections are among the most difficult to treat, and drug-resistant fungi have been developing. However, there’s no need to despair, as ginger has been found to have antifungal capability, including to drug-resistant forms. (14)
Fungal infections are among the most difficult to treat, and drug-resistant fungi have been developing. However, there’s no need to despair, as ginger has been found to have antifungal capability, including to drug-resistant forms. Ulcers: Intestinal ulcers can be prevented with ginger. There is a generally recognized acceptance now that the Helico pylori bacterium is associated with ulcers, and at least one study has shown that a derivative of ginger has been shown to inhibit H. pylori. One study has demonstrated that ginger can inhibit existing ulcers, too. (15,16)
Intestinal ulcers can be prevented with ginger. There is a generally recognized acceptance now that the Helico pylori bacterium is associated with ulcers, and at least one study has shown that a derivative of ginger has been shown to inhibit H. pylori. One study has demonstrated that ginger can inhibit existing ulcers, too. Diabetes Complications: Complications of diabetes may be limited by ginger. Studies have shown that it may reduce urine protein levels, decrease water intake and urine output, and reverse proteinuria. It’s been shown to aldose reductase inhibitors, which reduce damage done by diabetes. Ginger can protect nerves in diabetes and lower blood fat levels. (17,18,19,20)
Complications of diabetes may be limited by ginger. Studies have shown that it may reduce urine protein levels, decrease water intake and urine output, and reverse proteinuria. It’s been shown to aldose reductase inhibitors, which reduce damage done by diabetes. Ginger can protect nerves in diabetes and lower blood fat levels. Inflammation: Inflammation is a serious problem with many chronic conditions, both in terms of causing them and causing pain, and ginger can be highly effective in managing it. Neurodegenerative diseases may be aided by ginger’s ability to inhibit nitrous oxide production and proinflammatory cytokines. Its antiinflammatory ability may be helpful in arthritis, cancer prevention, prostate disease, and general inflammatory processes. (21,22,23,24,25)
Inflammation is a serious problem with many chronic conditions, both in terms of causing them and causing pain, and ginger can be highly effective in managing it. Neurodegenerative diseases may be aided by ginger’s ability to inhibit nitrous oxide production and proinflammatory cytokines. Its antiinflammatory ability may be helpful in arthritis, cancer prevention, prostate disease, and general inflammatory processes. Gastric Distress: Ginger’s ability to ease gastric distress is superior, and it does more than simply ease pain. In a double-blind study, ginger capsules were taken orally in people suffering from dyspepsia with slow emptying of the stomach’s contents. It stimulated the emptying of the stomach without any negative effects. It has been found to have an antispasmodic agent, which helps explain some of its beneficial effects on the intestinal tract. As previously stated, it inhibits H. pylori, which helps prevent ulcers. It also protects gastic mucosa. (26,27,28)
Ginger’s ability to ease gastric distress is superior, and it does more than simply ease pain. In a double-blind study, ginger capsules were taken orally in people suffering from dyspepsia with slow emptying of the stomach’s contents. It stimulated the emptying of the stomach without any negative effects. It has been found to have an antispasmodic agent, which helps explain some of its beneficial effects on the intestinal tract. As previously stated, it inhibits H. pylori, which helps prevent ulcers. It also protects gastic mucosa. Toxicity: Ginger helps prevent the toxic effects of a wide array of substances, including the pesticide lindane, a cancer drug, the chemical bromobenzene, and the excitotoxin monosodium glutamate (MSG). Lindane was shown to modulate oxidative stress in rats exposed to the pesticide lindane, a neurotoxin, simply by adding it to their diet. The cancer drug doxorubicin damages kidneys, but ginger has been shown to help alleviate the harm. Brombozene is highly toxic, used in chemical reactions, and can rapidly damage the liver and nervous system. Ginger has been shown to alleviate its liver damage. Ginger extract has been shown to protect against MSG nerve damage. 29,30,31,32)
Ginger helps prevent the toxic effects of a wide array of substances, including the pesticide lindane, a cancer drug, the chemical bromobenzene, and the excitotoxin monosodium glutamate (MSG). Lindane was shown to modulate oxidative stress in rats exposed to the pesticide lindane, a neurotoxin, simply by adding it to their diet. The cancer drug doxorubicin damages kidneys, but ginger has been shown to help alleviate the harm. Brombozene is highly toxic, used in chemical reactions, and can rapidly damage the liver and nervous system. Ginger has been shown to alleviate its liver damage. Ginger extract has been shown to protect against MSG nerve damage. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (Fructose Damage): Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD) has a variety of causes, but it’s now on the increase because of the prevalence of fructose as a sweetener. Research on ginger’s function with regard to NFLD is in the very early stages. However, NFLD is known to be associated with dyslipidemia and excess triglycerides in the liver. Ginger may help this condition by lowering serum cholesterol. Research showing this is very new, published just this year, so it’s hardly definitive. However, ginger does appear to hold promise as a treatment for NFLD. (33)
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD) has a variety of causes, but it’s now on the increase because of the prevalence of fructose as a sweetener. Research on ginger’s function with regard to NFLD is in the very early stages. However, NFLD is known to be associated with dyslipidemia and excess triglycerides in the liver. Ginger may help this condition by lowering serum cholesterol. Research showing this is very new, published just this year, so it’s hardly definitive. However, ginger does appear to hold promise as a treatment for NFLD. Heartworms in Dogs: Dirofilaria immitis, heartworms, are a common canine infection. The standard medical treatments are risky, frequently causing neurological disorders and circulatory collapse. Resistance to them is also developing. It’s therefore quite fortunate that ginger has been shown to be effective against heartworms. The treatment that’s been tried is injections of the extract, and it does take time. However, after 55 days, an average 83% reduction, up to a maximum of 98%, was found. About half the dogs exhibited lethargy early in the treatment, but it’s believed to be a result of their bodies’ need to dispose of the worms, as opposed to an adverse effect. (34,35)
Dirofilaria immitis, heartworms, are a common canine infection. The standard medical treatments are risky, frequently causing neurological disorders and circulatory collapse. Resistance to them is also developing. It’s therefore quite fortunate that ginger has been shown to be effective against heartworms. The treatment that’s been tried is injections of the extract, and it does take time. However, after 55 days, an average 83% reduction, up to a maximum of 98%, was found. About half the dogs exhibited lethargy early in the treatment, but it’s believed to be a result of their bodies’ need to dispose of the worms, as opposed to an adverse effect. Menstrual Pain: A double blind study of young women suffering from menstrual pain compared with mefenamic acid (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory marketed as Ponstel), ibuprofen, ginger powder in capsules, and placebo was performed. Ginger was found to be as effective as both mefenamic acid and ibuprofen. (36)
