VISITATION UNDER THE ARBOR-HOW THIS BOOK BEGAN 1
2 OVERVIEW: WHY THE GODDESS THEME? 9
THE GODDESS, SYMBOL OF A MYTHICAL PAST,
MODEL FOR A BETTER FUTURE 9
ETHICAL-THEOLOGICAL QUESTION POSED 12
THE GODDESS: SYMBOL OF OPPOSITION TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS 12
THE GODDESS AS ETHICAL SYMBOL 13
THE GODDESS AS SYMBOL OF THE FEMININE SIDE OF GOD 15
THE GODDESS: SYMBOL OF A CALL TO EAT WHAT WILL MAKE US HEALTHY 16
THE GODDESS: SYMBOL OF RETURN TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITY 17
THE GODDESS: SYMBOL OF THOSE IN NEED 18
FOOD IS A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, A PERSONAL,
AND EVEN A SPIRITUAL MATTER 19
THE GODDESS: SYMBOL OF LAW 20
MY THESIS IS THIS 22
THE GODDESS: SYMBOL OF THE CALL TO WAKE UP 23
3 DEDICATION 25
DEDICATION 1 25
DEAR WIFE WITH SOON-TO-BE BROKEN HEART, 25
DEAR HUSBAND WITH HEART SOON-TO-BREAK, 26
DEDICATION 2 27
DEDICATION 3 27
HEY VEGETABLE HEADS! 27
DEDICATION 4 28
DEDICATION 5 28
4 DIET: THE RELEVANCE OF THE PAST TO THE PRESENT 29
WHY STUDY THE HISTORY OF FOOD? 29
THE HISTORY OF DIET, A TUNNEL BACK INTO TIME 30
THEOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR DOING HISTORICAL ANALYSIS 30
HUMAN EVOLUTION 31
THE AQUATIC APE THEORY 31
FIRE AND HEARTH? 33
POPULATION CRASH-—74,000 YEARS AGO 33
HUNTER-GATHERERS, GATHERER-HUNTERS 34
THE FIRST AGRICULTURE—GROWING TREES 34
AN OVERVIEW OF AGES, EPOCHS, AND IMPORTANT EVENTS 35
THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION—GROWING GRAIN 36
5 LOSS OF EDEN: THIS ERA OF CONTINUOUS WARFARE 39
OLD EUROPE, BEFORE 4300 B.C.E., A PARADIGM OF PARTNERSHIP 39
OUT ON THE STEPPES: THE HORSE, THE COMPOSITE BOW 42
INVASIONS OF THE COWBOYS, A PARADIGM OF DOMINATION 43
A LOOK AT KURGAN CULTURE 47
ARYAN INVASIONS OF PERSIA AND INDIA 48
6 JUDAISM AND THE HISTORY OF FOOD 51
MINING THE LEGENDS OF GENESIS 51
THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL EDEN 54
THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL DELUGE 55
MEAT EATING ALLOWED AFTER THE DELUGE 57
RECOVERY OF THE PARTNERSHIP PARADIGM 60
THE RULE OF NOAH 61
MOSES 62
SAGA OF THE VEGETARIAN DANIEL 63
JUDAISM AND THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM 63
ANCIENT JUDAISM CHALLENGES MODERN JUDAISM 65
PROFESSOR SCHWARTZ LEADS THE CHALLENGE 66
7 GREEK AND PERSIAN LEGEND AND THE LINK BACK TO THE GOLDEN ERA 67
THE DELPHIC ORACLE 67
PYTHAGORAS, MUSICIAN, PHYSICIAN, PHILOSOPHER,
MATHEMATICIAN, VEGETARIAN, 569-470 B.C.E. 68
THE ORPHIC MYSTERY, THE CULT OF DIONYSUS 72
SOCRATES AND PLATO 72
THE ZOROASTRIAN VISION OF THE VEGETARIAN PEACE SURE TO COME 74
8 THE VEGETARIAN THEME IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION 75
MISASSUMPTIONS ABOUT JESUS 75
