V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invienes Occultum Lapidium
Visit the Interior Parts of the Earth, By Rectification, Thou Shalt Find the Hidden Stone.
Persephone's Place
Mother Earth Pages
"Will
ye bridle the deep sea with reins, will ye chasten the high sea with rods?
Will ye take her to chain her with chains, who is older than all ye
Gods?
All ye as a wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past;
Ye are Gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon
you at last."
Charles Swinburne
THE BULLDOZER GODS
I have been here since the dawn of time, my ancestors and me,
I'm the latest in my line, its now my turn to see...
To live my life and leave my seed...To carry on my ancient , so ancient
family.......
A sound comes to my valley; one never heard before...a yellow monster
spewing death
Life that can move fast enough flees from burrowed home or tree.
Except the young who cannot yet move, left to die crushed or smothered
by the beast,
ironically named caterpillar.
Rumbling and snorting the monster comes caring not for life or limb,
heritage or history, lineage spanning back billions of years, snuffed
out in an instant, not to return again.
Mindless destruction perversely named development, but often are
lighthearted, and deceptive names made to cover the truth....the REAL
development of earth has taken billions of years to attain its perfect
balance, beauty, and harmony. Through it's wondrous animals, our planet
has developed the incredible, miraculous ability to see itself, to wonder
about itself, and after all that precious time and growing pains, the
animals have achieved the ability to think, change their environment and
choose their own future. To visualize things that are not, and make them
so....Truly the power of GODS !
Webster defines God as "one having special powers over the lives and
affairs of people and the course of nature." As the pinnacle of thinkers
on our planet, we have attained God status. The ability to create, and
make virtually anything happen is now in our hands. Many religions also
tell us that we are the children of God, which indeed would make us Gods
by direct lineage.......
What kind of God are you?
Every act you perpetrate on a less powerful being is an act of God.
Every plant or animal you injure or heal is an act of God to them. All
the creatures of earth less powerful than we must surely see us as Gods.
In their eyes we are magical beings with power over their lives and
deaths. Do they wonder why the Gods choose to destroy them,
overpopulating until there is no room for them or their young? Stripping
them of their very right to exist?
What kind of Gods are we?
Shall we be Gods enslaved to a once necessary, but no longer healthy
primitive instinct, the instinct of domination? Shall we be merciless
gods destroying as needless and useless all the less powerful beings and
lives under our command? God driven by greed and profit? Gods who would
destroy the incredible ancient lineage of all that went before? A God
with no room in his heart or world for the ancient connections that
brought him to his power? To see as dirty the very roots that nurtured his
own "Tree Of Wisdom", hacking at them, severing them one by one until
the tree itself dies? Gods who would destroy their own flock????
As Gods our greatest joy is to create. With this power of creation must
reside wisdom, that in our passion to create, we don't destroy our roots,
and that which we cannot yet create. We Gods have eyes to see the lives
that lie bleeding, powerless beneath the wheels of our creations. We gods
have ears to hear the cries of terror and dismay as we kill our one and
only planet. Take not lightly the responsibility of your status. Know
you, that you are a God and you recreate the world in YOUR image....a hell
on earth or an island of life, a priceless showpiece of the heavens to
cherish and protect.
The time has indeed grown short and we must decide....
David Paul