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[BoL/SiD] WE ARE THE UMBRATI
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clandestino
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The name of the sender chiaro oscuros resembles chiaroscuro which is term in art and means clear-dark. Don't know if it's related, but since we are shadows in the dark there could be a connection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro#Cinema_and_photography[/b]

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ALISDAIRPARK
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Something strange... If you try incorrect words to log in you usually get [X] however I tried Horse of Iron, and Iron and while I didn't get in, I didn't get an X (in case you're wondering why I tried those, googling "fire that burns" threw up a sad dating site with some poems..)

EDIT: NM it just seems to randomly give an X or no X now... Confused
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Misstiggy
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I got the email too, am still catching up on all this. I signed up for this then 48hip took off again and I got distracted :S

**goes to read loads**
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veebee
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Got the e-mail too. May not have time to catch up today though.

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Fishjp
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I got the email as well, And I have to say my first thought was that it was unrelated. I will be on and off line for the next 5 hours then I will be off line until wednesday (No Signal in the woods) Have a good weekend!

PS I assume someone has tried responding to the email...
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Agent Lex
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ALISDAIRPARK wrote:
EDIT: so it's clearly saying we need a little patience, but also we need to find the heart that weeps and the fire that burns.

Yeah. My thoughts turn to the Christian sacred heart, initially.

(oh, by the way, the subject line of the email is "In the beginning..." in case that's a clue. Could back up the sacred heart theory, with it being the start of Genesis)

ETA: Not to be confused with other sacred hearts!

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Jabba
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If we are getting all biblical... perhaps fire that burns is Hell and weeping heart Mary Magdalen or Virgin Mary?
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Tenchizard
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got the mail too, so I'm almost sure it has to do with BoL/SiD

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Darren Knight
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I just got the email too. Most likly has something to do with BoL/SiD, but did only the Umbrati get it or are the Lightbringers getting it too? Thank god i decided to read this before toasting on the spa, thread. Have we thought of contacting our sender yet by email or by chat.

EDIT: PS, are we sticking with #Pastry or are we switching it to something more offical.
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Jabba
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http://www.stvladimirs.ca/library/way-ascetics-nineteen.html

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True joy is quiet and constant, wherefore the apostle urges us to rejoice evermore (I Thessalonians 5:16). It proceeds from a [i]heart that weeps[/u] over the world's (and its own) turning from the Light; true joy is to be found in grief. For it is said: Blessed are they that mourn (Matthew 5:4) and Blessed are ye that weep now with your carnal self for ye shall laugh with your spiritual (Luke 6:2 I). True joy is the joy of consolation, the joy that wells up in the knowledge of one's own weakness and the Lord's mercy, and that does not need the bared teeth of laughter to express itself.


a couple of phrases that stand out on this one.
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Jabba
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Agent Lex wrote:
ALISDAIRPARK wrote:
EDIT: so it's clearly saying we need a little patience, but also we need to find the heart that weeps and the fire that burns.

Yeah. My thoughts turn to the Christian sacred heart, initially.

(oh, by the way, the subject line of the email is "In the beginning..." in case that's a clue. Could back up the sacred heart theory, with it being the start of Genesis)

ETA: Not to be confused with other sacred hearts!


i just clicked that link... that is pretty much spot on i
d say. now the key...

edit: It ma also be worth pointing out the sender, Chiaro Oscuros. Oscuros means Dark in Spanish. or Chiaro = Light and Oscuros = Dark in Italian or some such, so not much new or important there.

edit1: or chiaroscuro witch pretty much means light/dark and is a way to achieve a heightened illusion of depth in art.
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The Mirror
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I responded to the email . I asked if the heart that weeps and the fire that burns referred to Heraclitus. He was referred to as 'The Weeping Philosopher', and he believed that all matter was made of fire. It's a stretch, but he's one of my favorite Greeks so I figured I'd give it a try!

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Palm
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e-mail

I received the e-mail too; I guess I am signed up for this and forgot. Does it matter if I don't remember which side I signed up for?
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Jacks
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Just confirming that I got the email too. I wasn't sure if it was related or not.
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The Mirror
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Hi Palm!
We're not sure how much that will matter yet. There are two rabbit holes (one for light and one for dark), and there seem to be different fonts and perhaps clues for each. We've only got the one thread here, though, so we're pooling all our clues together at this point.

John Paul Richter wrote a blurb about 'the heart that weeps'. He was an art historian from the nineteenth century. He writes that the heart that weeps belongs to man.

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