Belief in Faeries

The following is both literally true, and also a metaphor (or a direct corollary) to belief in God.

I am occasionally criticized for believing in the existence of Faeries.  At best, people consider it kind of juvenile.  At worst, they think I am in some kind of cult.

The truth is that believing in Faeries is neither necessarily non-Christian nor  unscientific.  There have been a lot of people in the past who were both devout Christians and also people who experienced the Faerie World.  Many of them, such as George MacDonald (a renowned Christian minister, author, and mystic) came from Ireland.  I daresay in the farms and villages of Ireland you can probably still find quite a few Christians who know about Faeries.  I am an Irish-Cherokee-American.  Perhaps that is why I am inclined to experience the Faerie World, also?

I also mentioned that believing in the Faeries is not necessarily unscientific.  Since scientists believe that things have to be seen and physically verified before you can posit a positive belief in them, this seems to need some qualification.  How can I say that belief in Faeries is not unscientific if I cannot verify their existence?

Quite simple.  Even a scientist who studies panda bears would not be so bold as to say, "Just go on out in the Bamboo and you are bound to find one!"  Finding a panda bear in the wild would be a very sensitive undertaking.  The types of clothing one wore, the scents one gave off, the time of day one embarked, the location, everything.... all would need to be taken into account because the panda bear is elusive.  Their population is in decline.  You have to already know a great deal about panda bears in order to know where to look for one.  And even then, a great deal of sheer luck is involved.

Faeries are even more elusive than panda bears.  I do not believe they are very scarce.  I am convinced that nearly every Woods on the Planet has hundreds of them.  However, they aren't full-time inhabitants of the realm that we inhabit.  To some extent, they exist in a parallel dimension just over us.  Not over us, vertically - over us experientially.  Within the fabric of the air there seems to be a whole other world present, clouded by the thinnest veil.  Even if you have never experienced this veil, you would have to believe that hundreds of poets were complete liars to not believe that it exists.  The existence of this veil is well attested to in human literature and religious experience.

To find a Faerie you must first go to a place where the veil between our worlds is at its thinnest.
The veil, ironically, used to be thin everywhere.  It has thickened over the years, in response to man's neglect of nature.  The Veil is meant to protect the Faerie World from the unchecked escalation of the consequences of disobedience in Man's Fallen World.  When Adam fell, all Creation felt it.  But every species found ways to withdraw from man.  The Faerie World is no different. 

Nowadays the veil is at its thinnest in places of Natural Beauty and Splendor.  It is away from roads, away from houses, away from barking dogs or people.  You must come upon a place where few others come, and you must come in reverent silence.  If you do so, I guarantee: you will have the sensation that something invisible is inhabiting in that place. 

At this point there are two responses.  Fear, or Love.  Nearly every human, myself included, feels a tremor of fear when they are absolutely alone in the Woods.  Especially if you go at night, which is when the Veil is practically non-existent. 

The problem is that most Animals can smell fear.  The spiritual animals, like Faeries, smell it even more keenly than do the physical Animals, because Fear is a Spiritual Thing.  Physical Animals only smell fear by smelling the physical reactions to it in your body... the subtle difference in sweat when your heart is palpitating, for example.  But Faeries, a spiritual species... they smell the Thing Itself.

And they hate that stench.  In the Faerie World, fear is scarce, and scary.  They are not at all desensitized to it.  If you are giving off a stench of Fear when you try to cross the Faerie World, the Faeries will panic and will re-direct your fear back on to you.  This will only escalate your fear.  You may get trapped in a fear bubble, for which the only relief may be getting out of the Woods. 

But over time, a person who wishes to enter the Faerie World should come to cultivate a love for the Beauty, the Solitude, the abiding Presence, that exists in the Deep Woods.  As this Love grows, some of it wafts through the Veil, and breaks part of the Veil down.  The Faeries, rather than being repulsed by your aromas, begin to be attracted to them.  They will begin to play on the borders of your awareness.  They can incarnate into the physical world as rays of light, or beams.  They can disguise themselves easily by blending in with sunlight on the leaves, masquerading as fireflies, glow-worms, or bits of moonlight. 

At this point because you are somewhat  overwhelmed, you might start to emit another emotion through the Veil.  Doubt. 

First, you were given a choice between Love and Fear.  Over half of humans choose Fear.  Then those who chose Love are given a choice between Doubt and Wonder.  Most will choose Doubt.

If you choose Doubt, you will start explaining away the faint Faerie traces that they are allowing you.  You will not flirt with the little sprites ducking behind the trees, so they get bored and go away. 

