14th issue, February 1998
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PRESS-STOP! HORATIUS RESIGNS! PRESS-STOP |
| STATE AFFAIRS | The Queen Ywonne gives her New Year Speech to a remony with now more than 3 000 proud Ladonian citizens. |
| POLITICS & CABINET | We welcome new ministers, begin teh feast of Thubans, go to Chez le screemin´Bass and more. |
| NEWS & GOSSIP | Flying Embassy at the depths of Galatea, danish citizens and thrilling chessgame. |
| SCIENCE & POETRY | Entering the year of the cricket, exploring celtic gods and turning tennis into poetry. |
| AT THE END OF THE DAY | Many of our readers pointed out that we by mistake published the same chronicle of the Minister of Health twice. We apologize. At this end of the Day the Minister gives us the details on the Thubans and credits himself for football superiority. |
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Lars Vilks Executive Editor:
Vera Porad The editors are not responsible for unrequested material sent to Ladonia Herald. We reserve the right to edit any contribution, and we take no responsibility as for incorrect use of the language (except our own). For letters, graphic material, questions, feedback, texts etc please feel free to mail us. |
EDITORIAL CITIZEN! If you want to participate in the Ladonia Administration there are several possibilities. You can apply to become minister in an interesting area, you can open an embassy, you can join the crew in our Flying Embassy. If you would like to work in the foreign office you can get in touch with our minister John Parman in the Foreign Office. And soon it will be possible to enter our Parliament - it will open on the 1st of March. If you are a noble citizen we can soon offer you a place in our Order of the Knights. How much work you will do is up to yourself; as our famous Minister of Idleness Lord Sig Whig says: "Stand tall, do less!" This is of course not what we recommend. In the first place we want things to develope. We are more than 3 000 citizens. NEW YEAR'S SPEECH BY THE QUEEN YWONNE I Dear Ladonians, A new year has begun as it does every day, every moment of our lives. The two most important events to me during the past year in Ladonia was the birth of Minister Lord Aslak Vikings' second daughter, Linnéa, on the 25th of February and the birth of President Fernandos' first son, Joao, on the 19th of December. I take this opportunity to congratulate Mr President and Mari, the super happy mother. During the past year there were repeated discussions about what Ladonia is and what it is all about as well as a lot of confusion about what Ladonia "should" and "should not" be. This has been significant not only for new but also for older members of the cabinet. The latter may have had certain expectations on Ladonia, "the Land of our dreams", and become disappointed when it didn't turn out the way they wished. For the year to come, starting right now, I wish to express what I envision for Ladonia. I would like to start by quoting Onondaga chief Oren Lyons, in an interview in Swedish television broadcasted on New Years Eve. He said that he would have liked the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution of the USA to have been a Bill of Responsibility instead. He was pointing out the importance of our responsibility as human beings for all other life on earth and for the generations to come. He said that leadership has to deal with responsibility, with vision and with compassion, not with power and authority. I would like to take this responsibility a little bit further and hopefully shed some light on the issue of what Ladonia is for each and everyone of us. To my best knowledge almost every human being on this planet deep inside has a vision of a world without hunger, a world in peace and all the beauty that comes with it. And I say that the only reason we don't have that kind of a world is that we are not being responsible for that vision. We are not taking responsibility for standing up for that vision belonging to each and everyone of us and yet being so universal. That is the only logical explanation why we don't have the kind of world we say that we want. I also want to stress that vision is not the same as dream or wishes. To take a stand for a vision does not mean dreaming of a better future or even think of what we want in the future. When you take a stand for a vision it means you start living that vision right at this moment. You don't wait until future is here - You create the opportunities for the vision to come alive instantly. A vision can not come true unless you live