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How to Pronounce the Word ‘Melee’ . by Alice B. Clagett

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  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS
  • CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

Here is a video about the word ‘melee’ … How to pronounce it, what it means, and someone of whom it reminds me.

There is a Summary beneath the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

youtube link: https://youtu.be/61J9ZRnsz7Y ..

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

“How to Pronounce the Word ‘Melee'”
By Alice B. Clagett

Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars. I have for you today the correct pronunciation of this word: m-e-l-e-e.

In some of my posts on my website “Awakening with Planet Earth” … https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com … you may have heard me pronounce this word ‘meh-LEE’ … or worse yet, MEE-LEE. I found out that the correct pronunciation is MAY-lay. MAY-lay. And what is the meaning of this word? It means a brawl, a hand-to-hand fight, or a confused struggle. Generally, it’s thought of as a struggle amongst three or four people, but could be more.

I’m put in mind of my grandfather, Royden Douglas or Douglass Clagett (1881-1937). That’s he on the left there.  And I, as a child, am on the right. You can see a family resemblance there.

How to Pronounce the Word 'Melee'

Image: “My grandfather, Roy D. Clagett, who passed on before I was born, and me at about 8 years of age,” compiled by Alice B. Clagett, 26 January 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “My grandfather, Roy D. Clagett, who passed on before I was born, and me at about 8 years of age,” compiled by Alice B. Clagett, 26 January 2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

My grandfather Royden Douglas Clagett was married to the love of his life, Alice Dolores (Delores) Clagett Clagett (1885-1972), after whom I am named.

Image: “Grandmother Alice Dolores Clagett Clagett [cropped, square 1],” photographer unknown, 1800s

Image: “Grandmother Alice Dolores Clagett Clagett [cropped, square 1],” photographer unknown, 1800s

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He must have been a dashing guy. I recall a family story that when the first Ben Hur movie came out, a black and white movie … “Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ,” released in December 2025 … he hired on as an extra. And I can imagine that the scene in which he appeared was a melee of sorts, but with many more people in it than the usual melee.

He must have been deeply beloved by my grandmother, Alice Clagett. She had seven sons by him and never married again after his early passing.

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days … through all the melees, and through all the happy days.

VIDEO CREDITS

“How to Pronounce the Word ‘Melee'”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed and produced on 16 August 2026
Location: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett

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My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth”

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CONCLUSION

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 produced on 16 August 2026

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100B Stars in Our Galaxy – and Still No Sign of Anyone Else? . by Alice B. Clagett

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100B Stars in Our Galaxy - and Still No Sign of Anyone Else?

Image: “Cosmic Dust,” adapted from Image by Tyli Jura from Pixabay – Pixabay License

Image: “Cosmic Dust,” adapted from Image by Tyli Jura from Pixabay – Pixabay License

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Dear Ones,

I was just watching the trailer for the 2019 movie “Clara” and I heard the astronomer say something that I paraphrased in the title of this post: “100B stars in our galaxy – and still no sign of anyone else?

Then someone on the astral airs said: Where should we look?

And I said: Here!

He said: They’re all the same on every planet?

And I said: It depends on the planetary conditions. They’re all here on Earth, but some are manifest, tailored to life on Earth as it is today. Others are here, but waiting till Earth conditions change so that they may manifest in physical form.

This premise is the basis of my website. But I am pleased to say it took the questions from the person on the telepathic plane just now to pry out of me what that premise is. My thanks to that gentleman!

Lately I’ve been sifting through “Cause of Cambrian Explosion – Terrestrial or Cosmic?” by Edward J. Steele et al. (see reference below). They say that the dust clouds of space contain extraterrestrial biological materials — organic molecules, parts of viruses, and bacteria throughout the Universe.

So by extension, if what Steele et al. say is true, then my premise is clearly worth considering. I myself am convinced of it.

Look at the vast variety of life on Earth! From which unknown planet did each group of plants and animals derive? Then, let us look for similar life on planets similar to our own.

Look at the vast variety of life on planets unlike our own. We could start, for instance, with the planets in our Solar System.

  • What groups of plants and animals here on Earth derive from these planets?
  • What groups of plants and animals on the other planets in our Solar System are simply waiting for a chance to create similar life on Earth, when Earth’s conditions become more like their own?
  • What will jappen to the groups of plants and animals on Earth when Earth becomes uninhabitable for them? Will they appear on other planets in our Solar System?