A double blind study of young women suffering from menstrual pain compared with mefenamic acid (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory marketed as Ponstel), ibuprofen, ginger powder in capsules, and placebo was performed. Ginger was found to be as effective as both mefenamic acid and ibuprofen. Radiation: With radiation in the news lately, it’s wonderful to learn that ginger has been proven to provide significant benefit against it. One study has demonstrated that it can help prevent vomiting and taste distortion associated with radiation poisoning. Another study administered high doses of ginger extract to mice before their exposure to gamma radiation, and compared them to mice that had received only distilled water before exposure. It reduced the severity of symptoms and mortality. They were protected from gastrointestinal and bone-marrow-related deaths. It’s interesting to note that treatment after exposure provided no benefit. (37,38)
With radiation in the news lately, it’s wonderful to learn that ginger has been proven to provide significant benefit against it. One study has demonstrated that it can help prevent vomiting and taste distortion associated with radiation poisoning. Another study administered high doses of ginger extract to mice before their exposure to gamma radiation, and compared them to mice that had received only distilled water before exposure. It reduced the severity of symptoms and mortality. They were protected from gastrointestinal and bone-marrow-related deaths. It’s interesting to note that treatment after exposure provided no benefit. Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Knee Osteoarthritis, and Indomethacin: Indomethacin is an anti-inflammatory drug commonly used to treat the pain from inflammation of gout, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis of the knee. Studies comparing the effect of ginger extract with indomethacin consistently show that ginger is, at a minimum, just as effective, and sometimes even more than indomethacin. Since indomethacin’s adverse effects include renal insufficiency in 40% of the people who take it, jaundice in 10%, headaches in 12%, and elevations in liver function tests indicating harm to the liver, plus a host of other nasty problems, it’s difficult to imagine any legitimate reason for doctors prescribing the drug when they could simply have their patients take ginger extract. (39,40,41)
Indomethacin is an anti-inflammatory drug commonly used to treat the pain from inflammation of gout, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis of the knee. Studies comparing the effect of ginger extract with indomethacin consistently show that ginger is, at a minimum, just as effective, and sometimes even more than indomethacin. Since indomethacin’s adverse effects include renal insufficiency in 40% of the people who take it, jaundice in 10%, headaches in 12%, and elevations in liver function tests indicating harm to the liver, plus a host of other nasty problems, it’s difficult to imagine any legitimate reason for doctors prescribing the drug when they could simply have their patients take ginger extract. Nausea and Motion Sickness: Ginger has been well studied for its classic ability to ease nausea in all sorts of situations. It has long been used for motion and sea sickness. Studies have been done both to ascertain whether it’s effective–which, of course, it is–and also to try to figure out how it works. Morning sickness, nausea, during pregnancy causes misery for a lot of women. Women suffering from morning sickness were given beverages with ginger during the first trimester of pregnancy and compared with women given placebo. Ginger alleviated the nausea in a highly significant percentage of the women. A trial of taking ginger and protein after chemotherapy demonstrated that patients were able to lessen their intake of anti-emetic medications. (42,43,44,45)
Ginger has been well studied for its classic ability to ease nausea in all sorts of situations. It has long been used for motion and sea sickness. Studies have been done both to ascertain whether it’s effective–which, of course, it is–and also to try to figure out how it works. Morning sickness, nausea, during pregnancy causes misery for a lot of women. Women suffering from morning sickness were given beverages with ginger during the first trimester of pregnancy and compared with women given placebo. Ginger alleviated the nausea in a highly significant percentage of the women. A trial of taking ginger and protein after chemotherapy demonstrated that patients were able to lessen their intake of anti-emetic medications. Bacterial Diarrhea: The primary cause of death in young children in developing countries is bacterial-induced diarrhea. The bacteria don’t cause it directly. The toxins they release do. Zingerone, a compound found in ginger, binds the toxin so that it cannot interact with the gut, thus preventing diarrhea and the resultant death. The standard treatment now is antibiotics coupled with electrolyte replacement, which would indicate that the antibiotics are not particularly effective. Since the long term effects of antibiotics are now known to be disastrous and antibiotics are expensive, it’s hard to imagine a legitimate reason for not implementing large-scale trials of ginger on children suffering from bacterial diarrhea. (46)
The primary cause of death in young children in developing countries is bacterial-induced diarrhea. The bacteria don’t cause it directly. The toxins they release do. Zingerone, a compound found in ginger, binds the toxin so that it cannot interact with the gut, thus preventing diarrhea and the resultant death. The standard treatment now is antibiotics coupled with electrolyte replacement, which would indicate that the antibiotics are not particularly effective. Since the long term effects of antibiotics are now known to be disastrous and antibiotics are expensive, it’s hard to imagine a legitimate reason for not implementing large-scale trials of ginger on children suffering from bacterial diarrhea. Other Benefits: The benefits of ginger are amazing, and they don’t stop with the ones listed above. Here, briefly, are a few more that have been studied: Post-stroke neurological urinary incontinence can be helped with ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion. (47) Patients with hospital ventilator0induced pneumonia benefit from ginger extract. (48) Trigeminal nerve pain is alleviated with a traditional Japanese herbal combination that includes ginger, Saiko-Keishi-To. (49) Blood urea nitrogen, the BUN of blood tests, is markedly decreased by ginger extract. (50) Cerebral ischemia, small stroke, causes brain damage, including memory loss. Ginger extract significantly reduces damage and alleviates the loss of memory. (51) One study demonstrates that ginger extract may help prevent heart attacks. (52)
The benefits of ginger are amazing, and they don’t stop with the ones listed above. Here, briefly, are a few more that have been studied:
Astounding, isn’t it? The range and severity of conditions that ginger can help is stunning, and the degree of effectiveness is even more amazing. It’s time for modern medicine to take a step back and ask itself how it got on such a wrong track. When drugs and treatments that are less effective and also full of adverse effects are used instead of first looking to a natural treatment like ginger, then surely a wrong turn has been taken.
Adverse Effects of Ginger
Ginger is almost completely safe. It is possible, though exceedingly rare, to experience an allergic reaction associated with anaphylactic shock. Obviously, if that occurs, you should not attempt to take it again.
Ginger interacts with many drugs. In most cases, the effect is additive, not contradictory. You are told not to take ginger with these drugs–but frankly, one should ask why the doctor doesn’t start with ginger and add the drugs if needed. Here are some of the drugs involved, according to Drugs.com(53):
Any heart medication.
Diabetes medications, including insulin, glipizide (Glucotrol), glyburide (Glynase, Diabeta, Micronase), chlorpropamide (Diabinese), tolbutamide (Orinase), tolazamide (Tolinase), troglitazone (Rezulin), rosiglitazone (Avandia), repaglinide (Prandin), metformin (Glucophage), and others.
Warfarin (coumadin).
