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Pendulum Dreams

big25

00:00 / 07:44

Suite No. 7, Fifteenth Movement:

HOW I'VE SURVIVED FASCISM SO FAR

Power Animal?

As I was hiking through the forest, I noticed a metallic object glittering in the humus. I reached down and pulled a pendulum out from the pine needles. I once read that pendulums can answer yes/no questions that clarify the future, the present, and the past. You can program the pendulum to spin clockwise if the answer is "yes" and counter-clockwise if the answer is "no." First, I asked the pendulum, "Was I destined to find you here in the forest?" The pendulum spun around clockwise--indicating that the answer is "yes."
I suddenly felt the back of my neck tingle a bit--as though a stealthy predator like a mountain lion was watching me from the distance. I took out my pendulum and asked it if a mountain lion was watching me. The pendulum spun clockwise. "Yes, uh-oh!" Then I asked the pendulum if I was going to encounter the mountain lion at some point in the near future. Again, "yes." I unbuttoned my buck knife and kept hiking. I only had to take a few steps before I spotted a mountain lion nearby. It was about to pounce on a squirrel, so I took out my buck knife and slowly backed away from it. When I could no longer see the wildcat, I dashed away from it.
When I eventually felt safe, I started thinking about the pendulum. "Does the pendulum know the future? Dumb question," I thought. "More likely, the pendulum is expressing my soul, which apparently knows far more than my limited senses can perceive." Suddenly I had another idea. I asked the pendulum, "Was the mountain lion one of my power animals in a previous life?" The pendulum spun clockwise. "Yes! That must be how I could sense the mountain lion! This is so cool!" I exclaimed as I looked over my shoulder.

Thief

After awhile as I continued hiking, I suddenly knew without a doubt that someone was breaking into my car, which was parked about a mile away on the hillside, about five hundred feet above the foothill valley that I was exploring. I pulled out my pendulum and asked, "Can my soul see far away or was this break-in destined to happen?" The pendulum didn't spin. "Okay, wait. I just asked two questions." I tried again. "Is a thief breaking into my car?" Yes. "Was this break-in destined to happen?" Again, yes. "Wow, okay." I pondered for a few moments and suddenly blurted out, "Does all time exist at once?" Yes. "Is that how my soul can know so much about the past and the present and the future?" Again, yes. I concluded that we as human beings with limited physical senses in a 3D world can only perceive the present moment, but the soul from its perspective can perceive other times and other dimensions. Then, despite the significance of that idea, I plopped down on a rock and lamented about all the evil in the world for about fifteen minutes. Then I rushed back to my car. Sure enough, some idiot had broken the window on the passenger side and had opened the glove box. My only consolation was that he left empty handed. Boy was I pissed off as the freezing cold air swirled through the passenger compartment as I was driving home on the freeway. At one point, though, it suddenly occurred to me that the soul can transcend space and time--something that had never occurred to me before.

Underclass

A few weeks later, after I had gotten the window replaced, I returned to the foothills. Not far from the road, I encountered a poor family resting together on the hillside. The father pleaded, "Please, do you have any food that you can share with us? We just started working in a packing plant not far from here, but we haven't eaten in a while." I took out a box of granola bars from my backpack, the only food I had, and handed it to him.
The family thanked me profusely. As I continued on my way, a strange thought occurred to me. "In our society, the obscenely rich need to maintain a permanent underclass, yet the people in power have deported most, if not all, of the brown and black people, which means that white people--many who had supported the dictator--are now becoming members of the permanent underclass." I took out my pendulum and asked, "Did the racist oligarchs and plutocrats and kleptocrats plan all along to deport people of color and maintain a permanent underclass of white people?" Answer: yes. "Wow," I thought to myself. "My pendulum can even answer complicated social and economic questions! Apparently my soul isn't stupid."

Dirt and Ashes after Fire

As I was hiking, I unexpectedly discovered that instead of renewing the forest, a wildfire had totally incinerated a large section of it. Nothing but dirt and ash remained. I took out my pendulum and asked, "Did global warming cause the total destruction of this forest?" Answer: yes. Then I asked, "Did corporate billionaires cause global warming by disseminating disinformation and buying off corrupt politicians with huge campaign contributions? Are oil companies and corrupt politicians putting the entire planet at risk?" Answer: yes, each time.

