BEST OF: The entwined serpents of DNA and the part of our brain we call reptilian are, at least, in part where the concept of reptilian aliens comes from. But these serpents are apart of us, embedded in our cells and brain. As Frank Baum wrote in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, there are mineral, vegetable, and animal bodies that comprise our own, which are the characters Dorthy interacts with in an altered state of consciousness, entered into by way of a vortex, not entirely unlike Alice. Embedded in blood is also the life-force of creation, hence the reason God made a covenant with man to pour out the substance as libation before animals could be eaten. The consuming of blood and human flesh is primitive barbarism, sympathetic magic, funerary ritual, and also scientific. Firstly, not all cannibals eat the brain or central nervous tissue so the practice is about more than just consumption; capsules containing powdered infant flesh is still a popular health remedy in China. Secondly, numerous studies over the last decade have confirmed that young blood from mice or animals can rejuvenate the bodies and brains of older mice and animals. A recent Columbia University article says: “Aging hearts beat stronger, muscles become stronger, and thinking becomes sharper.” Here we are dealing not only with vampirism, but with what Elizabeth Bathory apparently knew hundreds of years ago, i.e., blood from the young heals the old. Blood was thought to also transfer qualities like strength, which is why gladiator blood was a popular item in Rome. These vampires and cannibals, however, did not die out with the introduction of modern society. For some time they were driven underground only to reemerge with new methods of selling their obsessions. The promotion of young blood for health purposes is equivalent to an infernal communion, which promises us everlasting life. Priests no long rip the heart out and dump the blood, they offer medical intervention in the name of health that cause the heart to swell or cease function. As with those who offered themselves up for such sacrifice throughout history the same is true for these medical interventions. People no longer go to an idol statue and kill a child but they do go to centers erected for that very purpose.