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A Vision And A Word

Bob Neumann, 1/2005

In the last week I have gotten my share of “new years” greetings. People who all are wishing me prosperity and good fortune in the “coming year”. Being of my a typical “scrooge” mentality, I have returned the smiles and best wishes from people for the last few weeks in an increasing grudgingly manner. I do not desire bad feelings between myself and others, so I keep my mouth shut. Accept overly repeated comments of merry this and happy that….but I wonder….what people would say if I shared my thoughts.

I suppose if I just went along with the flow I could have wished all my Wiccan, Neo-Pagan, and Goth co-workers with…Happy Winter Solstice… or Have a Rockin’ Saturnalia…. I guess I could mumble ancient benedictions about Bacchus, Janus and the goddess Fortuna….. but none of my co-workers are out-of the-closet pagans. All seems to be some of the more common brands of Christian that are endemic to my area. They all look the same, no matter what day of the week it is. So I am always puzzled by their doctrines…or lack there of. So to wish upon them the blessings of ancient pagan deities because they hold these times in high regard lacks something. Likewise I am no longer comfortable faking it. Even saying HAPPY NEW YEAR right now feels just plain wrong. Sort of like wishing Aztecs, Omecs, and Mayans that they do not run out of virgins for their MOON FESTIVAL. YUCK…

SO….I have sat in this growing funk and got into a strange spiral of thought. If we disregard what is important to a MOST HOLY GOD, what in deed does HE OWE US? Now that gave me cold goose bumps up and down my spine. GOD’S year revolves around HIS FEASTS…the “MO’EDIM”. Has nothing to do with equinoxes and solstices. THE FEASTS are based on THE RAIN and THE HARVEST. SO…I have pondered what my GOD was doing. SO…I stepped aside and began a fast and a wait. Only nether lasted very long….things being what they may….and I got a song…an old tune… Had it for a day or two before the VISION came….

THE VISION I was simply watching a “stage” and an instrumental version of the “song” was being played. Two “men” stepped forward and each were hit by bright spot lights. Each wore expensive three piece suits. Each was perfectly “groomed”. Each held a microphone. Now I “saw” their mouths moving, and I heard nothing. I “saw” them gesture and move to the “audience” I never saw or heard. It is here where I heard THE LAMB SPEAK…. THE WORD “”ALL YOU WILL GET IS A LOT OF ” “SHUCK” AND “JIVE” ” IN 2005!””

And that was it.

At first I wondered which of the two was SHUCK…and who was JIVE…. only it did not matter…

And the song was from a movie called SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER… it was STAYIN’ ALIVE… now this movie had two other songs by THE BROTHERS GIBB worthy of some thought… HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE… and JIVE TALKIN’….

So…in keeping with the ancient traditions of this “season”…. I give to all this VISION….and a message from THE LAMB for the next solar cycle…. WASSAIL, y’all dog

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