King of Skulls

Before the dictator was elected president, I had predicted that he would soon be impeached--then, to stay in power, he would invoke the insurrection act and establish martial law. People refused to listen to me. Nobody believed that it would get that bad. I asked the pendulum, "Is the dictator going to invoke the insurrection act and use the military to control the opposition?" Yes. "Is the supreme court going to allow the dictator to invoke the insurrection act even though no rebellion or insurrection or invasion is occurring anywhere in the country?" Yes. "Are soldiers going to shoot peaceful protesters." Yes. "Is the supreme court going to allow the dictator and his minions to get away with murder?" Yes.
"Yikes!" I blurted out.

Oligarchic Ruler

I continued to ask the pendulum questions. "Are oligarchs and kleptocrats and corporate billionaires actually ruling the country, not the dictator?" Yes. "Have the super-rich been planning to overthrow democracy for decades?" Yes. "Did the super-rich find handmaidens loyal to them and have them appointed or elected to positions of power to establish and maintain their authoritarian rule?" Yes. The pendulum confirmed what I had suspected for decades.

Dictator Curious

I couldn't help but ask more questions. "Did oligarchs and plutocrats in this country work with oligarchs and plutocrats in other countries to establish global authoritarian rule?" Yes. "Are they planning to maintain control through ruthless autocratic measures--such as sending dissidents to concentration camps or murdering them?" Yes.

Salute of the Republican Fascists

I continued, "Do autocrats now have total control of one of the two polical parties in this country?" Yes. "Do they control a majority of justices on the supreme court." Yes. "Is this autocratic attempt to overthrow democracy an act of treason?" Yes. "Would the Founding Fathers of this country have considered the attempt to overthrow our representative republic an act of treason?" Yes.
I muttered, "If only Republicans in congress would do something to stop these traitors."

Trolling the Constitution

I just had to ask more questions. "Are the super-rich autocrats planning to tear up the constitution?" Yes. "Can federal judges stop them?" No. "Will the supreme court stop them?" No. "Will Republicans in congress at some point act to stop them?" No.

Civil War

"Okay," I continued. "Will the attempt to overthrow democracy result in violence?" Yes. "Will the right-wing cause most of the violence?" Yes. "Will the right-wing try to put-down protests through violence?" Yes.

Icy Paramilitary

I continued, "Will the paramility forces detain dissidents and people who are not Christian and people of color and gays and transgender people and homeless people and anyone who is extremely poor or different from them and send them to concentration camps without due process--even though they are citizens of this country?" Yes.

Detaining a Christian Refugee

"Will paramilitary forces arrest people of Christian faith--who are following the teachings of Christ to love one another and welcome the stranger--simply because the Christians are protesting the anti-Christian cruelty and lies and lawlessness of the people in power?" I asked. Answer: Yes.

Hanging a Traitor Upside-Down in the Public Square

Then I asked, "Will people who are fighting for justice and equality and liberty be executed in public--to stop rebellion and enforce authoritarian order through fear?" Yes.

Can Anyone Escape the Drones?

Kind of afraid of the answer, I asked this question, "Will the fascists resort to extrajudicial execution without due process--and murder members of the opposition with drones and missiles?" Yes.

Another Real Insurrection

"This is getting super-depressing. I wish I hadn't found this pendulum," I thought, but I asked another question anyway. "Will the fascists try to incite other insurrections or even try to cause a civil war if they begin to lose power?" Yes.

Justice: Libra

One more question, "Will the traitors and fascists and autocrats receive justice for their criminal behavior at some point?" Yes.

Burning Down the House

beat19

00:00 / 04:24

Suite No. 7, Sixteenth Movement:
HOW I'VE SURVIVED FASCISM SO FAR

Bellicose Dictator

As I was strolling through the neighborhood, I encountered a group of people watching a house burn down.
"Why isn't anybody trying to put out the fire?" I inquired.
"Haven't you heard? We are in a civil war," one of them replied. "We're burning down the houses of all of the radical left-wing lunatics in the neighborhood."
I slinked away as the house was turning to ashes. When I got home, I switched on the TV and watched as the dictator, who was dressed like a corporate CEO, gave a passionate speech. The dictator proclaimed, "I am invoking the Insurrection Act!" (The crowd cheered.) The dictator continued, "Criminals and illegal immigrants are invading our country, and radical left-wing lunatics--who have have been trying to destroy our beautiful realm--are starting a rebellion! We must establish martial law now and rid our country of the vermin! I'm sending the military into leftist hellholes in an effort to save you and the other upstanding citizens of this realm. You might have heard some radical left-wing lunatics claiming that I am the insurrectionist, not them. They are claiming that I tried to overthrow the election to remain in power. They are telling you that I lied. My friends, I only organized a peaceful protest to save this country! You can't break the law if you are saving the country! That is why I have pardoned all the people who stormed the capitol. Like me, they were trying to save the country from the leftists who illegaly stole the election from us! All of us now, like the patriots who stormed the capitol, must fight like hell to defeat the enemy within!"

