John Merhar
Fantasy World Setting Creator and Writer
Friday, September 9, 2009
4:45 PM
For this W425 class at IPFW www.ipfw.edu, I would like to continue delving deeply into what was started during my W395 Independent Writing Study with Dr. Stevens R. Amidon and continue delving deeply in J.R.R. Tolkien's process for creating his setting of Middle-Earth and My personal Fantasy World Setting Creation.
Projects that I am working on:
TOLKIEN STUDIES 101:
A) developing an Abstract Proposal and Academic Paper on "J.R.R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Creation" for The Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research Conference at Purdue University Calumet
a) I have twelve books in my personal permanent library that are devoted to J. R. R. Tolkien and his works
b) checked out 10 books about J.R.R. Tolkien from the Walter E. Helmke Library at IPFW
c) picked up 8 books about J.R.R. Tolkien from the Walter E. Helmke Library at IPFW through interlibrary loan and document delivery services on Tuesday December 23, 2008
d) received input and feedback from my Writers' Workshop Meetings on my Tolkien Abstract and Powerpoint in preparation to write this academic paper
e) Submitted both e-mailed electronic and hard-copy versions of my abstract for this conference on Thursday, January 15, 2009
f) Received both electronic e-mailed and hard-copy (through the postal service) confirmation that this conference has received my Tolkien Abstract
g) Completed a rough skeletal outline of this Tolkien academic paper for the Research Conference at Purdue Calumet on Sunday, February 8, 2008
h) Participated in an intensive two and a half hour deep delving study with another Advanced Tolkien Scholar for my Tolkien Paper on Sunday, February 15, 2009
i) Sent the Registration Form and Release of Information Form to Purdue University Calumet for the Undergraduate Research Conference by Certified Mail with Return Receipt through the United States Postal Service on Monday, March 2, 2009
j) The Registration Form and Release of Information Form were received by Purdue University Calumet on Wednesday, March 4, 2009
k) On Friday, March 6, 2009 I was e-mailed a "Request For Authority To Travel On University Business" Form which must be filled out
l) On Monday, March 9, 2009 I filled out, printed out, and enclosed in an envelope my "Request For Authority To Travel On University Business" Form. With this form I included my Room Rental, Gas Mileage, Postage expense print-outs. Then, I mailed this envelope to the Department of English and Linguistics at IPFW.
m) On Monday, March 9, 2009 I mailed information to over forty friends and family members regarding my future presentation of "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" in the upcoming Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference scheduled on April 3rd and 4th, 2009. In these envelopes I included a flier about the monthly Writers' Workshop that I run.
n) On Friday, March 20, 2009 I met with my Tolkien Studies Sponsor and received a consultation on my Tolkien Powerpoint and Paper. This appointment aided me in the continued polishing of my Tolkien Powerpoint and the development of my eight page Tolkien Paper.
o) On Sunday, March 22, 2009 I met with an Advanced Tolkien Scholar and participated in an intense high-powered study of Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth for about one hour and thirty minutes. I received many more helpful ideas in order to continue the polishing of my Tolkien Powerpoint and development of my eight page Tolkien Paper.
p) I have received the receipt for my registration payment for the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference. Also, on Friday, March 27, 2009, I mailed a photocopy of this receipt to the English and Linguistics Department secretary at IPFW.
q) On Thursday, April 2, 2009 I completed the polishing of The Tolkien Powerpoint Presentation and Paper in preparation for presentation at the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference on April 3rd and 4th of 2009. I have received an important critique on my Paper, "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation", in order to put the final polishing improvements into this paper in preparation for this paper's publication in the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference proceedings. Also, I submitted this Tolkien paper electronically to the conference for publication.
Special Note: I plan to entertain, educate, and enlighten them through the delivery of this Powerpoint Presentation. As a result of this presentation, more scholarly students will be drawn into Tolkien Studies.
r) On Friday, April 3, 2009 I registered for for the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference. In the Evening of this day, I enjoyed the personal pleasure of being able to participate in the evening supper and listen to a wonderful lecture that covered philosophy and this conference.
s) On Saturday, April 4, 2009 in room 132 of The Calumet Conference Center of Purdue University Calumet I presented my presentation, "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation", http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/lass/undercon , at the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference from 8:30am to 8:45am. After presenting, I passed out three copies of Confluence 2007, the Literary Journal of IPFW's English & Linguistics Department, which contains my story, "The Demise of Harsh Harlan", which is set in my new Fantasy World Setting Creation, "The Idea Metaphorical". This World Setting Creation Project is still in ongoing process. In addition, I e-mailed out my Tolkien Powerpoint Presentation and Paper to the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference staff and all of my major contacts.
t) On Monday and Tuesday, April 6 & 7, 2009 I snail mailed out hard-copies of my Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference schedules, my "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" Powerpoint Presentation and Paper to twenty-five of my contacts and close family members. I mailed out all these hard-copies of my work in order to bring everyone onto the same page.
u) On Tuesday, April 7, 2009 I shipped the remaining 17 scholarly books about J R R Tolkien and his works back to the Walter E. Helmke Library at IPFW
v) On Tuesday, April 7, 2009 I mailed the rest of the Conference expense receipts in to the Secretary of the Department of English and Linguistics at IPFW for reimbursement of my expenses.
w) On Friday, April 10, 2009 I e-mailed my conference report on my presentation and participation in the Undergraduate Research Conference at Purdue University Calumet to the Department Chair and Secretary of the English and Linguistics Department at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. Also, I e-mailed this conference report to over twenty-five other contacts across the country (both business and family contacts).
x) On Sunday, April 12, 2009 I purchased an excellent hard-copy version of the book titled: "Beowulf and the Critics" by J. R. R. Tolkien; Edited by Michael D. C. Drout (2002); Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Volume 248; Tempe, AZ;
ISBN 0-86698-290-6 (acid free paper)
y) On Tuesday, April 14, 2009, I have now begun my search for an appropriate Tolkien Conference to participate in on a yearly basis
z) On Tuesday, April 14, 2009, I mailed out over thirty hard-copies of my Conference Report to my professional contacts and family members throughout the United States of America
aa) On Friday, April 17, 2009 I printed and filled out a Travel Reimbursement Form and sent along with photocopies of my Conference Expense receipts to the Office Manager of the Department of English and Linguistics at IPFW for reimbursement purposes
bb) On Saturday, April 18, 2009 I enjoyed a very educational Scripture Study with a Neonate Tolkien Scholar. We spoke briefly about Tolkien Studies and shared with eachother our creative writings. We also enjoyed eachother's company and fellowship as we dined at dinner together. In addition to our Study and Workshop we engaged in speculation about possible new fantasy story ideas.
cc) On Monday, April 20, 2009 I mailed out my Tolkien Paper to all of my Writers' Workshop participants in preparation for the next Workshop. My Tolkien Paper will be my manuscript for the next Workshop which is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 8, 2009
dd) On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 I mailed out my Official Co-Curricular Transcript to five of my contacts which documents my participation and the presenting of my presentation of: "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" at the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference
ee) On Tuesday, April 28, 2009 I received hard-copy of a detailed critique of my paper "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" from a new skilled Workshop Participant via the USPS. Also, I mailed this Workshop Participant a hard-copy of my website via USPS.
ff) On Tueday, April 28, 2009 I sent hard-copies of my Website, Conference Acceptance Letter, Tolkien Powerpoint, Tolkien Paper, and Conference Report to a professional acquaintance on mine via the USPS.
gg) On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 I filled out another form for reimbursement of my Purdue University Calumet Conference expenses and sent it to The English and Linguistics Department at IPFW via USPS.
hh) On Friday, May 8, 2009 I workshoped my paper, "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation", with the Writers' Workshop. I received valuable critiques from the other Workshop Participants. Plus, I have begun the process of expanding the current version of my eleven page Tolkien paper into a forty to fifty page Tolkien paper.
ii) On Thursday, May 28, I received a check for partial reimbursement $200.00 for my conference expenses for presenting my presentation: "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" at The Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference from Purdue University Accounts Payable and Travel. This check cleared on Friday, May 29, 2009.
jj)
A2) The Inklings
a) J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams as Writers in Community
b) The Writers' Workshop
c) Form into your own Writers' Workshop
d) Deliver your Manuscript for each Workshop Session
e)
WORKING TOWARDS MORE PUBLICATIONS:
Publication #1 Demise of Harsh Harlan (Confluence 2007)
B) working towards publication #2
a) I sent out 9 story submissions for publication on Saturday, December 6, 2008
b) I sent out a submission of my Tolkien Abstract and Tolkien Powerpoint Presentation on Friday, January 2, 2009
c) 8 story submissions were not accepted on Thursday, January 29, 2009
d) 1 story submission was not accepted on Friday, January 30, 2009
e) the Tolkien Abstract was not accepted and returned on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
f) My Scholarly Tolkien Paper, "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" has already been accepted for publication in the proceedings of the Purdue University Undergraduate Research Conference. At this point, I do not know the date my paper will be published.
g) On Monday, April 6, 2009 I sent out two submissions of my Tolkien Powerpoint Presentation and Paper of, "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation"
h) On Saturday, May 2, 2009 I resent the two submissions of my Tolkien Powerpoint Presentation and Paper of, "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earh and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation"
i) On Monday, May 4, 2009 the two submissions I resent on Saturday, May 2, 2009 were received
j) On Monday, May 18, 2009 the "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" scholarly paper will be published in August 2009 in The Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings.
k) On Monday, May 18, 2009, the two submissions I sent out on Monday April, 6, 2009 were returned to me.
