Afternoon. You, Carol and Linda had
Smashburgers for lunch and Graeter’s for dessert after they spent the morning
shopping at the Kenwood Centre. You have been running errands because Linda’s
old Otterbein College friend from Tiffin (Ohio) called and they are going to
meet at Kim and Paul’s tomorrow morning then are going to lunch and shopping at
Polaris. Originally, you were going to return Monday for Owen and Brennan’s
Halloween night. Patty was going to drive all the way down to Mason to see
Linda but it seemed easier for us to go back up (which it is). Carol and Linda
are presently making Alta’s turkey soup for supper. Linda is taking the recipe
home so she wanted to make a batch. You want to work on Soki’s Address. Let’s
go upstairs to work. – Amorella
1646 hours. I have more but the Address is
not completed. – rho
Post the whole of what you have. We can work
later. – Amorella
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Soki’s Address ©2016, rho, 1st
I
am the Soki, a being of fortitude
within the casement of humanity like the quiet susurration consciousness people
‘hear within’ from time to time; however, I exist in the unconscious realms. I
am rarely heard and never seen outright. Like the quiet rustle in one’s moral
consciousness, I the Soki whisper best when a person listens closely to
the fine line between what is real and what is not. The unconscious, you see,
fine-tunes consciousness, and this can bring a quick, ever so small wry smile
to the unconscious face; a smile hardly detected by the casual observer of
human nature and sometimes hardly even revealed to one’s conscious self unless
one is quietly listening to what is visually murmuring in the still features on
an outward mirror. The Soki knows
one’s real humanity inside out. This is who I the Soki am.
I
am a potential experience that exists in every human, but where if not the
heart, soul or heart? Humanity, as such, is alien to the physical world.
Humanity interacts with a higher level of self-aware consciousness that can be
observed in all forms of life where self-awareness includes empathy, a reaching
out of one’s self in understanding and kindness. One can witness such in their
pets such as cats, dogs as well as wild animals towards one another and when
interacting with humans. One can find all sorts of examples on the Internet. If
a person can come to accept herorhimself as alien, then it is easier to accept
others of the same or similar species as alien also. There are no strangers in
strange lands where I exist. Humanity is an evolving addition of kindness to
self-awareness, empathy and higher consciousness. Where is this place that
kindness flourishes?
Alien
humanity is in an alternate dimension, a stretch between time and free of space
above consciousness. Think of it as any small Medieval college campus, not a
university that is spread over a few acres, lots of trees, grass, sporadic
clusters of flowers and; this is a delightfully calm setting. On the front of
the college stands a three floor stone building laden with ivy on the left
side, and on the right side are pea vines with white flowers. The front of the
building shows off the granite stone blocks. The windows are Medieval narrow
and on each side of the building are twin turrets and near the roofline
flourishes. The slanted roof is a dark blue. The landscape is similarly
pleasant and open spaced, particularly behind the somewhat large stone building
with two turrets, one on either side. The campus atmosphere is that of an
ancient cemetery with various sized trees growing where gravestones might
otherwise be carefully placed.
This
is a location built on kindness and respect, not love. Love is reserved for
heart or soul but not both at once.
Back
beyond Humanities’ building are four other lesser buildings also of stone with
similar narrow windows. Each outer building is one floor in height with the
same slant on the dark blue roof. Behind and beyond the five buildings of campus
are trees, grass, flowers and walkway is a large open grassy field. Where the
field ends is smaller stone building similar to the others and after walking
through is an open gate. Some people stop and turn back while others blissfully
walk on through. All this is in an alternate dimension of doorways without the
intrusion of a single door, a stretch between time and a dimension free of
space above the touch of consciousness. To the Living this place does not
exist. “After all,” smiles “the Soki, why would it?”
The purpose
of what I call this campus, Humanity Central, is to be a buffer before the Dead
move on. Thorton Wilder describes this in a line in Act III of Our Town;
the ‘they’ in this quotation is in reference to the Dead: “Aren't they waitin', for the eternal part in them to come out clear?”
The eternal
part comes out clear once you pass the Gateway beyond Humanity Campus. This is
where I speak from, the Gateway beyond physical death and before walking naked
into Eternity. This book is about an extraordinary development where two alien
species with humanity meet and learn more about what it is to become more fully
human. I will show this story through the discoveries and events of several
people with humanity, all are alien whether they recognise it or not. “I, the
Soki, exist and so does the Gateway.”
Humanity
Central is a way station for at least two universes so for simplicity’s sake
I’ll leave it at two. From my perspective both are alien universes, that is,
both have biochemical creatures that have developed consciousness with
humanity. Specificially, an alternate Earth very similar to your modern day
Earth; however, in 1988 almost everyone in that alien Earth world died within a
day.
