Rev. Allen M. Drago ~ Traveler's Posts - Traveling within the World2024-03-28T20:59:45ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Travelerhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2168106106?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3lv786polykg5&xn_auth=noby Chief Noble Red Man, Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew Kingtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2010-04-12:2185477:BlogPost:385402010-04-12T14:46:02.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
<h4 align="right">by Chief Noble Red Man,<br></br> Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King</h4>
<br></br>
<p><img alt="Lakota <br /" src="http://innerself.com/images/bio_photos/king_mathew.jpg" style="width: 68px; height: 100px; float: left; margin-right: 12px; margin-left: 12px;"></img> Wisdomkeeper Mathew King" title="Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King" height="100" hspace="12" width="68"">I'm an Indian. I'm one of
God's<br />
children.<br></br>
</p>
<br></br>
<p>It's time Indians tell the world what we know . . . about Nature and about God. So I'm going to tell what I know and who I am. You better<br></br> listen. You've got a lot to learn.<br></br>
</p>
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<p>I'm a full-blood Indian from…</p>
<h4 align="right">by Chief Noble Red Man,<br/> Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King</h4>
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<p><img style="width: 68px; height: 100px; float: left; margin-right: 12px; margin-left: 12px;" src="http://innerself.com/images/bio_photos/king_mathew.jpg" alt="Lakota <br /"/> Wisdomkeeper Mathew King" title="Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew
King" height="100" hspace="12" width="68"">I'm an Indian. I'm one of<br />
God's<br />
children.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>It's time Indians tell the world what we know . . . about Nature and about God. So I'm going to tell what I know and who I am. You better<br/>
listen. You've got a lot to learn.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>I'm a full-blood Indian from the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. My Indian name is Noble Red Man. That was my grandfather's name.
White Man mistranslated his name as "King," so they call me Mathew<br/>
King. But my real name, my Lakota name, is Noble Red Man.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>I speak for the Lakota people. You call us "Sioux." But that's White Man's name for us.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Our real name is "Lakota." That means "People together," or "Allies."</p>
<br/>
<p>That's what we call ourselves.</p>
<br/>
<p>And that's what God calls us.</p>
<br/>
<p>Call me a chief of the Lakota. I'm a speaker for the chiefs. I say what I
have to say. That's my duty. If I don't say it, who's going to say it<br/>
for me?<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>I'm a prophet of the Indian people. I can see what's coming. I prophesy
what's going to happen. I walk with the Great Spirit, with God.<br/>
Wakan-Tanka, that's what we call him in Lakota. I talk to Him. The Great<br/>
Spirit guides me in my life.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Sometimes He comes to me and tells me what to say. Other times I just speak for myself, for Mathew King.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>THE GREAT MYSTERIOUS</h3>
<br/>
<p>You can call Wakan-Tanka by any name you like. In English I call Him God
or the Great Spirit.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>He's the Great Mystery, the Great Mysterious. That's what Wakan-Tanka really means -- the Great Mysterious.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>You can't define Him. He's not actually a "He" or a "She," a "Him" or a
"Her." We have to use those kinds of words because you can't just say<br/>
"It." God's never an "It."<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>So call Wakan-Tanka whatever you like. Just be sure to call Him.</p>
<br/>
<p>He wants to talk to you.</p>
<br/>
<h3>TALKING TO GOD</h3>
<br/>
<p>When we want wisdom we go up on the hill and talk to God. Four days and
four nights, without food and water. Yes, you can talk to God up on a<br/>
hill by yourself. You can say anything you want. Nobody's there to<br/>
listen to you. That's between you and God and nobody else.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>It's a great feeling to be talking to God. I know. I did it way up on the mountain. The wind was blowing. It was dark. It was cold. And I<br/>
stood there and I talked to God.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>LISTENING TO GOD</h3>
<br/>
<p>When I go up on the hill to pray I don't just talk to God. I try to get
the talking over quick. Mostly I'm listening.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Listening to God -- that's praying, too.</p>
<br/>
<p>You've got to listen. God's talking to you right now. He's telling you
all the words you've got to speak and all the things you've got to do in<br/>
this life. If you don't listen, you don't hear what God's saying, and<br/>
then you don't know what God wants you to say and do.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>So that's how you pray to God.</p>
<br/>
<p>You listen.</p>
<br/>
<h3>PRAYER</h3>
<br/>
<p>I pray, pray, and pray before I go to bed. Every time I wake in the middle of the night I pray to God. I thank Him for the life He gives me.<br/>
I ask Him for understanding. During the day there's things I have to<br/>
do. People come to me, they ask me to go out and talk. I do it when I<br/>
can. Otherwise I like to stay home and study, pray, and clean my Peace<br/>
Pipe.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Maybe some think I should be doing something else. But God knows I'm doing the right thing.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>There's only one time to pray, and that's now. There's no better time to
pray than now. Now is the only time you need to pray. You can't pray<br/>
any other time than right now!<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>VISIONS, DREAMS, AND MIRACLES</h3>
<br/>
<p>We live by visions. We live by dreams. We live by miracles. Miracles come to us in our everyday lives, in our ceremonies, in our prayers.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Every day is a miracle to us.</p>
<br/>
<p>Many times I've seen the eagle come out of the empty sky and circle over
our heads when we blow the eagle-bone whistle. The eagle is the witness<br/>
of the Great Spirit, the eyes of God.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Once I had an eagle dream. I left my bed and flew with the eagle out below the sun and above the clouds. After we circled around up there ten<br/>
times, I flew back down to my bed. The eagle came down with me and flew<br/>
around my head four times, then flew away.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Now, whenever the eagle joins us in our ceremony, I always say a friendly hello to him.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>He remembers me, and I remember him.</p>
<br/>
<p>We keep an eye out for each other.</p>
<br/>
<p>The eagle's my symbol. In our Way, you always have a symbol. That's your
power. It reminds you of God. It reminds you to do good.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Some missionaries came to one of our ceremonies. They watched us while
we danced. I told them, "Everybody, look up in the sky. See, the eagle's<br/>
come to join us!"<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>The eagle came over and flew right down into our ceremony. He stood there on one foot, with one leg up in the air. He carried two feathers<br/>
in his claw and he put them on his head like a crown. Then he started<br/>
dancing. We danced with him.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We all cried to see the eagle dance. Even the missionaries cried. "We can't believe it!" they said. "It can't be happening!"<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>But it happened.</p>
<br/>
<p>God danced with us!</p>
<br/>
<p>I've seen the spirits of our ancestors come join us when we sing the spirit-songs. They sing with us all night. They take our hands and dance<br/>
with us until they fade away with the morning.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>I've sat down with the buffalo and they don't bother me. They know I'm
an Indian. They nurse their calves beside me and let me be. Any white<br/>
man try that and the only miracle'd be if he got out of there alive.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>I've gone up on the mountain praying for a vision and talked to Crazy Horse. I've talked to Red Cloud and Noble Red Man. They teach me things<br/>
the living have forgot, things the White Man can never know or<br/>
understand.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS</h3>
<br/>
<p>White Man came to this country and forgot his original Instructions. We
Indians have never forgotten our Instructions.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>God gives His Instructions to every creature, according to His plan for
the world. He gave His Instructions to all the things of Nature. The<br/>
pine tree and the birch tree, they still follow their Instructions and<br/>
do their duty in God's world. The flowers, even the littlest flower,<br/>
they bloom and they pass away according to His Instructions. The birds,<br/>
even the smallest bird, they live and they fly and they sing according<br/>
to His Instructions.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Should human beings be any different?</p>
<br/>
<h3>RESPECT</h3>
<br/>
<p>Our Instructions are very simple -- to respect the Earth and each other,
to respect life itself. That's our first Commandment, the first line of<br/>
our Gospel.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Respect is our Law -- respect for God's Creation, for all the living beings of this Earth, for our mother the Earth herself.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We can't harm the Earth or the water because we respect their place in
the world. We could never kill all the buffalo because that shows no<br/>
respect for why the buffalo are here.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>You need to respect the animal you kill. It's following God's Instructions.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>You must respect other people's dreams. Respect their dreams and they'll
respect your dreams.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We need to have respect even for those not yet born, for the generations
to come. They have their rights, too. We must respect them.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>That is our religion and our Law. That is our Way. Those are our Instructions.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We Indians haven't forgotten them and we never will.</p>
<br/>
<h3>GOODNESS</h3>
<br/>
<p>Goodness is the natural state of this world. The world is good! Even when it seems evil, it's good. There's only goodness in God. And that<br/>
same goodness is in us all. You can feel it in yourself. You know when<br/>
you feel good inside.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Yes, you're God's child, too. You are good. You are sacred. Respect yourself. Love the goodness in yourself.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>Then, put that goodness into the world. That's everybody's Instructions.
</p>
<br/>
<p>God made you so you feel good when you do right. Watch when you feel good and follow that good feeling. The good feeling comes from God. When<br/>
you feel good, God feels good, too. God and you feel good together.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>EVERYONE IS SACRED</h3>
<br/>
<p>Everyone is sacred. You're sacred and I'm sacred. Every time you blink
your eye, or I blink my eye, God blinks His eye. God sees through your<br/>
eyes and my eyes.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We are sacred.</p>
<br/>
<h3>GOD'S MERCY</h3>
<br/>
<p>God shows His mercy every day. Whether you're wrong or whether you're right, He still loves you. He loves what He has created.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>SHARING</h3>
<br/>
<p>We Lakota people have our giveaways. When something important happens we
celebrate by sharing what we have. There's nothing we like more than to<br/>
give gifts to others, to share with others. Even the poorest of us<br/>
share what we have. We are a sharing people.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>The more you share the more you're given to share. God gives you more of
his goodness to share with others. When you share with others you share<br/>
with God.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>God loves a sharer.</p>
<br/>
<h3>GOD MADE EVERYTHING SO SIMPLE</h3>
<br/>
<p>God made everything so simple. Our lives are very simple. We do what we
please. The only law we obey is the natural Law, God's Law. We abide<br/>
only by that.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We don't need your church. We have the Black Hills for our church. And
we don't need your Bible. We have the wind and the rain and the stars<br/>
for our Bible. The world is an open Bible for us. We've studied it for<br/>
millions of years.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>We've learned that God rules the Universe and that everything God made
is living. Even the rocks are alive. When we use them in our sweat<br/>
ceremony we talk to them . . . and they talk back to us.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<h3>GOD'S TABERNACLE</h3>
<br/>
<p>The Universe is the tabernacle of God. When the wind blows, that's the
breath of God.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>When you or I breathe, that's also the breath of God.</p>
<br/>
<p>God gave us peace. Go up on a hill early tomorrow morning and look out
into the valley. See how peaceful it is. Everything's quiet. All you<br/>
hear is birds singing, praising God.<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<hr/><p>This article was excerpted from:<br/>
</p>
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<img style="margin: 3px 12px; width: 63px; height: 100px; float: left;" src="http://innerself.ca/images/books/covers/1582700788.gif" alt="Noble <br /"/> <br /""> Red Man compiled and edited by Harvey Arden. " title="Noble<br />
Red Man<br/>
compiled and edited by Harvey Arden. " height="100" hspace="12"<br />
width="63"><strong>Noble Red Man <br/>
compiled and edited by<br/>
Harvey Arden.<br/>
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<h3 align="center"><img src="http://innerself.ca/images/bio_photos/king_mathew.jpg" alt="" align="left" height="100" hspace="12" width="68"/>About the Author</h3>
<br/>
<p>Noble Red Man (Mathew King), longtime spokesman for the traditional chiefs of<br/>
the<br/>
Lakota (Sioux) nation, was one of the preeminent leaders of the great<br/>
Indian<br/>
Reawakening that began in the late 1960s. He gave political and<br/>
spiritual<br/>
counsel to the American Indian Movement (AIM) during and after the 1973<br/>
"Occupation" of Wounded Knee. He passed on to "the Great<br/>
Reality" on March 18, 1989. <a rel="nofollow" title=" " href="http://innerself.com/html/component/option,com_search/Itemid,99999999/client,pub-4843503543872500/searchword,Chief+Noble+Red+Man/submit,Search/searchphrase,exact/ordering,newest/" target="_blank">More articles by this author</a>. <img style="height: 77px; float: left; margin-right: 12px; margin-left: 12px;" src="http://innerself.ca/images/bio_photos/arden_harvey.jpg" alt="Harvey <br /"/> <br /""> Arden" title="Harvey Arden" height="77" hspace="12""><br/>
</p>
<br/>
Harvey<br />
Arden, former National Geographic senior writer, compiled and edited <a rel="nofollow" href="https://innerself.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1582700788"><br/>
Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King</a>.<br/>
He was also co-author of <a rel="nofollow" title=" " href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571781676/innerselfcom"><br/>
Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders</a><br/>
where he first presented the words of Mathew King.SerpentStone Georgia Samhain 2009 Gatheringtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-09-27:2185477:BlogPost:208102009-09-27T00:43:56.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
SerpentStone<br />
<br />
Georgia Samhain 2009 Gathering<br />
<br />
October 23-25, 2009 (Friday - Sunday)<br />
<br />
At Eagle Valley (near Kingston, GA)<br />
<br />
(Gates open at Noon on Friday)<br />
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Strengthen Our Community<br />
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Join SerpentStone as we celebrate Samhain at Eagle Valley in Kingston, Georgia. We will stand shoulder to shoulder and join hands to "Strengthen Our Community". Explore new ideas this year in workshops and activities to help us strengthen the bonds between…
SerpentStone<br />
<br />
Georgia Samhain 2009 Gathering<br />
<br />
October 23-25, 2009 (Friday - Sunday)<br />
<br />
At Eagle Valley (near Kingston, GA)<br />
<br />
(Gates open at Noon on Friday)<br />
<br />
<br />
(fullcirclenews.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html)<br />
<br />
Strengthen Our Community<br />
<br />
Join SerpentStone as we celebrate Samhain at Eagle Valley in Kingston, Georgia. We will stand shoulder to shoulder and join hands to "Strengthen Our Community". Explore new ideas this year in workshops and activities to help us strengthen the bonds between brothers and sisters on many different paths as we continue to weave the web. It's all about Community!<br />
<br />
As part of the Community sharing, we will have a<br />
<br />
Trading Blanket<br />
<br />
Bring items large or small to trade.<br />
<br />
Anything can be put on the blanket as long as it will fit on the blanket. (This includes people).<br />
<br />
IF YOU HAVE TO BE AN ADULT TO BUT IT, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE TO TRADE IT!<br />
<br />
PENNIES FOR PAGANS<br />
<br />
Save your spare change. The person who donates the most pennies, wins a prize! All proceeds go towards gathering costs. Please have your pennies rolled and cashed in before you turn in. If you have any questions, please contact Winterfire at Winterfire2006@yahoo.com.<br />
<br />
The Site<br />
<br />
Eagle Valley is a beautiful, natural site nestled in the hills, bringing us close to the Earth. It is a PRIMITIVE camping site. Portapotties will be available, but no showers. Water is available from a 300 gallon tank near the kitchen area. There is no electricity, and no permanent building. THERE ARE WORK WEEKENDS SCHEDULED FOR September 25-27 and October 9-11. Come and explore and have fun getting the site ready (for directions, please email the Gathering Coordinator at the address below, or call us at (828) 665-4049.<br />
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION<br />
email the appropriate person at:<br />
Gathering Coordinator – Autumn and Mari at gatheringcoordinator@serpentstone.org<br />
Registration Coordinator – Mortir (offsite) and Randy (onsite) at registration@serpentstone.org<br />
Merchant Coordinator –PhoenixTears at merchanting@serpentstone.org<br />
Workshop Coordinator – Joy at workshops@serpentstone.org<br />
<br />
Kitchen Witch – Starchild at kitchenwitch@serpentstone.org<br />
<br />
Children’s Activities – Astarte at childrensactivities@serpentstone.org<br />
<br />
or contact us at SerpentStone, PO Box 652, Candler, NC 28715 Phone: (828) 665-4049<br />
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PRACTICAL MATTERS<br />
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PLEASE BRING: tent, sleeping bags, blankets, rain gear and clothing for both warm and cold weather, flashlight, snack foods, ritual gear, drums, and other musical instruments. Plan for a wide temperature range, even at this time of the year, but tending toward the cold side. Remember your feast gear and eating utensils (Styrofoam and other feast gear is no longer supplied!).<br />
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If you need to buy things before or during the gathering, please stop at one of the larger stores in town, rather than the small local convenience stores. It keeps the small stores able to supply their regular customers, and keeps the rumors and security hassles down.<br />
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FOOD<br />
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NOTE NEW MEAL POLICY: We will provide a soup Friday night and only supper on Saturday. Any breakfast offerings (ready to serve only) contributed will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please bring pot-luck offerings for the feasts. It need not be prepared unless it is baked. Items such as fresh fruits and veggies, cheese, sour cream, honey, breakfast meats, breads, desserts, and salad items are very much welcomed by our kitchen witch. Please drop these off at the kitchen as soon as possible after arriving, so our Kitchen Witch and helpers can begin working their magic! Having enough for everyone is dependent on everyone bringing something for the kitchen, so please help us have a bountiful feast!<br />
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COST<br />
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$10 per child* 12-16 (plus your feast contribution and 2 hours of volunteer service) if paid and postmarked before October 16, 2009.<br />
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$20 per person* over 16 (plus your feast contribution and 2 hours of volunteer service) if paid and postmarked before October 16, 2009.<br />
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$30 per person* after October 16, 2009 and at the door (plus your feast contribution and<br />
<br />
2 hours of volunteer service).<br />
<br />
NEW FAMILY RATE: (This includes up to 2 adults, and children under 18 living in the house)<br />