Aspirin or other NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), diclofenac (Cataflam, Voltaren), etodolac (Lodine), indomethacin (Indocin), meloxicam (Mobic), nabumetone (Relafen), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), piroxicam (Feldene), and others.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) including ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, Nuprin, others), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn, Naprelan, Anaprox, others), ketoprofen (Orudis KT, Orudis), indomethacin (Indocin), etodolac (Lodine), nabumetone (Relafen), oxaprozin (Daypro), piroxicam (Feldene), sulindac (Clinoril), tolmetin (Tolectin), and others
Blood thinners, usually used for deep vein thrombosis (often during surgeries), including ardeparin (Normiflo), dalteparin (Fragmin), danaparoid (Orgaran), enoxaparin (Lovenox), or heparin.
Of course, if you take other herbs with ginger, be sure to check if they’re blood thinners. If so, you may need to stop either the ginger or the other herb. At least, add one or the other slowly to assure that there are no adverse consequences.
Forms of Ginger
In general, for personal use, there are two forms of ginger: extract and tea. Extracts may be purchased, of course, but be aware that there are two forms of extract, water and alcohol based. With many herbs, water based extracts are fine. However, alcohol based ginger extract has proven to be far superior over and over. Therefore, if you’re planning to use ginger extract medicinally, you should take the alcohol-based variety.
Ginger tea is a treat for many of us. You can buy ginger teas in tea bags, but they’re generally not as beneficial as making your own. It’s not difficult. Just follow these instructions:
Peel about a cubic inch of ginger. You may either slice it thinly or grate it. Boil it in about 1½ cups of water for about 10 minutes. If you wish, you could add a bit of lime or lemon juice. If you want it sweetened, add some honey or stevia. Pour into a cup and enjoy!
Everyone’s taste is different. This is a starting point. Use more or less ginger as suits you.
With a special thank you to GreenMedInfo – a wonderful resource!
References
(1) Histone deacetylase inhibitors from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet.
(2) [6]-Gingerol induces reactive oxygen species regulated mitochondrial cell death pathway in human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells.
(3) [6]-Gingerol inhibits metastasis of MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells
(4) Zerumbone, a tropical ginger sesquiterpene, inhibits colon and lung carcinogenesis in mice
(5) Ginger Extract Inhibits Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase and c-Myc Expression in A549 Lung Cancer Cells
(6) [6]-Gingerol induces cell cycle arrest and cell death of mutant p53-expressing pancreatic cancer cells.
(7) Ginger Kills Ovarian Cancer Cells
(8) In vitro and in vivo modulation of testosterone mediated alterations in apoptosis related proteins by [6]-gingerol.
(9) Inhibitory effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe derived components on aldose reductase activity in vitro and in vivo.
(10) Anti-diabetic and hypolipidaemic properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
(11) Comparative studies of antibacterial effect of some antibiotics and ginger (Zingiber officinale) on two pathogenic bacteria
(12) Antibacterial effect of Zingiber officinale and Garcinia kola on respiratory tract pathogens.
(13) Antibacterial activity of [10]-gingerol and [12]-gingerol isolated from ginger rhizome against periodontal bacteria.
(14) Inhibition of human pathogenic fungi by ethnobotanically selected plant extracts.
(15) Inhibition of gastric H+, K+-ATPase and Helicobacter pylori growth by phenolic antioxidants of Zingiber officinale.
(16) The anti-ulcer effect in rats of ginger constituents.
(17) Anti-diabetic and hypolipidaemic properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
(18) Inhibitory effects of Zingiber officinale Roscoe derived components on aldose reductase activity in vitro and in vivo.
(19) Effect of ethanolic extract of Zingiber officinale on dyslipidaemia in diabetic rats.
(20) Neuroprotective effect of ginger on anti-oxidant enzymes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
(21) Hexane fraction of Zingiberis Rhizoma Crudus extract inhibits the production of nitric oxide and proinflammatory cytokines in LPS-stimulated BV2 microglial cells via the NF-kappaB pathway
(22) 6-Shogaol inhibits monosodium urate crystal-induced inflammation – An in vivo and in vitro study
(23) 6-Gingerol inhibits ROS and iNOS through the suppression of PKC-α and NF-κB pathways in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated mouse macrophages
(24) Ginger–An Herbal Medicinal Product with Broad Anti-Inflammatory Actions
(25) Chemopreventive anti-inflammatory activities of curcumin and other phytochemicals mediated by MAP kinase phosphatase-5 in prostate cells
(26) Effect of ginger on gastric motility and symptoms of functional dyspepsia
(27) Pharmacological basis for the medicinal use of ginger in gastrointestinal disorders.
(28) Gastroprotective Effect of Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale) Extract: Role of Gallic Acid and Cinnamic Acid in H+, K+-ATPase/H. pylori Inhibition and Anti-Oxidative Mechanism
(29) Protective effects of dietary ginger (Zingiber officinales Rosc.) on lindane-induced oxidative stress in rats
(30) P rotective effect of Zingiber officinale roscoe against anticancer drug doxorubicin-induced acute nephrotoxicity.
(31) Protective effect of ginger extract against bromobenzene-induced hepatotoxicity in male rats.
(32) Neuroprotective evaluation of extract of ginger (Zingiber officinale) root in monosodium glutamate-induced toxicity in different brain areas male albino rats.
(33) Potential efficacy of ginger as a natural supplement for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(34) Screening of microfilaricidal effects of plant extracts against Dirofilaria immitis
(35) Antifilarial effect of Zingiber officinale on Dirofilaria immitis.
(36) Comparison of effects of ginger, mefenamic acid, and ibuprofen on pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea.
(37) Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.), a dietary supplement, protects mice against radiation-induced lethality: mechanism of action.
(38) Zingiber officinale exhibits behavioral radioprotection against radiation-induced CTA in a gender-specific manner.
(39) 6-Shogaol inhibits monosodium urate crystal-induced inflammation–an in vivo and in vitro study.
(40) Effects of ginger on primary knee osteoarthritis
(41) Evaluation of the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Zingiber officinale rhizomes in rat collagen-induced arthritis.
(42) Ginger root against seasickness. A controlled trial on the open sea.
(43) Effects of ginger on motion sickness and gastric slow-wave dysrhythmias induced by
(44) Ginger syrup as an antiemetic in early pregnancy.
(45) Protein and ginger for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced delayed nausea.
(46) Herbal medicine’s secret exposed
(47) Randomized controlled study on ginger-salt-partitioned moxibustion at shenque (CV 8) on urination disorders poststroke
(48) Ginger extract reduces delayed gastric emptying and nosocomial pneumonia in adult respiratory distress syndrome patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit.
(49) Effectiveness of Saiko-Keishi-To (TJ-10, a Kampo herbal medicine) for trigeminal neuralgia in rats
(50) The effect of ginger extract on blood urea nitrogen and creatinine in mice.
(51) Zingiber officinale Mitigates Brain Damage and Improves Memory Impairment in Focal Cerebral Ischemic Rat
(52) Aqueous extracts of onion, garlic and ginger inhibit platelet aggregation and alter arachidonic acid metabolism.
(53) Ginger (Drugs.com reference)
Ginger ‘may fight ovarian cancer’
Ginger ‘could halt bowel cancer’
Health News: Ginger could cut ulcer risk, a new vaccine could protect against MRSA and could a dose of zinc silence tinnitus?
Ginger (University of Maryland Medical Center Reference)
Ginger has painkilling properties: research


