4-25-10
This is the Good News- We are made to be the sons & daughters of God. Though we all fail to live up to that potential thru our times of distrust & disobedience, we are restored by clinging in trust to The Unique Divine Son Messiah Joshua Who lived the perfect life, died the atoning death, rose immortal & shares His Spirit to live through us.
4-7-10
Community, yes~ Statism, no. Individuality, yes~ Egotism, no. Living faith, yes~ Restrictive religiosity &/or shallow sloppy spirituality, no & heck no. And King Messiah Jesus over all.
4-6-10
The greatest voice for the Lord Jesus Christ I have ever found on the Internet was silenced yesterday. Michael Spencer of internetmonk.com and boarsheadtavern.com passed away yesterday evening of cancer, which had only been diagnosed in last November. Rest well in Christ, Brother Michael, until He once more puts you in...to His active service- and pray for us even as we pray for you & your family.
4-5-10
Another person here who is about sick of "sides"- Right, Left & Center. When it comes down to it, only two sides are important- those who seek to protect & strengthen the weak & helpless and those who seek to enslave and destroy them- and there are plenty of both in the Right, the Left, and the Center. For hath not the prophets* said...
'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides with the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon those with great vengeance and with furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know that my name is The LORD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.'
*Ezekiel, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson
4-3-10
Rest in peace, John Forsythe, age 92- his first words in Heaven?
"Good morning, Angels..."
4-3-10
A song for the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. I can imagine Mary Magdalene thinking something like this....
Lyrics by David Lynch, Music by Angelo Badalamenti
Why did you go? Why did you turn
away from me?
When all the world seemed to sing
Why, why did you go?
Was it me? Was it you?
Questions in a world of blue
How can a heart that's filled with love
Start to cry?
When all the world seemed so right
How, how can love die?
Was it me? Was it you?
Questions in a world of blue
When did the day with all it's light
turn into night?
When all the world seemed to sing
Why, why did you go?
Was it me? Was it you?
Questions in a world of blue
Questions in a world of blue
4-1-10
We can commit the worst crimes out of the purest motives. Also, desperation and circumstances can drive us to actions we would before have considered unthinkable. Then when the horrible truth crashes in on us, the guilt threatens to choke all hope, indeed all life out of us. And so we look at the tragedy of Judas Iscariot...
We only know two things about Judas- he betrayed Jesus and he killed himself out of guilt for that. We do not know why he did it and we do not know what happened afterwards. It's reasonable to think that as Judas died before Jesus arose, they both met again in Hades. If redemption was at all possible, we can be sure that Jesus offered it. We have no idea how Judas responded.
We can also be sure of this. Whatever we have done, as long as we draw breath (perhaps even after), redemption is possible- not because we are so good, but because we have such a good Redeemer. Guilt is a two-edged sword- it can be either God's Agent of Grace to drive us into the waiting arms of Jesus Christ or Satan's tool of destruction to throw us into the Darkness.
Even at the gates of your own personal Hell, there is still a road which leads back to Paradise.
From the midst of your dark prison, you can still be set ablaze by the Life & Love of Father God through Lord Jesus in the Holy Spirit.
Below is a selection of numbers showing Judas' descent into that Darkness, followed by two songs of Divine Grace, both from unexpected sources~
Heaven on Their Minds~JCS http://www.youtube.com/watchv=sF2lwwxoQNU&feature=related
Everything's Alright~JCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nKNm7BasWU
Damned for All Time/Blood Money~JCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd_uXBW-3Vg
Judas' Death~JCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xL6vtLM9U&feature=related
Alanis Morrisette as God in DOGMA~http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSPgcZgnh0
Chrissy Hynde & The Pretenders- I'll Stand by You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl2drtHqUvo
3-31-10
I've heard some fellow Christians say they prefer to refer to this Sunday as Resurrection Sunday as "Easter" supposedly comes from pagan fertility goddesses- the Saxon Eostre or the MidEastern Astarte/Ishtar. Actually, it comes from the Germanic words for "Sunrise/Spring/Resurrection". BUT the Biblical book of Esther...... SHE was named for Ishtar! http://www.wcg.org/lit/church/holidays/celebrat.htm
3-29-10
Blessed Pesach (Passover) at sunset this evening. Exodus 12:23 ...when he sees the blood, the LORD will pass over & not allow the destroyer to smite you. Matthew 26:26-28 Jesus took the bread & said "Take, eat, this is My body" & He took the cup & said "Drink, this is My blood of the New Covenant, shed for the remission of sins."