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Prepaid registration before October 16, 2009 - $50. At the gate - $70 (plus your feast contribution and 2 hours of volunteer service).<br />
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*Children under 12 are free. A legal guardian must accompany anyone under 18. If not a custodial parent, the guardian must be responsible for the minor, and have a written permission statement from the parent, which must be presented at registration immediately upon arrival.<br />
*Work-scholarships (in which the registration fee is waived in return for a number of extra work shifts) are available for those for whom finances are an issue. Contact the Registration Coordinator to make arrangements.<br />
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RULES TO LIVE BY<br />
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Treat each other with respect, and respect all paths. Take care of those you come with, and respect the land, by leaving your campsite cleaner than you found it. Most of all, HAVE FUN!<br />
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No illegal drugs, firearms, drunken behavior, bad attitudes, violence or other inappropriate behaviors will be condoned on the site. We DO enforce the no drugs rule, and the security team has active duty law enforcement officers serving among them, so don't bring them!<br />
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No pets. Service dogs only will be permitted at the gathering site. All other pets will be refused at the gate, so please do not bring them.<br />
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Please bring: positive attitudes, appropriate gear, and food for the potluck contribution! Please note: We are working very hard to keep our prices low, despite rising costs for sites, food, and fuel. If you can add something, even a dollar or two, to your registration, it may help someone else be able to attend. Community service: Each participant needs to contribute two hours of community service during the gathering. It is basically just a little of the background work that lets a gathering happen, and may include helping out with registration, food preparation, heralding workshops or rituals, helping with the site, or cleanup. It's fun, and a great way to get to know folks better!<br />
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<br />
An email confirming your registration and giving directions to the site will be<br />
<br />
sent about a week before the gathering if we have received your completed pre-registration form and your payment.<br />
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For swifter check-in onsite, please register online at http://www.serpentstone.org/prereg.php<br />
<br />
An email confirming your registration and giving directions to the site will be sent about a week before the gathering if we have received your completed pre-registration form and your payment.<br />
<br />
For swifter check-in onsite, please register online at http://www.serpentstone.org/prereg.php<br />
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Registration Form<br />
Samhain 2009<br />
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. Appearances at the following festivals: Heartland, Rites of Spring, MAPA Beltane, Dragon Hills Rowan Festival, Gathering of the Tribes, Sirius Rising, Starwood, Craftwise, Free Spirit Gathering, Florida Pagan Gathering, and Harmony Tribe. She is a co-founder of the Life Springs Festival and the Stones Rising Festival.<br />
For bookings, speaking events, and workshops with Elspeth, please contact Eri at (202)236-6764 or darrylsol@earthlink.net.<br />
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Few of our cultural elders in…
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. Appearances at the following festivals: Heartland, Rites of Spring, MAPA Beltane, Dragon Hills Rowan Festival, Gathering of the Tribes, Sirius Rising, Starwood, Craftwise, Free Spirit Gathering, Florida Pagan Gathering, and Harmony Tribe. She is a co-founder of the Life Springs Festival and the Stones Rising Festival.<br />
For bookings, speaking events, and workshops with Elspeth, please contact Eri at (202)236-6764 or darrylsol@earthlink.net.<br />
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Few of our cultural elders in America ever reach the status of "Living Legend" but 78 year old Grandmother Elspeth of Haven has most certainly done so. Her reputation for honest advice and earth-based "mountain wisdom" draw throngs of people, young and old, male and female, to gather in her teaching circles, as she travels around the country, weaves tales, startles us with her homespun humor and heals us with her imagematic journeys of the spirit.<br />
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Author of the beloved poem "The Challenge," a forthcoming story book, Gylantra's Journey, and creator of the long-awaited double CD "Out of the Forest," Elspeth Odbert has been conducting workshops on spiritual growth and enrichment since 1991. Opinionated and outspoken in everything she does, she is a great-grandmother, environmentalist, healer, teacher, pastoral counselor, shamanic practitioner, "wild woman," storyteller, and member of the Echota Cherokee Tribe. An honored Elder in the Pagan community and co-founder of The Haven Way, an eco-spiritual path of personal and planetary transformation, Elspeth is a living example of the timeless truths that she teaches.<br />
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Elspeth, who travels so often she has come to refer to herself as "The Crone on the Road," is best known for her mesmerizing "fireside voice," which seems to come from a distant time and place, as much as for what she has to say, which is plenty. She feels that her learning has been received directly from what she calls "The Source," and recognizes the importance of sharing those insights with others. Most of her teaching takes place in the form of workshops, events, speeches, postings on her online group "Elspeth's Roadies," You Tube videos, and her upcoming meditation CD, first of a series.<br />
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Her workshops reflect her primary concerns: Earth Stewardship, healing as a multi-dimensional spiritual path, the under-recognized value of older women in society, and the integral relationship between humans and other beings. Her contributions to personal development include "Resonating with the Crone," a workshop designed for pre-and menopausal women, which is now in its seventh year; and "Personal Evolution," a workshop for adults of all genders. She is a motivational speaker for women's groups of all ages.<br />
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To younger women struggling to bring dignity to their gender, Elspeth is the wise grandmother they never had, never knew, or lost too early in life, and she gracefully fulfills that role for them, using every opportunity to help them find their own path, whether it be as businesswomen, pagans, eco-feminists, lesbians, Aquarian-age spiritualists, indigenous, or "other," and they adore her in return. In fact, the famed Brushwood Folklore Center in Western New York, which hosts many of the top names in the pagan/new age media circuit, from Magus McBride to Gavin Frost to Timothy Leary, has recently opened The Storytellers Pavilion, a beautiful open-air temple to the wisdom of this Crone, and each year, many such celebrities as well as other, less well known people, make the pilgrimage to consult with her. Amid the confusion and haste of the talk circuit, such actions speak louder than words.<br />
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"When she is not on the road in "Harvey, the RV', Elspeth makes her home in West Virginia. She shares her life with her husband Nybor, an artist best known for his mystical fantasy paintings, and Soltice, the fur person.A question asked because of action taken responses and still the wrong is being found of. Three sides of a coin which will you seetag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-07-31:2185477:BlogPost:119812009-07-31T03:00:00.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
A question asked because of action taken responses and still the wrong is being found of. Three sides of a coin which will you see<br />
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This is my and the responses from the action of banned from sites. People who have answered my asking if they knew of things. And messages back and forth. Names and sites have been removed to not point or give directions time and dates are left to see the flow of it. The bottom line is none but a few of the ‘befriended’ in the Ningverse have typed to me to ask and…
A question asked because of action taken responses and still the wrong is being found of. Three sides of a coin which will you see<br />
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This is my and the responses from the action of banned from sites. People who have answered my asking if they knew of things. And messages back and forth. Names and sites have been removed to not point or give directions time and dates are left to see the flow of it. The bottom line is none but a few of the ‘befriended’ in the Ningverse have typed to me to ask and have answers given.<br />
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Many it seems closed their minds and do not want to ask or learn difference of social stereotypical ideas and the actually of one person. Below you will find some of the messages written to me from others. Some are those who this action has been taken by. Others finding things out and the general concern of why and how come.<br />
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I asked of a banning massage sent to me. It referenced other sites I am on other adim and others talked to. But because of that asking to find if anyone knew of it or was part of it. I have been banned off three more sites. And it seems several people do not read things for they thought is was a personal attack or I was banning them or threatening to or accusing them. Which it was not just a asking of help to know where this came from and if any knew of it.<br />
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No I did what I do ask if any one knew of or about things. And found only three that had an idea. But got lots of do not know or what or why.<br />
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Guess that does not work in the Ningverse. Instead all just fly off to their own separate corners and can type anything they want of any one they do not agree with them and make it as if correct.<br />
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Instead of typing me asking me and learning the of me.<br />
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Judged sentenced and executing of sentence commenced.<br />
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(2009-07-30 17:46:57) Ning = *******: you there? sorry it took so long to get back!<br />
(2009-07-30 17:47:05) Ning = *******: I have a response from Peter know it all!<br />
(2009-07-30 17:47:13) Ning = *******: He said the following:<br />
(2009-07-30 17:47:13) Traveler: you do what is need<br />
(2009-07-30 17:47:17) Ning = *******: Merry Meet.,<br />
We have facts from other sites as well as ours. You are not an admin or a creator of a site. So we can not share the info with you. You can contact Ning, they have factual reports on him. So its not just us. You may leave the site if you want, We owe you no explanation on this. His profile was fine. He was caught spamming kiddies porn, on several sites, not just ours.Blessed Be your path Peter I consider this matter closed. He was given an explanation, why he was banned from me, several admin's, and other sites that banned him. We can't help that he ignores these messages<br />
(2009-07-30 17:48:04) Traveler: now that is news to me. Don't you have a site?<br />
(2009-07-30 17:48:11) Ning = *******: yes I do<br />
(2009-07-30 17:48:15) Ning = *******: apparently, asshole doesn't REALIZE that!<br />
(2009-07-30 17:49:06) Traveler: um how does one get a copy of the ning thing? as site person request it?<br />
(2009-07-30 17:50:21) Ning = *******: not sure. looking into it now<br />
(2009-07-30 17:51:09) Traveler: ok then and how does one cautch one doing this? and how proves it is the person there id theft? cut paste use some one profile?<br />
(2009-07-30 17:52:39) Traveler: never asked me of this nor has anyone ever typed of this before<br />
(2009-07-30 17:53:24) Ning = *******: well, I have the HELP tab open now for Ning. I am about to check it out.<br />
(2009-07-30 17:53:53) Traveler: sick um<br />
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(2009-07-30 17:59:18) Ning = *******: this is what I have said to the Ning Helpdesk:<br />
(2009-07-30 17:59:23) Ning = *******: I have been informed that several ning administrators and creators have banned a person going by the name of Traveler. They have attacked him without cause and accuse him of all sorts of things that he is innocent of. I have had NO trouble with this person. He is actually QUITE intelligent and has alot to offer as a member. He is being banned without warning, not given the chance to defend himself, and now Peter J. Brown, who has accused ME of not being a site creator and therefore "unworthy" of being given information on WHYthis man was banned, has accused Traveler of child porn, which he has told me he is NOT into in the least. He is not being given fair treatment and I, as a site creator, would like to know WHY he has been singled out like this! I should like one of you to get in touch with me AND Traveler so that his side of the story can be revealed and this persecution be stopped! I am FURIOUS that this is going on at a site that up until now I have had quite a great time on! I talk to Traveler every day and know him to NOT be the kind of person Peter has accused him of! I want this to be handled in as direct a way as possible! Thank you. *******<br />
(2009-07-30 18:00:46) Traveler: I bow my head and softly thank you little one<br />
(2009-07-30 18:01:01) Ning = *******: bows back You are quite welcome!<br />
(2009-07-30 18:01:16) Ning = *******: I mean what I say, as well! I am APPALLED that this is going on!<br />
(2009-07-30 18:01:39) Traveler: I am currently copy past the messages that I have upon this.<br />
(2009-07-30 18:02:09) Traveler: I have been accused of things before but nothing like this<br />
(2009-07-30 18:02:23) Traveler: THen I could walk up and face the person<br />
(2009-07-30 18:02:40) Traveler: Here there is not I can do to do so.<br />
(2009-07-30 18:04:27) Ning = *******: add this:<br />
(2009-07-30 18:04:31) Ning = *******: You are not privy to any complaints, or otherwise.<br />
I have told you its had nothing to do with his profile at all! one of best friends is into BDSM, and I still love her. We won't to answer your questions, but we respect the privacy of the sites and members, with factual complaints him, also from ning itself. Again, I say it had nothing to do with his profile!!!!! Blessed Be,<br />
(2009-07-30 18:04:50) Traveler: reading to Isabell will get here<br />
(2009-07-30 18:06:17) Ning = *******: Aparently, he is saying NIng has "factual reports" on you!<br />
(2009-07-30 18:06:59) Traveler: what are factual reports?<br />
(2009-07-30 18:07:30) Traveler: Isabell asks where did they come from<br />
(2009-07-30 18:07:46) Ning = *******: these two came from Peter J. Brown<br />
(2009-07-30 18:08:02) Ning = *******: creator of The Craft ning site<br />
(2009-07-30 18:08:51) Traveler: Iwas on that site less than 24 hours and asked if he wanted the practitioner pictures whe he responed ok to<br />
(2009-07-30 18:09:00) Ning = *******: I honestly thing he is full of shit!<br />
(2009-07-30 18:09:24) Traveler: that is insulting to the shit<br />
(2009-07-30 18:09:26) Ning = *******: think I mean<br />
(2009-07-30 18:09:29) Ning = *******: :)<br />
(2009-07-30 18:09:33) Ning = *******: true<br />
(2009-07-30 18:09:34) Traveler: nope<br />
(2009-07-30 18:10:23) Ning = *******: he is arrogant in his attitude though and as far as I'M concerned, he is heading for a fall<br />
(2009-07-30 18:10:59) Traveler: wait till I get this all placed into one place.<br />
(2009-07-30 18:14:07) Traveler: Do you think he would be awoken when he finds the Artist site?<br />
(2009-07-30 18:14:49) Ning = *******: I have no idea. I think I'm about to be banned from THIS site though!<br />
(2009-07-30 18:14:56) Ning = *******: My latest rebuttal:<br />
(2009-07-30 18:15:00) Ning = *******: You claimed I had no right to know the situation because I am not a ning creator but I AM so I DO have the right to know what is going on. I HAVE asked Ning about this and I promise you I will look into it thoroughly. He has been singled out without a SHRED of proof other than people don't know like profile while someone who has STALKED no less than TWO women on the ning site is allowed to continue with his activities! You may ban me if you will. I care not! I was asking NICELY but have only gotten derision and arrogance in return. I WILL get to the bottom of this and if there IS something that he has done wrong, then I will apolegize but if there is NOT, then I suggest you learn humility.<br />
(2009-07-30 18:15:46) Ning = *******: I ask you to include THIS as well with your other notes, just so one of us has them all. :D<br />
(2009-07-30 18:16:00) Traveler: fang and claw I need you to sic people more he he he<br />
(2009-07-30 18:16:08) Ning = *******: LOL<br />
(2009-07-30 18:16:11) Ning = *******: bows<br />
(2009-07-30 18:16:17) Ning = *******: brb<br />
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Ok this is as now for it ms tlikely will continue you decide am I what they accuse me of was this done incorrectly do people read and jump to worse ideas do other read and have no clue up what they have been asked. Many thing no pointing no saying bad members. This is what has been sent and stored. Let it stand as is. I am letting people know what has happened and I do. I do not hide I face.<br />
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Wow look at what happened when asked further of this matter: (2009-07-30 18:57:49) You are not privy to the information You are not a member of the Conglomeration of site owners and admin.'s. Nor an admin., here. There are reports on you, also for the same thing, it comes from a member of Wiccan Togther and Ning itself. THIS MATTER IS CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AS I SAID, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS PROFILE, AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS SIIE, IF YOU LIKE? I WILL NOT ARGUE WITH YOU, YOU ARE BLATANTLY BEING DIREPECTFUL AND IT IS NOTED, AND YOUR MESSAGE HAVE BEN SENT TO NING, AND THE CONGLOMERATION. YOU KEEP SAYING ITS BECAUSE OF THE BDSM ON HIS PROFITE, I HAVE COSISTANTLY TOLD YOU THAT THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!!! Blessed be Your Path, PETER PS. YES I'M YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!Words thoughts seeing perhaps .....................tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-31:2185477:BlogPost:78462009-05-31T01:39:22.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
By being so we start to understand man and their habits. The ways and reasons. For their reactions and ways of doing things.<br />
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Thus applying the perspective theory to our own lives where be why man hunts and kills us why he despises us. We are large and wise. Unknown to him. We are the mystery And that which man doesn’t understand and scares him he destroys that which he wants.<br />
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That last statement is very true. For when man wants he destroys to attain it. Many wise and knowledgeable cultures…
By being so we start to understand man and their habits. The ways and reasons. For their reactions and ways of doing things.<br />
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Thus applying the perspective theory to our own lives where be why man hunts and kills us why he despises us. We are large and wise. Unknown to him. We are the mystery And that which man doesn’t understand and scares him he destroys that which he wants.<br />
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That last statement is very true. For when man wants he destroys to attain it. Many wise and knowledgeable cultures have been destroyed for gaining treasures land or power. Very few ever saw the wisdom and ideas cultures held as a treasure. Only silver-gold gemstones and the lands upon they lived. Only now certain groups of man have Started to see the destruction and lost knowledge through the century man has caused and lost. Libraries of books, art, workman skills. Buildings and vast nations all Lost because of the greed and want of power by man’s hand.<br />
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But slowly the old knowledge is being rekindled and rewritten by man’s hands. Perhaps not as pure as it once was. But still slowly it is being rediscovered and again slowly shown upon this world. Perhaps one day the pure knowledge can be placed upon this land and All will reknow the simple truth of life and how they are to live will everything.more of a traveling journaltag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-31:2185477:BlogPost:78452009-05-31T01:36:52.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Wulf clan Cat clan the two oldest clans other than our self. The old stories state we taught the Wulf to howl and the Cat to purr. Gifts promised to them For their help to us. And Justly so.<br />
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Wulf swift, deadly, night hunters who stood over our lairs many a century. Barking as a common dog when danger came. Were taught to howl or sing if you wish to the night sky For things they wish and warning to others. The story is long For Starclaws a She-wulf was the first to sing/howl learn and was…