But if you choose Wonder, you find out instantly that what Jesus said is true: "Believing is Seeing."  The more you open your heart to the mysteries, the more the Faeries open the mysteries to your heart.  And if you are every lucky enough to be able to cultivate complete Love, and complete Wonder, somewhere all by yourself where the Veil is very thin, you will then have the option to do what few people do in our times anymore, and cross directly over the moonlight path and into the Faerie World.  At that point you will see the little men and women as clearly as you see People in our own World.

Entering the Faerie World and entering Eden sometimes go hand-in-hand.

Gratefulness Opens the Gates

Are You ready, then, to cross a great Frontier?

Many Thousands of Years ago, Mankind was expelled from Eden.
But he was not physically expelled.  He was spiritually expelled.

Eden is a place for Every Species.  It did not disappear for those who remained True to its Laws.
It was only to Men and Serpents that the Garden was stripped away.
FoXes still enjoy the Garden, as do Birds and Fish and Trees.
Eden still exists, everywhere, all around.
Eden is the Secret Name of Earth.
And Man, until now trapped, oblivious, outside the Beauty, a non-participant in the midst of a Party unfolding all around him, has been offered a chance to re-enter Eden.
To know its sweetness, to breathe its vitality.  To be at Peace with Every Creature.

Here is how.
Wherever you are, whenever you are...
At all points in both Space and also in Time,
there is an Entrance to the Garden.
Call them Gates.
G.A.T.E.:  God Answers The Earth.

At every Gate we stand, hoping to gain admittance.
What are the Magic Words?
THANK YOU.

I Will Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving in My Heart.
God Answers your Thanksgiving with Entrance.

Wherever you are, whenever you are, be Thankful.
You stand at a Gate of Eden.
Do not be distracted by negative thought or circumstance.
You can cross the threshold.
Allow true gratefulness to wash all over you, upon you, through you...
"Thank You" in your heart is a mighty Eden Key.
When you are Thankful to every Being, every Being longs to show you its Best.
Eden is the Place that every Being shows their Best.

If you Thank me for my Words, I will share more of them with you.
If you Thank the Earth for your Experience of Her, She will offer you Greater Experience.
If you Thank the Lord for your Experience of Him, He will offer you Greater Experience.
All Beings long to be thanked, acknowledged, praised for their service and power.
Most assuredly, even a dandelion arrays itself more richly if it is daily thanked for its Beauty.

Stand at the door, and knock.
In being Thankful for our circumstances, we transform them, upgrade them, perfect them.

I am a Tree

How can a Person express an inexpressible experience?
"I am like a green olive tree in the house (Garden) of God: I trust in His Mercy for ever and ever." (Psalm 52:8)

"And God showed me a pure River of the water of LIFE, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb.  And in the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the River, there was a Tree of Life, which bore Twelve different kinds of Fruits, and yielded Her Fruit every month: and the Leaves of that Tree were for the healing of the Nations." (Revelation 22:1-2)

I am a Tree.  I have grown upon this Surface.  I have sprouted Roots beneath.  I bring up a mineral substance into my bones and sinew from the deep precious well of the Earth.  Mother Life, Mother Everything, she charges and re-fuels me.  I have done nothing but Rest on this Ground, and yet everything is provided.  I have everything I came with: I have lost nothing, I have gained all.  My life is a gift from My Father the Creator.  My Life is a Blessing from Mother Energy Earth.

I am a Miracle!  I am a Healing!  I am a Wonder of good Fruit and Leaves!  I can smile at you, I can lift my branches, I can sprout with great quivering at the sound of your lovely Human Voice.  I am a Part, I am Connected, I am imbedded and weaved into the Matrix of Life.  I am a Fabric, a Mossy Carpet, Green Praise, Full Life!  My branches are the Goblin Arrows from the dark and thirsty night.  When the Universe sends rain I drink it and Refresh!  My Soul is Mother Energy, encapsulated, disclosed.  Made available freely to those who brush against my stems.

I ask that you take me, partake of my Soul.  Transplant me and Love Me, talk to Me on your porch.  I can listen, I can love, I AM Listening.  I AM Love.  Within the warmth of your Home where your sister and your brother and your parents and your dog are carving out wholeness and F.A.M.I.L.Y. from the Earth, from the very same Nectar and Very Same Blood which now courses through my veins, for I am your Plant.  I am your Green Olive Tree, I am trusting YOUR Mercy.  You are all that I live for.

I THANK You.  I thank You!  I am not ashamed to thank you.  I am not ashamed to Love you.  You are what I am here for.  I hold your fragile dragon on my open, waiting palm.

May the Wind rush right over Me.  May the Wind rush right through me.  And with a Thousand Green Tongues may I add to the Wind, my Truth.  For every word of Truth I've spoken has been returned to me a Thousandfold.  Every Word of Hope I know, which I freely gave away, has found its answer in my own, precious Life.  I cannot diminish an ounce of myself though I spill it all for You.  You're my Life.  You're my soul.  I am Yours.

