A Ritual and a Gathering: Nine Waves of Healing Searles Thu Sep 7 19:47:34 2000 A Ritual and a Gathering: Nine Waves of Healing*p**** Log file opened: 9/5/00 8:19:17 PM*p**br* Searles [~pirch@adsl-78-190-146.hsv.bellsouth.net*br* has joined #summerlands*br* CStar sets mode: +o Searles *p* CStar: Welcome to The Summerlands. We are a Celtic Pagan Community and this is our general chat room. Pull up a chair and a mug and get comfortable.*p* <Jehana> hi searles!*p* <Searles> Go mbeannai Dagdia anseo.*p* <Fiacha> Hello, Searles.*p* <Jehana> greetings, oh druid.*p* <Searles> Hi J. How are you?*p* <Jehana> doing decent. is deborah coming online too?*p* <Searles> Hi Faicha*p* <Searles> whoops Fiacha*p* <Searles> Don't know I just awakened.*p* <Fiacha> hahaha.... and this from the great Irish speaker ;-)*p* <Searles> She maybe in the living room.*p* <Jehana> ah.*p* <Searles> Ah there she is.*p* <Jehana> ahhh. she's a coming online. good.*p* TopazOwl [topazowl@sA19-p17.dreamscape.com*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <Jehana> hi topaz*p* <TopazOwl> Dia dhuit, all.*p* <Searles> It a living language that we're trying to make more of it that we are.*p* <Searles> :-)*p* <Searles> Fagdia is Danu dhuit a Topaz.*p* <Searles> Wow*p* <Fiacha> Well, for me it's more of a *limping* language if you know what I mean....*p* <TopazOwl> Was that Dagdia, by any chance? :-)*p* <Searles> That'll teachme to type while being a zombie.*p* <Searles> yes*p* <Jehana> grin. always a typing zombie*p* <TopazOwl> Go raibh maith agat, mo chara.*p* <Searles> Might be a chance of me having mistyped it now.:-)*p* Deborah [Deborah@user-33qt4e9.dialup.mindspring.com*br* has joined #summerlands*br* CStar sets mode: +o Deborah *p* CStar sets mode: +o Deborah *p* <TopazOwl> Evening Miz Deb!*p* <Jehana> hiya deb*p* <Deborah> hey y'all.... how's it going tonight?*p* <Deborah> Hello Fiacha. Welcome.*p* <TopazOwl> Okay.*p* LdyHarp [ravensong@dialup-209.245.161.171.Seattle1.Level3.net*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <LdyHarp> hi all*p* <TopazOwl> Frinny!!!*p* <Deborah> hey there LadyHarp!*p* <LdyHarp> TO!!!!*p* <LdyHarp> *smoochies huggles**p* <LdyHarp> hey Deb!!!!*p* TopazOwl hugs Frinny whom she hasn't seen in a month or so*p* <Deborah> welcome back to the world of the rampaging cybers <G>*p* <LdyHarp> yes I am alive*p* <Jehana> hiya ladyharp!!!! ages it's been*p* <LdyHarp> hi Jeh*p* <Deborah> how'd the faires go?*p* LdyHarp huggles one and all*p* <Searles> Hi there Frinshay :-)*p* <LdyHarp> some good some not so good*p* <LdyHarp> hi OD!!!!*p* <LdyHarp> I have missed ya all so much*p* <Searles> Now Irish is a deep pool that has a blessing in its depths.*p* <Searles> Drink of its water and find that you've discovered your muse within yourself.*p* <LdyHarp> I almost went to Ireland for 4 months*p* <Searles> We've missed you too frinny. Don't go on such a pilgimidge next time.*p* <Fiacha> I keep trying, but I get the water up my nose and then I cough and cough.... ;-)*p* <LdyHarp> well next time I will have that thing to hook up my lap top to the cell phone*p* <Jehana> hhehe*p* <Searles> Just remember that the Hindus place water up their noses as a health measure.*p* <Searles> Be thanking the gods that they're Irish:-)*p* <Fiacha> hahaha... *p* <LdyHarp> OD I was so disappointed that we didn't get to go to Ireland*p* <Jehana> ewww, water up the nose.*p* TopazOwl doesn't want to hear about water up her nose*p* LdyHarp has a head cold and has water coming out of her nose*p* <Searles> Ayurveda. I've been trying to get over there seriously for about three years now and its always something comes up.*p* <Jehana> topaz, definitely understood after last night.*p* Beirdd [apbeirddfr@209-130-140-224.nas2.MON.gblx.net*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <Jehana> hiya beirdd*p* <TopazOwl> Evening Beirdd-ic One.*p* <Searles> Shh his ears might be a'burnin.:-)*p* <Deborah> hey Beirdd! {{{{hugs}}}*p* Beirdd sprinkles holy water around the doorway*p* <TopazOwl> LOL*p* <Beirdd> Good evening :-)*p* <LdyHarp> hey Beirdd!*p* Daibh [obroder@sdn-ar-004gaatlaP129.dialsprint.net*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <Searles> Is it to be water or holy water father? :-)*p* <Beirdd> Hi*p* <Daibh> Evening folks...*p* <Beirdd> I think holy water is called for ;-)*p* Searles saw "Angela's Ashes" last night.*p* <Jehana> yo daibh!!! hugs good seeing*p* <Daibh> Hugs to all!*p* <Deborah> hey Daibh!!!*p* <Searles> Dagdia dhuit a Dhaibh.*p* <Deborah> if you havent seen Angela's Ashes... it's really good*p* <Daibh> Hiya!*p* <Beirdd> nope*p* <Jehana> Jehana saw an end to humidity last night.*p* <Jehana> it's a movie now??*p* <Fiacha> I rented Angela's Ashes today, but I haven't watched it yet...*p* Beirdd is still reading a pile of email*p* <Daibh> Watched "Sleepy Hollow" last p.m. but would like to see "Angela's Ashes."*p* <LdyHarp> I LOVED thast movie Daibh*p* Aodhfionn [aodhfionn@ppp145.arden.dialup.ioa.com*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <TopazOwl> Dia dhuit, a Dhaibh*p* <LdyHarp> wait*p* <Jehana> jehana would rather read the book than watch the movie.*p* <TopazOwl> Dua dhuit Aodhfionn.*p* <LdyHarp> Daibh??? that you???*p* <TopazOwl> ooops*p* <Searles> You'll like it Daibh. It's very Irish.*p* <Aodhfionn> Hello all.*p* <Daibh> Agus tú, to all of you! :^)*p* <Searles> Ya/ fa/ilte romhat, aodhfionn.*p* <Fiacha> <-- No time to read fiction. I can do something else *while* watching a video.