tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post114666384242890430..comments2024-02-24T06:02:13.386-05:00Comments on <center>Rubies in Crystal</center>: Do you have an iconography of intuitive images?Brenda Clewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01400505552810078505noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post-1146994027411487852006-05-07T05:27:00.000-04:002006-05-07T05:27:00.000-04:00Another wrinkle is that "magic" operates different...Another wrinkle is that "magic" operates differently in different contexts. My premonitions are usually Muse-driven. <BR/><BR/>Back in '83, while I was drafting a novel (unfinished) that involved various religious figures, I had 2 related experiences. In the first, I was thinking of the number 67 while I lay half-asleep. When I was fully awake I turned on the radio. The first news story I heard was that Boston's Cardinal Madeiros had died -- at age 67. Less than 3 weeks later I dreamt a variant on the M.C. Escher woodcut <A HREF="http://escher.ru/images/pics/dream.jpg" REL="nofollow">Dream</A>. In my dream I was on a rooftop holding an all-night vigil with other people, around the tomb of an unknown religious figure. On another, higher tower, was a praying mantis. When I awoke and turned on the radio, the first thing I heard was that New York's Terence Cardinal Cooke was expected to pass on and there had been an all-night vigil outside St. Patrick's Cathedral. (He had died the next day.)<BR/><BR/>About 6 months earlier I had moved to Boston from my native New York. It seemed to me that my intense focus on the story I was writing and its religious figures had "tuned me in" to the real-world events.<BR/><BR/>I don't recall visions that come as warnings in my case. I hope that your combination of visualization, ritual, blogging-exorcism, and other security steps will help. Have you tried addressing/questioning the vision directly?<BR/><BR/>Wishing you safety!e_journeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381530423919462133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post-1146760260780444602006-05-04T12:31:00.000-04:002006-05-04T12:31:00.000-04:00MB, you have me laughing too! Nearly divesting and...MB, you have me laughing too! Nearly divesting and then fighting to retain. Yes. It's all part of a bundle of connections. If my other premonitions are any indication, I have a few weeks before 'Lizard Man' shows up. Sticky traps, oy!Brenda Clewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400505552810078505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post-1146757203546181702006-05-04T11:40:00.000-04:002006-05-04T11:40:00.000-04:00Brenda, I tried to leave a message yesterday, but ...Brenda, I tried to leave a message yesterday, but Blogger wouldn't take it. <BR/><BR/>The day I miss one of your posts, Lizard Man shows up!!?? Ay! May be a spurious connection, but it is interesting that you just went through nearly divesting yourself of possessions, and then fighting to retain them. <BR/><BR/>Regardless of meanings or a need for sticky traps, I'm thinking of you!MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515233228776181123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post-1146701917141559752006-05-03T20:18:00.000-04:002006-05-03T20:18:00.000-04:00after all of that, and that, I'm delighted to make...after all of that, and that, I'm delighted to make you laugh...irasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post-1146697380729562502006-05-03T19:03:00.000-04:002006-05-03T19:03:00.000-04:00narrator, you know I love this, and it made me lau...narrator, you know I love this, and it made me laugh very hard this morning when I read it.Brenda Clewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400505552810078505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7170945.post-1146665118226099822006-05-03T10:05:00.000-04:002006-05-03T10:05:00.000-04:00I surely do have an iconography - or is it a datab...I surely do have an iconography - or is it a database of psychosis? Ah, no matter. Fear can be a solid thing. Thoughts-dreams-memories can wrap themselves into physical forms just as physical things convert to dreams. I'd set Lizard Man traps, which might involve unusual bait and a great deal of sticky stuff.irasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.com