Wulf clan Cat clan the two oldest clans other than our self. The old stories state we taught the Wulf to howl and the Cat to purr. Gifts promised to them For their help to us. And Justly so.<br />
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Wulf swift, deadly, night hunters who stood over our lairs many a century. Barking as a common dog when danger came. Were taught to howl or sing if you wish to the night sky For things they wish and warning to others. The story is long For Starclaws a She-wulf was the first to sing/howl learn and was taught by a long wise Forest dweller of our kind.<br />
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Perhaps I will some day Find that Story and tell it to you. Cat silent, proud, unique, who helped us Find things and lived with us as friend were given the gift of purring the expression of gratitude and thankfulness was for special touch and kindness they had shown us. The First escapes my mind now but I will Find the story told long ago about a saber toothed panther cub. Who was the First to make a Black dragon show this gift of feeling and joy. A story that has been long put away as has the other one also.<br />
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Our strength is in our knowledge and our way of life. Most live a solitude life. Choose companions few and far between Some crave knowledge and travel within man’s domain. Others, wait for time to be still only wasting away. But some of us gather knowledge, teach what we find and learn new things constantly. There are so few of us left. So few able to communicate with man, few who remember the old Codes and ways. Fewer still who actively practice them. There are many places that hold our stories told by man and more told by us. So many ideas and ways washed away in man wars and conquests. No longer can we sit by and let man destroy us and this world. Yes there came a few who would try to care. And fewer still who actually do what they feel to do. And even some who see us as friends. Wise old ones who they wish to contact and know more about. And yet these only want what so few already have deep within them. The power of our kind to use.<br />
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Man is ignorant of the meaning of us of the dragons. The same way they are ignorant of the meaning of the universe. but there is something in our image the fit’s man’s imagination, and this may account for their accounting of our appearances in so many different places periods and forms. which they picture in Lore and art of their mind and talent.A story told twice then words of thoughtstag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-31:2185477:BlogPost:78442009-05-31T01:30:00.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Here is one story on how a man became one of our clansmen. Taken from her journal when traveling amongst them.<br />
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I sat upon a stool at a County Fair. I was posing as a “psychic” reader of cards and crystal balls. My tent was small and I had put little into it to attract attention to myself. Only a small sign stating what I was doing and a Full sized mirror which I had put the words upon the Frame in several languages. “To See your true self Look at yourself” which means little to any man but a…
Here is one story on how a man became one of our clansmen. Taken from her journal when traveling amongst them.<br />
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I sat upon a stool at a County Fair. I was posing as a “psychic” reader of cards and crystal balls. My tent was small and I had put little into it to attract attention to myself. Only a small sign stating what I was doing and a Full sized mirror which I had put the words upon the Frame in several languages. “To See your true self Look at yourself” which means little to any man but a lot to us.<br />
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As I watched the crowd I noticed a young male approaching my area. His hair cut short as he was in the military his stance and movements also showed fighter trained. But as he passed the mirror I did happen to look. And a gasp passed from me. He stopped and asked if I was all right. I asked him to look into the mirror. He did so and looked back at me with a wondering look. I asked him what did he see he said himself and the crowd/Fair behind him. I then did something I would not do again For a very long time to come I told him what I saw.<br />
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The description was this. I saw him in Black clothing Black laced knee high moccasins. A Lace up shirt and a Black/grey Full hooded cloak. His left eye was patched and the other glinted with star’s sparkle. Upon his head was a black beret with various pins upon it. But this was not all to be seen. A staff held within his left hand glowed with power and understanding. Weapons of various forms could be seen. As well as 2 swords english upon his hip. Oriental stick is over his shoulder. But what else was with the reflection showed me what he was and to be. A panther/wulf stood behind him slightly turned coiled around his right side as if stepping forth. Eyes sparkling as Fireflies in the night with saber tooth and gaping muzzle sharing wisdom Three small dragons were also within an reel of Blood and Fire sat upon his right shoulder. A gold flitted upon the staff’s top. And a Bronze softly guided circles around him. Their name come to me quickly and I gave them to him. He seemed<br />
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To listen and yet not to as most mankind does. And yet I felt stirring within him. As he turned to leave and walk away the crowd seemed to think this is when I saw his soul’s shadow and knew what must be done. For it glided silently behind him in the sunset’s light. A 5-clawed oriental/English mixed Black dragon shadow tipped its head to me in acknowledgment of what I was. And that night I packed and left. Traveling quickly home to request his acceptance within our clan. I sent him a stone upon which I inscribed seven runeic symbols which I pulled Forth from a bagged set was unused. And stated each year he was to find a silver or grey dragon to place upon it. My request was granted and I sent it. The first three years I sent him a new pearly dragon. And have sent people and our kind to intersect upon his life to teach and Show him our ways and knowledge. I hope he remembers and truly shows his talents. Without wasting what he has within and without himself.<br />
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Then again taking another perspective here is his story how he tells it.<br />
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Just back on leave From the Marine Corps at the local county Fair. I was passing through the outlaying merchant/renter area Just at SunSet Saturday I passed a reader’s booth and heard a gasp turning I noticed an middle-aged lady Very good looking appeared to be scared. I asked her if she was all right she said yes then asked me what I saw in the mirror. I looked and saw myself and the Fair around me. She then told me what she saw. Dragons which she gave me the names for. What she calls a saber toothed panther wulf with sparkle eyes. And me dressed as a D & D character I had played before.<br />
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But later that year. I received an Stone inscribed with 7 runic symbols. This turned out to be my amulet to symbolize my Dragon Clansmanship and alliance to clan dragon kinship. The only requirement was finding a new dragon to place upon the stone each year upon my anniversary which falls within October.<br />
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Since then I have taken up the study of dragons. Being also to form reasons of ideas. And finding the term Dragonostic to settle upon as what I was believing. Find people to talk to and others with similar beliefs. Through the years. Slowly learning what this amulet allowed me to do and what who it helped me become. One year I lost everything including the stone. Later I fashioned another one with the same symbols. And recently have been adding the black colored stones of the earth to hang upon it. And now I relearn what it means to be a Clansman and join within dragons once again. Perhaps one day I will run across the lady who told me so long ago what She saw. And the next day with questions in my mind when I went back she was gone. Did I scare her? Did I do something to make her leave? Or was it her time to go? These questions and others remain unanswered waiting for the day she shows back up. Within my sight. Questions a young man confused and alone had left unanswered so long ago.<br />
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Here is placed the names of what was seen Told one ’85 Oct day after a surprised shaken Look was seen upon the Lady’s face as walked past.<br />
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Small Dragons<br />
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Quenzatraun (Queenie) 1’8” Gold upon the right shoulder<br />
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Strangotr (Strae) 1’10” Bronze around left arm<br />
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Spredozana (Spree) 1’8” dark red playing around<br />
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Toshnotrinikiotosha (Nikki) a panther-wulf companion – protector 4’ at shoulder solid simmering black coloring glittering white sparkling eyes noiseless when moves. Fire flies are commonly mistaken for his eyes. Body is the combination of a panther and wulf head wulfish like with cat influences. Claws of greyness and teeth sharp Fur is smooth as cats and long as dogs Leaves no tracks where it walks.<br />
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He was described as such: Dressed in dark leather skins, dark grey cape. Silverclasp. Eye of silver hair of same. Left eye patched. Sword on hip daggers around in various places. Moccasins knee length & side Laced.<br />
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But this is history of the past already retold within this before. To be lain to rest with all the tales of old and thought about upon the nights of renewal<br />
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And perhaps dwelled upon as a ale of fantasy which some do. For is not this what stories gave heard of.<br />
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Two different perspectives one happening who is to say which is right and which is wrong. Or are both so? Even being there would you have seen something different.<br />
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As you can see one event can cause several stories to come forth From several people. Each viewing and seeing differently and yet all seeing the some thing. Each story contains the same items but put together differently by each. This is how to view the world. Not by looking For yourself. But looking through the various others involved and factions which are there.A start of the knowledgetag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-31:2185477:BlogPost:78432009-05-31T01:26:44.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
The day I realize we must all do what must be done. The day I relax and let go of the thought that I must do everything the day I truly depend on you for your wisdom and strength. I here by start the knowledge and understanding of my whats and whys.<br />
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Already the questions and answers of numbers have been stated as:<br />
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Is there Just one?<br />
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Could there be only one?<br />
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With one isn’t there always an other?<br />
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Thus isn’t a third required for Balance?<br />
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A council of seven split 3 ways each overlapping and…
The day I realize we must all do what must be done. The day I relax and let go of the thought that I must do everything the day I truly depend on you for your wisdom and strength. I here by start the knowledge and understanding of my whats and whys.<br />
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Already the questions and answers of numbers have been stated as:<br />
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Is there Just one?<br />
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Could there be only one?<br />
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With one isn’t there always an other?<br />
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Thus isn’t a third required for Balance?<br />
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A council of seven split 3 ways each overlapping and yet each remaining Different.<br />
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Three groups of three each overlapping the other each seeing differently and yet all the same.<br />
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Perspectives everyone’s is different and yet all the same.<br />
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What would you do if some one came into your home attacked you and stole your bed. And ran away with it?<br />
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And yet through time over and over again in myth and lore this happens constantly. And every one knows these stories of bedding stealers. The score of stories of treasure and gold. Stories which show man as a brute and destructive person. Tales of Dragon’s homes and belongings being taken and they being killed or driven off. What man doesn’t understand or fears he destroys. And yet he also does the same with different cultures and peoples’ beliefs. Crushing nations in the guise of exploration and religious reasoning. Destroying whole histories and knowledge. But through Learning and education one can find the scary<br />
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Unknown a welcome friend. As with certain factions today. If we show them the correct and trueness of the actions and educate and then they will no longer fear us but see us as they are Just a person kind and gentle in action. We have nothing they need to steal For power. Nor anything to fear and destroy. Teach then educate them and share them. And perhaps they will become what they feared and didn’t understand.<br />
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Why do we celebrate the full moon? Man has shown through time all sorts of mystical and secret reasons he celebrates the moon. We do so For during the 3 day cycle of fullness powers are brilliant and easier seen. Usually it is the best time to hunt and find food. As man grew we were driven to Fly in overcast and darkened Skies. During this time great Flights for distance would be undertaken. The earth changes drastically during this time. Science has explained much of this and extinguished most of the mystery of those events for common man<br />
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Explains and proves what is what. And has somewhat forgotten the feel for mystery and the exploring of one’s inner worth and power.<br />
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But most of all we use this time to remember the times past and the ones who were special in our life.<br />
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There are 4 days in a year two with short nights two with long nights. There are 2 other which are equal. So stay with me. One night two days three time periods. Or when the light is stronger. One when the dark is darker. One when Both equal out. Those are the days we observe as the balancing elements within the year. Those are times of respect and power. A time of 11 hours From the center of these nights Both ways.<br />
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Thus nothing the mid of the night {midnight true} the Balancing of Dark and Light. Light starting give forth to darkness which gives again to Light. The going into and coming forth. As we all do with our lives and situations.<br />
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These are times for special and tuned items and events to be done. We center night in the times for the reason of mystery, Secrets, and to Symbolizing the emerging of newness into the light. For darkness has for centuries has symbolized death which is not a ending but a beginning into another place and time. As some symbolize the new beginning By starting in the light with the old. Greeting the darkness with friendly style allowing it to stop the old and build a newness to merge within the light and continue on its way.<br />
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Within man’s Book are wisdom and ways of things. We have been written about in harsh words and untruths. There are several stories that are only told within men’s perspectives and not ours. Some of the facts he has collected through the years have been correct others though are purely whimsical in nature. It is fun to see what another “intelligent” and “wise” species thinks of us. And how they have destroyed and hunted our kind. And yet now reveres and in some aspects worship us.<br />
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Various cultures upon this world recognize us as exotic and many truly make images representing us. We are a multi-racial species as is man. And we still can be seen in the influences of man’s art and workmanship.<br />
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For even though many of us did exist at one time many of us don’t any more because of man and his ways. But our spirit lives on. And over time one “creates” a dragon item. The dragon spirit that is shown was once a true dragon and guided man’s hands so they could be seen once again. Sometimes the representation is true and perfect. Other times it is rough and sketchy. The way all depends on the dragon and the man’s ability to truly represent the spirit of that one dragon. Of course whole species like us do have the variations according to place and terrain. As does man in some aspect. But so much more in our case that Family of us can change drastically in Just one mating cycle that parents and children are unlike in every way including physical color and needs.<br />
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We do have clan set structure. And we do fight among our selves. But combine no matter what our differences to be the someone Outsider who threatens us. As man has constantly throughout the ages.<br />
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And through our helping other clans Friendly to us have been Brought forth to become Factions within our realm. The two most found is the Various Cat and Wulf Clan Factions. Smaller personal Clans have split off from them. But still remain part of the whole. Individually calling themselves by specific cat or wulf types. And yet realizing they are but children under children under the parents which are us. We have allowed man the basic right to claim Clanmanship to these Clans and also our clan. But only if they truly represent the ways, wants, and true nature of the Clan. Only our clan counsel can induct Dragon Clansman and yet only a Dragon Clansman can make a Cat or Wulf clansman after requesting it from the council. These are only done in writing.<br />
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Things that are written are usually given Full moon to Full moon time periods to be thought upon and answered. As that is our way to pass time along with the solstice and equinox. Our year starts upon the “Fall equinox” and travels with the rotation of seasons from there. For you must First start with nothing (winter) and then creating (spring) what is to be. To seeing the creation grow and flourish (summer). To see the Fulfillment of its life and reason for being (Fall) only to watch it happen over and over again. Thus our Seasons are called Nothing + Creation + Growth + Fulfillment loosely translates From our oldest Books. For Just after that is our longest holiday of remembrance of the dead and times past. Remembering those within the year who have passed on their achievements. The joy and happiness we shared and they created within the lives they made. And we remember them Smiling laughing and the joyous times they showed us within their passing through.The 100 point draconity corruption testtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78422009-05-30T23:44:50.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
version 1.0 by alpine@holly.colostate.edu - copy and distribute freely<br />
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This test rates your relative draconity. The majority of these 100 questions assume that you are human (at least most of the time), have a draconic name, and have at least heard of dragons at some point in your life. So you won't have to wade through lots of questions asking if you've ever read a book on a dragon, seen a dragon picture, etc.<br />
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version 1.0 by alpine@holly.colostate.edu - copy and distribute freely<br />
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This test rates your relative draconity. The majority of these 100 questions assume that you are human (at least most of the time), have a draconic name, and have at least heard of dragons at some point in your life. So you won't have to wade through lots of questions asking if you've ever read a book on a dragon, seen a dragon picture, etc.<br />
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This test is purely for fun and entertainment. If you do not feel that your score is relative to your draconity then ignore it, and feel good in the knowledge that if you belive you are a dragon then you have something notest can measure. - Dymus.<br />
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Just for reference I found myself with a score of 56%. So I warn you now that the validity of the test isn't exactly real high, just fun.<br />