*p* <Daibh> Aodhfionn! Evenin'*p* Searles is Yiddish and not Irish:-)*p* <Searles> Ua?*p* <Daibh> Oy*p* <Searles> ya ya?*p* <Fiacha> hahaha*p* TopazOwl is Irish and not Druish*p* <LdyHarp> LOL TO*p* <Jehana> Jehana is Pictish and not certain about anything else.*p* <Daibh> I think it's ("Angela's...") is on PPV this month, so it'll be worth the monie I sure!*p* <Fiacha> Funny, you don't look Druish...*p* <Deborah> back*p* <Searles> The Rabbi that married us was very Druish:-)*p* <Deborah> hey Aodhfionn!*p* <Jehana> Jehana doesn't have cable so she doesnt' care about tv stuff.*p* <Aodhfionn> HI Deb*p* <TopazOwl> :-)*p* <Searles> But do you have a VCR?*p* <Searles> What sort of Drai/ocht should we practice tonight?*p* <Deborah> Druish? Did sumbody say Druish? Are we doing Spaceballs The Movie now? <G>*p* <Searles> It'd be a shame to waste such a beautiful Moon.*p* <TopazOwl> :-)*p* <Daibh> granted*p* <TopazOwl> Drai/ocht tonight should be clarity and revelation.*p* <TopazOwl> And even protection.*p* <Daibh> we could use that*p* <Searles> Sounds good... and opening of eyes and a lengthening of vision as the Moon comes into her light, eh?*p* <Daibh> ATA (All the above)*p* Searles notices that his as's have transmuted themselves into ass's at times but hope that's not due to dreams or Mid-summers.:-)*p* <TopazOwl> LOL*p* <Searles> It's because my nakes will not be driven.*p* <Deborah> how about some protection and healing for the land, the land spirits and the caretakers of the land?*p* <Searles> but sometimes they are invisible to the eye.*p* <Jehana> nakes???? *p* <Searles> snakes*p* <Jehana> ah*p* <Deborah> thanks Jehana... I was wondering about his 'nakes' too <WEG>*p* <Searles> I was trying to lighten up on the keyboard and see what I get for it.*p* <TopazOwl> That is what I meant by "revelation"...opening eyes to truth.*p* <TopazOwl> is*p* <Fiacha> poor Searles... need coffee?*p* <TopazOwl> As in reveal-ation.*p* <Deborah> he probably does actually*p* <Deborah> brb*p* <Searles> Good idea Fiacha...need coffee and a doughnut*p* <Deborah> going to brew a cauldron of cafe'*p* Deborah is now known as Debaway*p* <Fiacha> hehehe*p* <TopazOwl> Hmm, coffee sounds good. BRB*p* <LdyHarp> Lattes*p* <LdyHarp> that what I need*p* <Daibh> double mocha latte!*p* <Fiacha> uh-oh... I've created a monster!*p* <Searles> Recently there's been a storm that has blown dissension and shadows among us for sure and its time to clean out the airts so to speak.*p* <Searles> Along with that, a bit of rain might be nice as well.*p* <LdyHarp> Double tall Irish cream heave foam with whip*p* <Searles> Just no Creme de Menthe please!*p* mique [arion@syr13899.a-znet.com*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <mique> eegad!, full house*p* <Searles> A welcome before you mique.*p* <mique> greetings all gathered*p* <Aodhfionn> HI mique*p* <Daibh> déithe dhuit Mique!*p* <Searles> I'm wondering ... should it be fire or water that we seek in out efforts?*p* <Debaway> heya Mique*p* Debaway is now known as Deborah*p* <Deborah> a full house is a good house*p* <Deborah> <G>*p* <Searles> Those are the only two things that are known to prevail over creation at times.*p* <TopazOwl> Hi mique!*p* <mique> searles..?*p* <Deborah> water*p* <Searles> I suspect it should be water that we seek.*p* <Deborah> already too much fire in usa right now... especially in the West*p* <Fiacha> Well, to heal dissension I would think water...*p* <Deborah> fire might be what's stirring up all the spirits and such righ tnow*p* <Deborah> it has an 'energizing' effect*p* <Jehana> hi mique*p* <Searles> <it's as if Searles hears Deborah before she types... uncanny:-)>*p* <Deborah> and we could all use a deep drink of rain and such*p* <Deborah> <G>*p* <Daibh> true, the moons in a queer way right now with a lot of folks' lives.*p* <Jehana> yes?*p* <Searles> Must be a psychic connection alright.*p* <LdyHarp> there has been a lot of strange things going on*p* <Fiacha> oh?*p* <Searles> Yes.. many are reporting strange presences.*p* <Daibh> granted LdyHarp..*p* <mique> so...what is the topic of discussion?*p* <LdyHarp> I had such an encounter*p* <Searles> My own personal take on the situation is that there'll continue being a lot of chaos around this time of year since about three years ago there was some pretty dark working going on.*p* <Jehana> yes, ldy?*p* <LdyHarp> really OD??*p* <LdyHarp> oh yeah Jehana*p* <Searles> This is Druids' Gathering mique*p* <Jehana> 3 yers ago, searles?*p* <Fiacha> Interesting... tell on...*p* <Aodhfionn> I agree, Searles.*p* <TopazOwl> Oh indeed.*p* <Beirdd> the fires in the west have coupled with the increased deception of humanity to create a rift when and where one is not meant to be.*p* <Searles> We're just doing whatever seems wise to us and right now we're discussing what we should be doing as a group working.*p* <LdyHarp> yeah OD tell, I will tell mine after*p* <TopazOwl> Beirdd. *p* TopazOwl nods*p* <LdyHarp> who was doing dark workings 3 years ago*p* <Beirdd> as rain is needed on the fires, it is also needed within the souls of men and women*p* <Searles> Princesss Diana was killed but some bad magic three years ago.*p* <Searles> The echoes of that working are still loose in the cosmos as far as I can see.*p* Daibh nods*p* <LdyHarp> you think someone used magic to kill the Princesss?*p* <Fiacha> ???Before I overreact, what would give you that idea?*p* <Searles> A lot of folks have notice a presence that seems to lurk in the background.*p* <TopazOwl> Cleansing rain.*p* <TopazOwl> That's what we need.