tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post3521377988918163441..comments2024-03-24T17:49:05.886-04:00Comments on The Robert Moss BLOG: The First SantaMarcia Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04530003059608361331noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-36017008851010674182009-12-20T10:12:35.915-05:002009-12-20T10:12:35.915-05:00Thanks Patty, Jill and Artful One -Merry Christmas...Thanks Patty, Jill and Artful One -Merry Christmas and Joyous Solstice to you and yours!Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-39196801835271999842009-12-20T09:40:17.848-05:002009-12-20T09:40:17.848-05:00This time, to call up the feeling of this magical ...This time, to call up the feeling of this magical story, I would imagine myself standing on the hillside at the farm in northern Norway. The wind is just right. Ah there a faint drum sound and the starlight is so bright against the clear dark sky. Perhaps if I get my sleeping bag and just rest a bit I could dream of this Santa Shaman dancing with Aurora across the midnight sky.<br /><br />Merry Christmas Robert.<br /><br />PattyPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475407354190409346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-14333304575995549712009-12-19T12:50:39.306-05:002009-12-19T12:50:39.306-05:00You are a true story-teller: the shaman's stor...You are a true story-teller: the shaman's stories are spiritual gifts that bring healing when they are told. Thank you so much for your gift of healing - to this boy and to all of us, who lost our belief in the magical realm at some point in our lives due to the persuasiveness of the Meanies.<br /><br />Love Light Qi<br />Jill MorgynJill Stephanie Morgynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14869028898657001632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-89646903498757232642009-12-19T12:29:02.672-05:002009-12-19T12:29:02.672-05:00Oh, Robert! This is such a powerful story full of ...Oh, Robert! This is such a powerful story full of rich imagery. Don't know why I missed it last year, but thanks so much for sharing the link again this year. I have forwarded the link on to all in my dreaming circle. Many blessings to you this holiday season and throughout the New Year. May your <i>own</i> drum continue to open hearts all over the world!Artful Alchemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956740847367962602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-8662148664885825342008-12-25T15:16:00.000-05:002008-12-25T15:16:00.000-05:00Hey Sherry: Merry Christmas! Do let me know what y...Hey Sherry: Merry Christmas! Do let me know what your boys make of the story and whether they have questions or would want to add anything.Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-10698658201818234672008-12-25T13:56:00.000-05:002008-12-25T13:56:00.000-05:00Thanks for the Santa story, Robert. I'm saving it ...Thanks for the Santa story, Robert. I'm saving it to share with my boys. I agree with the others. It will make a wonderful children's book. However, until it's published, I will use the story as is and let them color it with their minds.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440833814976401811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-59386936408856132182008-12-24T09:22:00.000-05:002008-12-24T09:22:00.000-05:00Dear Karen: I think we do lose a part of our soul,...Dear Karen: I think we do lose a part of our soul, and a piece of of our creative power, when we part company with the child in us who believes in magic. My First Santa is a shaman, and one of the specialities of the shaman as healer is to find lost souls and put them where they belong. The best toys he could bring down the chimneys - for us "grown-ups" - might well be the keys to our magical inner children, like those I describe elsewhere in this blog (in "The Emperor of Enchantment"). Do let us know the nine-year-old's response to The First Santa. Ride on, Dreamrider!Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-52403947552154036852008-12-24T01:10:00.000-05:002008-12-24T01:10:00.000-05:00I clearly remember the moment that I finally admit...I clearly remember the moment that I finally admitted to myself that Santa was not real. I was alone, walking home from school, thinking about Christmas, and though I had actually sort of known for a long time, I simply hadn't wanted to accept it was true that there really was no Santa. I had put off facing the facts all the way until the fifth grade. It was a really sad moment because it felt as if it meant that the whole world really had no magic in it at all. <BR/><BR/>I hadn't realized until I read your story what a terrible loss this actually was for my soul. I have spent a great deal of time and energy in my life trying to relocate this magic.<BR/><BR/>The dreamwork has really helped!<BR/><BR/>My nephew is nine years old and he is starting to doubt the existence of Santa and has asked his parents for the truth of who really does put the gifts under the tree. They have kept his belief in Santa alive for this season but I'm sure it will be the last.<BR/><BR/>I am going to rush the story to them so they can share it with my nephew and help him keep magic and dreaming and miracles alive inside himself as he grows into manhood.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your wonderful work!