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Somnium Homunculi

Posted in Embodied, Introductions, Somnium Homunculi on February 8, 2010 by Ezikiel

Overview

Somnium Homunculi is an Otherkin Guild sponsored and endorsed by House of the Dreaming. We work together in order to understand the Awakening and the Embodied Awareness. Through our Guild, the initiate will focus intently on the expanded awareness and understanding of the Embodied State of Being.

While most of our materials will be developed and discussed with the participation of all our members, the guides given to members will create foundations of work, Guild specific vernacular, and organization.

We are open to receive applications from all interested parties, provided they show aptitude for the Embodied awareness ( AKA, the applicant is Otherkin, therian, Etc., or identifies as such), and are willing to participate in no small way with a group dedicated to the understanding and expanded awareness of the Nightside community. We will open our chats, forum, and newsletter to any member of the community approved through the application process, though there are areas of the Forum and Archives that are only open to members of a specific degree, or beyond a specific degree.

We find it important to define the terms “Otherkin,” “Therian,” and “Embodied,” “Awakening,” and “Will.” These words are vital to understand, as they label us and our community. While pursuing the edges of spirituality, we’ve come to know ourselves on a separate level of discernable reality. Because of our expanded self awareness though meditation, realization has struck that we are something “other,” something inhuman under the surfaces of our material world. For Otherkin, this may be a creature only thought to exist, such as Elves, Dragons, Demons, etc. For Therians, their other side is an earthly creature, be it a Wolf, Deer, Bat, etc. This realization is considered the begining of the Awakening, and opens many doors to the possibility of expanded awareness.

Will is easier to define, since it is the Will that drives magic and manifestation of reality. It is this Will that we seek to enrich and strengthen with the Awakening, and our individual Kin energies.

The term Embodied refers to the full awareness of our Other self, and the integration of that self into our daily lives. Being Embodied implies that the Will, and the energies harnessed to manifest the Will, are matured.

The Somnium Homunculi Guild is for pursuers of greater knowledge and understanding of these dynamic, personal experiences. Even though our opbjective reality tells us that we are all basically human, our spirits soar to new and exhilarating heights of transcendent consciousness, and the Guild is a place for us to grow and learn from those experiences as we manifest our Will.

* An application is required and S:.H:. holds the right to approve or deny any membership.

Mission of the Guild

Using the many tools of our fore-fathers of magical and rational thought, we strive to understand in full the nature of our being, and to manifest that nature according to our own Will.

The Guild incorporates many spiritual and metaphysical understandings, focusing on developing and manifesting the Embodied Consciousness. While we do use theories and practices of many magical and spiritual cultures, the main tenet of the guild will be to develop a magical system that harnesses and channels our energies as the Embodied into manifestation of the Will, and Evolution of the soul. This system will focus on ritual workings of self-transformation and meditations of personal affirmation.

We require members to participate actively, and offer their viewpoint in the discussions and articles being posted. It is encouraged (but not mandatory) to share brief glimpses into the Personal Journal work and experiences with others, and to offer essays and articles. We’re here to elevate our consciousness not only as individuals, but as a group.

Application Process

An application is required to become a part of the Guild, and any further involvement is up to the Guild administration and the applicant. The application consists of several questions into the history and experience of the applicant. Being a Left Hand Path resource pool for serious and practicing magicians, we do suggest having a bit of history with basic magical concepts and practice; however, being new to magical rituals and techniques will not cause us to deny membership.

The process for application to being recognized as an Ascended degree within the Guild is a simple petition, with proof of works accomplished. Only through hard work to understand the deeper meaning of each initiation level will each member of the Guild be able to ascend. No titles or degrees are offered out of hand. If the applicant feels that they have surpassed the teachings of their Degree, then the work that they present to the administration will be their proof of ascension to become recognized.

Guild Structure

The Guild consists of a Forum and a Group Chat. Each of the two “phases” of the guild will have several areas of interest for all members. Though there is personal work aside from the Guild and social functions, much of this is done privately, or in smaller groups.

The Forum

The Forum will consist of several areas, each with a privilege setting to make sure that the discretion of the Guild is maintained. All members of the S:.H:. will have access to the House of the Dreaming’s Outer Circle discussion forums, and will be considered guests of the House of the Dreaming while interacting on their General Discussion forum.

General Discussion:

This area of the guild is for all members who’ve completed the application process and have been approved. General Discussion would consist of introductions, reading lists, and so on.

Archives:

This area is Admin post only, where the archives of past discussions and chats, and notes on person study groups/ meetings will be for everyone of 0° and higher to read.

Announcements:

This area will be for Admin post only, to announce chat topics, times, and organize a calendar of events. Everyone of 0° and higher will be able to read.

