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Solomon's Legacy

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"With constellations in the night sky, some look up and point. Others can be guided by the arrangement:The Sagittarian bow piercing enemies, the Water JarSoaking fruit trees, the Bull plowing its truth,
The Lion tearing darkness open to red satin. Use These words to change. Be kind and honest…."Rumi
  Prior to posting Solomon's Legacy, I presented the idea to my friend Ben Miller. Many of you will know Ben as a wonderful poet, and writer. Ben suggested I post it, but to provide my blog readers with some personal perspective. I value Ben's opinion, so I will attempt to do so… Hopefully, I won't appear too clumsy.  The novel King Solomon's Journey is a fictional story of a journey. Within it lies a complex tale, one designed to explore the marriage of science, spirituality, and history with the human experience. I like most writers use actual facts and fill in the blanks with a fictional story. My hope is to add a human element and provoke thought to some of the mysteries that surround us. The circumstances I present are just one of many possibilities stirring around in my own mind. Obviously, there are many more ideas in the minds of others.Here, I present just one, a fictional situation with several facts, and a whole lot of fantastic speculation based on ancient text. In all honesty, I share this piece away from the complete works as only a part of the saga, but with the hope of not appearing to exclude anyone. A concept supported within the complete texts of the trilogy. In the second book Hidden Mountain, the Prophecy and the Scrolls come alive.  
Solomon's Legacy

To: "Donizetti" <Donizetti@OPERA.com>                                                                                0939  11 May 2010From: "Maestro" <Maestro@OPERA.com>Subject: Top Secret                                                               

