The Quarterly, June 2011

Compiled by Yami Hikari

Current Membership

  • Madame X - Matriarch
  • Herr Wulfsunus – Acting WebMaster/Gatekeeper
  • Alterra von Feuers – Intramural Relations
  • Lady Aislin Ni Morrighan - House DJ
  • Lady Sequanna – House Translator
  • Deacon Gray - Gatekeeper
  • Bholanath - Webmaster
  • Mistress NyxFury
  • Khan
  • Ezikiel Tempted
  • Sir Algernon

Current Dedicants

  • Yami Hikari, Dark Adora, Samandryel, and Richter Le Roux

Sites offered

Official House Site – offering Manifesto, Member Bios, Articles, Traditions, as well as a Discussion Forum for Members, Abbon, Donors and all interested.

House of the Dreaming Myspace Group - Splash-page, bulletins and forum.

House of the Dreaming Myspace Group - Splash-page, photos and bulletins.

 

Member Hosted

Madame X on MySpace

Madame X on Facebook

Madame X on YouTube

Serões da Quimera on Hi5

NJ Chapter of Bloodlines International on Yahoo

Herr Wulfsunus on MySpace

Herr Wulfsunus on Facebook

House of The Dreaming on Facebook

The Collective on YouTube

The Collective on Break.com

The Collective on MySpace

Deacon Gray on MySpace

Deacon Gray on FaceBook

The Graveyard Press

Sexual Vampires Ning Group

Dark / Spiritual / Wicked / Vampires FaceBook Group

Lady Aislin on MySpace

Lady Aislin on Facebook

Witchy Mom's Club Facebook Group

GA Chapter of Bloodlines on Yahoo

Lady Sequanna on MySpace

Lady Sequanna on Facebook

Alterra Von Feuers on MySpace

Alterra Von Feuers on Facebook

Khan on MySpace

The Dark Nations Public Splash page on MySpace

The Dark Nations

The Dark Nations on Ning

The Dark Nations Members Only Page on Facebook

The Dark Nations Public Splash Page on Facebook

Ezikiel Tempted on Myspace

Ezikiel Tempted on Facebook

The Dusty Grimoire

Somnium Homunculi Guild on Facebook

Somnium Homunculi Guild on MySpace

NyxFury on MySpace

NyxFury on Facebook

Mistress Fury's Discussion Group

Bholanath on Myspace

Bholanath on Facebook

Algernon on MySpace

Algernon on Facebook

 

Member Hosted in Portuguese

Serões da Quimera MySpace Profile

Serões da Quimera Orkut Profile

Serões da Quimera on Hi5

 

Collaborative Projects:

The Collective

House of the Dreaming in conjunction with Vampyre Lounge and with the participation of the Vampyre Society at-large is hosting an exciting video program called the Collective. It features a series of interviews with various Modern Day Vampires, Community Leaders, and other individuals. Each interview will be designed to independently focus on specific topics of community interest. House of the Dreaming and Vampyre Lounge are non-partisan in our approach and hope to provide as many perspectives as possible from all angles of community interest. If you or someone you know is interested in being featured on The Collective, contact Herr Wulfsunus at Wufsunnus@yahoo.com The Collective Videos can be found at:
The Collective on YouTube
The Collective on MySpace
The Collective on Break.com
The Vampyre Lounge

 

The Dark Nations

Dark Nations co-founded by Khan and Madame X is an exclusive collective of embassies and ambassadors gathered for the purpose of truthful information exchange, and project collaboration, intent on raising the bar on communication and conduct across the community at large. If you are part of a closed membership group that has an active core membership of three or more which has been active for over a year, and have a vested interest on improved communication and diplomatic community relations, you are welcome to join and establish an embassy at Dark Nations. Please contact us for more details at: The Dark Nations Splash Page on MySpace

 

News and Developments

New House Site

The House of The Dreaming website has been revamped and restyled. It features a new forum layout along with a new color scheme that allows exploring the site to be done with much more ease. Our appreciation goes to our Dedicant Samandryel for his talent, hard work and continued dedication to this very important project. We ask for your patience as the site is currently under construction. Thank you Herr Wulfsunus for supervising this delicate project.

International Bloodlines, Action!

The GA chapter of Bloodlines International has been quite busy this last quarter! They conducted two yard sales, an auction, a craft sale, and are currently hosting another auction featuring jewelry donated by one of their moderators.
Also in the back drops they are currently working on a second auction with many vampiric, gothic and mystical art forms; something many of us can look forward to and as always the proceeds will go to vampiric and otherkin families in need of money.
Another upcoming event will be a Tarot and Tea Party. Time and date TBA.

Drum Circle and Dinner

Drum Circle with a themed intention and home cooked meal Hosted by Ezikiel Temped in Boise, ID Intended to be a weekly gathering on Thursdays at 8PM. Check in with host for participation details.

