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Recently I heard rumours, remnants of old tales, coming from origins unknown. According to Romanian-Transylvanian folklore, there is a beast, entity or God which was known simply as Moloch. Bizarrely, as is normal for me, information received on this was delivered only days after I had decided to write an article devoted to considering what I guess amounts to "soul harvesting". It was almost as though powers unknown had intervened to stress a particular line of investigation for review. Without the prescient knowledge of Moloch, would my conclusions, directions have been any different? Undoubtedly so!
In order to familiarise context, perhaps this is a good juncture to provide another background on some of the remedial work I have been doing with various individuals dotted about our globe. People may well moan about potential evils of the internet, but it sure has connected everyone up well. I now have associates on all continents and just about every country that has ever been created by man. Countries, contrary to popular belief, are not evidence of God's ambition. Earlier this year my intention to host live light DNA reading consultations became reality. Here's how my remedial work has had an impact on this writing project.
To start with, had I not have gone down this precise present path, one of my talented clients would not have made the direct request for this article in the first place. Though the original ideas submitting the topical header have changed substantively, amply supporting thorough due diligence, the basic discovery quest has not altered. I can qualify that the primary choice of title was "Stranded Souls Reconnecting with Draco Energies", so we are not too far adrift of intended point. In fact, it could be said that knowledge of the primary presents the article in a stronger light. Due diligence applied has clearly assured that subject matter needed to be somewhat broader in order to do sufficient justice to the original considerations.
There was another coincidence relating to this project which implicates the same one that delivered me news about Moloch (when I was in full swing). At some correct cosmic juncture, this particular messenger (angel) is destined to become a client of mine. To date I have met no other (human) with the ability to deactivate Draco "branding chips" (outlined in more detail later). My client-in-waiting is a spiritual infant that manages her transcendental talents as though she were my own "King Arthur" (the feminine version, of course). Her development cycle is surely one ordained to impress the magnificent. Thus, I have no choice but to do everything in my feasibility to guide her to readiness, but only while she is willing.
There is much more to the obvious synergy than meets the apparent eye. It is as though mother Earth, moon and sun came together in order to bless these words I present, as tribute to my own two talents. Dual sides of the human psyche have joined forces to combine as a communion of common ideas; the embryo of what will become the foundation of ideologies so robust, only heartless pristine society could possibly overlook or spurn them. Indeed, Atlantis harboured profound provenance, for one talent undeniably echoes "vanished" up-sourced Anunaki annals and the other distinctly captures the hereditary spirit and summary of proud remnants of great Draco dynastic ambition, so prevalent at the palatial ancient technology city. Both are naturally regal as ones returning from times when to be a royal meant something. In those eras gone by majesty transcended tradition and heritage.
This is not to say that either talent is necessarily free of spells cast on them by corporate witches. Incessantly verbose established Medias have not ceased spinning fantasies tuned to synthesising that which is flawed and fake into something the will might cherish, revere and believe in. Both are gently caught in the web that envelops almost the entire globe. But as each day passes they grow stronger and have greater resolve to break clearly free. Under my vigil, there is little opportunity to succumb to obtuse reasoning (the ultimate cancer of sane civilisation). Transcendental potential nudged along the path towards liberty therefore ensures both novices will eventually be able to intuitively visualise entrenched political problems (sparked by corporate witches) that slowly (and surely) erode Earth's potence. Only through total visualisation can solutions be discerned. Each talent has the power within to summon basis for the facilitation of extraordinary remedies against malfeasant politics. These will, if observed properly, diffuse the current disaster course.
There is a gap between what science classes as spiritual and animalistic. More than hinted at in Biblical Genesis' creation of "Adam", the creator must have been a "spiritual being" or something that transcended mere physicality. Practical science may well be able demonstrate man is everything "sold" through irresponsible denial of the metaphysical. However, other sensitive sciences (less conventional and mostly despised by the witches that control) affirm that mankind is not an animal, for every individual is gifted with conscience. Moreover, the conscience causes the greatest hindrance for the corporate witches' ambitions and that is fundamentally why they try desperately hard to downgrade man in terms of biological automation. The greater powers, the ones located in spiritual realms, know this psychotic ambition is infeasible because it directly attacks the creator of all things. Was the will of God to be deployed for purposes of intervention, the others are aware that everything would change instantly and without notice. Changes would positively reflect the will of God as though malfeasance had never been brought into being.
Commonly misunderstood, the enigma of the snake metaphor in the story of "Adam" deserves isolated attention here. Though "God" (a small God and not creator of all things) conducted gene hybridisation by removing the rib (or flank) of Adam, in this instance that God was the serpent. "Serpentine" is the word frequently used to represent the predominant character of dragon lineages, but configuration goes right the way up to the Anunaki (as referenced in Robert Morning Sky's Terra Papers). Man and human are two of the lower subordinate branches of the dragon line. The actual direct masterminds, overseers, scientists and creators of this stock were not just serpentine, but also looked remarkably humanoid (or, in the case of the Anunaki, transferred to able bodied hosts) in appearance too. In certain light, they could actually seem identical to humans.
The implication is they could walk freely amongst us today, introverts conceivably blending into certain social strata completely unnoticed. But appearance alone will fail to cover up their very alien personas, their memorably distinctive behaviours. Indeed, in many ways, were they to be compared against our institutionally insane, they would have the effect of making the "mad" appear balanced. These unkempt, inhumane doppelgangers, these Gods amongst men had been everything foul and awe-inspiring, while they were known of. Truth has not been entirely stricken from the record by the ones that exist only to deceive, so when read carefully and with due diligence, the Bible places most things in context.
But religious-political interests have distorted the meaning of the obvious and this has soured the purity of honourable texts deliberately "bundled" into collections designed to "confuse", such as the "contradictory" Bible. Those blessed with pristine intellect would do wise to ignore standard interpretations and dogmas. These are riddled with malice, such as the way "Adam" and "Eve" are traditionally cast. Indeed, it is clear to "those that see" the one labelled "snake" in the tale actually represented supreme geneticists, whose cultivation of trees of destiny (gene hierarchies) produced man. Cultivating gene hierarchies is Draco heartland, so this is important. And there was a predictable problem that came with our birth; one that would impact the "human soul".
According to Genesis another great spiritual being (a "God") disapproved of our heinous illegal status. Judgement naturally coincided with our creation, the creation of hu-man. God had not judged the creation of man illegal. And, in the case of human, "meddlesome snakes" had interfered with the lateral template determining hierarchical order's "grade". Texts substantiate this with the "apple" metaphor, but placement of Eve as "contextual human" is left to the imaginative intelligence of witnesses (though, undeniably, the question beckons as to whether humans without cerebral cortex were the "originals" or if the apple is "part and parcel" of the Eve metaphor).
Different to "man", human neither wholly identified with the heavenly astral nor could we be classified as "lowly beasts of the realm". Conversely, man (loved by God) was the "beast of beasts" with no inclination towards conscience. Identifying the key item of disenfranchisement (shall we say), it seems all creators were spiritual beings and the creation of conscientious needed to dance hand in hand with correct spiritual responsibility. Unordained hybrids not only availed direct competition, but it was unlikely their spiritual grooming would reward order. Furthermore, "absolute" knowledge had the potential to eventually grant (human) access to damning technologies and this preceded danger.
Was human to become too aware (of the hierarchical controllers), all he needed to do was to deny spirituality, assume and assure the rationalist-atheist-materialist life to be "rid" of all external influences. That has already happened, of course. But, as we see, this program comes with flaws. It is impossible to avoid "what is", which means denial (of God and the true properties of existence) is really lugubrious deceit. Because self-enslavement under the guise of sovereignty is illogical, atheist psychosis can only be regarded as a "symptom" of parasitic imperialism. If only they realised each atom opens a direct portal to God. The corporal essence of the atomic effect (I'll buy Rupert Sheldrake's morphic resonance) defines precisely what a body and its personality are.
The term "self-enslavement" is being used satirically here. When answers pertaining to the meaning of life as well as quantifiers of existence are muted through deliberate lack of insight, censorship; a form of self-brainwashing committed to idolising fantasy is being tendered. Slaves are given dulled, censored manifestos to justify their forlorn rites. Original captives were obliged to know their places. Revolutionary talk of liberty was forbidden. Rationalist-atheist-materialists swagger along with comparably sentimental mantras that unfairly elevate rather than down tread. Agreed there is something missing here. Many will [rightly] contest my opinion, for do not all slaves have masters to rule over them? Atheists even deny their creator, so how can they possibly be classed as "slaves"?
