Terrestrial realm

Plato s material world was divided into realms. The terrestrial realm was imperfect and was based on the four elements of earth, water, air, and fire. These elements were made of particles representing the first four Platonic solids ... 

Basically, Newtonian mechanics worked well for problems involving terrestrial and even celestial bodies, providing rational and quantifiable relationships between mass, velocity, acceleration, and force. However, in the realm of optics and electricity, numerous observations seemed to defy Newtonian laws. Phenomena such as diffraction and interference could only be explained if light had both particle and wave properties. Indeed, particles such as electrons and x-rays appeared to have both discrete energy states and momentum, properties similar to those of light. None of the classical, or Newtonian, laws could account for such behavior, and such inadequacies led scientists to search for new concepts in the consideration of the nature of reahty. 

Resolution of the anomalies between our analytical results and others led us to the postulate that these slope sediments contained organic matter which had not only been deposited in the marine organic realm but had also originated there. (Most previous analyses reported in the literature were on organic matter either from the terrestrial organic realm or from zones where there was admixing.)... 

The concept of global tectonics (Dietz, 1961 Hess, 1962 Morgan, 1968 Le Pichon et al., 1973) combined the earlier proposals of continental drift and seafloor spreading into a unified theory of terrestrial dynamics. It introduced the notion of continual generation and destruction of oceanic crust and implied similar consequences for other tectonic realms. 

In terms of cultivation parameters and nutrients, the psychotropic species are no different from table mushrooms and other common gilled mushrooms. For that reason, Oss and Oeric s speculations about extra-terrestrial origins of these species clearly belong into the realm of fables. In addition, psilocybin and psilocin are substances that can be derived from tryptophan by means of discemable reactions indeed, the amino acid tryptophan in its free form has been found in a large number of mushroom species. 

The four elements were strictly terrestrial matter found within the terrestrial sphere bordered by the path of the Moon. Aristotle (and almost all Western natural philosophers prior to Copernicus) set the Earth at the center of the universe and gave it characteristics different from those found in the celestial realm. 

Aristotle s celestial region was similar to Plato s and was made of a unique substance called the ether or the quintessence. The need to posit the existence of a different element for the celestial realm was tied to motion. On the Earth, all natural motion was seen to be linear (e.g., a rock falls straight down to the ground). While unnatural motion (e.g., throwing a rock) could briefly overcome the natural motion of objects, it could not be the basis for understanding nature. Motion in the heavens, such as the path of the stars, sun, and moon, was all circular. Since the natural motion of an object was an inherent characteristic of the matter of the object, celestial and terrestrial elements could not be the same. 

Chemical understanding interprets phenomena in terms of the positions and movements of atoms and the forces acting upon them. The Oxford English Dictionary defines phenomenon as "that of which the senses or mind directly takes note an immediate object of perception." This chapter has argued that behavioral performance permits an assessment of what another creature can detect by means of olfaction alone, thus extending the notion of "senses or mind" beyond the realm of the human. The belief that all terrestrial vertebrates share similar olfactory mechanisms implies that these will ultimately prove susceptible to chemical understanding. The confirmation of such understanding will be the ability to archive odors. 

The colourful, undulant layers crossing the painting represent the waves in the brain moving in accord with the dictates of the pulsation s. The first layer, in white and pink, represents the pulsation s of an apprentice. The blue layer represents the pulsation s experienced by a muraya who is a healer, not a witch or a sorcerer. The layer in red and yellow represents the pulsation s of a banco, a master of the three realms-the atmospheric or sidereal, the terrestrial, and the aquatic. 

The same argument imphed that celestial objects should accelerate towards higher spheres. Beyond the ring of fire the realm of Ptolemaic planetary spheres commenced. The celestial bodies carried by these spheres consisted of more subtle matter than terrestrial objects. The god-like spirits which controlled the seven planetary spheres were now identified with the seven archangels. The fundamental characteristic of these crystal (transparent) spheres was that they moved in the perfect mode of permanent, uniform, circular motion. 

Muller, P., The Dispersal Centres of Terrestrial Vertebrates in the Neotropical Realm A Study in the Evolution of the Neotropical Biota and its Native Landscapes, Junk, The Hague, 1973. 

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