renegadetribune--2020-10-14--The Column, The Fir-Cone and The Cross

The Column, The Fir-Cone and The Cross

By Goblet d ’ Alviella From The Migration of Symbols [ 1894 ] 1 .
The column , which represents the common element of monuments of this kind , and which may date back , as M. Rahlenbeek thinks , to the Germanic tribes settled in western Belgium.—Tacitus bears witness to the presence of sacred columns amongst the Frisians who occupied the valley of the Lower Rhine , nor far , consequently , from the Meuse ; he even calls them Pillars of Hercules ; however , he hastens to recall to mind that many things are fathered upon Hercules @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Saxons , that is to say the inhabitants of the right bank of the Rhine , venerated , on their side , wooden or stone pillars dedicated to the god Irmin ; such was the famous Irminsul demolished by the order of Charlemagne .
A stone column dug up at Eresburg or Stadtbergen in Westphalia , under Louis the Débonnaire , and placed in the cathedral of Hildesheim , where it still serves as a candelabrum , exhibits a striking resemblance to the ancient representations of the perron of Liege .
M. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people were sworn on the perron .
Now we learn from the Saga of Gudrun that amongst the Scandinavians they swore “ by the holy white stone.
” 1 Moreover , there have been preserved until our own times , on the tumuli or haugs of the Scandinavian Peninsula , pillars of white stone to which the lower classes accord a certain veneration .
One of these stones , now in the Bergen Museum , presents the similitude of a small pillar with an enlarged top three feet high and sixteen inches in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germanic nations dedicated to the divinities of the sky , or of war ?
Did they exhibit a simulacrum of Thor , of Odin , or of a god Irmin ?
Had they a phallic acceptation , as M. Holmboe thinks with respect to the Scandinavian cippi , or did they provide a cosmogonical symbol , as might be inferred from a passage in Adam of Bremen to the effect that , the Saxons venerated in their Irminsul the image of “ the universal pillar which supports all things ” ?
All that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that these pillars had a religious character , and that they had to play a part in the social life , so intimately connected , amongst all barbarians , with the religious life of the people .
2 .
The Fir-cone.—This is , according to M. Henaux , “ the symbol of an existence united but distinct , ” and represents the union of the tribes leagued together against the dominion of Rome .
We do not find , however , that the Fir-cone admitted of this interpretation in the symbolism of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gauls .
To tell the truth , we possess very little information on the particulars of Germanic symbols and even forms of worship .
To make up for this , however , we know that , in the Græco-Roman paganism , the fruit of the pine discharged prophylactic , sepulchral , and phallic functions.—Amongst the Etruscans the Fir-cone occurs frequently in tombs and on urns , sometimes alone , sometimes on the top of a pillar .
Does it there figure a representation of the flames on an altar , and does it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death ?
The pillar , whole or broken , and often adorned with bas-reliefs , was a fairly common monument on Belgo-Roman tombs .
But we nowhere find that it supported a Fir-cone , and nothing permits us to suppose that the perrons ever had a sepulchral acceptation.—Moreover , the Thyrsus of Bacchus , composed of a stalk crowned by the fruit of the pine , was a familiar emblem in classic paganism .
An emblem of the same kind was borne by Sylvanus Dendrophorus , that old god of the Latin forests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on so many Gallic monuments , to one of the principal divinities of the Celtic pantheon , if not its supreme god—the god with the Mallet : It may therefore be asked if the addition of the fir-cone to the perron of Liege is not due to the syncretic influence of Gallo-Roman art , which would thus have brought the Germanic column within the limits of classic paganism , as , at a later period , the Church introduced it into Christian society by surmounting it with a Cross .
Perhaps also it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the monument a phallic signification , whilst correcting whatever too great coarseness this symbol might have had in its primitive form .
It is probable that the pyr of Augsburg , that gigantic Fir-cone , depicted , from time immemorial , on the arms , the coins , and the seals of that town , dates from the time of the Roman occupation .
It has been found , indeed , at Augsburg itself , on a Roman monument , now in the museum of that town , and known as the altar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there sculptured at the top of a pillar ornamented with flower-work , which separates the statues of the two municipal magistrates , exactly as , at Liege , the perron figures between the coats of arms of the two annual burgomasters .
It must be observed that the pyr rests on a capital ; now , every capital supposes a column , that is to say , that we have here the remains of a veritable perron , which was never baptized by the apposition of a Cross , but was merely shortened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to be more easily introduced into armorial bearings and coins .
I have been assured , but have not been able to verify the fact , that in Rome itself , in front of the church of SS .
Nereo et Achilleo , built on the ruins of a temple of Isis , there was still to be seen , some years ago , an antique column surmounted by a Fir-cone with a Cross on the top .
We have likewise the proof that the Fir-cone , placed at the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amongst the objects held in veneration by the Franks , who occupied , in the fifth century , the East of Belgium and the North-east of France .
The Abbe Cochet and M. Alfred Bequet have separately found , the former in the Merovingian cemetery of Envermeu , near Dieppe , the latter in the cemetery of Eprave , not far from Namur , silver belt-buckles adorned with an identical figure , in which I have no hesitation in recognizing a prototype of the perrons .
We have there , in the middle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is placed between two peacocks facing one another , a long stalk , capped by a conical object , whose resemblance to the Fir-cone at once struck the Abbe Cochet , though at that moment he was little thinking of the perrons of Belgium ( figs .
55 , 56 ) .
It is to be remarked that the two birds facing one another are also met with on the sides of the perron on the earliest coin of Liege , on which an attempt is made to represent this monument with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and also on a seal which Loyens attributes to the year 1348 ( fig .
57 ) .
If the fact be insisted upon , that the stalk engraved in the Frankish image seems to be of wood , I will remark that the symbolical pillars of the ancient Germans were made of wood as well as of stone .
This was particularly the case with the Irminsul , which the oldest chronicles define as the trunk of a tree erected in the open air .
1The Hessians of the eighth century , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still venerated , at the time when they were evangelized by St. Boniface , the trunk of a tree , which was to them the simulacrum of the god Thor .
Do not our May-Poles , often a mere stalk surrounded with ribbons , take us back to the time when Lucan sang of our forefathers : Lastly , old chroniclers relate that in the thirteenth century the destruction of the Irminsul by Charlemagne was still commemorated at Hildesheim on the Saturday following the Sunday of the Lætare , by planting in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two poles six feet high , each surmounted by a wooden object one foot in height , and shaped like a pyramid or cone .
The young people then endeavoured with sticks and stones to overthrow this object .
Does not this tradition directly connect the Irminsul , or rather the Irminsuls , with the stake which , surmounted by a Cone , is presented to our view in the Frankish buckle , just as the stone column of the Hildesheim cathedral links them with the perrons of Belgium ?
The same custom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , existed elsewhere too in Germany , at Halberstadt in particular ; here , however , it was the canons who indulged in it on the Sunday of the Lætare itself .
We have , moreover , a more direct proof that the representation of the stalk , surmounted by a Fir-cone , and placed between animals facing one another , figured in Christian imagery from the eighth century of our era .
The sculptures in question are taken , one from the parapet of the cathedral of Torcello , near Venice ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other from a bas-relief on the Athens cathedral ( fig .
59 ) .
Both of them are reproduced in the remarkable work of M. R. Cattaneo , L ’ architecture en Italie .
Fig .
58 .
From the Cathedral of Torcello .
3 .
The Cross.—Tradition relates that the Christian missionaries everywhere overthrew , amongst the Belgians , the altars of Thor and of Wodan .
But the fate of the column of Hildesheim shows us how monuments of this kind managed to escape destruction by placing themselves , so to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new faith .
At Hildesheim , they placed a Virgin on the column , transformed into a candelabrum .
At Liege , a Cross was placed on the perron , and the oaths which were taken on the “ sacred whitestone ” continued to be taken on the Cross which sanctified the ancient simulacrum .
In Sweden also cippi are found , similar to the one I have mentioned above , on the top of which the Cross has been incised .
The Abbe Cochet thinks that the figures engraved on the Envermeu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we find in the Catacombs , and even in Roman architecture , the symbol of a bunch of grapes between two peacocks facing one another , depicting the soul quenching its thirst at the eternal fountain of life .
Nothing , however , entitles us to distinguish a bunch of grapes in the object placed at the end of the stalk ; moreover , its resemblance to the ordinary representation of the thyrsus is incontestable .
Lastly , we have already seen in the present chapter that the custom of figuring sacred objects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was spread throughout the whole Mediterranean basin long before the birth of Christian art .
It is especially on the side of sacred stones and trees that they are met with , as I shall have an opportunity of pointing out in the following chapter .
Now , in so far as it was a cosmogonical column , related to the Scandinavian Yggdrasill , the Irminsul is just as much connected with the tradition of the Universal Pillar as with that of the Tree of the World , both of which seem to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Assyro-Chaldæans .
Curiously enough , the Tree of Life between two peacocks facing one another is even found in the symbolism of modern India ( fig .
60 ) .
It will be observed that here each of the two peacocks holds a serpent in its beak .
Now the peacock was held amongst the ancients to kill serpents , and this also may be one of the reasons which brought about its introduction into Christian symbolism .
Fig .
60 .
Cloth from Masulipatam .
( Sir G. Birdwood .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is evident that , at least in its outlines , all this iconography takes us backwards , far beyond Christianity , into the very midst of antique symbolism .
Lastly , it is proper to remark that traces of Christianity are entirely wanting in the cemeteries of Envermeu and Eprave , as well as in nearly all the Frankish cemeteries of that period .
Thus , to sum up , the perron of Liege includes in harmonious order the legacies and , so to speak , the witnesses , of all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this part of Belgium .
In this respect it is more than a symbol of municipal liberty ; it is the embodiment of the very history of the nation .

