no where out there is perfect

TO DO (for free money and no taxes)

2005-07-28T20:19:25Z

Pick a name
File Articles of Incorporation with county clerk ($9.00)
After articles are mailed back to me file them downtown ($9.00)
Get a PO Box
Call to get an EIN number
Open a bank account
Raise $500

How to start a non-profit

2005-07-28T20:13:14Z

For the past eight months I have been working on starting a new non-profit. Now, I am beginning the process of starting another one and have decided to long all of my steps along the way here on this journal. There will be two different entries. One will be my personal list of things to do and the other will be the step-by-step process by which I will obtain 501(c)(3) status. All of this will be in the comments section as not to take up a large amount of space on anyone's friends list and in order to seperate the individual steps.

in response to an email i sent to him asking about PPP info

2005-06-29T23:00:49Z

Dear Miss :

Plan Puebla Panama is an regional integration effort that's being carried out by eight countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama). It can be described as a combination of two similar regional development plans launched almost at the same time by Mexico (for its southern and southeastern states, which are less developed than the northern and central states) and by the Central American countries, which had developed their own portfolio of regional programs. At the request of the eight countries, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean and the United Nations Development Program analyzed the Mexican and Central American plans to find areas of convergence. Based on that analysis, the eight countries decided to pool their efforts under a single plan, which they called Plan Puebla Panama. The programs they would back would be regional, as opposed to national or local.

One of the programs they chose is the integration of a network of highways covering some 9,000 kilometers and connecting all of their countries. The principal "corridor" runs from the city of Puebla in central Mexico down to Panama City (hence the plan's name). This corridor, as is the case of most of the other highways on the PPP network, is based on roads that already exist, such as the PanAmerican Highway. The IDB and other multilateral agencies such as the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and the Andean Development Corporation are financing some of the PPP road projects.

Why did they choose to work together on highways? An evaluation of the Central American roads had found that nearly 70 percent were in poor conditions. This imposed a greater cost to any activity that involved overland transportation, to the point that trucking charges in that region were twice as expensive as in Europe. On top of this, there were all kinds of barriers to trade among these countries themselves due to their respective customs systems.

So, for example, a dairy trying to send milk from Costa Rica to El Salvador would take several days to cover a distance that in the United States can be covered in a few hours. As a consequence of these and other factors, trade among the Central American countries was relative low compared to their trade with their North American neghbors. In the late 1990s, only about 20 percent of their exports were between countries in their region. In recent years that proportion has climbed as high as 28 percent of their total exports. In comparison, around 57 percent of the total exports of the NAFTA countries (Canada, Mexico and the United States) are between those three partners. Before NAFTA came into effect in 1994, that percentage was about 47 percent.

Some critics of the PPP argue that the IDB and Latin American governments do not properly consult people in the areas where infrastructure projects are to be done or evaluate the potential environmental and social impacts of the projects. If you'd like to see how the IDB finances roads included in the PPP network, Nicaragua is a good example. Please see the press release at http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/PRView.cfm?PR_Num=16_04&Language=English on a $40 million loan that is financing work on a network of roads in one of Nicaragua's four priority regions. On the right-hand column there are links to the loan document, which describes the outreach and consultation campaigns conducted during the design of the project as well as the environmental and social impact evaluations. There are also links to the websites of the Nicaraguan Transport and Infrastructure Ministry and the Nordic Development Fund, which is also providing a loan for this project.

Other critics complain that we're financing highways and ignoring rural roads, which are direly needed by people in the countryside, where poverty is largely concentrated. But in fact we do finance rural roads projects. In some cases in comprehensive programs, as in Nicaragua; in other cases as stand-alone projects, such as the $55,4 million loan approved for El Salvador this week http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/PRView.cfm?PR_Num=127_05&Language=English.

You might also read that the IDB is financing PPP highways in Mexico, when in fact we're haven't made a single loan to Mexico for any PPP project.

Finally, some critics prefer to focus exclusively on infrastructure projects, as if that were the only sector in which the IDB is interested. As a matter of fact, more than half our lending goes to social programs such as education and health subsidies for poor families, which provide them an incentive to keep their children longer in school, feed them more varied diets and take them to get their shots. For instance, our two biggest loans to Mexico have been for the Oportunidades anti-poverty program, totalling $2,2 billion. http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=3037&lanid=1. This is far more than we have lent for PPP projects in all eight countries involved in the plan.

