Marco, my father and crysanthemums

 Most of What i ll write about my father is after an introduction on The flower. So if you want You can skip it , and read directly What is genuilely written by myself.I will blatanly copy wikipedia,  : The name "chrysanthemum" is derived from the Greek words chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower).The genus once included more species, but was split several decades ago into several genera, putting the economically important florist's chrysanthemums in the genus Dendranthema. The naming of the genera has been contentious, but a ruling of the International Botanical Congress in 1999 changed the defining species of the genus to Chrysanthemum indicum, restoring the florist's chrysanthemums to the genus Chrysanthemum.

Yellow or white chrysanthemum flowers of the species C. morifolium are boiled to make a sweet drink in some parts of Asia. The resulting beverage is known simply as chrysanthemum tea (菊花茶, pinyin: júhuā chá, in Chinese). In Korea, a rice wineflavored with chrysanthemum flowers is called gukhwaju (국화주).

Chrysanthemum leaves are steamed or boiled and used as greens, especially in Chinese cuisine. The flowers may be added to thick snakemeat soup (蛇羹) to enhance the aroma. Small chrysanthemums are used in Japan as a sashimi garnish.

Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum [or Tanacetum] cinerariaefolium) is economically important as a natural source of insecticide. The flowers are pulverized, and the active components, called pyrethrins, which occur in the achenes, are extracted and sold in the form of an oleoresin. This is applied as a suspension in water or oil, or as a powder. Pyrethrins attack the nervous systems of all insects, and inhibit female mosquitoes from biting. In sublethal doses they have an insect repellent effect. They are harmful to fish, but are far less toxic to mammals and birds than many synthetic insecticides. They are not persistent, being biodegradable, and also decompose easily on exposure to light. Pyrethroids such as permethrin are synthetic insecticides based on natural pyrethrum.

• The chrysanthemum is one of the "Four Gentlemen" (四君子) of China (the others being theplum 
• blossom, the orchid, and bamboo). The chrysanthemum is said to have been favored byTao Qian, an 
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• influential Chinese poet, and is symbolic of nobility. It is also one of the four symbolic seasonal flowers.
• A chrysanthemum festival is held each year in Tongxiang, near Hangzhou, China.^[11]
• Chrysanthemums are the topic in hundreds of poems of China.^[12]
• The "golden flower" referred to in the 2006 movie Curse of the Golden Flower is a chrysanthemum.
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• "Chrysanthemum Gate" (jú huā mén 菊花门), often abbreviated as Chrysanthemum (菊花), is 
• taboo slang meaning "anus" (with sexual connotations).

• Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century 
• BC.
• An ancient Chinese city (Xiaolan Town of Zhongshan City) was named Ju-Xian, meaning 
• "chrysanthemum city".
• The plant is particularly significant during the Double Ninth Festival

Germany

• Industrial musicians Einstürzende Neubauten base their song "Blume" around the flower.

Japan

Flag of the Emperor of Japan

• In Japan, the chrysanthemum is a symbol of the Emperor and Imperial family. In particular, a "chrysanthemum crest" (菊花紋章, kikukamonshō or kikkamonshō), i.e. a mon of chrysanthemum blossom design, indicates 
• a link to the Emperor; there are more than 150 patterns on this design. 
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• Notable uses of and reference to the Imperial chrysanthemum include:
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• The Imperial Seal of Japan, used by members of the Japanese 
• Imperial family.
• A number of formerly state-endowed shrines (官国弊社, 
• kankokuheisha) have adopted a chrysanthemum crest; most notable of these is Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.^[14]
• The Chrysanthemum Throne is the name given to the position of Japanese Emperor.
• The Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum is a Japanese honor awarded by the Emperor.
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• In Imperial Japan, small arms were required to be stamped with the Imperial Chrysanthemum, as they were considered the personal property of the Emperor.
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• "I m sorry For this partial edited copy of wikipedia, i could have pretended to paraphrase it, but it Would not have been fair. The flower represents The uttermost nobility in Asia and in catholic europe is considered as The flower of The dead . well in this case For me it represents both.  It reminds of my father, a stoic, samourai, who sacrificed his Life For his country. He believed  in The ideals of serving The country as diplomats , as my kinsmen have been doing for centuries. No matter how much he was suffering, he  worked till the  lasts days of his Life. He  fought his  Cancer as a true samourai, with dignity and composure. He never flickered, and searched political help, and he was  much an isolated figure, in th extremely corrupted italian diplomacy. i perceived he lost most of his resilience to live   by the Ministry of Foreign affairs s reluctance  to promote Him as an ambassador, in favour of more political and younger elements. His sheer idealism was somewhat broken, as mortal wound During a fight.
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• This lonesome samourai was born in Tokyo, where my grandad was Working himself as a diplomat. He was 2 when he ended up in a Concentration camp when my grandad , refused to be on Mussolini s side. He and his brother Massimo, where left wild , and became true scoundrels. After They were fred from The camp , my grandad tried to stop Being a dipomat, saddened by italian government . They moved to Brasil where his wife s family had chemical industries, and tried to be a businessman, but his love For serving his country was too strong.In the meantime, two scoundrels(mu father and my uncle)  where playing havoc .There was a private zoo close to where They lived and they fred all the animals. I wonder whether it  was i a subconscious way to deal with being kept captives themselves? I was told my father kept crust of bread under the materras,after each while in Brasil  in case of a similar situation repeats. This very  2 scoundrels, united with a local gang and used to  bresk Public light in the public parks where couples where having sex.. i remember his cruelty on having sex with Aida a girl  my uncle was in love . My father wanted him to realise She was having sex with everyone but with my uncle.. i guess this trait is very japanese and think most westeners Would find it un acceptable .  
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• His ability to break people s illusions was quite strong and it was not easy as a father figure, since i inherited most of my Artistic and dreamy side From my mum. he respected  this artistic side , in a way but did not really  know how to cope with it.  He believed to  respect   artist,but subconsciously he wanted  to control them ( no wonder my  uncle was an artist too). Strangely  enough  he had colon cancer, and according to reflexology colon represents the fear of losing control. Nonetheless , most of my relationship with him was similar with Montaigne 's father .  I was i total awe by his extraordinary knowledge . He  was a Keen esoterist, a passion he cultivated since university since his  final dissertation was about the monastic order the Templars and  their economic management of their monasteries. He was not doing a humanistic degree, but manged somehow to merge his passion with a degree in economics at the Bocconi University.
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• He was an important figure in The Esoterist circle in Rome inspired by Reghini . He Founded   his own magazine Politica Romana with eminent esoterists,stressing  on Romanology . His books Arcana Urbis and il cerchio magico are still the most comprehensive books  on The subject. it dispells all The ideas, that romans were mere copycats of the Etruscans and The Greeks. He  Found evidences t hat Virgilius was not Just a political creator of myths.
• Our Home was everything but cosy my friends were not very keen on visiting me: it Looked  a bookshop, loaded with books.  Every morning the  first thing i SAw as soon as I was  leaving my room was The tibetan book of The dead . So i grew up with book on India china and mysterious things, but  Marco  was extremely rational . He was very unhappy of my dyslexia and as a child I  did not touch a book, especially because They wanted me to read adventure books , and bloody hell i m a faggot, no Wonder The first book i read was One thousand nights. what surprised me was his uncoherence , my grandad had to BURN in several  occasions his magazines because he did not want to read books. he was very bad at School , Being a scoundrel' but For his final exam he read everything he did not read and For 6 months he studied night and day. His will was very strong