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Post by lordazurath on Nov 26, 2007 22:17:16 GMT -5
to elaborate upon my thoughts. I never looked into Quartz, but i was staing the fact i have never felt anyting strong about it. and not recently either. And as far as my "dark" thougths about the end.. Call it whatever you want, but do not deny it. For it is coming. and what i ment about not much stopping the Wraiths, is that they will come. We can stop them from doing harm, but cannot stop them from coming.
But on the ancient civilization thing.. most ancient civilizations have many significant events marked out in the next 10 years. I have been looking into them for the past two years, and know much about some, but not all...
I care not what any "president" says. Politicians are scum if you ask me. do not judge others words.. especially not hastey
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Post by KG on Nov 27, 2007 0:00:05 GMT -5
Xav, So which of the nasty energies around is causing people to die.. or is it combinations... or is that even what you meant... I know that the changes in the world are hard on the elderly especially. I thought maybe someone was getting the physically weak, but spiriutally ready out of the way... because some bad stuff was about to happen... or at least that was the theory I've been considering... I really don't know. Sephity, Apparently this kid got out lucky... he only got one cat eye, his left, and no other abnormalities... at least none noticable at two months. I don't know all the details, about his cromsomes and such... I was told by the kid's uncle... who doesn't have a medical or science background. The doctor told the parents he'd have great night vision, but other than that, and the novelty that his left eye looks and works like a cat's eye, there are no other side effects in his case. The doctor did some tests on the eye, and it also functions like a cat's eye. Perfectly normal... for a cat. For some reason the story made me tingle with hope though... hope of what I am not sure. I think after a little reasearh that word his uncle told me is spelled Coloboma... found it in an article about Cat's eye syndrome... but aparently you can have the Coloboma with or without other symptoms... What is rare though is that from what his uncle said, instead of being a disfunction... as is the case with most colobomas this kids eye works better. Here is a link to an article about coloboma though... www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mch/webcourse/vision/coloboma.cfmDel, WTF? You are my best friend, but I don't like your comment to Lord Azaruth either... i didn't say anything earlier, because I thought I misread or you had a massive typo! Why judge people you don't even know, especially not comparing them to GW... that is the worst insult I can think of... and this guy doesn't deserve it. He's mearly stating what he's seen... and I've seen it too. Most of us are seeing this stuff, and fighting it with all we've got. Maybe what he is saying isn't fun, but most of this board has been dealing with things that aren't all that cheery. While we can't afford to panic, we can't sugar coat it all either... this war is touching us all deeply in so many ways. No one's energy is squeeky clean, we are all covered with the blood of battle... some of it is our own... and a lot of it isn't... many of us are surrounded by astral darkness. None of us have bright sunny energy right now. You need not worry about panic spreading through the board though... we are all veterans by now. We are resolved, if not optimistic, and we know the risks. Believe me no one is shocked at what he just said... he is merely stating the obvious outcome if we dont' defy the odds and take action... and logically speaking I suppose he could be right about the outcome even if we do... but what choice do we have but to resist. When have any of our battle outcomes been logical... we can win this thing against any odds, just like we always do. Everyone I never consider defeat a possibility... but that is only because I am completely faith based in my abilities... logically speaking Lord Az is right. It is damn near hopless... but I am going to Fight it. On July 1, 1898, A huge army gathered in a little valley called Hell's Pocket. They were being picked off by Spanish snipers, because it was a poor position to hold... in a valley. Ahead of them was a well defended hill, called Kettle hill. The officers debated and could not determine what to do... One young officer became impatient... a young guy named Teddy Roosevelt, who commanded a group of soldiers, called the Rough Riders. Teddy first told those Rough Riders of his, "I'm going to take that hill over there, and you can come with me if you like. If you don't I won't hold it against you." Everty man of them mounted their horses and followed. Then he pushed through the other troops, and shouted 'If you don't wish to go forward, let my men pass, please.' The Nineth batallion fell in behind them, but the other troops waited... partially because they had no orders, and partilly because what Theodore was about to do was down right crazy. Teddy and his followers, and the others who wanted to go charged up the hill, and didn't look back... Amazingly they were not killed and made the top of the hill... and took the higher position, and the advantage. I am no huge fan of physical war, but what Teddy Roosevelt did that day is exactly the way I think wars should be fought... It was a mix of faith, skill and giving others a choice. WE all have a choice as to how we want to address this situation. I'm going up the hill so to speak, though the direction I am headed might not exactly seem like up... but I am going to kick some butt, and If I get shot down... well... it's better than cowering at the bottom of the hill getting picked off by snipers, while we try to figure out what to do... not now but soon I will lead a charge... again... it is hardly my first, and not likely to be my last. It will probably not be a charge of one... but even if it is... so be it. I am not going to live in fear of this crappy depressing darkness. Their are board members ready to lead and if I follow them or they follow me it doesn't matter we are all going in with our armies... anyone who wants a piece of this can come along. If you don't want to come along I understand. Kim
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Post by Xavrael on Nov 27, 2007 2:49:16 GMT -5
Xav, So which of the nasty energies around is causing people to die.. or is it combinations... or is that even what you meant... I know that the changes in the world are hard on the elderly especially. I thought maybe someone was getting the physically weak, but spiriutally ready out of the way... because some bad stuff was about to happen... or at least that was the theory I've been considering... I really don't know. A combination of things really but its my fault i was a little vague, the energy i was mentioning was just that due to the massive surge in deaths, the energy that puts out has gotten to the point where even people who arn't intune with that sort of energy type might start feeling it now.
