About Abolone Shells
Strange thing happened a few nights ago and I’m only getting around to putting it on here now. I’ll keep it short and sweet because I could honestly write an essay on how wild this dream was and how much emotion was involved.
The other night Gaia came to me in a dream. It sounds crazy, but she did. Never have I ever had an experience of being contacted directly by a deity and honestly, I am so humbled to have been.
Anyway, in my dream she was crying. I couldn’t figure out why she was so upset and I just kind of observed as she literally was wailing hysterically. Then, although I never asked her what was causing so much pain, I just got this overwhelming feeling that she wanted me to tell people to stop using Abolone Shells. She made me feel the agony of the shell being ripped from the Abolone Snail and how hypocritical it was to do Earth Worship and purchase Abolone Shells from a store that mass produces them. It was just a wild rush of all these emotions and how she told me to tell as many people as I could to stop hurting her children.
Now, I don’t know many people who use Abolone Shells. I don’t even use them out of preference, but I have purchased them in the past as gifts. I can’t possibly think of one good reason why Gaia would give me this message, especially because I am so unfamiliar with the Abolone. So I guess I am going to use my very teeny tiny platform here on Tumblr to just tell people what Gaia told me.
To be fair, I am 100% positive that there is a religious practice somewhere out there that uses Abolone Shells very seriously(ex: smudging). My personal practices will never be the same as someone else’s, so you just keep doing your thing if Abolone is a requirement for your practice. I am only putting this on here because Gaia really wants me to tell the world. So please, unless Abolone Shells are a staple in your practice, please find an alternative... maybe... for Gaia...?
(Also wanted to add that certain species of Abolone are endangered. Here’s a link with more info: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/southern-california-and-endangered-abalone-populations/ )