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Torgov, V.G. ; Tatarchuk, V.V. ; Druzhinina, I.A. ; Korda, T.M. A common theme amongst philosophies that describe three aspects of self is the idea that the unconscious acts as an intermediary between the consciousness and the superconsciousness. So far neither a pilot plant or full scale plant has been constructed to recover palladium, rhodium or ruthenium from nuclear wastes created by the use of nuclear fuel. It differs from Starhawk's model in that it assigns a place for the physical body in and of itself as part of a "whole" human being's spiritual existence. This extraction operates by a solvation mechanism. This is also similar to the Eastern Christian trichotomy of the Greek words σώμα (soma), ψυχή (psyche), and νους (nous), wherein the soma is the living body, psyche is the "mind" as we normally use the term, and nous is the faculty capable of apprehending the Divine. In this solvent extraction system the hydrocarbons of the diesel act as the diluent while the dialkyl sulfides act as the extractant. Many similar models exist in the fields of psychology and magic, such as the ego, id and superego of Freud, or the Qabalistic concept of three parts of the self, being the Ruach (intellect and ego), the Nephesch (body, lower instinct and subconscious) and the Neschamah (the highest divine self).

This has been proposed as a means of separating the fission product palladium from PUREX raffinate which comes from used nuclear fuel. Wiccan author Starhawk, in her book Spiral Dance, describes these as the Talking Self (the conscious mind), the Younger Self (the unconscious mind) and the Higher Self (the soul, also called the Divine Self); the unconscious (Younger Self) is non-verbal and does not understand speech, but understands and responds to symbolism. Bad quality (high sulfur) diesel fuel has been used as a palladium extraction agent for the liquid-liquid extraction of this metal from nitric acid mixtures. Many neopagan witches subscribe to a model of three parts of the self, or three aspects of consciousness. This is the first time a maker has competed for the overall prize with a Diesel-fueled vehicle. Others believe instead that the power of witchcraft comes about primarily through psychological and psychosomatic effects, rather than any divine or paranormal means. Audi will fight for the overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006 with the Diesel-powered R10. This view also implies ethical considerations, for harming another is, at a certain level, harming oneself.

Westport claims to have invented a process called Westport-Cycle ^[5] with comparable efficiency using natural gas and petrodiesel. Some subscribe to the idea that all of reality is at some level interconnected, forming a single universal 'self' or 'oneness', and that by becoming conscious of this connection people can directly influence things around them. That car and a later Cummins Diesel Special are on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum^[4]. Their belief is sometimes very similar to the belief of Christians in prayer, that the Divine will acknowledge and grant answers to a ritual given in a Deity's name. The following year Dave Evans drove his Cummins Diesel Special to a nonstop finish in the Indianapolis 500, the first time a car had completed the race without a pit stop. Some neopagans believe that witchcraft should be used for good, and eschew any evil usages (See the Wiccan Rede and the Rule of Three (Wiccan)). This feat helped to prove the usefulness of the internal combustion engine. Of these three categories the thakatha is almost exclusively female, the sangoma is usually female, and the inyanga is almost exclusively male.

The trip was from Indianapolis to New York City - a distance of nearly 800 miles (1300 km). The inyanga's job is to heal illness and injury and provide customers with magical items for everyday use. The very first diesel-engine automobile trip was completed on January 6, 1930. The inyanga is often translated as "witch doctor" (though many Southern Africans resent this implication, as it perpetuates the mistaken belief that a "witch doctor" is in some sense a practitioner of witchcraft). In 1931, Walter Lees and Fredrick Brossy set the nonstop flight record flying a Bellanca powered by a Packard Diesel for 84h 32m. She also practices some degree of medicine. Woolson was fitted to a Stinson X7654, and in 1929 it was flown 1000 km non-stop from Detroit to Langley, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.). The sangoma is a diviner, somewhere on a par with a fortune teller, and is employed in detecting illness, predicting a person's future (or advising them on which path to take), or identifying the guilty party in a crime.

