'Night of the Wolf' - powerful enactment by Nox Arcana

Nox Arcana - Night of the Wolf
 

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The UnOfficial Music Video for the song Night of the Wolf from the album Transylvania by Nox Arcana. It's a sequence from the Russian film, VEDMA, directed by Oleg Fesenko. The priest is played by Valery Nikolaev. The female vampire is played by Yevgenia Kryukova.

It's curious that a woman is portrayed as "evil," while a man is "good." Although this is neither here nor there in of itself, it seems to be a play on Christianity and European Paganism. It's probably best to just see it as musical and visual art.

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Gothic music 'Born of the Night'... Happy All Hallows' Eve

Midnight Syndicate - Born of the Night
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Melodies for creatures of the night... A popular early track from Halloween music maestros, Midnight Syndicate. This dark piano piece entitled "Born of the Night" is from their album "Out of the Darkness," one of Rue Morgue Magazine's "50 Essential Horror Albums - Discs that Created, Evolved, or Definited Genre Music Through the Decades." Subscribe here:
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"This was one of the first two tracks I wrote specifically for the first all-horror Midnight Syndicate CD that would become "Born of the Night." I felt that tracks like it and "Darkness Descends" were good examples of where I saw the sound of Midnight Syndicate going. In atmospheric music, less is more often. This song remains one of our more popular tracks." - Edward Douglas

Since 1997, Midnight Syndicate has been producing dark, orchestral CDs that blend movie score-style instrumental music and haunting sound effects. Designed to transport you to a world or a movie of your own creation, these "soundtracks to imaginary films" promise to take you to the darkest corners of your imagination.

Halloween music, music for haunted houses, music for roleplaying games, music for your mind's eye...

Midnight Syndicate is available on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. Visit their official website at www.midnightsyndicate.com. Visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/midnightsyndicate

All music and images Copyright 1997/2006 Midnight Syndicate / Linfaldia Records Publishing (BMI). All rights reserved.

Gothic music or art resonates, I think, within a part of us that we don't usually delve into. In that way it catches our attention. Our ancestral memory is not lost. For many thousands of years, a long terrifying night was a big part of their lives. Consequently, a part of our psyche craves it a little. That's why people wish to be scared. The Goth subculture may be a "reaction" to this craving. "Youth rebellion" virtually always comes in the form of controlled-opposition; however, this fringe movement seems to be genuinely organic in nature. Perhaps we should at least try to understand them. A nice long walk in a remote woods or heavy brush area alone at night would get the message across pretty well, although you should always go with someone; but I'm just saying that our dulled instincts probably seek that challenge.

The vast majority of people are totally separated from nature. "Grounding" is standing on natural ground in your bare feet and connecting to the earth energies as we were meant to. We were meant to absorb at least some moonlight. I was standing in the yard here at 6:30 AM this morning. It was particularly clear. Though the sunrise was becoming visible, I could see the Moon, Venus, the big dipper, and many stars. In one part of the yard beyond the shadow of the house, I could see moonlight brightly penetrating the dry soil in an almost golden light. I went over and stood there, as the Moon wasn't present in a nightly hike some ten hours before. It's rising after 10 PM in the west currently. Moonlight isn't merely some light, or just "nothing." It's healthy for you.

Midnight Syndicate

'Born of the Night'

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ShadowFest motley - Part 1

 
With Samhaim having been only a week ago, I'm just borrowing the equivalent term "ShadowFest" ("La Festa Dell’ Ombra") from Stregheria. Stregheria has basically the same festivals (each called a "treguenda") as other branches of European witchcraft; and since we're on the subject, the following is in regards to ShadowFest (from Stregheria Wiki):

ShadowFest marks both the beginning and ending of our year. On November Eve, we mark the time when our Lady descends into the Underworld seeking to understand the Mystery of Death. She meets Dis, the Lord of the Underworld. She is angry with him, for he has taken away those things that she loved. He tells her it is not he who does this, but age and fate which robs her of these things. He simply tries to make the time until they are reborn more pleasant. Eventually, he wins her heart. They come together in Holy Union, and share their mysteries with each other.

