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Showing posts with label The Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Moon. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

{ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - THE KILLING MOON }


Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


In starlit nights I saw you
So cruelly you kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him


La la la la la...


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


La la la la la...


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him


Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I pledge my allegiance to The Moon.





I just can't deny the effect that The Moon has on me.

Since the first time I looked up to the night sky.... I have fallen in love with her, over and over again. She is the brightest thing in the sky and the one thing that guide us thru the dark night. She is more than the planet earth's natural satellite, she is a symbol , a constant enigma for the mortal ones. The Moon is like a magnet for mi eyes.


Late at night when the stars began to shine, I used to go to my balcony and spent hours looking at the sky.  The best part? when the moon is at its highest point in the sky, shining on everything but I feel I am the only one looking at her. It feels like your body is floating and the universe is ready to swallow me.






If you watch the Moon for too long, you will begin to feel that you are getting lost in her shine and probably you will never come back. People of some cultures often fear the Moon because there are many myths that involve her. The most popular one : the werewolves and the vampires, free during the night to kill everything they want but slaves of the sun. We cannot deny that -She- is the silent witness of everything that happens in the realm of darkness. Another quiet witness of mankind's history. The Moon appears to be the only constant thing in our lives, in the lives of those who walk at night and thru time.... unchanging, loyal and reliable, the only ones that will keep our secrets save forever.


There is such a fascination with her that we can find movies, books and art with The Moon as a main character.





-Myths about the queen of the night........



Werewolves are one of the creatures that we often see depicted in films about myths and legends of these "monsters". This creature is, of course, affiliated with the full moon. Typically it is believed that these are creatures that have human form but  morph into a wolf-like (typically violent) creatures when the full moon is in the sky. There are many different variations on this because of all of the books and movies that have been made about werewolves.





Various methods for becoming a werewolf have been reported, one of the simplest being the removal of clothing and putting on a belt made of Wolfskin, probably as a substitute for the assumption of an entire animal skin (which also is frequently described). In other cases, the body is rubbed with a magic salve. To drink rainwater out of the footprint of the animal in question or to drink from certain enchanted streams were also considered effectual modes of accomplishing metamorphosis. The 16th century Swedish writer Olaus Magnus says that the Livonian werewolves were initiated by draining a cup of specially prepared beer and repeating a set formula. Ralston in his Songs of the Russian People gives the form of incantation still familiar in Russia.

In Italy, France and Germany, it was said that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night with the full moon shining directly on his/her face.






This is only one example of some of the powerful stories that people across time and across the world associate with the moon. Using many different forms of symbolism, the moon itself has become a symbol for love, desire, change, passion, fertility, and violence.


Vampiric Connection (Wikipedia)

In Medieval Europe, the corpses of some people executed as werewolves were cremated rather than buried in order to prevent them from being resurrected as vampires. Before the end of the 19th century, the Greeks believed that the corpses of werewolves, if not destroyed, would return to life as vampires in the form of wolves or hyenas which prowled battlefields, drinking the blood of dying soldiers. In the same vein, in some rural areas of Germany, Poland and Northern France, it was once believed that people who died in mortal sin came back to life as blood-drinking wolves. This differs from conventional werewolfery, where the creature is a living being rather than an undead apparition. These vampiric werewolves would return to their human corpse form at daylight.



Mayan Moon Goddesses

The Mayan people have several stories about different moon goddesses. One goddess frequently associated with the moon is Ixchel who is associated with the moon because she is a fertility goddess. However, it is believed that she may actually be the “grandmother of the moon” and represent aging and the drying up of fertility in old age so she is most commonly linked with the waxing of the moon and not the moon at all times.


Selene / Luna

These are the names of the Moon Goddess in Greek and Roman mythology respectively. In the myths associated with these goddesses, the goddess is paired with the god of the sun. He travels throughout the day and she takes over the journey at night. She is typically considered to be a passionate goddess who takes many lovers and who represents the desire associated with the moon.





























Monday, May 18, 2009

" Only when I sleep "




Today, the moon came out early. I haven't seen the moon in broad daylight in a long time, and it made the day feel even better. People usually don’t look up at the sky, and I don't know why. They look ahead, behind, left, and right, but they never look up. Why do people refuse to believe there could be something above us? Or is it simply that dreamers look to the sky far too much?

When can you see the daytime moon?

  • The Best Time: Look within a week or so of the full moon.

  • Before the Full Moon: Look for the daytime moon in the afternoon.

  • After the Full Moon: Look for the daytime moon in the morning.






I would like to sleep and sleep so my mind won't torment me with the cold reality, wandering these streets, feel the breeze and have no worries. I would like to dream for a long time, drown under the black night so the moon and the stars accompany me. My only company (sometimes).

The night better be eternal, I’m not talking about the darkness, I am talking about the long and comforting dreams we would have.






 Quisiera dormir y dormir para que mi mente no me atormente con la fría realidad, vagar por estas calles, sentir la brisa y no tener preocupaciones. Quisiera soñar por mucho tiempo, ahogarme debajo de la noche negra y que la luna y las estrellas me acompañen. Mi única compañía (a veces).

Mejor que la noche sea eterna, no hablo de la oscuridad, hablo de los sueños largos y reconfortantes que tendríamos.



Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Lonely night with the moon.


I wonder how many secrets The Moon has already heard from my lips. How many secret encounter she has witnessed... and how many creatures she has discovered lurking in the dark.
No matter where we go, she is there, watching silently and shining, reminding us that someone is always watching us.


      Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the autumn moon is bright.
-   Maria Ouspenskaya's  ("The Wolf Man" 1941)





"Last night I met with the moon, because she was alone and I stayed with her. She said she saw you but she didn't wanted to tell me where you were, she said you are looking for me but she did not tell you where I am. She said you also look at the same starry night looking for an answer in the sky. "





"Anoche me encontré con la luna, como estaba sola me quede con ella. Me dijo que te vio pero no me quiso decir donde estas, me dijo que me buscas pero ella no te dijo dónde estoy. Dice que también miras la misma noche estrellada buscando una respuesta en el cielo."





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