I was being satirical once more. The atheist is "slave" and "master" embroiled as one; a dystopia of tyranny in union, a calculated paradox of cutting-edge survival. Underlying parasitic imperialism of this quality can have only been engineered by imperialists, but no ordinary body. The legions extraordinaire behind this conquest are clearly well above and beyond mind's eye. Mirth worthy irony predicts great wizards that menace men hide in the very realms atheists refuse to "believe in". Were the wretched sycophants destined to discover, they would reveal a schism in fate which evolved to become what they had enabled by attempting to be what they are not. They are, were and will be figments of existence, reflections of time, doomed for prosperity.
Atheists are a large part of the configuration of the evidence supporting the contingency that devious effervescent agents of doom were not vaporised as a consequence of the fall from grace (c.f. Biblical Genesis). Though over a hundred thousand years passed before the masters' physically located their progeny, once found, no effort was spared in the cause to resiliently tag every single branded human slave. Domesticating that which was neither wild nor spiritual was the ultimate aim of the devious ones. "Order" would justify "the program". But there was a flaw, for the masters were not fully spiritual either, so their plan for humanity has only ever mimicked some sort of grotesque corruption (regularly routinely "amended" upon the selfish whim of whoever leads in the moment) that mocks divine intent. That is why, by their guidance, humans wilfully and ignorantly bleed the life blood of planet Earth.
Consequentially this has impacted consulting advice I give out (most recently also focusing on dream readings), which invariably transcends pedestrian discussions about mere "light DNA". I attempt to reproductively elevate rarely witnessed convergence of divinity and truth. Because religious practitioners have been sewing distortion for so long, everyone seems to celebrate (or, at a bare minimum, tune into) corruption. The dreadful consequence has fostered abject blindness towards purity and anything that is remotely divine. The unavoidable side effect is truth has been spurned. Churlish "Draco manifest" images of cherubs, lucky charms, angels, "saviours" and other foolish idols feed the parasites. Slaves are forced to work to survive, so the forlorn presume bloodsucking masters must be winners.
Real divinity, true divinity, on the other hand, seeks purpose. Therefore, several consulting sessions have either focused on or been almost entirely devoted to grading career paths. Proven important, my cataloguing of client responses has been interesting to say the least. Draco-Anunaki cooperative conflict lampoons the heart of causal considerations. There is the "reverse" mirror effect, for instance. Aptly, my two talents make perfect guinea pigs here. One, a uniquely overt reptilian (still rather transfigured by subservience to Sephardic idiom), heralds Sirius as the "centre of the universe". The other retains all the best inherited Sirian-Atlantean qualities whilst idolising dinosaurs!
So, what is it to "be" a soul? To answer this with any authority requires uncomfortable, soul-searching questions. Were we to assume that hidden genetically related overseers control humanity, then a likely consequence would be numbers, perhaps even great numbers, would be drawn to these unknown genetic qualities. As I mentioned earlier, the World Wide Web opens doors and connections that would not be possible in the real world. One such recent hook-up was with someone that had lately been given indication of some possible Chinese ancestry. This, I was told, resulted in an obsession with unseen heritage. What does "being Chinese" mean? How does one transition into one's Chinese-ness?
Irrational genetic qualities are rather harder to quantify. For one, do the Draco bloodlines even exist? Rationalist-atheist-materialists will judge all discussions on the subject of Anunaki lineages as nothing short of whimsical superstition even though "irregularities" in the human body undeniably confirm an extra-terrestrial heritage of sorts. The limbic system and cerebral cortex are two obvious highlights. Should we suppose the atheists are wrong and that there is a metaphysical power source which "drives" a living body, then, conceivable, a complete alien could assume a form of unrelated genetic provenance. In the case of an extraordinarily diverse being such as human, might the power source identify with only part of the overall genetic hubris? Might [in odd cases] the power source identify with a Martian-Sirian complex (amplified by the human cerebral cortex) in isolation?
Typing away on my computer, I drifted off analogically for a moment. What if my equipment "related" to this very discussion? Well, the machine has an essential hard drive, of course. It runs a "Windows 7" operating system, supports a soft screen and pretty much everything else required to aid structural processing functionality. However, upon further contemplation, I decided my ambition and imagination also firmly plays a big part in that operational flow. Numerous pieces of software are never or almost never used by me. Others that use computers, with different needs, concerns, might regularly utilise some of those obsolete programs. The software applications I do open, I select for my purposes, not theirs. Thinking along these lines, about the possibility of how the "power source" concept in relation to the human brain parries with this, I came up with a radical avenue of consideration. Could each "mind" actually select or reject presented genetic modularity (in the same way I accept or reject software packages on my computer)? Might a reptilian "mind" head for the limbic system? Per identical reasoning, an old Atlantean would logically seek solace from the cerebral cortex, right?
We, I feel, are part way towards some answers now. Only a little more historic background is required before my presentation can be analysed "conclusively". So, according to ancient Sumerians, it might be guessed that the Anunaki "conquered" the Earth the best part of 500,000 years ago, and from then on relations with the Draco were more or less estranged to beyond repair. Texts also state that the Anunaki failed in their quest to consolidate outer with inner Earth. Instead, nether regions were sealed off from the surface, as a remedial precaution. Therefore they could not have been able to "influence" snake beings (commonly referred to as Ciakars) around 125,000 years ago. Influence is the key word here as it is the great catalyser within metaphysical realms. In correlation, I interpret Genesis' report of Adam and Eve's fall from grace as a reference to a spiritual disconnection that does not specifically refer to any physical point or place in time (though it may have been "based on" numbers of reflective event outcomes).
How dramatically did the severing of hereditary right affect the "human soul"? Did it reduce us to spiritually primitive status? If disconnection was something akin to the removal of a gravity field, then it is no wonder modern day talents are drawn to different currents, whether that is Anunaki, Draco or some other influential residue. Any overhang of spiritual conflict is sure to express itself in the souls of those who've dabbled. Thus, humans with a metaphysical affinity towards the Draco will mysteriously despise the Anunaki even if corresponding value bases are beyond reach. As, under these conditions, it is quite impossible to be cooperatively Draco and human or Anunaki and human, confusion over what is correct "existential etiquette" or individual "reason for being" is the common side effect. Even so humans can only personify trace elements of a higher being, and no more than that.
For instance, though we commonly presume individual perceptions are sovereign, they are not. But when did presumption do any more than mock the truth? Perceptions certainly are cooperatives. Do eyes work alone to surmise colour? Where there once were eyes that no longer function, perceptions are acutely altered. Eyes are made of smaller components, which are, in turn, made of even smaller components, down and down until the very cracks in the universe are exposed. Battles being waged between entities beyond human comprehension are over the control of the quantum layer? If the way we relate to our perceptions is not governed by "individual me" (or the ego) but, rather, is a reflection of a regime (or regimes) of tyrannous influencers, how does that qualify or even corroborate the soul?
Evidenced in the way time is structured (although that reality doesn't follow convention at all), thoughts must be pre-scripted. Navigations or constructions are the responses of each individual will. So the soul, under those terms, is created from borrowed bandwidth (divinely combining "materials" or matter and "concepts" that transcend solidity). It is fluid, for without fluidity it could not function or exist. A soul's "current" is proof of originality of will. In a sense components (such as the body) are incidentals. Whether it is made of black, white light or nothing at all is, in fact, immaterial. Souls comprise of infinite parts. These corporeally select the life body for mutual development (i.e. the soul is not a "single thing"). The will transcends everything otherwise nothing could [n]ever have been commuted into what we perceive as "existence". Solid foundations can be found in emphasis of but not "within" structures or perceptions that predict truth (as is commonly misconceived by orders of authority).
Thus, there is too great a lack of clarity generated from "solid" belief based paradigms. Eternity (or eternal truths) regularly contradicts causal truths (such as "facts"). Humans would rather spurn causal truths that challenge beliefs of the moment than face them. I penned an article that tackled "irrational" paedophilia for my other website. In fact, the theme was merely a salacious cover story disguising my true mission. That was to expose the way humans have been conditioned to behave as slaves by Pharisees (now better known as Zionists or Globalists). For instance the ancients knew of and instructed on the different forms of sex, which have largely been limited or outlawed by Pharisees in the interests of supporting (albeit liberally) their "procreation" mandate.