Sorry for the digression but, as you point out, there is all sorts of versions swirling around the Internet. Hopefully you will find this useful. Best regards,

Peter Bate
IDB Press Office

- Show quoted text -

PPP

2005-06-16T20:55:52Z

Officially, there are 8 initiatives of the PPP: 1) Sustainable Development, 2) Human Development, 3) Natural Disaster Prevention, 4) Tourism Promotion, 5) Trade Facilitation, 6) Road Integration, 7) Energy Interconnection, 8) Telecommunications Development. However, only two initiatives seem to be drawing time or resources from the Interamerican Development Bank: energy interconnection and road integration. These two initiatives have received over 80% of total PPP investment thus far, demonstrating that they are the two most valuable plans for investment capital.

The highway and infrastructure initiative is being funded by the IDB and World Bank, among others. One of the most controversial highway projects includes a "dry canal"(highway and high speed railway to ship goods) that will run through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico, connecting the Pacific port of Salinas Cruz with the Atlantic port of Coatzacoalcos

"the PPP is a ready-made geopolitical project to build, in Meso-america, an area of services and infrastructure, designed according to the logic of transnational corporations, national oligarchy groups and international financial institutions. The central axes of this project are a services infrastructure for the export of goods and the exploitation of our natural resources, our bio-diversity and the labor of our peoples. The PPP does not respond in any way to the social logic of the Mesoamerican people and their communities." Nov 2001

more... http://resistinc.org/newsletter/issues/2002/07/oneill.html

Fox is the main proponent of Plan Puebla Panama (PPP), a regional integration program that prioritises corporate transport and energy needs, allocating them over 80% of its budget

IDB website: http://www.iadb.org/ppp/contacts.asp

The PPP at a Glance
The PPP's main components call for massive state investments in infrastructure projects. Close to 84% of the funds initially appropriated are for highway construction and improvement along two axes: the Pacific and Gulf Coast corridors. The latter reaches beyond the PPP's geographical confines and stretches 1,745 km from Central America's Caribbean coast to the Mexican border with Texas. The Pacific Corridor will run 3,150 km from central Mexico to Panama City. Both projects, together with feeder roads, will cost over US$3.5 billion. Other projects include:

Upgrading and linking the electrical grids of Central America and Mexico
Supplying electricity into the ravenous US market
Constructing 25 dams throughout the PPP area for hydroelectric generation
Improving or building or new ports, airports and bridges
Upgrading telecommunications facilities, including a fiber-optic network, already well underway
Integrating protected wildlife reserves into "corridors", ostensibly to protect diverse species, but also facilitating bioprospecting by seed, chemical and pharmaceutical companies
Improving tourist facilities and infrastructure
more.... http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=3953

http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/mexico/ppp/ppp.html
a lecture funded by the world bank: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec17661/index.htm
chiapas resistance to ppp: http://www.chiapas-support.org/plan_panama.htm

recipes for rehydration beverages

2004-11-01T20:20:03Z

homeade emergenC:
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup honey
1/4-1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1-2 calcium or calcium+magnesium tablets, crushed

Mix with enough water to make 1 quart, or mix with enough water to make 8 oz and then combine with enough juice to make 1 quart.

rehydration- no electrolytes
1 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon of salt substitute (not light salt)
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda

mix with 12 ounces of water

1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
8 tsp sugar
8 oz orange juice

diluted to 1 L with water.
*this is a hydration beverage that is proven to help with direahha.

wonders of Vitamin B-17 ( i.e. cyanide)

2004-11-01T19:55:40Z

The Hunza, aboriginal Eskimos, Hopi and Navajo Indians, Abkhazians and members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church regularly eat apricot and apple seeds.

HUNZA"S- eat apricots and seeds
are some of the oldest living people in the world
researchers say that the b-17 from the seeds help fight off cancer and other diseases
very few of them have died from overdosing
fresh for three months and dried in the winter
kernels pressed for oil used for cooking, for fuel and as a skin preparation

a few seeds day will not hurt you, people do it all the time.

