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Have you ever read Nietzsche? Your style of writing reminds me somewhat of his- that is, containing many interwoven metaphors in order to paint a more distinct picture.
However, this could benefit from some brutal editing and questioning. The more c…
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- About Me:
- Life.
That small glowing orb,
pulsating with evanescent light,
which pierces chaos
and brings reason with might.
It's the balance of darkness,
of the turbulent fire,
that resides in those hearts
filled with hate or desire.
This balance brings hope
to the desperate mind:
that somewhere in the world
there is someone of like kind.
So with new determination I seek
the strong kind hidden among the weak.
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Deepest desires
like furrows in desert sand
to die in the parched earth?
I think not:
they begin the great Nile
unrefined beauty
on the Earth's rough face.
This face, my only idol
this place, my only love.
bound, hand and foot
pledged, heart and mind
to this place of ancients
of weathered time.
A druid: a guardian
and a sister am I
to this Earth I call
home.
I love where I may
help where I might
but it is but a fleeting,
wistful respite.
I am Mother Earth incarnate.
Humble, but fierce
in my ever-constant war
against my own kind.
Yet it is my own will
that does bind
me to this fate.
My heart is free
and free of hate.
You may catch me
you may hold me
you may capture my heart
yet a piece of me shall remain apart
in the very Earth you walk upon.
Know this, and seek not to possess
beyond what I give you.
No more. No less.
On wings of wind
tongues of flame
stone of centuries
water clear of shame
I am immersed in all
as are you
as are all kind
body and mind.
Winged serpent ne'er evil
wise, not the devil.
Mistaken are those who
believe it so
yet they shan't be swayed
nor shall I attempt to throw
the barriers about their minds.
Nor shall I ally myself
with one of their school
so beware,
I bind myself to no fool.
A sprite, an elf
a fey woman of yore,
I'll be thy partner,
thy friend to the core…
but ne'er shall I pledge myself
as a soul-mate…
for I know not destiny
I control not fate.
True freedom lies
within.
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- Theosophical Society in Wheaton
Crisantemi by Puccini
Det Nye Riket by Dimmu Borgir
Can't remember the name... I'll look it up some other time.
Pray Nightfall by Paradise Lost
Lateralus by Tool
Det Nye Riket by Dimmu Borgir
Can't remember the name... I'll look it up some other time.
Pray Nightfall by Paradise Lost
Lateralus by Tool
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 8:13pm on May 17, 2009,
Te Ngako-o-te-rangi said… - Beautiful Poems
- At 7:26pm on May 16, 2009,
Te Ngako-o-te-rangi said…
- Hello thanks for adding me as a friend.
- At 9:18am on March 4, 2009,
Rene Wadlow said… - The Goddess of March
Rene Wadlow *
Be ever watchful, wanderer, for the eyes that gaze into yours at the bend of the road may be those of the goddess herself. Oracle at Delphi
March 8 is the International Day of Women and is placed under the sign of the goddess of the month of March — Minerva. Minerva derives her name from the Latin mens (mind), and so she has a special relation to teachers and artists, especially players of a flute. Tradition has it that Minerva is a transformation of an earlier Etruscan and Sabine goddess taken over when Rome was established. She has also taken symbols and meanings from the Greek Athene, especially the owl as a sign of seeing in the dark, what is usually hidden or instinctive. Minerva is she who brings from the darkness into the light.
Minerva symbolized Rome as Athene, Athens. Minerva’s face was put on Roman coins and as such she travelled to the Roman provinces, becoming Britannia in England. She has come down through the centuries as the goddess of learning. In the US Library of Congress Great Hall, she holds a scroll on which are inscribed “Agriculture, Education, Commerce, Government, Economic” — all these are gifts from Wisdom’s store.
Minerva’s essential gift is understanding the relation between mind and matter. Minerva’s owl, creature of the night and symbol of the goddess’s dark and underworld power which see can see at night is also related to the reasonableness of day.
It is this ability to bridge the dark and the light that is so frightening to men. They have in the Middle East and the Westernized world banished the goddesses to be replaced by a less multi-form male god. This is the thesis of Johann Jakob Bachofen, a 19th century Swiss scholar from Basle, working largely alone and drawing on Greek and Roman mythology. He held that the myths showed clearly that there had been an earlier period of social organization that was a matriarchy, a time when society was founded on family, equality and peace whose defining characteristic was love of the mother, and the most heinous crime was matricide.
