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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010  Australia12/19/2013 11:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good morning pi! Quoting: gardenvariety  i'll wait til you guys "flesh' this one out a bit before i come in on the conversation because i'm not really sure what you're saying. i can, however, say that in the last week, very definite perfume smells are coming into my field. they come and leave suddenly but are so distinct.. like off-the-counter perfumes and colognes. Well.... to be perfectly honest, I think I could sum up the entire post with a single sentence from it; in regards to encountering perceptual information that appears to have been sent to us by another consciousness (IE, via something like telepathy): Generally my default is 'Well, why not?'.... and I consider and ponder the information in it's state of grace. i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? |
aether (OP) User ID: 51321280  United Kingdom12/19/2013 11:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good morning pi! Quoting: gardenvariety i'll wait til you guys "flesh' this one out a bit before i come in on the conversation because i'm not really sure what you're saying. i can, however, say that in the last week, very definite perfume smells are coming into my field. they come and leave suddenly but are so distinct.. like off-the-counter perfumes and colognes. Well.... to be perfectly honest, I think I could sum up the entire post with a single sentence from it; in regards to encountering perceptual information that appears to have been sent to us by another consciousness (IE, via something like telepathy): Generally my default is 'Well, why not?'.... and I consider and ponder the information in it's state of grace. i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? what was the first thing that came to mind in the experience |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/19/2013 11:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: pi Speaking of sunflowers.... any guesses as to the purpose of solar tracking? I've asked biology professors this.... to no avail. Seems to me, like most things, to be in the realm of natural philosophy anyhow. As in heliotropism or reactivity of solar conductors? Well, in sunflowers, the bulbs will actually rotate with the sun. I was taught.... that the open flowers track the Sun. But Wiki seems to disagree. Suppose I'll have to chalk that one up to brontosaurs in academia.   All flowers track the sun, thus heliotropism. Most effective heat exchange for producing sugars. Heat equals molecular bonding. i was kinda fascinated with this conversation you guys had going.. made me think of oysters and the way they open up for the Moon. then on this site about creating a night garden (i always thought it was as simple as planting white flowers),: The Night Garden Since you gothy types rarely seen the light of day, what good does a garden do you? Well, here is the answer: a garden that consists of night-fragrant or night-blooming plants. Of course, you can’t really see that black garden at night. The key color here is white. White glows in moonlight. And there are several varieties of plants that bloom exclusively at night, or whose flowers may be open during the day but don’t release their scent until the evening. Night-Flowering Plants Evening primrose: “These soft-scented flowers have four satiny heart-shaped petals that come together forming 2-inch open cups with frilly long stamens. When they open in the evening, the blossoms are a soft clear white that gradually fades into pink as the flowers mature. Their luscious scent reminds us of a cross between honeysuckle and lemon custard. The flowers open every evening throughout summer until first frost.” Sweet-scented nicotiana: These nicotianas (yes, that’s the tobacco plant) have creamy-white tubular flowers borne in graceful sprays on softly draping branches. The 2- to 3-inch trumpet-shaped blossoms are closed in the daytime, but in the late afternoon and evening they fill the air with a jasmine-like scent. Moonflowers: These 6-inch trumpet flowers unfurl in slow motion every night just at sunset. Pure white with faint green tracings, the blossoms are very fragrant all evening. By noon, the flowers dwindle and close and are barely seen in the dense foliage. “Midnight Candy” night phlox: “These tidy upright plants bear umbrella-like clusters of small, delicate phlox-like flowers. The insides of the petals are pure white, and the outsides are a satiny maroon with a hint of white where petals overlap. During the day, the flowers are tightly closed, just showing a hint of color. As dusk comes on, there is a magic moment when they open like a display of little firework stars, releasing a delicious almond/ honey/vanilla-like fragrance that wafts throughout the garden.” Angel’s Trumpet: Datura meteloides has 6-inch white trumpet flowers that open at night and remain open well into the following day. This flower is a favorite subject of Georgia O’Keefe. This was also used by California Indians as a narcotic for the youth to seek their visions and be initiated into society. Warning: poisonous. Don’t eat it to get a high. Evening stock: Many-branched 1½-foot plants have grey-green leaves and 1-inch star-shaped flowers of very pale violet. The blooms are closed tightly all day but open at dusk to pour out a fantastic spicy fragrance. Nottingham catchfly, night-flowering catchfly and white campion: These are all members of the genus Silene, which also has several day-blooming members. These