A Packard diesel motor designed by L.M. The thakathi is usually translated into English as "witch", and is a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others. Packard diesel motors were used in aircraft as early as 1927, and Charles Lindbergh flew a Stinson SM1B with a Packard Diesel in 1928. In Southern African traditions, there are three classifications of somebody who uses magic. Diesel engines are used in cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats and locomotives. Combining Roman Catholic beliefs and practices and traditional West African religious beliefs and practices are several syncretic religions in the Americas, including Voudun, Obeah, Candomblé, and Santería. Rudolf Diesel originally designed the diesel engine to use coal dust as a fuel, but oil proved more effective. The term witch doctor, often attributed to African inyanga, has been misconstrued to mean "a healer who uses witchcraft" rather than its original meaning of "one who diagnoses and cures maladies caused by witches".

Diesel is used in diesel engines, a type of internal combustion engine. African Christians typically accept Christian dogma as do their counterparts in Latin America and Asia. In India, taxes on diesel fuel are lower than on gasoline as majority of the transportation, that transports grains and other essential commodities across the country, runs on diesel. Africans have a wide range of views of traditional religions. The term DERV (short for "diesel engined road vehicle") is also used in the UK as a synonym for diesel fuel. See also: Christian views on witchcraft. Diesel fuel, or Marked Gas Oil is dyed green in the Republic of Ireland. Several references on these subjects include Ellen Cannon Reed's book "The Witches Qabala: The Pagan Path and the Tree of Life", "The Hebrew Goddess", by Raphael Patai, and the forthcoming book "Magickal Judaism: Blending Pagan and Jewish Practice", by Jennifer Hunter.

Also, in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland it is known as red diesel, and is also used by agricultural vehicles. These individuals and groups either borrow from existing Jewish magical traditions or reconstruct rituals based on Judaism and NeoPaganism. This untaxed diesel is also dyed red for identification purposes, and should a person be found to be using this untaxed diesel fuel for a typically taxed purpose (such as "over-the-road", or driving use), the user can be fined $10,000 USD on the spot. (See "The Witches Qabalah", in the list of references below.) These practitioners tend to identify with Judeo-Paganism (also known as Jewish Paganism), and/or practice Jewitchery, or Jewish Witchcraft. Similarly, "untaxed" diesel is available in the United States, which is available for use primarily in agricultural applications such as for tractor fuel. Some Neopagans study and practice forms of magery based on a syncretism between classical Jewish mysticism and modern witchcraft. In Europe, the United States and Canada, taxes on diesel fuel are higher than on heating oil due to the fuel tax, and in those areas, heating oil is marked with fuel dyes and trace chemicals to prevent and detect tax fraud. Since the Enlightenment, most Jewish people have abandoned a belief in the Kabbalah, although it is currently becoming popularized by some Jewish groups such as Chabad-Lubavitch and Jewish Renewal.

Diesel fuel is very similar to heating oil which is used in central heating. It should be noted that some Orthodox Jews study Kabbalah (Jewish esoteric mysticism) which contains magical elements; however, their practices use terminology that varies greatly from witchcraft. Due to the purity of the source, it has a higher quality than petrodiesel. For instance, Rabbi Rabbah created a person and sent him to Rabbi Zera, and Rabbi Hanina and Rabbi Oshaia studied every Sabbath evening together and created a small calf to eat (Sanhedrin 65b). Paraffin biodiesel also exists. However, some of the Rabbis practiced magic themselves. However, biodiesel has combustion properties very similar to regular diesel, including combustion energy and cetane ratings. The one who creates the illusion of picking cucumbers should not be condemned, only the one who actually picks the cucumbers through magic.

