My Dream About a Rainbow Serpent

I had this vivid dream.  I was in my altar room, in that dream the room that I was in was still under construction when I looked up above the ceiling I saw two eyes staring at me. From afar I thought It was a small snake. But as It came near me I could already see how enormous it was because the head was so huge. I could hear the snake hissing and I could see its blue fork like tounge coming out of the serpent's mouth as it was trying to speak. In the dream I stood there unable to move scared out of my wits. I noticed that the color of this Serpent's scales where the color of the rainbow and the tips of his scales where glistening like diamonds. I am scared but I thought the serpent was MAGNIFICENT. I thought to myself how come there is a serpent coiled on the roof of my Altar room? I was expecting a Dragon because I follow the draconic path. As the serpent grew near it stared straight into my eyes with a hissing sound it said "Why are you afraid?" I replied, because you are so big who wouldn't be afraid? I could sense a certain maternal energy coming from the huge serpent. When I woke up I was still puzzled thinking maybe it wasn't a snake because I could only see the enormous head. Maybe it was a dragon but I just couldn't see the wings. I narrated my dream to one of my closest friend. He mentioned that there was an African deity called Aido-Hwedo who is classified as a rainbow serpent dragon deity.

Here is information about Aido-Hwedo which I was able to find on Bo's Dragon Lore.

Dragons in Africa: Aido-Hwedo

The Rainbow Dragon:
Aido-Hwedo of the Fon People of Dahomey

African Dragons are more like serpents or giant snakes but they permeate the myths of the African tribes and even appear in the Egyptian pantheon as Apep (Apophis). The most accessible of the African Dragons is Aido-Hwedo of Dahomey in West Africa. Aido-Hwedo, a rainbow-coloured Dragon that is both male and female, was brought into being by the Creator God Nana-Buluku to serve as his companion and instrument in his Creation of the World. The Rainbow Dragon was the only being capable of travelling between Heaven and Earth and it carried the Creator God in its mouth as it passed between the two realms. It represents the link between the Sacred and the Secular.

While it was in the Heavens it bent across the sky as a rainbow arch and its droppings became mountains and fertile soil and its writhing passage formed the rivers and valleys.
Aido-Hwedo was so large it could hold up the entire world, but once the multitude of creation was done Nana-Buluku asked Aido-Hwedo to coil up beneath the land to cushion it. Aido-Hwedo cannot stand heat so the Creator made the ocean for the Dragon to live in (like the Midgard Serpent in Teutonic legend). Inhabiting the undersea with the Rainbow Dragon is a troop of red monkeys who forge the iron bars that are Aido-Hwedo’s food.

When the iron runs out and Aido-Hwedo grows hungry it will start to chew on its own tail. The earth above will become unbalanced, be struck by repeated earthquakes and eventually slide off the Dragon’s back into the sea.

The Aido-Hwedo myth still carries the resonance of its transcendent meaning into modern times, as can be seen by the poem by Audre Lorde:

Call
 But I must recover my spirit first…
Holy ghost woman
stolen out of your name
Rainbow Serpent
whose faces have been forgotten
Mother loosen my tongue or adorn me
with a lighter burden
Aido Hwedo is coming.
On worn kitchen stools and tables
we are piercing our weapons together
scraps of different histories
do not let us shatter
any altar
she who scrubs the capitol toilets, listening
is out sister’s youngest daughter
gnarled Harriet’s anointed
you have not been without honor
even the young guerilla has chosen
yells as she fires into the thicket
Aido Hwedo is coming.
I have written your names on my cheekbones
Dreamed your eyes flesh my epiphany
Most ancient goddesses hear me
enter
I have not forgotten your worship
nor my sisters
nor the sons of my daughters
my children watch your print
in their labors
and they say Aido Hwedo is coming.
I am a Black woman turning
mouthing your name as a password
through seductions self-slaughter
and I believe in the holy ghost
mother
in your flames beyond our vision
blown light through fingers of women
enduring warring
sometimes outside your name
we do not choose all our rituals
Thandi Modise winged girl of Soweto
brought fire back home in the snout of a mortar
and passes the word from her prison cell whispering
Aido Hwedo is coming.