l) On Monday, August 17, 2009 I received a published hard-copy of my paper:
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation
By: John Merhar, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
(published in The 17th Annual Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings 2009 Volume II by Purdue University Calumet School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences April 3 & 4, 2009)
B2) Working towards publication #3
a)
B3) My Resume
Awards & Scholarships
Spring, 2006 Recipient, Semester Honors List
Spring, 2008 Recipient, Semester Honors List
Leadership Activities
2003-2004 President, Universal Gaming Association
2006-2007 Vice President of Public Relations, English & Linguistics Organization
2007-2008 President, English & Linguistics Organization
Student Government & Organizations
Inducted, 2006 Member, Omicron Psi Honnor Society
Career Experience
Summer, 2007 Summer Research for Purdue University- Research and Creative
Endeavor Symposium- "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle
Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation"
Spring, 2008 Presenter, Student Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor
Symposium- of Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
"J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle Earth and Personal
Fantasy World Setting Creation"
Spring, 2009 Participant, 17th Annual Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research
Conference of Purdue University-Calumet- "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process
for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting
Creation"
Spring, 2009 Presenter, 17th Annual Clemet S. Stacy Undergraduate Research
Conference of Purdue University-Calumet- "J. R. R. Tolkien's Process
for Creating Middle-Earth and personal Fantasy World Setting
Creation"
C) delving deeper into Medievalist Literature, Magical Subject Matter, Fantasy Creative Writing Classes in order to produce higher grade Phantastical Stories and Subject Matter
a) I plan to once again read J. R. R. Tolkien's novels
b) Received another book title from an Advanced Practitioner about Magical Subject Matter and plan to purchase this book in the future
c) Received a Copy of "The Great Initiates- A Study of the Secret History of Religions" by Edouard Schure ( A Steiner Book 1989) from a Friend and plan to start reading this advanced work in the near future
d) I have begun the timeless postulation of the infinite mysteries of the World Invisible
e) I have begun to actively practice Contemplation
f) I have begun to actively practice Meditation
g) I plan to improve on and exercise my Imagination on a regular basis
h) Focusing on, understanding of, and practice of viewing through the Mind's Eye:
( * )
h1) Focusing the Mind's Eye on Expanding Outwards
a) Remote Viewing: Envisioning the Fantasy World Setting Creation and seeing the reality with your Mind's Eye
b)
h2) Knowing, Understanding, and Practicing all parts of Thought Collection
a) Ways to Practice Collecting Your Thoughts
a1)
a2)
a3)
a4)
a5)
a6)
i) Closed Domain or Open Domain?
j)
h3) Developing strategies for Construct generation, mobility, and Traveling
h4) Alternative sources of energy
a) Tapping into alternate fuel sources
h5) Systems for Fuel and Energy Storage
i) I have begun a study of all the entities and organizations that have enmeshed themselves into this reality that I observe and learn from, whilst existing outside this reality
j) Learning and Studying how the many Enamations from sources affect the rules of reality around us
k)
D) I plan to revise and polish my living journal (from my W395 Independent Writing Study Class) into a version 3 and continue on from where it stopped
a) I have already condensed down all the important notes that were developed in this Independent Writing Study Class
b) Next, I plan to revise and rewrite the notes that I have acquired as a result of my participation in this Independent Writing Study Class
c)
The Idea Metaphorical:
E) continue on my personal fantasy world creation in developing, growing, and expanding: "The Idea Metaphorical". Plus I have developed these characters for my world: Harsh Harlan, Matilda Helga Redburn, Yattering Jack, Henry, and John Upright. Plus I have recently thought up some new characters (which include): Bob, The Baker; Nathan, The Cobbler; Melgo, The Magnificent; Lothar, The Ancient; Silent Simon, Hilda the Proprietor of the Odde Shoppe; and others. Plus, I have started thinking about another reality world setting called, "Mechanus".
a) Individuals, Groups, Organizations, and Societies
a1) The Devotees of Silence
a) Henry
b) Samuel, The Chief Elder
c) Silent Simon
d) Lagy Hilga, The Mistress of Culinary Delights
e) Bob, The Baker
f) Nathan, The Cobbler
g) Lothar, The Ancient
h) Hilda, The Proprietor of the Odde Shop
i) Maestro Knox
j) Apprentice Seems
k) Melgo, The Magnificent
l) Tom Simpleton
m) Sheliana, The Prophetess
n) Cauz, The Invisible Warrior of the Spirit World
o) Zennon Kee, The Master Thinker
p) Larry Travail, The Traveler
q) Tharkum Dast, The Creationist
r) Simon Templeton Smith
s) Auhto Miso, The Sentient Automaton
t) Tabitha
a2) The Servants of the Flames
a) Harsh Harlan
b) Yattering Jack
c) Catharin Yakeim Helzrude Tharkus, of Inviarnaus
d) Ignatiaous
e) Alluessaous, The Disrupter
f) Lauretha, The Sensate
g) Grolauge Dar, The Destroyer
h) Hrothgar, The Dreadnaught
i) The Petullucker
j) Svastra Matra, The Sensate
k) Grolaug, The Huntsman
l)
a3) The Brotherhood of Nature
a) Brother Camen
b) Draven Greentree, The Tree Savant
c) Loretta Seal, The Herbalist
a4) The Philosophers of Doom
a) Gagham Zar, The High Doom Prophet
b) Agaron Brust, Doom Prophet
c)
a5) The Goblin Kingdoms
a) Grolax, Goblin Prince
b)
a6) The Architects of Change
a) Auhzig, The Randomed
b)
a7)
b) Locations:
1) Halcombs Innkeep
2)
WORLD BUILDING 101:
a) I plan to purchase a digital recorder and start dictating my thoughts and ideas about these characters and story possibilities
a1) I now have the digital recorder
a2) Unfortunately, recently I had to dispose of my digital recorder. As of Sunday, April 26, 2009, I now have to purchase a new digital recorder.
a3) As of Friday, June 26, 2009, I now have a new digital recorder with batteries and I am now able to digitally record my thoughts and ideas by sound. Also, I am now able to record others noises and sounds that can latter be transfered to hard-copy.
a4)
c) Once again, I have begun to focus my mind's eye and view on the continued growth and development of my Fantasy World Setting, "The Idea Metaphorical"
c1)
d) When creating a fantasy world some thought should be put into what and who the divine forces are-
d1) About Divinities:
d1a) How Deities are fueled
d1b) Skills, Abilities, Spells, Gifts, and Powers Deities grant to their Faithful
d1b1) Deity Spheres of Influence
d1c)
d2) Deity Ranks:
-2 Mortal
-1 Nonbeliever
0 Believer
1 Worshipper
2 Follower
3 The Touched
4 Ley Member
5 Servant
6 Initiate
7 Novice Priest
8 Assistant Priest
9 Under Priest
10 Priest
11 Middle Priest
12 Senior Priest
13 High Priest
14 Immortal
15 Ascended One
16 Saint
17 Godling
18 Quasi Deity
19 Demigod
20 Minor God
21 Lesser God
22 Intermediate God
23 Greater God
24 Over God
25 Power
26 Force
27 Creator
d3) Deity Powers:
d4) How divinities gain and maintain their sources of energy:
d5) Apotheosis, Deification, Divinization, and Divine Ascension
a) Apotheosis
Example:
b) Deification
Example:
b) Divinization
Example:
c) Divine Ascension
Example:
d5a) Deity Imprisonment, Containment, Dormancy and Death
d5a1) Divine Imprisonment
Example:
d5a2) Divine Containment
Example:
d5a3) Divine Dormancy
Example:
d5a4) Divine Death
Example:
d6) Worshippers, Followers, Priests, Minions and Servitors
d7) Religions and Faiths
d7a) Monotheistic
d7b) Polytheistic
d7c) Pantheons
a) Sample Pantheons:
1) The Gods of Chaos
2) The Gods of Law
3) The Outer Gods
4) The Elder Gods
5) The Great Old Gods
6) The Old Ones
7) The Lords of Undeath
a) Immortal to Lesser Deity
b)
8) The Lords of Infernus
9) The Abysmal Lords
10) The Lords of Light
11) The Elemental Lords
12) The God Kings
13) The Animal Lords
14) That Which Destroys, Greater Deity
15) That Which Creates, Greater Deity
16) That Which Generates Life, Greater Deity
17) The Devourer, Lesser Deity
18) The Dormant Servitor, Saint
19) The Thing of Darkness and Slime, Demi-Deity
20) The Chaos Pack which is lead by Zockane, Chaos Lord, Demi-Deity, which raids the planes
21) Seven Deadly Sins
22) The Passions
23) Imaginos
24) Hypnos
25) Tiamat
26) Paladine
27)
d7a) Forbidden Religions
a) Cults
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
Stage V
1) Examples:
a) Thralls of the Blood Prince
b)
b) Societies
1) Examples:
c) Organizations
1) Examples:
d) Collectives
1) Examples:
e) Groups
1) Examples:
f) Groupings
1) Examples:
g) Cabals
1) Examples:
h) Covens
1) Examples:
i)
d8) Holy Symbols, Holy Items, Shrines, Gathering Places, and Temples
d9)
e) Some thought should be put into the various types of spell-casters that will be the practitioners that are in the fantasy world setting-
e1) Kinds of spell-casters:
e1a) Generalists and Specialists
a) Elementalists
1) Water--------Hydromancer
2) Air------------Aeromancer
3) Fire----------Pyromancer
4) Earth--------Geomancer
5) Light
6) Shadow----Shadowmancer
7) Darkness
8) Lightning-----Electromancer
9) Spirit
10) Time----------Chronomancer
a1) Elemental Affinities:
b) Areas of Specialty
1) Invocation------Invoker
2) Evocation-------Evoker
3) Alteration
a) Physical Alteration
4) Enchantment---Enchanter
5) Charm
6) Necromancy---Necromancer
7) Conjuration-----Conjurer
8) Summoning-----Summoner
9) Abjuration--------Abjuror
10) Divination------Diviner
11) Illusion
12) Transmutation-----Transmuter
13) Mechanist
14) Celestialist
15) Naturalist
16) Infernalist
17) Abysmalist
18) Alchemy---------Alchemist
19) Channeller
20) Thaumaturgy---Thaumaturgist
21) Cabalist
22) Sombalist
23)
C) Areas of Focus:
1) Correspondence
2) Traveling
3) Time
4) Physical
5) Mental
6) Social
7) Spiritual
8) Remote Viewing
9)The Physical Senses
a) Sight
b) Sound
c) Smell
d) Taste
e) Touch
10) The Spiritual Senses
a) Negative Energy
b) Positive Energy
c) Powerful/Weak Being
d) Nodal Sense
e)
e1a1) Paths
e1a1a) Some examples of Paths:
a) The Path of Life
b) The Path of Destruction
c) The Path of Deception
d) The Path of Radiance
e) The Path of Darkness
f) The Path of Enlightenment
g)
e1a1b) How to design a Path
e1a2) Areas of Focus
e1b) Magical
e1b1) Wizards
elb1a) Alchemist
elb1a1) Powders, Potions, Salves, Balms, Elixir, and Concoctions
e1b2) Ranks of Wizards
0 - Novice
1 - Neonate
2 - Apprentice
3 -
4 -
5 - Magician
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 - Wizard
11 -
12 -
13 - Magus
14 -
15 -
16 -
17 -
18 -
19 -
20 - Archmagus
e1c) Sorcerer
e1d) Adept
e1e) Savant
e1f) Witchdoctor
e1f1 ) Ranks of Witchdoctors
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
e1g) Hedge Mage
e1g1) Ranks of Hedge Mages
1 -
2 -
3 -
e1h) Divine
e1h1) Priest
e1h1a) Priest Ranks
e1h2) Druid
e1h3) Shaman
e1h3a) Shaman Ranks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
e1i) Holy Person
e1ia) Ranks of Holy Person
1
2
3
e1j) Mystical
e1j1) Contemplative
e1j1a) Ranks of a Contemplative
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
e1j2) Imaginater
e1j2a) Ranks of a Imaginater
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
Stage V
e1j3) Ponderer
e1j3a) Ranks of a Ponderer
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
e1j4) Mystic
e1j4a) Ranks of a Mystic
Stage 0
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage 11
Stage 12
Stage 13
Stage 14
Stage 15
Stage 16
Stage 17
Stage 18
Stage 19
Stage 20
e1j4b) Dreamer
e1k) Specialties:
e1l) Levels of practitioners:
e1m) Ranks of practitioners:
e1n) Sources of Energy:
a) Direct Source
b) Indirect Source
c)
f1) The Traditions:
f2) Systems for Gathering, Containment, and Release of Power by the Practitioner to achieve desired result(s)
f2a) Spells
a) Intonation(s) and words of power that are incorporated into the oral recitation of memorized spells or rituals
f2b) Rituals
f2c) Meditations
f2d) Prayers
f2da) The Mundane Classes
a) Jester
f3) Maximum Power Levels within a Fantasy World Setting
f4) Work Rooms, Study Rooms, and Inner Sanctums
f5) Components
f6) Spells
a) Spell Storage:
1. Scroll
2. Spell Book
3. Book of Spells
4. Book of Shadows
5. Animal Hides
6. Rune Stones
7.
