Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
The Gnutty Gnostic
http://ping.fm/wJ3Si Recent blog post. Strong language and opinions.
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The Gnutty Gnostic
I think its pretty hilarious that Adsense is putting all these Catholic oriented ads on my blogs which are decidedly mystic/metaphysical.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Gnutty Gnostic
http://ping.fm/XxpS1 Latest Care2 Share describes my mission and gives links to ways you can help make it a reality
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The Gnutty Gnostic
I keep an open mind about stuff. Its possible we could someday find a "lost continent" under the sea. Why not consider all possibilities?
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The Gnutty Gnostic
http://ping.fm/VlJk7 Just created this page so there is only one entry thus far. Just Pandora, all by her lonesome.
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The Gnutty Gnostic
http://ad.vu/48km Psychic readings by donation.
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Great Radionics Software
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Fellow mystics, check it out. I am! I've had an interest in radionics for many years, so this software piqued my interest. I can see the benefits of using radionics for mystic work. If you're like me and were raised in a religion that tells you that if you wish for something "selfish" such as prosperity you will be punished, it sticks with you even if you no longer believe this sort of thing in your logical mind. Your subconscious is very important in spell work, however, and a negative subconscious message can torpedo the most carefully executed spell. Using radionics bypasses your own subconscious sabotage. Plus it has that scientific edge that we modern people treasure.
Energy is energy, pure and simple. Radionics has been around for many years, but now our modern technology has allowed those knowledgeable in computer programming to greatly improve its execution.
Science meets mysticism with radionics. Take a look at the link above to find out more.
Fellow mystics, check it out. I am! I've had an interest in radionics for many years, so this software piqued my interest. I can see the benefits of using radionics for mystic work. If you're like me and were raised in a religion that tells you that if you wish for something "selfish" such as prosperity you will be punished, it sticks with you even if you no longer believe this sort of thing in your logical mind. Your subconscious is very important in spell work, however, and a negative subconscious message can torpedo the most carefully executed spell. Using radionics bypasses your own subconscious sabotage. Plus it has that scientific edge that we modern people treasure.
Energy is energy, pure and simple. Radionics has been around for many years, but now our modern technology has allowed those knowledgeable in computer programming to greatly improve its execution.
Science meets mysticism with radionics. Take a look at the link above to find out more.
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The Gnutty Gnostic
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Prologue
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Prologue
Bringers of Decay and Fallen Angels:
A Genesis of Evil
Before the dawn of the world as we know it, the great Gods and Goddesses, angelic beings, devas, genii and nature spirits were born whole from the Wellspring of All, which is called Kether. They were created out of love to always tend and care for the beings who would be born on the developing worlds in the material universe. Yet while the Heavens were still taking shape, a group of these spirits began to believe that they knew more than the power that had created them. And some among the Gods and Goddesses came to care more about power than about the developing Universe over which they had been given stewardship. These wicked deities were cast out of the Heavens and the evil angels who followed them were also exiled. Swearing revenge on those who had spurned them, they began to seduce the minds of the developing children of the Universe that had been created out of love by the Lord and Lady of Kether.
On the developing worlds in the material universe which is called Assiah, many of the children began to assume a crude imitation of the higher beings who watched over them. Most followed the path of the Benevolent Ones who had created and guided them. But some followed the blighted path of those who promised power over others. These were filled with an unholy passion. Seeing the intensity of their emotions, the evil angels were intrigued. Some of them entered the bodies of these young beings, possessing them, controlling them. And over time, many of the fallen angels forgot that they had once been celestial beings, but subconsciously remembered the power they once held and their former immortality. Desperate to re-achieve that once immortal status and break free from the cycle of reincarnation, they heeded the voices of their former companions, the unholy deities of corruption and decay. The Fallen committed horrific acts under the direction of their immortal, unholy masters, giving rise to a race of Undead, a perverted offspring of incarnate mortals and fallen angels and a mockery of the Divine. Thus have vampires existed since the dawn of humanity. The first are rumored to have come from the lost continent of Lemuria, which formed a land bridge between the Malay Archepelago and Asia some 55 million years ago. The late medium Madame Helena Blavatsky spoke of a race of highly intelligent apelike humanoids who were capable of mind control and telepathy. Most people laugh at Blavatsky’s assertions; but there are those who know better.
