Image: “Cistern Trailhead Pullout at Mulholland Highway, Santa Monica Mountains, California” by Alice B. Clagett, 21 June 2026, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Cistern Trailhead Pullout at Mulholland Highway, Santa Monica Mountains, California” by Alice B. Clagett, 21 June 2026, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
MORE INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is a Pragmatic Prophecy video with warnings about possible threats to life and limb at the pulloffs near Cistern Trailhead at Reagan Ranch on Mulholland Highway, on the scenic route from Ojai to Frazier Park, and at other North-South smaller roads above Frazier Park in California ..
“Warnings about Mulholland Highway at the Pulloffs Near Cistern Trailhead and about the Ojai-to-Frazier Park Scenic Route, and so on”
By Alice B. Clagett
[Mulholland Highway at the Pulloffs Near Cistern Trailhead]
Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars. On the third of June 2026, I had a telepathic encounter near Cistern Trailhead at a couple of pulloffs on Mulholland Highway there near Reagan Ranch. I think there’s a possibility that there are Mountain Lions … a couple of Mountain Lions there that are grabbing by the larynx people who park in those pullouts near Cistern Trail and pulling them down the mountain and killing them and eating them. Just in case this is true,
I thought I wouldn’t wait for the videos to come out. It’s already been over a month and I should just tell you all that, to be on the safe side, I suggest steering clear of Mulholland Highway near Cistern Trailhead. Especially don’t stop your car there.
In proof of this. in a manner of speaking. on the 21st of June, some weeks after the original telepathic encounter, I parked there at the trailhead. I just really wanted to know for sure what’s going on. So I parked there early in the morning … about 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning … prior to a docent-led tour that was going to happen over at Malibu Creek State Park, because I had some time on my hands and I was wondering if I could spot the Mountain Lions.
So I pulled over. The road was completely deserted, right? And within about 3 minutes of the time that I pulled over, what seemed to be a new white Jeep pulled over right behind my car, right by the tail fin of my car, and just stopped there spookily. Didn’t open the doors. Didn’t do anything.
Very bad danger sign, right? You never know what people are up to in the mountains. So I immediately let off the brake and pulled over to another pullout, keeping an eye on the guy to make sure that nothing weird was going on … in case this was one of the people that I thought had been priorly killing people at Malibu Creek State Park, you remember? I think that got cleaned up? … and then leaving them for Mountain Lions to eat.
I thought maybe this is a guy who’s robbing people and stealing their cars on Mullholland near Cistern, then throwing the bodies over the cliff for the Mountain Lions to eat, okay? Spooky stuff! You can see why I’m delaying on telling you this stuff. I hate this stuff. Okay, but I should warn you, just in case it’s true.
So, there’s a chance that the Mountain Lions have learned to eat people because people have been killing people and leaving bodies around here and there in the Malibu Creek State Park area. There’s a chance of that. Okay?
There’s a chance it’s gotten as far as Reagan Ranch or that the site of the violence has been moved to Mulholland because people were chased out of Malibu Creek State Park. So, I’m warning you. There’s a couple of videos coming up for you to consider, but here’s the lowdown, just in case: June the 3, June the 21st, there were warning signals.
So, this is the Pragmatic Prophet saying, “Please don’t park near Cistern Trail on Mulholland Highway for the time being, until we’re sure that this isn’t true or no longer true.”
[Ojai-to-Frazier Park Scenic Route]
Oh, one other thing. I was up near Ojai recently traveling about and I got telepathic input from a human being who said that past Ojai, between Ojai and Frazier Park … on that road there …
[The route is: Route 33 to Lockwood Valley Road to Frazier Mountain Park Road.]
… there are gangs of men who will run you off the road if you’re traveling that way, or attack you when you’re parked along that road … and that it didn’t matter whether you were many people in a car or only one, they would still attack you and that likely you’d be killed. And what happens after that is not too important, but my guess is they’re after money, credit cards, and vehicles.
If this is true, then for those of you that believe in me and believe in what I hear, this is a fair warning to you. Don’t go that way at all right now. Wait until things settle down.
My guess is that these men, they may be local to that area, but it could also be that they’re outlaws who are hanging out in that area. There are some campgrounds that are extremely iffy up that way and they may be coming from there. So, don’t stop at those campgrounds either for sure. They were iffy before all this started coming down.
Okay. A word to the wise, huh? Stay away from the road between Ojai and Frazier Park.
[There is talk of similar trouble on the smaller North-South roads beyond Frazier Park in California]
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, Light, and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Come and visit me at my wonderful worldclass WordPress website “Awakening with Planet Earth.” That’s https/awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Don’t get eaten. Be the wise one who survives.
VIDEO CREDITS
“Warnings about Mulholland Highway at the Pulloffs Near Cistern Trailhead and about the
Ojai-to-Frazier Park Scenic Route, and so on”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed and produced on 10 July 2026
Location: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
— Alice B. Clagett
“Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea; quem timebo?”
The Lord is my Light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Filmed and published on 10 July 2026
MORE INFORMATION
Link: “Libertarianism: The New Look of America,” by Alice B. Clagett, blog written and published on 6 December 2019; revised and updated on 2 October 2024; video filmed on 23 February 2022 and published on 26 February 2022 and following … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-fnm ..
mammals, mountain lions, Reagan Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park, safety, prophecy, pragmatic prophecy, crime and crime prevention, Ojai, Frazier Park, California,
Nature scenes outdoors are documentaries. Animal talk on the videos is really true; it is not dubbed or AI.
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” –Benjamin Franklin, 1722
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
COMMENTS
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
This new version of the video includes a hello, a goodbye, and a disclaimer. The original video is repeated so you can turn up your audio volume and catch what is being said by the wild animals.
The video offers advice to apex predators, both human and nonhuman, about how to survive during geostorms, especially those caused by X-flares. There are also examples of Mountain Lions speaking on the Wind. I call this the ‘Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe’. Then at the end of the original video clip I express that I, amongst all the beings on Earth, have my own Free Will, and a right to Freedom of Speech … the more so because I am a first-born human woman!
I am for non-speciesism here on Earth, as may be seen in my blog category: Human species and interspecies and extraterrestrial communication – Universal kinship – All-sentience – Moral inclusivity – Non-speciesism … I have to admit, my non-speciesist stance hits a snag in this video.
“New Version with Comments: X-Flare Advice to Apex Predators ~ and ~ Showdown with Mountain Lions and Ravens”
By Alice B. Clagett
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
This video clip from Paramount Ranch has to do with how Apex Predators, whether human or nonhuman, can survive a series of X-flares without danger to themselves.
. . . . .
[Turn Audio up high so you can hear the Ravens
and the Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe.]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [Fearsome Wind]: “Mike Dunn will fly” is what
the Mountain Lion says.
Alice to Readers: I just heard a mammal say, “Mike Dunn will fly!”
and then I heard a Hawk cry, “Keee! Keee! Keee!”
Mountain Lion: Oh, Jesus Chr-st! That Woman does not know
that a Mountain Lion is talking to her!
[Could it be that the Mountain Lion thinks this is
the name of the Hawk? Could it be that is the name of
a Sorcerer who flies on the wings of a Hawk,
as in the Native American legends?]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That Woman is not all …
Hawk to Mountain Lion: She can’t HEAR you.
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That will be Quite clear! Mike will let this …
Alice to Readers: I hope I got it [the call of the Hawk] right this time. Prior to that, I was discussing …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk (continued): … COVID-stricken …
Mike says, “Let that go.” Okay.
Alice to Readers (continued): …with the Birds about Alpha Predators
and how it’s possible that that Hawk got upset.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: A Hawk is an Alpha Predator …
Mountain Lion: “Yeah, right, it IS an Alpha Predator.”
Alice to Readers (continued): … of the sky and it could have been influenced by those six …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … X-flares [in the first six days
of February 2026] to that kind of unusual behavior, …
Mountain Lion: Could it be that’s …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): …you know. And in general,
my advice for Alpha Predators, both the wildlife and the people, …
Mountain Lion (continued): … true?