that vision 100 %. That is taking responsibility for a vision - to start living that vision even if the circumstances say that you are not even close to create a beginning of that vision. The first thing that will be apparent for you as you take a stand on a vision is that nothing around you will look like that vision. The universe immediately strikes back and tells you that, given the circumstances, your vision isn't possible. That's when most people give up their responsibilities and give in to the trivialities of everyday life. This is also true for Ladonia. What is possible in Ladonia is sourced by our visions. But when we are not being responsible for our visions that is what we get - no responsibility. People get all tangled up in opinions, fear and confusion instead of visionary power and creativity. And what we get is a seemingly meaningless debate with nonsense, misunderstanding, grudge and disappointment. It is not meaningless however. It is an evident sign of what we are creating. We get what we create. It may be an alarm watch to us that we are not being responsible for our visions. So it gives us an opportunity to get in touch with and recreate our visions - what we really want to stand for, to be responsible visionaries. Thank you all for giving me that opportunity! My vision for Ladonia is a place where human beings feel free to be visionary leaders. A place where we get the opportunity to get in touch with our true visions and where we take responsibility for those visions and express them powerfully. I would even say that the very essence of Ladonia does not lie in the artworks on the shore of Mare Jenny but it is a vision, first held and shared by one man and then taken on by more and shared further. This is the growing of Ladonia - the growing of the vision. But it can only grow and stay alive as long as we are being responsible and stand up for that vision. Finally I regret that our former Minister of Sophistry has left us. You have certainly been a person who have been responsible for your vision for Ladonia. Even as you resign you stand up for that vision. Thank you for that courage. And how blessed is the court! Now we have a Spiritual Court Jester and a Former Court Jester. For the new year I and the Royal Family wish you all a
CALENDER The Ladonian Year is full of events. Now they are gathered in the calender. Check out all the big events and do not forget to ask yor employer for vacation on important days. Celebrations should be respected although different from the culture of your country. Do not hesitate to send us suggestions of new days and events to put in the calender. |
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NEW MINISTERS Ladonia has three new ministers to announce: Minister of Chaos, Per Lytsy. He presents his work in this way: "Due to the inefficiency and rather bureaucratic way of forming this nations constitutions, it is clear that the Ladonians are not aware of, or perhaps have been misinformed about, the powers of chaos. Chaos is rarely talked about, too seldom seen in Ladonia, and hardly ever used in the country as a powerful tool in the art of accomplishing a higher deed. The Ministry of chaos main task would be to lift up the importance of chaos and bring back its raw and efficient nature. Beyond the idea of meaningfulness and structure lies the bittersweet ocean of chaos that in the right hands can take any event much further in the right direction. The Ministry of chaos would serve its citizens by confirming the existents of chaos. For example a Ladonian could turn to the ministry, describe a chaotic event and than ask: "Is this chaos or what?" The ministry will simply reply: "Indeed it is." .....or the ministry, and this is were the strength and core of chaos lays, could very well also answer : "No, not very chaotic. As a matter a fact it's quite organized. " The ministry could also keep quiet; or for that sake loudly cry out: Waaall!!! You just won't know. One can never expect what to get in life, and certainly not from the ministry. The Ministry would also serve as a the opposite pole to the dark forces that are trying to cast the nation into hopelessly inefficient conformism, something that is too often seen in neighbor nations." Minister of Philosophy, Franco von Gelli. He is from England and he holds degrees in Philosophy, Theology and Education. Minister of Intelligence. Count Andras Palotas. He has been active in Ladonia during a long time as ambassador. Minister of Martial Arts Benny Tator. He is replacing our former lost minister