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Check all boxes for which your answer is "NO"<br />
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Have you ever...<br />
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1. conquered a major city just so you could brag about it in bars to your friends?<br />
2. told all your friends about your life as a dragon?<br />
3. signed your human email with your dragon name?<br />
4. wanted to jump off a high building beaucse you _know_ you have wings?<br />
5. used the word "froody" more than 20 times in a day?<br />
6. written a dragon-like story?<br />
7. found youself thinking, "Pesky mortals" when in a human gathering place?<br />
8. been called by your draconic name?<br />
9. answered faster to your draconic name then your human one?<br />
10. had the though of eating all the humans responsible for any of your problems?<br />
11. hired a typist because you can't type fast enough with talons?<br />
12. not cared about anything you wear unless it has a dragon decorated on it?<br />
13. been tempted to kill your best friend because they approached your hoard?<br />
14. read a description of a dragon in a book and thought, "Hey, I'm not like that, I'm THIS kind of dragon!"?<br />
15. found yourself with the strange desire to eat meat raw?<br />
16. found yourself looking at someone who annoys you and licking your lips or teeth?<br />
17. found youself startled when you look in a mirror and find you are rather human-looking?<br />
18. growled under your breath?<br />
19. heard of Alt.fan.dragons?<br />
20. posted to alt.fan.dragons?<br />
21. told the rest of the world to go get bent because you were busy doing alt.fan.dragons related stuff?<br />
22. found yourself putting your draconic title on any resumes (ie. Queen of Insanity, the Daring, Sworn Protector of All Things Elven, etc.)?<br />
23. heard your children "meep" instead of cry?<br />
24. sat around for three hours complaining that your Dancing Dragon catalog hasn't come in yet?<br />
25. replied to your dragon name?<br />
26. planned battle strategies for wars against demons?<br />
27. had the thought of flying to a destination without the use of an airplane?<br />
28. Are your very best friends dragons?<br />
29. had the inexplicable urge to splut people?<br />
30. found yourself with the urge to hiss at people who are bugging you?<br />
31. found yourself with the urge to hoard gold?<br />
32. found yourself with the urge to hoard anything?<br />
33. had any thoughts about leagaly changing your human name to your draconic one?<br />
34. replied to any e-mail from a dragon?<br />
35. curled your fingers as a sign of frustration?<br />
36. found youself trying to move your tail before sitting down?<br />
37. had your tail get in the way?<br />
38. found yourself trying to open cans with your "horns" instead of a can opener?<br />
39. collected everything in your room into a pile and laid on it for a hoard?<br />
40. found yourself trying to breathe fire?<br />
41. thought it to be really cool when you see your breath on cold days, and thought "wow, I'm smoking"?<br />
42. found your "talons" get in the way when you are typing?<br />
43. collected things just for the sheer joy of having a big pile of junk?<br />
44. thought seriously about filing your fingernails to a point?<br />
45. been suprised when after a restless night's sleep the covers aren't ripped to shreds?<br />
46. bought the newest Enchantica that's out instead of the newest CD player?<br />
47. refered to your birthday as your "hatchingday"?<br />
48. refered to the place you sleep as your lair?<br />
49. drawn dragons all over your test papers?<br />
50. refered to a human as "greggil", "two-legger", or "hooman"?<br />
51. had any sympathy for the eggs you eat?<br />
52. had the strange urge to take all the eggs out of the refrigerator and sit on them?<br />
53. laid an egg?<br />
54. refered to your spouse as your mate?<br />
55. had a dragon idol in your house?<br />
56. worshiped it?<br />
57. given it money?<br />
58. had a Dancing Dragon catalog in your home (lair)?<br />
59. named any of your pewter dragons?<br />
60. given them personalities?<br />
61. listed your occupation as anything like, "Queen of the Tree People", "High Druid of the Stuff", "Owner of the Plushy Shop" etc.?<br />
62. had a dragon stop outside your window and offer you a ride?<br />
63. thought of this as a normal occurance?<br />
64. regretted clipping your toenails or fingernails?<br />
65. tried to grow them out really long?<br />
66. dreamed about being a dragon?<br />
67. seen a poster of a dragon and thought, "I know him/her from somewhere"?<br />
68. played DragonSlides on tall buildings in the wintertime?<br />
69. known the rules?<br />
70. used such expressions as, "Wind to Thy Wings"?<br />
71. refered to your skin as scales?<br />
72. viewed knights in fairy tales as food in a tin, rather than the hero?<br />
73. been stopped by a police officer and told him/her that they can't give you a ticket because you're a dragon?<br />
74. found yourself wondering what the dragon does to the princess in fairy tales before the knight comes to "rescue" her?<br />
75. had thoughts about undergoing scientific experiments on the slight chance they'd make you into a dragon?<br />
76. thought of reptiles more as species cousins rather than monkeys?<br />
77. slept curled up on top of all your covers?<br />
78. found yourself really cranky when you wake up in the morning?<br />
79. ignored your real name, because you are so used to your draconic one?<br />
80. woken up in the middle of the night paranoid someone has broken into your room and stolen something?<br />
81. thought that you might have been born on the wrong planet because you don't see dragons on a regular basis?<br />
82. had the urge to senselessly attack any moving target when you became angry?<br />
83. slept for more than 24 hours at one time?<br />
84. slept for more than one week at a time?<br />
85. noticed that you have an acute sense of smell?<br />
86. wondered why your tongue isn't forked?<br />
87. really scared someone when you looked at them in anger?<br />
88. smiled and made people nervous?<br />
89. really wished you lived in a fantasy world?<br />
90. seen a picture or figurine of a dragon and thought it was cute?<br />
91. refered to someone younger than you as young hatchling?<br />
92. found yourself very sensitive to temperature (ie. cannot take either cold or hot weather very well)?<br />
93. found yourself drawn to lie in the sun just for the sheer joy of it?<br />
94. found yourself to be overly possessive?<br />
95. had anything you wore in a regular basis that had a dragon depicted on it?<br />
96. really wished you could breathe fire on the annoying person near you?<br />
97. thought caves or mountains were facinating?<br />
98. had daydreams of destroying your school as a dragon?<br />
99. read ANY book about a dragon or one that had a dragon character in it?<br />
100. written any stories with a dragon or dragon character in it?<br />
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That's it. You can use your score to compare relative draconity with friends. To calculate your dragon purity score, count up your YES answers (UNchecked boxes) or press the button below if you can see it. The more dragon pure you are, the more like a dragon you are.<br />
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***Disclaimer: These questions do not necessarily represent what it means to be a dragon to all dragons. Some would disagree (including myself) that senseless destruction, the use of some words, and the ability to breathe fire are not all necessary draconic traits.<br />
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Score calculation and relative draconity<br />
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0-15% pure - Sorry, you are still quite human.<br />
16-30% pure - You may have had a great-great-great-great-great grandfather who was a dragon<br />
31-45% pure - You have the heart of a dragon.<br />
46-60% pure - You are a dragon trapped in a human's body.<br />
61-85% pure - The only thing you are missing are scales.<br />
86-100% pure - Aw, forget it, you are a dragon, and an afd fanatic to boot.<br />
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Draconity test for non-dragons Any comments, questions, or even additional questions are appreciated.<br />
alpine@holly.colostate.edu<br />
A HUGE thank you to Rezlynn for sending me most of these questions. Additional thank you's to all the dragons that contributed to the questions on this test.<br />
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Sincerely, Dymus the DaringGone.... 7/17/95
I reach for you
only to find an empty space
where once you laid.
You had to go
I know, but still the pain
cries on in vain.
A calling of your heart,
quest of life and purpose.
Peas…tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78412009-05-30T23:41:03.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Gone.... 7/17/95<br />
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I reach for you<br />
only to find an empty space<br />
where once you laid.<br />
You had to go<br />
I know, but still the pain<br />
cries on in vain.<br />
A calling of your heart,<br />
quest of life and purpose.<br />
Peasant by birth, Noble by heart.<br />
Duty and Honor are your keys<br />
not the likes of me.<br />
I loved you true,<br />
but free you had to be.<br />
Maybe someday<br />
you’ll come back to me.<br />
I’ll honor our love,<br />
true and pure<br />
remaining your dove,<br />
that is for sure.
Gone.... 7/17/95<br />
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I reach for you<br />
only to find an empty space<br />
where once you laid.<br />
You had to go<br />
I know, but still the pain<br />
cries on in vain.<br />
A calling of your heart,<br />
quest of life and purpose.<br />
Peasant by birth, Noble by heart.<br />
Duty and Honor are your keys<br />
not the likes of me.<br />
I loved you true,<br />
but free you had to be.<br />
Maybe someday<br />
you’ll come back to me.<br />
I’ll honor our love,<br />
true and pure<br />
remaining your dove,<br />
that is for sure.Wolfencat:tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78402009-05-30T23:29:45.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Sitting on the mountain top a lone grey and brown wolf cries at the silver sliver moon. The mist rises from the ground covering the wolf until only the brown shimmering eyes are seen. The cry echoes through the valley remaining unanswered. The wolf tracks can not be seen on the dew dipped leaves scattered on the forest floor. A crackling of tree branches enters the scene. The wolf crouches in the thicket unseen. A black dragon walks slowly by the wolf. He stops turning to the wolf. Machlene why…
Sitting on the mountain top a lone grey and brown wolf cries at the silver sliver moon. The mist rises from the ground covering the wolf until only the brown shimmering eyes are seen. The cry echoes through the valley remaining unanswered. The wolf tracks can not be seen on the dew dipped leaves scattered on the forest floor. A crackling of tree branches enters the scene. The wolf crouches in the thicket unseen. A black dragon walks slowly by the wolf. He stops turning to the wolf. Machlene why do you cry? I heard you and came to see if I could help.<br />
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Merlyn Machlene Wolfencat - Long brownish black fur with traces of grey. Wolf face with feline ears. Delicate featured paws, sleek panther body, shimmering eyes of brownish translucent hues. Soft inflection voice, curly tail, long retractable nails with pin point tip, and soft fur.<br />
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A meadow surrounded by old trees full of knowledge. Lit by a soft full moon and glimmering stars. A soft breeze blows through the meadow in the spring flowers grow and small animals are starting to come forth. In the summer the breeze still flows warmer and full of the smell of grass, birds are heard and the spider’s web glistens along the edge. The fall brings late flowers and multi-colored leaves flutter within the breeze. Winter leaves it all white and dearly waiting for spring. Here and there grass and plants can be seen waiting as well in the cool breeze.<br />
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It doesn’t make me alone it gives me the choice of when to have company.<br />
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The stars sparkle above like jewels scattered upon deep black velvet. But with softly watching the lines of constellations can be thought of and where can be found along with when. And the travelers will know this and no longer will wander lost and alone for within the stars is all they need to know and much much more than even they can see or think.<br />
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An though meaning of the words change, through tone and speech the words remain the same. Only those reading them will ever see the difference and true meaning behind the speech and tones.<br />
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You within yourself sees and knows what is. Only reflecting out what is whin does anyone really know though others speech or things are seen. Only reflection from within do you truly see. Not from others but form yourself whin. But what happens when in the seeing and knowing it lacks the wisdom to go with the knowledge?<br />
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Before the dawn a whisper was heard causing the spiral to change to a hex-a-flex. A spark was seen and things began to grow a new. Seasons and things rotate in may planes. Points travel to and fro. And yet the center of the spiral stays constant in one place and one time yet stretching forth the arms of the spiral to reach and touch so many yet so few realize the touch and are graced only with the knowledge of life not knowing the wisdom of life also. And slowly as a spiral grows all things touched drift to the center to become part of the one place one time. Softly settling into place as it should be.<br />
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A place beyond time and space purplish hues swirled.<br />
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Colors among colors the same yet differently slowly mixing into circular patterns slowly reaching forth and back to the center at the same time. Each traveling their own path and yet all connected at the start or is it the end. Both is the center yet is the end also the start or is the start of something the end of something else. One is all and all is one - and yet all is none and one is all with one.<br />
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Slowly twisting turning spiraling all is turned all is found and reached, upwards, downwards. In all directions reaching pulling inward outward. Seeing, hearing learning. Watching, waiting, comprehending time for all and again perhaps nothing at all is done.<br />
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Shadows dance, molecules bounce forming forms and silhouettes, changing, mixing, molding, moving constantly. And slowly ever so the mind forms images colors which turn to emotions and common thought. But still the original form of nothingness spiraling shallowly into forms is the ray all ideas star only a glimmer or hazy image that only the individual who sees or feels can find.<br />
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Unseen yet seen the hues shift spirally into an image until it can be seen clearly as one allows the vision to spiral and change to forms, with rays of thought and sparking emotion. Then again it’s nothing and maybe it’s nothing as one chooses in the flash of an eye.<br />
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And yet the harder one tries the harder it arrives. But only if one truly wants will it actually happen. Slowly effortlessly and easily is the task of seeing feeling and having the focus of the spiral come forth to encircle one's being to encompass the whole, yet to always be just for them only. To be yet not to become. See and comprehend only if you truly accept it will it be yours.<br />
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You sing for yourself, very few times you sing just for others. Therefore, your words are for yourself and are translated into emotions, feelings, and thoughts not exactly words per say.<br />
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Dragon, I cry for you. I have felt the longing of your heart for your way of life. Not being able to fully participate and practice what you belief. My tears are for you for it should not be this way. All should have the freedom to be. You have touched me like none other and yet even that shall soon fade away. I cry for the loss of one so dear as you. Is not the majority one and when it’s one does not the loss effect the all? Why then should the whole suffer when it need not be so? Or do I only have understanding without the wisdom of the full knowledge of the ancient ways?Upon the Blue Moon:tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78392009-05-30T23:28:34.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Once upon a time, a blue moon light night,m a cry could be heard. A child cried for all hope was gone. Confused and bewildered the child cried a wolf-life cry. Those whom she had been born to had turned their backs and gave the child up for lost. The child could feel the emotions of others and displayed what adults feared to show. On this night the child had seen the haunting eyes of amber daggers called Night Star. The pain and anguish she felt from it was startling and frightened her. She…
Once upon a time, a blue moon light night,m a cry could be heard. A child cried for all hope was gone. Confused and bewildered the child cried a wolf-life cry. Those whom she had been born to had turned their backs and gave the child up for lost. The child could feel the emotions of others and displayed what adults feared to show. On this night the child had seen the haunting eyes of amber daggers called Night Star. The pain and anguish she felt from it was startling and frightened her. She reached out to those she loved for comfort to find only cold hard stares and angry words. Though she feared the sight she was that night and the emotions it vibrated she could not hate it or show it any anger. In a child like manner she respected it and knew there must be a reason for it. She knew she did not want to be a part of it, and at the same time did not want to be it’s enemy. She sought to understand it. On this night another ancient one came to her, because he heard her cries. A beautiful and splendid dragon reached out to her and gave her the comfort no human would give her. He spoke of an ancient time before the dawn and how there is always a way to find hope when it appears all hope is gone. The silver thread shall always remain and from it hope is there beyond time and space. He showed her how to find the silver thread inside herself and how with it she could fly as a einhorn with no wings. She squealed with delight shocking the dragon by the sound. She was sorry to have upset him by the sound of her laughter causing her laugh to alter form the squeal to a broken patchwork of sound. The flew over the mountain tops higher than an eagle. She was so delighted she could not contain the laughter of joy she felt which was her own. The dragon gazed at her and laughed loudly at the sound of her patchwork laugh. She knew he found delight in her new laugh and decided to keep the laugh as her own. The time quickly came when the dragon had to go on his way. She knew one day she would see the beautiful dragon again and hoped that she could show him how much he had done for her. Though many years past she did not give up hope of seeing the dragon again. She travelled many ways and many places until one day she meet the dragon again. She would help the dragon as he had once helped her. She wants to stay with the dragon though out time.Inquesttag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78382009-05-30T23:24:05.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
With in the days of old this same happened time and time again. And it apparently still goes on today within a group which denounces the actions of the past. Actions of falsely judged, Actions of not allowing one to defend themselves. Useing a minority vote instead of a true majority. Or using proxies votes. And now an action of one has been turned into a mockery of truth and over dealt with as things are done so over and over again. Below is stated the older way to deal with such and…
With in the days of old this same happened time and time again. And it apparently still goes on today within a group which denounces the actions of the past. Actions of falsely judged, Actions of not allowing one to defend themselves. Useing a minority vote instead of a true majority. Or using proxies votes. And now an action of one has been turned into a mockery of truth and over dealt with as things are done so over and over again. Below is stated the older way to deal with such and action.<br />
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Who stands forth to accuse this one of wrong doing which has not already been taken care of.<br />
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Who announces injustice of an action done to them.<br />
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Who puts forth the charge written by their hand to the person accused and given to all the Elders of Serpentstone.<br />
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Whom of the Elders can set a date for tribunal.<br />
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Whom of the Elders can call the Elders to one place at one time to deal with this matter.<br />
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A person charged with an offense was given a tribunal of their peers. Both the accuser and accused were allowed to speak on their behalf without having a vote or say in the final decision of the matter. It is my understanding the Serpentstone Community honors the older codes, yet, of late this is not the case.<br />
