July/August 2022 Alchemical Voice
In this edition, we are so happy to publish our first cover competition winner - Amanda Tracey, Goddess Liberation. Amanda's stunning image appears on the cover of Issue 15, Photographer is Ian Wallman and Fabricator is Jonathan Harris. Also in this edition we have Oracle card readings by Oriel Lux, Lammas poem and a ritual by Sue Penney of Soul Verse, Crystals of the month with Sarah Jane Dennis, What is Colour by Liza Nightingale, Orchid and Dandeliion Children by Sarah Emerson, Hundred Monkeys - Hundred Humans by John Sjovik, Monthly Archangels by Carol Coggan, Eden People with Colin Brice, Unusual Phenomenon of Two Crop Circles by Kathy Mingo, Fear: What it is and What can be done about it by John Sjovik, The Mighty River & the Grandmothers part 3 by Richard Pantlin, Surviving in a Confused World by Silvia Siret, Histamine - Friend or Foe by Martin Lewis, Egyptian Mystery School of Akhenaten by Julie de Vere Hunt, vegan recipes and more. In this edition, we are so happy to publish our first cover competition winner - Amanda Tracey, Goddess Liberation. Amanda's stunning image appears on the cover of Issue 15, Photographer is Ian Wallman and Fabricator is Jonathan Harris. Also in this edition we have Oracle card readings by Oriel Lux, Lammas poem and a ritual by Sue Penney of Soul Verse, Crystals of the month with Sarah Jane Dennis, What is Colour by Liza Nightingale, Orchid and Dandeliion Children by Sarah Emerson, Hundred Monkeys - Hundred Humans by John Sjovik, Monthly Archangels by Carol Coggan, Eden People with Colin Brice, Unusual Phenomenon of Two Crop Circles by Kathy Mingo, Fear: What it is and What can be done about it by John Sjovik, The Mighty River & the Grandmothers part 3 by Richard Pantlin, Surviving in a Confused World by Silvia Siret, Histamine - Friend or Foe by Martin Lewis, Egyptian Mystery School of Akhenaten by Julie de Vere Hunt, vegan recipes and more.
Alchemical Voice - L2M Issue 15 THE MIGHTY RIVER AND THE GRANDMOTHERS In the coming editions of Alchemical Voice we will cover the following chapters of the full story for our present times from tens of thousands of years ago Part 1: Walking (May/June edition) Part 2: The mighty river (May/June edition) Part 3: “The gods are playing with us” (this edition) Part 4: Our Medicine Man speaks Part 5: The Eagle calls Part 6: “For the sakes of our children’s children’s children” Part 7: The sticks for the Grandmothers Part 8: Gogogama speaks These stories originated in a past life experience PART 1 & 2 SUMMARY Kwekwe is an inspired leader and time spirit. He is leading us, his people, along the coast to where he believes the Sun God will be turning to our left when rising out of the sea instead of to our right. We have reached a wide, mighty river with many small islands. We cannot even see the other side of the estuary and decide to make camp. A group of elders has designated one island with glee-glee trees and scrum-scum bushes as our sacred meeting place. Our medicine man Oo-oo-warawara stays there. PART 3: "THE GODS ARE PLAYING WITH US When I arrive, Kwekwe is talking animatedly about how we must all cross the mighty river because here the Sun God is too fierce during the day and in his vision the Sun God is lower in the sky and casts shadows back towards the land from which we came – even at midday. He tells this story: “Today, I was walking with our strongest three hunters by the edge of the mighty stream on the farthest long island. Nqunqu saw a fallen tree float onto the beach and jumped up and down. He said the tree was sent by the Forest God to help us. And his father’s spirit reminded him of how he climbed trees to look for pray animals when he was a boy. His father told him how he could look for a way across the river with this tree. “So Nqunqu climbed onto the log. Then he pushed it into the river directly away from the beach where we were standing. When he could no longer walk on the bottom, he lay on the tree and pushed the water with his hands. 36
