預言書
段08|預言岩(Prophecy Rock)解讀
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霍皮族預言
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喺亞利桑那州奧拉伊比附近,有一幅叫「預言岩」(Prophecy Rock)嘅岩畫(petroglyph),據講象徵住好多霍皮預言。流傳記載對佢嘅解讀如下:
The large human figure on the left is the Great Spirit. The bow in his left hand represents his instructions to the Hopi to lay down their weapons. The vertical line to the right of the Great Spirit is a time scale in thousands of years. The point at which the Great Spirit touches the line is the time of his return.
The "life path" established by the Great Spirit divides into the lower, narrow path of continuous Life in harmony with nature and the wide upper road of white man's scientific achievements. The bar between the paths, above the cross, is the coming of white men; the Cross is that of Christianity. The circle below the cross represents the continuous Path of Life.
The four small human figures on the upper road represent, on one level, the past three worlds and the present; on another level, the figures indicate that some of the Hopi will travel the white man's path, having been seduced by its glamour.
The two circles on the lower Path of Life are the "great shaking of the earth" (World Wars One and Two). The swastika in the sun and the Celtic cross represent the two helpers of Pahana, the True White Brother.
The short line that returns to the straight Path of Life is the last chance for people to turn back to nature before the upper road disintegrates and dissipates. The small circle above the Path of Life, after the last chance, is the Great Purification, after which corn will grow in abundance again when the Great Spirit returns. And the Path of Life continues forever...
The dots represent the four colors of Hopi corn, and the four racial colors of humanity.
(翻譯:左邊嘅大型人像係「大神」,佢左手揸住弓,代表叫霍皮人放下武器。大神右邊嘅垂直線係以千年為單位嘅時間尺度,大神掂到嗰點就係佢回歸嘅時間。「生命之路」分叉成下面一條窄嘅、順應自然嘅「持續生命之路」,同上邊一條闊嘅、象徵白人科學成就嘅「上道」。兩條路之間嘅橫槓代表白人嚟到;十字代表基督教;下面個圓圈代表持續嘅生命之路。上道上面四個人仔,一方面代表過去三個世界加而家,另一方面代表有啲霍皮人會俾上道嘅光鮮引誘咗,行白人條路。下面生命之路上面兩個圓圈係「大地震」〔第一次同第二次世界大戰〕。太陽入面嘅卍字同凱爾特十字代表白兄弟 Pahana 嘅兩個助手。返回直路嘅短線係人類最後一次機會,喺上道散晒之前回頭返自然。生命之路上面、最後機會之後嘅小圓圈係「大淨化」,之後大神回歸,玉米會再次豐收,生命之路一直延伸落去。啲點代表霍皮玉米四色同人類四種膚色。)
白話解說
呢幅岩畫可以話係「霍皮預言嘅圖像版」——將口頭傳說畫晒喺石上。等我拆畀你睇:
個「時間軸」畫咩?
- 左邊個大高個就係「大神」,揸住弓,個訊息係:唔好郁手,放下武器。
- 右邊條直線係以千年計嘅時間尺度,大神掂到嗰一點,就係佢返嚟嘅時間。
「兩條路」最出名。
- 下面條窄路:順應自然、持續嘅「生命之路」,係霍皮人同傳統人嘅正道。
- 上面條闊路:白人嘅「科學成就之路」,光鮮但浮誇。
- 預言話,有啲霍皮人都會俾上道嘅光鮮引誘,行錯路。上面四個小人仔,一係代表「過去三個世界+而家」,另一講法係代表「有啲霍皮人走咗白人條路」。
圖入面啲標記解咩?
- 橫槓=白人嚟到;十字=基督教。
- 下面路上兩個圓圈=「大地震」,解讀為第一次同第二次世界大戰。
- 太陽入面個卍字同凱爾特十字=白兄弟 Pahana 嗰兩個助手(呼應段07)。
- 短線折返直路=人類最後一次機會,趁上道未散之前回頭返自然。
- 最後機會之後嘅小圓圈=「大淨化」,之後大神回歸,玉米再豐收,生命之路無限延伸。
啲點點係咩? 岩畫上嘅點,代表霍皮玉米嘅四種顏色,同人類嘅四種膚色——即係「四海之內皆兄弟」嘅意思。
要留意兩點。 第一,岩畫嘅解讀本身有好多種,網上流傳呢個版本係整理過嘅,唔係「唯一標準答案」;原住民岩畫本來就係開放式象徵,人人可以喺自己文化脈絡去睇。第二,特別係「卍字」同「世界大戰」「太陽」呢啲關聯,明顯係後世(尤其係有人將卍字同二戰、納粹聯繫之後)加入嘅詮釋。學者如 Armin Geertz 就指出霍皮人會「事後重新創作預言去配合現狀」,呢幅岩畫嘅好多「細節對號入座」都帶住呢種後見之明色彩。
1987 年嘅事件。 值得一提:1987 年新紀元運動喺霍皮桌山搞咗場「和諧匯聚」(Harmonic Convergence),好多人聚集喺預言岩度等「大事」。但維基百科記載,當時冇霍皮人參與,仲俾霍皮長者譴責。所以呢幅岩畫雖然喺流行文化入面好出名,但佢嘅「新紀元」光環唔代表霍皮族自己認可。
資料來源
- 霍皮預言記載(1993 年整理上網,Welcome Home 網站收錄)
- 維基百科〈Blue Star Kachina〉(Criticism 一節,提及 Harmonic Convergence)
- Frank Waters, The Book of the Hopi(1963)
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