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a. Robert has been accused, tried, sentenced, and punished prior to notification (written) of the accusations and accusers against him.<br />
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b. Robert was not allowed a tribunal of his peers.<br />
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c. Robert was not allowed to present his side of the case brought against him. Nor call upon anyone in his defence nor to tell their perspective of the events that occurred.<br />
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And now the older way; within such a larger group of so many Elders this is set in three. Three panels of seven to start with. Each separate and yet each the same. Twenty-one total to be called to convene as three sets of seven Of each seven three are chosen to bring that panels decision and thought/notes into a Council of Nine. To be randomly set from the true total of Elders. From a full call to all to participate goes forth.<br />
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Each panel is picket by colored stone {usually populous stones are red, one panels seven is black, one panels seven is grey, one panels seven is white. At the same time three of the panels colored stones would have been marked in silver to show who were the three with in the panel to make the council of nine.}drawn forth from a container. Usually a commonly known item.<br />
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The nine convenes and once more hears out what is to be said. The design is then decided upon and sentence is declared. And after nothing else is said upon the subject.<br />
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Each panel meets upon a phase of the moon. Usually black is upon the new moon. Grey is upon the half. And white is upon the full. Then the next full moon is when the Council of nine is convened giving them enough time to compare and discuss what the panels have to say. During this time period no one is allowed to discuss this matter with any one else the accused and accuser are asked not to speak with each other and avoid public arenas where they would be approached by others that ask questions. The subject is kept controlled and afterwards the notes from the panels and Council with the decision is published for all to see and know. For the written word takes more to turn then the spoken.<br />
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I request all Elders have the chance read this and to please sign the attached sheet stating they have read this letter. It doesn’t state that they are in agreement with my words only that my request that all Elders read my words has been allowed. I request the attached sheet be returned to _________ by ____ this should ensure a long enough period of time for all Elders to be able to read this.A question to show teach have holdtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78372009-05-30T23:20:43.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
And now I am approached by close to set the strands of time and space with one’s grasp. I have been asked to show and become once again. To Come back from the shadowing and recross into the area of the world for all to know. To be for both what one should be. To share the time for one needs are great. To start once again, to do what must be done. To allow the touch of a teacher and learner to pass through my path and cross over others. To become what was and yet something that wasn’t. To use…
And now I am approached by close to set the strands of time and space with one’s grasp. I have been asked to show and become once again. To Come back from the shadowing and recross into the area of the world for all to know. To be for both what one should be. To share the time for one needs are great. To start once again, to do what must be done. To allow the touch of a teacher and learner to pass through my path and cross over others. To become what was and yet something that wasn’t. To use what I know and learn what I don’t. To please and hold the ones I must and ensure they are what they need to be. I have been approached in a matter of power and past. Of ancient things and ways. To teach and protect. To come back from where I have put Myself and yet reform what was into what could be to what is. The terms are simple I do not lose what I have already gained. But gain also another closer than any other may be.<br />
Where there is one, there is two, and where there is two there is three for the balance of things. Also where there is three there is seven for the balance between life and the stars. The circle continues ever the beginning and the ending for the balance of all. The perspective changes many times over for the neutrality and balance between the colors and the ways of being.<br />
The dragon has been asked to teach and instruct. To do so he must also learn how to again. To sort through papers and files which ask questions of the person is only the beginning. Next comes the perspective and other perspective.<br />
By having one right down the things they feel they have done or could do. Having them pick out books from the “center library” or finding book on the subjects which interest them or have a “feel” for.<br />
Then stack the books in a pile according to their wishes. Then taking the “last” book. And giving them a chapter a day to read and pick out key points, they enjoy. Or have seen within their acts. And then the following day taking those notes, and writing something containing them and their thoughts, feelings willingness of themselves.<br />
Thus their own source book /journal starts. With them comprising the knowledge that attracts them within the subjects books they have chosen. And a working knowledge will develop of their own.<br />
They wish him to instruct the ways of defense and steel. To do so he must first learn what they already know. Then find a teacher for the hand and body. And then work on them on the steel. This is the hardest area he faces for this is the area with the most physical damage and harmful potential. But he will do what he must.<br />
And they wish him to start over to be what he was and protect and guard. This also they wish to understand. Behind a closed barred and chained portal.But as he has found out before when a lass calls he comes forth and does what is needed.<br />
Then rebolts the door. and now he troubles over things that sleep in the back of hi mind only to awaken when this was first started to him.<br />
And yet now I feel deep inside a stirring which has not been felt for many a year a feeling that almost was not recognizable at first. And yet was comfortable to the touch. So now I sit here and wonder. Feeling The soul seal cracking within the stir of emotions that leak forth.<br />
Round and round my mind goes. Half finished thoughts and half felt emotions. I don’t know which is worse. The waiting, the wanting, the unknowing. Or is it the remembering of what was, what is in tails, and what it all means. I know what could happen to us all and yet it worries me naught. I see it all falling into place and hope it does work. And allows me once again to be and do what I must.For all could be lost within a single answer. An answer which also can put everything correct and true.<br />
Whatever happens will happen, no one can truly change that. But I can try to affect the ending outcome. So all works the way they wish it could. Perhaps even get away with what they want before anything sees it has been done. I wonder, if this is to be, I wonder if it will work out. I feel deep inside strange emotions that have been far from me for a very long time.<br />
Once again the question:<br />
The banner is in the wind, the drum sounds<br />
Do I pick up the sword or do I just ignore it once more?<br />
Fearing what has happened will happen again.<br />
Or accepting another and trying once more?A startingtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78362009-05-30T23:19:36.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
So in today we go to a variation close but acceptable:<br />
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We first take for instance a young person in question who has dabbled, experienced, “lived” this style and we are approached to take them on and show them the older/other perspective. Thus a request of a letter by their benefactors is required. Asking and somewhat detailing what is expected of what has been asked concerning the young person in questions training. Certain conditions are required:<br />
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All persons party to this agree that this…
So in today we go to a variation close but acceptable:<br />
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We first take for instance a young person in question who has dabbled, experienced, “lived” this style and we are approached to take them on and show them the older/other perspective. Thus a request of a letter by their benefactors is required. Asking and somewhat detailing what is expected of what has been asked concerning the young person in questions training. Certain conditions are required:<br />
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All persons party to this agree that this will not be discussed or talked about with anyone not apart of this action under any circumstances for the privacy of all. All that enter into these actions have done so of their own free will and understanding of what could happen as a result of this action. Holding all persons party to this harmless and not at fault for the happening of this.<br />
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A birth certificate to verify the age and true name of the said person in question to be shown to us.<br />
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Consent of the benefactors and young person in question in writing.<br />
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If the young person in question is in high school they must maintain a “b” average to continue in this action. A weekly teacher progress report will be asked for and brought to us. Failure to do so will result in termination of this agreement and forfeiture of any titles or names acquired during this time. The report will carry assignment grade, attendance record, and contact personnel phone numbers for all their teachers. They will be placed within our care from Friday evening to Sunday evening.<br />
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If the young person in question is in college a list of them schedule will be given to us. A 3.2 grade point average must be maintained. A bi- weekly teacher progress report will be asked for and brought to us. Failure to do so will result in termination of this agreement and forfeiture of any titles or names acquired during this time. The report will carry assignment grade, attendance record, and contact personnel phone numbers for all their teachers. They are responsible for their transportation to and from college. Missing minimum days. As far as living arrangements - this is to be discussed, and agreed upon in writing prior to the beginning of this.<br />
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If the young person in question is not in school they must be able to support themselves financially. We will not support them or be responsible for items they deems they require on their behalf. They will check with the correct person before purchasing any items not required for their tenure here. They will be placed within our care for a set duration. Of three months to start with. And no one else will be able to call upon them for that time. After wards the time allotted will be done in 7 or 14 month periods. Unless a “true” family emergency happens. And then it will be dealt with at that time.<br />
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If the person in question losses their financial support they must regain it within three weeks for they are totally responsible for their transportation to and from work and will be required to follow a strict time guide to and from work. All money collected by them will be turned over to the house as it was in the old. And kept in a savings account to ensure their finical stable status.<br />
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A rigid schedule will be set for them to obey and commit themselves to as detailed below.<br />
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At no time will the person in question be allowed to consume tobacco, or alcohol, unless religious needs dictate them to be used. If it is found that the person in question is participating in any illegal manner according to modern day law this will automatically be terminated and they will be turned over to the authority for correct action as done in old.<br />
A detailed listing of any medical conditions or allergies must be given in writing to us at the time of acceptance. Personal preference are not to be listed as a medical need for personal preference do not apply to this action. Also a blood test for HIV is required as well as an contraceptive will be maintained by them at all times.<br />
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Any medications the person in question requires will not be paid for by us but we must be told in writing to insure them the opportunity to acquire them as needed. And to ensure them access to them at all times.<br />
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Basic Items that will be met:<br />
A set bed time will be inducted into their schedule as well as a set wake-up time. Bed time is not later than 10:30 PM. They will not go to bed prior to accomplishing the daily tasks or should they accomplish them tasks before 10:00 PM they will take shower or bath before going to bed at 10:30 PM. Wake up time is 6:00 am unless their employment outside the house requires otherwise.<br />
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To answer the telephone the answer form is Hello, Whom would you like to speak to. Pause for response. Yes, sir/madam may I tell them whom is calling and put you on hold. They will then announce whom is calling and what for a response for directions. They will answer only the telephone in the kitchen as it has the hold button on it. They will obey the direction given. In the event we are not then they will not answer the telephone but allow the answering machine to pick it up.<br />
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Their clothing will be regulated as required by circumstances dictate. To begin the person in question will be allowed to choose what they wears, but should it prove to be unapproved for their new status a dress code will be made for them to obey. No make-up, perfumes, or scented deodorants will be tolerated. No jewelry/symbols will be allowed to begin with, unless religious, but that must be proven be research and facts. but as knowledge is found so shall the allowance in wearing of certain jewelry/symbols be allowed.<br />
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As the responsibility and knowledge level is proven that they can do certain things without the supervision of the house the freedom of their life style will expand. Hence being the more they prove that they can do as they have learned the more freedom to do what they would like as long as these items are done correctly and fully to the standards that are expected.<br />
Both persons within the home will be listened to equally without pause. The person in question will not wait to see if what is said by one is agreed with by the other just because the person in question decides they doesn’t want to do it or listen.<br />
They will also be taught from books the old knowledge which is recently being re-written. They will be required to learn it well. And correctly.<br />
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And So It Starts<br />
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COLORS ANIMALS MINERALS ELEMENTS<br />
First choose the ones that form above that represent the person. Then define why and explain how they apply to that person. And the colors and animals of the one’s clan, if they choose. Others will come in time as one grows in one's self. A list of each person's explanations will be kept.<br />
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Can there be only one? Where there is one isn't there always two? And where there is to is there usually another for three for the balance?<br />
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Can there be one without the other? Can there be both without a third as a neutral?<br />
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Can there be good with out evil? Can there be evil without good? Can there be either without the gray of neutrality?<br />
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Can there be white without black or black without white? Can there be either without the grey between?<br />
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In the time of the gathering and end will the balance fall to good/white or evil/black? Or will the neutral/grey prevail to once again continue the balance until next time the circle rejoins it's end? Or is it the circle's beginning?<br />
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But is the color white actually always good or the color black actually always evil? Where one is isn't there usually the other? So would all be the grey?<br />
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For no matter how evil or good something is isn't there a spark of the other somewhere to be found?<br />
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And then isn't when you have the three balanced and whole you find that you have seven instead?<br />
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The answer to these questions and many more are answered in a space not always looked in but always in the way.......Vixin's tale and anothers as welltag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78352009-05-30T23:13:09.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Slowly I remember that not all things are to be left to chance. Nor to the elements and or powers to be. That is why I sit here upon this beach waiting to see this little one’s eyes open to ensure that she is aware of the life that still ebbs within her. The night was unkind for her skill of boating and if it wasn’t for the playing within the storm’s upper limits I was entangling myself with, she would now rest at the feet of which ever god she reveres.<br />
The light of the mast strike was…
Slowly I remember that not all things are to be left to chance. Nor to the elements and or powers to be. That is why I sit here upon this beach waiting to see this little one’s eyes open to ensure that she is aware of the life that still ebbs within her. The night was unkind for her skill of boating and if it wasn’t for the playing within the storm’s upper limits I was entangling myself with, she would now rest at the feet of which ever god she reveres.<br />
The light of the mast strike was multi-colored enough to interest my eye and I guess that the spark of wonderment took hold. For now I see that she slowly stirs. And why they shake their head to clear their vision I will never understand. Kind of dizzying if you ask me. Time to start this; Softly I did whisper,”So you are finally awake, Little One.”<br />
She quietly replies,”Yes, thank you.” . I can feel her uncertainness of what to say to my stature and what I am. I sense that her mind spins as this realization unfolds to her. Slowly she rolls to face me directly. I see her smile and yet notice that she quivers as memories of her past come flooding over her. “I’m Vixen. Thank you for saving me.”<br />
“Little One, I did as was needed; therefore, no thanks is required. I’m glad you are okay. There is a city over yonder, maybe you can find help there.” And hopefully one of the guides will be there I thought quietly to myself.<br />
Shaken Vixen shakes her head, “I know you owe me nothing but please, may I stay here with you for a short while and warm up against you?”<br />
“I will stay for awhile to let you dry against me.” I had forgotten that my kind were warmer than her body. And even was glad for the company and the excuse to feel the warm sand of a beach. Almost like home but without as many rocks. But as comfortable as this was hours pasted then I softly spoke,”It’s time for you to go to the city.”<br />
“Kind dragon if ever you should need me how will I know?”<br />
“You will know.” And that is all I would say but perhaps she would find the small bangle within her coverings.<br />
At that she kissed my left claw. This was a shock and also greatly felt for it was done out of her soul not her thoughts. Then she turned and walked towards the city. A city she would find called the Port of Desert.<br />
And slowly I turned and with in seconds I was again as a traveler should be but with outward appearance of a cross breed of the old race and the newer race of man. With leather coverings, what they call clothing. Boots all of my color highlighted as I am for those who know to recognize. Only the left eye patch to give up my true identity to them. Under the brush I reclaim my “earth belongings” and though walking is slowly getting easier to travel by, I too head toward the city she has gone before me to.<br />
For some how I have the feeling that we will be traveling the same path of life for times to come. And yet though the last companion I have was not to work out. This one is different and yet at the same time the same. Somethings are just planned that way and neither myself or any of the old ones that I still know can say why.<br />
A moon has gone past and she is still here. The guide guild was more than helpful in keeping track of her for me. That is after some of my colored clear stones were thrown onto their table.<br />
