Path of the Personal Divine Meditations

“Lewis Carroll-style Meditation II”

"The Search For the Afflatus"

by Lucien D'Couer

copyright 1998, all rights reserved.

first performed 6/20/98

[This group meditation, performed on the Summer Solstice, is written in the style of Lewis Carroll. It explores various parts of the psyche and includes some dark images. The words will be unfamiliar. The idea is to have someone read it to you first. Simply listen to the sound the words create in your mind -- don't try to understand them. After the Meditation, you can read through it yourself, and then check the glossary for their definitions]

I'd like everyone to find a comfortable place to lie down. I want you to close your eyes & cover your face with an arm to block out as much light as you can. Now relax, let the earth absorb all the tension in your body. Breath in slowly, deeply, fully. Hold it a second & release, slowwwly, deeply, fully. Again. Allow your breathing to be the only thing you are aware of for now. (We'll do this a minute or three.) Listen to my voice and allow me to paint the darkness that you see...

You lie in the comfortable dark. The first thing that you are aware of , is the effervecent Humdiditty that surrounds you. It plays in your hair, dances down your skin, and is so thick it has a scent you can taste. But at the crack-of-Dawn, it sylphs into the air, & sublimates cumulusly with fain'ed modesty. You open your eyes to see Aurora slowly open the gates to the vaults of heaven, her naked brilliance, clothed &diffused by the Humdiditty, as you were, but moments ago.

Once again you've arrived within the lands of Gemynd's Troum. Familiar with you, & as you are with your surroundings, you find yourself within a Sacellum of Umbra trees, as you've fetched from other times, in other guises, by different names. The burgleing crook's limpid waters entice you to strigil in them, which you do with the many other beings & creatures, who've had a little too much of Humdiditty's soft, warm and wet, kisses.

A hoary Croon arrives adagio. Y lustrates the Sacellum with aubades, & in Lugh of the Oak King, Nuadha to Eos. The anile Faquir takes note of each participant & begins to Rune the days passing. Her Reveilles of the days passing Rune, hearalds the arrival of your Fugle. Who happily salutes you sharply.

The Farfadet, those cyclopean wren boys, swoop in, from the shade of the skuggi leaves of the Umbra trees. They charge the Fee, of Robin-of-the-Wood's merry band, and with tongues lashing, skald Will Scarlet, & Robin's breast red. And so, the young men take thier posts, with the changing of the guard.

The old croon titubates slyly before your path & introduces herself as Hageota. She has a story to trade you. "You would hear it?", she asks. "Nyoh?" You are refreshed & relaxed after your soak. But the woman is so hideous! Her wyrmwood face, has great black moles, one over each eye. One eye is icy blue, & the other, dark olive brown. They peer right past you to lie , unnervingly, upon your Fugle who is more than a little suprised to be seen. She beams happily at you, her great canines & black gums proudly displayed, as she awaits with baited breath (& with what, you don't want to know). With your tentative aquiescence, she cavorts gleefully under the skuggi leaves of the Umbra trees grot.

As per you're, a Griot, you tell Hageota, how you found your Ananda & have now returned to Gemynd's Troum to seek the elusive Afflatus. Hageota tells you, "This will, in volva trance, witch will allow me to speak with my Grandmother, the Queen of Heaven & Earth. Remember, whatever she says, you can trust Inanna." In boriing cadance, Hageota leaps Wadaga into the afternoon whereupon she falls exausted . You come upon her, face a-glow, Haema in her eyes. Inanna's cool hands, sweat breaks apon her brow. She points to a fardel, that lay under eaves of holly. A dead Pan, drained face, is what you find on the green man, found at the foot of the Holly.

You see that Hageota has recovered somewhat, & so you return with the entire fardel. You manage to give your burden to Hageota. Very like the first stirrings of "amour", you feel your Ananda , from your gut to gullet, squyrm happily in anticipation of its hugr satiated.

"Now, then au fait is in order.", says Hageota. "But we had a trade?!", you reply. "Indeed we did." , she rejoins, but you will need au fait , in addition to the tale I have to tell. You feel bait-&-switched (& now you know ). "What izzat fee?", you ask petulantly. "You must give me your Word.", is her solem responce. "Izzat all?", you query. "Izzat not enough?", she chuckles. "I'm Fieguring.", you resign. Hageota comforts, "I imagine you must, someday." You glower & glout but, in the end, agree to give your Word, so you might find the Afflatus.

The anile Faquir kneels beside the green man & directs you to do the same across from her. "Now reach into the ground & take what comes to hand.", she directs. You fish in the soft crimson loam, until your tingling fingers grasp some brisinging Tears of Isis that scintillate in sanguine golds. Hageota extends a hand to tacitly ask for the torcing, pulsating, clasp. As loath as you are, to give your heart over, you do so.

Hageota smiles at your appreciation of your Word. Whereupon she drapes Isis's Tears around the Oak King's neck & across his chest. Hageota unfurls her medicine bundle and removes a hsien & hers Hamingja cloak-of-many-feathers. Handing you, the Hamingja cloak, she says, "You'd best come back, this is only on loan." She girds you with a Cuirie & arms you with hsien & hers Cesti for hands & loins. On your forehead, with one thorny claw she traces a sigil, which consists of a an ellipse with a lower case "k" hanging from the bottom of it. As she does so, she chants Nin-igi-kie,-en. "What have you done?", you ask. "I've allowed you to see as a child sees...child", she smiles.

