by Becky Suther, Clarksville Middle School
In Greek mythology, Ichor was a mineral in the blood which made people immortals. Without this mineral, all gods and goddesses would perish and die. When gods had their blood shed, ichor spread out and any unspecting peasants who came in contact with ichor immediately died. Some Greeks even said that this mysterious substance was found in foods that the gods feasted on.
by Dr Anthony E. Smart
The God of the Lugbara, who dwell in the area between Zaire and Uganda. Adroa had two aspects: good and evil. He was looked on as the creator of heaven and Earth, and was said to appear to a person who was about to die. Adroa was represented as tall and white, with only half a body — one eye, one ear, one arm, one leg. His children are the Adroanzi.
by Dr Anthony E. Smart
Tree spirits of Papuan belief, they look human, except that the female has breasts of different sizes. They only appear to people who are sick, to ascertain whether they will recover or die. If their fingers sink into the patient’s flesh, death is certain.
by Anja Heij
People who need the homeopathic camphor are intensely cold and react in a very specific way to coldness. The body is cold and blue, the face and lips are pale or blue, the face looks Hippocratic (as if the person is about to die). Even the tongue and the breath are cold. Yet this person does not want to be covered! Despite his coldness and his great sensitivity to cold, this person desires cold air and an open window. The coldness is altenated with times of fever. Now during fever the Camphora patient wants to be covered, but as soon as the coldness returns he wants to throw off the blankets and experience cold air again.
The joy of life consists in the exercise of one’s energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal
Witch's Well 