In the time of Lemuria, a group of these beings sought to dominate the other early humanoids, believing themselves to be superior. They saw the other humans as lower than herd animals and treated them with a contempt and brutality. Inspired by the telepathic communications from hideous ancient gods mercifully forgotten in this modern age, the Superior Race enslaved and experimented on the lesser beings, sacrificed them, and consumed their flesh at ritual celebrations. They were especially fond of eating the brain and heart and drinking the blood, as they believed consuming the brain would enhance their own telepathic abilities, the heart would bring them strength, and the blood would lengthen their lives. As the dreaded ancient Gods, horrible beings far older than the earth itself promised, the Superior Race changed swiftly. From consuming the brains of the other humanoids and ancient dolphin-like sea mammals, their telepathic abilities increased tenfold. From consuming animals such as the wolflike creatures that walked the night they experienced improvement in their night vision so drastic that daylight began to hurt their eyes and they preferred to be out after dusk. And from consuming these wolf-kind and other strong animals, their strength multiplied to ten times that of the lesser hominids. For their obedience to the terrible Great Old Ones, their lifespan increased to the point of virtual immortality. Thus were the Vampires born.
The benevolent deities were horrified by what was happening on the young Earth. They smote the evil race, destroying the continent of Lemuria to stop their spread. But some Night Stalkers managed to escape. They slowly spread their taint wherever they settled, though their race no longer held the mastery it had in Lemuria. The survivors vowed to regain mastery of the Earth even if it should take an eternity. This is the story of a pair of these immortals and those whose lives they touched. They were brothers, princes and heirs to the throne of a long and unjustly forgotten kingdom, a province in what is now Romania at the time of the reign of the family Dracul in Wallachia. Called Stracha, it sat by the sea near Moldavia and Wallachia and was a place hailed for its beauty, prosperity and the benevolence of its rulers. It is also the tale of an ancient and fearsome being who brought the plague of immortality to these princes, casting fair Stracha into undeserved oblivion. Long-lived though this being was, he was a mere babe compared to those who had bestowed upon him the curse of immortality, and they were but infants compared to the ancient undying evil that had spurred their creation.
The vampire race was perfected as the human race evolved and new civilizations arose. Beloved were they of the powerful but lesser-known malevolent deities warned of by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and others in tales thought to be fiction. Kali, merciless Indian goddess of death, helped increase the power of those who made sacrifices to her. In Egypt, the cunning and manipulative Set took up their cause. In Mesopotamia the cult rose to power again when Lamashtu gave them newfound glory through blood sacrifice. But this rise to greatness truly began anew in lost Atlantis where the race almost achieved world domination. This is why the benevolent Gods had to destroy Atlantis as they had Lemuria. Many lives were lost on that fateful day, many who loved one another were separated.
But the wheel of reincarnation shall ever turn. None of those souls that lived in lost Atlantis were destroyed in that calamity. With successive incarnations the calamity that ended their physical existence in that lifetime was consciously forgotten. But late at night many lifetimes later the more enlightened of them would dream of that fearsome event and would wake in a cold sweat.
This book occurs near the end of a story of a great battle for the souls of this world. This is a story of love and loss, of triumph and destruction, and of the knowledge that nothing in this world will last forever. It is a story of the fear of death, the pain of betrayal and the triumph of the eternal soul. It is a story of ties that cannot be severed, kindnesses that cannot be forgotten, longing that cannot die. But souls are not of this world. They shall never die. Within each soul is a limitless capacity for love. Each being was created with love by a benevolent source. The love within us can never die. The soul is eternal and love is eternal.
This is, if you will, a love story.
Thoth, Scribe of the Holy
Prologue
Bringers of Decay and Fallen Angels:
A Genesis of Evil
Before the dawn of the world as we know it, the great Gods and Goddesses, angelic beings, devas, genii and nature spirits were born whole from the Wellspring of All, which is called Kether. They were created out of love to always tend and care for the beings who would be born on the developing worlds in the material universe. Yet while the Heavens were still taking shape, a group of these spirits began to believe that they knew more than the power that had created them. And some among the Gods and Goddesses came to care more about power than about the developing Universe over which they had been given stewardship. These wicked deities were cast out of the Heavens and the evil angels who followed them were also exiled. Swearing revenge on those who had spurned them, they began to seduce the minds of the developing children of the Universe that had been created out of love by the Lord and Lady of Kether.