"Now here is what you must do. Far to the north is a harsh land of hoar frost called Manitoba. There is a mountain there whose name is Hahskwahot. On him will be menhir & there, dol men, & the Jo-Ge-Oh, who protect the Cromlech." "How do they do that?", you ask. "They crush things with boulders.", she grins. She continues, "You should be fine if you keep your word." You ask, "& who'll grith me?" Hageota peers at you queerly, but replies, "The Nazarene & the Queen of Heaven, have a twin brother, The Morning Star." "And!?", you fume. Hageota shrugs, "You'll have to grith yourself." She taps you on the head, "You've been given the Aiki. What more do you want?" You growl, " I want to know what all this has to do with finding the Afflatus!" You umbrageously slap Hageota's claws away as she tries to tickle you. She laughs, points at the Green Man & says, " You need to let me finish my story. Nyoh? You must lay the Oak King within the Cromlech, & there, find the Skanagoah. For you cannot find the Afflatus without knowing the Skanagoah.". "What is the Skanagoah?", you wheedle. "Skanagoah is the "Great Peace", & is oft referred to as the, "still-at-oneness", or "state-of-balance". It is most oft felt as an electrifying perspicacity. Find Skanagoah, & you'll find an Afflatus.

Then all you need do, is survive the great Drakon, Ongwe Ias..." "What!?", you exclaim, "What is Ongwe Ias?" "How should I know pup! Your's is bound to be different than mine.", she nettles. Hageota notes the hour & chimes, "It is time to go & look upon the faces of Darkness child, be of good courage!" As a parting gift she coronates you with an anadem of holly.

Even as you schlep your fardel, the Hamingja cloak allows you good time over haunted Manitoba. After many ambages, you've finally, landed at the feet of Hahskwahot, puffing plumes of crackling flizzid air, when you hear an approaching boulder gnarl the gnomic, "Who Goes There!". As the boulder wobs toward you, you see a tiny, 12 inch brave holding it aloft.

Still wheezing, with Socratic irony, you reply, "No-one-at-all! Fair enough?" At your answer, 20 of the menhir, quiver to a stop, all at once.

The closest Jo-Ge-Oh lays aside his boulder & answers, "No fare that."

"No fair!?", you reply innocently. They jibe, "In crwth? Right you are.."

You proudly introduce yourself, but the boulders shake like stoic faces in negation and ask your Name-in-truth. If you don't know it. Take this time to plumb your Aiki for your truely magical name. They help you, name yourself, in the same manner as valets aid the Nobles in putting on their ceremonial garb. 'Tis only fare that, they know it.

"Please listen,", you say, "I am trying to find the Skanagoah & I'm told I may find it in the Cromlech." "Please help me find it?.", you ask.

At that, Hahskwahot trumbles to waking & fixes you with an Enki look. "Loki for you, you've brought the fardel. You may enter the Cromlech if you've the Key." says the Mountain Hahskwahot. A designated Nomenclator joins you in your search. She says, "When you face the Drakon do not tell it your name! Tell him you are Enh-kwa-sea-yea. His venom disoulves everything, & he has the Evil Eye." The Nomenclator walks over to one of the menhir, traces a tiny finger along a quartz vein and steps...

elsewhere. Moments later, she returns with the golden Ve-Daath lance, that she hands to you with a kiss. "Bon Chance, cousin.", she waves.

You climb up to d'ol man. He greets you with, "Wah-ah", & helps you into the Tau robe of sable. You lay the Oak King at the stoup, that lay in the cleft ,of swarded fecund mons. D'ol man leads you to the Grand Loggia of the Vesica Piscis, where Valbjork, the canoe of your birch, is awaiting you . "Don't yu-wei any longer. See , the Moon, she comes!", so saying, d'ol man stikes the bell of Cope. The Lune cries mournfully & without reizan, for a toriible moment, everything feels as if it's gone Arrawn. However, screwing your courage, you sem tuat, sailine white water, until condescending sharply you pitch into a bennu Crux Ansata. You are Set upon, as with scourges of gauling chain, by the grotesque Gallas. They kelpie deeper & deeper, taking you into the unfathomable. You plumble until you crash flat, in the Caer Xat of the Drakon Ongwe Ias.

The only things visible, the Tears of Isis, dance in tiny orbits at Ongwe Ias's approach. The treembulous cacophony of the great Drakon's tintannambulation, jars your very soul. "Ongwe Ias, show yourself!", you demand. A taunting bass teases, "If I can 'C' you sharply, You've no need to see me!" The omnipresent thrum baptises you in a thin sheet you presume is gleat...until you taste it. When your molars start to chatter, you feigur; this is it; & call your Fugle to come sing an inspirational dirgible.

Metzzo, Metzzo, your Fugle begins keening the song of the Tsentsak to point & counter-point the spiteful barbs of the Drakon. Shophar, so good. As the Tsentsak's song begins to trumpet thoughout the Cromlech, the sigil of the Morning Star begins to beam argent Agni. Sistrumatically, the entire Aat is flanked & penetrated by your Shabdabrahmantra. The Tsentsak's song provides grith from Ongwe Ias's canta-muerte.

The first thing you see is that your carnelian spume, imbrues everything. Ready to rejoin the Freyja look up to see an indigo Lutin from darkest Cauchemar. Certainly the very King of Goblins. The geant Lutin extends a great clawed hand & introduces himself " We are Kon Bolverk, & Who-would-you-be if not, Hammurapi?" You begin to answer but, your Fugle cries, "Go-weh!'. You jive for the Ve-Daath, when again the canta-muerte, & void, swallow you. You feel the Lutin's claws glance off your Cuirie & gouge ghastily deep, screeching troughs into the cave wall behind you. The Drakon, klingle--klangles its laughter. Your Fugle again mimics the Tsentsaks & you've illumination once more. This time you find before you the dusky dakini, that is the Goblin Queen. The shaktifyingly lovely, Fada, seems molded of laquered mahogany. She levels langourous eyes upon you., "You are not a mute. We are Flaith Ainbheartach & you are...", she pauses, "We asked you a question." "Eh...eh...Enh-kwa-sea-yea, your Majesty". From every stony surface, Ongwe Ias, begins sneeggering troppolly, "I do like to know, Who it is I'm eating..." Boverk triumphantly crows, "We've got him!".

