Cocktails With Newk

          Newk came down from Connecticut to visit a friend in Pound Ridge so we arranged to go out drinking down my way one night. Newk and I were in Animal House, the real original Animal House. Our fraternity brother Chris, nicknamed Pinto, had written the original story for the Lampoon and then the movie script. The goings on at Animal House were much grosser, unspeakably so at times, and could never have been put into ANY movie. Macabre. I much appreciated going to Dartmouth and being a fraternity brother at Animal House, Alpha Delt, as it enabled me to keep up the high level of excitement I demanded in my life. My name around the house was Seal because I was sleek. So said Magpie who named me.

I acquired a few other names as times went on, my favorite being the Phantom. I got this one because for a while I took to going down to the house to eat at around 9 PM when the sandwich man came by. My digestion had gotten so bad from my drinking and other upsets in my life such as organic chemistry that I couldn’t hold much down and would very quietly barf up my food. As I was too lazy to go upstairs to the bathroom and didn’t live in the fraternity, I would go off and barf quietly in a corner on the floor behind an easy chair or sofa. After doing this several times everyone, at the insistence of the janitor Al, began keeping an eye out for the Phantom Barfer. I took even greater pleasure in barfing here and there surreptitiously for the next several weeks. Everyone was eyeing everyone trying to unmask for once and all the Phantom. It was pretty much concluded that a member of one of our rival fraternities was sneaking in somehow but no one could figure out how. I finally got caught. My last name was the Mustard Man and the incidents surrounding the acquisition of that one gave rise to the scene in the movie where John Belushi pours mustard on himself. I thought it a clever disguise at the time.

          Anyway, Newk and I began drinking at the Willow Inn, the bar I first started at when a few friends had taken me out on my 16th birthday. I don’t remember how it started but one thing led to another and by 4 AM Newk and I were in White Plains filling up all the quart beer bottles in my car with gasoline at an all night gas station. The attendant helped us twist up paper windshield cleaning towels and push them into the narrow necks of the bottles creating, of course, Molotov cocktails. Newk got so taken by all this he was sneaking up the back stoops of houses near the gas station stealing milk bottles and anything else he could find in the garbage that would work until we had about a dozen of these suckers. I drove north into the suburbs and stopped at Kensico Dam where we began throwing the cocktails creating huge walls of fire on the 300 foot high face of the dam. We threw a few elsewhere also and then I began to head toward Pound Ridge to take Newk home to his friend’s. Newk had one more cocktail and lit the wick in the car as he was sitting there. I told him to get rid of it as it scared me so Newk waited until a car was coming towards us and lobbed the cocktail up over my car. It came down and ignited the entire road in flames right behind me. I waited to see the brake lights of the other car in my mirror and never did until they must have been right on the wall of flame. I knew they skidded to a stop as I only saw one brake light meaning he had fishtailed. I figured the guy driving was a drunk. Who else would be out at this hour and not see a twenty foot high wall of flame in the middle of the road until he was right on top of it. Drunks. 

          Newk made the mistake of eating while we were out drinking and had barfed out the window of my car painting the whole door with flecks of a Stewart electric roast beef sandwich. You know, one of these things they would heat in those small ovens in back of the bar before microwave ovens. I thought nothing of it and just left it on the car. My parents spotted it two days later when they drove by my favorite bar, the Central Bar and Grille, in downtown Chappaqua. This place was a classic. It even had a discreet gold leaf letter sign in the window ‘Ladies Invited’. Yeah, right. My mother was so angry she made my father stop and come in the bar and take me outside and show me the barf and they demanded I clean it off. I DID ….  a couple of days later. Nobody’s going to tell me what to do! I was about 20 at this time.”

The Gold Star

         I was always real partial to Gold Stars, the special 500 cc single cylinder motorcycles made by BSA of England and once owned 3 of them at one time. The best of them was the black 1963 Clubman I bought from a friend in 1965. It would do an honest 120 miles per hour and I got it up there several times while drunk out of my mind in the middle of the night. Always a solitary drinker, I took to leaving the bars in the New York City suburbs of Westchester County an hour before they closed at 3 AM and riding the Gold Star down to Greenwich Village where the bars didn’t close until 4 AM. My record was 42 minutes for the 45 mile trip from Foley’s Bar and Grille in Chappaqua to the no name tavern at the corner of Hudson and Jane streets in the West Village. I set a personal record on one of these trips by going 105 miles an hour past the UN garage on the East Side drive. Almost fifteen years later and sober for some years I tried to duplicate this feat with my last motorcycle, a highly tuned Suzuki that had been a drag racer and vaguely set up for the street. The most I dared push the ungodly fast Suzuki to on the potholed and dark tunneled road past the UN was about 85. I had become a woos in my later years. A chicken shit.

I loved the no name because they served Ballantine Ale on tap and I was a Ballantine Ale man for all of my formative drinking years. It was the best. I especially liked those big green glass quart bottles. There was a nickel deposit on these bottles and once a week or so when I would clean them out of the back of my old Chevy I would have enough deposit money for a couple more quarts which would be the start of my next toot. I knew no one at the no name and simply reveled in the ale and the excitement of the ride down and the adventures of the night.

         Closing up the no name I would head down to the tip of Manhattan and ride the Staten Island ferry for 5 cents across lower New York harbor and back and then go get something to eat at Katz’s Delicatessen on Houston St., or a small terrible diner on the west side that Jay Gould reputedly frequented, or go over into Chinatown and have some Wor-Shu Op, duck, or some such. Then I would head down to Wall Street, deserted on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 6 or 7, and run up and down the streets listening to the crescendo of the full racing exhaust of the Gold Star bouncing off the buildings. I still have fond memories of stopping in the middle of Wall Street astride the Gold Star opposite the courthouse steps where George Washington was inaugurated.

Prospero Ends the Revels

Our revels now are ended, these our actors,

As I foretold you, were all spirits

And are melted into air, thin air:

And like the baseless fabric of this vision,

The cloud capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,

The solemn temples, the great globe itself,

Yea, all which it inherit shall dissolve

And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,

Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff

as dreams are made on, and our little life

Is rounded with a sleep.

Shakespeare

         And so, at last, around 7 or 8, exhausted, shall we say, from a night of carousing that had begun some 12 hours before, I would head the Gold Star homeward up the West Side highway, back across 10 cent bridge, through the Bronx, and then up the Saw Mill River Parkway to upper middle class suburbia. And the next night I might cool it a little, closing the bars around home at 3 then heading to one of the local diners to eat.

         I had the Gold Star up at Dartmouth for a while and made one fantastic trip on it from Hanover, New Hampshire down to the Central Bar and Grille, about 250 miles, in 3 and ½ hours. I cruised upper Route 22 in New York State for mile after mile at well over 100 mph on a memorable bright sunny June afternoon slowing slightly going through the little towns and reaching back and covering the full open racing exhaust megaphone with my right foot to quiet it a little. The English call it riding at over a ton. 

