All That Glitters.

I want to tell you about the character of gold; what it is, where it comes from, and what living spirit it contains.

Some say it is cursed...

It is not cursed.

In this day, Chinese people have money that can be used in the West, and so they can exercise their desires and aspirations through the spending power of money.

I personally quite literally come from a Venetian family – that is, partly from genuine Venetian blood, and in all respects from a long long history of seafarers, adventurers, merchants, soldiers, and kings.

Murano glass everywhere...

Venice in the West, sent envoys and ambassadors and magistrates-of-trade (for that is what they were called) into China, and returned with a tie of some inner and spiritual kind, to the Great Dragon of the East.

Vast balloons floating in the still air and light breezes, were covered in lightest silk from China. Rich brocades and ornate carpets, strange food and preserved fruit, medicines, paper, scent, and skyrockets... All entered into the consciousness and experience of the Venetian people because of the influence of China; its culture, ideas, and science. And because the heart and mind of the Venetian is open to subtle influences.

We, today, in the West, look at the purchasing and ownership of gold, as quite definitely a means to make money, as its price rises, in a huge bull market. We know that never was there a time when it was absolutely without worth at all, but we see it recently having risen so quickly, and, those of us who are also bulls in this golden market, hope that it will continue to do so sufficient to make us a good profit quickly.

Those who doubt the point of it all, might adopt the position of sellers, and hope that its price will fall like everything else in the deflationary conditions of the global economy today.

Two things are necessary and vital to understanding where the price of gold might go from here and when it will do so: an understanding of the spirit of Chinese higher culture, and a conception about whether or not and at what intervals the Chinese Central Government will allow its currency to appreciate now and then against the rubbish of the rest of the world that is passed off for money.

There is a traditional Chinese classical piece of music called 'Jasmine Flower.' You can easily see and hear it being played on YouTube. Listen to this, and think about whether the classical Chinese mind would buy gold for a profit – or, only for a profit. And then when you next go down to your gold mint, or gold seller, buy some like a Chinese person might think about doing, if he or she has just come into some money - after they have bought and eaten a bowl of noodles, bought a new shirt, a piece of fruit, a bolt of silk, the horse racing tips for next week's races... A billion people are buying alongside you. Mayhaps too they will also have more spending power than they did the week before. Of course gold is very beautiful. And it's also very smart a thing to have. The Venetians powdered it and burned it in glass to make a special type of red-coloured glass. They, by hiding their wealth thus convinced thieves by such means that they were only wine drinkers afterall and fibbers, and not anywhere near as rich as people said. The future price of something walks around today wearing a mask. It is Venice once again. Every lie hides a truth. And frankly I'd rather have the pockets of my cloak lined with real gold coins than with real receipts from the vendors and brokers of Buffett's 'Mr. Market-never-lies' price action on everything. I just can't trust 'Mr. Market' anymore!

Gold will never die; it is the symbol of, and possesses the spirit of, truth, and eternal and universal dominion.

Calvin J. Bear