Ongwe Ias rejoins his canta-muerte with "your" name Enh-kwa-sea-yea. Flaith Ainbheartach rolls her eyes & smiles malificently at you. The Flaith of femme-fatale's , proceeds to draw a long, silk, Rumal from her delicate waist. "Shall we dance?" she offers. "Look, I'm trying to find the Skanagoah, let me find it & I'll never bother you again." Ainbheartach glances to the Oak King, "He has found Skanagoah., & so, shall you." You peek over to see the Oak King in the canoe turned catafalque. The Flaith salutes you with the Sign of Horus. And, mistaking it for her attack, you thrust your Ve-Daath, deep within her breast. She guffaws at you saying, "You really are No-man-at-all, my little hennu. No-one show you how to use that thing?"

Bolverk complains, " You said I could get the next one." Wrapping one end of her Rumal around her hand, she laughs, " I said you could try. Now it's my turn."

You think, "It's always darkest right before Dawn...How much darker can it get!?" You had to ask. It comes to you, looking Destruction in Her face. For on the Jade gate of her Ajna Chakra lay the beam of your Aiki.

"Nin-igi-kie,-en", your Ananda hisspers.

You gayatri in the face of Death & Destruction, "Ve--Daath au fait, Your Majesties.", & thrust your shaft, with all your qi into the Caer Xat, for a clerestory. To the lamen of the Kon & Flaith, you summon the Phylax.

As the Ra's of the Phylax cascade into the sepulcher, it strips them of their Stygian powers. You catch the Ve-Daath & turn to face ou l'trance, the Drakon Devourer. No longer Om alone, Ongwe Ias, baloraboriously casts his moon upon you. His alembic Yawp calcinasters to disoulve you utterly.

Its Yawp has an answer for your Cuire. Your Fugle griths you little. The Phylax only little more. Your Cesti buy you precious seconds.

But it is your orenda Ananda that bites Ongwe Ias with its fearful Meekheru tocsin, that allows you to avert its gaze in time, & causes the great orb to return to its Kistvaen accouchement. Your hubris corpus, lain bare, falls huskily. Without a khu, your Fugle sings your coronach. Your body lies insensate below you. You feel like Ammut has just chewed you up & spat you out, a fetching chew toy.

Soon, you find yourself, in vidya Skanagoah; Thinking thoughts on dreams & Dreaming. Only then does Hahskwahot come, to show you, your Afflatus. Grandchild, I've so many introductions to make & so little time... And so, Hahskwahot unveils to you the Oia Ro, the quiet fetches, of some of those, Who-know-not-that-they-dream.

"Stone & Flame, Rain & Shine,Wind & Wave of sea,
Mantis & Cricket, Spider & Ant, Butterfly & Bee.
Tit-mouse & Garter, Wren & Robin, ol' Crawdad & Mrs. Shrew,
Bluegrass & Clover, Bluebell & Violet, Toad-stool & curious Kudzu.
All that lives, Desires to do so. Desire fuels the fetching Dreams of the sleepers.
In Dreaming, even sleepers Learn. Learn'ed we've forgotten that others Dream. Samson, don't forget you too once slept, & Dreamed.
Now finish your 'umble pie. It's time for my ag'ed Aquarians dawning."

With a sudden "Whump!", your Fugle lands upon your chest, as you land within it. You see the Phylax has turned its attention elsewhere.

Within the Cromlech, the catafalque has grown into an obelisk, with roots sunken deep into the bed rock... Through a glimmering, rodinic, Sebau nu Amentet, you wing into the flizzid Manitoban air & toward home.

In the brisk gloaming you arrive, as do many other beings & creatures. You disrobe, & fold all your gifts, into a neat medicine bundle. With a prayerful thanks to Hageota & Hawskwahot, you lie down in the Sacre' Sacellum. Somewhere, the Bandersnatch begins to frume. A sleepish, magical darkness swallows the picture whole. There is just you now, the darkness, your breathing & my voice. Follow the sound of my voice. I want the darkness to gradually fade away. I am going to count from ten to one, and as I do so, I want you to ease yourself back into the Here, & Now. 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1.

Dah-neh hoh.

GLOSSARY:

compiled by Guide Lucien D'Couer

(Complete with, & cluttered by exraneous, Id escapees.)
Words appear in order of their appearance.

