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[ My princess's thoughts ]

Well my girlfriend wrote this on her blog, I liked it and thought it would be a nice thing to share with ALL my readers XD. [ I'm keeping its original format ]:

The aspects of me as a Christian goth

It's been nearly 12 years since I've been a Christian and 14 months since I've been a goth (though I did have some traits also a long time before that, I didn't know anything about "gothicism" and what it was yet, so I can't tell that it was earlier.) And here is my view on how both these aspects closely relate...

A goth is, to a certain extent, an outcast of the society, partly for he choses so himself and partly for he's not accepted by it... though nowadays I can't say it's still quite valid as "gothic" has been becoming a popular trend. I hope it will pass soon so that media and pubertal kids who change their image according to magazins will leave gothic alone again. A Christian in these times is an outcast as well. Especially here in Europe (when I don't count Asian countries where Christianity never had a strong position) and especially here in Czech Republic. Why just here? There has been an opposition against the Catholic church for centuries, starting with the Hussite wars. But these tendentions began to expand in the later decades of the 19th century, when the Czech nation craved for independence from the Austrian - Hungarian monarchy. Then who was a real Czech patriot has to be against the Habsburger and that automatically meant against the Catholic church, which also was a support of the state. Then with time somehow this disliking for Catholicism expanded against also other Christian churches and Christianity in general. Possibly what helped affirm this were 40 years of the Communist regime that systematicallyfought against Christianity, but more relevant is that already decades before that began, the faith was weak in this nation (if it hadn't been weak before, it wouldn't be broken by the regime - see Poland, where it still stays.)

Both a goth and Christian seek for more than what this world can offer. They can see that material things, fame, popularity will not make them happy. We can see how everything is passing, we realize that even our own lifes last just for a while to pass away as well. Therefore we want to be in touch with our soul, search for what lies there and what it truly desires, so that we can live our life genuinely and authentically.

They both also know that it is necessary to accept the whole reality of the world and life, including pain, sorrow, sadness, anxiety and death. We must face the fact that this is no perfect world (though once it was and it will be again, but that is beyond human possibilities) and that painful things will come. It is up to us to embrace them and possibly later see that they had a meaningful place in our life and that they formed us as a human being.

Also both gothicism and Christianity bring freedom. Freedom to be our own beings, to accept ourselves the way we are with both positive and negative traits, to stop worrying about what others think of us, to gain inner independence from others' judgements. Also freedom to believe in our ideals and stay faithful to them even when we are alone and everyone else around thinks differently. We don't have to accept their "norms" if they clearly aren't good or if they aren't the good thing for us; we just need to be ourselves and not to be bothered by not fitting in.

[ Gaias Pendulum - Soledad ][ English Translation ]

Vuelvo a mi soledad
Vuelvo al silencio de mi cantar
Vuelvo a la tierra de sombras sin fin
Vuelvo a encontrarme con mi verdad

Canto en mi soledad
Igual que un Elfo en la oscuridad
Vuela a lo lejos como ave de luz
Que se ha perdido en la inmensidad

Solo, sin la luz,
Sin alas, sin poder,
Escucho mi dolor,
Lloro como un Elfo herido por el mal

Luchan en mi interior
Igual que el viento con el mar
Mis ilusiones heridas están
Y hoy naufragan en mi llorar

Triunfante en un altar
Se eleva alto mi rencor,
Desde las sombras gobierna mi ser
Soy prisionero de su poder

Solo, sin la luz,
Sin alas, sin poder,
Escucho mi dolor,
Lloro como un Elfo herido por el mal

Vuelo a lo lejos
Como ave de luz
Que se ha perdido en la inmensidad
Busco algún lugar a donde llegar
Sin encontrar la soledad(x2)
Gaias Pendulum - Soledad

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I go back to my solitude
I go back to the silence of my singing
I go back to the land of endless shadows
I go back to meet my truth

I sing in my solitude
Like an Elf in darkness
Who flies far away as a bird made of light
that's got lost in immensity

Alone, without light,
Without wings, without power,
I listen to my pain,
I cry as an Elf who's been hurt by evil

They fight inside me,
Like wind against the sea,
My illusions are hurt
And today they adrift on my crying

Triumphant in an altar
Rises high my hate,
From the shadows it rules my being,
I'm a prisoner of its power

Alone, without light,
Without wings, without power,
I listen to my pain
I cry as an Elf who's been hurt by evil

I fly far away
As a bird made of light
Lost in immensity
I search for a place to arrive
In which I don't find solitude (x2)
Gaias Pendulum - Solitude

[ El Salvador ][ Most Metal Searcher Country ]

I don't know how I happened to get to the Google Trends page a few minutes ago, on which you can "See what the world is searching for". I decided to look up some of my interests and see the Cities and Countries in the world that most searched for them.