of martial arts LET THE FEAST BEGIN As been decided by the cabinet the Great Feast of Thuban will start at 8.15 (European standard time) on the 28th of January. The celebration will continue in 46.604 years. We will solemnize that Thuban, the star in the constellation Draco, is to become the new polar star. The length of the feast is due to the fact that this will take its time. As we have not very much time to prepare and announce this great event, we have decided to start officially on the 2nd of February. That means that the Feast will end on that date year 48.602. Responsible for the number of year is Lord Peter Kimay, minister of sub-aquatic. On the 28th of January we especially celebrate "Burning Day", a memorial of the first great fire of Nimis in 1985. Last year on the 2nd of February a substantial part of Nimis was burnt down. This part is now rebuilt and will be inaugurated at this day. This day is also the beginning of the important week in Ladonia: The Greates Depth of Winter. HORATIUS RESIGNS One topic widely discussed in Ladonia is the resignation of the minister of sophistry, Horatius. He has given some statements about his dissappointness. We observe his special style of writing so appreciated by Ladonians - or to their irritation. Is this also a sign of a political crisis in the Ladonian government? We can just hope it is, crises are nothing negative in Ladonia. Life-enchanting. "I think most ministers have thought of themselves in their specific roles as unique. I know I have. And I believe the ministers of Role-Play, Brain, History, Power, Unschooling or Latin would react in the same way if a new minister for the same field vas elected against their wish. What you now say is news to me. It feels like "rewriting the rules". Of course we don't have any rules -- and of course this is perfectly alright in a country like Ladonia. But I don't have to like it. Or perhaps you mean that the *particular area of Philosophy* needs several ministers? The question about voting and Minister(s) of (Philo)Sophistry is possibly the smallest point. Even though the decision-making process feels aleatoric (die-electic) at present there are other important points. Let me (for the last time) refresh your memories. 1) I feel that the growing so called "intelligence" in Ladonia is making us a bad copy of the Enemy Country. Why doesn't anybody comment on this? Where's the debate? Or are we Swedish now? Does anybody care? And, as I have said before, the "tone" has changed without having improved. In this symphony I don't see/hear myself as a player. 2) The ratio between talk and action doesn't make sense to me. (Doesn't even make smell. Remember, I am for tangible results.) Especially the amount of empty, self-satisfied "We are free agents, Ladonians can do ANYTHING!!"-talk is alarmingly high. 3) There is a certain atmosphere here that is less and less interesting. Slightly cold, a bit detached. (Not the same as ironic). I do care about such things. I ain't Nietzsche -- and Nietzsche ain't Horatius! 4) Many of the most vital ministers have become silent. I see this as a bad sign. However, Ladonia dansar och ler! -- pretending that everything is alright, under control, that nothing *can* go wrong! I beg to differ -- with a vengeance. The only thing that goes "right" by itself is gravity (another name for decadence). The future of Ladonia very much depends on who it attracts and who it repels/no longer attracts. This is important. While Lars still was the Boss he attracted people through his ideas and personality. Now it is more complicated. I mean, how many people would Fernando attract...? The trick is to have fun (preferably in a killjoyish way), but still not turn into a kindergarten. Before it was more fun, now it's more kindergarten. Being the only Minister dissatisfied with these things is not a good position -- for me, that is. (I am sure it is good for you.) In the beginning we were at least a pataphysical gang -- Homo ludens fooling around. Now I feel lonely. Talk, talk, talk... Actually, none of the above reasoning is important. There is a single simple reason for me leaving: It's no fun anymore. I may be a Killjoy but I ain't no masochist. Sorry if I dissapointed you. I mean, I *hope* I dissapointed you!" Ladislaus Horatius -- former Minister of Sophistry, Court-Jester, present leader of Bakpartiet -- ------NU BLIR DET ANDRA BULLAR!