Most recently sexual contradiction has been exposed by ironic paedophilia furore. The ancients knew and taught (though all constructive records have either been lost or made obsolete) there were three basic natural forms of sexual intercourse: procreative, non-creative and recreational. They taught that sexual intercourse was the highest form of communication on the Earth plane (primarily, but not exclusively, because our potence is harnessed by the base chakra) and that is why the Pharisees had to block any possibility for communion. That is also why ancients used prostitutes (for non-creative sex) to aid their acts of worshipping (appreciating) God.
It has been written that [Zeta] Grey Beings go through group rituals where participants harmonise brain waves to our equivalent of music. No one is excluded. All functional ages are welcomed. These practices would equate to our recreational sex orgies. Grey Beings do not have sex organs (in our conventional sense), so intercourse transmutes into something very different for their society. The end of Atlantis hinged on a giant fall out with Zeta "king makers". Was "responsible family sex" one of the points that pushed the Sirians "over the edge"? I am not entirely convinced that the reptilians are exclusively behind our modern times' sexual fiasco. On the other hand, to them what's good for the goose is never good for the gander. I do note an explosion of allegations via sensational Medias levelled against "protected" elites. Reports may be geared only to cultivating general belief in the potential for society to be "sexually deviant", but what if many examples were based on truth?
No argument could defy the truth that the Pharisees are instruments for or (at the very least) cater to the wider interests of the Draco, but other players (such as Sirians) and other objectives could quite reasonably end up bundled in with reptilian goals. Their (albeit beguiled) cooperation personifies proto-divine control ambitions that mock the Mighty One. For the average human, male and female nature is tragically misunderstood. It is no coincidence that my two lead novices (one a current client, the other a client-in-waiting) are male and female. Reptilian traits (heart, soul, passion; notably compassion) are much more prevalent in the feminine. Therefore calculated assaults on humanity would be leveraged through female's lack of balanced logic (the ancients knew about this and that is why they favoured patriarchal oversight).
In the footsteps of Moloch (the mythical beast-God I introduced earlier), predictably Jewish bloodlines (an adjunct to the same basic reptilian coordinated Pharisaic indoctrination strategy) drive order through the females. In typical serpentine fashion, many were guided to select gentile males for marriage for two primary reasons. Identities of mother and [also] Jewish children are hidden through strategic marital name changes. [To which end], eventually "the world" would be forced to conform to reptilian driving policy (as paraphrased by Pharisaic order) under will of "human" religious authority (wider Judaism). In support of this "plan", it should be duly noted that all religions have been "tweaked" to such a degree; they are shadows of their former selves. Just about all, at the very least, promote distinct brands of Pharisaic conceptual order.
The rather obvious gaping flaw with the whole thing is the human component, of course. Dear conscript invariably only saw value in going part way with the plan. Jews have successfully infiltrated aristocratic and royal families, but the rest have been left for dead. Furthermore subordinate religions (based on the Pharisaic model), such as Islam and Christianity, have caused greater malice in aggravating cultural divides within population streams than fermenting the elite's desired "one World" utopianism. Worse still, modern day congregations of all creeds and faith have more or less adopted atheistic indifference towards religious practice and this has generally added to the toxicity of cultural insanity.
Without mercenary mobs, such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, religious doctrine would have just about no place in cosmopolitan societies all over the globe. Beyond routine lip service paid to "alarm calls" by mainstream pariahs, there is little to no actual belief in the effectiveness of terrorism anyway. Those that aren't directly in the line of fire mostly perceive it to be "other societies'/cultures' problem". When schemes that enhanced "ruling philosophies" were devised by global "powers" in the early 1970's, opinions branched as to the best means to an end. One camp preferred "limited" absolute freedom and the other pushed for "muted" totalitarianism under rule of "graded" Pharisaic traditionalism. Laws produced for safe cosmopolitan societies were the "soft option". Battle worn regimes attracted tougher measures right the way up to austere "Sharia Law". Things now tick along in similar fashion to reptilian-Ciakar society. Core societal differences can mostly be measured in the reactions and attitudes of individual people.
The human cerebral cortex has made us vulnerable to beliefs. We are all incapable of assuaging "zeal" as reptilians do (note: this is a reflection of the will to demonstrate social strength by being true to principled beliefs and not a tendency towards deliberate overt spinelessness in face of peer pressure). Instead, we must rely on lack of faith permitting hollow presumptions to underscore our general modus operandi. The human cornered and vulnerable before erudite accountability will drop his beliefs in a flash, as quickly as he championed them. People that appraise their claims as "truthful" would be far more honest by substituting the word "judgemental" in place of "truthful". Our "justice system" spurns truth in order to tender judgement effectively. It is reflective of corporeal humanity. Jointly and severally, we are no different. On the rare occasions absolute truths find some sanctity, obtuse reasoning resolutely deflates their power.
Christianity and Islam in present forms, as I have already stated, are sub-strategies of the same basic concept, and much has been done to alter far Eastern "oriental" doctrines (such as Buddhism) to conform to Sephardic interpretation of order. It is fairly well known that the Pharisees bribed the Ashkenazi to join Jewish ranks even though (Jewish) Mohamed's Islam fully supported the Torah (a cornerstone of Pharisaic dogma). Josephus' infant Gnosticism (later rebranded and bastardised to satisfy Roman-Christian paganism) did not challenge the Torah much either. All pre-Christian Jews were Sephardic. They are described this way because they were "chosen" by the Sephardim. Ashkenazi populations were not included (under grace of Sephardim) in the count so, therefore, (next only to blasphemy) "chosen people" is a scam that achieves the accolade of being one of the greatest preserved deceptions of modern age Judaism.
There is also much confusion and ignorance over who or "what" the Sephardic people are guided by. Shielding the true identity of the Sephardim has been a masterful tyranny against historic accountability. This goes way beyond Judaism per se. It is levelled against mankind. It should hardly surprise anyone the direct creator of all modern men was the Sephardim. Yes, the biblical "snake" was the culprit. Sephardim is the "group" name given to the highest manifestation of Ciakar who, even at the time of man's creation, were probably metaphysical (plausibly also doubling as celebrated "Elohim" or light beings of biblical tradition). At this stage it is highly important not to confuse the Sephardim or the Elohim "in the heavens" with YHWH.
YHWH was an overlord, more powerful even than Ba'al. Other administrative titles such as Nephilim (or Niphilim – Lemurians), Cherubim (childlike Grey Beings?) were given to divine support agents, but none was more senior than YHWH. YHWH was "offended" by our creation, which, per those terms of offense, was deemed "illegitimate". Indeed, to be more precise, it was the first batch with the cerebral cortex, the Sephardic Jews that was deemed illegitimate. None of the literatures supporting Judaic dogmatic tradition "pre-Atlantis" are available for public viewing. Some (spurious copies) may languish in the Vatican and other "secret" vaults, but, suffice to say, if the truth was available original traditions would be unrecognisable today.
It does not need a maths genius to compute the notion that original (first batch) humans would have been conceived to fulfil the values of the creators (i.e. Sephardim). Though amino acid strings (biological dust) supposedly demonstrate modern day human is mostly ape, there must have been considerable genetic convergence over the ages. This suggests perhaps there was a later (but prior to Atlantis) attempt to "cross-breed" humans and Neanderthals to "once and for all" wipe out glaring differences in temperament. Even so, there is another possible interpretation of the Adam and Eve tale that rather sours my thunder to this point, probably changing the dynamics of hereditary ownership of man. For instance, the snake is reported as influencing Eve to offer the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge to Adam.
"Eve", according to tradition, is described as "female" and, in this vein, is contextually placed as Adam's wife. Adam has a wife so there is no ambiguity over his "sex", whereas (if contextual conditioning was voided) Eve might be male or female. By giving historic tradition limited credence, I may have fallen into the trap I advised of earlier. Could we suppose that "Eve" was not only male, but also not remotely feminine in character? If this was so, could "Eve" be Neanderthal? Were Adam, as described, to represent Gargantuan man (satisfying Enoch's flamboyant account), then Neanderthal would have been a "minor" version. This would also mean that hu-man is something else entirely – an "alien" to Earth, perhaps.
The Anunaki's direct relationship with man is something of a mystery. Tribal legends, such as Australia's aboriginal "Rainbow Serpent" tales paint some glorious pictures. Others are more cautious, some damning even. Zoroastrianism places a priority on measures to affectively avoid connecting with parasitic currents to ward off "possession". After "banishment from Eden", it is debatable whether human had any opportunity to commune with the Anunaki. In relative terms, a giant cosmic war over Earth was sparked only a little (no more than 10,000 years and possibly very much less) after humanity's creation.