Chemically, most biodiesel consists of alkyl (usually methyl) esters instead of the alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons of petroleum derived diesel. Rabbis of the Talmud also condemned magic when it produced something other than illusion, giving the example of two men who use magic to pick cucumbers (Sanhedrin 67a). A small percentage of biodiesel can be used as an additive in low-sulfur formulations of diesel to increase the lubricating ability that is lost when the sulfur is removed. According to Traditional Judaism, it is acknowledged that while magic exists, it is forbidden to practice it on the basis that it usually involves the worship of other gods. There have been reports that a diesel-biodiesel mix results in lower emissions than either can achieve alone. Jewish law views the practice of witchcraft as being laden with idolatry and/or necromancy; both being serious theological and practical offenses in Judaism. This can be overcome by using a biodiesel/petrodiesel blend, or by installing a small heater in your fuel system, but this is only nessecary during the colder months. There is some debate, however, as to whether the word used in Galatians and Revelation, Pharmakeia, is properly translated as "sorcery", as the word was commonly used to describe malicious use of drugs as in poisons, contraceptives, and abortifacients.

Biodiesel has a lower gel point than regular diesel, but is comparable to diesel #2. Supposing that the belief in witchcraft were held to be an idle superstition, it would be strange that the suggestion should nowhere be made that the evil of these practices only lay in the pretending to the possession of powers which did not really exist. It can also be mixed with petrodiesel in any amount in modern engines, though when first using it , the solvent properties of the fuel tend to clear out all the garbage that has built up from the petrodiesel and can clog fuel filters. The prohibitions of sorcery in the New Testament leave the same impression (Galatians 5:20, compared with Revelation 21:8; 22:15; and Acts 8:9; 13:6). Biodiesel is a non-fossil fuel alternative to petrodiesel. From Leviticus 20:27: "A man or woman in whom there is a pythonical or divining spirit, dying let them die: they shall stone them: Their blood be upon them", we should naturally infer that the divining spirit was not believed to be a mere imposture. Biodiesel can be obtained from vegetable oil and animal fats (bio-lipids, using transesterification). However, the witch responds with shocked surprise at the manifestation, denoting that the witch had actually expected something different -- presumably either nothing real at all or a lying ("familiar") spirit.

Such synthetic diesel has 30% less particulate emissions than conventional diesel (US- California) ^[3]. The whole narrative of Saul's visit to the witch of En Dor (I Samuel 28) implies belief in the reality of the witch's evocation of the shade of Samuel. Synthetic diesel may also be produced out of natural gas in the GTL process. "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live".) Many bible scholars have noted that in the original hebrew the word "M'khasephah"(translated in the King James as "witch") means "someone who malevolently uses spoken curses to hurt people", which the modern Wiccan Rede specifically forbids of its practitioners to do. ^[2] Other attempts use enzymatic processes and are also economic in case of high oil prices. (See Deuteronomy 18:11-12; Exodus 22:18, "wizards thou shalt not suffer to live" - A.V. After purification the so called Fischer Tropsch process is used to produce synthetic diesel. In the Bible references to witchcraft are frequent, and the strong condemnations of such practices which we read there do not seem to be based so much upon the supposition of fraud as upon the "abomination" of the magic in itself.

Wood, straw, corn, garbage, and sewage-sludge may be dried and gasified. In modern Hindi, a witch is called chudail or Daayan, and is greatly feared even today as a potential harm by many of the illiterate villagers. C₁₀H₂₂ to C₁₅H₃₂. One of the four holy Vedas of the Hindus, the Atharva Veda, itself contains semi-magical incantations, chiefly against such sorcerors meaning harm to the Aryan peoples. Petroleum derived diesel is composed of about 75% saturated hydrocarbons (primarily paraffins including n, iso, and cycloparaffins), and 25% aromatic hydrocarbons (including naphthalenes and alkylbenzenes).^[1] The average chemical formula for common diesel fuel is C₁₂H₂₆, ranging from approx. In the Vedic Age, witches were recognized and called yoginīs (masc.: yogin), and wrongful magic was called abhichāra. In the maritime field various grades of diesel fuel are used. It is there prescribed,.

