Elders?
I don’t suppose anyone knows where I can find some Elders?
I do mean the capital-e sort of Elders. The sort who have received the wisdom of their ancestors and lived long enough to learn what it means. The sort that had already been there and done that before I was even born. The sort that don’t need myopic dogmas or clever theories because they have actual experience. And the sort that are happy to tell you all about it because that’s what Elders do.
I have attempted to patch together some wisom, but I don’t really know what it means. I think I might be getting there, but I don’t have any idea how to do that. And I’m trying to shed dogmas and theories as best I can, but experience is proving tricky to come by.
So, I need myself some proper Elders. The only problem is I don’t think Western culture has had Elders readily available for quite a long time. By this point, I’m guessing that they’re very nearly extinct in these parts. I’d be happy to look elsewhere, but I don’t know where to start looking.
If you have any suggestions, I’d be happy to hear them. 
July 19th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Retirement communities perhaps?
July 19th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I was thinking of a more traditional sort of Elder, the sort to which I could say “I had a seizure when I was 14 and my reality split open, what does that mean?” and they’ll know what I’m talking about.
July 19th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Yeah, I think all the Elders went to Valinor a few thousand years ago.
Wait…those were the EldAr! You want Elders, not elves.
Maybe try the Succubus Club…I hear there are some VERY traditional Elders there…
In all seriousness…I’m really not sure that who you are describing truly exists outside of fiction. If any do, they probably live in a cave somewhere–far away from television and cell phones…and people.
July 20th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Unfortunately, our friend Dhyani Ywahoo is actually Diane Fisher, a con artist with no ties to the Cherokee Nation.
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=75.0