Healing Tones

PLATO IS CREDITED with the story of Atlantis, whether myth or fact. My friend and colleague Larry Krantz wrote a captivating novel back in 2014 entitled DREAMS OF ATLANTIS, in which he weaves a story of the last days of this ancient civilization in such intricate detail that one may be led to believe, as I was, that the author himself was indeed the main character of the story in a prior life — and the story a documentary rather than novel. Here’s a synopsis posted on Amazon, although the book is no longer in print. You may know someone who has a copy and is willing to loan it out.

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The last days of Atlantis. The climactic end was not seen by most, yet a few saw ominous signs the end of their civilization was near. Into this world came Terrell, a young man apparently born into poor circumstances, who finds his way to spiritually-oriented mentors who set him in the right direction. Dreams of Atlantis follows Terrell on his journey, rising to great heights, facing innumerable challenges, and losing romance, then brought back to earth by circumstances and his own limitations. Finally, he comes to understand his destiny, and what awaits Atlantis, and sees the hope for the future vested in those who survive the turmoil.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the read and highly recommend it to my friends and followers, if not for sheer enjoyment then for the purpose of remembering our past — lest we repeat it.

I do love story, real and mythical, if only as a metaphor for truth and consequence, as a reader of my previous post commented. There’s a message, even a teaching, in every story — sometimes easier to receive and learn from than a non-fiction. Stories open up the heart for enjoyment, and the mind for entertainment, imaging and adventure. But also for warnings about the need for radical change in the way we live on this planet. The following is such a story. Enjoy and be informed.

A STORY ABOUT WATER AND MELTING GLACIERS

“Humans are changing all aspects of water on the planet.”

“We are in proportions that are just beyond language. We are in mythology. And how do you write about something that is larger than language? Maybe you have to understand beauty and poetry and love. Who do I love that will experience this in the hard way?”

“The ecological crisis is a catastrophe in slow motion. It will be decades before we truly understand the fallout of glacial ice melt. But the lives of our children’s children will undeniably be shaped by the movement of ice and the upwelling of water. How can the stories and relationships that link together generations help us care for a future we cannot yet comprehend? Last month, poet Jamaica Osorio offered spoken verses that carry ancestral wisdom needed in this moment. This week, we debut The Last Ice Age, the third film in our Shifting Landscapes documentary film series, in which Icelandic storyteller Andri Snær Magnason uses myth to help us fathom the immense scale of transformation engulfing the Earth.

 “For Andri, climate change is like a black hole: so big it exceeds what our minds can grasp. We understand it not by looking straight at its center, but by looking at its edges—to the stories that can bring it into focus. On a journey retracing his grandparents’ annual spring pilgrimage to Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, he searches for the narratives that lie at the periphery of the climate crisis, in both scientific data and his family’s memories. Witnessing the inevitable decline of Europe’s largest ice cap with his son Hlynur, Andri pulls on the ties of love that connect generations to try and see what the immense changes he has seen in just one lifetime will mean for the future of the planet.”

Watch the forty-minute film at this link: https://emergencemagazine.org/film/the-last-ice-age/

Until my next post,

Be love. Be loved

Anthony ~ tpal70@gmail.com