Empty Parking Lot

Inflation was already raging, but the dictator imposed steep tariffs on almost all the other countries of the world, and prices rose dramatically. Parking lots at stores remained nearly empty, and some large corporations moved away to other parts of the world.

Air Strike

Everyday, the population was becoming more disgruntled and combative. The dictator commanded the military to use "full force" against protesters, and the air force bombed crowds that were marching against the dictator, as well as neighborhoods that contained a large number of people in the opposing political party. The Supreme Court upheld his decision.

Ready for Launch

In their silos, large missiles remained ready for launch--aimed at large population centers where the majority of people had voted against the dictator.

Rapture

Many Christians supported the dictator because they believed that the end-times were near. They were sure that when the rapture occurred, they would immediately ascend to heaven or travel with the billionaires to Mars.

Armageddon

Unfortunately for many Christians, Armageddon only occurred in the cities where a majority of the citizens had voted against the dictator.

Alternate Reality

At one point during the civil war, I encountered a skeleton standing in the courtyard of my apartment complex, and I felt sure that I had died during the war or had shifted to some alternate reality.

Breakers into Pieces

Then I encountered a warrior riding on the back of an alligator-like dragon. They both looked like they wanted to break everything to pieces. I was sure at that point that I had died and gone to hell.

Salacious Monster

Then I encountered a menacing creature with a lion's head and five animal legs. Other strange creatures cowered nearby next to the courtyard walls as though terrified by its salaciousness.

Path with Gnomes

I fled the apartment complex and discovered a path into the forest. I found tiny gnomes near the trail, one of whom squeaked, "If you continue on this trail, you will come to a cave that leads into the underworld, and there you will find the God Anubis. He will cleanse you with divine holy Fire."

Anubis

Deep in the cave, I encountered Anubis. "You must be cleansed with Fire before you can experience rebirth!" The God exclaimed.

Thoth

After Anubis cleansed me with the Element of Fire, he guided me to Thoth, God of wisdom and magic. Thoth spoke, "After Set murdered his brother Osiris, Isis implored me to help her resurrect her husband Osiris. Together, Isis and I composed the "Ritual of Life," a spell which grants eternal life. I will now resurrect you with this powerful ritual magic."

Isis

After Thoth performed the Ritual of Life, I felt reborn. Thoth then guided me to the Goddess Isis.
"Even if you have suffered much, even if your world has been shattered, love can resurrect you," Isis claimed. "You must return to your realm now and live with love and compassion, even if war has destroyed your home."

Dionysus

As I hiked back through the forest, I encountered a man holding grapes in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. He held up his wine glass as though giving a toast, "If you want, you can drink this wine of love. I was torn apart, but after three days I was resurrected. Taste my blood and experience the harmonizing love and abundance and power and magnificence of the spirit," he urged. I joined him for awhile in a glorious feast.

Archangel Gabriel

As I was returning home, I discovered that war had ruined much of the realm. The apartment complex where I had lived was falling apart. Suddenly an Archangel appeared near my old apartment. "Drink the water of life from my golden cup, and you will feel the unity underlying all of creation." I drank from his cup and decided to head away from my realm to the sea, the womb of life.

Keruvim Angel

By the sea, I met an angel. "Don't worry, you can always begin again. Dive into the waters of life and swim while you can," she urged.

The Greatest Leader

beat5

00:00 / 03:58

Suite No. 7, Seventeenth Movement:

HOW I'VE SURVIVED FASCISM SO FAR

Evicted

I encountered a Joker on the street shouting at no one, "I should be king! I'm the most ruthless sociopath in this realm! The one on the throne now is a buffoon compared to me! The oligarchs and kleptocrats and autocrats should give me huge campaign contributions--instead of giving hundreds of millions of dollars to an orangutan! I would rip up the constitution and eliminate all regulations and never tax the rich again! I would burn to ashes any and all human and civil rights! I would send all dissidents and people of color and homeless people and transgender people and gay people to concentration camps (or execute them)! Why don't those idiots get it? Why don't they understand that I'm by far the best sociopath for the job?"
I scurried past the Joker and found homeless people on the sidewalk gazing at apartments from which they had recently been evicted. One of them yelled, "We couldn't work during the pandemic, you idiots! What do you expect, you heartless bastards? Now nobody lives in those apartments, and you're not making any money, yet here we are out on the street!"

