Albion Indigenous Viewpoint
Celtic Sacred Cows and the impact of colonisation on Britain's indigenous people
Celtic indigenous guest writer talks about colonial massacres of sacred animals, and British native peoples struggling to maintain contact with land and spirit.
We in Albion have many references to the sacred cow from the connection of the Celts to India. We know that the Celts were pastoral people who regarded the cow as precious and a feminine symbol.
It came as little surprise when the government here wiped out millions of cattle for a disease no more serious than herpes, about 3-4 years ago. We knew something like it was coming, with numerous assaults on cattle farming, agricultural subsidy systems, and EU policies. I am not an advocate of animal farming, nor do I support subsidies for chemical farming when organic farmers get nothing. I am well aware that not one single organically raised cow has had Foot and Mouth Disease (or Mad Cow Disease), so we know that the government agenda was to achieve something else altogether.
The Celts and other tribes of these islands have been repeatedly forced off land that their families lived on for many generations, and have watched as ancient forests were clear-felled for timber for ships to further imperialist agendas. Ireland was clear-felled twice (the second time after 200 years of replanting), and huge areas of the rest of these lands are still without forest after years of clear-felling. This massacre of forests and driving out of the Spirit of the Land is part of the story.
The solutions are all there, in Permaculture, gathering as equals to do ceremony for the Earth at sacred sites and positive energy centres, in learning and becoming more aware of what is happening, in seeking and working with all natural forces. It takes time and focus.
In 2012 the Sun will peak in its current cycle and will then cool. We have been told that "the Children of the Earth will survive".
Slainte!
Ometeotl
