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thefinestmusic

All these pieces of me

May 15, 2007 08:43

It seems that, along with my inner hermit (who is quite the nature-goer, it appears; she led me to walk the dog around in the rain; needless to say, we are both very wet), my inner kitchen witch has come out. I thought it only a whim when I cleaned the bathroom; indeed, I did not stop for a break for I feared I'd never have the will to start again ( Read more... )

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gileonnen May 15 2007, 15:10:08 UTC

*smile* I'm glad that you are trying to reconcile your selves--it's a long and troubling process (and one that I've nowhere near completed), but I think it may be worth the effort.

(Also, out of curiosity, why can't you take pagans seriously? I admit, I identify as such, although I'm far more likely to go by 'spiritual humanist.')

thefinestmusic May 15 2007, 19:45:59 UTC

I'm hoping it is, but at the very least, it shall probably not hurt to try, and trying is better than sitting in the muck my self has decided to become ( ... )

gileonnen May 15 2007, 20:02:06 UTC

(Ah--that's totally understandable, and I know a few of these, as well. I'm inclined to believe that things take on the significance that we give them, and so working magic merely means imbuing items with significance (deciding that a clearing is sacred because you say it is, for instance) or acknowledging the significance that they already possess (using PineSol for a cleansing, for example). Most pagans tend not to like me because I'm so slapdash about everything--but I feel that life is inherently sacred, and everything we encounter is, too. You can put fancy names on something (Odin, the Holy Grail, sacred dagger), but if you do so, you have to acknowledge that you have given the things that you encounter those names. You have chosen to separate out these elements of your experience of the sacred world. In the end, you make your own way in the spiritual world, and you're better off acknowledging that straightaway than assuming that someone else's path and terminology will solve your problems ( ... )

thefinestmusic May 15 2007, 20:12:14 UTC

(...and a quite excellent one it is! :D It rather better explains something I've been thinking about for a long while. It ties into my belief about God- I use the singular because it's just easier when I'm not even sure of everything I've decided about him/her/them (and the male form, because hey, it's shorter and I have enough problems mistyping things) -; I think that God reaches out to us each in a different way, according to how we need it, and thus all our ways of reaching back are different. "Many paths to the peak of the mountain" sort of thing. Thus anyone saying, "You're doing it wrong!" rubs me the wrong way. XD ( ... )

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