Fisherman or mystic?  Either way, he is offering you a lantern in the darkness.   Take the journey across the river and into the mountains.  A spiritual adviser takes many forms.

“Man’s task is…to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.  Neither should he persist in his unconscious nor remain identical with the unconscious elements of his being, thus evading his destiny, which is to create more and more consciousness.  As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”   Carl Jung

Curious to get your opinion.  Is the hiker entering the dark forest or exiting and looking backwards from where they emerged?    One situation presents a foreboding adventure  while the other represents a passage already completed.

I will tell you what the answer is soon.

As always, Michael Black displays genius in his ability to summarize hundreds of years of human history and our evolution of knowledge.   Something told me to visit his Youtube channel.  While I am a subscriber, I have not been there in months.   I was suffering yet another bout of insomnia last night and decided to watch this 26 minute video around 3:00AM.

A feeling of complete inadequacy to explain the purpose of my book still has me searching for answers.

I strongly encourage taking some time to watch this video.  Grab a glass of wine or a good scotch to go with his Scottish brogue and soak in his words.

At 25.25 he makes a statement that blew my mind.  I experienced an epiphany.

I believe I may be trying to create that myth to unite all things.  Yes, I see how that can seem like a grandiose claim.   If, however, all I am doing is taping into ancestral archetypes that reside dormant within my DNA, why can’t a simple person like me be its author?  Only time will tell.

https://youtu.be/ewee4E2gLHs

Here is the inspiration for the magical food wagon that is pulled by two Yaks and driven by Magda the mysterious gypsy woman.

night owl food wagon – Google Search

Having grown up in Stillwater, Oklahoma, I feel a real kindred to this sound.  I got two tickets to the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland.  Who would have thought such honest music could be found so far from home!

Free autographed copy of my book to anyone that can find me at this music festival.     Can’t wait to see Whiskey Myers!

In my book, Wrathful Empathies, The 2nd Raid on Harpers Ferry, I re-imagine William Blake’s poem “America, A Prophecy” take place in modern Appalachia.  A few raiders hand selected by John Brown escape the final onslaught and flee through the darkness up and into the surrounding mountains.  The misty crags and dark hollows become their refuge across generations.  The kindred spirit of their spiritual leader never diminished amongst this small population but only grow in intensity.  The prophecy in William Blake’s poem speaks of a character called Orc.  He is the son of Los and Enith and the embodiment of rebellion.  When he is finally unleashed from the chains that bind him to the Iron Mountains, he confronts and destroys Urizen.  Much like Luke Skywalker in the first Star Wars movie, Orc does not know his heritage nor the force that lies within him.  My first novel describes his languishing in the banality of ignorance.  Lord save his enemies when he awakes to his true power.

My book Wrathful Empathies, The 2nd Raid on Harpers Ferry is about a secret group of rebels who carry the embers of freedom through stormy nights along windswept mountain ridges of the Appalachian mountains.  Their world has descended into a dystopian nightmare but they persevere across generations.   Indeed, the are not only kindred souls but actually kin.  The once bright purpose of America has been forgotten.  Evil powers have lulled the population into servitude.   The Authority wants to keep it this way.  A new threat emerges that makes matters even worse.   A system is taking shape to control the next generation by programing reincarnation itself.  To stop this new threat, the Kindred are forced from their hiding place.  They plan  to strike at the heart of this operation hidden within a secret cavern in the mountains across from Harpers Ferry.  Will their raid be doomed just like the 1st Raid on Harpers Ferry.   The fact that history does not record this event feat does not mean it never happened.  The  Authority desperately wants to quash this rebellion and keep it secret.   Is my book fiction?  Read and explore.   The Kindred are merely trying to save a Republic founded upon the ideals of freedom.    Imagine what a 2nd Raid on Harpers Ferry would look like if it occurred today.  That is what I did in my book.

What do you think the connection is?

I will explain in detail on my next YouTube livestream.

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Happy 4th of July.  Everyone should celebrate this revolution that lifted the world from a fog of despair and offered life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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