We are learning by heart
what has never been taught
you are my given fire-tongued
Oya Seboulisa Mawu Afrekete
and now we are mourning our sisters
lost to the false hush of sorrow
to hardness and hatchets and childbirth
and we are shouting
Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer
Assata Shakur and Yaa Asantewa
my mother and Winnie Mandela are signing
in my throat
the holy ghosts’ linguist
one iron silence broken
Aido Hwedo is calling
calling
your daughters are named
and conceiving
Mother loosen my tongue
or adorn me
with a lighter burden
Aido Hwedo is coming.
Aido Hwedo is coming.
Aido Hwedo is coming.

The Magic you once Knew – Blue Dragon

The Magic you once Knew – Blue Dragon

Through Aurelia Louise JonesAntharus – Greetings my Beloved, I am so happy to reconnect with you again heart to heart. It is really time for us to have our little chat again for your book, isn’t it?Aurelia - Yes, and I am so happy also to do this again with you. You know, our first little talk published in Telos – Volume 2 made you very popular. You are now known in many countries of the world. You became very quickly very popular in the hearts of so many, and our little talk became one of the favorite chapters in volume 2. You have become almost as popular as Adama with that one little chapter! (laugh!)Antharus - I rejoice that our little talk has brought back so much magic and hope for a more magical future in the heart of so many. I know that almost everyone who has read that chapter has really enjoyed it. The goal was to bring back into their consciousness a bit of perception of the magic that once was so real and so natural, as a way of life, for all of humanity before the fall in consciousness.You very well know that in our dimension, there is no such thing as competition of any kind. Everyone rejoices with the success of everyone else, and since we do not live in the consciousness of duality, there is no such thing in our consciousness as better or lesser than. We never compare levels of popularity under any circumstances. In our state of Oneness, we thrive in the beauty and joy of what is. In your dimension, duality, the spirit of competition and judgments of such as “better and less than” and many more have brought to all of you a lot of suffering over the eons of time. And has never served any enlightened purposes either; all it did was keep you in separation and in pain. It is time for all of you to embrace again the spirit of Oneness and let go of the duality and drama completely, a true 100%.Aurelia - Yes, I miss that magic. I am fed up with separation and limitations. I miss being able to manifest the life of ease and grace that ascended civilizations enjoy and the full return of my spiritual gifts. My goal is to walk the Earth once again in the full magnificence, innocence and beauty of my Godhood. I know that this is coming for me. This is my whole reason for this incarnation, to balance and heal the thousands of incarnations I have had here for so very long. I yearn to come home to the land of love and light where the only kinds of tears that exists are tears of pure joy and ecstasy. My whole being is longing for home.Antharus - How can I help you today or how can I help you dream more magic in your life? You know, conscious dreaming and the right use of the imagination are the first steps in manifestation.Aurelia – I want to fly again on the wings of a dragon, your wings, if you may. I want to cross the oceans on the back of a winged horse, like Pegasus. I also want to explore all the magical kingdoms on the back of a unicorn and dance with the fairies and the gnomes in the magical forests. I also want to play with the lions and the tigers and gently pull their whiskers.Antharus – My dear, your inner child, the child of innocence you once embodied, is now longing to play again. This is a good sign. It shows that you are now more ready than ever before to let go of the rigid structures of your dimension and start playing like a beloved child of the universe. Though in our realm we are responsible mature beings and always in the service of the Creator, there is always an aspect of us that maintains a playful nature. You have done all those things in the past that you are longing to do again, and you have done them for eons of time; and so have those who will read those lines.It will surprise you to know that even as we speak, there is another aspect of you in the higher realms that delights herself in engaging and amusing herself to her heart’s contents in all the magical activities you have just mentioned. This is the innocent and impish child-like aspect of you that Adama and Ahnahmar love so very much, that knows only love and joy. Her time is spent nourishing and guiding with her love the beings of a great number of magical kingdoms. Everyone has such an aspect, not only you. And this is the aspect that you are longing to reconnect with more consciously. Know that you connect with that aspect very often in your dream state and those two aspects of you often go out at night on many great fantastic adventures.When I mentioned before using the imagination, I am not kidding. Imagination is such a wondrous doorway. It is impossible to imagine something that does not exist somewhere outside your conscious mind. It is the heart and not the mind that knows it all, and holds all the keys. It is the heart that holds those wondrous memories. The human mind controlled by the human ego is very quick in denying all that magic side of each child of creation. If you can imagine something, know that that you are tapping into something that already exists and that you have experienced somewhere else in time and space in your many multidimensional aspects. Imagination, viewed as positive or negative, is always a reconnection of some past experience that is held within the cellular memory.If you are longing to do those things again, it is that your heart is now ready to reconnect once again on a more conscious level with the aspect of you that embodies that level of love and pure innocence. Let me tell you even more. It is usually in Telos at night, during your sleep time, that you reconnect with that aspect of you. Quite often when Adama is looking for you at night, it is usually with the lions and tigers, the unicorns, the horses or the fairy godmothers