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Detailed physiological examination has revealed that the iceman suffered from physical maladies that correspond to the tattooed areas such as arthritic disease processes in his spine, hips, ankles and knees. He also had tattoos marking meridian points used for addressing stomach and abdominal pain which he undoubtedly suffered from due to a nasty infestation of whip-worms. In short, Otzis tattoos were definitely not random and exhibit a sophisticated understanding of the neural and energy pathways in the human body, the marks also display a remarkable resemblance to the trigrams of the I Ching, the ancient book of divination whose symbols are said to be older than recorded history and can be translated as a binary code. Of course we have no reason to believe that Otzi tattooed himself. In fact, given the location of some of his tattoos it is highly unlikely. So Otzi was most likely tattooed by a shaman or medical practitioner who marked the area associated with his pain in order to treat him. It is possible that the tattooing process was the original treatment and the permanent marks served as a map for Otzi and anyone close to him to treat his pain with acupressure. It is also possible that the shapes of the marks are also not random and their meaning would assist another practitioner in Otzis treatment. The tattoo session would have probably given more extended relief and then the tattoos could be used as a guide for repeated long term pain management, it is even likely that the tattoo sessions were repeated over time. Otzi the Iceman is the oldest mummy found to date and he was tattooed for medical purposes so it stands to reason that the practice must have been fairly common unless the one tattooed man just happened to be preserved in ice for five thousand, not very likely. The real question here is how people barely out of the Stone Age knew the art of acupressure more than two thousand years before it is known to have been practiced in second century China and even more interesting is his treatments connection to the story of the Sons of Reflecting Lights. When the giants were said to have first appeared in their reflective clothing they had powers unlike any human they could see the light or aura that surrounds people and they could see the lines of energy or meridians that flowed through the peoples bodies. The acupressure points appeared to them as tiny points of light, whether this power was within the beings or achieved by some advanced technology we do not know but it allowed them to diagnose problems and cure them by restoring the flow of energy within the individual. The Sons of Reflected Light were said to be able to focus their mental energy on these points of light and heal the person. In the beginning they did not have to touch to heal but after many years it is said that they needed to actually touch the patient, almost as if some power source had been depleted. While the organized practice of acupressure is documented in second century China in the Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine the earliest references to the technique of the practice can be found in much more ancient texts that indicate the technique was practiced in India, Nepal, Tibet and western China dating back at least seven thousand years. Did practitioners of this art, taught by the Sons of Reflected Light spread out across Asia and Europe healing and spreading the knowledge? Is
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this how Otzi the prehistoric European was marked with the healing points of an advanced system of pain management given to him by someone who understood the flow of the life force on a level that has been lost to modern medicine at least in the western world? The legends of healers from the stars occur in cultures all over the world just as the practice of acupressure is preserved in the tattoos of mummies from Egypt, Europe, Siberia, the Aleuts and South America. For many years mainstream archaeologists, influenced by their modern prejudices against the practice of tattoo have either ignored, minimized the importance tattoos on both natural and man-made mummies or they made up theories of the lifestyles of the tattooed individuals based on their preconceived notions of tattoos. Perhaps they should pay more attention to the signs etched in the skin and the stories they can tell us about the individuals who wore them and their connections to the mysterious healers from the stars who taught them how to heal with only a touch. By Margaret Moose References 1. http://www.touchthechi.com 2. The Taoist Ways of Healing 3. Dorfer L, et al. A medical report from the stone age? LancetSep 18, 1999;354:1023-5. 4. Journal of Archaeological Science 37(12):3256-3262: 4. 2010 5. http://www.iceman.it
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