*p* <LdyHarp> even here in the NW we need it TO*p* <TopazOwl> Rain that cleans souls as well. :-)*p* <Searles> What gives me that idea is that she was indeed killed three years ago and that I seem to have some sort of a psychic connection to the event.*p* <TopazOwl> Rain inside ourselves. Tears.*p* <Beirdd> Fiacha, not really an idea. I just thought of the question being raised and those words are what came.*p* <Searles> I've done several Ogham divinations on the happenings surrounding it and they all point to some sort of working gone wrong.*p* <Fiacha> Sorry, Beirdd, my question was directed at Searles... I was unclear....*p* <Searles> Maybe it was just a banishing ritual of some sort? I haven't looked that far into the darkness to see it clearly.*p* <TopazOwl> Three years ago, I had some dark things to banish too.*p* <Fiacha> Interesting, Searles, and I feel better now... you had me worried there... ;-)*p* <LdyHarp> well we have been feeding the land spirits to keep the wards strong*p* <TopazOwl> The world was uneasy then as well.*p* <LdyHarp> wow*p* <mique> 3 years ago boded well for me*p* <LdyHarp> three years ago Samhain next we lost the old Bard*p* <mique> but then again i have usually been the exception to alot of rules :-)*p* <Searles> yes and it still is. I remember doing a ritual of protection at this time of year about 5 years ago.*p* <Daibh> these last 3 yrs. have been a time of transition for us.*p* <Fiacha> Things were very bad for me at this time three years ago, now that you mention it...*p* <Searles> Seemed to have been necessary because of another ritual that had been done by the same crew about 500 years ago.*p* Daibh nods*p* <Searles> If we are to seek a protection or reshaping through water...what form should it take?*p* <Beirdd> well, just remember...the new millennium *really* starts this year LOL*p* <LdyHarp> well me being a knee woman of sorts I would use nine drops, for the nine blessings*p* <Searles> The new millenium starts every year:-)*p* <TopazOwl> Rain...tears...washing away lies, deceit, false ego...*p* <Searles> Nine waves of being right?*p* <TopazOwl> It can be waves if you like.*p* <LdyHarp> that too*p* <LdyHarp> nine handfuls of water for blessing*p* <Searles> A wave or a drop depends on the size of the eyes.*p* <Deborah> I'm for the rain (would also benefit the earth and hopefully help quell the fires that burn*p* <Deborah> on many fronts*p* <Jehana> deb true*p* <Daibh> Aye, nine being the number drops or handfuls but we need it!*p* <Jehana> topaz, true*p* <Beirdd> the washing of waves, the washing of rain, the washing of tears*p* <Searles> Let's seek after water then and see where it takes us.*p* <Jehana> yes, water*p* <TopazOwl> But not too much water -- we are in harvest here. :-)*p* <Jehana> <yes>*p* TopazOwl has sought the water and was taken to truth*p* <Searles> No more water even for Watertown then...at least until the harvest is over.*p* <LdyHarp> speaking of water, I have been asked to dance the part of a river Goddess at a tambore*p* <Beirdd> wash the hearth, the body, and the heart*p* Daibh claps for LadyHarp*p* <Beirdd> cool Frin*p* <Searles> But as to the rest of the country, I think it needs water for the meager crops that are still growing*p* <LdyHarp> Oshun*p* <Searles> and for the fires that still consumes and also for*p* <Jehana> water spread about appropriately, then*p* <Searles> that which disrupts and corrupts.*p* Beirdd thinks that the spiritual drought needs to end before the realms will cooperate again*p* <Searles> My uncle told me that the field to get int owas making things clean again. I thought he meant ecology but didn't know he meant spiritual ecology.*p* <TopazOwl> So then we fill the pool of spirit with the rain of truth.*p* <Searles> Now that he's young again I understand the wisdomof his ideas.*p* <Fiacha> Biodh Se!*p* <Searles> Biod Se agus abhlain!*p* <TopazOwl> Biodh se!*p* <Deborah> Deborah thinks Beirdd is right on the money with his observation*p* <Searles> Then it's water that will wash away the miseries.*p* <Daibh> Please send a bucket full this way then! :^)*p* <Searles> Shall we look within or without for the water and the bucket?*p* <Aodhfionn> Always lok within.*p* <LdyHarp> both*p* <Daibh> This sounds like a journey within deep within.*p* <Beirdd> The interior spring*p* <LdyHarp> the water from within and the water that is outside out own door*p* <Fiacha> Without for the rain and within for the bucket/pool?*p* <Searles> Yes...it's within that we'll seek the cleansing waters of blessing for ourselves and for the world then.*p* <Deborah> look within before looking without*p* <Searles> Who has the first wave that starts at the shore between here and there?*p* <LdyHarp> well, I am close phyicaly to the puget sound*p* <Searles> I admit that it doesn't stay put but that's the action of the Moon for you.*p* <Searles> It tugs on the tides like a new dress for a sister.*p* <Searles> OK...we'll star way out west and I think up in the clouds because the sky is where the water's been hiding lately.*p* <Searles> This is all a matter of the two Druids who control these things being distracted by the heat of the third Druid in the South.*p* <Deborah> <G>*p* <Searles> It's to Semias of Murias that we'll call.*p* <Searles> He takes the water from the Sea and seeds the clouds above.*p* <Searles> It's Uiscias of Findias that brings it from the clouds again.*p* <Searles> In my cosmos these are the Dagda's Undry Cauldron and the Sword of Light that Nuada held.