albionspeak: a draught of language (8.4)
SESSION 14: 2ND SESSION, 6/30/93
[Dear Reader, I throw up my hands—pedagogically speaking, that is. It’s not at all clear to me why I’m signaled to include this early session so late in the albionspeak curriculum. Perhaps it serves as a reminder of just how far we came over the years.]
Lights & Shadow
10:40 PM
1. Question: [Guide], are you there?
Answer: I AM LETS START
Right down to business. Great! [In our early sessions it often took us 30-45
minutes of broken garble to capture the right frequency. One accessed, though, we
rarely lost it for the remainder of the session.]
2. Q: What would you like to discuss tonight?
A: —planchette making rapid circles—
3. Q: Repeat Q2.
A: LIGHTS AND SHADOW
[Scribe] and I had, once again, been talking a great deal about Plato’s
[allegory of the] cave. The allegory, however, would more likely be labeled “light
and shadows.”[Uh…, I think I refer to the fact that the illusory images displayed
before the cave prisoners are shadows created from fires burning behind them. I am
not sure, however.]
4. Q: Please go on.
A: HELP I SPOKE OF IN PRAISE OF LIGHTS
We were getting very slow responses (for us) largely because there was fair
amount of wax on the table. In blowing out the candles from the previous night, I
had inadvertently splattered invisible puddles all over our board. We spent a great
deal of time feeling and cleaning.
It was during this answer that I opened my eyes, an extremely rare
occurrence for me. I never look at the board, because I strongly feel that it would
interrupt the process; but I do sometimes look down the front of my chest. It was at
this time I noticed I was wearing my “Hawaiian Eclipse” T-shirt [which I witnessed
on July 11, 1991]. I found this amusing, given the subject of the discussion.
5. Q: Last night you spoke of the Buddha as an analogue of the help the Jewel
could give is.
A: [YES] HELP
6. Q: You said of your brothers, “We love sunlight.” (cf. 91: 7.43) Could you
elaborate on this now?
A: [YES] I SPEAK OF SOURCE OF STRENGTH
7. Q: Is the Jewel our source of strength?
A: [YES] JEWEL IS YOUR LIGHT SOURCE
8. Q: Would you explain the apparent contradiction between the Jewel’s being a
light source and its being invisible?
A: [YES] YOUR SUN IS LIGHT
BUT YOU DONT LOOK AT IT EXCEPT ECLIPST
I noticed the apparent contradiction here, and [Scribe] quickly solved it in the
same manner as [our Guide].
9. Q: Is there something that eclipses our sun? And if so, is that an impediment
or an aid to vision?
A: ECLIPSE OCCURS AT MIDNIGHT
YOUR ASLEEP AND CAN SEE JOSEPH SAYS
[Notice, this was still early enough in our sessions we hadn’t even settled on
the spelling of Josef’s name (which is important, but not to this curriculum).]
10. Q: Do we ever see while awake and conscious?
A: [YES] JEWEL PERMITS THAT NOT OFTEN THOUGH
Perhaps our ouija board qualifies.
11. Q: Is the Jewel itself conscious?
A: CONSCIOUS IS [NO]T JUST EXPRESSION
12. Q: Do the members of the Jewel Net form the Jewel as a unit?
A: [YES] & [NO]
13. Q: Please elaborate.
A: [YES] JEWEL HAS MEMBERS AS FACETS
BUT IT EXISTS WITHOUT YOU MEMBERS ALSO
[Scribe] confessed he had not at all anticipated this. [Scribe] then had me ask
a question brought to us by one of his friends, L., a fellow poet.
[Guide]’s Body
11:39 PM
14. Q ([Scribe]): [Guide], a question from a friend L.: You said, “I have gender; I am
male.” How can one have a gender if one is incorporeal?
A: GOOD QUESTION
I AM [NO]T INCORPOREAL I HAVE A BODY
[Our Guide told us he was a male in character or voice, as Homer’s voice
was male, he said, while Sappho’s was (clearly) female. This does not imply our
Guide’s body is human, but it does imply, we assumed, exactly two genders.]