  1. Effervecent: Vivacious; gay; lively & sparkling.
  2. Humdiditty: Carrollinian for thrum+ditty+humidity
  3. Crack-of-Dawn: a referance to sound, the gates of heaven make when being thrown open by the Goddess Aurora.
  4. Sylphs: From Latin silva, meaning "forest" + Greek nymphe, meaning "nymph"; 1. a slender, graceful woman or girl. 2. one of a race of supernaturat beings supposed to inhabit the air. 3. used here as if it meant, "slips off whilst flying"
  5. Sublimers: From the Latin, meaning " to raise"; used here meaning "goingdirectly from a solid state to gaseous one."
  6. Cumulusly: From Latin, meaning "mass, pile"; used here as if it meant, "in puffs & mounds"
  7. Fain'ed: From the Old Norse ,meaning "happy"; used here as "had willingly & gladly"
  8. Aurora: From Latin, meaning "dawn", She is the Roman personification of the Dawn.
  9. Gemynd: From the Old English, meaning"memory, remembrance, mind"; it is used here as "Mind."
  10. Troum: From Old High German, meaning "Dream"
  11. Familiar: From the Latin, meaning "of a household"; used here as "an animal, as a cat, that embodies a supernatural spirit and aids a witch in performing magic.."
  12. Sacellum: Derivative of the Latin,, meaning "shrine", used here in its ancient Roman meaning of "a shrine open to the sky"
  13. Umbra: From Latin, meaning "shade, shadow"; used here as "shadowy apparitian."
  14. Fetch: From the Old English, meaning "to journey"; 1. wraith, one sent to fetch the soul of a dying person; used here as "those disembodied spirit/power animals/elements that aid the shaman."
  15. Burgleing: Carrollinian for Burble + Gurgling
  16. Crook: Carrollinian for Creek + Brook
  17. Strigil: Dirived from the Latin meaning, "to touch lightly"; 1. an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the Greek & Romans for scraping the skin at the bath & in the gymnasium; also used here as if it meant, "strip + wiggle"
  18. Hoary: ancient or venerable
  19. Croon: to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice; Used here as if it meant ,"Crone."
  20. Adagio: From Italian, meaning "at ease"; used here as "in a leisurely manner, slowly."
  21. Y: From Spanish, meaning "and"
  22. Lustrates: From Latin, meaning "to purify, illumine"; used here as "to purify by a propitiatory offering, or other ceremonial method."
  23. Aubades: French, from the Latin, meaning "white, clear" + ade; used as "a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone."
  24. Lugh: an ancient Irish God, meaning "light, brightness": In Irish tradition he is the Samilda'nach, "Master of all the Arts"; pg 125 A; & I personally identify, Lugh as "the Fisher King" of Ireland.
  25. Nuadha: an ancient Irish God; In O' Rahilly's opinion, Nuadha, means "the cloud-maker" & he is ultimately the ancestor-diety & Lord of the Otherworld. Other scholars have suggested Nuadha is the Fisher-god. On pg 146 A; Nuadha in the Book of Conquests is "ridden" by the Sun, in battle frenzy. He carries the Clai'mh Solais, the Sword of Light. & loses his right arm to Streng of the Fir Bolg. It is Nuada who wins E'ireann for the Tuatha de' Danann. I see Nuada as the ancestor tanist (King scapegoat) who had to pay the blood price for the de' Danann's inheritance of E'ireann.
  26. Eos: the ancient Greek Goddess of the Dawn.
  27. Anile: From the Latin, meaning "pertaining to an old woman"; used as "of, or like a foolish, doddering old woman."
  28. Faquir: From the Arabic, meaning "poor"; used here to mean "a Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic or mendicant monk commonly considered a wonder-worker."
  29. Rune: From the Finnish, meaning "poem, canto"; used here as, "a poem, song or verse -->all at once."
  30. Reveille: From the Latin meaning "to watch"; a signal, as of a drum or bugle, sounded early in the morning ot awaken military personnel and to alert them for assembly. Also used here as if it meant "lost in fond rememberances"
  31. Fugle: Derivative from the German, meaning "flank", but translates as " to act as a guide or model"; Too, I really like that Fugle rhymes with Bugle...don't know why...*chuckle*
  32. Farfadet: French for the Victorian ideasof fairies & elves as, pixies & sprites.
  33. Cyclopean: Derivative of the Greek, meaning "round-eye"; used here to mean, "with but one eye"
  34. Skuggi: From the Old Icelandic, meaning "shade, shadow"; & used here as "primal soul."
  35. Fee: French for the idea of elves as of the Alf, Dryad, Hamadryad, Nymph & Tuatha de' Danann, Tylwyth Teg mold.
  36. Skald: From the Old Norse, meaning "poet"
  37. Titubates: From the Latin, meaning "to stagger"; used here as, " an uncertain gait with trembling."
  38. Hageota: From the Iroquois, meaning "the Storyteller"; used here as if it implied, "an old Hag" too. As reported on pg 198 +1 B
  39. Nyoh: From the Iroquois, meaning "Yes." As reported on pg 198 +2 B
  40. Cavorts: From earlier American cavault, meaning " to prance & caper about" & "to behave in a high-spirited, festive, manner; make merry."
  41. Grot: From the Italian, meaning "a grotto"
  42. Griot: French (very)derivative of the Portuguese criado (domestic servant), used here to mean, "a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of Western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or villiage, and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc. etc..."
  43. Ananda: From Sanskrit, meaning "joy, happiness", used in Hinduism as "perfect bliss"
  44. Afflatus: From Latin, meaning "a breathing on"; used here as "a divine communication of knowledge"
  45. Volva: Old Norse, reported on pg XVIII in C to mean, "Seeress/Shamaness." also used here for its none-too-subtle sexual imagery.
  46. The Queen of Heaven & Earth: kenning for Innana
  47. Inanna: From the Sumerian, meaning literally, "Queen of Heaven"; Inanna is the Daughter of the Moon & of the Morning (& Evening) Star ( the Planet Venus). As reported on pg xvi F. To sum up, Persephone's tale is but a couplet in comparison to Inanna's. To ear (set)= wisdom, & means, "Mind"; & the journey of becoming more of what you really are, if you've but the will to do so. Used here as if it meant, "in Grandma".
  48. Bori: Reported to be Nigerian, meaning "songs used to trigger trance/possession" on pg 97 D
