Shortly after noon. Carol has returned from
donating at the Hoxworth Blood Center, and you will be going to lunch at
Longhorn, which has more or less become a tradition after her giving blood. You
looked over yesterday’s post online and are satisfied with it though you have
some misgivings about putting yourself in the situation in the first place. –
Amorella
1214
hours. It was not with intent. Sometimes having this blog online is annoying
because strangely enough it is so in my head private. However, for me I see
being online a necessity as a check and balance to my overall logical and
creative nature. Sometimes I can’t see the words for the writing on the wall,
Amorella
In here art is as much truth as science,
even more so when you’re dead, from my reckoning. – Amorella
1219
hours. Is this part of what is going through Merlyn’s heartansoulanmind in Dead
9?
In a sense, yes. His old Druid mind still
considers Faeries, some; to be as some Angels. Mysterious strangers one meets
in life, those who say, “Hello, I know you my old friend,” with a twinkle in
with their eye and then move on. – Amorella
1224
hours. Now, in this I have an understanding.
Really? Who knew? – Amorella
1224
hours. Unknown and briefly flashed connections are in such a quick visitor in a
crowd or walking along a street or in a store. “Hello, I know you.” Science
will say there are lots of logical reasons for this, and I agree with them. But
a stranger’s eye hitting into the heartansoulanmind of who one is, is something
else again.
Carol
had her favorite, a grilled chicken strawberry salad and you had you six ounce
sirloin with a loaded baked potato with a side of mushrooms. Prompt service by
your favorite, Jen, who had your drinks waiting as you were seated. This is
with all of her tables filled (you were last) and half the bar that she is also
responsible for. On the way home a neighbor called and said she heard a loud
‘clicking’ as you drove by. You checked the tires and sure enough a inch screw
was lodged. You dropped Carol off at the community center and you drove uptown
to Barnes Auto and he fixed the tire immediately. Then you stopped at the
center and did three laps yourself, Carol did the total of a mile for which she
is pleased. Presently after some errands you are sitting at the north lot of
Pine Hill Lakes Park under more shade today than a few days ago. Carol is on
page 215 of Mad River. – Amorella
1632
hours. Carol has a large half diet, half-high test Coke from McD and I have a
large vanilla Frosty from Wendy’s. Earlier today I got the Avalon washed and
waxed and dusted out but I haven’t swept out the floor yet. It is a beautiful
Spring day and it has been nice driving around in a clean car. The red buds and
magnolias are out as well as tulips here at the park. The large taller trees
are starting to get some leaves too as well as a multitude of new buds. It is a
very pleasant afternoon, clear to lightly clouded skies with the temperature in
the mid-seventies with a light breeze out of the southwest. Also, this morning,
on a hunch, I stopped at the Auto Zone after washing the car and they had in a
new black collapsible trash ‘barrel’ about ten inches high and six to seven
inches across for the middle of the back seat floor. There is a hole in the bucket in the top. Our blue plastic basket full of
auto stuff has since been moved to the trunk. I have been looking for such a
trash bucket since we bought the car a couple of years ago. Very exciting find.
Glad you are excited about the trash bucket,
boy. Post when plausible. - Amorella
You
are home and have a document with Angels from Wikipedia Offline. Let’s go
through and eliminate what will not be needed in these Merlyn books. – Amorella
1817
hours. I am glad you are helping me edit I would most likely keep everything
just in case.
In case of what, boy? – Amorella
1818
hours. Good question. I don’t know.
Yes, you do. – Amorella
1819
hours. In case anything else would ever be needed. I would rather keep the
material than throw it out.
Even if it is not needed? – Amorella
1820
hours. Even if it is not needed now.
When would it ever be needed? – Amorella
1821
hours. Another good question. I could just look the article up again. Good
point. In any case I’m glad you are going to delete what is not going to be
needed.
Take
a break first. Amorella
1824
hours. You are a kind Betweener, Amorella. I like your bantering here. It makes
you appear more human.
You are mistaken, boy. It is you who make me
appear more human. How else would I communicate with you? – Amorella
1827
hours. I had not thought about this aspect.