Hawk to Mountain Lion: D-mn right! It Might be true.
Mountain Lion: Might be …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … might be true?
Alice to Readers (continued): …is that they in particular
have to be very careful …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion: Could it really be that is true? I
will speak to the other animals.
Alice to Readers (continued): … during the X-flares because
they’re so capable of … inflicting a great deal of damage, you know,
to … other people and to other animals … much more …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … so than most people.
And so my advice to the Hawk was to be very careful not to do that.
Because if …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … people get very upset,
why then they’re likely to do something about it.
Mountain Lion: This will be true.
Alice to Readers (continued): … And if other Hawks see you …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … doing really weird things,
I’m afraid they might come up with something.
Father Raven to Alice: They will not!
Alice to Father Raven: You don’t think so? They …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … let the Hawk go. I don’t know.
Father Raven: Mike Dunn went a-way!
Alice to Readers: What I found with the Law of Karma
is that if something really weird …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … and out of the ordinary
like that happens, something else happens to make it even out, …
Father Raven: Mike Dunn will fly off!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … you know? But the Birds
don’t agree with me. They think the Red-tailed Hawk is so huge that …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … nothing could interfere with it.
Alice to Birds: How about other Red-tailed Hawks?
[Could they interfere with it?]
Nanday: Yep, they could!
Father Raven: No! They could not kill bad Hawk.
. . . . .
Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that.
Alice to Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that?
Alice to Readers: Okay. He [the Raven] says they’re not like …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … the Ravens. The Raven says they
[the Ravens] congregate together.
Father Raven to Alice: They are not like that Hawk at all.
Mother Raven: No, not at all.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Not like a Raven.
Solitary bird. Did you hear that?
Father Raven to Alice: They’re not like that.
Mother Raven: No, not like that.
. . . . .
Hummingbird: They’re not like the Ravens at all!
Father Raven to Hummingbird: No, not like that [at all]!
. . . . .
Alice to Hummingbird: Is that Hummingbird?
Hummingbird to Alice [in a hushed tone]: Yes. It is.
Alice to Hummingbird: Hi, Hummingbird!
Raven [speaking for Hummingbird]: I don’t want to Talk to you.
Hummingbird to Alice: We Think that is true.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Hummingbird says, “We think that’s really true.”
Hummingbird’s very quiet today, I think, because …
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Please Go away.
Alice to Readers (continued): … it’s a colder day … in the 60s [Fahrenheit scale] and Hummingbird needs to keep warm.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: Go ahead and say what you are feeling.
Hummingbird to Alice: Oh, Please stop talking.
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: That’s it!
Alice to Readers: My arm’s getting so tired. [I’ll] try something else.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And the road is all full of water.
You have to go …
[Mountain Lion is joking and making fun of me.]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … around. It’s a flat road. That’s why.
Very flat road. Oh, it’s all wet. Oh, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … no. My shoes will get all wet.
And then Ravens will say, “Not that wet. Not that much water.”
Mountain Lion: That will be what is really …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … really true about it.
Alice to Readers: It’s kind of true!
. . . . .
Male Raven to Alice: It’s not That [much water].
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Big mud puddle. Big one.
Father Raven [speaking to Alice, but playing up to Mountain Lion.
You can tell by the mocking tone of voice.]: Not That much water.
Mother Raven [seconding her husband]: No, not that much.
Mountain Lion: Right.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Yeah, it is always like that when it rains.
And it wasn’t that much …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … rain today.
Next week it may rain some more, they say. We’ll see.
Mountain Lion: Oh, God, no! Not that much rain.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens [Shows reflection of a mountain in the mud puddle[:
Looks like a mountain in the water.
Father Raven: No, It does not!
Mountain Lion: Yes, It does look like a mountain in the water.
But it’s not really a mountain.
Alice to Ravens: It’s not really a mountain.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [sounding like he’s reflecting on this]: It’s only a reflection.
Alice to Ravens: [It’s] a reflection of the mountain.
Re-flection. Looks like a mountain; …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … not a mountain.
I wonder if you guys can see the reflections, too.
Mountain Lion: What is all that …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … explaining about the d-mn mountains
all about? And by the way, I don’t want you to talk about those
Mountain Lions at all. Not to anybody at all!
Raven to Alice: Don’t talk about Mountain Lion!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I think that’s Raven.
He was saying there was COVID-stricken.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said: “Is that for a Hawk?” And he said, “D-mned right.”
Raven: That’s not right!
Mountain Lion to Alice: No, They are not upset with the Hawk.
Alice to Readers: They’re upset with the …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … Hawk. Being very careful.
I don’t blame them one bit. Not one jot.
. . . . .
Father Raven [jeering]: RA-vens DON’T like THAT!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Can you hear that? It’s a jeer.
Did you hear that?
Mountain Lion to Alice: No! I did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Raven says, COVID-stricken. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Birds: Did I say that right?
Songbird to Alice [muted]: Yes, You did.
Alice to Songbird: Thank you.
. . . . .
Alice: I said something right!
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [mulling this over]: “That COVID-stricken thing
is not for me.” That’s what she is saying.
. . . . .
Alice: Who is that?
Unknown voice: That’s the guy from the farm.
Mountain Lion to Alice: That will be the Ranger. That will …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … be who that is.
Alice to Readers: This is scary. Mountain Lion says,
“No, I don’t think you said that all that right.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said, “Who is this?”
And the other being said, “Mountain Lion.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear it?
Mountain Lion [amused]: Well, I’ll be. She CAN hear us talking.
Alice to Mountain Lion: Mountain Lion, are you a long ways away?
Father Raven: STOP that.
Mother Raven: Yeah, STOP that.
. . . . .
Father Mountain Lion to Ravens: You guys, Don’t let on to her
that a Mountain Lion is walking towards you.
Mother Mountain Lion [simultaneously]: No, I am with my Firstborn Child.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Firstborn Child [simultaneously}: Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. [SPOOKOUT!]
Alice to Readers: Can you hear it? That was a female Mountain Lion.
It said, “No, I am with my firstborn child. Can you hear what is going on?”
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Did you hear that? Did I say that right?
Raven to Alice [jeering]: No. You did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Mountain Lion:
Congratulations on your firstborn child.
Father Mountain Lion: That Woman has got to COVID-stricken get a life.
. . . . .
Alice to Father Mountain Lion [misunderstanding]: Whose wife?
Hummingbird to Alice: YOUR life!
. . . . .
Unknown voice to Alice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote.
Alice to unknown voice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote?
Oh, that makes sense because it sounded really different.
. . . . .
Unknown voice: Know that I lied to you.
Alice to Readers: Sounded more like a Coyote.
Not rough and gruff and mean and …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … tough like a Mountain Lion.
More like a Coyote.
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening.
At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
Alice to all the beings: I’m tired, guys.
It’s tiring talking to so many people.
Father Raven to Alice: Don’t talk like that. Mountain Lion …
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening. At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
. . . . .
Father Raven (continuing): … is right there.
Alice to Readers: Ouu, that’s a very strong, protective Raven over there.
Father Raven to Alice: Do NOT say that!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: What did I hear …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continued): … you say?!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: DO NOT say …
Mother Raven: STOP! STOP!
Alice to Father Raven: Anything bad over there?
[FAMOUS LAST WORDS!]
. . . . .
Hummingbird to Alice [emphatically]: PSSST!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continuing) … anything nice to her.
Alice to Father Raven: Raven?
. . . . .
[I don’t understand why it sounds like there is a Big Wind right now.
There is no Wind. What is it that is talking? Can you hear the words?
Is this the combined, totally fearsome voices of the Mountain Lion Tribe?
Oh gosh, yes! That’s it!]
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Everything okay? Safe?
Father Raven to Alice: IS NOT SAFE!
Hummingbird to Alice: PSSST!
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Because of what?
Why is it not safe anywhere?
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
. . . . .
[CAN YOU HEAR THEM?!]