<BR/>KarenKaren Dreamriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12395348454307213571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-54887131514590243512008-12-23T12:43:00.000-05:002008-12-23T12:43:00.000-05:00Hi Jessica: Great to picture an eleven-year-old's ...Hi Jessica: Great to picture an eleven-year-old's imagination crackling like the fire, and riding with the drum. Some of our active dreamers with young children are incorporating actual drumming into dramatizations of this story, and having a fabulous time. I think Santa approves!Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-36389472504004308962008-12-22T22:14:00.000-05:002008-12-22T22:14:00.000-05:00Robert, thank you for publishing this story. I ju...Robert, thank you for publishing this story. I just read it to Phaelan in front of the crackling woodstove. As I mentioned, he only just learned about Santa- (and the tooth fairy and sex)- in the days before his eleventh birthday.<BR/><BR/>This line really grabbed him, "It was the kind of drum you can ride...(he) learned to tap, tap, tap with his bone hammer until the winds changed and the air was filled with drumming hooves." Then he was hooked and fully along for the ride.<BR/><BR/>He drank in this story like Dreamer himself, and satisfied, just went off to bed.<BR/>Which I will now do, warm and sate. Lila Tov.Yiskahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023072806629399224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-58220937156391276102008-12-22T04:52:00.000-05:002008-12-22T04:52:00.000-05:00Thank you all, and warm and bright thoughts to Sus...Thank you all, and warm and bright thoughts to Susan in her corner of the frozen North! (I can't help thinking that when the lights are out, we have a better view of the stars, and sometimes even the Star.) I think Santa has arrived early, in the spirit of all these fresh and heart-centered words. As I read them, I hear the little drummer boy playing, and the reindeer beginning to rise from his drum.Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-34139208251815632552008-12-21T21:23:00.000-05:002008-12-21T21:23:00.000-05:00You've added immense depth to the story of Santa a...You've added immense depth to the story of Santa as a Shaman! What a magically real and heartwarming story. And what a gift to read it on this snowy solstice night! Yay! I believe you've inspired me to follow the beat of the drum in my dreams tonight...Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214523465397218163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-79328865251756929912008-12-21T19:31:00.000-05:002008-12-21T19:31:00.000-05:00Such a wonderful and healing journey ! Caught my ...Such a wonderful and healing journey ! Caught my heart and made me cry-smile . Yes , Santa Claus exists ! He must have been the one telling this story ! :) Thank you !Aurel Mocanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04090986497279224199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-84062348811236882332008-12-21T16:35:00.000-05:002008-12-21T16:35:00.000-05:00A tale of magic, wisdom, beauty, wild joy and powe...A tale of magic, wisdom, beauty, wild joy and powerful energy. The child in me loved it so much and wants more of these living, breathing stories.Helen Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004467920442909790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-27695898157026201682008-12-21T15:14:00.000-05:002008-12-21T15:14:00.000-05:00Delightful! Great for a book for children of all a...Delightful! Great for a book for children of all ages.<BR/><BR/>Rich! ... "Santa has been doing that ever since. When he drums, hearts open like the roofs of houses, and shining gifts come pouring down."<BR/><BR/>I think I'l start using the phrase "the world of Meanies", it makes my heart giggle a bit and will call up the feeling of this story.<BR/><BR/>GraditudePatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475407354190409346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-42665371697887783572008-12-21T14:28:00.000-05:002008-12-21T14:28:00.000-05:00Oh Robert that was simply entrancing! As a grown-u...Oh Robert that was simply entrancing! As a grown-up/little girl who has never stopped believing in Santa and magic, the Shamanic origins of Santa's identity rings true! Santa is the first real Drummer Boy!!! (My favorite Christmas tale & movie) It will be part of my Christmas tradition to read it to believers and those who want to believe, to have the magic "drummed" back into them instead of what was drummed out of them! Thank you for keeping the magic alive!Karolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448921533424775820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-638277341070775322008-12-21T12:56:00.000-05:002008-12-21T12:56:00.000-05:00Susan, bless your heart! Stay warm with all of ou...Susan, bless your heart! Stay warm with all of our words. <BR/><BR/>Isn't wonderful to be connected to people who are dreamers from the heart?Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769817898689225814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-45744205101197488972008-12-21T12:53:00.000-05:002008-12-21T12:53:00.000-05:00This story is so heart and earth centered that it ...This story is so heart and earth centered that it teaches the correct place for humans in relation to the earth and other creatures. <BR/><BR/>The part where the boy stands before the stag and trembles out of love for the animal and for his people, the death that must occur and the life it brings, opens my heart again to these truths. <BR/><BR/>Adult, heart felt, creative, life giving, affimative of the life force in the earth and animals. <BR/><BR/>This really could be a watershed book for everyone, child and adult. <BR/><BR/>Ahhhh....a series!!!!! yes, yes, yes, Robert!Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769817898689225814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-5188085233543104022008-12-21T12:46:00.000-05:002008-12-21T12:46:00.000-05:00What a beautiful and inspired story! It reminds m...What a beautiful and inspired story! It reminds me of when I saw Santa flying in the night sky as a child. My family laughed, but I saw it as clear as my hand in front of me. I was crushed when later I was told Santa did not exist by a fellow student. My Mother was heartbroken and cried too because she always thought no one believed more than I did.<BR/>Since then, I have always loved and believed in Santa.....I see it as a choice of mine whether I believe or not. In my Santa~ he has been a Laplander ( of which when I did my mitrocondal DNA, ( yes we can do this) was surprised to see I am Laplander, genetically speaking....)<BR/>I am up North now, in near Blizzard conditions, with day 10 of having no power at the house. My children are in CT, far from me and this is hard for me today. This was just the medicine I needed today. I share this story with my child self who also needed to hear this:)<BR/>Blessings and Merry Christmas to you Robert and all fellow Dreamers!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559452416978486638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-85224770135726159012008-12-21T11:54:00.000-05:002008-12-21T11:54:00.000-05:00Excuse me for blogging again, but as the dream of ...Excuse me for blogging again, but as the dream of this arctic wilderness comes back into my awareness, I realize it has a seed of hope for us who are growing older in this youth oriented society (ALL of us are there every day as time passes) . What is the joy that the elderly can experience? What is the only joy we can feel as we leave behind this earthly plane, it is the gift of giving to others. those we leave here on this earth, our children .all children are our children. In all of life there is a kernel of hope that to me speaks of giving to others. Somehow here I see hope that soothes the pain of the passing of time. Winter turns to spring, but there is this gift in the heart of winter. I'm not at all sure I am communicating this clearly, but everyone is always talking about the hope and joy of the season, this is one journey (your story) that seems to bring it all together and offers a true gift for all of us...no matter where we live we all experience a winter...Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981269499318469966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-63437834555930239192008-12-21T11:41:00.000-05:002008-12-21T11:41:00.000-05:00Grace: Ah, but what dreams and what stories are bo...Grace: Ah, but what dreams and what stories are born of the dark and the cold of winter - stories that promise the return of light and warmth. This is the time to go deep into the Bear's Cave and find what new life wishes to be born.<BR/><BR/>Interesting that you mention Australia, where a typical Christmas dinner is a barbie on the beach, since it is now high summer there. I was just saying to a fellow-Aussie that though I can't immediately think of a Koori (Aboriginal) equivalent of Santa, he would probably go flying on the back of a dolphin or a flying fox or a sea eagle rather than a reindeer.Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-67635075411576559382008-12-21T11:27:00.000-05:002008-12-21T11:27:00.000-05:00JOURNEY!!!!!That's what I want to say, this story ...JOURNEY!!!!!That's what I want to say, this story is a journey for those of us who deplore this snow and dark, how I would rather be in Hawaii, or on the lane with my Austraian relatives who wanted to see some snow and are stuck in Vermont on a hilltop, buried by dark and snow, soon they will be flying away back to the HOT Aussie summer!!!!!!!But, I am here somehow in this lifetime to be here this day when it is still snowing, and I don't even live that far north......This story is a wonderful journey and dream image for me to use. It really helps me to appreciate this arctic feel......It's much warmer in Connecticut than reindeer land land of the Light Goddess..............It's good for children, but I feel inspired to call out to all ages..what a journey, what a dream!!!!!!!!!!!!!( would still rather be dreaming this where it is warm....) It's a good lesson for the winters of all our lives. Winter of death, winter of old age, winter as the opposite of heat, this story is ancient but also present day.......very rich.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981269499318469966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-29908451222964562152008-12-21T05:56:00.000-05:002008-12-21T05:56:00.000-05:00Thanks again, to you all, for your warm and genero...Thanks again, to you all, for your warm and generous word-gifts this season. Dear Lynette, I (and the boy Roberts inside me who are clamoring for me to write more for and with THEM) will take your suggestion very series-ly.Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-79519371629839766982008-12-21T05:18:00.000-05:002008-12-21T05:18:00.000-05:00Thanks for that Robert I think I will be needing t...Thanks for that Robert I think I will be needing that story very soon.<BR/><BR/>steveSTEVE NINER'Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09785363616619509452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-88156891100069229132008-12-20T21:06:00.000-05:002008-12-20T21:06:00.000-05:00Hooray for Christmas MAGIC...and to the kid that l...Hooray for Christmas MAGIC...and to the kid that lives in each of us.Skipper Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135485668479568249noreply@blogger.com