 by Silvia Messeri
"Mutant Message Down Under"
The "journey" of an American scholar among the Aborigines in the Australian
desert.
Marlo Morgan, an American scholar visiting Australia for work, was
offered an award by a tribe of Aborigenes, which she naturally decided to
accept. After having spent a lot of money on clothes and hotels to go to
where the award was to be presented:, she was taken by jeep into the Australian
desert where some native women asked her to take off her Western clothing
and jewellery. After giving her a rag to cover herself with, they set fire
to to every bit of clothing she had been wearing, in front of her incredulous
and horrified eyes. Seeing that it was now impossible to return to "civilization",
the woman set off on her "journey" with the tribe of Aborigenes into the
Australian Outback. It took four long and exhausting months and she was
to cover over 2.000 km in her bare feet. Thus she gradually began to learn
about the life of the True People, which is what these native peoples call
themselves. She was to find a culture that really extremely close to Life
and the Earth, where the individual becomes part of Nature and the Cosmos.
The cover page of the Italian edition
of the book by Marlo Morgan |
In this way Marlo Morgan discovered that the prize that she had been
offered by the tribe of the True People was a priceless gift, vitally
important for her life and the future of the human race. A Mutant (this
is what white people who go against the laws of Nature are called), was
thus taken for the first time to the sacred grounds of the Australian
aborigenes where she was told that the tribe had decided to go there to
die because their time on this planet was over and their children were
without a future. The tribe gave her the name of "Mutant Message Down
Under" because her heart beat for both worlds, that of the Mutants and
that of the True People, and not only did she learn to survive but also
to understand the wonders of nature, even in the midst of a desert that
appeared to be without any life at all. She discovered that the Tutto
tried not to leave his children without food but that they had to forage
for it themselves. Using the sensitivity in her hands, she learned to
understand when plants were ready to be eaten, how to discover water by
instinct and smell, and cure the sick with the traditional Aborigenes
medicines. She found out that the True People did not celebrate birthdays
or anniversaries but only particular moments in their growth which were
then announced to the community.
Australia (photo Blue Planet©)
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Royal Black Swan, the name of the spiritual companion whom she was
destined to meet, initiated her and gave her the task of taking a message
of respect for the future of the Planet and the Human race to the people
of the Mutants. Although this book is written like a novel, it is a true
story and tells about this writer's personal experience, an experience
that is full of love for the life and nature that surrounds us, with the
result that it is an extremely enriching romance. Marlo Morgan - "...e
venne chiamata Due Cuori" - Sonzogno Editore, Lit. 26.000. The original
title is "Mutant Message Down Under" - Harper Collins Publisher.
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