St. Patrick's day , a Lesson in Terror

     I  am one of those people that tries to  look at the bigger picture of things.  I  think  that  most modern holidays are terrible. And the next holiday is called St. Patrick's day.  Now the customs and traditions of this event are simple enough. A person must wear green,  you try to  talk  with an Irish accent, you drink  green beer, and you get loud.   It is used as an excuse for millions of people to  get stupid. Something that I  am not a fan of.

     So  what  made this St. Patrick  guy so  dang special? He was a catholic missionary that  wanted to  stamp out paganism. He is said to  have drove all  the snakes from Ireland, those snakes being Celtic pagans. This was done during the time of the great spread of Christianity. St. Patrick  caused great trouble in Ireland during his crusade against pagans. The story I  remember most is about the Irish King's fire.  On this day all  fires across Ireland were put out, then the king would lite a large bonfire and from this fire all fires in Ireland would be re lit.  However on an adjacent hill  St. Patrick  lit a fire before the Irish King to  cause trouble.  St. Patrick  insulted the king and Irish tradition.

     When Christianity was converting the Irish  from Paganism, the Christians were adapting Irish  traditions and trying to  pass it off as christian. The female saint of Ireland is St. Brigit. The Catholic church  realized that  this goddess was so  beloved that  they  couldn't tell the pagans to shun her.  So  they  adapted the story and turned  a goddess into  a saint. There are stories that  Brigit was the handmaid of the virgin Mary  at Jesus's birth.  I  find such  actions and lies to  be very  disturbing.

     One of the most common misconceptions of the Celts is that  they  didn't write anything down. There are were a few druid books. Caesar stated that  the Gauls were using Greek  and Latin script.  The Ogham that  is linked to  the Celts  was mostly in Ireland and was meant for tree and stone inscriptions. St. Patrick is said to  have burned druid books.  I have done some research  that  says laws and judgements were recorded, and maybe that is what  St. Patrick  burned.  If you can remove all historical proof of something, it will fade into memory. And that  was the goal of St. Patrick.

     St. Patrick is given credit for the creation of the Celtic Cross.  It was written that  to  help in the conversion of the sun worshipping pagans that  he started to impose the sun on the christian cross. That is why there are 2 types of Christian crosses. The  cross with 3 equal length arms and a longer  base with a circle at the intersection is a christian Celtic cross. However, the  cross with  4 arms of equal length with a circle the intersection is a true pagan Celtic cross.  And it is that  symbol that  the pagans used originally to  represent the sun.  Another case of Christians  adapting pagan themes.

     Maybe Pagans were like snakes during this time. I  say  this because snakes will hide deeper if threatened. It would have been impossible for everything pagan to  be destroyed or removed by the christian church.  Paganism survived at great loss, but it  did survive. St. Patricks mission was not a complete success, for which I  am very happy.

     I  call  this  event St. Hatred's day.  I see the hate that  the christian religion and it's followers have for other people's life style and beliefs. I  think of all  the missionary work  that  the christian religion has done all over the world. How many other cultures has it wiped out? To me this is just like Thanksgiving day  to  the Native Americans.  People are honoring a person that was full of hate and hostility toward others.   I  know many  other people that  call  it "bring  back  the Snakes" day.  The snakes never completely left Ireland.  We need to use this terrible salute to  remind people what  they are actually promoting.

     I find my example to  be very  extreme, but I  do  want to mention it, so that you have a concept on how terrible this event actually is.  St. Patrick's day is used as an excuse for millions to  drink. But why do you need a reason to  drink?  Do these people look for an excuse to be louder and possibly more destructive?  Then why  don't they  celebrate  date of other people that sought the destruction of  human cultures.  April 20th is Adolf Hitler's birthday  and he tried to  remove the Jewish culture from the planet. They  could call it swastika day.