the seeds must not be left out, they must be fresh

macadamia nuts and buckwheat, millet, alfalfa, peas, broad beans, sprouting pulse and berries of various sorts also contain cyanide

apricot pits might be the way to go -- Ameretto is distilled from them

Hopi indians would ingest up to 8000mg of Vitamin B17 per day from their diet

www.cancertruth.org
http://www.thefountainoflife.ws/cancer/nocancer.htm
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/laetrile.html
http://www.anticancerinfo.co.uk/b17-food.htm
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/laetb17cyan.html

uses, recipes, and benefits of NEEM

2004-10-15T20:57:32Z

under the topic of "alternative forms of birth control" i have noted the possibility of using neem as both and male and female birth control
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india's "village pharmacy"

parasite barrier for animals
acne
anti-biotic
anti-fungal
toothpaste/mouthwash
mesquito repellent
safe pesticide for plants
general skin care
immune booster
dietary supplement
anti-viral
anti-diabetic
blood-purifier
spermicide
birth control

used to treat:
chicken pox
scabies
eczema
psoriasis
ringworm
lice
dandruff
vaginal infections
std's
ulcers

http://www.neemit.com
http://directory.indbazaar.com/search.asp?stext=neem
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0820/is_n252/ai_21052116
http://www.everydayhenna.com/frameset.html?faq_other.html
http://www.bytheplanet.com/Neem/WhatIsNeem/WhatIsNeem.htm
http://maxpages.com/neemtree/ANIMAL_CARE

herbal medications /general sites

2004-10-15T20:30:08Z

http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/
a really awesome herbal FAQ site

http://innerself.com/Herbs/Medicinal_Herbs_In_Chinese_Medicine.htm
chinese medicine

http://www.herbmed.org/
individual herbs, their uses, pros and cons, and clinical testing results

http://altnature.com/gallery/
pictures, how to identify herbs/ alternative names for herbs

http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/natural/info_natural_main.asp
lists of problems and the appropriate herbal remedies/ common sense remedies

http://asiarecipe.com/herb.html
recipes, glossary, yinyang, herb list, edible flowers, remedies, discussion board

http://www.gardenguides.com/herbs/remedy.htm
herbal home remedies, how to prepare medicinal herbs

free schooling/ unschooling

2004-10-15T01:44:54Z

http://www.unschooling.com/discus/messages/84/84.html
"think outside the box" message board

http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC06/Holt.htm
an interview with john holt. he started a free school and a magizine called "growing without schooling"

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/01.30.02/school-0205.html
santa cruz free school

http://www.theeyeopener.com/storydetail.cfm?storyid=984
an article about the anarchist free school university, toronto

http://www.educationrevolution.org/edrevmag34.html
education revolution magazine online

Natrual Pet Care

2004-10-15T01:29:33Z

Flea control
odor control
litter boxes
pet safe insect killer
frugal recipes
http://www.pets4life.com/art12.html
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natural creams
lotions
shampoos
oils
frugal recipes
http://www.pet-grub.com/skin-care-for.pets
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recipes:

http://www.ability.org.uk/pet_food_cooking_recipes.html
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/sampleraw.htm
http://www.dogcook.com/dogdirectory/pages/home-made-dog-food.html

A raw food diet

For dogs
Along with 1/2 to 1 cup muscle meat and 3 tbs ground vegetables, combine:
1 1/2 tbs nutritional yeast
1 1/2 tsp ground eggshell
2 tsp lecithin granules
2 tsp powdered wheat grass
1 1/2 tsp flaxseed oil
Daily multivitamin

For cats
Along with 1/3 to 1/2 cup muscle meat and 1/2 tbs ground vegetables, combine:
1 tsp salmon oil
1/3 tsp flaxseed oil
1 tsp lecithin granules
1/2 tsp powdered deep,
cold-water kelp
1 tsp nutritional yeast
Daily multivitamin

Natural methods of inducing labor

2004-10-14T19:28:47Z

sex
castor oil
activity
http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5329,00.html
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clary sage oil
reflexology
eating lobster?
shots of balsamic vinegar
red raspberry leaf tea
http://www.homemakingcottage.com/family/mother/laborind.html
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massage
accupuncture
herbs
http://www.birthsource.com/articlefile/Article44.html
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more links:

http://www.thebabycorner.com/pregnancy/info/preg0070.html
http://wvwv.essortment.com/naturalwaysto_rasn.htm
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_10_67/ai_102223798
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/natinduc.html
http://www.birthingnaturally.net/birthplan/intervention/induction.html

dental care

2004-09-12T07:48:08Z

http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/natural_dental_remedies.htm#Remedies:

alternative anxiety remedies

2004-09-12T07:47:38Z

Valerian: The "Herbal Anxiety Pill"
The root of valerian, a tall, fernlike plant, has served for thousands of years as a mild sedative. From 1820 until 1942 valerian was listed in the US Pharmacopoeia as a tranquilizer. It’s widely used and approved in Europe as a mild hypnotic to induce sleep and relieve anxiety. More than 5 million units of valerian are sold in Germany and about 10 million in France every year. In the United Kingdom, valerian is also a popular and government-approved sleep aid. It is also approved in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy as an over-the-counter medication for insomnia.
more here: http://www.mindpub.com/altern08.htm

