Winter this year has been an intense experience of cold and SNOW and as I write this a wintery blizzard swirls snow in an almost complete white out. Everyone (other than the people attempting to clear the roads) has been taken out of their agendas, work schedules, hectic lists of priorities and the Mystery behind the Snow brings virtual paralysis to our typical movements.
Several thoughts spring to mind in contemplating this "historic and record snowfall" here this year, first that "historic" only means from 1883 to the present time, and second that the extremes of weather continue to manifest themselves more and more strongly, affecting the cycles of seasons, and the cycles of our lives in ways that remind us that we are not stronger than the forces of "Mother Nature" and that we must bend and adjust to the dramatic changes that are occurring in the weather patterns upon our Mother Earth.
The hut above is a seasonal space as it is open on the opposite side. It was primarily the Monansu for the feminine Nkisis until very recently and fortunately before the snow we moved them into a larger space with four walls, door and roof! The hut here is made from wood that from fallen trees on the Land and was cut with a chain saw into boards. The "chinking" between the boards is mud mixed with straw.
Here are several views of the space around the Central Ceremonial Tree. The snow did not collect under the roof very much and the tree has remain very clean and intact throughout the winter season.
More views of the Central Ceremonial Tree.
Several other views of the same space, showing some carved stones, guardians. In the last photo in the series a machete that had fallen earlier is slowly becoming covered in soil. Depending on the circumstance when a weapon moves unexpectedly we will leave it where it falls or put back.
Left Photo: Close up of the quartz crystal that sits in front of the tree resting on the hickory (strong wood) tree ladder. We found this crystal at a rock/ gem show. This gem show contained amazing stones and crystals of very high value, but the energy in the show was intensely negative, as the energies of exploitation of Mother Earth, greed, and spiritlessness were rampant. As soon as the crystal took its place upon the Earth by the Tree its energy brightened dramatically. Right Photo: Luceritos...
Left Photo: Another view of the Fundamentos in the Lucero Hut who got a sprinkling of snow during the storm. The rainbow effect in the top left corner is a phenomenon that somehow came out in the photo. Right Photo: View from the back of Nsasi's tree inside Nsasi's Monansu.
View of Nsasi's tree inside his Monansu. It is a choke cherry (wild cherry tree) which are native to this area.
View from afar of "Kongo Land" what we call the group of Monansu that house the various Nkisi of our house.
This fox was found in "Thunder the bull"s shed where he had come to die because this otherwise healthy fox had only three legs. The fourth leg had somehow been amputated at the very top. Possibly a trap of some kind. We will honor him by using all parts of him from hide to bone to organs.
"Thunder from Down and Under" the bull has been raised with us since he was a calf who was bought for Nsasi. He is now a full grown bull who someday be enjoyed by Nsasi and ourselves.
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