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay. He said, “Because the Hawk
is eating everybody’s eyes out.”
Alice to Ravens: I’m explaining for …
. . . . .
Alice to Raven (continued): …. the human beings so they can learn
to talk to you a little bit. Some will and some will not, …
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
continues: GO a-G-d–d-mned-way and DON’T come back!]
[Non-Speciesism has just hit a snag!]
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … okay? I can’t say who.
Some people will.
Some people have that gift. [inaudible].
Mother Raven: DON’T TALK!
Alice to Mother Raven: Huh?
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion
Tribe abates: With that I will walk away. Mountain Lion Will Walk Away.]
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Raven (continued): “Don’t talk?”
Did you say, “Don’t talk?”
Hummingbird to Alice [exasperated]: Yesss!
Alice to Birds: Everybody says don’t talk? Okay, I won’t talk.
[The voices of the Mountain Lions always
seem to begin speaking at about this point in
the dirt road that parallels Cornell Road.
This is disconcerting because I am right near
the entry road to Paramount Ranch.]
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
Young Raven [upset, imitating Alice]: I won’t talk Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay, that was a Young Raven.
It said, “I can’t talk to you Humans anymore.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I don’t know if you can hear me when I whisper.
Raven [quietly]: Can’t hear when whisper.
Young Raven [jeering]: I got that!
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Ravens can’t really talk to Human
Beings, huh? You know what? You get …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … to choose. You don’t have to talk,
if you don’t want to talk. You have Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … just like all the beings on Earth.
You can talk or not talk. It’s completely up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … Yeah, it’s up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear that? Mountain Lion says,
“Damn straight. You BET it is up to us.”
Mountain Lion: It IS.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I take it seriously. Yeah. Without Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … who am I? Nothing at all.
I might as well be COVID-stricken if I don’t have Free Will. Yep.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens and Hummingbird: And you guys, you
deserve to have Free Will, too. Everybody! |
Everybody on Earth should have Free Will. Yeah!
Mountain Lion: Well I’ll, Great God …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … and sacramental d-mn right be!
Alice to all the beings: Yeah. D-mn right! You heard it right. D-mn Right!
That’s what the Ravens sometimes say.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Because there are
Human Beings around these parts who sometimes speak like that.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Not the ladies,
of course, such as me, but the gentlemen.
Raven: Right, right, right, right!
Alice: Right!
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings: It’s acceptable talk for a gentleman, whether he be a Human Being or a Father Raven.
Raven: That is not all that right!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: You know, at the very beginning of this video just now, if you turn the audio way up high, you might hear what I heard on that day. It seemed to me that the Ravens were calling some being at Paramount Ranch. They were calling it Mike Dunn.
Now, I know there are a lot of people in the United States named Mike Dunn, and there may be some quite locally named Mike Dunn, and I would like them to know that this is none of my idea. Okay. Somehow those Ravens are using those words to infer that that’s the name of the Red-Tailed Hawk that’s circling in the sky.
So if your name is Mike Dunn, I’d like you to know that’s not my idea. It’s Raven’s idea. Okay? And in addition, you may know that a lot of times people drop in on Ravens and other Birds and change their voices and change their ideas around. Sorcerers drop in.
So not only is it none of mine, but it may not be anything to do with the Ravens. It might have to do with some Sorcerer that’s [around and] about this way.
So to all the people named Mike Dunn in the United States, I’m so very sorry. I really apologize for this clip. And I’ll play it one more time so that you have had time to turn your audio to the very highest [volume] and try to decide for yourself why the Ravens call the Red-Tailed Hawk Mike Dunn.
[I’ll play the Paramount Ranch video clip one more time …]
. . . . .
[Turn Audio up high so you can hear the Ravens
and the Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe.]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [Fearsome Wind]: “Mike Dunn will fly” is what
the Mountain Lion says.
Alice to Readers: I just heard a mammal say, “Mike Dunn will fly!”
and then I heard a Hawk cry, “Keee! Keee! Keee!”
Mountain Lion: Oh, Jesus Chr-st! That Woman does not know
that a Mountain Lion is talking to her!
[Could it be that the Mountain Lion thinks this is
the name of the Hawk? Could it be that is the name of
a Sorcerer who flies on the wings of a Hawk,
as in the Native American legends?]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That Woman is not all …
Hawk to Mountain Lion: She can’t HEAR you.
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That will be Quite clear! Mike will let this …
Alice to Readers: I hope I got it [the call of the Hawk] right this time. Prior to that, I was discussing …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk (continued): … COVID-stricken …
Mike says, “Let that go.” Okay.
Alice to Readers (continued): …with the Birds about Alpha Predators
and how it’s possible that that Hawk got upset.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: A Hawk is an Alpha Predator …
Mountain Lion: “Yeah, right, it IS an Alpha Predator.”
Alice to Readers (continued): … of the sky and it could have been influenced by those six …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … X-flares [in the first six days
of February 2026] to that kind of unusual behavior, …
Mountain Lion: Could it be that’s …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): …you know. And in general,
my advice for Alpha Predators, both the wildlife and the people, …
Mountain Lion (continued): … true?
Hawk to Mountain Lion: D-mn right! It Might be true.
Mountain Lion: Might be …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … might be true?
Alice to Readers (continued): …is that they in particular
have to be very careful …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion: Could it really be that is true? I
will speak to the other animals.
Alice to Readers (continued): … during the X-flares because
they’re so capable of … inflicting a great deal of damage, you know,
to … other people and to other animals … much more …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … so than most people.
And so my advice to the Hawk was to be very careful not to do that.
Because if …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … people get very upset,
why then they’re likely to do something about it.
Mountain Lion: This will be true.
Alice to Readers (continued): … And if other Hawks see you …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … doing really weird things,
I’m afraid they might come up with something.
Father Raven to Alice: They will not!
Alice to Father Raven: You don’t think so? They …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … let the Hawk go. I don’t know.
Father Raven: Mike Dunn went a-way!
Alice to Readers: What I found with the Law of Karma
is that if something really weird …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … and out of the ordinary
like that happens, something else happens to make it even out, …
Father Raven: Mike Dunn will fly off!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … you know? But the Birds
don’t agree with me. They think the Red-tailed Hawk is so huge that …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … nothing could interfere with it.
Alice to Birds: How about other Red-tailed Hawks?
[Could they interfere with it?]
Nanday: Yep, they could!
Father Raven: No! They could not kill bad Hawk.
. . . . .
Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that.
Alice to Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that?
Alice to Readers: Okay. He [the Raven] says they’re not like …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … the Ravens. The Raven says they
[the Ravens] congregate together.
Father Raven to Alice: They are not like that Hawk at all.
Mother Raven: No, not at all.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Not like a Raven.
Solitary bird. Did you hear that?
Father Raven to Alice: They’re not like that.
Mother Raven: No, not like that.
. . . . .
Hummingbird: They’re not like the Ravens at all!
Father Raven to Hummingbird: No, not like that [at all]!
. . . . .
Alice to Hummingbird: Is that Hummingbird?
Hummingbird to Alice [in a hushed tone]: Yes. It is.
Alice to Hummingbird: Hi, Hummingbird!
Raven [speaking for Hummingbird]: I don’t want to Talk to you.
Hummingbird to Alice: We Think that is true.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Hummingbird says, “We think that’s really true.”
Hummingbird’s very quiet today, I think, because …
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Please Go away.
Alice to Readers (continued): … it’s a colder day … in the 60s [Fahrenheit scale] and Hummingbird needs to keep warm.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: Go ahead and say what you are feeling.
Hummingbird to Alice: Oh, Please stop talking.
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: That’s it!
Alice to Readers: My arm’s getting so tired. [I’ll] try something else.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And the road is all full of water.
You have to go …
[Mountain Lion is joking and making fun of me.]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … around. It’s a flat road. That’s why.
Very flat road. Oh, it’s all wet. Oh, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … no. My shoes will get all wet.
And then Ravens will say, “Not that wet. Not that much water.”
