The Wheel of Time and the Will of Nature

Like many Americans of a liberal-progressive political disposition, I am feeling greatly relieved as well as inspired by the wise decision of Joseph Biden to step down as the Democratic party's presidential nominee and to instead call on Vice President Kamala Harris  to step into the role. Her performance in the two days since the baton was passed to Ms. Harris has beautifully demonstrated the qualities of forceful energy, verbal sharpness and joy in battle that had become so sorely lacking in Joseph Biden due to his advanced age. I now feel hopeful that the terrible Fascist juggernaut of Donald Trump and his antidemocratic forces can be stopped in its tracks, and a brighter horizon beckon.

There is something so poignant in this turn of events: the old giving way to the young, the turning of the wheel, the acceptance of time and season. To put this in Jungian terms, it is the elderly Senex giving way to the youthful Puer. Now Donald Trump, the sociopathic Trickster whose narcissistic confidence and red-faced bellowing gave him the appearance of vigor in relation to the frail and feeble Biden, has been exposed as an aging clown whose bluster and blather are no match for the moral clarity, righteous anger and laughing confidence of this far more youthful and quick-witted contender. The tables have turned. Of course, no one should underestimate the power of American racism and misogyny to boost Trump over Harris, but I am hopeful that some kind of cosmic re-alignment is taking place that will indeed result in the victory of Kamala Harris.

From a more specifically Pagan point of view, it may be that Mother Earth and the forces of nature are rising up to block the return to power of a man who has very clearly proclaimed his willingness to allow the heedless exploitation of natural resources to proceed with no limits, no regulations, no restraint, a man with absolutely no concern for all the devastation this will cause, all the suffering, all the scarring and degradation of our beautiful earth. Well, Mr. Trump, you thought nature was helpless: it may now be rising up against you.

This is my prayer today. May it prove true tomorrow and in November when the election takes place!