Vultures Perched on a Car

I kept strolling down the street and encountered vultures perched on a car. Perhaps they believed that they could eat it like they would devour a creature or a human who had died and been left out on the street.

Vultures Harrassing Children

As I continued sauntering down the street, I found vultures harrassing two children. I rushed at the vultures and shooed them away. Then I grabbed each child by the hand and escorted them back to their home.

Vulture Trying to Carry an Old Man Away

Soon I encountered a large vulture gripping an old man's shoulders with its talons and trying to carry the poor man away. I rushed toward the man and startled the vulture enough to get it to fly away. "Wow," I muttered to myself. "These vultures are showing a lot of temerity--as if they think they can fly away with anybody."

Vultures After a Fire

After a fire burned down a huge section of the city, I found vultures searching for scraps. I discovered that rich people at the same time were buying up properties in the burned area at low prices after the terrible disaster.

Vultures Waiting on My Hospital Bed

I was drowning in debt and had two crummy jobs that didn't pay me enough to survive. I couldn't even afford health insurance. After sinking deeper and deeper into debt and depression, I got sick. I thought that I might have COVID, but I wasn't sure because I couldn't find COVID tests anywhere. Since my lungs hurt, I was pretty sure that I had pneumonia, so I went to the emergency room. Sure enough, I had COVID. Vultures gathered on my hospital bed and waited to see if I would live or die.

Rich Man on a Golden Path

I might have become a bit delirious because as I sprawled on my hospital bed, I had a vision of a rich man on a golden path that was strewn with bones and haunted by skeletons.

Receiving a Message

I think I began hallucinating. Suddenly a strange bird flew through a window with a message. The bird squawked, "Go to the underworld. Go to the underworld!" I pulled the message from the tube and read, "Go now to the underworld and face the darkness within you."

Journey to the Underworld

I found the message perplexing, but I soon found a stairway that wound down into a cave below the hospital.

Werewolf in Its Den

Soon I encountered a werewolf in its den. Was it revealing some kind of uncontrollable dangerous bestial force within me? I'm not sure because it wouldn't answer me when I asked it questions. It just stared at me and occasionally growled.

Monster at a Dinner Table

Eventually I wandered away from the werewolf's den and entered a room in the cave where a table was set for dinner, which was good because I was famished. Suddenly a terrible monster swept down and tore everything apart and devoured everything that was edible. Then it looked at me, and I ran, barely escaping with my life.

Isis

I wondered out loud if the monster revealed that something within me wanted to devour everything and tear everything to pieces--at the expense of everyone else's needs. Suddenly Isis with rainbow wings appeared before me. "A power-hungry monster," she stated, "tore apart my husband and flung his body parts far and wide. In tears, I gathered his body, and through my magic I brought him back to life. You too have the magic to turn horror and tragedy into harmony. Don't forget, my friend."

Osiris

Isis guided me to the throne of her husband, Osiris, who spoke, "My brother tore me to pieces but my beloved Isis brought me back to life, and I am now the God of the Spirit Realm. Know that your spirit is infinite and full of harmony, abundance, and magnificence, no matter what happens to you. When you die, you will be reborn. Do not fear, my friend."

Earth Mother?

I must have been hallucinating. Suddenly I found myself above ground. A Goddess stood before me. "Even though vultures try to eat you alive, and greedy, power-hungry people try to rob you of everything you have, even your thoughts and feelings, you can still know all the rainbow colors of the earth and the spiritual realms. You can find peace in the earth and in the spirit of the creatures of the earth and in the dimensions of Universal Consciousness. Don't give up, dear child."

Tiger Lilies

Suddenly tiger lilies surrounded me. Their beauty and pungent fragrance opened my heart to the Spirit within the vastness of the cosmos.

Riding off into the Sunrise

beat16

00:00 / 04:45

Suite No. 7, Eighteenth Movement:

HOW I'VE SURVIVED FASCISM SO FAR

Poppies Blanketing the Hillside

For weeks I lived in the enchanted forest to escape the drone strikes. At sunrise one morning a horse nudged me awake. I searched everywhere for the rider, without success. So I mounted the horse, and together we rode off in the sunrise. I had no idea where we were going, but we were both enjoying the freshness of the poppies and lupine flowers as the sun was rising.
I began to entertain the possibility of returning to the Tarot Realm, but then I found a creek and a hillside blanketed by poppies, and I thought that maybe the horse and I would enjoy hanging out there for a while.

