Current Membership
- Madame X - Matriarch
- Herr Wulfsunus – WebMaster/Gatekeeper
- Alterra von Feuers – Intramural Rela tions
- Lady Aislin Ni Morrighan - House DJ
- Lady Sequanna – House Translator
- Deacon Gray - Gatekeeper
- Bholanath - Webmaster
- Mistress NyxFury
- Sir Algernon
- Khan
Current Dedicants
- Ezikiel
- Vitriol
- Hades
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.
Ramkht Discussion Group - Ramkht are the organizers, catalysts, ritual leaders, and teachers of the community. Here we discuss this challenging road and endeavors.
Member Hosted
NJ Chapter of Bloodlines International on Yahoo
Kitra, Mradu, Ramkt Study Group
Vampires of Savannah Group on MSN
Vampyres of Savannah Group on MySpace
Savannah Solitary Witchs' Hangout
Georgia Chapter of Bloodlines Group on MySpace
GA Chapter of Bloodlines on Yahoo
Savannah Goths Group on MySpace
Mistress Fury's Discussion Group
Member Hosted in Portuguese
Serões da Quimera MySpace Profile
Serões da Quimera Orkut Profile
Serões da Quimera Orkut Community
News and Developments
Eldership Ceremony
House of the Dreaming proudly announces the Ascension and Official Elderhood of Herr Wulfsunus. The private ceremony took place August 1st in Temple in NJ. Please direct your congratulations to Herr Wulfsunus who may now be openly recognized as an Elder of The Dreaming!
Birthday Madness!
House of the Dreaming spent this quarter in the ardent celebration of the Solar Returns of quite a few of its members! Here are our birthday celebrants: Khan, Deacon, NyxFury, Alterra, Bholanath, Herr Wulfsunus and our good friend and Dedicant to our Family Hades! And… you’d think we’ve had our fill of birthday cake…lol
The Roads now in Portuguese!
House of the Dreaming is pleased to announce that the completed Portuguese translation of The Roads is now published on our site for your perusal. We thank Vitriol and Lady Sequanna for this much needed collaboration.
Portuguese Guest Speakers
Serões da Quimera Vampiric Guild hosts the first of many special conferences with a Guest Speaker – Hades founder of Artemis Mortis Lux was our first Guest Speaker, followed Adriano founder of the group Adoravel Noite, and by Madame Noir founder of Casa Kadrhy. Our Guild is always open to other individuals who are interested conducting special presentations regarding vampirism in Portuguese. Please contact Vitriol at: seroesdaquimera@hotmail.com
New Videos for The Collective
The Collective is pleased to announce three new videos with : Mistress Sasha, Sky Claudette and DeSade! And please note our New Locations: :
The Collective Filming Parties
Herr Wulfsunus hosts monthly filming parties for The Collective either in NJ or in NYC. Please note that the Collective filming parties have been suspended for the months of August through December due to Madame X’s scheduled trip to Europe.
Noctuary
Join Lady Aislin, aka DJ SynSurreal, at her bimonthly dance party event at The Wormhole (2301 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia)! Goth, Synth, EBM, Newwave, Darkwave, Eurotechno, Industrial, etc… 10pm-3am! $5 Cover… Please note DJ SynSurreal will be away thru January.
Dark Dinner
Lady Aislin invites you to join her at a monthly social dinner gathering open to all Nightkind and those of the gothic persuasion. The 7PM dinner is held at a different location monthly. For news and updates, check her blogs: www.myspace.com/atapestryofdarksouls
Private Study Forum in Portuguese
House of the Dreaming is proud to unveil a new private area of our Forum for the study and discussion of select topics for our Portuguese Guild participants. Already featuring over 20 running threads, we ask all the Guild Participants to join in and post your questions, essays, and random thoughts on the conferences. Please note that The Guild has closed the MySpace study group in favor of building a more private and secure space with friendly alternatives within the Dreaming forum.
