Once upon a time, God created the Heavens and the Earth and the Earth was without form, and Void and Darkness covered the Earth. And God created Light for the Heavens and Earth from the Divine Light and then created Humanity and Animals and Plants. God then said:
'You will be my khalifs, Rulers of the Earth, to take charge of the Earth because I have bestowed upon you more power than the other creatures of this planet. And you will assume full responsibility for the well-being and security of all living things for with the mantle of Power comes the duty to protect and care for the helpless.'
Then God commanded: 'Learn to read and write and write my message so that your descendants will understand their duties and their destiny on Earth.'
But upon the Earth there was a tribe who, having learned to read and write, came to a land of milk and honey and lusted for it. And what they wrote was: 'And God declared: You are my chosen people. Take the land of milk and honey for your own and destroy its inhabitants. Leave not one single stone standing for you are better than all the other creatures and if they are in your path, you have the right to sweep them into oblivion.'
Many thousands of years passed and the race of humans grew in arrogance and the arts of deception. The descendants of the invaders who had translated the message of God into their own manifesto persuaded others of their special divine right and the true message of God being lost, all humanity believed in its right to use and abuse the Earth as it pleased.
God does not need to send down a Flood to cleanse the Earth of the arrogant and irresponsible. When the people themselves destroy the fundamental integrity of the Earth, destruction will follow as surely as Night follows Day. Poison the soil and those who consume the fruits of that soil will be poisoned. Remove the backbone of the mountains and all that holds the waters in place and floods will follow as inevitably as Day follows Night. We are creating our own Doom. Why should we look to God to save us when we continue to pervert the Divine Message, continue to destroy our inheritance and refuse to perform our duties as the Rulers over all Earth's creatures and all living things?
About Me
- Valkyrie Hawk
- My name is Eugenia-Maria Martino de Conde. Freyashawk is the name under which I write game guides and play many games. I specialise in Northern mythology but my original academic background is in History and British Law. Mine is the view of an exile, a Swan-Maiden rather than a god. Not an exile from heaven (that would be arrogant), but an exile nonetheless. I have lived in La Jolla, Nepal, London, Southampton, Manhattan, Roma, Pennsylvania et alia but spiritually belong to no land. Thus the affiliation with the air, hawk and swan. A Valkyrie chooses heroes from the slain. Walking among the dead is disconcerting. My greatest loves are my daughter and my Puttikins, my Himalayan cat clan. As Freyashawk, I write strategy guides for games. Time to write another novel for a writer can be a Valkyrie, creating warriors from her imagination that inspire people in the eternal battle between good and evil. Therein is the power I desire.
