"I cant do it!"
what?
"I cant!"
oh , now what it is it Elli?
"I cant tell the story- I - I just cant do it."
What do you want me to do, Cariad? Cut out your heart - would that make it easier?
"Do you think it would help?"
Hmmm... cant say it would help - it might stop your whining...
... or not... Okay... well anyways. I forgot, Elluindil DOES know the language of the birds, never thought about teocuitatl in quite that way, but it's obvious... ok, so it's not. We must be circumspect in what we say about the subject as there are aspects of alchemy that should not be taken lightly (as the engineers at Tepco have discovered) and this circumspection has made this subject harder to write about...
The language of the birds, well I'm not talking about language like in the last post, but the OTHER language of the birds, the alchemical one
- By the way, if you ever DO read alchemical texts, please try to get copies in their original languages - good luck if that means in kanji - you'll be decomposing radicals.
Let's revisit the subject of the previous post by analogy, before moving on:
Did you notice that not only Toboe can understand the speech of birds (cats "I heard it from a cat", horses (ep19) , etc) but that so can Hige: "The nobles are at it again..." For that matter, so can Tsume; though he is a bit more obtuse grousing about the "gabby gossiping crows" in the re-cap episode. This is an elvish trait: the irresistible habit of trying to communicate with all life forms. Of course, Kiba practically shouts at the poor owl in #9 (temper temper!). I wont say more about this general process, but the specific aspect of the "speech of birds" now concerns us, metaphorically - um, alchemically
Of course you have to be listening in the first place. That is why even though they peck him, Toboe can still comprehend the raven's warning not to trust Leara.
The language of birds specifically concerns us here, for it is the language of metaphor, the form of language itself, of puns, double entendre''s onomatopoeia, homonyms and of other enciphered clues. For instance, Tsume: "claw" is otherwise meaningless, yet you see that our assignment of the symbol of the age of iron is exact- for it is the symbol of mars, the circle with the protruding blade (spear). This would seem to be a violation of the rules of the alchemical caballa, but you must learn to apply the rules as appropriate to an ideographic millieu.
What is in a name?
Toboe, the age of gold, alchemical symbol of the sun: the circle with a dot, representing the open mouth howling? But we'll come back to that later.
It is Kiba that I am interested in because it is after all his story, just as LOTR is about Frodo, in spite of the fact that Gandalf is probably a more popular character. The age of silver, whos alchemical symbol is the lunar crescent. And Kiba: "fang" is clearly indicated in the shape of the crescent as a tooth... yes?
I'm taking a long time here because this was such an ODD COINCIDENCE when Elli first saw episode 30 he dropped one of my fine wine glasses on the floor (good thing it was carpet)
First the background. For alchemy is the science of transformations and transmutations. And these operations are typically carried out in a vessel of some sort, just as any play must take place on a stage, or the crucifixion upon a cross. This vessel, or cruicible is the nexus of a "mineral passion" where the substance must undergo its agony and re-birth. Thus Kiba is both the instrument of this action and the substance of it.
But just as the one ring was unmade in a living volcano, so too is the world remade in a dead one. And it is to this crucible that the final events must take place, a hole in the earth. And now you must see the relation to the ancient tales of the Hopi who testify that these things happen on more than one occasion. For if you take the name of Ki-Ba and using the rules of alchemical phonology tsubstitute the bilabial for a dento-labial you will travel from Japan to the Four Corners and
Ki-Ba becomes Ki-Va, the crucible of the hopi, the underground chamber where all their ceremony issues from, the nexus of transformation, the mythical "shippapu" from where the wolves entered the world at the transition of the last age.
The ignorant will complain that this is all random, without any real rules. More sophisticated analysts will complain that Ms Nobumoto never intended any such allusions, (even if there are indians in ep19 and others - but no Hopi).
I can only tell you that the only way to know when you are on the right road is to understand alchemy and truth. Otherwise you will wander aimlessly like Dr DeGray who even possessing the book understood nothing.
(Or worse, like the gathered Nobles attending Jagera's Ignition of the accursed Moon Crucible. But you already know what happened when they pulled the control rods on that little mess.)
So Kiba, is the KiVa, the crucible, the wretched and despised stone that the builders rejected. And that my friends, is the language of the birds, the alchemical caballa, the beast that you must ride to understanding (assuming the wolves of the great beyond bless you with a trail of bread crumbs and the grace to sniff them out.)
And assuming your heart is in the right place to begin with.
And it helps to have the right sort of friends, whatever their other faults or baggage.
Note: even as regards Hopi mythology there are things I will not speak about, same thing with alchemy, there are things we will not speak about unless I see that it has been released elsewhere.
what?
