The Grigori Sectors

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Pat

Each head of a Grigori family is a descendant of an ancient family deriving from a particular land mass or masses. Grigori history says that the head of each family was appointed by an archangel and tasked with watching that area of the Earth forever.

Grigori ruling powers have changed over the eons–first there were three, then seven, now five. Political and religious struggles determined the top families. There are lesser families, some were once part of the ruling sector, some never were but want to be.

Here is the current breakdown of the Grigori powers:

: The current 5 ruling Grigori

The Grigori Divided

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Pat

"When the Most High divided the nations,
when He scattered the children of Adam,
He established the bounds of the nations 
according to the number
of the angels of God"
~ Deuteronomy 32:8

The Grigori are the watchers of the Nephilim. The Grigori are servants of angels of God.

Centuries have passed. The Grigori watch, record, wait. Most serve willingly, faithfully, dedicating their lives and the lives of their family to the Grigori mandate: observe, record, report.

But it’s been a long time since anyone has seen an angel, much less communicated with one.

Today, there are five head Grigori families. Each presides over a section of Earth assigned to them by their respective angel guardian in the days of Adam and Eve. Once there were seven head families, but power struggles through the ages have reduced two of the seven to minor families, who are now watched as much as they watch the Nephilim.

The Grigori have adjusted to mankind’s swelling across the world. Today, the ruling families cover five physical sections of the Earth:

1. the Americas, North and South
2. Europe, UK, Greenland, Russia
3. Middle East, Africa
4. Southern Asia: China, India
5. Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia, Pacific Islands

Wormwood

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Pat

The Bible is full of prophecy, stories, metaphors, fables, and tall tales as well as historical truth. Here, I’m learning about wormwood, that thing that makes things bitter, undrinkable, unlivable.

The Catholic website, New Advent, calls it absynthe:

(Hebrew la’anah.)

Wormwood, known for its repulsive bitterness (Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15; Deuteronomy 29:18; Lamentations 3:19; Proverbs 5:4). Figuratively it stands for a curse or calamity (Lamentations 3:15), or also for injustice (Amos 5:7; 6:13). In Apocalypse 8:11, the Greek equivalent ho apsinthos is given as a proper name to the star which fell into the waters and made them bitter. The Vulgate renders the Hebrewexpression by absinithium, except in Deuteronomy 29:18, where it translates itamaritudo. It seems that the biblical absinthe is identical with the Artemisia monosperma (Delile), or the Artemisia herba-alba (Asso); or, again, the Artemisia juidaica Linné. (See PLANTS IN BIBLE)

Wikipedia.com says absynthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV / 90-148 proof) beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from botanicals, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium (a.k.a. “grande wormwood”), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs.

Grande wormwood, one of three main herbs used in production of absinthe

The use of Artemisia absinthium in a drink is attested in Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura (I 936–950), where Lucretius indicates that a drink containing wormwood is given as medicine to children in a cup with honey on the brim to make it drinkable. This was a metaphorfor the presentation of complex ideas in poetic form.

The precise origin of absinthe is unclear. The medical use of wormwood dates back to ancient Egypt, and is mentioned in the Ebers Papyrus, c. 1550 BC. Wormwood extracts and wine-soaked wormwood leaves were used as remedies by the ancient Greeks. Moreover, there is evidence of the existence of a wormwood-flavoured wine, absinthites oinos, in ancient Greece.

Mostly, the Bible correlates wormwood with absynthe, but here is something more interesting:

And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became wormwood. And many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. - Revelation 8

So this is something quite interesting. Not only is wormwood a plant, but it can, for us SF and F writers, be something more. I like more .

And it’s being used even today, not only is Absynthe returning in popularity, wormwood is being used today. In the sixth season of Showtime’s Dexter, Wormwood is the name of a chemical weapon used by the season villain “The Doomsday Killer” as he enacts the prophecies of the Book of Revelation.

The Bible is ripe with resources for the creative mind. No wonder I got kicked out of Bible Study when I was a kid.

Archangel Michael

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Pat

Guido Reni (1575–1642)

Before angels were known as kind, benevolent benefactors, they were known as warriors and harbingers of destructions and usually bad dreams.

Here, the Archangel Michael reins terror on one poor soul, of course, no soul is truly without sin, if you listen to the religious dogma.

The word angel in English is a fusion of the Old English word engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele. Both derive from the Latin angelus which in turn is the romanization of the ancient Greek ἄγγελος(angelos), “messenger”, which is related to the Greek verb ἀγγέλλω (angellō), meaning “bear a message, announce, bring news of” etc. The earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean a-ke-ro attested inLinear B syllabic script.