By Goblet d’Alviella
From The Migration of Symbols [1894]
1. The column, which represents the common element of monuments of this kind, and which may date back, as M. Rahlenbeek thinks, to the Germanic tribes settled in western Belgium.—Tacitus bears witness to the presence of sacred columns amongst the Frisians who occupied the valley of the Lower Rhine, nor far, consequently, from the Meuse; he even calls them Pillars of Hercules; however, he hastens to recall to mind that many things are fathered upon Hercules which do not belong to him. The Saxons, that is to say the inhabitants of the right bank of the Rhine, venerated, on their side, wooden or stone pillars dedicated to the god Irmin; such was the famous Irminsul demolished by the order of Charlemagne. A stone column dug up at Eresburg or Stadtbergen in Westphalia, under Louis the Débonnaire, and placed in the cathedral of Hildesheim, where it still serves as a candelabrum, exhibits a striking resemblance to the ancient representations of the perron of Liege.
Fig. 53. Column of Hildesheim.
(Kratz. Der Dom zu Hildesheim, 2nd part, pl. vii., fig. 2.)
M. Piot, again, has proved that people were sworn on the perron. Now we learn from the Saga of Gudrun that amongst the Scandinavians they swore “by the holy white stone.” 1 Moreover, there have been preserved until our own times, on the tumuli or haugs of the Scandinavian Peninsula, pillars of white stone to which the lower classes accord a certain veneration. One of these stones, now in the Bergen Museum, presents the similitude of a small pillar with an enlarged top three feet high and sixteen inches in diameter.
Were the pillars of the Germanic nations dedicated to the divinities of the sky, or of war? Did they exhibit a simulacrum of Thor, of Odin, or of a god Irmin? Had they a phallic acceptation, as M. Holmboe thinks with respect to the Scandinavian cippi, or did they provide a cosmogonical symbol, as might be inferred from a passage in Adam of Bremen to the effect that, the Saxons venerated in their Irminsul the image of “the universal pillar which supports all things”? All that can be said for the moment is that these pillars had a religious character, and that they had to play a part in the social life, so intimately connected, amongst all barbarians, with the religious life of the people.
2. The Fir-cone.—This is, according to M. Henaux, “the symbol of an existence united but distinct,” and represents the union of the tribes leagued together against the dominion of Rome. We do not find, however, that the Fir-cone admitted of this interpretation in the symbolism of the ancient Germans, or even of the Gauls. To tell the truth, we possess very little information on the particulars of Germanic symbols and even forms of worship. To make up for this, however, we know that, in the Græco-Roman paganism, the fruit of the pine discharged prophylactic, sepulchral, and phallic functions.—Amongst the Etruscans the Fir-cone occurs frequently in tombs and on urns, sometimes alone, sometimes on the top of a pillar. Does it there figure a representation of the flames on an altar, and does it consequently symbolize the persistency of life in death? The pillar, whole or broken, and often adorned with bas-reliefs, was a fairly common monument on Belgo-Roman tombs. But we nowhere find that it supported a Fir-cone, and nothing permits us to suppose that the perrons ever had a sepulchral acceptation.—Moreover, the Thyrsus of Bacchus, composed of a stalk crowned by the fruit of the pine, was a familiar emblem in classic paganism. An emblem of the same kind was borne by Sylvanus Dendrophorus, that old god of the Latin forests, assimilated at a later date, on so many Gallic monuments, to one of the principal divinities of the Celtic pantheon, if not its supreme god—the god with the Mallet:
Et teneram ab radice ferens, Sylvane, cupressum.
It may therefore be asked if the addition of the fir-cone to the perron of Liege is not due to the syncretic influence of Gallo-Roman art, which would thus have brought the Germanic column within the limits of classic paganism, as, at a later period, the Church introduced it into Christian society by surmounting it with a Cross. Perhaps also it was thus desired to keep alive in the monument a phallic signification, whilst correcting whatever too great coarseness this symbol might have had in its primitive form.
It is probable that the pyr of Augsburg, that gigantic Fir-cone, depicted, from time immemorial, on the arms, the coins, and the seals of that town, dates from the time of the Roman occupation. It has been found, indeed, at Augsburg itself, on a Roman monument, now in the museum of that town, and known as the altar of the duumviri. The pine-fruit is there sculptured at the top of a pillar ornamented with flower-work, which separates the statues of the two municipal magistrates, exactly as, at Liege, the perron figures between the coats of arms of the two annual burgomasters.
Fig. 54. The Pyr of Augsburg.
It must be observed that the pyr rests on a capital; now, every capital supposes a column, that is to say, that we have here the remains of a veritable perron, which was never baptized by the apposition of a Cross, but was merely shortened by the suppression of the shaft, in order to be more easily introduced into armorial bearings and coins.
I have been assured, but have not been able to verify the fact, that in Rome itself, in front of the church of SS. Nereo et Achilleo, built on the ruins of a temple of Isis, there was still to be seen, some years ago, an antique column surmounted by a Fir-cone with a Cross on the top.
We have likewise the proof that the Fir-cone, placed at the end of a stalk or pillar, figured amongst the objects held in veneration by the Franks, who occupied, in the fifth century, the East of Belgium and the North-east of France.
Fig. 55. Buckle from Envermeu.
(Cochet. La Normandie souterraine, pl. xii., No. 4.)
Fig. 56. Buckle From Eprave.
(A. Bequet. Soc. arch. de Namur, vol. xv., p. 315.)
The Abbe Cochet and M. Alfred Bequet have separately found, the former in the Merovingian cemetery of Envermeu, near Dieppe, the latter in the cemetery of Eprave, not far from Namur, silver belt-buckles adorned with an identical figure, in which I have no hesitation in recognizing a prototype of the perrons. We have there, in the middle of a support or pedestal, which is placed between two peacocks facing one another, a long stalk, capped by a conical object, whose resemblance to the Fir-cone at once struck the Abbe Cochet, though at that moment he was little thinking of the perrons of Belgium (figs. 55, 56).
It is to be remarked that the two birds facing one another are also met with on the sides of the perron on the earliest coin of Liege, on which an attempt is made to represent this monument with the Fir-cone (fig. 52), and also on a seal which Loyens attributes to the year 1348 (fig. 57).
Fig. 57. Seal of Liege ad legata.
(Loyens. Recueil héraldique des bourgmestres, p. 2.)
If the fact be insisted upon, that the stalk engraved in the Frankish image seems to be of wood, I will remark that the symbolical pillars of the ancient Germans were made of wood as well as of stone. This was particularly the case with the Irminsul, which the oldest chronicles define as the trunk of a tree erected in the open air. 1The Hessians of the eighth century, who lived on the Lower Rhine, still venerated, at the time when they were evangelized by St. Boniface, the trunk of a tree, which was to them the simulacrum of the god Thor.
Do not our May-Poles, often a mere stalk surrounded with ribbons, take us back to the time when Lucan sang of our forefathers:
simulacraque mœsta deorum
Arte carent, cæsisque extant informia truncis?
Lastly, old chroniclers relate that in the thirteenth century the destruction of the Irminsul by Charlemagne was still commemorated at Hildesheim on the Saturday following the Sunday of the Lætare, by planting in the ground, on the cathedral square, two poles six feet high, each surmounted by a wooden object one foot in height, and shaped like a pyramid or cone. The young people then endeavoured with sticks and stones to overthrow this object. Does not this tradition directly connect the Irminsul, or rather the Irminsuls, with the stake which, surmounted by a Cone, is presented to our view in the Frankish buckle, just as the stone column of the Hildesheim cathedral links them with the perrons of Belgium? The same custom, or rather the same popular sport, existed elsewhere too in Germany, at Halberstadt in particular; here, however, it was the canons who indulged in it on the Sunday of the Lætare itself.
We have, moreover, a more direct proof that the representation of the stalk, surmounted by a Fir-cone, and placed between animals facing one another, figured in Christian imagery from the eighth century of our era. The sculptures in question are taken, one from the parapet of the cathedral of Torcello, near Venice (fig. 58), and the other from a bas-relief on the Athens cathedral (fig. 59). Both of them are reproduced in the remarkable work of M. R. Cattaneo, L’architecture en Italie.
Fig. 58. From the Cathedral of Torcello.
Fig. 59. From the Athens Cathedral.
3. The Cross.—Tradition relates that the Christian missionaries everywhere overthrew, amongst the Belgians, the altars of Thor and of Wodan. But the fate of the column of Hildesheim shows us how monuments of this kind managed to escape destruction by placing themselves, so to speak, under the protection of the new faith. At Hildesheim, they placed a Virgin on the column, transformed into a candelabrum. At Liege, a Cross was placed on the perron, and the oaths which were taken on the “sacred whitestone” continued to be taken on the Cross which sanctified the ancient simulacrum. In Sweden also cippi are found, similar to the one I have mentioned above, on the top of which the Cross has been incised.
The Abbe Cochet thinks that the figures engraved on the Envermeu plate denote a Christian symbol, because we find in the Catacombs, and even in Roman architecture, the symbol of a bunch of grapes between two peacocks facing one another, depicting the soul quenching its thirst at the eternal fountain of life. Nothing, however, entitles us to distinguish a bunch of grapes in the object placed at the end of the stalk; moreover, its resemblance to the ordinary representation of the thyrsus is incontestable. Lastly, we have already seen in the present chapter that the custom of figuring sacred objects between two winged animals facing one another was spread throughout the whole Mediterranean basin long before the birth of Christian art. It is especially on the side of sacred stones and trees that they are met with, as I shall have an opportunity of pointing out in the following chapter. Now, in so far as it was a cosmogonical column, related to the Scandinavian Yggdrasill, the Irminsul is just as much connected with the tradition of the Universal Pillar as with that of the Tree of the World, both of which seem to have received their first plastic expression amongst the Assyro-Chaldæans.
Curiously enough, the Tree of Life between two peacocks facing one another is even found in the symbolism of modern India (fig. 60). It will be observed that here each of the two peacocks holds a serpent in its beak. Now the peacock was held amongst the ancients to kill serpents, and this also may be one of the reasons which brought about its introduction into Christian symbolism.
Fig. 60. Cloth from Masulipatam.
(Sir G. Birdwood. The Industrial Arts of India. 1880.
It is evident that, at least in its outlines, all this iconography takes us backwards, far beyond Christianity, into the very midst of antique symbolism.
Lastly, it is proper to remark that traces of Christianity are entirely wanting in the cemeteries of Envermeu and Eprave, as well as in nearly all the Frankish cemeteries of that period.
Thus, to sum up, the perron of Liege includes in harmonious order the legacies and, so to speak, the witnesses, of all the civilizations which have succeeded one another in this part of Belgium. In this respect it is more than a symbol of municipal liberty; it is the embodiment of the very history of the nation.
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renegadetribune--2020-10-14--Hitler vs. jewish Banksters