f6a) Spell Ranks
I -
II -
III -
IV -
V -
VI -
VII -
VIII -
IX -
X -
f7) Rituals
f7a) Ritual Magnitude
I -
II -
III -
IV -
V -
f8) Meditations
f8a) Types of Meditations
f8a) Meditation Magnitudes
f9) Apprenticeships and Schools
f10) Solitary, Gatherings, Groups, Organizations, and Societies
f11) Some examples of Organizations
f11a) The Dark Collective
a)
f11b) The Celestial Brotherhood
a)
f11c) The Voyeurs of Tar
a)
f11d) The Architects of Change
a)
f10e) The Void Travelers
a)
f11f) The Ancient Elders of Kaud
a)
f11g) The Council of Two
a)
f11h) Thralls of Zogg
a)
f11i) The Celestial Chorus
a)
f11j) The Transcendents
a)
f12) Other notes:
a)
g) Other Worlds 101 -
g1) Some thought should be put into World Building Concepts when one is in the process of creating a Fantasy World Setting-
g2) World Seed building concepts:
g3) Travel between worlds:
g3a) Traveling, Dimensional Portals, Doorways, Nodes, and Gates
g4) Worlds of Light:
g4a) The Celestial Spheres
g5) Worlds of Shadow:
g6) Worlds of Darkness:
g7) Other Worlds:
g8) Worlds within Worlds:
a) Bubble Realm
1) Example:
b) Pocket Dimension
1) Example:
c) Horizon Realm
1) Example:
d)
g9) World/Planar/Dimensional Seeding:
g10)
h) When creating a Fantasy World Setting, one must put a serious amount of effort into the types and ranks of the civilizations that exist within the Fantasy World Setting Creation-
h1) Spiritual Civilizations:
h1a) Theocracy
h1b) Rule by God Kings
h1c) Rule by Priest Kings
h1d)
h2) Magical Civilizations:
h2a) Magocracy
h2b)
h3) Mystical Civilizations:
h3a)
h4) Mundane Civilizations:
h4a)
h5) Combined Civilizations:
h5a)
h6) Paradigm Management
h7) Systems of Government within the civilization:
a) Oligarchy
b)
h8) Other Civilization Notes:
h9)
i) A Creator of Fantasy World Settings would be wise to put some thought into the creation and development of Races and Species that would exist within the World Creation
i1)
j) Also, some thought should be put into creation and development of Entities and Other Beings that would exist within the Fantasy World Setting Creation
j1) Different Kinds of Entities
a) Elementals
b)
j2) Other Beings
a) Undead
0) Spirit
1) skeleton
2) zombie
3) ghoul
4) ghast
5) shadow
6) white
7) barrow white
8) mummy
9) wraith
10) Spectre
11) Skeletal Warrior
12) Vampire
13) Ghost
14) Revenant
15) Liche
16) Demi-Liche
b) Lycanthropes
c) Fey
d) Dragons
e) Wyrms
f) Serpents
g) Angels
h) Demons
i) Devils
j2a) Marauders, Interlopers, and Adversaries
1) Marauders
2) Interlopers
3) Adversaries
j3) Energy and Power levels of Entities and other Beings
j4)
k) Some thought should be incorporated into the World Creation Project regarding politics and intrigue
k1)
l) One would be really smart to draw a map of the World that is to be created
l1)
m) A World Builder should create a list of the "Rules and Laws of Reality" that govern the Fantasy World Creation that is under construction
m1)
n) A proper diet must be followed in order to be an excellent Fantasy World Builder
n1) One would be wise to follow one's own Canon in regards to dietary. If one does not follow a particular canon, this person should consult one or more of the many available books on proper dietary. These books on foods can be found at a local public library and/or health conscious store.
n1a) A good place to find Vegan Food Products is www.clnf.org, which is where I purchased most of my groceries. All the products carried by this business are Vegan and many of their products are Organic.
n1a1) Effort put into your food preperation and dietary dirrectly affects your Fantasy World Setting Creation(s) in a positive way.
n2) The Health Conscious Diet
a) Long cook organic basmati brown rice and Organic fava beans
b)
n3) For better results, develop a a meal pattern and stick with the pattern
n4) If one must drink cafeinated beverages, Tea is Best. Young Tolkien had a group of young scholars that he met with on a regular basis to enjoy freshly washed tea.
n4a) Drink loose Tea, like Tolkien. Acquire loose tea from your local Tea Merchant and support your local economy.
n5) For your cup of tea you might want to one of the many available great tasting loose teas that one can acquire from the local tea merchant that include (but are not limited to): Osprey Gunpowder, Sencha, Imperial Dragon Well, Sowmee, Yorkshire Harrogate, Pu'erh tuo cha, and Earl Grey, Pu'erh w/Ginger Root, and Blooming Tea Balls
n6) Be a drinker and drink loose tea
n7) Tea Studies 101
n8)
o) The Art of Guided Imagery Travels
o1) Imagine going on quest in the Invisible Big Picture sense by the direction of an experienced oral guide or in the Solitary sense
o2) Traveling can be very educational. Please be sure to Travel with caution.
o3) Traveling into hostile territories can be hazardous to one's health.
o4)
p) Animal Life
p1) Animal Sub-creation
p2)
q) Plant Life
q1) Botany and Sub-creation
q2)
r) Language Creation
r1) The Study of International Languages
r2) Invented Languages
r3) Word development and creation
r4)
s) Be a Book Reader. Book Reading is an excellent source of ideas and subject matter to prepare one's self for building a Fantasy World Setting. There are a multitude of books currently in print with many new books being printed on a daily basis. Also, one could search through a used book store to find much older books, that are possibly out of print. Sometimes, one can even find a real "sleeper" while searching through the wares of a used book dealer.
s1) Read with a purpose. Read with a particular goal in mind to achieve results.
s2) Be an active reader
s3) Set up Appointment Patterns to read aloud live to your peers, colleagues, friends, family members, and others. Read on a regular basis to enrich yourselves and others.
s4) Practice your Different Accents while reading aloud live.
s5) Enjoy the Creative Expressive Arts while reading.
s6) A good saying to think or say before reading: "Good sounds abound when the mouth is round."
s7)
t) The Joy of The Stimulated Imagination. To build a better Fantasy World Setting Creation one should imaginate and create through focused imagination that can be observed through the
Mind's Eye.
t1) The Mind's Eye develops through practice. The more you see through your Mind's Eye the more developed and advanced your Mind's Eye becomes.
t2) Close your eyes and See with your Mind's Eye on a regular basis and see what is going on in the world around you
t3)
u) Study Others. Study in solitary or form into a Study Group. The study and observation of others is key to creating believable and advanced characters and personas in your Fantasy World Setting Creation.
u1) Places where one might study others
u2) Detailed in-depth study and observation of others
u3) Piecing together the parts of a Character Sketch
u4)
v)
Mechanus:
F) I have started working on a new reality setting called "Mechanus".
a) I have started a Living Journal that is devoted to my new setting, "Mechanus".
b) I have begun to study and think about pattern initiation and growth as integral to structured growth and development of my Fantasy World Setting, "Mechanus"
c) Those that Build Up
d) Those that Tear Down
e)
G0) MYTHOLOGY STUDIES 101:
a) On Friday, March 13, 2009 a senior Writers' Workshop Participant lent me three Mythology Books; two Classical Mythology videos; two sets of her own handwritten notes of her studies into Mythology; a Concordance; and a video on Western Literary Traditions.
b) On Friday, April 10, 2009 I plan to return the items in a), previously, to the Writer's Workshop participant which lent them to me. The materials were returned to the participant on this date.
c) Monday, May 18, 2009 Be a Mythology Study Group Facilitator in order learn more about and gain useful fantasy creative writing ideas with which to generate fantasy material and stories
d)
G1) We plan to study Babylonian Mythology
a) I am currently looking for a copy of the Babylonian Canon
b) Monday, June 1, 2009 we are currently looking for a Babylonian Mythology Study Facilitator/Coordinator to lead a study for us. For more information contact us at:
elo@ipfw.edu
c)
G1A) Tiamat Mythology
a)
G2) started up a Greek Mythology study group that meets once a week for two hours
a) have studied Primal Forces and Powers
a1) Chaos
a2) Night
b) have studied Titans
b1) Cronus
b2) Rhea
b3) Uranus
b4) Atlas
b5)
c) have studied Gods and Other Gods
c1) Charon, The Boatman of the River Styx
c2) Hades
c3) Persephone
c4) Hephaestus
c5) Hermes
c6) Ares
c7) Aphrodite
c8) Poseidon
c9) Hecate
c10) Apollo
c11) Dionysus
c12) Hebe
e13)
d) have studied Olympian Gods
d1) Monsters and Other Beings
1) The Cyclopes
2)
e) have studied the Heroes
1) Odysseus
2)
e1) Adversaries
1) Circe
2)
f) have read books 1 to 4 of Homer's Iliad on Sunday, January 11, 2009
f1) For the text of this study we are reading from: The Essential Homer translated and edited by Stanley Lombardo ISBN 0-87220-540-1 Published in 2000 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
g) have read books 4 to 7 of Homer's Iliad on Saturday, January 17, 2009
h) have read books 8 to 11 of Homer's Iliad on Saturday, January 24, 2009
i) have read books 12 to 15 of Homer's Iliad on Sunday, March 1, 2009
j) have read books 16 to 18 of Homer's Iliad on Sunday, March 8, 2009
k) have read books 19 to 24 of Homer's Iliad on Sunday, March 22, 2009
This completes Homer's Iliad.