3-28-10
Blessed Palm Sunday! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of Lord YHWH!
3-25-10
I'm not a fan of more statist programs in the name of compassion, but then again, I'm also not a fan of private insurance companies shafting customers as soon as they actually need the services they've been paying for. But I'm totally appalled at the profanities, death threats & vandalism aimed at legislators, their fa...milies & party offices. Thank God that the FBI's on your tail, ya idiots!
3-24-10
The Word According to St. Johnny Cash- watch 'em all because stopping before the end will leave you on a downer...
The Man Comes Around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA
God's Gonna Cut You Down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc&feature=related
Hurt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=r...elated
Ain't No Grave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66QcIlblI1U&feature=related
Peace In The Valley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfcqC6Ba1xk&feature=related
Monday, June 21, 2010
FaceBook Theologues 06-03~16-2010
06-16-10
I became actively Christian back in 1975 at age 13. I'll admit that I was caught up *heh heh* into Rapture Theology, reading Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth & being fascinated with how the State of Israel, the European Community, the Soviet Union & Red China all seemed to fit into End-Times Bible Prophecy. That was where I started but I didn't remain there.
I've pretty much abandoned Rapturism but I retained these aspects from my Bible Prophecy studies...
A Wonder at how the Jews have survived and thrived in spite of millenia of persecution even to the point of restoring their nation after 1878 years in exile and their capital city 19 years later (I still believe there is Biblical prophetic significance to the State of Israel & Jerusalem- but not of the Rapturist type);
The Revelation to John gives a perspective to the rise and fall of civilizations in the Christian Era- the 70 AD Siege of Jerusalem, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Northern & Eastern barbarians, the Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire to Arabic & Turkish Islamic armies, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution, and now the Age of Globalization- and how through it all, against the various manifestations of the Beast's Tyranny and the Harlot's Apostasy, The Christian Faith and The Church abide and Jesus Christ reigns as Lord over it all;
As the Scriptures say "The Son of Man cometh at a time you think not" and "The Day of the Lord shall come as a Thief in the Night' and I do believe those passages mainly refer to the Return of Jesus at The End, I also believe they apply to those throngs of people who every minute find that their world has ended and they now facing Christ to account for their lives; Finally,- Jesus brings meaning, significance, and hope in the midst of what seems to be a cold chaotic lonely world. Some may find it easy to believe that all this is mindless matter in motion- I do not. I see Design and therefore a Designer- and of the panoply of Gods offered to us by all the world religions- Jesus is the Epitome' of what I want God to be- One Who makes & keeps Covenant with humanity, One Who takes all the evils we suffer & we perpetrate upon Himself, and One Who offers Eternity to all who throw themselves upon Him.
06-14-10
God is Ever-Kind (Love) and Ever-Fair (Just)- When His Kindness & His Fairness would seem to clash, He put Himself in the Middle of that Collision- on the Tree of Golgotha upon which His Right Hand of Love & His Left Hand of Justice were spiked. It is into Those riven Hands we all shall eventually fall, and it is a Aweful thing to Fall into the Hands of The Loving God.
We sprang out of the Forge of His Love and shall eventually be pulled back into that Eternal Triple-Flamed Love. Let us surrender in Trust to His Refining Remaking Presence.
06-11-10
We are all children of Lord Adam and Lady Eve, and that, to paraphrase Lewis' Aslan, is honor enough to raise the lowliest beggar and shame enough to humble the greatest king- for we are created in God's Image but falter into sin and death. But thanks to God, the "Real Aslan" Christ Jesus rebirths us by His Passion so that we may entrust ourselves to Him and so be raised immortal with Him.