Hitler vs. jewish Banksters

This video details how international jewry gained control of world finances , impoverished whole countries , and then had their @ @ @ @ @ , who would subsequently be crushed .

This video details how international jewry gained control of world finances, impoverished whole countries, and then had their plans thwarted by German upstarts, who would subsequently be crushed.


renegadetribune--2020-10-14--German Trial Lawyer Dr. Reiner Fuellmich Outlines the Covid Crimes Against Humanity

For 26 years , Dr Reiner Fuellmich has been a lawyer in Germany and California .
He ’ s one @ @ @ @ @ German Corona Investigative Committee .
In this video from October 3rd , 2020 , he @ @ @ @ @ legal doubt about the possibility of a class-action lawsuit against those responsible for the lockdowns @

For 26 years, Dr Reiner Fuellmich has been a lawyer in Germany and California. He’s one of four members of the German Corona Investigative Committee. In this video from October 3rd, 2020, he describes how there is no legal doubt about the possibility of a class-action lawsuit against those responsible for the lockdowns.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr04gHbP5MQ
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renegadetribune--2020-10-15--Amy Coney Barrett Says She ‘Wept Together’ With Adopted Haitian Daughter Over George Floyd’s Death

Renegade Editor ’ s Note : I contend that the entire George Floyd killing was a staged PsyOp .
Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday during her confirmation hearing that she “ wept ” together with her adopted Haitian daughter about the death of George Floyd and suggested it was an example of “ racism ” but stopped short of saying America has “ systemic racism.
” Senator , as you might imagine , given that I have two black children , that was very , very personal for my family .
Jesse was with the boys on a camping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was there , and my 17-year-old daughter Vivian , who was adopted from Haiti , all of this was erupting .
It was very difficult for her .
We wept together in my room .
It was also difficult for Juliet , who is ten .
I had to try to explain some of this to them .
My children , to this point in their lives , have had the benefit of growing up in a cocoon where they have not yet experienced hatred or violence .
And for Vivian , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk to her brother or the sons she might have one day , of that kind of brutality , has been an ongoing conversation .
It ’ s a difficult one for us , like it is for Americans all over the country .
[ … ] I think it is an entirely uncontroversial and obvious statement , given as we just talked about the George Floyd video , that racism persists in our country .
According to Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker , George Floyd had a “ fatal level @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top of low levels of meth .
“ This level of fentanyl can cause pulmonary edema , ” Baker determined .
“ Mr .
Floyd ’ s lungs were 2-3x their normal weight at autopsy .
That is a fatal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances.
” Baker “ said that if Mr. Floyd had been found dead in his home ( or anywhere else ) and there were no other contributing factors he would conclude that it was an overdose death , ” according to a memo from his office .
Legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Derek Chauvin revealed Floyd had swallowed drugs during a prior arrest in May , 2019 .
Video of his arrest shows he resisted arrest from the very beginning and refused to comply with police .

Renegade Editor’s Note: I contend that the entire George Floyd killing was a staged PsyOp.
By Chris Menahan
Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday during her confirmation hearing that she “wept” together with her adopted Haitian daughter about the death of George Floyd and suggested it was an example of “racism” but stopped short of saying America has “systemic racism.”
Judge Amy Coney Barrett: "Whether as you say it's just outright or systemic racism or how to tackle the issue of making it better, those things are policy questions." pic.twitter.com/GG7xSnhdk4 — The Hill (@thehill) October 13, 2020
Partial transcript:
Senator, as you might imagine, given that I have two black children, that was very, very personal for my family. Jesse was with the boys on a camping trip out in South Dakota, so I was there, and my 17-year-old daughter Vivian, who was adopted from Haiti, all of this was erupting. It was very difficult for her. We wept together in my room. It was also difficult for Juliet, who is ten. I had to try to explain some of this to them. My children, to this point in their lives, have had the benefit of growing up in a cocoon where they have not yet experienced hatred or violence. And for Vivian, to understand that there would be a risk to her brother or the sons she might have one day, of that kind of brutality, has been an ongoing conversation. It’s a difficult one for us, like it is for Americans all over the country. […] I think it is an entirely uncontroversial and obvious statement, given as we just talked about the George Floyd video, that racism persists in our country.
According to Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker, George Floyd had a “fatal level of fentanyl” in his system on top of low levels of meth.
“This level of fentanyl can cause pulmonary edema,” Baker determined. “Mr. Floyd’s lungs were 2-3x their normal weight at autopsy. That is a fatal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances.”
Baker “said that if Mr. Floyd had been found dead in his home (or anywhere else) and there were no other contributing factors he would conclude that it was an overdose death,” according to a memo from his office.
Legal filings from the attorney for arresting officer Derek Chauvin revealed Floyd had swallowed drugs during a prior arrest in May, 2019.
Video of his arrest shows he resisted arrest from the very beginning and refused to comply with police.
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renegadetribune--2020-10-15--Eli the Computer Guy – Facebook Censors Holocaust Denial

Is Eli himself jewish ?
The name and phenotype make me think he might be .
Regardless , he is @ @ @ @ @ million subscribers who is seeing the problem with banning historical revisionism , and he is @ @ @ @ @ is starting to connect the dots .

