"This is what happened, one morning, as the result of a dream a friend had. She dreamt of the Earth as a woman who was being abused by people and was crying because she could no longer nourish her children. The intensity of the dream and the pain it evoked were heart-wrenching. Not only was the Earth abused, but she was suffering because she could no longer care for us -- for the people who were abusing her. That day we just so happened to be going to visit the temple of Apollo at Delphi in Greece... I sat on a rock opposite the temple and felt an incredible despair. Since the morning, when I had heard the dream in all its painful detail, these burning questions were boiling inside my chest: How can the Earth nourish her children? How can the Earth stop suffering? As I sat silently on the rock with these questions I heard a voice say, "Ask." Of course! I was at an oracle... After all, this used to be the oracle of Gaia -- goddess of the Earth -- before it became an oracle of Apollo. I asked...." To read more: huffingtonpost/maria-kingsley/an-oracle_b_3617737.html
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:32:39 +0000
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