THE CREATURE OF MY SOUL
ALTER EGO
THE DEATH DWELLER IS AN AMORPHOUS ENTITY OF EMOTION AND SOUL.
IT IS MOST OFTEN DEPICTED IN A FORM CALLED THE GREAT RED DRAGON.
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EACH PART OF THE DRAGON'S BODY BEARS A MEANING.
THE
SKULL
THE GREAT RED DRAGON WEARS THE SKULL OF A LIONESS.
IT IS ALSO A MOCKING THROWBACK TO GOD JEHOVAH AND HIS SON, WHOMST ARE OFTEN PORTRAYED AS "THE LION OF JUDAH".
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IT MANIFESTS DUALITY AND PRIMAL INSTINCT.
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THE LIONESS IS A SYMBOL OF POWER AND PRIDE.
A PREDATOR, A KILLER TASKED TO FEED THE BROOD.
SHE IS THE DUALITY OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND OF LOVE AND VIOLENCE.
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SHE SPINS THE TIGHTLY KNIT VISCERAL CYCLE OF NATURE.
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SHE IS THE COLD-BLOODED HUNTRESS AND THE WARM-HEARTED MOTHER.
SHE IS APATHY AND EMPATHY.
SHE BRINGS LIFE AND SHE BRINGS DEATH.
THE
CHEST
THE GREAT RED DRAGON'S BODY IS MUTILATED:
THE CHEST IS FLAYED OF BREAST, WITH A GORERIDDEN VIEW TO WHAT LIES WITHIN:
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A CAGE OF RIBS,
A PAIR OF LUNGS,
AND A CARDIAC CAVITY.
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THE MUTILATION OF THE BODY IS THE MOST EXPLICIT FORM OF THE RAW HORROR OF EXISTENCE. IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, ONE COULD WISH TO RIP ITS OWN FLESH IN A FIT OF DISGUST, TO LEAVE ONLY A MASS OF PULSATING FLESH AND ORGAN THAT WAS SAVED FROM EVISCERATION BY A BONY JAIL OF RIBS.
THE DRAGON WAS, AT BIRTH, CONDEMNED FEMALE, BUT THE DRAGON'S BODY DOES NOT CARRY THE BURDEN OF SEX NO MORE: IT RIPPED ITSELF UNDEFINABLE. THE DRAGON'S THORAX IS A TOAST TO MISANTHROPY, FOR IT WAS RID IN A FIT OF DISSATISFACTION TO BE IDENTIFIED AS ANYTHING AT ALL.
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"IT ISS AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING WHEN PARTS OF YOUR BODY ARE TOUCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. I AM THINKING ABOUT THE SENSATIONS OF SEX... AND OF SURGERY."
-Tucker Adams
THE
WINGS
THE DEATH DWELLER BEARS ONE PAIR OF OLD AND TORN WINGS.
THE WINGS OF THE DRAGON PERTAIN TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION'S DEVIL.
THESE WINGS ARE A SYMBOL OF MONSTROSITY, AND UNHOLINESS.
IT IS A SCREAM TO THE FEELING OF ONE BEING ABERRANT, IMPURE AND CARRYING SIN.
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THESE SAME MONSTROUS WINGS, HOWEVER, ALSO ALLOWED THE BEAST TO FLY.
IT COULD SEE THE WORLD FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, IN WAYS SOME NEVER WILL.
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WHEN THE WINGS UNFOLDED, THE DRAGON FOUND NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FREEDOM AND GRACE.
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THE DEATH DWELLER'S GREAT RED DRAGON FORM IS INSPIRED BY PAINTINGS OF 18TH CENTURY ARTIST WILLIAM BLAKE. THE RED DRAGON PAINTINGS REPRESENT THE VISIONS OF A DEVIL IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN THE HOLY BIBLE.
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A GOD OF NOTHING.
THE DEATH DWELLER IS THE TWIN SIBLING OF THE ADORED JEHOVAH.
THE DWELLER IS AMORPHOUS AND NEUTRAL. IT CAN TAKE ANY SHAPE OR FORM.
FOR ONCE, THE DWELLER MAY BE SEEN AS A TALL DISFIGURED WOMAN PROWLING THE WOODS, OR FOR ANOTHER, MAY BE THE SHAPE OF AN IMP IN THE STEAM OF YOUR TEA.
THE DWELLER JUDGES, AIDS AND HARMS.
THE DWELLER DOES NOT SPEAK THROUGH WORDS, BUT THROUGH MIND.
MAYBE IF YOU FOCUS ENOUGH, ONE DAY YOU, TOO, MAY HEAR IT WHISPER BACK.
BE BLESSED BY THE LION,
AND ONE DAY, BY ROT DEVOURED
