These would be: reading voraciously, publishing and editing an e-zine dedicated to matters of the Spirit called ..The Cone of Power, covering the whole gamut from metaphysics to quantum physics and the shamanic/magical lore of all cultural traditions, with a particular interest in Native American/Canadian spirituality. Metalworking, firewalking, photography, the haunting of hardware stores - I am forever inspired by industrial design, cucumber-training (as in gardening, not some arcane sexual practice), working as a volunteer in various wildlife centres and animal shelters for the past fourteen years, collecting of crystals, rocks and minerals of all kinds, environmentalism, Zero Population Growth, drawing, sewing, dance - modern and classical, theatre, healing arts - my training is mainly in Polarity Therapy, Shiatsu, Reiki and Crystal Healing. As a proponent of Slow Time - slow mobility, slow food, slow pace of life in general, I may not answer any messages as soon as they are received but do get to all of them eventually, so please be patient. "Precarity" as a lifestyle. I adhere to the Japanese concept of Wabi Sabi, which is all about finding beauty in imperfection. Most things Gothic and those pertaining to the occult. (Regarding the last: I feel the need to point out here that I am neither a Wiccan nor a Satanist nor a member of any other organized religion whatsoever. Our spiritual beliefs are informed by our experiences and as such, are very personal and cannot be truly shared.)
My latest passion: relearning to play the piano, after many years of avoidance due to childhood trauma.
Music
My most beloved artists include:
The Sisters of Mercy, Letzte Instanz, Tanzwut/Corvus Corax, Lacrimosa, Rammstein, Megaherz, Eisbrecher, The Tea Party, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Goethes Erben, Die Untoten, Kraftwerk, Das Ich, Die Aerzte, Die Toten Hosen, Schandmaul, Laibach, Finisterra, Sopor Aeternus, Nenia C'alladhan, Gitane Demone, Eros Necropsique, Elend, Les Porte Mentaux, Corpus Delicti, In Memoria, Die Form, Dark Sanctuary, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Lacrimas Profundere, Fields of the Nephilim, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Apocalyptica, Girls Under Glass, Rhea's Obsession, Bjork, Nina Hagen, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Queen, T.Rex, Leonard Cohen, Liona Boyd, Vanessa Mae, Ute Lemper, Marlene Dietrich, Barbara (the late great French chanteuse), Lynda Lemay, Noir Desir, Les Hurleurs, Les Rita Mitsouko, Vincent Delerm, Rasputina, Joy Division, Dead Can Dance, Dying Tears, Therion, Nightwish, Aquarium, Nautilus Pompilius, Epidemia, Sergei Kalugin (and his band Orgy of the Righteous), Fleur, Para Bellvm, Shmely, Alan Waters, Deform, Neutrale Erde,Concrete Blonde, Blackfire, Ataraxia, Kirlian Camera, Derniere Volonte, Nine Inch Nails, Vivaldi, Paganini, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Ravel, Grieg. As you may have surmised by now, my favourite musical genres would be Industrial, Classical, Medieval, Gothic, Punk, Sophisticated Metal, some Techno, Chanson, Cabaret, or any combination thereof.
Movies
Wings of Desire (Himmel ueber Berlin), Far Away So Close, Until the End of the
World, Mad Max, Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt), Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Cabaret, Twin Falls Idaho, Northfork, Wild at Heart, The Million Dollar Hotel, Delicatessen, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, The Hunger, The Piano, Quills, La Reine Margot, Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, The Lion in Winter, Tampopo, Orson Welles' The Trial, Mephisto, Julie Taymor's Titus, The Rocky Horror Picture
Show, Young Frankenstein, Dr.Strangelove, Citizen Kane, Alien, Kill Bill (volumes 1 and 2), My Life As A Dog, Diva, Fanny and Alexander, Dangerous Liaisons, The Crying Game, Wifemistress, Ed Wood, Don Juan de Marco, Threads, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Queen Christina, A Clockwork Orange, Eraserhead,
Barbarella (vintage camp!), Eating Raoul, Liquid Sky, Highway 61, Smoke Signals, Dance me Outside, Little Big Man, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, Big Fish, Akira Kurosawas Dersu Uzala, The House of Fools, Belle de Jour, Fellini's Roma, My Brilliant Career, Heavenly Creatures, The Ruling Class, Metropolis, Brazil, Juliet of the Spirits, Life is Beautiful (..La Vita è Bella), 1984, Vivement Dimanche, Huit Femmes, Dead Man, Farewell My Concubine, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Emperor and the Assassin, Fahrenheit 9/11, Good Night and Good Luck and any film by Hal Hartley, Tom Tykwer, Peter Greenaway, Lina Wertmuller, Sally Potter, Doris Doerrie or Andrei Tarkovsky.
