I'm always impatient with intellectual discourse, it leaves me cold, and when I attempt to construct one, it doesn't feel authentic. It's just not my kind of thing. Yes, I like to determine which ideas and formulas are valid, and useful, and which are not, but I'm a romantic, and so I like to numenize them, make them into potent symbols, images, slogans, full of magic, mystery, mysticism. My mind generates these readily, whereas discursive writing is laborious, and impossible if I don't feel it, but writing either goes or it doesn't, while making a decent drawing of an image, and from that into a finished object for display, well, that's torture, and takes forever. But here, I will write about an image-- though some day, I'll probably make a display-object of it-- I'll add it to the list of images to process.
Recently, it came to me to put the man-figure which the German Romantic artist Fidus used to symbolize Man as the conveyer of cosmic Geist (vital spirit-energy), inside the ecology symbol (eco-logo, Edhlifrith takn or bind-ring). This man-figure, which I described in "The Drygand as a Tree", now would represent the Drygand, or anyone like him, upholding the Edhli-- the Biosphere-- on the one hand, and being joined to it in harmony, on the other, this being the necessary, ideal relationship of Man to Nature-- not just 'one with Nature', which notion can easily become 'I am Nature, so I can do whatever is natural to me (i.e., whatever I want), and not 'apart from Nature', like a steward (an external manager), but rather a subtle relationship with Nature which includes both our naturalness, and also our alienness, those aspects of us that make us very dangerous to Nature. In short, of a monster who turns his powers to good purpose, which is the best we can do, and not easy of accomplishment.
Unfortunately, as long as we exist, we will be monsters capable of ultimate evil, and yet also of great good. Time will reveal whether the good in us can stably control the evil in us, our power over Nature. We need to go all-out and see if we can do this, instead of, like many do, just give up before we've even tried our darndest. This is the Age of Ecology we're living in, after all-- 40 A. E. now-- and that is what is required of us, to organize as a species to save this planet from our monstrous selves. This, then, is the reality-movie of our time, and we must not be merely spectators and critics of it, but its academy award-winning performers-- or vanish forthwith from the screen forever! A great movie with a happy ending, or the death of cinema? It's up to us!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
The Trewita
Trewita means 'druid' in Eormennisch: 'wita' meaning 'wise man', and 'trew' meaning 'true' and 'tree', both of which are applicable since the Trewita is both a true man and, as such, like a tree, as he is grounded in the earth, by which we mean the Edhli (Biosphere), while he reaches up into the sky, by which we mean the Immynd (Imagination). He dwells in the heolor (balance) of Edhli and Immynd which is called the Twyrymet (dual reality). And so he does not live unrooted as most all humans do, heedless of the primacy of the Edhli and of their responsibility to keep it whole and safe, who live in an unnatural world where their minds run mad, unmoored from their true nature, leading them to harm the living world that created them and on which they depend for life no matter how they try to go beyond it, live apart from it.
But the Trewita's mind is bound to the Edhli and so for him the Edhli-immynd drenches all the world, investing it with magisch rynedom (magical mystery), which is the birthright of the human animal, but which civilized man lives without, knowing not what he is missing.
Civilized man, no matter the wealth he thinks he has, is impoverished, and in his mad blindness he destroys the rich Living World which is his true reality, thereby growing madder and madder without experience or knowledge of it, until he destroys himself in his madness.
But the Trewita sees life as it is and knows his true nature, as much as can be known by man. And because of this, he is good, and works good.
But the Trewita's mind is bound to the Edhli and so for him the Edhli-immynd drenches all the world, investing it with magisch rynedom (magical mystery), which is the birthright of the human animal, but which civilized man lives without, knowing not what he is missing.
Civilized man, no matter the wealth he thinks he has, is impoverished, and in his mad blindness he destroys the rich Living World which is his true reality, thereby growing madder and madder without experience or knowledge of it, until he destroys himself in his madness.
But the Trewita sees life as it is and knows his true nature, as much as can be known by man. And because of this, he is good, and works good.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Coming of the Edhli-menning
(glossary follows text)
Certain menschen there were who saw Dilgoth approaching as the Searuvel began to spread over the entire Earth, devouring the wild Edhli to make itself ever mightier so as to grow ever faster. These Edhli-menschen did not know it, but they were at the forefront of the evolution of the Edhli-mind, the Wolken, which had become ever more intelligent and complex from the beginnings of Life. But with the evolution of Man, it had grown ever faster. And but now, the twisted machine-animal mind of the Searuvel threatened the self-evolution of Life on Earth, and even Life itself if the full Dilgoth occurred. The Edhli-menschen, influenced by the Wolken, rapidly evolved, themselves, into the Alfar, and the idea of an ecological civilization, the Edhli-menning, began to form among them as the response to the Searuvel civilization of the West that had become global. And as well, within the Wolken, the Lodestone formed as a powerful agent of transformation and guidance to come to seat at the center of each Alf-mensch and drive the coming of the Edhli-menning to re-cover the Earth and devour the Searuvel as it had devoured the wild Edhli. When the Twayne brought the Lodestone to the Drygand, who is the active aspect of the Wolken, he too was transformed by it, into the great Edhlifridha, protector of the wild Edhli and champion of the Edhli-menning. And he enlisted many of the Alfar to be fellow Kynechts, Halleths in this great Sake to win back the Earth to Edhli-frith. Others of the Alfar, closer by nature to the Wolken, became Menning-bodas, messengers and spokesmen for the new civilization. And the mighty struggle to save the Earth from the terrible evil that had overrun it was waged!
