From the Dark Goddess Tarot, the Hag of Earth (King of Pentacles); from the Tattwa Oracle, Ether > Seed of Earth:
Remember history or more will be lost.
~Ellen Lorenzi-Prince
The legend of Tsagaglalal tells of a female chief who worried about the fate of her people. Coyote turned her into a petroglyph so she could always watch over them. But how hard that would be - to watch without being able to physically do anything! The companion book reminds us that the world is changing, and it is our responsibility to bear witness and carry the story forward so others don't forget the consequences. As Yehuda Bauer stated, "Time has come to strengthen [the 10 Commandments] by three additional ones, which we ought to adopt and commit ourselves to: thou shall not be a perpetrator; thou shall not be a victim; and thou shall never, but never, be a bystander." The keyword for Ether: Seed of Earth is 'gestation' and suggests it is not only what is around us that we need to be aware of, but what is being planted. We are often heedless of attitudes and assumptions that have seeped in and taken root, eventually producing something harmful.
Watching over. I wonder about that when someone says their loved ones are looking down on them from heaven. Picking their nose, having sex, going to the bathroom, swearing in traffic, lying to the boss... sounds like they are in hell to me.
ReplyDeleteIf there's an afterlife, I hope it involves a lot more joy than watching humans.
DeleteMaybe people want to believe that they are watched to comfort them That even though they cuss and fight and flip the bird... even committing all those infractions, we know we will one day be the 'watchers" that we will make it to the other side.
ReplyDeleteStepping out of time and space... should be an adventure. :)
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