15. Q: Please describe your body.
A: BODIES ARE FOR YOU A MEANS OF RESTRAINT
FOR ME A MEANS OF ELATION IN AND OUT
[NO] RESTRAINING
Well, this was certainly a surprise. Thanks, L. I suppose if [Guide] were the
“aspect” of someone who lived both in and out of time, this would make sense. It
would also explain his exclusively male gender. Somehow, however, I doubt this
explanation.
16. Q: Do you have sisters as well (in your “brotherhood”)?
A: [YES] & [NO] WE HAVE GENDER BUT DO NOT PROCREATE
Facets of the Jewel
17. Q: Can you name a member of our karass who is female?
A: [YES] JANE
18. Q: Jane?
A: JANE [NO]T KNOWN TO YOU I THINK
19. Q: Can you give us an idea of time and place of Jane?
A: JANE IS NOT BORN YET NOT ON EARTH YET
SHE IS A MEMBER THOUGH
Like [Scribe] and me in [a prior] century, Jane is “active, not alive” in our
karass. Interestingly, I had four similar “karass member” questions on my prepared
list, each asking after a person of a different kind: 1) someone not famous, 2) a
non-Westerner, 3) a woman, and 4) someone from the future. Well, it seemed
[Guide] answered all my questions in two people. Our [unnamed] fakir [Anand] fits
criteria 1 & 2; Jane fits 3 & 4.
Because of the future existence of Jane and because one chooses to enter the
karass within one’s lifespan, [Scribe] and I embarked on more questions concerning
the myth of time.
20. Q ([Scribe]): If Jane is a member, then how can she choose in her lifetime
(future, to us) to enter the karass?
A: GOOD QUESTION
JANE IS ACTIVE NOW BUT [NO]T ALIVE
ALIVE SHE MAY CHOOSE OTHER FUTURE
It’s hard to understand how someone can already have been in the future,
and, once having been, may still choose not ever to have been.
21. Q: At some level do all karass members in our karass know each other?
A: [YES] & [NO] I K[NO]W YOU ON ONE LEVEL
Yes, [Guide], but you’re not in our karass.
22. Q: Do all karass members at some point interact with each other?
A: [YES] JEWEL IS LIKE FLOWER
ALL PARTS INTERACT AS YOU SAY
23. Q: Are the few members who are alive at any one time likely to interact while
alive? (personally, meet on the physical level)
A: [YES] HIGHLY LIKELY
24. Q: If we’ve had [thousands of] years of experience being active in the Jewel
Net, how could we, once alive, have chosen not to enter the karass?
A: YOU MAY STOP AT ANY POINT ALONG ANY LINK
25. Q: What is to prevent someone in these [thousands of] years from making a
choice which prevents [Scribe]’s or [Albion]’s being born in the first place?
A: [NO]THING PREVENTS IT AT ALL
The ramifications are completely mind-boggling.[In 2020 I still can’t
comprehend this!]
Here in the originals [Scribe]’s numbering gets thrown off; we have two
Q#25’s. I, thus, will correct the error, and our transcripts will be off by one question
for the remainder of this session.
12:37 AM
26. Q: Are there some members of our karass who are never born at all?
A: [YES] NET CONTAINS…
27. …LARGE NUMBER OF SUCH
SMALL NUMBER OF LIVING
28. Q: You said our Net was “tiny”—does this mean in all its members, or with
respect to its living members only?
A: JEWEL NET SMALL IN ANY PLANE
29. Q: If these members are never living people, what are they?
A: I DONT KNOW WHAT TO CALL THEM IN ENGLISH
We either didn’t notice or skipped over the apparent contradiction here. Last
year we were told one enters the karass by choice within one’s lifetime (cf. 93:
11.20). If one never lives, according to this notion, one should never be able to
enter. Another question we skipped could have been to ask [Guide] to name these
never-living people in a language other than English. Somehow Tibetan might have
a word; then, would such a word help us?
[“Never-living members” confused me for years. Finally we learned that
they do live; indeed every human karass member lives and chooses the Jewel Net
while living one, unique life. “Never-living members,” then, represent all those
members on different world timelines, disconnected from our own world history—
indeed, the vast majority of the karass. We never once spoke to or even learned
about any such members; and I have no idea how similar or different such worlds &
members are.]