Poppy Faery

Suddenly a faery appeared in the poppies. I thought that maybe I was hallucinating again due to the medication that they had given me at the Left-Wing Lunatic Asylum.

Venus in the Flowers

I had often sensed spiritual energies while in nature, but rarely had I glimpsed faeries with my physical eyes. Even stranger, I suddenly envisioned the Goddess Venus standing before me in the flowers. She spoke to me (or was I still hallucinating?), "Once you open your heart to the spiritual energies within creation, you might begin to perceive them, often in personified human form, with your psychic senses. In other words, your subconscious mind interprets the subtle energies and presents them to your conscious mind in a form that you can comprehend. The subtle energies might appear so clearly to you that you believe you are perceiving them with your physical senses. The subtle spiritual energies are real, but the form that you perceive is the creation of your own subconscious mind, which uses a picture language that enables you to make sense of the subtle dimensions--very similar to the way your subconscious mind presents forms and symbols to you in your dreams. In other words, your subconsious mind through picture language makes sense of your lived reality as you sleep. Similarly, throughout human history people have fashioned the forms of faeries and gnomes and angels and archangels and gods and goddesses to make sense of their experience of the spiritual dimensions. As the heart opens, people become more sensitive to subtle forces and have psychic visions that help them to determine if a subtle force is threatening or friendly, evil or angelic, hideous or beautiful, passive or dynamic, slight or extremely powerful. Some evil subtle forces are extremely powerful and dangerous and can wreak havoc on unsuspecting humans. Shamans and magicians establish a rapport with powerful allies who can protect them and the people in the community. Most people are unaware that perceiving subtle energies and working with allies in the spirit realm are crucial skills that have helped humanity survive as a species."

Jesus in the Flowers

Suddenly Venus vanished and Jesus appeared and spoke to me, "Sympathy for one another opens the heart. If you love one another and treat others the way you want to be treated, you also eventually experience love for all of God's creation--which includes the subtle spiritual dimensions. The glyph of the Tree of Life reveals the evolution of the cosmos from the Source--as well as the return of individual humans back to the Source. The Tree of Life shows how we are made in God's image and reveals how the subtle forces exist within us. Through the evolution of the soul, we open the subtle dimensions of the Tree of Life within us until we eventually experience the unity of the Source within all of creation. Through the experience of oneness, we feel sympathy for all who are suffering, for like us they are expressions of the divine Source. What you do for the least among us, you do for me--and for God. We end the Lord's Prayer with this: 'For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory, forever and ever,'--which references three Emanations of the holy Tree of Life. We serve the community and humanity by remaining in a loving daily relationship with each other and with God and the Tree of Life, for we are all connected."

Tiger Lily Faery

Suddenly with my psychic vision I perceived the subtle energies of a faery in tiger lilies.

Opening the Heart

My heart opened more than I ever believed possible.

Demonic Project

Then as I gazed at the tiger lilies, I remembered a demonic project to keep food from the hungry and health care from the sick and financial assistance from the poor--so that the super-rich could receive a permanent tax cut and become even more obscenely wealthy.

Insatiable Monster

"It's a sickness," I mumbled to myself. "A few people have an insane need to own more and more even as other people have less and less. To benefit themsleves, the super-rich, just a handfull of people, buy off the lawmakers, and the vast majority of people slide toward poverty and the poor and sick and hungry suffer and die--murder by politcal policy. That doesn't seem very Christ-like to me, yet the the people with power and wealth claim to be Christians."

Justice: Libra

Then the figure of Justice appeared before me. "There are many ways to serve humanity and the community of all life," she claimed. "People can serve others spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically to maintain harmony and balance in the world."

Warring Angel

Suddenly a lion with rainbow wings appeared, but I continued to hear the voice of Justice: "Sometimes when a few people harm society through their insatiable greed and hunger for power, you can work on a spiritual level to bring greater harmony and balance back into the realm. If you are spiritually knowledgeable, you can ask the Most High to send warring angels to clear away the dark forces plaguing the greedy, those who cause such terrible damage to humanity due to their horrific selfishness. Then send ministering angels to bless and cleanse and heal those afflicted by greed and hunger for power as well as those who have been harmed by those vices."