Then came patriarchy which found the earlier system so intolerable that the memory was repressed to the subconscious where, Bachofen thought, the memories live on in myth and dreams. See: J.J. Bachofen Myth, Religion and Mother Right (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967).
C.J. Jung knew of the work of Bachofen and used some of Bachofen’s reproductions of symbols in his own writing on the feminine — the anima. For Jung, the life energy takes on a myriad of feminine forms: now young, now old, now mother, now maiden, now a good fairy, now a witch, now a saint, now a whore. She draws man into life with her Maya (power of illusion in Hinduism), and as Sophia, she “leads the way to God and assures immortality. She is the archetype of life itself.”
It is this ‘saving role’ of the feminine which makes uneasy the religions whose prophets are all men. In the current, fundamentalist form of Islam, the woman must be covered, isolated, accompanied by a male relative. Women are not the symbol of learning. In fact, they should not go to school at all. These reactions which can take the extreme forms of ‘honor killings’ and the closing of schools for women are a rising tide among the Taliban and others who share the same fears.
These fears have deep causes and are not limited to the Islamic world. To transform fears into rational knowledge is not an easy task, but Minerva in some early representations, had thunderbolts in her hand (a symbol usually associated with Jove.) Thus transformation will not come without conflict. The aims of the International Day of Women were well set out by Bella Abzug, a member of the US Congress and political feminist, in her talk to the UN World Conference on Women (1995)
“Change is not about simply mainstreaming women. It’s not about women joining the polluted stream. It’s about cleaning the stream, changing stagnant pools into fresh, flowing waters.
Our struggle is about resisting the slide into a morass of anarchy, violence, intolerance, inequality and injustice.
Our struggle is about reversing the trends of social, economic and ecological crisis. For women in the struggle for equality, there are many paths to the mountain top. Our struggle is about creating sustainable lives and attainable dreams. Our violence is about creating violence-free families. And then, violence-free streets. Then, violence-free borders.
For us to realize our dreams, we must keep our heads in the clouds and our feet on the ground.”
* Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens
- At 8:16am on February 4, 2009,
Suibhne Geilt said… - Thats really quite cool, and not something Ive heard of before. Ive heard of the sequence but not applied to their music. I know they use lots of unusual percussive times, and it seems scientific equations to make their music even more magical.
Have you ever listened to any Boards of Canada ? They use similar mathematical equations within their music, along with sometimes slightly sinister religious iconography. Fun stuff..
- At 3:33pm on January 30, 2009,
Suibhne Geilt said…
- Sounds interesting, I'd be curious to see that actually. When you ask about the number of syllables I don't believe I did notice them ? :)
- At 10:22am on January 30, 2009,
Suibhne Geilt said…
- Nice to see another Tool fan on this site. There had to be some of their disciples into Theosophy :)
- At 1:13am on January 30, 2009,
Ephraim Brown said… - Great to hear from you..
- At 10:48pm on November 17, 2008,
The Old Oak said… - BLACK METAL!!!!
- At 1:59am on October 29, 2008,
Wilfred B. Berlin said… - I see you also like Eastwood & his movies. I've always liked the individualism he portrays and the sense of humor, even in some serious moments. I also sense a level of spirituality in what he does, in his own way, as he keeps a lot of thoughts to himself. "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly", "Pale Rider", both the "Every Which Way..." & "Any Way You..." drama/comedies and "A Perfect World" all resonated well w/ me, and I enjoyed all of the other great ones. The one that really stood out - was absolutely eery - was the 1984 "Tightrope". It practically spooked me at the time, because I saw myself in the character he was playing; as if I was headed for similar dualities and value clarifications in my mind. I didn't feel myself watching, but being in that movie. "Changeling" is out this weekend, and I'll try getting to a new movie for the first time in over a year.
Wilf
- At 2:36pm on October 26, 2008,
Wilfred B. Berlin said…
- Depleted U is so symbolic of the ignorance many people have in what's really going on in the world. You have a nice list of healthy subject matter to get into, it's obvious you stay informed about things that matter.
Wilf
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