Dedicated to Woodpecker and Dolphin.

Superclimate

As I have observed the Trends of the Climate of the Earth, it strikes me that the same Patterns that occur in the Weather over the Period of a Year are also occurring in a parallel fashion on a much Grander Scale.

Just as our Year begins with Cold and Winter, then progresses into Springtime and Summer, then finally Fall, so too there are Eras which are Cold and then Warm.

Climate Change is not New, and we will never entirely stop it, nor should we.  We are at the End of a Planetary Springtime.  We are approaching a very Torrid Summer, which may be too warm for the Balance of our Species.  Summer was always coming, but it is also true that Human activity has speeded Her approach, and caused Her to wax warmer than would have been otherwise.  Perhaps this is the way it was always meant to be, perhaps not.  Perhaps we can still abate the strongest effects by ending our Springtime cleanly and greenly.

Looking back to the last Planetary Winter - the Last Ice Age - gives one an idea of how long a Season lasts.  The Last Ice Age started 250 Mya (Million years ago), and continued until about 50,000 B.C.  Everything since then has been Springtime, and Beautiful.  If our Spring had been allowed to last as long as our Winter, it would still be quite Young.  And perhaps, it is not quite over.  But many signs are pointing to an early, scorching Summer.

Any species that survives a year, whether a Planetary Year or a solar year, learns to adapt with the changing seasons.  Learns not to overtax their environment.  Learns how to prepare.

For Humans, that time is Now.

What will Summer be like?  The only question we can answer is, What has She been like before?

The Seasons are the Four Angels which hold the Four Winds of the Earth.  They are mentioned in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 7, and it is said that they have the power to hurt the Earth.  A deduction of the Fox on the matter: the Angels of God were not created to hurt, they were created to help.  They are ministering spirits.  So if the Four Angels hurt anyone, they are doing so in order to heal the Planet in the long run.  Many times the Seasons are harsh to individual species.  Mayflies never survive the Spring.  They are dead every Summer, they are Dead every Fall.  Their eggs lie hidden in Winter and then there is Life for a few days in Spring.  Some would say that the Seasons are cruel to the Mayflies.  But yet God moves His Wheel, the Wheel Within a Wheel, and again the Mayfly is born, existing Century to Century, in a Natural Cycle more like Reincarnation than Science.

It remains to be seen if Mankind is like the Mayfly, or if the Promises of God are true instead, which say that God has placed all things under Mankind's feet (Hebrews 2:8).  The Biblical view of Creation is that God gave Life to an Intelligent Cosmos, where all things have Spirits (Ecclesiastes 3), and all things exist to Praise Him.  It is an interconnected Web of Life which is fragile, and delicate, and demands our attention and care.

It is the Biblical view of Humans that by following the basic rules, Humans are put in a position at the head of Creation.  Humans are given great Responsibility - they are made the Lords of an Era.  They sit at the helm of the Earthship, directing its next Evolutionary phase, and all they must do is Be Fruitful, Multiply, Replenish the Earth, Subdue It, and Have Dominion.  Humans are a part of the Animal Kingdom, and this is their duty to the rest of the Kingdom: Replenish it.  The Animal Kingdom is a part of the Spiritual Kingdom of Christ.  The Kingdoms of this World (Kingdoms of Men, Animals, Plants) are become the Kingdoms of Our Lord and of His Christ.

Planetary Summer was the Paleozoic Era.  It was a Time of torrid Temperatures and high Sea Levels.  There was no Life on Land until very late in the Summer, when vegetation began again.  The Earth kept secrets at the time in the Southern Continent of Gondwana, which is now scattered throughout the entire Southern Hemisphere.

In our next Planetary Summer, we will again face torrid Temperatures and high Sea Levels.  May we Discover the Secret Gondwana, and Survive.

FANE.

To Those Wondering

In case any who find The Fox Blog should wonder more about the religious perspective of the FoX, I make it plain here for all to consider.

The act of discovering my Totem reaffirmed in my soul the traditions of all my elders, from my own Pentecostal father back to my distant Cherokee and Irish ancestors.  It has made me a whole person, a total synthesis of all the teachings that have been passed down through my bloodline. 

Learning that I am the FoX has helped me to uncover the Values which my parents once instilled in me, but which, when I grew up and became Human, I began to forget.

The Faith of my Childhood, which is Christianity, ironically has conquered my allegiance, even as fellow Christians have viewed my return to Nature as something very pagan.  They may think what they like, but to my own self I am known to be the property of Christ.  In fact, with the discovery of my Totem there has been a concurrent discovery of my Purpose in Christ.