Growing Up

I once took an unbelievable trip to Mexico with a friend when I was 19. I had been kicked out of Dartmouth for a variety of excesses and at my father’s suggestion had enrolled in the Marine Corps reserves and was to be inducted to go off to boot camp. However, the Sunday I was to be sworn in I had a funny feeling this was not such a good idea and I didn’t go. The sergeant called up when I didn’t show and I told him I wasn’t coming. He was pissed but I was safely miles away and knew I had made the right decision. No cannon fodder I. My parents were tweaked, mostly because it didn’t look good to have the U.S. Marines pissed at the Ballantyne’s. My father simply said he didn’t want me commuting to work in Manhattan on the same train with him every morning so I went and packed up a suitcase and the next day entrained or Washington where two of my best high school drinking buddies had set up ‘home’. One was working and the other was independently wealthy from both his parent’s deaths and was meandering through school halfheartedly. So, we became a reasonably happy threesome.

Many, many hilarious incidents ensued over the next two years fueled mostly by alcohol in any number of imbibable forms. Fly acquired his nickname by climbing drunk right up the side of a 2 story apartment building gripping only the decorative bricks that protruded ½” from the corners of the walls. His climb was so we could get into some girl’s apartment who were so horrified at our shenanigans they tried to lock us out. As I recall these girls had come over to the apartment and Fly and Berger had gotten drunk so the girls wanted to go home. Berger and Fly refused to drive them and demanded they walk the five or so miles. I magnanimously told them I’d drive them and got Berger’s keys. He worked for the Buick regional office so we were always driving around in brand new cars and Fly had a new Stingray, the first of the modern Corvettes. His would do about 150 mph, I recall him doing 135 past the apartment building one night and he was easily able to outrun the New Jersey Statetroopers who then drove those big Chryslers that would do a good 130 if the troopers weren’t too chicken thinking of their homes and loved ones. Anyway, the two girls got into the wagon and I got on the road back to DC and put the accelerator to the floor and didn’t let up. The wagon rolled up to about 110 or so, the girls were screaming at their supposed savior and I was keeping a very drunk straight poker face. After the girls ran into their building yelling at me that I was crazy, Fly and Berger rolled up in the Corvette and Fly climbed up the wall of the building onto their balcony and knocked on the slider, totally freaking them out when they thought they were safe from us. Berger and I were on the lawn yelling up at him, “Hey, the human fly! Get ‘em Fly!”

I got a menial job for $85 per week wrapping paper in a printer’s mailroom. This printer did a lot, as in millions of dollars, of printing for my father’s corporation and Wayne, my father, awarded the contracts. I’m still not sure how it happened but the three of us got drunk one night and decided to go to Mexico for ‘a while’. Berger had to work so Fly and I took off in the Stingray. I told Berger to call my work and tell them I wouldn’t be in as I was having my stomach pumped. He did and I guess the general manager of the printer called up every hospital in the Washington area trying to find me before calling my father in New York telling him I had disappeared. No one knew where I was for weeks. Anyway, Fly and I drove and drank for about 6 glorious sunny days before arriving in Monterey,Mexico where we parked the Stingray in a fancy hotel parking garage and drank for a few days. I can vividly recall pulling into a gas station in Biloxi,Mississippi and opening the door of the low slung ‘Vette and empty Jax beer cans falling out, clattering to the ground. I LOVE that drive along the Gulf coast, the Florida panhandle, Mobile, Biloxi, Baton Rouge.

Six years ago I was driving cross country with one Elizabeth, who foolishly thought she would like to move to Laguna Beach with me. She had spent a week camping with me in the Sierras the summer I lived in my tent and a friend of mine up in the desert had done a remarkable healing on Elizabeth’s cancer. We were driving her Honda and I drove straight through from West Palm Beach, Florida to Houston, Texas. I was 49 years old at the time and she was 34. I thought nothing of driving like that, like Fly and I had driven. Elizabeth was wrecked. Her back hurt. I told her to lie on top of the luggage and sleep. She slept through the one stop I made at a huge truck stop diner in Baton Rouge. I went in and ordered three bowls of grits, mixed in my own raisins, 4 or 5 pats of foiled butter and ate it all. Then I went into the parking lot and did a little yoga and off I went. The sun was just coming up as we blasted across the Mississippi River with me happy as a clam to be out on the open road. Elizabeth became more and more furious. When we got to Houston I slept for about 12 hours straight in an easy chair I sat down in. When I got up Elizabeth was threatening to return to New Jersey and her Mom’s house and leave me stranded in Houston. Her cousin, with whom we were staying, was a prison guard and had left his 9 millimeter Beretta automatic pistol on the kitchen counter. I had the fleeting thought that I should either shoot Elizabeth or shoot myself. Instead, I called a friend long distance in California and a few minutes later I was OK. Elizabeth flipped again when all the cousins had a Texas style barbecue for us and I opened a can of garbanzo beans at the dinner table and ate them as I am a total vegetarian. Elizabeth and I only made it to Albuquerque before she turned back. A friend later suggested that I should have weaned Elizabeth away from her mother a little at a time by taking her away for two weeks first, then three. Two years later I visited this friend several times in the Orange County jail where he had been put by HIS girlfriend. TWICE. All charges got dropped but he was in for months until it got settled. So much for good advice and so much for the Gulf coast.

Fly and I were considered minor celebs wherever we went as Route 66 was then popular on TV and the Stingray model of the Corvette was brand new and Fly’s was the first seen in person by everyone. I still recall floating slowly past this little Mexican kid in Laredo having just crossed the border and his eyes getting real big and he looks at us go by and says, “Hey! Stingray!.” From this and a few non-automotive related incidents Fly got that as another nickname. This was 1963 and down south it was to be almost another 10 years before the 1955 Chevy was no longer the most popular single car on the road AND they all wanted to race the ‘Ray. As I recall, the ‘Ray was never beaten on the open road or the streets of Washington including the 427 Ford we drag raced right through the middle of downtown one night.

