Fighting tusk and claw for the Earth Goddess
Hello Radiant Ones,
As we begin Earth month in the U.S., I want to tell you a story from the Hindu myths, one which tells of a time when the Earth goddess, Bhūmidevī, was taken.
When a demon dragged her down beneath the cosmic ocean.
Where our Earth was pulled under like a stolen breath.
The world above fell quiet. Nothing grew. And for a moment, it seemed no one would come to help.
But something did stir: the great sustainer, Vishnu, tuned in. But he didn’t descend in shining robes. He didn’t hover with halos or trumpet a return. Instead, he became a boar, Varaha. Heavy. Dirty. Real. The kind of creature that doesn’t flinch from the dark. He plunged into the chaos, to left Bhumi back to wholeness, to her position in the firmament. Not out of duty, but devotion—because he loved her, as a living, breathing, wounded being. He fought the demon tusk to claw, salt and blood, shadow and roar.
And when it was done, he rose through the waters with Bhūmidevī on his tusks.
She wasn’t untouched. But she was alive. Lifted. Carried back into light.
The message was that while Bhūmidevī is potent and endlessly giving, she is vulnerable to being dragged under.
And so it seems now.
In America, no external authority is coming to fix it, to bound the greed and craven extraction. So we channel Varaha, we beome the boar. Not the polite version of ourselves, but the raw, rooted part. The part willing to dive into the mess and fight for the Earth because we love her. Because her beauty moves us beyond reason.
That’s what the story really asks:
Can we love this Earth so fiercely, so bodily, that you’d risk everything to lift her back up?
Can we become something wild for love?
All Love,
Christine and the Radiant Farms Team, including Tom, Hart, Lisa, and our family of growers
