No Harm to Charm Book One of the Sanctuary Saga

No Harm to Charm

By O. G. Tomes

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2010 O.G. Tomes

Edited and Revised

3/27/2012

OG Tomes

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Author’s note:

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Maidenhair,

Vervain,

Mugwort,

And Thyme.

Yarrow,

Masterwort,

Sweetpea,

And Dandelion.

Mullein,

Orchid,

Dragon’s Blood,

And Pine.

Place your back against the last one

to ground yourself at any time.

The first three help you see.

The fourth gives you courage

through the passing of time.

The fifth is used in everything.

The sixth will bring you strength of mind.

The 7th you hold in your hand

for the truth that you seek.

With the eighth, as always,

you have a cup of tea.

The ninth can show you what will be.

The tenth can bring you love.

The eleventh gives protection to thee,

a gift divine from above.

Use separate or together.

Depending on the need.

Some things just come to us naturally.

Always with the strength of love

should you show someone else the light.

So take my hand and walk with me,

The Mother of Time.

Prologue

There is a battle waging for all souls. It has been going on since the first reasoning thought of humankind gave realization to such a thing as a creator. Gather close, brothers and sisters of Mother Earth and make sure you listen closely to this story as it is told. Beginning at that point in time when a great shift in power was accomplished by darkness. An earthquake of such intensity occurred, affecting the tilt of the planet on its axis, caused by the immense pressure from the fires of hell. This created a tear in the veil that shrouds the reality of the dark from the realm of this world that exists within the light. A containment of all that is evil and dark did not hold. A rift appeared creating a portal for the accumulated souls of darkness, demons and the like, with which to access the surface of the earth. The veil, being torn, could no longer hide the truth of the darkness present in this world. The world began to spin faster affecting the measure of time and being off kilter caused a shift in the reality away from what has always been the norm. The world speeds forth blending the realms, meshing the old and the new, resulting in changes for all humankind. This era of changes will soon be known as The Transition and will be recorded in the Tomes of Time by the Keeper.

The darkness, over time, has found ways to travel over the communication air waves and is no longer restricted to just electrical travel. The past occurrences were documented by entities communicating by phone or radio. The use of cell phones coupled with the technological advances involved, we have unwittingly given the dark entities an unseen means of travel far out reaching that of our minds’ capabilities of processing. Darkness slithers in, wraps itself around its intended victims and steals the very essence of a lighted soul. It wraps its victims in drug abuse, sexual abuse, dark worship, pedophilia, evil ways, faithlessness, apathy, greed, mental illness and gluttony. From there it branches out with limbs and roots to spread darkness upon everything it comes into contact with. Generation after generation it embeds itself into the DNA of those infected. Once it has you, your soul is then tallied on the Devil’s sheet. You are doomed. Damned for all eternity. Destined to be collected. The sins of the father shall be visited upon the child.

Efforts have been enacted to study possible ways to combat this blight. Has it reached you, yet? Only a child of the light would continue reading this. Those of the darkness destroy it on sight. Hopefully they haven’t gotten to you completely and you still have a chance. As night falls, light a candle and settle in to read this message sent out from Sanctuary. NO! Do not use a lamp, light the candle! Using anything electrical will draw them to you for they are out to collect souls wavering at the line where the light ends and the darkness begins. Turn off your cell phone, computer and television. This is how they travel, entering our lives while they seek the souls in their dark quest.

People of today are ignoring any form of religion, worship or prayer. The facts always seem to be cancelled out by each change of the rules as these are different for each religion. The rules seem ironic and the first seed of evil is planted. God is questioned. Seeing all the different angles, you begin to doubt. Your Faith is the first to go. What you perceive or are taught as a child then becomes twisted as you mature. Offering very little resistance, you ignore the warnings from history and your intuition, allowing the darkness to slither in.

Century by century, we as a race have strived to improve our lives with technology, science and medicine. All of these manmade endeavors are used with very little if any thought to the results of the changes instigated by our actions. Society as a whole does not think it needs God, perceiving this is what scientists, doctors and technology are for. We have questioned the very basic fibers that make up our beings and as a result we have ignored the most intrinsic fact of our humanness. We have studied, documented then chosen to ignore the truth.

We have shunned the very parts of ourselves that once were the reason for our basic survival. There has to be something to the legends, fables and folklore. Monsters, ghosts, vampires and werewolves are all from human imagination, right? Or are they depictions of demonic activity? Sadly, most children of today see God and Lucifer as folklore. Could those myths, legends and lore be from before the time that darkness was locked away? The Darkness being too hideous to be allowed to walk alongside man?