Anyway, Monterey was fun. We stayed a few days in a nice hotel. I found a great bar a block away and drank there all night. The urinal was a tiled trough right in the barroom so when you had to pee you just walked over to the wall. It was real homey for me as Animal House at Dartmouth had a big drain around the perimeter of the basement bar where most of us peed and threw up. In my favorite place back home in upper middle class suburbia, Foley’s Bar and Grill in Pleasantville, NY, sometimes I’d just stay at my barstool and piss on the floor. What did I care. Foley’s is where I met my now ex-wife. Carol and her sister Margaret were drinking shots of tequila with Lowenbrau chasers when I ambled over and introduced myself. This was one of the few drinking contests I ever lost. 
Back to Monterey. It was about 7 AM when I finally finished up drinking one fine weekday morning and I recall Mexicans in buses going to work looking in disgust at me, the ugly Americano, barfing on the sidewalk. We left town after lunch one day. We were having a respectable lunch in the hotel and Fly had ordered arroz con pollo, chicken and rice. He didn’t want much of it so I convinced him to take it with him so he shoved the rice and pieces of chicken into the pocket of the Army field jacket he was wearing. We went out on the street and hailed a cab and I directed the cabby to take us to the edge of town. We got out and proceeded to hitchhike 1440 miles to Acapulco. It was a blast.

Fly and I found a great hotel in Acapulco for about $1.50 a day and spent 2 weeks there eating, drinking and going to the beach. The hotel owner began to bug us to pay our bill after 2 weeks so I called home collect from Acapulco and asked my parents to wire me $300 so Fly and I could continue vacationing and get out of the country. I still recall the “Oh! Oh! Wayne, Wayne come here” from my mother when the operator asked if she would accept a collect call from Acapulco, Mexico. 
We left a few days later and, feeling flush, flew to Monterey. The pilot finally landed the ancient DC-4 on the third pass after coming within 50 feet of the ground twice and then applying full power and climbing up again, for no reason ever explained to anyone. You should have heard all these grown men saying their prayers in Spanish.

More driving, driving, driving and Fly and I arrive back in DC and one day I float back into work to wrap paper and printed matter again as though nothing had happened. No one ever said a word to me about being away. Codependent wimps. A few weeks later the entire company staff was given an aptitude test for computers, one of the first commercial applications in the world. I passed, at the top, of course, and so began my career as a computer programmer and systems designer. I was able to drive up to New York and bring my motorcycle down to DC in one of Berger’s station wagons. Then the wild stuff really began. I still recall shortly before getting kicked out of the apartment complex testing my motorcycle in the parking lot and cramming the throttle full on while fiddling with the carburetor. I looked up and a woman had thrown her two bags of groceries into the air and just jumped out of my way. I passed the groceries eye level in midair on their way down and within a few inches of the woman. I fixed whatever the problem with the carburetor was though. Fly and I found a rooming house across the street from the zoo in DC proper for $20 a week for a nice big room with private bath and we began much more genteel drinking in Georgetown and upper Connecticut avenue.

I rode my motorcycle day and night, winter and summer. Frequently, I was so drunk I could barely walk, but I could always ride. Once, I sort of passed out after kicking the Gold Star. It didn’t start and I came down on the seat and sat there immobilized as the bike slowly fell over. I hit the pavement full on with my left elbow, pulled myself out from under, righted the bike and tried again. I usually closed the bars at 2 AM and then rode over to one of those diner type places to eat. These were the type of places that made omelets by whizzing eggs in Hamilton Beach malted milk mixers then pouring the mess on a greasy grill. Sometimes we’d go over to the black section of town, safer then than now, and eat scrapple and Taylorham and chitllins and eggs. Fly’s late night favorite was one of those cheap hamburger joints, 10 for a dollar at one time. We called ‘em deathballs and they were about the size of silver dollars. Remember them? Before Lyndon Johnson devalued our currency to fight the Viet Cong. One time the landlady had put Fly in another room as he had been away traveling for some weeks. This pissed us off so one night when Fly and I came back drunk to the rooming house we went into this kids room with Fly’s 30-30 rifle and put it to his head and told him he had to change rooms. We were just screwing around but this kid, Alvin, I think, from West Virginia was so scared he moved out totally the next day and didn’t say a word. I recall us telling him we’d ‘get’ him if he ever said anything to the Burn’s, the landlords.

The Burn’s tolerated me even though I was always wetting my bed. I hadn’t always been a bed wetter; I started when I was 18 and ‘Dump truck’, the president of Animal House, had beaten me up on the Friday night of the Dartmouth Winter carnival, or carnivoral, as I called it. I was pissing in the gutter of the bar while ‘Dump Truck’ was talking to the weekend’s chaperones nearby, the parents of one of our fraternity brothers. I came back to the fraternity later with a dagger I had in my room and tried to knife him. ‘Truck’ foolishly held up his hands and said “OK, go ahead.” A campus police auxiliary told me to go home, so I did. That was the first time I ever wet my bed. I continued until I was 31 and finally stopped drinking. Anyway, the Burns used to write me notes about my ‘personal habits’, I would frequently have to sleep on the box spring for days at a time while my mattress was on its side near the window drying out and finally the Burns put a plastic sheet on my bed. I assuaged the 70 year old black maid we had by giving her a huge 25 pound fresh turkey at Thanksgiving from the owner of the printing company’s farm. Anna never complained about us again. We also began to leave Anna money which Mrs. Burns didn’t like as she paid her so little. 
Fly left for overseas, the Army, and a girlfriend from a Catholic school nearby whom he ended up marrying. I ended up at Burn’s by myself for another almost year, drinking up a storm at the Oxford Tavern right across from the zoo, living with an older guy from Scranton, Pa who stopped going to work and finally he ended up living in Rock Creek Park. I got a girlfriend, my first, as I had never had time for such stuff before while drinking. She got pregnant 3 times in the year or so we were together. She had one abortion at 5 or 6 months and psychics frequently tell me the kid’s spirit is still around me. She never told me about this until long afterwards as I was in the Army and didn’t know. We had gone to New York City for a party and on the way home to my parent’s house in the NY suburbs she mentioned it and said the fetus had been old enough to bury. She refused to tell me the kid’s name so I told Betsy I was going to kill her and sped the car up to 100 or so and then jammed on the brakes. I had to do this 3 times before she finally told me. Peter. This was before seat belts.

I eventually had to go on active duty for 6 months in the Reserves to avoid Vietnam and some time after that got back into Dartmouth to continue my 'education' after an exciting two years growing up in Washington, DC. I didn’t drink for about 3 months after I got back to college, went back for my senior year, didn’t graduate as expected, for a variety of excesses, a week before my parents arrived for my father’s 30^th reunion - and he was the class president. I showed them. I finally did get my degree in 1993, 29 years after I was originally supposed to. I appealed to the college’s president but had to wait until all the professors in the chemistry department who remembered me had not only retired but also died! F’ em.

If you bring forth what is within you

What is within you will save you.

If you do not bring forth what is within you

What you do not bring forth will destroy you.

The Gospel of Thomas as quoted in ‘Conscious Dreaming’ by Robert Moss

‘He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” Mt 10:39

Lyme disease compendium

Abstract: The following two treatment modalities have cured people of chronic Lyme disease

1. Heat treatment cure at St. George clinic in Bavaria

2. Cowden Protocol using Peruvian and other herbals

These notes are some of the most important information I have gleaned in hundreds of hours of study working in my girlfriend’s severe case of Lyme disease and probably Bartonella, a Lyme co-factor.