*p* <Deborah> In my cosmos that would be the melding of the Grand Feminine with the Grand Masculine... from which all creation springs*p* <Searles> Down into the bottom of the Sea we must travel like Brian in his glass diving helmet and seek for the Morrigan's Spit (her cooking spit, though the heat nowadays could cook spit it is true:-)*p* <TopazOwl> In my cosmos it is the sword of Nuada and the Cauldron of the Dagda. :-)*p* <Searles> Indeed we must call the two together it seems for that's how these things work.*p* <Searles> :-)*p* <mique> the cauldron of in dagda for the waters to quench, and the sword to know*p* <Searles> Adds an entirely new dimension to thunder and lightning.*p* <Searles> The first wave is at the shores and it's into the depths we travel as we journey.*p* <Daibh> the cauldron of the dagda for waters to restore, and the sword to expose truth and give knowledge to those about.*p* <Searles> Its warm to the touch by the heat of Gor and by the opening of the door to the fires of the sky.*p* <Searles> Yet fire in water is a powerful sign and a sign that we need to go much further to the second wave.*p* <Searles> The second drop from the Dadga's cauldron would be what if the first was a beginning?*p* <TopazOwl> A step.*p* <Daibh> second would be growth, the initiation of that which was begun*p* <TopazOwl> An unwinding.*p* <TopazOwl> Yes.*p* <Searles> If the first was a beginning then let the second wave be a continuing...a growth towards a goal*p* <Searles> It's the goal perhaps that should be sister to the journey.*p* <Searles> What would that goal be?*p* <Searles> A goal of cleansing? a goal of clearing and seeing?*p* <Daibh> that's good for a start*p* <Searles> A goal of nourishing and quenching of thirst?*p* <Daibh> start*p* <Searles> A goal for promoting growth?*p* <Aodhfionn> Action in wisdom, t qhuench without drowning.*p* <TopazOwl> Good Aodhfionn*p* <Searles> Then the third wave will be action in wisdom and that's the gift of the well itself.*p* Daibh sees the white salmon...*p* <Searles> It out of the well that a collection of wisdom has come; a baptism of sorts and a draught for others.*p* <Searles> Bradan is his name and a meal of guided wisdom is what we're having.*p* <Searles> There's the intention and the focus. Now let's see which waves will establish the form of the drinking horn.*p* <Searles> The fourth wave must be a shape that is formed from the horns of a beast and animal familiar that walks the land.*p* <Searles> Yet can carry the draughts of gods and humans to a thirsty and unwashed world.*p* <mique> a long horn, with a curl in it that brings it back to the center of the mouth...ie- a full turn*p* <Searles> Will it be the Don Bo/ or the White I wonder?*p* <LdyHarp> perhaps a trial to acquire the horn, a hunt*p* <Daibh> I see a bull...or a cow perhaps...a maternal instinct and wisdom guiding.*p* <Searles> Will it be the beast that swam the seas with life on his back or will it be the beast that gave his own life as a ford across the depths?*p* <mique> how about if it is black at one end and slowly becomes white?*p* <TopazOwl> A ford...a bridge.*p* <Searles> Might work mique as in a leaping from one side to the other.*p* <TopazOwl> A way through.*p* <mique> i wuz thinking that it is dark at the bottom (the stormy depths)*p* <Searles> A Bull then and one that is born of chaos and order both...*p* <mique> and light at the top (the clarity)*p* <Searles> like Lugh and also like Bress each*p* <mique> and the twist in it brings you back to your center*p* <Searles> a combination of light and dark, yet neither a creature of shadows.*p* <Daibh> but both having walked in the shadows*p* <Searles> It's within the doorway that this is possible or perhaps before the light.*p* CLoasT [~someonesp@203.114.229.129*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <CLoasT> :)*p* <CLoasT> hi*p* <Searles> A horn that is light at the top of it...when drinking and a horn that is dark at the bottom then*p* <Searles> always full and connected to the depths then.*p* Deborah sets mode: +s *p* <mique> greetings CLoasT*p* <Searles> The fourth wave is for seeing that one and another are connected throughthe transition.*p* <CLoasT> :O *p* <CLoasT> :D i am cloast , i come from Thailand*p* <CLoasT> so where you guys from ?*p* <Searles> < a wee pause while I wet my throat> :-)*p* <TopazOwl> From NY USA*p* <mique> a pause for all of us while we fill up?*p* <mique> ...neighbour to topaz...:-)*p* <TopazOwl> Yes, I need some coffee. BRB*p* <Searles> Grab your drinking horns for we will be filling then and empowering them soon.*p* <Fiacha> Michigan USA*p* <Searles> Rocket City, Planet Earth.*p* <Deborah> Huntsville Alabama*p* <mique> searles...figuratively or literally..:-)*p* <Searles> Both*p* <LdyHarp> North Bend WA*p* <mique> cos i acquired one not too long ago..:-)*p* <Searles> Now let's get back to finding the waves of the west.*p* CLoasT [~someonesp@203.114.229.129*br* has left #summerlands*br* <mique> brb then*p* <Searles> CLoast is in that direction depending on the beginnings of our journey.*p* <Searles> Though he's the other way as well...very fitting for a horn that is both one way and another.*p* <Searles> The earth is a huge drinking horn like that.*p* <Searles> So is a doorway and so are we....our outsides are light for the most part and our insides are dark normally*p* <LdyHarp> Im sorry but I have to go, having an allergy attack*p* <LdyHarp> will try to come back*p* LdyHarp [ravensong@dialup-209.245.161.171.Seattle1.Level3.net*br* has quit IRC (Dal gCais ABU!!! Seabhach ABU!!!!)*br* <Searles> though some people can reverse themselves by letting their inner lights shine.*p* <Daibh> Blessings~ LdH*p* <Searles> On the land is the beast of the two colored horn.*p* <Searles> a vessel for working with the draughts of the cauldron.*p* <Searles> I submit that the fifth wave should be a reminder*p* <Searles> a reminder to the world that it's not all one way or another...*p* <mique> the fifth is the half way point..*p* <Searles> that summer is not all about scorching Sun and heat but it's also about cooling wetting rains and evening that*p* <mique> er...fifth*p* Deborah changes topic to "Tonight is the Druid's Assembly. We are in ceremony. Please enter quietly and wait to join in at an appropriate moment. Thanks."*p* <Searles> first grow short and then long again.*p* <Searles> It's about bright lights but it's also about the power of water to darken the skies and the ground in wetness.*p* <Searles> I think that the fifth wave should be the heart of our working.*p* <Beirdd> Blessings to all and upon your prayers and work.*p* <Searles> It should be about all things in balance.*p* Beirdd [apbeirddfr@209-130-140-224.nas2.MON.gblx.net*br* has left #summerlands*br* <Searles> Wet rains to balance scorching Sun where there is too much of one.*p* <TopazOwl> Sun to dry the earth when there is need.*p* <Searles> Warming Sun to dry the fields where there is too much of dampness and a plentiful harvest.*p* <Searles> A balance between chaos of creation and rigidity of order.*p* <Deborah> Wet rains to quench raging fires that burn the earth and harm those living on her*p* <Searles> Too many rules and life is lost.*p* <Daibh> Wind to kiss the earth and trees and inspire growth.*p* <Searles> No rules at all and it seldom takes shape.*p* <Searles> Yes a breath from the clouds providing what is needed. a Balance of dark and light...wet and dry.*p* <Deborah> the Fomorii have their place and their purpose, but should never run unchecked nor rule at all.*p* <Searles> The sixth wave is the mind of spirit that lives in the breath and cycles one from another.*p* <Searles> It's the life that is lived and the death that is given.*p* <Searles> It's the Moon above the horizon half fulfilled and seeking completion.*p* <Searles> It's how our working will grow and how it will define itself.*p* <Searles> I see it as a wave of uplifting spirit.*p* <Searles> Hands that hod the water of life cupped together.*p* <Searles> A filling of the horn from a joining of hands.*p* <Searles> A walk across a field and a meeting of one side with the other.*p* <Searles> The water from the depths rising to the skies and returning to the fields.*p* <Searles> This is the gift to the Land from the heart of the Sea.*p* Fiacha [~jirc@ip107.kalamazoo7.mi.pub-ip.psi.net*br* has quit IRC (Leaving)*br* <Searles> Three waves to give them birth.*p* <Searles> Three waves to form the present.*p* <Searles> Now we seek for three waves to make the gift.*p* <Searles> The seventh wave is the horse that is ridden before many.*p* <Searles> It is a proud walking stallion that is noticed by all.*p* <Searles> It is a Sky horse, a proud horse a prancing horse that has sea foam for a mane and*p* <Searles> obsidian for hooves.*p* <Searles> It's name is plenty and its race is with time.*p* <TopazOwl> It is a golden horse. *p* <Searles> It is measured in heartbeats of pressure from weather on high and weather on low.*p* <Searles> It is a horse at the water and a horse that drinks deeply.*p* <Searles> It will come to our calling.*p* <Daibh> a horse that no bridle can hold...but only the spirit can ride.*p* Seer [Unknown@as52-2-37.enter.net*br* has joined #summerlands*br* <Searles> The Sky horse comes to the glimmer of stars.*p* <Searles> We are those stars I think.*p* <TopazOwl> "light a thousand stars..."*p* <Searles> A calling of stars to the rain and a beckoning to the plains of our delight it is that comes to our song.*p* <Deborah> the Seahorse that runs also in the sea of the stars*p* <Searles> The race is begun...the eighth wave of drinking*p* <Daibh> the horse that knows not any barriers of time and space.*p* <Searles> a horse from thee water a bull of great heart a strong shape of balance and a deep draught of wisdom and wet.*p* <Searles> The ninth wave is the race itself and into the skies with the nine sisters of Mananna/n's host!*p* <Searles> Nine waves of being.*p* <Searles> Nine tears of a goddess.*p* <TopazOwl> Yee-hah!*p* <Searles> Nine drinks from the Cauldron!*p* <Searles> :-)*p* <Searles> Feel the wind in our hair?*p* <Deborah> Nine goblets of waters freely flowing from the heavens*p* <Daibh> the levels of the cauldron are before us...*p* <Daibh> Nine paths before us*p* <TopazOwl> Feel the water on the clouds as we dart through on spirit golden horse wings?*p* <Searles> Golden Sky horse*p* <Searles> Make your journey.*p* <Searles> Past the doorway of Esras.*p* <Searles> Out of the thinning mists*p* <Searles> into the Sky and out of the West.*p* <Searles> It is a joining of Sea and Sky and Land.*p* <Searles> A working of heart and mind and hand.*p* <Searles> A darkness and a lightness.*p* <Searles> A dance and a race.*p* <Searles> A drinking and a beginning of newness.*p* <Searles> A birth and a baptism.*p* <TopazOwl> A cleansing and a healing.*p* <Deborah> a nourishing and a quenching*p* <TopazOwl> A submersion and immersion...