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Add to FavoritesUnderstanding that fantasy creatures do exist is no longer a matter of play on words and meaning to argue that they don't exist. We no longer live in the world of the 'seeing is believing' belief system because it became redundant quite a few decades ago with the discovery of germs.
Normal everyday living is is completely reliant on unseen energies traveling through space in many forms and reaching us via mediums such as television, mobile phones, internet and even humans who receive unseen messages. Funny these are also called mediums. Every minute billions of neutrinos pass through our body along with electrical waves and maybe even fantasy creatures. They are called fantasy creatures because they come down through the ages through tales of beauty, incredible adventures and wondrous outcomes. But what if these tales are based on truths cleverly disguised to protect the people who really experienced them from being ridiculed and tortured by the masses who could not 'see' them like they could not see that the earth was round.
Some of the greatest people in history have been condemned during their lives as delusional anti social people. Many were put to death as rebels to the current system. Nostradamus had to be extremely careful with his coding to avoid an early demise. The tales of the Australian Aboriginal Bunyip was mocked extensively by early white man but in the late nineteenth century near Bendigo in Victoria the settlers found very large bones, which the Aboriginals insisted were Bunyips that they had killed and eaten. Finally the settlers got these Aboriginal people to draw this creature and it turned out to be a small dinosaur that most of the world thought to be extinct. So the Bunyip thought to be a fantasy creature was is in fact a reality back then.
'Stone the crows' they would say here in Aussie land in relation to believing in fantasies and yet we have found many creatures and fauna that should not be real. In Gippsland we have giant worms the size of anacondas, huge ants and wollombi pines that survived the Dinosaur era of extinction. We are still discovering creatures here and in New Guinea.
Our scientists have discovered remains of marsupial lions with one huge sharp tooth that they regard as possibly more dangerous than Tyrannosaurus Rex. So the questions remains do we really know everything there is to know? Are we still discovering so much that it would be absurd to say that fantasy creatures do not exist?
Personally I do know some that exist and I feel very fortunate and blessed to be in this position. Some of these include Guides, Ghosts, Fairies, Devas of the stones, flora and animals, Beings such as the Aboriginal Wandjina legends and much much more. So if we have found remains of a marsupial lion why do we question the Chinese's much loved Unicorn.
So the defiant no group and the 'seeing is believing' crowd start to feel that perhaps I am a little bit mad. Well thankfully now that digital cameras are so prolific and many people are happily snapping photos in quantity we are beginning to get visual proof of these fantasy creatures. I feel very fortunate to have caught many of these on camera now after interacting with their energies for years. I have fairies, Light Beings, ghosts and even the color energy aura of the Junjudee on file now. The Junjudee are the Aboriginal legends of little bush men that appeared and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Can anyone imagine my delight in saying they were right and were always right in their belief in these little bush men.
So for arguments sake anyone can do some research because I am not the only one experiencing these fantasy creatures energies. Google 'pictures' to find the Google Cache and then google orbs and wade through the man made orbs to find real pictures of energy orbs put on the internet for all to see. Welcome to my world of real energy creatures.
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In order to answer this question truthfully, one must delve into the meaning of the word fantasy. According to the dictionary, fantasy means extravagant and unrestrained imagination, the forming of wondrous or strange fancies (MLA). When you look at the meaning of fantasy, it gives one the impression that fantasy creatures are creatures that are developed through extravagant and unrestrained imagination. When you break it down like this, it isn't difficult to separate fantasy from reality. Are fantasies reality? Are fantasy creatures reality? No. Because this topic covers fantasy creatures, one cannot assume that a creature derived from a fanciful imagination is based on reality.
Reality means something that actually exists and cannot be disproved. At this point, one would be hard-pressed to prove that fantasy creatures such as Pegasus, Minotaur, the Devil, or even God for that matter are actual creatures developed from reality-based occurrences. It's all derived from fantasies of the imagination and from those wonderfully imaginative people who have given us these creatures in books, myths, and through storytelling since the beginning of time. Each and every fantasy creature has been brought to us by people with extravagant imaginations in an attempt to feed the public's need for fantasy. These creatures guide one's own imagination to believe and/or fear something that doesn't really exist in a reality-based world.
Fantastical creatures developed from many years of imaginations have given us all some sort of myth or story to follow or believe in. These stories and myths are passed down from generation to generation in hopes that those fantasies are at least somewhat true. These myths and stories also fuel the imagination of other writers who indulge us with newer and more imaginative fantasy creatures for years to come. Can these fictional creatures exist in our world today? No. Only in a writer's imagination can these creatures come alive. For those who believe in fantasy creatures, they, too, are just as imaginative as the writers and storytellers of the past. They help to keep fantasy creatures alive through belief and by passing the stories and myths on to future generations.
Reality does not allow for fantasy creatures such as giants with one eye, horses with wings or horns, fire-breathing dragons, or Gods that guide one's love, hate, or daily activity. Sometimes those fantastical myths and stories of creatures skews one's thoughts of what's real and what's not. Do we have winged or horned horses that carry us through the skies on their backs or give us protection against the bad things in our world? No, but wouldn't that type of creature be great to have in these days of high gas prices or that which protects us from crime and poverty? Do we actually know there is a God, a Devil, or a hero who slays the giant one-eyed monster with a rock and a sling shot? No, but it's certainly fun to take these creatures into our own imaginations and dabble in the belief that they could be real.
Fantasies are imaginations run wild and fantasy creatures are borne out of that imaginative writer's or storyteller's mind. We all yearn for fantasy because it takes us away from the harsh realities of the real world; a world full of pain, hate, loss, death, greed, and other negativity that hurls us into the hopes that fantasy exists on some cosmic level. Imagination exists for a reason. It fuels one's desires that are far-fetched or unreachable and can be an outlet toward leveling the playing field in a world that can be cruel and mean. Fantasies can bring us hope and yearning for the perfect life when there is no such thing and it can fuel the imagination of future generations.
Without fantasy and imagination, the world would be far too dull and the stories that come from one's imagination would be lost in the harsh realities of a world that needs fantasy to survive. Our fantasies, imaginations, and/or beliefs are brought to us through many centuries of storytelling. It brings us many emotions that drive our desires to believe in fantasy creatures that might have existed in the past or those that could exist in the present. Could we imagine a world without Gods, fantasy creatures, fantasy relationships, and the like? No. Without it, we would crack under the pressures of the real world because we wouldn't have that imagination to delve into the unimaginable and take us to worlds only our imagination could take us.
So in closing, can we honestly say that fantasy creatures actually exist? No. But they do exist in the wonderfully imaginative writers' and storytellers' minds. Imaginative minds that open our eyes to fantasy and bring us fantastical creatures and Gods that have become a part of everyone's world in one way or another. And whether the fantasy creature is a God, a Devil, or the winged horse that carries us through blue skies we all yearn to believe in fantasy creatures. Creatures that guide us through numerous emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. It all comes down to individual choice and whether or not that individual believes fantasy creatures do exist on some level. However, believing in a fantasy creature does not make it real. Without actual proof that they exist, one cannot say that fantasy creatures are real.
Reference:
Moder n Language Association (MLA): "fantasy." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 30 May, 2008. .
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