"I cant!"
oh , now what it is it Elli?
"I cant tell the story- I - I just cant do it."
What do you want me to do, Cariad? Cut out your heart - would that make it easier?
"Do you think it would help?"
Hmmm... cant say it would help - it might stop your whining...
... or not... Okay... well anyways. I forgot, Elluindil DOES know the language of the birds, never thought about teocuitatl in quite that way, but it's obvious... ok, so it's not. We must be circumspect in what we say about the subject as there are aspects of alchemy that should not be taken lightly (as the engineers at Tepco have discovered) and this circumspection has made this subject harder to write about...
The language of the birds, well I'm not talking about language like in the last post, but the OTHER language of the birds, the alchemical one
- By the way, if you ever DO read alchemical texts, please try to get copies in their original languages - good luck if that means in kanji - you'll be decomposing radicals.
Let's revisit the subject of the previous post by analogy, before moving on:
Did you notice that not only Toboe can understand the speech of birds (cats "I heard it from a cat", horses (ep19) , etc) but that so can Hige: "The nobles are at it again..." For that matter, so can Tsume; though he is a bit more obtuse grousing about the "gabby gossiping crows" in the re-cap episode. This is an elvish trait: the irresistible habit of trying to communicate with all life forms. Of course, Kiba practically shouts at the poor owl in #9 (temper temper!). I wont say more about this general process, but the specific aspect of the "speech of birds" now concerns us, metaphorically - um, alchemically
Of course you have to be listening in the first place. That is why even though they peck him, Toboe can still comprehend the raven's warning not to trust Leara.
The language of birds specifically concerns us here, for it is the language of metaphor, the form of language itself, of puns, double entendre''s onomatopoeia, homonyms and of other enciphered clues. For instance, Tsume: "claw" is otherwise meaningless, yet you see that our assignment of the symbol of the age of iron is exact- for it is the symbol of mars, the circle with the protruding blade (spear). This would seem to be a violation of the rules of the alchemical caballa, but you must learn to apply the rules as appropriate to an ideographic millieu.
What is in a name?
Toboe, the age of gold, alchemical symbol of the sun: the circle with a dot, representing the open mouth howling? But we'll come back to that later.
It is Kiba that I am interested in because it is after all his story, just as LOTR is about Frodo, in spite of the fact that Gandalf is probably a more popular character. The age of silver, whos alchemical symbol is the lunar crescent. And Kiba: "fang" is clearly indicated in the shape of the crescent as a tooth... yes?
I'm taking a long time here because this was such an ODD COINCIDENCE when Elli first saw episode 30 he dropped one of my fine wine glasses on the floor (good thing it was carpet)
First the background. For alchemy is the science of transformations and transmutations. And these operations are typically carried out in a vessel of some sort, just as any play must take place on a stage, or the crucifixion upon a cross. This vessel, or cruicible is the nexus of a "mineral passion" where the substance must undergo its agony and re-birth. Thus Kiba is both the instrument of this action and the substance of it.
But just as the one ring was unmade in a living volcano, so too is the world remade in a dead one. And it is to this crucible that the final events must take place, a hole in the earth. And now you must see the relation to the ancient tales of the Hopi who testify that these things happen on more than one occasion. For if you take the name of Ki-Ba and using the rules of alchemical phonology tsubstitute the bilabial for a dento-labial you will travel from Japan to the Four Corners and
Ki-Ba becomes Ki-Va, the crucible of the hopi, the underground chamber where all their ceremony issues from, the nexus of transformation, the mythical "shippapu" from where the wolves entered the world at the transition of the last age.
The ignorant will complain that this is all random, without any real rules. More sophisticated analysts will complain that Ms Nobumoto never intended any such allusions, (even if there are indians in ep19 and others - but no Hopi).
I can only tell you that the only way to know when you are on the right road is to understand alchemy and truth. Otherwise you will wander aimlessly like Dr DeGray who even possessing the book understood nothing.
(Or worse, like the gathered Nobles attending Jagera's Ignition of the accursed Moon Crucible. But you already know what happened when they pulled the control rods on that little mess.)
So Kiba, is the KiVa, the crucible, the wretched and despised stone that the builders rejected. And that my friends, is the language of the birds, the alchemical caballa, the beast that you must ride to understanding (assuming the wolves of the great beyond bless you with a trail of bread crumbs and the grace to sniff them out.)
And assuming your heart is in the right place to begin with.
And it helps to have the right sort of friends, whatever their other faults or baggage.
Note: even as regards Hopi mythology there are things I will not speak about, same thing with alchemy, there are things we will not speak about unless I see that it has been released elsewhere.