1. Very good introduction to chronic Lyme,

Difficulties getting tested by conventional medical practitioners, frequency of Lyme in cases of MS and rheumatoid arthritis, necessity to detox before treatment, etc.

Katina Makris ‏@KatinaMakris [from Twitter]

How to recover from #Lyme disease watch here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzw6ICm0u0&sns=tw

Makris apparently recovered using the Cowden protocol but does not directly say so.

2. A heat treatment for Lyme

“The treatment at the St George Clinic the Bavarian Alps, which has become popular with Australian patients, is called hyperthermia. Dr Frederich Douwes made the chance discovery that raising the body temperature kills Lyme disease bacteria when he was working with cancer patients.” https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/25588947/australians-flock-to-overseas-lyme-disease-treatment/

And the clinic site: http://www.cancerclinicstgeorg.com/en/lyme-disease-treatment-center

My commentary: My SUGGESTION, not my direct experience, is that this heat treatment is quite possibly THE BEST way to go if you have a case of Lyme+ [meaning possibly with co-infections like Bartonella, babesiosis].

From the clinic website: “Systemic Whole Body Hyperthermia

The ancient world already knew the healing power of an elevated body temperature achieved by fever. This is the effect we use here.

Borrelia burgdorferi [B.b.] is very thermolabil. The low tolerance of spirochetes for high temperatures is well known and explains the absence of B.b. in the tropics, where infected ticks may be exposed to high temperatures detrimental to spirochete survival. Thus, the borrelia can be completely destroyed at 41,6 °C [106.9F].

In vitro cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi demonstrates that the spirochete replicates most quickly at 37°C. If the temperature is increased to 39°C it retards the growth of B.b. significantly. At 41°C all spirochetes in the culture are being killed after 24h, whereas at 41,6°C [106.9F] all spirochetes are being killed after 2h.

In our Whole Body Hyperthermia Unit (Heckelbed), the temperature rise is achieved slowly in the entire system, including the brain. We raise the temperature to 41,6-41,8 degrees C. [106.9F-107.2F] and then maintain it for two to three hours. This treatment takes place under analgosedation [sufficient intravenous opioids to take away pain]; no general anaesthesia is being used.”

My commentary: I had the insight that the relatively extreme heat of Native American sweat lodges, compared to normal sweat lodges, would be a very effective CURE for Lyme and any other bacteria. This is how American Indians kept [keep] healthy.

In 1956, just before the introduction of the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines, I contracted a VERY bad case of bulbar polio, the worst kind that paralyzes your esophagus and proceeds down into your diaphragm, leading you to have to enter an iron lung. My case was of great concern and my prognosis so bad a young doctor was given the opportunity to experiment his then very radical treatment for polio – a heat treatment. The doctor, who himself was partially paralyzed from polio, reasoned that polio was caused by a virus and, as such, was susceptible to heat, as described above about the thermolability of Borrelia burgdorferi. I was wrapped in steamed, scratchy wool surplus Army blankets for hours at a time. Within a week I was better, my symptoms totally gone, although I had lost half my body weight as I could not eat due to the paralysis in my throat.

GO FOR HEAT TREATMENT FIRST FOR THE MOST DIRECT AND SIMPLE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ALPS [D-83043 Bad Aibling, Germany].

3. The Cowden Protocol.

Is a protocol of herbals and supplements originated by Dr. Wm. Cowden and used increasingly for the treatment of chronic Lyme. It appears to me Katina Makris, from the video of paragraph 1, was cured of her Lyme using this protocol although nowhere have I heard her say so. An introduction to the protocol can be found here:

http://www.nutramedix.ec/ns/lyme-protocol [Ecuadorian site] My guess is the Ecuadorian site says things the FDA would not allow in the US.

The protocol is somewhat complex and Nutrimedix has packaged the monthly supplements at a discount.

For example, month one: http://www.nutramedix.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=5&idproduct=15

Ps. There is a distinction between the Ecuadorian Nutrimedix site and the US site where you actually order.

As of right now, 4/8/2015 I have begun to give my girlfriend/patient banderol and a less expensive form of Samento, a Cat’s Claw extract. I am attempting to talk to her about just going to Germany for the heat treatment.

There is a huge amount of information at the Nutrimedix sites. A comprehensive paper is http://www.nutramedix.ec/ns/dr-cowden/227-a-hidden-epidemic-integrative-treatment-of-lyme-disease See the magnifier in the lower right hand of the page.

I have copied and re-formatted this essay for easier reading if you want a copy. I think one of the most important things about the Cowden Protocol is his stress on detoxification and the propensity to chronic illness a toxemic body state creates. This is advanced ideation for most but at my age and experience, particularly with myself, it is crucially important. I am of the type who will always be chronically ill [Saturn, the planet, squares my Sun astrologically], therefore my problem is to find illnesses or situations for me to least destructively act out my chronicism, as it were. One of the Md.s in this area makes the same point: http://www.harryhong.com/default.html

Personalizing my experience again, in my own life I was sickly when young, contracted a BAD case of polio at age 14, experienced a miraculous recovery, and then proceeded to my next chronic illness, acute alcoholism! Essentially, I have surrendered to living a life of chronic recovery from these illnesses and then fit the rest of my life, what most would consider their “normal life”, around that. Cowden, most clearly of anyone I have read, makes this dynamic point.

Again from my experience, a few years after I stopped drinking alcohol I undertook about a two year detox that involved fasting 1 day a week and 3 days a month with colonic enemas. I got down to a weight of about 120 or lower at the end and detoxified my body of the pesticides and other residues from my childhood that were the originating cause of my illnesses!

4. A friend sent me a link to a web site about Lyme disease.

http://www.inspirednutrition.com/store/Disease-Protocols/Lyme-Disease.html 

The site pointed out a 3 part solution to Lyme:

1. break open the bio-film surrounding the bacteria

2. kill the bacteria

3. clear up the brain fog associated with Lyme

And they discussed their remedies.

Their solution to brain fog has 4 major parts: The Essential “4 Brain Chemicals”

Dopamine, ALC, Serotonin and GABA.