  49. Wagada: Reported to be Ethiopian, meaning "songs used to evoke the Zar(read-->Loa)" on pg 97 D
  50. Haema: Derivative of the Greek Haima, meaning "Blood"
  51. Fardel: Derivative of the Arabic fardah, meaning "load"; Used here as "a bundle, burden"
  52. Pan: ancient Greek God of the forests, pastures, flocks, & shepherds.
  53. Squyrm: Carrollinian mispelling to imply, "squirms snakishly."
  54. Hugr: From the Old Norse, meaning, "Heart & Mind", as reported on pg 55 E
  55. Au Fait: sounds like O-Fee, From French, meaning"to the fact"; Used here as "having experience or practical knowledge of a thing; expert; versed."
  56. Izzat: From the Urdu, meaning "personal dignity or honor"
  57. Fieguring: From Icelandic, meaning "bound to die" or "fey",as reported on pg 129 E
  58. Glower: From the Scottish, meaning "to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent or anger"
  59. Glout: From Middle English, meaning, "to scowl or frown"
  60. Brisinging: Carrollinian composite of Brising + Singing; Used here as "a marvel of bright,fluid metal, that writhes & twists with colors that have their own sounds."
  61. Brising: From Norse Myth, The Necklace of the Brisings; It is reported that the etymology leaves in question whether the object is a necklace or belt/waistchain. It is as close a Persephonic, episode by a Norse Goddess as I've found. (Though Iduna does have her apple(s) stolen.) This golden, chthonic, solar (living?)item is "bought" when Freyja shares her sacred,carnal fertility with, (in my mind) the representations of the 4 corners of the earth. The necklace of the Brisings becomes a symbol of Freyja. Freyja is then "forced" to pay for it twice by pitting kingdoms against one another in an battle where the slain, stand back up & continue the fight. Which I interpret as life being returned to the Underworld.
  62. Tears of Isis: Among the Ancient Egyptians, an amulet of gold, carnelian or red enamalware, and called "the blood of Isis", was hung around the necks of mummies before entombment. as reported on pg 25, M. Note Isis is also associated with the Dawn & the Morning Star, & Reincarnation, pg CXIV L
  63. Scintillate: From Latin, meaning "to send out sprarks"; Used as "animated; vivacious; effervescent", & (loosely by me) "multi-colored."
  64. Sanguine: French derivative of the Latin, literally "bloody", meaning "Cheerfully, optimistic, hopeful & confident" & "reddish, ruddy"
  65. Tacitly: Latin derivative of Goth, meaning "understood without being openly expressed; implied"
  66. Torcing: Latin derivative of Irish, literally, "to twist", meaning "s collar, necklace, or similar ornament consisting of a twisted narrow band, usually of precious metal; worn esp. by the ancient Gauls and Britons"
  67. Appreciation: From the Latin, meaning "to appraise"; Used here as " to raise in value"
  68. Hsien: From Chinese Taoism, meaning" one who has become one-with-nature by improving thier vitality, &, ultimately, of creating an immortal body so refined, it could leave the mortal body to partake in the bliss of paradise. Hsien has connotations of taking flight from the material world & escaping spatial restrictions. The immortal Hsien were called "The Feathered People", & thier winged & feathered images appear in the art of the time. (6th cent. BC & after) as reported on pg 42 M
  69. Hamingja: From the Old Norse, meaning " a dynamistic empowering substance (of the soul) that gives luck, protection, and the ability to shape-shift.",as reported on pg 55 E
  70. Cuirie: From Middle English, meaning "a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail."
  71. Cesti: From Greek, literally "something stitched"; meaning "a girdle or belt" & "the girdle of Venus, decorated with every object that could arouse amorous desire" & "a hand covering made of leather strips & often covered with metal studs, worn by boxers."
  72. Sigil: From Latin meaning "seal or signet"
  73. Nin-igi-kie,-en: From Ancient Sumerian, a kenning for Enki, meaning "of the Pure Eye", as reported on pg 200 G
  74. Manitoba: From the Proto-Algonquian, meaning "Land of the Spirits"
  75. Manitou: From the Proto-Algonquian, meaning " a supernateral being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power."
  76. Hahskwahot: From the Iroquois, meaning "Large standing rock." As reported on pg 198 +1 B
  77. Menhir: From Breton, literally "men + stone", meaning "an upright monumental stone standing either alone or with others, as in an alignment, found chiefly in Cornwall and Brittany" Dolmen: French derivative of the Cornish, literally "hole of stone", taken by the French archeologists to mean Cromlech, meaning "a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consiting of two are more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone."
  78. Jo-Ge-Oh: are the Little People of the Iroquois; Various families of them are found in caves, in certain desolate ravines, even under water. They have magical powers and are also known as "stone-throwers" because they are very accurate at hurling stones to drive people away. They supposedly keep certain dangerous evil animals penned up underground. As reported on pg. 198 +2 B
  79. Cromlech: From Welsh, literally "bent, curved, crooked + flat stone", meaning " a megalithic Chamber Tomb"
  80. Grith: Scottish derivative of Old Norse, meaning "protection or asylum for a limited period of time, us under Church or Crown."
  81. The Nazarene: Jesus Christ Superstar!
  82. The Morning Star: Used here as the Gnostic view of Lucifer, which is Latin for "Light Bearer"; Lucifer took off with the last one third of the Angels, & is represented in the planet Venus. It is he who, as the Falling Star, opens the Gates of Hell & lets Satan out for the Apocalypse; Lucifer is a Promethean figure in teaching Adam & Eve the difference between good & evil.(& revealing to them thier own "Godliness"); I assocciate him with Alchemical creation/destruction; A twin of Jesus/ Inanna & Isis; His place in this Mythology forces him to where many hats & is a combination (Freyja/Odin) or (Chango/Ghede); He represents(For Me) these 4 magic arenas; Divination (Epiphaniesof the naked truth); Transmutation (& purification); Opener of Even the Most Secret Gates (of the Mind, through Astral Travel); & Communication (through selfless Loving; tacit, carnal & otherwise). Please note, (this) Lucifer Never tells Falsehoods.