Diesel contains approximately 18% more energy per unit of volume than gasoline, which, along with the greater efficiency of diesel engines, contributes to fuel economy (distance traveled per volume of fuel consumed). It will be sufficient to quote a short section from the Code of Hammurabi (about 2000 B.C.). Biodiesel is an effective lubricity additive. Both in ancient Egypt and in Babylonia it played a conspicuous part, as existing records plainly show. However, lowering sulfur also reduces the lubricity of the fuel, meaning that additives must be put into the fuel to help lubricate engines. The belief in witchcraft and its practice seem to have been widespread in the past. It prevents the use of catalytic diesel particulate filters to control diesel particulate emissions, as well as more advanced technologies, such as nitrogen oxide (NOx) adsorbers (still under development), to reduce emissions. See for example:.

High levels of sulfur in diesel are harmful for the environment. Powers typically attributed to European witches include turning food poisonous or inedible, flying on broomsticks, casting spells, and creating fear and local chaos. diesel fuel typically also has a lower cetane number (a measure of ignition quality) than European diesel, resulting in worse cold weather performance and some increase in emissions. Present-day beliefs about the witches of history attribute to them elements of the folklore witch, the charmer, the cunning man or wise woman, the diviner and the astrologer. U.S. The long-term result of this amalgamation of distinct types of magic-worker into one is the considerable present-day confusion as to what witches actually did, whether they harmed or healed, what role (if any) they had in the community, whether they can be identified with the "witches" of other cultures and even whether they existed as anything other than a projection. In contrast, the United States has long had "dirtier" diesel, although more stringent emission standards have been adopted with the transition to ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) occurring in 2006 (see also diesel exhaust). The important distinction is that there are records of the populace reporting alleged witches to the authorities as such, whereas cunning folk were not so incriminated; they were more commonly prosecuted for accusing the innocent or defrauding people of money.

In Europe, emission standards and preferential taxation have both forced oil refineries to dramatically reduce the level of sulfur in diesel fuels. When a person was known to be a witch, the populace would still seek to employ their healing skills; however, as was not the case with cunning-folk, members of the general population would also hire witches to curse their enemies. Diesel fuel, however, often contains higher quantities of sulfur. In addition, it appears that much of the populace was willing to approach either of these groups for healing magic and divination. Diesel is generally simpler to refine than gasoline and often costs less (although price fluctuations often mean that the inverse is true; for example, the cost of diesel traditionally rises during colder months as demand for heating oil, which is refined much the same way, rises). Records from the Middle Ages, however, make it appear that it was, quite often, not entirely clear to the populace whether a given practioner of magic was a witch or one of the cunning-folk. When burnt diesel typically releases about 147,000 British thermal units (BTU) per US gal (40.9 megajoules (MJ) per liter), whereas gasoline releases 125,000 BTUs per US gal (34.8 MJ/l), also about 15% less. Such "cunning-folk" did not refer to themselves as witches and objected to the accusation that they were such.

Diesel typically weighs about 7.1 pounds (lb) per US gallon (gal) (850 grams per liter (g/l)), whereas gasoline weighs about 6.0 lb per US gal (720 g/l), or about 15% less. Girdle-measurers specialised in diagnosing ailments caused by fairies, while magical cures for more mundane ailments, such as burns or toothache, could be had from charmers.). Petro Diesel is considered to be a fuel oil and is about 18% denser than gasoline. (Other folk magicians had their own purviews. As a hydrocarbon mixture, it is obtained in the fractional distillation of crude oil between 250 °C and 350 °C at atmospheric pressure. Toad doctors were also credited with the ability to undo witchcraft. Diesel is produced from petroleum, and is sometimes called petrodiesel (or, less seriously, dinodiesel) when there is a need to distinguish it from diesel obtained from other sources. The term "witch doctor" was in use in England before it came to be associated with Africa.

. In England, the provision of this curative magic was the job of a witch doctor, also known as a cunning man, white witch, or wise woman. The term typically refers to fuel that has been processed from petroleum, but increasingly, alternatives such as biodiesel or biomass to liquid (BTL) or gas to liquid (GTL) diesel that are not derived from petroleum are being developed. These can be found in Bacchanalias, especially in the time when they were led by priestess Paculla Annia (188-186). Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. According to the scholar Max Dashu, the concept of medieval witch contained many of its elements even before the emergence of Christianity. URL accessed on December 5, 2005.. This idea is commonplace in pre-Christian religions and is a logical consequence of belief in magic.

