Further Reading

Sunday, 27 July 2008

"The Mask"

This sigil I have called 'The Mask' ... and its pattern is currently under consideration. A construct made to conceal a face. To hide something with the intent to deceive.

Hidden depths here. Organisations, faces, places below the surface of the known world. The conventional overlaid with something distinctly sinister.

All the pieces fit together somewhere. Gaze down from high enough an aspect and it can be seen for what it is. Stepping out of that square ... it appears there is a symmetry made by all the seemingly disconnected pieces. It is worth a meditative muse overnight, or over a number of nights ... because silence now reigns where once there was murmur and whispers. A solid wall of stone can become honeycombed with fissures by persistent drips of water over time. Something so essential to all forms of life can be abrasive and deadly. There are flaws here which some parts of the mask try to conceal. The weakest links buried within now ... by their allegiance to stronger parts.

I talk in riddles, it seems, but I describe a clear pattern formed and created deliberately. The supposed one appalling act and the sad consequences ... rigorously planned with the full intention of masking underworld acts from the watching world. Like the Emperor's new clothes, so many fall for the instruction which is beamed into their consciousness. They believe their own thoughts and decisions to be their own. They are told as much by constant reinforcements within their minds. Their decisions are not their own. They merely react to the patterns and colours placed before them. The structure of the mask has such a mesmeric effect they are lulled into believing and refusing to believe they are being deceived.

The mask can be perceived as being a spiralling diamond. A diamond suspended over an abyss. A bargaining tool ... something cherished and something to be the envy of others. It is manufactured from the raw carbon created by the earth. It is not in its natural state. Yet as the diamond of such proportions is priceless beyond belief as dictated by the creators of its symbolism. The diamond appears like one aspect of this mask. Further meditative muse may view the mask as something else ...perhaps there was a link to Lesotho after all.