------- ---http://www.common.se/horatius/bak.htm--- MINISTERS LAZY? Are some of the ladonian ministers to lazy and negligent? The question was raised in a debate in the government by minister Gunnar Jarl. An answer to this important question was invoked by the minister of idleness (obviously his subject) Lord Sig Whig: Most ministers don't even sign off. - Why do that? Some are illiterate. It seems that they simply get stuck - Simply? > in the glacier for a while and then gets deeper into the permafrost. - Some of us are simply stuck in the refigerator, busily adding to our political weight this time of the year.. > What are the statistics? > And what is the total of active ministers? - Questions, words, red tape. Give us a beer and an agenda. Like ferinstance, are we a Baltic people and, if so, why aren't we represented in the Baltic states summit in Latvia? And please note that Greta's recent hint at some inappropriateness on behalf of our beloved (amorous) president, who told reporters he "left the fly open for comfort", is a threat to the stability of our government. It cost me one night dress and a sexy set of u-ware to mute her (--God knows how many she has by now). Do we have a troup in Nagano? Whith this many top ranks on a glacier we would be second to none in slippery slope sliding duodekathlon. However, we can bank on having reports on at least the figure skating I figure (but don't skate). Ice cube throwing does indeed have its followers here deep in the cavernous recesses of Chez le Screemin' Bass, Wotan City Lord Sigwhig Veritasa, Creditas et Biras. BTW, Happy New Ye--uuuuuuurrrrpp and a 'Good Continuation' :^) CHEZ LE SCREEMIN' BASS It has probably been thought that the famous bar where most of Lord Sig Whig's deep thoughts have been created "Chez le Screemin' Bass" just exists in cyberspace. That is wrong. Through hard work during the autumn and winter the bar is now ready, situated in Wotan City and connected with the Government Building. Let the beer flow! COOL HUNTING EXAM Diplomated Hunters of Ladonia/Gentlemen of nature Between 10 - 25 jan, the visitors of the exhibition, What´s Cool? at Galleri Media in Skövde, had the opportunity to become Ladonian hunters, by taking the Ladonian hunting exam. Some of them took the chance and 17 gave the right ansvers, they became diplomated hunters of Ladonia, gentlemen of nature. Many of the exam takers said that question 4 was the hardest to answer. In a local newspaper they wrote that the exam had a poetic and philosophical character and that the questions was etical. If you red the last Herald you know that the Ministry of Hunting and Game preservation is opened at www: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/8433/ministry.html and you can get your exam at www: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/8433/exam.html So fellow citicens of Ladonia, you are all invited to come and get your exam, and your own opinion about which question is the hardest to ansver. Good Luck, Lars Vipsjö GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MINISTERS (2) Our Minister of All Winds has given us some thoughts on death, telling us that Ladonia needs a cemetery. Could be a good thing even if it seems as if Ladonians are immortal. Our vital minister has been serving our country for a long time and mostly directing the winds in proper order. The criticism that came up towards her handling of the wind last April when the tower of all winds fell was too shortsited. The new Tower of The Winds with the bar at its ground floor really came out of this. She knew of course all this... "About cemetery and dying ... Ladonia doesn´t need a cemetery. Eonatic thinking is the living way. "All flowers of all tomorrows are in the seed today". It isn´t worse dying young then old for me here and now BUT it is worse if sons and doughters die younger then mothers and fathers. Let us all live long and forever like the flowers and the most important let us live forever because of all the good things we do and influence as well as are influenced by. This include everybody." The Minister of ALL WINDS ********************* Ministry of ALL WINDS, Ladonia http://www.kastanjebacken.net/allwinds.htm *** Hodie adsit, cras absit. *** Here today, gone tomorrow.*** EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE We propose the capital of Ladonia, Wotan City to be the next european capitol of culture. This ought to be next year 1999. All sorts of ideas how this should be done is welcome. Probably is one year to short a time for such an event. |
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HEADING FOR THE DEPTH OF GALATHEA The Flying Embassy is now on its way to the depth of Galathea where
we expect to set up a new colony of Ladonia. The depth of Galathea outside New
Zealand is about 10 000 meters deep and we have the support of our minister