Silver Circle
House of the Dreaming has reinstated The Silver Circle, a private forum for Members and Dedicants of The Dreaming, created to facilitate communication between Members and Dedicants regarding project proposals, project updates and any other House matters that may be important to both Members and Dedicants.
Dreaming Parlors
Our Family continues its tradition of monthly gatherings on line to discuss topics of mutual interest as well as to socialize. Thank you Members and Dedicants for helping us continue this tradition. Our focus this quarter was: the progress of the Community, leading by example, and our dreams, goals and achievements.
Gatekeeper on Sabbatical
Please note our Housemember and Gatekeeper Deacon Gray is on Sabbatical from August through October. All Gatekeeping matters should be redirected to Herr Wulfunus at wulfsunnus@yahoo.com any other matters can be directed to Alterra at Elusivetoys@aol.com
Matriarch’s extended absence
Please note Madame X, Matriarch of our Family expects to be visiting the South of Europe with limited Internet access thru the end of the year. Please redirect any inquiries to Elder Herr Wulfsunus at Wulfsunus@yahoo.com or to our Portuguese Liaison Lady Sequanna at Ladysequanna@gmail.com Thank you for your attention on this matter.
Meet us on real time topical chats!
Tapestry of Dark Souls Tapestry of Dark Souls offers a weekly Friday chat at 10PM EST (new schedule soon tba) Hosted by Lady Aislin at Buzzen.com
LesVampires LesVampires offers a biweekly topical chat on alternate Tuesdays at 9PM EST Co-hosted by Khan at LesVampires.org
Serões da Quimera offers weekly topical conferences in Portuguese every Friday at 5PM EST/17:00 São Paulo/21:00 Lisbon via MSN. Contact themadamex@hotmail.com for participation. Hosted by Vitriol. Conducted by Madame X and other distinguished presenters.
Spotlight on Glossolalia
Speaking in tongues also called glossolalia is the instinctual or automatic vocalization (or writing) of speech-like syllables as part of a ceremonial or spiritual practice.
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. The Collective is being viewed by folks all over the world, including Europe and South America. If you or someone you know is interested in being featured on The Collective, contact Herr Wulfsunus. We are looking forward to zooming in on your perspectives! The Collective Videos can be found at:
The Dark Nations
Madame X and Khan have co-founded Dark Nations 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:
Dreaming Fun Fact
Yes, many of The Dreaming do study Dream Interpretation!
Gatherings
June
6/5 to 6/7 Informal HotD Gathering
Virginia Beach, VA Hosted by Khan, with Madame X and Herr Wulfsunus in attendance. It was a pleasure to meet with Lord Ramirez and Lord Ryu of Noctem Aeternus.
6/6 Pagan Pride Day Fundraiser
Savannah, GA at The Wormhole. Hosted by Lady Aislin. It was a very enjoyable night and a successful fundraise for a very worthy cause. The Pagan Pride Day Committee Thanks Lady Aislin for her initiative.
6/13 The last formal Dark Dinner
Savannah, GA Hosted by Lady Aislin. Our friends met for dinner at Carrabba's and had a great time, awesome conversation, and the food was absolutely amazing. Kudos to our lovely server!
6/27 The Exotica Fetish Ball 2009
Boise, ID at the Terrapin Station. Hosted by Wicked Wonderland Productions. Deacon and Alterra had a great time at this very sexy event. 50+ in attendance… you should all have been there….
July
7/11 Dark Dinner & a Movie
Savannah, GA Hosted by Lady Aislin at her home. Really relaxed and lots of fun! and11 friends were in attendance. The potluck diner was very good and the movie...Fearless Vampire Killers or pardon me but you have your teeth in my throat (no lie that was the name for the movie!) ....was absolutely hysterical.
August
8/1 Noctuary
Savannah, GA at The Wormhole. Hosted by Lady Aislin. The Pagan Pride Day Committee and Lady Aislin Thank everyone who contributed with financial donations toward Savannah’s own Pagan Pride Day!
