Preface

There was a great disturbance in the balance. The opposition that occurred caused a fierce conflagration, leaving desolation and devastation all around. It lasted for many years and the world went into its deepest depression.

There was no place to hide and no place to call your own.

People died and they were reborn of madness. Into and out of the depths of hell… they rose. It was like no world they would have ever imagined; there was no time to rest or you would be bested, and no one would allow life as it once had been.

During the time of love and affections there had been seeds planted and they were born into this time of desecration, this time of turmoil. The children were left to their own devices and to their places in a world that had no governing. In this Hadean terrain they must reside and fend, to bring forth their offspring and to teach them to live among those that mean to do harm. 

Spirit, air, water, earth and fire – it was back to the ways of simplicity. There was 

no Christian way of life, no peace. But inner peace must prevail, or

 there can be no sustaining of life

It was prior to this that all practices began and there once was an inner peace, a time for learning. But not now; now they must struggle and take charge of their destinies to arise and make anew of an ancient way of life. A way of life to help them cope and help them make this a prosperous world, abundant once again in balance with the tides and where the solstice could once again be.

For now the seasons were all amiss in this poor new world of old, old times and of ancient ruin, as it was all at the hands of their forefathers. It was a world where the waters were unsafe to drink with bare hand from unfounded and forgotten rivers and streams. I was the soil that had been barren as a wasteland and not cultivated for seeds to be planted for sustenance to grow. They were alone, these children of unknown origin, alone in a world gone mad. And it is from here that they begin…

-Amanda is currently working on a forthcoming poetry book and the sequel to OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, entitled, Genesis Fire.