l) soon studies will begin on Homer's Odyssey
m) have read books 1 to 3 of Homer's Odyssey on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
n) have read book 4 of Homer's Odyssey on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
o) we now have four openings for new participants to join our continuing Greek Mythology Study Group
p) have read book 5 of Homer's Odyssey on Monday, April 13, 2009
q) have read books 6 to 8 of Homer's Odyssey on Sunday, April 26, 2009
r) have read book 9 of Homer's Odyssey on Thursday, April 30, 2009
s) have read book 10 of Homer's Odyssey on Sunday, May 3, 2009
t) have read book 11 of Homer's Odyssey on Sunday, May 10, 2009
u) have read book 12 of Homer's Odyssey on Monday, May 11, 2009
v) have read books 13 to 15 of Homer's Odyssey on Friday, May 15, 2009
w) have read book 16 of Homer's Odyssey on Saturday, May 16, 2009
x) have read books 17 to 20 of Homer's Odyssey on Sunday, May 17, 2009
y) have read books 21 to 23 of Homer's Odyssey on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
z) have read book 24 of Homer's Odyssey on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
aa)
G3) We plan to study Roman Mythology
a) Monday, May 18, 2009 We are looking for a Roman Study Group Facilitator/Coordinator who can learn us in a study of Roman Mythology
b) The Augerer
c)
G4) We plan to study Norse Mythology
a) We now have a possibility to lead this Study
b) Today, Saturday, March 7, 2009 I enjoyed the good fortune of being able to purchase: A) The Poetic Edda, The Mythological Poems translated and with an introduction by Henry Adams Bellows ISBN 0-486-43710-8 published in 2004 by Dover Publications, Inc., and B) The Poetic Edda, The Heroic Poems translated and with an introduction by Henry Adams Bellows ISBN-10: 0-486-46021-5 published in 2007 by Dover Publications, Inc. at the local Grade A book dealer
c) On Sunday, March 22, 2009 I studied selected excerpts from The Poetic Edda, The Mythological Poems with an advanced Norse Mythology Scholar. Specifically, we studied parts that dealt with Nordic Creation Myths, Dietary, and Ragnarok. We enjoyed and intense two hour focused study.
d) "Would you know yet more?"
d1) About the Skalds:
a)
e) As of Monday, March 30, 2009 we now have a Norse Mythology Study Group Leader and have now entered into the planning/organization of a study plan/syllabus. Our first organizational meeting will probably take place on Sunday, April 12, 2009. We will probably organized into a weekly or biweekly Sunday meeting pattern.
f) As of Friday, April 3, 2009 we now have room for three to four more participants in our Norse Mythology Study Group
g) Our next scheduled Norse Mythology Study Group Session is planned to take place on Sunday, April 12, 2009
h) On Thursday, April 9, 2009 I received my replacement copies of The Poetic Edda: Mythological Poems and The Poetic Edda: Heroic Poems. Previously, I gave my copies to another Study Participant. This Study Partner then replaced them for me.
i) On Friday, April 10, 2009 we have agreed to have our next Norse Mythology Study Session on Sunday, April 12, 2009
j) On Sunday, April 12, 2009 The Elder Study Session Coordinator led us in a study of the Vafthruthnismol on pages 68 to 83 of The Poetic Edda The Mythological Poems
k) Our next scheduled Nordic Mythology Study Group Session is set to take place on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Our Elder Study Group Coordinator will preside over this session while he reads the next poem out of The Poetic Edda The Mythological Poems. During and after the reading of this Mythological poem we will engage in in-depth discussion about what is detailed with poem. At the end of this study session, we will participate is a brief discussion about what was read.
l) On Sunday, April 26, 2009, At our next scheduled Study Session we plan to study the Grimnismol
m) "Would you know yet more?"
n) On Sunday, April 26, 2009, we studied the Grimnismol of The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems
o) On Sunday, May 10, 2009, At our next scheduled Study Session we plan to study the Skirnismol
p) "Would you know yet more?"
q) On Sunday, May 10, 2009, we studied the Skirnismol of The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems
r) On Sunday, May 24, 2009, At our next scheduled Study Session we plan to study the Harbarthsljoth, The Poem of Harbarth.
s) "Would you know yet more?"
t) On Sunday, May 24, 2009, we studied the Harbarthsljoth, The Poem of Harbarth.
u) On Sunday, June 7, 2009, At our next scheduled Study Session we plan to study the Hymiskvitha, The Lay of Hymir
v) "Would you know yet more?"
w) We are currently seeking four more participants for our Norse Mythology Study Group. Interested applicants should contact me at elo@ipfw.edu for more information.
x) "Would you know yet more?"
y) On Sunday, June 7, 2009 we studied the Hymiskvitha, The Lay of Hymir
z) On Sunday, June 28, 2009 we plan to study the Lokasenna, Loki's Wrangling
aa) "Would you know yet more?"
bb) On Sunday, June 28, 2009 we read The Lokasenna, Loki's Wrangling
bb1) Loki
cc) On Sunday, July 12, 2009 we will read Thrymskvitha, The Lay of Thrym
dd) "Would you know yet more?"
ee) On Sunday, July 12, 2009 we read the Thrymskvitha, The Lay of Thrym
ff) On Sunday, August 2, 2009 we will study the Alvissmol, The Ballad of Alvis
gg) "Would you know yet more?"
hh) Nordic Studies
ii) On Sunday August 2, 2009 we studied the Alvissmol, The Ballad of Alvis
jj) On Sunday August 16, 2009 we will study Baldrs Draumar, Baldr's Dreams
kk) "Would you know yet more!!!"
ll)
G5) I have generated interest in the Study of the Teutonic Mythology
a) Today, on Sunday, March 22, 2009 we studied and communicated a little on Teutonic Mythology.
b) On Saturday, April 25, 2009 I experienced the distinct pleasure of listening to an opera on my car radio that drew heavily from Teutonic Mythology.
c) The Thule Society
1) Starting a Thule Study Group
2)
d)
G6) Native American Mythology
a) The Great Spirit
b) The Raven
c) The Coyote
d)
G6.A) The Band of Ojibwe Mythology
a)
G7) Aborigine Mythology
a) The Dream Time
b)
G8) Asian Mythology
a)
G8.A) Chinese Mythology
a) The Celestial Bureaucracy
b)
G8.B) Japanese Mythology
a)
G8.C) Korean Mythology
a)
G8.D) Vietnamese Mythology
a)
G8.E) Filipino Mythology
a)
G8.F) Samoan Mythology
a)
G8.G) Mongolian Mythology
a)
G9) Celtic Mythology
a) The Legend of Math ( Mathematics???)
b) The White Stagg
c) The Green Man
d)
G10) African Mythology
a)
G10.A) Jamaican Mythology
a)
G11) Mayan Mythology
a)
G12) Aztec Mythology
a)
G13) Incan Mythology
a)
G14) Indian Mythology
a)
G15) Egyptian Mythology
a) Ptah
b) Set
c) Anubis
d) Ra
e)
G16) Arthurian Mythology
a) King Arthur
b) Merlin
c)
G17) Mythologies of the United States of America
a) The Cthulhu Mythos
a1) Lesser Independent Races
a) Dimensional Shambler
b) Elder Thing
c) Ghoul
d) Insect From Shaggai (Shan)
e) Mi-Go (The Fungi From Yuggoth)
f) Serpent People
g) Spider of Leng
h) Star Vampire
i) Terror From Beyond
j) The Worm That Walks
k)
a1a) Greater Independent Races
a) Colour Out of Space
b) Chthonian
c) Dhole
d) Flying Polyp
e) Gnoph-Keh
f) Great Race of Yith (Yithian)
g) Hound of Tindalos
h) Lloigor
i)
a2) Lesser Servitor Races
a) Byakhee
b) Deep One
c) Fire Vampire
d) Formless Spawn
e) Nightgaunt
f) Rat-Thing
g) Spectral Hunter
i) Tcho-Tcho
j)
a2a) Greater Servitor Races
a) Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath
b) Hunting Horror
c) Servitor of The Gods
d) Shoggoth
e) Shoggoth Lord
f)
a3) The Old Ones
a4) The Great Old Ones
a) Cthulhu (Demigod)
b) Hastur, The Unspeakable (The King in Yellow) (Demigod)
c) Chaugnar Faugn, The Horror From The Hills (Demigod)
d) Cthugha (Demigod)
e) Father Dagon and Mother Hydra (Demigod and Demigoddess)
f) Eihort (Demigod)
g) Y'Golonac (Demigod)
h) Glaaki (Demigod)
i) Ithaqua (Demigod)
j) Mordriggian, The Charnel God (Demigod)
k) Shudde M'ell (Demigod)
l)Tsathoggua (Demigod)
m) Yig, The Father of Serpents (Demigod)
n)
a5) The Elder Gods
a) Nodens The Hunter, Lord of The Great Abyss (Lesser God)
b)
a6) The Outer Gods
a) Azathoth (Greater God)
b) Nyarlathotep, The Crawling Chaos (Intermediate God)
c) Shub-Niggurath, Black Goat of the Woods With a Thousand Young
(Intermediate God)
d) Yog-Sothoth (Intermediate God)
e)
a7) Other Places of the Cthulhu Mythos
a7a) The Dreamlands
a8) Howard Phillips Lovecraft
a9)
b) Tekumal: The Empire of the Petal Throne
b1) M. A. R. Barker
b2)
c) Sasquatch
c1)
d) Paul Bunyan
d1)
e) The Jersey Devil
e1)
G18) Dante's The Divine Comedy
a) Infierno
b) Purgatorio
c) Paradiso
d)
G18) Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
a) Adam and Eve
b) The Falling
c) The Fall of Humanity
d)
G19) Grimm's Fairy Tales
a) The Frog Prince
b) Rumplestiltskin
c)
G20) Undercover Mythologies
a) Those that are Forbidden
b)
G21) Finnish Mythology
a)
G22) Sumerian Mythology
H) Scholarly Books on Tolkien Studies:
a) The Tolkien Library
I) Fantasy Book Reading List:
a)
J) Books About The Art of Writing:
a)
J1) About Free-Writes
a) How to Free-Write
b) Participate in timed free-writes like one that joggs and/or weight lifts on a regular basis.
c)
K) The Grandmaster Game Master
a) Beyond the Grandmaster Game Master
b) The Invisible Game Master
c) The Opaque Game Master
d) Game Theory 101
e)
L) The Fine Art of Letter Writing
a) About Correspondence
b) Handwriting your letters in Print or Cursive
c) Letterhead
d) Typing your letters
e) Paper and Envelopes for Letter Writing
f) Post Cards and Note Cards
g)
M) The Fantasy Literature Library
a)
N) The Living Journal
a) How to write a living journal
b)
N) A World Builder should write often.Professor Tolkien wrote many essays and notes. It is good to write on a regular basis in order to record your thoughts and ideas. This process greatly facilitates in the Fantasy World Building process.
a) "What Fantasy to Write???"
