This makes me wonder about the child casualties of gun violence being part of
the atonement process. I don’t know if this is in any of your writing Anngwyn
but it would be an interesting piece of research to look at the family history
of the children who have died in this way.
I have been considering this issue in the light of Britain’s colonial history
and some families with a known history of colonialism whose sons die as young
adults. I haven’t done enough research yet to be able to say this with any
conviction but the signs are there.
Barbara
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On 23 Feb 2018, at 21:26, Anngwyn anngwyn@xxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk]
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
Karl-Heinz Rauscher and I did a constellation on a similar subject at the
Founder's Inn (named for our Founding Fathers ) in Virginia at the 2017 NASC
conference and it became very clear Americans, from the earliest days,
equate guns with both patriotism and freedom. For systemic reasons, this is
not likely to change anytime soon. Gun control laws without a cultural
consensus, such as there is in Australia,Canada, UK and Japan will not
eliminate gun related violence. Ask Mexico.
All for now,
Anngwyn
In a message dated 2/23/2018 12:03:36 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Greetings,
My memory is that Allison Fornes did community constellation work regarding
this particular issue a couple of years ago.
Much love to all, Susana Witte
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:05 PM, ninaishtar@xxxxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk]
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Everyone
I am from Western Australia, a new comer still establishing my work in this
field. I am wondering if anyone has done any constellation work that has
touched upon gun violence and children in America? I have been commenting on
an interesting discussion on Facebook about a video of a young American girl
who looks about 10/ 11 receiving her first rifle, it seems from her parents..
She is so overwhelmed with emotion she is in tears. The discussion was
around the culture of American families and hunting. How this girl may have
been experiencing the strong emotion due to the "gift" representing
something like a rite of passage; old enough to be trusted with her first
rifle. The recent protests in America in relation to school massacres
stimulated this topic and sharing.
I just read a 2014 Guardian article about the culture of American families
and hunting. It quotes that 3000 children die each year from hunting
accidents. A Yale University study reports 7000 children are either admitted
to hospital with serious injuries or die from hunting accidents each year in
America. These figures do not of course include street violence, domestic
violence and school massacres. If this behaviour is so strongly apart of the
family institution in America I do wonder what the roots of this are all
about. The right to bear arms and hunt freely even if it's killing and
injuring lots of children, who in fact are not living in a war zone. No
disrespect to American culture but this stuns me.
Any experiences?
Thanks
Nina Ishtar
Denmark Western Australia
MC900023779[1]
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