"Who is it that laments in this house of stone?.... It is
Mabon, the son of Modron who is here..... and no imprisonment was ever to grievous as mine."
___ Culhwch and Olwen, from "The Mabinogian"
In the story of Culhwch and Olwen, Mabon, son of Modron, is a primal being of innocence, abducted from his mother's side when he was only three nights old. No one knows whether he is alive or dead, as the young hero, Culhwch (KIL'ook) discovers when he goes to liberate the Child of Light from his long imprisonment.
The gifts of innocence are eagerly sought by those who have lost their own. Those who have spilled and wasted in hideous ways the hope, freshness, vigor, openness, directness, and joy of youth seek to replenish their stores, and so the cycle of the abused preying upon the innocent goes round.
How can the cycle of abuse be short-circuited in our society? Only when each of us decides to break the circle that keeps us imprisoned as victim, in fear of predator. It is only by liberating the Mabon of our innocent selves that we can find the strength to overcome abuse and violence: we need the primal help of our innocent, lost, and imprisoned soul-fragment, which was overwhelmed in childhood.
"Has your innocence been abused or lost? Over a period of time, begin to create the components of your quest for the Mabon of your own lost soul-fragment. Where does the crying come from? In what circumstances do you access the memories and pathways? Follow these until you find the place in dream, meditation, and soul-flight. Envisage the innocent becoming the strong liberator."
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]
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