All this is but a microcosm of life in the Solar Systems of the Universe, is it not? So then by studying Earth plants and animals we can infer the likelihood of understandable lifeforms on other planets and in other Solar Systems. Can we not?

Suspending your disbelief, why not take another look at these two blog categories, with a view to understanding extraterrestrial life through examination of and communication with lifeforms on Earth?

Contents: Earth animals and microbes … https://wp.me/P2Rkym-n3t ..

Contents: Human species and interspecies and extraterrestrial communication – Universal kinship – All-sentience – Moral inclusivity – Non-speciesism … https://wp.me/P2Rkym-xL4 ..

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God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett

Written and published on 12 August 2026

MORE INFORMATION

Link: “Cause of Cambrian Explosion – Terrestrial or Cosmic?” by Edward J. Steele et al., in ScienceDirect, “Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology,” Volume 136, August 2018, pages 2-23 … https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610718300798?via%3Dihub … Creative Commons license … COMMENTS: The authors are an all star cast, including, among many others, D.T. Wickramasinghe, J.T. Wickramasinghe, and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe.

Link: “Seeding the Solar System with Life: Mars, Venus, Earth, Moon, Protoplanets,” by Rhawn G. Joseph, Olivier Planchon, Carl H. Gibson, and Rudolph Schild, in Open Astron. 2020; 29: 124-157 … https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344758933_Seeding_the_Solar_System_with_Life_Mars_Venus_Earth_Moon_Protoplanets …

 

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Coyotes Catch Mother Rabbit . by Alice B. Clagett

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Coyotes Catch Mother Rabbit

Image: “Oreo Shoes Cat 2” by Alice B. Clagett, 27 July 2026, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Oreo Shoes Cat 2” by Alice B. Clagett, 27 July 2026, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
  • VIDEO CREDITS
  • CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

The other day, just before dawn, the Coyotes caught the Mother Pack Rat, remember? Then the next day they caught a Cat. Then on 27 July 2026 they caught a Mother Rabbit. This video is about the moment when the Coyotes caught the Mother Rabbit.

Here is an image on the same theme … Image: “Agnus,” by Konstantin Korobov … https://konstantin-korobov.pixels.com/featured/agnus-konstantin-korobov.html ..

There is a Summary beneath the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

youtube link: https://youtu.be/iMqby67XsII ..

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

“Coyotes Catch Mother Rabbit”
By Alice B. Clagett

QUICK! Turn Audio Volume to High!

Mother Rabbit: I am a RABBIT!
Oh, God! Oh, God!
Why would you do this thing?

Coyote (exultantly): I CAUGHT a RABBIT!

Cricket expresses concern.

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Baby Rabbit: Oh, God, Mama!
WHAT is going on?

Mother Rabbit (very muffled sound):
I don’t know. I think they’re going to kill me.

Cricket expresses concern.

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Coyote Pup (excited, happy):
Yes, we are, Mama!
Mother Coyote (simultaneously):
Don’t tell him that!

Coyote Pup (laughing happily): Why not?

Cricket is getting upset.

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Mother Rabbit: Oh, Dear God! How
could you DO this to me?

Cricket says (over and over again):
Please don’t listen.

Alice to Readers: They caught a Rabbit today.

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Mother Coyote (sarcastically): Oh, Dear God!
They are KILLING that Baby’s Mother.
What will her children DO without their MOTHER?

Baby Rabbit (in a pitiful, high-pitched scream):
Dear, dear, dear! They KILLED HER!

Alice to Readers: There it was. There was that. It’s a Rabbit.

Mother Rabbit to Baby Rabbit:
RUN AWAY QUICKLY!

Baby Rabbit (in a high-pitched keen) to Mother Rabbit: All RIGHT!

Cricket: Oh, Dear God, They killed the Mother Rabbit. Oh, Dear God.

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Alice to Rabbit: Sorry, Rabbit.

One Coyote (cavalierly): What was THAT all about?
We didn’t kill anybody.
Don’t be so silly about all that.

Another Coyote (simultaneously, jeeringly
repeating Mother Rabbit’s last admonition:
“RUN away QUICKLY!” (3 times)

Cricket: Oh, Dear God! There’s nothing I can do about it.