06-07-10
Sun AM Church- Jeff Little spoke on Genesis 26:1-24- God repeats the Promises He gave Abraham to Isaac. Isaac & Co. dwell among the Philistines & dig wells in spite of opposition. Do they give up? No, they move on & keep digging until they come to a place where God's Promises are fulfilled. So whatever comes, we are to Keep Trusting, Keep Moving & Keep Digging!
06-06-10
Gandhi reportedly said "I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians". Now whether or not he really did like the Biblical Jesus ( Who is both the Prince of Peace and the Righteous Judge and Warrior), he made a good point. In the same way, I fully embrace the historic Fundamentals but I shy from grouping myself among some (not all- maybe not even most) Fundamentalists.
These were the original Fundamentals- Nothing about alcohol, dancing, or Halloween among them! *L*
The inspiration of the Bible by the Holy Spirit and the inerrancy of Scripture as a result of this.
The virgin birth of Christ
.The belief that Christ's death was the atonement for sin.
The bodily resurrection of Christ.
The historical reality of Christ's miracles.
Just to be honest- depending on the issue, I can get just as Fundy as Jerry Falwell (who was a much kinder & personable man than some of his rhetoric would indicate) or as ultra-conservative as 1960s-70s Barry Goldwater.
I mean, I am a member of the Madison Assembly of God and I was a Bircher from 1980-82 & again 1989-90.
I am for the most part an Evangelical Christian, economic libertarian, anti-95%-abortions, America-&-Israel First/Get US out of the UN conservative. I just see a wide range of possibilities within that philosophy & I really hate the rhetoric that comes out of my co-religionists/politicos when they get riled up.
06-03-10
Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.~ The Great Lion Aslan, "Narnia Book I"
She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.~ The Great Lion Aslan, "Narnia Book I"
I became actively Christian back in 1975 at age 13. I'll admit that I was caught up *heh heh* into Rapture Theology, reading Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth & being fascinated with how the State of Israel, the European Community, the Soviet Union & Red China all seemed to fit into End-Times Bible Prophecy. That was where I started but I didn't remain there.
I've pretty much abandoned Rapturism but I retained these aspects from my Bible Prophecy studies...
A Wonder at how the Jews have survived and thrived in spite of millenia of persecution even to the point of restoring their nation after 1878 years in exile and their capital city 19 years later (I still believe there is Biblical prophetic significance to the State of Israel & Jerusalem- but not of the Rapturist type);
The Revelation to John gives a perspective to the rise and fall of civilizations in the Christian Era- the 70 AD Siege of Jerusalem, the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Northern & Eastern barbarians, the Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire to Arabic & Turkish Islamic armies, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution, and now the Age of Globalization- and how through it all, against the various manifestations of the Beast's Tyranny and the Harlot's Apostasy, The Christian Faith and The Church abide and Jesus Christ reigns as Lord over it all;
As the Scriptures say "The Son of Man cometh at a time you think not" and "The Day of the Lord shall come as a Thief in the Night' and I do believe those passages mainly refer to the Return of Jesus at The End, I also believe they apply to those throngs of people who every minute find that their world has ended and they now facing Christ to account for their lives; Finally,- Jesus brings meaning, significance, and hope in the midst of what seems to be a cold chaotic lonely world. Some may find it easy to believe that all this is mindless matter in motion- I do not. I see Design and therefore a Designer- and of the panoply of Gods offered to us by all the world religions- Jesus is the Epitome' of what I want God to be- One Who makes & keeps Covenant with humanity, One Who takes all the evils we suffer & we perpetrate upon Himself, and One Who offers Eternity to all who throw themselves upon Him.
06-14-10
God is Ever-Kind (Love) and Ever-Fair (Just)- When His Kindness & His Fairness would seem to clash, He put Himself in the Middle of that Collision- on the Tree of Golgotha upon which His Right Hand of Love & His Left Hand of Justice were spiked. It is into Those riven Hands we all shall eventually fall, and it is a Aweful thing to Fall into the Hands of The Loving God.
We sprang out of the Forge of His Love and shall eventually be pulled back into that Eternal Triple-Flamed Love. Let us surrender in Trust to His Refining Remaking Presence.
