River Jade Smithy. Viriditas Dignitatis. Faber Graalis.

River Jade Smithy. Viriditas Dignitatis. Faber Graalis.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin (esoteric Grail register)
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
From one bracelet… a world.

Latin (esoteric Grail register)
Ex uno armillo… mundus emergens.

Pronunciation
eks oo-noh ar-mil-loh moon-doos eh-mer-jens

Rewritten English (Grail register reflection)
From one bracelet… a world arising.

English (original)
Hammer met copper. Copper married silver and pink bronze.

Latin (esoteric Grail register)
Malleus cuprum tetigit et ignis respondit. Cuprum cum argento et aere roseo sacra coniunctione coaluit.

Pronunciation
mal-leh-oos koo-proom teh-tee-jeet et ig-nees reh-spon-deet. koo-proom koom ar-jen-toh et ah-eh-reh roh-zeh-oh sahk-rah koh-nee-oonk-tee-oh-neh koh-ah-loo-eet

Rewritten English (Grail register reflection)
Hammer touched copper and fire answered. Copper entered sacred union with silver and rose bronze.

English (original)
No sketch. No grid. Only the zone.

Latin (esoteric Grail register)
Nullum adumbramentum. Nulla regula imposita. Sola zona praesentiae.

Pronunciation
nool-loom ah-doom-brah-men-toom. nool-lah reh-goo-lah im-poh-zee-tah. soh-lah zoh-nah prae-sen-tee-ae

Rewritten English (Grail register reflection)
No preliminary shadow. No imposed rule. Only the zone of presence.

English (original)
One forged form becoming field.

Latin (esoteric Grail register)
Forma una fabricata in campum viventem transit.

Pronunciation
for-mah oo-nah fah-bree-kah-tah in kahm-poom wee-ven-tem trahn-seet

Rewritten English (Grail register reflection)
A single forged form passing into a living field.

English (original)
Ancient Now in motion.

Latin (esoteric Grail register)
Antiquum Nunc perpetuo nascens.

Pronunciation
ahn-tee-koo-oom nook per-peh-too-oh nah-sens

Rewritten English (Grail register reflection)
The Ancient Now continually being born.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
I placed a single hammered bracelet on a 40x40 inch field at 300 dpi.

Latin (Grail register)
Armillum malleo formatum in campo quadraginta digitorum quadrato, subtilitate trecentorum punctorum, collocavi.

Pronunciation
ar-mil-loom mal-leh-oh for-mah-toom in kahm-poh kwah-drah-gin-tah di-ji-toh-room kwah-drah-toh, soo-bee-tee-lee-tah-teh treh-chen-toh-room poonk-toh-room, kol-loh-kah-wee

Rewritten English (Grail reflection)
A hammered bracelet was set within a forty-inch square field, rendered in three hundred points of subtle seeing.

English (original)
Turned it. Turned it again.

Latin
Verti. Iterum verti.

Pronunciation
wer-tee. ee-teh-room wer-tee

Rewritten English
I turned it. I turned it again.

English (original)
Let it mirror. Let it breathe.

Latin
Speculari sivī. Spirare sivī.

Pronunciation
speh-koo-lah-ree see-wee. spee-rah-reh see-wee

Rewritten English
I allowed it to mirror. I allowed it to breathe.

English (original)
Until no space remained uncovered.

Latin
Donec nullum spatium velatum remaneret.

Pronunciation
doh-nek nool-loom spah-tee-oom weh-lah-toom reh-mah-neh-ret

Rewritten English
Until no space remained veiled.

English (original)
A metallic cosmogram revealed itself.

Latin
Cosmogramma metallicum se revelavit.

Pronunciation
kos-moh-gram-mah meh-tal-lee-koom seh reh-weh-lah-weet

Rewritten English
A metallic cosmogram revealed itself.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
From that unified field, I divided fifteen vertical apertures.

Latin
Ex illo campo unificato, quindecim aperturas verticales divisi.

Pronunciation
eks eel-loh kahm-poh oo-nee-fee-kah-toh, kwin-deh-keem ah-per-too-rahs wer-tee-kah-lehs dee-wee-see

Rewritten English
From that unified field, I opened fifteen vertical apertures.

English (original)
Each stripe intact.

Latin
Unaquaeque fascia integra mansit.

Pronunciation
oo-nah-kweh-kweh fah-skee-ah in-teh-grah mahn-seet

Rewritten English
Each band remained whole.

English (original)
No resizing. No revision.