of sub-aquatic territory Peter Kimay. A COLONY IN SCOTLAND Tudor Barnard,Laird Glenalmond, Thane of the East Neuk, <tudor.barnard@nanometric.seare> working on this subject and we expect this to be a reality in the very near future. The colony will probably not contain any trees as: "Owing to the brutal Clearances of the 18th centruy, all the forests
of Scotland except for about 20 trees (to be seen in the Caringorm Nature Reserve,
along with the ospreys), got burnt down. So there isn't a lot of wood
lying around that nobody DENMARK Many new citizens have arrived from Denmark. This comes from an article written by Thomas Breinstrup in the danish newspaper Berlingske. We thank him for this and wish all the danish citizens welcome. The article can be found at: www.berlingske.dk/data/redaktion/oasen/tekster/ladonia.html (danish only) SECRET POLICE Sir Stig von Trenter is serving the country in security questions. He is a skillful investigator and just the look of him is impressive. Check at: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4710/ CHESS The game between our two ministers Grotmol (minister of chess) and Baron Johan (custodian) is slowly progressing. Here are the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.? PARLIAMENT IN LADONIA The arrangement for setting up the parliament in Ladonia has been going on for some time. Nemo, now a well-known Ladonian has created a page where you can read and participate in the building of our parliament. The page can be found at: Nemo has as well given us an aphorism concerning the power of the computer: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/christy/22/parl.htm The computers are awfully powerful: one wrong bit is enough to ruin your whole career!" ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD The initiative to the Ladonian order of knights comes from Lord Sir Randal, Count of Elstow. The idea has developed well and we expect a final proposal soon to be made. This should be of interest to the nobilities of Ladonia. |
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SNAIL AND CRICKET Custodian Baron Johan has given us some thoughts about moving into the future: Entering the year of the Snail As probably very few of you citizens know, we have just entered the year of the Snail. This happened 1st of January 1998. The Snail was preceded by the year of the Cricket, which began the 1st of July 1996. The spirit of the Cricket has characterized the first 18 months in Ladonia. Many of us have climbed Nimis and the other towers all to the top, just as the Cricket climbs to the top of the straw. We just didn't jump, but as a zoologist told me, often Crickets climb to the top just to get a peek and some fresh winds in the antennae then they return the same way they came. Some of us also have listened to beautifully performed ladonian music, maybe some of our national hymns or jazzy tunes but not the least the sound of the waves from Mare Jenny. How much doesn't the Cricket love to listen to the high tunes of the knee violin. We have spoken, discussed, mumbled and muttered or just cheered. The words have jumped around in a frisky dance just like the Cricket loves to see things. Now we have entered the year of the Snail. You may wonder why 18 months make up a year. This is all in accordance to the old greek principal of numerology, with a touch of pictorial symbolism. The number 18 consists of 1 and 8; 1 and 8 makes 9. If you tilt the 9 onto its back you will have a perfect image of the snail. The implications of the Snail are manyfold. An important issue concerns Time, or our perception of time. When the Cricket implied action and activity (just as the child do), the Snail instead implies slow-motion, and time for reflection and meditation (an image of the adult?). We must know lock back over our shoulder and contemplate on Ladonia. It is too obvious the resemblence between Ladonia and the Snail, both carrying a major construction or a house if you wish. This revelation is a part of the Snail, revelations and insights, which comes automatically with the changing perception of time, that is a Snail perception of time. It is an irony (!) then that our Minister of Sophistry decided to leave us for a while, just when we entered the epoch of the Snail. Mr Horatius is a well-known swedish advocate for slow-motion. Thats the irony of life. Another revelation concerns the fact that both the Cricket and the Snail have antennae. When we salute each other we put the tip of our thumbs just above the ears and raises the stretched flat hand straight up. In other