You had twelve saltless soda crackers and
made six cracker sandwiches with less than a dollop of peanut butter on each
and a diet Vernors ginger ale for supper while you watched last night’s “Dig”.
Carol washed clothes and is now ironing her own. You read the first paragraph
on Angels, which you think is interesting but you cannot tell my reaction so
you stopped. You will read one paragraph at a time, you will know when to
erase. If you make a mistake I will correct it. You can spend too much time in
debating your thoughts in these relatively simple procedures. – Amorella
2044
hours. The selected and edited
Wikipedia Offline material on “Angels” is below.
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Angel
From Wikipedia
Offline
Angels, in a variety of religions, are regarded as spiritual
beings. They are often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος
(aggelos), a translation of מלאך (mal'akh) in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh); a similar term, ملائكة (Malāīkah), is used in
the Qur'an.
The Hebrew
and Greek words originally meant messenger, and depending on the context
may refer either to a human messenger (possibly a prophet or priest, such as Malachi, "my messenger", but also for more mundane
characters, as in the Greek superscription that the Book of Malachi was written "by the hand of his messenger" (ἀγγήλου))
or to a supernatural messenger, such as the "Mal'akh YHWH," who (depending on interpretation) is either a
messenger from God, an aspect of God (such as the Logos), or God Himself as the messenger (the "theophanic angel.")
The term
"angel" has also been expanded to various notions of spiritual beings found in many other religious traditions.
Other roles
of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God's
tasks.
The
theological study of angels is known as angelology. In art, angels are often depicted with wings; perhaps reflecting
the descriptions in Revelation 4:6–8 — of the Four Living
Creatures () and the
descriptions in the Hebrew Bible — of cherubim and seraphim (the chayot in Ezekiel's Merkabah vision and the Seraphim of Isaiah). However, while cherubim and seraphim have wings in the
Bible, no angel is mentioned as having wings.
Etymology
The word angel
in English is a fusion of the Old English word engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele. Both derive from the Latin angelus
which in turn is the romanization of the ancient Greek ἄγγελος (angelos), "messenger",
which is related to the Greek verb ἀγγέλλω (angellō), meaning
"bear a message, announce, bring news of" etc. The earliest form of
the word is the Mycenaean a-ke-ro attested in Linear B syllabic script.
Judaism
The Bible
uses the terms מלאך אלהים (mal'akh Elohim; messenger of God), מלאך יהוה (mal'akh YHWH; messenger of the Lord), בני אלהים (b'nai Elohim;
sons of God) and הקודשים (ha-qodeshim; the holy ones) to refer to beings
traditionally interpreted as angels. Later texts use other terms, such as העליונים
(ha'elyoneem; the upper ones).
Christian
. . . Philo of Alexandria identifies the angel with the Logos as far
as the angel is the immaterial voice of God. The angel is something different than
God . . ..
Thomas Aquinas (13th century) relates angels to Aristotle's metaphysics
in his Summa contra
Gentiles, Summa Theologica, and in De substantiis separatis, a treatise on angelology.
The New Testament includes many of interactions and conversations between
angels and humans . . .. In Matthew 28:5 an angel speaks at the empty tomb,
following the Resurrection of
Jesus and the rolling
back of the stone by angels. Hebrews 13:2 reminds the reader that they may
"entertain angels unaware".
Islam
Angels (Arabic:, Malāʾikah; Turkish: Melek) are mentioned many times in the Qur'an and Hadith. Islam is clear on the nature of angels in that they are
messengers of God.
Above selected and
edited for general conceptual purposes in the fictional Great Merlyn’s Ghost
from Wikipedia Offline - rho
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Orndorff, the Notes of the Blog assert this
material within the blog is for use in the Great Merlyn’s Ghost trilogy
and is not constructed for any other purpose. I agree, this is definitely the
point. You consider yourself mostly fiction, and as such, anything you have written or might write may be mostly fictional also. Do you agree or not? – Amorella
2057
hours. I agree wholeheartedly. – rho
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