Purple Momentz

I have been asked that question a zillion times…. What do purplemomentz mean?
A friend once said -- “in life we all have our moments. some are good, some are beautiful, some are great,but there are some moments that we all always remember....purple moments”

Purple is a mysterious colour, suggestive of shadows. Purple is deep, soft and atmospheric but can be dark and forbidding like shadows. It has associations with the occult and spiritual matters. Maybe the colour purple had a deeper significance for me. Perfection and Protection.
Purple is a colour of power, combining and balancing the two extremes of the electro- magnetic spectrum, the vibrant energy of red and the calm of blue, hot and cold. The closest we get to purple in the electro- magnetic spectrum (the colours visible in the rainbow) is violet. It is the colour with the shortest wavelengths and highest vibration. There is, you may argue, a difference between these two colours but it is not great enough to cause a problem. Purple or violet are interchangeable in what followsJ
Thoughts that conjure up for me are heather-clad mountains; the rich hue of the purple emperor butterfly; a stimulant pill!!! Nature gives us purple in all its shades and tints; lavender, gentian violet, lilac, heliotrope, plum, damson, mulberry, grape and aubergine. Tyrian Purple, the purple dye sacred to the Greeks and Romans was a mark of wealth and power. The Greeks squeezed it, drop by costly drop from the molluscs Murex Trunculus and Purpura Haemastoma found along the eastern Mediterranean shores near Tyre. They used it to dye the cloth for robes worn by emperors, kings, magistrates and military commanders. In medieval times manganese oxide was used to stain glass violet.
Purple has continued to be used to adorn the altars and lecterns to match the vestments of priests in the Greek and Russian Orthodox churches, Roman Catholic and Church of England.
Homer referred to the "purple sea" (porphurea thalassa), and "purple blood" gushing forth, and even a "purple rainbow" in the Iliad. Scottish writers often favoured this colour to describe the blood that flowed into the streams in battles. Purple patches or passages are flowery pieces of writing.
A Byzantine emperor born while his father was reigning was given the name ‘Porphyrogenitus’ meaning ‘born in the purple’ a reference to the purple room used by the empress for her confinement.
Amethyst is the precious stone associated with this colour.
Violet and purple affect the psyche. They help to restore balance to the mind and remove obsessions and irrational fears. These colours have used successfully in psychiatric care to calm and pacify patients. The colours are associated with artistic and musical ability, sensitivity, beauty and higher ideal. they can help inspire and stimulate the creative impulse, to heighten sensitivity and spirituality. These colours allow us to make changes in our lives and help us to connect to the spiritual side so that we can change and grow. As red is aligned to masculine energy and blue to feminine, purple can balance these two energies within us.
An attraction to the colour purple can indicate a need to let go of the past and look forward to the future
What could we not talk of food here…… Purple occurs quite naturally in certain foods. They are full of vitamin C, bioflavonoids and ellagic acids. They are immune-boosting cancer preventors and also help to pacify and relax you. Great for insomnia. Try beetroot, plums, prunes, aubergines, purple broccoli, globe artichokes, red cabbage, blueberries, plums, onions, grapes, herbs such as purple sage, thyme and lavender.