  83. Aiki: sounds like Eye-Key, From Japanese, meaning "harmony meeting" or "spirit meeting"as defined in J
  84. Umbrageously: From Old French, meaning "to take offense; annoyance; displeasure."
  85. Perspicacity: From Late Latin, meaning "Keenness of mental perception and understanding; discerning"
  86. Drakon: From the Greek, meaning "the one with the evil-eye.",as reported on pg 48 E
  87. Ongwe Ias: From the Iroquois, meaning "The Man-eater, the one who eats you." As reported on pg 198 +2 B
  88. Anadem: Derivative of Greek, meaning "to bind"; Used here as "a garland or wreath for the head."
  89. Schlep: From Yiddish, meaning "to trudge, to carry or lug"
  90. Ambages: From Latin, meaning "circuits, to move"; Used here as "winding, roundabout paths or ways."
  91. Flizzid: Carrollinian composite of Frigid + Blizzard
  92. Gnarl: From Middle Dutch, meaning "to snarl, growl"
  93. Gnomic: From the Greek, literally "judgement, opinion, purpose" meaning, "containing an short pithy expression of a general truth; aphorism"
  94. Wobs: Carrollinian composite of Wobble +Bobs
  95. Socratic Irony: meaning "pretended ignorance in discussion"
  96. Pithy: From Middle English, "brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance or Meaning; tearse, forcible."
  97. Crwth: Welsh derivative of the Irish cruit, literally "harp, lyre.", meaning "crowd"
  98. Ignominimusly: Carrollinian composite of Ignominious + Minimus, meaning "sardonically feigned shame"
  99. Trumbles: Carrollinian composite of Train + Rumbles
  100. Enki: From Ancient Sumerian, literally "strong, powerful, mighty", meaning "Showing Skill or Cleverness", as reported on pg 5 G; Used here as "inscrutable or unfathomable, but bemused too"
  101. Loki: Ancient Norse Trickster God (of Thinking-(waaaaay)-Outside-the-Box) as reported on pg xxxix C
  102. Nomenclator: From Latin, meaning "a person who calls or announces things or persons in their names." & "a person who Assigns names"
  103. Enh-kwa-sea-yea: From Iroquois, meaning "Not-a-man-at-all" ( I've lost the documentation to this one. 8/ )
  104. Disoulves: Carrollinian composite of Dissolve + Soul
  105. Ve-Daath: From Hebrew, meaning "Knowledge"; as reported on pg xxvi H
  106. Bon Chance: From the French, meaning "Good Fortune"
  107. Wah-ah: From Iroquois, Used as "an exclamation of regret." As reported on pg 198 +2 B
  108. Tau robe of sable: is the Black Robe that is required clothing for the (Neophyte) members of the Outer Order of the Golden Dawn. Use here to mean "By wearing the black Tau robe, the members of the OOotGD affirm that thier journey up the grades and toward the Light is one that begins in darkness, the darkness & ignorance of the outer, secular world." (that's about as much as I agree with) as reported on pg 130 H
  109. Stoup: From Old Norse, literally "drinking vessel", meaning "a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church".
  110. Swarded: From Old Frisian, literally "scalp", meaning "a grassy surface of the land."
  111. Fecund: From Anglo-French, meaning "producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegatation, etc. in abundance; prolific; fruitful." & "very productive or creative intellectually."
  112. Mons: Derivative of Mons Veneris, From Neo-Latin, literally "Mount of Venus", meaning "the mons pubis of a human female" & used here too as, "an area of the body that is higher than the neighboring areas."
  113. Loggia: From Italian, literally "lodge", meaning "a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side."; Used here as "Lodge"
  114. Vesica Piscis: From Neo-Latin, literally "blatter of a fish", meaning "an elliptical figure in pointed form, usually made by the intersection of two arcs & used esp. in early Christian art, as an emblem of Christ."; Used here as if it meant, "(from the) Womb of the Sea" & "Virginity Sacrificed" (by the Tanist/King's Champion)
  115. Valbjork: From Icelandic, meaning "birch of the slain", as presented on pg 130 E
  116. Yu-wei: From Chinese, literally "have action"; & from Taoist Philosophy meaning, "action of an artificial or arbitrarty kind."
  117. Cope: From Middle Latin, meaning "the Sky"
  118. Lune: From French, meaning "the (f) Moon"
  119. Reizan: From Japanese, meaning "spirit mountain", as presented on pg 100 I
  120. Toriible: Carrollinian Torii + Terrible
  121. Torii: A Japanese name for the Chinese characters, literally "bird" + "to be" = "bird perch"; Used here as "an entrance to shrines, it is a gateway which symbolically marks off the mundane world from the world of the kami; the secular from the spiritual.", as presented on pg 28 I
  122. Arrawn: From Welsh, a God of the Otherworld (Underworld & the Dead?); Used here as God of the Underworld & the Dead. Arrawn the place, is reached by Sea, & or Cleft & Vent ,as reported on pg 251 K
  123. Sem Tuat: From Ancient Egyptian, meaning "Pilot of the Underworld", as reported on pg 240 L
  124. Bennu: From ancient Egyptian, meaning "a Phoenix", as reported on pg 153; on pg 359 "I am Bennu, the soul of Ra, and the guide of the gods into the underworld." in L; Used here as if it meant "good reincarnating flame of" Crux Ansata: From Latin literally "Cross with a handle" meaning "an Ankh", which is the Ancient Egyptian emblem for "Life"; on pg 252 L; associated with the Bennu, it implies, when held by one of the Gods, an escape from the reach of Death, if not rebirth from Death.
  125. Set: origionally the Ancient Egyptian God of the Sekhet'Aaru (the Abode of the Blesse'd Dead), Kings, up until the XIXth dynasty, delighted in refering to themselves as, "Beloved of Set"; However, by the XXIInd dynasty, (as Horus's opposite) Set represented the natural night & became regarded as the, "Origin of all Evil." As reported on pg CXVI L Set seems to have take on aspects associated with Ti'amat . & almost certainly impressing form on Adams first wife Lillith.
  126. Gallas: From Sumer, meaning "Demons of the Underworld";as reported on pg 68 F