Over the centuries man has forgotten and the truth was buried then denied. Just as there is no apparent explanation for a young child who describes seeing an ‘other worldly being’, there are no explanations for the reports from which legends and folklore are derived. Our gifts begin to develop as babies but once socialized those gifts are hidden in a move of self preservation. After time they are forgotten to lay dormant in the unknown. All natural abilities observed in children of today are denied eventually locked away with societal conformity being the lock without a key.

Seeing the different angles of all that we are abysmally surrounded by, further insures we avoid being different. We as a race have unanimously decided that if we are to go then we should all go together. Never once giving into the truth of having Faith or seeing a different road we could travel as an option. Whether willing or not, you begin to doubt and then of course that faith you experienced as a child is the first to go. Faith in your creator. Faith in yourself. Faith in your fellow man. We all seem to be absorbing the crowd pleaser answer or scenario as we tend to prefer not being different. That is not the reality of which we face. There is no generic brand of Faith that will get you by. So stand tall and be counted or slither away. This is your call to battle and what you are fighting for is your soul, that intrinsic part of you that makes you who you are.

Not all souls are recycled allowing for a higher level of learning to be reached. Not all souls are of the light. Some refuse to learn their life’s lessons in each life cycle. Their choice of the dark path cannot be changed by anyone or anything except them. These souls are usually lost to the darkness for all eternity, irretrievable. These are the souls tallied as the condemned, while evil incarnate itself gleefully rubs each one collected in Jehovah’s face. The battle wages forth toward the destruction of humankind. These condemned souls are recycled within the darkness. They are used to further the spread of the evil on earth and throughout humankind.

One of the greatest wrongs to the children of this millennium and henceforth the human race is the fact that parents have lost touch with teaching their children. They have the priority of earning money, which in turns makes it a necessity that they pay others to raise their children. Yet again, we come face to face with the root of all evil.

What no one has wanted to say for hundreds of years must be said. In an alternate reality things could be quite different but that is not the reality which we face. The study of quantum physics has bearing on the fate of humankind, though misunderstood or disbelieved. How did the prophets receive their visions? People of today who profess to have special abilities are ridiculed and judged, even when they are documented by proof. Science explains the prophets. The bible explains why they exist.

Your bank balance or Visa card will not matter when the collectors come for your soul. Your Mastercard cannot insure you a reservation in Heaven. The truth is only 144,000 souls will attain entry into Heaven. Those left are to teach, heal, protect and yes, wage war against evil. The battle between good and evil has never ceased. It has been hidden from humankind, allowing for many souls to be lost to the darkness.

We do our children a grave injustice in squashing their God given gifts by teaching them to conform by working within a square built by the whims of another. Most parents do not realize they are helping their children to follow a path toward darkness. It is not God who wishes for us to be earthbound, tormented, restricted and left unprotected to perish at the expense of our souls. Why else would he give us gifts useable to combat darkness? Why would seeing or knowing be something of evil if you used that gift to combat that which is evil?

Should an individual who kneels to pray be something of rididcule? What about a person who combines their heritage of the old ways with the bible while obeying the laws of each? How does society, as a whole, pass judgment upon those that see or know a different path to take in adhering to the rules of all that is good? No matter the method used, as long as it is used with a pure intention, is it not up to the individual to travel their own path toward the light? Again we face the fear of the unknown coupled with the edicts of society which has failed to study the truth and so accepting the version they are handed like lambs being led to slaughter, they err in judgment upon another’s differences.

Defined, the word witch literally means wisdom; the one that knows; herbalist. The word craft is defined as the practice of making useful everyday items with a special trade or skill; an art. In the villages of old there was usually one who was known as a healer, who was inherently wise and so schooled by an elder after showing the promise of being gifted. Today we call such as these, doctors. Even the definitions of our words have evolved from their original intent with their true meanings being hidden away. Tampering by Satan to hide the truth? I implore you to search for your truth as an individual and blessed be the path you choose.

Our creator had a purpose for warriors were needed to bolster the battlefield in the war of good versus evil by leading as many souls as could be to follow the path of light. Warriors are to protect, to teach and nurture but most important, to show how to have Faith in the face of the Apocalypse.

We have been told that our faith would be tested and it has come to pass. Doubt is the Devil’s chosen tool. Faith is God’s answer. We must stand tall while working the very facets of a stone that could turn into yet another trick of the darkness trying to take our faith, our light and yes, our very souls. This is the true test of Faith.

Would and should a church be the sole controller over protection from the realm of the devil? Are not the religious rituals used today taken from the old ways? The time before man took over the control of religion by rewriting the bible, therefore adapting history to suit their needs. Was that the Devil working then? Falsifying his way through what man would of course question and then begin to doubt. Many do not believe that the dark lord exists and so choose to ignore the blatant spread of darkness as the end of our time rushes toward us. The documentation of the tampering has been around for at least the last century. The internet has exposed this knowledge making it accessible to millions. Yet so many do not see this for they are like a wrapped package waiting to be delivered uncaring of where their journey will end.

