bottlebugs
Well-Known Member
In nature our first warning is usually colour. We instinctively view red as a dire warning and green
as OK. Yellow is a cautionary colour. For example, although tomatoes are a lovely red and safe to
eat, the leaves and stems are a deadly toxin. Yew berries and many choke cherries are red too.
I cannot explain why, but I stray away from red, orange and yellow peppers. Green is good. Red
means stop, green means go and yellow means go like hell! Nature's like that.
It has proven that much of the brightly colour glass is unsafe to use. Cadmium is the main
culprit and was used, and is still used to colour glass. Oranges and yellows are a concern
while blue and aqua have become the most trusted. Sometimes poisons are in cobalt rather
amber bottles, but perhaps in a safe dose the blues are harmless. I'll let you medicinal types
confirm this. Clear glass is the pinnacle of safe containers. Most pharmacies use these.
In ancient times King Solomon used a signet ring to summon the Djinn. Nobody can confirm its colour but ts symbol is synonymous with good. I suspect it was an emerald. Red signet rings have
been viewed for centuries as symbols of evil, sometime disguised as something else. I think of
Hitler every time. Moses, on the other hand, summoned a Djinn named Al Kidr. King Arthur sported
a mythical green gem as did Bilbo Baggins, but its not really all that far fetched. English pagans
revered the Green man (Al Kidr) of which much of Lord of the Rings was inspired.
In the world of Gems, diamonds are a girls/guys/bots best friend. The less colour the better, unless they are blue. Blood diamonds are bad. Yellow diamonds are somewhat ok. Enough said. Be careful out there!
as OK. Yellow is a cautionary colour. For example, although tomatoes are a lovely red and safe to
eat, the leaves and stems are a deadly toxin. Yew berries and many choke cherries are red too.
I cannot explain why, but I stray away from red, orange and yellow peppers. Green is good. Red
means stop, green means go and yellow means go like hell! Nature's like that.
It has proven that much of the brightly colour glass is unsafe to use. Cadmium is the main
culprit and was used, and is still used to colour glass. Oranges and yellows are a concern
while blue and aqua have become the most trusted. Sometimes poisons are in cobalt rather
amber bottles, but perhaps in a safe dose the blues are harmless. I'll let you medicinal types
confirm this. Clear glass is the pinnacle of safe containers. Most pharmacies use these.
In ancient times King Solomon used a signet ring to summon the Djinn. Nobody can confirm its colour but ts symbol is synonymous with good. I suspect it was an emerald. Red signet rings have
been viewed for centuries as symbols of evil, sometime disguised as something else. I think of
Hitler every time. Moses, on the other hand, summoned a Djinn named Al Kidr. King Arthur sported
a mythical green gem as did Bilbo Baggins, but its not really all that far fetched. English pagans
revered the Green man (Al Kidr) of which much of Lord of the Rings was inspired.
In the world of Gems, diamonds are a girls/guys/bots best friend. The less colour the better, unless they are blue. Blood diamonds are bad. Yellow diamonds are somewhat ok. Enough said. Be careful out there!
