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Post by Bartbär on May 15, 2009 23:35:14 GMT 2
If anyone knows of any other good Parcival/Perceval/Parsifal accounts (besides Wolfram von Escenbach's), please let me know! I only know of his, but thanks for sharing these others with me, I will have to pick them up if I ever come across them. I'm all in chivalry and medieval history mode right now, so such books would be very well received!
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Post by Bartbär on May 15, 2009 23:32:44 GMT 2
Good: I came up with a serene riff for another one of my acoustic folk songs. Bad: It has been a very lazy and uneventful day. My mind is all out of sorts and I feel totally inactive. I think since I've actually had work to do the past week it makes the day-to-day life seem more mundane when I have a couple days off.
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Post by Bartbär on May 15, 2009 22:24:32 GMT 2
"I hope to be able to take a bunch of pics at my local show... if my hands are not too busy flailing in a possessed folk dance!" As I recall it was the most impossible thing getting pics of Klaani during the dancing. Very hard to keep still when you are busting a few moves. What a great time that was.
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Post by Bartbär on May 15, 2009 21:49:26 GMT 2
Native: English Foreign: Fairly good with German, I'm not at all fluent, but I do my best to make sure that I speak what I do know to the most accurate of my abilities. Studying: Trying to become fluent in German, studying Finnish and Icelandic on the side. Want to learn: Finnish, Icelandic, Croatian, Russian, Polish, Belorussian, Estonian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Old English, Mittelhochdeutsch, and more. It has been my dream to know as many European languages as possible, but I fear I wont even be close to having a few. I'm already almost 20 and am not even fluent in German yet, haha. I would at least love to "finish" up German and learn as many of it's dialects as possible, including some dialects found here in the states in some German settled towns. I also need to become native in at least Finnish and Icelandic besides, with the rest I would be happy if I could at least know a handful of words and phrases. Why?: Because I love languages and everything involving linguistics and etymology. Studying German has been one of the most amazing experiences for me, and I feel bad for not being able to study it all the time. That is the problem with having so many passions, you can't keep track of just one or seek it out for a long time, you end up having to differentiate from the lot, and it can be quite hectic. It would be nice to have a study partner for these things. It is hard to learn a language on your own, you can only get so far before it starts to just get really tedious and hard. Afterall a language is social, if you don't have people to speak it with or at least study it with the purpose becomes hard to obtain. If there is anyone wanting to study languages with a pen-pal, I'm all open for it!
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Post by Bartbär on May 15, 2009 18:34:32 GMT 2
Well, let's try and reviving it then. Nest Exile of the Sons of Uisliu (Amorphis) Hopefully neither of these have been posted before, didn't have the patience to read all 11 pages beforehand. Haha
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Post by Bartbär on May 14, 2009 21:37:32 GMT 2
Good: Skipped psychology final yet still went to book buy back and got some funds for saving up. Also spending time with my good friend.
Good: In the past few days I've got reconnected with a dear friend of mine who I haven't heard from in ages and we are working a slew of jobs together that require travel around the mid-west for good pay. I care more about the travelling oppurtunities than I do the money.
Bad: The new job and condition of my current computer means that I will possibly not be able to type up my final paper for Social Political Philosophy, a class that I truly care about. Also, due to having missed the past 2 weeks of school already, I am behind in German and have had no time to do the work. Most likely missing that final too.
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Post by Bartbär on May 14, 2009 20:41:10 GMT 2
Some say that Mendeleev saw his Periodic Table of Elements in a dream... some say that Anton Bruckner heard the opening notes of his magnificent Seventh Symphony in a dream, and once he wrote this entire symphony down it became recognized as a great masterpiece by his contemporaries, who heretofore have dissed his musical output. Last night I too heard some wonderful music in my dream, but by the time I got out of bed to reach for my portable recorder, I forgot it all So many things have been invented, discovered, and composed through the power of dreaming. I frequently have dreams of amazing music, yet I too can never remember them. I try to keep as many of my instruments by my bed as possible for when this happens, but to no avail... yet!
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Post by Bartbär on May 11, 2009 0:03:59 GMT 2
Hello everyone, I guess I should introduce myself here after a few short posts. My birth name is Andrew but I also go by Anwend. You can call me whatever you are most comfortable with. I do not mind. I am a 19 year old male from Iowa in the United States. I was introduced to this forum by my truly dear friend Hjalagh, of whom I hope many of you have been joyfully acquainted with! Just like her I've had bad experiences on past forums, and have only just now been brought to this one out of the good nature it was created in and seeing the good and respectful posts of everyone on it. My life revolves around music, my crafts, reading, and various activities. If you have any questions or interests to know more about me, feel free to send me a PM. Also, I want to offer anyone who feels they are struggling with English my help. I think everyone on here has a great grasp of the language, but I understand it can be hard to remember tedious details, grammar rules, etc. in which case, please PM me anytime, for I am more than happy to help out. I just hope in return you don't mind sharing some vocab from your great languages as well? *cough* Finnish *cough* Anyways, nice to meet everyone on here, I look forward to further discussions and friendships! Take care
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 23:36:27 GMT 2
It's 6:33 in the morning here and I just got back home from the Mokena/Chicago, IL Paganfest show. The most exhilarating performance, fiery and magical... And I still can't believe that finally at last, after all those years of waiting and hoping, I saw Korpiklaani live! I'm too exhausted right now to write more and share the memories, but I'll come back and edit this post by writing more after I get lots of sleep and rest... Totally agreed! That was such an amazing and magical performance. It is days after the show and I still can't stop thinking about it. Talking with Jonne and Matson right before leaving was the best way to finish that night, although I was much too tired to speak. To everyone else going to the upcoming shows, please please PLEASE TAILGATE! Have a good time and share some beers and cheers with anyone around who is interested. We were one of the only people tailgating at the Mokena show and it was dissapointing. I was hoping there would be more cheerfulness and friendliness from the people we did not know, but there was none. So I encourage you all to attract as many friends as you can and make an adventure out of the show!! I could write a whole book about that night, great friends, great music, and a truly amazing time, but for now I must spare the details.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 23:27:01 GMT 2
It is impossible to ever know the origin of these things or how they came to be, and it almost seems silly to guess, but I'm with you in that I've wondered these same concepts.