  127. Kelpie: Carrollinian composite of Keep + Help + Thee; & is a Scottish water faerie that haunts rivers & streams and, after letting unsuspecting humans mount him, will dash into the water & give them a ducking. As reported in Faeries by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
  128. Plumble: Carrollinian composite of Plummet + Tumble
  129. Caer: From the Gaelic meaning "Castle"
  130. Xat: sounds like Khat, From ancient Egyptian, meaning "Womb"; as reported on pg 40 L
  131. Treembulous: Carrollinian composite of Tremendous + Tremble
  132. Cacophony: From Greek, meaning "Frequent use of discords of a harshness & relationship difficult to understand."
  133. Tintannambulation: Carrollinian composite of Tintannabulation + Ambulate
  134. Gleat: Carrollinian composite of Glow+ Sweat, Used here as "sweating blood"
  135. Dirgible: Carrollinian composite of Dirge + Dirigible; Used here as "something cheery you'ld hear at a Wake."
  136. Metzzo: Italian derivative of the Latin, meaning "middle"; Used here as if it meant "Softly"
  137. Keening: derivative of Irish, meaning, "lament", Used here as "a wailing lament for the dead."
  138. Tsentsak: From Jivaro, literally "magic dart", meaning "spirit helper(s)"; They are summoned by song & believed to be the main powers to cause, & cure, illness in daily life. as reported on pg 21 Q
  139. Shophar: From Hebrew, meaning "a ram's horn blown as a wind instrument; sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle; and announce certain religious occassions; & in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur."
  140. Argent: Derivative of Latin, meaning "silver"; Used here to imply a moon-white aura too.
  141. Agni: The Hindu God of Fire.
  142. Sistrumatically: Carrollinian adaptation of a Greek word meaning, "to shake"; for an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame, set in a handle, & fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken. Sistrum + systematically; used here to mean, "with rattling thoroughness"
  143. Aat: From Ancient Egyptian, meaning "Tomb", as reported on pg 34 L
  144. Shabdabrahmantra: Carrollinian composite of Shabdabrahma + Mantra; Used as "Thought made Word made "Reality"."
  145. Shabdabrahman: From Hindi, meaning "Sound a as creative force carrying the Divine intention into manifestation; generator of significant forms; Cosmic Sound." As reported on pg 257 N
  146. Mantra: From Hindi, meaning "Thought as a force which operates as a cause; Creative power of thought." As reported on pg 255 N
  147. Canta-muerte: From Spanish, intented to mean "Song of Death."
  148. Imbrue: Derivative of the Latin imbibe, meaning "to impregnate or imbue"
  149. Carnelian: From Old French, literally "cornel cherry", meaning "a red or reddish variety of chalcedony, used in jewelry
  150. Spume: From Latin, literally "froth, foam", meaning "to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth."
  151. Freyja: is an Ancient Norse Goddess associated with unabashed sexuality & fire; war & the dead in her hall of Sessumnir; seidh (volva?) magic & her Falcon skin cloak. She is very much the Yin, to Odins Yang . Valhalla -
  152. Sessumnir. Galdur-Seidh. Death (& the struggle against it)-Life (& the struggle for it) as presented by me. See also, on pg xxx C;& pgs 12-13 E
  153. Lutin: French for "male, imp, sprite or goblin" What you should see in your mind is Kurt Wagner sans tail; all but clean limbed, with Colossus's physique + Creed's gentle mercies. Red eyes instead of yellow; I think of Lutin as the gaulish goblin version of Grendel.
  154. Cauchemar: I think it is literally French for Sea (bad?) Horse, but means"Nightmare"; & is used here as a place name.
  155. Geant: French for "Giant"
  156. Kon: Old Norse male name, meaning "King." As reported on pg 246 C
  157. Bolverk: Old Norse appelation given to Odin, meaning "Evil-Doer. " As reported on pg 240 C
  158. Hammurapi: Acceded to the Babylon throne in 1792 BC & gave Babylon its first taste of hegemony. See also Babylon by Joan Oates
  159. Go-weh: From Iroquois used as, "a cry indicating distress or danger." As reported on pg 198 +1 B
  160. Jive: Carrollinian composite of Jump + Dive
  161. Klingle-klangles: Carrollinian composite of Klang-Klang + Jingle Jangle
  162. Dakini: From Hindi, meaning "the carrier of the relevation of the ever-pure intelligence" & sometimes as, "the doorkeeper, as well as the guardian of the (Muladhara Chakra) centre." As reported on pg 93 N
  163. Shaktifyingly: Carrollinian for Shakti + Terrifyingly
  164. Shakti: From Hindu, meaning "the feminine aspect of the Divine in Manifestation (in this case a Fada); power or force; creative energy at work in Nature (Prakriti); active partner in the Shiva-Shakti Tattva." As reported on pg 257 N
  165. Fada: Carrollinian, From the Bandersnatched French; Used to mean a female French Goblin of the SvartAlf, Ba'ine Sidhe, Leanan-Sidhe, the Glaistig, the Birch Woman (the One with the White Hand) & Black Annis modes. see also Faeries by Brian Froud & Alan Lee
  166. Flaith: sounds like Flay; Ancient Irish, meaning "Queen", as extrapolated by me from pg 104 A
  167. Ainbheartach: pronounced (an'-v' art'-ach) m. (though used as female here) translated as "Doer of Evil Deeds" on pg 19 A
  168. Sneeggering: Carrollinian composite of Sneer + Sniggering
  169. Troppolly: Carrollinian, From Old Italian, meaning "too much; excessively" & Australian Slang, meaning "mentally disturbed"
  170. Malificently: Carrollinian composite of Malice + Magnificently
  171. Rumal: I only wish I knew the etymology to this one.. Used as "the Sacred Weapon of the Lady of Destruction" & used by Kali-ma's Bhouttoes (stranglers). Rumal's are described as a scarf one corner of which, is weighted with something small, but heavy. Like a ring of gold.
  172. Catafalque: From Late Latin, literally "wooden siege tower", meaning "a raised structure on which the body of a deceased person lies or is carried in state."
  173. Sign of Horus: The first of the Neophyte Signs in the Order of the Golden Dawn. It is aka The Saluting Sign, The Sign of the Enterer, & the Attacking Sign. The Western "Tradition"'s (read--> Gumbo) version of Kuji-Kiri; From Japanese, literally "energy channeling" , meaning "a hypnotic movement of the fingers used by ninja to confuse their opponents"; In Hindu Sanskrit the art is known as Mudras & was introduced to Japan via esoteric Buddist monks. Very Paraphrased from pg xxxviii H; & from pg 159 J. The italics above is, IMO(not)SHO complete drivil.
