As we have 28 cards in our WILD VOICES set, we have decided to dedicate each of the 28 days of our campaign to one of these cards.
Let us travel together through Africa our Heartland allowing the wild voices of our African Animals to guide our way.
More ancient than mythology, primordial and silent, Crocodile views her world with green eyes. Disguised as an innocent log, she lies low just below the water, waiting, watching. On warm sandbanks she basks her bronze reptilian body, motionless ,
biding her time.
Throughout her history she has been deified and worshipped, but always feared...
Let us travel together through Africa our Heartland allowing the wild voices of our African Animals to guide our way.
More ancient than mythology, primordial and silent, Crocodile views her world with green eyes. Disguised as an innocent log, she lies low just below the water, waiting, watching. On warm sandbanks she basks her bronze reptilian body, motionless ,
biding her time.
Throughout her history she has been deified and worshipped, but always feared...
NILE CROCODILE
Key word: SURVIVAL
Element: WATER (Symbolised by the COOKING POT)
Expressing the FEMALE quality of FORGIVENESS
[an excerpt from Crocodile’s message in the book
Wild Voices: Messages from the Soul of Africa]
The Nile Crocodile, primitive, distant and remote has slid into our lives today - the unrivaled survivor. Descendant of another time, Crocodile can teach us how to survive our past. When our history wells up and threatens to overtake our present, we need to stop and take stock.
With Crocodile as your guide slip into the river of your past and swim upstream.
With an ancient history herself, she gives us the wherewithal to brave a closer examination of our past. Be ruthless: Root out past hurts, shake off the ancient river clay and throw them on the bank to dry out - soon forgotten. Beware the rapids of guilt and regrets and things unforgiven. Absolution and pardon bring freedom Pilgrim, here you find the riverbed smooth, the course gentle, the water pristine.
Our past is not entirely filled with pain. Find a balmy sandbank, stretch out and recall the times you acted with boldness or showed endurance, gave love and compassion and received these in return. If the past is the foundation of who we are today, than these good memories are the sturdy framework of our canoe - firm and resistant to the rapids and waterfalls downstream.
Crocodile has survived, not because she has adapted, but because she has remained the same. Sometimes we need to take this approach. This card advises us to stick with what works for us, focus on where we are now. How constant can you be in a changing world?
It is the time to consolidate. Use the tools that you already have at your disposal and recognise your talents and skills.
Crocodile is often silent, save for the occasional snap of a jaw and the swish of a powerful tail. Tails are behind us; know that you too are supported by a vast store of experience and knowledge amassed from the past, your tale.
Think back on the extraordinary things you have already achieved - these give you the positive self-speak and confidence to create a magnificent future.
[The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List, assesses the Nile crocodile as "Least Concern” CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) lists the Nile crocodile under Appendix I (threatened with extinction) in most of its range; under Appendix II (not threatened) but trade must be controlled. In the remainder ranching is allowed but an annual quota of skins taken from the wild is set.]
INSPIRED BY CROCODILE I UNDERSTAND THAT …
I am working through my past to create a joyful future.
Now is the time for me to consolidate; build on the solid foundations I have already established.
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