Kava kava is used for treating anxiety, promoting sleep
Recommended dosage:
The standardized extract potency of its active ingredient, kavalactone, should be 30 percent (15 mg per capsule). For daytime relief of anxiety, take 250 mg (one capsule or one-half dropperful), three times daily with meals.
You can take four to six capsules for sleep (up to 1,500 mg). Do not take it continuously for a prolonged period of time (over four months).

every single anxiety, panic attacks, phobia, OCD & PTSD sufferer has a condition that is caused and perpetuated by the exact same thing; THE AMYGDALA; it's a small almond shaped organ in the brain and is part of the Lymbic System

the most discusting internet scam ive ever seen.
http://www.panic-anxiety.com/

herbal remedy links:
http://holisticonline.com/Remedies/Anxiety/anx_herbs.htm
http://www.linpharma.mcmail.com/anxiety.htm
http://botanical.com/site/column_susun/susun_anxiety.htm
(fix yourself with flowers:)
http://www.ardenguides.com/herbs/remedies/anxiety.htm
http://floraleads.com/fatigue/

knitting

2004-09-12T07:22:11Z

free patterns and knitting links:

http://www.frugalhaus.com/homepage/freepats.htm
http://www.straw.com/cpy/free_pattern_yarnssort.html
(lots of scarves)
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/knit.html
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/antiquecrochet.html
(antique knitting)
http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/knit/
(lots of links)
http://www.knittingfairy.com/FreePatterns.htm

nowhereoutthere @ 2004-09-12T03:20:00

2004-09-12T07:21:42Z

ask david which of these he likes best:

remember, that the colors wont be the same.

name ONE thing about this summer that you LOVED

2004-09-07T07:26:56Z

its just the proven point that i can even take a quiz right now without rethinking how and what i think....

there have been times in my life before when i have been scared to be who i really am. usually this is because of fear of pain due to over exposing my thoughts and emotions. there are numerous times when i have allowed myself to not be excited about my life because of fear that the things i am excited about will fall apart. for fear that i will have gotten my hopes up so high, only to crash when things dont go as planned. last fall, after i left miami i came to a great realization that things dont always go the way that you plan them and usually when i dont get things the way i want them, its only because i didnt realize what the product was because the packaging looked differently than i had expected it to. today as i was doing somthing that i do 3-4 times per week i just came upon this realization that i didnt really want to do it. i didnt like it and i wasnt having fun and i just didnt want to be doing it anymore. i checked the lid of the box and sure enough it did still say "scrabble", but it wasnt really what i expected it to be. i didnt have the want or yearn to play anymore...

i feel like i do this often. i will do things that i dont even want to be doing just because its easier than, we'll say, learning a new game. its not that i really fear learning a new game, because i think that would be exciting. i also dont really think im too comfortable playing the game im still playing because it still challenges me. however, i am not super-excited with the game so much anymore and i have no understanding of why i choose to play. in life i feel like i do the same thing all the time and i am really not excited by myself, i dont know why i expect other people to be excited by me. i know that i am not pushing myslef to extreme limits, but i dont know why. i dont think it is because of fear or lack of motovation, or lack of intrest for that matter. i think maybe it is that i have to make a plan out for myself. if whatever new thing is, doesnt fit into my plan, i dont understand why i should really persue it. i know that is false. there are thousands of things that i would want to be doing that dont fit into my plan but still intrest me and make me excited about life. maybe my problem is that i need a new plan. i need a plan where it is not a plan or an expectation, but it is just my life. maybe i just need to stop making so many fucking plans for my life and just be 20 years old. (20 years old keeping in mind that many of my intrests have to do with living on some land one day and being able to do most anything i want)

i think this is one of the subconcious reasons that i want to leave louisville so badly. i want to wake up each day without a definite place to sleep that night. i want to be surprised each and everyday. i want to be amazed by all of the small things that i take for granted with stability. i want so many things, but i dont even know where to begin. its quite overwhelming when i think of all of the things i would love to dedicate copious amounts of time to. i began to realize that i just dont have enough time to get all of the things id like to do or would be interested in doing done. there are so many things out there and i dont have a starting point, because every starting point ive ever had has been destroyed not long after i realized what it was.

