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A Gnostic Childhood - Gnostic Liberation Front

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A <strong>Gnostic</strong> <strong>Childhood</strong><br />

in terror whenever Frau Koch left from visiting us, or when we left her<br />

apartment to go back to ours. I screamed for Frau Koch and threw<br />

tantrums whenever we were separated. Just like a "normal" child<br />

would react when his real mother would leave him with strangers. My<br />

mother was horrified and confused as to what she had possibly done<br />

to bring about such alienation and even hatred within me. Frau Koch<br />

seemed embarrassed and also horrified by my behavior. I can<br />

remember the pictures in the cook-books, but only in a very general<br />

sense without details or emotional attachment. But when I look at<br />

pictures of Frau Koch holding me, I still experience a faint longing to<br />

be with her. Finally my mother decided on somebody's advice, to get a<br />

"healer and exorcist," who would "speak over" (Besprechen) people<br />

with ailments like warts and whatever. Although I remember<br />

absolutely nothing about it, he performed an "exorcism" on me and<br />

prayed for my release from this "bondage" to Frau Koch.<br />

I don't think that it was very successful since the "bond" was only<br />

broken when we left Schwerin. Frau Koch and her husband ended up<br />

in the city of Rostock, as they left on a previous train to ours. That this<br />

was a strange and extremely upsetting case of "alienation" which even<br />

baffles me to this day should be quite clear. Does it have to do with<br />

reincarnation or something mystical? I absolutely think so. My mother<br />

thought that Frau Koch was a natural witch, who unconsciously put a<br />

spell on me because she was jealous since she couldn't have children<br />

of her own. Perhaps that is true. I simply don't know the answer and<br />

since I am the object and "key" to this phenomenon, it will probably<br />

remain a mystery for the rest of my life. One thing I know though, my<br />

relationship with my mother was never as close as most child-mother<br />

relationships are. I could even go as far as saying, that I always held<br />

something like contempt for her, despite her being a truly wonderful<br />

mother to me.<br />

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