On the developing worlds in the material universe which is called Assiah, many of the children began to assume a crude imitation of the higher beings who watched over them. Most followed the path of the Benevolent Ones who had created and guided them. But some followed the blighted path of those who promised power over others. These were filled with an unholy passion. Seeing the intensity of their emotions, the evil angels were intrigued. Some of them entered the bodies of these young beings, possessing them, controlling them. And over time, many of the fallen angels forgot that they had once been celestial beings, but subconsciously remembered the power they once held and their former immortality. Desperate to re-achieve that once immortal status and break free from the cycle of reincarnation, they heeded the voices of their former companions, the unholy deities of corruption and decay. The Fallen committed horrific acts under the direction of their immortal, unholy masters, giving rise to a race of Undead, a perverted offspring of incarnate mortals and fallen angels and a mockery of the Divine. Thus have vampires existed since the dawn of humanity. The first are rumored to have come from the lost continent of Lemuria, which formed a land bridge between the Malay Archepelago and Asia some 55 million years ago. The late medium Madame Helena Blavatsky spoke of a race of highly intelligent apelike humanoids who were capable of mind control and telepathy. Most people laugh at Blavatsky’s assertions; but there are those who know better.
In the time of Lemuria, a group of these beings sought to dominate the other early humanoids, believing themselves to be superior. They saw the other humans as lower than herd animals and treated them with a contempt and brutality. Inspired by the telepathic communications from hideous ancient gods mercifully forgotten in this modern age, the Superior Race enslaved and experimented on the lesser beings, sacrificed them, and consumed their flesh at ritual celebrations. They were especially fond of eating the brain and heart and drinking the blood, as they believed consuming the brain would enhance their own telepathic abilities, the heart would bring them strength, and the blood would lengthen their lives. As the dreaded ancient Gods, horrible beings far older than the earth itself promised, the Superior Race changed swiftly. From consuming the brains of the other humanoids and ancient dolphin-like sea mammals, their telepathic abilities increased tenfold. From consuming animals such as the wolflike creatures that walked the night they experienced improvement in their night vision so drastic that daylight began to hurt their eyes and they preferred to be out after dusk. And from consuming these wolf-kind and other strong animals, their strength multiplied to ten times that of the lesser hominids. For their obedience to the terrible Great Old Ones, their lifespan increased to the point of virtual immortality. Thus were the Vampires born.
The benevolent deities were horrified by what was happening on the young Earth. They smote the evil race, destroying the continent of Lemuria to stop their spread. But some Night Stalkers managed to escape. They slowly spread their taint wherever they settled, though their race no longer held the mastery it had in Lemuria. The survivors vowed to regain mastery of the Earth even if it should take an eternity. This is the story of a pair of these immortals and those whose lives they touched. They were brothers, princes and heirs to the throne of a long and unjustly forgotten kingdom, a province in what is now Romania at the time of the reign of the family Dracul in Wallachia. Called Stracha, it sat by the sea near Moldavia and Wallachia and was a place hailed for its beauty, prosperity and the benevolence of its rulers. It is also the tale of an ancient and fearsome being who brought the plague of immortality to these princes, casting fair Stracha into undeserved oblivion. Long-lived though this being was, he was a mere babe compared to those who had bestowed upon him the curse of immortality, and they were but infants compared to the ancient undying evil that had spurred their creation.
The vampire race was perfected as the human race evolved and new civilizations arose. Beloved were they of the powerful but lesser-known malevolent deities warned of by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and others in tales thought to be fiction. Kali, merciless Indian goddess of death, helped increase the power of those who made sacrifices to her. In Egypt, the cunning and manipulative Set took up their cause. In Mesopotamia the cult rose to power again when Lamashtu gave them newfound glory through blood sacrifice. But this rise to greatness truly began anew in lost Atlantis where the race almost achieved world domination. This is why the benevolent Gods had to destroy Atlantis as they had Lemuria. Many lives were lost on that fateful day, many who loved one another were separated.
But the wheel of reincarnation shall ever turn. None of those souls that lived in lost Atlantis were destroyed in that calamity. With successive incarnations the calamity that ended their physical existence in that lifetime was consciously forgotten. But late at night many lifetimes later the more enlightened of them would dream of that fearsome event and would wake in a cold sweat.
