Goodness of Clay
Marijke Vogel

“From dust we have come and to dust we will return.”

Our body is a very complex structure. Millions of jobs are carried out every minute of the day, mostly silently and we are unaware of the hard work produced by our organs and body systems to maintain homoeostasis 24 hours a day. Everything is taken for granted. When we are young we can get away with abusing our bodies through bad diets and lifestyles but soon, when we reach 30 or before we need to take some control over these matters otherwise they will get out of control.

The body has an innate ability to heal itself; sometimes all that is needed is a catalyst. It is not always easy to know which catalyst as we are bombarded with advertisements promising all kinds of cures and help to maintain health. People are succumbing to trying a plethora of useless and expensive remedies that often have no effect, due to our absorption mechanisms failing to utilize or digest these remedies and they are subsequently washed down our toilets. Now if you had used a catalyst you may have found that these remedies would start to have an effect, due to the catalyst paving the way by cleansing, detoxifying and preparing the body to work better at producing enzymes and other substances needed to aid absorption. So now you can take these remedies in conjunction with your catalyst and actually find some much needed benefit.

I hope that this makes sense, however the only way you will know it works is to try it and not shy away from it.

Drinking clay has been a normal part of life in Europe for centuries. Here in Britain, and in North America, people take a long time to take up the idea of something considered a bit strange, as appears to be the case with clay. We don?t mind taking a dozen tablets or capsules every day, packed nicely with a nice little story around it but we are afraid of drinking a little glass of clay.

Of course there are now so many remedies on the market it is very confusing, and many people are self-medicating, often taking supplements that you don?t need or could actually have an adverse effect, therefore it is always an idea to consult a qualified professional for initial guidance.

Living a natural lifestyle is getting harder a nd harder. We find that through media advertising it is considered normal to consume plenty of sugar. Sugar is in found and hidden in so many foods and it is one of the causes of degeneration of body and mind. Our children and teenagers consume excess amounts on a daily basis. Still the body?s finely tuned organism is, despite this onslaught, desperately trying to maintain homoeostasis. Our 60 trillion cells need a good supply of fresh oxygen to be replaced every 3 minutes. This gets harder when toxicity builds up. The importance of good blood circulation is obvious. We are able to survive for quite some time while abusing our bodies, but at what cost and what quality of life?


Are we too tired to get out of bed or walk up the stairs? Is there a lack of concentration? Do we have weight problems, hormonal imbalances? So much can be achieved with a diet of natural foods and sufficient fluid intake.

Do we really think it is a good idea to have health massage at MacDonald?s (yes, you can now have a massage at some Macdonald branches, so after consuming your burger and fries you can have them massaged around your body. Great! The idea of wholistic has definitely gone haywire or ?bananas? as they say in the USA. We should consider that a lack of chemical elements, which are so often lacking in diets depleted of real nourishment, through intensified production methods is affecting us in more ways than one.

Using clay regularly will help to protect the immune system and acts as a buffer to the constant onslaught of pathogens and bacteria inhaled or ingested. With today?s increasing threat of chemicals and pollutants that can arrive from anywhere, it is definitely important to utilise the simple natural substances that Nature has put on our earth as a gift for humanity, for reasons that are making sense to only a few so far.

Life is always in a balance. There is always something somewhere out there that will act to balance out the negatives. We must continue to believe in the good of mankind however hard that becomes as we move into our new century. There is goodness in everyone, sometimes it is just covered up and tainted. It is when we lose that belief that the negative takes over and takes us on a downward slide.

The ancient Taoists were aware that each day they needed to absorb the energy of the stars, planets and the cosmic particles. They believed that we are made up of the fallen dust particles of the stars above. In olden times humans were able to absorb 90% of those cosmic forces. Over the years due to deterioration and malnutrition we are only able to utilise a tiny fraction of this force. We have lost the ability in modern times to utilise this energy and the life force from the universal cosmic particles. We depend on the earth forces to supply these elements. Our plants and vegetation are still capable of retaining at least 80% of this ability, and when we consume these we can still benefit. We depend on them to receive these forces and must ensure to have sufficient intake of these plant-foods.

We are all responsible for the state of our health. We cannot blame our doctors or our health service. If you are presenting them with your polluted bodies and expecting miracles, they can not provide your needs.

Our health is in our own hands.

© Copyright Wholistic Research 2003
  Further information about the goodness of clay can be learned through the book, “The earth on which we live” by Marijke Vogel, ISBN No 0-9540-6930-7.