Unnatural Pagans

Duty, Honor, Oaths of Obligation: When Ethics collide

2009-10-30T07:26:41Z

Hey all,
New here to the whole LJ thing, but thought I might hit the ground running here with the formative beginnings (which means discussion) of a workshop I've been asked to create for my local community.
    My path is most definitely NOT Wiccan, nor any kind of new age "neopagan" (gods, I hate that term...but that's a different topic) "eclectic". My path is fairly shamanic in nature, and, as some would say, of a slightly more "left-handed" variety. My personal interpretation (or shortening) of "Men's and Women's Mysteries", while basically accurate, is found by many Wiccans (or eclectic wiccans) to be somewhat "offensive". I do, however, desire for all of my students to put some serious effort into their shadow work, and am willing to go to some "interesting" places to help them deal their issues. No, I don't agree with the twits who would try to have you deal with your shadow self via a short "guided meditation or workshop" where you look at your anger/shame/fear/anguish and say "I see you and I forgive you/myself" and that's supposed to be the end of it. Really dealing with ones issues, the "shadow work", is NEVER that bloody simple.
    So, after our local Samhain festival was finished the other weekend, it was suggested that I lead "Men's Mysteries" next year with a rather...touchy..subject:
      How does one reconcile the moral dichotomy of most modern pagans and wiccans ideas that "All life is Sacred" when faced with the burden of having to act otherwise because honor, or duty has required it? How does one who is wiccan justify having taken a life (or lives) while in service to their country during war? Or during the course of duty as a member of Law Enforcement? Or when those near you have died due to your mistakes or inaction (or your misplaced blame)?
     I mean, it's easy enough to shuffle it off with tepid little platitudes like "it doesn't count in service to country/ceasar", "that's a bit of shadow work you're going to have to reconcile for yourself", "that's in the past, god/dess forgives you..now focus on the rede or the general sacredness of life". Or any of a hundred others. Even the Christians don't usually have a good answer to this beyond "render unto ceasar/Christ forgives all". And, IMHO, these are all crap. I've had students that have "these stains on their souls" , and none of these platitudes would even come close to working. Even amongst those wiccans that follow the variant of the rede that adds "Lest in self defence it be", there still seems to be that major stumbling block regarding the sacredness of Life. I've also run in Asatru and druids that still have this "stumbling block".
      It seems to me that a step towards this reconciliation is a slight adjustment to their worldview. "Every life is Sacred, but no more so than every Death." It may be that the gods alone can set the time of any mans death, that being in their perview alone, but who is to say that any one of us cannot be the tools by which they act? Yet, a part of me can't help but think that even this is just another of those "worthless platitudes".
    Or is it not even a matter of "conventional" versus "non-conventional" ethics? Could it be more closely related to that deeply ingrained idea that taking anothers life is simply *wrong*. That little aspect that some writers or shows or movies will hint at when someone becomes physically, mentally, and/or emotionally sick after taking their first or even second life? Could it be that "switch" that some psychologists and councelors encounter when dealing with a cop that just shot someone dead in the line of duty? Or that bit of "careful observation" that military snipers undergo after their initial "engagements"?
    I know shadow work, at least the kind that actually deals with peoples demons with more than just lipservice, is different from person to person. I know that while a counselor might "specialize" in these kinds of cases, no two patients will ever have the same experience, let alone the same counseling tasks. But, I also know that there are some "techniques" which do work on generalized basis.
   I know, I've asked more questions than I've answered here. But as I said, I'm just beginning to build this into a (hopefully) very useful tool for delving into what many would consider "men's mysteries".
   I very much want your ideas and comments. If not directly with this post, then as a private message with relevant parts cut/pasted. I would very much like to like to see this develop and maybe even become a tool that gets used by priests, priestesses, and pagan clergy whenever this particular "issue" comes up.
Needless to say, this is only Part 1 of this particular post....others will follow as the year, and the workshop, develop.

Chris / Grynner
That Memphis Guy

Sacred sites in the city.

2009-08-04T12:24:33Z

I'm going to be working on a replacement for http://urbanpaganism.info/ over the next couple of weeks. It's going to involve using Google Maps to plot out and discuss 'sacred sites' in urban locations.

Before I really get started I'd just like to ask for some sacred sites from different cities so I've got some 'seed data' to work with. I know of a few in Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, but it would be really nice to have more than just that to work with.

Addresses or links to Google Maps (or any maps, really) are fine, and a wee note about the site would be awesome.

Also, any suggestions about what you'd like to see on such a site would be great.

Thanks!

A simple reminder.

2009-07-20T01:06:20Z

A simple reminder as there's always some people who are too simple to understand otherwise.