1. ALC – Acety-L-Carnitine, Acetylcholine,  =JARROW Citicoline (CDP Choline)

2. Dopamine – a precursor is the amino acid L-tyrosine, a supplement

3. Serotonin – from tryptophan and 5-HTP, supplements.

[However, tryptophan and its metabolite 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), from which serotonin is synthesized, does cross the blood–brain barrier. These agents are available as dietary supplements, and may be effective serotonergic agents. From Wikipedia]

4. GABA – niacin!

[The only way to deliver GABA effectively is to circumvent the blood-brain barrier. Indeed, there are a small, limited number of over-the-counter supplements that are derivatives of GABA, such as phenibut and picamilon. Picamilon combines niacin and GABA and crosses the blood–brain barrier as a prodrug that later hydrolyzes into GABA and niacin. From Wikipedia]

The actual ingredients of their In-Focus product are;

My brief conclusions: There is SUBSTANTIAL work and experimentation anyone who has brain or depression or fatigue problems can do. First, and foremost, TAKE NIACIN, especially if you have any depression, blood sugar, alcohol, drug, or fatigue problems. Niacin crosses the blood-brain barrier.

Anyway, I’ve begun more in-depth work on this for my girlfriend who has not been well enough in the past 5 months to take any supplements.

If you get only one thing out of this seeming boring information get this: TAKE NIACIN. My greatest accomplishment is the last 40 years has arguably been straightening out my brain chemistry and recovering from depression and other maladies.

Regarding the bio-film around Lyme bacteria: “Some exciting research has discovered why Lyme disease resists antibiotics and keeps coming back - often worse!  When Lyme disease bacteria are threatened by antibiotics or the immune system, they are able to defend themselves by building protective cysts and biofilm shields.”

And lots more at http://www.inspirednutrition.com/store/Disease-Protocols/Lyme-Disease.html 

5. Brilliant treatment of Lyme and dental issues

Lyme disease often resides in the mouth

http://arizonaadvancedmedicine.com/lyme-disease-often-resides-in-the-mouth/

6. Horowitz Lyme-MSIDS Questionnaire

“Dr. Richard Horowitz [well known Lyme literate doctor in New Hyde Park, NY] developed the Horowitz Lyme-MSIDS Questionnaire as an informational tool to help you determine if you may have Lyme disease or chronic illness.”

http://www.eomega.org/learning-paths/health-healing-holistic-health/is-it-lyme-disease

My girlfriend scored 159 on this questionnaire – “If you scored 46 or more, you have a high probability of a tick-borne disorder and should see a health-care provider for further evaluation.”

A Short Course in Numerology

The Number One

The number one stands in symbolism for the Sun. It is the beginning – that by which all the rest of the numbers were created. The basis of all numbers is one. This number represents all that is creative, individual, and positive. Without going into further details, a person born under the birth number of 1 or any of its series has the principles of being in his or her work creative, inventive, strongly individual, definite in his or her views and in consequence more or less obstinate and determined in all they as individuals undertake. This relates to men and women born under the number 1, such as the 1st, 10th, 19th, or 28th of any month – the addition of these numbers being 1 – but more especially so if they happen to be born between the 21st of July and the 28th of August, which is the period of the zodiac called ‘The House of the Sun’, or from the 21st of March to the 28th of April, when the Sun enters the Vernal Equinox and is considered elevated or all powerful during this period. It is for this reason, which you will observe has a logical basis that people born under the number 1 in these particular periods must have the qualities that I have given to all number 1 people in a distinctly more marked degree.
Number 1 people are ambitious, they dislike restraint, they always rise in whatever their profession or occupation may be. They desire to become the heads of whatever businesses are, and as departmental chiefs they keep their authority and make themselves respected and ‘looked up to’ by their subordinates.
These number 1 people should endeavor to carry out their most important plans and ideas on all days that vibrate to their own number, such as on the 1st, 10th, 19th, or 28th of any month, but especially in those periods I have described before, namely from the 21st of July and the 28th of August and from the 21st of March to the 28th of April. Outside of their own numbers, number 1 people get on well with persons born under the numbers 2,4, and 7, such as those born on the 2nd, 4th, 7th 11th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 22nd, 25th, 29th, and 31st, especially those born in the strong periods indicated.
The days of the week most fortunate for number 1 persons are Sunday and Monday, and especially so if one of their ‘own numbers’ should also fall on that day, such as the 1st,
10th, 19th, or 28th and next to that their interchangeable numbers of 2,4,7, such as the 2nd, 4th, 7th 11th, 13th, 16th, 20th, 22nd, 25th, 29th, and 31st.
The most fortunate colors for persons born under the number 1 are all shades of gold, yellows, and bronze to golden brown. Their ‘lucky’ stones are topaz, amber, yellow diamond, and all stones in these colors. If possible they should wear a piece of amber next to their skin.

The Number Two

The number 2 stands in symbolism for the Moon. It has the feminine attributes of the Sun, and, for this reason alone, although number 1 and number 2 people are decidedly opposite in their characters, their vibrations are harmonious and they make good companions.

Number 2 people are gentle by nature, imaginative, artistic, and romantic. Like the number 1 people they are inventive, but they are not as forceful in carrying out their ideas. Their qualities are more on the mental side than the physical plane and they are seldom as strong physically as those born under the number 1.
Number 2 people are all those who are born on the 2nd, 11th, 20th, or 29th of any month, but their characteristics are the more marked if they are born between them 20th of June and the 27th of July, this period being what is called the ‘House of the Moon’. I have added the seven days of the cusp to the 20th of July.
Number 2 persons and number 1 vibrate together and in a lesser degree with number 7 people, such as those born on the 7th, 16th, or 25th of any month.
Number 2 persons should endeavor to carry out their chief plans and ideas on days whose numbers vibrate with their own, such as on the 2nd, 11th, 20th or 29th of any month, but more especially during the period of the 20th of June to the 27th of July.
The days of the week more fortunate or lucky’ for them are Sunday, Monday, and Friday – the reason Friday is favorable in this case is that it is governed by Venus – and especially so if, like the number 1 people, one of these days, such as the 2nd, 11th, 20th, or 29th, and next to the these the interchangeable numbers of 1,4,7 such as the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 22nd, 25th, 28th, or 31st.
The chief faults they should guard against are – being restless and unsettled, lack of continuity in their plans and ideas and lack of self-confidence. They are also inclined to be over sensitive and too easily get despondent and melancholy if they are not in happy surroundings.
For ‘lucky’ colors they should wear all shades of green, from the darkest to the lightest, also cream and white, but as far as possible they should avoid all dark colors, especially black, purple, and dark red.
Their ‘lucky’ stones and jewels are pearls, moonstones and pale green stones and they should carry a piece of jade always with them and, if possible, wear it next to their skin.