The time has come. This is the Legend:
In the year 939 BCE, prior to spring the crew and passengers aboard the vessels slid through the Strait of Gibraltar, between the Pillars of Hercules. They left their homeland behind, with knowledge they would never return. The large Galley ship led four smaller vessels in the bittersweet departure as their assignment began, stockpiled with supplies, rations, and women.
The fleet navigated the Atlantic Ocean for several months as they embarked upon a special expedition to the New Land. The command ship carried 400 passengers and crew, and demanded 290 rowers. Accompanied by four smaller vessels, each filled with extra supplies, they provided the means to travel through the shallow tributaries of the New Land.
Destiny dictated the King's power must fade throughout the United Kingdom of Israel. It was time. A Divine Vision prompted him to organize and deploy this mission. The Tribes would spread throughout the World and populate, but only if Israel diversified. Many claimed the King had gone mad. Contrarily, Israel's strength prepared the countrymen for this day.
Fate intended the people of Israel to inhabit all corners of the Earth. King Solomon and his father, King David, trained the Tribes for their future. Rumors claimed King Solomon abandoned the God of Moses, but in reality, Solomon instead painfully chose to honor his God, and all His wishes. The King sent the special envoy to temporarily inhabit a specific location, on the other side of the planet.
The journey wasn't without misfortune. Dysentery infected everyone aboard one of the smaller ships, and left all its passengers in a floating tomb, without a single survivor from the depths of her boughs. Near the island of present-day Cuba, a wild hurricane capsized one of the remaining smaller ships. The crew only rescued a few survivors from the treacherous waters.
Three of the five original ships arrived at the mouth of the Rio Grande, deep inside the Gulf of Mexico, nearly 2,500 years before Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. King Solomon's Captain, Nathanael, knew their travels up the river would be difficult. The direction of the on-coming current forced the ships to push against the river's fierce waves.
Merely a few days into their ascension of the Rio Grande, Nathanael determined the crew and passengers should stop for rest. They constructed a temporary campsite to provide a much-needed respite on dry land. The crew and passengers grew exhausted from the sea. No one had stepped foot off the ship in months, and many members of their party had been lost to the ocean's demands. Thwarted by a vicious hurricane, their earlier plans for a land rest didn't happen.
Before they left their temporary camp, Nathanael ordered the Levite Priestly Scribe, Ahab, to leave an inscription to mark their path. Other similar ships had voyaged before them into the New World to gather resources during the creation of the Temple, and Solomon's Palace. This was the first group sent with intentions to settle, and procreate.
King Solomon's orders sent Nathanael and his voyagers to a specific summit above the tributary that brought them from the Rio Grande. King Solomon a dedicated student of The Book of Enoch provided the longitude and latitude of their destination, the King detailed their duties and provided the items needed for their ultimate purpose.
The Voyage reached the summit at the site of an ancient volcano. Nathanael quickly set Ahab, the Scribe, to work creating known confirmed ancient relics located in recent times. On the highest point, at the very top of the Mountain, they positioned a stone that dedicated the Nexus to Yahweh.
At the base of the Mountain, Ahab inscribed the Ten Commandments on an enormous stone. This stone instilled Yahweh's laws as supreme at this site. Acting as a gateway to God's natural Temple, two more giant stones created a portal beyond the Commandments. This served as the entrance.
Ahab the Scribe aligned the Cosmos with Divine precision, as he inscribed the Summit's stones with the image of the approaching Eclipse. This Eclipse Stone marked the day when all would abandon God's Natural Temple in the New Land, and set forth to populate the New World in preparation for the day their descendants around the world would welcome 'The Chosen'.
All throughout the lands, their descendants would prepare for the future wedding. King Solomon gave the voyagers explicit directions for their journeys, and their territories within the New World.
Nathanael's five Levite Priests, along with two members from the Tribe of Judah, soon embarked on their next expedition. The priests, Allon, Boaz, Eran, Iscali, and Merab descended into the volcano to find God.
King Solomon informed the old volcano housed a natural formation, God's Temple in the New World. Solomon professed God spoke in this Holy Sanctuary in the New World. He warned - Only the Levite priests, and those with an extraordinary Divine Connection, could enter the place where God spoke.
The Wise King told them they would find a Great Room within the old volcano, a room formed naturally by God, and the place where they would hear the Voice of God. In this chamber they would discover an abundance of God's Manna.
The Levite Priests could enter the Great Hall; the other members of the group could not, but could stay within the Halls of the Labyrinth. During their stay at the Mountain, the Priests performed their duties to God within the Great Hall where God spoke to them.
Before the Tribes dispersed from the site to claim their territories amongst the New World, they obliged to complete their duties under the instruction of the King. These duties would benefit the future descendants of all the Tribes. The King sent items for them to leave behind, strategically placed for only the Chosen One and his companion to find. The Chosen One would emerge from the Tribe of Judah.
During this time, the Earth would evolve and wait. Amidst the wake of the Great Immaculate Conception, when God would connect with his feminine Shekinah, his bride - the New World, would be born and prepare. The Chosen One must gather special representative members of the Tribes to prepare God's Nexus, and Humanity, for the Great Marriage in the Cosmos.
God would only take his bride if Humanity and Earth came prepared to enter a New Era. The New Existence by design would unravel separation. This will birth the beginning of a new era. During this time, the female will share equal dominance with the male. This will happen as part of God and Shekinah's conception. In the days leading to the Great Conception, the female power will experience a gradual rise in preparation of the Great Marriage.
The Chosen One from the Tribe of Judah will find a Scroll. If his soul is touched, he will set upon a great journey to discover his Levite companion. Led by the Divine Spirit, the Levite will then enter the Chamber of God, to retrieve the second Scroll.
Together, Judah and Levi will face Demons within themselves, the same Demons that hinder Mankind. They must overcome these obstacles within their individual souls, and conquer them together. Facing these personal Demons, they will learn much and see these as representatives of the plagues that suffer Mankind.
The pair's connection will ultimately lead them to the identification, and collection, of the Chosen Tribe members that will come to represent all the Sons of Abraham. These members will prepare the Nexus as they usher out the Old, and welcome in the New.
Judah and Levi will fight to prevent the Sons of Baal from blocking this marriage. Many years preceding Judah and Levi's journey, Baal will plan and prepare to block the eminent conception. The Sons of Baal will possess the necessary power to place tragic obstacles in their way, and they will do so without remorse.
The Sons of Baal will not enter the place of God, as they cannot. Beyond the Gates of the Home of the Chosen One, the Sons of Baal will weaken, as they lack the connection needed to succeed against God's Supreme Design. These are Sacred Grounds.
In the time of King Solomon, all the Tribes possessed the knowledge of the Prophecy. They were aware that God would keep His promise, but Judah and Levi would always retain their Freewill. The end result would be far from inevitable.
The two must learn to reach deep within their souls, as individuals, and if they had not prepared themselves as such individuals, their meeting would never take place. The Pair must believe in the Greater Divine Design, or their possible meeting would fail to manifest. Beyond their initial encounter, these beliefs will experience further tests, in the form of rising personal Demons that haunt them.
The couple must join, and form a complete connection before their journey begins. Unexpected obstacles will continue to test their connection in order to assure their Faith as Truth. The energy between Judah and Levi must course through them as a river, flowing in and out, from, and onto one another, and then back again.
This will not be easy as they struggle with Freewill, and powerful threats from their Adversary - the Sons of Baal. Judah and Levi will need to obtain the help of trusted others, but ultimately, they will always need the connection of one another to defeat their opposition.
Levi will possess a strong connection to the unseen world. Judah will find his strength grounded strongest on the face of Mother Earth. Their connection will require each to receive the other. Without Levi, Judah will not locate his brothers and their female counterparts.
Judah and Levi will emerge as Spiritual representation, undivided by incomplete ideals, which have long since divided the brothers. The New Land a Mother must retain her maternal instinct. Jerusalem, the Father, must also remain strong. The Nexus will join the Father and the Mother within Earth's center. The Wise King Solomon predicted, in the days prior to the unification, the frozen mass separating the two would activate the process of melting.
Mankind must understand, only those prepared will survive the Great Cosmic Wedding, and live to enjoy the 1000 year reception that will follow. Without overcoming their inner demons during the days of darkness fear will overcome the majority, and lead them to their own demise.
Levi the Archer, and Judah the Bull must prepare the path for the Lion. The Lion, the son of the Great Mother Shekinah and the Great Father God, is the Son born to fight the final battle against the Sons of Baal, the Evil Ones that turned their backs on God.
They must believe and pray that Judah and Levi will find the answers, discover their purpose, and reach to one another. Together they must seek the knowledge of the Ancient Ones.