Mountain Lion: That will be what is really …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … really true about it.
Alice to Readers: It’s kind of true!
. . . . .
Male Raven to Alice: It’s not That [much water].
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Big mud puddle. Big one.
Father Raven [speaking to Alice, but playing up to Mountain Lion.
You can tell by the mocking tone of voice.]: Not That much water.
Mother Raven [seconding her husband]: No, not that much.
Mountain Lion: Right.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Yeah, it is always like that when it rains.
And it wasn’t that much …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … rain today.
Next week it may rain some more, they say. We’ll see.
Mountain Lion: Oh, God, no! Not that much rain.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens [Shows reflection of a mountain in the mud puddle[:
Looks like a mountain in the water.
Father Raven: No, It does not!
Mountain Lion: Yes, It does look like a mountain in the water.
But it’s not really a mountain.
Alice to Ravens: It’s not really a mountain.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [sounding like he’s reflecting on this]: It’s only a reflection.
Alice to Ravens: [It’s] a reflection of the mountain.
Re-flection. Looks like a mountain; …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … not a mountain.
I wonder if you guys can see the reflections, too.
Mountain Lion: What is all that …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … explaining about the d-mn mountains
all about? And by the way, I don’t want you to talk about those
Mountain Lions at all. Not to anybody at all!
Raven to Alice: Don’t talk about Mountain Lion!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I think that’s Raven.
He was saying there was COVID-stricken.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said: “Is that for a Hawk?” And he said, “D-mned right.”
Raven: That’s not right!
Mountain Lion to Alice: No, They are not upset with the Hawk.
Alice to Readers: They’re upset with the …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … Hawk. Being very careful.
I don’t blame them one bit. Not one jot.
. . . . .
Father Raven [jeering]: RA-vens DON’T like THAT!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Can you hear that? It’s a jeer.
Did you hear that?
Mountain Lion to Alice: No! I did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Raven says, COVID-stricken. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Birds: Did I say that right?
Songbird to Alice [muted]: Yes, You did.
Alice to Songbird: Thank you.
. . . . .
Alice: I said something right!
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [mulling this over]: “That COVID-stricken thing
is not for me.” That’s what she is saying.
. . . . .
Alice: Who is that?
Unknown voice: That’s the guy from the farm.
Mountain Lion to Alice: That will be the Ranger. That will …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … be who that is.
Alice to Readers: This is scary. Mountain Lion says,
“No, I don’t think you said that all that right.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said, “Who is this?”
And the other being said, “Mountain Lion.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear it?
Mountain Lion [amused]: Well, I’ll be. She CAN hear us talking.
Alice to Mountain Lion: Mountain Lion, are you a long ways away?
Father Raven: STOP that.
Mother Raven: Yeah, STOP that.
. . . . .
Father Mountain Lion to Ravens: You guys, Don’t let on to her
that a Mountain Lion is walking towards you.
Mother Mountain Lion [simultaneously]: No, I am with my Firstborn Child.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Firstborn Child [simultaneously}: Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. [SPOOKOUT!]
Alice to Readers: Can you hear it? That was a female Mountain Lion.
It said, “No, I am with my firstborn child. Can you hear what is going on?”
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Did you hear that? Did I say that right?
Raven to Alice [jeering]: No. You did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Mountain Lion:
Congratulations on your firstborn child.
Father Mountain Lion: That Woman has got to COVID-stricken get a life.
. . . . .
Alice to Father Mountain Lion [misunderstanding]: Whose wife?
[Alice! It’s ‘life’ … not ‘wife’!]
Hummingbird to Alice: YOUR life!
. . . . .
Unknown voice to Alice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote.
Alice to unknown voice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote?
Oh, that makes sense because it sounded really different.
. . . . .
Unknown voice: Know that I lied to you.
Alice to Readers: Sounded more like a Coyote.
Not rough and gruff and mean and …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … tough like a Mountain Lion.
More like a Coyote.
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening.
At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
Alice to all the beings: I’m tired, guys.
It’s tiring talking to so many people.
Father Raven to Alice: Don’t talk like that. Mountain Lion …
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening. At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
. . . . .
Father Raven (continuing): … is right there.
Alice to Readers: Ouu, that’s a very strong, protective Raven over there.
Father Raven to Alice: Do NOT say that!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: What did I hear …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continued): … you say?!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: DO NOT say …
Mother Raven: STOP! STOP!
Alice to Father Raven: Anything bad over there?
[FAMOUS LAST WORDS!]
. . . . .
Hummingbird to Alice [emphatically]: PSSST!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continuing) … anything nice to her.
Alice to Father Raven: Raven?
. . . . .
[I don’t understand why it sounds like there is a Big Wind right now.
There is no Wind. What is it that is talking? Can you hear the words?
Is this the combined, totally fearsome voices of the Mountain Lion Tribe?
Oh gosh, yes! That’s it!]
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Everything okay? Safe?
Father Raven to Alice: IS NOT SAFE!
Hummingbird to Alice: PSSST!
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Because of what?
Why is it not safe anywhere?
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
. . . . .
[CAN YOU HEAR THEM?!]
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
Alice to Readers: Okay. He said, “Because the Hawk
is eating everybody’s eyes out.”
Alice to Ravens: I’m explaining for …
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
continues: GO a-G-d–d-mned-way and DON’T come back!]
[Non-Speciesism has just hit a snag!]
Alice to Raven (continued): …. the human beings so they can learn
to talk to you a little bit. Some will and some will not, …
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion
Tribe abates: With that I will walk away. Mountain Lion Will Walk Away.]
Alice to Ravens (continued): … okay? I can’t say who.
Some people will.
Some people have that gift. [inaudible].
Mother Raven: DON’T TALK!
Alice to Mother Raven: Huh?
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Raven (continued): “Don’t talk?”
Did you say, “Don’t talk?”
Hummingbird to Alice [exasperated]: Yesss!
Alice to Birds: Everybody says don’t talk? Okay, I won’t talk.
[The voices of the Mountain Lions always
seem to begin speaking at about this point in
the dirt road that parallels Cornell Road.
This is disconcerting because I am right near
the entry road to Paramount Ranch.]
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
Young Raven [upset, imitating Alice]: I won’t talk Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay, that was a Young Raven.
It said, “I can’t talk to you Humans anymore.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I don’t know if you can hear me when I whisper.
Raven [quietly]: Can’t hear when whisper.
Young Raven [jeering]: I got that!
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Ravens can’t really talk to Human
Beings, huh? You know what? You get …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … to choose. You don’t have to talk,
if you don’t want to talk. You have Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … just like all the beings on Earth.
You can talk or not talk. It’s completely up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … Yeah, it’s up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear that? Mountain Lion says,
“D-mn straight. You BET it is up to us.”
Mountain Lion: It IS.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I take it seriously. Yeah. Without Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … who am I? Nothing at all.
I might as well be COVID-stricken if I don’t have Free Will. Yep.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens and Hummingbird: And you guys, you
deserve to have Free Will, too. Everybody!
Everybody on Earth should have Free Will. Yeah!
Mountain Lion: Well I’ll, Great God …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … and sacramental d-mn right be!
Alice to all the beings: Yeah. D-mn right! You heard it right. D-mn Right!
That’s what the Ravens sometimes say.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Because there are
Human Beings around these parts who sometimes speak like that.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Not the ladies,
of course, such as me, but the gentlemen.
Raven: Right, right, right, right!
Alice: Right!
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings: It’s acceptable talk for a gentleman,
whether he be a Human Being or a Father Raven.
Raven: That is not all that right!
. . . . .
in love, Light and joy, this is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Nature scenes outdoors are documentaries. Animal talk on the videos is really true; it is not dubbed or AI.
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” –Benjamin Franklin, 1722
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
COMMENTS
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
This video starts off with advice to apex predators, both human and nonhuman, about how to survive during geostorms, especially those caused by X-flares. There are also examples of Mountain Lions speaking on the Wind. I call this the ‘Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe’. Then at the end I express that I, amongst all the beings on Earth, have my own Free Will, and a right to Freedom of Speech … the more so because I am a first-born human woman!
