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2012: The year
of the Dragon
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Angélica
dos
Santos
Simone |
May we enjoy the
year of the
Dragon and renew
our ideas and
perceptions of
the world and of
people; a soil
is only fertile
when fire gets
rid of the weed
and water
removes the
rubble
The year 2012
will be,
according to the
Chinese
horoscope, the
lunar year of
the Dragon. Its
periodicity is
of 23 years and
for the Chinese
culture this
animal
represents the
water: seas,
waterfalls,
rivers, lakes,
oceans, etc.,
and its rule
over them. The
Chinese Dragon
is the opposite
of the western
Dragon, this is
known for its
ability to
manipulate the
fire that it
carries within
itself and is
belched through
its mouth. We
may be speaking
of an earthly
mythology, for
although there
are many
manifestations
spread around
the globe, there
is one idea
which is basic
in all
territories and
ages, whence one
concludes the
mythological
stem is the
same, but not in
the branches
where local
particularities
occur, with
every culture
adding its form
to a content
that is
universal. For
instance, in
pre-Colombian
America and in
some Amazon
cultures we find
the winged or
feathered
serpent, which
matched the
Dragon and
possesses the
same ability to
transform the
surroundings
where it’s
been.
Planetary change
We reached the
overwhelming
landmark of 7
billion
inhabitants (or
more), and in
some countries
the shortage of
raw materials
and natural
resources (with
only two
centuries of
excessive
industrialization)
is visible,
Space programs
invest in
research on
growing
vegetables in
zero gravity
whilst planet
earth transforms
itself from its
rocky layers
shaping new
landscapes,
where at the
first stage look
like destruction
but throughout
the centuries
acquiring new
facies, new
elements and new
dynamics.
We are at a
moment of
readjusting the
lower layers of
the earth, which
are moved by
magma, or at the
first phase,
where landscapes
of destruction
are produced.
Geological and
geographical
studies
performed until
now and the
technology
developed for
the prediction
of earthquakes,
tidal waves,
hurricanes,
tsunamis, etc.,
do only
forecast, as
avoiding these
events is not
within human
reach.
The element Fire
The western
Dragon,
therefore,
represents fire.
This element,
which allowed
for the birth of
human societies
thousands of
years ago,
remains almost
unknown to human
beings for its
properties and
manifestations
in different
environments. We
know about
fire’s
capability to
transform
landscapes and
the speed at
which it does;
in some places,
its presence is
necessary to
maintain the
balance of the
environment, as
in the case of
the biome ‘Cerrado’.
Fire, as we know
it, is matter in
combustion. To
create it in
earthly
environments it
is necessary the
presence of
organic chemical
components
(wood, paper,
fuel, etc.)
which, in
contact with an
oxidizing
substance (such
as the
atmosphere),
added to energy
set in motion
(such as the act
of rubbing
kindling on a
piece of wood),
results in the
liberation of
heat and light
originating from
the gases that
are in
combustion. The
color of the
flame is like
the combination
of the chemical
elements present
in this process.
Heat, as well as
light is an
energy source
generated from
the same
element.
This process and
everything it
generates would
not happen
without an
intrinsic and
special movement
that allows for
that
transformation
to happen.
The element fire
is, therefore,
found in every
corner of the
universe, as
long as the
divine will
demands its
manifestation in
order to fulfill
its function of
creating,
destroying and
creating again.
Thus, without
destruction
there’s no
creation, as the
law of Lavoisier
(18th
Century)
blatantly points
out: “In
nature (in
matter) nothing
is gained,
nothing is lost,
everything is
transformed”.
This postulate
shows us that
within matter,
the incarnated
being must
understand that
nature moves in
cycles from
which he is also
an important
part of, for he
is a force also
capable of
changing the
landscape from
its core,
resulting in new
forms of space.
The only
non-created is
God.
We must remember
that life begins
way before the
formation of a
complex planet,
in the celestial
nurseries, where
stars sleep and
wake up, giving
continuity to
the formation of
galaxies and
solar systems,
such as our
Milky Way and
our Solar
System, ruled by
a star – the
Sun. A very
young star, it
possesses a
red-colored
flame, while
collapsing stars
and their
remains give off
a blue colored
one.
Works of the 19th
Century
We began the
19th Century
with few
certainties and
many doubts.
Let’s say that,
apart from our
pessimism, our
planet hasn’t
yet started the
current Century
on the “right
foot”, for
international
politics are
still based on
wars and
financial
economics. The
works of the
great thinkers
of the 20th
Century, despite
their priceless
contribution for
the development
of the human
race,
unfortunately
remain in the
archives of
libraries,
visited more by
moths and dust
than by world
leaders.
In this way, we
may think about
such a dreamed
change of
paradigm for
which scientists
and the clergy
have called for
ever since the
great World Wars
and which the
generation of
the 1980’s of
the previous
Century, the
same generation
who is today in
their 20’s and
uses technology
without
instruction
manuals, but
still carries
the moral flaws
of the inherited
generations.
We deem
catastrophe any
event that
possesses a big
enough scale to
impress us,
human beings:
environmental,
social, natural
catastrophes,
etc. Those
created by the
planet itself
have a purpose,
for we forget to
tell our
students on the
first day of a
Geography class,
that the Earth
is a living
being, and as
such, is in
perpetual
motion. This
motion creates
changes in the
landscape and in
the social
organization of
populations that
live on its
surface. André
Luiz, in the
book – Obreiros
da Vida Eterna
(2003), shares
with us the
experience of
using fire in
the spiritual
realm, which
through magnetic
shocks triggered
by specialized
apparatus
compete in order
to promote the
purification of
consciousness in
the dense plans
of the planet.