It is good to have mystery, it is good to accept ignorance and put stories to the things we do and do not understand. I believe that the continual search for not truth but fact (since truth does not need fact in order to remain true) and constant evidence with advances in science and technology are bringing us away from the tranquil unknown and into an over amount of knowledge that only leads us to question the very meaning of our existence. We need meaning in our lives, and with the possession of a mind it is hard for us to accept anything less than that. If we find the answer to everything, then there are no more questions left to ask; eventually, we are only less fulfilled and more disgusted. More to come.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 20:56:39 GMT 2
I too live in a fairly large city, and yet the spirit of paganism has not died in me. No matter how many buildings continue to go up around me, I'll still feel the presence of nature with the few birds chirping in the morning, and when the clouds overhead blanket the city with rain. We forget that nature is constantly around us, we are never seperated from it. Although it can be hard for others to distinguish, and it does teach many people to have little to no respect for primordial spots of nature, but these are outsiders from ourselves and so thus cannot be counted for what is personal.
I do feel that spots with more nature would awaken that feeling even more, but until that time I am comfortable with what I have. The occasional trip to fellowship with friends, to take a walk through a park, or to simply sit out in the backyard with a guitar and the songs in my heart is all I need to feel that Heathen spirit reawaken.
Although I would indeed and do indeed plan on visiting these historical pagan spots, I know that it is not necessary to keep my spirit where it is. Pilgrimage always exists within the heart of the wanderer.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 20:50:30 GMT 2
I'm with you on that one, have a happy Mother's day everyone. Indeed it should be theirs and father's day every day, and in my family it pretty much always is, at least on my end of respect and honor.
I enjoy the concept of women's day, there are many women I know who cannot have kids, but who I still congratulate during this time simply because they deserve just as much of a thanks. That goes to all non-mother's on this forum too! Have a great day.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 20:46:59 GMT 2
Paganism is all about personal interpretation and what everything means to you. It is at the core of every worthwhile philosophy. The "doctrine" of dogmatism and the like is very negative for any belief system, both personal and universal. That is why paganism strives with individuality, it is hard to take all the symbols, history, and philosophies (most of which are found personally without any direct guidance) and throw them into a pile of "thou shalls" and "thou shall nots" for there is no foundation for such a concept to be constructed upon.
I guess that is why I've grown a little weary of these constant uprisings of various pagan and heathen organizations that preach dogma instead of a gentle guidance towards personal realization and transcendentalism. Small groups, tribes, and small collections of like-minded Heathens who create their own way of life is perfectly fine, afterall that is what a tribe is about: cooperation. As soon as the turns to organization, all thought flies away, and is replaced with that mind-set to "keep the rules in place". All of which is harmful to not only the group leaders themselves, but also to the very principles and virtues they are trying to acquire.
As for contradictions, those are bound to be found anywhere and everywhere. The span of the mind is so vast that it is impossible to remain completely consistent on all thoughts. Even the greatest thinkers of this or any time can be found supposedly "contradicting" themselves, and with good reason. Contradictions do not prove 100% that there are gross inconsistencies, but instead prove that there is a personal understanding which is able to link "opposing" ideas together.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 20:35:23 GMT 2
I've only read brief tid-bits of Hyperion, but have been meaning to acquire it in both native and english. Just another one of the millions of books I need to get myself.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 4:49:42 GMT 2
I've been making and taught a few college friends of mine a simple recipe. I know there are much better recipes out there, but I still can't get over how great the simple stuff tastes. Too tired to write the details, but nothing but Honey, Water, and Yeast, plenty of honey and yeast, only enough water to get it going. Adding some sugar to sweeten it up. Fermenting in gallon jugs by hot water heaters. Extremely simple, extremely tasty, and cheaper than the crappy meads that are available locally here in the US. Again, it's probably not the best, nor safest to drink, but what's a little home-brewing if you don't poison yourself every now and again? Haha Each batch that has been made by me or my friends past and present have only fermented for brief periods, and yet the alcohol content was good. Once I get more time and more money for supplies, I'll age it longer, add in other ingredients, and hopefully become somewhat good at backyard brewing.
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