subject: Gold, A Kind Of New Saint George [print this page] From the oldest times, alchemists tried to turn any other metals in gold. But why this need of gold?
Long gone is the time when people needed nothing else but a shelter and some food. Gold has shown human being quite the opposite of this idea.
On the other hand, it is a representative of everything that is beautiful. It fought in favor of every beautiful piece of jewelry or decoration, meant to turn life into one which worth living.
Extremely beautiful jewelry and pieces of furniture are now part of collections either in museums or in personal collections. Newt to them gold coins stand still to protect the period of time when they were free to travel from one pocket to another and to listen to people's lives. Very thin sheets of gold were meant to protect beautiful paintings. Others became specialized in protecting the roofs of churches or other modern buildings nowadays. Heavy golden crowns were there as a protective symbol of power.
Another field where the disappearance of gold will draw us back in time with at least a century will be medicine. Thanks to its healing characteristics, gold has become an useful ingredient in the treatment of diseases which killed hundreds of people in the past.
Moreover, gold struggles against any dental pains. With the help of dentists, gold crown should remain in the patient's mouth their entire life time.
Gold has always been compared to the Sun. In the last centuries, people realized that gold could even face the Sun and somehow defeat it. That is why astronomers realized that the shields of the space ships should be covered by a sheet of gold as it would protect it against the solar radiations.
All in all, branches of the civilized world would always be in great need of gold.
In what concerns technology, do you imagine yourself carrying those huge mobile phones in a bag or watch the black and white TV shows again? People spent their entire life in order to invent devices which will make our life easier. Should we throw everything away just because we should not use gold anymore?
Medicine discovered in gold a real alley and technology counts on gold in order to help it develop.
For all these, gold means investment one way or another, so buying gold would be the most intelligent act nowadays.
