 ''Telling the Bees' The telling of the bees is a traditional European custom in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or departures and returns in the household. If the custom was omitted or forgotten and the bees were not "put into mourning" then it was believed a penalty would be paid, such as the bees might leave their hive, stop producing honey, or die. The custom has been most widely noted in England but also recorded in Ireland, Wales, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and the United States.' Could there be something of great importance and value in this Tell? The Bees are disappearing, our grieving skills are almost nonexistant in our 'patronised and inflamed world'. The Web and Hive of our rightful relationship between species have withered away, the communication is in a dis-animated and relentless storms. The Bees are not told much anymore and they are disappearing as we keep forgetting who to talk to about our Grief ….so they don't come back... Let's Tell the few Bees left of our sorrow and grief, of our gratitude and longings, loves and news again....<3 I have been offering Bee Pollen in all rituals and ceremonies lately calling us to become Hives ... Bees have not given up on us... I have not given up on your Great Teachings and Astonishing Gifts of Love, Wisdom and Spiritual awakening, I bow to you Sun beings... Please join us on 30th November 2017 if you are touched by the 6th massive extinction of Life on Earth and want to Give Away your gifts, broken hearts and talents to creating our first Life Cairn in Totnes. Artists, singers, musicians, children, elders, mothers, fathers, lovers of all sorts and all two, three and four legged welcome ! 30th November 2017 We need to find a piece of land preferably by the River Dart accessible by All ...All the time... to place and care for our Life Cairn ♥ Memorials for species rendered extinct at human hands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_Cairn 'Grief is not a form of negotiation with Death, it is a courageous, generous and beautiful Love letter to Life'. In grief and deep gratitude OUR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1773741646245298/?ti=icl OUR SOULand PAGE: http://www.souland.org/life-cairn-in-totnes.html http://www.souland.org/life-cairn-in-totnes.html Other Links : https://www.lostspeciesday.org/ https://medium.com/dark-mountain/the-life-cairn-1483610d05ab http://uncivilisation.co.uk/uncategorized/building-a-life-cairn-at-unciv-13/ https://www.facebook.com/Thelifecairn/ https://www.lostspeciesday.org/?p=708 Azul Thome is the active visionary of SOULand: ´Making the World of our Longing one Maturing Soul at a Time ´ eARTh and the Grief Composting Circles
 SOULand joins and gathers artists and animists to create and tend to a Life Cairn in Totnes in collaboration with Remembrance Day for Extinct Species 30th Nov 2017 |
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