Tagged: silver

wow!!!! watch this awesome TED Talks speech given by Mallence Bart-Williams as she explains how the West has exploited and continues to exploit the FUCK out of Africa, its people and its natural resources. please watch and share!!!

“The mineral wealth of the land [in Spain] was not neglected; for gold, silver, copper, quicksilver, tin, lead, iron, and alum were mined on a large scale. Up to the twelfth century the maritime commerce of the Saracens on the Mediterranean was greater than that of the Christians; hundreds of ships were engaged in it, and this widespread trade naturally stimulated manufacturing. The sword blades of Toledo were the most excellent and beautiful in all Europe, and a factor near Cordova had an output of twelve thousands shields per year. Murcia became famous for the manufacture of all kinds of brass and iron instruments; the tanneries of Cordova and Morocco were the world; Almeria produced sashes famed far and wide for the bright colors and fine texture; carpets were made in Teulala; and bright-hued woolens came from Baza and Granada. The Moors also produced fine glass and pottery vases, mosaics, and jewelry.”

Source: John G. Jackson. Introduction to African Civilizations. pg. 175-176. 1970.

“[T]hus, the true alchemist was not trying to turn ordinary lead into gold, though the causal observer might reasonably think so from how things were presented. Rather, they were striving to turn the lead of an ordinary and undeveloped consciousness into the gold of a fully realized and enlightened soul.”

That quote, to me, is sooo deep.

“Gold was considered to be the skin of the ancient Egyptian gods, but their bones were thought to be of silver.”

Source: Jimmy Dunn. Egypt: Silver In Ancient Egypt. Tour Egypt. Written prior to September 8, 2013. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/silver.htm.