Giving a Helping Hand (Six of Swords)

Suddenly I had a vision of a skillful boatman helping a woman and child cross over the water to another shore, but I could still hear Justice, "Sometimes you can focus your mental and physical energies to help others. A simple act of kindness can cause a ripple effect that creates harmony, not just for individuals but for families and even for the community as a whole," she assured me.

Helping the Poor (Six of Pentacles)

Then I envisioned a rich man giving golden coins to beggars, and I heard Justice once again: "The simple act of giving can cause greater balance within a community. When the rich give to the poor, they are acknowledging the inherent value of all people and revealing an understanding that fortune changes for all of us and that that we need to take care of each other--because we are all connected."

Giving and Receiving (Six of Cups)

Then I saw a man giving a golden cup containing a lily to a young girl, and I heard Justice again: "Teaching children how to give and receive is also a way to serve the community. Giving is a way to show reverence for another person, and receiving is a way to show love and respect for the one who is giving--and through kindness we connect with each other as feelings of separateness and difference and division fade away."

Building a Cathedral (Three of Pentacles)

Suddenly I envisioned a monk, an architect, and a mason working together to create a cathedral. Justice spoke once again: "People with spiritual, mental, and creative skills can combine those energies together to serve the community by creating a magnificent church where people can gather and share spiritual experiences and elevate their consciousness and connect with each other."

Keys to the Kingdom (The Hierophant)

Then I envisioned a hierophant with golden keys at his feet blessing people gathered within the church, and I heard Justice again: "A priest who knows the higher dimensions of Universal Consciousness can bless members of the community and teach them how to elevate their consciousness and experience the unity of all of creation."

Dance of Abundance (Three of Cups)

Then I envisioned three women at a harvest festivaal dancing together as they each raised a golden cup, and I heard Justice once more: "Justice means more than maintaining law and order. Justice creates and establishes harmony and beauty within communities. For instance, the arts can join us together with lovely music and graceful dances and colorful images so that we experience the harmony and magnificence and abundance of the human spirit as we celebrate the material abundance that we share with each other--a joyful way to serve the community through inspiration and harmony and love."

stree

00:00 / 00:38

Suite No. 8:

MR. MELLIFLUOUS'S MUSICAL ADVENTURES

When Claire saw the butterfly, she heard joyful music in her heart. But she wanted to make the butterfly behave. She tried to catch the butterfly but fell down and hit her head.
She rubbed her head and got up. Then she chased the butterfly into the forest, where she discovered more faeries. They danced between the flowers as if they could hear the happy music in her heart.

Faeries Dancing Between Flowers

2tree

00:00 / 00:59

THE MUSIC IN HER HEART

When I see flowers in the garden,
I hear the music in my heart.
When I see streams in the meadows,
I hear the music in my heart.
And the birds in the branches
Cause my heart to sing
While the sun in the sky
Causes all life to sing.

Mr. Mellifluous with Faeries

sbig

00:00 / 00:41

Claire ran after the faeries and came upon a little man. "Who are you?" she inquired.
“I am Mr. Mellifluous, and I can see that you make music with your heart. Not many human folk can do that anymore!” he exclaimed.
Mr. Mellifluous continued, "Since you make music with your heart, you shall join the faery folk!"
Suddenly a faery with blue wings waved a wand over her head. Claire lifted off the ground and discovered that she could fly!

Faery with Wand and Blue Wings

2big

00:00 / 01:14

I CAN FLY

I can soar above the trees,
High above the mountain peaks!
I can wing across the ocean
To far-off mysterious lands.
I can glide through the clouds
And swoop down through the valleys.
I can chase the wind
And leave the world behind.

Tiger Faery

slud

00:00 / 01:15

Claire turned into a tiger faery and roared. She made scary music with her heart. The other faeries screeched and lashed at her with their claws. Mr. Mellifluous muttered, "Oh, dear." He put his hand over his mouth and shook his head. Claire and the other faeries rushed away with the wind.
After awhile Claire returned to earth and discovered a toad squatting in the flowers. Whenever it croaked, a golden cross floated out of its mouth.
“Is my music scaring you?” Claire asked.
“Not at all? Why, should it?” The toad answered.
Claire watched the toad. “Why are those golden crosses floating out of your mouth?” she asked.
“Because I am making music with my heart,” it croaked, and another golden cross floated out of its mouth.
Somehow the toad's music was in time with her music, but they were making different songs.
“I'm sure you make beautiful music too,” Claire smiled. "But I'm not hearing it at all." She flew off, hoping to find friends who could hear her music and sing along with her melody.