06-11-10
We are all children of Lord Adam and Lady Eve, and that, to paraphrase Lewis' Aslan, is honor enough to raise the lowliest beggar and shame enough to humble the greatest king- for we are created in God's Image but falter into sin and death. But thanks to God, the "Real Aslan" Christ Jesus rebirths us by His Passion so that we may entrust ourselves to Him and so be raised immortal with Him.
06-07-10
Sun AM Church- Jeff Little spoke on Genesis 26:1-24- God repeats the Promises He gave Abraham to Isaac. Isaac & Co. dwell among the Philistines & dig wells in spite of opposition. Do they give up? No, they move on & keep digging until they come to a place where God's Promises are fulfilled. So whatever comes, we are to Keep Trusting, Keep Moving & Keep Digging!
06-06-10
Gandhi reportedly said "I like your Christ, but I do not like your Christians". Now whether or not he really did like the Biblical Jesus ( Who is both the Prince of Peace and the Righteous Judge and Warrior), he made a good point. In the same way, I fully embrace the historic Fundamentals but I shy from grouping myself among some (not all- maybe not even most) Fundamentalists.
These were the original Fundamentals- Nothing about alcohol, dancing, or Halloween among them! *L*
The inspiration of the Bible by the Holy Spirit and the inerrancy of Scripture as a result of this.
The virgin birth of Christ
.The belief that Christ's death was the atonement for sin.
The bodily resurrection of Christ.
The historical reality of Christ's miracles.
Just to be honest- depending on the issue, I can get just as Fundy as Jerry Falwell (who was a much kinder & personable man than some of his rhetoric would indicate) or as ultra-conservative as 1960s-70s Barry Goldwater.
I mean, I am a member of the Madison Assembly of God and I was a Bircher from 1980-82 & again 1989-90.
I am for the most part an Evangelical Christian, economic libertarian, anti-95%-abortions, America-&-Israel First/Get US out of the UN conservative. I just see a wide range of possibilities within that philosophy & I really hate the rhetoric that comes out of my co-religionists/politicos when they get riled up.
06-03-10
Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.~ The Great Lion Aslan, "Narnia Book I"
She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.~ The Great Lion Aslan, "Narnia Book I"
FaceBook Theologues 06-21-2010
06-18-20
I don't "believe in God"~I trust in Yahweh-Yahshua. I don't believe in a generic inoffensive PrimeMover/HigherPower; I hold to the TorahThundering/GraceGiving Ruthless Ravishing Warrior Lord Who smites the defiant, uplifts the oppressed, & in righteousness doth judge & make war, with the ultimate battle being His Torturous Murder at Gologotha Hill & His ripping the guts out of Death & Hell in His Resurrection.
******
I just posted this on a board where someone thought the Judgment on Sodom was in conflict with Jesus' mercy...Who do you think was telling Abraham that He was going to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah? The Manifestation of Yahweh Who is Jesus. (More in the Comments...)
Who do you think was telling Abraham that He was going to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah? The Manifestation of Yahweh Who is Jesus. Also, in the Gospels, Jesus talks several times about the Judgment upon Sodom, compares it to future judgments, and does not flinch or suggest any disapproval about it. Finally, Jesus also decrees doom upon apostate Jerusalem for her rejection of His & His Church. He weeps & beseeches her to repent, but He still decrees her doom if she does not, and she did not.Yahweh is not only ruthless without grace, nor is Jesus only gracious without wrath. They are One God.
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John says Death & the PrisonHole/Hades are cast into the Lake of Fire, with all therein not in the Book of Life. Paul says that Christ will reign until finally He ends Death & God becomes All in All. It's the same thing-the Dark Hold of the Dead is pulled inside out/enveloped in the Blazing Love & Justice of Christ- Joy to those who cling in trust to Him & Terror to those who reject & despise Him.
Rev 20:13-14 The Sea gave up its dead, as did Death and the Hole- all were judged by their works. And Death and the Hole were cast into the Lake of Fire, the Second Death, as were all not found in the Lamb's Book of Life.I Cor 15:25,26,28 Christ must reign until He has subdued everything and the last enemy He will destroy is Death...Then when He had conquered all things He will concede to the Father that God may be All in All.
