The 7 Secrets of Synchronicity by Rob MacGregor

Author:Rob MacGregor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT: New Thought, New Thought
Publisher: Hay House, Inc.
Published: 2011-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

The Trickster as Ally

Sometimes the trickster can improve the odds when your back is to the wall. That’s the message of the following incident dating back to the early seventeenth century in the Scottish Highlands. For decades, the MacGregors and the Campbells had battled each other in disputes, usually involving land. In 1603, encouraged by the Campbells, King James VI issued an edict banning the use of the name MacGregor. The proscription on the name lasted until 1774.

In the early years of the proscription, MacGregors were hunted as criminals by the Campbells, and one of the most notorious of the outlaws was Callum MacGregor, grandfather of the famed Rob Roy.

In one of his numerous escapades, told by Forbes Mac-Gregor in Clan Gregor, Callum was hiding on an islet in Loch Katrine, and the Campbell men were camped on the woody shore, close enough for their voices to carry over the water. Callum had taken the precaution of sinking all the boats except the one he had used to reach the islet. Knowing the islet was barren, the Campbells thought they would starve Callum into surrender. As night fell, one of the band, a soutar, or cobbler by trade, lit a fire to prepare a meal. Callum took aim at the smoke, shouted a curse: “Thugad thall a chrom thruaill sloightear!” and fired. The bullet struck the cobbler in the forehead killing him. Loosely, the Gaelic translation means: “Get lost you slimy crook.”

But, in Gaelic, the word for crook has a second meaning: cobbler. The Campbells had heard the shout but misinterpreted the meaning when the cobbler dropped dead. They quickly agreed that Callum had second sight and might pick them off one by one. After they fled in fear, Callum rowed to shore, escaped, and lived to enjoy a peaceful old age in Glengyle.

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