*p* <Daibh> A renewal of hope, a kindling of knowledge,*p* <Searles> Across our land and a washing of the ills a renewal of the flesh a joining of spirit...hands that make a ford.*p* <Deborah> a saving and a rescuing*p* <TopazOwl> A rebirth.*p* <Searles> a sword bridge that cam cut or uplift.*p* <Searles> A dangerous edge yet an edge of truth.*p* <Searles> It is all of us and many more.*p* <Daibh> Yet an edge of darkness as well.*p* <Searles> It is Ancestors, Spirits/People Deities*p* <TopazOwl> Golden Horse, light those stars!*p* <Searles> all in a net of wondrous change and life...the womb of creation we are.*p* <Searles> One must cal for help for help to be given.*p* <Deborah> surrounded by the lifeblood of the earth, water*p* <Searles> Let the race be run by the Nine Daughters of the waves.*p* <Deborah> We're Calling!!!*p* <TopazOwl> I see stars raining into hearts and filling them with the light of truth.*p* <Daibh> Hear us!!*p* <Searles> Let the working flow across the land and sky from sea to sea.*p* Seer [Unknown@as52-2-37.enter.net*br* has left #summerlands*br* <Searles> Let those that see look forth*p* <Daibh> and Hear Us earth's first children, hear us!!*p* <Searles> and those that hear the unicorn's song smile with blessings*p* <Searles> Let those who feel the heartbeat of the great bull heal us within and without.*p* <TopazOwl> I see drops glistening down and raining lightly on the earth with the stars, all as one, fire and water...*p* <Deborah> let the waters fill the hearts, minds and spirits of the people and flow forth from them onto the Land*p* <TopazOwl> Balance returns.*p* <Searles> The drink of the depths rises to the sky and is kissed upon the land by lips of a lover.*p* <Deborah> Peace is reborn*p* <Daibh> Justice is served*p* <Deborah> Life is given once more to the earth*p* <Searles> It is the gift of the few to the many and it is a working that chants the word that call to the harp on te walk.*p* <TopazOwl> Peace is given once more to the people.*p* <Searles> on the wall:-)*p* <Deborah> Peace is rained down once more upon the land*p* <TopazOwl> Balance is given once more to the spirit.*p* <Searles> Great Queen!! Mighty Father! Lord of the In-Between!*p* <Searles> Hear your children and the singers of songs.*p* <Deborah> Praise and Thanks from your children*p* <Daibh> blessed Ancient Ones let us not squander your gifts!*p* <Searles> Let the cool waters wash over the world and bring a quenching of thirst and a healing of anger and an opening of the ways.*p* <Searles> Let it continue until it is done*p* <TopazOwl> Let the stars shine brightly through the mist!*p* <Searles> Let it be within each soul that we touch.*p* <Daibh> Within each life we see.*p* <Deborah> Let the gift of water be evenly spread to the benefit of all and the harm of none*p* <Searles> A point on the water a ripple that broadens to the horizon.*p* <Searles> It is formed it is born it is given.*p* <Deborah> a wave upon the shore caused from the point of the ripple. Let it arrive in peace and plenty*p* <Searles> Let us look on it in wonder and give freely of its wisdom.*p* <TopazOwl> Let the Mother Danu wash away pain and fear and ego with the crashing of the nine waves and the soothing gentle rain.*p* <Searles> The cauldrons are turning...may they turn as we will and as we experience the wild ecstasy of the winds that is sweeping forth.*p* <Daibh> Let the sister Morrigu, give wisdom and dispense justice in her time. May Babh reap far from us.*p* Searles removes his battle bullhide.*p* <TopazOwl> Let the water wash over us all to the benefit of all and the harm of none.*p* <Deborah> May the rains pour down like silver from the cauldron of plenty to enrich the earth*p* <Daibh> Déithe dhuit uile anseo mo chairde.*p* <TopazOwl> It is done.*p* <Deborah> Biodh Se'*p* <TopazOwl> Boidh se!*p* <Searles> Biodh Sé!*p* <Daibh> Boidh Se!*p* <Jehana> boidhe se*p* <Searles> Let's each remember this child of nine waves in our daily blessings and workings from this day*p* <Searles> until it is completed.*p* Daibh suddenly seeing small points of light in the air.*p* <Searles> Let each of us be a drinking horn for those who were not here so that the work may*p* <Searles> be tailored to their needs as well and so that the feasting may be had for many.*p* <Searles> A never-ending feast but also a multitude of feast days.*p* <Searles> Thanks be to the Gods!*p* <TopazOwl> Blessings on you all. Walk with wisdom. :-)*p* <Searles> Honor to the Ancestors!*p* <Searles> And blessings for you all my friends!*p* <Daibh> Praise to their will, name and being. Power is served, the Gods are here with us all even as the Ancient Ones reside with each of us.*p* <Searles> Biodh Sé!*p* TopazOwl grabs Daibh and tries to ground him*p* <Deborah> Praise God and Goddess and all the hosts of the heavens*p* <TopazOwl> Biodh Se/!*p* Daibh says "what a rush!"*p* <Deborah> <G>*p* TopazOwl wonders who will ground her though*p* <TopazOwl> <g>*p* <Searles> Go mbeannai Deithe anseo.*p* <TopazOwl> My Ivy vine left.*p* <Searles> It's great to be alive...*p* <Searles> again:-)*p* <Daibh> AYE!*p* <TopazOwl> It certainly is.*p* <TopazOwl> Still, I say. :-)*p* <Searles> doorways*p* <TopazOwl> But then, I was reborn in the water Sunday.*p* Deborah passes Topaz the sea salt and Iron pegs. Here you go sis... that should help a bit <G>*p* <Searles> and journeys from one form to another are we.*p* <TopazOwl> Thanks dear.*p* <Searles> Topaz...do you have a roving Ivy?*p* TopazOwl pegging herself to the ground*p* <TopazOwl> Yes, her name is Frin. :-)*p* <Searles> a Wandering Drui/perchance? :-)*p* <TopazOwl> LOL*p* <Deborah> you have a frin-ley ivy?