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Cricket: The Cricket will just go back to bed.
That’s what the Cricket will do.
Back to bed right now.
There’s nothing to do about it.
They will do that all the time.
Those cruel animals will do that all the time.

Alice to Readers:
So the Coyotes just gulped down a Rabbit.

Yesterday at this time it was a Cat …
a neighborhood Cat … and the day before
it was the Mother Pack Rat.

Did you hear the Rabbits?
They shriek or scream in a high-pitched voice
when they’re terrified.

I guess that was that, then.
They ate the Rabbit.

It was way over there.
You can’t hear it very well.

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Another Rabbit: Oh, Dear God!

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Coyote Pups: What is it?

Alice to Oreo Shoes Cat: Did you hear that … that high-pitched scream?

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The Same Rabbit to Coyote Pups: That RABBIT was really upset!

Alice to Oreo Shoes Cat: That’s a Rabbit.
And it’s really scared.

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Oreo Shoes Cat is listening …

Coyote Pups (animatedly): Yes, I KNOW that!
We were KILLING the Rabbit’s Mother!

Alice to Readers: That’s Oreo Shoes [Cat] there …

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Alice to Readers: … She’s not getting eaten
because she’s a great House Cat.

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Alice to Oreo Shoes Cat: They’re just eating it. That’s all.

VIDEO CREDITS

“Coyotes Catch Mother Rabbit”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 27 July 2026 and produced on 28 July 2026
Location: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett

. . . . .

My website is “Awakening with Planet Earth”

Home

CONCLUSION

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 27 July 2026 and published on 28 July 2026; revised on 2 August 2026

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Christ Pantocrator – A Portrait That Reveals Two Qualities in One Person . by Alice B. Clagett

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Dear Ones,

Why are the two sides of the face of Christ Pantocrator in this image so different? …

Christ Pantocrator - A Portrait That Reveals Two Qualities in One Person

Image: “The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon,” unknown artist, 6th Century, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg ..

Image: “The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon,” unknown artist, 6th Century, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg ..

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Here is a composite image comprising two instances of the left side of the original image. The second instance is flipped and portrayed as the right side of this new image. This image represents Christ as the Bearer of Mercy and Grace …

Image: “Christ as the Bearer of Mercy and Grace,” adapted from left side of Image: “The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon,” unknown artist, 6th Century, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg … public domain

Image: “Christ as the Bearer of Mercy and Grace,” adapted from left side of Image: “The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon,” unknown artist, 6th Century, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg … public domain

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Here is a composite image comprising two instances of the right side of the original image. The second instance is flipped and portrayed as the left side of this new image. This image represents Christ as the Dreaded Judge of Unrepentant Sinners …

Image: “Christ as the Dreaded Judge of Unrepentant Sinners,” adapted from right side of Image: “The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon,” unknown artist, 6th Century, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg … public domain

Image: “Christ as the Dreaded Judge of Unrepentant Sinners,” adapted from right side of Image: “The Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai, a 6th-century encaustic icon,” unknown artist, 6th Century, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg … public domain

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The original image was quite cleverly conceived, was it not? It says two things at the same time:  Christ is the Bearer of Mercy and Grace; and Christ is the Dreaded Judge of Unrepentant Sinners.

Interestingly enough, the quality of having two sides of the face different might have been something the artist saw in real life. Facial asymmetry is present in one fourth to one third of Human Beings.

Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett

Written and published on 7 July 2026

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Movie Review: “The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising” . by Alice B. Clagett

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Movie Review: "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising"

Image: “Aim at the Dark,” adapted from Image by Alexa from Pixabay – Pixabay License: COMMENTS: This is not an image from the movie “The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising.” However, I feel it to be reminiscent of the theme. –Alice B. Clagett

Image: “Aim at the Dark,” adapted from Image by Alexa from Pixabay – Pixabay License …

COMMENTS: This is not an image from the movie “The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising.” However, I feel it to be reminiscent of the theme. –Alice B. Clagett

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Dear Ones,

Quite recently I saw the movie “The Seeker” The Dark Is Rising” …

Link: “The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007),” director David L. Cunningham, in IMDb …  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484562/ ..

