Post by Alena on Dec 26, 2006 19:47:34 GMT -5
Dragon
Dragon is a long totem. It is complex and involved so I will post it in sections due to the fact that typeing is not a strong suit.
Dragons are mystical and magical. They are the highest spiritual power and the oragans of life through out history. Dragons are winged serpants. they are powerful and highly complex symbols. In general dragons have the same symbolism as the snake, just bigger and more of it.
Dragons represent the merger of the serpant ( Matter ) and bird ( Spirit ) and as such symbolized the physical manifestation of spirit. The dragon is a balance symbol because it imbodies both matter and spirit. This makes it a wholestic symbol and well grounded. If you can master the secret of how far you can get with the spiritual and magical with the material world that is a true magician. Here is where Palpatine is clearly represented in dragon because Palpatine truely knows the world and can minipulate and gain control useing his world knowledge to gain power and control. On the other hand Palpatine does use his Force powers when necessary. He uses each when necessary interchangeably.
Dragon has four clawed feet this symbolizes worldly or earthly power and athority. The dragon's wings symbolize his spiritual and magical powers. This being for good or ill depending on the dragon in question. The dragon has the ability to soar to great hights of spirit and bring that spirit down to earth. Like all serpant symbolism, the dragon has all the positive and negitive traits attributed to them. In the book of Revolation it is dragon who tries to destroy the woman who is pregnant and clothed in the sun. This dragon persuits her hopeing to devour this child. Dragons have symbolized very high spiritual things and things of the Force. On the other hand the dragon is connotated with the Devil or Satan. So dragon, like crow, has complicated and controdictory symbolism.
The Chinese see the dragon differantly. Dragon medicine will teach you to ride the wind. This is your meditation abilities. You will be tought how to meditate better if dragon comes into your life. Dargons can also help you master astral travel.
Because dragon breath fire they are considerd spiritual purifiers. Dragon medicine is powerful and should be handled with respect. The purgeing of the bad elements in your life could be painful as fire is painful to the touch spiritually. When things are burned away it is to prepare for the birth of the new. This powerful medicine can feel like a rough ride of the runaway emotions. You could feel like Anakin on Mustafar being burned alive. How dragon appears to you is very important if you get this totem. If dragon is a major totem you are different than the mainstream. You have a very passionate nature. Here is where dragon as a symbol is like Anakin. You have abundant health and are full of vitality, at least to start with. Others can destroy this vitality and you can be ripped to shreds. Dragon people can be encouraged by their parents or destroyed by their parents depending on the descisions your parents make. Parents should teach their dragon children to enjoy their fanciful side while balanceing the ability to survive in this world independantly.
Dragon people need the balance of fantasy with reality. They need to be allowed to reach their goals unfettered. Dragon people should never be squelched or held back by their parents. If you smother dragon you miss out of all the talents, joy and power that the dragon brings. Your nation looses good vital people. Dragons destroyed have nothing better to do than to seek revenge and devour. If you are wise, you will nuture your dragon people well and get much in return. If not they will lie and wait for their chance to strike back. Remember, like a high powerd snake, dragon always hits its target.
Dragon is a fighting technique in Kung-Fu. In the ancient days martial arts was done differantly than today. It used to take half a life time to master one system. Meditations where a part of your martial arts. You were expected to abserve the animal you chose as your style. Of course dragon martial artists had to use snake, lizard and some birds in order to inbody all of dragon since dragon is mythical. But the usual was to choose the animal that represented the system you are studying. For example if you are studying Crane system of Kung-Fu you not only practiced your moves but you sat silently, meditatively watching a crane in action in the wild. You were to abserve his movements and master them. It seems that Hannigan is attempting to bring the knowledge of the ancient Kung-Fu with the mordern.
Dragons are red or green in color and are reptilian in nature. They are generally a cross between a very big lizard and a snake with wings that breath fire. Always the dragon is a symbol of tremendious power. Dragons seem to be a composite animal taken from more aggressive, dangerous and powerful animals, this includes the prehistoric.