This book occurs near the end of a story of a great battle for the souls of this world. This is a story of love and loss, of triumph and destruction, and of the knowledge that nothing in this world will last forever. It is a story of the fear of death, the pain of betrayal and the triumph of the eternal soul. It is a story of ties that cannot be severed, kindnesses that cannot be forgotten, longing that cannot die. But souls are not of this world. They shall never die. Within each soul is a limitless capacity for love. Each being was created with love by a benevolent source. The love within us can never die. The soul is eternal and love is eternal.
This is, if you will, a love story.
Thoth, Scribe of the Holy
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Saturday, February 07, 2009
Chronological Sentence from prologue
And over time, many of the fallen angels forgot that they had once been celestial beings, but subconsciously remembered the power they once held and their former immortality.
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Sunday, February 01, 2009
A tragedy
One life was lost and one probably destroyed by this sad event. In the town where I live there was a man who was something of a picture. He rode around town on his bicycle collecting cans and picking up trash. He opened doors for people and always had a kind word. He left flowers and little gifts for those who came to know him well. His name was John. He suffered from schizophrenia but chose not to take medication because he didn't like the way it made him feel. He lived with his brother and sister-in-law and their two daughters. He was a good person, the kind of person we should all try to be more like. Everyone in town will miss John, but for his family this is an especially tragic loss.
The woman who struck and killed him with her car this Friday was not an evil person. She didn't do it on purpose. She made the ill-informed decision to drive while on a prescription medication that made her tired. She fell asleep at the wheel. She will probably be charged with vehicular homicide. Her life is ruined. I saw her photo in the paper. She is a tired-looking person who looks as if she's had a rough life. Perhaps she didn't have anyone that she could turn to who could take her places. Perhaps she didn't know that the medication would affect her as badly as it did. Whatever the case, her bad decision will remain with her as long as she lives.
I also remember a man named Billy who was John's friend. Billy was not a bad guy but he got involved with cooking and selling meth, probably out of desperation for money. Another bad decision that ruined a life. Billy still has a chance to turn things around, though, and make better decisions when he gets out of jail. I hope he'll do so, in memory of his friend who didn't judge others.
Maybe the rest of us can learn something from John too. Don't judge others based on their disability, including a mental disability. Don't judge others based on the mistakes they make. I know that John forgives the woman who struck him with her car. I would have a hard time forgiving someone who made that kind of mistake and killed someone I loved.
People like John should be remembered. He was what the rest of us should aspire to be. Of all people I have known, I am sure that he is blessed and at peace and in one of the good places that the souls of someone like him belong. He was loved by all whose lives he touched. We who knew him even a little were blessed.
The woman who struck and killed him with her car this Friday was not an evil person. She didn't do it on purpose. She made the ill-informed decision to drive while on a prescription medication that made her tired. She fell asleep at the wheel. She will probably be charged with vehicular homicide. Her life is ruined. I saw her photo in the paper. She is a tired-looking person who looks as if she's had a rough life. Perhaps she didn't have anyone that she could turn to who could take her places. Perhaps she didn't know that the medication would affect her as badly as it did. Whatever the case, her bad decision will remain with her as long as she lives.
I also remember a man named Billy who was John's friend. Billy was not a bad guy but he got involved with cooking and selling meth, probably out of desperation for money. Another bad decision that ruined a life. Billy still has a chance to turn things around, though, and make better decisions when he gets out of jail. I hope he'll do so, in memory of his friend who didn't judge others.
Maybe the rest of us can learn something from John too. Don't judge others based on their disability, including a mental disability. Don't judge others based on the mistakes they make. I know that John forgives the woman who struck him with her car. I would have a hard time forgiving someone who made that kind of mistake and killed someone I loved.
People like John should be remembered. He was what the rest of us should aspire to be. Of all people I have known, I am sure that he is blessed and at peace and in one of the good places that the souls of someone like him belong. He was loved by all whose lives he touched. We who knew him even a little were blessed.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Can o' Worms
Thinking about people's opinions. Most people likely think I'm naff for my belief in spirits. Especially in the belief that I can sometimes talk to them. But I would like to know, what is so wrong with the idea that somehow, somewhere, something of these people that have passed from this world, especially before their time, especially painfully and traumatically, still exist in some way. That they still have a chance. Why the hell is this an inferior belief to the cold, hopeless belief that nothing exists after the demise of these shells we live in? Is it really preferable to have a world that is that cold and mechanical, that we are really all just cogs in a giant machine and have no greater purpose than that? Sorry, but to me, that view just plain blows.
