http://www.witchesandpagans.com/Theosis/practice-what-you-preach.html
I have run into this hypocrisy time and time again. I have mostly run into it because I dare to be a Republican when many Pagans are very liberal. I really don't understand the virulence. If you don't like it, don't be it. Simple.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Submission and supplication to my Gods
James asked me to write or give my take on Submission to the Gods. I originally took it to mean, about Faith and doing what they want. I had previously wrote a bit here: http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/12/trust.html
http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/11/things-i-have-to-do-and-am-being-poked.html
http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/12/basic-respect-for-gods.html
http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2014/01/trust-2.html
I remember talking about Asherah vs the Caananite Queen. I talked about Kitchen witchery vs Gardnerian Wicca and seeing the same Goddess and how I felt and why. I can't find those posts at the moment.
However, James meant literally supplicating yourself to the Gods. So I'm going to write what I think on that and why I don't find it applicable to me.
I'm going to start with the culture I grew up in. I'm first and foremost an American. I was taught Americans do not bow or bend their knees to anyone. It doesn't have anything to do with Arrogance, but we are the children of people who fought for their independence. Bending your knee, to royalty is disrespectful to our founders and ourselves. We don't recognize class, caste, or nobility, because anyone can be anything they wish to be. Your actions make you noble, not your birth.
I am a German(and other heinz 57 blood) American. My mom would let me know that isn't copacetic. Nothing I've read in the culture would support this.
I am a military brat. While officers are given acknowledgement of their rank, and it's hierarchal, you earn your respect. Our military culture is different than many of the worlds. Low ranking NCO's can make decisions in war, that in other military culture would be seen as anathema.
My personality is such that I don't do well with kneeling and submitting. This is one of the reasons I found my way to Paganism. I wrote about it some here: http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/10/values.html
My gods would laugh if I started doing that. Loki would take my temperature, point out I'm his daughter not a sexual submissive and/or fall off of furniture laughing his ass off. It may even be in that order. Cernunnos would probably cock an eyebrow at me. Morrigan would teach me the hard way, why that is wrong. The lady would gently try to teach me that isn't respecting myself, nor is it required, desired. Pan would be more like the Morrigan. I also don't have that relationship with Yahweh, I think he'd check to make sure I wasn't possessed first.
I am to grow. I am to learn. I am not to stay a child, I am to try to be an adult(I'm not talking human adult, I'm talking bigger long term plan for my soul). Acting submissive isn't applicable in that long term goal.
http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/11/things-i-have-to-do-and-am-being-poked.html
http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/12/basic-respect-for-gods.html
http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2014/01/trust-2.html
I remember talking about Asherah vs the Caananite Queen. I talked about Kitchen witchery vs Gardnerian Wicca and seeing the same Goddess and how I felt and why. I can't find those posts at the moment.
However, James meant literally supplicating yourself to the Gods. So I'm going to write what I think on that and why I don't find it applicable to me.
I'm going to start with the culture I grew up in. I'm first and foremost an American. I was taught Americans do not bow or bend their knees to anyone. It doesn't have anything to do with Arrogance, but we are the children of people who fought for their independence. Bending your knee, to royalty is disrespectful to our founders and ourselves. We don't recognize class, caste, or nobility, because anyone can be anything they wish to be. Your actions make you noble, not your birth.
I am a German(and other heinz 57 blood) American. My mom would let me know that isn't copacetic. Nothing I've read in the culture would support this.
I am a military brat. While officers are given acknowledgement of their rank, and it's hierarchal, you earn your respect. Our military culture is different than many of the worlds. Low ranking NCO's can make decisions in war, that in other military culture would be seen as anathema.
My personality is such that I don't do well with kneeling and submitting. This is one of the reasons I found my way to Paganism. I wrote about it some here: http://paininthebum.blogspot.com/2013/10/values.html
My gods would laugh if I started doing that. Loki would take my temperature, point out I'm his daughter not a sexual submissive and/or fall off of furniture laughing his ass off. It may even be in that order. Cernunnos would probably cock an eyebrow at me. Morrigan would teach me the hard way, why that is wrong. The lady would gently try to teach me that isn't respecting myself, nor is it required, desired. Pan would be more like the Morrigan. I also don't have that relationship with Yahweh, I think he'd check to make sure I wasn't possessed first.
I am to grow. I am to learn. I am not to stay a child, I am to try to be an adult(I'm not talking human adult, I'm talking bigger long term plan for my soul). Acting submissive isn't applicable in that long term goal.
