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The
Goddess Electra is thought to have vanished before the
destruction of her beloved city of Troy, indeed in
mythological account she is said to be the ancestor of the
Trojans.
Electra is
known as one of the Pleiades, daughter of Atlas, though
other accounts suggest she is the daughter of Oceanus and
Tethys. Likewise her children are variously said to be the Goddesses Iris and
Harmonia.
Electra was said to appear to mortals
in the form of a comet.
To date
team-members have only seen Electra as a figure of light,
though at times she can be glimpsed as a young-looking
Goddess with forceful voice:
"I am Electra a powerful Goddess
of Olympia. Not well known like some, yet there are those
who are aware of me. But one day all will know of me. I am
a hard-working Goddess, today is my day, a special one. I
do not celebrate like most. My power is strong and I work.
You
have been given gifts of hearing and seeing and of
feeling, so I can converse with you. I take you priestess
to a temple that once was for me. Find it, it is right in
the middle."
'...I was
in an open space looking at a huge group of prickly
bushes, the whole area was covered in them and the temple
seemed to be in the middle. First I walked around the
outside to see if there were gaps but it was all a thick
tangled mess, and all I could find was a small stick but
it didn't help much to beat back the thorn bushes. But I
made my way, getting very scratched and torn and somehow I
got through and there in the middle was a lot of stones
and rubble and I felt very disappointed. Then on the
ground I saw the remains of a mosaic, part of a floor, I
wiped away leaves and dust and stones and could see there
had been a design with a face in the middle, but much of
the mosaic was missing. I wondered whether it was her
face.
"Now you know how my temple was left.
Temples now are mine in different countries. I have been
heard, I have spoken to many mortals and those that have
heard me are puzzled and talk among themselves and in time
will realise what is happening. I am angry at the way
faithful followers of the Olympian faith were
murdered."
I saw
the temple how it was.
I saw a girl child of about ten
years going into the temple alone. There was no one else
inside and she stood before a statue, praying and asking
the Goddess to make her mother well again as she had been
ill for a long time. The child finished praying and left
the temple. Then I saw a man in a loose black robe
confront the child, reminding her that she knew she was
forbidden to enter the heathen temple. The child replied
she had been praying for her mother's recovery. The man
had a limp, he carried a stick and struck the child
three times, the third blow felled her and she struck her
head on the pillar and died. The man just limped away.
I heard Electra speak:
"It is with great joy I now see cracks appearing in the
foundations of the Christian churches."
The temple vanished and I saw a parish church in
woodland. I watched as her blue light became a lightning
flash, very vivid blue and it passed right through the
spire and brought it crashing to the ground.
The spire was
completely knocked off and both side walls of the church
were badly damaged. Then everything went dark for a few
moments and I was back there. The church had gone, it had
been cleared away and in place of the church was a
circular building with a domed roof. It looked as if made
from glazed tiling in bright blue with a little gold
pattern in the middle of each tile. The domed roof was
plain blue, but not glazed tiling. There was a wooden door
and a path leading to it. The building looked so pretty
and in such a lovely setting.
"In place of a Christian church a
small shrine will be built for me. This I show you, so be
happy."
Festival
of Electra & Nereids
- 26th October |