Dragon Magick and Draconic Language
For some reason there seems to be a fascination with combining dragon magick with one or more draconic languages, I’m not sure when or why this started but there are a few major pitfalls involved which I wish to warn you about.
Firstly, many of the dragons you may attract during magickal rituals are local to Earth, by that I mean a lot of them live in the ‘plane’ that connects Earth and the Astral realm, therefore they do usually have an understanding of the languages of Earth. As strange as it may seem to some of you, the best language to communicate with them is your native one, or at least the language you can speak & understand best.
There are a few reasons for this, you should feel more at ease speaking in your usual language, you don’t have to worry about mispronunciation or saying completely the wrong thing, and do you have to worry about forgetting your lines! Draconic companions or guides do often read a lot into how you are feeling as much as what you are saying, if you feel uncomfortable they may feel you are not ready for their companionship or guidance.
Secondly, if you try speaking a language you don’t know well and you happen to attract the attention of a dragon who does speak that language, what are you going to do when they start chatting? Will you know what they are saying to you? It is rather rude to greet or call someone in their native language then be completely unable to continue a conversation. When humans learn another language they normally learn how to apologise in that language when they don’t understand something, but could you do the same for a draconic language you’ve picked up from somewhere online? I would not risk offending or angering a dragon by claiming knowledge of a language you don’t really know.
Finally, magick should be personal to you. You may think the English language is boring and not very interesting to dragons but that is not true. You can put more of your own feelings, thoughts, beliefs and emotions into a language you can speak well, even if its ‘just’ English. They will appreciate your honesty as well, rather than think you feel the need to claim another language as your own.
Tysha
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© Tysha Dopson, 13 Dec 2003
This essay may be posted to other Yahoo and MSN groups provided it is sent in full and this copyright notice is left attached. If you have any questions on this or any other aspect of dragon magick you are welcome to email tysha@tyshadragon.co.uk, I can’t promise to have all the answers but I will help where I can.
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