Simone 1Big Respect to Madam Pele
November 6th 2006 17:39
We are on Vacation on the big island of Hawaii, and it is so magnificent. It has the only volcano that is still erupting. We walked out to see the lava flows yesterday night in the full moon, So Awesome! We were about 2 miles from the glowing lava, we could see it on the hill coming down and going into the ocean. It was such an amazing experience to see new earth being formed right in front of our eyes! How humbling it is to see what happened millions of years ago, still happening in this moment.
What a new respect I have for Mother Earth, seeing her in action like that. Standing in view of her fiery, passionate energy, I am even more appalled at Man's arrogance in destroying nature without a second thought.
Here on the Islands, we call the goddess of the volcano, Madam Pele. There are many myths and legends told about her. Here on the Big Island of Hawaii, she is alive and well and I'd like to share a modern legend with you.
Sometime in the not so distant past (80's and 90's'), there was much development going on, in these parts. Well there was an exceptionally large resort development to take place in the town of Kalapana, you know, hotels, shops, restaurants and all this in an area that had never before had any resorts. And just a few days after all the papers were signed and all the permission been granted. Madam Pele released one of her mighty lava flows to take out all of Kalapana, the surrounding areas and all thier resort plans. Just like that, all gone. There was one Lady whose permission they forgot to ask.
What a new respect I have for Mother Earth, seeing her in action like that. Standing in view of her fiery, passionate energy, I am even more appalled at Man's arrogance in destroying nature without a second thought.
Sometime in the not so distant past (80's and 90's'), there was much development going on, in these parts. Well there was an exceptionally large resort development to take place in the town of Kalapana, you know, hotels, shops, restaurants and all this in an area that had never before had any resorts. And just a few days after all the papers were signed and all the permission been granted. Madam Pele released one of her mighty lava flows to take out all of Kalapana, the surrounding areas and all thier resort plans. Just like that, all gone. There was one Lady whose permission they forgot to ask.
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Have a great vacation.
Comment by Angelika
I'll have to read your posts to catch up!
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