I feel protected ..in my space and out in space ..this is real, as letting the flames linger on your skin too long tells you this bring me into the world and then it's gone ..does anybody know where the flames go when they go out???

I TOTALLY CONNECT with you on that one!!!! One of the things I've always wanted to do was rig up small microphones to different points of the body and spin while recording the sound.

The sound is purely awesome!

THe reason I started spinning..... I'm scared to death of burning in a fire. So I took the challenge head on, and now i'm versed and blessed with skills of almost every fire tool, and fire eating and breathing. 2 years in March.

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Because it is the explosion of energy, it takes in the good vibes and makes heat and light, I wish it would last forever... fuckin hippies

Ah, yes, fire.

...just this...

We must always have to have respect for it.
We are blessed to have the talent to manipulate it,
but we can never be it's master.
It has touched my soul,
and hurt my flesh.
It has made me who I am,
and makes me realize what I want to be...

Yardz, clear.
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understanding how and why fire behaves the way it does certainly leads to manipulation of its actions for a desired effect.

so funny! i hate water too! well except for oceans, but that relationship is largely biased by my love of salts.

I don't.

I'm somewhat indifferent to fire, though I enjoy a good camp or stove fire.

I grew up with a coal/wood kitchen stove and a wood fire heater. (The house had one electric outlet, three oil lamps, a hand pump in the kitchen for water, an outhouse, and a crank telephone and party line). I'm of the last generation for whom fire was commonplace.

I think of fire much the same as I think of religion: I'm not fascinated with it, but I am fascinated with why other people are so fascinated with it.

My conclusion:

Fire is a technology that we've largely abandoned, having replaced it with electricity and central heating. But it's still a technology, and the rule still holds: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Even if the technology is archaic.

So it's not surprising that people today feel spiritually charged by fire. It's an adrenaline-high version of steam punk. It's dragons breath on your skin. It's affirms your relationship with the elements, with the natural.

And while fire is dangerous, it looks vastly more dangerous than it actually is. Which makes it an easy entre to coolness.

Fire is also like the early days of computers, where the nerdy kids found that, unlike their teachers and parents, fire never lies to you. If you don't respect it, it will hurt you. But if you do respect it, and enquire deeply enough into its behavior and neeeds, others will recognize the mastery you have acquired, and respect you for it.