{"id":30,"date":"2011-11-26T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T02:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/chronicles\/about\/"},"modified":"2011-11-26T19:40:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T02:40:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/chronicles\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\">The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rhymour Oisin Leif McGowan is a true tale of the quests and expeditions of Sir Thomas Leaf, Sir Oisin Leif, and Leaf McGowan. Placed in the setting of a Living Myth, inspired and guided by Omens, Oracles, Dreams, and Prophecy &#8230;. is weaved a tale that is truly non-fiction, decorated by fiction and fantasy, and erected as a myth that is the biography of Leaf McGowan and Oisin Leif. If you choose to follow these sets of stories, it will be revealed why a name that is written with length, structured, and embedded with Indo-European mythos. Inspired by the search of his twin flame, powered by his quest of love, guided by the Oracles across the planet &#8230; he will discover the fabled Land of the Youth, Tir Na Nog &#8230; once again.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/chronicles-flag.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5\" title=\"The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Leaf (flag)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/chronicles-flag-300x223.jpg?resize=300%2C223\" alt=\"The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rhymer Oisin Leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Every photo and description in these tales are true &#8230; each and every occurrence took place. However &#8230; names, and sometimes places, have been disguised under pseudo-names or characters to protect the innocent (and\/or guilty) from identification. In addition, elements of fantasy and folklore has been sprinkled throughout the tale to make it more &#8220;mythic&#8221; and to address parallels the quests may share with Myths, Legends, and Tales from history. These adventures involve quests for artifacts, treasures, and <em>[magical]<\/em> items that exist as keys and clues leading one adventure into another. Even as Sir Thomas Leaf embarks upon an adventure and dreams up a element the expedition is for &#8230; the quest always materializes said subject into manifested reality. As a Neo-Pagan Druid, a cloak of <strong>real  magic<\/strong> and lore enchants the journey which brings encounters with modern day wizards, pirates, captains, elves, and good neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><P>Follow as you will, Sir Thomas Leaf bouncing around the planet throughout North and South America, Hawaii, Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and Europe. As a botanist, archaeologist, and a scientist, follow links to his findings of all things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/science\/\">Naturally Science<\/a> and of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/faerie\/\">Magical Lore<\/a>. Over the last several years, these quests were blogged and built on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/reviews\/\">Tales and Travels of a Technogypsie<\/a>, Livejournal, Facebook, and various other word blogs. We are now compiling them to this single blog where you can chronologically follow the story as it is [and was] written. in addition, the site has gone through a name change from technogypsie.com to Technogypsie.net after a horrid company named Netregistry held hostage the domain and destroyed the referencing. To this we start the Chronicles with a letter and introduction from Sir Thomas Rhymour Oisin Leif McGowan himself &#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>&#8220;From birth I was always inspired by images of mages, wizards, adventurers, scholars, and archaeologists. It is to those figures I cherish that have manifested the person I am today and the amazing journeys life has shown me. I always knew a special quest was ahead of me, never did I imagine how breath-taking it would become. Dreams would inspire me, oracles would be revealed with confusing rhetoric, poetry, and messages. Visions would give me glimpses of futures I couldn&#8217;t understand or interpret. Many times I blocked them out. Often I ignored them. But it hasn&#8217;t been since my most recent Walkabout Down Under with a transformational Rite of Passage during the Summer of 2011 that it all started making sense. This journal is not so much a story for you as it is a diary for me to understand everything that life has revealed <em>(and is revealing)<\/em> to me.&#8221;<\/ul>\n<p> <P>&#8220;My travels around the world following my wanderlust, my dreams, and my visions began to evolve into quests, adventures, and expeditions that in 2007 I began blogging about and called The Lady of the Rhine Quest involving finding a way to break a curse on an enchanted ring and finding the key of youthful life. As those two adventures to Germany and England revealed a more deeper quest unfolding that brought me to the transformation I&#8217;m undertaking. As I unravel my <strong><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=11\">Living Myth<\/A><\/strong>, I see parallels to the stories and fables of Thomas the Rhymer, the Legendary Expedition of Captain Cook, and the Tales of Oisin, Niamh, Etain, and Oscar. As I dig deeper back into my childhood and past I just now am revealing numerous clues about who I am, why I am here, what I am to be, and where I am to go. As an Archaeologist, it is my duty to protect the past &#8211; its lore, its remains, and its history. I do that as an active archaeologist and writer. As an Ecologist, I realize we live on a threatened planet with a myriad of life forms that become endangered every day. It is my sacred duty to help breathe awareness and protection for the living Earth. As a folklorist, I realize every day, culture, language, and stories vanish from