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Asian tsunami disaster: what can we do?

Less searchable M0rd4nt

09:43 / 29.12.04

At the time of writing, the death toll is up to 60,000. It could double as disease, hunger and exposure take their toll. A third of the dead are children.

What sort of actions are people planning? As a kitchen magician with few resources at my disposal, I'm left with cracking open the atlas on the relevant page and visualizing your standard issue healing blue light for all I'm worth. Are there any group workings going on?

(It goes without saying that this sort of thing is intended to go on top of the obvious real-world help--volunteering, making donations, ect.--which should be the first port of call every time. Here's a quick list of various agencies one could donate to.)

FinderWolf

12:34 / 29.12.04

Thanks for putting this up. I've been wondering what we can do help in some small way beyond donations. So far I've just been praying and focusing some attention and compassion over there...

gale

15:47 / 29.12.04

I have been sending as much healing and comfort as I can raise. I think about it, I cry, I incorporate my tears into a healing ritual (which seems to change every night). I know I can't help on a large scale but even little stuff like the sun shining, or the sound of laughter, or a kid finding one of their toys, or someone just getting the feeling that they aren't alone. It's worth it, but I wish I could do more.

And Madame C, I think using an atlas and blue light will work fine.

gravitybitch

16:25 / 29.12.04

Realworld aid: a number of corporations with charitable programs will *match* donations made by employees. If you work for such a corporation or know someone who does, this is a great way to leverage donations - the company will have done the legwork to make sure the charities are legit, the infrastructure is in place, and even a behemoth like Microsoft gets good karma points.

Z. deScathach

17:44 / 29.12.04

Here's the Oxfam online donation page, minimum donation is 15.00 US, (hey, it's the price of an occult book, I don't know about you, but I have a LOT of those), their online donation page is here.
It's particularly good in that it's a specific fund for the disaster, so you know your resources will be going there.

In terms of spiritual work, hey, as far as I'm concerned, it can't hurt. Personally, I think that physics is more and more backing up the power of thought and mind. Me, I'll be planning a ritual.

04:40 / 02.01.05

One word: Psychopomp.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

09:34 / 02.01.05

Yeees. That was one word. I think I get what you mean, entity. However, would you care to (as they say in the Headshop) unpack that a little?

20:47 / 02.01.05

Er, sorry. It was late and I was really tired.

Last night I went and guided some of the dead to where they were supposed to go. There's great need for this-- there's a lot of people who have died under terrible circumstances, and many of them are just wandering around suffering and leaving their suffering around to affect others, both deceased and still living. Often people don't actually need a guide when they die, but for many people, having a little personal attention can help-- especially if they've died violently or under really chaotic circumstances for which they weren't prepared.

Some psychopompery (psychopomposity?) is needed, IMO, to help clean up the aftereffects of the disaster, not just for the dead, but for the survivors. and the entities who usually do this sort of thing are kind of overwhelmed.

Papess

18:03 / 22.01.05

A meditation and yogic posture to reset the electromagnetic field after an earthquake.

Earthquake Meditation.

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