I am for non-speciesism here on Earth, as may be seen in my blog category: Human species and interspecies and extraterrestrial communication – Universal kinship – All-sentience – Moral inclusivity – Non-speciesism … I have to admit, my non-speciesist stance hits a snag in this video.
“X-Flare Advice to Apex Predators ~ and ~ Showdown with Mountain Lions and Ravens”
By Alice B. Clagett
[Turn Audio up high so you can hear the Ravens and the Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe.]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [Fearsome Wind]: “Mike Dunn will fly” is what the Mountain Lion says.
Alice to Readers: I just heard a mammal say, “Mike Dunn will fly!”
and then I heard a Hawk cry, “Keee! Keee! Keee!”
Mountain Lion: Oh, Jesus Chr-st! That Woman does not know that a Mountain Lion is talking to her!
[Could it be that the Mountain Lion thinks this is the name of the Hawk? Could it be that is the name of a Sorcerer who flies on the wings of a Hawk, as in the Native American legends?]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That Woman is not all …
Hawk to Mountain Lion: She can’t HEAR you.
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That will be Quite clear! Mike will let this …
Alice to Readers: I hope I got it [the call of the Hawk] right this time. Prior to that, I was discussing …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk (continued): … COVID-stricken … Mike says, “Let that go.” Okay.
Alice to Readers (continued): …with the Birds about Alpha Predators and how it’s possible that that Hawk got upset.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: A Hawk is an Alpha Predator …
Mountain Lion: “Yeah, right, it IS an Alpha Predator.”
Alice to Readers (continued): … of the sky and it could have been influenced by those six …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … X-flares [in the first six days of February 2026] to that kind of unusual behavior, …
Mountain Lion: Could it be that’s …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): …you know. And in general, |my advice for Alpha Predators, both the wildlife and the people, …
Mountain Lion (continued): … true?
Hawk to Mountain Lion: D-mn right! It Might be true.
Mountain Lion: Might be …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … might be true?
Alice to Readers (continued): …is that they in particular have to be very careful …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion: Could it really be that is true? I will speak to the other animals.
Alice to Readers (continued): … during the X-flares because they’re so capable of … inflicting a great deal of damage, you know, to … other people and to other animals … much more …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … so than most people. And so my advice to the Hawk was to be very careful not to do that. Because if …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … people get very upset, why then they’re likely to do something about it.
Mountain Lion: This will be true.
Alice to Readers (continued): … And if other Hawks see you …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … doing really weird things, I’m afraid they might come up with something.
Father Raven to Alice: They will not!
Alice to Father Raven: You don’t think so? They …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … let the Hawk go. I don’t know.
Father Raven: Mike Dunn went a-way!
Alice to Readers: What I found with the Law of Karma is that if something really weird …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … and out of the ordinary like that happens, something else happens to make it even out, …
Father Raven: Mike Dunn will fly off!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … you know? But the Birds don’t agree with me. They think the Red-tailed Hawk is so huge that …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … nothing could interfere with it.
Alice to Birds: How about other Red-tailed Hawks? [Could they interfere with it?]
Nanday: Yep, they could!
Father Raven: No! They could not kill bad Hawk.
. . . . .
Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that.
Alice to Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that?
Alice to Readers: Okay. He [the Raven] says they’re not like …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … the Ravens. The Raven says they [the Ravens] congregate together.
Father Raven to Alice: They are not like that Hawk at all.
Mother Raven: No, not at all.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Not like a Raven.
Solitary bird. Did you hear that?
Father Raven to Alice: They’re not like that.
Mother Raven: No, not like that.
. . . . .
Hummingbird: They’re Not like the Ravens at all!
Father Raven to Hummingbird: No, not like that [at all]!
. . . . .
Alice to Hummingbird: Is that Hummingbird?
Hummingbird to Alice [in a hushed tone]: Yes. It is.
Alice to Hummingbird: Hi, Hummingbird!
Raven [speaking for Hummingbird]: I don’t want to Talk to you.
Hummingbird to Alice: We Think that is true.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Hummingbird says, “We think that’s really true.” Hummingbird’s very quiet today, I think, because …
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Please Go away.
Alice to Readers (continued): … it’s a colder day … in the 60s [Fahrenheit scale] and Hummingbird needs to keep warm.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: Go ahead and say what you are feeling.
Hummingbird to Alice: Oh, Please stop talking.
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: That’s it!
Alice to Readers: My arm’s getting so tired. [I’ll] try something else.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And the road is all full of water. You have to go …
[Mountain Lion is joking and making fun of me.]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … around. It’s a flat road. That’s why. Very flat road. Oh, it’s all wet. Oh, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … no. My shoes will get all wet. And then Ravens will say, “Not that wet. Not that much water.”
Mountain Lion: That will be what is really …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … really True about it.
. . . . .
Male Raven to Alice: It’s not That [much water].
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Big mud puddle. Big one.
Father Raven [speaking to Alice, but playing up to Mountain Lion. You can tell by the mocking tone of voice.]: Not That much water.
Mother Raven [seconding her husband]: No, not that much.
Mountain Lion: Right.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Yeah, it is always like that when it rains. And it wasn’t that much …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … rain today. Next week it may rain some more, they say. We’ll see.
Mountain Lion: Oh, God, no! Not that much rain.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens [Shows reflection of a mountain in the mud puddle[: Looks like a mountain in the water.
Father Raven: No, It does not!
Mountain Lion: Yes, It does look like a mountain in the water. But it’s not really a mountain.
Alice to Ravens: It’s not really a mountain.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [sounding like he’s reflecting on this]: It’s only a reflection.
Alice to Ravens: [It’s] a reflection of the mountain. Re-flection. Looks like a mountain; …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … not a mountain. I wonder if you guys can see the reflections, too.
Mountain Lion: What is all that …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … explaining about the d-mn mountains all about? And by the way, I don’t want you to talk about those Mountain Lions at all. Not to anybody at all!
Raven to Alice: Don’t talk about Mountain Lion!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I think that’s Raven. He was saying there was COVID-stricken.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said: “Is that for a Hawk?” And he said, “D-mned right.”
Raven: That’s not right!
Mountain Lion to Alice: No, They are not upset with the Hawk.
Alice to Readers: They’re upset with the …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … Hawk. Being very careful. I don’t blame them one bit. Not one jot.
. . . . .
Father Raven [jeering]: RA-vens DON’T like THAT!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Can you hear that? It’s a jeer. Did you hear that?
Mountain Lion to Alice: No! I did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Raven says, COVID-stricken. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Birds: Did I say that right?
Songbird to Alice [muted]: Yes, You did.
Alice to Songbird: Thank you.
. . . . .
Alice: I said something right!
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [mulling this over]: “That COVID-stricken thing is not for me.” That’s what she is saying.
. . . . .
Alice: Who is that?
Unknown voice: That’s the guy from the farm.
Mountain Lion to Alice: That will be the Ranger. That will …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … be who that is.
Alice to Readers: This is scary. Mountain Lion says, “No, I don’t think you said that all that right.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said, “Who is this?” And the other being said, “Mountain Lion.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear it?
Mountain Lion [amused]: Well, I’ll be. She CAN hear us talking.
Alice to Mountain Lion: Mountain Lion, are you a long ways away?
Father Raven: STOP that.
Mother Raven: Yeah, STOP that.
. . . . .
Father Mountain Lion to Ravens: You guys, Don’t let on to her that a Mountain Lion is walking towards you.
Mother Mountain Lion [simultaneously]: No, I am with my Firstborn Child. Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Firstborn Child [simultaneously}: Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. [SPOOKOUT!]
Alice to Readers: Can you hear it? That was a female Mountain Lion. It said, “No, I am with my firstborn child. Can you hear what is going on?”
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Did you hear that? Did I say that right?
Raven to Alice [jeering]: No. You did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Mountain Lion: Congratulations on your firstborn child.
