AWAKE
A Modern Scripture
Mabon Greetings
Monday 23rd March 2020
To One and All of you. Mabon is one of the eight major pagan sabbats (Sabbaths) celebrating the wheel of the year. Here in New Zealand it is the Autumn equinox. This represents one of the three harvest festivals celebrated by those who follow Earth based and Energy forms of Spirituality. The image of Mabon depicts a Goddess serenading the harvest forest with her magick flute. Mabon is an equinox festival, celebrating the time of year when the night and day are the same length. The opposites are in opposition and balance, night and day, light and dark, heat and cool, highlighting the duality and the dual nature of the physical world we live in. Mabon is the turning of a season, Summer changing to Autumn, welcoming the arrival of shorter cooler days and darker nights. Every season has its cycle, how would one appreciate the heat of Summer without the cold of Winter. As an Autumn festival it is also about reaping what one has sown. It is with interest I observe what is happening around the world at present and wonder what harvest the human species is reaping for itself at present.
The world is a strange and challenging place for most of us, life throws us all many a curve ball, each of us have our stories and each of us our suffering that we carry. At present around the world, unless you have been asleep for the past month, a new and deadly pandemic is sweeping the Earth. The name Corona virus or CORVID-19. The epicentre for this being Wuhan, China, now it has spread around the globe. The origin of the virus, again questionable dependent on who you believe. There are a multitude of suggestions, so take your pick, all may be plausible and let’s face it no one seems to know for sure so there is a fair amount of guess work, just saying. Sources include:-
* Infected meat at an animal market - Vegan’s love this one, although they do have a point.
* Wuhan germ experimentation lab accident / intentional – supporting evidence number of media reports and Dean Kootnz novel.
* Fake virus to cover other infective agent leaked from above Wuhan facility.
* Intentionally released virus to wipe out a portion of the population.
* Natural infection.
* Aliens from space – who knows? there are a lot of folk who would love to know.
Obviously, there have been some horrendous reports about some of the ways people have died in China and people being locked in buildings. Then there are the reports of lots of people dying around the world. The majority of people that are dying unfortunately seem to be the elderly people, immunocompromised or with other serious medical conditions. I feel sorry for these people genuinely. Some stories however seem to of been taken out of context i.e. there were an alarming amount of people that died from Corona, when information was analysed these were mainly elderly people who were really sick with autoimmune and multiple medical conditions. Now I am not saying that is ok but they would be a more vulnerable portion of the population. Hence the reason elderly and these type of folk are being asked to stay at home and self isolate around the world.
So what are the signs and symptoms of Corona virus, well it is reported as being the following:-
* Frequent fever
* Dry cough
* Inflammatory cytokines increase
* Mortality rate of 7.5%
* Older patients those with underlying comorbidities are at higher risk of death.
Now here I put my questioning head on. It was only a short time ago you had a good chunk of the world’s population up in protest about a large number of things. School kids going on strike over the environment, this was rapidly growing momentum, people protesting about living conditions, people speaking out against paedophile rings. Pharmaceuticals controlling medicine, mass inequality, World banks being realised to be what they are, the owners of government that dictate what happens within a country. People are waking up with what was going on all around the world and protesting their and their fellow human, species and planet’s rights. All gone now. In some countries more or less martial law has been put into place. No group social gatherings, laws lasting 2 years. Seriously. What is going on???
Now please do not think I am dismissing those who are unwell, I am not, I am not saying that there is not a problem with people getting unwell. Not at all. What I am saying is why are such draconian laws being passed which dictate what we do for such a long time? I am not saying not to practice self isolation, this is really important, just why are these long term laws being past that wipe out our civil rights? This is not right and you have to realise this. We need to look out for each other, help each other and support each other as much as we can through these hard times but also need to really look at what is happening in a realistic and objective manner. If we don't understand what is happening we need to ask questions and there is nothing wrong with that. It is called being informed, how can we make choices if we are not informed. Stop take a breath, step outside of yourself and look at the situation, as if you were someone else looking in, offering advise to a friend or colleague that was going through this. Take a good hard look and ask yourself if you like, and are comfortable with, your observations???
The global population has flung itself into mass hysteria, fights are breaking out over toilet rolls, how ridiculous is that. People hoarding things they will never use. The thing I personally like is everyone has gone nuts and buying all the veggie seedlings from the garden centres. The irony of being placed in self isolation and having to garden. You’ll have a nation of veggie gardens. People spending time with one another, hopefully quality times, although for those stuck at home with abusers not such a fun ride. Self isolation has a slightly different slant then.
In China apparently there have been no new cases. I don’t know if this is a good or bad thing. There have been mentions of Korea and China executing people who are unwell. Who knows I am not there and let’s face it you can’t trust Western media, you don’t know what’s true and what is staged. Isn’t that a sad state of affairs that you cannot even trust the media in your country, NZ by far is not the worst. ComEssentiamunication is key to all relationships yet we don’t know what is and what is not the truth. I suppose that’s why people have been laisse fair to a degree with this pandemic. Every year there has been a pandemic of one form or another, SARS, bird flu, swine flu, measles and whatever flu. You just get bored of the repeated pandemics that are meant to hit and sweep the globe. It is a bit like the boy who cried wolf and not being sure whether it is another tall tale or the wee chappie is getting his arse chewed off. Call me cynical or is in more of a realist with older age.
Many people are stuck at home, folks are running low on supplies, so I have decided to get my creative thinking head on. I will share with you strategies to help through the time at home and hopefully make your life a little easier. I’ll be focusing on nutrition, herbs and activities we can do and make at home that can help.
Stay strong every one, whilst Mabon here in New Zealand, it is Ostara (Easter) a festival of light in Northern hemispheres. Focus on love, connection and light between one another, helping each other out. Trade and barter and most of all do no harm. This is a time when even being apart we can all draw strength together.
Blessed Be.xXx
