The Centenary Edition

The Centenary Edition

Back in December 2018, our Oracle-in-chief, Mike Jones, asked me if I’d write a few articles on Chinese medicine for this publication. Over the 100 months and 100 articles that have occurred since then the world has seemingly gone completely mad, or maybe that was just me! I started off writing about ancient Chinese medicine and cosmology, took us through the insanity of the Covid years and digressed into all manner of medicines, theories and general Glastonbury psychic weirdness. I hope I have managed to convey just a little of the breadth and depth of this ancient form of medicine that I hold dear to my heart.  The following is the gist of each one of those 100 articles.

1. There is one consciousness that pervades through the entire Universe
2. This consciousness divides itself into two – Yin and Yang
3. Yin and Yang and the interplay between the two creates the physical reality
4. Aside from the physical body, we also have energetic and spiritual bodies
5. There are 5 elements which are essentially 5 energetic directions
6. Our true spirit resides in the Heart
7. Life is spiral-like in nature. We come back round from a new perspective
8. Qi is not a metaphor. It is a real and tangible substance
9. Pain is caused by Qi not flowing properly
10. The Liver’s job is to move Qi smoothly throughout the body
11. The Spleen makes Qi from the food we eat
12. Besides breathing our Lungs help us to process grief
13. The Large Intestine is all about letting go – of crap
14. The Small intestine is all about sorting shit out
15. The Heart has an energetic protective shield called the pericardium
16. The energy of the Gall Bladder helps us to make decisions
17. The Kidneys hate the cold and back pain is worse in winter
18. People tend to get ill at the changing of the seasons
19. The Stomach is a like a cauldron and needs a good fire underneath it
20. Ghosts were seen as a very real phenomenon in ancient China
21. Cannabis has been a part of Chinese medicine for thousands of years
22. Cannabis can be an effective treatment for cancer
23. The modern idea of seeking the ‘flow state’ is in fact ancient
24. The government doesn’t care about you
25. Touch is the oldest form of healing
26. The difference between a conspiracy theory and a fact is about 6 months
27. Loneliness is far more damaging than a jumped-up flu virus
28. At least when the world is collapsing better music is made
29. The secret of the Divine Immortals was a numinous mushroom
30. Ancient medicines cure modern diseases
31. There are many things that science still cannot explain
32. The government really doesn’t care about you!
33. We are moving from an age of Yin Qi to one of Yang Qi
34. Yin Qi is magnetic in nature whilst Yang Qi is electrical
35. There are two Matthew Fellows’s who live in Glastonbury!!!!
36. Your immune system is on your side. Let it do its work
37. Humans are the worst breathers in the animal kingdom
38. Our diaphragms are often sadly neglected
39. The Sun is Yang and the moon is Yin. Women follow the moon’s cycles
40. A person’s energy field extends outward from the physical body.
41. The Bladder meridian is like the body’s energetic shell.
42. Yi Dao Qi Dao. Energy follows attention.
43. Don’t trust Google to give you impartial information
44. High doses of Vitamin C are highly effective at supporting the immune system
45. As does Vitamin D
46. The Earth speaks to us through psilocybin mushrooms
47. The acupuncture point LI 21 is very effective at returning a lost sense of smell
48. Telling people to ‘follow the science’ goes against what science stands for
49. All drugs have an energetic effect as well as a chemical one
50. MDMA opens up the Heart….but can deplete the Kidneys
51. LSD allows you to see the world afresh, as if for the first time again
52. LSD can shatter the layers of the acquired mind
53. LSD led me to seek out the Tao and ultimately to become an acupuncturist
54. There is consciousness and then there is the physical expression of it
55. Blood has an energetic quality to it that is fortified by eating meat
56. Comfort is the enemy of ambition. Sometimes we need a bit of friction
57. Sacred geometry is fundamental to understanding the physical realm
58. Within the Great Pyramid there is much encoded information
59. Adaptability is the greatest attribute that Human Beings possess
60. Glastonbury is a hub of weirdness and wonder
61. Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see it
62. San Pedro is the cactus at the gates of heaven
63. We are not alone in the Universe, but we are stronger in it together
64. Mama Coca is seeking total world domination
65. If Glastonbury is the Heart Chakra of the planet, are we all fucked?
66. Sometimes we stumble upon or even dance along the path of devotion
67. There is a mind beyond words. Telepathy is a real phenomenon
68. Acupuncture can have a profound effect on the sprit and its life path
69. It doesn’t matter what path you’re on as long as it is a path with heart
70. You can find psychedelic wavy-cap mushrooms at Aldi
71. The Human body is the most complex chemical factory on Earth
72. Dragons are our friends. Or not. Depends on the dragon
73. Our thoughts are not our own. Don’t identify with them
74. The lesser-known Chinese art of Dao Yin, expels pathogens from the body
75. Different emotions reside in different parts of the body
76. The Navajo word for the sickness of the human spirit that predominates
77. Nei Gong is a process that leads towards mastery of the fine energy systems
78. The pharmaceutical industry does not want you to be healthy
79. Artificial sweetener is toxic and far worse for the body than actual sugar
80. There are many ways to be intelligent and many forms of intelligence
81. The education system does not want you to be educated
82. Understand acupuncture by listening to those who invented it
83. The body is designed to move.  Move it move it
84. If we are aware the Universe will speak to us through signs and symbols
85. Mugwort is magic
86. Each 2-hour section of the clock pertains to a different organ
87. Glastonbury Abbey equates to the Lower Dan Tian
88. Chalice Well equates to the Middle Dan Tian
89. Glastonbury Tor equates to the Upper Dan Tian
90. Ley-lines can be seen as the Earth’s meridian system
91. The Kogi are a tribe from Colombia who psychically commune with water
92. The Telepathy Tapes is catching on
93. I am guided into a Telepathic world by a young non-verbal man – Sonny
94. There is a whole other psychic realm that most of us have no clue about
95. Acupuncture can make you more telepathic
96. Plants are living, intelligent and conscious beings
97. And so are animals
98. Follow your dreams, otherwise they won’t have the chance to come true
99. Follow the magpie as birds see all
100. Welcome to the meandering mind of a Glastonbury acupuncturist

I sincerely hope some of you have enjoyed reading these articles as much as I have enjoyed writing them. I’m hopefully not finished yet and I may well have another hundred in me. It’s possible I might even get back to writing about Chinese medicine at some point, but then again, I haven’t even got started on aliens yet!