Greetings,
I have been a member of Ancient Echoes for some time now but have largely been a silent member, preferring to read what is said and silently interpret it in my own way.
When I first joined the guild I'm not really sure what I was expecting to be honest. It wasn't to spread my own obscure path. It wasn't for a "church like" niche experience. Perhaps it was to learn more about others' paths but I truly no longer recall my motives or thoughts on the matter.
Quite some time back someone, who is no longer a member, from the guild sent me a private message asking for assistance. I have had a great deal of experience with dreamwalking/astral projection/whatever-you-want-to-call-it, and this request for help required those skills.
The individual in question knew that they were dreamwalking and that some serious and most assuredly dangerous incidents were occurring during these events. However, the individual could only remember generalities and her guardian spirit had peculiar limitations on what he could remind the individual of and what he could not.
I've long been a protective individual, perhaps it was by no mistake that in this life I was given a name that literally means "The Guardian". Thus I took it upon myself to provide this individual with whatever aid I possibly could. I never realized how far I would have to stretch my neck out and how deep I would have to delve into matters best left alone on the other side to resolve the situation at the time.
It surprised me when I began my dreamwalking with the intent of offering my assistance to this individual that I was diving head first into a turbulent affair with matters I'd long distanced myself from; Christianity.
Like many of us here, I was once Christian, baptized as a Lutheran at the age of 13. I renounced my faith at the age of 17 for reasons that would take far too long to explain. In the aftermath I soon found myself delving into paganism as a result of a simple but benevolent divine act of a Goddess I now respect and honor above all else. My point in saying this much is that I was not unfamiliar with the things I was dealing with on the other side - just very surprised.
After months of exhaustive dreamwalking, countless dangerous encounters, unfriendly meetings and verbal altercations the situation was finally resolved. It didn't end exactly as I had planned but if anything the result was better than I had hoped for.
In the process I learned a lot more about Christianity, far more than I ever would have learned by attending a church every Sunday for the remainder of my life in all actuality. I suspect the Vatican knows far more than they preach about the realities of the Judeo-Christian faith but I also understand their political reasonings for omitting some details.
I feel now that perhaps my reasons for joining this guild was simply to meet said individual and to lend the aid that was necessary. I learned a lot from it, I gained valuable experience and in the process I was able to protect someone from imminent danger.
In terms of my faith, it remains unshaken. I still honor and revere Dzaressa, Wasgergi, Wascilla, Don-Bettyr, Afsati, Papay and Falvara above all other divinities. Coming into such close contact with entities of the Judeo-Christian "pantheon", if you will, merely left me with the impression that despite the complicated plots and politics, Yodheh/Yaweh/Jehova or whatever you want to call him is no greater or mightier than Zeus, Odin, Bzenon, etc. etc. - but that's just my 2 Gaia Gold worth on the subject.
With all of this having been said, I feel that my purpose here is fulfilled. Besides the services I rendered I have learned much by reading about your' beliefs and practices, some of which have parallels to my own, albeit with more dissimilarities than similarities. That in and of itself is a valuable experience though as it has left me with the desire to go forth and learn still more. I would like to sincerely thank you for having me in your' guild and allowing me to learn your' stories, beliefs, practices and of course for providing the location for which I needed to find an individual who needed my unique brand of aid.
Now that it is in the past I must return to what I have been for as long as my memory serves me. That is a solitary eccentric who practices an obscure and ancient faith that should have remained in the past but instead lives on with me and shall be shielded from the prying eyes of those amidst the modern age.
As such, may all your' journeys bring you to wondrous sights to behold. May all your' endeavors bear the fruit of success. May all your' dreams one day become your' realities. Finally, I bid you all a very fond farewell.
Drek na Kurysok
I have been a member of Ancient Echoes for some time now but have largely been a silent member, preferring to read what is said and silently interpret it in my own way.
When I first joined the guild I'm not really sure what I was expecting to be honest. It wasn't to spread my own obscure path. It wasn't for a "church like" niche experience. Perhaps it was to learn more about others' paths but I truly no longer recall my motives or thoughts on the matter.
Quite some time back someone, who is no longer a member, from the guild sent me a private message asking for assistance. I have had a great deal of experience with dreamwalking/astral projection/whatever-you-want-to-call-it, and this request for help required those skills.
The individual in question knew that they were dreamwalking and that some serious and most assuredly dangerous incidents were occurring during these events. However, the individual could only remember generalities and her guardian spirit had peculiar limitations on what he could remind the individual of and what he could not.
I've long been a protective individual, perhaps it was by no mistake that in this life I was given a name that literally means "The Guardian". Thus I took it upon myself to provide this individual with whatever aid I possibly could. I never realized how far I would have to stretch my neck out and how deep I would have to delve into matters best left alone on the other side to resolve the situation at the time.
It surprised me when I began my dreamwalking with the intent of offering my assistance to this individual that I was diving head first into a turbulent affair with matters I'd long distanced myself from; Christianity.
Like many of us here, I was once Christian, baptized as a Lutheran at the age of 13. I renounced my faith at the age of 17 for reasons that would take far too long to explain. In the aftermath I soon found myself delving into paganism as a result of a simple but benevolent divine act of a Goddess I now respect and honor above all else. My point in saying this much is that I was not unfamiliar with the things I was dealing with on the other side - just very surprised.
After months of exhaustive dreamwalking, countless dangerous encounters, unfriendly meetings and verbal altercations the situation was finally resolved. It didn't end exactly as I had planned but if anything the result was better than I had hoped for.
In the process I learned a lot more about Christianity, far more than I ever would have learned by attending a church every Sunday for the remainder of my life in all actuality. I suspect the Vatican knows far more than they preach about the realities of the Judeo-Christian faith but I also understand their political reasonings for omitting some details.
I feel now that perhaps my reasons for joining this guild was simply to meet said individual and to lend the aid that was necessary. I learned a lot from it, I gained valuable experience and in the process I was able to protect someone from imminent danger.
In terms of my faith, it remains unshaken. I still honor and revere Dzaressa, Wasgergi, Wascilla, Don-Bettyr, Afsati, Papay and Falvara above all other divinities. Coming into such close contact with entities of the Judeo-Christian "pantheon", if you will, merely left me with the impression that despite the complicated plots and politics, Yodheh/Yaweh/Jehova or whatever you want to call him is no greater or mightier than Zeus, Odin, Bzenon, etc. etc. - but that's just my 2 Gaia Gold worth on the subject.
With all of this having been said, I feel that my purpose here is fulfilled. Besides the services I rendered I have learned much by reading about your' beliefs and practices, some of which have parallels to my own, albeit with more dissimilarities than similarities. That in and of itself is a valuable experience though as it has left me with the desire to go forth and learn still more. I would like to sincerely thank you for having me in your' guild and allowing me to learn your' stories, beliefs, practices and of course for providing the location for which I needed to find an individual who needed my unique brand of aid.
Now that it is in the past I must return to what I have been for as long as my memory serves me. That is a solitary eccentric who practices an obscure and ancient faith that should have remained in the past but instead lives on with me and shall be shielded from the prying eyes of those amidst the modern age.
As such, may all your' journeys bring you to wondrous sights to behold. May all your' endeavors bear the fruit of success. May all your' dreams one day become your' realities. Finally, I bid you all a very fond farewell.
Drek na Kurysok