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06-20-10
"We are awed by the grace He showed even to those who would have killed Him. We are thankful for the sacrifice He gave for the sins of humanity. And we glory in the promise of redemption in the resurrection."~ Barack Obama April 2010
The man may be wrong about a lot but when the man's right, he's right. Now pray for him that he may realize where he is wrong and start doing right.
http://thepage.time.com/remarks-obama-at-easter-prayer-breakfast-april-6-2010/
I don't "believe in God"~I trust in Yahweh-Yahshua. I don't believe in a generic inoffensive PrimeMover/HigherPower; I hold to the TorahThundering/GraceGiving Ruthless Ravishing Warrior Lord Who smites the defiant, uplifts the oppressed, & in righteousness doth judge & make war, with the ultimate battle being His Torturous Murder at Gologotha Hill & His ripping the guts out of Death & Hell in His Resurrection.
******
I just posted this on a board where someone thought the Judgment on Sodom was in conflict with Jesus' mercy...Who do you think was telling Abraham that He was going to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah? The Manifestation of Yahweh Who is Jesus. (More in the Comments...)
Who do you think was telling Abraham that He was going to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah? The Manifestation of Yahweh Who is Jesus. Also, in the Gospels, Jesus talks several times about the Judgment upon Sodom, compares it to future judgments, and does not flinch or suggest any disapproval about it. Finally, Jesus also decrees doom upon apostate Jerusalem for her rejection of His & His Church. He weeps & beseeches her to repent, but He still decrees her doom if she does not, and she did not.Yahweh is not only ruthless without grace, nor is Jesus only gracious without wrath. They are One God.
***************
John says Death & the PrisonHole/Hades are cast into the Lake of Fire, with all therein not in the Book of Life. Paul says that Christ will reign until finally He ends Death & God becomes All in All. It's the same thing-the Dark Hold of the Dead is pulled inside out/enveloped in the Blazing Love & Justice of Christ- Joy to those who cling in trust to Him & Terror to those who reject & despise Him.
Rev 20:13-14 The Sea gave up its dead, as did Death and the Hole- all were judged by their works. And Death and the Hole were cast into the Lake of Fire, the Second Death, as were all not found in the Lamb's Book of Life.I Cor 15:25,26,28 Christ must reign until He has subdued everything and the last enemy He will destroy is Death...Then when He had conquered all things He will concede to the Father that God may be All in All.
****************
06-20-10
"We are awed by the grace He showed even to those who would have killed Him. We are thankful for the sacrifice He gave for the sins of humanity. And we glory in the promise of redemption in the resurrection."~ Barack Obama April 2010
The man may be wrong about a lot but when the man's right, he's right. Now pray for him that he may realize where he is wrong and start doing right.
http://thepage.time.com/remarks-obama-at-easter-prayer-breakfast-april-6-2010/
Saturday, June 12, 2010
A TASTE FOR ETERNITY- Intro
A TASTE FOR ETERNITY
A Companion to Bram Stoker’s DRACULA
by Cedric Marc Klein
(c)1995
In homage to Dwight Frye
“Never yet have I found the woman I wanted
to bear my child, until I met this one, whom I
love. For I love Thee, O Eternity!”
Nietzsche’s Zarathustra
I: THE MASTER COMES
Purfleet, London, England
1887, September 25
Mad-
or aware?
Is there a difference?
I no longer know.
All I know is the Hunger- for Life.
And I know the food I need- the same food the Master requires.
Don’t be shocked. It’s in the Bible, “the blood is the life.”
But they call it madness. Lock me in Carfax Hospital.
Commit me to the care of good Dr. Jack Seward.
My name is Richard Manfred Renfield.
My goal is to preserve and extend life, to absorb Life, to become LIFE!
My hope is to sit at the right hand of the Master of Life.
From beyond the Eastern Sea, that borderland beyond the forest,
he comes. On the wings of the tempest, midst thundering winds
and celestial fire, he has arrived. And I was the first to
welcome him to his new home. Oh, his appearance- ancient of days,
flowing hair of awful whiteness, piercing eyes of scarlet fire.