The young gentle Marquis was chosen for her and went to her asking to help her within the city and yet still she seemed troubled by thoughts. She accepted the young gentles help as he guided her through the city. Here I/We found many a splendid thing, to show her and most of which she knew not before. And still I felt her heart tug at her to continue to search for the answers to her questions. Questions that were soon to become more confused. For here she was given a note from her minotaur letting her know he still cared and would wait for her. A note which troubled her for she could not form the words to answer.<br />
For you see all things are known to the guilds even the fact that, she wished to reply but knew she could not give him a proper answer. Then the time came that she opened the door for my help and the guild to receive more of my colored rocks. For they put a high price on them. Especially after I carve and polish them up a bit.<br />
She told her story of her journey to Marquis, including me, and asked for his help. Quickly a ship was within his power to use and crew of dependable souls, which I personally picked or have used before. Upon the second moon they left for his ship the Questor. Rough seas made the journey long for this time of year was when the winds are strong and full of mischief. Winds which are great to soar upon and dance within.<br />
Nights and days flew by and I slowly felt that she would never find what she was looking for. But with old ways and knowledge I was able to see and feel that she was not doing good. Troubled and<br />
exhausted from the haunting visions of the nights that she barely slept within. Suddenly a snapping with in my power told me that she wanted something. And quickly turning to the winds for speed I heard her in a fury yelling, “I can’t take any more. Let me off this ship.” And then I was there for tesseracts are a quicker way we travel. And taking a high wind advantage could see below that Marquis quickly grabbed Vixens hands and was softly speaking. And then Vixen slumped down upon the deck shaking her head. And the only question screaming through her head was “WHY?” Any that was all that was needed for me to start my spiral through the dark night sky.<br />
Creating a slow low whistle over head. At which her gaze turned sky ward. Though she could not see me I felt that she knew I was near. Slowly she turned to Marquis and quietly stated, “No matter what you see, you must give me your word you will not cause any harm.”<br />
“Why should I? You will not trust me in this matter yet you ask this of me?”<br />
“Please, I will explain later but first I must have your word to cause no harm.”<br />
“I give you my word.” Just as Marquis spoke those words his eyes saw the dragon flying over head. Marquis yelled,”You tricked me!”<br />
“No, he is a friend, I swear. You gave me your word and I am asking you to trust me in this.”<br />
At these words being spoken, I spoke softly,”Little one.”<br />
Vixen sang,”Yes, dragon.”<br />
“Your friend seems nervous. Are you okay?” I was beginning to realize that the guild did not tell this young man of the plan behind his sudden title of Captain and ship’s crew. Oh well not all are ever told the way of their life. Only that they have to live it. I then heard something within me warning of unwelcome sight and magic that was not to be there. Using within quickly flowed back along it’s path with a star’s light speed. And saw old Zeross peering through a new glass ball. Not even true crystal which would not need the items this one possessed within. Truly made by inferior man’s magic. Within his hall was a very displaced minotaur. With that I must repay Zeross back sometime. For he knows better than to spy where I am.<br />
Then the connection was broken by the minotaur grabbing at the ball and knocking Zeross off his seat which of course does disrupt things quite well. And allows me to turn back my attention to what she was saying.<br />
“Yes. He doesn’t understand about you nor have I found the words to tell him of my troubles.”<br />
Keeping this simple I stated; “Man, Little one is to come with me. Keep your bearing as it is and I will return her to you after this full moon.”<br />
“What if I say no?” he shouted back. Upstart ain’t he.<br />
“Then I will return her to where she shall be safe.” And before Marquis could blink, I lifted her from the ship. “Little one, you really need to consider what you are doing.”<br />
“Sorry, dragon. I am very troubled and am unsure of what to tell the young gentle.”<br />
“Yet, you have entrusted your life to him by being on his ship.” And to me but that was not something she has yet to be told nor realize.<br />
“I,” Vixen fell silent as the realization of my words that hit her.<br />
“I felt it would be okay.”<br />
“That may be, yet, should you have also repaid his kindness with the truth?”<br />
I felt her heart sink as she knew that my words were right,” I had not thought it any harm to deal with the problems myself.”, she softly said.<br />
“Yet you have involved him without his knowing the truth.”<br />
Shamed Vixen began to cry until no tears would flow. This was something that I was not ready to deal with and touched a spot that was within me few have seen and even fewer have ever touched and stirred to awakening.<br />
“You have asked him to trust you, yet you do not extend the same to him. You give much thought to some things yet none to that which is before you.”<br />
“This is true. I am exhausted and no longer feel able to think correctly.”<br />
And again I felt as someone was watching us, and within two heart beats was there seeing Zeross again. I decided it was time to deal with the problem he was becoming. I evenly stated, “It’s time to go. Only you can decide for yourself that which you will do.” And silently placed Vixen upon the ship Questor. To do as she decides to do and off I went to deal with the “sorcerer”.<br />
Finding the trail of magic was easily done for it was not natural but created. And so arriving within the area he was in I took the guise that is common for me to take. That of an older human male, with magic knowledge and wisdom. I entered the caverns of Zeross. Not expecting me he was taken by surprise and wonder. He told me of the minotaur that almost ruined his new ball, the attack upon his person, over a pot of rare green/black eastern tea, and that he was going to send the creature upon a quest to find something for him. I threw in the statement of perhaps the minotaur’s wisdom was somehow being quelled. And he did agree with the possibility of that being why he was so slow in understanding things he had said.<br />
Also I warned him of looking into other’s lives and feelings with his ball and that he might want to prevent others from taking offense by asking first. And asked if he had any problem’s with balls before. Which he stated that he had once looked into a Dragon’s lair and that ball turned into a hot mass of living glass which turned out to be quite mean and hard to kill. Only winter saved him for it chased him out into the snow and cooled solid. And he was grateful for that being all the dragon did for his peeping. At which time I very slowly let my mask fluctuate. His terror was well heard within the town below his haven. As I turned to a shadow gray mist and evaporated leaching the claw marks of my kind down the length of his old and cherished tea table, as a warning.<br />
I then took time to return to the port at the Island of Turbulence. Where three days later Marquis and his ship took port. He stayed upon the ship as the guild requires and Vixen wandered through the city looking for a guide. The guilds there again accepted colored stones for payment and sent a gentle. He came to her offering his assistance. He showed her the city and again she saw many a splendid thing which she knew not of before, but none of these would comfort her aching soul so she returned to the ship Questor to continue her journey. And I followed in my own way and also crossed paths with an old traveling group which in a few weeks over took the ship.<br />
They then took over the job of awakening her knowledge for me. The Dark Riders came out of clouds swooping down upon the ship encircling it. And I as one of them joined in the happening.<br />
Vixen sunk upon the deck unable to stand and fight. Marquis gallantly stood by Vixen ready to fight. “Vixen, get up! What’s the matter with you. If we are to survive this it will take both of us.”<br />
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“I...I...” Vixens voice broke as fear engulfed her. She swirled down-ward feeling total despair. Minutes passed like hours as Vixen watched the Dark Riders circling the ship.<br />
Then softly at first I started from the very pit of her soul to speak words only she could hear,”You coward! Why are you afraid when truly you know them not? You know only stories of them and assume they are here to destroy. You don’t even give them a chance. In all of life is this all you’ve learned? If so, I have no use of you!”<br />
Vixen rose from the shambles of herself to stand next to Marquis. Boldly she calls out,”What is your purpose?”<br />
Like a clap of thunder the reply came,”To see what you are.”<br />
Taken back Vixen glanced at Marquis quietly saying,”I am sorry for bringing you into this. You do not deserve this.”<br />
Softly Marquis replies,”I am here of my own free choosing. Whether I deserve this or not is not up for you to decide.”<br />
Vixen boldly spoke,”Dark Riders, I am Vixen an Elf, and this is my friend Marquis.”<br />
“Marquis is of no concern to us. You, however, shall come with us. If you choose to fight all shall be lost to you.”<br />
Marquis gave Vixen a hug as he handed her over to the Dark Riders. Vixen perplexed at this, let a single tear fall from her eye. The Dark Riders blind-folded her as they swirled upward into the darkened clouds. Only minutes seemed to have passed when the blind-fold was removed from Vixens eyes.<br />
I as one of the Dark Riders stood inches from her face and yet she did not realized it was me,”How is it that you judge us when you do not know us? You appear to be like the humans whom destroy that which they do not understand and that which they fear.”<br />
“I only know the stories of old. Yet, I do not wish to destroy anything at all whether I am afraid of it or understand it.”<br />
“Look at you! Consider what you have done in your life and tell us it is not like what we do! You condemn and yet still refuse to see that which you know to be true!”<br />
I felt and saw in her face that her mind went swirling into many different directions making it impossible for her to answer. She knew I was right but how could she explain what she understood. Her body shook as she tried to form the words.<br />
“Small one, Think about what you have done in your past. We too do the same but much more. Yet you have condemned us of acts we have not nor will we do.”<br />
“Yes, I am wrong. I have condemned without giving the other a chance to present their side. I do something similar to you. Even though yours is different it doesn’t make it wrong. I am sorry that I did not allow you the chance to present your side of the story.”<br />
Seeing Vixens change of heart I and the Dark Riders returned Vixen to the ship. As Vixen slowly began to realize not all is as it appears or as she had known from the days of old. And soon the ship would take port and I would try again to open the doors within her that held the answers that she so desperately searched for.<br />
We went to the next port of call the Island of Jungles. There I was told that her beloved minotaur sent aid to her for which she was thankful for and at the same time she sent words to him. Which was quickly sent and delivered to him within a moon’s passing.<br />
And then the plan of bringing her back to see what she was inside after years of being told that all was not as she saw it, was set in motion. For here was an old tree within the forest that was the marker of one of our kind’s last remains. A tree which held the key to it’s spirit and the old one could use as a vessel to do things needed if called upon.<br />
And call I did into oldest ways possible to my kind. And the answer was of one greatness and wonderment in the fact that she was quelled within herself. So Upon the fullness of the moon in the cool summer night she called to those who still listened and those who had the ways to hear her call. Soon Vixen was seen wandering into the forest bear-footed feeling the coolness of the grass.<br />
All could feel her mind drift through ages past. As she came upon the one with in the oak tree who was singing an ancient song of life. And there she stopped, and letting her soft sweet voice join in. We all followed her flowing into her voice which slowly was the only voice there. Watching her body began to sway, and swirl in the ancient ways of dance. A ray of light encircled her reflecting the rainbow hues adding to the music and magic. Softly after a time Vixen settled against the old Oak feeling refreshed. The one in the old oak rang a hardy laugh as Vixen leaned against it. Vixen joined in the laugh as she realized she was glowing and many forest animals had joined in the gathering. Suddenly Vixen sat up an we could see that she realized how long it had been since she had participated in a gathering.<br />
Soon she slipped into a dream state, and in her we could feel her suffering of within and the questions that were unfolding before her. Also hinting at others to walk with, others to see, places to visit and always yearning to learn as well as always learning. Slowly we watched and felt her settle into a deep restful sleep knowing now she was ready for the time to come and feeling as nothing was left undone. And knowing now the task of awaking what was inside her was to become but not much easier.<br />
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Excerpts from a dragon’s traveling journal<br />
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Vixin continued on her quest. After several months they landed at the port. She wondered through the land seeing new sights and meeting new people. Again, a guide came to offer her his services. She looked at him and recalled the others. Then she was certain that the dragon had arranged for them on her behalf. As she wondered through the city her mind began to wonder. Vixin felt a cry pinging in the back of her mind. She asked the guide to take her to the forest. Once there she opened up a little to understand the cry she was feeling. At once she understood. The dragon was always with her even though he had been forbidden to participate. She called to the dragon. He gracefully decended from above.<br />
“Yes, little one? What is on your mind?”<br />
“What is your name?”<br />
“It doesn’t really matter. I hear you when you call me.”<br />
Vixin was persitant, “I have to know your name.”<br />
“Blackstar” the dragon stated calmly.<br />
“Blackstar” vixin repeated in a respectful wispher.<br />
“Yes.”<br />
“Before I continue I must know if what I’ve been told long ago is true. But first, Marquis, change to your human form.”<br />
At last you have realized I am your companion on the ship.” he then changed to his human form.<br />
Vixin also realized her guide had left and the resemblence with Marquis was distinctive.<br />
“Why do you cry, Marquis?”<br />
“I am not crying.” He dryly replied.<br />
“I hear and feel you crying continuely.” Vixin said confidently.<br />
At last Blackstar give in and explained how he had been put into retirement and save for her he could not use what he knew. She thought about htis for a long time then asked how it could be changed. He explained about a council of 21 and the requirement for a two-third majority vot could grant him being allowed out of retirement.<br />
They returned to the ship where they set sail for yet another island. During this time Vixin worked on a partition to grant the dragon his priestly position and to never be forced into retirement again. Vixin put many long hours into the preparing of the required documents.<br />
Marquis and her had several talks but she found him distant many times. She asked him about this only to be told she could not understand. As they docked on the Island of Flowers Vixin sent out the request to the 21 council memebers. It was the full moon as hse had been told it must be. Vixin then went to the woods to explore only to find that once again she could only go a little ways when Marquis would find her and led her back to the enterence of the forest.<br />
Vixin tried to talk to Marquis about the blockage and the protectiveness but he would only get defensive growling about how hard he has worked to get her where she wanted to go.<br />
Vixin’s heart grew sadder and sadder as time past. On the next full moon Vixinreceived the council’s vote and the dragon ws allowed to freely participate never to be forced into retirement again. Vixin told this to Marquis gleefully. He did not speak a word but his actions indicated he was less then excited about it. Slowly Marquis’s attitude improved but still he was distant from Vixin.<br />
They set sail for the Land of Wonders. Vixin’s hear troubled her as she dreamed strange dreams every night. Occasionaly Marquis would stroll up to her and they could talk but mostly she would feel him and could hear his sharp words to her.<br />
Vixin thought about her dreams to figure out the meanings. Time went by until one day she knew. She was unhappy because she no longer did what she believed and had not continued her quest. Vixin also realized why the dragon was sad. Both knew that their paths were very different. He was a dragon and she was an elf. They had tried to make it work but the differences were too overwhelming. She cried herself to sleep knowing soon she would have to talk to the dragon about this.<br />
She knew she was right an elf could not be a life companion to a dragon. The dragon gave her a give of marbles which could be put in a siver carrier for her to wear around her neck. He spoke not a word about the meaning of each marble for he knew she understood. The blue for a thank you for all you have done, The clear for wisdom, the jingles for may you find what you are looking for, and the Black jet for a good bye my friend. She gracefully accepted the gift which held a blue marble in it.<br />
Vixin knew when they landed at the port of the Land of Wonders she would have to bid the dragon farewell. She would always remember the dragon and love him in her own special way. Vixin knew the dragon would not leaver her even though he would die without the companionship of his own kind. Vixin longed for the friendship of her own kind and hoped that along her quest she would meet other elves.Offering of Clantag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78342009-05-30T23:00:00.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Offered to the one cared for and about:<br />
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By her hand:<br />
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For I have not the power or desire to control nor decide your life or style of living for you. But yet the time of decision has come upon you. The amulet I have allows me to claim Wolf and/or Cat Clansman ship.<br />
Though, I am not empowered to grant you the lineage of that time, I am empowered to sponsor you to the ones whom can give the right to claim Cat clan for your holding and ways of life. For I can only give you the title of Cat Brother…
Offered to the one cared for and about:<br />
<br />
By her hand:<br />
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For I have not the power or desire to control nor decide your life or style of living for you. But yet the time of decision has come upon you. The amulet I have allows me to claim Wolf and/or Cat Clansman ship.<br />
Though, I am not empowered to grant you the lineage of that time, I am empowered to sponsor you to the ones whom can give the right to claim Cat clan for your holding and ways of life. For I can only give you the title of Cat Brother or Brother to Cat Clan.<br />
For the Wolf and Cat clans have been longest with the Dragon clans. The Dragons taught the Cat clan to purr and enjoy a caress and I do offer you the choice to be sponsored in order to gain the privilege of the Cat clan to claim as your own and ask of for guidance and wisdom of old.<br />
Choose not quickly but wisely for great are their own ways and fashion. Each granting different things to different people. Therefore, now upon the holiday of Dragons June 20th 1997 by man’s time and calendar. I give you freely your choice of sponsorship for submittal of Clansmen Ship for the Clan of Cat, or what you decide to do. You have one circle of time between the Dragons’ holidays to give written answer of your free decision. The Freedom of decisions encompasses these three factors: to abuse it, to deny/ignore it, or use it wisely to its fullest potential.<br />
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By his hand:<br />
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For the time is at hand, and only you can decide<br />
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For I have not the power to control nor decide your life or style of living for you. But yet the time of decision is upon us. The amulet you wear is but a variation of the one I wear. The one that declares me one of a few that can claim Dragon clansman ship. And yet I am not impowered to grant you the lineage of that time. But I am empowered to grant you the right to claim either Cat clan or Wolf clan for your holding and way of life. For the Wolf and Cat clans have been longest with the Dragon clans. And so as the Dragons taught the Cat clan to purr and enjoy a caress. And as the Dragons taught the Wolf clan to howl and enjoy the night. I do offer you the choice of either clan to claim as your own and ask of for guidance and wisdom of old. Choose wisely not quickly for both are great in their own ways and fashion. And each grants different things to different people. Son now upon the holiday of Dragons July 30th 1996 my man’s time and calander. I give you freely your choice of Clanman Ship of the Clan Wolf , Clan Cat, or what you decide to do.<br />
