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Magic Beans For Everyone!

Do you remember Jack and the Beanstalk? Jack traded the cow for a handful of magical beans. The beans were tossed out and eventually grew to enormous size without the benefit of Miracle Grow. Jack then climbed the huge stalk and entered another dimension where things suddenly got quite interesting as he came face to face with a giant alien. Now if you find this “tale” a bit hard to swallow, you might want to consider the following. For years the “New Age” group has touted the power of pyramids. Having trouble sleeping? Just sleep under a pyramid. Razor blades a bit dull and you are a tad short on pocket change, then just slip the blades beneath the pyramid and wake up the next morning to a nice, smooth shave. If you can’t afford a great bottle of wine, then buy one of those cheap California brands and let it age underneath the pyramid overnight. And if none of your seeds sprout, then place then underneath the pyramids for a few days. It also works, so I am told, to plant them when the signs are in the feet (this has nothing to do with the New Age experience). But if you have the craving to grow a giant pumpkin or a 300-pound watermelon, don’t forget to place the seeds beneath the pyramid for a few days and then to be on the safe side plant when the signs are in the feet.
Although pyramids have not been around forever, they do go back several thousand years. Scholars both reputable and otherwise have come up with some interesting ideas to explain their construction, such as alien assisted. Some have also advanced strange ideas about the mysterious properties of these man-made monoliths. Some have even linked the founding of the United States to these pyramids and the slogan on the dollar bill, “novus ordo seclorum.” Now the United States is not exactly overrun by pyramids unless you think about Memphis and Las Vegas. If those two cities are too commercial for you, then how about Sedona?
Now if you think there are no mysterious pyramids in Sedona, you would be mistaken. You just have to know where to look. Mystic powers seep(?) from the vortexes scattered around the city. Sedona spelled backwards is anodes—key component of batteries and other energy sources. And the pyramids themselves? How about Bell Rock at Oak Village? Sure, it looks like a bell with a handle, but it is not too hard to imagine that it was once shaped like a pyramid. And it is a male vortex, which means that it emits huge quantities of energy. In 1987 thousands of people assembled in Sedona for the Harmonic Convergence and some paid $150 for the privilege of sitting on Bell Rock as it prepared to blast off to the Andromeda Galaxy. The people standing nearby pointed their left hands upward and their right hands toward the earth and chanted in union something that could best be translated “blastoff!” Needless to say Bell Rock stayed glued to the earth and quite a number of people were out $150.
Yesterday we just happened to be in Sedona and had just finished hiking the Boynton Canyon trail. Suddenly, I heard voices and turned 160 degrees to see two men perched high atop a giant red spire. One remarked, “Do we just sit here and wait for the helicopter to return or what?” I’m sure that they each paid $150 for the privilege of sitting atop that chunk of red rock. However, there was no indication that either was wearing a helmet—especially one shaped like a pyramid. They might have been better off spending their money on black beans and rice or refried beans.