finally, i am looking for something spiritual. not something religious, but something spiritual to happen to me. i keep waiting for the trees to talk to me or to know things again that i have no knowledge of. theatre was not spiritual, but it almost felt spiritual in the way that all of the sudden this knowledge and ability came to me out of nowhere. i had never had good directors or extensive theatrical knowledge before- i just all of the sudden knew what i was supposed to do...what i had to do. it put my mind greatly at ease just to know that some things like that just happen. just to know that you can just be guided in an unexplainable way towards something that you have no prior abilities for. to know, in your head and in your heart and in every inch of your body exactly what you need to do without questioning yourself or your actions in the slightest. there is almost something relieving about that. part of it may be not having to decide or having to find something to believe, but just knowing...
its the same way that i felt the day that i went into a courtroom for the first time, the time when i was a small child and just knew that i needed land and a community,the way i feel about my connection to children,the way that i know how i feel about david. none of these are things i have to learn or make myself believe in, they are all things that i know, in my heart, are true and precious things. why i fuck with them and make them more than the purest forms than they are, i dont know. i wish i could think and act more simply, yet on the most honest, complex platform of which human forms exist upon.

identification of useful insects

2004-09-07T02:31:03Z

http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/insctans/identification/
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/na/insectkey.htm
(identifying aquatic insects)
http://www.backyardnature.net/insectid.htm
(links to lots o sites)
http://thaibugs.com/links.htm
(lots o links again)
http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/ornamentals/beneficials.html

plants

2004-09-07T02:25:10Z

links to help with the identification of plants and herbs.

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e02/02.htm
http://www.mountainnature.com/Plants/
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/wildflowers_store/plant_identification.htm
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/plants-1.php
http://altnature.com/library/identifying.htm
http://www.forestshop.com/MEDICINE.html

natural hair dyes

2004-09-07T02:09:04Z

Rosemary-Sage Natural Hair Dye

For covering gray hair.

1/2 cup dried sage
1/2 cup dried rosemary
2 cups hot water

Combine all ingredients in a nonreactive saucepan. Simmer for 30 minutes, then steep for several hours. Strain, and then use the resulting liquid for the colorant.

Apply to hair and leave on until dried. Rinse and dry. Repeat weekly until you obtain the desired shade, then monthly to maintain color.

homeade blonde hair dye recipe
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/blondedye.html

and of course, theres always henna, even though it IS toxic, regardless of what most people think.

stained glass

2004-09-02T21:48:07Z

To Buy/ Get for making Stained Glass:

lead "came," or copper foil with adhesive backing
clear and colored glass ($7.00- 10.00)
polishing grinder ($25.00)
soldering iron. ($5.00- 10.00)

i like this

reminds me of the picture of josh thrash in the tree getting mistletoe. i should stain glass with pictures i already have and like.

http://utut.essortment.com/howtomakestai_rlrj.htm
how to make stained glass

http://www.acplace.com/Crafts/glass.htm
stained glass more...

http://www.glassmart.com/links.html
tons of stained glass links

I want to make glass

2004-09-02T21:19:53Z

What is glass?
Glass is a combination of sand and other chemicals that are melted together at very high temperatures to form a material that is ideal for a wide range of uses from packaging and construction to fibre optics.

A form of glass occurs naturally within the mouth of a volcano when the intense heat of an eruption melts sand to form obsidian. Man first used this as tips for spears.

Today man has mastered the glass making process and can make many different types of glass in many different colours and for many different uses

The basic recipe of sand, soda, and lime has not changed over the centuries, but many variations exist. For example, adding potash and lead improves the quality of glass, while introducing cobalt, sulphur, or other minerals produces colour. Broken glass, known as cullet, is added to the mixture of raw materials to accelerate the melting process. The ingredients for a batch of glass are mixed and melted in special large pots heated by a furnace.

this is a glass blower from canada

With the development of the automatic bottle machine in the early 1900s, the blower's skills were no longer necessary. Commercial glass is now manufactured using bottle-blowing machinery.