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Marquis AllenDrago, Blackstar of the Silverwind, Silver Warroir of the Black Dragon Imperious mate to Emerlathe Green Mother of the Imperial Yellow China,Ghost of Time, House of Dragons, Knight of Tressa, Knight of Clan Wolf, Knight of the Silvercat, Knight of the Spiritual WarroirsThis Moment...tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78322009-05-30T22:56:57.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
I have only this moment to give for I know not what the next shall bring.<br />
Tomorrow never comes but this moment is real. I give to you this moment for all to come. I know it is difficult to see the rainbow in the blackened clouds, but it is still there. You have been more than a lover, you have been more than a comrade, you have been these but also much more, you have been a best friend, a big brother, father, mother, doctor, pal, and too many others to mention. You've been there even when no…
I have only this moment to give for I know not what the next shall bring.<br />
Tomorrow never comes but this moment is real. I give to you this moment for all to come. I know it is difficult to see the rainbow in the blackened clouds, but it is still there. You have been more than a lover, you have been more than a comrade, you have been these but also much more, you have been a best friend, a big brother, father, mother, doctor, pal, and too many others to mention. You've been there even when no one else cared to listen. You not only listened but you held my hand traveling on life's path through the rough and tough times. You didn't push me away, instead you drew me near, and gave me comfort. We have walked through many a dark cave and you brought the light along the way. Shining it in every place and the darkness drifted away. Through the years you've tenderly picked up a broom and swept every care away, replacing it with your deep felt love. You have given to me so many things, I couldn't begin to name them all, but most of all you've given me love. I know your pain and feel it too. Through the years I've learned together we can make it. I have but this moment to give and darling it's yours. In a moment we can feel a lifetime of love, joy, peace and laughter which others never experience. I'm glad for all the moments we share. We are apart of each other and it shall always be. What we have, nothing can take it away. I love you, darling dear. I have only this moment to give and in it contains all that I am which is love beyond time and space and that will never change.Sunshine... & Dreams.....Rainbows... & Dragons....tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78312009-05-30T22:53:47.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
I Love you....Do you know how much I love you? You are the stars above...The song that is true in my heart...If it weren't for you I would give up all hope that dreams can come true....Fantasy and fairy tales are not like they say they are...Life can be a cruel task master but with you I see a shining hope for life worth the living not just full of sacrificing....I once had a dream that I could make a difference in the world ...it would be a brighter place to live for all man kind but then one…
I Love you....Do you know how much I love you? You are the stars above...The song that is true in my heart...If it weren't for you I would give up all hope that dreams can come true....Fantasy and fairy tales are not like they say they are...Life can be a cruel task master but with you I see a shining hope for life worth the living not just full of sacrificing....I once had a dream that I could make a difference in the world ...it would be a brighter place to live for all man kind but then one day I say the truth...no one can make a difference when no one else wants the help...They like it the way it is and all the magic of yester-years is dying...oh can no one see how they kill the magic of yesterday...does no one care that they are killing it all...Please Please don't do this...They know not what they are doing...If we can't make them hear it shall be to late....If the magic should die...we are doomed to the darkness for the light can not shine any more....We carry the light in our hearts will no one else carry it too? I have grown tired but I will not give up...I will die fighting for the magic to remain...I have known such a great love, an awesome love and I given it freely to those who would accept it, but now no one is left to accept it; even though, I hope against all hope that one shall hear me crying and pick up the shield and sword of love and magic before it's too late...I love you all until the end of time but time is of no consequence...How much longer can I keep on fighting when everyone else has fallen? I will die fighting to keep the magic alive just a little longer........A callingtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78302009-05-30T22:51:55.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Because of the ones cared for and about, because of the ones that already are I’ve been petitioned with permission to make another wolves clan sister, another sister to the clan of the wolves and cat clan brother. This comes from the most recent addition of clan wolf and clan cat. My friend Wolfencat. They have other things to petition also, other items, other ideas, other wants and needs. And yet, we don’t know if any of them will be addressed at this time. There is a lot to fill out, lot to…
Because of the ones cared for and about, because of the ones that already are I’ve been petitioned with permission to make another wolves clan sister, another sister to the clan of the wolves and cat clan brother. This comes from the most recent addition of clan wolf and clan cat. My friend Wolfencat. They have other things to petition also, other items, other ideas, other wants and needs. And yet, we don’t know if any of them will be addressed at this time. There is a lot to fill out, lot to say, and a lot to do, and a lot of meanings to explain. I sanction this petition by passing it on to the council. To the ones whom have gone with me, ones that know what I know, somewhat, some more, some less. This petition is an interesting one. This petition is one that is felt and thought of many days before it was given to me. I have read it and have seen her words and now I pass her words to you. Do you sanction one to give them the honor of clan of the wolf and the other the honor of clan of the cat? To give them what she asks for and give the other one something to believe in. Which is something she needs. I hear by offer her words upon you to read and ponder and answer within the next 30 moons. Please understand what is being asked, give your response in the ways of the old, speak true and speak fast, not clouded with mystery or riddles. Let them know exactly what you think and feel and tell me yes or no. With this also goes a petition for me to become again to come forth from a self proclaimed retirement to do the things I know how to do to be what I am and show others to teach, to instruct, to guard, to fight, to battle, to knowledge, to caring for them. In 1987 I stopped, in 1995 was the last call. Since then I have done nothing. And now there are ones that wish to reawaken a sleeping warrior dragon clansmen. To awaken him, and allow him to show them what he knows. Allow them to learn and allow them to feel what is deep inside. I have my girls, I have my life, and I have my merchanting business. for all to know I have also been ordained as a minister of the old religions. Through fractions within the United States. I will if permitted and the consensus is greater than half, allow this lady the pleasure of claiming clan wolf as hers. I will if permitted and the consensus is greater than half, allow this gentlemen the pleasure of claiming clan cat as his. I will if the consensus is greater than half start again from retirement to what I do best, to what I haven’t done in years. To guard, protect, to instruct, to watch over, to teach, to learn from them as well as them to learn from me, to give them what they wish and allow them what I may. This is what has been asked, this is what has been petitioned. Her words may or may not carry this meaning, her words may or may not carry this thoughts. My only requirement to them is that I do not lose what I already have but gain more than I currently have within my realm. They have agreed as such. Now let’s see what the consensus is. In 30 moons I will retain your answers and in 30 moons I will know. and yet also, remember that a new beginning is now being allowed, a new start, a new life, new ways and new ideals, combining the old with the new as we have always done. Taking what is, with what was, and becoming what shall be. We shall see and I shall await your answers. Until we meet one way or the other again, in friendship and brother and sisterhood, I ask you this question.<br />
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Silver Warrior of the Black Dragon Imperials, Mate to the Green Dragon Elemerlus, Giver of life to the Yellow Imperial of China, Who reaches out in all directions at once.To put one to helptag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78292009-05-30T22:49:16.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
And now a new start to an old game. Of groups and spider webs. Of information and helping. . Then every seven will have a spider web placed for order and ways to settle things.<br />
Each before existing with in this idea must present a letter of introduction one from the faction wanting to enter and one from a faction asking if they may. Both being given at the same time to the chancel to be seen and decided on the action.<br />
A shield then is made and sent to the joining faction showing the symbol they…
And now a new start to an old game. Of groups and spider webs. Of information and helping. . Then every seven will have a spider web placed for order and ways to settle things.<br />
Each before existing with in this idea must present a letter of introduction one from the faction wanting to enter and one from a faction asking if they may. Both being given at the same time to the chancel to be seen and decided on the action.<br />
A shield then is made and sent to the joining faction showing the symbol they will go under for time to see. And a structuring will be done within the fullness of one moon to ensure that all is correct and understood.<br />
A report from each spider’s web is given. Where they are. Who they can reach out to for data and help. What they think of their web. How they would go about securing and making it better of they would be offered the chance.<br />
A request from all factions concerned of heard from Data upon subjects matter. Who involved with each style and cast. And what their outcome and ideas are. Along with factions opinion and in put with the subject matter.<br />
Accessing the faction concerned spider web with their full understanding and help. Finding 1-3 persons in such to directly deal with all the time by the roaming one that can be most helpful and informative within such groups.<br />
Financial support for the roaming one. Thought the subject is new. Do they truly care? have they completely washed their hands of helping? Or have they only down graded the subject’s importance and annoyance that none have come forth before as this. Would each faction help the roaming one? On a small scale per the month they are within their area? Even if only expenses basic as shelter, food, gas and common since items when needed.<br />
Will any and all of a faction people help if asked? And if so how to contact and see what type of help they are available with.<br />
Point to point staying. Would the faction and contact be able to put up the roaming one for a little while when it the area? If so how long and what stipulations would have to be made.<br />
Roaming one’s concerns of transport, equipment, bills of their base. How is each to be taken care of for each cycle. And would a roaming one have nothing for their work. If so no good would of it from them.<br />
Area staying will be maxim at 14 day period is all that can be stayed in a area. Unless ...... They way time is not wasted and more area can be reached.<br />
Contact with the chancel should be every 3 days unless others wise needed or requested. By which ever means is best for the time the roaming one is there.<br />
Symbols of each faction and spider’s web will be on file. And certain “calling cards” will be issued to the roaming one to ensure that the one’s who receives it will know who/what is in the area or who needs help from the roaming one. This way no voice only pictures will relay what is needed to be know between the faction and the roaming one.<br />
Factions will have agents that are available to accompany the roaming one when within their area. Using their contacts and knowledge to help and advance the roaming ones progress and thoroughness of helping them. Also they will conduct a tri-monthly sweeping of a 70 mile diameter circle around them for data information and sources that the roaming one can use and have availability to. On what ever outstanding issue is currently within the web. Issuing a report to the chancel upon finding anything. And a continual listing of their contact points and people within their faction.<br />
Crowded into a 140 mile circle shall be the spider web. And shall conduct themselves as such. Multi factions can exist within this. But the whole shall be a spider’s web each knowing what the other does. Independent on issues with in themselves. But together on information and data gathered. And shall be more depended upon as a whole then individual groups, For backup and help to the passing through visitors and roaming one. And again shall shearch and report just the same as all the rest do to the chancel. But only twice a year will the chancel issue a report of all there is new to the council to add to the data already known. Thus combine reports already given and ensure the correctness of them.<br />
Special ones will be used for thought and help in figuring. Only known to the chancel and the roaming one. Anyone else will only be known by a letter of introduction accomplished by a letter from the one as to what they wish to do or know. And a letter of acceptance help is returned to the chancel. From them detailing the contact diameters and allowance of contact given to the one who needs wants.<br />
Fixers are one with the means and equipment/knowledge to wipe out and find what ever. Those few that know mind or action id best taken. But if have to can be quite destructive. Either noiselessly or very queit and serene. Used only after the roaming one has extinguish all other avenue and options. Or they need help to capture a simulation before the fall out can get out of hand.<br />
Old tiee are the one the roaming one has known before. and know what can be done. Are listened to and their words are done. For they know the roaming one before they were do deemed. And have reasons for their requests and words. Even if no other wants the same. The words of them should be heeded and thought over before actions are taken which could bring bigger abd badder down upon faction and those within the webs.<br />
Favors should be limited to those who ask for them and not everyone there or behind them. be it asked of or told they owe them or us one. Be care full of the wording and degree of favor given. And taken. For the balancing action will prove one’s worth to the world and deed gone before.<br />
Orginatizations within the areas the that the roaming one deals with should be only one person contact for the most part. That constant person should be one delt with on a constant basis. And neutral standing. Through them is the scess and inquires delt. And any toward the roaming one as well. Unless otherwise needed for action dictates.<br />
TO START THE ORIGINATION OF WHAT IS TO BE:<br />
14 in charge of the chanel<br />
7 in charge of the spider web<br />
3 in charge of a group<br />
A group is any more than three pople caliming toghterness. Being a called : coven, assembly, household, haven, clan, tribe, group, or whatever denotes such.<br />
Each one shall elect one to represent them to the spider’s web thus the spider’s web is made up of only 7 of these. And shall have rule over inter-active desisions with them.<br />
The spider web shall elect three to represent them within a chanel thus the chanel represents 4 spider webs with two old ones chosen by the twelve. Theses two shall be from out side all the groups and spider webs concerned with by the 12. And all have equal voice within desisions.<br />
And a grand council fo 21 shall resign over the chanels comprised of three from the chanels thus the grand councial represents 7 chanels. Two of the three shall be from the chanel’s web’s members, one shall be a old one representing that chanel as voise of the coincil. So there is acctually 7voices to vote and choose and 14 voices to base their decisions on that are equally listened to.<br />
Only desisions that are votes on can be inacted with 2/3 vote of the action. All shall be written and recorded. For all action are public record as to prevent any from saying that anythinbg was not done correctly and justly.<br />
For larger groups 21 to 30 or more the posistions of officers being Cronicler/Libarian, Point of Conact, Tresury/Resource and Bladearm shall be made.<br />
These are non voteing ranks but shall hold records and keep their items streightened for all to see and have acess to.<br />
The roaming one shall travel around to the places where they are needed. Conducting rituals when nessary and filling in where they must. They only answer to the Council but hears all from who ever they meet. The hoilidays they are to hold to are marked as Dragonistic on the yearly calander. And only will be allowed three students at a time from only half of the population of the world. The students’s reasoning has already been established. The roaming one will be made welcome to all events held by those under the conicalReminders for the Advanced Soul.tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78272009-05-30T22:40:03.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Reminders for the Advanced Soul.<br />
<br />
Learning<br />
is finding out<br />
what you already know.<br />
Doing is demonstrating that<br />
you know it.<br />
<br />
Teaching is reminding others<br />
that they know as well as you.<br />
We are all learners<br />
doers, teachers.<br />
<br />
Your only<br />
obligation in any lifetime<br />
is to be true to yourself.<br />
Being true to anyone else or<br />
anything else is not only<br />
impossible, but the<br />
mark of a fake<br />
messiah<br />
<br />
The<br />
simplest questions<br />
are the most profound.<br />
Where were you born? Where is your home?<br />
Where are you going?<br />
What…
Reminders for the Advanced Soul.<br />
<br />
Learning<br />
is finding out<br />
what you already know.<br />
Doing is demonstrating that<br />
you know it.<br />
<br />
Teaching is reminding others<br />
that they know as well as you.<br />
We are all learners<br />
doers, teachers.<br />
<br />
Your only<br />
obligation in any lifetime<br />
is to be true to yourself.<br />
Being true to anyone else or<br />
anything else is not only<br />
impossible, but the<br />
mark of a fake<br />
messiah<br />
<br />
The<br />
simplest questions<br />
are the most profound.<br />
Where were you born? Where is your home?<br />
Where are you going?<br />
What are you doing?<br />
Think about<br />
these once in a while, and<br />
watch your answers<br />
change.<br />
<br />
If you ever<br />
think that nothing<br />
changes,<br />
Look up at the sky,<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
People change<br />
as much as their<br />
cloths.<br />
Some just like to wear<br />
the same colors<br />
<br />
You are free to do<br />
as you please.<br />
You can hate, love, envy<br />
or despise.<br />
<br />
But remember that<br />
emotions are<br />
intangible, and<br />
can't hurt you.<br />
Feeling guilty<br />
is lying to yourself.<br />
If you don't mean to<br />
do it. You wouldn't have.<br />
<br />
You<br />
teach best<br />
what you most need<br />
to learn.<br />
<br />
Live<br />
never to be<br />
ashamed if anything you do<br />
or say is published<br />
around the world<br />
even if<br />
what is published<br />
is not true.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Your friends<br />
will know you better<br />
in the first minute you meet<br />
than<br />
your acquaintances<br />
will know in<br />
a thousand<br />
years<br />
<br />
Feeling responsible<br />
is up<br />
to you.<br />
You are also<br />
free to deny, share or<br />
avoid it<br />
<br />
You are led<br />
through you lifetime<br />
by the inner learning creature,<br />
the playful spiritual being<br />
that is your real self.<br />
Don't turn away from<br />
possible futures before your<br />
certain you<br />
don't have anything<br />
to learn from<br />
them.<br />
There is<br />
no such thing as a problem<br />
without a gift for you<br />
in its hands.<br />
If you<br />
believe something is<br />
hard,<br />
it will be<br />
<br />
The bond<br />
that links your true family<br />
is not one of blood, but<br />
of respect and joy in<br />
each others life.<br />
Argue your<br />
limitations<br />
and they will<br />
be yours.<br />
<br />
You can wish<br />
for what ever you want.<br />
believing<br />
in that wish is<br />
when it comes<br />
true.<br />
<br />
Everyone<br />
is an actor.<br />
Free to play any roll<br />
they choose.<br />
To see someone<br />
truly, remove the script,<br />
and take<br />
off the mask.<br />
<br />
Your conscience<br />
is your desire<br />
to be safe.<br />
<br />
All people in your life<br />
are there because<br />
you asked for them.<br />
Who you choose to keep is<br />
up to you.<br />
<br />
Any<br />
truth is based upon<br />
what you believe.<br />
What you<br />
believe may<br />
