February 24, 2001

The mood at the moment is: The current mood of dfirewolf@netzero.net at www.imood.com

Random musings that were on my mind when I woke up today:

You hear people today trying to explain the pentagram as representing the 5 elements: earth; air, fire and water. They will usually launch into some long, complicated story about how it is representative of their faith and what exactly that is and yadda, yadda, yadda.

What if it's nothing more than an ancient sign of a star cult? (I hate using that word but I can't think of any other words that fit) Perhaps they kept track of the stars ~ as ancient astronomers/astrologers ~ so the most appropriate sign to identify them would be a star, wouldn't it?

What if the sign of the cross is nothing more than an ancient pictograph of a sword? The short piece is the handle; the horizontal piece is the hilt and the long piece at the bottom is the blade. Who knows?

It appears that I had a busy night.


I joined two new lists that do nothing but journal prompts. I don't have the actual addys, but just go to the former EGroups and search for SoulJournaling and Journaling101. Today's email from Journaling101 was this:

An old legend says there is a poot of gold at the feet of rainbows. What would you like to find at the foot of your rainbow?

First of all ~ Eeeewwwweeeeeewwwwwwww! I think I can honestly do without a 'poot' of gold. What I would like to find at the foot of my rainbow...

  • Enough money to be comfortable, in art supplies and to have fun ~ not necessarily 'rich'.
  • A '66 mustang would be very nice...

Lists like that are harder than they look!











Dream Fragments:

I am in some kind of camp for christian folk (I don't know why) and I have to keep my true self and practice under wraps. The folks who are in this camp are nearly cult-like and somehow I incur the favor of the leader.

I am in a car with the leader and all my stuff is in the back seat. The man grabs my left arm to look at something on my wrist but he never lets go. In fact, he holds my arm all the tighter as he begins to make the sign of the cross over it and mumble. The car is still in motion. I get mad and start yelling for him to let go of me as I fight to make him let go of my arm. As soon as I am able to get my arm free from him, I make the sign of the pentagram with my left hand and say, "Mother Luna, full of grace ~ give me strength!"

I immediately realize what I've done and wonder if I'm even going to be able to stay alive. The man stops the car and I get out to grab my stuff from the back. As I do, he starts throwing things at me from the other side of the car, including a pizza.

Is that bizzaro or what?

Another dream:

It's night time and I am in a cemetary. It looks like an old family one. I feel as if I've been there many times and I am trying to work my way through it without harming it or myself. I am standing at a tombstone with a raised tomb (one of those concrete boxes that look as if they sit right on top of the ground) to my left. I am trying to get around it but I can't without knocking it over ~ it is incredibly light. I put it back and look at the tomb beside me, wondering if I can get around that but the cover is too large and clumsy looking ~ I feel that if I tried going anywhere near it, the cover would tip and fall on me. I decide to try a new route.

I go around the edge of the cemetary, by a grave marked "Lord Captain..." (I didn't catch the rest) I ask the Lord Captain to forgive me as I brush by his grave as I go by. I look down and notice that I am wearing my tan suede boots, jeans and some kind shirt underneath a flannel one. I think to myself that I must be in the spot I start in when I journey and I can finally do it right since this is how I am dressed in my journeys (note: not really. I do wear boots but that's about it.) I also notice that there are quite a few of the cats with me. We all walk behind a row of old buildings ~ a smoke house gives me the willies and I feel as if something is going to burst out of it at any second. We walk on.

We go a little farther when I notice another cat coming to join us. I realize that it is Lilith and I am glad to see her.

Ooooo ~ did I accidentally go walking into the realm of the dead or was it really just a dream? I am prone to 'wandering' at night...


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