OVERVIEW: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN JESUS AND MY THEME 75
WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT JESUS? 76
CHRISTOLOGICAL INFLATION 78
FOLLOW JESUS BY BEING DEEP HISTORIANS AND STUDENTS OF ETHICS 80
A CRITICAL APPROACH BUILDS A BETTER FOUNDATION 80
HISTORY OF DIET AS A TOOL FOR DOING THEOLOGY 83
SOURCES 83
CENSORSHIP 84
THE ESSENES 85
THE THERAPEUTAE 87
THE NASARAEANS 88
THE OSSAEANS 89
THE NAZORAEANS, JESSAEANS, AND ESSENES 90
EBIONITES VS. NAZARENES 92
JESUS, BRANCH OF DAVID, NAZARITE 94
JOHN THE BAPTIST 95
STEPHEN, HELLENIST, FOE OF THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM 97
LIQUIDATION OF THE VEGETARIAN COMMUNE OF JERUSALEM 100
MATTHEW 101
ALL THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS 101
SIMON PETER, THE CLEMENTINA 101
JAMES, BROTHER OF JESUS 107
SAUL OF TARSUS, PAUL OF ANTIOCH 110
PAUL, MYSTERY RELIGIONS, GNOSTICISM 116
WHAT JESUS TAUGHT 121
WHAT PAUL AND JOHN TAUGHT 122
PAUL, JAMES, AND THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL 123
HOW DOES ONE EXPLAIN THESE DIFFICULTIES? 128
HILLEL AND SHAMMAI 131
MARCION—FOLLOWER OF PAUL, CATALYST OF THE CANON 131
PRO-ROMAN WHITEWASH, ANTI-JEWISH SLUR 133
SLAVERY—ANOTHER COVER-UP 133
INFORMATION FROM MOSLEM-NAZARENE SOURCES 134
WHY OUR PICTURE OF JESUS IS CLOUDED 138
RISE AND FALL OF THE JERUSALEM CHURCH OF JAMES 140
THE FAMILY OF JESUS, THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CALIPHATE 142
THE DA VINCI CODE 144
FOUR WINGS OF THE JERUSALEM CHURCH, TWO OF THEM VEGETARIAN 145
THE JUDEO-CHRISTIANS, BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL 147
JOHN THE APOSTLE, AUTHOR OF REVELATION, FOE OF PAUL 149
JOHN THE ELDER, AUTHOR OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 151
THE GNOSTIC CHRISTIANS 152
THE MANICHAEANS, BOGOMILES, CATHARI, ALBIGENSES 154
THE ELKASITES 155
THE PROLIFIC, ORTHODOX JEROME 155
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM 157
EARLY CHRISTIAN FASTING AND THE DIDACHE 157
THE BURDEN THEME, “BEAR WHAT THOU ART ABLE” 159
PLINY REFERRED TO THE CHRISTIANS’ DIET 160
MODERN DAY CHRISTIAN VEGETARIAN FASTING 160
WHAT DID JESUS EAT AT THE LAST SUPPER? 161
WHAT DID JESUS SAY AT THE LAST SUPPER? 162
THE AGAPÉ AS FELLOWSHIP MEAL AND CHARITABLE FEEDING 174
THE MESSIAH WAS TO BE VEGETARIAN AND END THE SACRIFICES 176
JESUS QUOTED THE VEGETARIAN HOSEA, OPPOSED THE SACRIFICES 177
JESUS STOPPED THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN THE TEMPLE 179
JESUS SAID THE TEMPLE WOULD BE DESTROYED UNLESS
THE SACRIFICES WERE STOPPED 181
JESUS AIMED TO TAKE POLITICAL POWER 182
JESUS, KILLED FOR SEDITION BY ROMANS, ASSISTED BY QUISLING PRIESTS 184
LATER FOLLOWERS OF JESUS REFUSED TO FIGHT THE ROMANS 184
JESUS WAS PRECEDED, SURROUNDED, AND FOLLOWED BY VEGETARIANS 185
