Health Benefits of Drinking Water. You need water to regulate body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to travel to your organs and tissues. Water also helps transport oxygen to your cells, removes waste and protects your joints and organs. Dehydration Dehydration occurs when you lose more water than you take in. You lose water through urination, respiration, and by sweating, and you lose more water when you're active than when you're sedentary.
Diuretics, such as caffeine pills, certain medications and alcohol may increase the amount of water your body loses. Lost fluids must be replaced by the fluids in the foods you eat and the beverages you drink. Symptoms of mild dehydration include thirst, pains in joints and muscles, headaches and constipation. Note: riboflavin, a B vitamin, will make your urine bright yellow when you take dietary supplements that contain large amounts of riboflavin. How Much Water Do I Need? The foods you eat supply about 20 percent of the water you need. Best Sources Sources: All About Water - Read, Learn, and Know about Water. The Elements: Introduction. The Ancient Greek Esoteric Doctrine of the Elements: © 1998, John Opsopaus Index Introduction to the Elements The discovery of the Four Elements is generally credited to Empedocles, a fifth century BCE Greek from Sicily. Although he is commonly considered one of the founders of Western science and philosophy, Peter Kingsley has presented convincing evidence that it is better to view him as an ancient Greek "Divine Man" (Theios Anêr), that is, a Iatromantis (healer-seer, "shaman") and Magos (priest-magician).
The Elements or Roots Empedocles did not call his four principles "elements" (stoikheia), but "roots" (rhizai) or even "root-clumps" (rhizômata). Empedocles used a variety of words for each of the Roots, and from their range of meanings we can get some idea of his conception of the Elments. However, Empedocles makes clear that the Elements are more than just material substances. The Powers or Qualities The Powers manifest in as many ways as the Elements. Relations Between the Elements. Prayers. Presented by the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis of Assisi, Patron of Ecology Translation from the original Italian Most high, all-powerful, all good, Lord! All praise is yours, all glory, all honor And all blessing. To you alone, Most High, do they belong. No mortal lips are worthy To pronounce your name. All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made, And first my lord Brother Sun, Who brings the day; and light you give to us through him.
How beautiful is he, how radiant in all his splendor! Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness. All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Moon and Stars; In the heavens you have made them, bright And precious and fair. All praise be yours, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air, And fair and stormy, all the weather's moods, By which you cherish all that you have made. Happy those who endure in peace, By you, Most High, they will be crowned. Canticle of the Sun by St. And especially our brother the sun,