His Mind went to Azlan

"If Azlan himself could have done anything more to help people see the truth more clearly, wouldn't he have done it by now already without you having to ask him? Maybe you dreamt this meeting with him and it was just a fantasy from your tiring mind and nothing else, my dear Robin?" (Robin was a familiar, friendly name given to Puck, who used to share his tree-house with the species and loved them fondly.)

"Well then" answered Puck somewhat belligerently, "where did the glasses come from in the first place, and with them, their power to multiply themselves? Besides - I know what I know - and it was him I tell you. One day you will have the privilege to take his counsel also, like I did. To stand before him Goober is something you do not forget or get wrong ... his eyes see so far into your soul - if you can do this, you too will just know."

"Well I am just saying that a fact is a fact and most of the players we posted to have thrown them away by now, yet kept the Phoenix issue."

Puck tapped the table trying to regulate his thought.

His mind went to Azlan - and the answer came:

"They can see what is in front of them - they have always been able to - but for some insanity unknown, they are preferring not to."

And then it was that Puck knew what he had to do - he reached into his satchel, drew out the golden envelope and put his own pair on.

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series 

Legend has it that when Jesus was dying on the cross, the robin, then simply brown in colour, flew to his side and sang into his ear in order to comfort him in his pain. The blood from his wounds stained the robin's breast, and thereafter all robins got the mark of Christ's blood upon them.

An alternative legend has it that its breast was scorched fetching water for souls in Purgatory.

With not a Word More he had Disappeared

It was time to go back into the World. Dawn was eking its way above the horizon and glowed a pinkish gold in the early light. In sitting, his mentor was the same height to Puck, and with the familiarity he felt in that moment, he affectionately placed one hand upon the Lion's shoulder, whilst looking hard into his eyes and through to his being.

As he did this the form of the great golden Lion shivered and began to dissolve before him, and for one moment, in its place, stood a man - a strong man - still continuing to look back at him.

He was broad and muscular, and had strength about his presence - his chest was bare and he wore his long straight hair pulled back behind him falling down to his waist. Puck, for just a second, seemed to recognise the figure - and in the moment that he did, the form had returned back into the sagely Lion that he knew so well.

Puck took the glasses off and returned them into the bag. "Azlan, I must go back now, mustn't I?"

The Lion nodded his assent replying gently: "yes, my Son" and with not a word more he had disappeared.

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

Abstract Folly Erodes the Commonsense

“And so to the game ... what shall be done?”

“The prime discourtesy of the Physical World lies in is its discrepancy with the reality of the Spiritual realms. Abstract folly tries the reasoning, and erodes the commonsense. It is this we must address. I will give you a gift that will help them see life as it is."

A small black cloth sack appeared at Puck's feet. He opened it carefully and found inside there were cardboard glasses with cellophane inserts that looked a lot like they had come out of a cereal packet. He felt a little disappointed.

"These could make a difference, if they will try them. Your sack will never empty, for when you remove one, another will take its place" the Lion said in his deepest of tones importantly.

"Are they for 3D viewing?" Puck asked, wondering what they could really do for anyone.

The Lion said nothing.

"Are they rose-colored to cheer people up?"

"I have given you the gift of helping men to see the way things really are." repeated the Lion, softly but firmly.

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

I would be there for these Souls

The Lion continued:

"Even I do not have the power to hasten the impediments of Hell ... the dungeons are there only for good purpose, not punishment, as is mistakenly said so.

“Without this purging, the soul would truly become in peril - and the Cosmos unstable with diseases from the many problems of the World.

“I would be there for these souls but they cannot always see me - and so I wait, until they call. We cannot hurry such things you and I.”

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series.

A Chemical Mix like no other

"The family of Man (in company and keeping, incorporating all of the kingdoms) is a chemical mix like no other.

“Men are tested and tried amongst deceptions radically and they are winning for themselves abilities to give, to deliberate, to stand fast, to choose well, to discriminate.

“They are far from the 'automata' of the Universe some think them to be. They dance the starry path and are sharpening their knowledge with every orbit of each positive thought travelled.

