There
are various legends associated with the sea God Glaucus;
and one in particular claims he was a mortal fisherman
transformed into a God as a result of eating some magic
herbs that grew near the Mediterranean shore.
Humans
do not
become Gods. There is, however, good reason to believe
that at some point in every individual's evolution
(assuming he or she is not terminated along the way) our
energy is assimilated into an existing deity. But that is
a long way off for most of us.
Some souls are asked to work for a
particular deity and in that sense their abilities are
changed, but they do not become Gods or Goddesses.
Encounters
with sea Gods or Goddesses tend to involve being taken to
their realms - in other words into the oceans. To date no
one has drowned from such a journey.
Glaucus has grey hair and beard and
seems older than most other sea Gods, except perhaps for
Phorcys. Glaucus' presence is
heralded by a turquoise and blue light.
"As my
name is called, entering this temple, there is a sense of
peace and love. I am a God who is not well known,
yet my powers are strong. I can be loving and peaceful and
can be angry and rough." Glaucus has an odd-sounding voice, deep. "I shall take the
priestess and show her something that is happening right
now."
'...I was pulled
from the temple to the middle of the ocean, to a
large cargo ship with box containers stacked on deck.
Suddenly the sea all around it turned black with oil as
the ship discharged. There were fish at the edge of the
slick that floated to the surface, dead. Not big fish but
ordinary small fish.
"These mortals know what they are
doing is wrong; but they think no one can see them. But we
the Gods see them."
Next
I was roughly dragged through the water and pushed deep down
to the sea bed where there were 6 large metal containers.
I was literally thrown against one of them. "These
casks are filled with nuclear waste and thrown into the
ocean. This is the work of madmen as only mortals that are
mad could give orders for this to be done. This should not
be on land and certainly not here under the sea."
/...Temple
Diary Glaucus
Festival
of Glaucus - January 3rd |