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Welcome to the Hidden Realm of Keltica....
Pen-Name:
Keltica, sometimes credited as The Dagda, Le Sierrois and Wood Huorn or
keltic_chi which refers to the vital force in Taoism and the Keltic
element of my beliefs.
Real Name: Jan Claus
Nationality: Officially
Dutch. My father is Italian and my mother is Dutch. I can claim origins
from 4 different countries, though they usually go back 400 hundred
years : Scotland, Sweden, Germany and Spain.
Date and place of birth: Sierre,
Valais (French Switzerland, Southermost Canton where you can find
Zermatt and Crans-Montana as well) on the 26th of November 1986. I have
indeed reached the fatal age of 18 though I'm not proud of it, I would
have rather spent longer childhood years.
Abode: I live in
Ariccia, tiny village in the Castelli Romani, 20 km east of Rome in the
deep and sacred woods that once where the vast shrine of Diana, or
Artemis.
Currently: University of Geneva, first year of the three, looking towards a bachelor in ancient history and classical archaeology.
True and heartfelt ideals:
1. Nature is my banner, I struggle with the stupidity of
humanity to defend the forests, the natural ecosystems and all animals
that suffer daily from human greed and evil.
2. Poetry as my only medium to express the inner self, the revival of the old styles and the battle against free-verse.
3. Developing
a unique and true philosophy of life, where the individual matters,
nature has a place of honour and frivolities are cast away.
4. New Age, as the movement that approaches the aforementioned view and Wilderness as the other element that makes it all. I am a Protestant Lutheran
however, having abandoned Catholicism for its far too earthly view of
things.The three elements mingle to create my own philosophical and
religious view ofexistence.
I once used to believe in love, but found it to be a lie and a deception, for this reason I have not mentioned it.
Greatest Interests:
1. History: I tend to concentrate on the following periods or
events: Prehistory to Republican Rome (especially deep knowledge in
Celtic society, Early Latin people, Ancient Britain, Persia),
Anglo-SaxonBritain, the Byzantine Empire, Early History of Russia, The
Vikings and Scandivian society between 900 and 1400, the Berbers
struggle with the invading Arabs, Dutch imperialism, South-Africa in
1800,The Great expansion to the West in the United States, India and
Gandhi,Mandela and South Africa.
2. Ecology and Botanics: knowledge of plants and trees, the temperate forest biome etc.
3. World Geography and Geology
4. Languages:English, French, Italian and Dutch, fluently. Studying German, Norwegian and Irish Gaelic. Ancient Greek in University.
5. Spiritual and Supernatural: especially ethnic folklore and legends from all over the world. Greatest knowledge in Greek, Viking and Celtic lore.
SecondaryMatters:
1. Movies -The Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, The 13th
Warrior, the Last Samurai, all Tom Hanks movies, Van Helsing, Yamakasi,
Hidalgo, Open Range, The Last of the Mohicans, Timeline, Ray, Oliver
Twist, the Brothers Grimm, The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, Un long
dimanche de fiançailles, John Q., The Forgotten, The Missing, Underworld
2. Music -
New Age and Ambient Music (Yanni, Vangelis, Deep Forest), Enigma, Enya,
Clannad, Dagda, The Chieftains, Llewellyn, Loreena McKennitt, The
Dubliners, Hevia, Riverdance, The Scorpions, Ultravox, Deep Purple,
Grieg, Sibelius, National Anthems, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Anathema,
Dream Theater, Way out West, ELP, Jethro Tull, Conjure One, Delerium,
Angra, Muse, Led Zeppelin
3. Literature: I love
reading, these are some of my favourite authors: Tolkien, Castaneda,
Borges, Brink, Achebe, Hawthorne, Pascoli, Lamartine, Lord Byron,
Turgenev, E. Zola, Keneally, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Radcliffe. My
favourite books are The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson, The Marble
Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne, A bend in the River by Naipaul and Things
fall Apart by C. Achebe.
4. What I cannot stand: Fashion
and the importance that is given to clothes most of all, cities,
industries, overabused technology, cell phones, Kill Bill movies,
exaggeration of sex in modern society, racism, mistreatement of dogs
and all other pets, excessive violence., DEFORESTATION
How to contact me and interesting adresses concerning me:
Websites and forums:
www.keltica06.tk : my personal website
www.freewebs.com/greenmission : my environmentalist group's website
www.mespoemes.net/lesierrois
: my french poetry website, contains all of my published french poetry.
I still have a lot to publish, but most of it is in the "atelier" and
requires proofreading or has to be completed. By February I will be
adding the Dance of the Shaman and the new edition of the Ode to a
Viking Warrior which is approaching 60 stanza's.
Emails: For emails, this is my main address keltic_chi@yahoo.fr For MSN Messenger it's jankelticalliance@hotmail.com , notify me if you have added me. For AIM it's jankyNL but I seldom use it.
News:
Trying to get some time to continue my tales and short stories. 10 poems underway but incomplete. (03/03/06)
Check out these authors: www.fictionpress.com/~randomgoth / http://www.fictionpress.com/~cosmoqueen/
www.fictionpress.com/~silencessong/ www.fictionpress.com/~eirien/ www.fictionpress.com/~andaren
Check out my sister's artistry here
That is it for the moment, this is the 4th update of my page since I joined.
Thanks,
Vanya Sulie
May the Keltic Chi be with you, always!
Keltica, the celtic fire from within
Keltica's list of sites to avoid and why:
1.
things such as www.poetry.com, The International Library of Poetry,
Noble's House etc. : They are scams, I was caught as well in that mesh
of delusion. They don't even read your poem before they publish it, if
you send a marmelade ingredients list, they will publish it as well. SO
AVOID IT. I'm still receiving their letters in my mailbox!
2. www.everypoet.org/pffa : an excellent forum in
itself, the problem is that the moderators and members are as cold as
scientists who perform experiments on animals. They will ravage your
work, say it's the worst thing one ever wrote and give you a list of
useless and prolix guidelines so that you may turn into a modern
Shakespeare within a millennium. It's a dictatorship, the mod's
decisions can't be questioned. You're banished if you protest. Join
this forum if you have the guts and if you don't care that your pride
is bashed and your confidence shattered.
FictionPress.com - let the words flow
Netherlands