July 11th and July 12th
at: The Henry Fonda Music Box
6126 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
DOORS OPEN AT 8:00 PM

The LOJ Masquerade Ball is two amazing nights of elaborate costumes, shows, music, art and sculpture. Each night is a little different with performances and revels within the Royal Court. Indulge your senses and dance amongst Faerie creatures and noble dreamers as we forge a new year.

UPDATES:
Eight Days before the Masquerade
Purchases must be made in Advance Online
Only a limited amount of Friday Tickets Remain!
NO Tickets at the Door!

New Updates:–
An exclusive performance of
Puss n' Boots by
Malice Dreaming and Desert Sin
On FRIDAY NIGHT

And new aerial performances added from:
Cirque Berzerk
on SATURDAY NIGHT

More Acts upon the 2008 Royal Stage:
Wandering Marionettes : Brother : Malice Dreaming : Desert Sin : Tresk : Drop Black Sky : AM Pacific : Sylphirance : Stilt Circus : : Orbis Lazuli : : Cirque Berzerk and more . . .

Last Minute Hotel: Since the LOJ Room Blocks have sold out, we've had dozens of people ask for last minute accommodations in Hollywood. The Hollywood Bed and Breakfast has graciously offered rooms at a discounted rate for LOJ attendees in their colorful Bed And Breakfast.( more information )

LOJ COINS: This year's limited edition coins look absolutely amazing and we've shipped them to all of our Grande Masquerade Package holders.
For those of you interested in the coins of years past, wander over to Lord Strider's Royal Archives where there will be a very limited selection of past coins for sale. ( more information )

COSTUMES: Are you scrambling for a costume at the last minute? Perhaps you should email the SYPHER CREW with your location and we can help you find a good place to get clothed. ( more information )

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Go to the Labyrinth of Jareth Website for more information
www.labyrinthmasquerade.com
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From Shawn Strider: As I finish up this missive, the Sypher artists are buried in their preparations and putting together the Pieces for 2008. My eternal thanks goes to my beloved friends, these awesome people who have built these dreams with me. Thank you all for every piece you've added in building these worlds.

The festivities approach so very quickly m'friends. This year our ambitions take us into into the Masque and Stories, to the very borders of Oberon's Court. Dragons are learning to walk as nobles and faerie creatures dance. Time approaches and Sypher's Royal Court shall open its doors for a weekend of magic.

Enjoy the world around you; each little detail you perceive is a brush stroke of creation. Upon solid soil we place these dreams and with our hands we shall forge them.

If you're heading to LIB let me know and maybe we can meet up for a drink!

Hell, you are my tribe friend after all. =)


~Smoke~

Who's heading to LIB this year? I'm going to be helping out backstage on a few nights. I've been looking forward to going, wasn't able to make it the last couple of years.

I love the forest.


~J

Greetings,

As I've said before, this election will be crucial for the United States. We're wading into a time of economic and global turmoil. You see it on the news everyday, the weather phenomena, the catastrophes worldwide, now our national economy and debt (Largely caused by the Iraq war and a disregard for the middle class). Then you have the middle east factor and the wildfire of corporate powers and international bankers steadily sucking up resources in their own personal game of global monopoly.

I know some of the candidates like Kucinich, or some may even say Ron Paul, would have been good agents of change, but they are too far behind to win and we're now left with 4 possibilities of who will lead us into these new times.

For Republicans we have McCain and Romney. McCain is the forerunner for republicans. But assuming that you don't want us to stay in Iraq for another 100 years, and that you don't want the government eliminating more of your rights, they are out of the question.

So we have two choices left: Hillary or Obama?

There is a definite problem with Hillary and the Clinton family. They are networked with the Bush family! They have vacationed together, they have supported each other! They are in cahoots!
"The Washington Times revealed that the current President even takes foreign policy advice from Clinton, along with his father, and lets them sit in on CIA briefings."
If you want some leads on this information here is one of many sources: infowars.net/articles/ma...6clinton.htm

Obama is the one who can unite Americans, including the youth-our generation. He can stand up to special interests groups and manipulative power-hungry corporations. If you want to vote for someone who might make things right in our country then please consider this.

And celebrities can be wrong just like anyone, but they do have resources and with these resources there often comes inside information. Many of them know about the corruption behind the scenes regarding the American Government. That's why so many celebrities are endorsing Obama. Will Smith, Robert Deniro, Scarlet Johansen, The Kennedy's, even Arnold's wife is going against him and McCain to endorse Obama! And there are many more. Over a hundred large newspapers have recently moved to endorse him as well.

This is Obama's site if you want more info. Primary votes are tomorrow.
www.barackobama.com/index.php

And if your excuse is that the electoral system doesn't work, well I agree that there is a flaw in the fact that the popular vote does not directly elect our president, BUT the popular vote puts a LOT of pressure on each delegate to vote in line with his/her district's population. If the popular vote goes one way and the delegate's vote goes another way there will be a lot of controversy and it is something that rarely happens because these delegates don't want to lose popular support and be routed in the media and elsewhere.

So you can make a difference-
Peace.

"Human beings chose many thousands of years ago to disconnect themselves from a collective grid, so that they could have free will. This severance has allowed us to make our own decisions and be independent. But it has also allowed us to make many mistakes which have adversely affected this planet. And it has made our direct communication with The Source more difficult. We are now at a turning point when our disconnection could mean the end of the earth as it now exists."

"Together we will reset Mother Earth with a bio-electric "SURGE OF LOVE" from humanity. When we do sit in meditation simultaneously and fire the Grid for one hour, we will unite the globe and connect all the regions of the earth simultaneously. In the process, we will unite our souls in love, peace, harmony and collective cooperation for a better world for our people, today and in the future."

"The light beings use the term "fire the grid" when they speak of the energizing of humanity with divine power, on July 17, 2007. They say firing the grid will accomplish two things. First, it will pulse healing energy into the center of the earth and regenerate the core, or the heart of the planet.... We must pour some of our living energy into the Earth, and the accumulation of our combined energy will regenerate the Earth....humans are like little lightening rods, channelling God's energy to the planet. Because we have separated ourselves from our complete connection to The Source, by not having a fully functioning human grid, God's energy has not been able to easily flow into the Earth. If we choose to come together to rebuild our grid, then the natural flow of energy between us and God, God and the Earth, and from person to person, will be restored. Do you see what a wonderful gift you will give? This energy will live on eternally with the earth and its inhabitants; the splendour of the creator’s intention for us realised in the creation of this new energy field for our planet."

www.firethegrid.org