*p* <Deborah> searles: rofl*p* <Daibh> Thanks, I needed that! :^)*p* Daibh :hugs Topaz: that better?*p* Daibh :^)*p* <Searles> Many thanks to all of you for being exactly who you are*p* <TopazOwl> Ah, yes, much.*p* TopazOwl hugs Daibh back*p* <TopazOwl> hugs even*p* <TopazOwl> And many thanks to you, mo chara, for the same.*p* <Searles> It gives me great confidence that I'll actually find that other people are exactly who they are as well.:-)*p* <TopazOwl> It;s nice to find people like that, eh? ;-)*p* <Daibh> Thank you all for ... being. There is a term I remember for what has happened to me. It is a term that is Japanese,*p* <Deborah> Jehana... check your sidebox*p* <Daibh> It is called Shibui or unexpressable beauty*p* <Searles> Well sometimes you drink from the well and its not water that you get:-)*p* <Searles> Sidhe Buí? a bright blessing from teh Si/dhe :-)*p* <Daibh> I came to the well with angst and am leaving with peace, the matter is handled.*p* <Searles> Another name perhaps for the Cailleach's sunny side?*p* <TopazOwl> That is what matters, Daibh. :-)*p* <TopazOwl> Oh yes, she does have a sunny side. <g>*p* <Daibh> More than you can possibly know.*p* <Searles> I like that word... Shibui.*p* <TopazOwl> She rarely shows it, but she does.*p* <Daibh> It is one I picked up while in Nippon*p* <Searles> Better a blessing than a stone I always say...well...er... almost always anyway.:-)*p* <TopazOwl> Shi-boo-ee?*p* <Daibh> aye*p* <Deborah> <G>*p* <Daibh> However Searles, sometimes a stone can carry a blessing. :^) *p* <Searles> Depends on the spin I guess.*p* <Searles> And whether down is up or not.:-)*p* <Deborah> Jehana... you still here?*p* <Daibh> Only if the stone is the Lia Fail.*p* TopazOwl remembers she did not know down or up under the river*p* Searles thinks that Aodhfionn got a sprinkle on his robe.*p* <Aodhfionn> Just a little one.*p* <Searles> <uploading cosmic blow dryer>*p* mique [arion@syr13899.a-znet.com*br* has quit IRC (Leaving)*br* <Aodhfionn> Thanks Searles.*p* <Jehana> yes, sort of stilllllll here*p* <Searles> Sorry to be so long winded but sometimes I forget to pull the sails in.*p* <Daibh> Been a long one Jehana?*p* <Daibh> Hell with long-winded, it was beautifully done!*p* <Jehana> lotsa things been long, sigh daibh*p* <Daibh> I know. :^)*p* <Searles> Each of us should have a connection to that place that we've discovered in our searches.*p* <Aodhfionn> Sometimes, if the wind is strong, full sail is the best way to get there.*p* <TopazOwl> Well, we must be thorough.*p* <Jehana> yes true searles.*p* <Deborah> J... check your sidebox*p* Daibh ::gives Jehana a quick huggers::*p* <Searles> It's where our own well is located and it's always there though we each must remove the covers ourselves.*p* <Searles> Imbas is like that.*p* <Searles> Hugs all around to old friends and new (at least in this life).*p* <Jehana> definite huggers u all*p* <Daibh> same here.*p* <Aodhfionn> A message for all --- a thank you from Aeronwen. She says she feels better, and looks like she's found a bit of energy.*p* <TopazOwl> I also find that my land feels better.*p* <Searles> We're a people...Summerlands people.*p* <Jehana> good, aodhfionn*p* TopazOwl hugs everyone*p* <Jehana> topaz, great*p* <Daibh> 10-43*p* <Daibh> 10-4*p* <Searles> Feeels good*p* TopazOwl just went outside to check*p* <Deborah> good news Aodhfionn and Aeronwen*p* <Deborah> hey... are you guys going to the "We Still Do Magick" rally on teh 22nd?*p* <Searles> Let's try to remember where we've been and where we're going until the next time the Moon fills our cups again.*p* <Jehana> hmmm, too bad me land is 2 hours north of here, to check on.. <g>*p* <Searles> When we encounter the Fomorii, let's smile at them*p* <Daibh> Granted!*p* <Aodhfionn> I hadn't heard of it ... been very busy.*p* <Searles> and sing to them even if we do have to do it across a blade.:-)*p* <Daibh> While drawing the Sword of Light?*p* <Jehana> what rally is this???*p* <Searles> yeppers*p* <Searles> My thoughts exactly:-)*p* <Searles> Asheville*p* <Aodhfionn> But all these cars with "We Still Pray" on the windows has been a little irritating.*p* <Searles> onteh Equinox*p* <Daibh> Aodhfionn, makes be want to take a big black magic marker and but an S in front of Pray. :^)*p* <Searles> We Still Pray = WSP :-)*p* <Daibh> We're Still Pagan!*p* <Searles> Me too Daibh*p* <Aodhfionn> LOL*p* <TopazOwl> Listen, I'm going outside in the pitch black to shut off the hose. Stay here until I come back please.*p* <Aodhfionn> ok, TO*p* TopazOwl is now known as Owlbeback*p* <Aodhfionn> I have nothing against prayer, I do it all the time. And I'm glad they do. But there are limits.*p* <Searles> I'm going to take a break. But will remain tuned in and turned on.*p* <Daibh> Gotcha on both counts.*p* <Jehana> true, aodhfionn*p* <Searles> It's very chauvinistic of them to think that they're the center of the universe.*p* <Deborah> Eric... the "We still do magick' thang is being hosted by the Appalachian Pagan Alliance*p* Owlbeback is now known as TopazOwl*p* <TopazOwl> Oh, yes...much better.*p* <TopazOwl> No feeling of uneasiness at all.*p* <Daibh> Deb, Ah the group that is doing so much in Ashville!*p* <Aodhfionn> Oh, I know APA. I wonder why no one called ... WB, TO.*p* <Daibh> Cool, TO *p* <Searles> I think they think they're alone in their efforts.*p* <Daibh> That's what I was wondering about.