To me, this collective has a bronze orange energy. The rune-drakes have bronze orange scales, catfish barbels and a black mane running along their neck.
Of all the collectives, we have the most representatives from this one. There are five of them now and it was a nauthizi that was actually one of the first runai I met, though I didn't know it at the time. During a journey completely unrelated to runes, I met a golden scaled dragon who bestowed upon me a personal symbol. It didn't even dawn on me at the time, because runes were not my focus, that this symbol was a variant of Nauthiz. A year and a half later, I met this being again, in a more 'proper' rune-drake form. His name was Nero and he was the first of four nauthizi to join us. Nero said I 'belong' to them... to the nauthizi. I'm still learning what this means, for me at least. Later you will have an opportunity to find if you, too, belong to a specific collective.
Nero, as I've said, was the first nauthizi to join us. He first chose a form that looked very much like Sherlock Holmes, in the newer movies. This drew playful teasing from both me and several of the other runics and he's since tweaked his appearance to look more like Tony Stark. He represents what it is to 'be' needed. His initial is simply N. Elodin has a personality that is often very child-like, a baby runic. As odd as it seems sometimes, he can be very easily hurt or frightened. He chose to look like a younger Nero. Elodin represents what it means to 'need'. He uses El as his initials, but has chosen not to participate here. Cassidy manifested around the same time as Elodin. She has black hair and brown eyes and certainly looks as if she is physically related to the more anthropomorphic appearances of Nero and Elodin. She represents the balance between needing and being needed and uses the initials Cs. Aldair is our final nauthizi and he chose to look like James Wilson, from the show House, M.D., which I find quite appropriate. I associate that show with this particular collective and Wilson certainly fits what it is to 'be needed', that aspect that Nero represents. He also represents what it is to 'need', as he is drawn to situations where he can fulfill that requirement of being needed. Aldair holds to no specific aspect of his collective. He uses the initials Ad. Mycroft is our newest addition, joining us at Nero’s request. Nero is the one who chose his appearance- that of Mycroft from the BBC’s Sherlock. It’s a character I found intimidating…. and Nero wanted me to pay attention to my Nauthiz energy more than i was. Mycroft represents unbalanced Nauthiz energy, the end of the spectrum dealing with addiction. Nero was actually looking for one who represented the other end of that, a nauthizi who represented neglect. It was an attempt to bully me into paying closer attention to what I needed to be doing health-wise because I have several medical issues that require monitoring and proper attention. Nevertheless, Nero acquiesced and so Mycroft joined us. He has been able to help with what Nero wished, along with other things a little more pertinent to his particular end of the spectrum. He uses the initials My.
N- Everything that is, has some needs that must be met. Living organisms need food, shelter, water. Social creatures need physical affection to thrive. Inanimate things have needs too. Fire needs oxygen to survive. Buildings and cars require maintenance on a regular basis or they begin falling apart. Books require cool, dry environments to be preserved from mildew. An object's Nauthiz lies in what it takes to care properly for it.
Cs- Humans have even more complex Nauthiz energy. There are things that are required not just for physical care but for emotional and mental care as well. Some people need lots of physical affection to thrive properly. Others need lots of solitude to function ideally. Some people are labeled as needy and this can be seen as unbalanced Nauthiz energy. They are so overtaken by fear of not having their needs met that they ask for more than most are willing or capable of giving. Other people have a need to be needed. These people make excellent caretakers and do well in service oriented occupations. However..... while it might seem ideal..... it really is quite unhealthy for a person who needs to be needed to try to tend someone who is very needy. Really, it rarely, if ever, works out well.
Ad- As Cassy has pointed out, humans have needs beyond the mere physical. Emotional, spiritual and mental needs can be ascertained by looking at what brings true joy, peace or contentment to your life. What fulfills these needs will be different for everyone and each as valid as the last. So long as how you choose to have these needs met harms no other, there is no 'wrong' way to do so.
My- Addiction and neglect are the two ends of the spectrum of unbalanced Nauthiz energy and they can each be found in more ways than you might imagine. When a person seeks more than others are able to give, in terms of helping needs be met, that is a form of addiction. Ignoring your own needs or the needs of those you are responsible for, especially the needs of young ones, is neglect. As with the unbalanced aspects of the other collectives, addiction and neglect- unbalanced Nauthiz- does serve a function. Most likely, they were created to fulfill something a person needed and had no way of meeting otherwise. Either they did not know how to meet those needs, or perhaps they were/are not even aware of the underlying needs.
Take addiction, for example. Why does a person become addicted to drugs? What need might that be fulfilling? Perhaps it is a need to feel alive again and they don’t know how else to do so. Perhaps it is less and addiction to drugs and more an addiction to not being in pain. If you have ever had the misfortune to be assaulted by chronic pain, you know of what I speak. Addictions to dangerous and risky actions are often attempts to meet the need of feeling ‘alive’ that I mentioned before.
How about a seeming addiction to spending money? Well…. such an addiction is most often tied into the energy of Fehu as well. Many people who spend indiscriminately, they are actually trying to make themselves feel validated, feel worth something. The acquistion of ‘stuff’ can momentarily provide a false sense of what they really seek, which is strong self-worth. They simply don’t have the means or knowledge to achieve that. This sort of addiction is quite often formed very early in life, through neglect on the part of the caretakers who should be helping form a solid sense of self-worth in a child.
Neglect also serves a function of protection, often tied with Isa and Sigel energies. Neglect is not tending to needs, most often because doing so seems quite overwhelming. Being neglectful of a child is a said thing, but it most often arises out of feeling that you just can’t ( possibly shouldn’t) have to meet those needs. Neglect fostered by feelings of ‘shouldn’t’ tends to be formed by feelings of resentment. The parent who is completely unprepared to care for an unexpected child, especially if that child needs lots of care and attention often becomes neglectful of that child, whether purposefully or no. Neglect of oneself may be because a person feels unable to ask for necessary help.
Left to run rampant, addiction and neglect can be quite destructive. Addictions, handled properly, can be beneficial. Learning to work with them, should you be subjected to them, can help you learn more about yourself. The same with neglectfulness. A person’s mind is an amazing thing. It put these things in place at some point, because they served a *necessary* fucntion at the time. Unfortunately, the mind can also be a little slow at times and doesn’t realize when these things need to be amended or discarded. This requires conscious introspection, brutal honesty and a willingness to work at changing these ingrained beliefs.
Questions to consider when working with Nauthiz energy- Where do your physical needs lie? Your emotional needs? Do you meet your needs effectively? If not, what blocks do you have that keep you from having your needs met? How do you meet the needs of others? Do you find yourself subjected to addictions or neglect, either self-imposed or by others? What do you think underlies these addictive or neglectful belief patterns? How can you begin changing them?
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