I think of how dragons are depicted in lore, as creatures of wrath and hatred, intent upon the destruction of all the Earth and its inhabitants.
And that only wizards of the highest order can, in turn, destroy them.
These dragons are ensnared by gold, utterly enslaved by its lure, and as we see in the Lord of the Rings, they bury themselves in this metal, engorged and mesmerized by it, as it renders them into a drunken stupor, into a state of bloated decrepitude.
If we think in contemporary terms of who these dragons are, we immediately think of the heads of high tech, oil companies, media empires, (some) corporations, (some) governments and health organizations, financial institutions, those who are glutted in their naked desire for more gold, to the point of utter self-dissolution. Nothing will stand in their way of achieving this gold, including in their eyes, "puny humanity".
But I just read a wonderful sci-fi book called Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly and in this book, the "evil dragon" which is brought back to full health by our heroine, the wizard, does not love gold the way that the evil ones mentioned above do.
This dragon is multi-dimensional and full of great light. Immersed in gold, which is a reflection of his soul, he hears the Earth sing. He sees the raging storms and rides their winds, he watches the waxing and waning of the moons, his wings tremble at the rising of the sun, his soul song hears the symphony of the stars and the celestial bodies, he marvels and feels the cresting of the ocean waves, and hears and follows the smallest of the little creatures in the forest as they hear the soughing of the wind in the pines in winter.
His gold allows him to be one with all that is. I can relate to THIS dragon perfectly and can move with him/her through the ley lines of the Earth, breathing fire, redemption and love into every sinew. Healing the Earth and all who live here.
The ugly dragons are fated to leave us, and this will happen as quickly as we all remember that the Golden Dragon is truly the essence of who we all are, and not a fable at all.
And that only wizards of the highest order can, in turn, destroy them.
These dragons are ensnared by gold, utterly enslaved by its lure, and as we see in the Lord of the Rings, they bury themselves in this metal, engorged and mesmerized by it, as it renders them into a drunken stupor, into a state of bloated decrepitude.
If we think in contemporary terms of who these dragons are, we immediately think of the heads of high tech, oil companies, media empires, (some) corporations, (some) governments and health organizations, financial institutions, those who are glutted in their naked desire for more gold, to the point of utter self-dissolution. Nothing will stand in their way of achieving this gold, including in their eyes, "puny humanity".
But I just read a wonderful sci-fi book called Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly and in this book, the "evil dragon" which is brought back to full health by our heroine, the wizard, does not love gold the way that the evil ones mentioned above do.
This dragon is multi-dimensional and full of great light. Immersed in gold, which is a reflection of his soul, he hears the Earth sing. He sees the raging storms and rides their winds, he watches the waxing and waning of the moons, his wings tremble at the rising of the sun, his soul song hears the symphony of the stars and the celestial bodies, he marvels and feels the cresting of the ocean waves, and hears and follows the smallest of the little creatures in the forest as they hear the soughing of the wind in the pines in winter.
His gold allows him to be one with all that is. I can relate to THIS dragon perfectly and can move with him/her through the ley lines of the Earth, breathing fire, redemption and love into every sinew. Healing the Earth and all who live here.
The ugly dragons are fated to leave us, and this will happen as quickly as we all remember that the Golden Dragon is truly the essence of who we all are, and not a fable at all.