By Carolina Smart

Supposedly we are living in the 21st Century, but somehow it feels like the 1800's. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that there are still plagues such as SARS and Ebola. It is ridiculous that we have to slaughter thousands of cattle because of Mad Cow Disease and we cannot control a disease spread by mosquitoes. Scientists can figure out how to make a car run on water, but 18th century type illnesses defy them. I don’t get it. I really don’t. Is it they are not trying hard enough or are they being told not to bring all of these problems under control. Think about it, the government needs a way to keep us under their thumbs. What better way than to weaken our immune systems. Conspiracy theory brewing here.

I have been thinking long and hard about everything that is going on right now in our society, our world and our planet. Instead of progressing we are in fact regressing. Because of our selfish ways we are turning things back to the way they were before. Especially when it comes to illness and disease. Whenever you go to the doctor feeling ill they are all to ready to pull out the prescription pad rather than actually try to figure out what is truly wrong with you. They deal with the symptoms rather than the cause. I myself have been changing how I look after my body. I have been a vegetarian for a few years now, I use essential oils and herbs when I am ill and I only go see a doctor when I cannot cure the illness myself. I have however decided that I will no longer do the latter. At least not see a modern doctor. Like many others I will be seeking out the advice of a practitioner of holistic medicine. The type of medicine that was practised before doctors and scientist discovered synthetic substitutes to cure our ills.

The thing that got me started on this rant was a question my 8-year-old stepson asked me. While sitting at the supper table he asked me why people dig up Dandelions. I explained that many people mistakenly think that Dandelions are weeds and a nuisance. They cannot have a so-called perfect lawn if there are Dandelions. I further explained that they are in fact a wild flower and can be used as medicine, eaten or made into wine (some of the best wine I have tasted was my Uncles Dandelion wine). He then looked at me and asked, "Can plants be used for medicine?" Damn right they can and we all need to remember that before we rush off to the doctor for help. Wouldn’t you feel better putting something healthy and organic in your body for a change?

I have also been seeing this is the news more often than I would like. I have been seeing the words Witch-Hunt. Do you know there are still countries that will hang, stone or burn a women simply because she has been labelled a witch? I thought we cleared this problem up in the late 1800’s or was I readying a faery tale? Granted it is mostly 3rd world countries that are doing this, but…don’t these people at least read. The thing that is eerie here is that these women are being accused on the same premise as in the 1600’s. They are simply practising natural medicine, or are using free will. Free will meaning they are speaking their minds and standing up for themselves. If that is what makes a witch then there are millions of them, billions in fact. I can see the headlines next; New Study Shows 9 out of every 10 women are a Witch. As I have said before, a real witch would never get caught. Please give me a break! PLEASE!

I am sticking to what I have said in earlier rants. The reason all of these things such as plagues, erratic weather and natural disasters are happening is simply because the Goddess is pissed. Do you blame her? I don’t. Look at what we have done to her planet. Instead of being thankful for all it gives us, we are destroying it. Well at least the humans are. Some of us are actually trying to make it better.

I have spoken!

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