So, why is blood so special? Blood contains the complex protein by which the Water element is contained. The water element is needed to temporarily retain the Soul within the physical realm and thus by water further organisation or crystallisation (from the outer into the inner) becomes possible, to structure the body during the nine months of the primary maturation process. In other words, the outer or macrocosm is organised into a very dense form (microcosm) and this happens with what links the outer with the inner most wholly and energetically.... which is Food. For this reason the womb is near the small-intestine where food is biologically transmuted into blood plasma. By this shift every day 1/10 of the blood plasma is changed. Thus in 10 days the body's basic "building-block" undergoes a total change. In 3 to 4 months the blood plasma changes into the red blood cell, this in turn changes into the complex body cell in 3 to 4 years. And in 7 to 8 years the constitution change. This explains why the child enters maturity around the age of 13 (9 months + 4 years + 8 years).
The birth of the child indicates the fundamental change of cosmic orientation. From the head going down, then horizontal and gradually going up. This change of direction correlates with the emphasis on the shift of element, from the water element to the fire element. Thus upon birth the blood that the baby needed as its food (food refined by the mother by her to change it into blood) becomes sweet (carbohydrates).... indicating the integration of the fire element.
Mother's milk is sweet indeed. The great sweetness indicates the simple sugar that the baby needs, primarily brought to full digestion in the stomach, since the baby's small-intestine is still not fully able to digest solid food centred around the complex carbohydrate. While the baby is gradually developing the ability and capacity to fully digest food, the mother aids the baby with her transmuted blood, her milk. So, it is not such a great idea to give a Human baby the milk from an animal that has a long way to go in evolution to become Human! Especially by giving the child animal foods it will greatly set a mark on the basic development of the brain and behaviour Throughout Human history this has become evident.
Baby's food can gradually become less refined (sweet in taste) as the teeth appear. Then gradually the Whole Cereal Grain is included in the daily food. First in the form of "milk" (liquid) and gradually more solid as the molars develop. The whole cereal grain's fire element is contained by its complex carbohydrates. This means a slower release of energy and thus time is given for the fire element to reach the small-intestine, from where it can RISE via the Heart to "set the Brain on Fire". Without this complete route, from the mouth to the brain, the child can become "heartless". This becomes evident when one drinks alcohol (extreme refined carbohydrate), because the "food" has entered a "bypass", by which the fire ("fire-water") enters the blood/brain. We can become "drunk" with the overdose of sugar over a long period of time. This gradual "becoming drunk" is not so easily seen as "mannerism" can keep the "time-bomb" temporarily in check.
In the small intestine the food is brought to chaos.... so that order can rise from it. That's why the central nervous system begins near the anus. The raising of the child must go along with its gradual ability and capacity to digest food and consequently the cultivation of consciousness upwards the spine.. The digestive system begins with 32 teeth and have a direct influence on the 32 vertebrae. The child cannot be enough reminded, constantly, to fully CHEW its food (until liquid). So, the order and perception of order grows from the internal turning point, the small-intestine. Then the perception of order, in the brain, is brought forth by the organisation of blood with the aid of the internal organs. This makes the small intestine the essential polarity of the brain. The greatest attribute of the child's mentor (parents) is food, way of eating and the small-intestine!