In many myths the dragon symbolizes the big and powerful enemy or adversary in which the hero has to over come. This form of dragon is used in the Bible and linked with the Devil or satan meaning adversary. In medevil history this view of the dragon or Basilisk is prevelant. In Harry Potter the dragon has to be out mineuverd in order to get this golden egg to find out what the next task Harry has to perform in the Try-Wizards tournament. Here again the dragon is the deadly advasory blocking the hero from his quest. The basilisk is another form of the dragon and here is associated with Tom Riddle (Voldemort) in book II of the Harry Potter series. Here it is associated with the worst traits of a man. The dragon here is associated with the wallowing cruelty of a torturer who gets pleasure out of the pain of the victum. The cold sadistic cruelty of Voldemort isrevieled in the Harry Potter series especially in the books. Dragon and snake is clearly shown in its murk stave or in a very bad way here.
The Babylonians believed Tiamat to be a dragon, known as queen of darkness, who had a scaley body impervious to all weapons. This feirce women is like the Bible's sleeper of Babylon. Here the two religions describe the same evil woman just useing differant symbolism. Bith wallow and enjoy the suffering of the one they torture and both kill many. Both use a magic that is hard to defeat and many died in the struggle. Some how this dragon lady defies laws of spirit and magic that others are bound to obey but She some how rides over all the laws and grows in power and arrogance until one day the Force (God) itself has to deal with her. In the Lion,The Witch and The Waredrobe, She is portrayed as the Ice queen of Narnia. Either form this is one tough dragon lady. Useually if you do a spell it comes back to the person who sent it three times more powerful. But dragon lady knows how not to get the black magic she sends back. This is why she is so formidable and hated in the Bible.
The Norse god Thor surcomed to her venium. This huge dragon encircled the earth. Thor before death managed to deal this dragon a fatal blow before he dies. This encirclement of the earth, in the Norse is the equivelant to when the Bible says that " She sits on many waters", meaning that this dragon lady controls the whole earth until someone big enough, strong enough comes along to over come her powerful magic. In Lord of the Rings the eye and the ring serve the role of this dragon. Dragon also represents a person with desires and standards that no one can meet. This person is constantly angry with others for noncompliance, but due to the nature of the demand no one is able to meet it.
In alchemy the dragon replaces Turkey Vulture in American Indian totems. The dragon represents both the volitile and the fixed elements and the balance of both. Here is where turkey vulture has somethings in common with dragon. Dragon is a symbol of never ending vigilance, so is turkey vulture to the American Indians.
Dragon is a long totem. It is complex and involved so I will post it in sections due to the fact that typeing is not a strong suit.
Dragons are mystical and magical. They are the highest spiritual power and the oragans of life through out history. Dragons are winged serpants. they are powerful and highly complex symbols. In general dragons have the same symbolism as the snake, just bigger and more of it.
Dragons represent the merger of the serpant ( Matter ) and bird ( Spirit ) and as such symbolized the physical manifestation of spirit. The dragon is a balance symbol because it imbodies both matter and spirit. This makes it a wholestic symbol and well grounded. If you can master the secret of how far you can get with the spiritual and magical with the material world that is a true magician. Here is where Palpatine is clearly represented in dragon because Palpatine truely knows the world and can minipulate and gain control useing his world knowledge to gain power and control. On the other hand Palpatine does use his Force powers when necessary. He uses each when necessary interchangeably.
Dragon has four clawed feet this symbolizes worldly or earthly power and athority. The dragon's wings symbolize his spiritual and magical powers. This being for good or ill depending on the dragon in question. The dragon has the ability to soar to great hights of spirit and bring that spirit down to earth. Like all serpant symbolism, the dragon has all the positive and negitive traits attributed to them. In the book of Revolation it is dragon who tries to destroy the woman who is pregnant and clothed in the sun. This dragon persuits her hopeing to devour this child. Dragons have symbolized very high spiritual things and things of the Force. On the other hand the dragon is connotated with the Devil or Satan. So dragon, like crow, has complicated and controdictory symbolism.
The Chinese see the dragon differantly. Dragon medicine will teach you to ride the wind. This is your meditation abilities. You will be tought how to meditate better if dragon comes into your life. Dargons can also help you master astral travel.