Father Mountain Lion: That Woman has got to COVID-stricken get a life.
. . . . .
Alice to Father Mountain Lion [misunderstanding]: Whose wife?
Hummingbird to Alice: YOUR life!
. . . . .
Unknown voice to Alice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote.
Alice to unknown voice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote? Oh, that makes sense because it sounded really different.
. . . . .
Unknown voice: Know that I lied to you.
Alice to Readers: Sounded more like a Coyote. Not rough and gruff and mean and …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … tough like a Mountain Lion. More like a Coyote.
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where I was just walking along and nothing much was happening.
At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
Alice to all the beings: I’m tired, guys. It’s tiring talking to so many people.
Father Raven to Alice: Don’t talk like that. Mountain Lion …
. . . . .
Father Raven (continuing): … is right there.
Alice to Readers: Ouu, that’s a very strong, protective Raven over there.
Father Raven to Alice: Do NOT say that!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: What did I hear …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continued): … you say?!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: DO NOT say …
Mother Raven: STOP! STOP!
Alice to Father Raven: Anything bad over there?
[FAMOUS LAST WORDS!]
Hummingbird to Alice [emphatically]: PSSST!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continuing) … anything nice to her.
Alice to Father Raven: Raven?
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[I don’t understand why it sounds like there is a Big Wind right now. There is no Wind. What is it that is talking? Can you hear the words? Is this the combined, totally fearsome voices of the Mountain Lion Tribe? Oh gosh, yes! That’s it!]
Alice to Father Raven: Everything okay? Safe?
Father Raven to Alice: IS NOT SAFE!
Hummingbird to Alice: PSSST!
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Alice to Father Raven: Because of what? Why is it not safe anywhere?
[The Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe is chanting, over and over again:
“We Are the Mountain Lions.
We Are the Mountain Lions.
We Are the Mountain Lions.”]
[CAN YOU HEAR THEM?!]
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe shouts: God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!]
[The Nerve of this guy!]
Alice to Readers: Okay. He said, “Because the Hawk is eating everybody’s eyes out.”
Alice to Ravens: I’m explaining for …
. . . . .
Alice to Raven (continued): …. the human beings so they can learn to talk to you a little bit. Some will and some will not, …
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe continues: GO a-G-d–d-mned-way and DON’T come back!]
[Non-Speciesism has just hit a snag!]
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … okay? I can’t say who.
Some people will.
Some people have that gift. [inaudible].
Mother Raven: DON’T TALK!
Alice to Mother Raven: Huh?
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe abates: With that I will walk away. Mountain Lion Will Walk Away.]
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Alice to Mother Raven (continued): “Don’t talk?” Did you say, “Don’t talk?”
Hummingbird to Alice [exasperated]: Yesss!
Alice to Birds: Everybody says don’t talk? Okay, I won’t talk.
[The voices of the Mountain Lions always seem to begin speaking at about this point in the dirt road that parallels Cornell Road. This is disconcerting because I am right near the entry road to Paramount Ranch.]
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Hummingbird: Baaad!
Young Raven [upset, imitating Alice]: I won’t talk Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
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Alice to Readers: Okay, that was a Young Raven. It said, “I can’t talk to you Humans anymore.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I don’t know if you can hear me when I whisper.
Raven [quietly]: Can’t hear when whisper.
Young Raven [jeering]: I got that!
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Ravens can’t really talk to Human
Beings, huh? You know what? You get …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … to choose. You don’t have to talk, if you don’t want to talk. You have Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … just like all the beings on Earth. You can talk or not talk. It’s completely up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … Yeah, it’s up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear that? Mountain Lion says, “Damn straight. You BET it is up to us.”
Mountain Lion: It IS.
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Alice to Readers: I take it seriously. Yeah. Without Free Will, …
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Alice to Readers (continued): … who am I? Nothing at all. I might as well be
COVID-stricken if I don’t have Free Will. Yep.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens and Hummingbird: And you guys, you deserve to have Free Will, too. Everybody! Everybody on Earth should have Free Will. Yeah!
Mountain Lion: Well I’ll, Great God …
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Mountain Lion (continuing): … and sacramental d-mn right be!
Alice to all the beings: Yeah. D-mn right! You heard it right. D-mn Right! That’s what the Ravens sometimes say.
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Alice to all the beings (continued): Because there are Human Beings around these part who sometimes speak like that.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Not the ladies, of course, such as me, but the gentlemen.
Raven: Right, right, right, right!
Alice: Right!
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings: It’s acceptable talk for a gentleman, whether he be a Human Being or a Father Raven.
Raven: That is not all that right!
COMMENTS
Those Ravens have a lot of nerve, telling a First-Born Woman not to talk!
After my showdown with the Ravens, I heard Mountain Lion say: Maybe we [she and I] do have something in common after all!
VIDEO CREDITS
“X-Flare Advice to Apex Predators ~ and ~ Showdown with Mountain Lions and Ravens”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 11 February 2026 and produced on 15 June 2026
Location: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Image: Summer Solstice 2026 – Psalm 91 (KJV),” adapted from Image by G4889166 from Pixabay – Pixabay License
Image: Summer Solstice 2026 – Psalm 91 (KJV),” adapted from Image by G4889166 from Pixabay – Pixabay License
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
END NOTES
VIDEO CREDITS
IMAGE CREDITS
POSTLUDE – Psalm 91 – An Image Poem
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is a short talk about spiritual preparation for Summer Solstice 2026, which will occur on 21 June 2026. Then there is a recitation of Psalm 91 (KJV), which is a Christian prayer for Spiritual Protection.
“Summer Solstice 2026 and Psalm 91 (KJV)’
By Alice B. Clagett
Hello Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
As you may know, coming up the 21st of June is Summer Solstice 2026. And I think it’s happening really early in the morning that day. So, the fullest solstice energy this year will probably be the prior day, the 20th.
For a while now, I’ve been doing a special sadhana in the morning, a special spiritual practice, so that I’ll be ready for the special energy of Solstice, which is already appearing now.
As you may have noticed, I think that doing a special sadhana to prepare for high energy times like Summer Solstice helps protect us from the negative things that might happen in the lead-up to Solstice and on Solstice Day. And it helps us to to be ready to advance through the highest possible Light that’s available during this time so that we can smooth our Ascension process here on Earth.
Because of the clash of Light and Darkness and the arising energies that take place at this time, I was looking to prayers traditionally said that provide spiritual protection. It seems that one of these is Psalm 91. And I thought I’d read from the King James version like this …
Psalm 91 (KJV)
The Psalmist proclaims …
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
The Angel responds …
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
God speaks …
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Amen.
That is Psalm 91 from the King James version of the Bible (which is in the public domain).
END NOTES
WAIT! There are surprises at the end of the video!
“Summer Solstice 2026 and Psalm 91 (KJV)”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 10 June 2026 and produced on 12 June 2026
Location: Santa Monica Mountains, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
IMAGE CREDITS
Image: Male (left) and Female (right) Mountain LIons 1,” effected and closely cropped, from “Puma concolor,” by Julian Welbrock on Flicker … https://www.pinterest.com/pin/351912451721014/ … CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 ..
Image: “Simi Hills, California 1: Rattlesnake 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 April 2024,
CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Self-Portrait 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 10 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Archangel Michael,” adapted from Image by Nicholas Panek from Pixabay – Pixabay License
Image: “Mountain Refuge 4, Santa Monica Mountains, California: Incoming Light – Light Downloads – Light Upgrades – Devas of the Skies of Earth – Devas of the Sky” [adapted], symbolic image by Alice B. Clagett, 20 November 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Nicholas Flat Abstracts A: Singles Collection 1,” by Alice B. Clagett,
13 June 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
POSTLUDE Psalm 91 – An Image Poem
The Lion
Image: Male (left) and Female (right) Mountain LIons 1,” effected and cropped, from “Puma concolor,” by Julian Welbrock on Flicker … https://www.pinterest.com/pin/351912451721014/ … CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 ..Image: Male (left) and Female (right) Mountain LIons 1,” effected and cropped, from “Puma concolor,” by Julian Welbrock on Flicker … https://www.pinterest.com/pin/351912451721014/ … CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 ..
