Trade-Jacker
Second Issue
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2006 Winter
Volume 1 Issue 2

In this issue:
DIY Toothpaste
Holidays Explained
Lunarception
Make Your Own Seitan
A Brief Explanation of Dance/Movement Therapy

Editors' Note

Dear Subscriber,

Welcome to the second issue of Trade-Jacker, the electronic zine designed to cross disciplines and inform both subscribers and editors. This issue is a little late, since we were also working on our 2006 Calendar, which is freely available in the Calendars section of this site.

While we had a number of great leads we were working on for this Issue, we didn't follow through with them all, so this issue is mainly a condensed form of our current calendar.

We also didn't get any submissions, but one person suggested I write something about Freemason influence in US Architecture. I'm working on that. Until then, I want to remind you all why we thought the Trade-Jacker project was such a good idea: We have so many interesting friends and family members from all walks of life, that I think we would all benefit exponentially from knowledge shared by all of them.

I also put this on a public zine forum so that strangers may even join in on the project. So if you're recieving this zine and you don't know us, thanks for humoring us, and we hope you like it. So, for everyone, think about what you have to offer and send it in, we wouldn't have done this if we didn't want you to.

--Trade-Jacker

DIY Toothpaste

The first time I made my own toothpaste, I woke up in the middle of the night to realize that my mouth still felt wonderful. I had brushed my teeth that night at around eleven and I awoke around two or three to find that my mouth felt just as fresh as it had right after brushing. I was so excited I was awake for the next hour just swishing my tongue around my mouth.

I told my dentist about this and he didn't seem too thrilled that I was making my own toothpaste. Although his only problem was that I wasn't brushing with Flourine. I asked if flourinated water was enough, and he said it wouldn't be wise to take the chance. But I've also read that too much flourine could be damaging to hip bones in the future...

Shortly after making my own toothpaste, I looked at my bottle of Tom's of Maine Mouthwash and though "Hey, I could make that myself too, it's mostly water, right?" So I just looked at the ingredients list and made up my own batch. I just left out some of the ingredients that I thought were just for preservation and consistency. If anyone has a better recipe or solution, I'd love to hear it.

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Holidays Explained:

Valentine's Day, February 14th : originally the date the ancient Romans honored Juno, the queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses; the Feast of Lupercalia began the next day (Feb 15th). On the eve of this festival (the night of Feb 14th) young boys would draw pieces of goat skins (februa) from containers, upon which the name of a young girl was written. These two youngsters would then be "partners" in erotic games at the feasts and parties throughout the festival of Lupercalia. In the year 496 AD, Pope Gelasius changed the date from February 15th to the 14th and called it St. Valentine's Day. It seems as if there were three St. Valentines all related to the date February 14th. It is possible that the little that was known about these three St. Valentines was merged into one story to represent a complete picture.

Easter, first Sunday after full moon after Vernal Equinox: (from Eostre, or Ostara)Noah's son, Nimrod, the builder of the tower of Babel, detested his father's God because Noah had ostracized him. He ended up becoming the leader of an cult dedicated to blaspheming the God of Noah. After he died, his wife bore a son and named him Tammuz, claimed that her son was the reincarnation of her dead husband Nimrod, set him up to continue as the head of this cult and eventually married him. This cult is the predecessor of all pagan or luciferian cults of the world. The wife/mother of Tammuz devised an elaborate story centering on the Vernal Equinox, giving rabbits the ability to lay eggs, and feasting on boar.

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Lunarception

While lunarception may not actually exist as a scientific term, it is a concept practiced by DIY and punk women who are interested in a more natural lifestyle. Back in the dark ages, before the existence of electricity, women's biological cycles were directly synched with those of the moon. Because of this synchronicity, many cultures revered women as sages, healers, and spiritual leaders. Today, we live our lives sheltered from the elements, bathed in artificial light. We pay little mind to the phases of the moon, because it has no impact on us. Lunarception is a way to get back on track, and experience a regular, predictable monthly cycle without medication.

The process is simple: all you need is a calendar that shows the lunar phases, and a low-wattage night light. For three nights a month (the nights before, during, and after the full moon) sleep with the light on. Spending time frolicing outside on those same nights is also recommended. After a short while, the body falls into a rhythm: beginning ovulation under the new moon, and ending with menstruation during the full moon.

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Make Your Own Seitan

Seitan is just another name for gluten. Now, some people can't eat gluten, but if you can, its a great all-purpose food and fun to make. Gluten is just one of the parts of whole-wheat flour that we're going to seperate. The other parts (which you can save and use for later) are going to be starch, germ, and bran. But for now, we'll focus on the gluten:

Ingredients: 5-lb bag of whole wheat flour
12 cups (96 oz/2800 ml) water
Large bowl
More large bowls (to pour extra water into)

Note: This recipe uses a lot of water. If you time it right, you can use the used water for soup stock, to water plants, or anything else you would use nutritious water for.

1. Dump bag of flour into large bowl.
2. Pour all water into bowl and form into a ball.
3. Fill up large bowl with water, soak dough-ball in water for 20 minutes.
4. Begin kneading ball of dough underwater.
5. When water is milky white, replace with clean water and soak for 20 minutes again.
6. Make sure you keep the dough formed in a ball, it may start to break apart on you, but don't let it.
7. Continue kneeding and soaking until you have a spongy ball that resembles a brain.
8. Once you have your isolated gluten, you can either make it for dinner right away, or freeze it for later.

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A Brief Explanation of Dance/Movement Therapy

Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) is, basically, a non-verbal form of psychotherapy. DMTs study, at graduate level, movement, movement analysis (looking for normal and abnormal movement patterns), and therapeutic techniques (ways of helping people to find non-verbal and verbal means of expressing themselves). DMTs operate under the principle that, while words often lie, the body rarely does. Through mirroring movement (i.e., capturing the essence of the person's movement, not copying it), the therapist experiences and communicates empathy. She then guides the client toward finding a new, more balanced, or more adaptive movement repetoire, and toward connecting movement themes to life themes. This work may occur on a conscious or unconscious level for the client.

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