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The Rest Room is Open
I know it's short notice, but my Friendfeed chat room, the Rest Room http://friendfeed.com/…-rest-room will be open tonight (January 30) until midnight Mountain time (MST) if anyone wants to drop in. I considered making an announcement and opening it from 8 to 9 tonight, but its a good thing I didn't. I ended up falling asleep about 5 this afternoon and slept till 9.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Pandora
Hesiod must have been dissed by a dame big time, because his misogynistic view of women comes out strong in his rendition of the Pandora myth.
The Pandora myth is thought to have originally appeared in lines 560-612 of Hesiod's (ca. 8th-7th centuries BC) epic poem, the Theogony, although the woman in this piece is unnamed. The following is a summary of the Theogeny.
After bestowing the gift of fire from Prometheus, an angry Zeus decides to bestow a punishment on mankind to compensate for the boon they have been given. He commands Hephaestus to mould from earth the first woman, a "beautiful evil" whose descendants would torment the race of men. Athena dresses the woman in a silvery gown, an embroidered veil, garlands, and an ornate crown of gold.
When the woman first appears before gods and mortals, "wonder seized them" as they looked upon her. But she was "sheer guile, not to be withstood by men."
Hesiod elaborates (590-93):
From her is the race of women and female kind:
of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who
live amongst mortal men to their great trouble,
no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth.
Hesiod goes on to lament that men who try to avoid the evil of women by avoiding marriage will fare no better (604-7):
He reaches deadly old age without anyone to tend his years,
and though he at least has no lack of livelihood while he lives,
yet, when he is dead, his kinsfolk divide his possessions amongst them.
Hesiod concedes that occasionally a man finds a good wife, but still (609) "evil contends with good."
Hesiod revisists the Pandora myth Hesiod in his Works and Days.
Here is the Wikipedia entry for Pandora:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora
The Pandora myth is thought to have originally appeared in lines 560-612 of Hesiod's (ca. 8th-7th centuries BC) epic poem, the Theogony, although the woman in this piece is unnamed. The following is a summary of the Theogeny.
After bestowing the gift of fire from Prometheus, an angry Zeus decides to bestow a punishment on mankind to compensate for the boon they have been given. He commands Hephaestus to mould from earth the first woman, a "beautiful evil" whose descendants would torment the race of men. Athena dresses the woman in a silvery gown, an embroidered veil, garlands, and an ornate crown of gold.
When the woman first appears before gods and mortals, "wonder seized them" as they looked upon her. But she was "sheer guile, not to be withstood by men."
Hesiod elaborates (590-93):
From her is the race of women and female kind:
of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who
live amongst mortal men to their great trouble,
no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth.
Hesiod goes on to lament that men who try to avoid the evil of women by avoiding marriage will fare no better (604-7):
He reaches deadly old age without anyone to tend his years,
and though he at least has no lack of livelihood while he lives,
yet, when he is dead, his kinsfolk divide his possessions amongst them.
Hesiod concedes that occasionally a man finds a good wife, but still (609) "evil contends with good."
Hesiod revisists the Pandora myth Hesiod in his Works and Days.
Here is the Wikipedia entry for Pandora:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Chronological sentence for 20 January 2008
Seeing the intensity of their emotions, the evil angels were intrigued.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Correction
http://www.openzine.com/…rangeworld Mistake on the original link to the zine. Sorry about that, y'all
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
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Chronological sentence for 18 January 2009
"But some followed the blighted path of those who promised power over others. These were filled with an unholy passion." (Today's chronological sentence from my novel Lost Beneath the Surface.)
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Crown of Creation
http://adjix.com/ae6a Creative types: if interested, please join me tonight at 9 PM mountain time for the first meeting of the Crown of Creation Club by clicking the Adjix link. This is an informal club for artistic individuals and supporters to encourage and help one another, offering brainstorming to break through creative blocks, CONSTRUCTIVE critique of each others work, places to promote our various efforts, and hopefully a bit of fun. It doesn't matter what sort of artistic work you do or if you're "only" a supportive admirer, you're welcome to come on down. The meeting will last for an hour. Hope to see a few of you there. This is my first time trying to run a chat room, so exercise patience with my noobness!
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