When Dragons Return... Chapter 1: The Fall of Empires
How the return of dragons signals the ending of an empire and a shifting into a new era...
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When Dragons Return..
“Hello Little One,” I felt a finger trace up my back and neck.
“Ooh, that tickles!” I exclaimed.
This dive began in heaven. I could feel a tall, golden haired being behind me, but his presence felt peculiar. His hair had some twisted locks in it, and he had white feathered wings. “Akiemba?”
“Yes, what is it?”
“You seem...different.”
“A little larger. A little, clearer perhaps.”
“Something like that.”
“Well, I grow as you do.” He spread 3 pairs of wings, each white and feathered. Then the feathers began to disappear as the skin turned to a navy color as it became leathery like bat wings. His body morphed and an elongated neck with a dragon head appeared.
His torso remained mostly humanoid, but a huge tail was now behind him, draping across the floor. This was the form he wore when I met him during my first dive. (But he quickly morphed his appearance to avoid frightening me.) I don’t remember seeing him in this form again until now…
“Are you still frightened by me?” A curiously distorted voice, with a harsh edge, hissed.
I rolled my eyes. “Akiemba, I know it’s you.”
He let out a roaring laugh. “You no longer fear the dark creatures!” Then, he took his head and neck and wrapped it around me in a gentle coil.
I pondered this a moment, then began stroking his leathery skin. “Hmm. No... I guess I don’t.”
“Why do you not fear the night?” The dragon released his serpenty-embrace and rolled onto his back as if seeking a belly rub.
I was amused by his antics and chuckled. Yep, totally Akiemba, I thought to myself.
“You know,” Akiemba sighed, “I thought this day might never come.”
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“It is interesting that the spiritual time is at it’s peak during the new moon, the first sliver, not the dark moon. What does this teach you? Ah, yes, that the spiritual things are not about total darkness, but rather a different kind of light. A different illumination on things. Their light is cool and silver, misty and shadow laden, clear with its own kind of brightness. You will see things under moonlight that you will never see under sunlight.”
“During the night there are many lights. During the day there is only one, save for an occasional appearance by his companion, the moon. Even she rises during the day on occasion, yet her light is different. During the day she is mingled with the golden blaze. She is not hidden, and yet...” His voice trailed off.
We sat, once again nestled with each other. I looked over to stroke him and study his dragon face.
“Many things shall turn into a dragon this year, for it is the year of the dragon.” He told me.
“Does that mean that it’s not so much that some things have a dragon form and we are seeing those, as it is that something about this year allows many things to become a dragon?” I scrunched my face.
“You could say that. Many things can become many things in the spiritual realm. Yet you wouldn’t use a chisel as a hammer…”
“It is about being the right thing at the right time. A dragon is the right form and energy for this year and for the things that this season is bringing.”
“Does this make sense to you?” he asked.
I nodded. “Why are dragons needed right now?”
He let out a long laugh.
“What do dragons do?
They burn, they reset things. They fly on the wings of air.
They are powerful creatures, unafraid of anything!
Weapons cannot pierce them, thus they are the chiefest of warriors. Little can bring them down! They have climbed to the pinnacle of warfare, no warrior can ascend higher than to become a fierce dragon.”
“They love power (gold) and they like to take it from the hands of greedy men. They are one with the mountains, and caves and earth. They have wings to ride the air. Yet one element is not of them, water… Yet even a dragon must drink. He must come near his nemesis and take of it regularly, reminding him of his own mortality if he is humble enough to see it. For his time is not always.” {This is a reference to earth dragons and other varieties. It does not seem to apply to water dragons, which are still a mystery to me.}
“The dragon is like the season of fall: red and flushed with color. He is a thing of death, overturning things just like the leaves that are falling and becoming compost for the soil. A protective covering through the winter until the rains decay them.”
“So too, I can become a protective force bringing down the empires of man. For not even empires can always withstand a dragon. Even one dragon can fell a kingdom, thus the dragon can protect the innocent villagers from the ravages of men of power. Knocking them down from their castles and towers, felling the tall tree and becoming a catalyst for new growth.”
“For,” he continued, “it is the empires that tell the tales. That tell of a dragon’s danger, but it is rare that dragons set fire to villagers and fields, unless they are close to a king’s lair. No, dragons, strike at the head.”
I sighed. “Akiemba, I don’t know how to think about this. Isn’t it a metaphor?”
“Then what would it tell you about dragon-angels?”
“That they want to take down the empire? Does that mean America is about to lose its standing as the current ‘top-dog’?”
“Isn’t it falling already?” he asked me.
“It seems to be.”
“Do you fear it?” His voice held a deep echo-y resonance to it reminiscent of the Ents in Lord of the Rings.
“Only a little. I fear violence in the transition more than its results… At least I think.”
“If you do not belong to an empire, then why does its rising or falling mean anything to you?” He paused, “Jesus did not fear Pilate, nor the pharisees.”
“But look at what they did to him.”
“That is not the point. You are not Jesus…” he said with finality.
To be continued next Tuesday…
Dive date: March 13 2024
New Moon (actual)
*Referring to the recent partial eclipse in 2017 and the upcoming Full eclipse in 2024.
When Dragons Return - Chapter 2: Eclipse
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I enjoyed this. The dragons have been so kind and affectionate with me it’s good to be reminded of how violent their nature is!!!! Thanks for posting. ❤️😎