Name: Ragnorok Position: Member Location: With a blackberry pie. Gender: Male Last Seen: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 Coven: Guild of Mages (Priest)

Personal Bio

You may all refer to me as Ragnorok if you don't know me, Rag if you do, or ''Your Majesty'' if you realize how kingly I can be. :) I joke. I am very busy with various things. I am a martial artist currently practicing Tai Kung Fu and Wu Wei Gung Fu, an author currently working on three books to help me share my knowledge, a member of three councils on secret accounts, a Priest for Guild of Mages on this account, an experimenter in the workings of energy, a diviner, and a practitioner of four religions; Christianity, Taoism, Shintoism, and Buddhism. I am also studying Confucianism. On top of all that I have to set some things straight with my career path. Originally I was going to college, majoring in both Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, but my financial aid did not go through in time and I was forced to drop out. Now I have spoken with Navy recruiters and have looked into Navy jobs. Realizing that a career as a law enforcer, although exciting and a dream I had, will not help me in reaching the title of Officer in the Navy as it would in the Air Force I have gone back to my very first plan of being a doctor. So now I have to work towards that goal instead. I specialize in Hydromancy, Pyromancy, Hydrokinesis, Pyrokinesis, Divination in general, and especially Necromancy. I work with energy manipulation and practice many forms of meditation, especially moving meditation since I am rarely sitting still for to long. I can be very talkative or very quiet according to what the situation calls for. I am just as good at listening as I am at talking your ears off. I value the Knightly Codes of Chivalry as well as Bushido(Samurai's equivalent to the Knightly Codes of Chivalry). And for some reason I haven't been able to stop thinking in a British accent for awhile now. If you need any help feel free to ask. I may be short on time and you may have to wait for a reply, but eventually I will get around to you. Rather then give private lessons I may direct you to various threads or to a coven that can help you more then I could. If you do wish for my help please send your message with the subject you wish to learn as the subject of the message. Otherwise I may forget what I am teaching you and start on lessons for an entirely different topic. I get allot of people sending me messages for help and I am not entirely good with names. Quotes from Tao and Buddha ''Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity. If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you came from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, dignified as a king. Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.'' - Tao Te Ching # 16 ''The master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and he has nothing left to hold onto: No illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds back nothing from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.'' - Tao Te Ching # 50 ''When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.'' - The Tao ''A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.'' -Buddha ''All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.'' -Buddha ''An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.'' -Buddha ''An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.'' -Buddha ''Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.'' -Buddha ''Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.'' -Buddha ''Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.'' -Buddha ''Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.'' -Buddha ''However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?'' -Buddha ''I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.'' -Buddha ''In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.'' -Buddha ''In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.'' -Buddha ''It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.'' -Buddha ''Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.'' -Buddha ''The tongue, like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.'' -Buddha ''The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.'' -Buddha ''There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.'' -Buddha ''There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.'' -Buddha ''Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.'' -Buddha ''Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.'' -Buddha ''Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering - an image of death.'' -Buddha ''You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.'' -Buddha ''You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.'' -Buddha ''Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.'' -Buddha Peace means having a bigger weapon then the other guy.