that he finds you.Aurelia – Does it upset him to have to look for me when he wishes my presence?Antharus – It is not only Adama who looks for you from time to time, but also your beloved Ahnahmar. They don’t get upset because they know how great your love is for those many kingdoms, and they also know how healing this is for your soul. Besides it is not constant that they need to look for you. You do spend a lot of time with them every night in your sleep time. When you get away to play with the beings of the magical kingdoms, it takes either one of them an instant to find you. In fact, they delight when they see you so happy.Someday, life will be as happy on the surface as it is in Telos and in other subterranean cities. It is important that you start dreaming new lives for yourselves. Dream of new ways of being and living on this planet. Add much magic to the new lives you are dreaming about. Everything in creation always started with a thought and then a dream of the thought and an allowance to expand it into a new creation. Believe in yourselves and in your dreams and eventually, they will truly manifest in your daily lives. Have much fun dreaming or imagining; it does not cost anything and could even be quite lucrative in more ways than one.Aurelia – Tell me more about the way we can bring more magic in our lives.Antharus – It all has to do with reconnecting with the wondrous aspect of you that embodies the pure child of love and innocence. You all have such as aspect, but not many of you are aware of this. Even among those who are, very few have taken the time or have had the interest to consciously get acquainted with it. This aspect of you is so wondrous and so beautiful! It holds the key for you to all the magnificence of the universe. All that you have ever wanted to be and to do, that aspect of you can assist you with it. It is another aspect of you in another dimension, but an aspect that lives hidden within the confines of your Sacred Heart and awaits your awakening to the reality of its wondrous presence, waiting for your readiness to allow this aspect of you to be born again within you, and to create with you all the magic you once knew.This is an aspect of you that you have often abandoned, ignored and even forgotten about. This is the aspect of you that has always remained connected intimately to the totality of your divinity. This is the loving and playful aspect of you that you have scorned so many times in the rigidity of your 3rd dimension structures. This inner child is light, limitless and ecstatically joyous, and is also YOU.In the early time of Lemuria, in the Land of Pan, you and this wondrous child were one. Life was wonderful and perfect for a very long time. There was only the magic of Love. There was not yet any separation. As you all eventually allowed yourselves to fall into greater and greater levels of separation from your Godhood and all the wonders that come with it, you gave birth to another child within, the one in pain and sorrow; the inner child that you all consciously know about, that so many books have been written about how to heal it.You gave birth to the child of the ego mind that has kept you and your new child in separation and in pain for thousands of years. You have caged the second child in an ocean of negativity; you have neglected and abandoned that child and you have kept it in fear and prisoner of the many emotions resulting from all your choices in separation. That is the one that now is crying out to be healed, desiring to join the other one that lives in so much perfection and wonder.Allow yourselves now, from a point of choice at every moment of your lives, to heal that child by loving yourselves and the child born out of the ego mind in separation so very much and with so much passion and compassion that all the traumas of the past will be peeled away layer by layer. And the child of the ego will gradually know that it is also a child of God and will be happy and free. And so will you. Be aware that these child aspects of you do also live within your Sacred Heart and they yearn to be united by your unconditional love of all aspects of your being.When the two unite as one, through your love of self and embracing of your divinity, by the total acceptance of who you really are as a divine being in incarnated experience, this is when you will be “home”.Like the prodigal son of your scriptures, you will be invited to return to the Father’s house again. This is “when and only then” that all the magic, all the wonders and the love that you once knew will be made available to you again. And it does not have to take eons of time.The love and grace that is accorded by the Creator at this time can melt the barriers rather quickly if you ignite of fires of love from your heart with enough desire, enough passion, with enough determination and willingness to heal it all, knowing that it is not finished until completion. Also recognizing that the rewards at the end of the tunnel are the greatest love and joy and magic your present mind could ever imagine, and then add several thousand times more.Aurelia - This is wonderful Antharus. Thank you for this reminder. I must admit that on a conscious level I have neglected somewhat both the children of my heart. Thank you. Now can you tell us more of the magic that is awaiting us in the future?Antharus – Keep in mind that the return of magical lives that you all are yearning to find again can only be the result of divine union, your level of Oneness with all of life. In the realms of light, you simply could not create for yourselves any type of magic lives unless you become totally unified with whatever you want to create. This means when you have become the embodiment of Love and Oneness, and you radiate only Love, all of life becomes connected with you as “One”. From this viewpoint, you can create anything at any time. You can have it all and do it all, whatever it is. All kingdoms unite also with you as One and all elements and the nature spirits are at your command every instant to assist you to fulfill your desires. It is their great joy and service to life.This is my friends, the great partnership of love and brotherhood for all.The animals become greater playmates than you could ever imagine at this present time; the flowers and plants replenish