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Post by Ashira Bloodmoon on Nov 27, 2007 14:00:56 GMT -5
A little cheer is needed in dark times. I keep Lan sain with my constant "yippering" as he puts it. hehe Del, just be yourself and people won't worry about it. That's what i've found.
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Post by lordazurath on Nov 27, 2007 17:57:30 GMT -5
if i offended you, i am also sorry, i easily forgive, so i accept your appolgy.
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Post by KG on Nov 27, 2007 20:08:12 GMT -5
I don't mean to argue... and I am not mad... I just couldn't figure out what was going on there. I suppose all our tempers are a bit short with everything going on. I forget how important quartz and other stone are to Del. She has taught me a lot about using them. Before Del... well they were just pretty rocks to me. I had some instinctive pull to gather stones as a child... but I thought the bigger the better, and ended up with a pile of sandstone under my bed... and probably some big milk quartz... as much on accident as on purpose. I have no idea why I did it. Other than that weird act, which really puzzled my mom I never felt overly drawn to stones. I had a friend who tried to explain it to me, but I never really got into it that much till Del explained it to me. Since I've met Del though I have experienced the benefit of various stones. I like to wear moonstones all the time because they make me feel connected to Heaven and enhance my spiritual visions... They are also a natural mood ring... they change colors with your energies. I like rose quartz because it for some reason makes me feel very safe and confident, while still warm... the crystal quartz makes me feel more alert. Did you know that crystals were used in radios and telephones, to conduct sound waves... they are natural conducters, and I really think that is why crystal balls work. Anyway when I was younger I did not know this, despite the fact I had a lot of visionary experience... crystals are a wonderful tool, but not one I used till recent years, and one I could function without. I try not to NEED anything physical, as in get dependent on it, cause you never know when you might get caught without it... still I think wearing my moonstones seems to make me feel better. So what exactly do you want us to do with our quartz Del? I mean you've helped me learn the properties of them, and I have looked up a lot of stuff on the web. I have rutilated, crystal, rose, and even a little pineapple quartz. My house is built on land that is mostly milk quartz once you get past 10 feet... The quartz stone layer is very thick... so what now? Also you said you thought we were missing something... maybe missing the point somehow.
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Post by Del on Nov 27, 2007 22:40:25 GMT -5
Quartz are good generators and conductors, storing information or power. They can be used for numerous things, it's like using a white candle for a candle spell...it's a universal stone.
In not trying to get attached to a physical quartz, getting to know your stone to the point where it exists wherever you are makes it quite handy. I remember before I met Kim, there was an entity out for me because of a quartz i currently owned. Interestingly enough, it's sort of attached to my life force. So to take it back meant to have me as well.
It was entrusted to me, inthe astral first before I found it on this plane. So when it comes to using these stones for endless uses, it's a matter of what you empower them with. And you have to literally assign the energy to th stones, with great intent. If you're powerful enough it's not so hard. When you feel the need to do something and you've empowered that stone for that particular use, you'll feel a pull toward it. And if you've set it for protection, and say you left it at home while you were out and you needed it, just draw on that link you've created with it.
You can't take the physical stone with you on the astral plane, but you can take it's power with you. When you're in the astral and you need what ever it's got, just pull on tht link and it will appear where you are.
I am currently working on doing greater things with it because these simple things I have accomplished. It's hard, trying to do it alone when there are no books thus far that explains how to, but then again the knowledge is locked away somewhere and I am trying to unlock it just for this purpose, this war.
So that's as much as I'll say for now.