     We as a people need to rethink  of who we honor and why. There are great minds and history is full of people that have done wonderful  things without oppressing anyone to  achieve their goals.  Why  not have Winston Churchill day  and drink  a couple pints of warm ale.  Then there is Maria Curie who is called the mother of  Modern Physics, you can eat polish sausages and drink  vodka.  If we are going to  honor someone, make it a worthy person.

Dreams

Dreams are an amazing part of the human life. Dreams have inspired us to  do  many  wonderful  and  disgusting things. They  are a part of who  we are and they  guide us on future events. We have hundreds of songs about dreams,  We have movies about dreaming as well. An Icon of movies is Freddy Kruger that enters people's dreams to torture them.

So what is a dream? According to  the dictionary:A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.  Studies have shown that  we have 4-5 dream states  on average for an 8 hour sleep  period. These periods are called REM sleep , which  stands for Rapid Eye Movement.  Our Brain wave pattern changes as we get into  a deeper zone of sleep, as our conscience mind  slows down our sub-conscience mind  takes over. With our subconscious mind more active we enter  the dream world and leave the mundane world.

Why  is learning about our dreams so important? because the subconscious is full of information , and for those that  are gifted they  can see things that are yet to  be.  I  can only talk of my  personal  experiences, I have experienced dreams that  were full of details , these were short little dream segments only lasting 10-15 seconds.  but  they have came true in my mundane life withing a few months.  I  have also  have had dreams about family members dying and I  have been accurate with  those dreams as well. Unfortunately we forget most of our dreams the moment we wake up. And we forget about those dream fragments  within hours. This is why it is very important to  keep  a dream journal.  Just keep  a notebook and pen handy  by  the bed and write down any  dream segments that  you remember.

Dreams are full of images and general  themes. These could mean something to you. There are many  books that  explain what  certain images mean. I own 10,000 dreams explained to  help me out. It is like reading a tarot card spread, you take all  the images and themes and figure out what  the possible meaning could be. 

But we also  must always remember that  like omens not all  dreams are special messages to  us. Some dreams are just the sub-conscience entertaining itself and unwinding from a stressful day. certain foods and affect dreams and what  we dream.  Thoughts and dreams are electrical impulses and they  can be influenced by  chemical interactions in the brain.

When we dream we enter the dream world, a realm that is not bound by  the laws of physics. We can do  anything. We need to  remember this because as we get older and get conditioned into  the "That is not possible" reality, it will  also  affect of thinking and dreams.  We can do  anything, and that opens the doors for other gifts to open up.

I astral  traveled the first time in a dream.  I  dreamt that I  was with  a girl I  had a crush on in this white house that  was 2 miles  out of the town.  I have never been to  that  house before. It was on a gravel road that I  never drove down.  A few months later  some friends of the family wanted to  go  bike riding in the country to  get some exercises.  We went  down this road  for a change of pace and we went past that  house. I dreamed it perfectly, it was a freaky experience. 

There are random dreams and then there are dreams that  we have over and over again. These dreams do  contain a message that  we must take notice of. Make sure that you do  write these down. It is a message so  strong that  it refuses to  go  away. It might want you to  go somewhere or do something. But you are in need to  take action to  resolve this dream.

Nightmares are dreams with upsetting actions occurring in them. A majority of these are the mind entertaining itself, but  some do  carry a message as well. Something could be wrong with  your lifestyle, friends, family, or work. And the sub-conscience is trying to make it loud and clear that  you need to  address this situation.

Why  would the mind need nightmares to  entertain itself? because some personalities use scary movies as a way to  relax.  It would be horrifying to  be in a Zombie Apocalypse , but look at  all  the zombie  video games and movies.  Both our sub conscience and conscience minds never stop working. We are always thinking about something. You  didn't hear your boss telling you what to do  because you were thinking about something else.  This is why  you can never clear your mind of thought, you can only focus on something that would calm you down.

What  I would like you to  do is to  start your dream journal.  Remember that  this is a personal  book like your Book of Shadows.