  174. Guffaws: "a loud unrestrained burst of laughter"
  175. Hennu: From ancient Egyptian, meaning "phallus"; Used here to mean "prick", as reported on pg 109 L
  176. Hisspers: Carrollinian composite of Hiss + Whispers
  177. Gayatri: From Hinduism, meaning "a Vedic mantra expressing hope for enlightenment: recited daily by the faithful & repeated in all religious rites & ceremonies."
  178. Qi: From Chinese, meaning "breath", used here not only as Vitae, but "Vitae concentrated & made accessible by Will"
  179. Clerestory: From Middle English, literally "clear + story", meaning, " a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior."
  180. Lamen: is a symbol worn by an officer in the Golden Dawn Temple. They are used as tools to help Initiates focus on their assigned offices & the Godforms they (the Lamen) represent. Lamen are only worn/used within Temple. as reported on pg 120 H
  181. Ra's: From the Egyptian, it is the name given tothe Sun, though its origional meaning, or attribute that was ascribed to the sun, in lost to us for now. Personally I don't see how it cannot have something to do with fertility. As reported on pg CXI, L. I am often adolescently bemused that the Ra's rays are depicted on Vignettes as falling spematozoa.
  182. Phylax: is the All-Seeing Eye which guards the temple. The "Divine Eye" of the Egyptians-a hieroglyphic called Wadjet often called the Eye of Horus, was referred to "He who feeds the sacred Fire or intelligence of man"...in other words Osiris. The Egyptians also defined the eye as the "sun in the mouth" meaning the Creative Word. as reported on pg 123 H (Note I: The Utchat, or Eye of the Sun, has referance to the belief that Thoth brought back each morning the light of the Sun, which had been removed during the night (pg 257); Note II: The God Ani is also addressed as the "Eye of Horus" which refers to the "uniting of a soul to its body in the Underworld." as reported on pg 255 L
  183. Sepulcher: Old French derivative of Latin, meaning "a tomb, grave or burial place."
  184. Stygian: From the Greek, meaning "of or pertaining to the river Styx or Hades" & "dark or gloomy" & "infernal, hellish"
  185. Ou L'trance: French phrase for "to the Death"
  186. Om: From Hinduism, meaning "the mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consiting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, & deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
  187. Baloraboriously: Carrollinian composite of Balor + Laboriously
  188. Balor: In Irish History, Fomorian Wizard King, kenned, "of the Evil Eye" (He only had the one). His eyelid was so large/heavy several men had to open it, but whereever his gaze lie, men were destroyed. The Fomorians are consistantly reported to be dark skinned. Even so I cannot help but make Balor/Odin musings. see also The Book of Conquests by Jim Fitzpatrick
  189. Moon: Middle English derivative from the Sanskrit, meaning "To gaze dreamily or sentimentally at something or someone"; Use here as "stared at with great longing"
  190. Alembic: From the Arabic, "still" + Greek, "cup", meaning "anything that transfroms, purifies or refines."
  191. Yawp: From Middle English, literally "Yelp"; meaning "to utter a harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl."
  192. Calcinasters: Carrollinian composit of Calcinate + Sinister
  193. Orenda: From the Iroquoi, defined as "a hypothetic potence or potentiality to do, or effect, results mystically"; as reported on pgs 14-15 O
  194. Meekheru: From Ancient Egyptian, literally "True of Voice", meaning "Justified, Righteous"; Used here in the Former. as reported on pg 33 H. Note: if you were, Not true of voice, Ammut got you.
  195. Tocsin: From Middle French, literally "touch + bell"; meaning, "a signal, esp. of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells."
  196. Kistvaen: From Welsh, meaning "Stone Coffin"
  197. Accouchement: From Old French, literally "to put to bed"; meaning "the confinement of childbirth; lying-in."
  198. Hubris: From Greek, literally "insolence"; meaning "excessive pride or self confidence; arrogance."
  199. Corpus: From Latin, meaning "the body of a person or animal esp. when dead" & "a larg or complete collectionof writings."
  200. Khu: Ancient Egyptian, literally "Shining"; Used to mean "Shining one", "Glorious", "Intelligence", & the like but in certain cases it may be tolerably well rendered by "Spirit", as reported on pg LXVI L
  201. Coronach: From Scottish & Irish Gael, meaning "a song of lamentation for the dead; a dirge"
  202. Ammut: Derivative from the Egyptian Amam, meaning "Devourer" or Ammit, meaning "the Eater of the Dead"; She is known by the kenning "Devourer of Amenta(ie the underworld)" & "Shai"(no extrapolation but says; see Lazone, Dizionario, p. 129),as reported on pg 257 L Shai could be the precursor to Shaitan.
  203. Oia Ro: From Iroquois, meaning "likeness, imitation of form"; defined thusly: Every species of animals, birds and insects had in the spirit world a type, or model for that species, which is many times larger & more perfect than any earthly member of that species & which was called the Ancient or Old One of that race of beings.", as reported, on pg 96 P
  204. Vidya: From Hindu, meaning "True spiritual knowledge of the underlying unity of things", as reported on pg258 N
  205. Obelisk: From Greek, literally "spit, pointed pillar", meaning " a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex."
  206. Rodinic: Carrollinian meaning "Like the Sculpting of The Gates of Hell by (Francois) Auguste (Rene) Rodin"
  207. Sebau nu Amentet: From ancient Egyptian, meaning "the Doors of the Underworld"; Used here as "the Gates of Hell", as reported on pg 226 L
  208. Sacre': From French, meaning "Sacred"
  209. Frume: Carrollinian, meaning "grumbling, growling, & smoking" (like Morticia Addams)
  210. Dah-neh hoh: From Iroquois, meaning "that is all", & traditionally said at the end of every story. As reported on pg 198 +1 B

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