7th Day
7th Day
On the sixth day, after the Earth was divided between the living land, sea and the heavens and all that lived among them, the Creator took the Earth Woman from clay and breathed life into their body.Their skin shone bronze, eyes blazed with the fire of creation, and their feet strong, rooted in the Earth. The Creator looked upon them with tender Love and Grace for they were noble and kind, and endowed them with the magic of Sight. With this gift, they made Worlds where each was always better than the last.
Earth Woman thrived in union with all around them, knowing all the Beings that walked the Earth. After Earth Woman became one with the Earth’s inhabitants, Tree, Herb and Animal, they collectively wove together the skills that they’d been loaned from all Creation: justice, reciprocity and love. With the help of the herb, Earth Woman was able to create medicine out of herb, and taken with the magic of Sunrise to protect the body from malaise. With the help of the tree, Earth Woman was able to connect to the deep wisdoms of the land and from the animal, Earth Woman was able to understand observation. In exchange, Earth Woman leaned into their languages and cared for them with the intention they asked.
Soon, the magic of their sight was tested. The skies cracked open and from it a storm unlike any before peeled through the land and destroyed all that stood in its path. The night before the storm would take set on the land, Earth Woman was given a vision that led Earth people to shelter through the storm. After the Earth people emerged from where they rested, they observed all that had surrendered to the skies. The land they knew seemed desolate, but together they found that they had been provided a gift to create something new. Together, Earth Woman and all who called the Earth home tended to the Land. With the omnipotency of Creator they used their divine gifts to restore their home. The Fire cleared the way for the New, the insect spread the technology of life, and Earth Woman used their Sight to chart a way through. This work, like Creator’s, took 6 days.
When Earth Woman spoke, all listened. Their gift of Sight allowed them to thread together the past, present and future, creating a moment always better than the last. They would look within themselves and to the Land, receiving the messages of their Creator and using them to fashion freedom.
For certain, whenever Earth Woman placed their hands in the Land, they created a New World. This is known. And so, this is the origin of the Black Woman, one endowed with the divine talent of shepherding Us to a new Path.
Earth Woman went on to become the ancestor of All who walk the earth today but few honour their lessons. Before they went on to Glory, they warned us of the death and destruction that would come through the night and steal all that which we cherished. In the eyes of their pupils, this is loss of respect, knowledge and understanding of the land and its people. It is the conquering of land and their people, the drawing of state lines and the forgotten magic of the Spirit.
Earth woman gave us this prophecy:
“And when the Lord spoke, a new dominion rose up. One made of dreams and visions of black boys adorned with kinky hair, laughing til bellies are full
Shoulders jumping, eyes watering, running back and forth on ashy brown feet
Black femmes laying in the sun, edges free and skin browning lips smacking with the fragrance of joy on their breath
In the presence of freedom, hearts light as God herself intended
Memories of the past rest only on a fresh spring breeze overshadowed by the low hum of the ancestor’s song.”