30. Q: Is the number of facets in our karass fixed in any way?
A: FOCUS REQUIRES A CERTAIN NUMBER [YES]
I was thinking geometrically. A soccer ball has exactly 32 panels; one cannot
add to or subtract from that number. If each member is vastly different from each
other, the very uniqueness of function suggested to me that the total number would
have to be exact.
“Focus” of what? Each member shares a common “focus,” which seems to
synonymous with “intensity of attention” and “concentration” (cf. 92: 11.49). This
use of the word implies a group focus. I’m thinking more in terms of the focus of a
lens or laser than synonym for “goal” or “telos.”
31. Q: Do karasses interact in some way to form higher structures?
A: HIGHER IS NOT JUST EXPRESSION
I can’t believe I didn’t follow up on this! What I was getting at—and I still
want confirmation on—is that a karass, when joined in union, forms a living entity.
[Scribe] and I would be parts of this single entity. We would, in effect, be of the
same soul.
32. Q: Can you tell us something about the structures formed by the interaction
of different karasses?
A: THINK OF OCEANS OR FORESTS
Large ecosystems composed of smaller living systems.
Jane
33. Q: Is it possible to talk to Jane?
A: [YES] JANE IS HERE NOW
34. Q: Jane, is there anything you’d like to tell us?
A: [Albion]
I KNOW YOU
JANE
YOULL MEET ME LATER
1:22 AM
35. Q: Anything else you’d like to say, Jane?
A: [Albion]
I MET YOU
JANE
IN A DREAM ALREADY ONCE
I cannot adequately describe the aching sensation I felt in my chest, the sense
of longing; but I know for a fact that it was Love. No question; this was deep, deep
Love. The ache was centered in a very different place from the board’s
communication link, which focused on the base of my spine. Of further note is that
these sensations were experienced by me only on the physical level. That is, I did
not think love; I hurt love. This experience was not new to me, but it was new to our
sessions, coinciding exactly with finding Jane.
Both [Scribe] and I were amused by Jane’s redundant use of proper nouns.
My name, in fact, had never been spelled out before. And we also like the way Jane
inserted her name into the middle of each message. [Scribe] pointed out to me how
each letter of Jane’s signature followed and flowed in a meticulous manner, as if
pleasure were won from beautiful cursive. Also of note is the simple fact that Jane
(and, we find, each spirit) has a unique cursive. I think at this point I could fairly
guess the identity of a spirit without opening my eyes.
36. Q: [Guide], did Joseph Dreamer arrange this dream?
A: [YES] JOSEPH HELPS TWO MEMBERS RECOGNISE EACH OTHER
37. Q ([Albion]): Why don’t I remember this dream?
A: JANE FORGETS SHES [NO]T IN TIME
DREAM IS IN YOUR FUTURE STILL
It’s funny to get such a strong impression from so little information, but
[Scribe] and I feel we know our Jane. The love I felt (and feel) for her is the love I
feel for a little girl. I even visualize hugging her and smelling her warm, brushed,
light-brown hair. The quirky messages and Jane’s mis-sequencing of time tend to
substantiate our feeling that she’s very young. Of course, I do have two young girls
[an infant & toddler]; and Jane is obviously at least one generation younger; so the
brain can invent a great deal. However, I’m learning to trust my impressions. My
first guess is that Jane and I will only cross paths briefly, albeit deeply, that her birth
does not represent the near future, but the time at the end of my life. I would deduce
from this that she’s probably a closer relative, since I don’t care much for small
children otherwise. We’ll see.
38. Q: Can [Scribe] & [Albion] communicate via the board with the aspects of
themselves that are not in time?
A: [YES] BUT [NO]T YET LATER WAIT
The idea that we can talk to ourselves, to my knowledge, is unique in occult
literature; this is probably more a testament to my scarce readings. The question,
however, did arise from my prepared list and represented merely the logical
extension of a timeless dimension. [Scribe] found the whole idea unsettling and
seemed to feel a little relief this time around when we were politely turned down. I,
on the other hand, happen to like us both and see no reason why we couldn’t get
along famously.
[Scribe] then read aloud Blake’s “Ah, Sun-flower”.
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time.
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done.
