dreams and nightmares - no. 90

the dreaming

this is the sound of a sacred place

where lover's hands meet

a place circled

rippling

annointed
drips that melt into welcoming soil 

the dreaming

dreams and nightmares - no. 89

ra - the sun god

The ancient Egyptians believed the role of Ra, the sun god, was to sail across the heavens in his boat called the 'Barque of Millions of Years.'

In the morning when Ra emerged from the east, his boat was named, 'Madjet' which meant 'becoming strong.' By the end of the day the boat was called, 'Semektet' which meant 'becoming weak.'

Ra died each day and sailed on to the underworld, leaving the moon in his place to light up the world. Ra was reborn at dawn the very next day.

During his daily journey across the heavens Ra fought his main enemy, an evil serpent named Apep, the Lord of Chaos. In some stories, Ra, in the form of a cat named Mau, defeats the evil serpent, Apep. This is part of the reason why cats are so highly-revered in Egypt. 

dreams and nightmares - no. 88

the headless warrior

Japanese folklore tells the legend of a vampire-like creature called the nukekubi, meaning 'prowling head.'

 By day, a nukekubi is largely indistinguishable from an ordinary person. At night, however, its head detaches from its neck and flies away. The flying head of the nukekubi preys on mortal flesh. Once it finds its victim, it emits a paralysing scream before going in for the kill.

Often a nukekubi has no idea what it is. It might only recall dreams of seeing its room from odd angles. To vanquish a nukekubi, you must find its idle body at night and destroy it, thereby killing the head. There is one way to identify a nukekubi by day - it will have two or three wrinkles along the bottom of its neck.

the power of spring

unfurling