I felt a strong connection to the Ur, not just on Samhaim, but during the days that followed. Lots of synchronicity. While hiking, I felt it as the cool November winds touched my skin from the ocean at the high altitudes. I felt a clear connection.. timelessness. Past and present felt close. That can't be forced. The conditions are either there, or they're not there. It doesn't have to be night. It can be the daytime as well. A few days ago I had to drive someone somewhere in the early evening, to a more rural part of the county. It was a clear dark night, and it felt like it was 10 PM when it was only 6:30 PM. When the night is clear, without clouds, the lights from the cities don't reflect upon the clouds and hence down to the ground, making it quite dark in some places. A dark night is beautiful.

Earlier, for some reason I thought about my first girlfriend. Her last name was Anderson. Just as soon as I was finished with my thoughts about her, along comes a van with big lettering on the side: "Anderson Plumbing." At a later point I was thinking about an article I had been reading about the Phoenician god "El," the root word for so many English words. Just as I completed my thought about that.. I see a Jewish Temple with a Hebrew name of about three or four words. The final one was "El," and as has been mentioned here before, the origin is the same as far as that word. It's not just the ancestral connections, but your own personal synchronicity goes right along with it. Synchronicity often ties aspects of the biological-you (ancestral ties) with the personal-you (personal ties). I believe they are to be in harmony with each other.

Last night, at 3 AM, I walked outside. The full moon was very bright, and right overhead. Although a bright yellow, she emitted an almost-bluish mystical glow upon the yard. It was so still. I could hear an occasional animal moving in the distance. I'm guessing that it was about 60 degrees. I wanted to pull up a chair and sit, but I needed sleep and had to go back in. However, when conditions are perfect and you have a chance to enjoy it, you should take it. When weather is perfect--day or night--there's a false perception in our minds that it will always be that way... "I'll enjoy it tomorrow maybe." Often we realize that we should have taken the opportunity to sit or take a walk.

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Anonymous online comments

I have noticed that online commentary, such as those on YouTube, have gotten much worse just in the last six months. I think that almost all of us have left a little rant here and there, and there have long been "trolls" who leave comments that are so over-the-top that they can't really be taken seriously, but now it's to the point where so many project their personal failures to whatever or whomever they wish. The target---whatever person, place or thing---rarely has anything to do with that person's failure, loss, or misfortune. In addition, the gratuitous four-letter words, pornographic comments, and name-calling/belittling have also increased right along with it.

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Negative energy vortex

Have you ever found yourself experiencing an incredible series of small mishaps during a fairly short window of time? For example, you're driving along in a residential district at about 2 PM, and you drive past a little market. You decide to make a u-turn because you want something there. There are no cars anywhere. Anywhere! You see a clear opening to make your u-turn. Nobody seems to be around.. anywhere. You're being careful, and this maneuver should take about four seconds. No problem. You take a wide turn with full confidence... feeling totally in control. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a car on the opposite side of the little intersection screeches to a halt a little bit past the stop sign! You then must immediately slam on your breaks!

How could this have happened? You were being careful and looking the whole time. How could this other car have appeared so suddenly? A toxic combination of anger, shock, humiliation, frustration, and disempowerment set in on a dime. You then slowly complete the maneuver, and shrug it off. However, these same types of mishaps just continue to happen for an hour straight, over and over. You have been caught up in a negative energy vortex, and you're spoon-feeding it with your own negative energy responses.

Probably the best thing you can do is, first, "to accept it." As long as you haven't actually been injured, or some other literal disaster, you can try to be humble and just "play the game." You could take a time out, or command it to go away. You may even be able to see it as a challenge, so long as you're able to accept it for what it is. The term "Murphy's Law" was coined in response to these vortexes. Tornadoes of negative energy.

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Pizza

I was going to give a plug for Papa Ray's Pizza, which has excellent food, thinking that it was a national franchise. However, there are more than one "Papa Ray's!" The best pizza that I ever had, I think, was Brick Oven Pizza in Brisbane, California. Apparently the owner/family retired. It's just like everything else worthwhile, you usually don't truly appreciate something until it's gone.

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Those looong YouTube videos

There are so many full-length videos on YouTube. I even saw one which was five hours long! I usually watch them in small increments. For example, I just completed a video entitled Artifacts of the Lost Global Civilization, which was an hour and a half long. I watched it in ten or fifteen minute increments. Very few of them would I post here because--although I like to constantly review "the bigger picture"--the huge volume of material would be too overwhelming here. I like to focus mostly on aspects of ancestral ties as far as "mysteries" go; but I look at all evidence and continually try to understand the codex in every area.