menschen= persons.
the Dilgoth= the current extinction event.
the Searuvel= the evil machine.
the Edhli= living Nature, the Biosphere.
the Wolken= the great Cloud of Being-mind that covers the Earth.
the Alfar= the Nature-romantics.
the Drygand= the primordial Pan-chimaera.
Edhli-frith= Nature-preservation.
kynecht= knight, fighter.
halleth= holy knight.
sake= a contention, cause.
boda= druid, proclaimer, redesman.
Certain menschen there were who saw Dilgoth approaching as the Searuvel began to spread over the entire Earth, devouring the wild Edhli to make itself ever mightier so as to grow ever faster. These Edhli-menschen did not know it, but they were at the forefront of the evolution of the Edhli-mind, the Wolken, which had become ever more intelligent and complex from the beginnings of Life. But with the evolution of Man, it had grown ever faster. And but now, the twisted machine-animal mind of the Searuvel threatened the self-evolution of Life on Earth, and even Life itself if the full Dilgoth occurred. The Edhli-menschen, influenced by the Wolken, rapidly evolved, themselves, into the Alfar, and the idea of an ecological civilization, the Edhli-menning, began to form among them as the response to the Searuvel civilization of the West that had become global. And as well, within the Wolken, the Lodestone formed as a powerful agent of transformation and guidance to come to seat at the center of each Alf-mensch and drive the coming of the Edhli-menning to re-cover the Earth and devour the Searuvel as it had devoured the wild Edhli. When the Twayne brought the Lodestone to the Drygand, who is the active aspect of the Wolken, he too was transformed by it, into the great Edhlifridha, protector of the wild Edhli and champion of the Edhli-menning. And he enlisted many of the Alfar to be fellow Kynechts, Halleths in this great Sake to win back the Earth to Edhli-frith. Others of the Alfar, closer by nature to the Wolken, became Menning-bodas, messengers and spokesmen for the new civilization. And the mighty struggle to save the Earth from the terrible evil that had overrun it was waged!
menschen= persons.
the Dilgoth= the current extinction event.
the Searuvel= the evil machine.
the Edhli= living Nature, the Biosphere.
the Wolken= the great Cloud of Being-mind that covers the Earth.
the Alfar= the Nature-romantics.
the Drygand= the primordial Pan-chimaera.
Edhli-frith= Nature-preservation.
kynecht= knight, fighter.
halleth= holy knight.
sake= a contention, cause.
boda= druid, proclaimer, redesman.
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Twayne
(glossary at end)
The Twayne were the first Deepsters. Together they went aseech by long, hard, wendering ways to find the great Madhom. In their fand-faering they found the Depths where the two worlds meet, and there they came at last to the Lodestone. Together they grasped it, and lifted it from its seat at the deepest depth. And there then was a hole where it had been, they had opened a thyrel to the outer world, so that when they had brought the Lodestone back with them, it was always also in its midsted at the heart of things, and so, easier for all who came after to find.
The Twayne brought back this great madhom, and made their way to the Drygand, and gave it to him, and when he had it, he became forwendt by it, and was now the great Halleth of the Edhli. And he made the Twayne to be halleths, kynechts of Edhlifrith, and they are with every Edhlifridha, one at each of his shoulders, as minders and redesmen, so that he be not alone in his drengswork.
aseech= on quest.
madhom= treasure
Lodestone= the revealer of and guide and drover to the Edhlimenning, the ecological civilization.
fand-faering= explorative journeying, questing.
thyrel= a penetration.
Drygand= the Pan-chimaera.
forwend=to transform.
halleth= holy knight(kynecht).
Edhli= living Nature, Biosphere.
Edhlifrith= Nature protection.
Edhlifridha= Nature protector.
redesman= advisor, guide.
drengswork= the practice of chivalry.
The Twayne were the first Deepsters. Together they went aseech by long, hard, wendering ways to find the great Madhom. In their fand-faering they found the Depths where the two worlds meet, and there they came at last to the Lodestone. Together they grasped it, and lifted it from its seat at the deepest depth. And there then was a hole where it had been, they had opened a thyrel to the outer world, so that when they had brought the Lodestone back with them, it was always also in its midsted at the heart of things, and so, easier for all who came after to find.