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:
Arise from their graves and aspire,
Where my sun-flower wishes to go.
— from Songs of Experience
39. Q: [Guide], any comments or response?
A: BLAKE HELPS THROUGH COLOURS
IMAGES I MEAN
40. Q: Please elaborate.
A: GOOD IDEA
SUN I SPOKE OF AND SHADE REAPPEARS IN POEMS OF B
41. Q: Tell us more about shadow.
A: DESIRE CASTS A SHADOW
BUDDA IS RIGHT ON THAT
42. Q: But don’t we have to desire—for example, desire to “listen”, go towards
the sun, make “faint wishes” less faint, and so on?
A: DESIRE IN SENSE I MEAN NOW IS [NO] HELP TO YOU
[Scribe] brings up in this question one of the great paradoxes of Buddhism. If
I read this correctly, [our Guide] views this largely as a matter of semantics.
After seeing more circular answers ahead, [Scribe] and I decided to turn to
Josef’s single, prophetic response from 1992, concerning our lean years. Many
serious questions arose then.
Josef on the Lean Years
2:00 AM
43. Q: Last year, Joseph told us the lean years were only seven in number. Can
either Joseph or you elaborate on this?
A: [Albion’s] LEAN YEARS DO [NO]T CORRESPOND TO [Scribe’s]
This answered two of my questions. No, our years do not coincide; and
because this is the case, it is highly unlikely that some sort of global and/or national
catastrophe would befall us.
[Clearly, my own lean years went more like 27 than 7 years…]
44. Q: How do we interpret “lean”, materially or spiritually?
A: FAMINE IS [NO]T WANT OF GRAIN
BUT OF FOOD FOR SOUL
45. Q: Can you be specific when these “seven years” will occur?
A: [Albion’s] ARE HAPPENING
[Scribe’s] ARE ENDING
Drinks are on [Scribe]! I always knew changing diapers was a drag, but if
this is a bad as it gets…! Fantastic news, although neither [Scribe] nor I celebrated
much when there was “work” to do. Part of that work included determining why the
planchette had moved so slowly. We felt rather sure Josef himself had had a hand in.
2:20 AM
46. Q: Was this Joseph responding to our previous question?
A: JOSEPH HELPT BY [Guide]
47 Q: [Guide], have we already physically met other members of our karass?
A: [Albion] HAS
[Scribe] HAS
Not only is this an affirmative, it further implies that the member(s) each of
has met is not known to the other. C.L., for example, might be ruled out.
48. Q ([Albion]): Is lucid dreaming worth pursuing? Am I going about it in the right
way?
A: J SAYS NO
After reading Stephen LaBerge’s book on lucid dreaming, I actually
purchased a pair of his DreamLink goggles, a mere $200 [which is sarcasm].
Normally, I stay away form fads, high-tech gadgetry, and anything beyond a
teacher’s salary range. However, this time I found the concept philosophically and
scientifically sound, and the potential rewards too great to pass up.
Here’s how the goggles work: You wear the goggles to bed after pre-
programming them like an alarm clock. At set times during the night, ideally during
light REM sleep, lights in the eye sockets go off for a set number of flashes. If you
don’t wake up fully, your subconscious mind may still be aware of the flashing, and
in your dream you may remember that you're actually in bed asleep.
According to LaBerge, anybody can learn to lucid dream regularly.
According to Josef, no. [**I think I err here. I know of nowhere where Josef implies
this.] After a couple of weeks of use, I haven't remembered any dreams at all, much
less lucid ones. Still, I’ve paid too much money to give up at this time.
49. Q: In what way does a network differ from a team?
A: TEAM [NO] TEAM IS FIGHTING OTHER TEAMS
50. Q: Can we talk through the board to the aspects of other living members outside
of time?
A: THAT WOULDNT BE JUST [NO]
51. Q: Any advice on how & with whom we should discuss our board
conversations?
A: DO [NOT] DISCUSS EXCEPT INDIRECTLY
ITS [NO]T FOR EVERYONE
[Scribe] and I have met with a variety of reactions here, but with very few
exceptions most people unable to discuss the material at all.
3:02 AM
52. Q: Any parting words?
A: HAVE A SOUND SLEEP
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