1) Be a Vignettist and write vignets.
2) Be an Aphorist and write aphorisms.
3) Be a Creative Writer.
4) Be a Solipsist and write Solipsisms.
5) Write a tale, spin a yarn, share a story, or etc....
6) Put words on paper, into the Cyberworld, or speak them aloud into the air
7) Share your work with others
8)
O) Proper Book Reading Techniques 101:
a) The right Reading Chair
b) The right Reading Lamp
c) Reading to view the Mental Motion Picture with your Mind's Eye
d)
P) Your own special Study Area
a) Locating that Special Space that works for you
b) Purging your own personal Special Study Area Space from outside influences.
c)
Q) Your Heart's Desire
a) Figuring out what you want and setting goals for yourself
b) Focus with a Purpose
c)
R) Paradigms 101:
a) Paradigm Management
a1) Paradigm Upgrades
b) Paradigm Shifts
c) The Fine Art of Conceptual Scientific Paradigm Upgrade Implementation and Maintenance.
d)
S) The Game of Chess
a) Traditional Chess
b) Variations of Chess
c)
T) Solipsism and the Arts involved in Phantasy World Setting Creation
a) Be a Solipsist
b) Books about Solipsism
c)
U) Book Reading Log:
a) Book Reading Schedule
1. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
2. The Lord of the Rings Part 1 The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
3. The Lord of the Rings Part 2 The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
4. The Lord of the Rings Part 3 The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Simarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
6. Greyhawk Novels a) Gary Gygax b) Rose Estes
7. Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy
8. Secret of the Sixth Magic by Lyndon Hardy
9. Riddle of the Seven Realms by Lyndon Hardy
10. Nift The Lean by Michael Shea
11. The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
12. The Man of Gold by M. A. R. Barker
13. Imagica by Clive Barker
14. H. P. Lovecraft
15. Clarke Ashton Smith
16. Milton's Paradise Lost
17. Milton's Paradise Regained
18. Dante's The Divine Comedy
19. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J. R. R. Tolkien
20. The Fairie Queene by Edmund Spenser
21. Beowulf and the Critics by J. R. R. Tolkien
22. The Complete Illuminated Books by William Blake
23. Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
24. Colour by Rudolf Steiner
25. The Great Initiates by Edouard Schure
26. The Collected Works of Lord Dunsany by Lord Dunsany
27. Many Dimensions by Charles Williams
28. Who Wrote Bacon by Richard Ramsbotham
29. The Company They Keep C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Pavlac Glyer
30. The Plants of Middle-Earth Botany and Sub-creation by Dinah Hazell
31. The Epic of Gilgamesh
32. Metamorphoses by Ovid
33. The Aeneid by Virgil
34. Grendel by John Gardner
35. King Arthur and His Knights compiled and arranged by Sir James Knowles
36.
b) Reading Log: ( four hours per day)
1. On Friday, May 22, 2009 Started reading: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
(The Enchanting Prelude to Lord of the Rings) ISBN: 0-345-33968-1
Have read Chapter I An Unexpected Party front-cover to page 27
2. On Saturday, May 23, 2009 Read Ephesians 6 from The Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition sixth printing, 2001 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 81-69752
3. On Saturday, May 23, 2009 Read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Chapter II Roast Mutton pages 28-44
4. On Sunday, May 24, 2009 Read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Chapter III
A Short Rest pages 45 to 54
5. On Sunday, May31, 2009 Read:
a) The Fellowship Of The Ring Part I Note on Text
by J. R. R. Tolkien (c) 1994 renewed by Christopher R. Tolkien
ISBN: 0-618-00222-7 pages IX to XII
b) Clive Barker's A-Z Of Horror S For Sorceress
compiled by Stephen Jones 1997
ISBN: 0 563 37152 8 pages 175 to 183
6. On Sabbath, June 6, 2008 Read Ephesians 6, Daniel 1, and Philipians 4:8 out of the Sacred Scriptures
7. On Sunday, June 7, 2009 Read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Chapter IV
Over Hill And Under Hill pages 55-67
8. On Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
pages 67 - 306 (completing the read)
9. On Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Read The Lord of the Rings Part I The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0-345-33970-3
Have read front cover to page 221
10. On Thursday, June 11, 2009 Read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Chapter 5 Riddles In The Dark pages 68 to 90
11. On Sabbath, June 20, 2009 Read Ephesians 6, Daniel 1, and Philipians 4:8 from the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition
12. On Sabbath, June 27, 2009 Read:
a) Ephesians 6, Daniel 1, and Philipians 4:8 from the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition
b) The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Chapter 6 Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire
pages 91 to 111
13. On Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Read:
a) Alvissmol, The Ballad of Alvis from The Poetic Edda The Mythological Poems
14. On Saturday, July 18, 2009 Read:
a) Alvissmol, The Ballad of Alvis from The Poetic Edda The Mythological Poems
b) Daniel 2 from the Sacred Scriptures
c) Reviewed Chapter 2 of Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
d) Talked about Many Dimensions by Charles Williams
e) Talked about The Golem by Gustav Meyrink
f) Talked about Theory of Colours by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
g) Talked about The End of The Story by Clarke Ashton Smith
i) Talked about Lilith Darkness and Light: Book 1 by D. A. Heeley
j) Talked about A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
k) Reviewed and Talked about To The Muses by William Blake
l) Reviewed and Talked about Peace Author Unknown from
Medieval English Lyrics
m) Look Over and Thought About Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott a mathematical romance fiction
15. On Sunday, July 19, 2009Read:
a) Daniel 2 & 3 out of an old Bible at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation's Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
b) Shared and Talked about To the Muses by William Blake
from The Oxford Book of English Verse
c) Shared and Talked about Peace Author Unknown
from Medieval English Lyrics A Critical Anthology
d)
16. On Monday, July 20, 2009:
a) Started the Reading of: Tales Before Tolkien The Roots of Modern Fantasy Classic Stories That Inspired the Author of The Lord of the Rings
Edited and With Commentary by Douglas A. Anderson Editor of
The Annotated Hobbit ISBN: 0-345-45854-0 2003
b)
17. On Friday, July 24, 2009 Read:
a) The Fellowship of The Ring By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Chapter 12 Flight To The Ford Book I pages 209 to 227
Chapter 1 Many Meetings Book II pages 231 to 251
b)
18. On Sabbath, July 25, 2009 Read:
a) Daniel 3 of The Sacred Scriptures
b)
19. On Monday, July 26, 2009 Read:
Briefly glanced at and reviewed-
a) Vlad III Dracula The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula
by Kurt W. Treplow published by: The Center for Romanian Studies (2000)
b) Agents of Faith Crusaders of the Gods by: Living Imagination Inc.
c) The Complete Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler
ISBN: 0-312-31545-7 (1976)
d) Poems and Stories by: J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0-395-68999-67 (1992)
e) Meditations on Middle-Earth Editor: Karen Haber
ISBN: 0-312-27536-6 (2001)
f) Modern Critical Views Edgar Allan Poe Edited and with an introduction by: Harold Bloom ISBN: 0-87754-602-9 (1985)
g) The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 0-679-60007-8 (1992)
h) The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius stories of the comic apocalypse
By: Michael Moorcock ISBN: 1-56858-273-0 (2003)
i) Magician Apprentice Volume One (Graphic Novel)
by: Raymond E. Feist (2007)
j) The Collected Fantasies, Volume I The End of the Story
by: Clark Ashton Smith Edited by: Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
ISBN: 978-1-59780-028-0 (2006)
k)
20. On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Read:
a) A Descent Into The Maelstrom by: Edgar Allan Poe
from: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe pages 127 to 140
21. On Friday, July 31, 2009 Read:
a) The Lord of the Rings by: J. R. R. Tolkien
1) The Fellowship of The Ring Book II Chapter 2 The Council of Elrond
pages 252 to 284
2) The Fellowship of The Ring Book II Chapter 3 The Ring Goes South
pages 285 to 307
22. On Sabbath, August 1, 2009:
a) Read and Studied in Scripture Study Group: Daniel 1 to 4+
of the Sacred Scriptures
23. On Monday, August 3, 2009:
a) Read, Studied, and Discussed: DREAM-LAND by: Edgar Allan Poe
from: The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe pages 967 to 968
b) Read Aloud: Fairy-land by: Edgar Allan Poe
from: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe pages 740 to 741
c) Read Aloud: Shadow-a Parable by: Edgar Allan Poe
from: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe pages 601 to 603
d) Read Aloud: (88) Whilst it is prime and (89) A Ditty In praise of Eliza, Queen of the Shepherds by: Edmund Spenser
from: The Oxford Book of English Verse pages: 111 to 113
e) A Fellow Scholar Read Aloud to me and we discussed:
The Jersey Devil of the Pine Barrens by: Anthony Perticaro pages 1 to 4
from: strangemag.com
f) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: Spenser's Art A Companion to Book One of The Faerie Queene by: Mark Rose
ISBN: 0-674-83193-4 (1975)
g) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (1966)
h) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: The Poems of Alexander Pope
Edited by: John Butt ISBN: 0-300-00030-8 (1963)
i) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: Beowulf And The Critics
by: J. R. R. Tolkien ISBN: 0-86698-290-6 (acid-free paper) (2002)
j) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: The Caterbury Tales
by: Geoffrey Chaucer (1935)
k) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: The Raven Poem by Edgar Allan Poe
Illustrations by Gustave Dore ISBN: 0-486-29072-7 (1996)
l) Looked at and Reviewed Briefly: Magician Apprentice Volume One
by: Raymond E. Feist (a graphic novel) (2007)
m)
24.
c) Develop a Reading Regimen
1. Reading Plan
R) Scripture Studies
a) Ephesians 6, Daniel 1, and Philippians 4:8
b) Study sessions on a consistant regularly scheduled basis would be a good idea
c) The regular observance of Holy Days and Holy Rituals, Observances, and Convocations would be a good practice to participate in
1) Be a spiritual person
a) Do not be an infidel
b)
2) Be devout, not fanatical
3) Observe your Holy Days
4) Beware the Spiritual Pitfalls of changing your religious affiliation
1) For example: write about the multi-colored wizard leader ( )who became a servant of the Dark Lord in Lord Of The Rings
5)
d) Form into Study Groups
e) Study and Learn the Word
1) Study the Scriptures on a regular basis
2) Study your Canon
3)
f) Design and write your own prayers for specific results with a special purpose in mind.