I liked the movie, and thought you might like it too. I bought it on Amazon.com … and it may be available other places as well.

I saw some congruences with my own work, and thought I would point them out to my Readers. I like congruences, as I see the hand of God in them, telling me something I might otherwise never notice. Here goes …

Everyone knows what a timestamp is, right? There is a bar at the bottom of youtube videos where you can click to begin viewing different times in the video. This bar has different names: Progress bar, Seek bar, or Scrubber bar, for instance. A timestamp is the place on the Progress bar where you place your cursor so as to access a specific scene in the movie. I’ll be using timestamps below so that you can easily find the scenes to which I refer.

The young man gets arrested by store security guards near the beginning of the movie. There are quick flashes during this premonitory scene …

0:16:45 – 0:17:36 … There is a very, very quick flash of one of the security guards’ faces turning reptoid.  I hunted it down frame-by-frame because the flash-by was so intriguing. That reminded me of my blog category: Reptoids … The Contents page containing this category link is “Contents: Human Hybrids and Their Overlighting Spirits” …
https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com/contents-human-hybrids-and-their-overlighting-spirits/ ..

0:17:33 and following … quick flash of of a reptile’s toes clinking reminded me of my poem by that name … Link: “The Clink of a Reptile’s Toes,” a fanciful poem by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 11 February 2018; revised on 2 July 2026 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-8lU ..

0:32:40 and following …This passage reminds me of my stories about being afraid of the Dark in my childhood and of my song “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” … Link: “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” stories and song by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 10 June 2014; revised and republished on 27 December 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-89C ..

0:40:60 and following … There is reference to a cross within a circle, which is reminiscent of the Saint Benedict Exorcism Medal and also of the Christian “Sign of the Cross” which may be conceived as sanctifying and protecting the more-or-less spherical human energy field … Link: “Exorcism: Sign of the Cross and Prayer of Saint Benedict,” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 31 March 2016; published on 11 April 2016; revised on 24 March 2023 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-54D .. 

The cross within the circle also reminds me of Thoth and the “Emerald Tablets” and of the Egyptian Ankh.  More on these here … Link: “The Emerald Tablets of Thoth: The Cross and the Circle,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 26 March 2015; revised on 2 July 2026 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-58v … EXCERPT: “The cross in the circle of which Thoth speaks shows temporospatial reality overcome by the circle of faith, the circle of the All, all spaces, all times, all possible worlds.”

0:43:25 – 0:43:40 … This scene shows Darkworkers in a Christian congregation. It reminds me of a similar experience I had in the year 2024 at a local Christian church. Here is the writeup on my experience there … Link: “Alice’s Perilous Tales: Why Do Trans Stalk?” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed and published on 18 January 2024; revised on 19 January 2024 and on 23 March 2026 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-wiR … COMMENTS: The images in the post are intentionally changed from what really occurred so that I can steer clear of the clutches of Dark Lawsuits. (I’m sure you Lightworkers know about this.)

0:45:46 and following … I note the depiction of Ravens as Evil Beings. I myself don’t actually believe that. I find them intelligent and intriguing and ever-learning-new-things. Sometimes they try to do evil things. For instance, in the last year another being … whether Hawk or Human, I cannot say … convinced the Young Ravens to dive bomb me while I went for a swim. The Evil Instigator Being tried to get them to peck out my eyes while I was in the swimming poole, but I spoke to them kindly and in a friendly way. One of the Ravens dove down close to my swimming form, but changed his mind and joined his friends on the nearby utility pole.

From my many interactions with Ravens, I feel them to be … like mose other Birds and Mammals … susceptible to the Dark, but yearning for the Light. Consequently I cannot paint the Ravens dark without using the same shade on my fellow Man. More on my Raven encounters in my blog category: Ravens … https://wp.me/P2Rkym-h2n ..

01:30:25 and following … Will Stanton says, “I have restored the power of the Light.” That is a Lightworker motto if ever there was one, is it not? For more on Lightworkers and their many trials and tribulations (and how they manage to overcome them), see my blog category: Lightworkers – gatekeepers – pathfinders – wayshowers – starseed – sentinels – seers … https://wp.me/P2Rkym-5E8 ..

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Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
Alice B. Clagett

Written and published on 2 July 2026

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