Do you wonder why I fell before him? A warlord weary
of dull peasants, searching for a new empire to subdue.
And such an Empire- the first to span the globe.
For months, I’ve heard his Call. Even before they locked me up.
I labored- preparing his way. Setting up the Carfax Abbey sale,
which young Harker closed after my- detention.
How did I come to this cell?
With the Call came the Hunger. I kept it at bay for a time,
with raw meat, insects, rodentia, birds. I sought a remedy at
the Eucharist- but the mockery of the priest, offering me pale
weak wine as blood when the real stuff pulsed in his wrists-
Is it any wonder that I cast off all restraint?
So since the middle of May, I have been restricted to this diet
of lesser lives. It will do, for a while.
But regarding the Master- When a nobleman enters a land to
take it, the first thing he often takes is a woman of that land.
The Master chose a young popular pretty miss named Lucy
Westenra. Delicious irony! (Sorry.) She was courted by Dr. Jack
and his two best friends. She had even picked Arthur Holmwood,
a future lord. But in the end, the Master stole her heart from
them all- and sealed it with a kiss.
I had never met Miss Lucy when she was warm. But once she
entered cold immortality, he brought her for an introduction.
I’ve never cared for pale people, all weak and placid, but she
was delightful, charming, even vigorous. And she had such
hopes for the Marriage.
Those hopes are at the root of the mystery baffling the police.
Toddlers with small bites, telling of a “bloofer lady”.
If they only knew-
Lucy only wants to bear him children.
A Companion to Bram Stoker’s DRACULA
by Cedric Marc Klein
(c)1995
In homage to Dwight Frye
“Never yet have I found the woman I wanted
to bear my child, until I met this one, whom I
love. For I love Thee, O Eternity!”
Nietzsche’s Zarathustra
I: THE MASTER COMES
Purfleet, London, England
1887, September 25
Mad-
or aware?
Is there a difference?
I no longer know.
All I know is the Hunger- for Life.
And I know the food I need- the same food the Master requires.
Don’t be shocked. It’s in the Bible, “the blood is the life.”
But they call it madness. Lock me in Carfax Hospital.
Commit me to the care of good Dr. Jack Seward.
My name is Richard Manfred Renfield.
My goal is to preserve and extend life, to absorb Life, to become LIFE!
My hope is to sit at the right hand of the Master of Life.
From beyond the Eastern Sea, that borderland beyond the forest,
he comes. On the wings of the tempest, midst thundering winds
and celestial fire, he has arrived. And I was the first to
welcome him to his new home. Oh, his appearance- ancient of days,
flowing hair of awful whiteness, piercing eyes of scarlet fire.
Do you wonder why I fell before him? A warlord weary
of dull peasants, searching for a new empire to subdue.
And such an Empire- the first to span the globe.
For months, I’ve heard his Call. Even before they locked me up.
I labored- preparing his way. Setting up the Carfax Abbey sale,
which young Harker closed after my- detention.
How did I come to this cell?
With the Call came the Hunger. I kept it at bay for a time,
with raw meat, insects, rodentia, birds. I sought a remedy at
the Eucharist- but the mockery of the priest, offering me pale
weak wine as blood when the real stuff pulsed in his wrists-
Is it any wonder that I cast off all restraint?
So since the middle of May, I have been restricted to this diet
of lesser lives. It will do, for a while.
But regarding the Master- When a nobleman enters a land to
take it, the first thing he often takes is a woman of that land.
The Master chose a young popular pretty miss named Lucy
Westenra. Delicious irony! (Sorry.) She was courted by Dr. Jack
and his two best friends. She had even picked Arthur Holmwood,
a future lord. But in the end, the Master stole her heart from
them all- and sealed it with a kiss.
I had never met Miss Lucy when she was warm. But once she
entered cold immortality, he brought her for an introduction.
I’ve never cared for pale people, all weak and placid, but she
was delightful, charming, even vigorous. And she had such
hopes for the Marriage.
Those hopes are at the root of the mystery baffling the police.
Toddlers with small bites, telling of a “bloofer lady”.
If they only knew-
Lucy only wants to bear him children.
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