themselves instantly and perpetually for your pleasure, the grass is always alive, but never has to be mowed. You can transport yourself anywhere, at any time, instantly. You never again have to fill out IRS reports or pay for car or house insurance. Neither do you have to contemplate anymore a nearly bankrupt bank account to pay this month’s bills. Life is lavishly abundant everywhere you look. You will live in crystal palaces and never have to pay rent or make mortgage payments.The unicorns hold the secrets to all the hidden mysteries of the many kingdoms, known and those still unknown to you at this time, and they will pleasure themselves in leading you to millions of wondrous magical discoveries. You will be wondering why you have taken so long to finally come home to the land of love and magic. This is, my friends, the life that is awaiting you in the fifth dimension. Nevertheless, you do not have to wait for this event to start creating for yourselves lives that are easier and more magical.Start now and you will see how simple it can be. It is not the 3rd dimension that is limiting you, but your lack of willingness to recognize that you can have now, in this present time, a very pleasant life, full of wonders. If only you believed in yourself and opened yourselves to receive all the gifts that life is waiting to bestow upon all of you. Stop denying your goods. Your denials are the main reasons why so many of you go without the gifts that are now awaiting to be given to you. It is your denials that are blocking the way.Aurelia – What all of this has to do with dragons?Antharus – Those of us dragons who are beings of 5th dimension and above hold the keys to the four elements, and we have full mastery of them. This was explained in our last message. You have heard of the magic dragons, and it is that mastery of the elements that assists us in creating magic so easily. What it has to do with us dragons, is that we would like to offer all of you reading this material our assistance in mastering the elements, so that your manifestations may come with greater ease and grace.This is our commitment to you. We may not be allowed to interfere with your free will choice and learning processes, but it will be our pleasure to whisper in your ears the keys to mastery of the elements as you learn to maintain greater level of love and harmony at all times. It will be our pleasure to monitor the progress of those who ask us, though we will not be the only ones doing this. With each level of progress you make in your spiritual journey towards your spiritual freedom through the ascension process, we commit ourselves to offer you the next key and the next one to assist your mastery of the element. Do you have another question?Aurelia - Yes, there is something I want to clarify for the readers. Lord Sananda told me a while ago that because you are a dragon and a being of Light and Love I can trust you. But he also mentioned that not all the dragons and reptilians can be trusted, as there are a great many that are still in separation and it could be risky to trust any dragon. He suggested that discernment must be used when encountering dragons or other reptilian beings. Can you comment on this?Antharus – Unfortunately this is true. Although many of us dragons and many beings of the reptilian race have reached a fifth dimensional level of evolution, it is not the whole race that has. There are still a great number of reptilian beings that have incarnated as humans on your planet and many of them cannot be trusted. There are also many others functioning from the level of the astral plane that would trick you and you must be careful.It is also this way with the human race. Some are ascended to radiate only Love and Light and many humans on your surface are still in separation and would exploit you. All galactic races have most of their people functioning in the Light and Love, but they also have a certain number of renegades still functioning in separation from the level of the astral plane. One must always be vigilant on your plane.It is not likely that many dragons will come to trick you; they have other things to do. But like with any being in the universe that would come to you, some will be Masters of Light, while others may be impostors pausing as Masters of Light. It is always wise to use your discernment and check your guidance. Check it with the feelings from the heart, not at the level of the ego mind or mental level. You must do this with any being from the other side of the veil that may come to you. It is an important protection.There are imposters mimicking each master and each group of light beings. Each ascended being that you know about has also to deal with a large number of imposters from the astral plane trying to divert you or mislead you in some way from your true and most direct spiritual pathway. You cannot yet be careful enough as to what voice you are listening to. Even the best meaning people can easily be deceived by a very astute astral entity. Until you have attained the maturity of your full consciousness, you always need to be careful. Not all channeled material comes from the masters of light and wisdom. The imposters are usually very vigilant in finding those who are looking for phenomena or whose ego desires to become a channel at all cost, even when they have not yet reached the level of initiation that is required to be invited by a Master of Light to become their channel.Until this planet is fully in the light, comfortably nestled in the comfort of the fifth dimension, you must always remain vigilant and in discernment in order to avoid the many pitfalls of the ascension process. Those who want to deter you from your pathway and your ascension usually come as impostors in the disguise of a master of light and wisdom to offer teachings containing subtle and not always so subtle distortions.Go in peace, my love, and know that I watch over you, always ready and willing to comfort you and to bring to you assistance and magic!Note: The link to the original article is no longer working. It's a good thing that my favorite dragon website DRAGON DREAMING was able to include the article in the site. Here is a link so you can view it http://dragondreaming.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/blue-dragon-antharus/