g
S) Write on a regular basis
a) Develop a writing regimen
b) Words to incorporate into your manuscript while writing:
Demiurge, channel, coax, think, summon, invoke, intonation, chant, component, somatic, focus, spell, ritual, node, Domain ( closed or open), spellbook, journal, scroll, a symbolic system of shorthand (a pictographic/ideographic symbolic codic form of writing used to put your thoughts, ideas, concepts, formulae, rituals, spells, observations, and other notes on paper), a pet animal, a pet plant, one or more children, sanctums, study, laboratory, temple, holy symbol, holy items, canonical readings, canon, priest, realm, magical peripheral, mystical peripheral, spiritual peripheral, magical enhancement, mystical enhancement, spiritual enhancement, more than human, conduit, avatar, aspect, obfuscate, scrye, powder, potion, elixir, balm, cream, candle, incense, mirror, crystal ball, ingredients, teleport, track, retrieval, minion, retriever, collector, servant, assistant, apprentice, enchantment, fabricate, fabrication, libram, codex, lexicon, scroll, rune, mandrake, garlic, cayenne, pepper, liquid aminos, almonds, raw leaf spinach, distilled water, vitamins, raw vegetables, raw fruits, house plants, gardens, orchards, juicer, herb garden, flower garden, waterways, underground tunnel complex, arid lands, tropical regions, mountainous regions, hilly places, atmospheres, concentric communities, hierarchical organizations, entropy, atrophy, decay, revenance, delayed reaction, safeguard, pattern, rhythm and regularity, cabal, coven, solitary, seclusion, secluded, group, convocation, convene, chapter house, chantry, assembly, traditional, nontraditional, image, imagistic, imagist, mirage, spectral, phantasmal, the grand illusion, perpetual, perpetuity, throng, phantasmagoria, cognizant, precognizant, precognition, predilection, austerity, prosperity, magnitude, miniscule, monolithic, small, medium, large, huge gigantic, colossal, monumental, herb, herbs, roots, tubors, leave(s), flower, communicate, communications, courier, robe, cowel, garb, garments, addornment, embellishment, brooch, necklace, ring, tattoo, boots, shoes, stockings, gloves, armor, shield, magical force field, stiletto, switch blade, wavy dagger, short sword, katana, broad sword, long sword, bastard sword, two-handed sword, great sword, spear, halberd, axe, battle axe, war hammer, club great club, mace, footman's mace, morning star, flail, bow, long bow, arrow, dart, sling bullet, stone, throwing stars, blowgun, poison needle, ballista, catapult, battering ram, liquid fire, footmen, mean-at-arms, horsemen, archers, archery, mounted cavalry, spearmen, diggers, swimmers, fliers, diplomacy, diplomatic relations, peace negotiations, treaties, business arrangements, slave peasant, serf, bondsman, esquire, earl, squire, knight, barron, duke prince, king, emperor, thugee, ninja, assassin, death cultist, groupee, thronger, grouper, idiot savant, savant, sage, scribe, stalker, tracker, card, cards, card player, artist, poet, special poetry, poetical inclinations, painter, sculptor, writer, composer, musical instrument player, musician, bookbinder, paper maker, ink maker, baker, cobbler, gem merchant, fisher, hunter, farmer, seduction, boatswright, wheelwright, barrelwright, carpenter, stone mason, woodsmane, wench, serving wench, innkeeper, bard, scald, animal trainer, stable keeper, chirosurgeon, bleeder, fortune teller, tailor, weapon smith, armor smith, leather worker, armorer, tanner, seamstress, lady, gentleman, sir, guild, vintner, brewer, officer, general, council, aristocrat, magister, magistrate, noble, nobility, nature, natural, naturopathic, mathematically pure, intuition, sound, an eye, a nose, an ear, a rat, a mouse, a cat, a snake, a frog, a toad, a snake, a pet spider monkey, a tarantula, barracuda, great white shark, newt, crayfish, lobster, sea anemones, sea urchin, kelp, dulce, sea weed, see grass, morey eel, brook trout, small mouth bass, large mouth bass, striped bass, blue-gill, sunfish, crappie, perch, walleye, northern pike, pickerel, sucker, carp, bullhead, channel cat, brown trout, rainbow trout, salmon, minnow, chub, moss, lichen, fern, air plant, orchid, house plant, tree, mortar and pestle, cauldron, vial, dried flowers, dried leaves, statue, figurine, obelisk, operative (pawn, low-level, mid-level, high-level) functionary(ies), mastermind, intellectual stimulation(s), gamer, games, game theory, singer, song, choir, vocals, vocalist, acupuncture, aromatherapy, facial, plastic surgery, massage, massouse, barber, roman bathhouse, Greek bathhouse, sauna jacuzzi, mudbath, wood carver, soap maker, metal smith, glass blower, knife sharpener, chieftan, war leader, millwright, butcher, candle stick maker, beekeeper, tree surgeon, logger, shepherd, gardener, groundskeeper, bodyguard, personal assistant, treasurer, tax collector, prospector, gate guard, special, furniture maker, sentinel, mercenary(ies), retainer(s), weapon smith, bower, Fletcher, barrista, guide, story-teller, game master, moderator, dungeon master, master dungeon master, grand master dungeon master, the game, the real game, the invisible game, color theory, color coordination, lighting affects, coloration, shading, shadows, hydration, hydrationist, organic(s), live music, ethereal chant, chant, classical, folk, jazz, blues, classic, rock and roll, smell, odor, fragrance, aroma, BO, cologne, perfume, deodorant, ventilation, gust of wind, breeze, plow winds, dust devil, turnado, typhoon, thunder storm, rain storm, shower(s), electrical storm, static electricity, Tesla, alternating current, direct current, lightning, ball lightning, conductivity, electrocution, conduit, electrical pulse, coincidental occurrences, strange occurrences, occurrence, dream, dreaming, dreams, imagine, imaginate, imagination(s), create, creator, creation, creationist(s), paternal, maternal, parental, matriarchy, matriarchal, patriarchy, patriarchal, heirarchal, heirarchy, pupil, astute, cosmetic, disguise, feel, feelings, sensate, sensations, vibes, frozen, frigid, cold, warm, hot, steaming, cramp, ache, pain, chronic pain, sensual, irritate, irritable, happy, happiness, sad, sorrowful, joy, joyful, angry, angered, rage, umbrella, tent, canopy, chef, cook, pastry, clothier, beautician, live show performer, palmist, palmistry, glass worker, maid, butler, doorman, matre' dee, caller, runner, arcane, arcanist, arcanum, occult, occultist, esoteric, sweep, sweeping, sway, ways, means, puppet, stooge, pigeon, pigeon hole, key, door, portal, gate, passage, entry way, gate guardian, oracle, spectator, plant, spy, informant, profile, profiler, information collector, thought collector, information dealer, information age, intelligentsia, data, data management, knowledge, mercy, merciful, probable, probability, calculated risk, morgue, mortician, embalmer, mummy, afterlife, salvation, damnation, depart, departure, departed, point of departure, destiny, fate, luck, Omnipotent, omnipotence, omniscient, omniscience, home, house, castle, sailing, floating, flying, broomstick, falling, faller, felled, fell, malfeasance, malific, powerful, wrathful, vengeful, resentment, resent, resentful, articulations, articulate, article, postulate, postulation, formula, formulae, recipe, recipe book, cookbook, chef manual, interior decoration, interior decorator, financial adviser, money lender, estate, school of fish, herd of deer, herd(s), aquatics, avians, terrans, outsiders, aliens, conversation(s), letters, blood war, baatezu, tanarri, celestial, other worldly, threshold, card maker, book seller, candy maker, dishwasher, muralist, animal trainer, pet, bottles, contain, container(s), containment, containing, conformity, conformist, nonconformity, nonconformist, gears, steel, iron, copper, bronze, silver, gold platinum, electrum, aluminum, tin, ally, oak, mahogany, pine, ironwood, cherry, balsa, teak, bookshelf, bookcase, horse(s), horseback riding, stallion, exhibition, exhibitionist, exhibit, blending, camouflage, brotherhood, sisterhood, deification, sainthood, fiefdom, feudalism, feudal, mind sight, priesthood(s), royal, royalty, gourmet, gourmand, gourmae, sweat, sour, bitter, fresh, stale, rancid, juicy, dry, crisp, soggy, soft, hard, light, heavy, bony, skinny, medium, plump, heavy, overweight, obese, malnourished, nourished, parched, thirsty, sated, filled up, fuel for the fancy, diet, dietary, health conscious, junk food, atmosphere, atmospheric conditions, particular, particularity(ies), obtuse, obscure, obscurity, uniform, uniformity(ies), region, regional, curse, charm, counterspell, response, responsive, nonresponsive, script, scripting, dialog, eye, astral projection, thought projection, projection, projector, apparel, appearance, attitude adjustment, increment, incremental, incrementalist, segwey, segment, segmented, view, vision, curtain, formal, informal, conceit, conceited, humble, perserverance, integrity, observation(s), construct, golem, wonder, wonderful, miracle, differentiate, collective unconscious, tempest, tempestuous, ephemeral, temporal, distortion(s), energetic, abstract, abstraction, ethereal, prurient, rude, ravage, ravager, ravish, ravishing, grunt, whine, adversarial, attention, administer, fiend, fetid, daemon, espiritus, maxim, maximum, mantra, quote, proverbial, writing(s), work(s), day(s), night(s), recconaisance, recon, rennaisance, esoteric, obscurity, swine, mint, lavender, rose petals, rosehips, chives, arcana, ardent, ardous, lark, sparrow, hawk, mocking bird, cardinal, blue-jay, humming bird, buzzard, scycle, scythe, staff, rod, remembrance, remember, recollection, knowledge, intuition, provoke, provoking, attitude, habit, scribble, mark, notate, notation, rotate, rotation, compose, composer, composure, orchastrate, orchastra, opera, recital, recite, orate, handy, handiwork, respect, respectable, repute, reputable, reputation, oracle, articulate, articulation, ensight, ensightful, graph, matrix, hexagon, dimension, dimensional, travel, voyage, voyager, reaver(s), rapid, roast, roust, trounce, ruse, revamp, reinvent, reinvention, invest, reinvest, investment, taste, tasteful, gesture, gesticulate, posture, pasteurize, pasteurization, anomaly, nominal, marginal, margin, marginalize, idol, idolator, spectacle, species, spectator, origin, originate, originater, allotment, finance, capital, dough, bread, wave, tidal wave, drone, trial, trevail, mingle, mixer, ice breaker, exertion, exert, exegency, rather, standing, founder, foundation, eligible, alleged, liege, allege, elegy, allegory, sundial, hour glass, sentimental, jovial, quite, quited, exonorate, exonorated, exalt, exalted, vile, imbue, instill, distill, distillation, faith, faithful, proximity, hope, hopeful, determined, determination, determine, scowel, cowel, snide, howel, vowal, prowl, pleasure, displeasure, favor, disfavor, fortune, fortunate, unfortunately, contigous, abound, abundance, replenish, plentiful, charge, recharge, horror, terror, terrific, expanse, demense, demonstrate, demonstrative, wax, wane, decline, rise, advance, advanced, advancement, maelstrom, pertinate, pertain, pertaining, pertinance, obtain, obstinance, prairie, dairy, dew, due, enthrall, thrall, enmity, councillors, hootenanie, shindig, festival, fair, faire, convene, growel, roar, hone, local, foreign, legendary, guardian, legend, chord, chime, hum, circle, square, cube, banter, bitter, wrangling, amusing, amuse, region, regional, blend, blending, dialects, ......
