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stark contrast to the fervor of sound and energy in the soil and ocean. I have the sense

that I am supposed to drum for him. I feel hesitant, awkward, self conscious, but there is

a frame drum in my hand, and I realize that I am supposed to reconnect the boy to an

essential life force that has been exiled. I start to drum.

Then I am in the midst of outer-space. It is dark, but there are an infinite number of

distant stars shining. I feel the stars are radiating love, streaming unending love and

nourishment and protection to the whole planet and to all beings on the planet. I laugh,

realizing what a grand truth this is. There is so much love streaming toward us all of the

time.

This vision came to me in April 2017 as the Trump administration’s "alternative facts”

attempt to undermine the legitimacy of scientific evidence and minimize the impact of

environmental catastrophe all around us.

I believe that this vision calls us to “listen beneath the surface,” to be in direct, primal

relation to the Earth— to awaken to the mysteries of the natural world that are just

beyond our human senses and intellectual capacities. Elemental energies are showing

us what is true, the ongoing processes by which the planet is a living organism, trying to

survive and heal herself.

This vision also calls us to bring tools of ritual awareness and sacred sound to heal the

broken places in society. And ultimately, it offers the gift of experiencing the vast,

unifying energy of love that permeates every aspect of the universe.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shula Levine is the mother of an un-schooling teen, a birth doula

and hospice volunteer. Her writing practice and dream work support

her ongoing explorations of life within and around her.