First I searched for Goth and as you can see we can almost officially declare Sheffield, United Kingdom as the "Gothest" city in the world; as for the regions, Iceland [ logically (no offense, guys) ] is the "Gothest" country in the world [ UK with a honorable second place ]. Then I decided to widen my search a little bit out of the Goth subculture and I searched for Gothic Metal, surprisingly La Paz, Bolivia is the city of the world that most searches for Gothic Metal! and as for the region Bolivia appears as well as number one, whereas my country El Salvador appears in a not so despicable sixth place!! and yes I am quite surprised and proud of it!! :P. But I was even most surprised when I searched for Metal!! El Salvador has the number one position in the search for METAL \m/, of course this can be due to other reasons rather than the Metal musical genre but being honest I don't think it is the case, Chile for example appears as the second country to search for that [ and number one city: Santiago, Chile ], it is well known that Chileans like Metal a lot but they also are producers of copper :P so this could be an influential factor in the results, El Salvador on the other hand...produces nothing! XD we export people !! OK, that is not completely true, we MIGHT produce something but we are not producers of any kind of metal [ that I know of ].

So feel proud people!! not anymore just because of our Pupusas but now also because we are the most avid Metal searchers IN THE WORLD \m/, !!!! XD. I bet you're already wondering how this affects our society and everyday life huh?...well, go find out yourself! :P...I will just say one thing: we could be worst if we didn't listen to this much Metal, because listening to Metal works as a catharsis for living in such a troubled place...IMHO.

[ Lacrimosa - Eine Nacht In Ewigkeit ][ English Translation ]

Well I haven't found a translation of this song to English yet and since my cute goth girl who speaks like 2,000 languages [ XD ok only like 6 ] has already translated it for me I thought I might share it with people that are also searching for it.

Nicht nur ein Wort
Erhellt die Nacht
Unjsere Herzen strahlen
In tiefster Sehnsucht
Und unsere Seelen
Fallen diesem Glanz
Abgeschieden blende mich
Verführe mich - durchflute mich
Du strömend Licht
Erhellst Du mich ?

Aus der Stille - aus dem Nichts
Eingetaucht in Dich
Erhalte mich in dieser Nacht ...

Hat auch der Knebel der Vernunft
Mich nicht bewahrt
Verschlungen trinken nun
Verschmolzen wir zu bluten
Opfer sind wir Täter und
Erstürmen unserer Nähe Sucht
Durch Fleisch und Raum
Durch Zeit und Lust
Durch Schweiss und Sucht
Durch mich in dich

Verführe mich - durchflute mich
Durchströme mich
Erhelle mich !

Aus der Stille - aus dem Nichts
Eingetaucht in dich
Erhalte mich in dieser Nacht ...

Und wenn ich Dich berühre
Deinen Körper bis in jede Zelle spüre
Und wenn ich Dich umgarne
Deine Blösse umd die
Meine feucht ich fühle
Und wenn wir uns verlieren
Nur gemeinsam und für immer diese
Nacht einander schenken
Und wenn die Schatten fallen
Zwischen Deine Lippen ich den letzten
Kuss ganz tief versenke

Eine Nacht in Ewigkeit
So sind für immer wir vereint
Und Schönheit wiegt uns
Schliesslich in den Schlaf ...

Eine Nacht In Ewigkeit

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Not only a word
Lightens the night
Our hearts shine
In deepest longing
And our souls
Fall to this glitter
Separated blind me
Seduce me - overflow me
You, streaming light
Will you lighten me?

From the silence - from the nothing
Immersed in you
Keep me in this night...

If also the ?? has reason
It doesn't protect me ??
Intertwined we drink now
Melted to bleed
Victims we are, malefactors and
We conquer the longing of our closeness
Through flesh and room
Through time and delight
Through sweat and longing
Through me in you

Seduce me - overflow me
Stream through me
Lighten me!

From the silence - from the nothing
Immersed in you
Keep me in this night...

And when I touch you
I feel each cell of your body
And when I entangle you
Your nudity and mine
I feel moistly
And when we get lost
Only together and for ever
We give this night to each other
And when the shades fall
Between your lips I dip
Entirely deep the last kiss

A night in eternity
So we are for ever united
And beauty dandles us
Finally into the sleep...

A Night In Eternity

[ Happy February 13th ]

My beautiful girlfriend sent this image to me because today is February 13th ^_^, the day of Love and Friendship, well just love actually, and well only OUR love actually...^_^ miluju tě, lásko <3

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[ Christian Gothic Metal ]

Why isn't there a good Christian Gothic Metal band? [ or at least A band ]...of course I know it's kind of impossible because of the contents of Gothic Metal, but at least there should be a band with the very basic characteristics of a Gothic Metal band and with possitive lyrics, and don't get me wrong, I am not much of a possitive person myself but I think it'd be nice for a change. In general, "Christian" music is not as complex as "Pagan" music, its composition is very simple and "catchy"...I wonder if there are any Christian Progressive Metal/Rock bands XD and I wonder why this is so...
http://chalice.mu/