albionspeak 2: the gates of dis (10.2)

SESSION 58:  2ND NIGHT, 9/19/99                         

        
                         Tonight’s invocation:  (for once) a poem I had memorized, Shakespeare’s

            Sonnet 30, “When to the sessions of sweet, silent thought…”  I had chosen this

            sonnet (of the 21 I’d learned so far) because it refers to memory.  Memory,  

            however, would not be our subject for another two nights.

11:18 PM
  1.       Q:         [Guide], are you there?
            A:         I  AM

  2.       Q:         Are we at the grotto?
            A:         I  AM  HOVERING  OVER ITS STARS

  3.       Q:         Is there an exercise?
            A:         IT IS AN EASY ONE

  4.       Q:         What should we see?
            A:         IT IS [THE] CUP IN [THE] CORNER
                                     [CUP]

                                     Last year we’d used our flower symbol in the lower left in an  

                         exercise.  Now we moved to the lower right.

  5.       Q:         Just the cup?  Any further instructions?
            A:         IT IS TO EMERGE OUT OF [THE] DARK AS IF DRAWN IN LINES 
                                     OF FI…
  6.                                      FIRE
                         I  AWAIT

  7.       Q:         We are doing so now.
            A:         I   JOSEF  SPEAK        [slow]

   Josef
  8.       Q:         Josef, we greet you.
            A:         I  AM GLAD TO BE WITH YOU MY SONS

  9.       Q:         What must be learn tonight?
            A:         I  AM HERE ONLY AS MASTER OF DREAMZ
                         I  ADDRESS YOU BOTH IN TURN

10.       Q:         Whom do you address first?
            A:         ALBION   AFTER HIS A…
11.                                                           ADVENTURE IN INTENT

12.       Q ([Albion]):  You refer to my lucid (l-) dream:  I Dance?
            A:         I  DO
                         I  HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO COMMENT

13.       Q ([Albion]):  I knew it was important.
            A:         IT INDICATES NEW ENERGY & NEW DANGERS

New Energy & New Dangers

14.       Q ([Albion]):  We are already aware of some dangers.
            A:         I  HAVE SOME ADVICE TO YOU ALONE  ALBION

15.       Q ([Albion]):  Please continue.
            A:         FIRST   YOU MUST NOT CALL ON ANY PERSON BY NAME
                                     [NO] TEACHER

16.       Q ([Albion]):  I acknowledge the error.    
            A:         INTEND AWAY FROM NAMING ANY OF US

17.       Q ([Albion]):  What is the danger?
            A:         IT TENDS TO ATTRACT TRAVELLERS AND MAY…
18.                                EVEN ALERT A PREDATOR IF ONE HAS BROKEN

                                     [THE] TRUCE

                                     Here the pronoun “one” is ambiguous.​

From the Leopard to the Cup

19.        Q ([Albion]):  But I should still call on our guide ([Guide])?
             A:        [NO]   LET US GO OVER [THE] CURRICULUM ONCE MORE

20.        Q ([Albion]):  Please proceed.
             A:        [THE] FIRST TASK IN A DREAM OF INTENT IS [THE] OBJECT
                                     IT MUST BE SUMMONED TO HAND

21.        Q ([Albion]):  A leopard?   [seriously?]
             A:         [NO]   I  THINK YOUR OBJECT MUST BE CHANGED

22.        Q ([Albion]):  It was appropriate once, but not now?
             A:         EXACTLY  AND YOU CAN SEE WHY

23.        Q ([Albion]):  [No, not at all]  Explain why:
             A:        IN TIMES OF LOWER ENERGY WE WANT YOU TO HAVE

                                     IN MIND A POWER ANIMAL

24.        Q ([Albion]):  Please go on.
             A:        AT THAT LEVEL INTENDING [THE] ANIMAL IS MORE IM…
25.                                                                                                                           PORTANT

                                     THAN  [THE] STATUS OF DREAM     AS…
26.                                                                                                         YOU SAY

                                     WHETHER ONE IS AT K…
27.                                                                  AT K OR AT L
                         [THE] IMAGE IN OTHER WORDS COME…
28.                                                                                 COMES BEFORE [THE] ISSUE

                                     OF REACHING [THE] LEVEL OF DREAMS OF INTENT

29.        Q ([Albion]):  Can you assign me an object?
             A:        [YES]    AS YOU HAVE GUESSED IT IS TO BE OUR CUP
                         YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU CAN PICTURE IT
                         NOW YOU MUST CALL FOR IT

30.        Q ([Albion]):  I didn’t guess.  I thought of a book.
             A:        YOU TELL ME WHY YOUR GUESS IS NOT A SUITABLE OBJECT

31.        Q ([Albion]):  Reading is a distraction.
             A:        IT IS TOO APPEALING TO YOUR INTELLECT &…
32.                                                                                                           TO [THE] CRICKET

33.        Q ([Albion]):  Is there anything more for me at this time?
             A:        [YES]   I  MUST ALERT YOU TO ANOTHER DANGER

Albion Figures

34.        Q ([Albion]):  Please do.
             A:        IT CONCERNS [THE] ALBION FIGURES WHO…
35.                                 HAVE APPEARD & WILL
                                                                                   ONLY CONTINUE…
36.                                 TO ARRIVE

37.        Q ([Albion]):  Bill Gates, Jack Nicklaus…   [also Rick Steves, all of whom look

                         like me, fair redheads]
             A:        THEY CANNOT BE ALBIONS
                         YOU CANNOT SEE YOUR HIGHER SELF IN DREAMING

38.        Q ([Albion]):  They are lures?
             A:        AT BEST -
                         AT WORST THEY ARE TRAVELLERS AN…
39.                                                                                       AND CAN BE ADDICTIVE
                         NOTICE [THE] FORM 