words, we show antennae. This is an act of respect which clearly show the other part that we are alert and ready to listen and respond. This connection says something about the ladonian. We respect and respond. Its as simple as that, hopefully. Yet another stunning revelation concerns the secretion of the Snail. The Cricket jump its way forward leaving no traces whatsoever. It can be found again only if it decides to reveal itself by playing a tune. The Snail however leaves a fine film of secretion behind itself. It has nothing to hide, its way is documented which give it a history. The Snail implies that we will be aware of our history and become more concerned with leaving traces behind us, in a metaphorical sence of course, that is creating. We should certainly avoid eating snails during the Snail, but that shouldn't concern many of us I guess. CELTIC GODS Lord Sir Randall has given us some aspects of celtic gods. This might be of interest for all of us: It is felt that others may share an interest in the History that I personnaly have found very enlightening. This article is presented here for all citizens of Ladonia and for the Knights of Ladonia. Submitted on 01-11-98 by Sir Randal MacNiall Bundy The Celtic Ancestor Gods. Beli Mawr (the Great), God of the Sun Beli Mawr, called Belenos by the Romans, was the Celtic God of the Sun, representing the curative powers of the Sun's heat. His festival of Beltane, when bonfires were lit to welcome in the Summer and encourage the Sun's warmth, was held on May 1st, and is remembered in today's May Day festivities. His symbols were the horse (as shown, for example, by the clay horse figurine offerings at Beli's Sainte-Sabine shrine in Burgundy), and also the Wheel (as illustrated on the famous Gundestrup Cauldron). Perhaps, like Apollo, whom he became identified with, Beli was thought to ride the Sun across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot. Indeed, a Celtic model horse and wagon, carrying a gilded sun-disc, has been found at Trundholm in Denmark. Sometimes he is illustrated riding a single horse, throwing thunder-bolts (hence an occasional idenification with Jupiter) and using his symbolic radiating wheel as a shield, as he tramples the chthonic forces of a snake-limbed giant. This personification is similar to the classic depiction of the Archangel St.Michael defeating the Devil. Sacred pagan hills associated with Beli, are thought to have had their dedications transferred to this saint (or sometimes St.George) by the early Christians. Well known examples include St.Michael's Mount (Cornwall) and the churches of St.Michael on Brent Tor (Devon), and Burrow Mump and Glastonbury Tor (Somerset): All on a supposed ley line that faces the Rising Sun at Beltane. He may also have been worshipped on Dragon Hill below the great Uffington White Horse in Berkshire. Don, Goddess of Fertility Don was known, in the Celtic World, by several similar names: Danu or Anu being the most popular alternatives. She was a Mother-Goddess, the wife of Beli Mawr (the Great) and considered to be the ancestor of all the Gods, the Tuatha dé Danann, who found themselves obliged to the reside in the Otherworld when Miled brought the Celts to the British Isles. She still looks down on us from the night's sky where she appears as Llys Don, better known as Casseopeia. Don was especially popular in Munster, though her most lasting memorial is a mountain in County Kerry called the Dá Chích Anann or "Breast of Anu". The Dane Hills in Leicestershire are also named after her and this area, perhaps a major centre for her cult, is where her memory lives on as Black Annis. This hideous old crone's habit of eating young children was, no doubt, invented by incoming Christians to blacken the name of the Celtic Goddess. In Christendom, the lady usually took on the guise of St.Anne, however, in order to smooth the path of conversion. This saint's popularity in Brittany probably stems from the previous worship of the Celtic Goddess there. Don was also the patroness of springs and fountains, hence the numerous St.Anne's Wells throughout Britain today. Early medieval historians confused Don (alias Anu) with Anna, the daughter of St.Joseph of Arimathea. In Arthurian legend she probably appears as Annowre, a sorceress who imprisoned Arthur in the Perilous Forest. Lludd Llaw Ereint (the Silver-Handed), God of Health & Healing Lludd (or Nudd), called Nodens by the Romans, was the Celtic God of Healing, and the son of Beli Mawr (the Great). He had a large shrine at Lydney in Gloucestershire, where the devoted made offerings