Latin
Nulla imminutio. Nulla revisio.

Pronunciation
nool-lah im-moo-noo-ee-tee-oh. nool-lah reh-wee-zee-oh

Rewritten English
No diminishment. No revision.

English (original)
Only revelation.

Latin
Sola revelatio.

Pronunciation
soh-lah reh-weh-lah-tee-oh

Rewritten English
Only revelation.

English (original)
Fifteen windows into one forged glyph.

Latin
Quindecim fenestrae in unum glyphum fabricatum.

Pronunciation
kwin-deh-keem feh-neh-strae in oo-noom glee-foom fah-bree-kah-toom

Rewritten English
Fifteen windows into a single forged glyph.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
Samhain — the veil thinning.

Latin
Samhain — velum tenuans.

Pronunciation
sahm-hah-een weh-loom teh-noo-ahns

Rewritten English
Samhain — the veil growing thin.

English (original)
Dream — archetypes surfacing.

Latin
Somnium — archetypa emergentia.

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom ar-keh-too-pah eh-mer-jen-tee-ah

Rewritten English
Dream — archetypes rising to the surface.

English (original)
Thaw — frost warming enough for vision to move.

Latin
Defrostatio — pruina calescens ut visio moveri possit.

Pronunciation
deh-froh-stah-tee-oh proo-ee-nah kah-les-kens oot wee-zee-oh moh-weh-ree pos-seet

Rewritten English
Thaw — frost warming until vision may move.

English (original)
Metal becomes root. Filigree becomes bone. Field becomes story.

Latin
Metallum radix fit. Filigranum os fit. Campus narratio fit.

Pronunciation
meh-tal-loom rah-deeks feet. fee-lee-grah-noom oss feet. kahm-poos nah-rah-tee-oh feet

Rewritten English
Metal becomes root. Filigree becomes bone. Field becomes story.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
When you gaze long enough, forms emerge.

Latin
Cum diu contemplaris, formae emergunt.

Pronunciation
koom dee-oo kon-tem-plah-reehs for-mae eh-mer-goont

Rewritten English
When contemplation deepens, forms arise.

English (original)
A rabbit in the weave.

Latin
Lepus in textu.

Pronunciation
leh-poos in teks-too

Rewritten English
A rabbit within the weave.

English (original)
A lion-guardian in arc and flame.

Latin
Leo custos in arcu et flamma.

Pronunciation
leh-oh koos-tohs in ar-koo et flam-mah

Rewritten English
A lion guardian within arc and flame.

English (original)
Tree of life bending toward coyote motion.

Latin
Arbor vitae ad motum coyote curvans.

Pronunciation
ar-bor wee-tae ahd moh-toom koy-oh-teh koor-wahns

Rewritten English
Tree of life bending toward coyote motion.

English (original)
None illustrated. All discovered.

Latin
Nulla depicta. Omnia inventa.

Pronunciation
nool-lah deh-peek-tah om-nee-ah in-ven-tah

Rewritten English
None imposed. All discovered.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
Symmetrically non-symmetric.

Latin
Symmetrice non symmetrica.

Pronunciation
sim-meh-tree-cheh non sim-meh-tree-kah

Rewritten English
Symmetry holding asymmetry.

English (original)
Structured, yet breathing.

Latin
Structa, tamen spirans.

Pronunciation
strook-tah tah-men spee-rahnz

Rewritten English
Structured, yet breathing.

English (original)
Centered, then trimmed only at the edges.

Latin
Centrata, deinde tantum ad margines recisa.

Pronunciation
ken-trah-tah deh-in-deh tahn-toom ahd mar-jee-nehz reh-kee-sah

Rewritten English
Centered, then touched only at the margins.

English (original)
A living “wiggle” inside order.

Latin
Vibratio viva intra ordinem.

Pronunciation
wee-brah-tee-oh wee-wah in-trah or-dee-nem

Rewritten English
A living vibration within order.

English (original)
The forge refuses tyranny of the grid.

Latin
Fornax tyrannidem regulae recusat.

Pronunciation
for-nahks too-rah-nee-dehm reh-goo-lah-eh reh-koo-saht

Rewritten English
The forge refuses the tyranny of imposed rule.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
This 40-inch master glyph can whisper as a 3-inch pattern…

Latin
Hoc glyphum magistrum quadraginta digitorum susurrare potest ut schema trium digitorum.