Del
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Post by ~Sephity~ on Nov 28, 2007 16:07:54 GMT -5
I'm going to try to get ahold of some quartz whenever I find the time and the money to go to the local metaphysical store. But I'm dead broke besides a certain amount of money that i am using for something else. You'll have to inform in a more detailed way on how to use the quartz...(thinks of the little green man from spaceballs: "Use the shwartz!")
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Post by dania on Nov 28, 2007 19:33:18 GMT -5
I really don't use crystals much. I have a ton of them (I think I'm addicted to them!!! Their presence is somehow vital to my happiness I have a ton of them in my room and I did not do well while they were still packed in the boxes from my move) however mostly they just sit there and make the energy in my room yummy. I occasionally use them for healing and meditation, that's about it. One problem I see with storing knowledge/energy/etc in crystals is that, while it can work (very well) it's not the most secure storage place in the world. Seriously, if someone finds out where you are storing these things that they will want (trust me, our enemies would love our energy, and our knowledge!!!!) they don't seem to have a hard time stealing them. Or draining them. Or using them against us in some way. Unless you put some sort of "lock' on it so that only YOU can access what is inside (and these aren't always too difficult to get around) the crystals aren't very secure. Then, of course, if you're like me you will almost definitely LOSE the crystal of your own accord. But maybe others don't have this issue of losing small objects. ;D
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Post by KG on Nov 28, 2007 21:46:07 GMT -5
I don't know... I wanted to take things from the astral and use them in the physical, not take from the physical to use in the astral... it seems like I have much cooler stuff in the astral anyway. I thought about making something cool in the physical link to something in the astral... and maybe it would be almost as cool as my astral stuff... I thought of making a magic wand but I got really discouraged recently... I am easily discouraged by time consuming projects these days... plus no one told me holly wood was harder than a rock. LOL I wanted to carve some pretty elaborate stuff... I decided it would be better to work with dried wood but in the end that was probably even harder than if I'd picked green. I think I will have to settle for just pealing the bark off a green piece, and using it's natural shape... which really isn't what I had in mind... unless I use my router... or a dremmel tool... and that isn't very magical at all. It's the only way I am going to be able to work with this stuff though... I can't do more than barely scratch it with the hand tools I have. That is the problem I usually have though... I have major problems with this plain of existance. I can't make a dent in reality sometimes. I will try harder... but this plain sucks. I don't like the physical realm. It is too solid and inflexible.
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Post by ~Sephity~ on Nov 28, 2007 21:52:31 GMT -5
Is the knife you are using sharp? I never really have a hard time whittling unless the knife I am using at the time is dull. I am not good at carving elaborately though, so I wouldn't be able to tell you about that. Also, I advise that you don't use machine tools like that, the more effort you put into a successful wand, the more your energy is empowering it, and the greater the connection.
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Post by lordazurath on Nov 28, 2007 22:48:53 GMT -5
yes, get an extremely sharp knife, it will help LOADS. but be careful not to cut yourself :s. and i agree with seph, the more of your own energy you put into something, the better it is. I've experimented with that, and it is true.. makes it stronger, more powerful, and last longer ^.^
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Post by KG on Nov 29, 2007 0:54:26 GMT -5
You may be right... I tried to use a plainer... which is a hand tool, to take down the diameter in the middle. I thought it was sharp... because it was last time I used it, but I tried it on the top of a door at my mom's house, and discovered it had gone dull. I sharpened it, and haven't tried it sense. I haven't tried a sharp knife yet because I've not gotten that far. I tried with a pocket knife when the plainer failed though... and didn't get far with that either... maybe I need to spend some time sharpening my tools. Don't want to cut myself though... so I'd better be careful.
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Post by a'Lan Mandragoran on Nov 29, 2007 12:31:04 GMT -5
Sorry guys for not posting all that often any more. Just got a lil busy.
I've been working on a staff for almost 2 years now. ALl I've managed to do is peal the bark of and put some simple enchants on it. All I'm doing is using the natural curves of a dry piece. I don't take green wood as it's still alive. Also, it really isn't int he tools that you use to create your wand or staff or anything, it's the thoughts behind its creation. The most hand tool I used to make a small rune set was the burning tool to etch the runes into the wood. I have to work fast when my parents aren't home, and everything that I've done works rather well. It also helps, I've found, if you make an astral copy the "right way." I do need to fnish my staff though, at least while I still have tools avalable.
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Post by ~Sephity~ on Nov 29, 2007 20:12:19 GMT -5
Well I suppose you're correct. I guess it would just depend on the person. Personally, it would help me to do it more closehand, and put more hardwork into it.
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