Is Eli himself jewish? The name and phenotype make me think he might be. Regardless, he is a tech youtuber with 1 million subscribers who is seeing the problem with banning historical revisionism, and he is just one of many who is starting to connect the dots.
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renegadetribune--2020-10-15--Charles Ives, The Great American Innovator

Anyone who has spent considerable time reading the articles posted at Renegade Tribune understands the tremendous effort that has gone into defending white interests .
One perhaps underappreciated aspect of the content at Renegade is the focus on the Fine Arts .
When we are confronted daily with the horrifying stories documenting the ongoing genocide of our people , it may seem frivolous to dwell on architecture , paintings , sculpture , literature , music and philosophy .
But we must recognize that our people have been under cultural assault much longer than physical assault .
I applaud and support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remembering our heritage .
The artistic and cultural achievements of our people define who we are .
We can not afford to lose our cultural memory , for much of the same reason we can not afford to lose our historical memory .
Who can deny that each successive generation is losing the connection with our past ?
With all that said , I would like to share the contributions of one of the most creative musical minds that white culture has produced .
Undeniably most of our great musical heritage comes from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
During the 19th and early 20th century , the American music establishment was completely dominated by the great European tradition .
One composer chose to push in a totally new ( and uniquely American ) direction .
Charles Ives ( 1874-1954 ) was a remarkable composer who would only become well known to the contemporary music world shortly before his death .
Ives compositions pioneered many if not most of the techniques that would subsequently be “ rediscovered ” by the big names in the modern music scene , particularly in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some of these innovations include polytonality ( writing in two or more keys simultaneously ) , not resolving dissonances , spatial redistribution of instrumental groups and soloists , metric modulation , homegrown forms of pitch organization and dense , massed blocks of clustered chords , quarter tones and many other techniques .
The difficult idiom of many of his pieces has denied Ives the mass appeal of mainstream American composers such as Copland and Gershwin , and admittedly he can be an acquired taste .
Yet Ives ’ incorporation of American folk music @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of barn dance and hoedown music , as well as gospel hymns common in New England at the turn of the 20th century create a rich musical picture of life in his time .
The real tragedy of Ives ’ musical genius was that he was never afforded a chance to hear his works performed .
His compositions met complete critical rejection during most of his lifetime .
The few musicians who were persuaded to try his music were openly hostile .
An audience was out of the question , as Ives could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the kind of music that was “ fashionable ” .
Ives instead made his fortune as a highly successful life insurance salesman , while continuing his work as a composer .
Most of Ives ’ major work was done from 1894 when he entered Yale to 1917 .
When his health began failing in the late 1920s , he stopped composing altogether .
One can not help but draw the conclusion that nearly 30 years of contempt from the music establishment was a contributing factor .
Although he was not creating anything new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest in Ives ’ music .
It was during this decade that Nicolas Slonimsky first performed Ives ’ ‘ Three Places in New England ’ , both in USA and Europe .
His reputation was further established when in 1939 , pianist John Kirkpatrick premiered his ‘ Concord Sonata ’ at the New York Town Hall .
It led to favorable commentary in the major New York newspapers .
Ives ’ obscurity began to lift a little in the 1940s , when he met Lou Harrison , a fan of his music who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most notably he conducted the premiere of the Symphony No .
3 ( 1904 ) in 1946 .
The next year , this piece won Ives the Pulitzer Prize for Music , though Ives gave the prize money away , saying “ …prizes are for boys and I ’ m all grown up.
” In 1966 , twelve years after his death , Ives received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for his ‘ Symphony No .
4 ’ , notable for its multilayered complexity .
From 8notes.com : Perhaps the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever completed was his Symphony No .
4 ( 1910–16 ) .
The list of forces required to perform the work alone is extraordinary ; as well as a large symphony orchestra , the piece requires a massive percussion section , two pianos ( one tuned a quarter tone apart from the other ) , an organ , an extra group of distant strings , a full chorus , three optional saxophones and finally an ‘ ether organ ’ ( it is not clear what Ives meant by this , but a theremin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The program of the work echoes that of The Unanswered Question — Ives said the piece was ‘ a searching question of ‘ What ’ and ‘ Why ’ which the spirit of man asks of life.
’ Use of quotation is again rife , especially in the first movement , and there is no shortage of novel effects .
In the second movement , for example , a tremolando is heard throughout the entire orchestra .
In the final movement , there is a sort of musical fight between discordant sounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a wordless chorus enters , the mood becomes calmer , and the piece ends quietly with just the percussion playing .
The symphony did not have a complete performance until 1965 , almost fifty years after the completion of the work , and eleven years after the composer ’ s death .
The following are a selection of short pieces or single movements from some of Ives ’ compositions which I have selected to provide an overview of Ives ’ work : Three Places In New England , Movement II , “ Putnam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Three Pieces in New England ” is an orchestral set in three movements that depicts Ives ’ memories of his life in Connecticut….the 2nd movement is a great example of his unorthodox ideas .
At one point different sections of the orchestra are playing against each other , imitating what you would hear when two marching bands on parade approach the town square from different directions , resulting in a clash of sounds and rhythms .
Trio For Violin , Cello and Piano , Movement 2 “ TSIAJ ” ( The Scherzo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Day ( 4th movement from “ A Symphony : New England Holidays ” ) This is actually the first of the four movements that Ives composed that would be included in what was also called the “ Holidays Symphony ” .
Ives started the work on this piece around 1903 and completed it in 1904 .
The work is based on two organ works that Ives had composed and played at Center Church in New Haven , Connecticut .
The works , now partially lost , are “ Prelude for a Thanksgiving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thanksgiving Service.
” Antál Doráti conducted the first performance of the work with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on April 9 , 1954–approximately one month before Ives died .
https : //www.8notes.com/biographies/ives.asp https : //www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-ives-mn0000109472/biography https : //charlesives.org/ives-man-his-life https : //www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/charles-ives-315.php http : //www.musicweb-international.com/Ives/10_Books.htm Record jacket notes “ Charles Ives , Pieces For Chamber Orchestra and Songs ” Cambridge CRS 1804 Record jacket notes “ The Short Piano Pieces of Charles Ives ” Folkways Records FM3348 Record jacket notes “ The Four Symphonies of Charles Ives ” Columbia Records D3S783