The Twayne brought back this great madhom, and made their way to the Drygand, and gave it to him, and when he had it, he became forwendt by it, and was now the great Halleth of the Edhli. And he made the Twayne to be halleths, kynechts of Edhlifrith, and they are with every Edhlifridha, one at each of his shoulders, as minders and redesmen, so that he be not alone in his drengswork.
aseech= on quest.
madhom= treasure
Lodestone= the revealer of and guide and drover to the Edhlimenning, the ecological civilization.
fand-faering= explorative journeying, questing.
thyrel= a penetration.
Drygand= the Pan-chimaera.
forwend=to transform.
halleth= holy knight(kynecht).
Edhli= living Nature, Biosphere.
Edhlifrith= Nature protection.
Edhlifridha= Nature protector.
redesman= advisor, guide.
drengswork= the practice of chivalry.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Green People and Blue People
Green people live with the living world. They are of the earth.
Blue people try to live over the living world. They are of the sky. They want to live in the heights, to attain the heights of freedom, grandeur, immortality-- and what they find is a vacuum, and to gain the heights, they create insanity and destruction upon the earth.
Green people are called Ecologists. Blue people are called Humanists.
Blue people try to live over the living world. They are of the sky. They want to live in the heights, to attain the heights of freedom, grandeur, immortality-- and what they find is a vacuum, and to gain the heights, they create insanity and destruction upon the earth.
Green people are called Ecologists. Blue people are called Humanists.
Friday, February 5, 2010
"INGENS!"
Old English ingefolc = 'native race'. Is that in-gefolc or inge-folc? Well, Ing (or hypothetical *Ingwaz) was the taboo name of the Norse fertility god Freyr (which itself means merely 'lord'). 'Ing' means something like 'begetter' or 'begotten' as far as I can tell from its usage in compound words and cognates in various languages-- something to do with reproduction and fertility. But if 'inge-folc' is the proper reading ('gefolc' doesn't make sense, grammatically), it would mean literally 'begotten folk' or 'descendants'-- 'tribe', really, which fits with 'native race'.
It's not inconceivable that ingefolc could become a Middle English 'ingens', with 'g' pronounced like our 'j'. So it would sound like 'injuns', which would be a further 'corruption'. I wonder why North American aboriginal peoples don't call themselves Injuns. I don't sense that it was a derogatory name, but I could be wrong. But if I were of American Indian stock, I would call myself an Injun, apart from my tribal name, of course. And after all, it sounds like a mild corruption of 'indigen', which means 'native race'-- ha! With 'Injun' we avoid the misnomer 'Indian'-- "No, we're not from India!" So, 'Injun' is OK by me.
And about tribes-- 'tribe' is being used very loosely by some people now. But I think a tribe must be essentially 'a long-established group of interbred people', otherwise, it's more like just a subculture or a culture. So, 'tribal'-- it's become a pop-culture term, one of those very vague usages that no one bothers defining; has become, essentially, pop-babble. I've had enough of that air-headed vagueness. Of course, what I do to germanic vocabularies verges on the criminal, so am I one to speak? As far as Anglo-Saxon paganism goes, we have 'theod' (='tribe'), which sounds rather like 'thud'. I suppose one can be 'theodisc' (pronounced '-ish') without actually belonging to a theod back in the Dark Ages ('ish' meaning 'like... sort of'), being looser than 'tribal', which to me, anyway, says 'of a tribe'. Picky! Picky! Picky! Oh well.
By the way, you might have noticed that I don't show how to pronounce my germanic (Eormennish) terminology. I should, in some cases, but the problem is that I'm basically a word-artist, not a linguist, and I spell my word-creations however tastes best at the time; i.e., makes the 'word-magic'. Besides, I'm often hybridizing cognates from different languages, with different systems of pronunciation. And then there's modern English orthography, which is semi-chaotic. So deciding how to pronounce and spell these words is difficult. You should pronounce them however you want, but if you want to know how I would do it, just ask. Usually I go with how you'd spell it in modern English, but sometimes I like the exotic/archaic evocative effect of weird spelling of the original Old Norse or Old English, say.
Again by the way, 'eormen' sounds a bit like 'German', which is a latinate word, not germanic. But that it means 'enormous, great' is why I chose it to name this word-hoard I invent-- as 'Eormanz' (which also means 'romance' in the sense of 'Romantic movement' or 'a medieval romance'-- but not 'l'amour'). The 'z' is a German 'z', pronounced like our 'ts'-- 'yore-mants').
