fear

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Center

A new way to think of energy in a circle space!

Thanks to the Spiritual Naturalist Society for doing this!

Working Ritual with the Center

Power

We all want power.  Sometimes we feel the loss of power and control.  There are many stories of gods out there that claim to be all powerful (Yahweh, Zeus) and some that are powerful in a small way (Aphrodite, all love belongs to her).  Do we worship the gods because of their power?  Star Foster asks this question in her blog Pink Beyond Pink...

Read it here...

Happy Thanksgiving
DM

The Power of Words

While I believe that your intention when saying things is more important then your pronunciation I do like that Kenny Klein talks about the power of Pronunciation in Pagan beliefs...especially words that are always mispronounced.

Check it out!

EXACTLY

Star Foster has hit the ball out of the park (as I wish the Red Sox would have done more often this season).  In her article on Pathos' Pantheon she talks about Reciprocity of the Gods.  This is something that I truly believe.

Here is the link. READ IT.

When I was a Christian, I took every hardship as a "sign that I should suffer"  because "that is what god and Jesus wants".  When I became Wiccan I found the novel notion that I didn't HAVE to suffer...that life is not this pre-ordained mess that you have to get through in order to be happy at death.  Life is about LIVING and LIVING happily.  AND IT WORKED.  I was happier, more content and I could just be.  When I was given the opportunity to move to Boston (as Ms. Foster has found)  things fell into place.  It was a revelation that you don't have to suffer.  That if things don't feel right you don't have to continue them.  If YOU don't like the way things are going in YOUR life CHANGE IT.  Don't just sit there and bitch and moan and whine.  That is not helpful.  Sure, if you need to, take a moment to shake your fist at the sky and cry...I do all the time.  But then get up and do something about it.  Make yourself happy.

Hail Mary...

I have always loved The Hail Mary...for those who don't know it it goes like this:

Hail Mary, Full of Grace
The Lord is with you...
Blessed are you amoung women
and blessed is the fruit of your womb
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death
Amen

It is a Simple Prayer honoring Mary the Mother (goddess) of Jesus (god)

I love that Bill Faherty made a New Hail Mary...or Hail Mother:

Hail Mother, who art Earth
Hallowed be thy soil, rocks and flora
that nourish and support all life
Blessed by thy wind that gives us breath
and thy waters that quench, bathe and refresh all living things
Holy Earth, as one, we praise your majesty, grace and wonder

Blessed be
DM

Listen....

This is a very powerful article.  I get caught up in what I want to say and I do feel that no one truly listens to what I have to say.  But to truly listen is divine.

Enjoy!