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mlbnbanfl7 wrote:
> 
> thank you Catherine.. I was expecting to hear some mystical side of 
> a Pearl from you so if you have anything on that I would be 
> thankful. The person who said that the pearl is suffering from the 
> oyster has made me think.

Oh, you asked for my "views" -- i thought you wanted my personal
expereinces. Sigh. 

Pearls are important in Chinese mythology and in mysticial Taoism, where
they are associated with dragons. For instance, "The Pearl in the Mouth
of the Dragon" is the name of an ancient variety of Chinese garden rose
in which the dark red flowers display a small white center when fully
opened. Since the Chinese dragon is thought by some scholars to be a
mythiciicized transformation of the very rare (almost extint) Chinese
Alligator, the pearls in question would have been fresh water pearls.
Ask Joel about that. 

I'm gonna go cook dinner now: tamales, hard-boiled eggs, and broccoli. 

cat yronwode