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Safe portals for Samhain... or anytime

With Samhain coming up, I wanted to mention a few safe natural portals---or antennas---which can connect our world with the world beyond... the Ur. Especially during Samhain, when this curtain becomes slightly open. Mountains are a great spiritual antenna. Not necessarily on top, but just nearby is fine; especially when you can see the blackness against the dark blue or moonlit sky with maybe clouds. It doesn't have to be a particularly large mountain either. Trees are a great living bio-antenna as well. Taller is probably better, and probably just close to the base is fine. Although you may touch the tree to help energetically interact with the environment. Also, water is a good natural oracle for connection to the Ur, like a natural mirror; and at night it becomes something of a black mirror.

The night is definitely better, and whether or not you are alone is probably a matter of personal choice. I think a group is fine, as long as you can be alone for awhile. This "dark" concept has nothing to do with any type of malevolence. However, I would suggest strongly to not use a Ouija Board; which may allow unwanted spirits and entities in. Also. I don't think that mirrors or literal "black mirrors" are necessary, or even entirely safe. Just find a good place outside, then you can't go wrong as far as connection to your spirits of affinity.

I have found that the weather does affect things. Rain and/or foggy overcast conditions seem to break the connection... at least for me. A clear dark night is perfect, with the half Moon in sight. Samhain 2014 falls between Friday, October 31st and Saturday, November 1st. The "witching hours" from about midnight to 2:00 AM is probably best.. but that's not really necessary. Nine or ten o'clock should be great if the weather works out. Bring a smooth stone, or even a rock, and try to use it to help connect.

I don't think you need to conduct any special ritual on Samhain, nor do you need to focus on just one spirit. While other times you may be the director, on Samhain, perhaps it's best to allow them to direct things. As the old saying goes: "Our ancestors are us, and we are them."

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'Samhain Song' - Lisa Thiel

"Samhain" (pronounced "Sah-win") is actually on November 1st at midnight. Although a few days late, this is a nice song.


11-20-13 Addition: I wanted to add the excellent lyrics to this song:


'Samhain song'

Samhain, Samhain, let the ritual begin,
We call upon our sacred ancestors to come in
Samhain, Samhain, we call upon our kin,
We call upon our dear departed loved ones to come in

The Veil between the worlds is thin
Our hearts reach cross the sea of time
To bring our loved ones in
Samhain, Samhain we honor all our kin
We honor those who’ve gone before
As the Great Wheel turns again

Samhain, Samhain we call upon our kin
We call upon our Sacred Ancestors to come in
Samhain, Samhain we call them to come in
We call upon our dear departed loved ones to come in

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1-16-14 Addition: I had meant to add something here earlier. Something that came to my mind that I thought captured the spirit of this song. I recall years ago, of watching a program on tv about "angels." In particular, I recall an account by a man who said that he remembers as a young boy that he climbed up a tall tree... and he fell. As he was falling, and possibly on his way to death, he felt being gripped by invisible hands. These hands broke his fall, and guided him to the ground safely and unharmed. Could the spirit(s) of his sacred ancestors have intervened on his behalf? This song reflects love for our ancestors, and could this account be a reflection of our ancestral spirits' love for us?

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That first winter feeling

I was hiking in the late afternoon yesterday, and as the mild wind hit me, I felt that biting cold. It was a particular type of "cold" that hinted at one thing: "winter." Although the horizon looked fall to the eyes, it's clear that winter is approaching. Sure, technically winter may be two months away; but practically-speaking, the cold and rain season start on November 1st. It depends, sometimes the "Indian summer" can even stretch into early November here; but we haven't had a particularly warm Indian summer this year. I suspect that the cold season will be in full affect at the start of the month.

In a strange way, I feel a slight sadness at the start of November and in mid-March. I become sort've accustomed to both the warm and cold seasons, and don't want to let them go. I think that from my ancestral memory, I don't want to let go of the warm season because that marks the end of the harvest season, and the start of harsh conditions... historically speaking. I think that I don't want to let the cold season go because my ancestors largely lived in similar weather, and I feel a degree of subconscious comfort in that.

As I was hiking along one side of a mountain valley in the Santa Cruz Mountain chain, and as I felt the chill of the wind, I looked towards the mountain on the other side. It looked dark and foreboding against the early twilight western sky. I felt that I understood a little how our pagan ancestors viewed the seasons, especially as it affected their lives, their harvests. Ancestral memory can manifest in a type of déjà vu.

"At the dawn of time there was man and nature." --'Valhalla Rising'

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