Ascended Circle:

This will be an area of 1° and higher privilege. In this forum thread will be articles, Journal entries, and more serious discussion or responses to chat archives and topics.

The Chat

The chat will be where most of the happenings go on, and the real time chat will consist of topical discussions relevant to the Guild. Only members of the guild will be invited into the chats.

The Chat will be hosted on an embedded chat host, with a URL available to S:.H:. members and staff only.

E-mail

Infrequently, it may be necessary to e-mail every member for urgent updates, or Guild-wide announcements. All members of 0° and above are required to have a current e-mail address and messenger handle to assist with this. If it is required to contact someone more directly, it is encouraged to privately exchange more personal information (phone numbers, etc.).

Specialty Contact Groups

Members of the guild may wish to have their contact information on file in a more visible locale in order to encourage people to contact them with further discussion opportunity. This contact information will be per request only, no member’s information will be posted or released without express consent of that member. If a guild member does decide to have their contact information more readily available to the other members of the guild, than they just need to ask the Admin to add their name to the list, and specify which contact information should be posted in the contact roster.

Etiquette and Rules

The Somnium Homunculi has a strict list of rules and procedures designed to increase our ability to learn as a group, and keep a respectful awareness of our Kin brethren during our interactions. As with any online community, respect and integrity will take you far.

Every member of the Somnium Homunculi must be over the age of 18, with no exception.

As a Guild primarily sponsored by the House of the Dreaming, we respect and enforce the 13 Bastions of the Veil of the waking Dream: Integrity, Respect, Loyalty, Honesty, Accountability, Wisdom, Acumen, Fortitude, Resolve, Temperance, Compassion, Presence and Introspection.

There will be no tolerance for any of the following behaviors: any Criminal, or duplicitous activity, any involvement of a minor in our practices, studies, or mentoring, or plagairism in any form.

No Guild specific written material may be shared outside of the Guild halls or the Guild membership, unless specifically approved by the original Author of the materials.

At no point within any member’s studies with the Somnium Homunculi will any of the Initiates engage in flame wars (ignorant and emotional ranting intended to hurt, insult, or deface the character of another), either within the Guild Halls, or outside of them.

In any interaction through e-mail, all members are expected to address someone they do not know by their recognized title. For example:

“Dormitus (Last name, or preferred pseudonym),”

Participation within the Guild Functions is essential, therefore it is also out of respect for any speakers or presenters in chats to be on time for the chat, and to not talk over anyone presenting.

In the Forums, there will be no disrespectful bashing of another person’s ideas. Any confrontation otherwise will be dealt with strictly by the Administrative staff, and handled according to the severity of the remarks and or statements.

Every Guild member is held responsible for their own actions and words. Because of the amount of trust given to our Initiates, once that trust is broken (in the form of plagiarism, or breaking any of the other above-mentioned rules) the Initiate will be dealt with according to the severity of the incident. Action may range from a warning, up to and including banishment from the Guild and all future functions. 

Ascension

Our guild focuses on expanding awareness, therefore we will offer the titles of Ascension in recognition of the hard work initiates put forth, and the members denote an interest in taking the titles. Only the ascended can truly understand the meaning of the titles offered, and only they can choose to use or discard them. As a rule of thumb, once a person feels they have reached the point of understanding apparent to the title, they will petition to be recognized as such by the Guild/Community. With each of these titles, it is understood that the person holding that title has done good work for themselves, and it is a title of honor. No office or power of office is extended to any of the titles; they are signs of personal achievement. That is not to say that members of the higher degrees cannot reach out to the community to guide others, or that Guild members are required to keep their achievements private.

The following links are places to find the Somnium Homunculi on the web

Application Form- http://tiny.cc/YfXfL

Myspace- http://www.Myspace.com/somniumhomunculi
Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/pages/Somnium-Homunculi/273761010905

Forum and Study Groups- http://www.houseofthedreaming.org/messageboard

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Otherkin

Posted in Introductions, Magic, Otherkin on May 28, 2009 by Ezikiel

I am quite hesitant to write this post. Not because of the delicate nature of Otherkin terminology/ semantics, but because every site or resource I’ve come across hasn’t helped me understand my definition of self any more than than the last. I’m one of those who are not content with how I am today, because I know that I can improve on who I am, and how I manifest my world. This journal and series of articles, among other things, is proof to myself that I am Becoming- though it is vague so far as to what that is. Even with the pedantic rambling I’m sure will ensue, hopefully this article will prove helpfull.

Otherkin

A calling of Self

While I do identify with a darker aspect of myself, calling it names is difficult. I feed as a vampire would, taking the life energy of others in order to sustain any sense of homeostasis. With out it, I become at first irritable, then downright ill with headaches, chills, an impressive appetite that never keeps me satiated, muscle pains, night terrors, and general intense unease. While I was going through these bouts of binge and such, I started to question why it is that my nature lends itself to the predatory parasitic. Not complaining, mind you- one can’t really change who they are, just trying to understand how I came to be this way, and what it means to me to understand these concepts so acutely. Firstly, allow me to divulge a little more about myself than previously.