JESUS AND THE RIGHT TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 187
SZEKELY AND THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE 189
IS THERE AN INDIAN TRADITION OF A VEGETARIAN JESUS? 191
WHAT ABOUT THE FISH STORIES? MORE TAMPERING WITH THE TEXTS 192
MORE TAMPERING: ASTROLOGY, FISH SYMBOLISM, AND SON OF GOD 193
MORE TAMPERING: JESUS’ BIRTH 197
WHAT ABOUT ALLEGATIONS THAT JESUS WAS A BELLY-SLAVE? 198
DID JESUS KEEP KOSHER OR DECLARE ALL FOODS CLEAN? 198
VEGETARIANISM BANNED BY THE CHURCH 200
JESUS, AN ALTERNATE HYPOTHESIS 200
THE VEGETARIAN MESSIAH—THE ONLY HYPOTHESIS WHICH RINGS TRUE 200
ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY CHALLENGES MODERN CHRISTIANITY 201
HOW CHRISTIANITY WENT WRONG 202
UNDERSTANDING WHAT JESUS STOOD FOR 203
WORSHIP OR FOLLOW? IDOLIZE OR EMULATE? 208
THE IGNORED ISSUE, MORAL BLIND SPOTS, A UNIFIED THEORY 211
THE 11TH COMMANDMENT: HOW DOES THE MESSAGE OF JESUS APPLY TODAY? 212
9 COWBOY CULTURE CONQUERS THE ENTIRE WORLD 215
CROSSING OCEANS 215
ARYAN TRIBES WAR WITH ARYAN TRIBES 217
OTHER HISTORIES OF VEGETARIANISM 218
10 THE ENVIRONMENT AND A PLANT-BASED DIET 219
GLOBAL WARMING, BIODIESEL AND ETHANOL 224
11 THE ECONOMY AND A PLANT-BASED DIET 227
12 POPULATION EXPLOSION AND A PLANT-BASED DIET 231
WHY DO WE HAVE A POPULATION EXPLOSION? 231
HOW DIET RELATES TO POPULATION GROWTH 232
THE OTHER POPULATION EXPLOSION 234
BECOMING CONSCIOUS ABOUT OUR NUMBERS 234
TAKING CONTROL OF OUR POPULATION 235
13 A PLANT-BASED DIET—HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS 237
INTRODUCING THE EXPERTS 237
HUMAN ANATOMY AND PRIMATE DIET 238
LIFE EXPECTANCY AND A VEGETARIAN DIET 242
VITAMINS AND MINERALS 242
VITAMIN A, CAROTENOIDS 243
THE B VITAMINS 243
VITAMIN B-12 243
VITAMIN C AND BIOFLAVONOIDS 244
VITAMIN D 245
VITAMIN E 245
VITAMIN K 245
CARNITINE 245
CALCIUM AND MILK 245
CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS BALANCE 246
MAGNESIUM 246
IRON 247
ZINC, SELENIUM, COPPER 247
PROTEIN HYPE 248
CHILDREN FLOURISH EATING A PLANT-BASED DIET 249
EATING ANIMAL-BASED FOODS: EARLIER PUBERTY, LATER MENOPAUSE 250
OBESITY 250
HEALTHY OILS AND FLAX 253
FISH, EPA AND DHA 258
FISH OIL 260
DAIRY PRODUCTS, OSTEOPOROSIS, AND ANIMAL-BASED FOODS 261
CHICKEN AND EGGS 266
CATTLE AND PIGS 267
GROWTH HORMONES 269
IMMUNITY TO ANTIBIOTICS, DISEASES FROM ANIMALS 269
CHOLESTEROL, HYPERTENSION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 270
DIABETES 273
CANCER 273
ARTHRITIS 278
ULCERS 279
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 279
KIDNEY STONES AND GALLSTONES 279
SODIUM AND POTASSIUM 280
SPONGIFORM BRAIN DISEASE 280
RECOMBINANT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE 284
FIBER: EAT MORE OF THE GOOD, EVEN IF YOU KEEP EATING THE BAD 285
