The Deeper Border

With more spirits joining in the fray, one could not help but think about how much quanta their energy could unleash and from what dimension they could probably be from.

Consider the dwarves and what former cabinet Leo Parungao wrote about them. It must be quite a feat, knowing their civilizations and cultures as deeply rooted as subterrranean cities underneath the earth. Mr. Parungao could easily pass as humankind’s extraordinary envoy to these kingdoms beneath. Perhaps so, had we not determined it to be inappropriate to deal with spirits.

Commonly, the herbolarios or medicos would classify the dwarves by their appearances as they appear to men. The white dwarf is usually identified as the good dwarf. The black dwarf, as its anti-thesis is usually red and brown. Individuals sighted on earth mounds similar to termite mounds are classified as nuno sa punso. The Spanish speaking countries have them as the dwende the Irish namedthem the leprechaun and in Scandinavia, they are the cute and ugly trolls. Precisely, their likeness have been welcomed in homes for children to play with and ornament in the living room, the car and even the garden.

But black or white, cute or otherwise, this writer sees no distinction. Black or white, cute or otherwise; men are men; made in the image of God. We could not say the same to be true with dwarves. These inhabitants of the world below are elementals of the earth and they do not communicated with men to offer man salvation. On the contrary, they seduce and captivate humans and make slaves out of them. They accept the blood and sacrificial lives; they hold captive the souls given them for their pleasure.

Consider, too, the fairies that had excited the imagination of people as early as childhood days, e.g. the fairy tales. There is always the fairy godmother or simply the good foiry who will always assist men in dire straits a la deux ex machine. But in spite of the benevolence accorded them, people should not forget the basic truth about them. They are not created in the image of God and like other elementals are not expected to work for the salvation of the human soul. In the waters or in the deep roots of ancient trees one could not simply point at the deeper border where the elemental spirits dwell. But here, one now understands more the meaning of the middle earth.

But of course, cavorting with the elementals had always been exciting. There would be instances of these spirits inviting humans into their dimension. There was a doctor in Samar who assisted in the childbirth of a mother. When he tried to trace the whereabouts of the modern village he went to it was in the midst of the mountain in the thickest woods. He had assisted in the childbirth of a fairy! And yet there are times when they offer a far greater technology. This writer was asked if he would like one of his deaf pupils to be operated on down below where they have better technology so that he could hear again. This writer say no. Thanks, but, no thanks. They report of UFO sightings from the Banahaw range, and even over Pila, Laguna (a line formation is indeed apt in Pila). Pila means a queue in Tagalog. This writer had seen a UFO on land. But he was not offered a ride by the aliens but by elemental spirits. And this is the reason why he does not believe in extraterrestrials from outer space. These are spirits from inner space.