Waiting 4 Wrath - Episode 266 - The One Where We Make The Woo Crystal Clear

In This Week’s Show, episode 266, we dig up the crystal gems in Madagascar to bleed them for their healing fluids!

Now, grab a beer and help us test the god hypothesis — because, while White Diamond hasn’t struck us down yet, we are trying her patience!

Shea’s Life Lesson

This week I learned that Die Hard wasn’t originally a Christmas movie. The script was actually changed by Constantine in 336 to align it with the Sol Invictus festival.

Jenn’s Actual Lesson

Stomach died, thanks Obama...

But before we get to all that, let’s have a beer!

This Week’s Beer

Devilito - Gruner Brothers Brewing

Donated By: Lonely Wyo

* BA Link: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/54696/385607/

* BA Rating: Not enough Data?? Untapped rating of 3.81/5

* Style: Belgian Strong Golden Ale

* ABV: 8.3%

* Aaron: 4

* Shea: 3

* Steve: 3

This Week’s Show

Round Table

Round table this week is a bit sparse but you can help us out on that front by leaving an iTunes review or a voicemail at 513-760-0463. Of course, we extra love having new patrons at patreon.com/w4w!

You’ll get longer cuts of each show - this week that means a quiz from Shea - and free episodes of our sister show 4 More Beers!

We did get a few messages.

Willow let us know that Black Sabbath wrote a song about fairies. So go get that stuck in your head.

We also heard from those who know that Allisan Hanigan isn’t kept under the Fool Us stage.

And finally, don’t forget that you can make Shea learn a lesson if you make a donation to WyoAIDS.org! So cache in on those sweet, sweet Yeti lessons.

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Crystal Conundrum Cwiz

* https://www.energymuse.com/blog/beginners-guide-to-healing-crystals

* https://www.consciouslifestylemag.com/crystal-healing-guide/

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Vogel

Quartz has been on Earth since the beginning of time and ancient civilizations have used crystals as protective talismans, peace offerings, and jewelry. Today, quartz makes up 20% of the Earth’s crust and is used in almost every kind of technology, including time keeping, electronics, information storage, and more. With such a versatile and useful material, it’s no wonder some people think it has more metaphysical properties.

From stage right enters, Marcel Joseph Vogel, a research scientist with IBM in the mid 20th century. Vogel made many scientific breakthroughs with luminescence, magnetics, and liquid crystal systems. At his funeral in 1991, a colleague was quoted saying "He made his mark because of the brilliance of his mind, his prolific ideas, and his seemingly limitless creativity." This was a very smart man.

Later in life, Vogel turned his attention to a study of subtle energies in plants, humans and crystals. Even going so far as claiming to have reproduced the "Backster effect" using plants as transducers for bio-energetic fields from the human mind, showing that they respond to human thought.  While watching crystals grow under a microscope, he noticed that their shape took the form of whatever he was thinking about, so he claimed. He hypothesized that these vibrations are the result of the constant assembling and disassembling of bonds between molecules. He also tested the metaphysical power of quartz crystal and proved that rocks can store thoughts similar to how tapes use magnetic energy to record sound, seems sound.