Fugitive Sirians appear to have moved our entire population to pastures' green on Mars, the original location of "Atlantis". To me I find it fascinating that two of the extremely rare surface life supporting planets from millions that do not happened to be a cosmic stone's throw apart. Perhaps I shall philosophise on that more in some future entry. Fortuitously a meteorite disaster wiped most of the atmosphere off Mars' planet surface a couple of thousand years after the Anunaki had formally evacuated Earth (according to Sumerian texts, after attempting to destroy mankind – Neanderthal). Humans were transplanted back home in the range of 30-32,000 years ago. Monuments such as the Sphinx (albeit a downsized version of a much larger and much more ancient structure) and the Great Pyramid of Giza were erected to mark our return and other things.
The "evidence" (presuming it is not corrupt) implies human, other than for a short early spell (at Eden), has had no interaction with the Anunaki. There is a minor idiosyncrasy that contradicts this opinion. The Anunaki did not evacuate Earth (as described) but, rather, became incompatible with the "physical" timeline manifestation. Residues and incomplete effects did remain and this (I imagine) is what the prophet Zoroaster (correctly) warned of. Energy fields directly conflicting with our lateral paths were devoid of spirituality after the greater Anunaki's ascension. Even so, dimensionally complete clearly they were also not something to be "crossed", as I believe (with good authority) YHWH (in part) is biblical code that corresponds to those of the highest spiritual authority.
Contextually, this means that YHWH "angered at the creation of human" could have been none other than Anunaki, unless the statement was a microcosm. Was that to be true, then YHWH (i.e. one of the highest relative authority) is a Pteroid (putting things "in perspective", mothman would class as one of these as well) and not a reference to the Anunaki. I have dealt with Anunaki hierarchies in several other places on this website, but here's another brief summary to stem off any possible confusion at this vital point. Anunaki (including the energy field colloquially known as "Lucifer") delineate to Ba'al, the group name of a series of permanently metaphysical "Gods". These created physical dragons to manage carnal genetics. Though Tyrannosaurus Rex was their first attempt at "man", an intelligent, "talking" biped was made in order to pay homage to the dinosaurs. New man "Pteroid" was formulated from DNA based on structures that are used in modern day apes and other creatures. In full form, the catalogue was partially representative of pterodactyl genetic heritage too.
Pteroids created the Ciakars (in cooperation with an extra-terrestrial syndicate of species). This gave them superficial overlord status (above the Sephardim, of course). Even so politics are rather more complicated here because [fully extra-terrestrial] Lyrans were also the co-creators of the Ciakars. While on Earth's surface they assumed roles as leaders and protectors of the reptilian masses. When their regime was conquered and overtaken by Lemurian invaders around a million years ago, who forced them inside Earth, Lyrans' lost their prowess. Reptilians began ruling over their creators from then onwards. Also, because they (reptilians) were more extra-terrestrial than genetically native, the bond with the Pteroids was much weaker. Given these facts, why wouldn't the Sephardim feel they have the prowess to deflect Pteroid overlordship? Therefore, I won't go as far to say that there have been skirmishes, but, there is no doubt direct interaction between Ciakars and Pteroids (ironically the term "Draco" is said to represent that cooperative) is acrimonious at best. As far as I can ascertain, culturally one avoids the other.
Human's theorised ascension will be problematical for control agents within the Draco. In that new heightened spiritual state the Anunaki (who never left) will no longer be "beyond reach". This means (from the Draco perspective) they may start interfering in our affairs. The Draco take this very seriously, for every Anunaki "gain" is their "loss". Over thousands of years frequency fences and other measures have been implemented as attempts to "cap" our DNA directive potential (something that actually even transcends Anunaki involvement). Under Draco management, hybrid [Zeta] Grey Beings tried to disconnect the Sun's magnetic influence over Earth. That disastrous 1943 operation is affectionately remembered (but incorrectly described) as the "Philadelphia Experiment". Timeline repercussions continue to this day and possibly explain some of the spectacular leeches (such as places inexplicably shifting "out of period" and then "back to reality", individuals walking through or into alien timelines and so on) featured in sensational spurious reports.
Draco connection to/manipulation of human is demonstrable. However, prurient tales of people (notably "politicians") with shape-shifting capability does everything to foggy reason. Given the nature of atoms, each body operates as a perpetual state of flux. For humans in particular, this means for "split seconds" we can revert to different forms ghosted in our DNA. It has been long known that we cannot see reality. We naturally tune into purposeful illusions, so, for example, when a cuttlefish appears to "morph" into a design we recognise, the design (even as an effect of pixilation) becomes real. If we could see properly, our bodies would be a mass of light dedicated by shimmering atoms. These miniscule "exchanges" actually very rapidly shift through all the many modules that make up our form. What we "see" is an "overview". Occasionally, at certain very rare times, the atomic pull of a particular facet of latent DNA may visually interrupt for long enough to "override" the human form. Here "long enough" might equate to no more than micro-seconds so it is unlikely any eye would ever pick it up.
Photography, on the other hand, only captures (we assume) unbiased prints of light. Therefore, considering the flux factor (perhaps also a derivative or by-product of Sheldrake's morphic resonance), the camera is much more likely to pick up anomalies, depending on which split second is captured. Even so, only a very, very fast shutter speed would be effective at providing hard evidence worthy of demystifying current apathy. There has been no camera made with sufficient operational capability to guarantee results. Assuming, at some juncture, equipment is produced that satisfies correct output, what are we looking for? A rhetorical question motivated by numerous aimless "cat's eyes" videos on YouTube, I believe even "the Clintons" are implicated in this grand conspiracy. According to certain bone-headed speculators, those that appear to transform as hairless cats are the evidence of a "reptilian takeover".
The takeover, as we are aware now, happened thousands of years ago and they have hardly needed to show themselves. Cat's eyes do not necessarily signify reptilian qualities. Human DNA is complex and ever reaching. Many, many unknown and unheard of extra-terrestrial forms are incorporated in that directory. In fact ranges of certain different core entity types display characteristics that compare to cat's eyes. One familiar example is the Lyran. Oddly, given their feline status, only some (but by no means all) show matching facial features. There is even a Mantis variant that has very strange looking topical optics.
So what is the best way to tell "reptilians" (specifically) from others? Well, the reptilian classes can be broken into thousands beyond thousands of varieties (many, by the by, do not have cat's eyes). One thing that is "unmistakably different" about them is their skin. Some are striped, patterned, corrugated, scaled, but the commonest dermis in relation to us is a skin as "clean" as ours. It has vaguely translucent qualities and might be said to "shine" or give off some sort of effervescent hue. The colour range is greater than our limited spectrum, but even so, to experts, essential evidence is unmistakeable. Unfortunately, for those that blather fantasy, imperceptible confirmation is irrelevant.
There is much greater potential to validate the Draco's physical takeover by locating any of their numerous branding chips that plague wider human populations. How is it possible for millions of humans to be branded without knowledge of the fact or any cognitive witnesses? Perhaps "aided" by captured "Zetas", the Draco have learned to manipulate the cracks in time, which they access via sub-space. Under these conditions, they are able to operate "outside time". Effects of actions are recognised, of course, otherwise implants would vanish as soon as they were subject to real time. Lateral time comes with many fields (which can be considered independent of one another) of which "motion" is a detachable characteristic. In other words, disable the field and you have time without motion.
I have played devil's advocate here a little. Why would the Draco waste their valuable time (even if borrowed from sub-space) manufacturing futility? An ancient matrix of crystals in conjunction with Earth has been adapted to administer control measures over humans. Reptilian analysts sit (or stand) at, I must say, rather elegant terminals which display data in a way very similar to weather analysis charts. Our thoughts are graphically represented as convenient "blocks". Only occasional "toxic influencers" (of group thought patterns) require periodical one on one adjustment. Therefore, in truth, humans are very rarely "chipped" because it is not necessary. To them dear old human is about as predictable sheep are to shepherds. This might be a good moment to introduce another "connection" that abruptly coincided with the draft of this article. I learn of Russell S. Brinegar's weighty volume "Overlords of the Singularity" which, according to the brief, reflects on a synthetic matrix integrated "over" existence here.