Only a
handful of people survived in this alien Earth on 14 June 1988 and one of them
is a fellow named Mexito who lived in South Africa at the time. Mexito was the
only survivor on the African continent.Today, in 2016, he lives near Washington
D.C. in sight of the Smithsonian complex.
In 1988 he
was quite a shock to discover everyone dead after he woke up from a most
peaceful night’s sleep. He thought he must be the most cursed man in the world
– to be alone. Within a few days of quiet, no humanity but his own voice, he
heard the whispering voice of his unconscious. Thinking the strange voice a
miracle he shouted, “Saki!” [SawKey!] to all the accompanying dogs without
masters, and that became my name to him. Mexito immediately explained to his
long and short tailed companions that, “Thee
Soki is a friend in my head and he be someone I can be talking to besides you
kind, lonely dog friends.” I, the
Soki, had always been attached but how was Mexito to know that. If there hadn’t
been all that silence he would have never heard me.
Mexito gave
me up after he met Friendly, who he immediately thought was an Angel. He didn’t
have anything else to give her so he gave her the most unique precious thing he
had discovered, me, the Soki. I allowed
this under the difficult and unorthodox circumstances in which he and Friendly
found themselves.
I secretly
left a part of myself within Mexito because I liked him for who he was. I also
wanted Friendly to gain a deeper unconscious sense of who and what alien
humanity from Earth was like. That was a gift that Mexito could not give. Friendly
and her friend, Captain Fargo, both humanoid marsupials, had come to help
prevent the calamity that had befallen most earthlings, but they arrived,
needless to say, too late.
You
had turkey/vegetable soup Arizona style for supper then watched this week’s “Designated
Survivor”, NBC News, and Carol and Linda continued with this week’s “Black List”
which you will watch later after you see the program from the week before. –
Amorella
2035 hours. This last part of the Address
shows how and/or why the Soki
transfers from Friendly to the daughter of Yermey and Pyl.
Yes, but it also then allows Mexito, Friendly
and Diplomat to show that the interconnection of the three follows through and
into the introductory first chapter. – Amorella
2039 hours. I didn’t know there was an
interconnection of the three, and I don’t know what you mean by an ‘introductory’
first chapter? I thought the focus was going to be on Soki like it had been on
Merlyn, at least something similar.
Remember the three Greek goddesses who are a
trilogy of sorts? – Amorella
2043 hours. Selena is the first that comes
to mind, then Diana and then the Underworld goddess. All three are as one in
the same depending on story circumstance I suppose. I don’t remember. – Hecate, she’s the Underworld goddess. I
don’t see the connection in this story though; I really do not. – rho
Go to Wikipedia and note the three and how
they work together and separately. – Amorella
2050 hours. I’ll see what I can find. You
keep me curious. I don’t see how or why you come up with the Greek goddesses
here. I don’t want Mexito, Friendly and Diplomat. – Using ‘triple goddess’ does
not do much good here. I don’t see anything useful as the focus is on the uses
of the trinity in explanation within the religion.
Focus on each separately and yes; keep it to
the classical Greek/Roman using the Roman names because they are more familiar. - Amorella
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Diana
In Roman
mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature being
associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and
control animals. She was eventually equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though
she had an independent origin in Italy. Diana was worshipped in ancient Roman
religion and is revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stegheria. Diana was known to
be the virgin goddess of childbirth and women. She was one of the three maiden
goddesses, along with Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry.
Oak groves were especially sacred to her as were deer.
According to mythology (in common with the Greek religion and their deity
Artemis), Diana was born with her twin brother, Apollo, on the island of Delos,
daughter of Jupiter and Latona. She made up a triad with two other Roman
deities: Egeria the water nymph, her servant and assistant midwife; and Virbius,
the woodland god.
Mythology
The
persona of Diana is complex and contains a number of archaic features. . . .
James G. Frazer links Diana with the male god Janus as
a divine couple. . . . Frazer identifies the two with the supreme heavenly
couple Jupiter-Juno and additionally ties in these figures to the overarching
Indo-European religious complex. This regality is also linked to the cult of
trees, particularly oaks. In this interpretative schema, the institution of the
Rex Nemorensis and related ritual should be seen as related to the theme of the
dying god and the kings of May.
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Selene / Luna
In Greek mythology, Selene is the goddess of
the moon. She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of
the sun-god Helios and Eos, goddess of the dawn. She drives her moon chariot
across the heavens. Several lovers are attributed to her in various myths,
including Zeus, Pan, and the mortal Endymion. In classical times, Selene was
often identified with Artemis, much as her brother, Helios, was identified with
Apollo. Both Selene and Artemis were also associated with Hecate, and all three
were regarded as lunar goddesses, although only Selene was regarded as the
personification of the moon itself. Her Roman equivalent is Luna.