^  http://www.westport.com/expertise/westport_cycle.php. The Church did not invent the idea of witchcraft as a potentially harmful force whose practitioners should be put to death. URL accessed on December 5, 2005.. Other rulers such as King Coloman of Hungary declared that witch-hunts should cease because witches do not exist. ^  Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This denial was accepted into Church law until it was reversed in later centuries as the witch-craze gained force. URL accessed on December 5, 2005.. In 820 the Bishop of Lyon and others repudiated the belief that witches could make bad weather, fly in the night, and change their shape.

^  SYNTHETIC DIESEL FUEL. The emperor Charlemagne decreed that the burning of supposed witches was a pagan custom that would be punished by the death penalty. URL accessed on December 5, 2005.. Boniface declared in the eighth century that belief in witches is unchristian. ^  http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad/highlights/2005/01/btl0104/syntheticdiesel.htm. St. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Down through history, the Catholic Church and European society have not always been obsessed with hunting witches and blaming them for bad occurrences.

Atlanta, GA: U.S. The witches or wizards addicted to such practices were alleged to adjure Jesus and the sacraments, observe "the witches' sabbath" - performing infernal rites which often took the shape of a parody of the Mass or the offices of the Church - pay Divine honour to the Prince of Darkness, and in return receive from him preternatural powers. Toxicological profile for fuel oils. Traditional European witchcraft beliefs, such as those typified in the confessions of the Pendle Witches, commonly involve a diabolical pact or at least an appeal to the intervention of the spirits of evil[3]. 1995. In place of the old Pagan magic methodology, the Church placed a Christian methodology involving saints and divine relics — a short step from the old Pagan techniques of amulets and talismans. ^ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). While Christianity competed with Pagan religion, this concern was paramount, only lessening in importance once Christianity was the dominant religion in most of Europe.

^[2] The advent of Christianity suggests that potential Christians, comfortable with the use of magic as part of their daily lives, expected Christian clergy to work magic of a form superior to the old Pagan way. The characterization of the witch, rather than being a caricature of a Pagan priestess, developed over time. The familiar witch of folklore and popular superstition is a combination of numerous influences. This is an oversimplification and presumes that a recognizable folklore figure must derive from a single historical precedent (a female, maligned magic-worker).

Popular neopagan beliefs suggest that witches were female shamans who were made into malicious figures by Christian propaganda. The characterization of the witch in Europe is not derived from a single source. Most people would call male witches sorcerers, wizards, or warlocks; however, modern self-identified witches and Wiccans continue to use the term witch for all who practice witchcraft. Colloquially, the term witch is applied almost exclusively to women, although in earlier English the term was applied to men too.

[1]. Many neo-pagan sources assert that because the root wik- is associated with words meaning "to bend", the original meaning of the word was "one who bends the natural order" (by using magic). Other possible connections include the Old English wigle (divination), the Proto-Germanic *wikkjaz (necromancer), the Gothic weihs (holy), and the English words victim (in its original meaning for someone killed in a religious ritual) and wicked. Low German contains wicker (soothsayer).

Contraction of witega ('wise man, prophet') is possible. That the word derives directly from Old English is hard to doubt, but the origins of the Old English words are more problematic. The origins of the term witch are highly disputed. Methods are many and differ from witch to witch.

Sometimes quite simple and mundane actions can constitute the physical casting of a spell, and it is a common belief amongst modern witches that the intention behind the actions is at least as important as the actions themselves. Spells can be cast by many methods, including meditation, burning of candles, chanting or reciting incantations, performing physical rituals and making herbal preparations. Probably the most obvious characteristic of a witch is their ability to cast spells. Necromancy, the conjuring of the spirits of the dead, is also regarded as a typical witchcraft practice; the Biblical 'Witch' of Endor is supposed to have performed it, and it is among the witchcraft practices condemned by Aelfric.