My Otherkin nature is a mystery to me. A mere shadow, though sentient. I’ve memories of several eons (of course, these are mostly speculative, but bare with me here) where I would float from dream to dream, earning from the Dreamer. through these subconciouse travels, I learned my first thoughts, the uses of magic, and the importance of the arcane symbols. I began to understand my self through the experiences of others.

At first, I would begin as a side stepped obstacle in the dreams. I was simply a watcher on the landscape. Soon, with my new found knowledge, I was able to actively participate in the dreams of others. Not long after, I begame the gaping Maw that people would run from, and this is when I learned to nourish myself on these dreams. I remember vividly the dreams of the Fae, the Celestials (though their dreams were more akin to guided meditations than anything else), and the God-forms. From the first dream, a part of me was alive. If the gods created while they were awake, I was what they manifested in their sleep. Their Children were my playground, and I was something formless and yet cohesive.

Now, this is not to suggest that I’m “UBER PWNAGE RaWWrrR,” (clearly…) or really all that different from any other creation in the multitudes of consciousness that have existed from eons back- I was simply another of the dark children birthed from where ever it is the things that go bump in the night are. Creation mythos aside- and quite outside the scope of this article, let’s move on to the more pressing matter of how these epiphanies came about.

My awakening, while deviod of any mentoring or understanding at first, was quite problematic. Try explaining to your parents that you can see and “taste,” peoples “souls” and that you take them into yourself in order to suvive. While at the tender age of 7, I didn’t really have much more of a concept to base that on. Regardless, they didn’t take it well. Even with the advent of the internet, there wasn’t a lot of information out there 13 years ago on Otherkin, or the Vampyre community.

It wasn’t until much later, after learning how to cope in silence, did I learn of the Vampire community. Still being a minor, finding answers and getting contacts within the community was difficult, though I was able to find a few people willing to at least point me in the diretionof several good books and websites that would suffice until I was 18. This period of learning and absorbing knowledge was greatly fueled by my spark of interest in the Occult. Several of the posts so far on the Dusty Grimoire have been from practices I’ve adapted and hypothesis I’ve developed during this time.

During my studies, I learned of Psionics- mostly through Psipog.org and their IRC client chat rooms. I made myself comfortable there and made great use of their articles (which are still archived, and suggest them highly) to fuel my understandings of magic and energy work, And still use their basics of energy manipulation in my daily meditations.

And, that’s pretty much where I’m at today. I wanted to thank you all, once again, for keeping up with the Dusty Grimoire so far. Hopefully I’ve been of help or at least somewhat interesting. Feel free to message me or e-mail me at Ezikiel@dustygrimoire.com- if you have google talk even better. :)

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The first, and testy

Posted in Introductions on March 28, 2008 by Ezikiel

Well, this should be interesting, at least from my side. I’m assuming that there are very few people out there that blog about magical practices, random writings that they do, and knitting all at once (my gods I think wordpress might go s’plody!) but that will be the purpose here. Of course, if there are any readers interested in anything that I say, or embellishments to certain things mentioned, by all means use that comment feature!

 Certainly there are others other there, who strive to become the leaders of their own lives? I certainly am a hell of a ways away on the path. Hey, if my words and inspire some one to get out and get on it, then I’ll post. While I don’t know why people hardly comment on the thingsexpect comments right away I do hope that they will come. Blogs are about finding people of like mind to share in your visions, and goals, in your successes and failures (more-so with the failures on my part, I surmise…) and coming together to become an entire community! We can only hope…

One thing that I  found not too long ago was a writing prompt generator. While many of the prompts were a little on the useless for my writing style side, there were more than enough for me to save it in my memory banks. (I’d share a link…but google hath failed me now.) And I will be using them every so often to add a bit of diversity to the posts. Diversity is good, right?

I’m sure I’ll be inspired to write more tonight, since I’ll be up until the ass-crack of dawn shows it’s filthy self the sun comes up.

Well, how about a little about me, then? As I’m sure all of you now know, I’m not exactly PC. You’ll see the strike throughs often, as I will attempt to edit myself, and find most of them at least a bit humorous; what with being able to follow my revision strategies, and all.

I work nights at a hotel in Downtown Boise, ID. currently I’m the only person working nights, so the next 10 or so business days I’m going to be trapped like a dirty hooker to her crack working a lot. I don’t mind, I need the money- but the lack of free time can be disturbing.

How about you guys? What’s going on the the world of _______*? Let me know!

Well, that’s kind’ve a long post. I think I’ll let it go for now.

Eternally,

Ezikiel

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