We must stay alert. The time has come to defeat Judah and Levi.
M.
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Excerpt: King Solomon's Journey; Antonio Visits Hell

Antonio looked to Amanda, knowing she didn't intend to answer him. He didn't blame her. In defending her, he somehow offended her. He took his boots off and stretched across the bed. Folding his arms behind his head, he crossed his legs at the ankle. He had to make a plan.  

Excerpt: King Solomon's Journey; Antonio & Amanda Meet!

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Sammy's Review: Silver Mist by Martin Treanor

Nothing trite here; Eve's story in Silver Mist is one of the most unique stories I've read.


Ordinarily, I shy away from books with plots surrounding war or warlike themes; I find the reality too painful for entertainment. Silver Mist's spiritual and metaphysical possibilities appealed to my curiosity; therefore, I threw the emotional caution to the wind.
The story takes place in the area near Belfast on July 21st, 1972, the eve of the historic, 'Bloody Friday.' The author sets a vivid scene with added attention to the unusual geography of the area. I appreciated the visual since my European geography is lacking.
Brilliantly, the events are revealed through the eyes of Eve Hays. Eve the 23 year old daughter of elderly parents has Down syndrome. The author, Martin Treanor tackles the challenges of telling Eve's story with amazing skill. Her perspective makes the experience dynamic.