DN Now Accepting Administrator Applications

The Dark Nations (est. 2007) is a collective of International Embassies and their respective delegates representing houses, orders and clans of the vampyre, therian, and otherkin societies for the purpose of truthful information exchange, project collaboration, and diplomacy. We are currently looking for 2 additional members to our administrative staff. Please send queries to Themadamex@hotmail.com.

New Collective Videos

Madame X interviews Samandryel about his awakening as a Sanguine sexual vampire as well as his magical and magickal talents.
Madame X interviews New York vampire community veteran, Myke Hideous, regarding his musical, artistic, and occult interests.

Links:
The Collective on YouTube
The Collective on Break.com
The Vampyre Lounge

Community Notice – Sin Nomine

From the Elders and Members of the House of the Dreaming: The House of The Dreaming chooses to take a neutral stance on any proclamation of Sin Nomine, Persona Non Grata and any other form of censure called forth by The Community, unless all current members of the House agree in unison.
It is important to clarify that House of The Dreaming is a House of Ronin, where the rights of our individual members are prized and respected. To that end while we may co-jointly agree that the individual in question should indeed be ostracized from the community, banned from our forums and certainly removed from our own personal spaces; Our House will not demand, expect or enforce that our members abstain from talking and socializing with any one person or group.
We welcome the public disbursement of information regarding excommunications, banishments and sin-nomine edicts, as the community certainly should be aware of these dangerous and dishonorable individuals, and so that we may act accordingly. Being Ronin, we of The Dreaming are certainly welcome to participate or abstain on an individual level from any Community edict, including when it comes to sin-nomine, excommunications and banishments. This type of motion has happened repeatedly over the years, with others whose names will not be mentioned or have faded away from memory. The Dreaming respect this community-wide effort and encourage everyone in their right mind to stay away from JP, but we will not take a political stand unless the whole of the house feel as strongly in regarding this as an embarrassment to the community. As it stands, House of The Dreaming does not feel our membership has reached an unanimous consensus in regards to this individual, however within the walls of the House of The Dreaming, JP Vanir is not welcome, and each of our members is asked to decide for themselves their level of personal contact.

Serões da Quimera (Portuguese Vampiric Guild) News:

Upcoming In-person Event:
Sunday, August 7th at 3PM in Porto, Portugal. Madame X, Herr Wulfsunus and Lady Sequanna will be attending, Dedicants and Friends are welcome.

Admission:
Please note Admission to the outer circle of our guild is free and open to all interested Portuguese speakers.

Conferences Presented:
March: “To The Seekers of Vampirism” by Madame X
April: “Open forum for questions and answers” by Mefista Oria
May: “Techniques for inward discovery” by Madame X

Links:
Serões da Quimera on MySpace
Serões da Quimera on Hi5
Serões da Quimera on orkut
Reat Time 24/7 social chat group on MSN

Somnium Homunculi- Otherkin Guild News

New Study Period:
The Somnium Homunculi is initiating a new study season, and as always all Nightkind (Vampyres, Otherkind, and Therian) are welcome to apply to the guild and work towards better understanding of ourselves and the embodied.

Admission:
All interested parties must register and be approved: Application Form

Conferences Presented:
April: “Guild requirements and goals” by Madame X
May: “The Embodied vs The World” by Ezikiel Tempted

Links:
Study Group on the HotD Forum
Written overview
PodCasts
FaceBook Splash page
MySpace Splash Page

 

Dreaming Fun Fact

House of Ronin
Ronin is defined as: “a wandering samurai who had no lord or master,” it may be odd with the image it comes up with; armor, sword, stern face…fangs, but it defines the House of the Dreaming’s membership quite well. The term Ronin has become synonymous with Solitaire Practitioner. The House is comprised of such individuals of different persuasions, interests, spirituality, opinions and values that vary greatly. Just as each House Member is an individual entitled to his own right of path, so is House of The dreaming as it stands apart from Community edicts to make its own, under individual or unanimous decision.

 

Hot Topics

These are the most sought after topics on our forums! Join us as we discuss: The Vampyre Judicial Council... Finding Your Lineage...Enforcers of the Veil

 

Gatherings This Quarter

March

3/3 Serões da Quimera Portuguese Vampiric Guild chat Hosted by Madame X
3/11 Dark Nations Social Chat 8PM Hosted by Imon
3/19 Ostara Picnic at Forsyth Park, Savannah, GA. Hosted by Lady Aislin
3/25 Dark Nations Ambassador Chat. Hosted by Madame X with Ambassador Herr Wulfsunus as well as other Ambassadors in attendance

April

1/6 Serões da Quimera Portuguese Vampiric Guild chat Hosted by Mefista Oria
4/12 Somnium Homunculi´s New Study Chat hosted by Madame X
4/15 Dark Nations Social Chat 8PM hosted by Imon
4/21 New House Site launched!
4/29 Dark Nations Ambassador Chat. Hosted by Madame X with Ambassador Herr Wulfsunus as well as other Ambassadors in attendance.