While André
experienced the
study in a
transitory
healing home
located in the
earth’s crust, a
team of magnetic
disintegration
accomplished the
periodic work of
cleansing the
area where the
post was
located:
“[...] A glare
of astonishing
beauty crossed
the haze from
top to bottom,
offering, for an
instant, an
amazing
spectacle. It
was not the kind
of lightning
bolt known on
the earth’s
Crust whenever
there is a
storm, for
natural
electrical
discharges, on a
dense ground,
are less precise
in their visibly
precise
orientations. It
was then
observed the
contrary: a fire
storm was about
to begin,
methodically and
mechanically”.
(p.161)
In order to ease
the anguish
originated from
the doubts that
haunted Andre’s
mind, his
preceptor
offered him a
few brief
appointments:
“The work of the
ethereal
disintegrators,
invisible to us,
because of
environmental
density, avoids
the emergence of
magnetic storms
that appear,
always, when the
inferior
residues of
mental matter
pile in
excessively on
the plan”.
(p.162)
The result of
such attempt
from the skies
startled the
inhabitants of
the dense area,
who at times
claimed for
urgent help,
because the
golden light, a
sign of the
truly repentant,
was dark and
dense in most
who claimed
forgiveness and
mercy: “Massive
waves of
grounded
sufferers began
to reach our
defenses [from
the healing post].
It was painful
to watch the
expectant and
fearful mob”.
(163)
This interesting
picture comes to
our imagination
when reading
about this
experience.
Countless texts
developed by
notable writers
describe the
“cry and
clenching of
teeth”, in this
ultimate “final
judgment”, where
the presence and
feeling of fire
takes us back to
the hell of
Dante Alighieri
in his divine
comedy,
something from
mythology,
rooted in
something
unquestionable.
“Almost four
difficult hours
went by,
demanding fierce
attention in the
task. And now,
the environment
was even more
suffocating,
more terrible…
Fire serpents [salamanders]
unraveled from
the skies and
into the ground,
which started to
tremble beneath
our feet. The
heat was
asphyxiating.
Feeling the
unsteady
elements that
surrounded us, I
remembered the
old description
of the seaquake
of Messina,
in which, in the
heat of terror,
in the face of a
disturbed
nature, the
victims did not
know how to
proceed in order
to save
themselves,
because
everything
around, the
earth, the sea
and the sky had
been merged in a
horrendous and
synchronous
devastation.”
(p.166)
The description
made by the
author is
materialized in
the shape of the
fires that
happen on the
surface of the
earth, drawing
away every kind
of life where it
goes: “Drains of
fire appeared
nearby and such
crying was heard
all around, that
we saw before us
the perfect
image of a vast
forest fire,
dislodging
monsters and
beasts from
unknown caves.”
(p.167)
We confirm with
the experiences
in the
after-life the
constant use of
this element in
cleansing and
renewing the
areas that are
flooded with the
densest plaques
of low
vibrations. We
may think or
imagine how our
planet would be
if the invisible
spirituality did
not take care of
a world that
many still don’t
believe in.
Fire promotes
renewal
Fed by the spark
of the element
fire, which
destroys the old
and makes room
for the new, the
Dragon presents
itself bringing
the flames of
Renewal.
Renewal is an
individual as
well as a
collective
proposition.
2012 is the year
of Renewal,
because when
fire eliminates
all that is
idle, there is a
fertile ground
for plantation.
Even knowing
that the use of
fires in
agriculture, for
subsistence
(slashing), is
deemed outmoded,
especially when
it’s done many
times, causing
exhaustion of
the soil (after
all, the time of
man is different
from the time of
nature). Such
situation is
defined in a
different manner
in the context
of the ‘Cerrado’,
as mentioned
above, where
fire is a key
factor for the
renewal of
vegetation and
food for the
animals and
moves according
to the exact
measured time
and needs of
this
environment.
The etymology of
the term
renew
comes from the
Latin language:
re =
again and
novare =
make new.
The proposition
for the year of
the Dragon is to
utilize its
renewing fire
and burn
everything that
became idle in
us. As we know
that nothing is
lost, even what
is burned
produces other
substances,
which we can
perceive, like
ashes, and
others that only
lab equipment
can detect, such
as gases given
off by the
material in
combustion.
The remaining
ashes of the
memories of
anguish, revolt,
sadness,
self-punishment
and anger will
be cleansed by
the element
water, also
under the
guidance of a
Dragon, but this
time the eastern
one. The body
shapes of both
the Dragon and
the winged
serpent have a
winding
characteristic
that represents
the waviness of
water and fire,
both elements
dance endlessly
in waves. These
waves have a
useful function
in the system,
whether is to
preserve what is
necessary
(represented by
the valley in
the body), or to
transport what
is not necessary
for the
individual
(represented by
the crest). The
same principle
occurs in the
natural
morphology of
rivers that are
designed in
meanders
(whereas man
straightens them
out, through the
destructive
drainage),
because
filtering water
from highlands
and valley tops
as well as
maintaining and
containing
rivers and their
margins is the
ideal dynamics
in which we can
sustain the
ideal and
intrinsic
balance in every
step of the
watershed thus
making sure the
water dumped in
the sea is
clean.
The salamanders,
personifications
of the
elementals who
guard the
element fire,
also possess the
same winding
characteristic
of the winged
serpent and work
out fire through
a dance that
moves matter,
giving it the
right use.
Thus, fire, as
an agent of
fracture, as
well as water,
as an agent of
cleansing, are
at the disposal
of all who need
to feel more
relieved of the
inappropriate
burdens that
keep the Spirit
from growing.
May we enjoy the
year of the
Dragon and renew
our ideas and
perceptions of
the world and of
people. A soil
is only fertile
when fire gets
rid of the weed
and water
removes the
rubble.
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