Devices (implants) are often totally organic and, as such, are structured to be the same as the body's general anatomic environment. That is why occasional talents with the ability to locate and remove chips regularly watch their acclaimed bounty disintegrate, once out of the body. Metallic materials are strangely organic too. That is because they are created by technologies and methods alien to man. Use of devices might not only be limited to adjusting potential threats to the equilibrium. There is also the potential cause (at the very least) of aiding prolific "reptilians in human bodies". I have already highlighted this, but (dare I say?) one of the failings of our DNA is it sheer range. It makes it very hard to identify what "to be human" is. What's happened, of course, is all latent qualities have been bundled together "as one". Perhaps I should say, to be empirically human is to be many things.
There is much talk of men trapped in female bodies and vice versa in popular gossip columns. What of residual "extra-terrestrial" heritage, such as reptilian nature? If a human's ethos was mostly reptilian, how would that impact soul development? Or, to put it another way, are there any differences between a reptilian soul and a human's and, if so, what are they? To answer these very pertinent questions effectively, we must consider alignment based on genetic heritage. A good example is this. The natural duck will never bark like a dog. An unnatural duck can be given genetic attributes that enable it to bark like a dog. It will never "be" a dog, of course, just as a plant that grows ears of the correct variety will never be human. However, in direct correlation with kaleidoscopic DNA, the human (theoretically, at least) can branch in more or less any direction he wants. Thus, the notion of group sovereignty can only be judged as an illusory anathema.
Liberally put, every human has the potential (at least) to be unique so there is no specific right way for soul development. However, there are too many genetic distractions and body limitations for any human to be worthy of full reptilian status. I fear if anyone did make that classification they would be violently outlawed from society. This happened before, thousands of years ago. Humans and reptilians do not socially integrate well. Perhaps the ophidian penchant for blood orgies and ritual sacrifice was the clincher to end relationships. As I outline here, these traditions had great purpose and were not the irrational, macabre, exploitative excesses as made up by modern day gutter press agents.
Be it Sephardic scandals successfully court Linda Moulton Howe and fellow high profile agitators of the plastic "Pleaidian Alliance", this merely reinforces the age old reptilian principle "the gullible deserve to be conned". If testimonies of Simon Parkes, Ken Bakeman, Eva Draconis and other genre luminaries are to be taken seriously, they all portray reptilians as blunt to the point of offense (the ones dressed in NAZI uniforms are particularly rude). Forthright honesty and manipulative truthfulness are the linchpins of ophidian character. Dragon qualities one would expect of a school matron amply satisfy this concept. Propagandas backed off Sirian outrage have unfairly cast all reptilians as purveyors of the negative aspects (i.e. lust, greed, insensitivity, cowardice) of human spectral character. The Sirians took umbrage at the fact their serpentine guests at Atlantis would go to any lengths to avoid following their laws (or, rather, they called these principled standards or words to the effect). Slipperiness was a remark mostly referring to a wholesome cunning concealed in herpetological nature.
Interestingly, one of the spiritual figureheads the Ciakars used as mascot to preside over ritual ceremonies rather contradicts earlier sentiment of mine. There have been many names given to assign the Godly Satyr over the ages. The one I prefer most, as it is the most authentic, is Baphomet. Gutter press agents foully distort the truth with depressing regularly. There is no connection between Baphomet (the magnificent Pteroid) and Satan. Though Satan's metaphoric fall has been used deceptively out of context in varied folklores over the ages, He was the first evidence of God in manifest form and was functional in creating the entire astral canopy that still exists today.
Specifically, the reason Baphomet was worshiped by the reptilians is he created man. Blood is the force that permits life and that is why blood sacrifices were employed as the communication offering. The Catholic Church (albeit comprising vague remnants of Babylonian paganism) attempts to mimic this effect with Christ's communion. However, for humans the "belief in" transcendental qualities of holy bread and wine must satisfy in place of the real flesh and blood of Christ. This suggests to me, comparatively, reptilians are much more mentally strong and lacking in vanity than human. Would they worship unknown Gods simply because they are "told" Scriptures are "holy" (sic)? By the same token, would their Scriptures ever blindly usurp reason and the need for due diligence?
Perhaps I could have devoted more time to the ascension of man and given precise details on the effects of future Anunaki transference. That will have to await a future writing project, something to anticipate at the time of readiness. Before I go, I can announce I have found an open access point to the centre of the Earth located in the northern hemisphere. It is situated in wild country and is colloquially unknown. Because of its position of cultural ambiguity, no legends make mention of it either. A little crack in the exterior has failed to capture the attention of any Earth man, ever. No civilisation can be reached for hundreds of miles, but there are unique creatures and faunas close to the surface, so I will journey to the site within one year of this day. How far I venture will depend on the hostility of the terrain and willingness of supplies. Let us hope I am blessed with good fortune.


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►Greek Mythology: "Artemis´Dual Archetype" / "Collaboration with Resa McConaghy and Mirjana M. Inalman"🌛🏹.
Artemis (Roman Equivalent: Diana) is often depicted in two ways: as a huntress goddess and as the goddess of the Moon.
Artemis was the first-born child of Zeus and Leto. Her mother was forbidden by jealous Hera to give birth anywhere on the earth but the floating island of Delos provided her sanctuary. Immediately after her birth, Artemis helped her mother deliver Apollo for which she is sometimes called a goddess of childbirth.
Before Artemis became goddess of the moon, the Titaness Selene owned the Moon chariot, which she drove across the sky at night. When Typhon began his path of destruction to Mount Olympus, Selene rode into battle with the moon chariot. Therefore, soon after, Artemis was the legatee of the carriage. In the same way, Apollo received the Chariot of the Sun, once the sun of Helios became identified with him.
Furthermore, in Greek mythology, there are many goddesses associated with the moon. These include Selene, the personification of the moon itself, Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, and Hecate, the goddess of crossroads and witchcraft.
Together Artemis, Selene and Hecate embody the phases of the moon. Many depictions of Selene show her wearing a crescent moon, and one of Hecate's symbols includes the dark circle of the new moon.
Artemis is one of the goddesses that make up the triple goddess symbol:
•The Maiden -waxing moon- Artemis, represents the huntress on earth
•The Mother -full moon- Selene, represents the moon in the heavens
•The Crone -waning moon- Hecate, represents the underworld
Probably the state of the moon was given to Artemis solely to compliment the depiction of her twin brother Apollo, the Sun God, during the time when the blending of the Greek and Roman Pantheon took place.
In her two sides, Artemis is mostly seen as the Goddess of Hunt, where she wears a short tunic with her hair into a ponytail, holding a bow and quiver and mostly with her golden stag. When she is the Goddess of the Moon, she wears a long gossamer dress and has her hair held up.
In contrast to the primarily social community that made up the Greek Pantheon, Artemis has been depicted throughout mythos as keeping fairly isolated.
When Artemis was presented to Zeus for the first time as a small child, the father bequeathed his child whatever she desired.
Artemis is, moreover, like Apollo, unmarried.
She is a maiden divinity never conquered by love. The priests and priestesses devoted to her service were bound to live pure and chaste, and transgressions of their vows of chastity were severely punished.
Artemis is considered one of the virgin goddesses on Mount Olympus besides Athena and Hestia.
However, Jean Bolen in her book "Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Every woman" clarifies that the term "virgin" does not necessarily denotes "chastity", but rather that a woman governed by the Artemis´archetype is "psychologically virginal", free and untamed. She may love but she will never give herself over entirely, or her freedom will be at risk.
Artemis ´s love towards Orion, the sole icon of romantic love, ends tragically.
Links Post:
This second part of the post on Artemis consists of a collaboration with Resa McConaghy and Mirjana M. Inalman.
Resa is an artist and costume designer from Canada.
Mirjana (AKA Oloriel) is a Serbian artist, writer and poet.
Resa invited us to join us in a project aiming to recreate Artemis´manifold attributes.
Taking into account the purposes of this project, Resa created a beautiful gown based on Artemis while Mirjana wrote a great poem as a poetic tribute to the goddess .
So, with that being said, let´s move on to the collaboration at issue!.
Resa created a stunning gown. She named it "Artemis by Moonlight". She chose an abstract animal print and copper satin for the tails.
She painted part of the fabric with iridescent metallic paint. Besides she added satin tubes and braids to adorn the gown. Both the rounded tail and the moon shaped copper amulet mimic Artemis as the Goddess of the Moon. The ending product stands out! 😀
Want to see more?. Please check out Resa´s post "Artemis by Moonlight", on her blog Art Gowns.