Our reality, the darkness making the light seem that much brighter, harbors a truth that has been shunned by man for centuries. Old truths were hidden, becoming obsolete and the culprit is Satan. He gave humankind thoughts of grandeur then convinced them to hide their archaic ways of faith. He persuaded them to tamper with the words of truth. Satan’s manipulation of the laws created mass hysteria used to punish those naturally gifted by God with the abilities to fight darkness.

The Devil gave man pride through temptation causing him to shun the gifts of God therefore shunning his help. Look at the societal self destruction of the family unit as humankind became absorbed in their physical pleasures. Drug addiction, sex addiction, alcoholism and prideful egotism have taken their toll. The family unit as God intended has been destroyed, which in turn leaves the children of this world only half guarded against darkness. The resulting scourge is seen as immorality washes across those who desperately cling to their Faith in God. Divorce is rampant. Greed is no longer seen as a form of sin and children are no longer cherished but used. The blight the Devil instigated centuries ago has taken a firm hold in God’s children. Manipulations of the bible can be seen clearly. The facts were intertwined with the darkness emanated by Satan himself. We are warned of false prophets and religions. We are warned of our demise if we do not follow the path of a manmade religion with all its manmade edicts. There are those who think they are righteous with His word and will offer to dispute this as rambling heresy because it contradicts established religious teachings. So I ask you, who established these teachings? Humankind? God? Satan?

Clarification is needed at this point. Did the Three Wise Men not seek out the baby Jesus bearing gifts of Frankincense and Myrrh? The three Wise men brought Jesus gifts of protection based on the old ways, the ways of the peoples of that time. Why would God not want us to be wise and protect ourselves against evil. Do not forget it is the historical editing of the bible that brings the most doubt against this religious fanaticism. Most think that the old ways are evil and therefore shun the practices, ignore the gifts granted and never acknowledge an inherited difference for fear of retribution from society as a whole.

Let us delve into the very foundation of this abhorred yet human frailty. We fear what we do not understand. In the old days there were those of darkness, being those that had been turned by Satan. There were also those of the light, those that gave praise to God for their gifts and those granted by our Mother Earth who sustained our physical bodies. The cycles of this world were adhered to. The Faith of the old ways was strong. God was acknowledged as our creator and that of the earth that sustained us. Faith and good works were the only payment he required of us.

Then Satan saw the overwhelming good of human healers, wise women and men. He was determined to not be shunned as an existing participant. Satan wanted to damage the faith that people had in God. Satan could not stand for God’s children to ignore him. His power being put asunder by mere humans riled him. Satan, uses the fear of the unknown, hides the truth making it wrong to use or to acknowledge the power of the gifts God grants. God warns of the trickery used by Satan. Satan in turn makes sin look pleasurable and lofty when compared to the simple living of those with Faith.

Where the light meets the darkness a line is formed. In reality you cannot be both. Once you step over the line formed by either as they meet, you are a part of where you stand. Yes, there are those that dangle a foot in the darkness while appearing to be of the light but there is a stain for God to see tainting your soul. Light or dark. There is no in between and there is no halfway, no shade of gray that you can linger in while choosing. Darkness leaves a mark upon your soul which will be seen on judgment day. If you wait long enough you will lose the choice and be forever a soul tallied for the dark side.

Look around you if you do not believe. God gifts are passed down through time traveling on the DNA of our bodies, our souls. Take time to forage for the truths, some used without conscious thought as to why they are done. Society has stolen most of the reasons for why they are done but people partake of these practices every day. A cauldron being used as a garden ornament; A broom habitually being kept to lean against the doorframe when not in use; A lit candle being sprinkled with kitchen spices as a small prayer is whispered for the home; A red geranium being placed by the front porch steps; Planting rosemary by the garden gate; Herbs drying in the kitchen; An old remedy that actually works; Planting by the signs; Activities scheduled by the phases of the moon.

If you judge these things that I have listed as evil behavior, then you must also judge your grandmother, mother, sister, aunt or neighbor that you consider invariably wise as adhering to the old ways. Through their genetic fibers, though unknowingly, they are practicing wisdom. All the while they are attending church, carrying a bible, praying and being children of God, while walking a path of light for his purpose here on earth. Is it wrong to show thanks and respect to our environment? Is it wrong to use a home remedy? Lighting a candle for a blessing? To pray and have faith that sustains you through the trials you face in life? To have concepts that acknowledge both sides exists? Ask any one of them why those things are there or why they have used them in that way and most likely they cannot explain their actions. In placing, doing or using items in an old way that goes unnoticed furthers my warning to heed those things within yourself that are gifted to you for a reason.