Origin
The
usual account of Selene's origin is given by Hesiod. In the Theogony, the sun-god Hyperion espoused
his sister Theia, who gave birth to "great Helios and clear Selene and Eos
who shines upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless Gods who live in
the wide heaven." The Homeric Hymn
to Helios follows this tradition: "Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaëssa,
his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed
Selene and tireless Helios." Here Euryphaëssa ("wide-shining")
is probably an epithet of Theia.
Other accounts make Selene the daughter of Pallas, the
son of Megamedes (possibly identified with Titan Pallas) or of Helios.
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Hecate
Hecate or Hekate is a goddess in Ancient Greek religion and
mythology, most often shown holding two torches or a key and in later periods
depicted in triple form. She was variously associated with crossroads,
entrance-ways, light, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous
plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. She appears in the Homeric Hymn to
Demeter and in Hesiod’s Theogony, where
she is promoted strongly as a great goddess. The place of origin of her
following is uncertain, but it is thought that she had popular followings in
Thrace. She was one of the main deities worshiped in Athenian households as a
protective goddess and one who bestowed prosperity and daily blessings on the
family. In the post-Christian writings of the Chaldean Oracles (2nd–3rd century
CE) she was regarded with (some) rulership over earth, sea and sky, as well as
a more universal role as Saviour (Soteira), Mother of Angels and the Cosmic
World Soul. Regarding the nature of her cult, it has been remarked, "she
is more at home on the fringes than in the center of Greek polytheism.
Intrinsically ambivalent and polymorphous, she straddles conventional boundaries
and eludes definition.
Mythology
Hecate
has been characterized as a pre-Olympian chthonic goddess.
The
first literature mentioning Hecate is the Theogony.
Hecate whom Zeus the son of Cronos honored above all. He gave her splendid
gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honor
also in starry heaven, and is honored exceedingly by the deathless gods. For to
this day, whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for
favor according to custom, he calls upon Hecate. Great honor comes full easily
to him whose prayers the goddess receives favorably, and she bestows wealth
upon him for the power surely is with her. For as many as were born of Earth
and Ocean amongst all these she has her due portion. The son of Cronos did her
no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former
Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning,
privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea.
According
to Hesiod, she held sway over many things:
Whom she
will, she greatly aids and advances: she sits by worshipful kings in judgement,
and in the assembly whom she will is distinguished among the people. And when
men arm themselves for the battle that destroys men, then the goddess is at
hand to give victory and grant glory readily to whom she will. Good is she also
when men contend at the games, for there too the goddess is with them and
profits them: and he who by might and strength gets the victory wins the rich
prize easily with joy, and brings glory to his parents. And she is good to
stand by horsemen, whom she will: and to those whose business is in the grey
discomfortable sea, and who pray to Hecate and the loud-crashing Earth-Shaker,
easily the glorious goddess gives great catch, and easily she takes it away as
soon as seen, if so she will. She is good in the byre with Hermes to increase
the stock. The droves of kine and wide herds of goats and flocks of fleecy
sheep, if she will, she increases from a few, or makes many to be less. So,
then, albeit her mother's only child, she is honored amongst all the deathless
gods. And the son of Cronos made her a nurse of the young who after that day
saw with their eyes the light of all-seeing Dawn. So from the beginning she is
a nurse of the young, and these are her honours.
Hesiod emphasizes
that Hecate was an only child, the daughter of Perses and Asteria, a
star-goddess who was the sister of Leto (the mother of Artemis and Apollo).
Hesiod's
inclusion and praise of Hecate in the Theogony
has been troublesome for scholars, in that he seems to hold her in high regard,
while the testimony of other writers, and surviving evidence, suggests that
this may have been the exception. . . . In Athens Hecate, along with Zeus,
Hermes, Hestia, and Apollo, were very important in daily life, as they were the
main gods of the household. However, it is clear that the special position given to
Hecate by Zeus is upheld throughout her history by depictions found on coins
depicting Hecate on the hand of Zeus as highlighted in more recent research
presented by d'Este and Rankine. . . .
Hecate by Richard Cosway
If
Hecate's cult spread from Anatolia into Greece, it is possible it presented a
conflict, as her role was already filled by other more prominent deities in the
Greek pantheon, above all by Artemis
and Selene. Hecate also came
to be associated with ghosts, infernal spirits, the dead and sorcery. Shrines
to Hecate were placed at doorways to both homes and cities with the belief that
it would protect from restless dead and other spirits. Likewise, shrines to
Hecate at three way crossroads were created where food offerings were left at
the new moon to protect those who did so from spirits and other evils. . . .