http://www.lemurianconnection.com/en/channeling/antharus-blue-dragon-speaks-2.htm

Philippine Dragons

Dragons in the Philippines
 

Bakunawa

 

BACONAUA (Hiligaynon)
    * Physical Description - basically big fish; from resembles that of a
      shark; mouth the size of a lake; red tongue; bewhiskered; large ash-gray
      wings, strong in flight; gills and small wires at sides
    * Domicile - in depths of sea
    * Activities - causes eclipses by swallowing moon and sun
    * Animal Instincts - induced to relase its prey by being intimidated by
      noises from earth

The Bakunawa, also spelled Bakonawa, Baconaua, or Bakonaua, is a dragon in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses.
It appears as a giant sea serpent with a mouth the size of a lake, a red tongue, whiskers, gills, small wires at its sides, and two sets of wings, one is large and ash-gray while the other is small and is found further down its body.

Tales about the Bakunawa say that it is the cause of eclipses. During ancient times, Filipinos believe that there are seven moons created by Bathala to light up the sky. The Bakunawa, amazed by their beauty, would rise from the ocean and swallow the moons whole, angering Bathala and causing them to be mortal enemies.

To keep the Bakunawa moons from completely being swallowed, ancient Filipinos would go out of their homes with pans and pots, and would make noise in order to scare the Bakunawa into spitting out the moon back into the sky. Some of the people in the villages would play soothing sounds with their musical instruments, in hopes that the dragon would fall into a deep sleep. Thus, the brave men of the village hoped that while the dragon was hypnotized by the musical sounds they could somehow slay the dragon. Although the dragon was known as a "moon eater" it was also known as a "man eater".

Other tales tell that the Bakunawa has a sister in the form of a sea turtle. The sea turtle would visit a certain island in the Philippines in order to lay its eggs. However, locals soon discovered that every time the sea turtle went to shore, the water seemed to follow her, thus reducing the island's size. Worried that their island would eventually disappear, the locals killed the sea turtle.

When the Bakunawa found out about this, it arose from the sea and ate the moon. The people were afraid so they prayed to Bathala to punish the creature. Bathala refused but instead told them to bang some pots and pans in order to disturb the serpent. The moon is then regurgitated while the Bakunawa disappeared, never to be seen again.

The island where the sea turtle lays its eggs is said to exist today. Some sources say that the island might just be one of the Turtle Islands.

