Obviously, I use 11% of my brain*

Remember a couple of posts back, I made a reference to astrological signs and the changes in gravity from the sun and moon? Then after that, I posted about the random decapitations in Greece and Canada? Check this out from EnvironmentalGraffiti.com:


What do Lunar Cycles and Gruesome Beheadings Have in Common?

Tue, Aug 12, 2008

Visualize towns torn apart with random beheadings, frenzied knife attacks on grassy knolls and werewolves howling at the moon. No, it’s not your average Saturday night out on the town; they’re just a few of the maniacal incidences associated with the advent of a new or full moon. But is this just coincidence or could these gruesome events of the past few weeks be related to the gravitational forces of the moon?

The new moon in August occurred on the same day as the solar eclipse, August 1, 2008, which, astrologers say, means it fell in the sign of Leo. This is turn is thought to agitate the nebulae cluster of The Aselli**, or the asses, which were traditionally held by astronomers as harbingers of death by fire, fever, hanging and beheading!

During a full moon, the moon is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun and therefore negates the sun’s gravitational pull, but during a new moon the moon sits on the same side of the earth as the sun, thus massively increasing the sun’s gravitational effects.

This dramatic change in gravity may have a significant affect on the human brain. Who’s to say that there isn’t some transient damage to this intricate organ that, when compared to the size of the earth, sun and moon, is minute and therefore more prone to greater changes during these fluctuations in gravitational force? After all the brain is encased in a closed space so even the slightest pressure changes could dramatically affect normal functionality.

Think of the pressure headaches some people get before and during thunderstorms due to changes in the atmosphere. If that slight change in pressure causes blinding headaches then it’s entirely possible that the pressure generated during the phase of a new moon coupled with a solar eclipse could have huge detrimental effects to the human brain.

Are the recent beheadings in Greece and Canada explicable? It’s impossible for us to prove one way or the other, for that there would need to be highly controlled clinical trials. In the meantime we’ll have to leave the ball in your court. What do you think?


*It is not true that we only use 10% of our brains, ya know.
**Aselli means 'ass'? For real? That explains a lot.