The reader joins Eve on the day of her father's death. Esther arrives to stay with Eve while her family accompanies her father's body to Belfast. Esther's visit will be forever, unforgettable for Eve as she ventures through the metaphysical.
The characters are an interesting, delightful eclectic mix brought about by chance, in a situation reserved by those days akin to 'Bloody Friday.' The premise of the story served as a reminder of the bloody massacre that seemed hidden behind more recent tragedies in my mind. I held this thought throughout the book…the author did his job well!
I recommend Silver Mist, especially for those looking for something a bit unusual.
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Excerpt: King Solomon's Journey; Antonio at Hidden Mountain

Amanda hesitated to ask, but her curiosity demanded she know. After all the man would not be leaving anytime soon in the torrential snowstorm.

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Sammy's Review: On Wings of Affection by George Snyder

The murder mystery is compelling and spattered with wonderful bits and pieces of a fabulous California subculture combined with snippets of Sam's Midwestern background. Sam, Pam, and Didier are fabulous characters with definite staying power.
The story is filled with fabulous twists, turns, and edgy glimpses of a wildly seductive lifestyle. George intertwines these emotions into the perfect recipe for murder. A community filled with love, jealously, and lust sets a scene that often left me gasping.
The author's style is awesome. George Snyder approaches On Wings of Affection with a fabulously developed first person account from Sam, a self-described 'Jean Brodey' before moving to California. The story possesses a certain dry humor through Sam's narration. The author's ease is delightful, reminiscent of couple of historically beloved authors.
The subtle humor of 'fashioning a flamingo out of a napkin' is just a small example of the interesting dry humor George injects into the story. His comparisons and detail continue throughout the novel adding a unique perspective.
I highly recommend On Wings of Affection; it will not disappoint those with a flair for a Murder Mystery!
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Sammy's Review: Dreaming In Darkness by Jessica Kristie

Dreaming In Darkness is a powerful diary in poetry, and prose. The beautiful poetry reveals a breathtaking journey through a painful hell that moves gradually upwards over a bumpy road, ultimately, leading into a state of healing. Jessica's poetry is a divinely classic work of art. Her flowing imagery is clear without a second of awkwardness. The poignant story is bold, a blatant display of pain, and suffering woven into the vision her words create.
The perfect order in which the poems are placed creates the sense of a diary, a fascinating collection of the poet's most intimate thoughts.
'Sarafina' You shineThe author guides the reader into the myriad of emotions experienced in the victim's abyss. 'Induced Sleep' finds the battered soul in a medicated state, drowning in the pain, yet here she begins to process her choices as she meets her self in the crossroads.
Still, further into the pain 'Force Forgotten' paints a bird's eye view of the crime and the victim comes face-to-face with the perpetrator. 'My legacy won't be this, '
but yours will.
Stew in your own sin.
This revelation frees her to search for a healing aid. The hallways greet her with doors of deception. 'Bad Religion,' 'This Mourning,' and 'Walking Wounded' portray encounters with some disingenuous souls that clutter the pathway.
In 'Temporary Royalty' she begins to experience the highs and lows from within a different place. Here, she sees tiny glimpses of light periodically penetrating the darkness. Later, The bud starts blossoming in 'Love Letters.' The fabulous poet surprises with prose. The change symbolizes a less rigid environment, freedom. A different place depicted from within a different style.
'Dreaming in Darkness' is brilliant. This is a powerful, effective piece of art portraying the journey from pain to healing, darkness to light.
I highly recommend.
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Sammy's Review: The Covert Element by John Betcher