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The Adder
Image: “Simi Hills, California 1: Rattlesnake 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 April 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Simi Hills, California 1: Rattlesnake 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 April 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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The Psalmist
Image: “Self-Portrait 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 10 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Self-Portrait 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 10 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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The Angel
Image: “Archangel Michael,” cropped and adapted from Image by Nicholas Panek from Pixabay – Pixabay License
Image: “Archangel Michael,” adapted from Image by Nicholas Panek from Pixabay – Pixabay License
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Shaddai – the Almighty
Image: “Mountain Refuge 4, Santa Monica Mountains, California: Incoming Light – Light Downloads – Light Upgrades – Devas of the Skies of Earth – Devas of the Sky” [adapted], symbolic image by Alice B. Clagett, 20 November 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Mountain Refuge 4, Santa Monica Mountains, California: Incoming Light – Light Downloads – Light Upgrades – Devas of the Skies of Earth – Devas of the Sky” [adapted], symbolic image by Alice B. Clagett, 20 November 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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Solstice – the Light of God
Image: “Nicholas Flat Abstracts A: Singles Collection 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 13 June 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Nicholas Flat Abstracts A: Singles Collection 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 13 June 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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CONCLUSION
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, Light, and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
— Alice B. Clagett
“Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea; quem timebo?”
The Lord is my Light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Filmed on 10 June 2026 and published on 12 June 2026
Image: “Nanday Talk,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 June 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Nanday Talk,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 June 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
MORE INFORMATION: WHY WAS SOCRATES CONDEMNED TO DEATH?
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
I got up the nerve to stop by Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains of California to see if the Mountain Lion danger had abated. Here is what I found out.
“Where Are Mountain Lions at Paramount Ranch Right Now?’
By Alice B. Clagett
Yes, I’ve been talking to everybody today. I talked to the Nandays. I talked to the Turkey Vulture. He didn’t have much to say. I talked to the Hawk. They both had beautiful flights, but not much to say. And I talked to a lot of Ravens.
The Ravens are sounding real rough and tough … like Superman mean guys … just as they are at my place right now. I asked them where the Mountain Lions are right now because I’m at Paramount Ranch, you know? And from way over there … I’ll show you … There’s Paramount Ranch.
And from way over there [slightly east of Southeast], the Ravens said: “They’re over here now.”
And I said: “Reagan Ranch?”
And they said, “Yes, Reagan Ranch.”
Then later … later they amended that. They said: “Around there” … ‘Around there’ might be Malibu Creek State Park too and it might be Gillette Ranch, but I don’t think so.
Then I asked them … since I’m on the road for Paramount Ranch … I asked them how far I could walk (right?) and they’ve been guiding me.
Priorly I couldn’t do this, but now they say I can walk all the way up to the entrance road here …. right there … but no farther. Then I have to come back. So, I’m going to walk that far up. Before, that was off limits. I asked them a time or two, not just once, and they agreed on this … to walk this far.
As you see, down this way where the truck is … right there … I asked them if I could walk that far. And [I asked] the Coyote Man way down here, an older Coyote, a grown Coyote guy … I said: “Why?” And it said: “Because they’re amassing down here. Who ever knew that a grown Coyote Man could know the word ‘amassing’. That’s a dangerous word, and a really advanced human word, in a way. Well, so now I know: Amassing.
So what I’m going to do is walk back and forth from the Ranger Station to the road for a time or two. That should be safe.
You can see over here by the creek … this [shows plant]. I think you’ll find that might be Hemlock. Hemlock’s extremely poisonous and Socrates was forced to commit suicide by drinking a cup of poison Hemlock because the local people didn’t agree with his theories about philosophy. Luckily, such is not true in modern day Los Angeles.
I went back towards the Ranger center. And, hesitantly, a House Finch from over in the riparian zone asked me very, very quietly … you would never hear it on tape … It asked me: “What does ‘amass’ mean?” ‘Amass’. And I explained that ‘amass’ means ‘gather together in a group’. Might be four or five; it might be two or three. ‘Amass’ … make a mass of beings.
Nanday says that’s right. ‘Amass’ means ‘get together’.
And so from the Ranger Station, … Alice to Nandays: “Nanday, Nanday!”
Alice to Readers: “Three Nandays.”
Alice to Nandays: “Beautiful big Nandays!”
Alice to Readers: “Tough Nandays. Really tough Nandays.”
Alice to Nandays: “What’s up?”
Alice to Readers: Huh! A voice from over [at] the Ranger Station wanted to know where they [the amassed Mountain Lions] were. So, I said it was over by the parked truck over there.
And then I had a hunch I should ask how old they were. And someone over that way, the Coyote Lady, that was it … the wife of Coyote Man the Apex Coyote, said: “Not too big, but they’ve amassed together.”
So I asked the person in the Ranger Station … on the telepathic plane, I asked: “How big do you think they are? Are they a year old, or like that?”
And that person, [who] sounded like a man, said: “Six months.”
I opined at that point that the weather conditions, the Super El Nino coming up this year, might make it possible for those small young Mountain Lions to survive. [On the telepathic plane, I felt he said the people at the Ranger Station thought so too.] So I guess we’ll see what happens.
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COMMENT: Later on that day I found out that the ‘amassing’ individuals might be Bobcat kittens … ‘Bobkittens’ … and not Mountain Lions at all.
VIDEO CREDITS
“Where Are the Mountain Lions at Paramount Ranch Right Now?”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 3 June 2026 and produced on 7 June 2026
Location: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, Light, and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
— Alice B. Clagett
“Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea; quem timebo?”
The Lord is my Light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Filmed on 3 June 2026 and published on youtube on 7 June 2026; published on WordPress and Youtube transcription edited on 8 June 2026
MORE INFORMATION: WHY WAS SOCRATES CONDEMNED TO DEATH?
Dear Readers: Why do you think Socrates was condemned to death? Do you figure, as do I, that his death was an act of scapegoating after Athenian politicians’ loss of face in a brutal, long lasting war?
I asked Google AI:Why was Socrates condemned to death?
Google AI said: Socrates was executed in 399 BCE because he was found guilty by an Athenian court of “impiety” (asebeia) and “corrupting the youth”…
While the official charges focused on religious and moral grounds, his execution was heavily motivated by underlying political factors:
Religious Impiety (asebeia): He was accused of failing to acknowledge the state’s recognized gods and introducing new, unauthorized spiritual practices…
Corrupting the Youth: His relentless questioning and philosophical method forced young aristocrats to critically examine—and often publicly mock—their elders and societal traditions…
Anti-Democratic Ties: Athens had recently emerged from a brutal civil war following the reign of the “Thirty Tyrants”—a short-lived oligarchy. Several of these tyrannical leaders were former students or close associates of Socrates. Many Athenians viewed his teachings as politically subversive and a threat to their newly restored democracy…
Aggravating the Court: During the trial, Socrates showed no contrition and famously refused to compromise. Instead of offering a standard plea for leniency or accepting exile, he proposed that he should be rewarded by the state for his services to philosophy, which ultimately provoked the jury to hand down the death penalty…
Google AI said: The three main students and close associates whose actions directly fueled the public rage against Socrates were Critias, Alcibiades, and Charmides …
While Socrates taught many loyal citizens—including the philosopher Plato—the Athenian public focused heavily on these wealthy aristocrats who turned against the democracy: …
Critias: He was Socrates’ most infamous student and the brutal, de facto leader of the Thirty Tyrants. During their brief eight-month reign of terror in 404 BCE, Critias ordered the execution of roughly 1,500 democratic citizens, confiscated massive amounts of private property, and exiled thousands more …
Alcibiades: A brilliant, charismatic, and wealthy young general who was widely considered Socrates’ favorite companion. During the Peloponnesian War, he defected from Athens to their bitter enemy, Sparta, providing them with military secrets that ultimately crippled the Athenian war effort. He later defected to Persia before briefly returning to Athens, leaving a legacy of profound political betrayal …
Charmides: Plato’s uncle and another devoted member of Socrates’ inner circle. He was appointed by the Thirty Tyrants to help govern the Piraeus (the harbor area of Athens) and actively participated in the regime’s violent suppression of democratic factions until he was killed fighting them …
The Public Perception
Because of the general political amnesty passed in 403 BCE after the democracy was restored, prosecutors could not legally execute Socrates for past political crimes. Instead, they used the vague charge of “corrupting the youth” as a proxy. To the average Athenian juror, Critias and Alcibiades were the ultimate proof that Socratic teachings produced treacherous, anti-democratic elitists …
If you want to investigate how contemporaries viewed this connection, you can read the historical accounts written by his other famous student, Xenophon, in the Memorabilia …
Would you like to know more about how Socrates interacted with the Thirty Tyrants while they were in power, or how Plato defended his teacher’s reputation after the execution?
