(no subject)
May. 1st, 2013 10:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oneiroscriptIt can kill us.
I wasn't sure before, but after tonight I am certain. It is possible for a creature of dream to kill our physical bodies.
A few days ago, I would have given anything to know, with such conviction, that such things exist. That the world is truly as I have always believed: far deeper that its surface reflects.
And on a level, a part of me is thrilled by the realization. If this is confirmed, then what else might I encounter? What other spirits, beasts, or realms might make themselves known? What could I learn from the countless other times I have walked the earth, from those times and those places?
But, on a more immediate and personal level, there is the horror to contend with. A creature that feeds on pain, that steals from souls. A friend, new and yet old, hospitalized from spiritual torture.
We have a battle ahead of us. We are wracked with fear, and yet find reasons to hope. I am very, truly glad that I have found them all, whatever may come. And it will be very satisfying to open our war against this creature. I do believe we will win. These bonds have lasted centuries, and endure against all reason, it cannot break them with lies.
I wasn't sure before, but after tonight I am certain. It is possible for a creature of dream to kill our physical bodies.
A few days ago, I would have given anything to know, with such conviction, that such things exist. That the world is truly as I have always believed: far deeper that its surface reflects.
And on a level, a part of me is thrilled by the realization. If this is confirmed, then what else might I encounter? What other spirits, beasts, or realms might make themselves known? What could I learn from the countless other times I have walked the earth, from those times and those places?
But, on a more immediate and personal level, there is the horror to contend with. A creature that feeds on pain, that steals from souls. A friend, new and yet old, hospitalized from spiritual torture.
We have a battle ahead of us. We are wracked with fear, and yet find reasons to hope. I am very, truly glad that I have found them all, whatever may come. And it will be very satisfying to open our war against this creature. I do believe we will win. These bonds have lasted centuries, and endure against all reason, it cannot break them with lies.
no subject
Date: 2013-12-19 05:49 pm (UTC)You sound as if you have had some significant experience with the paranormal. Would you mind telling me a bit more? I love to hear first-hand accounts.
Although, where the foreboding aspect of your words makes it sound like an unpleasant experience, do not feel the need to speak if you would prefer not to. So, forgive me if I ask too much.
For myself, I remain excited about the supernatural, despite the unpleasant element of it. No part of the world is without its beauty or its darkness. This shadow may threaten us, but I would love to see beyond it to the rest of that elusive world.
Further, I am unsure about your statement regarding invincibility. Perhaps, it is a difference in our backgrounds, but I do not see that to be the case. I am quite aware of my mortality, and I was even before I remembered my last death. Maybe that sort of denial varies by the individual?
no subject
Date: 2013-12-19 06:14 pm (UTC)And I'm comparing the two. The supernatural, like death, tends to only be something discussed in stories and theory, but not really part of your life, or else it's everywhere. Sometimes I'm not sure if they're not one and the same.
They seem to overlap a lot at least.