Others tell how the Bakunawa fell in love with a human girl in one of the native tribes. The head of the tribe found out about their affair and had their house burned to ashes. The Bakunawa, finding out about this, became immersed in anger and tried to take revenge by eating all the 12 moons. When the 
Bakunawa was about to eat the last one, Bathala took action and punished the Bakunawa by banishing it from its home away from the sea. It also tells that the reason of the eclipses is how the Bakunawa is trying to come back to its home and deceased family.

Minokawa

MIKONAWA (Bagobo)
    * Physical Description - large bird; island-size; steel beak and
      talons; eyes mirrors; feathers sharp as swords
    * Domicile - outside the eastern sky
    * Activities - waits for moon and tries to sieze her as she emerges from
      her hole in the eastern horizon
    * Intellectual and Spiritual Endowments - after engorging moon, peeps down
      to see what people on earth are making noise for, opens mouth to
      hear sound better
    * Animal Instinct - lies in wait while animals waiting for prey; monstrous
      appetite; is startled by noise from earth and opens mouth

Minokawa is a giant bird that belongs to the dragon family. Early people believed that this creature is so big that it can swallow (or cover) the sun to explain of occurrence of eclipses. It is even described as a giant bird named Minokawa that lives in outer space which can devour the sun and the moon, and would try to do the same with the earth.
In a Bagobo tale, the Minokawa is a bird as large as an island. Its feathers are those of sharp swords, the eyes reflect like mirrors, its beak and legs are like steel. It lives "outside the sky, at the eastern horizon". While the Baua lived "above the sky" because the Visayans believe that there is a cave called "calulundan" above the sky, the entrance covered by blue smoke.[3]

Basic Legend
Before time began, very long ago, a great bird called Minokawa swallowed the moon. Seized with fear, all the people began to scream and made great noises. Then the bird peeped down to see what the matter was, and opened his mouth. But as soon as he opened his mouth, the moon sprang out and ran away.

The Minokawa-bird is as large as the Island of Negros or Bohol. It has a beak of steel, and his claws too are of steel. His eyes are mirrors, and each single feather is a sharp sword. He lives outside the sky, at the eastern horizon, ready to seize the moon and after the unsuccessful attempt of swallowing the satellite, it journeys and haunts again lurking under the earth.

The moon makes eight holes in the eastern horizon to come out of, and eight holes in the western horizon to go into, because every day the big bird tries to catch her, and she is afraid. The exact moment he tries to swallow her is just when she is about to come in through one of the holes in the east to shine on us again. If the Minokawa should swallow the moon, and the sun too, he would then come down to earth and gulp down men also. But when the moon is in the belly of the big bird, and the sky is dark, then all the Bagobo people will scream and cry, and beat gongs, because they fear they will all be eaten. Soon this racket makes the Minokawa-bird look down and "open his mouth to hear the sound." Then the moon jumps out of the bird's mouth and runs away.


Mameleu

MAMELEU (Hiligaynon)

    * Physical Description - large snake; body and head size of those of
      carabao; two white horns; thirty fathoms long; eyes torchilike, fire
      jets in them; long teeth; large resistant scales
    * Domicile - secluded depths of ocean
    * Activities - ejects green spittle when hungry
    * Animal Instincts - makes series of bellowing sounds

A Hiligaynon sea serpent with body and head as large as that of a water buffalo. It also possess two white horns, and its body stretches up to thirty fathoms long. It has eyes torchi-like, fire jets in them; long teeth; and large resistant scales.

Buwaya or Buaia

BUWAYA (Tagalog, etc.)
  
* Physical Description - saurian; mottled skin; has coffinlike saddle
      on its back
    * Domicile - cave under deep water
    * Activities - puts victim in saddle on its back and takes him to its
      cave
    * Intellectual and Spiritual Endowments - venerated by various ancient
      Filipino groups; is offered food by boatmen; prayed to, called
      "grandfather" by folk

It was a Tagalog saurian, mottled-skin, monster with coffin-like saddle on its back. It usually live in a cave in the deep sea. Whenever it catches a victim, the coffin-like saddle serves as its bag.

MARCUPO/MACUPO (Hiligaynon)

  * Physical Description - large snake; prominent red crest; long tongue
      with thornlike hairs; sharp tusks; forked tail
    * Domicile - mountain top
    * Intellectual and Spiritual Endowments - sings sonorously on quiet
      days
    * Magical Character - exhales very virulent poison