The Number Three

The number 3 stands in symbolism for the planet Jupiter, a planet that plays a most important role in astrology and in all systems of numerology. It is in the beginning of what my be termed as one of the main lines of force that runs right through all the numbers from 3 to 9.
It has a special relation to every third in the series, such as 3, 6, 9 and all their additions. These numbers added together in any direction produce a 9 as their final digit, and the 3, 6, 9 people are sympathetic to one another.
Persons having a 3 for their birth number are all those born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st, or 30th of any month, but the number 3 has still more significance if they should be born in what is called the ‘period of the 3’, from the 19th of February to March 20th-27th or from the 21st November to December 20th-27th.
Number 3 people, like the number 1 individuals, are decidedly ambitious – being in subordinate positions never satisfies them – their aim is to rise in the world, to have control and authority over others. They are excellent in the execution of commands – they love order and discipline in all things – they readily obey orders themselves but they also insist on having their orders obeyed.
Number 3 people often rise to the very highest positions in any business, profession or sphere in which they may be found. They often excel in positions of authority in the army and navy, in government, and in life generally – and especially in all posts of trust and responsibility, as they are extremely conscientious in carrying out their duties. Their faults are that they are inclined to be dictatorial, to ‘lay down the law’ and to insist on carrying their own ideas. For this reason, although they are not quarrelsome, they succeed in making many enemies.
Number 3 people are singularly proud – they dislike being under an obligation to others – they are also exceptionally independent and chafe under the least restraint.
Number 3 people should endeavor to carry out their plans and aims on all days that vibrate to their own number, such as on the 3rd, 12th, 21st, and 30th of any month but more especially when these dates fall in the ‘period of the 3’, such as from the 19th of February to March 20th-27th and from the 21st of November to December 20th-27th.
The days of the week more ‘lucky’ for them are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday – Thursday being the most important. These days are especially good if a number making a 3 should fall on it, such as the 3rd, 12th, 21st or 30th and next in order their interchangeable numbers of 6 and 9 such as the 6th, 9th, 15th, 18th, 24th, or 27th.
Number 3 people are more in harmony with those born under their own number or under the 6 and 9, such as those born on a
3rd, 12th, 21st, 30th
6th, 15th, 24th
9th, 18th, 27th
For ‘lucky’ colors they should wear some shade of mauve, violet or purple or some touch of these colors should always be with them and also in their rooms in which they live. All shades of blue, crimson, and rose are also favorable to them, but more as secondary colors.
Their ‘lucky’ stone is amethyst. They should always have one on their person and, if possible, wear it next to their skin.

The Number Four

The number 4 stands in its symbolism for the planet Uranus. It is considered related to the Sun, number 1 and in occult wisdom is written 4-1.
Number 4 people have a distinct character of their own. They appear to view everything from an opposite angle to everyone else. In an argument they will always take the opposite side, and although not meaning to be quarrelsome, yet they bring about opposition and make a great many secret enemies who constantly work against them.
They seem quite naturally to take a different view of anything that is presented to their minds. They instinctively rebel against rules and regulations and if they can have their way they reverse the order of things, even in communities and governments. They often rebel against constitutional authority and set up new rules and regulations either in domestic or public life. They are inclined to be attracted to social questions and reforms of all kinds, and are very positive and unconventional in their views and opinions.
Number 4 people are all those who are born on the 4th, 13th, 22nd, and 31st of any month – their individuality is still more pronounced if they are born in the Zodiacal period of the Sun and Moon, namely, between the 21st June and July 20th-27th (Moon period) and from the 21st July to the end of August (Sun period).
Number 4 people do not make friends easily. They seem more attracted to persons born under the 1,2,7 and 8 numbers.
They are seldom as successful in worldly or material matters as people born under other numbers, and as a rule they are more or less indifferent too the accumulating of wealth. If they do acquire money or have it given to them, they generally surprise people by the way they put it to use.
They should endeavor to carry out their plans and ideas on all days that have their number 4, such as the 4th, 13th, 22nd, and 31st of any month, but especially so if these dates come in their strong period from the 21st June to July 20-27th, or from the 2nd July to the end of August.
The days of the week more fortunate or “lucky” for them are Saturday, Sunday and Monday, especially so if their “own number” should fall on one of these days, such as the 4th, 13th, 22nd or 31st and next in order their interchangeable numbers of 1,2,7 such as the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 28th, or 29th.
Their chief faults are that they are most highly strung and sensitive, their feelings get hurt very easily, inclined to feel lonely and isolated and are likely to become despondent and melancholy unless they have achieved success. As a rule they make few real friends, but to the few they have, they are most devoted and loyal, but are always inclined to take the part of “the underdog” in any argument or for any cause they espouse.
For “lucky” colours they should wear what are called “half-shades”, “half-tones”, or “electric colours”. “Electric blues” and greys seem to suit them best of all.
Their “lucky” stone is the sapphire, light or dark, and if possible they should wear the stone next to their skin.

The Number Five

The number 5 stands in symbolism for the Planet Mercury and is versatile and mercurial in all its characteristics.
Number 5 people are all those who are born on the 5th, 14th, and 23rd of any month, but their characteristics are still more marked if they are born in what is called the “period of the 5”, which is from the 21st May to June 20-27th and from the 21st August to September 20th-27th.
Number 5 people make friends easily and get on well with persons born under any other number, but their best friends are those who are born under their own number, such as the 5th, 14th, and 23rd of any month.
Number 5 people are mentally very highly strung. They live on their nerves and appear to crave excitement.
They are quick in thought and decisions and impulsive in their actions. They detest any plodding kind of work and seem naturally to drift into all methods of making money quickly. They have a keen sense of making money by inventions and new ideas. They are born speculators, prone to Stock Exchange transactions and generally are willing and ready to run risks in all they undertake.
They have the most wonderful elasticity in character. They rebound quickly from the heaviest blow - nothing seems to affect them for very long, like their symbol, quick-silver, which Mercury represents, the blows of Fate leave no indentations on their character. If they are by nature good they remain so, if bad, not all the preaching in the world will make the slightest effect on them.
Number 5 people should endeavor to carry out their plans and aims on all days that fell under their “own number”, such as the 5th, 14th, or 23rd of any month, but more especially when these dates fall in the “period of the 5”, namely from the 21st May to June 20th-27th or from the 21st August to September 20th-27th.
The days of the week more fortunate or “lucky” for them are Wednesday and Friday, especially if their “own Number” falls on one of these days.
Their greatest drawback is that they exhaust their nervous strength to such an extent that they often fall victims to nervous breakdowns of the worst kind and under any mental tension they easily become irritable and quick-tempered, unable to “suffer fools gladly”.
Their “lucky” colours are all shades of light grey, white and glistening materials, but just as they can make friends with people born under all kinds of numbers, so can they make wear all shades of colours, but by far the best for them are light shades, and they should wear dark colours as rarely as possible.
Their “lucky” stone is the diamond, and for all glittering or shimmering things, also ornaments made of platinum or silver, and, if possible, they should wear a diamond set in platinum next to their skin.