Croaking Toad

2lud

00:00 / 01:01

DON'T RUN AWAY

Sometimes the music in my heart
Can fill your heart full of fear.
Sometimes my music is full of rage.
Sometimes my music is full of tears.

But don’t run away.
My heart is also full of love and joy.
I want us to sing it all together.

Reaching for a Star

sang

00:00 / 01:36

Claire didn't feel like being a tiger faery anymore. She felt happy and wanted to fly high into the sky. Suddenly she noticed a man, all by himself, sitting on the ground. He had the hind legs of a lion, the tail of a bull and the wings of a bird. He was sitting with his eyes closed.
“Can you hear my music?” Claire inquired.
“No,” he replied, “but I feel like I could fly!”
He leaped into the air and flew high and then higher. Claire could hardly keep up with him. Finally he hovered near a star and reached for it, unable to touch it. Claire watched for a moment, then became dizzy. She sailed back toward earth.
“Goodbye!” she shouted.
Claire came upon a crowd milling around. For a moment, they formed the notes of a musical composition, as if they were hearing the music of her heart. Then suddenly they formed an S shape and moved like a snake. Then the harmony fell apart, and the people in the crowd seemed to move randomly, as if no one heard any music at all. Claire flew off to another part of the city.

Madding Crowd

2angel

00:00 / 01:47

NO ONE ELSE CAN HEAR

The song in my heart is full of love,
But no one else, it seems, can feel it.
The song in my heart is full of joy,
But no one else sees it shine.
The song in my heart is full of hope,
But why doesn't anyone hear it?
The song in my heart is full of grace.
Why doesn't anyone see those notes?

I can find a soul who’ll listen.
I know I can find a soul who’ll care.
My songs are full of love,
And I know someone else will share.

Posse

selegy

00:00 / 00:58

Claire came upon a group of people hanging out in front of a building. Music was flowing from her heart, but not one of them was aware of her. They were completely deaf to her music. As they ignored her, she felt herself growing smaller and smaller. Claire quickly flew away so that she would not grow any smaller.
Claire then came upon people who seemed half-asleep. She thought maybe they were at work or in some kind of prison. Music poured out of her heart, but not one of them heard her. She continued to grow smaller but was determined to find a person who could hear her.

Half Asleep

2elegy

00:00 / 01:01

I FEEL SO SMALL

I feel so small when no one else hears me.
I feel so small when no one else cares.
I want to dive into a deep, deep hole
And hide alone forever.

But I know someone else will hear me,
And we will sing our songs together,
So many songs from our hearts.

The Dark Man

shey

00:00 / 01:05

Claire thought she would try one more time. She spied movement far below, and she spiraled down to the ground. She again found people milling around aimlessly. Each one seemed blanketed by darkness. Claire was suddenly making sad music with her heart.
Claire flew up to a man and asked him, "Do you hear the music from my heart?"
"Of course not," he snarled. "There is no music in your heart and never will be."
"I am making music with my heart," Claire insisted.
"I don't hear a thing," he muttered. "Nobody wants to hear just whatever you feel in your heart anyway."
"I do," Claire whimpered.
"This world is too terrible for music anyway! Nobody would want to hear your music even if you did make it with your heart!" he exclaimed and shuffled away.
Claire was feeling smaller and smaller and decided to go to a place without any people.

2hey

00:00 / 00:59

I JUST DON'T KNOW

I don’t know if I could bear
To live in a world of silence--
To live in a world without music.

But I find so many wandering who live
In a world of silence,
Without music, without love....

Dowagers on the Beach

ssol

00:00 / 00:52

Claire flew to the beach, where she found some birds foraging for food in the sand. She realized that she was so small that not even the birds could see her or hear her, but Claire could hear the inner and outer voices of the waves and the wind and the stars that were slowly peeking through the clouds. Claire found a sand dune and quickly fell asleep, wishing that she was home in her own bed.
When Claire woke up, she flew back to the forest to find her faery friends. Soon she came upon a big cat in some flowers that seemed like colorful notes in a brilliant musical score. Claire was still tiny, but the bobcat seemed for a moment to be looking at her. Suddenly she could hear the bobcat's music, which was part of the music of the forest.