8/1 House of the Dreaming Gathering
Fort Lee, NJ Hosted by Herr Wulfsunnus. Friends and family joinned Madame X, Herr Wulfsunnus and Khan to celebrate Lughnassadh at the NY Renaissance Faire, the birthday and the much awaited the formal Eldership accession of Herr Wulsunus. We thank Deacon Gray, our brother, as well as Living Iron Forge for their special contributions on this memorable day!
8/8 Dark Dinner
Savannah, GA hosted by Lady Aislin at her home. The meal the company and the movie were so much fun and … memorable!
8/14 to 8/16 HotD Belfast Gathering
Belfast, UK Hosted by Madame X, Herr Wulfsunus and Khan. It was indeed an exciting weekend filled with tall ships, inspiring castles, old churches, scenic splendour and rich recounted tales and lore.
Up and Coming
9/12 Tea, Chocolate and Pagan Trivia! - 1 - 5pm a fundraiser hosted by The Savannah Pagan Pride Day Committee at the Wormhole in Savannah. A variety of hot drinks and gooey deserts will be on hand. There will also be a silent book auction. Sponsors include, Inner Journeys, The Veil, Seppuku Tattoo, Noctuary, and Georgia Bloodlines. Admission: $10. Must be 21!
9/12 Dark Dinner & Movie Night – Savannah, GA Hosted by Lady Aislin & Madame Bonaventure ...theme Victorian Autumn...Featuring vampire movie night 7pm - ???
10/17 Savannah Pagan Pride Day - Emmit Park, Savannah, GA. For more information on the Savannah Pagan Pride Project visit their website: www.savannahpaganpride.com
10/17 Dark Dinner & Movie Night - Savannah, GA Hosted by Aislin with an autumn theme featuring a cheesy vampire movie join us right after the Pagan Pride Day celebrations.
10/24 Noctuary @ The Wormhole - Savannah, GA Hosted by Lady Aislin. Special event featuring artwork by local artist Zia Musa, performance fire artist Jynx. Still looking for photographers and other medium artists, corsetiers, gothic flavored designers, and jewelry makers that would like to exhibit their work that night! Info: 912-401-0214
10/30 Coffee and Crafts – Savannah, GA girls’ night out for moms and their daughters, hosted by Lady Aislin.
11/1 Death of the King HotD Gathering - Boise, ID hosted by Alterra VonFeuers
11/17 The Rousing Chimera - The Day of Dreaming - Members and Dedicans join us for this special day of celebration and introspection.
11/28 Noctuary @ the Wormhole – Savannah, GA Hosted by Lady Aislin
Of Goals and Milestones
On Understanding Prana by Madame X
Prana is often described as the life-energy that permeates and emanates from every human; then we generally go on to speak of the seven-point chakra system as it conducts energy throughout the body. Prana can also be considered as the energetic interaction between five different sources: Innate Life-force, inner Vitality, molecular Chemistry, inner drive or Spirit, and The astral Dreambody. Depending on the type and intent of the draw, we can tap into any of these sources to supplement our own. It is important to know not only what we crave and how to access it, but also to understand why we need it, when, what we need to supplement and why. Answers to these questions will help us better understand ourselves and our needs, better manage our feeding sessions and our donors, as well as to better understand and enjoy the taste of prana.
It is important to emphasize that there is no concrete division between the realms of body, mind and Spirit. In very much the same way Life-force, Vitality, Chemistry, Spirit, and Dreambody work together being intrinsically interconnected as part of the whole person, one depending on the other. Meaning that a feeder may draw from another’s Vitality to supplement his own Vitality in order to recharge his Sprit. While there is less internal alchemy involved in a simple draw to feed exchange, the direction and transformation of the draw depends, of course, on the intent of the pranic feeder; whereas (in general) the effort is to replenish energetic depletion, to sustain a healthful lifestyle, to prevent debility, and to prolong lifespan.