The Number Six

The number 6 stands in symbolism for the Planet Venus. Persons having a 6 as their birth number are all those who are born on the 6th, 15th, or 24th of any month, but they are more especially influenced by this number if they are born in what is called the “House of the 6th”, which is from the 20th April to May 20th-27th, and from the 21st September to October 20th-27th.
As a rule all number 6 people are extremely magnetic – they attract others to them and they are loved and often worshipped by those working under them.
They are very determined in carrying out their plans, and may, in fact, be deemed obstinate and unyielding, except when they themselves become deeply attached – in such a case they become devoted slaves to those they love.
Although number 6 people are considered influenced by the Planet Venus, yet as a rule theirs is more the “mother lover” than the sensual. They lean to the romantic and ideal in all matters of the affections. In some ways they take very strongly after the supposed qualities of Venus, in that they love beautiful things, they make artistic homes, are fond of rich colours, also paintings, statuary, and music.
If rich they are most generous to art and artists, they love to entertain their friends and make everyone happy around them, but the one thing they cannot stand is discord and jealousy.
When roused by anger they will brook no opposition, and will fight to death for whatever person or cause they espouse, or out of their sense of duty.
The number 6 people have got the power of making more friends than any other class, with the exception of the number 5, but especially so with all persons born under the vibration of the 3, the 6, and 9 or all their series.
Their most important days in the week are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and especially so if a number of 3, 6, or 9 such as the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 187th, 21st, 24th, 27th, or 30th should fall on one of those days.
Number 6 people should endeavor to carry out their plans and aims on all dates that fall under their “own number”, such as the 6th, 15th, or 24th of any month, but more especially when these dates fall in the “period of the 6”, namely, between the 20th April and May 20th-27th or from the 21st September to October 20th-27th.
Their “lucky” colours are all shades of blue, from the lightest to the darkest, also all shades of rose or pink, but they should avoid wearing black or dark purple.
Their “lucky” stone is especially the turquoise, and, as far as possible, they should wear one, or a piece of turquoise matrix, next to their skin. Emeralds are also “lucky” for the number 6 people.

The Number Seven

The number 7 stands in symbolism for the planet Neptune and represents all persons born under the number 7, namely those who are born on the 7th, 16th or 25th of any month, but more especially influence such persons if they are born from the 21st June to July 20th - 27th, the period of the Zodiac called “the house of the Moon.” The planet Neptune has always been considered to be associated with the Moon and, as the part of the Zodiac I have mentioned, is also called the First House of Water, associated with water is then logical and easily understood.
Now, as the number of the Moon is always given as a 2, this explains why it is that number 7 people have as their secondary number 2 and get on well with and make friends with easily with all those born under the Moon numbers, namely, the 2nd, 11th, 20th and 29th of any month, especially so if they are born also in the “House of the Moon”, from the 21st of June to the end of July.
People born under the number 7, namely, on the 7th, 16th, and 25th of any month, are independent, original and have strongly marked individuality. At heart they love change and travel, being restless in their natures. If they have the means of gratifying their desires they visit foreign countries and become keenly interested in the affairs of far-off lands. They devour books on travel and have a wide universal knowledge of the world at large.
As a class they care little about the material things of life - they often become rich by their original ideas or methods of business, but if they do they are just as likely to make large donations of their wealth to charities or institutions. The women of this number generally marry well as they are always anxious about the future and feel they need some rock to rest on lest the waters of Fate sweep them away.
Number 7 people have good ideas about business - or rather their plans are good if only they will carry them out. They have usually a keen desire to travel and read a great deal about far off countries. If they can they will become interested in matters concerning the sea, and in trade or business they often become merchants and owners or captains of ships if they can get the chance.
Number 7 people have very peculiar ideas about religion. They dislike to follow the beaten track - they create a religion of their own, but one that appeals to the imagination and is based on the mysterious.
These people have remarkable dreams and a great leaning to occultism - they have the gift of intuition, clairvoyance, and a peculiar magnetism of their own that has great influence over others.
Number 7 people should endeavor to carry out their plans and aims on all days that fall under their “own number”, such as the 7th, 16th, or 25th of any month, but more especially when these dates fall in the “period of the 7”, namely, from the 21st of June to July 20th-27th, and less strongly from that date to the end of August.
The days of the week more fortunate or “lucky” for them are the same as for the number 2 people, namely, Sunday and Monday, especially if their “own number” falls on one of these days, or their interchangeable numbers of 1,2,4 such as the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 28th, 29th, or 31st.
Their “lucky” colours are all shades of green, pale shades, also white and yellow, and they should avoid all heavy dark colours as much as possible.
Their “lucky” stones are moonstones, “cats-eyes”, and pearls, and if possible, they should wear a moonstone or a piece of moss agate next to their skin.

The Number Eight

The number eight stands in symbolism for the planet Saturn. This number influences all people born on the 8th, 17th, or 26th of any month, but more so if their birthday comes between the

21st December and the 26th January, period call the “House of Saturn (positive)” and from the 26th January to February 19th-26th, the period called the “house of Saturn (negative).
These people are invariably much misunderstood in their lives and perhaps for this reason they feel intensely lonely at heart.
They have deep and very intense natures, great strength of individuality - they generally play some important role on life’s stage, but usually one which is fatalistic, or as the instrument of Fate for others.
If at all religious, they go to extremes and are fanatics in their zeal. Any cause that they rake up, they attempt to carry it through in spite of all argument or opposition and in doing so they generally make bitter and relentless enemies.
They often appear cold and undemonstrative, though in reality they have warm hearts toward the oppressed of all classes - but they hide their feelings and allow people to think just what they please.
The number eight people are either great successes or great failures - there appears to be no happy medium in their case.
If ambitious, they generally aim for public life or government responsibility of some kind, and often hold very high positions involving great sacrifice on their part.
It is not, however, from a worldly standpoint, a fortunate number to be born under, and such persons are often called on to face the greatest of sorrows, losses and humiliations.
The “lucky” colours for people born under the number 8 are all shades of dark gray, black, dark blue, and purple. If number 8 persons were to dress in light colours they would look awkward and as if there was something wrong with them.
The number eight being a Saturn number, Saturday is therefore their most important day, but on account of the number 4 having influence on a Sunday and in a secondary way on a Monday, the number eight people will find Saturday, Sunday, and Monday their most important days.
Number 8 people should endeavor to carry out their plans and aims on all days that fall under their “own number”, such as the 8th, 17th, or 26th of any month, but more especially when these dates fall in the “period of the 8”, namely, from the 21st of December to January 20th-27th and from that date to February 19th-26th - also if these dates fall on a Saturday, Sunday or Monday or their interchangeable number, which is 4, such as the 4th, 13th, 22nd, or 31st.
Their “lucky” stones are the amethyst and the dark toned sapphire, also the black pearl or the black diamond and if possible they should wear one of these next to their skin.
The number 8 is a difficult number to explain. It represents two worlds, the material and the spiritual. It is, in fact, if one regards it, like two circles just touching together.
It is composed of two equal numbers, 4 and 4.
From the earliest times it has been associated with the symbol of an irrevocable Fate, both in connection with the lives of individuals or nations. In Astrology it stands for Saturn, which is called the planet of Fate.
One side of the nature of this number represents upheaval, revolution, anarchy, waywardness and eccentricities of all kinds.
The other side represents philosophic thought, a strong leaning toward occult studies, religious devotion, concentration of purpose, zeal for any cause espoused and a fatalistic outlook colouring all actions.
All persons who have the number 8 clearly associated with their lives feel that they are distinct and different from their fellows. At heart they are lonely, they are misunderstood and they seldom reap the reward for the good they may do, while they are living. After their death they are often extolled, their works praised and lasting tributes offered to their memory.
Those on the lower plane generally come into conflict with human justice and have some tragic ending to their lives. Those on the higher plane carry their misunderstood motives and lay bare the tragedy of their souls before Divine justice.
The occult symbol of 8 has from time immemorial been represented by the figure of Justice with the Sword pointing upwards and a Balance or scales in the left hand.
If a person is born under either of those peculiar numbers such as 4 or 8, and if the name number should also total up to a 4 when one is born under an 8, or to an 8 when one is born under a 4, then for material success it would be better if one added some letter [to the name] so that the total of your number is no longer 4 or 8, but one with a more fortunate vibration, making, say, a 1,3,6 or 9. Such a change in the majority of cases will produce most fortunate results and set up entirely new vibrations, which will change a lonely, unlucky life into one of happiness and success.
I would also strongly advise [those with the] combination 4 or 8 when they make the change by altering their name to produce another number …. To wear the colours and jewels I have set out for these numbers.
I also advise … selecting a house to live in whose number also gives the same vibration as the birth and name number.

