September 15, 2004
Someday, I will finish and post the "About" page of this site, and put my whole fascination with Lilith out there. Lilith, Lilitu, Kali...
Meanwhile, I am curious to see what the new Sci Fi movie Darklight does with the myth. As the promo site says,
A secret society fights evil with evil in this atmospheric original thriller.
Shiri Appleby (TV's Roswell), Richard Burgi (The Sentinel, SCI FI Pictures' Decoys), John de Lancie (Q from the Star Trek franchise) and David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis, SCI FI Pictures' Boa vs. Python, the indie hit Cube) star in this tale of an ancient demoness named Lilith, who has been captured by a secret society known as The Faith.
Her true nature concealed by a powerful spell, Lilith lives as a 24-year-old woman with no memory of her ageless past — until William Shaw (Burgi) of The Faith recruits her to help him stop the Demonicos, a rampaging monster that is spreading a lethal plague across the Earth and whose only vulnerability is to Lilith's unique mystical power, known as Darklight.
As the duo race to slay the creature, they unwittingly expose a treacherous conspiracy within The Faith itself. Lilith has the power to set things right — but now that she has been reawakened to her true nature, will she resume her own evil ways? Trusting her is a life-or-death gamble for humanity, but it's one that William Shaw has no choice but to take.
The title, "Darklight," is encouraging, since that's what is the power of that ancient mythic figure -- creator AND destroyer. Alpha and Omega. The movie is on the Sci Fi channel this Saturday.
I will tape it, but I'll also try to watch it, although I'll be at my daughter's, trying to help them unpack and settle into their new house -- while my grandson keeps getting into everything and I leave my mom home alone for a few days.
And such are my Alpha and Omega:
For the moment, I am sandwiched between them, holding on to what is light, leaving the dark to my past and to some distant future. There is no power in that kind of splitting of personality. But split I do. Because I am a groovy Grammy and a "good daughter." At least for now.
Someday I will welcome her back, that Lilith spirit, that Kali spin. darklight. lightdark. Joined. One. Watch out.
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