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Household_Cyclopedia_of_General_Information/howtomak_cge.html
how to make glass

http://www.britglass.co.uk/aboutglass/default.htm
about glass/ british/ colors

http://www.civilization.ca/hist/verre/vemak01e.html

nowhereoutthere @ 2004-08-30T22:18:00

2004-08-31T02:19:06Z

i like the darker costumes and with henna:

the truth about the dance of the seven veils

2004-08-30T01:27:29Z

After an adulterous affair between Herodias and her uncle (or brother-in-law) Herod Antipas, each of them divorced their spouses so they could marry each other. John the Baptist spoke out publicly against this marriage, partly because both of them discarded their spouses and partly because marrying her ex-husband's brother was viewed as incestuous.
Herod Antipas imprisoned John the Baptist to silence his public condemnations, but did not put him to death because he feared reprisals from the masses who believed John was a prophet. Herodias detested John because he publicly condemned what he called her adulterous marriage.
Herodias had a daughter Salomé from her first marriage, who lived with her and her new husband at his palace.
At a celebration of Herod's birthday, the young and beautiful Salomé danced for Herod, his lords, commanders, and leading men of the estate, peeling off each of seven veils in turn until she was wearing little or nothing. Herod was so pleased by her dance that he made a solemn oath in front of all his guests to give her whatever she desired. At her mother's prompting, Salomé asked for John the Baptist's head on a plate. Although Herod didn't want to do this, he felt he needed to make good on the oath he had made in front of everyone, so he had John the Baptist beheaded and the head delivered to salome.

So if the Bible didn't link the death of John the Baptist to a seductive striptease involving seven veils, where did these notions come from? And how did they become linked to Oriental dance?
In the late 1890's and the first part of the 20th century, the writers and painters of the European art movement known as Orientalism became fascinated with the Middle East. These individuals seized on the story of John the Baptist as having all the elements that make for good public interest: sexual overtones (the dance, which they chose to interpret as being seductive), murder, politics, adultery, and the Biblical tie-in that made it somehow acceptable to tell this story in their sexually repressed society.
Some people think the concept of a dance of the seven veils originated from the myth that tells of Ishtar's descent to the underworld. I'm not convinced this is true. In the book Myths from Mesopotamia by Stephanie Dalley which contains the translations of the Akkadian version of the story, the items that Ishtar must surrender are all pieces of jewelry: crown, earrings, bracelets, etc. In the book Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth by Samuel Noah Kramer and Diane Wolkstein, which contains the Sumerian version of the story, Inanna must surrender items that symbolize the power of kingship, such as crown, beads, measuring rod and line, breastplate, and royal robe.
In her book Serpent of the Nile, Wendy Buonaventura asserts that the story of Salomé is actually a Biblical retelling of the myth of Ishtar. This doesn't make sense to me. It's possible there's a translation of this story that indeed tells of leaving garments behind rather than leaving jewelry behind or symbols of power, but if so, I haven't found it yet in my own research. The Salomé tale in the Bible doesn't use the number seven at all, and it doesn't talk about any sort of Ishtar-like initiation or descent. Instead, it's the tale of someone dancing for her father which concludes with her claiming a gruesome reward. I just don't see the parallel.
In all my reading of Near Eastern myths (a subject which fascinates me), I have never come across any kind of document describing a "dance of the seven veils of Ishtar". I'm wondering if this dance came from Buonaventura's fertile imagination.
So far as I can tell, the earliest known translation into a European language of the myth of Ishtar was created in 1872. As I describe below, Oscar Wilde wrote his play Salomé in 1891. It's possible Wilde may have known about the myth of Ishtar, and maybe his creative artistic mind used the idea of Ishtar discarding seven items as a source of inspiration for Salomé's dance in his play. So, maybe there's a link, but maybe that link was formed by Wilde's fertile imagination, and not by any true historical scholarship.
All in all, comparing what I know of Near Eastern Inanna/Ishtar myths to the Biblical tale of Salomé, I just don't see an ancient origin for the dance of the seven veils. I find Qan-Tuppim's analysis (see above, "The Original Text of the Bible") which likens Salomé to Shirley Temple to be much more convincing
In the Middle East, a "veil" was (and still is) a modesty garment which was worn to shield a respectable Muslim woman from the prying eyes of male strangers. It would be unthinkable to use a "veil" as a prop in a dance performance, and even more unthinkable for such a dance performance to incorporate removal of seven veils until the dancer stands on stage totally nude

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