plants have sticky stems, hence the name “catchfly.” The odor of the Nottingham catchfly is described as sweet and reminiscent of hyacinths, and its flowers open on three successive nights before withering. Bouncing Bet (also known as soapwort): With either pink or white blossoms, this plant fills the night with sweet perfume. Also used to make detergent – hence the soapwort moniker. Four o’Clocks: In late afternoon, Mirabilis jalapa’s 2-inch trumpet-shaped flowers unfurl, releasing a rich jasmine-like perfume. These plants, with blooms in pink, rose, white, orange and yellow, are very easy to grow and fast growing. They’re also known as “Marvel of Peru.” August lily (fragrant Hosta): The leaves are about six inches long and four inches wide, with eight pairs of impressed veins. The white, waxy, trumpet-shaped flowers appear on 30-inch scapes, and each is five inches long and three inches wide. The scent is of pure honey. Vesper iris: A native of Mongolia, the sweetly fragrant flowers are a dull greenish white spotted with brownish purple or reddish purple with white splotches. Like many iris blossoms, they become spirally twisted after flowering. There are also about 50 different cultivars of daylilies that bloom at night. Some of my favorites are called “After the Fall” (tangerine and copper blend with yellow halo), “Jewel of Hearts” (dark red flowers with a red-black center), “Moon Frolic” (near white), “Toltec Sundial” (fragrant sunshine yellow) and “Witches Dance” (dark red with a green throat). Night-Fragrant Plants Many plants will have flowers open during the day, but they don’t release their scent until evening. Perfumed fairy lily: Chlidanthus fragrans has a rich lily fragrance at night. Three or four yellow, funnel-shaped flowers are carried on stems up to a foot high. Night gladiolus: Gladiolus tristus has creamy yellow blossoms that are intensely fragrant at night with a spicy-sweet perfume, and the unusual leaves look like a pinwheel cut in half. Tuberose: Victorians loved this sweet and heady (almost overpowering) fragrance. The flowers are waxy white and two inches long. Carolina jessamine (also known as evening trumpet flower): The evergreen leaves surround sweetly fragrant, bell-shaped flowers of bright yellow that are particularly sweet as evening approaches. This grows wild in the South. Finally, some suggestions for plants that don’t necessarily bloom only at night or release fragrance then but which have white blooms to glow in moonlight: “Purity” cosmos “Armour White” verbena “Alba” foxglove Summer hyacinth “Bride” impatiens “Alba” bleeding heart “Moonraker” Cape fuchsia “Perry’s White” oriental poppy “White Swan” camellia White forsythia “Alba” columbine “White Lace” Dianthus And for a note of interest: silver thyme, “Alba” eggplant (egg-shaped fruits of glistening white), “Casper” or “Boo” white pumpkins and Fraxinella (the gas plant: at night, if you hold a match to the plant, either the plant glows with a blue flame – that doesn’t harm it – or the flowers burn with an orange flame and release the smell of lemon into the air). The perfect accessory for any night garden, besides some lovely gargoyles, would be a moondial. There are many, many more plants that can be included in the night garden. If you want more information, I suggest either The Evening Garden by Peter Loewer, or Evening Gardens by Cathy Barash, both written exclusively about gardening for the evening and night hours. |
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| pi User ID: 47540115 Canada12/20/2013 12:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  Bananas also flower at night. The flowers attract bats, and the bats can easily tell them apart from tree leaves and other nocturnal aviation hazards. [link to www.bats.org.uk] It is the shape of the flowers.... they are 'visible' to bat sonar. Last Edited by pi on 12/20/2013 12:04 AM |
| pi User ID: 47540115 Canada12/20/2013 12:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good morning pi! Quoting: gardenvariety i'll wait til you guys "flesh' this one out a bit before i come in on the conversation because i'm not really sure what you're saying. i can, however, say that in the last week, very definite perfume smells are coming into my field. they come and leave suddenly but are so distinct.. like off-the-counter perfumes and colognes. Well.... to be perfectly honest, I think I could sum up the entire post with a single sentence from it; in regards to encountering perceptual information that appears to have been sent to us by another consciousness (IE, via something like telepathy): Generally my default is 'Well, why not?'.... and I consider and ponder the information in it's state of grace. i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? I did/do.... but I'm in the process of completely re-evaluating them on every level. Indeed. I'll speak again on it eventually, no doubt. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good morning pi! Quoting: gardenvariety i'll wait til you guys "flesh' this one out a bit before i come in on the conversation because i'm not really sure what you're saying. i can, however, say that in the last week, very definite perfume smells are coming into my field. they come and leave suddenly but are so distinct.. like off-the-counter perfumes and colognes. Well.... to be perfectly honest, I think I could sum up the entire post with a single sentence from it; in regards to encountering perceptual information that appears to have been sent to us by another consciousness (IE, via something like telepathy): Generally my default is 'Well, why not?'