May

5/1 - Merry Beltaine! 5/5 Serões da Quimera Portuguese Vampiric Guild chat Hosted by Madame X
5/8 Happy Mother’s Day! Mother’s Day Cookout sponsored by the Witchy Moms’ Club in Forsyth Park, Savannah, GA. Hosted by Lady Aislin
5/13 Happy Friday the 13th!
5/13 Dark Nations Social Chat 8PM Hosted by Imon
5/19 Somnium Homunculi Otherkin Guild Conference Hosted by Ezikiel Tempted.
5/27 Dark Nations Ambassador Chat Hosted by Madame X with Ambassador Herr Wulfsunus as well as other Ambassadors in attendance.

Up and Coming:

June

6/12 - Serões da Quimera Portuguese Vampiric Guild chat Hosted by Madame X
6/12 House Online Parlor - Open to all Members and Dedicants
6/12 Rebyrth at the Phoenix: A Celebration of the Vampyre Spirit of the 90’s - NYC Join Madame X and Herr Wulfsunus at an exclusive party. With Special Thanx to: Adora for the work on the beautiful flyer, Samandriel for the anticipated magic performance, and our friend and associate Asif for organizing this fabulous event!
6/13 Fetish Ball, Boise ID at the Rose Room with Voltaire
6/15 Dark Nations Social Chat 8PM Hosted by Imon
6/19 Happy Father’s Day!
6/23 Somnium Homunculi Otherkin Guild Conference Hosted by Ezikiel Tempted and Madame X
6/24 Dark Nations Ambassador Chat Hosted by Madame X
6/25 Midsummer Night’s Dream Costume Party at 9PM at the Wormhole, 2307 Bull Street, Savannah, GA A Fund Raiser for The Savannah Pagan Pride Day.

July

7/12 Southern Exposure Informal HotD Gathering in Portimão, Portugal with Madame X and Lady Sequanna and we expect Queen to join us as well as other friends of the Family.
7/13 Dark Nations Social Chat 8PM hosted by Imon

August

8/7 Northern Exposure Official HotD Gathering in Porto, Portugal With Madame X, Herr Wulfsunus and Lady Sequanna. Dedicants and Friends are welcome to join us. Hosted by Serões da Quimera, the Portuguese Vampiric Guild.
8/20 Dark Dinner & Movieat Carrabba’s Restaurant, Savannah, GA. Hosted by Lady Aislin Join us to watch the new movie: Fright Night.


Spotlight On - Friday the 13th

Why is Friday the 13th so unlucky? Some historians say it started with the last supper, where 13 were in attendance. Others say far before with the Babylon Code of Himmurabi neglecting the number 13 in its laws. But it really took root in the middle ages where any superstitious activity was to be both feared and prosecuted. Friday came in the 20th century with the book “Friday the 13th,” a tale of a man trying to crash the stock market on the unluckiest day known. The book most likely was not a big contributor to the fear, but the ads and signs proclaiming Friday the 13th the unluckiest sure seem to have been. It is reported that the majority avoid travel, buying stocks, or even going out on Friday the 13th if they can. Do you?

 

Of Goals and Milestones

“Otherkin - A Calling of Self “

Excerpt from article by Ezikiel Tempted

My Otherkin nature is a mystery to me. A mere shadow, though sentient. I've memories of several eons (of course, these are mostly speculative, but bare with me here) where I would float from dream to dream, earning from the Dreamer through these subconscious travels, I learned my first thoughts, the uses of magic, and the importance of the arcane symbols. I began to understand my self through the experiences of others.
At first, I would begin as a side stepped obstacle in the dreams. I was simply a watcher on the landscape. Soon, with my new found knowledge, I was able to actively participate in the dreams of others. Not long after, I became the gaping Maw that people would run from, and this is when I learned to nourish myself on these dreams. I remember vividly the dreams of the Fae, the Celestials (though their dreams were more akin to guided meditations than anything else), and the God-forms. From the first dream, a part of me was alive. If the gods created while they were awake, I was what they manifested in their sleep. Their Children were my playground, and I was something formless and yet cohesive.
Now, this is not to suggest that I'm "UBER PWNAGE RaWWrrR," (clearly…) or really all that different from any other creation in the multitudes of consciousness that have existed from eons back- I was simply another of the dark children birthed from where ever it is the things that go bump in the night are. [….] It wasn't until much later, after learning how to cope in silence, did I learn of the Vampire community. Still being a minor, finding answers and getting contacts within the community was difficult, though I was able to find a few people willing to at least point me in the direction of several good books and websites that would suffice until I was 18.