(Disclaimer: All photographs below were taken by Resa and featured on her blog."Artemis by Moonlight" . Artgown by © Resa McConaghy. 2017).-
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Invoking the Huntress
The crescent beckons a heave,
a touch upon your corners,
a light brewing
not like a thunderstorm, or a torrent,
but a sickle ready to brand you
in red-
you will be
like two eyes among the pines,
as she lowers her hips downwards,
descends her bow to your forehead;
she tramples your heart with her deer,
her name preaches – You can be here, free;
free in the forest of flesh,
a dancing hunter among the cypress.
She will give you the bear – to fold his head before you.
She will give you the wolf – its maw now your sisterhood.
She will give you the boar – the towns named after your sins but dust beneath him.
She will give you the stag – the horns ripping the night itself to drip
over mouths of dirty gold
whispering her hymns.
Her Kingdom atop the arrowhead
more eternal than the sway of day,
the wilderness, soft and pure, and nectar
grow out the belly
and may
it not fetter the beasts,
let them run through her chambers of your bones and chest;
let her tame them with a single breath.
Her name, like a dream of ground
wet with vine, sizzling like fire
over which the prey darkens,
her innocence unlike any altar,
her savagery unlike any temple,
she arrives
and the winds grasp for air;
Ursa major sticking from her untouched hair,
a moonlight promise,
a devotion of flame
made of her vestibule,
silvery debris
her name, Artemis.
© Mirjana M. Inalman. 2017 .-

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I have a small electronic weather station on my desk, and this morning I was surprised to find the following forecast:
Partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, 10% chance of Rapture
You've probably heard of the Christian preacher who predicted the Rapture would come today, May 21st. If you're not familiar with the Rapture, you could be excused for confusing "Rapture" with the word "raptor" like I did. When you hear "the raptor will come May 21st," you don't pause to consult the Internet or the Bible, you race to board up windows, and you watch Jurassic Park for hints of the velociraptor's weakness.
Once I learned the Rapture was coming–and not the raptor–I didn't take it too seriously, but just to be sure, I called all the people who owe me money and told them I needed it by May 20th at the absolute latest.
Next I borrowed as much money as possible and told all my new creditors I would pay them double on May 22nd.
Yesterday I told my wife I would start doing yoga with her for a year starting May 22nd in exchange for her making me a sandwich. The worst part is my wife probably would have made me a sandwich anyway.
But May 21st has come, and I'm still here, and still dressed up in my best slacks and tuxedo t-shirt.
I'm not an expert on the Rapture, so I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it seems only the righteous will be taken. I don't mean to sound like I'm criticizing the Rapture, but could I suggest it might be a lot more fun if we were all taken, kind of like how Christmas is more fun and inclusive because everybody gets a present instead of only the birthday person? But I don't want to criticize the way the Rapture is run–I'm sure there are all sorts of logistical details to work out when millions of people are traveling through the sky together. I know I get exhausted just planning bathroom breaks for a wife and two kids while traveling–imagine the rest stop logistics for 200 million people.
Just to be sure the Rapture hadn't actually happened, I called my friend Shannon, who is the only person I know whom I expect to be Raptured, and she's still here. I haven't personally seen her yet, so it's possible she was speaking on her cell phone from heaven. (Note: If she was calling from heaven, the cell phone reception is excellent. I wonder who their carrier is.)
I hope people don't give this preacher too hard a time because the Rapture didn't come. I say kudos to him for making a bold prediction. I myself wouldn't have the moxie to predict something as big as the end of the world. I would start small by saying, "I predict this pie will be excellent!" and when the pie turns out to be excellent–because pie usually is–right from the start I'm batting 1 for 1. (If you haven't heard of pie, I suggest you try it. I predict you won't be disappointed.)
Next I will predict Oprah's last show will get dynamite ratings. Now I'm batting 2 for 2.
My final prediction would be that Thanksgiving will take place on the last Wednesday of November instead of Thursday–a prediction so oddly idiosyncratic people will stop and listen. Most people probably won't believe me, but maybe 10% will remember Paul was right about pie and Oprah and think, maybe we should get a turkey on Tuesday instead of Wednesday, just to be sure. Pretty soon everybody is buying Thanksgiving food on Tuesday, cooking it on Wednesday morning just so it can be ready on Wednesday or Thursday, and then Wednesday afternoon everybody smells that pumpkin pie, and they remember my earlier prediction about pie being excellent, and they just can't wait until Thursday to eat that pie.
Paul just made Thanksgiving come on Wednesday.


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Dresden Files #12
Author: Jim Butcher
Format: audio book
Publisher: Penguin Audio Books
Release Date: 4/6/2010
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes (HC is 448 pages)
Acquired: Audible.com
The blurb from the website:
Long ago, Susan Rodriguez was Harry Dresden's lover – until she was attacked by his enemies, leaving her torn between her own humanity and the bloodlust of the vampiric Red Court. Susan then disappeared to South America, where she could fight both her savage gift and those who cursed her with it.
Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it – against Harry. To prevail this time, he may have no choice but to embrace the raging fury of his own untapped dark power.
Because Harry's not fighting to save the world…
He's fighting to save his child.
My spoiler-riddled thoughts
Jim Butcher has the greatest opening lines for his Dresden books:
I answered the phone, and Susan Rodriguez said, "They've taken our daughter." I sat there for a long five count, swallowed, and said, "Um. What?" "You heard me, Harry," Susan said gently. "Oh," I said. "Um."
I think those few simple words perfectly capture Harry's utter shock at Susan's revelation. It's been some 8 years since Harry's seen her and she sure never mentioned that their last encounter had produced a little bundle of joy.
Harry struggles with anger a lot during this book and it's no wonder. He's pissed at Susan for not telling him he was a father. He's probably a little pissed at himself for not being there for his daughter, despite the fact that he didn't know that she existed. And mostly, he's phenomenally pissed at Arianna Ortega, widow of Duke Ortega… as well as the entire Red Court for having the audacity to kidnap his child in order to get at him.
Harry is ready to kick some major ass and God help anyone that gets in his way. And so Mr. Butcher commences with the destruction of Harry's entire life.
His building is destroyed by explosives that were wired into the walls of Harry's office, something for which he is being investigated by CPD. He learns that the Red Court intends to sacrifice the daughter he didn't know he had as part of a curse. He seeks assistance from the White Council but finds no help there or even from his fellow Wardens. Ivy, the Archive is also unable to assist directly. His car is destroyed, his house is burned down, he's paralyzed and an angel from Heaven above is even powerless to do anything for him.
All seems hopeless, even moreso than usual for a Harry Dresden tale. As is also usual: Harry's pre-Hell-breaking-loose checklist.
'Focus. Forethought. Reason. Sound judgement. That's what was going to get me through this.
Fact one, my daughter was still in danger.
Fact two, I was hurt. Maybe badly, maybe forever. Even the efficient resilience of a wizard's body had its limits and a broken spine was quite likely beyond them.
Fact three, Susan and Martin could not get the girl out on their own.
Fact four, there wasn't a lot of help forthcoming. Maybe, with Sanya along, the suicidal mission could be considered only mostly suicidal… Sanya was the wielder of Esperacchius, The Sword of Hope. We needed hope right now. At least I did.
Fact five, I'd missed the rendezvous with Ebenezar many hours ago. I'd never intended to go and there was nothing I could do about the fact that he was going to be upset. But my absence had probably cost me the support of the Grey Council, such as it was.
Fact six, Sanya, Susan, Martin and whatever scanty help I could drum up couldn't get to Chichen Itza without me and I sure as hell couldn't get there in the shape I was in. According to the stored memories in my mother's jewel, the Way required a swim.
Fact seven, I was going to show up for my daughter and to hell with what it would cost. And there were only so many options open to me.
I took the least terrifying one.'
And then he summons Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness, who eventually consents to bestow upon him the mantle of the Winter Knight. In a very… interesting yet terrifying way.
'What we did wasn't sex, regardless of what it appeared to be. You can't have sex with a thunderstorm, an earthquake, a furious winter gale. You can't make love to a mountain, a lake of ice, a freezing wind.'
Harry's War Council, which consists of most of the regular players, heads out to do battle with the entire Red Court of vampires. I won't detail the whole of the battle or the end of the book here because, as usual, Butcher skillfully and beautifully crams so much between the covers of this book that to do so would result in a massive review, such as the one I posted last summer (this is a much-revised version of that monster). The sheer amount of information and action that he includes in these stories never ceases to amaze me.