It's not inconceivable that ingefolc could become a Middle English 'ingens', with 'g' pronounced like our 'j'. So it would sound like 'injuns', which would be a further 'corruption'. I wonder why North American aboriginal peoples don't call themselves Injuns. I don't sense that it was a derogatory name, but I could be wrong. But if I were of American Indian stock, I would call myself an Injun, apart from my tribal name, of course. And after all, it sounds like a mild corruption of 'indigen', which means 'native race'-- ha! With 'Injun' we avoid the misnomer 'Indian'-- "No, we're not from India!" So, 'Injun' is OK by me.
And about tribes-- 'tribe' is being used very loosely by some people now. But I think a tribe must be essentially 'a long-established group of interbred people', otherwise, it's more like just a subculture or a culture. So, 'tribal'-- it's become a pop-culture term, one of those very vague usages that no one bothers defining; has become, essentially, pop-babble. I've had enough of that air-headed vagueness. Of course, what I do to germanic vocabularies verges on the criminal, so am I one to speak? As far as Anglo-Saxon paganism goes, we have 'theod' (='tribe'), which sounds rather like 'thud'. I suppose one can be 'theodisc' (pronounced '-ish') without actually belonging to a theod back in the Dark Ages ('ish' meaning 'like... sort of'), being looser than 'tribal', which to me, anyway, says 'of a tribe'. Picky! Picky! Picky! Oh well.
By the way, you might have noticed that I don't show how to pronounce my germanic (Eormennish) terminology. I should, in some cases, but the problem is that I'm basically a word-artist, not a linguist, and I spell my word-creations however tastes best at the time; i.e., makes the 'word-magic'. Besides, I'm often hybridizing cognates from different languages, with different systems of pronunciation. And then there's modern English orthography, which is semi-chaotic. So deciding how to pronounce and spell these words is difficult. You should pronounce them however you want, but if you want to know how I would do it, just ask. Usually I go with how you'd spell it in modern English, but sometimes I like the exotic/archaic evocative effect of weird spelling of the original Old Norse or Old English, say.
Again by the way, 'eormen' sounds a bit like 'German', which is a latinate word, not germanic. But that it means 'enormous, great' is why I chose it to name this word-hoard I invent-- as 'Eormanz' (which also means 'romance' in the sense of 'Romantic movement' or 'a medieval romance'-- but not 'l'amour'). The 'z' is a German 'z', pronounced like our 'ts'-- 'yore-mants').
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Wed-bonding of Immynd to Edhli
The Edhli is living Nature. The Immynd is the Imagination, the Otherworld. When the two become wed, the Edhli-immynd then sits enthroned in your Depth. You know this has happened when you feel the thrum of the Lodestone there.
With this wed-bonding, the Two Worlds become the Twyrymet where magic (maegisch) and meaning are found. And you see with the Twysight. You can go beyond human nature (Gumen-cynd) and see things as does the Edhli-mind, the Mind of the Biosphere.
The Ecology Symbol (ecologo/Edhlifrith Takn) shows this holy wedlock of Immynd to Edhli, as a thong fastening both sides, Edhli and Immynd, of the oval ring. The ring is also the Wolken, the meditative aspect of the Edhli-mind, and the thong is the Drygand, the active aspect. So the Edhlifrith Takn signifies not only Ecology, but the Edhli-mind. But also does it signify the Lodestone, and the Lodestone connects you to the Edhli-mind.
Edhli-mind-- Nature-oriented deep imagination.
Lodestone-- the internal guide, warded by the Drygand, the Pan-chimera.
Twyrymet-- 'doubled space'-- the original human experiencing of Nature, where everything is illumined by Deep Mind.
Wolken-- 'cloud, ball'. The Wolken is a vast cloud-ball of the maegisch life-fluid Samen. It is the infinitely complex consciousness and being of the Biosphere.
With this wed-bonding, the Two Worlds become the Twyrymet where magic (maegisch) and meaning are found. And you see with the Twysight. You can go beyond human nature (Gumen-cynd) and see things as does the Edhli-mind, the Mind of the Biosphere.
The Ecology Symbol (ecologo/Edhlifrith Takn) shows this holy wedlock of Immynd to Edhli, as a thong fastening both sides, Edhli and Immynd, of the oval ring. The ring is also the Wolken, the meditative aspect of the Edhli-mind, and the thong is the Drygand, the active aspect. So the Edhlifrith Takn signifies not only Ecology, but the Edhli-mind. But also does it signify the Lodestone, and the Lodestone connects you to the Edhli-mind.
Edhli-mind-- Nature-oriented deep imagination.
Lodestone-- the internal guide, warded by the Drygand, the Pan-chimera.
Twyrymet-- 'doubled space'-- the original human experiencing of Nature, where everything is illumined by Deep Mind.
Wolken-- 'cloud, ball'. The Wolken is a vast cloud-ball of the maegisch life-fluid Samen. It is the infinitely complex consciousness and being of the Biosphere.
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