not always be<br />
the truth.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
If you think<br />
that you mission in life<br />
is over.<br />
Here is a test.<br />
If you<br />
are alive.<br />
it isn't<br />
<br />
What<br />
the caterpillar<br />
calls the end of the world.<br />
The master calls<br />
a butterfly.Makertag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78262009-05-30T22:37:13.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
The Maker, at Creation's birth,<br />
With living things had stocked the earth.<br />
From elephants to bats and snails,<br />
They all were good, for all were males.<br />
But when the Devil came and saw<br />
He said: "By Thine eternal law<br />
Of growth, maturity, decay,<br />
These all must quickly pass away<br />
And leave untenanted the earth<br />
Unless Thou dost establish birth" --<br />
Then tucked his head beneath his wing<br />
To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing<br />
With deviltry did so accord,<br />
That he'd suggested to the Lord.<br />
The Master…
The Maker, at Creation's birth,<br />
With living things had stocked the earth.<br />
From elephants to bats and snails,<br />
They all were good, for all were males.<br />
But when the Devil came and saw<br />
He said: "By Thine eternal law<br />
Of growth, maturity, decay,<br />
These all must quickly pass away<br />
And leave untenanted the earth<br />
Unless Thou dost establish birth" --<br />
Then tucked his head beneath his wing<br />
To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing<br />
With deviltry did so accord,<br />
That he'd suggested to the Lord.<br />
The Master pondered this advice,<br />
Then shook and threw the fateful dice<br />
Wherewith all matters here below<br />
Are ordered, and observed the throw;<br />
Then bent His head in awful state,<br />
Confirming the decree of Fate.<br />
From every part of earth anew<br />
The conscious dust consenting flew,<br />
While rivers from their courses rolled<br />
To make it plastic for the mould.<br />
Enough collected (but no more,<br />
For niggard Nature hoards her store)<br />
He kneaded it to flexible clay,<br />
While Nick unseen threw some away.<br />
And then the various forms He cast,<br />
Gross organs first and finer last;<br />
No one at once evolved, but all<br />
By even touches grew and small<br />
Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade,<br />
To match all living things He'd made<br />
Females, complete in all their parts<br />
Except (His clay gave out) the hearts.<br />
"No matter," Satan cried; "with speed<br />
I'll fetch the very hearts they need" --<br />
So flew away and soon brought back<br />
The number needed, in a sack.<br />
That night earth range with sounds of strife --<br />
Ten million males each had a wife;<br />
That night sweet Peace her pinions spread<br />
O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead!<br />
G.J.” - Ambrose BierceReturn?tag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78282009-05-30T22:30:00.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
And now I am approached by close to set the strands of time and space with one’s grasp. I have been asked to show and become once again. To Come back from the shadowing and recross into the area of the world for all to know. To be for both what one should be. To share the time for one needs are great. To start once again, to do what must be done. To allow the touch of a teacher and learner to pass through my path and cross over others. To become what was and yet something that wasn’t. To use…
And now I am approached by close to set the strands of time and space with one’s grasp. I have been asked to show and become once again. To Come back from the shadowing and recross into the area of the world for all to know. To be for both what one should be. To share the time for one needs are great. To start once again, to do what must be done. To allow the touch of a teacher and learner to pass through my path and cross over others. To become what was and yet something that wasn’t. To use what I know and learn what I don’t. To please and hold the ones I must and ensure they are what they need to be.<br />
<br />
Where there is one, there is two, and where there is two there is three for the balance of things. Also where there is three there is seven for the balance between life and the stars.<br />
The circle continues ever the beginning and the ending for the balance of all.<br />
The perspective changes many times over for the neutrality and balance between the colors and the ways of being.<br />
<br />
For all that is and all that was, all that can not be but is. Unselfish.......equally sharing.......kind.......kill . ......choose sides.......Bushido.......harm.......be neutral.......honor.......hurt.......no emotions for or against.......code of life.......protect.......only one tone in voice.......use what know to harm in wrongness .......involve......to learn one's ways .......spark of happiness.......care of.......politeness.......the edge of truth.......problems....... chivalry.......the part of hope to hold.......But most of all to be there when no one else is there. Never turn your back on one who is for then they have none. Now from the depths of a mind and hopefully correct. For the past records are lost and only the mind can rebuild.<br />
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I am now to be sent forth from the ages into the future. But now also I am to learn from watching and looking. To be taught is not always to be given a lesson. But from applying the principals of what I feel and do and see. To be taught or see something is not always, what is thought. For everything that is to do or not to do we now ask for you to do them. No vow or oath but only one's word is the only thing to ask. But even that is a bond that held one to the words. So even that will not be asked. But only if to hold onto the way that it was once, will these things be true. But once again the issue is at hand. Will the new destroy the old and become something different and completely alien to the Malay family ways. So now we will see if that all can be done. and everything that should or doesn't be can or will it all be done or undone. Granted they do for themselves but they also need to understand that for all they are to their own the should also to each they are to before each person to be there for.<br />
<br />
But most of all be there for all of themSoap box on wordstag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78252009-05-30T22:30:00.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
In my past experiences of dealing with those who can not tell the difference between role playing and factual occurrences, it is best to give them their own place to get it out of their systems until they find it boring or reality hits them between the eyes. Role playing is a large part of this subculture at this point in time. There could be a place on this site just for that, if the need is great enough. Not another RPG site but a place people can type as their RPC and interact as well. This…
In my past experiences of dealing with those who can not tell the difference between role playing and factual occurrences, it is best to give them their own place to get it out of their systems until they find it boring or reality hits them between the eyes. Role playing is a large part of this subculture at this point in time. There could be a place on this site just for that, if the need is great enough. Not another RPG site but a place people can type as their RPC and interact as well. This could also give insight to what people perceive as RPG culture interactions. This may give some aspiring writers a chance to explore a character they are planning to use in a story line. This should be a meeting place, with instant messaging perhaps.<br />
The English language that is socially used has been shortened to letter groups and symbols in text messages that are an accepted from of response. To the point that {if like me} you do not use that form of typed speech then you are lost when seeing it until explained. On other sites and member message services the one or few word responses and posts also run rampant {rabid}. The phrase of “too many words, too many words” is also been used. For the public as a whole wants short quick answers, not a full informative answer. If they haven’t seen the movie or a short web blurb about it somewhere they most likely will not fully read about it any more. Even the use of search engines has lost of the how to research a subject as well.<br />
Typing in a program that corrects spelling and grammar is available to most, but the quick response of a three letter symbolized word response is what most teenagers to sub adults know from social habit of this day and age.<br />
Even I must watch for thick fingers used with a small laptop key board. I must type slowly to ensure correctness. Even the internet browser I currently use has spell check on it. I have never been the best at spelling but I do make an effort to be correct. Sometimes I do well sometimes very badly if quick and fast is the typing reaction. Sometimes I leave a word missed spelled just to see if someone reads through the document fully or skims over it. Also I type and speak differently at times. For with doing Renaissance Faires and Practitioner beliefs and an alternative lifestyle {BDFSM}, I carry an older speech pattern and usage at times.<br />
<br />
No matter what is said {typed} here. The socially accepted form of communication will be used. It is up to the individual to use it correctly with the application it is being used with and in.<br />
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How it is the same ideas are always poping up and yet few seem to list where they found their information. I have an occult and ancient lore and myth library that I have accumulated looking for the older stories and ways. Most of what I wrote came from the library. Use the internet as a tool and see where and what you can come up with. Show where so others know and find different by the end all that can be found will be. And answers will be full instead of repeating. One source conjecture, two sources plausible, three or more the sources not based upon the other sets the truth for all to find.A pleatag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78242009-05-30T22:15:52.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Or are you still those things? Time is slipping away. And tales of school, cars, tats and sickness are drifting this way. But no word from you. Are you that much nonforgiveing? I acted as an ass when you were here at times and others just reacted without thought of the ending. But now I feel the space of quietness within. Where once you were there is now emptyness. For I fear that once again I have closed the door after running off the one that I once held close. It is not a matter of yours…
Or are you still those things? Time is slipping away. And tales of school, cars, tats and sickness are drifting this way. But no word from you. Are you that much nonforgiveing? I acted as an ass when you were here at times and others just reacted without thought of the ending. But now I feel the space of quietness within. Where once you were there is now emptyness. For I fear that once again I have closed the door after running off the one that I once held close. It is not a matter of yours that I hate nor a matter of you. It is how you are treated. And this time I treated you as I see you are treated. And stated my mind rather than my heart. I wonder if this will ever be settled. For you live one way and I another. I am aware of alot. And yet am ignorant within alot of subjects. And now it seems that I am no longer one of those things I was for you. This time I feel as all is lost. And where I am and what I am for you is no longer where or what I was once. Yes the dragon is human. And does cry, hurt, and feel anger. But he also feels alone, apart and empty. For those that are the Old Ones are and will always be part of me. But when one is lost then a part or me no longer is there. And you no longer feel there. Perhaps it is by choice, or by no time to write or call. But I would like to know which. Was this done by my own hand and actions? Or is it better for the dragon to go and once again become dormant untill the time comes when the call goes forth. If it ever or never does again, only fate and time will deal forth.<br />
But as a book states dragons wait upon time for things to pass. But I do not have that time to wait. And passing of this seems not soon enough. So I leave you with this riddle I hope you understand and answer it soon.<br />
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IT IS COLD AND IT IS HOT<br />
IT IS WHITE AND IT IS DARK<br />
IT IS STONE AND IT IS WAX<br />
BUT ITS TRUE NATURE IS MEAT<br />
AND ITS COLOR IS RED<br />
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According to tates of old Merlin solved this riddle and was given the title Lord of the Dragon. For you the answer is simple for it goes with the riddle I have stated for many a year.<br />
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THE ANSWER IS WITHIN THE PLACE<br />
THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE WAY<br />
BUT NEVER LOOKED INSIDE<br />
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So now the pen is passed to you. Pick it up or leave it alone it is up to you. I will not bother you directly, if that is your wish. But remember I do check in from time to time with others that know, what is with you.A choice to do or not to betag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78232009-05-30T22:12:52.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
Again time has slipped away. And a year is gone. The time is near for those cared for and about to gather in one place and state yea or nay to the guardian's offer. This is the seventh calling and the last for this guardian. This time all called before will once again be called. A place, time, and day set in time forever. The place is where masters of the air pass over the spirit of earth and water. The time is the mid of darkness as it has always been. The date frozen in time is the 12th of…
Again time has slipped away. And a year is gone. The time is near for those cared for and about to gather in one place and state yea or nay to the guardian's offer. This is the seventh calling and the last for this guardian. This time all called before will once again be called. A place, time, and day set in time forever. The place is where masters of the air pass over the spirit of earth and water. The time is the mid of darkness as it has always been. The date frozen in time is the 12th of the 10th. But for the ease of ones called it will be calledin the mid of the night of the days that start the same and are side by side.<br />
TO THE ONE CALLED: THE ONE THAT IS CARED FOR AND ABOUT<br />
For those that have seen the light of the Seven Stars, and those who are now under the official and unofficial Guardianship of the one called<br />
MORAY FIRESTAR STARHEALER WHITESTAR SILVERDRAGON FIREFROST<br />
STARHAWK DIANA GOLDSTAR<br />
**ASTRODRACO**<br />
THE TIME IS NOW THE TIME IS HERE THE TIME IS AT HAND<br />
So there exits only one deed to do. That is to carry out what was completed and shall be finished once again. For the globe is a orb. And the existence that returns where it ends is solitary complete. The duration in now for the caring in no longer. The interval is here for no limitations or binds can hold him. The season is at keeping for he is now unbound of all unwritten laws and customs. For on the 22th of the 9th until the 12th of the 10th the one is not what is to be. But is what it should be. For the days are a time of vacation. And it shall be the eon of no holds or questions. For when the ones who knows what is to happen then the should bring one to see if it can continue. For now remember when..... Nor have the remembered that that what has been done will forever be there. Even when the world turns there back on them. And the feeling of each will collide and mesh with hate and anger. For the second time the ones that are cared for are called. It is up to them to be. The numbers are to be used and a caller of the roll will be done.to help sleep and the bad that came witht hemtag:travelingwithintheworld.ning.com,2009-05-30:2185477:BlogPost:78222009-05-30T22:10:15.000ZRev. Allen M. Drago ~ Travelerhttps://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/profile/Traveler
INTRO:<br />
LISTEN TO THIS TAPE WHEN ALL ARE GONE AND THE CHILDREN ARE A SLEEP. LOCK YOUR DOOR AND UNPLUG THE PHONE LINE. YOU MAY WANT TO GET A BLANKET AS YOU MAY GO TO SLEEP. LADY LAY DOWN ON THE COUCH, GET YOUR PILLOW, GET YOUR BLANKET AND GET READY TO GO ZONING.........<br />
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I AM GOING TO DO THIS ONCE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL WORK... SLOWLY YOU NEED TO RELAX.. SLOWLY CONCENTRATE.. WITH YOUR EYES OPEN OR YOUR EYES CLOSED...WHICH EVER IS EASIER FOR YOU...SLOWLY RELAX...THINK CALMNESS..FOCUS ON NOTHING BUT…
INTRO:<br />
LISTEN TO THIS TAPE WHEN ALL ARE GONE AND THE CHILDREN ARE A SLEEP. LOCK YOUR DOOR AND UNPLUG THE PHONE LINE. YOU MAY WANT TO GET A BLANKET AS YOU MAY GO TO SLEEP. LADY LAY DOWN ON THE COUCH, GET YOUR PILLOW, GET YOUR BLANKET AND GET READY TO GO ZONING.........<br />
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I AM GOING TO DO THIS ONCE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL WORK... SLOWLY YOU NEED TO RELAX.. SLOWLY CONCENTRATE.. WITH YOUR EYES OPEN OR YOUR EYES CLOSED...WHICH EVER IS EASIER FOR YOU...SLOWLY RELAX...THINK CALMNESS..FOCUS ON NOTHING BUT THE AIR AROUND YOU...BREATH SLOW AND DEEP... SLOWLY RELAX YOU ARE GOING TO RELAX AND YOU ARE GOING TO DRIFT..SLOWLY YOU NEED TO START TO RELAX, NOT QUITE A SLEEP, NOT QUITE A WAKE...SLOWLY YOU WILL VISION A PLACE IN YOUR MIND...A PLACE OF LIGHT..A PLACE OF DAY..A PLACE WHERE YOU FEEL SAFE...YOU FIND THAT PLACE, AND FROM THAT PLACE YOU WILL ALWAYS START....YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW THIS PLACE...YOU WILL ALWAYS ENVISION THIS PLACE...THIS IS A PLACE OF CALMNESS...THIS IS A PLACE OF REFUGE...NOTHING CAN HARM YOU THERE...NOTHING CAN TOUCH YOU...EVERYTHING THERE IS YOURS, EVERYTHING THERE IS FROM YOU...FROM THERE YOU TRAVEL UPON THE WIND INTO THE LANDS OF WHERE YOU DREAM...SLOWLY YOU WILL GO, ONCE YOU ARE READY...SLOWLY YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY TO OTHER PLACES...YOUR MIND WILL TAKE TO THE PLACE OF BLACK GLASS...THE PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE COME FROM...AND THE PLACE YOU WHERE AT LAST...SLOWLY RELAX IN THE PLACE THAT IS YOURS...THE PLACE OF NO HARM...THE PLACE THAT IS CALM....SOFTLY..SLOWLY..ENTER IN THE THOUGHT A PLACE YOU WISH TO GO...SOFTLY..SLOWLY..MELT AROUND THE BACKGROUND...SLOWLY..SOFTLY..FILL IN THE PLACES...FILL IN THE PEOPLE...FILL IN THE WHERE AND<br />
WHAT...SOFTLY..SLOWLY..LOOKING AROUND...PLACE YOURSELF WITHIN YOUR CROWN...SOFTLY...SLOWLY..WALK AROUND...MAKE YOURSELF ONE WITHIN...HERE NOTHING CAN HARM...YOU WATCH AND LISTEN, AND YOU WILL LEARN...THE DETAILS YOU MUST WATCH...SHARPEN YOUR MIND..SHARP THEY ARE... THE MORE YOU REMEMBER THE BETTER...SLOWLY..WALK...SOFTLY SING...TALK TO THOSE WHO YOU KNOW...TALK THE ONES, THAT YOU FEEL SAFE WITH...FIND OUT ALL YOU CAN...ASK THEM QUESTIONS...FIND OUT MORE...FIND OUT WHAT YOU SEEK...SLOWLY WATCH..AS TIME PROGRESSES...YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWERS THAT YOU NEED...WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, IF THEY DO..ERASE THE VIEW AND GO TO YOUR PLACE..YOUR PLACE OF REFUGE...YOUR PLACE OF SOLITUDE...THE PLACE WHERE KNOW ONE ELSE CAN GO...THE PLACE WHERE KNOW ONE ELSE CAN GO...STAY THERE FOR A WHILE, WATCH WHAT EVER IS THERE...RECALL WHAT IS..RECALL WHAT WAS....AND SLOWLY FIND A WAY AND BEND IT TO YOUR WILL..INTRODUCE AN ANOTHER ELEMENT..AND FEED IT BACK IN... FIND THE PLACE WHERE YOU WERE, FIND THE ONES WHERE YOU WERE...BUT CHANGE THE TABLES..THE DETAILS, THE DETAILS ARE WHAT COUNT..THE DETAILS THAT WHAT MAKE WHAT IS...WITHOUT THE DETAILS IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN..DETAIL IT SO THAT IT HAPPENS THE WAY THAT YOU WISH IT TO HAPPEN...DETAIL IT SO THAT YOU GET THE ANSWERS THAT YOU<br />
NEED...<br />
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FIND THE SPOT OF TRUTH...AND THEN YOU WILL SEE ...SLOWLY..CAREFULLY..EXPLORE YOUR REALM...SLOWLY.. CAREFULLY...SOFTLY..CHOOSE THE TIME TO WHERE YOU GO... FIND THE PLACES..THAT YOU NEED TO..TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, THAT YOU SEEK...SLOWLY..SOFTLY..SLEEP...LET YOUR DREAMS DRIFT...REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF WHAT YOU CHANGE..THE DETAILS ARE WHAT YOU CONTROL...THE BACKGROUND IS WHAT IS THERE..THE BACKGROUND IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT...FOR THE BACKGROUND GIVES YOU HAPPENS AND MAKES IT WHAT IT IS...AND WITHOUT THE BACKGROUND THE SAME, SAME HAPPENING CAN NOT HAPPEN...LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO...SOFTLY..SLOWLY CHANGE THINGS, ADJUST THEM TO YOU...ADJUST THEM TO WHAT YOU WANT...AND ADJUST THEM TO WHAT YOU NEED...AND YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWERS...FOR WHAT YOU SEEK...SOFTLY AND SLOWLY...DRIFTING INTO SLEEP...THE DREAMS ARE YOURS...AND THEY WILL NO LONGER MAKE YOU WEEP...SOFTLY..SLOWLY...DREAM IN YOUR SLEEP...FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH...AND DO NOT WEEP...THEY CAN NOT HARM...THEY CAN NOT HURT...FOR THEY ARE ONLY DREAMS WITHIN...THEY CAN BE YOUR PAST...THEY CAN BE YOUR FUTURE...THEY MAY ALSO TELL YOU SOMETHING...BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT...SLOWLY YOU CAN BEND THEM TO HAPPEN YOUR WAY...AND ONCE YOU GET THERE YOU WILL KNOW YOUR WAY...SOFTLY..SLOWLY..DRIFTING ALONG..EFFORTLESSLY GLIDE..INTO THE SONG...LET YOUR DREAMS COME...LOOK AT THEM NOW...SOFT AND CONTROLLED..WITHOUT ANYONE AROUND...<br />
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Done on cass tape to help one to sleep and controll the dreams that hurt and harm their sleeping.