Variations
in interpretations of Hecate's role or roles can be traced in 5th-century
Athens. In two fragments of Aeschylus she appears as a great goddess. In
Sophocles and Euripides she is characterized as the mistress of witchcraft and
the Keres.
In the
Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hecate is called the "tender-hearted", a
euphemism perhaps intended to emphasize her concern with the disappearance of
Persephone, when she assisted Demeter with her search for Persephone following
her abduction by Hades, suggesting that Demeter should speak to the god of the
sun, Helios. Subsequently she became Persephone's companion on her yearly
journey to and from the realms of Hades; serving as a psychopomp. [See Below] Because
of this association, Hecate was one of the chief goddesses of the Eleusinian
Mysteries, alongside Demeter and Persephone.
The
modern understanding of Hecate has been strongly influenced by syncretic
Hellenistic interpretations. Many of the attributes she was assigned in this
period appear to have an older basis. For example, in the magical papyri of
Ptolemaic Egypt, she is called the 'she-dog' or 'bitch', and her presence is
signified by the barking of dogs. In late imagery she also has two ghostly dogs
as servants by her side. However, her association with dogs predates the
conquests of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Hellenistic world.
When Philip II laid siege to Byzantium she had already been associated with
dogs for some time; the light in the sky and the barking of dogs that warned
the citizens of a night time attack, saving the city, were attributed to Hecate
Lampadephoros (the tale is preserved in the Suda). In gratitude the
Byzantines erected a statue in her honor.
As a
virgin goddess, she remained unmarried and had no regular consort, though some
traditions named her as the mother of Scylla.
Triple Hecate
Hecate was generally represented as three-formed,
which probably has some connection with the appearance of the full moon, half
moon, and new moon. Triple Hecate was the goddess of the moon with three forms:
Selene the Moon in heaven, Artemis the Huntress on earth, and Persephone the
Destroyer in the underworld. Although associated with other moon goddesses such
as Selene, she ruled over three kingdoms: the earth, the sea, and the sky. She
had the power to create or hold back storms, which influenced her patronage of shepherds
and sailors.
Above selected and edited
separately from Wikipedia
Addition:
Psychopomps (literally meaning in Greek the "guide of souls") are
creatures, spirits, angels, or dieties in many religions whose responsibility
is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. Their role is
not to judge the deceased, but simply to provide safe passage. Appearing
frequently on funerary art, psychopomps have been depicted at different times
and in different cultures as anthropomorphic entities, horses, deer, dogs,
whip-poor-wills, ravens, crows, owls, sparrows and cuckoos. When seen as birds,
they are often seen in huge masses, waiting outside the home of the dying.
Overview
Classical
examples of a psychopomp are the ancient Egyptian god Anubis, the Greek
ferryman Charon and dieties Hermes and Hecate, the Roman god Mercury, and the Etruscan
deity Vanth. The form of Shiva as Tarakesshwara in Hinduism performs a similar
role, although leading the soul to moksha rather than an afterlife. In many
beliefs, a spirit being taken to the underworld is violently ripped from its
body.
The most
common contemporary example of a psychopomp appearing in popular culture is the
Grim Reaper, which dates from 15th-century England and has been adopted into
many other cultures around the world over the years; for instance, the
shinigami in Japanese culture today.
In
Jungian psychology, the psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and
conscious realms. It is symbolically personified in dreams as a wise man or
woman, or sometimes as a helpful animal. In many cultures, the shaman also
fulfills the role of the psychopomp. This may include not only accompanying the
soul of the dead, but also to help at birth, to introduce the newborn child's
soul to the world. This also accounts for the contemporary title of
"midwife to the dying", or “End of Life Doula”, which is another form
of psychopomp work.
In Filipino culture, dead relations function as
psychopomps. When the dying call out to specific dead persons (e.g. parents,
partners), the spirits of the latter are supposedly visible to the former. The
spirits, who traditionally wait at the foot of the deathbed, fetch (Tagalog: sundô)
the soul soon after death and escort it into the afterlife.
Selected and edited from Wikipedia
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2227 hours.
This has taken a while to edit for the blog. I cannot remember ever having seen
the word ‘psychopomps’ before. And, how odd that a reference exists to the
unconscious and consciousness. –
“In
Jungian psychology, the psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and
conscious realms. It is symbolically personified in dreams as a wise man or
woman, or sometimes as a helpful animal. In many cultures, the shaman also
fulfills the role of the psychopomp. This may include not only accompanying the
soul of the dead, but also to help at birth, to introduce the newborn child's
soul to the world.” (Wikipedia)
Earlier in life you read several books
relating to Jungian psychology. Perhaps you first read of the word at that
time. All for tonight. – Post. – Amorella
2233 hours. This is still rather spooky.
Halloween is just around the corner, boy. –
Amorella
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