the omega glory

 REMAINING VIGOR

yup that seems to be what it's about.

I have observed that vigor in potted trees will distribute itself from branch to tip in a different fashion season to season- a will of their own- a character unique.

This investment in growth direction is part of a predetermined process and pattern in place before the emergent phenomenon -is the spirit or idea of future Life.

Individual growth pathways are limited by circumstance and challenged by existence- the cards you are dealt are yours to play as you wish.

Group behavior is a weird forecast and a risky investment in changing times- all institutions are shaky

The Bogus and ridiculous have never been so obvious

OUR VIGOR REMAINS

The bit above a clipped response to an old friend from the scene in the city crowned with my painting of Dian Cecht the elder Physician of the Tuatha De Dannan -

whos' first son Cian assisted by Mannanan Mac Lir travel to the isolated island hide away fortress of Balor the elder Fomorian - where he hid his daughter Ethne at the top of the tower's sunroom.

Guarded by mist attended by maidens impregnated by De Dannan outside of their claimed territory.

An unexpected illegitimate origin story for the many skilled god Lugh!

Balor/Fomorian grandfather = Lugh = Dian Cecht/ De Dannan grand father

The questions of truth and legitimacy of conduct are parallel in Ernmas the widowed Fir Bolg queen

whos' daughter Eriu is impregnated on the shore by a Fomorian prince with a kingdom elsewhere.

The child of accelerated growth and vigor was none other than Bress the beautiful who is wed to Brighid daughter of the Daghda to take over as unblemished and perfect Chief of the Tuatha De Dannan from Nuadu the original leader wounded in the first war with the Fir Bolg.

The need for a replacement made obvious by the battlefield prosthetic arm crafted by Dian Cecht.

Bress takes over the rule of the De Dannan not showing proper respect for his father-in-law and his wife's people during his reign,

Their only child, a son Ruadon  is killed during the war between the Fomorian and the De Dannan when trying to use the magical weapon of the De Dannan against its maker the smith Gobhanon of the trio of artists producing the armaments for the De Dannan war effort.

Dian Cecht acted as the chief of the trio of menders in the war between Fomorian and De Dannan his son Miach and daughter Airmed joining him at a specially prepared spring-well-pool of regenerative healing within the territory of the De Dannan.

There Dian Cecht repeatedly strikes and eventually kills his son Miach, as the story is told -

although he reappears later to aid in the trio of menders in the final battle where Lugh kills Balor and Bress surrenders claim to territory and agricultural secrets to the De Dannon.

Thats my memory of things

based on the translations I read

the spelling is maybe all wrong

I think it's not my memory alone

somehow similar to this blog tittle

 taken from an original Television series episode fifty-two 2nd season.

Captain Kirk takes a party from his Starship Enterprise to a planet involved in a long destructive domestic conflict between the Yangs and the Khoms to witness the sacred ritual of the Yangs with a tattered remnant of a flag of the United States of America!

Captain Kirk recognizes the holy words of the preamble of the constitution and blows their minds with his insights of their imperfect memory-spiritual revelation-social development...The Prime Directive???

Violated by a fellow Starfleet captain using his weaponry to win the war for the Yangs

 I did not remember that a virus and a biosphere immunity were involved in the story written by the show's creator Gene Roddenberry.

Doctor McCoy played a role - cross kingdom pollination

yet there is this poetomythic memory or association

based on the episode I have watched

originally picked up by adjusting an antenna on my mom's roof to get channel 50 out of Detroit- where Star Trek was in syndication.

Before the remakes. before cable TV, before the internet, before I had read translations of Irish Myth.

I felt like the naive savage with torn banner and garbled words - especially when first learning and performing ADF druid ritual with other people in front of all our collected kindred spirits.

Thats my memory of things

comforting and traumatic

he who swiftly travels

A very unique casts of individuals

 VERY SPECIFIC PLACES

struggles for turf

family affairs

Remaining Vigor

talking timing texture training

 All of us conditioned from childhood to redirect irrational fear of the invisible monster of the dark.

The menacing sensation under the bed or in the closet, a spooky feeling that hid away from company.

Trained to disengage our personal imaginative capacity

 in favor of the interactive experience of being stimulated by another 

A physical form familiar orienting referencing reminding us that we exist in a shared circumstance.

A lateral perceptual experience of acknowledging the expressions of others in our surroundings.

shifting sensitivities self and service social/cultural telephones and toppings trades trauma

trust/trap                                                       territorial tension                   safety/security

 in Toledo at the time

finding parallels in the class-class relationship with school and work environment

coworkers and customers - the general public- the real thing-the big picture-events and activities

roles and relationships         

location staff management ownership traffic turnover 

public school or private franchise pizza there was a unique quality of place influence on people.

not the same as across the bridge in other parts of town

differences in the experiential atmosphere wrapped up with the process and product

a character of spirit

flavor in the recipe

unaccounted for

that with the combined rational professional analyses and reporting... 

that there is no supernatural Agencey or Destiney of things and places...

No Spirit or soul in stuff or time...

All aspects of individuation are an enhanced attribute byproduct of human imagination

coupling experience and activity associations

People and popularity are the perpetuators plainly presented

interpreting the actions of the world in social contracts of human understandings

us and them

property ownership the sense of belonging bought and paid for

familiarity with a sales receipt 

comfy blanket or nightlight protection to drive away perceived ill

collective fear is directed as distrust

with an exaggerated threat emphasized of an unseen stranger, cultural outsider

different or other persons with simplified or undeveloped moral/legal respect

fitting in, or social acceptance becomes the invisible monster of the individual imaginative interior.

Cultivated Life lessons about world view impact generations and populations behavior as a group

the people story sensationalized passed on as product to people proliferating and promoting progress

could convenient corporate control corrupt collective community consciences communication collapse

Climate of catastrophe as commodity

Labels - Name Brands-uniforms and menus are useful tools for fulfilling expectations between consumer and producer bringing more lawful legitimacy and credibility to the exchange of objects and services

The reverse seems to hold true as a generality

 for groupings of people+ spirits or gods over time and place.

Commercially, politicly, philosophically, spiritually, organically 

ALL are living growing changing beings.

Traditional self-identification in ways of being

 spooked by the glamor of the labor-saving device 

empowered lifestyle evolving marketing

Maybe people feel different about who they are and how they are expected to behave with their peers in the community, challenging authority claiming independence from the whole as presented in the past

engaging personal choice decision authority with the world

shifting sensitivities self and service social/cultural telephones and toppings trades trauma

Truley grateful for this blog practice of my personal pagan priestly work shared with the world at large

-the general public- and anything in between. Contradicting commerce and convention

a picture from a yearbook      and a place to honor kindred spirits