You should consider the words of a wise man as imparted to one who questioned why they were different.

Though your gifts can be a burden at times, you must always remember that as a child of the light with a soul gifted by God, you should always try to be forthright with your heritage and give thanks for being special, not evil. Light, not dark. Different, but never bad. It would be easier to shun your gifts and ignore your inheritance, for your gifts have a weight, a presence that if shunned bring the devastating fate of a mark of darkness being branded upon your soul.

Turning my back on my purpose as was intended by God would forever stain my soul condemning me and my heirs. I am the Keeper of the Tomes containing the old ways. This is my purpose, in truth I have no choice, I must tell this story as is my fate. It is my fate to pass on the knowledge of the strength of faith and to tell the truth of gifts granted but no longer used. The words pour forth from my fingertips urgently and with the need to be told, so listen closely. The telling starts in the year 2011 AD just past the beginning of where for me it all began. The future can be heard by all the children of the Light..... If ,they will listen….

CHAPTER 1

Here Ye, Here Ye, come all ye faithful soldiers to the frontline of the battlefield and choose your path in life. Light or dark. Life or death. Good or evil. Your choice will determine your eternity.

A thunderous voice echoed through the heavens above the valley as I knelt to pray for all the souls that lined the valley waiting side by side. I reached for my pen and began to write. I must tell the others of what I am seeing in my travels and warn them. The dismembered body prone at my feet began to tremble as I raised my eyes to peer across the valley of the Shadow of Death. It rose, leering into my eyes with the darkness of all that it encompassed because it had heard my prayers of faith.

The being had heard my entreaties for any and all souls to be drawn into the light. Its only purpose was that of desecration and to shock with the hideousness it emanated. The attempt at bringing fear to destroy light’s faith failed. Reaching out to wrench the truth from my hands and I grasped the journal tighter to my breast. Drawing my sword I began slashing through the remains. Its dark soul was released and shot down into the valley finding its way to the river of fire flowing from the bowels of the planet. Mournful screams reverberated against the valley walls and I could feel tremors in the earth itself as they echoed throughout time.

My tears flowed unchecked in empathy, leaving lines as they ran down my cheeks through the accumulated soot from the putrid air filled with the ashes of death. Lovell needed to know what I had seen on this trip through time. I had recorded the coordinates of time and place for the call to battle in the war for souls. Humankind’s survival depended upon this knowledge. The weight of the future lay heavily upon my shoulders as my heart beat erratically in my chest. He must change the series of events if possible and with that thought I drew in energy from a nearby ley line that was needed to return, praying I would be in time. The surge of power engulfed me and I felt the pull toward the east as the sun rose glorious on yet another day. The day that held the deciding factors of our destiny. The day of final decisions. The day where faith would be the strongest weapon against darkness. The day I felt at least a small measure of God’s anguish for the many souls he would lose to Satan.

My faith held me steady, though I trembled with resignation for the darkness that I had witnessed in the future. I arrived at the portal of light and paused before stepping through. My soul had the aspects of Armageddon etched upon my memory as if in stone. My heart bled with empathy for the meek that could not protect their selves from the darkness as they trekked toward Sanctuary to preserve the future of humankind. I could smell the stench of the dark souls I had left behind and longed to cleanse their lingering from at least my body, accepting their permanence in my mind. Their apathy still grasping at my soul, I gathered my faith around myself as a cloak to dispel the chill I felt from all that I had witnessed.

I placed the journal upon the altar turning away from the truth only physically. I glanced up at the clock and calendar sighing with relief because I had returned to my time within moments of when I had left. A very narrow chance of a paradox but the threat was almost nonexistent compared to some of my other excursions. I had brought back the truth of the future and the knowledge that as a Warrior of the Light I would have to return, not to divine but to fight against the Darkness. I shivered with the knowledge of what my fellow warriors would face and with faith I knelt and prayed for all our souls, even the ones I knew were already lost for eternity. I felt pity for their weakness which had trapped them in the dark tortures of hell.

Wearily, I trudged through the halls of Sanctuary knowing that there would be no rest for my physical body until I had met with the Triad. It was time to retrieve the child and to gather as many supplies as we could before the gates were shut against the evil building its forces for the battles soon to come. The ever increasing tremors in the earth were like footsteps of a giant stomping around in glee. Each one a successive result of the demonic minions entering this realm through the great crevices opened by the self-destruction of Hell.

The earthquakes were causing mass destruction and tsunamis that resulted in an astronomical amount