This book was just brutal to Harry. He loses his office, his car, his home… he loses his child almost as soon as he learns of her existence, and he also not only loses her mother but carries the guilt of using her to destroy his enemies. He loses his freedom by becoming the Winter Knight and worries that he'll lose himself by doing so… and finally, when there's almost nothing left, he loses his very life.
This was only my second time listening to this particular book in the series and I don't remember having such strong emotional reactions to some of these scenes the first time through. I'm not sure what it is, exactly–perhaps it's my increased familiarity with the story and the characters or my heightened appreciation for the genius of James Marsters' reading, or both–but I found myself in tears more frequently and I cried more intensely than I did when listening to this book for the first time last year.
So, I'm caught up. Finally. And now, I can get to this beautiful book sitting next to me, #13 in the series, which is fittingly and hauntingly titled Ghost Story.
Chapter 1…
My own personal summary:
The one in which Harry: learns he's a dad; tells Susan it's over, for realsies; learns that the Red Court owns his building, just before they blow it up; crashes Arianna Ortega's bullshit bid for peace in Edinburgh; flees from his basement into the Nevernever and fights a giant centipede; hides Bob and the holy swords in the Nevernever; gets arrested; sees his godmother who gives him a jewel, left in her possession by his mother; meets a god; is sad over the final destruction of the Blue Beetle; helplessly watches Thomas almost eat Molly; saves his elderly neighbors from the fire that destroys the boarding house; is paralyzed; begs an archangel for help; becomes the Winter Knight; wears armor; gets turned into a dog; learns exactly how intelligent Mouse really is; duels Duchess Ortega; saves his daughter; destroys the entire Red Court by killing new-vamp-Susan and generally hates himself for it; learns that Ebenezar is his grandfather and that the bloodline curse was primarily aimed at him; plans a date with Murphy; and… is murdered.
Fave quotes:
"Something like this will test you like nothing else. You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going to find out which principles you'll stand by to your death–and which lines you'll cross. You're heading into the badlands. It'll be easy to get lost." ~Mac to Harry
'"Ack!" Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.'
"I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows." ~Harry to Murphy
"Booya! What have you got for a fiery beam of death? Huh?! You've got nothing for a fiery beam of death! Might as well go back to Atari bug boy, 'cause YOU don't got game enough for ME!" ~Harry to the giant centipede
'Hells bells, I needed to stop being so arrogant.'
"Not ready for the burden of wise-assery are you." ~Harry, in a Yoda voice, to Molly
"If we only had a wheel barrow, that would be something." ~Harry
"Wizards don't giggle. This is cackling." ~Harry to Murphy
"The more I look at it, the more certain I am that I have no idea what's going on." ~Harry
"I met the Eebs while you three were playing with the ick… ick… with the ickcoocachoo. With the Ick." ~Harry to Molly
"Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return." ~Uriel to Harry
'I carefully kept myself from letting out a shriek. It would have been unwizardly.'
"I don't think I'm temperamentally suited for the action thing." ~Butters to Harry
"Did it hurt when you kissed Mab? Because I always thought that her lips looked so cold that they would burn like streetlamps in Winter. Oo-OOO-ooh, did your tongue get stuck to her like on that Christmastime show?" ~Toot-toot to Harry
"So. Mab. You hit that. You… tapped that ass." ~Sanya to Harry
"Good, now we have somewhere to go, someone to rescue. This part, I know how to do." ~Sanya to Harry
'Hope was a force of nature.'
'Go, go gadget Faustian bargain.'
'I stared up at the Erl King and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uhhh-ohhh."'
"Wow. You really do have a faerie godmother." ~Susan to Harry
'If I was on the road to hell, at least I was going in style.'
"That bitch." ~Mouse, referring to Lea
"Restore them before I rip your ass off. Literally rip it off." ~Mouse to Lea
"Bite me… asshole." ~Harry to the Red King
'I used the knife. I saved a child. I won a war. God forgive me.'
"Only so many black-hearted villains in the world and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day." ~Ebenezar
'The only thing certain in life is change. Most of my changes lately hadn't been good ones.'
'Typical. Even when you're dead, it doesn't get any easier.'
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From Left to Right: LoveBook founders: Rob Patterson, John Baranowski, Chris Sonjeow and Kevin Zalewski
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Scribbling and doodling into a lined notebook he picked up at a drugstore, Rob Patterson detailed all the reasons he loved his wife.
Instead of mocking Patterson, three of his male buddies turned those sweet gestures -- which his wife deemed the most romantic gift she'd received -- into a rock solid business.
At LoveBookOnline.com, where Patterson is CEO, users create personalized books for spouses, girlfriends or boyfriends, containing illustrations and text (relating to a couple's inside jokes or personal history).
The books cost between $29.95 and $44.95.
"We wanted to help the hopeless romantic guy who didn't have a romantic bone in his body and needed some help," said Chris Sonjeow, chief marketing officer, who has a computer-animation degree and formerly worked as an illustrator at an advertising agency. "It really gets to the personal side of why we care about each other. These are therapeutic devices couples can use to connect."
In May, LoveBook, based outside of Detroit in Royal Oak, Mich., and founded in 2006, crossed over the million-dollar-revenue mark.
People often associate Detroit with the automotive industry, and as a result look down on LoveBook, Sonjeow said. "But the tech community here is taking off," he said. Their geographic location didn't provide easy access to venture capitalists or angel investors, leading them to put up $13,000 of their own money.
The four co-founders were having so much fun they didn't even notice they'd hit the milestone. That same month, an appearance on the "Today Show" put a serious spike into sales. Valentine's Day sales earlier this year had created a snowball effect.
"We had so much momentum -- work, the product and making improvements -- we just kind of rolled over (the milestone) without much fanfare," Sonjeow said.
How did crossing the $1 million mark change their lives?
"We were always wondering, 'How many of these could we sell in a day?'" said Kevin Zalewski, chief technology officer. "We were finally able to quit our day jobs and do this full-time."
They recently hired two art directors, bringing their employee count to six, and are learning from a few bumps in their business plan. While one advantage to an e-business is ease in capturing user statistics, eyeing those stats too closely caused them to not pay enough attention to revenue.
Typical of most startups, each employee wore many hats and shared accounting tasks. Nobody knew specifics about cash flow, return on investments and monies owed. Fortunately, the company was in good financial shape.
A $10,000 ad for LoveBook that ran online hadn't turned profitable, yet none of the employees found out until later, because the job of watching that ad hadn't been delegated.
After the $1 million mark, LoveBook hired an accountant. Sonjeow built tools to better track marketing efforts. "We know down to the dollar what this ad cost us and how much revenue it brought in," he said.
John Baranowski, LoveBook's chief information officer, who worked as director of IT at an engineering firm, handles most of the company's technical needs.
What typically brings users to LoveBookOnline.com is the hunt for an anniversary gift.
Kristin Lewnes, of Annapolis, Md., discovered LoveBook while clicking around online for the perfect first-year anniversary gift. "I had so much fun putting it together -- thinking of reasons why I love my husband -- and then creating fun stick figures to correlate to those reasons," she said.
A prolific writer, she emailed back and forth with Sonjeow to make sure there wasn't a cap on the number of pages. "He said you could have as many pages as you want for the same price, so I made a hardcover book with about 144 pages."
"When I go to bed at night I know I'm going to bed happy, because other people are happy in their relationships," Sonjeow said.
Sonjeow admits LoveBook has saved his marriage. He has on more than one occasion pulled out the Love Book during an argument with his wife. After flipping through it together, the fight becomes history.
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I am currently experiencing home hardware issues but I still couldn't miss Wordless Wednesday.
This is my mother's unintentional version of the Victorian Hidden Mother—which I learned about at the blog The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things.
That's my brother and I (and Mom behind the tree) on the Michigan State University Campus.
Happy hunting,


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The former Tennessee quarterback and former Florida coach had a one-sided rivalry that helped define an era of Southeastern Conference football. Manning set records in Knoxville, Tennessee, and won just about every award short of the Heisman Trophy, but his teams never beat Spurrier's mighty Gators.
Famous for his zingers, Spurrier said on the rare occasion he runs into Manning these days, there is no trash talk. There's just mutual admiration and the chance to talk ball with one of the best quarterbacks the coach has ever seen. The secret to beating Manning was really no secret at all, Spurrier said.
"We just got ready to play the best we could," Spurrier said. "Offense. Defense. Just seemed to work out. They didn't have their best game a lot and it seemed like we always played well."