John Betcher continues his James Becker series with the third installment, The Covert Element. The semi-retired lawyer, Becker, his wife, Beth, friend, Bull, and the local lawman, Gunner return to create a fascinating foursome of core characters. Redwing, Minnesota, at a glance may seem unlikely, but the thriller gives rise to the evidence.
Again, the author tackles a fragile current issue, using his phenomenal knowledge, he weaves fact into fiction. The thriller's journey guides the reader back in time, and geography to the 1980's Columbian drug cartel, into the present day Mexican border drug war, and its contribution to our homegrown meth labs.
The plot is based on a very real problem, one I find all too familiar. I live in a city on the surface seemingly like Redwing, Minnesota, nestled among the Ozarks Hills, near an interstate. The city boasts of being the buckle of the Bible belt, and Queen City of Meth Labs. The details in the novel are a plausible piece of fiction eerily familiar.
The characters are an interesting eclectic mix, well developed by a talented author. John Betcher continues to entertain with his clever use of the language, and warm respectful relationship Becker and his wife share. Consistent with John's previous novels, the relaxed style adds a fresh element in contrast to the seriousness within the nail biting thriller.
A fabulous read, I highly recommend all of the Becker Thrillers to readers who enjoy a wild ride based on current reality.
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Sammy's Review of Four Years From Home by Larry Enright

Hats-off to author Larry Enright, his novel's characters capture the psychosocial formula, perfectly. The recipe results in a fabulously twisted plot. The author maintains the characters intricate personalities throughout his novel. A skill few authors master so well.
Tom, the main character, is a complex jerk, this dynamic defines the mystery. The unpredictable rogue sends the reader into a tailspin of emotions, and then, just when you think you have it all figured out, the author smacks into another turn.
Personally, I would classify, Four Years From Home within the mystery genre. However, the style, created emotions often, delegated to thrillers. The depth of the story came to me as an unexpected surprise. Prior comments I read had me convinced Four Years From Home was a humorous cultural book about an Irish immigrant family, oh, but, it was much more.
Tom's first person account barred nothing. Instead, it fuelled my fascination, blatantly baring his socially unacceptable narcissism, and distorted ego driven views. His codependent family added to the layers of believability. I am a lover of the human element within any story, Four Years From Home, fed my love masterfully.
Nevertheless, the mystery, and drama are not forgotten. I highly recommend this book to anyone whom enjoys a great multilayered read.
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Excerpt from my upcoming book-Defeating Goliath

This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, based on my own experience, it is nearly ready for editing. Please, read and enjoy, it will be available soon!


Defeating Goliath
Spring 2011
　
The words she spoke changed everything.
"He needs a Level Four Hospital with residential epilepsy care, sooner is better."
I think back to the words spoken just a few short days ago.
Hey…Wait…Hold-on, my Dad is declining daily, my oldest son has decided to get married, my youngest son, just wants to do something, and I have urgent work awaiting my attention. I called hoping to secure some help.
Damn-it, did I hear 'he needs?' What did she mean? I'm his Mother. Residential? Is that like the programs featured in Newsweek a couple of years ago? Maybe, it's similar to the facility David Axelrod placed his daughter in when he left Chicago for Washington D.C.
The best facility for my son is 1000 miles away.
Every hour the words pound through my head like the bong of a clock; needs, residential, care.
Haven't I stood for twenty years holding this damn slingshot? Now, someone, please, tell me, which stone kills Goliath. I promised my son I would kill Goliath. It's the battle that really mattered.
I feel the sword deeper and deeper puncturing my heart and the tourniquet tightening in my gut is becoming unbearable. It hurts so much. Why is it so casual to everyone else?
This is too real, okay, so I suspected it eighteen months ago when Goliath emerged on steroids. Yes, it entered my mind, hell, I could even talk about it, at times, but no one else was allowed.
I raise my hands to the Heavens and beg, "Please, don't let him think I don't want to be his Mother anymore."


Chapter 1 Spring 1991 　　Defeat is difficult to recognize, and even harder to accept.
Once more, my head sinks into the cushion of the chair. I allow myself to drift away, back into the past. This time, I visit in search of the definition. I focus my contemplation, because, now, I must know whether David and I have won or lost our battle. Have we defeated Goliath's epilepsy or has the Giant defeated us?
My mind, drunk with pain, wanders back to the first day. Twenty years ago, I was twenty-eight, and the March day was cool and windy. I opened the front door of the newly decorated house, I adored, and there he was in the arms of a smiling social worker.
At thirteen-months-old, he was the most amazing child I had ever seen…