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Sylvia Rose
4 days ago7 min read
Five Sugars: Glucose, Maltose, Fructose, Sucrose, Lactose
Sugars are primary consumables and influence how bodies function, often in surprising ways. Sugars are essential for overall health. The...
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Sylvia Rose
5 days ago6 min read
Isolate Yeast & LAB Strains for Artisan Flavors
Yeast strains and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in artisan baking and beverage production can affect the flavor profile of the product, like...
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Sylvia Rose
5 days ago6 min read
Mold Spores: Power Packs of Creation & Purpose
Mold (mould) is a multi-faceted entity, with properties from food enrichment to serious health hazards. Central to survival of mold are...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 22, 20248 min read
Yeast & Mold: Ancient Fungi, Modern World
Yeast and mold are types of fungi, adept at the decomposition of organic matter. They share some similarities but each has a unique...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 20, 20248 min read
Wild Yeast: Microbes Acting Naturally
Wild yeast is a fascinating part of the natural world. Ubiquitous and often overlooked, it's a coveted organism of science, well-known by...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 18, 20244 min read
Nitrogen Fixation & Evolution of Plant Life
Nitrogen fixation is essential for life on Earth. Despite nitrogen being the most abundant gas in our atmosphere, it exists mainly in...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 13, 20245 min read
Chalk (CaCO3): Bounty of the Primal Seas
Chalk is fundamentally calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and takes hundreds of millions of years to form. This seemingly mundane mineral has a...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 21, 20243 min read
Uric Acid: Kidney Stones & Peeing on Plants
Uric acid is a factor in conditions like gout and kidney stones. It's also essential to the animal body, plants and the rest of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 15, 20245 min read
White Herb of Maria: Ancient Alchemy Secrets
Maria or Mary the Jewess c. 100 AD is considered the first true alchemist. In her works she mentions a clear white herb growing on small...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 4, 20245 min read
Mugwort (Wormwood) Medicine & Herb Lore
Mugworts are used in folk medicine of India, China, Europe, America and other regions. A member of Artemisia , mugwort is also called...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 27, 20233 min read
Cress, Watercress: Natural Health of Ancients
Watercress ( Nasturtium officinale ) grows in fresh water. With hollow stems, it floats and is easily gathered from the water's surface....
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 13, 20234 min read
Kushuh (Kušuḫ) Hurrian Moon God
Kushuh (Kušuḫ) is the oracular moon god of the Hurrians. He's among the most popular gods of the pantheon, with worship centers in...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 23, 20233 min read
Rosemary: Immortal Essence & Balm of Kings
In natural health, magic and alchemy the fragrant herb rosemary ( Salvia rosmarinus ) is associated with memory, immortality and...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 5, 20234 min read
Folk Magic: Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
Amanita muscaria , fly agaric or fly amanita is the most widely recognized of the psychoactive plants and fungi. The use, folklore and...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 26, 20235 min read
Edelweiss: Alpine Flower of True Love
Of the many flowers in Germanic folk medicine and herbology, none capture the romantic imagination more than the modest edelweiss (...
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