EXPOSING A WORLD OF LIES 285
COULD I SOMEHOW BE WRONG? 286
14 THE ETHICS OF DIET 287
THE MYTH OF THE WHOLESOME BARNYARD 287
HUNTING 287
BEEF CATTLE 288
DAIRY CATTLE 289
VEAL 290
LAYING HENS 291
BROILER CHICKENS 292
DUCKS AND GEESE 292
PIGS 292
ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION 293
LEGAL LIABILITY 293
THE GHOULISHNESS OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 293
VEGETARIAN ACTIVISM 296
THERE SHOULD BE A LAW 297
15 COULD I SOMEHOW BE WRONG ABOUT ALL OF THIS? 301
THE VEGETARIAN DEBUNKERS 301
THE DEBUNKER THESIS 302
VITAMIN B-12 302
VITAMIN A AND BETA-CAROTENE 302
TAURINE 303
ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS 303
MILK—DEBUNKERS’ BLIND SPOT 305
IS EATING ANIMAL-BASED FOODS AN INSTINCT? 306
HAVE WE EVOLVED INTO SEMI-CARNIVORES? 308
THE ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTALIST, ORGANIC SEMI-CARNIVORE 309
ARE WE MORALLY FLAWED? 310
ARE WE SUCKERS? OR JUST NOT AWAKE? 310
ANOTHER OBSTACLE: THE CATTLEISTS
WILL RESIST CHANGE AND ARE DANGEROUS 310
A STRICT VEGETARIAN, ALMOST A STRICT VEGAN 311
SHOULD I ADVOCATE A STRICT VEGANISM? 311
IS THE VEGAN PATH THE BEST OR ONLY WAY TO PEACE? 312
16 TWO VERSIONS OF REALITY 315
17 THE VOCABULARY OF DIET 321
VEGETARIANS OF OLD 321
“VEGETARIAN”, “STRICTLY VEGETARIAN” 321
“RELATIVE VEGETARIAN” 322
TYPES OF VEGETARIANS: HEALTH, ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL 322
“LACTO-OVO VEGETARIAN” 323
“OVO-VEGETARIAN” 323
“LACTO-VEGETARIAN” 323
“VEGAN” 324
“VEGAN”, “VEGETARIAN”, AND “STRICTLY VEGETARIAN” 325
“RAW FOODS VEGAN” 325
FOOD COMBINING 326
“EATING A PLANT-BASED DIET” 326
“ORGANIC” 326
18 ORGANIC GARDENING 331
GROW YOUR OWN ORGANIC VEGETABLES 331
VEGANIC GARDENING—VEGAN AND ORGANIC 337
19 MAKING THE TRANSITION 339
THE INITIAL HURDLES 339
STRETCHING, EXERCISE, MEDITATION—FIRST THINGS FIRST 340
CHEW, CHEW, CHEW YOUR FOOD 341
FASTING 341
GET THE FAMILY INVOLVED 342
A GOOD TIME TO QUIT SMOKING 343
EXPLAINING YOURSELF AS A VEGETARIAN 345
WHERE TO BUY VEGETARIAN AND ORGANIC FOOD 346
EATING OUT AS A STRICT VEGETARIAN 346
CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE ALL AT ONCE 348
WHO’S STRANGE? 348
20 HEALTHY COOKING TECHNIQUES 349
LIQUIDS, JUICE AND TEA 349
FILTERED OR DISTILLED WATER, BARLEY WATER 350
FRUIT, JUICE, AND SMOOTHIES 351
BACKYARD GREENS 351
JUICING 352
COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES 352
RICE 352
OTHER GRAINS BESIDES RICE, PREFERABLY SPROUTED 353
SPROUTING 354
OILS 354
OLIVE OIL INSTEAD OF MARGARINE 354
FRIED FOODS 355
STIR-FRYING AND STEAM-FRYING TECHNIQUES 355
CRAVINGS FOR MEAT 357
EATING VEGAN IF YOU HAVE FALSE TEETH 358
STRICTLY VEGETARIAN BURGERS—TRANSITION FOOD 358
EATING WELL WITHOUT DAIRY PRODUCTS 359
GRANOLA WITH JUICE 359
