One of the common things in folklore, whether Hawaiian, Nordic or Greek, is the belief in demi-gods that have power, and must be obeyed and made offerings to. In order to reconcile this with my fairly new Christian path, I’ve taken an interest in analysing what the common ground is, and how this can be translated into modern time.

Behind each demi-god, stands a natural power: A natural element. It can be gods or godesses of the ocean, the wind, the thunder or the fire, for example. While these indeed hold much power that humans can’t tame, at least not completely, it’s easy to see how they must have invoked great fear in humans. I think, this is why these powers became dressed into gods. For me, personally, setting God above all and having Him as the highest Master, takes away all such fears, and even the New Age-seeking. However, dancing the story of these legends doesn’t mean that we worship the natural elements per say. Just like practising Qigong and Feng Shui based on Chinese Medicine, are tools to better tend to ourselves in harmony with nature, so that we can have a better health and be more loving. It doesn’t mean that we worship the natural elements.

Now that we’ve had a rare solar eclipse, the internet has been flooded with both prophecies and medium like interpretations, said to be channelled with important messages from the Divine. As with so many other things, what we believe is what we’ll see and experience. I don’t believe it to be any signs of doomsday or that I would become affected by it in my pursuit of building this business, sell my books, coach and dance at all, more than that spring is always a time for renewal and rebirth, a time for positive action. And today, I feel grounded and happy that the sun is shining with an increased spring warmth in Sweden. What I can do, however, is to understand the solar eclipse as a metaphor of not obstructing the sun, meaning to not obstruct other people’s light, which is what I feel others in Sweden have done against me for many years. I believe, that rather helping others to shine, is a good way to share the light, as well as doing so ourselves.