I asked:And what has this to do with the Peleponnesian war?
Google AI said:The Peloponnesian War directly caused the political paranoia that cost Socrates his life.
The catastrophic 27-year war between Athens and Sparta ended in a humiliating Athenian defeat in 404 BCE—just five years before Socrates’ trial. The Athenian public blamed the disaster entirely on the treasonous actions of Socrates’ closest students, creating a climate of bitter resentment.
Alcibiades Destroyed the Athenian War Effort
Socrates’ favorite student, Alcibiades, fundamentally altered the course of the Peloponnesian War through ultimate betrayal.
The Sicilian Disaster: In 415 BCE, Alcibiades convinced Athens to launch a massive, expensive invasion of Sicily.
Defection to Sparta: Right before the campaign began, political enemies in Athens accused him of religious sacrilege. To avoid trial, Alcibiades defected to Sparta.
Treasonous Advice: He gave the Spartans critical military advice, telling them to fortify Decelea (cutting off Athens’ primary food supplies) and to send a general to help Sicily.
The Result: The Athenian army in Sicily was completely annihilated, losing thousands of men and ships. It was a crippling blow from which Athens never fully recovered.
Sparta Imposed the “Thirty Tyrants”
When Athens finally surrendered in 404 BCE, the victorious Spartans abolished the Athenian democracy.
The Puppet Regime: Sparta installed a brutal, 30-man oligarchy to rule the defeated city, known as the Thirty Tyrants.
Socratic Leadership: As noted, this bloodthirsty regime was led by Critias and Charmides—both prominent students of Socrates.
The Terror: The Tyrants stripped citizens of their rights and executed roughly 1,500 democrats to cement their power, leaving the city deeply traumatized.
Socratic Teachings Were Blamed for the Loss
To the devastated people of Athens, losing the Peloponnesian War was not just a military failure; it was a moral and divine punishment.
They believed that Socrates’ skepticism had undermined traditional civic duty, patriotism, and respect for the gods.
The fact that the man who crippled their military (Alcibiades) and the men who terrorized their citizens after the surrender (Critias and Charmides) were all educated by Socrates was seen as undeniable proof that Socratic philosophy was a danger to the state.
When the democracy was restored in 403 BCE, the citizens were desperate to prevent another coup or war. Because a legal amnesty prevented them from punishing people for war-time political treason, they targeted Socrates using the trial as a way to cleanse the city of the perceived “root cause” of their wartime ruin.
You can read more about the military history and social devastation of this conflict in Thucydides’ classic text, the History of the Peloponnesian War.
I asked Google AI: How was the 30-man oligarchy overthrown?
Google AI said: The 30-man oligarchy that ruled Athens (known as the Thirty Tyrants …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Tyrants…) was overthrown in 403 BCE through an armed rebellion led by the exiled Athenian general Thrasybulus …
The regime was toppled by a sequence of precise tactical and political moves:
Capturing the Port (Spring 403 BCE): The rebels successfully marched on and occupied the strategic port city of Piraeus …
The Decisive Battle: The oligarchs’ forces, led by their extremist leader Critias, attacked the democrats but were driven back. Critias was killed in the fighting, which threw the Thirty into total disarray …
Deposal by the Oligarchs: Following Critias’ death, the moderate hoplites within the remaining 3,000 oligarchic citizens deposed the surviving members of the Thirty and replaced them with a new 10-man ruling committee …
Spartan Withdrawal: The isolated oligarchs formally appealed to their Spartan benefactors for help. However, the Spartan King ultimately rejected intervening, effectively abandoning the ruling clique …
Peace and Reconciliation: After a subsequent skirmish, a peaceful settlement was negotiated that led to the complete restoration of Athenian democracy later that year, alongside an amnesty agreement to prevent further bloodshed.
Google AI asked:Would you like to explore how Socrates himself acted during the Peloponnesian War as an Athenian soldier, or how Plato reacted to the fall of the democracy?
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses.
I said:How did Socrates act during the war?
Google AI said: During the Peloponnesian War, Socrates acted as a highly courageous, resilient, and fiercely loyal Athenian combat soldier …
Far from being a detached intellectual who avoided danger, he served as a hoplite—a heavily armored infantryman fighting on the front lines in several major, brutal campaigns. According to records by Plato and Xenophon, his conduct on the battlefield earned him a reputation as a literal war hero …
Exceptional Physical Endurance …
Even into his 40s, Socrates astonished his fellow soldiers with his intense physical and psychological toughness: …
Immunity to Hardship: During the grueling, multi-year winter siege of the Battle of Potidaea, he marched barefoot over ice and wore only his standard light cloak while other soldiers wrapped themselves in heavy furs …
Unbothered by Scarcity: When army supply lines failed, he went days without food or water without complaining, seemingly impervious to hunger …
Deep Focus: Soldiers reported that he would occasionally stand perfectly still in one spot from dawn until the next morning, completely locked in deep, meditative philosophical thought while the war raged around him ..
Battlefield Heroism
Socrates fought in three major campaigns—Potidaea (432 BCE), Delium (424 BCE), and Amphipolis (422 BCE)—consistently demonstrating extraordinary bravery: …
Saving Alcibiades: At Potidaea, when his young and wealthy student Alcibiades was wounded in battle, Socrates stepped in, defended him against a crowd of enemies, and carried him to safety. Though nominated for the state’s highest award for valor, Socrates insisted that the prize be given to Alcibiades instead …
Calm Under Fire: At the Battle of Delium, the Athenian army suffered a catastrophic defeat and panicked. While others fled in terror, Socrates walked away with a steady, fearless stride, glare-shielding the retreating troops. General Laches later remarked that if every Athenian had behaved like Socrates, the battle would never have been lost.
…
Political Courage at Home
Socrates’ wartime duty extended to his civic responsibilities in the city, where he proved he would not back down to any regime: …
Defying the Democracy: In 406 BCE, he was randomly selected to serve in the Athenian assembly. When the public, gripped by wartime hysteria, demanded a mass, illegal execution of eight naval generals who failed to rescue drowning sailors, Socrates was the lone member to vote against it, refusing to violate the law for a mob …
Defying the Tyrants: When the Thirty Tyrants took over at the war’s end, they ordered Socrates and four others to arrest an innocent democratic citizen named Leon of Salamis to execute him. Socrates simply refused, ignored the order, and walked home, risking his life to avoid committing an unjust act …
The Irony of His Trial
During his trial in 399 BCE, Socrates explicitly cited his military record to the jury. He argued that just as he had loyally stood his ground on the battlefields of Potidaea, Delium, and Amphipolis under the orders of his generals, he could not now desert the philosophical post given to him by the gods …
If you are interested, I can detail how the primary sources (Plato vs. Xenophon) differ in how they depict his bravery, or explain the specific philosophical arguments Socrates used to justify obeying his military commanders.
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses
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NOTE: In “MORE INFORMATION,” Alice’s comments are in ochre font and Google AI responses are in light blue font.
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