STRICTLY VEGETARIAN “MILK” PRODUCTS 359
FLAX 360
EATING WELL WITHOUT EGGS 360
THICKENERS 361
SWEETENERS 361
SALT SUBSTITUTES 361
SOAPS AND HOUSEHOLD CLEANSERS 362
VEGETARIAN DOGS AND CATS 362
EATING VEGAN WHILE TRAVELING 363
21 GODDESS RECIPES 365
BREAKFAST FOOD 365
LIQUIDS, JUICE AND TEA 365
FRUIT, JUICE, AND SMOOTHIES 365
NUTS AND FLAX OIL ON RICE WITH GREENS 365
LAST NIGHT’S LEFTOVERS 366
WALNUT RAISIN PANCAKES 366
TOFU SCRAMBLE 366
SOUPS 367
MISO SOUP 367
POT HERBS 368
POT HERBS WITH SPROUTED BEANS 368
PUMPKIN, SQUASH, OR PARSNIP SOUP 369
LENTIL OR SPLIT PEA SOUP 369
SPROUTED BEAN SOUP 370
WEIRD SOUP 370
CENTERPIECE SERVINGS 371
STIR-FRIED VEGETABLES WITH TOFU 371
LEMON-LIME TEMPEH 372
GRAPE LEAF ROLLS, DOLMATHES 373
LENTIL PILAF 374
PASTA WITH PUTTANESCA SAUCE 374
PASTA WITH TOMATO SAUCE 375
VEGETABLE CURRY 376
MEAT SUBSTITUTES 377
FALAFEL 377
STRICTLY VEGETARIAN BURGERS MADE FROM MIXES 377
STRICTLY VEGETARIAN BURGERS READY TO HEAT AND EAT 378
STRICTLY VEGETARIAN PIZZA?? 378
CHEWY MEAT SUBSTITUTES 380
FIRM TOFU SANDWICH 380
STEAMED TOFU 380
OTHER PLANT-BASED “MEATS” 380
HERBED PUMPKIN OR SQUASH 381
TOAST DIPPED IN OLIVE OR FLAX OIL 381
ZATER PATE ON TOAST WITH OLIVE OIL 381
FENNEL AND GARLIC WITH TOAST 381
BAKED GARLIC (BAKE OTHER VEGGIES AT THE SAME TIME) 381
EGGPLANT WITH LEMON JUICE 382
OLIVES WITH BREAD 382
STEAMED, BROILED, ROASTED CORN ON THE COB 382
RELIABLE VEGGIE DISHES 383
GREENS STEAM-STIR FRIED 383
STEAMED VEGETABLES AND GREENS 384
STINGING NETTLE (WARNING: USE GLOVES!) AND DANDELION 384
GREEN BEANS OR SPINACH 385
GREEN BEANS AND TOMATOES 385
POTATOES AND TOMATOES 385
POTATO SALAD 386
ROASTED PEPPERS AND OTHER VEGETABLES 386
BAMBOO SHOOTS 387
LONG BEANS AND SQUASH 387
OKRA & TOMATOES 387
CHINESE BABY BOK CHOI 388
BAKED YAMS, SWEET POTATOES 388
CARROTS, SWEET POTATOES, AND PARSNIPS 388
SALADS, RAW FOODS 389
RAW FOOD FEAST 389
TABOLI SALAD 389
GRANDMA’S TOMATOES 390
SAUCES, SPREADS, DIPS—FOR STIR FRY, RICE, OR SALADS 390
LEMON-TAHINI SAUCE 390
SPICY PEANUT SAUCE 390
SPICY PEANUT SPREAD 390
BABA GANOOJ 391
HUMMUS OR FOOL 391
TOFU SOUR CREAM 392
DRIED CHERRY TOMATO PESTO 392
DESERTS 393
TAPIOCA PUDDING 393
SMOOTHIES 393
NONDAIRY ICE CREAM 393
BANANA COCONUT TOFU PIE 394
PUMPKIN TOFU PIE 395
APPLE PIE 395
APPLE SAUCE 395
VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAKE 396
22 FINAL SPECULATIONS 397
SPECULATION ABOUT AN UNCONSCIOUS CONNECTION 397
SPECULATIONS ABOUT WHERE CALLINGS COME FROM 401
SPECULATIONS ABOUT WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO 402
23 VEGETABLEARIAN SONGS 405
WE JUST NEVER UNDERSTOOD 405
A KOSHER XMAS CAROL 412
ENRIQUE’S SCALE 418
BIBLIOGRAPHY 419
VEGETARIAN COOKBOOKS 419
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 419
INDEX 425