T) Defeat your Adversary(ies)
U) Overcome your Trials and Tribulations
V) Heal and Recover from your Wounds
W) Grow in Knowledge and Wisdom
X) The Fine Art of Book Annotation
a) How to Annotate a Book
b)
Y) World Building in Liberal Arts
Z) Construct Theory and Implementation
a) The Automaton
b) The Golem
c) Magical Constructs
d) Spiritual Constructs
c) Mystical Constructs
d) Spring and Gear Technology
e) Pneumatics
f) Hydraulics
g) Steam Power
h) Gravity
i) Electrical
j) Wind and Air Power
k) Solar Voltecs
l) Water Power
m) Anti-mater
n) Dark Matter
o) Negative Energy
p) Positive Energy
q) Life Force
r) Building the Vessel and installing the animative force
s) Gaining sentience, and etc...
t) Example types of constructs:
1) the courier
2) the priest
3) the builder
4) the bodyguard
5) the servant
6) the chef
7) the savant
8) the scribe
9) the scholar
10) the collector
11) the retriever
12) the brain
13) the thought collector
AA) How Transmorphosition and Transposition combine when Powers make servitors of their followers in the Afterlife.
a) Servitor advancement and Transmorphosition
b)
BB) Oaths
a) Oath of Fealty
b) Oath of Servitude
c)
CC) Character Sketching
a)
DD) The Fine Art Of Collaborative Projects
a) Forming into Project and/or Study Groups
b) Alternative Sources of Ideas, Information, and Source Subject Matter
c) Avoidance of attracting unwelcomed attention(s)
d) Generating Business and Contractual Agreements
e) Setting up a timetable for your Fantasy World Setting Creation
f) Connections and Affiliations
g) Growing your Fantasy World Outwards
h) We do not live in a perfect world
i)
EE) Flora and Fauna
a)
FF) Generating Story Title Ideas and Fantasy World Setting Creations
a) How one can generate a story title idea
b) How one can generate a Fantasy World Setting Creation
1) The Cosmology
2) The Other Places of Your Setting Creation
3) Something about the interconnections and interconnectivity of your Fantasy World Setting Creation in Process.
c) A POSSIBILITY: (food for thought) A World Without Confliction? Utopia?
Would it work?
d)
GG) What you conceive and believe you can achieve
HH) Everyone knows something, not one person knows everthing
II) One improves and grows over time
JJ) In the light no darkness may hide
KK) The various types and kinds of missile and melee weapons that are wielded during times of confliction
LL) Informants: the hired eyes, ears, and noses of those that lead
MM) Spiritual networks and heirarchies
NN) The affect of spiritual focus items and objects within a holy area, shrine, or temple
OO) The affect of magical focus items and objects within a special area, work room, or sanctum
PP) The affect of mystical focus items and objects within a special area, place, or location
QQ) Number Theory
RR) Time Theory
SS) Color Theory
TT) Studies Into Thule
1) Starting a Thule Study Group
2)
UU) Studies Into Atlantis
1) Starting Atlantis Study Group
2)
VV) Dreaming in the True Dream
XX) Mercantile Trades
YY) Staying Afloat
a) Ever Forward, Never Backward, Without Fail.
By: John Merhar
b) Setting Sail
c) Typhoons and Leviathans
d) Pirates
e)
ZZ) Ruins
AAA) Castles
BBB) Bards
CCC) Minstrels
DDDD) Paladins
EEEE) Cavaliers
FFFF) Knights
GGGG) Fighters
HHHH) Men-at-arms
IIII) Warriors
JJJJ) Archers
KKKK) Rangers
LLLL) Monks
MMMM) Seers, Fortune Tellers, Diviners, and Oracles
NNNN) Aristocrats
OOOO) Adepts
PPPP) Adepts
QQQQ) Experts
RRRR) Commoners
SSSS) Holding, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis
TTTT) Exports
UUUU) Imports
VVVV) Battle and War
WWWW) Intrigue
XXXX) Politics
YYYY) Diplomacy
ZZZZ) Art and Artisans
AAAAA) Herbs, Herbology, and Herbalists
BBBBB) Precious Stones, Jewels, and Gems
CCCCC) Special Ingredients and Components
DDDDD) Magic Power Levels
EEEEE) Hunting and Gathering
FFFFF) Agriculture Levels
GGGGG) Scribes
HHHHH) Sages
IIIII) Counsellors
JJJJJ) Harlequins
KKKKK) Jesters
LLLLL) Paper Making
MMMMM) Scrolls
NNNNN) Quills
OOOOO) Ink Making and Ink
PPPPP) Book Binding and Book
QQQQ) Clay Tablets
RRRRR) Stone Tablets
SSSSS) Animal Skin Scrolls
TTTTT) Jewelry and Jewelers
UUUUU) Miners and Mining
VVVVV) Spies and Espionage
WWWWW) Tailors
XXXXX) Groves, Woods, and Forests
YYYYY) Blacksmiths
ZZZZZ) Armorers
AAAAAA) Weapon Smiths
BBBBBB) Bowers and Fletchers
CCCCCC) Inns and Innkeeps
DDDDDD) Innkeepers
EEEEEE) Hunters, Hunting, and Game
FFFFFF) Steeds
GGGGGG) Retainers
HHHHHH) Apothecaries
IIIIII) Bleeders and Chirosurgeons
JJJJJJ) Singers
KKKKKK) Jugglers
LLLLLL) Acrobat
MMMMMM) Rogues
NNNNNN) Assassins
OOOOOO) Cooks and Chefs
PPPPPP) Vitners and Brewers
QQQQQQ) Story-Tellers
1) Theory and Practice of Story-Telling
2)
RRRRRR) Bakers
SSSSSS) Butchers
TTTTTT) Ships
UUUUUU) Footpaths, Paths, Roads, and Streets
VVVVVV) Bandits and Brigands
WWWWWW) Bucanneers and Pirates
XXXXXX) Toll-Collectors
YYYYYY) Taxs and Tax Collectors
ZZZZZZ) Candles, Candle Making, and Candle Makers
AAAAAAA) Torches and Other Light Sources
BBBBBBB) Incense and Censers
CCCCCCC) Burial Practices
DDDDDDD) Glass, Glass Blowing, and Glass Blowers
EEEEEEE) Stone Workers and Stone Masons
FFFFFFF) Sculpturs
GGGGGGG) Carpenters
HHHHHHH) Musicians
1) Noise
2) Sounds
3) Hearing
4) Sound Theory
5)
IIIIIII) Cobblers
JJJJJJJ) Law Theory
1) Law Studies
2)
KKKKKKK) The Macabre Movement
1) Studies Into the Macabre Movement
a) Some Authors to Study: H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Robert Block, Ramsey Campbell, Fritz Leiber, Henry Kuttner, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Roger Zelazny, John Tynes, Thomas Ligotti, Robert Price, Lin Carter, and August Derleth
2)
LLLLLLL) Hebraic Tradition Studies
MMMMMMM) True-Dream Theory
1) True-Dream Studies
2)
Recently Published Papers:
A) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation (published in The 17th Annual Clement S. Stacy Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings 2009 Volume II April 3 & 4, 2009 by Purdue University Calumet School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences)
B)
Recently Published Stories:
A) The Demise of Harsh Harlan (Confluence 2007)
Special Note: Copies of this issue of Confluence, the Literary Journal of IPFW's English and Linguistics Department can be obtained through www.lulu.com
B)
Completed Research Projects:
A) Completed my Summer Research into the Process by which J R R Tolkien created Middle-Earth for Purdue University. (I have presented my findings at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium on April 19, 2008) (Successfully completed and they liked my findings.) The abstract for this research project was published in the Proceedings of the Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium by the Office of Research & External Support at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne on April 19, 2008.
B) Completed more in depth detailed research in preparation for the 2009 Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference. On April 3, 2009 I submitted my paper, "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" for publication in the Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference proceedings. I presented my findings in "J R R Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-Earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation" Powerpoint Presentation at this conference on April 4, 2009 at 8:30am to 8:45am in room 132 on Calumet Conference Center of Purdue University Calumet. I received much positive feedback.
C)
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
Information on the Monthly Writers' Workshop meeting:
Writer's Workshop meetings take place the second Friday of each month 5:30pm to 7:30pm+ at Zia's Coffee house or Coffee, Sweats, and More in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For more information and directions to Workshop location, call Anna at (260) 438-4546 at Zia's Coffeehouse
Special Notation: It would be best for Workshop Participants to arrange the exchange of Manuscripts at least one week in advance of each Workshop session.
This would allow the participants to read, review, critique, edit, develop feedback, etc. prior to Workshop session.
"Would you know yet more!"
