Death pt1

In my mind this started out very small and simple, but upon further reflection there's no way I can have this discussion in a single sitting.

The vodous are not concerned with the dead. Their province is life and the living. I will discuss the powers of and over the dead and the damned (no, they are not synonymous) but for now I want to discuss the vodous and their associations with death.

The vodous, as expressions of God, can give life and measure it out. They end it when that life's purpose is fulfilled or the life is beyond salvage for the purpose it was created or the furtherance of another's; irredeemably wasted by the estimation of God not man.

The effects of death on the living is palpable, familiar, dreaded, and inevitable. It is a reflection of conception and birth. The seed swims with frantic mindlessness towards the egg unaware that it ceases to be whether it reaches it's destination or not and incapable of imagining the significance of its ending should it fulfill its purpose and reach its destination.

It is for this reason one is encouraged discover their purpose and pursue it with abandon so that death becomes a moment of great transformation and not a simple ending.