Witchcraft practices (in the common, malefic sense) are typically forbidden by law where belief in them exists (as well as being hated and feared by the general populace) while 'folk magic' is tolerated or even accepted wholesale by the people, even if the orthodox establishment objects to it. Many neopagan witches identify with this concept, and profess strong ethical codes that prevent them from attempting magic on someone without that person having requested it or at least given permission. There has also existed in popular belief the concept of white witches and white witchcraft, which is strictly benevolent. The folk magic used to identify or protect against witches is often indistinguishable from that used by the witches themselves.

Folk magic of a more benign and socially acceptable sort may then be employed to turn the malevolence aside, or identify the supposed witch so that punishment may be carried out. Where witchcraft is believed to have the power to influence the body or possessions, witches can become a credible cause for disease, sickness in animals, bad luck, sudden death, impotence and other such misfortunes. Many examples can be found in ancient texts, such as those from Egypt and Babylonia. The concept of a magic-worker influencing another person's body or property against his or her will was clearly present in many cultures before the introduction of monotheism, as there are traditions in both folk magic and religious magic that have the purpose of countering witchcraft or identifying witches from those times.

Some modern commentators, especially neopagan ones, consider the malefic nature of witchcraft to be a Christian projection. Practices to which the witchcraft label have been historically applied are those which influence another person's body or property against his or her will, or which are believed, by the person doing the labeling, to undermine the social or religious order. A great deal of confusion and conflict has arisen from attempts by one group or another to canonize their particular definition of the term. Recently, witchcraft has taken on a distinctly positive connotation among Wiccans and other Neopagans as the ritual element of their religious beliefs.

Such accusations are a counterpart to blood libel of various kinds, which may be found throughout history across the globe. In the modern Western world, witchcraft accusations have often accompanied the Satanic Ritual Abuse hysteria. Accusations of witchcraft were frequently combined with other charges of heresy against such groups as the Cathars and Waldensians. Throughout this time, the concept of witchcraft came increasingly to be interpreted as a form of Devil worship.

Under the monotheistic religions of the Levant (primarily Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), witchcraft came to be associated with heresy, rising to a fever pitch among the Catholics, Protestants, and secular leadership of the European Late Medieval/Early Modern period. On occasion such accusations have led to witch hunts. Belief in witches of this sort have been common among the indigenous populations of the world, including Africa, Asia and the Americas. This use of the term is most often found in accusations against individuals who are suspected of causing harm in the community by way of supernatural means.

If the community accepts magical practice in general, then there is typically a clear separation between witches (in this sense) and the terms used to describe legitimate practitioners. Witchcraft is also used to refer, narrowly, to the practice of magic in an exclusively inimical sense. Such religions consider their own ritual practices to be not at all magical, but rather simply variations of prayer. According to some religious doctrines, all forms of magic are labeled witchcraft, and are either proscribed or treated as superstitious.

Members of some religions have applied the term witchcraft in a pejorative sense to refer to all magical or ritual practices other than those sanctioned by their own doctrines, though this has become less common, at least in the Western world. Depending on the values of the community, witchcraft in this sense may be regarded with varying degrees of suspicion and hostility, or with ambivalence, being neither intrinsically good nor evil. Sometimes witchcraft is used to refer, broadly, to the practice of magic, and has a connotation similar to sorcery. Each culture has its own particular body of concepts dealing with magic, religion, benevolent and harmful spirits, and ritual; and these ideas do not find obvious equivalents in other cultures.

. Used with entirely different contexts, and within entirely different cultural references, it can take on distinct and often contradictory meanings. Witchcraft is viewed differently in different cultures around the globe. The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history.

A witch is a (sometimes specifically female) person who engages in witchcraft. Witchcraft, in various historical, religious and mythical contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers. flying ointments. witchcraft trials.

witchhunts. Malleus Maleficarum. Use of poppets. Astrology, reading of horoscopes.

Divination - by tarot, runes, etc. Healing. Chanting mantras. Conducting séances; using ouija boards.

Seeing auras. The manipulation of energy. Talking to plants. Meditation.