“We saw him heading towards the middle of the river and we were clapping and ululating our thanks to the Forest God for giving us this way of crossing. Then suddenly the tree with Nqunqu on top was swept away to our right towards the big sea. We saw him fall off and we all held our breath and kept our spirits close and ready to reach out to our brother. Then we saw his head come up again and he was holding the tree and pushing fast against the water, trying to get back to us. The current was too strong, and we ran the length of long island trying to keep up with him in the water. He was getting closer to the beach. “We were about to give up as we got to the end of our island and my two brothers started wailing. Then I spotted that there was another island further into the stream. I prayed to the water spirits and then saw how Nqunqu’s log had slowed. It caught on a sandy strip that was sticking out from the main island and, in the distance, I saw Nqunqu stagger up out of the water and drop onto the dry land, letting the log continue its journey out to sea. “’Oh, how the gods are playing with us’, I said to the other two, wailing and laughing now. “We nearly drowned ourselves getting to that other island and had to half carry Nqunqu all the way back to his shelter and his woman. “Still, respected elders, I am telling you this story, because maybe, maybe the Forest God was giving us a sign that we can still use. Maybe two men on one tree will be strong enough to push the water and cross this river and find our way to our destiny.” There is silence… … until the oldest man speaks: “And what about the children? “What about our two women who are with child? “And,” a tone of quiet, old anger begins to arise at the impatience of Kwekwe, “and what about us older men and women who are too weak to push the water….?” There is silence again. And then a few murmurs of assent from the older men and women. Kwekwe’s face grows hot and he keeps his peace. Richard Pantlin is the founder of CareStellations, constellations coaching with an African twist at a price you can afford. 37 Richard works 4 days a week as an NHS manager in addition to his private spiritual healing practice. His CareStellations approach is infused with many years experience of a variety of healing modalities as well as 14 years of working with traditional healers in Zimbabwe. rich@richardpantlin.com | www.richardpantlin.com
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“We saw him heading towards the middle of the river and we<br />
were clapping and ululating our thanks to the Forest God for<br />
giving us this way of crossing. Then suddenly the tree with<br />
Nqunqu on top was swept away to our right towards the big<br />
sea. We saw him fall off and we all held our breath and kept<br />
our spirits close and ready to reach out to our brother. Then<br />
we saw his head come up again and he was holding the tree<br />
and pushing fast against the water, trying to get back to us.<br />
The current was too strong, and we ran the length of long<br />
island trying to keep up with him in the water. He was getting<br />
closer to the beach.<br />
“We were about to give up as we got to the end of our island<br />
and my two brothers started wailing. Then I spotted that there<br />
was another island further into the stream. I prayed to the<br />
water spirits and then saw how Nqunqu’s log had slowed. It<br />
caught on a sandy strip that was sticking out from the main<br />
island and, in the distance, I saw Nqunqu stagger up out of the<br />
water and drop onto the dry land, letting the log continue its<br />
journey out to sea.<br />
“’Oh, how the gods are playing with us’, I said to the other two,<br />
wailing and laughing now.<br />
“We nearly drowned ourselves getting to that other island and<br />
had to half carry Nqunqu all the way back to his shelter and his<br />
woman.<br />
“Still, respected elders, I am telling you this story, because<br />
maybe, maybe the Forest God was giving us a sign that we can<br />
still use. Maybe two men on one tree will be strong enough to<br />
push the water and cross this river and find our way to our<br />
destiny.”<br />
There is silence…<br />
… until the oldest man speaks:<br />
“And what about the children?<br />
“What about our two women who are with child?<br />
“And,” a tone of quiet, old anger begins to arise at the<br />
impatience of Kwekwe, “and what about us older men and<br />
women who are too weak to push the water….?”<br />
There is silence again.<br />
And then a few murmurs of assent from the older men and<br />
women.<br />
Kwekwe’s face grows hot and he keeps his peace.<br />
Richard Pantlin is the founder of CareStellations,<br />
constellations coaching with an African twist at a<br />
price you can afford.<br />
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Richard works 4 days a week as an NHS manager in<br />
addition to his private spiritual healing practice. His<br />
CareStellations approach is infused with many years<br />
experience of a variety of healing modalities as well as<br />
14 years of working with traditional healers in<br />
Zimbabwe.<br />
rich@richardpantlin.com | www.richardpantlin.com
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