Spurrier and Manning were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday night at the National Football Foundation's awards banquet in Manhattan.
The rest of the players in Hall of Fame class included Marshall Faulk of San Diego State; 2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart of Southern California; Bob Crable of Notre Dame; Kirk Gibson, the National League MVP in 1988 and former Michigan State receiver; Bob McKay of Texas; Dat Nguyen of Texas A&M; Mike Ruth of Boston College; Brian Urlacher of New Mexico; and Adrian Peterson of Georgia Southern.
"He's the real Adrian Peterson," Urlacher said of his old Chicago Bears teammate.
Peterson's college career ended in 2001, a few years before that other Adrian Peterson became a star at Oklahoma and went on to a brilliant career in the NFL. This Peterson still holds the Division I career rushing record with 6,559 yards.
Peterson said he always remembered what his first football coach told him when he was growing up in Alachua, Florida.
"You should never let one person bring you down. From the age of 6, that kind of stuck with me," he said.
The other coaches inducted into the Hall of Fame were Larry Kehres, who led Division III Mount Union to 11 national titles and a .930 winning percentage in 27 seasons, and Danny Ford, who coached Clemson to its first national championship at the age of 33.
Spurrier became the fourth person to be inducted into the hall as both a player and a coach. Spurrier started his head coaching career at Duke from 1987-89 and credited his time there with allowing him to understand what it took to have a winning team.
"The offense had to play close to perfect just about every game. We couldn't play stupid and have touchdowns called back to have any chance to win. We had outstanding offensive guys. Defense was a little light, but they played their hearts out. So whatever kind of coach I became, I think I learned it at Duke University," Spurrier said.
He went on to coach at Florida, where he also won the Heisman in 1966, and went 122-27-1 with the Gators, including a national title in 1996. After a brief stint with the Washington Redskins, he returned to college with South Carolina and became its winningest coach, too.
Manning played four years at Tennessee, passing up a chance to leave early and be a high draft pick. He finished with 11,201 yards passing and 89 touchdown passes and was second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1997.
He follows in father Archie Manning's footsteps to the Hall of Fame. They are first father-son duo to be inducted into the College Football hall. Archie Manning was a star at Mississippi before going on to a long and successful NFL career, mostly with the New Orleans Saints.
Peyton Manning said he was 13 when his father was inducted and recalled being allowed to skip school with his brothers, Eli and Cooper, to attend the ceremony.
"First time wearing a tuxedo; first time being in New York. So that was a big deal," Peyton Manning said. "But I can remember what a big deal it was to my dad, that honor. A lot of Ole Miss people were here."
Manning said he allowed his kids to skip school to be at the ceremony, too.
"So it's kind of surreal thinking I'm going to experience that same moment tonight," Manning said.


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I am a sport girl. Like to be busy!!
Ma hobbies are: playing piano, basket ball, Chess, Swimming, reading books, Work out, Singing and dancing, yoga, studying, social worker and like to tease pple though!!
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I'm making my way back from vacation, slowly.
I wanted to quickly share a new service called AppMakr that allows anyone - even me - to easily create an iPhone app - for less than $200. With just a few clicks, I created an iPhone version of my blog.
The service provides a very user friendly interface to create a native iPhone application that you customize with images and content feeds. You can also monetize it by charging a fee or including ads. The service can publish your iPhone to the app store or for a higher fee you can publish with your own branding.
What you get is a very simple, informational iPhone app - it doesn't give you any interactive features that might be critical to achieving your goals. However, you'd probably be paying far more than $200, perhaps even as much as $10,000 for a customized app.
However, let's say you knew that your supporters/audience were iPhone users and were asking for ways to access your content on their iPhones. And, let's say you had an extremely limited budget, no design skills, and lacked iPhone programming expertise. This service is an inexpensive way to get your organization's content into an native iPhone.
If you want to be successful, I suggest that you spend time designing and planning your app than I did. For example, you could create multiple tabs. You'll also need to think about ways to promote it to your audience so they can find it and download it. And, of course, you'll need to figure out some metrics to measure your success.
If you're contemplating setting up a low cost experiment, AppMakr is offering a big discount to readers of this blog. You can create an iPhone app for $50. Just type in KANTER in the coupon area. The discount is good from 1/4 to 1/18.


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There has been a lot of media coverage today following a science workshop held at the Met Office HQ in Exeter yesterday.
Most of the articles go some way to capturing the science as it was delivered in the press briefing following the event – such as this article on the BBC News website. However, some stories, and particularly some headlines, do not.
The key point revolves around discussion of Atlantic ocean cycles, specifically one known as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), which can have an influence on UK summer weather.
Professor Stephen Belcher, Head of the Met Office Hadley Centre, and Dr James Screen, a NERC Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, were careful in their messaging about the AMO.
They talked about initial research which suggests this cycle, which can last for 10-20 years, can 'load the dice' to mean we may see a higher frequency of wetter than average summers before switching to its opposite phase, where we may see the opposite effect.
Currently, they said, it appears we are well into the 'wet' phase of this cycle, so it may continue to have an influence for a few more years to come.
That does not mean every summer will be a 'washout' for the next decade and shouldn't be taken as a deterministic forecast for what we will see in the years to come.
First of all, we've seen five summers of higher than average rainfall in the last six years (with 2010 being the exception, which had average levels of rainfall). Even within each of those years we have seen periods of decent weather – so there's no expectation of total washouts for the whole summer.
Secondly, the research suggests there is a tendency towards a higher frequency of wetter than average summers – so we could still see summers which buck this trend.
And finally, this research is still at an early phase and more work needs to be done to see exactly how this process works and how we can predict its influence on future seasons.
So, much like a blog we recently wrote about this year's summer, it's fair to say that you shouldn't write off summers for the next decade or so.
We expect to be publishing a guest blog from scientists at the University of Reading on the science they presented to the workshop yesterday, so look out for that in the coming days.
You can now see video of the Professor Stephen Belcher speaking at the press conference which followed the science workshop on 18 June on our Youtube channel.


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I've been catching glimpses of the Wendy Williams show over the last few weeks, and I've been quite intrigued by the fabulous crystal cat eye reading glasses she's being wearing. After a little Google search, I found out that they are made by a company called Divalicious.
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Today is Be Bold Friday. Go after what you want to do; be who you want to be and move through the discomfort you feel as you stretch beyond your present conditions. Believe me, its worth it!
Love, Creativity, Blessings & Light


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Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin, Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and self-described "barroom guitarist," is widely considered to be one of the pivotal founders of the current Americana music scene. A fourth generation Californian, Dave Alvin grew up in Downey, California as the local landscape quickly evolved from orange groves and dairy farms to tract homes and freeways.
Since forming the highly influential roots rock/R+B band The Blasters, with his brother Phil in 1979, and throughout his long and critically acclaimed solo career, Dave Alvin has mixed his varied musical and literary influences into his own unique, updated version of traditional American music. Combining elements of blues, folk, R+B, rockabilly, Bakersfield country and garage rock and roll with lyrical inspiration from local writers and poets like Raymond Chandler, Gerald Locklin and Charles Bukowski, Alvin says that his songs are "just like California. A big, messy melting pot."
Dave Alvin's 30 years of recordings and live performances move through the loud, aggressive rock and roll of The Blasters to the contemplative acoustic storytelling of his solo albums, (KING OF CALIFORNIA, BLACKJACK DAVID, DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN) and from the traditional folk of his Grammy winning CD, PUBLIC DOMAIN to the electric blues of his ASHGROVE CD. Alvin has always managed to unite seemingly disparate genres into a cohesive vision of contemporary roots music. You can expect no less from his latest album, ELEVEN ELEVEN, released on Yep Roc Jun 21st 2011.
Dave Alvin's songs have been recorded by a who's who of contemporary roots artists from Los Lobos, Little Milton, Robert Earl Keen, Marshal Crenshaw and Joe Ely to Dwight Yoakam, James McMurtry, Buckwheat Zydeco, Alejandro Escovedo and X. His songs have also been featured in many movies and television shows including Justified, The Sopranos, True Blood, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Crybaby, Miss Congeniality and From Dusk To Dawn.
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The Digital Free Library is a fun project that will allow you to create your own electronic library to share with others. Similiar to a Little Free Library but digital. READ: Overview | Digital Free Library | Adafruit Learning System
Cool little digital library server project! You could also use the Calibre application but that's too easy. In library school we developed digital libraries from scratch using Greenstone Digital Library OSS. Now that was a challenge!
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