READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 14 TO 20:

TEXT II

THE CEREALS

Cereals are the staff of life for most of mankind.

Even our milk and our meat derive largely from them.

They are grasses nurtured and bred by man so that their

grain is large and nourishing. Except in parts of the

5tropics where such roots as tapioca and yams are the

staple carbohydrate, and in wet cold places where the

potato plugs the gap, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,

maize and sorghum are what keeps us all alive and

kicking.

The cereals have all been bred from wild grasses,

and bred so far away from their parent stocks that they

are now distinct species. In fact it is sometimes difficult

to guess which wild grass a particular cereal is derived

from, and, in some cases, maize for example, the wild

15species is now probably extinct.

(from Seymour, John. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency,London: Faber & Faber, 1980: 56)

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 14 TO 20:

TEXT II

THE CEREALS

Cereals are the staff of life for most of mankind.

Even our milk and our meat derive largely from them.

They are grasses nurtured and bred by man so that their

grain is large and nourishing. Except in parts of the

5tropics where such roots as tapioca and yams are the

staple carbohydrate, and in wet cold places where the

potato plugs the gap, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,

maize and sorghum are what keeps us all alive and

kicking.

The cereals have all been bred from wild grasses,

and bred so far away from their parent stocks that they

are now distinct species. In fact it is sometimes difficult

to guess which wild grass a particular cereal is derived

from, and, in some cases, maize for example, the wild

15species is now probably extinct.

(from Seymour, John. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency,London: Faber & Faber, 1980: 56)

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 14 TO 20:

TEXT II

THE CEREALS

Cereals are the staff of life for most of mankind.

Even our milk and our meat derive largely from them.

They are grasses nurtured and bred by man so that their

grain is large and nourishing. Except in parts of the

5tropics where such roots as tapioca and yams are the

staple carbohydrate, and in wet cold places where the

potato plugs the gap, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,

maize and sorghum are what keeps us all alive and

kicking.

The cereals have all been bred from wild grasses,

and bred so far away from their parent stocks that they

are now distinct species. In fact it is sometimes difficult

to guess which wild grass a particular cereal is derived

from, and, in some cases, maize for example, the wild

15species is now probably extinct.

(from Seymour, John. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency,London: Faber & Faber, 1980: 56)

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 14 TO 20:

TEXT II

THE CEREALS

Cereals are the staff of life for most of mankind.

Even our milk and our meat derive largely from them.

They are grasses nurtured and bred by man so that their

grain is large and nourishing. Except in parts of the

5tropics where such roots as tapioca and yams are the

staple carbohydrate, and in wet cold places where the

potato plugs the gap, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,

maize and sorghum are what keeps us all alive and

kicking.

The cereals have all been bred from wild grasses,

and bred so far away from their parent stocks that they

are now distinct species. In fact it is sometimes difficult

to guess which wild grass a particular cereal is derived

from, and, in some cases, maize for example, the wild

15species is now probably extinct.

(from Seymour, John. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency,London: Faber & Faber, 1980: 56)

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 14 TO 20:

TEXT II

THE CEREALS

Cereals are the staff of life for most of mankind.

Even our milk and our meat derive largely from them.

They are grasses nurtured and bred by man so that their

grain is large and nourishing. Except in parts of the

5tropics where such roots as tapioca and yams are the

staple carbohydrate, and in wet cold places where the

potato plugs the gap, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,

maize and sorghum are what keeps us all alive and

kicking.

The cereals have all been bred from wild grasses,

and bred so far away from their parent stocks that they

are now distinct species. In fact it is sometimes difficult

to guess which wild grass a particular cereal is derived

from, and, in some cases, maize for example, the wild

15species is now probably extinct.

(from Seymour, John. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency,London: Faber & Faber, 1980: 56)

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 14 TO 20:

TEXT II

THE CEREALS

Cereals are the staff of life for most of mankind.

Even our milk and our meat derive largely from them.

They are grasses nurtured and bred by man so that their

grain is large and nourishing. Except in parts of the

5tropics where such roots as tapioca and yams are the

staple carbohydrate, and in wet cold places where the

potato plugs the gap, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,

maize and sorghum are what keeps us all alive and

kicking.

The cereals have all been bred from wild grasses,

and bred so far away from their parent stocks that they

are now distinct species. In fact it is sometimes difficult

to guess which wild grass a particular cereal is derived

from, and, in some cases, maize for example, the wild

15species is now probably extinct.

(from Seymour, John. The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency,London: Faber & Faber, 1980: 56)

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PLANTA

Dicionário de Símbolos

A planta simboliza a energia solar condensada e manifesta.

As plantas captam as forças ígneas da terra e recebem a energia solar. Elas acumulam essas forças; daí as suas propriedades curativas ou venenosas e seu emprego na magia.

Em relação com o princípio vital masculino, elas significam o crescimento, no sentido do Salmo 144, 12. Nossos filhos serão como plantas que crescem em sua juventude.

As plantas trazem as suas sementes. Algumas delas, tais como o hissopo, exercem um papel purificador.

As plantas simbolizam também a manifestação da energia em suas formas diversas, como a decomposição do espectro solar em cores variadas. Enquanto manifestação da vida, elas são inseparáveis da água, tanto quanto do Sol.

Os laços que unem os dois símbolos das águas e das plantas são fáceis de se compreender. As águas são portadoras de germes, de todos os germes. As plantas exprimem a manifestação do Cosmo, o aparecimento das formas. Aquilo que exprime o símbolo Lotus saindo das águas é o próprio fluxo cósmico. As águas aí representam o não-manifesto, os germes, as latências; o símbolo floral representa a manifestação, a criação cósmica. A planta, primeiro estágio da vida, simboliza, acima de tudo, o nascimento perpétuo, o fluxo incessante da energia vital.

Na tradição védica, se as plantas têm virtudes medicinais, é porque são elas próprias dádivas do céu e as raízes da vida. Invocam-nas como divindades.