Pagan Posting 12/27/09 Avatar, pluging in and Killing your Mother.

So, we emptied the change jar and went to see Avatar. It was our gift to us, as the money situation precluded any gift-giving or receiving this year.

I can not say how beautiful this movie is, visually and spiritually.

There is a line in the movie "We have killed our Mother." Now those who know me, know I don't believe the natural world is intrinsically female.

But we, as a species, are in the process of killing our planet, our "mother", our protector, that which shields, nourishes and protects us. We have stopped "seeing" and long since stopped "listening".

Now, I'm not one of those people who think that climate change is ALL the fault of humanity.I think climate change is part of a cycle we have accelerated.

Destruction of the wild and beautiful places for greed? That is our fault.
Disrespect for the natural world is our fault.

There is a song by John Prine that illustrates this point for me.


I'm so very sad for us as a species. We have "unplugged" ourselves. Some of us, the Pagan, those on the Red-Road, and the other followers of animist and nature-based religions are still "listening" we still "see" our world.

I just wonder, how much will be gone before we look up one day and realize it's all been taken away?