B Y D A N I E L J A C O B
B Y D A N I E L J A C O B
In essence, a Changeling is the body of a child that no longer has the "kid" inside. The body walks, talks, goes to school---but the child inside lives somewhere else, far from waking awareness. Parents sometimes do cruel things, in the dispatch of their role as parents. There are traumas, belief systems that inhibit growth, cruel viewpoints that are designed to manipulate little minds, etc. We invent monsters to intimidate our kids, and then spend years trying to convince them that monsters are not real.
Forgetting about or casting off
an important part of childhood
(like spiritual guides and
playmates) can constitute a
major trauma in the life of a
young person. For a beautiful
visualization of this process,
one needs only to check out a
copy of the movie "Heart and
Souls," released some years ago
(usually available in any video
store). The whole story plot of
the film centers around the
subject matter we are discussing
here.
To forget the
magical part of self is to lose
the essence of what it means to
be young and alive. Many people
fill psychiatric couches today,
looking for missing components
in their lives--events and
occurrences that might have
resulted in huge levels of
depression and emptiness they
feel later in life. Though every
life has its bumps and bruises,
and each one takes its
toll---few people fully
comprehend how badly they were
injured when they decided, in a
moment of time, to let go of
their imagination.
The faery kingdoms
are real! They exist in a realm
which the Celtic peoples call
the "betwixt and the between."
This is the level of
consciousness that separates and
borders sleeping and waking.
Everyone passes through there as
they go in and out of slumber.
It is the Gateway into the
ever-expanding, ever-wondrous
Multiverse. It is the entrance
into infinity!
There is
truth in the legend of the
"Changeling. " However, the
beings who dwell there are not
monsters or beasts whose purpose
in life is to devour and enslave
little ones. Rather, they
symbolize the very essence of
*child-ness* that have been
strangled out of children by
adults who did not honor and
respect their ways or their
presence, along with their gifts
of playfulness and wonder.
MORE
"The Stolen Child" by Loreena McKennitt
ORIGINAL ARTICLE (click here)
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