This is my Purpose, and this is my Mission: I am a teacher about the Garden of Eden.  I believe in a fully Restored Earth.  I believe that God made Humans and told them to Replenish the Earth, and that despite wreaking Environmental Havoc we still have the Power to Obey God and Replenish Eden (Earth) within a Single Generation if we so Choose to.

I believe that just as every Evil in the Human World is a consequence of the Fall of Adam, so too every Good can be unleashed to the Human World as a consequence of the Redemption of Christ.

I believe it is very Important for Humans to do Two Things:
1. Stop Abusing the Planet Immediately, and
2. Discover a Relationship with the Creator of this Planet.

I believe that if Humanity makes these two Choices within the very Near Future, we can be set on course to a Utopian Future that lasts a very long time.  On the other hand I believe that if Humanity chooses Destruction and Doubt, that things on the Planet will get much worse for Humans.  There will be more Natural Disasters, increasing Climate Change, increasing Cynicism, Economic Turmoil, War, Depression, Mental Illness, and many other things.  Our Planet is currently in need of an Upgrade.  Humans need a Consciousness Shift.  This is the appropriate Window of Time to make that Shift, but we have to act now.

Love God and Love His Planet.
Love your Father and your Mother.
F.A.M.I.L.Y.: Father And Mother I Love You.

People should love not only God and the Planet they live in, they also should love their Nations and their Cities and their own Families.  People should never close themselves off to others.  If hurts come, or if there are injustices, Humans should learn how to Love past these issues and reaffirm a Connection to one another.  The more we draw the Circle, the more we can lift up Love.  And He (Love) will transform this Planet.

Picture Paradise by 2050!  It is Available, just take it. 
Humans may not have the Answers to totally fix the World, just yet. 
But they do have the Knowledge of what the next few steps should be.  If they take those, and then trust God,
God will reveal what is next.

Earth is fixable.
Earth can change.
Everything can improve.
Throw away your cynicism and take up the Mantle.

Jesus Christ the Same Yesterday Today and Forever.
He holds the Answers.
He pilots the Ship.
Spaceship Earth.
It is a Wheel Within a Wheel,
it is His Footstool.
It is also His Bride.
Discovery your Duty on the Ship and Report for it.
-KiJjiT

Arab Summer

There has been a Mighty Arab Spring.
May there be an Arab Summer.

May there be a Wave across China, and a Sunbeam in North Korea.
May all the Tyrants fall.  May Liberty Increase!
Everywhere, and Anywhere, may Freedom Abundantly Spring!

F.A.S.T.!

I, the totem Kijjit, appeal to the CREATOR: cause Nations to tremble,
rend suffering in half, bring End to Injustice by the Power of Jesus-Name.


FANE.

By August I long to see rumblings of Freedom in the DPRK.  Universe?

I Have Not Understood Her

Mid-Springtime.  May-time-June-time.  I have not understood Her.  I have lost my Nose for Weather.  Too many Orchards were in Bloom, I had to sniff the Apple Blossoms.  They deadened my Senses to most Things of the Sky: this is where I dwelt, on Earth.  Amid the Bees, Amid the Pollen, in the Sacred Dance, Romance.  Earth is Springtime, all's forgotten of Watching for Storms or cowering in Wind.  The Heat brings a Beauty which gives Life to the Hopeful, and Hope for the Living, as long as they're 'round.  And this is not all I blame for my Distraction: no, its for the sayings I hear on the Breeze.

Summer Ships are sailing, from the South, and from the East.  I've caught a Current and shall carry it West, to a Place called Oceany-Beach.  But still, as its looming, I can't help but watch the Sails.  It keeps pace with Every Tempest.  It is a Ship that None Assail.  And commanding its Prow is a Captain so Stern.  A granite Whip in his Furnace-Iron Hand.

Sternfulness, and yet there's Mercy, because He rides the sweetest Breezes.  It smells of Cardamom and Xinnamon, of Zingiber and Spike.  This is the Ship with Salvation in It.  This is the Call for a Newer, bright Shore.

All Hands on Deck, be ye Man or be ye FoX.  Withdraw thine Anchors and mount the Ship's M.A.S.T.  We are Discoverers on the River of January.  We are the Flux-Defeaters.  We are the "Wildness Is Never Dying" W.I.N.D., and we are the Peaceful Reprieve that is Lowered.  We are the Bloomers, instead of the Deep-Doomers, like a Serpent that is writhing in his Scales.  Scales are Justice, but here is Mercy.  Here is Pardon.  Here's Escape.

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Escape Space.

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Yes Eyes See.

Yes, Eyes, See!
See Eden all around you.
-KiJjiT