From:	arcady@***.net arcady@***.net
Subject:	Shaping spiritual lands (was: The Value of Edu...zzzzzz)
Date:	Wed, 14 Jul 99 11:44:41 +700

>>>I've always been of the opinion that the entire nation has in a way a high
level
>>>of energy that could be tapped into by the right forces. I'd presume that
this
>>>is one major reason why the Ghost Dance was such a success and why it was

>>>natives who got magic first. In it's soul, the land of North America has
been
>>>'spiritually shaped' over tens of thousands of years. It knows who it belongs
to...
>
>>The same can be said of most euorpean countries too though. Also of
>>africa, pretty much anywhere man has lived for a long period of time.
>
>Absolutely not! The point is, that in the US and Down Under, the spiritually

>aware, indigenous population has been effectively wiped out by colonists over

>a relatively short period of time (300-400 years). In Europe, the majority

>of countries have been *reasonably* stable, in terms of ethnic makeup, for

>quite a while....Last time *we* were invaded was 1000 years ago...

Yep. And if I recall my history lessons the Mongols lost that one.
They got as far as where Germany is now before being pushed back.

As a side note when I was in the Air Force (US) a friend of mine who's family
had come from Romania had a Mongolian last name. He could trace his roots back
to a Mongolian raider who'd stayed behind in Europe.

>So, the immense spiritual trauma caused by the reeducation centres and the

>whole original Wild West (aka Genocide) never really happened in most parts

>of Europe. Even the Eastern Block countries never really had their populations

>displaced....Kosovo, OTOH, will be a background 4 region for as long as
>I can think!

The Crusades have a level of this but not the same degree as the regions that
has left in dispute are still in dispute and over time the people there are
the same people who've always been there but now just split on different sides.


>I mean, take Ireland - who could be arsed to invade the place (apart from

>makeup of people in Ireland has not significantly changed really...ever...AFAIK!


Exactly. Even if the Brits wiped out every last Irishman and moved a bunch of
Italians in (who's know why this would ever happen :) ) the people there would
still be closely the same as the people the land had always known. At least
closer than the difference between an Apache and a Scottsman. The Italian and
the Irishman have shared several thousand years of contact and trade with some
ethnic mingling. A parralel to North America would be if France where taken
by the Japanese and all the French suddenly wiped out save for a very small
handful.