Television
I don't watch much television, unless it is The Lexx - perverse, outrageous, funny, supremely silly, surreally corny at times, dark, erotic and oh-so-subversive! Not to mention that the character of Kai may just be The Ultimate Goth :)
And the occasional episode of "The Simpsons"
Books
Favourite authors include, in no particular order: Tanith Lee, China Mieville, John Kessel, Allan Stratton, Tom Robbins, Anais Nin, Hermann Hesse, Guenter Grass, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Clive Barker, Charles Baudelaire, Mikhail Bulgakov, Evgeny Zamiatin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Orwell, Plutarch, Annie Dillard, Barbara Gowdy, Marilyn Bowering, Pauline Gedge, Elizabeth Smart, Ursula K.Le Guin, Aldous Huxley, Franz Kafka, Ernst Juenger, Helena Blavatsky, Sybil Leek, Starhawk, Sunbear and Wabun Wind, Wolf Moondance, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Sherman Alexie, Anne Cameron, Isabel Allende, Frank Herbert, Diana Luppi, Shirley Jackson, William Gibson, Ruth Ozeki, Han Suyin, Octavia Butler, Albert Camus, Henry David Thoreau, Oscar Wilde, Comte de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Stefano Benni, Margaret Atwood, H.C.Turk, James Reese, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jacqueline Carey, Daphne du Maurier, Susanna Clarke, John Brunner, Jonathan Carroll, Jeanette Winterson, Carl Jung, Peter de Vries, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., D.H. Lawrence, Michael Swanwick, Alice Walker, Doris Lessing, Bruce Chatwin, Marcel Pagnol, Honore de Balzac, Romain Gary, Maurice G.Dantec, Colette, Madeleine L'Engle, C.J.Cherryh, Francoise Sagan, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Blake, Guy de Maupassant, Terry Pratchett, Farley Mowat, Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret Mead, Charles Dickens, William S. Burroughs, M.T.Anderson, Robert Sheckley, Haruki Murakami, David Icke, Don Miguel Ruiz, Fritjof Capra, Heinz Pagels, Brian Greene, Fred Alan Wolf - and anything else on the subject of quantum mechanics, Rudolf Steiner, Arundhati Roy, Krishnamurti, Anne Rice (her early works), Gore Vidal, Tad Williams, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, Richard Adams, Douglas Adams, Walter Moers, Charles de Lint, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wilhelm Reich, C.S. Lewis and Lewis Carroll.
(Please accept my apologies regarding the missing umlauts, cedillas, accents et al. in the names of authors, MySpace does not seem to be set for accommodating those symbols.)
If you are also one of those creatures who wonder how you have wound up on this planet and are in need of guidance, here is the most vitally important book you will ever read, full of gentle humour and practical advice:
Being a bit of a romantic and a noncomformist, subject to bouts of eccentricity and anarchic impulses, I have successfully avoided being trapped in a conventional occupation so far: I am a professional misfit, a freelance writer, metalworker - jewelry and ritual tools, this is the link to my company website:
I also moonlight as an artist's model, and have been known as a dominatrix on occasion. I am a religion of one, an ethnicity of one, a species of one. Neither of the Dark nor the Light, I do not differentiate between these concepts but embrace all, so please do not try to place me into either camp. Having been both cursed and blessed with full conscious awareness from birth, my memory - in terms of this lifetime - traces back to about three days after incarnation. I have a close kinship with this Earth€™s creatures, especially those of the non-human kind, enjoy going for long hikes in the woods and the mountains and singing along with the coyotes who are my nearest neighbours - to their eternal annoyance and confusion. I am not much of a "scenester", but rather prefer small, intimate gatherings where many esoteric matters are discussed. Generally, I value quality over quantity. And obviously, I admire all those who refuse to be defined by the narrow standards of society but have the courage to explore all of the facets of their beings, multi-dimensional creatures that they are. Speak English, French, Russian and a bit of German. (Lately, I've been obsessed with the German culture.) Originally from Europe, I have travelled extensively in the past, now I find myself marooned in a place-that-time-forgot in rural Canada, the town being situated betwixt Hicksville & Deliverance. Now, my travels are mainly in the astral realms - it is cheap, convenient and I need to pack emotional baggage only. (But I make efforts to divest myself of the latter.)