Friday, March 21, 2014
ooooh shiny posts
http://fluidmorality.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/ebb-and-flow/#comment-748
Hey John Halstead you may find this interesting. Grimswolf when you get a chance to breath I think you'd like it too
It resonates with me, because this was me until I got my head out of my ass.
Hey John Halstead you may find this interesting. Grimswolf when you get a chance to breath I think you'd like it too
It resonates with me, because this was me until I got my head out of my ass.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
History, tradition and responsibility one puts on ones own shoulders.
http://witchesandpagans.com/EasyBlog/terms-of-engagement.html#.UyZBRa7HII8.email This post is very dramatic. Full of pomp and circumstance.
You are not fighting for me(I'm a wolf). You are fighting for your own ego and view of what you want. You don't get to talk for or fight for the collective community, many of which you have managed to piss off. Dire wolves came before the old man btw, they were before humans, so you can't be fighting for the collective howl of them. Egregious poetic license there.
First off can we go back to reality land. Lone wolves aren't always lone due to disease. When it's time to start their own, they wander away from their pack to find others, to make their own family. http://www.runningwiththewolves.org/Behavior1.htmhttp://www.animalplanet.com/mammals/lone-wolf.htm
It makes perfect sense, for someone, who is coming into their own leadership, would strike off on their own. It is perfectly healthy and hale, to do so. Mayhaps before commenting on others, one should look to themselves.
It says something about the security of someone, that the first line is, lone wolves are diseased or mentally unstable. It also says something that, they have to use someone else's snide comment but can't make their own. Then to say, after starting that piece the way you did, that you aren't trying to silence the "lone wolves" is rather lame. Btw, you aren't the Alpha, you are to insecure for that role.
The whole "tradition" thing smacks more of ego, than actual truth. Don't look behind the man in the curtain. Listen to the booming voice instead. Yeah no.
The Germanic tradition wasn't sundered 2000 years ago. Ok Charlemagne did behead the heads of German chieftains who wouldn't accept Christ, but that wasn't the sundering. Hell the vikings, and Anglo Saxons were quite a pain in the ass for a while. In fact it wasn't Christianity that stopped the Vikings but their own success. Oh and btw, common tactic then was to convert the chiefs, so the others would become Christian. It wasn't all that violent. You would think someone who was a recon would know this.http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/the-sea-stallion-past-and-present/the-viking-age-society/christianity-comes-to-denmark/#.UyaLbk3Uwd4 http://natmus.dk/en/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/religion-magic-death-and-rituals/christianity-comes-to-denmark/
Traditions weren't sundered, they changed. That is the nature of life. Change happens.
Also, when Pagans became Pagans(of whatever stripe), they didn't come into living traditions. Hell we haven't really gotten to anything resembling tradition, let alone a living one. We are still figuring out the Gods and our connection. Outside of BTW Wicca, and a few other lineaged traditions, traditions really haven't come into being.
Hell I'm not entirely sure that tradition is all that it is cracked up to be. First know how to work on your own, before working with others. Learn to trust yourself before you can trust others.
It is also very Germanic, to go against the grain and sunder useless tradition. You want a historical example, MARTIN LUTHER. How about another, my mom is German. Yeah, the whole listen to authority was there, but she also made damn sure her daughters could think for themselves. With the whole listen to authority came the stand up and fight for your beliefs. Be an independent person. It is well within the German mentality to decide screw this shit, I'm doing x, because your way doesn't work well. Know the culture before talking out of your ass.
Oh and btw, someone making a critique about how you act, is not a battle cry. This isn't about compromise but how to act like an adult. Quit throwing a tantrum like a petulant two year old. No one is being mean to you, and he most definitely isn't picking on you. It says a lot, that you can't handle being disagreed with. It says a lot, that your response to an honest and thought provoking critique is this piece, where you can't even right out and say who it is and the issue, you have to couch it in passive aggressive terms. Grow the eff up already, and quit playing the victim.
You are not fighting for me(I'm a wolf). You are fighting for your own ego and view of what you want. You don't get to talk for or fight for the collective community, many of which you have managed to piss off. Dire wolves came before the old man btw, they were before humans, so you can't be fighting for the collective howl of them. Egregious poetic license there.
First off can we go back to reality land. Lone wolves aren't always lone due to disease. When it's time to start their own, they wander away from their pack to find others, to make their own family. http://www.runningwiththewolves.org/Behavior1.htmhttp://www.animalplanet.com/mammals/lone-wolf.htm
It makes perfect sense, for someone, who is coming into their own leadership, would strike off on their own. It is perfectly healthy and hale, to do so. Mayhaps before commenting on others, one should look to themselves.
