As kind of a new-year-special, this post examines the overall topic of our time.
It reveals itself in a minimalistic way, what at first glance seems to be a fairly simple message is a profound truth that delves deep down into the roots of very existence.
We live in a time of abundance: the abundance of material goods. We have reached the base of absolute materialism. This is a kind of abundance. But what does it bring with it? And where does it come from? It is the visible manifestation of downfall, of decay, which ultimately leads to death. It is the fleshly fruit of the underworld, the low self that dwells in the material and only in the material realm. Which is per se not a bad thing. We like the lusts of the material world, right? Yet what we also see is an abundance of death. Naturally, death comes slowly. It is the creeping pain in our cells, our minds and our systems. It propagates people killing each other and people dying from loss of health. Where I want to go with this? We are collectively going through the process of death, which is the last alchemical stage before the cycle of work is complete. It is the transformation that brings us back – to enlightenment. We need to connect back the transformed matter to the spirit. Right now we are at the point of actual death. We have burnt our social structures and all the forms of morals that have evolved over the last centuries and millennia to ash. What is left, like after a wildfire, is very fertile ground. And here comes the abundance that death provides. Out of death itself, we can draw a kind of abundance that is not to be seen, but to be felt. It is the abundance of life we are bursting with after we shed the old skin. It is time for us as humanity to rise out of the ashes like a phoenix rising up to the light.
It is on us to draw wealth of the soul, which means wealth in any aspect of life, out of the arcane spiral of evolutional growth.
The message is topped by the meaning of the ogham Muin – bramble.
Again, the fruit of bramble (the blackberry) symbolizes fleshly abundance. We can get entangled in the brambles. Yet if we learn to open our hearts, we are setting ourselves free and are able to use the wisdom of love to build true connection. Muin is the plant of celebration and joy, of abundance in relationships. It provides fruit for all if we know how to handle its energy. It tells us to grow through the pain, honor and respect its sharp thorns and go within to accept ourselves.
Then we can utilize the energy of our hearts to build highways of light, that will enhance the earth’s field to unfold our true potential.
Cards: The Earthbound Oracle by Andrew Swartz, http://www.skullgarden.net
~ Lady Lenora
Macha's Cave 