Tribe.net. Local Connections libramoon http://expwriting.tribe.net/thread/9ab2cb5e-899f-44dd-a5e5-a30f6b82d551#efb484cb-1a51-4bb6-9414-ffd3925b131c 2008-06-15T04:22:29Z 2008-06-15T04:22:29Z

hero Pearls from the Sun Diamonds from the Moon Gold-dusted silks from exotic worlds Valued in danger, adventure from there to here. Fine old wood mellowed with wisdom tasting of Earth essence silently regales with tales old and pure. Young Percival took knighthood seriously. To protect and to serve King and country. The old King sickening, perhaps dying, soul sickness they said. Crops failed. Floods and droughts, inopportune times. The peasants too sickened, died, lived in dreadful poverty and despair. In a dream, the young knight was shown the Grail -- shiny jewels upon a golden cup self-generating elixir of immortality. On awakening, he took off in the direction of adventure. He left the dying kingdom to its own devices, in search of a promised land of magical curative power. He was not thinking of King or country, but of a delicious ecstatic pounding he knew to be his own heart. Where do you ride, fair Percival? Off to find the dreamer's Grail? Learn your song and tell your tale. Become a son of Sky and Earth and rain to return with all you gain some wondrous day. Break the spell. Release the kingdom's pain. He learned the ways of seers, demons, subtle sorceries and charms. Growing ever stronger with healthy exercise and happy purpose, he made his way. Trial by treacherous trial, he ever more closely approaches his prize. These trials are the key. They test mettle while bestowing grace, confidence, skill acquisition, glimmerings of wisdom. The prize glitters, shines, glows brilliantly in the distance to maintain focus, a clear point, fixed star to contemplate through twisting, turning, misty mythic pathways. Sometimes the brick is yellow. Some paths are more intuitive, steps in the dark, brambly forest. Percival knows what a hero does. A hero perseveres. A hero scales the tower to free the enchanted maiden, goes where others dare not because fear is a solid companion. Daring, fighting, sometimes dazed, momentarily forgetting his cause, he perseveres. He need but think to look to see his Grail shining, calling him forward. Of course, he reaches the Grail, discovers the codes, incantations, disarms dragons, ensorcels giants, generally blazes through to capture his dream. Returning triumphant, he fixes the kingdom, drop-kicks the curse, cures the old King of his soul malady, takes the throne to wisely guide into times of prosperity. So the story goes. http://emergingvisions.blogspot.com

libramoon 2008-06-15T04:22:29Z