*p* <Searles> We need to get the word out and have people shower them with support in spirit and in $$ if necessary.*p* <Aodhfionn> They shouldn't think so, but with the Billy Graham institute just down the road it's not surprising.*p* <Searles> Let's make a point of emailing them tonight with some encouraging words.*p* <Searles> I'm going to take a day off to drive over there.*p* <Aodhfionn> Good idea, and I'll call them in the morning.*p* <Daibh> Oh I've definitely remembered them to the Gods, and when I have it. well. I know you would thunk that the BGI would try to get along.*p* <Deborah> check out their website*p* <Daibh> Good ideas Aodhfionn!*p* <Deborah> they've got info on the event*p* <Daibh> they have one! *p* <Daibh> s/b they have one?*p* <Aodhfionn> Searles, you mean we might actually meet in person?*p* <Jehana> grin, go for it*p* <Searles> http://www.angelfire.com/nb/appalachianpagan/index.html*p* <Searles> Yes Aodhfionn.*p* <Aodhfionn> Cool.*p* <Searles> Deborah and I will be there unless my daughter gives birth then.*p* <Daibh> dropping over there now and will bookmark*p* <Searles> Maybe we can make the trip to Asheville on the way to Virginia even then?*p* <Daibh> Nice freaking page!*p* <Aodhfionn> Very cool. And my best to your daughter.*p* <Searles> Our intention is to join the APA.*p* <Searles> The Summerlands is going to be just over the mountain from them.*p* <Daibh> Blessings on your daughter, Searles.*p* <Daibh> I'm backing out now, gotta go dunk my head. *p* <Daibh> Yeah, I know........ SA :^)*p* <Searles> Many thanks Daibh...have a drink and another on me.*p* <Daibh> Love Y'all!*p* <Deborah> pleasant dunking thar bro Daibh*p* <Searles> Oiche mhaith1*p* <TopazOwl> Sla/n is beannacht, a Dhaibh!*p* <Deborah> love to you and Lynne and the babies*p* <Daibh> Oiche Mhaith! to and all!*p* Daibh [obroder@sdn-ar-004gaatlaP129.dialsprint.net*br* has left #summerlands*br* <Aodhfionn> Our son has been waking up with nightmares the last 2 nights and has just done it again...*p* <TopazOwl> May this one be his last for a while.*p* <Deborah> lot of weird shit flying lately Aodhfionn*p* <Searles> I imagine that your area is especially in turmoil right now.*p* <Aodhfionn> I don't know what's wrong it happens about 2 or 3 times a night and he's clingy all day*p* <Deborah> make sure your house shields are up*p* <Searles> I hope that the Magick that we work in Asheville will be an opening of eyes and hearts.*p* <TopazOwl> Make sure you strengthen your protections.*p* <TopazOwl> Lots of things bouncing around.*p* <Aodhfionn> They've been up....the spirit wind is blowing thru tonight*p* <TopazOwl> But I hope we have settled them a bit.*p* <Searles> Make a Druid's fence around him and also place an illusion of him elsewhere for the predators out there.*p* <Aodhfionn> OK I'll do that thanks searles*p* <Searles> Watch them in the fog as they think they are feeding while they are actually being played.*p* <Deborah> Aodhfionn... you know how to set shields?*p* <Deborah> around a person that is?*p* <Searles> It's much easier to fool them than it is to fight them head on.*p* <Aodhfionn> yeah*p* <Deborah> true <G>*p* <Searles> ShadowHawk taught me that one.*p* <Aodhfionn> Shields of illusion and fog ... one of my specialties.*p* <TopazOwl> Watch what in the fog?*p* <Searles> I used to just wail away all night long but would wake exhausted.*p* <Searles> Now I wake up with a smile on my face:-)*p* <Deborah> A... btw... many congrats on your rapier-ness <G>*p* <Searles> We must return "Angela's Ashes" to the crypt.*p* <Aodhfionn> Actually, the technique I use is mostly Chinese ... Thanks Deb.*p* <Searles> Yes...impressed with your points.*p* <Deborah> what was it that you got voted again?*p* <Deborah> share the good news with the rest of the family willya?*p* <Deborah> <G>*p* <Aodhfionn> Captain of the Baronial Rappier Guard, second place in the tourney.*p* <Deborah> very cool*p* <Deborah> we got a bonafide swashbuckler in our midst <G>*p* <Searles> Errol Aodhfion!*p* <Aodhfionn> LOL*p* <Searles> Err Errol AodhFionn*p* <Jehana> see you all, gotta go crash. *p* <Searles> Makes the mark of EA on their breast.*p* <Searles> X marks the spot*p* <Aodhfionn> NIght J.*p* <Jehana> hugs all, includng errol*p* <Searles> Slan abhaile*p* Jehana [~sjehana@ct-hartford-hiper2129.javanet.com*br* has quit IRC (going going, gone! Sold to the highest Bidder! Ooo, is that CStar?)*br* <TopazOwl> Cool beans.*p* <TopazOwl> Nite J.*p* <Searles> Well.... let's be scooping those ashes up now.*p* <TopazOwl> I'm off to dreamland.*p* <TopazOwl> Nice work, folks. Goodnight.*p* <Searles> We must put Angela to rest shortly or they'll be charging us for another night.*p* <Searles> A good group*p* <Deborah> night y'all take care*p* Deborah [Deborah@user-33qt4e9.dialup.mindspring.com*br* has left #summerlands*br* <Searles> and a great night to you Mo Chara.*p* TopazOwl [topazowl@sA19-p17.dreamscape.com*br* has left #summerlands*br* <Searles> Nine blessings for you Aodh*p* <Aodhfionn> I guess I should go too. Good night, Searles.*p* <Searles> and nine shields of protection for your child.*p* <Aodhfionn> And thank you very much for that.*p* <Searles> May the Ancestors warn you and the Gods keep you and your family.*p* <Searles> Ta/ fa/ilte romhat.:-)*p* <Aodhfionn> And you as well.*p* Aodhfionn [aodhfionn@ppp145.arden.dialup.ioa.com*br* has left #summerlands*br* <Searles> Now I must leave as well.*p* <Searles> Until next time.*p* *** Disconnected ****p**** Log file closed: 9/5/00 10:45:53 PM*p**p*