BLIND MAN'S BLUFF

  The Myth of Pandora’s Box In the earliest age of the world, when gods still walked in pride and mankind was new and uncertain beneath the sun, there came a moment of defiance that would doom humanity to sorrow. The Titan Prometheus, whose name means Forethought , loved mankind more than he feared the will of the gods. Seeing humans shivering in darkness, weak and ignorant, he ascended to the heavens and stole fire itself from the very gods —the divine spark—from the forge of the gods. Concealing the living flame within a hollow reed, he brought it down to earth and gave it to humanity. With fire came warmth. With fire came craft. With fire came knowledge. But the king of the gods, Zeus, saw this theft and burned with terrible anger. He would not destroy humanity outright, for he wished their suffering to endure. But instead, the King of the gods, the Lord of Lightening,  devised a punishment both subtle and eternal. He ordered the creation of a woman. From earth and wa...

  WE ARE ALL FORTUNER TELLERS H ere, in the fourth bolgia, dwell the fortune tellers, diviners, astrologers, and false prophets — those who in life claimed sight beyond the veil of time. Their punishment is not fire. It is not ice. It is something far more intimate. Their heads are twisted backward. Not merely turned, but wrenched — violently reversed so that their chins rest upon their shoulders and their faces stare eternally behind them. The eyes that once strained toward tomorrow are forced to behold only what has already occurred. Their tears fall down the length of their backs. They walk forward in a slow, solemn procession, but their sight is fixed forever on the past. They wished to see ahead. So they are granted vision — but only of what lies behind. The horror is anatomical, yes — one imagines vertebrae grinding against divine decree — but the deeper terror is theological. Their sin was presumption. They attempted to trespass upon the province of Providence itself. ...

IS EVERYBODY HERE ? EVERYBODY???    E…V…E…R…Y…B…O…D…Y… I…N… The ceremony is about to begin. Let me tell you of the loss of God, hope and dreams. He was the symbol of all we were, all we feared, all we hoped the night might carry trembling into the arms of dawn. When He withdrew, the firmament grew hollow. The wind forgot its name. The earth kept silence. We wandered—wandering, wandering— in the hopeless black of night, without beacon or star, beneath a sky that remembered no light. The heavens were a sealed scroll. No lamp burned in their depths. No voice answered from the void. And there—beyond the last thin breath of the wind— the standing stones rose in their perfect circle, grim wardens hewn by vanished hands. They leaned inward like ancient judges, their silence heavy as verdict, their patience older than the first spoken word. At the circle’s heart waited the altar— cold as the world before dawn, stern as the law beneath the earth. Here vows w...

         It is the day After Groundhog's day and I am pleased to report that the hunt went well We dragged the beastie from it,s den. And not to blow my own horn aqfter a fearsome battle ... One I am sure will be imortalized in song.  Thr monstered was rendered into a fine feast for all.What a shame we will have to wait another whole year to enjoy such delicatsies.Still we will dine on leftovers for some time.