A brief note-
Anyone who has spent considerable time reading the articles posted at Renegade Tribune understands the tremendous effort that has gone into defending white interests. One perhaps underappreciated aspect of the content at Renegade is the focus on the Fine Arts. When we are confronted daily with the horrifying stories documenting the ongoing genocide of our people, it may seem frivolous to dwell on architecture, paintings, sculpture, literature, music and philosophy. But we must recognize that our people have been under cultural assault much longer than physical assault. I applaud and support this website for recognizing the importance of remembering our heritage. The artistic and cultural achievements of our people define who we are. We cannot afford to lose our cultural memory, for much of the same reason we cannot afford to lose our historical memory. Who can deny that each successive generation is losing the connection with our past?
With all that said, I would like to share the contributions of one of the most creative musical minds that white culture has produced. Undeniably most of our great musical heritage comes from the European continent and later from Russia. During the 19th and early 20th century, the American music establishment was completely dominated by the great European tradition. One composer chose to push in a totally new (and uniquely American) direction.
Charles Ives (1874-1954) was a remarkable composer who would only become well known to the contemporary music world shortly before his death. Ives compositions pioneered many if not most of the techniques that would subsequently be “rediscovered” by the big names in the modern music scene, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century. Some of these innovations include polytonality (writing in two or more keys simultaneously), not resolving dissonances, spatial redistribution of instrumental groups and soloists, metric modulation, homegrown forms of pitch organization and dense, massed blocks of clustered chords, quarter tones and many other techniques. The difficult idiom of many of his pieces has denied Ives the mass appeal of mainstream American composers such as Copland and Gershwin, and admittedly he can be an acquired taste. Yet Ives’ incorporation of American folk music, including well-known patriotic tunes, fragments of barn dance and hoedown music, as well as gospel hymns common in New England at the turn of the 20th century create a rich musical picture of life in his time.
The real tragedy of Ives’ musical genius was that he was never afforded a chance to hear his works performed. His compositions met complete critical rejection during most of his lifetime. The few musicians who were persuaded to try his music were openly hostile. An audience was out of the question, as Ives could not bring himself to play or write the kind of music that was “fashionable”. Ives instead made his fortune as a highly successful life insurance salesman, while continuing his work as a composer. Most of Ives’ major work was done from 1894 when he entered Yale to 1917. When his health began failing in the late 1920s, he stopped composing altogether. One cannot help but draw the conclusion that nearly 30 years of contempt from the music establishment was a contributing factor.
Although he was not creating anything new, the 1930s was the beginning of interest in Ives’ music. It was during this decade that Nicolas Slonimsky first performed Ives’ ‘Three Places in New England’, both in USA and Europe. His reputation was further established when in 1939, pianist John Kirkpatrick premiered his ‘Concord Sonata’ at the New York Town Hall. It led to favorable commentary in the major New York newspapers.
Ives’ obscurity began to lift a little in the 1940s, when he met Lou Harrison, a fan of his music who began to edit and promote it. Most notably he conducted the premiere of the Symphony No. 3 (1904) in 1946. The next year, this piece won Ives the Pulitzer Prize for Music, though Ives gave the prize money away, saying “…prizes are for boys and I’m all grown up.”
In 1966, twelve years after his death, Ives received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for his ‘Symphony No. 4’, notable for its multilayered complexity. From 8notes.com:
Perhaps the most remarkable piece of orchestral music Ives ever completed was his Symphony No. 4 (1910–16). The list of forces required to perform the work alone is extraordinary; as well as a large symphony orchestra, the piece requires a massive percussion section, two pianos (one tuned a quarter tone apart from the other), an organ, an extra group of distant strings, a full chorus, three optional saxophones and finally an ‘ether organ’ (it is not clear what Ives meant by this, but a theremin or a synthesizer is usually used). The program of the work echoes that of The Unanswered Question — Ives said the piece was ‘a searching question of ‘What’ and ‘Why’ which the spirit of man asks of life.’ Use of quotation is again rife, especially in the first movement, and there is no shortage of novel effects. In the second movement, for example, a tremolando is heard throughout the entire orchestra. In the final movement, there is a sort of musical fight between discordant sounds and more traditional tonal music. Eventually a wordless chorus enters, the mood becomes calmer, and the piece ends quietly with just the percussion playing. The symphony did not have a complete performance until 1965, almost fifty years after the completion of the work, and eleven years after the composer’s death.
The following are a selection of short pieces or single movements from some of Ives’ compositions which I have selected to provide an overview of Ives’ work:
Three Places In New England, Movement II, “Putnam’s Camp, Redding Connecticut”
“Three Pieces in New England” is an orchestral set in three movements that depicts Ives’ memories of his life in Connecticut….the 2nd movement is a great example of his unorthodox ideas. At one point different sections of the orchestra are playing against each other, imitating what you would hear when two marching bands on parade approach the town square from different directions, resulting in a clash of sounds and rhythms.
Violin Sonata No. 2, Movement 2 “In The Barn”
Trio For Violin, Cello and Piano, Movement 2 “TSIAJ” (The Scherzo Is A Joke)
Hallowe’ en (From Three Outdoor Scenes -1911)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVnU4t5hMI4
(I included this short 2 minute work because of seasonality, but also because it is a wonderful example of Ives’ innovations. As you watch the score of the work on the video, it is played 3 times, each time faster and louder. The first time through is with just the violin and cello, the second time with the entire string quartet and the third time adding piano. Note that all the instruments are playing in different keys–also note the non-coincident accents and rhythmic variation. The work was intended as a depiction of the building of the bonfire.)
Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day (4th movement from “A Symphony: New England Holidays”)
This is actually the first of the four movements that Ives composed that would be included in what was also called the “Holidays Symphony”. Ives started the work on this piece around 1903 and completed it in 1904. The work is based on two organ works that Ives had composed and played at Center Church in New Haven, Connecticut. The works, now partially lost, are “Prelude for a Thanksgiving Service” and “Postlude for a Thanksgiving Service.” Antál Doráti conducted the first performance of the work with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on April 9, 1954–approximately one month before Ives died.
Sources and Bibliography
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Edward-Ives
https://www.8notes.com/biographies/ives.asp
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charles-ives-mn0000109472/biography
https://charlesives.org/ives-man-his-life
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/charles-ives-315.php
http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ives/10_Books.htm
Record jacket notes “Charles Ives, Pieces For Chamber Orchestra and Songs” Cambridge CRS 1804
Record jacket notes “The Short Piano Pieces of Charles Ives” Folkways Records FM3348
Record jacket notes “The Four Symphonies of Charles Ives” Columbia Records D3S783
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renegadetribune--2020-10-15--Trump: The Gates Pharma Vaxx Pimp

Trump: The Gates Pharma Vaxx Pimp

Trump is so based that he is going to hook us all up with the best vaccines available , and @ @ @ @ @ some money off it ?
Capitalism is based !

Trump is so based that he is going to hook us all up with the best vaccines available, and so what if he makes some money off it? Capitalism is based!


renegadetribune--2020-10-15--Trump Asks UAE to Encourage Others to Build Ties with Israel

( MEMO ) US President Donald Trump asked UAE Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed to encourage other countries in the @ @ @ @ @ Israel , Arab48 reported yesterday .
In a statement issued on Sunday , Arab48 reported @ @ @ @ @ Judd Deere saying that Trump and Bin Zayed discussed the latest updates about the Middle @ @ @ @ @ Trump , according to Deere , asked Bin Zayed to encourage other countries in the @ @ @ @ @ footsteps of the UAE regarding the normalisation of ties with Israel .
Bin Zayed , @ @ @ @ @ on his recovery from COVID-19 , while Trump thanked him for his “ leadership ” @ @ @ @ @ the agreement which marked the normalisation of ties between the Emirates and the occupation state @ @ @ @ @ that the US is putting pressure on Sudan to force it to sign a peace @ @ @ @ @ for removing it from the list of state sponsors of terror .
On 15 September @ @ @ @ @ signed normalisation agreements with Israel on the White House lawn .

(MEMO) US President Donald Trump asked UAE Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed to encourage other countries in the region to build ties with Israel, Arab48 reported yesterday.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Arab48 reported White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere saying that Trump and Bin Zayed discussed the latest updates about the Middle East on the telephone.
Trump, according to Deere, asked Bin Zayed to encourage other countries in the region to follow in the footsteps of the UAE regarding the normalisation of ties with Israel.
Bin Zayed, Deere said, congratulated Trump on his recovery from COVID-19, while Trump thanked him for his “leadership” during the Abraham Accords, the agreement which marked the normalisation of ties between the Emirates and the occupation state of Israel.
Arab48 said that the US is putting pressure on Sudan to force it to sign a peace deal with Israel in return for removing it from the list of state sponsors of terror.
On 15 September, the UAE and Bahrain signed normalisation agreements with Israel on the White House lawn.
This article originally appeared on Middle East Monitor.
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renegadetribune--2020-10-16--Bill Gates Says Since We’re Told to Wear Clothes, It’s Not An “Ultra-Important Freedom Thing” That W

Bill Gates Says Since We’re Told to Wear Clothes, It’s Not An “Ultra-Important Freedom Thing” That We’re Told to Cover Faces

`` Given that we tell people to wear clothes , I do n't think of it as some ultra-important freedom @ @ @ @ @ part of your body … we 're asking you to cover up , '' says @ @ @ @ @ in the US , calling it our `` primary tool '' for now in fighting @ @ @ @

It’s starting to become “indecent” to be seen in public “bareface.” This is all part of the secular sharia society that has been rolled out by the technocratic world controllers. Do you want a vision of the jew world order? It’s a mask strapped to a face… forever.
"Given that we tell people to wear clothes, I don't think of it as some ultra-important freedom thing that there's another part of your body … we're asking you to cover up," says @BillGates on mask pushback in the US, calling it our "primary tool" for now in fighting #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/UivhXZD0Id — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) October 14, 2020
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"Two people who are most targeted are Dr. Fauci and myself in terms of do we have some malign reason to think vaccines are important," says @BillGates on #COVID19 conspiracy theories. "That's unfortunate particularly if it undermines the mask wearing." pic.twitter.com/ye8AgvyUBZ — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) October 14, 2020
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