The Number Nine

The number nine stands in symbolism for the planet Mars. This number influences all persons born on the 9th, 18th, and 27th of any month, but still more so if their birthday falls in the period between the 21st march and April 19th-26th called the “House of Mars” Positive or in the period between the 21st October and November 20th-27th called the “House of Mars” Negative.
Number nine persons are fighters in all they attempt in life. They usually have difficult times in their early years, but generally they are, in the end, successful by their grit, strong will and determination.
In character, they are hasty in temper, impulsive, independent and desire to be their own masters.
When the number nine is noticed to be more than usually dominant in the dates and events of their lives they will be found to make great enemies, to cause strife and opposition wherever they may be and they are often wounded or killed either in warfare or in the battle of life.
They have great courage and make excellent soldiers or leaders in any course they espouse.
Their greatest dangers arise from foolhardiness and impulsiveness in word and action. They are also peculiarly prone to accidents from fire and explosions and rarely get through life without injury from such causes. As a general rule they go under many operations from the surgeons knife.
They usually experience many quarrels and strife in their home life, either with their own relations or with the family they marry into.
They strongly resent criticism and even when not conceited, they always have a good opinion of themselves, brooking no interference with their plans. They like to be “looked up to” and recognized as the “head of the house”.
They are resourceful and excellent at organization, but they must have the fullest control, if not, they lose heart and stand aside and let things go to pieces.
For affection and sympathy they will do almost anything and the men of this number can be made the greatest fools of, if some clever woman starts pulling at their heartstrings.
As a rule they get on with persons whose birth date is one of the series 3,6, or 9, such as those born on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 27th, or 30th of any month. All these numbers are in harmonious vibration to the number 9 people.
This number 9 has some very curious properties. It is the only number in calculation that, multiplied by any number, always reproduces itself, as for example 9 times 2 is 18, and 8 plus 1 again becomes the number 9 and so on with every number it is multiplied by. 
This number is supposed to be a fortunate one to be born under, provided one controls it and is not carried away by the excesses of temper and violence that it also represents.
The “lucky” colours for persons born under the number 9 are all shades of crimson or red, also all rose tones and pink.
Their most important days of the week are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, but more especially Tuesday, called Mars day.
Number 9 people should endeavor to carry out their plans and aims on all days that fall under their “own number”, such as the 9th, 18th, or 27th of any month, but more especially when these dates fall in the period of the 9, between the 21st of March and the April 19th-26th or from the 21st of October to November 20th-27th. And when the 9th, 18th or 27th falls on their own day, as mentioned earlier, or one of their interchangeable numbers which are the numbers 3 and 6, such as the 3rd, 6th, 12th, 15th, 21st, 24th, and 30th.
Their lucky stones are the garnet, ruby, and bloodstone and they should wear one of these stones next to their skin.
For all purposes of occult calculation the numbers 7 and 9 are considered the most important of all.
The number 7 has always been understood to relate to the spiritual plane, acting on the God or creative force on the Earth, and being creative, it is the uplifting “urge” toward the development of the spiritual in humanity.
The number 9 on the contrary, being in the planetary World, the representative of the Planet Mars, is the number of physical force in every form and consequently stands in relation to the material.
When this explanation is carefully considered it throws an illuminating light on the mysterious text in Revelation…
The number 9 representing man and everything to do with the physical and material plane, is the number of force, energy, destruction and war in its most dominant quality. In its relation to ordinary life it denotes energy, ambition, leadership, dominion. It represents iron, the metal from which the weapons of warfare are made, and the Planet Mars which stands in Astrology for the Ruler of the Zodiacal Sign Aries which is the sign of the zodiac which governs England.
Then number 9 is considered fortunate to be born under provided that the man or woman does not ask for a peaceful or monotonous life and can control their nature in not making enemies.
Famous people born under the number 9 - Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Jay Gould, Kepler.

from Cheiro’s Book of Numbers, Cheiro, Hind Pocket Books, Delhi. Cheiro was the most famous psychic reader of the late 19th and early 20th Century. His main tool was palmistry but he combined this with numerology and astrology and was able to predict with deadly precision the significant events of his client’s lives. The only person at Cheiro’s same level of accomplishment and fame, equally unknown to most people of this era, is the American astrologer Evangeline Adams. Ms. Adams maintained offices in Carnegie Hall in New York City during the 1920’s and 30’s and had a slew of successful clients including J.P. Morgan who attributed much of his success to Ms. Adam’s astrologically based financial advice.
Cheiro’s biography, which I found used in the Pilgrim’s Bookstore in Kathmandu, was fascinating. An English nobleman, Cheiro managed to end up in Calcutta in his early 20’s, met an Indian at the dock who said he knew Cheiro was coming and took him off to study the occult sciences of ancient India for 3 years.
I suggest to anyone with even a small amount of time to study carefully Cheiro’s suggestions. Cheiro’s commentary about the number 8 seems accurate from my observations. I can’t stress this enough.