.... and I consider and ponder the information in it's state of grace. i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? what was the first thing that came to mind in the experience hiya aether :) generally i'm not so big on synthetic smells so that coupled with "did i just smell what i think i smelled?" i get kinda like hehe actually not angry, not fearful ~ i'm nonplussed! have you ever experienced something like this? |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my goodness, what a lovely idea, night garden Quoting: aether i never thought that way lovely one of those things (to me) that make instant sense when told i really like that thought  Nice list Quoting: pi Bananas also flower at night. The flowers attract bats, and the bats can easily tell them apart from tree leaves and other nocturnal aviation hazards. [link to www.bats.org.uk] It is the shape of the flowers.... they are 'visible' to bat sonar. woah. tres interessant! |
| Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 50018194  United States12/20/2013 12:18 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. Quoting: gardenvariety and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? I did/do.... but I'm in the process of completely re-evaluating them on every level. Indeed. I'll speak again on it eventually, no doubt. It works with 'purposely directed thought'. Exactly as one would imagine it would. 'Phantom smells' are generally a indicator of 'spirit activity'. Theses smells are generally attributed to smell 'like' or 'remind of' a certain person who is often deceased... Grandmothers often come up. Sending smell 'out' is only as difficult as one makes it. Imagination is everything. Remember how a rose smells? Now create it your mind and send it out. However, I believe that may be an advanced telepathic technique. Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good morning pi! Quoting: gardenvariety i'll wait til you guys "flesh' this one out a bit before i come in on the conversation because i'm not really sure what you're saying. i can, however, say that in the last week, very definite perfume smells are coming into my field. they come and leave suddenly but are so distinct.. like off-the-counter perfumes and colognes. Well.... to be perfectly honest, I think I could sum up the entire post with a single sentence from it; in regards to encountering perceptual information that appears to have been sent to us by another consciousness (IE, via something like telepathy): Generally my default is 'Well, why not?'.... and I consider and ponder the information in it's state of grace. i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? I did/do.... but I'm in the process of completely re-evaluating them on every level. Indeed. I'll speak again on it eventually, no doubt. time to mull and refine? no problemo. looking forward to hearing more later. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i don't have a clear sense of how it would work. also i'm not sure these transpiring senses get my seal of approval :S or if i need to start waxing my legs and putting the kettle on or something. is this where things get interesting? i'm 99.9999999% certain the smells are not coming from my actual environment. they waft as though someone came up close. they are modern scents too. Quoting: gardenvariety and both male and female. so odd. do you have a better idea of how telepathy works? any theories about ^^^ ? I did/do.... but I'm in the process of completely re-evaluating them on every level. Indeed. I'll speak again on it eventually, no doubt. It works with 'purposely directed thought'. Exactly as one would imagine it would. 'Phantom smells' are generally a indicator of 'spirit activity'. Theses smells are generally attributed to smell 'like' or 'remind of' a certain person who is often deceased... Grandmothers often come up. Sending smell 'out' is only as difficult as one makes it. Imagination is everything. Remember how a rose smells? Now create it your mind and send it out. However, I believe that may be an advanced telepathic technique. then it is exactly the very *modern* nature of these scents i find so perplexing. |
| aether (OP) User ID: 51321280 United Kingdom12/20/2013 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | hiya aether :) generally i'm not so big on synthetic smells so that coupled with "did i just smell what i think i smelled?" i get kinda like hehe actually not angry, not fearful ~ i'm nonplussed! have you ever experienced something like this? not smells often but delivery of contact varies dead people yes as in: thought was person (s) dead that prompted no particular identity from the smell other than the "shape" of the radiance origin = dead person (s) |
| Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 50018194 United States12/20/2013 12:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It works with 'purposely directed thought'. Exactly as one would imagine it would. Quoting: Seer777 'Phantom smells' are generally a indicator of 'spirit activity'. Theses smells are generally attributed to smell 'like' or 'remind of' a certain person who is often deceased... Grandmothers often come up. Sending smell 'out' is only as difficult as one makes it. Imagination is everything. Remember how a rose smells? Now create it your mind and send it out. However, I believe that may be an advanced telepathic technique. then it is exactly the very *modern* nature of these scents i find so perplexing. Perhaps someone is trying tell you something. What are you smelling? Can you identify it? Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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| aether (OP) User ID: 51321280 United Kingdom12/20/2013 12:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What Does Space Smell Like? ..........The smell of space is so distinct that, three years ago, NASA reached out to Steven Pearce of the fragrance maker Omega Ingredients to re-create the odor for its training simulations. "Recently we did the smell of the moon," Pearce says. "Astronauts compared it to spent gunpowder." ........ Quoting: observation[link to www.popsci.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | hiya aether :) generally i'm not so big on synthetic smells so that coupled with "did i just smell what i think i smelled?" i get kinda like hehe actually not angry, not fearful ~ i'm nonplussed! have you ever experienced something like this? not smells often but delivery of contact varies dead people yes as in: thought was person (s) dead that prompted no particular identity from the smell other than the "shape" of the radiance origin = dead person (s) do you find that this mode of communication takes place across the board of all your senses? do they come from a certain set? or do they come in where the responding set picks up? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It works with 'purposely directed thought'. Exactly as one would imagine it would. Quoting: Seer777 'Phantom smells' are generally a indicator of 'spirit activity'. Theses smells are generally attributed to smell 'like' or 'remind of' a certain person who is often deceased... Grandmothers often come up. Sending smell 'out' is only as difficult as one makes it. Imagination is everything. Remember how a rose smells? Now create it your mind and send it out. However, I believe that may be an advanced telepathic technique. then it is exactly the very *modern* nature of these scents i find so perplexing. Perhaps someone is trying tell you something. What are you smelling? Can you identify it? Burnt ozone has a very specific smell. And not be mistaken. It's almost...irony. Like blood. definitely not an organic smell. synthetic.. perfume, cologne. like LYNX. or some non-descript womens' perfume. |
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| Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 50018194 United States12/20/2013 12:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What Does Space Smell Like? Quoting: aether ..........The smell of space is so distinct that, three years ago, NASA reached out to Steven Pearce of the fragrance maker Omega Ingredients to re-create the odor for its training simulations. "Recently we did the smell of the moon," Pearce says. "Astronauts compared it to spent gunpowder." ........ Quoting: observation[link to www.popsci.com] Imagine what it would smell like to a dog...Why do wolves seemingly 'howl at the moon'? A dog’s sense of smell is about 1,000 to 10,000,000 times more sensitive than a human’s (depending on the breed). A human has about 5 million scent glands, compared to a dog, who has anywhere from 125 million to 300 million (depending on the breed). [link to www.dogbreedinfo.com]  We can only guess. A bit like the mantis shrimp and its ability to see color we have never imagined. [link to theoatmeal.com]  Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What Does Space Smell Like? Quoting: aether ..........The smell of space is so distinct that, three years ago, NASA reached out to Steven Pearce of the fragrance maker Omega Ingredients to re-create the odor for its training simulations. "Recently we did the smell of the moon," Pearce says. "Astronauts compared it to spent gunpowder." ........ Quoting: observation[link to www.popsci.com] wow :) but the link's not working at present. i lub perfume. must be one of the coolest professions. |
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| Seer777 Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 50018194 United States12/20/2013 12:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It works with 'purposely directed thought'. Exactly as one would imagine it would. Quoting: Seer777 'Phantom smells' are generally a indicator of 'spirit activity'. Theses smells are generally attributed to smell 'like' or 'remind of' a certain person who is often deceased... Grandmothers often come up. Sending smell 'out' is only as difficult as one makes it. Imagination is everything. Remember how a rose smells? Now create it your mind and send it out. However, I believe that may be an advanced telepathic technique. then it is exactly the very *modern* nature of these scents i find so perplexing. Perhaps someone is trying tell you something. What are you smelling? Can you identify it? Burnt ozone has a very specific smell. And not be mistaken. It's almost...irony. Like blood. definitely not an organic smell. synthetic.. perfume, cologne. like LYNX. or some non-descript womens' perfume. I see. I would first attempt to rule out any new soaps, detergents, dryer sheets you or another in your space may have utilized in the last few days. 'New soap' is often sneaky like that...Or anything which cmes with heavy smell. Candles. Air fresheners, etc.. Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51792010 Australia12/20/2013 12:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ozone is the classic rifting signature, left behind by intense electrical ionization. They say demons always appeared with the smell of brimstone, or sulfur. wow. speaking of which i really gotta finish watching that video from Thread: THE SINLESS DESCENT i did a little google and turned nothing at all up. |
