> I'd like to know more about Wollombin.
>
> How is this mountain woven into the Dreamtime - and do you know the
> song?
Well, that's a vast subject. Here's a brief sketch of the tale as I had it
recounted to me by Alinta (Lorraine Mafi-Williams, who alas, has been dead
just one year now). Alinta was a clever woman, and the helper and
interpreter for Aunt Millie, who was keeper of Wollombin, or Mount Warning
(and also Tooloom Falls, Nimbin Rocks, and Crown Mountain). She said the
mountain is indeed one of many great features of the dreamtime.
Alinta told me tale over the course of several days while she was visiting
Grandmother Twylah Nitcsh on the Catarraugus Reservations in western New
York. I just happened to be coming by on my way back from Ohio, and stopped
in for a visit. Grandmother introduced me to Alinta, and I pitched my tent
and broke out my tape recorder. Later, I wove the tale into my book,
"Legend of the Rainbow Warriors" (2001 - Chiron Communications).
As Alinta told it, Wollombin is the place where the Rising Sun strikes the
earth first in Arunta, the Land of the Everlasting Spirit, Australia . The
rays of the morning Sun are said to activate a large rose-quartz crystal
within the mountain. In turn, the crystal is said to send the rays to to
Uluru (Ayer's Rock), which is directly linked by rays to a sacred mountain
in Tibet. Just part of the overall Earth Grid, but an important part.
As held in the memory of the mountains keeper, Wollombin was once part of
the continent we now know as North America (Turtle Island). This was back
when all the world's land masses were crowded together (Pangaea). But then
came a time of Earth Changes. There was much upheaval. The land mass we
know as Australia began to drift toward its current located, but as it went
a piece of the North American plate broke off and went with it. That is
where Wollombin is.
According to Alinta, two other crucial things happened then. A White Buffalo
ran upon the fragment of North American land, and so charged in a sacred
matter with the mountain. And a great high Indian shaman who lived upon the
mountain, Waugatha, also came along.
That was all a very long time ago. There is much more to the story, but
that should give the general flavor. As I understand it, the whole matter
bears not just upon the past, but also upon the present. The mountain and
its Circle of Life is to be approached with only the highest respect.
As for the Songs I carry, Wollombin is not among them, save telling the
tale that was told to me.
Best, Steven
Steven McFadden, Director
Chiron Communications
7 Avenida Vista Grande #195
Santa Fe, NM 87508 USA
http://www.chiron-communications.com
