Julia (sephirothslave) wrote, @ 2007-12-22 11:44:00

Some Interesting Developments


Good day to everyone.

This is just a brief post, in which no truly new information will be discussed, but I feel this must come to light immediately.

It recently came to my attention that a story/article was written about me in the Otakin (sp?) community, and to clarify both for the writer's sake and mine: I did, indeed, give an interview with the writer some time back via e-mail correspondance. There were, however, a few things in the article that seemed to have gone astray from my words to hers.

[I don't have the link on hand - a friend dropped me an e-mail to advise me to check my ED page to see what the new addition was, and that's how I found it. Curious readers can get the link from there under the post entitled 'Amanda.']

I don't share a 'soulbond.' I feel this is something I need to get out there immediately before anyone has a chance to get confused, and at no time did I say I had a 'soulbond' with Sephiroth. My experiences are totally different from the classic signs of soulbonding as per my research on the topic...and while I do not denounce the possiblity of soulbonding (surely someone in my position is in no position to pass judgement) I do not share that form of connection with Sephiroth.

The most major sign of soulbonding is that the 'soulbonded' shares a body with their 'host' (<- not the right word). And in some cases, the being inhabiting the physical body can 'front' (something similar to willing possession, as I understand it) for their physical companion.

This is something similar to a form of channeling, I think, and I cannot channel Sephiroth. In attempts to discover a way to prove my claims definitively, I have asked him about the possibility of channeling, and he insists that the effort it would take for a mortal to channel someone with his level of spiritual advancement could have lasting, long-term ill effects on both my body and mind...and he bluntly refuses to even make the attempt.

Most soulbonders have the ability to speak to the soulbonded in realtime, and they can conduct conversations at any given moment.

I cannot.

In all my studies I still have not managed to establish a link with Sephiroth while I am phsyically conscious and active on the physical plane, and have never had the pleasure of conducting a conversation with him while I am ihabiting my physical body. The only time I can speak to him is during a full out-of-body projection.

And the last major difference between a soulbonder and a practitioner of astral projection is that soulbonders often share a link with a being most have classified as 'fictional.' My soul mate, Sephiroth, is not the videogame character - as I have emphasized and re-emphasized over and over here - but is a being entirely separate and different from that character, though it is possible he inspired the character. Sephiroth has never put in a true appearance here on earth, instead having only the character inspired by him as a physical representation, whereas a soulbonded entity is one in the same with their physical representation.

And lastly, my disclaimer: I am by no means an expert on soulbonding, and may not have all my facts totally straight. If you read this, Jonesky, please feel free to correct anything I have wrong about soulbonding - I do want all my information correct on here.

So for the benefit of anyone who stumbles across that article (which, by the way, is beautifully written and well executed if anyone wants to read up on soulbonding) this is my clarification. I don't mind lending my 'expert' opinion to the side of the soulbonding community...since I have an open mind to all possibilities and hope no one ever has to survive my level of torment for my beliefs.

But I am not a soulbonder.

I am a projector, and there is a great difference.

(Anonymous) 2007-12-22 16:13 (link)

"In all my studies I still have not managed to establish a link with Sephiroth while I am phsyically conscious and active on the physical plane, and have never had the pleasure of conducting a conversation with him while I am ihabiting my physical body. The only time I can speak to him is during a full out-of-body projection." In your old Blurty, you wrote "Another note of interest. I believe that Sephiroth has successfully established a telepathic link between him and myself. We were talking about trying that as an experiment, and I believe we've succeeded. Again, I know this sounds farfetched, but there are times that I could swear I'm hearing his voice in my head. Like, he's constantly watching...I believe we've succeeded because these weird thoughts keep popping into my head at weird times. Like, "She's mine, you bastard"...that popped into my mind when Ian tried to hug me. I was shocked at first, and then it started to make sense. Though I obviously have no extraordinary magickal abilities, Seph does. And I imagine that he's using them to the maximum of their capacities." Is this another case of something you don't remember writing? Something you thought was true, but wasn't? A misconception even? It'd be good to clarify another contradicting point. (Reply to this) (Thread)

sephirothslave 2007-12-22 20:06 (link)

That, I believe, did truly happen, but the occurances were rare...near the beginning of my experiences. As I continued perfecting the skill, those weird, spontaneous incidents grew fewer and fewer until it rarely happens at all anymore - even when it started happening, the experience seemed triggered by some strong emotion one of us is feeling at the time. Every now and then I sense him near, every now and then I have something pop into my mind that seems like a comment of his, but I have never had a conversation with him in realtime on the physical plane. Do you see the difference? The section you quoted from the old blurty states that it was a phrase...it wasn't as though I could say anything back and expect a reply, which is something soulbonders have the pleasure of enjoying. Those instances (by the way, I've read of other projectors hearing random statments from their spirit guides too) were so rare that they've been come completely inconsequential and I never bother to say anything about them anymore. Hope that helps. ^.^; (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-12-23 14:28 (link)
	Weird. So that person was using some fragments of your conversation with her to back up her story? (M-chan) (Reply to this) (Thread)

sephirothslave 2007-12-23 14:52 (link)

I'm not exactly sure what happened with that story. O.o; I don't want to say she deliberately only used select parts of our conversation to back herself up, because she seems very nice and I do like her - but I think I need to drop her an e-mail and get her part of the story, because I never said I'm a soulbonder...in fact, before she used the term I had never heard it. Part of me is a little offended, because writing something about me that isn't factual only causes more problems for me in the long run, but I'll need to talk to her before I pass judgement. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-12-27 20:35 (link)
	I've checked your DA gallery to see what you've been up to. You must feel very proud of the "Fire Elemental" drawing if it's available for printing. (M-chan) (Reply to this) (Thread)

sephirothslave 2007-12-27 23:03 (link)

Well, I thought I'd try my hand at prints, just to see what happens. I'm not expecting to sell anything, much less to make any sum worth mentioning. XD I noticed it's a free service so I thought 'what the hell?' and added a few things. The Fire Elemental, Air Elemental and Whirlpool of Fish are in the shop...and we'll see what happens. Who knows? Maybe my ill-begotten internet e-famy will help sell some prints! XD Not really...I just thought I'd see what happens from the effort. If someone buys something, great, I'd be ecstatic, but in reality...my art isn't really the type of thing people would want on their wall, so *shrug* it's just an experiment. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ladybow 2008-01-01 20:11 (link)
	'Ello, Julia! A while ago, my laptop had serious issues, and then it couldn't connect with the internet. I had to do system restore and even though I saved a lot of stuff, I lost the link to your journal and just now remembered it! So I just wanted to let you know that I'm back! And if you have the time, I'd love to hear from you. We haven't sent emails in a long time. :/ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sephirothslave 2008-01-02 00:56 (link)
	Hey, Yeah...laptop issues suck, don't they? I went through my own fiasco last month...one that took my whole programming class's knowledge to fix. XD It totally sucked! I hope you didn't lose too much info in the system restore. At any rate, I hope you enjoyed a pleasant holiday, and that your technology problems are over! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)