of small bronze representations of their diseased limbs. He was sometimes identified with the protective Mars or the regenerative Silvanus and his companion and symbol was the dog: a deerhound whose lick could cure the afflicted. An old story explains his connection with amputees. At one time, Lludd was the leader of the gods, but he was wounded in battle and lost his hand. Gorfannon, the divine-smith, made him a new one out of Silver,but he was still forced to abdicate in favour of his nephew, Lleu Llaw Gyffes. Later, Lludd was troubled by a constant scream that was heard the eve of every Beltane. He travelled to Gaul, where his brother, Llefelys, was particularly worshipped, to ask his advice. He explained that the cry was made by two fighting dragons. Lludd managed to capture the creatures and imprisoned them deep below Dinas Emrys. Lludd may have been particularly worshipped in London, which was said to have been named after him. Afallach, God of the Underworld Afallach was the son of Lludd Llaw Ereint (the Silver-Handed). He was one of the Celtic gods of the Underworld. He ruled Avalon where he lived with his daughter, Modron, and her nine sisters. Avalon was like the Celtic heaven, a peaceful island far away where apples grew and after which it became named. It is, of course, best known as the place where the High-King Arthwyr was taken after he was fatally wounded at the Battle of Camlann. Afallach himself appears in Arthurian legends as King Evelake. LADIES From our minister of tennis and figure skating we have received this fascinating minutes. Its construction comes from this very important idea on competition. A competition brings names together in a certain order and it can be seen as a poem of achievement: Category: Ladies FiNameNationTFPSPFP1Tanja SZEWCZENKOG ER0.512 Surya BONALYFRA 1.023 Irina SLUTSKAYA RUS 1.534 Krisztina CZAKO HUN 2.045 Maria BUTYRSKAYA RUS 2.556 Yulia LAVRENCHUK UKR3 .067 Elena LIASHENKO UKR 3.578 Vanessa GUSMEROLI FRA 4.089 Alisa DREI FIN 4.5910 Yulia VOROBIEVA AZE 5.01011 Julia SOLDATOVA RUS 5.51112 Julia LAUTOWA AUT 6.01213 Zuzana PAUROVA SVK 6.51314 Tony Sabrina BOMBARDIERI ITA 7.0 1415 Mojca KOPAC SLO 7.51516 Ivana JAKUPCEVIC CRO 8.01617 Sabina WOJTALA POL 8.5 1718 Helena GRUNDBERG SWE 9.01819 Sofia PENKOVA BUL 9.51920 Valeria TRIFANCOVA LAT 10.02021 Marion KRIJGSMAN NED 10.52122 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 11.02223 Jekaterina GOLOVATENKO EST 11.52324 Katerina BLOHONOVA CZE 12.02425 Anina FIVIAN SWI 12.52526 Kaja HANEVOLD NOR 13.02627 Salome CHIGOGIDZE GEO 13.52728 Marta SENRA SPN14.02829 Noemi BEDO ROM 14.52930 Ellen MAREELSBEL15.030 |
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The great feast is to take place. This event is commented by our minister of health. This department will as you can read do its part of the solemn event. We are also introduced to the strange person of professor Segadus. After Deepest Winter Feast (28 Jan - 2 Feb) 1998 the 46,000 years feast of future pole star Thuban begins. Thus our State Secretary proposed and the Ladonian government decided. Thuban is Alpha in Draco, the formidable Northern Hemisphere Dragoon, and very much associated with the name Ladonia, Old King Ladon and the Greek saga dragoon Ladon in particular. All Ministries were asked to contribute amply, to spare no costs when the feast will culiminate 21,000 years from now and Thuban once again takes the seat as the pole star, and the Ministry of Health, in a moment of great generosity, pledged to bring fourth a new human race for that occasion, the Homo Thubaniensis. This of course has implied a lot of work, and we had to engage an overseas vizard in the matter, professor Segadus. And yesterday morning we received an interesting fax message from this overseas vizard professor Segadus. He mentioned some equations designed by the English group around Hawkins enabling you to escape the relentless forwards flow of time and in fact reverse it. And this is precisely the key issue in the whole project we have undertaken. Thuban Man will have mastered time travel - thus the Thubans should already be amongst us: If we only could detect them. But it seems to me they have chosen to move about incognito - so most probably they behave like ordinary human beings, at least before the feast reaches any high climax. At any rate, our successful enrollment of Professor Segadus in our jubilee project most probably has granted mankind a great leap forward: To the state of Superior Homo Thubaniensis - an entirely new and much more intelligent race than the one we have to put up with today. Let