Abaddon

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Pat

Apollyon (top) battling Christian in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.

The angel Abaddon is the angel of death, destruction, and the netherworld. He is a bad angel dude.

Abaddon is derived from the Hebrew term for `to destroy` and means `place of destruction. In Greek the name is `Apollyon.`

Originally, Abaddon was a place and not an angel or being. In rabbinic writings and the Old Testament, Abaddon is primarliy a place of destruction, and it is a name for one of the regions of Gehenna (hell). The term occurs six times in the Old Testament. In Proverbs 15:11 and 27:20, it is named with SHEOL (the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible’s underworld) as a region of the underworld. In Psalm 88:11, Abaddon is associated with the grave and the underworld. He is also mentioned in Job.

In Revelation 9:10, Abaddon is personified, and it is the king of the abyss, the bottomless pit of hell. Revelation also cites the Greek version of the name, Apollyon, probably a reference to Apollo, Greek god of pestilence and destruction.

2012 writing notes

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Pat

Story Engineering progress is being made she says in a passive voice LOL

OK so my laptop keyboard has nonfuctioning keys. You can guess which ones as I type. Not a problem at home, because I have a nice external keyboard, but today Im at Barnes & Noble in North Dallas and I forgot about the coffee I spilt on my keyboard while in Holland last November. sigh.

In the meantime, Im studying the book Story Engineering by Larry Brooks and really getting the big light bulb moments. But to implement them…. well lets just say Im working on it LOL. If you attend any of my writing workshops either online Iim already teaching my 3rd this year!) or the groups Im a member of locally (NTSFW, DFW Writers Workshop), youll know my brain is overheating.

Well, back to work!

War in Heaven

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Pat

It doesn’t matter whether you “believe” in Heaven and Hell. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in God, or an afterlife, or reincarnation. It doesn’t matter. But here is the story of what happened, whether you believe it or not.

“The ealriest account of rebelling angels is contained in the apocryphal Book of the Secrets of Enoch. According to Christian legend, there was a great battle fought at the beginning of time between good angels, who supported God, and teh rebel angels, who supported Satan’s attempt to take God’s place. It is believed that this tremendous battle took place on the second day of Creation.”

~ Angels A to Z by James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver.

Fragile Beginnings

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Pat

Well, nothing like doing anything BUT writing!

This is the home of my current WIP — THE ANGEL PROJECT — a contemporary fantasy.

Late 2008 while reading THE GARGOYLE by Andrew Davidson, I had some very intense imagery flashes. (Don’t worry, I’m a fantasy author, we do that often and has almost nothing to do with the ’60s. The problem isn’t how NOT to have the flashes, but rather, how to keep track of them all and not get distracted from my current WIP. I scribbled my thoughts and then returned to reading (of course, it was 3am, Mr. Muse always attacks at the wee hours, like wee fey, he just can’t be ignored).

Slowly, the story coalesced in the dark, cobwebby recesses of my mind. I experimented with beginnings, sketched out potential story lines, read the first chapter at my weekly writers’ workshop, they liked it, so I continued.

I can’t make a story work. I’ve learned that the hard way. Creating a good story for a novel length project is like putting together a puzzle from the backside, the side of the puzzle pieces that have no image. I fit the pieces together and as I get them together correctly, the image forms, suggesting more images, plots and subplots, characterizations, and so on. (Can you say pantser? )

Story kernels are like first fertilized eggs. All the conditions have to be just right – climate, receptive mental state, good pen, and paper handy (or you’ll lose it all. If you ever think you’ll remember it, you won’t!). Once they take, still the gender and details are unknown, but it’s all ripe with potential. This is the exciting part. This is the part that I love.

Then comes the frustrating part. I love the story. I’m dedicated to the story. I’m addicted to the story. And in my eagerness, I want to force the story, pushing to birth the plot and characters when it’s not the time to push at all, even though the labor pains are building, along with frustration and story angst.

I’ve learned to wait. To let my subconcious do the work. Amazing how that happens. It’s like magic. And, it’s rather comforting to know I’m not alone. My conciousness isn’t the only thing on the job.

So I relax.

And it comes.

The story reveals itself to me. This website is part of that revelation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I am enjoying the research, the development, the creativity, and even maintaining this website.

“The Sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose…. when the sons of God came to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.” – Genesis 6:1-4