The Dates for the 2009 Writer's Workshop Meetings are:
Friday August 14th
Friday September 11th
Friday October 9th
Friday November 13th
Friday December 11th
BOOK REVIEWS:
Books that I have reviewed:
I. The Painted Drum By: Louise Erdrich (2006)
Note: This will be a detailed book review of approximately three pages that will be available after February 26, 2009
A) Completed reading "The Painted Drum" on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 4:30PM and have started working on a rough outline of this Review
B) Completed the annotation of "The Painted Drum" and have started work on a rough skeletal outline of a Review for this book on Sunday, March 1, 2009
C) Completed the book review of "The Painted Drum" on Monday, March 2, 2009 and now have begun the process of polishing up this Review
D) Completed the polishing up of this book review and posted it on Saturday, March 7, 2009
A Book Review of the novel The Painted Drum.docx
Academic Papers that are currently being worked on:
J. R. R. Tolkien's Process for Creating Middle-earth and Personal Fantasy World Setting Creation
Purdue University Calumet Undergraduate Research Conference Paper.doc
The Drum in Erdrich's The Painted Drum
Stories currently being revised and polished:
Matilda, The Expert
Against the Adversary
A Different Kind of Person
Lady Hilga, The Mistress of Culinary Delights
Maestro Knox and Apprentice Seems
Scratch, The Personal Pet Spider Monkey
Story Title Ideas:
A Lout's Delight
The Sending
The Path of Forbidden Knowledge
The Path of Life
Mechanical Inclinations
The Servants of the Flames
The Devotees of Silence
The Disciples of Infernus
Acolytes of the Abyss
The Brotherhood of Nature
The Architects of Change
The Philosophers of Doom
The Goblin Kingdoms
The Defilers
Those That Build
Those That Destroy
The Marauders
The Interlopers
Into Other Realities
Other World
Outer Layers
Celestial Interpretations
Celestial Revelations
The World Invisible
The Transparent World
Other Places
Imaginations
Exalted Revelations
The Infinite Mysteries of the Universe
Beyond the Threshold
The Petullucker
The Water Mage
Abysmal Cultists
Servants of Infernus
The Mechanistics
The Life Mage
Dark Interpretations
The Master of Light
The Wizard of Id
Transposition
Transmigration
Metaphorical Representations
Isaac the Alchemist
The Transpositional Correlation Between Physical Matter and Spatial Distance
Perversion of Intent
The Weight of Days
The Correspondence in Remote Viewing Between Thought Pattern(s) and Mental View(s)
The Geomancer
Adept of the Stars
The Apparent Spontaneous Generation of Monn
Into the Dreamlands
Alien Realms
The One Who Could See Outside One's Self
A Scholarly Treatise on the Spiritual Senses
One Self Mirrored
The Extraction of Thodd from Incarnum
Ancient Beckonings
The Song of the Sorceress
The Imprisonment of Malleuas
The Hierophant of Mar
For Whom the Drum Sounds
For Those Who Hide Watching
The Rebuke of the Dark Priestess
The Transmigration of the Senior Priestess
When Darkness Clashes
Metamorphoses of the Spirit
The Outsiders are Looking In
The Council of Two
Young Dilettante Lady
The Elder Ladies Four
The Architects of the Void
Duke Solipsistic
What Befell the Evil Wizard who Served the Imprisoned Dark Olde One
Looking Beyond the Threshold
Seeing Around Corners
Yoke of Servitude
A Remembrance of Lady Hilga
Ode To The Departed
Concentric Circles
Music of the Sphere
The Blood War
The Falling
Transmorphositions
The Ensorcelment of Jack Marvo Demiurge
Drake, Archdeacon
The Thought Collector
Concordant Opposition
Interpolations
Two Wizards' One-Day Baby Boy
The Corruption of Trigadaria
Coaxing Tides
Whispered Beckonings
What Dora Grace Wanted
When a Comet Falls
Where Crows Land
Void Traveler
That Which Must Not Be Named
As Time Collapses
Kolos
Dark Priest of a Greed God
The Priesthood of the Blood Lord
Servitors of the Lord of Undeath
Perceptual Interpretations
Through Park Natural
Tracking of John The Upright
The Man Who Looked Around Corners
Sir Black
Geometrical Asymmetry
High Priest Bernard of Darkness
Asymmetrical Insights
The Ousting of Delilah
Spirit Sword Jake
Seductress Lilith
Apprentice Matthew
The Persistence of the Antediluvian
When Dark and Light Collide
Reverberations of Divinity
The Dream
Ephemeral Insight
Illuminations of Enlightenment
The Natural Circle
Transcendence
Revelations of The Magus
The Aspirant of Ascension
The Idiot Savants of Olde Holme
When Chaos and Law Intersect
Spontaneous Generations
Spiritual Aspects of Motionless Physical Objects
Alterations of Physical Matter Through Exposure to Time and the Elements
The Cry of the Siren
Dreams of Magnitude
Explorations of Id
The Strange Disappearance of Charles Upton Holmes
Veil of Dream
Interpolations
Extrapolations
Time Stopped
When Time Changed
The Fabric of Reality
The Reluctant Bestowal
Midnight Stars
Malut
Ahvram Malowi
Dark Tides Rising
A Shadow of What is to Come
When The Floodgates of Heaven and the Abyss Open
Oh Glorious Day
The Endless Night
Petullucker Fantastico
The Fine Art of Nonverbal Communication(s)
A Scholarly Treatise on the Occurrence of Spontaneous Combustion
A Detailed Lexicon on the Scholarship of Other Places
Elder John's Famous Recipe Book of Culinary Delights
The Consciousnesses of Gondolin Explored
Strange Perceptions of a Deaf Mute Scholar
The Altered Realities of Archmagus Taulearin Cauz
What Susan Saw With Her Mind's Eye
The Temple Priestess of Zaun
The Reavers of Mad Town
Prophetess Sheliana
The Path Less Traveled
A Study of Interconnections Envolved in Reality Simulation Within a Fantasy World Setting Creation
Unspeakable Revelations
A Perversion of Intent
A Brief Study of Inner Sanctums
A Brief Study of the Interconnections Within The Physical World
The Collected Notes of a Number Theorist
The Collected Notes of a Color Theorist
The Charter for the Institute for Advanced Studies
The Domain of Lady Hilga
The Created Simulcra
A Brief Study of The Augerer
A Brief Study of Spiritual Pet Peripherals
A Study of Members Within a Common Societal Model
Diet and Scholarship
How to Collect Thoughts
The Benefits of Regular Spiritual Practices
Study Pattern Development for Knowledge Cultivation and Growth
Alchemical Ensights
The Enlightenment of Harold Dimitz
The Diminuation of Harwolde Village
The Fine Art of Cabalism
The Upset of Melvin Downs
The Study of Divine Mathematics
A Study of Math, The Celtic God of Magic
The Peculiarities of Craving Appetites
Spiritual Development Within a Religious Organization
Notes of a Conflict Theorist
Revelations of a Advanced Meditation Practitioner
Color Coordination and The Art of Symmetry
An Introduction to the Rules of Reality
Understanding Patterns and Symmetry
Introduction to Mechanistics
Theory and Practice of Thought Collection
How Jack Trounced The Giants
Theory and Practice of the Confrontationist
Theory and Practice of the Hydrationist
In The Gardens of Phue Lueng
A Devotee of Silence
A Servant of the Flames
Meal Pattern Management
A Brief Introduction to Naturpathy
Assymetrical and Symmetrical Confliction
Revelations of the Ancients
A Brief Introduction to Regional Paradigms
A Brother of Nature
A Philosopher of Doom
A Architect of Change
The Chronomancer
The Trials and Tribulations of Alfred Jacks
What They Wanted
The Persistance of Miles Jacobson
The Disruption of Long Lake
The Resignation of Harkin Jennings
The Physical Upheaval of the Far Lands
The Meanderings of a Mad Poet
The Golden Rune
Harsh of the Flamers
Henry of the Devotees
The Many Adventures of Matilda
The Black Robes
Theory and Practice of Recipe creation
The Travails of Wendy
The Strange Occurances in the Witch House
Coutney's Commission
Dragon Chaser Tom
Juju and Dimness
How to Make Proximity and Correspondence Work for you in Nonverbal Communication(s)
Theory and Practice in Cloaking
Theory and Practice in Masking
An Instruction Manuel to Stimulate and Enhance your Imagination
Practical Application of Imagination
The Guru of Mad City
In The Realm of The Swami
The Masterminds of Zurich
Archdruid Nathaniel
In The Realm of Madness
Grandmaster Chess Player Larry Holmes Whetherbee
Tabitha
The Path of The Archmagus
Omar of Wood
When Heroes and Adversaries Meet
The Magister of Mad City
The Archmagus of Darkness
The Domain of The Fire Sorceress
Otherworld
A Brief Study of the Spirtitual Attributes of Motionless Physical Objects
Dark Arch Magus and The Oaths of Fealty
The Disruption of a Dark Cell
High Priestess
The Ascenscion of Thod of Incarnum
Travels Through The Natural World with Juan Mateo
Theory and Practice of Implementation of Force Imprisonment Capsules
The Banishment of The Thing of Darkness and Slime
The Travels of Thod of Incarnum
The Charter for The Institute of Water Studies
Construct Theory and Practice
Theory and Practice of Installing the Spiritual Animating Force Into the Vessel
Recovering the Secrets of The Ancients and Forming into Study Groups
A Brief Overview of True-Dream Studies
Theory and Practice of Mechanistic Applications
Illuminatus
The Gnomes of Zurich
Slumbering Giants
Ancient Awakenings
Geomancer
The Woe Begotten
The Demense of Intuition
Pathways of Enlightenment
The Altered Perceptions of an Advanced Practioner
A Practical How-To Macual for Advanced Scholarly Practice
Matters of Conjecture
How Nonlinear Geometry, Proximity, and Spirituality Interact During Nonverbal Communications
Tulpa Generation, Direction, and Banishment
Idea Generation, Development, and Disbursement
Theory and Practice of Regional Paradigms Development
Other Places:
A) The Negative Energy Realm
a)
B) The Positive Energy Realm
a)
C) The Happy Hunting Lands
a)
D) Concordant Opposition
a)
E) The Idea Metaphorical
a)
F) The World of Water
a)
G) The Celestial Realm
a)
H) The Endless Plains
a)
I) The World of Earth
a)
J) The World of fire
a)
K) The World of Air
a)
L) The Alien Realm
a)
M) Outer Darkness
a)
N) The Maelstrom
a)
O) Dungeon Land
a)
P) Weaveworld
a)
Q) Shadowland
a)
R) Dreamland
a)
S) Darkworld
a)
T) Mechanus
a)
U) Ethereal
a)
V) Infernus
a)
W) Nirvana
a)
X) Astral
a)
Z) Limbo
a)
AA) Abyss
a)
BB) Moil
a)
CC) Void
a)
DD) Id
a)
To Happy Travels and Wondrous Discoveries,
John Merhar
Fantasy World Setting Creator and Writer
P.S.- "What are you writing?"
P.P.S.- "What are you reading?"
About Writing:
Writing Down the Bones Presentation.doc
Recorded Free-Writes:
Mechanus.doc
Yattering Jack.doc
Settings in Creation:
The Idea Metaphorical
Background.doc
Timeline.doc
W395 World Setting Creation.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 2.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 3.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 4.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 5.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 6.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 7.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 8.doc
W395 World Setting Creation 9.doc
W395 World Setting Creation[1].doc
Mechanus
Short Stories:
Dialogue about secret.doc
W203Anecdote2pages.doc
Through the Northern Forest Title Page.doc
15pageshortstory.doc
Revision Memo for Through the Northern Forest.doc
Perversion of Intent title page.doc
Perversion of Intent.doc
Revision Memo for Perversion of Intent.doc
The Demise of Harsh Harlan.doc
Nathaniel_and_Jacob[1][1].docx
Newspaper_Prompting[1].docx
Scratch[1][1][1].docx
A Different Kind of Person 2[1][1][1].doc
Lady_Hilga,_The_Mistress_of_Culinary_Delights[1][1].docx
Novels in Development Process:
Matilda, The Expert Writing Assignment #1 (Draft 8).doc
Against The Adversary.doc
Characterhistory.doc
Poetry:
A Poetical Vivisualization.doc
Completed Research:
Tolkien Abstract[1].doc
JRRTolkien.1.ppt
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