Bobcat in the Flowers

2sol

00:00 / 00:56

I HEAR THE WIND

Even though it often seems that no one else hears me.
Even though it seems that no one else cares—

I hear the wind in the trees.
I hear the music of the sea.
I hear the vast symphony of the sun.

Queen of Music

sfairy

00:00 / 02:09

Claire was thirsty, so she flew down to a stream for a drink. Suddenly a magnificent goddess appeared in front of her.
Claire was still tiny, but she knew the goddess could see her and hear her.
"My little one, you are the tiniest faery. Are you lost, my lovely girl?"
Claire felt the need to be extremely polite. "May I inquire who you are, my lady?"
"I am the Queen of Music, my sweety. I make sure that there is music in all things, from the largest sun to the tiniest atom. All you need to do is close your eyes to hear a vast orchestra of living music."
Claire closed her eyes and could hear the music of the planets. When she opened them again, the Queen of Music was gone, but then she heard a music that seemed to be the source of all music on the planet. Claire turned and flew toward the sun.
Claire got closer and closer to the sun, but suddenly a strange beast blocked her way.
“Do not come too close,” it warned. “If you look into my eyes, you will die!”
Claire shielded her eyes, but she felt drawn more and more toward the sun.
“The sun will burn you up until you are only a clinker, a quintessence. Stay where you are!”
The light seemed to be roaring. She was moving her lips, but she didn't seem to be making any sounds at all. Suddenly she closed her eyes and stepped through a door into the light.

Basilisk

2spring

00:00 / 00:45

THERE IS AN ORCHESTRA OF LOVE

There is an orchestra of love,
A vibration that holds us all together,
The music of the planet that connects us.
And it goes on and on forever,
On and on, on and on, on and on forever...

Princess Claire

sseclu

00:00 / 01:58

When she opened her eyes, she was dressed like a princess and was seated in front of a golden plate and cup on a pure, white tablecloth. The faeries were there too, but they were all napping. Claire held up the golden cup, and a unicorn approached her.
“You think you see me, but I am not here. These things that you see are forms of light and sound.”
Claire wanted to catch the unicorn and take it home.
“You will never catch me, for I am part of the music and the light of the sun.” As he said that, he galloped away and dissolved in the river.
Claire fell asleep. When she woke up, she was alone again, but suddenly bubbles were floating all around her, and she could see bees and trees and cats and herself in them all. A bee buzzed around her and flew right up to a bubble without breaking it.

“I'm the bee who makes the bubbles, the bubble bee. What do you see in the bubbles?”
Claire was tired of riddles and was feeling homesick. “How do I get home?” she asked.
“If you hear and see yourself, and listen to the world around you, you will find your home,” the bee buzzed as it flew away.
Claire could see herself in the bubbles that floated around her, popping now and then, but she could not see her home. She tried to catch the bubbles but they all eluded her. Finally she closed her eyes, for she was very tired. Mr. M sang a lullaby for her.

The Bubble Bee

Mr. M Sings a Lullaby

2seclu

00:00 / 03:33

THE MUSIC OF THE SUN

I want to know what creates the music of the sun,
For fairies are made of water,
Earth, air, and fire,
But mainly fairies are made of the sun.

I want to know what creates the music of the sun,
For girls are made of water,
Earth, air, and fire,
But mainly girls are made of the sun.

Can someone please tell me what makes the music of the sun?

I want to know what creates the music of the sun,
For the world is made of water,
Earth, air, and fire,
But mainly life is made from the sun.

The King

svib

00:00 / 01:29

When she opened her eyes she saw a king with a golden crown, and the sun shone brightly behind his head. All around the king she saw indistinct figures in the light.
“You have reached a place beyond which there is only music and light,” the King said. “But you need go no further, for the sun is everywhere. If you close your eyes and imagine, you will hear the music and see the light inside you and in everything you know.”
Then Claire imagined her Mommy and Daddy in the kitchen at home. At that moment, Claire opened her eyes, and she was in her very own backyard, and all the flowers in the garden were filled with music and light. When Claire peeked around the tree through the window she could hear her Mommy and Daddy singing as they were making dinner together.
Claire ran inside and gave them both a big hug.

Garden of Light

2vib

00:00 / 01:33

LIGHT AND MUSIC ARE EVERYWHERE

Whenever I don't hear any music
I don’t have to search much at all
For light and music are in my home.
In my family, in my friends.
In the garden of my heart.
Light and music are everywhere,
Especially in my heart.

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