sound the trumpets and exaltedly beat the drums, dance and rejoice! New Dawn with Thuban Light will come from Ladonia, and shine over all the peoples of the world! There exist in history some indications the Thuban people could be dressed in white robes and be tall and fair - according to several legends evidently some remarkable tall and fair men with white robes and white beards brought culture and a very accurate calendar to South America by the end of last glacial period, unparallelled by anything created in Europe much later. And in UFO lore we find evidence of two main types of "aliens", the more numerous ones seem to be the little greys, UFO-nautes with frightening empty eyes, allegedly performing all kinds of experiments on human guinea pigs kidnapped from cars driving on lonely roads by night, and the scarcer and taller whites, who actually appeared before the greys and were thoroughly loving, benign, and giving good counsel. One could consider these "aliens" to be unconscious representatives of the human soul, empty and frightening as it might be among most of us, with as much good as evil in store. These facts have been unveiled during hypnotic sessions and could represent a form of travel inside the hypnotized "remembering" narrators themselves, albeit there will remain serious difficulties to explain how the cars of these "victims-narrators" had been found on bizarre places after the encounters with aliens were over, and after the several hours of total memory loss always involved (on these lonely roads which seem to be an important prerequisite to the whole phenomenon) - or one could say that through your unconscious mind - whatever it really is - entities of various kinds, and if you are lucky, tall fair ones, may contact you and either want something from you, or want to give you something, and in the latter case, they might then be time travelling Thubans - navigating "flying saucers" or not, the latter seem to depend very much on the witness himself, before the scary sham reporting by Orson Wells of charging Marsian space ships in USA 1936 flying saucers were virtually unknown - then the "otherworld" had older and more traditional ways to manifest itself - and the tall fair wise men who brought the calendar to early South American indigenous people came travelling - very becomingly in those days - accross the sea in boats. So the Thubans may simply travel where your souls are - or in your own and everybodies collective unconscious, whatever it really is - another greater and better world perhaps. This is at any rate the official view of the Ladonian Ministry of Health. Under certain conditions your inner and outer worlds may merge together. I am sure that will happen many times during the great 46,000 years feast now standing very close behind our doors. Thus to all peoples of the world, from the Deep Winter Feast 1998 in Ladonia, I wish you a very happy and fulfilling 46,000 years feast celebrating the majestic moments when during this period of time Alpha Draconis, Thuban, will take the seat of the Pole Star twice - first time 21,000 years from now. Earlier today the Brain Minister and myself were lucky to defeat our State Secretary and a fotball man from Stockholm in Ladonian Grounds Deepest Winter Football Four Man Duel by 6-4, 6-2. The last and winning goal was preceeded by an interference effected by myself against our always hard fighting State Secretary. But one has to consider that this is a sound manly game. The concrete results are always very important. They represent the third principle in everything existing, and especially in everything strung between two opponents as it were, a forcing and a denying principle, and on the Ladonian Balderup Grounds this third principle is understood as the works of the God of Great Fortune. Also the Ladonian Deepest Winter Chess Games were held as usual, however terminated a bit prematurely, because of the famous Brain Minister´s concrete-hat syndrome, which made him withdraw to his quaters while the match was still very much pending, and not at all entirely lost for him. Earlier in the evening, after the successful football game, he had concentrated on cooking a formidable meal, and now, much later, dear peoples all over the world, hour by hour the night gets deeper and deeper, and all of us, one after another, must retire also until all our back chambers will be occupied, closed and lights put out, while the winter stars keep shining in the heavens, increasingly brighter and higher yet higher. Emanuel von Bock, |
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