To: K-list
Recieved: 2002/04/21 08:33
Subject: [K-list] Farewell to a friend.
From: Mystress Angelique Serpent
On 2002/04/21 08:33, Mystress Angelique Serpent posted thus to the K-list:
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of El Collie.
Most of the newer listmembers do not know El, but the older ones will
remember her well, and with much love. All of us have found comfort from
her work: the signs and symptoms page, her writing, poetry and her own
ground breaking print magazine and website, Shared Transformation.
http://members.aol.com/ckress/st.html
She was a great spirit, wise, generous and compassionate. She gave much
of the last decade of her life promoting awareness of the Kundalini process
and helping other awakened people in difficulty, even tho her own life and
process was marked with chronic pain and illness. Yet, she rarely mentioned
her difficulties, and her sharing on this list was often very humorous as
well as insightful.
This community that so many of you, and including myself have gained so
much from, would not exist but for El. I am greatly in her debt. I am very
glad I told her so, july 2000, when she retired from active participation
in this list. I wrote:
<< You are one of the true Pioneers of the Western Kundalini phenomena.
Few people know that about you. Now, it seems that gradually you are
retiring from that activism, and truly you have earned it. Your influence
on this entire social subgroup of awakened folks has been tremendous, and
you have always been an inspiration to me. From back when I first came
online, and came across the "Signs and Symptoms list".. it changed my
perspective of my entire life.
It makes me think of the early feminists, and the brilliant blazing
torch they passed on the succeeding generations. My career as a Kundalini
activist has just begun, by comparison, and it would not Be, if not for
your efforts in creating the legacy which I, among so many, are heirs to.
It saddens me tho, to see you departing the field. Those of us who are
just starting out, still need you. We need your wisdom and insights. Your
passion. >>
Those words are even truer today. Her brilliance, and my sadness to
hear she has truly, "departed the field" doubtless for greener pastures
that she truly deserves. My spirit is happy she is freed from pain, but my
heart grieves the loss.
The impetus and support for the creation of the K-list came from El, it
was inspired by her "Friends online" site which was the first website to
offer a place of community and comfort for awakened people. She was an
original, and will be greatly missed by me, and everyone who knew her.
The last thing she posted to shared Transformation was an essay on
Shamanic death and dismemberment last March.
http://members.aol.com/ckress01/darkness.html
Even through her own troubles she continued to reach out and help
others, to share her wisdom that it might benefit any who might be in need.
She retreated from this list about two years ago, citing health problems
and a need to invest energy elsewhere, think about something besides the
process. Last time I wrote to her, she said she was mentoring new writers.
Yet, I noticed when her name reappeared in the member list, although I did
not mention it to anyone. She chose to be in seclusion and I respected
that, and did not disturb it ... but it gave me great joy to know we were
again blessed by her presence.
Over the next few days I will be forwarding some of El's posts from the
archives, as a memorial and tribute to this great lady. If you wish, go to
the archives search engine
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org/klist/search.html
and enter El Collie or ckress to find her posts. The search will take a
while, she was prolific in her generosity of sharing. I did so and found
this poem:
KNOCK KNOCK
by El Collie
I AM
all that ever was or will be.
I AM
always and forever
nameless, formless, selfless.
I AM
source and substance,
the magic All, the quintessential Who,
the What It Is
behind the many guises
of this, that and the other.
I always AM
nothing and no one
but the light of consciousness pouring through
prismatic dreamspace and illusion-time
into a trillion variations on a single theme:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
Following is a letter from her husband Charles, to Bob Boyd who passed
it onto Jerry, who sent it on... please pass it on it turn, to anyone you
know who knew El, so they may know of her passing and include her and
Charles in their prayers.
Blessings...
Hi Bob,
> This is Charles, El's Husband. El Passed away on Wednesday 17 April.
>As you can imagine I am still in a state of shock and grief. I feel like
>my heart has been ripped from my chest. My family has been a great help in
>assisting me and spending time with me. El was such a great source of
>strength and compassion, but in the last few years her health deteriorated
>and her pain and suffering kept getting greater. Now she is liberated
>from the pain of the body, but we who are left behind miss her greatly. I
>hope at some point to be able to post more of her writings and poetry to
>the web, but for now I am still too broken up to do that. She Is being
>cremeated as she wished and her ashes will be scattered at sea on the 3rd
>of May. If anyone wishes to make a donation in her name she always liked
>the IRC (international rescue commitee), Project open Hand, and Habitat
>for Humanity. Prayers for her and our family are also
>appreciated. Thanks for all you have done. You have always been a beacon
>of light and love.
>
> Love
>
> Charles
>
>PS you can share this message If you like on your web site or with those
>that knew her.
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