Because dragon breath fire they are considerd spiritual purifiers. Dragon medicine is powerful and should be handled with respect. The purgeing of the bad elements in your life could be painful as fire is painful to the touch spiritually. When things are burned away it is to prepare for the birth of the new. This powerful medicine can feel like a rough ride of the runaway emotions. You could feel like Anakin on Mustafar being burned alive. How dragon appears to you is very important if you get this totem. If dragon is a major totem you are different than the mainstream. You have a very passionate nature. Here is where dragon as a symbol is like Anakin. You have abundant health and are full of vitality, at least to start with. Others can destroy this vitality and you can be ripped to shreds. Dragon people can be encouraged by their parents or destroyed by their parents depending on the descisions your parents make. Parents should teach their dragon children to enjoy their fanciful side while balanceing the ability to survive in this world independantly.
Dragon people need the balance of fantasy with reality. They need to be allowed to reach their goals unfettered. Dragon people should never be squelched or held back by their parents. If you smother dragon you miss out of all the talents, joy and power that the dragon brings. Your nation looses good vital people. Dragons destroyed have nothing better to do than to seek revenge and devour. If you are wise, you will nuture your dragon people well and get much in return. If not they will lie and wait for their chance to strike back. Remember, like a high powerd snake, dragon always hits its target.
Dragon is a fighting technique in Kung-Fu. In the ancient days martial arts was done differantly than today. It used to take half a life time to master one system. Meditations where a part of your martial arts. You were expected to abserve the animal you chose as your style. Of course dragon martial artists had to use snake, lizard and some birds in order to inbody all of dragon since dragon is mythical. But the usual was to choose the animal that represented the system you are studying. For example if you are studying Crane system of Kung-Fu you not only practiced your moves but you sat silently, meditatively watching a crane in action in the wild. You were to abserve his movements and master them. It seems that Hannigan is attempting to bring the knowledge of the ancient Kung-Fu with the mordern.
Dragons are red or green in color and are reptilian in nature. They are generally a cross between a very big lizard and a snake with wings that breath fire. Always the dragon is a symbol of tremendious power. Dragons seem to be a composite animal taken from more aggressive, dangerous and powerful animals, this includes the prehistoric.
In many myths the dragon symbolizes the big and powerful enemy or adversary in which the hero has to over come. This form of dragon is used in the Bible and linked with the Devil or satan meaning adversary. In medevil history this view of the dragon or Basilisk is prevelant. In Harry Potter the dragon has to be out mineuverd in order to get this golden egg to find out what the next task Harry has to perform in the Try-Wizards tournament. Here again the dragon is the deadly advasory blocking the hero from his quest. The basilisk is another form of the dragon and here is associated with Tom Riddle (Voldemort) in book II of the Harry Potter series. Here it is associated with the worst traits of a man. The dragon here is associated with the wallowing cruelty of a torturer who gets pleasure out of the pain of the victum. The cold sadistic cruelty of Voldemort isrevieled in the Harry Potter series especially in the books. Dragon and snake is clearly shown in its murk stave or in a very bad way here.
The Babylonians believed Tiamat to be a dragon, known as queen of darkness, who had a scaley body impervious to all weapons. This feirce women is like the Bible's sleeper of Babylon. Here the two religions describe the same evil woman just useing differant symbolism. Bith wallow and enjoy the suffering of the one they torture and both kill many. Both use a magic that is hard to defeat and many died in the struggle. Some how this dragon lady defies laws of spirit and magic that others are bound to obey but She some how rides over all the laws and grows in power and arrogance until one day the Force (God) itself has to deal with her. In the Lion,The Witch and The Waredrobe, She is portrayed as the Ice queen of Narnia. Either form this is one tough dragon lady. Useually if you do a spell it comes back to the person who sent it three times more powerful. But dragon lady knows how not to get the black magic she sends back. This is why she is so formidable and hated in the Bible.
The Norse god Thor surcomed to her venium. This huge dragon encircled the earth. Thor before death managed to deal this dragon a fatal blow before he dies. This encirclement of the earth, in the Norse is the equivelant to when the Bible says that " She sits on many waters", meaning that this dragon lady controls the whole earth until someone big enough, strong enough comes along to over come her powerful magic. In Lord of the Rings the eye and the ring serve the role of this dragon. Dragon also represents a person with desires and standards that no one can meet. This person is constantly angry with others for noncompliance, but due to the nature of the demand no one is able to meet it.
In alchemy the dragon replaces Turkey Vulture in American Indian totems. The dragon represents both the volitile and the fixed elements and the balance of both. Here is where turkey vulture has somethings in common with dragon. Dragon is a symbol of never ending vigilance, so is turkey vulture to the American Indians.