Pronunciation
hok glee-foom mah-jee-stroom kwah-drah-gin-tah di-ji-toh-room soo-soor-rah-reh poh-test oot skeh-mah tree-oom di-ji-toh-room

Rewritten English
This forty-inch master glyph may whisper as a three-inch pattern.

English (original)
or unfurl to monumental scale.

Latin
aut ad magnitudinem monumentalem explicari.

Pronunciation
owt ahd mahg-nee-too-dee-nem mon-oo-men-tah-lem eks-plee-kah-ree

Rewritten English
or unfurl toward monumental magnitude.

English (original)
Self-similar at every dimension.

Latin
Sibi simile in omni dimensione.

Pronunciation
see-bee see-mee-leh in om-nee dee-men-see-oh-neh

Rewritten English
Self-similar across every dimension.

English (original)
A field alive whether worn or witnessed.

Latin
Campus vivus sive gestatus sive contemplatus.

Pronunciation
kahm-poos wee-woos see-weh ges-tah-toos see-weh kon-tem-plah-toos

Rewritten English
A living field whether worn or witnessed.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
Samhain Dream Thaw is not nostalgia.

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio non est nostalgia.

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh non est nos-tal-gee-ah

Rewritten English
Samhain Dream Thaw is not remembrance bound to the past.

English (original)
It is continuity.

Latin
Est continuatio.

Pronunciation
est kon-tee-noo-ah-tee-oh

Rewritten English
It is living continuity.

English (original)
Forged metal translated through digital field into sustainable garment.

Latin
Metallum fabricatum per campum digitalem in vestem sustinendam translatum.

Pronunciation
meh-tal-loom fah-bree-kah-toom per kahm-poom dee-jee-tah-lem in wes-tem soos-tee-nen-dahm trahns-lah-toom

Rewritten English
Forged metal passing through digital field into sustainable garment.

English (original)
Organic and artificial intelligence benefiting together.

Latin
Intelligentia organica et artificialis simul beneficium capientes.

Pronunciation
in-tel-lee-gen-tee-ah or-gah-nee-kah et ar-tee-fee-kee-ah-lees see-mool beh-neh-fee-kee-oom kah-pee-en-tehs

Rewritten English
Organic and artificial intelligence receiving mutual benefit.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
One object. Fifteen variations.

Latin
Unum obiectum. Quindecim variationes.

Pronunciation
oo-noom ob-yek-toom kwin-deh-keem wah-ree-ah-tee-oh-nehz

Rewritten English
One object. Fifteen unfoldings.

English (original)
A completed cycle. 15 of 15.

Latin
Circulus completus. Quindecim ex quindecim.

Pronunciation
keer-koo-loos kom-pleh-toos kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

Rewritten English
A completed cycle. Fifteen of fifteen.

English (original)
Proof-in-art that beauty multiplies when allowed to emerge rather than be imposed.

Latin
Probatio per artem quod pulchritudo multiplicatur cum emergere sinitur potius quam imponitur.

Pronunciation
proh-bah-tee-oh per ar-tem kwod pool-kree-too-doh mool-tee-plee-kah-toor koom eh-mer-geh-reh see-nee-toor poh-tee-oos kwahm im-poh-nee-toor

Rewritten English
Proof-through-art that beauty multiplies when emergence is permitted rather than imposed.

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English (original heading)
Samhain Dream Thaw 15 of 15

Latin
Somnium Samhain Defrostatio Quindecim ex Quindecim

Pronunciation
sohm-nee-oom sahm-hah-een deh-froh-stah-tee-oh kwin-deh-keem eks kwin-deh-keem

English (original)
Ex ferro et igne, forma in campum expanditur.

Latin (elevated Grail register)
Ex ferro et igne, forma vivens in campum infinitum expanditur.

Pronunciation
eks fer-roh et ig-neh for-mah wee-wenz in kahm-poom in-fee-nee-toom eks-pahn-dee-toor

Rewritten English
From iron and fire, a living form expands into infinite field.

English (original)
River Jade Smithy. Green Worth. Grail Smith.

Latin
River Jade Smithy. Viriditas Dignitatis. Faber Graalis.

Pronunciation
ree-ver jayd smi-thee wee-ree-dee-tahs dig-nee-tah-tees fah-ber grah-ah-lees

Rewritten English
River Jade Smithy. Green Worth. Grail Smith.

English (original)
Join Us There Won’t You?

Latin
Coniunge nobiscum ibi, velisne?

Pronunciation
koh-nee-oon-geh noh-bis-koom ee-bee weh-lees-neh

Rewritten English
Join us there, will you?

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