“They do so well - even the fallen - and it gladdens me to see the advocate and champion that you are dear Puck, for the saving of their souls.”

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

In the Material World all Things Eventually Perish

“In the material world all things eventually perish and yet once again, to the spiritual mind, one should (and does) live forever.

“And so the denial of death (when folk take risks for example, or simply cannot see its advance) originates firstly from a truth - a truth which is natural to the heavenly perspective.

“It is however, immature to the regions, realities and shortcomings of the day-to-day world.

“But we cannot give blame or insult to materialism for these perspectives - for were one to accept the world as it is and perceive its difficulties, materialism would become more practical, social and communal, taking care of the needs as best it might.”

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

In the Spiritual Worlds many Consequences are Self Evident

“In the spiritual worlds many consequences are self evident, and just, and extremely plain to see.

“If a soul is committed to Hell for a while, then we understand that it is he who has put himself there and it is fair that he should be there. This is not questioned. There can be sympathy for the damned, but the judgement itself is relied upon to be just.

“Men within this Physical World continue with such evaluations believing that the immediate conditions are exact and deserved also. This is why they do not question poverty or hardship and generally feel entitled to any wealth or good fortune that they themselves might have.

"I say this to you because the World does not operate as smoothly as it might - or will become - for it too is in infancy, still developing, and adapting, and growing.”

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

Flux & Flow of Emotion

The great Lion stretched out his right paw very slowly and rose smoothly to his feet.

He then padded around Puck full circle three times, and sat down again. His head was huge, and radiating out from it was a golden mane, which made it look all the bigger; yet his face was kindly and Puck could see by the expression on it that he had clearly been listening to his troubles. Puck waited solemnly as the Lion scuffed the dirt between them, making what looked like a figure eight in the ground, pausing to consider his delivery of the advice Puck had come for.

After many moments he looked straight into Puck's eyes and said quietly: "This world of Men is still very young - one could say, at adolescence. The spirit of Mankind is strong, and tensile to each age and its difficulties.

“In the breath of a lifetime their hearts heave with loss and new discovery no less than every hour of their existence there.

“This flux and flow of emotion is a constant - to be taut with life and then to relax; to breathe in the wisdom and outpour one's own; to sort through the choices before you, gathering the skills of good choosing and the ability to say no.

“But the spirit within is young and trusts all.

“It is natural for children to omit danger from their consciousness of behaviour - and in this reasoning, the spirit which is also young, comes from the abundance of Heaven and expects this paradise to continue on.

“As spiritual beings they are self-centred ordinarily - for this is where their own gravity lies - and as spirits they expect all and give very little - having much come to them from Heaven all of the time.”

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

Living the False Realities

"I have made an enemy of a man who I find foul and irritating. He controls many people with an insidious performance that appears to be harmless, whilst directing and affecting the lives of the many millions who are now involved.

“Those who follow his work are losing their mental and spiritual acuity, by living the false realities that are so cunningly designed.

"There they wear identities that are nothing like themselves in the real world and come to believe in their fictitious fame with pride and arrogance."

Puck then went on to say: "The disconnect from real virtue, and genuine experience seems lethal to their reasoning.

"Added to this, hundreds of thousands of demonic beings are being sustained by the vitality thrown by this enterprise and the devils are now talking directly to the human players, masquerading as men, inciting acts of random harm.

"Can you tell me how I may work to extradite them from our World - for they have no rightful place to be here?"

Puck continued, catching his breath in between, "Lastly - I have seen souls re-form and the power a man can have who is rebuilt with hope ... can you help me now to retrieve all of those who are captive in Hell and deliver them back unto themselves?"

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series

Father Azlan

“Father Azlan, why do you appear as a lion?”

“I do not,” he gently said.

“But your name, is a name, whose meaning is lion.”

 “This is not my name -but what you call me.”

"My name is sea,
it is mountain and tree,

it is light, it is space,

and the substance it fills ...

it is water - it is bell,
it is the tide of life itself,

- of knowledge, of love -of will.

And by this Grace,
and that Virtue,
and all we call Divine, these names for this eternity are also thee and thine.

 -Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander series