The Nomad Chronicles

I am at my laptop, looking up meanings of Lila...

Lila, lilac, delilah, lily... Night... Lilith, first wife of Adam... dark-haired...


The name Lila (or Lilah) can also be found amongst apocryphal myths and Jewish folklore as a diminutive of Lilith, Adam's alleged first wife, who rejected him and became the mother of demons, murderer of infants, and the "original" seductress. Literal translations of the name include "Night". The word "lullaby" possibly has roots in a plea for Lilith (or Lilah) to pass by, sparing a child. For additional info, I highly recommend the Online Etymology Dictionary (http://www.etymonline.com/). For an interesting perspective, check out the title song of "The Night" by the band Morphine, which demonstrates a refreshing erudition; so rare in contemporary music. It is also a hauntingly beautiful love song, replete with dual meanings.

Weird... Morphine is one of my favorite bands of all time... but they are kind of obscure...

Lila walks up behind me slowly as the song plays in the background... She hums to the tune of the song in a smoky voice... Now she just got 15 years younger... Weird... How old are you anyway? In waking life?

"Everything is illusion baby.. What do you want me to be?"

"You're weirding me out... GO AWAY!"

She runs to a living room in a cave, and curls up on the rug transforming into a cute baby stegosaurus. I feel weirded out still.

"Oh, look at you, Nomad," she laughs. "You are so utterly weak to the push-pull of the succubi. This is what you don't understand: you think succubi only pull, but what we do is actually a push-pull attack which is very disorienting. See, I attract you, and simultaneously repulse you. I am in control of the situation at these times, which makes you very vulnerable to a direct attack. Your healer/vampire ex is such a creature as I am. I can heal you with my touch. Warm, red love energy..."

I move close to her. Red energy comes out of her hands, and flows over me. It feels something like thick air... electric... "...can quickly change to rage!"

She alters the energy to attack, and I feel like I am being pricked with a thousand tiny needles. I scream in anger. She absorbs it as I transform in a red werewolf. She becomes more powerful. I change into an ice wolf, and she deflates.

"You are learning. Remember, every time you are repulsed by me, I am teaching you to see through the wily guises of the succubi, and be aware of their push-pull methods of attacks."