I tend to treat others the way they treat me, I respond in kind. I am very loyal, generous and loving if that is what I receive, always kind to animals and small children. But I am capable of being quite territorial and ruthless if any malice is directed toward me. What can I say, I am a true Scorpio Dragon :) , which does include being very honest and clear about my boundaries.
I have been away from MySpace for a while but will be back in full force shortly, so thank you so much for bearing with me! Love you all!!!
Who I'd like to meet: Generally speaking, I enjoy communing with evolved beings, nonlinear thinkers, courageous souls, intellectuals who do not take themselves seriously, true aristocrats who are not snobs, cultivated bohemians, rebels and iconoclasts, culture jammers, astral travellers and dreamers,
artists and shamans. Beings who refuse to "grow up", and so, continue to grow. (As Tom Robbins likes to put it: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood".) Star People who are aware of their heritage. (You know who you are!)Those who are well-read and well-bred are always welcome in my realm. Ages, races, species, genders, sexual orientations, planets of origin, et al are irrelevant to me.
Intelligence, emotional depth and a sense of humour do matter a great deal. And please, be articulate, cosmopolitan and refined! I have no interest in dating but I am always open to the notion of meeting kindred spirits. (Yes, correspondence is a possibility, but I have no time for idle chats.)
*Individuals I do NOT seek out would include the following: superficial yuppies, arrogant males, politically correct pedants, religious fundamentalists of all stripes, flag-waving nationalists, greedy capitalists, polluters of both physical and psychic planes, right-wingers, members of the Great Brainwashed, puritans, mindless consumers, immature, vulgar, coarse people, fear-mongerers, imperialists, misogynists, xenophobes, those who neglect to read the above yet still want to add me.
DROPPING BY TO SAY THANX FOR BEING A FRIEND OF CRISS KARVER AND THE LUNACY MACHINE. ALSO, WANTED TO WISH YOU A FABULOUS DARK AND TWISTED WEEK!!!
HERE IS A PREVIEW FOR THE UPCOMING STORY 'OUIJA' WHICH IS ONE OF MANY TWISTED RHYMES INSIDE THE NEW LUNACY MACHINE.
OUIJA
Is there someone there? Is there someone there? Come talk to us tonight. We’re asking for the dead to speak, It’s only us . . .my wife and me. Come tell us how you died.
The oracle moved about the board A figure-eight reply. The oracle started slowing down, then stopped . . . above the Y.
Tell us more, tell us more, what brought you here to me? Tell us how you died tonight. Tell us when you died tonight. Tell us what brings you here tonight. Keep spelling it for me.
The figure eight continues and around the board it moves. It’s slowing down, it’s slowing down. Come, spirit, talk to me right now, Tell us tonight, because we want to know . . Then the oracle stopped on the letter O.
You’re coming in so very clear, Now tell us why you’re roaming here, on this dark and stormy night. Speak to me, speak to me, Travel through this board to me. Tell us why you sleep tonight beneath your resting tomb. Speak to me, speak to me, speak to me now. Then the oracle stopped on the U.
Y-O-U, Y-O-U, this isn’t making sense. You spelled out, YOU is this what you meant to do? Then the oracle stopped on YES.
*COME BY AND VISIT ME AND PREVIEW SOME OTHER STORIES FROM THE LUNACY MACHINE, TWISTED TALES OF UNFORTUNATE TIMES 'R' in my blog section SEE YA!! -CRISS KARVER
Yuck a besoin de vos votes pour figurer sur la neuvième compilation du Webzine French Métal...
Bon, le concept de "tremplin" dans le genre est un peu naze mais le groupe est pour le moment quatrième alors ça vaut le coup.
Pour voter : se créer un login sur http://www.french-metal.com/forum/ (3 minutes, pas de risque de pub abusive) et ensuite la joie de voir un titre de l'album DO IT YOURSELF sur la prochaine compilation....
Le premier 11 titres de Yuck est (enfin) disponible ! Il s'intitule "Do it yourself" et s'échange pour la modique somme de 10 euros (Poster 24cm sur 24 cm et sticker inclus). En vente chez Hellion's Records (Rue Cauchoise) et au Garaj' (nouveau disquaire rue d'Amiens)
Morceaux à écouter, premières chroniques et lien pour commander (12 euros par correspondance port inclus) à trouver sur notre profil ou celui du groupe : www.myspace.com/yuckvork
Prön Flavürdik, Yuck, Vagabond + The Radikal Dude, Les boeufs troquistes au Festival de la brouette (Saint Jacques sur Darnétal) ce week-end... (Prön le vendredi, Yuck le samedi).... + pleins d'autres groupes bien sûr :)
réservations (6 euros seulement) sur www.festivaldelabrouette.com sinon c'est 8 euros sur place.. ..Il faut aller soutenir ce festoche en plein air....
La compilation de nos soirées enregistrées en 2008 est disponible ! Premier extrait (Prön Flavürdik) à savourer en tête de notre lecteur...
Tous les titres sont captés entre le Bateau Ivre, l’Oreille qui traîne et l’Emporium.
Avec : As we bleed, Scold for wandering, Yuck, Wormfood, Fatum Elisum, Warkult, Prön flävurdik, Warsaw was raw, Extrem Cherokee lors de leur dernier concert et 16 autres groupes !!!
4 euros aux concerts (deux disques) et 5 euros par correspondance (lien paypal sur notre profil).
GREETINGS AND HOPING YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU WISH DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP
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On this dark and spooky eve, Uneasy feelings come and leave. Shadowy creatures here and there, Cause a rustling in the air.
October winds blow through a tree, Tiny eyes all look at me, As the leaves fall to the ground, With their loud and crashing sound.
In the distant there is a light, Dancing, flickering in the night. Dark robed figures spinning round, Chanting to a mystic sound.
The moon is big above the land, In all her beauty bright and grand. This is a night for souls to roam, Searching for a place called home.
Countless cards are read tonight, And prophecies with inner sight. A glimpse in time for what will be, And show our mind what we should see.
On this night a wish for you, That all your dreams might come true. And at this time I must refrain, A wish to all a great samhain.
by linkk
Savin
On this night when the veil's thin, We raise the power that's from within. We remember those who have passed on, And help them in the place they've gone.
Memories keep their soul alive, So in their world they will survive. On this night we say a prayer, So in our heart we all can share.
All our love is gathered here, There is no sorrow, there is no fear. Come join us in this sacred place, Within the boundaries of this space.
just wrote this one what do you feel?...well the hurricane is almost upon us in Corpus Christi, it sort of mused me into this elemental struggle.. your friend linkk
Summoning
Esthetic lines of precise weave, Arousing magick on this eve. Feel the flow that It creates, Compelling words that It dictates.
Its been a long and wanting time, For this focused, forceful rhyme. Awakened powers, evolve in her, Complex spells Begin to stir.
Phantom thoughts run through her mind, A careful blend to her design. As she weaves, the power grows, Through her veins this passion flows.
Imagery enshrouds her back, Mystic sigils all in black. She has the power to command, As she takes this final stand.
She spins around, her power grows, Deadly magick, for her foes. Her arms raised up into the sky, A quick release shows her reply.
The clouds are filled with energy, Flashing lights for all to see. Rumbling sounds are all around, You can feel it in the ground.
Bolts of power, flash here and there, The pain is there for both to share. One's for good and one's for plight, She wont give up to end this fight.
She wheels back with great command, The power's here and in her hand, With grand resolve, she lets it go, True and straight she makes her throw.
Her time is through she must retire, Until next time she will aspire. Now she starts her long, long, rest, Time........untill the next request.
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it's the one I am making $650 a week with putting in about 23 hours a week, sometimes up to like 30 hours if I'm daydreaming. After you get your membership make sure you sign up with the companies on page one in the members section because they are the ones that pay you the most, I got $75 for one that took me 25 minutes today. You'll see what I'm talking about when you get in there. Jackie started taking them too and she's making $800 a week, it's making me so mad because I'm the one that showed her which one to sign up with now she's making more than me. Alright well me and Owen are getting ready to leave now, just give me a call or I'll catch you on here and let me know if you have any problems with your membership. TTYS
