
I want to show you a picture of Pompei, from one of my journeys, 2 years ago.
I am sure where I stood, at some point, another woman stood, perhaps a Roman Empress or perhaps a wife of a wealthy Greek architect (Greeks built and designed most of the Roman temples and homes there, and also occupied that part of the world long before the Romans took over (my grandfather is from Crete and my last name, Codekas, translated to English is "Code of the Soul").
The point is a few thousand years ago, Vesuvius exploded, knocked out the sun for a few days throughout the then known Mediterranean world, and re-configured the travel plans of everyone in Europe. If I had been standing there the day it exploded, the body resting in the archeological sheds at Pompeii could have been mine.
The dangerous situation, experienced by the Romans and Greeks in Pompeii, is similar to what many Icelanders are fearing and planning for today. Right now, an entire country is fearing its end, which is a possibility.
An Icelandic mountain decided it was time to do some earth cleansing and started regurgitating earth innards and fire from the navel of Mama Gaia. The people on that island may not be able to get off, except by boat, if they have the funds and energy to go. Hard decision to make, I am sure, for them all, yet to live in fear of the unknown moment of annihilation, while doing your daily tasks, with roads and bridges destroyed, homes and farms washed away, by massive lava flow mixed with millions of tons of ice, requires focused vision and great faith.
I could not imagine the sorrow of farmers who had to leave their cows, sheep, horses and domestic animals to die from the sulfur, injected air.Problem with sulpher is it causes disintegration of bones and does so quickly, should you survive that amount of constant battering from the volcanic eruptions continuing today.Yet, my home above the Puget Sound sits about 60 miles away from Mt. Rainier. I am surrounded by about 12 volcanic entities, who could all wake up and begin belching fire tomorrow.
Thank goodness we all free will and faith to know what to do should it be our challenge this lifetime. I am grateful for the beauty that surrounds me and the intuitive knowledge I shall be able to make a life-engendering decision.
In case you have never seen a town that has been wiped out in a volcanic explosion (Pompeii bellowed for weeks before the fatal explosion), then head to Pompeii. The great thing about the area is they make the best Lemoncello in Italy, and the small village has great ice cream and lovely family-owned hotels, with a wonderful cathedral which is famous for miracles that occur there.

Here is another calcified body of one of the inhabitants, still in form, from the archeological sheds at Pompeii. Most of the bodies were found face down or covering their eyes and nose, since the volcanic ash burned their nasal and throat passages, before suffocation claimed them. It took about 45 seconds, is what the guide books said, however it seems to me that is still too long to think and feel and know you are dying, don't you?
Here are some pics of the beauty Pompeii once was:



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