40.        Q ([Albion]):  Please clarify.
             A:         I  AM  POWERFUL  RICH AND SUCCESSFUL  YET  I SOMEHOW

                                      AM YOU  & SO CANNOT HARM YOU OR TAKE

                                      ANYTHING FROM  YOU

41.        Q ([Albion]):  But in the non-lucid (k-) state, I simply take them for themselves.
             A:         INTEND AWAY FROM ANY SUCH FIGURES
                          ONCE YOU CROSS OVER INTO L-  AVOID [THEM] IF…
42.                                 [THE]Y APPEAR

43.        Q ([Albion]):  Thank you, Josef;  this is practical advice.  Anything more?
             A:         ONLY TO REAFFIRM THAT YOU MUST GO FURTHER

44.        Q ([Scribe]):  Just one question (on this subject).  When should the dreamer begin

                          to call on the guide?
             A:         ONLY AFTER HE HAS [THE] POWER & ABILITY TO SUMMON

                                      [THE] OBJECT RELIABLY

   To Scribe
45.        Q ([Scribe]):  What should I learn tonight, Josef?
             A:         I  HAVE LESS TO SAY BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY VENTURING

                                      INTO [THE] FOREST

46.        Q ([Scribe]):  I have a few questions.
             A:         I  BELIEVE [THE]Y CONCERN A NEW KIND OF TRAVELLER?

Silencing Travellers

47.        Q ([Scribe]):  Perhaps two new kinds.  First, the paired travellers who can attack

                         or detain remotely (by speech or song).
             A:        IT IS NOT UNCOMMON NEAR [THE] GATES        [of Dis]

48.        Q ([Scribe]):  What is the correct procedure for dealing with these?  ([The Shaman]

                         suggested calling for silence.)
             A:        [YES]   YOU MUST SAY SOMETHING THAT SHOWS YOU KNOW

                                     WHAT THEY ARE DOING

49.        Q ([Scribe]):  This is consistent with the policy of briefly naming travellers as such

                          aloud, and then turning away to the next thing in the dream.
             A:         DO NOTHING TO IND…
50.                                                            ICATE ALARM   AND DO NOTHING TO

                                      ADD…
51.                                            ENERGY TO [THE] ENCOUNTER -
                          THIS IS WHAT…
52.                                                IS HOPED FOR

Bees

53.        Q ([Scribe]):  Second, I believe I have encountered something new.  A benign

                          species of traveller who can actually aid one in leaving a given scenario.    
             A:         HOW DID YOU RECOGNIZE THEM?

54.        Q ([Scribe]):  I pointed to them, and I could see that they had energy.  I sensed

                          the energy was benign.  Furthermore, they did not wish to encounter me:

                          I accosted them.        
             A:         I  ACCEPT YOUR POWER TO DO THIS    BUT  I WOULD [NO]T

                                       HAVE RECOMMENDED IT BEFORE THIS -                
                          USE THEM ONLY FOR…
55.                                                              EXTREME SITUATIONS -
                          DO NOT QUESTION OR HARASS THEM

56.        Q:        Is there a different name for this kind of traveller?
             A:        OUR FOREBEARS CALLED [THE]M BEES

Marks of a Predator

57.        Q ([Scribe]):  Will you confirm the following marks of a predator?        
             A:        IF YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERD ONE [THE]N IT IS TIME TO BE SURE

58.        Q ([Scribe]):  Travellers are paired; predators always act singly.
             A:        CORRECT

59.        Q ([Scribe]):  Travellers detain; predators assail.  They can inflict pain in the

                         dream; travellers never do (because it is counter-productive for them).
             A:        PREDATORS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER ENERGY  & CAN ACT

                                     MORE SWIFTLY

60.        Q ([Scribe]):  Is my reasoning above correct?
             A:        IT IS -
                        TRAVELLERS INVOLVE ONE…
61.                                & THIS MAY INCLUDE ANGERING [THE] DREAMER 

                                     BUT NOT…
62.                                                   INFLICTING PAIN

63.       Q ([Scribe]):  Such pain can persist into the waking state.
            A:         ONLY A PREDATOR DOES THAT

64.       Q ([Scribe]):  There is no typical form or appearance.  The dreamer must sense

                         their intent.
            A:         THEY CAN CHANGE FORM RAPIDLY   & MUST NEVER BE

                                    CALLED   ON TO CHANGE INTO [THE]IR ALIEN FORM

                                    AS TRAVELLERS ARE

65.       Q ([Scribe]):  Commanding a traveller to change generally disables it.  Such is

                        not the case for predators.
            A:        IT IS QUITE [THE] OPPOSITE

66.       Q ([Scribe]):  Does it really enhance their effectiveness to “call them out”? 

                        If so, why?
            A:        BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM TO READ YOUR ENERGY MORE

                                    PRE…
67.                               PRECISELY & REINFORCES THEIR MEMORY OF YOU

68.       Q ([Albion]):  If a small encounter with a predator can lead to waking pain, just

                        how might one be affected (in waking life) by a severe encounter?
            A:        ONE CAN BE SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED  
                        BUT IT WILL BE GIVEN AN ORDINARY MEDICAL EXPLANATION

69.       Q ([Scribe]):  Those are my concerns on technical issues of dreaming.  A recent

                        dream (Gates of Dis) raises issues of Outside, Underworld and perhaps

                        flying.
            A:        [THE]SE ARE [THE] MATTER FOR YOUR CONVERSATION  

                                    TOMORROW -
      
                        I  JOSEF  ASK YOU BOTH…
70.                               TO AWAKEN TO YOUR DREAMS




2:09 AM

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