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SACRED LAND BY JASSY WATSON

‘Anjea’ – A Prayer in Paint for the the Protection of

this Ancient Sacred Land by Jassy Watson
BY JASSY WATSON EARTHIST on JUNE 5, 2015 • ( 11 )

ANJEA is an Australian Aboriginal fertility Goddess. She is an animistic sp

known to the tribesman of the Pennefather River, Queensland, Australia tha
located on the Western Cape York Peninsula.

Not much is known about this Goddess or spirit. I happened to come acro
her when researching Australian Aboriginal Mother Earth Goddesses
followed up with numerous inquiries including a member of our lo
indigenous community and spoke to a curator at an Aboriginal art gallery, a
no one had heard of her.

The story I stumbled upon says that when a child is born it is believed that a piece of a newb
baby’s spirit remains in the afterbirth, so it is the custom for the Grandmother or Godmother
take the afterbirth and bury it as soon as the cord was severed. The placenta was collected fo
ceremonial burial as it was considered sacred. It was then buried in an unspoiled place usua
near running water, in the sand or on the banks of a river so that the energy of Mother Earth co
keep the placenta pure.

The Grandmother or Godmother built a structure of twigs and sticks, arranged in a circle and t
together at the top to form a cone, like a small teepee, to mark the spot. When Anjea sees
marker she carries the spirit away and safely places it in a hollow tree. It is left there until
person whose spirit it was originally dies, and then it is time for the new child to be created. An
does this by mixing the spirit with mud to form a baby. The clay infants are placed into the wo
of future mothers.

Anjea is not only a fertility Goddess but she is also considered an Earth Goddess and she
honoured her for her creative and giving spirit. She reminds us of the sacredness and de
history of this ancient land that we inhabit; a land that is currently threatened by extensive min
plans. The government intends to approve up to 50,000 gas wells for fracking in the state
Queensland alone! This is frightening to say the least. The evidence clearly shows us that i
dangerous and unethical with far-reaching consequences that are disastrous for the environm
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