It says something about the security of someone, that the first line is, lone wolves are diseased or mentally unstable. It also says something that, they have to use someone else's snide comment but can't make their own. Then to say, after starting that piece the way you did, that you aren't trying to silence the "lone wolves" is rather lame. Btw, you aren't the Alpha, you are to insecure for that role.
The whole "tradition" thing smacks more of ego, than actual truth. Don't look behind the man in the curtain. Listen to the booming voice instead. Yeah no.
The Germanic tradition wasn't sundered 2000 years ago. Ok Charlemagne did behead the heads of German chieftains who wouldn't accept Christ, but that wasn't the sundering. Hell the vikings, and Anglo Saxons were quite a pain in the ass for a while. In fact it wasn't Christianity that stopped the Vikings but their own success. Oh and btw, common tactic then was to convert the chiefs, so the others would become Christian. It wasn't all that violent. You would think someone who was a recon would know this.http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/the-sea-stallion-past-and-present/the-viking-age-society/christianity-comes-to-denmark/#.UyaLbk3Uwd4 http://natmus.dk/en/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/religion-magic-death-and-rituals/christianity-comes-to-denmark/
Traditions weren't sundered, they changed. That is the nature of life. Change happens.
Also, when Pagans became Pagans(of whatever stripe), they didn't come into living traditions. Hell we haven't really gotten to anything resembling tradition, let alone a living one. We are still figuring out the Gods and our connection. Outside of BTW Wicca, and a few other lineaged traditions, traditions really haven't come into being.
Hell I'm not entirely sure that tradition is all that it is cracked up to be. First know how to work on your own, before working with others. Learn to trust yourself before you can trust others.
It is also very Germanic, to go against the grain and sunder useless tradition. You want a historical example, MARTIN LUTHER. How about another, my mom is German. Yeah, the whole listen to authority was there, but she also made damn sure her daughters could think for themselves. With the whole listen to authority came the stand up and fight for your beliefs. Be an independent person. It is well within the German mentality to decide screw this shit, I'm doing x, because your way doesn't work well. Know the culture before talking out of your ass.
Oh and btw, someone making a critique about how you act, is not a battle cry. This isn't about compromise but how to act like an adult. Quit throwing a tantrum like a petulant two year old. No one is being mean to you, and he most definitely isn't picking on you. It says a lot, that you can't handle being disagreed with. It says a lot, that your response to an honest and thought provoking critique is this piece, where you can't even right out and say who it is and the issue, you have to couch it in passive aggressive terms. Grow the eff up already, and quit playing the victim.
Please read James Grimswolf piece
http://grimswolf.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/why-the-wolf-howls-alone/
It is pretty inspiring and thought provoking.
It is pretty inspiring and thought provoking.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Thoughts on how to make the community better
The community I am talking about is the greater Pagan community. I am not talking about just the Polytheistic, or the Wiccan, or the New Agey Paganish ones. The community I am referring to, includes all of those.
First of all, I would put theology aside for a moment. I would focus on healthy communication. I would focus on negating the unhealthy ideals garnered from liberal politics. I would focus on, learning boundaries vs being a reactionary.
Humans, all of us have issues. However, in certain segments of Paganism, as well as in liberal politics, I have found, to be some unhealthy things. If you don't know how to communicate in an uber diplomatic way, you are a meany pooh pooh head. Agreeing to disagree is not an option. Conflict resolution is not something that is taught or done. Taking things way to personally is way to common. Tolerance is equated with acceptance and approval. Basically a lot of childish stuff.
I would say, in order to make things better, we focus on growing up more. Focus on healthy communication, from communication texts. Focus on some healthy psychology, from psychology texts and less on shiny magic stuff. I think we as a community should do some growing up. It would help with the intrareligious issues.
First of all, I would put theology aside for a moment. I would focus on healthy communication. I would focus on negating the unhealthy ideals garnered from liberal politics. I would focus on, learning boundaries vs being a reactionary.
Humans, all of us have issues. However, in certain segments of Paganism, as well as in liberal politics, I have found, to be some unhealthy things. If you don't know how to communicate in an uber diplomatic way, you are a meany pooh pooh head. Agreeing to disagree is not an option. Conflict resolution is not something that is taught or done. Taking things way to personally is way to common. Tolerance is equated with acceptance and approval. Basically a lot of childish stuff.
I would say, in order to make things better, we focus on growing up more. Focus on healthy communication, from communication texts. Focus on some healthy psychology, from psychology texts and less on shiny magic stuff. I think we as a community should do some growing up. It would help with the intrareligious issues.
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