our lives every day. The creatures of myth have disintegrated to the pages of a child&#8217;s coloring book, the epic sagas forgotten in the ashes of the hearth at which they were once told, and the ancient mysteries unsolved. I strongly believe that each and every human life in this world is inspired by a myth, fable, legend, or folk story that indeed &#8220;shapes&#8221; their journey from birth to death. Sometimes there are many of these tales that shapes one&#8217;s life. I believe part of the puzzle of life is to find your living myth and purpose in life. I think these myths, stories, fables, and legends can give us guidance, inspiration, energy, ethics, and values to become successful with finding our dream, seizing it, and living it. I also believe that once we find our &#8216;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=11\">Living Myth<\/A>&#8216; we are that much closer to finding out our purpose in this life, as I believe we all have one. I don&#8217;t believe in chance, I do believe in fate and destiny. I believe you can control, change, and manipulate your fate as you wish. I believe there are messages in our dreams. I believe in visions. I believe in premonitions. I believe in Omens, Oracles, and divination &#8211; all of which are tools to help you gain insight, clarity, and a future view of what lies ahead or understanding what has happened. I believe these messages are puzzles and riddles that are not always easy to decipher, but once solved, will give you a world of guidance to find and achieve your purpose, dreams, and desires. With that said, let me tell you a bit about myself and the myths that &#8216;shape&#8217; who I am, and how they inspire my journeys as a Techno-Gypsy. &#8221;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">My name is &#8220;Sir Thomas &#8216;Rymour Oisin&#8217; Leif McGowan&#8221;. Yes, that is quite a long name. But there is power in a name. There is meaning in each and every one of those names. Of course this is not my &#8216;real&#8217; or &#8216;given&#8217; name. Only those close to me know that side of me. This is my artist name. I am a cartographer, curator, researcher, and archaeologist by day; and a body painter, diviner, writer, and craftsman by night. Those would be my trades and professions that currently title me in this world. This is where the &#8220;Sir&#8221; comes from. As I ventured forth to Rhineland under servitude of the Lady Vanessa of the Rhine, it was only appropriate to pre-label myself with this classic namesake as her &#8216;cartographer \/ knight \/ and guide&#8217; for the most excellent adventures we have had. &#8220;Thomas&#8221; is actually my birth first name. Born a Catholic, I was named after &#8220;St. Thomas&#8221; the doubter, to which I do live up to, as I question just about everything. I also identify with the myth\/tale of &#8220;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=15\">Thomas the Rhymer<\/A>&#8221; and that is where the middle name &#8220;Rhymour&#8221; or &#8220;Rhymer&#8221; comes in. Since &#8220;Thomas&#8221; also means &#8220;Twin&#8221;, I obvious have a twin-side, that being the myth\/fable of &#8220;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=13\">Oisin<\/A>&#8220;. I&#8217;ll explain both &#8216;Thomas Rhymour&#8217; and &#8216;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=13\">Oisin<\/A>&#8216; later in this tale. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.net\/photogallery\/logos\/lscarb-farmer.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.net\/photogallery\/logos\/alchemist.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><P>So where does &#8220;Leaf&#8221; a.k.a. &#8220;Leif&#8221; come from? It was a name given to me by my friends in the great country of Canada who nicknamed me &#8220;Leaf&#8221; because I once had several companies with &#8220;Leaf&#8221; in its name and I was always researching and learning about botany as well as being an avid tree hugger. My roots are that of Irish and German descent. I have a bit of Irish Tinker in me. On the &#8220;McGowan&#8221; name front, it was given to me because in some Scottish &amp; Irish terms it means &#8220;Son of a Tree&#8221; or &#8220;Son of a Smith&#8221;, and because my Canadian friends believe I must somehow be related to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_McGowan\">Joe McGowan<\/a>, an Irish Historian and folklorist; and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_McGowan\">Richard McGowan<\/a> the American Explorer, Mountaineer, and Entrepreneur; and my favorite actress <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_McGowan\">Rose McGowan<\/a> who some of my friends think I share &#8216;oddness&#8217; with. As far as I know, I have no biological connections to any of the McGowans. My real surname actually means &#8220;Farmer in a Field&#8221; or &#8220;peasant&#8221; which I suppose explains my deep connection with plants and botany. It was a series of haunting childhood dreams with puzzle pieces reminiscent of the Fables of &#8220;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=13\">Oisin<\/A>&#8221; and &#8220;<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.net\/chronicles\/?page_id=15\">Thomas the Rhymer<\/A>&#8221; that led me to investigate their myths. As I pieced together these dreams, much of the story of Oisin and Thomas the Rhymour started to be told without having read their tales in the beginning. As I seem to &#8216;relive&#8217; their &#8216;living myths&#8217; that serves to inspire, guide, and add adventure to my life; each day I feel a deeper connection to their story which seems to reveal some visions of what lies ahead for me in my future yet to come. &#8220;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chronicles of Sir Thomas Rhymour Oisin Leif McGowan is a true tale of the quests and expeditions of Sir Thomas Leaf, Sir Oisin Leif, and Leaf McGowan. 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