The name of the community is tongue-in-cheek. It's a JOKE. The community is specifically about urban Paganism. This will mean there's some overlap with, for example, technopaganism, but not everything about technology is appropriate. Just because you think it's 'unnatural' doesn't mean it's on-topic. Read the community profile before posting, it's pretty explicit there. If you don't, don't cry because your post gets deleted, because that's just sad. I mean, it's funny for me, but sad for you.

Oh, and just because your personal Pagan path involves X and you live in a city doesn't make X on-topic. Just before someone tries that. :op

On a nicer note, I am going to start work on the new website, just as soon as I can figure out how to do test-driven development with javascript in a Rails application. It should be ace, and possibly actually useful!

Web stuff.

2009-04-24T23:35:30Z

When I set up this community I also registered urbanpaganism.info. At the moment there's just a wiki there that was never used, but I'm planning to wipe that and replace it with something a bit more interesting and useful.

There'll be more on that in a later post.

In the meantime, I've been playing around with some image manipulation libraries and knocked this up: http://divination.urbanpaganism.info

It generates a pseudo-random image using text you enter as the seed for the random number generator. What this means is that the randomness is based off of your text, and (at the moment, at least) if you enter the same text twice you'll get the same image again.

I figure this image might be useful for divination or as a focus for stuff. Or it might be useless. Try it out and let me know.

Ostara

2008-02-28T20:52:44Z

I'm new to the community, and am looking for some ideas.

With March starting on Saturday a lot of the blogs I read have been making posts about Ostara on March 22. I've been reading the rituals and the prayers and have run across a few small things I'd like to incorporate but nothing that really jumped out at me as it all seems a bit fluffy. So I was thinking this community might be a good place to ask what you are planning to do to celebrate Ostara.

A friend that has common pagan interests and I talked about freshening up her garden and I was thinking since I don't have a garden I'd do a little potted flower-scaping for my front door. Other than that I figured we might incorporate some spring veggies for a nice meal and a nice wine. :) Just wanting to welcome the spring back into our lives a bit.

Your thoughts, ideas or suggestions?

[reminder/x-post] September Michigan Hellenic Meet-n-Greet

2007-09-02T23:15:05Z

Date: September 7th, 2007
Time: 6pm-sundown
Where: Ann Arbor, Michigan
OK, more specifically: Island Drive Park, 1450 Island Park Drive (Ann Arbor), in the vicinity of the "Classical revival" shelter
Other Info: If you need a ride or have room in your car to offer, please feel free to use the ride-board--
http://www.sexyhobbitsuperstar.com/hellenic-rideboard/
Just make sure to either leave your e-mail or leave the Private Message option "on" when you sign up so that other people will know how to contact you.

Since this one is for the post-Labour Day weekend, we've decided to make it a picnic — B.Y.O.B., though we really won't care if you bring something big enough to share.

This is what the shelter looks like: http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/CommunityServices/Parks/images/Island_classic1.jpg
...though I should point out that the side in the photo is facing the water. This shelter is entered from the back.

If, for some reason, the weather is bad, we can take everything to my place, but let's still meet up at the park to convoy.

Just like the August meet-n-greet, this is very informal, just so that we can all meet each-other and (hopefully) discuss potential group rituals for the future.

---

Since there are grills and tables outside the shelter, there really is no need to rent this one, but the chances of it being used are rather slim (since it's after Labour Day). (Though for future rituals, I *do* want to rent it.)

I'm five feet even (well, just a hair under), fat (no sense in sugar-coating it), have white hair, glasses, and will be wearing a "Here Comes A Special Boy" t-shirt and jeans. If the weather drops below 75, I'll have my old Retail Slut jacket. Trust me, I'm hard to miss.

-- RJ

"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information."
-- Oscar Wilde

My Blog: http://rowan.sexyhobbitsuperstar.com
My Noise: http://thisiswherethefishlives.sexyhobbitsuperstar.com
My Books: http://stores.lulu.com/ruadhanjmcelroy

Pagan Pride Fundraiser at Magus Books

2007-07-24T02:07:28Z

Sunday, August 5th from 12-6

Art sale and "Psychic Fair"

Magus Books is sponsoring a fundraiser for Twin Cities Pagan pride.

This is the last fundraising event before the the Pagan Pride festival September 29-30. It's a 2 day event this year and we want to make it a memorable one so come on out to Magus Books and help support Twin Cities Pagain Pride! We will be selling gorgeous pottery and other donated art from local artisans. Or get a tarot reading or numerology chart.

All proceeds go to making this year's Pagan Pride the best one ever!

Hi there! Newly joined member here.

2007-07-20T18:53:30Z

Hiya folks. I'm a pagan based out of the Philly area who could be called eclectic at the best of times and crazy at the worst. I just recently started this LiveJournal as a place to conduct my research into the old religions and how they are affected by modern science and technological advances. Many a pagan have regarded me with disdain for suggesting that there is magic in technology and synthetic materials such as polymers, alloys and plastics, and outright hostility for suggesting that science does indeed have a place in religion and the two don't need to be separated.

What I'm looking for is open-minded people to friend me and help me conduct this research by providing me with valuable opinions and insights into the topics discussed on my journal. If I find enough people interested in this sort of "pagan science" if you will (a very loose term) I'll most likely make a community that will act as an open forum for debate and intellectual discussion. As this community seems to have some of my own interests at heart, I thought I'd give a shout-out and see if anyone out there is interested. Thank you!

urban living now the majority experience

2007-05-23T22:27:01Z

There’s no big countdown billboard or sign in Times Square to denote it, but Wednesday, May 23, 2007, represents a major demographic shift, according to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia: For the first time in human history, the earth’s population will be more urban than rural.

I thought the rest of the article is worth reading, it's not long.

Aren't cities "earth based"?

2007-05-22T16:20:54Z

I have to try to make this quick, (yet hopefully coherent) as I'm leaving for work in a few minutes. If any discussion arises, I'll add further thoughts in the comments.

I read this article this morning with a fair amount of disdain. http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=ustn&c=words&id=11420
It got me to thinking, once again, what is meant by "earth based" and "nature". What is so unnatural about man, that things made by man are considered unnatural? (I realize I'm preaching to the choir here, so to speak) Aren't we, by the very nature of being human, earth based? Why is the countryside considered so much more "in tune" with nature than our urban constructs? I found it somewhat ironic that the author mentioned fences in the countryside several times in his essay, considering the fences did not grow there by themselves. Fences are symbols of possession by humans, to trap critters within their boundaries and keep tresspassers out. To define the boundaries of habitation and ownership. Doesn't sound very "pagan" (by the way the author seems to define "pagan") to me. How the author defines the word "pagan" is a whole nuther topic, one we can (and do) beat to death and isn't really the point of my post.

I guess I just see the term "earth based" as a bit odd, since the city I live in is earth based. My home is based on the earth, and was made by people, who were born and die on earth. Most of us never get very far away from earth, I sure spend a great deal of time here. Again with the natural... my computer was made by peoples, and to my knowledge, those peoples are as carbon based as the great stag in the woods. What makes this tool that I use any less natural than the plow or the scythe used by my agrarian ancestors?

I see nothing wrong with worshipping the earth and revering the wilds, I think they're pretty cool. I like to camp, and wander in the woods n' stuff, but it doesn't make me any more or less spiritual than anything I do in the confines of my house in the city, or in my car on the expressway. It seems to me that these folks feel that it is impossible to find the Divine in man and the constructs of man, which just seems contradictory to me. Did my afore mentioned agrarian ancestors go out in incliment weather if they didn't have to, just to "connect with teh goddess"? I seriously doubt it. I imagine, that like the rest of us, they made good use of their manmade structures to stay safe and warm and dry as much as possible.

Maybe I'm missing the point. I can appreciate the things that spring from the earth with no help from mankind, and I can do my part to try to not damage the ecosystem that sustains us. It seems the responsible "human" thing to not, ummm, crap where I sleep, so to speak. But that's common sense, not "paganism" or "spirituality". I also know plenty of eco-freaks that aren't pagan by any stretch of the imagination. I resent the idea that if I don't go out and get rained on (or heat exhaustion, as I live in the desert) that I'm less "Pagan" or less spiritual. I dismiss the idea that I can't connect with divinity where ever I am, even if I happened to travel to space in an unnatural space ship. (can't get much less "earth based" than that!) In fact, I think I might get a whole new appreciation for the divine were I to find myself in outerspace.

Practical techniques.

2007-05-04T20:45:18Z

Renewing the urbanpaganism.info domain name reminded me about something I was going to post here ages ago and forgot about.

I've occasionally - with reasonable success - used magic to try and make sure that I either didn't miss my bus (particularly when on one bus that needs to match up with a second), or to ensure that my bus got me to work on time.

I've a nasty habit of being late, because I hate getting out of bed, and this has saved me from a disciplinary meeting once.

I've used lots of different techniques, and I've not really found anything that's worked better or worse than anything else.

So what do other people do in these kind of urban, commuter-hell, situations? What techniques have you found for making sure that the bus is early when you need it to be early, and late when you need it to be late?

And keep in mind that this is almost always being done 'on the fly', while sitting on one bus or waiting for another, so any kind of serious advanced preparation might not be practical.

Benefit show for Twin Cities Pagan Pride

2007-03-20T00:52:51Z

Got the end of winter, stuck at home watching the snow melt blues? Come out to Patrick's Cabaret on March 25th! Get rid of your cabin fever at the Pagan Pride Follies, a variety show to support Twin Cities Pagan Pride, featuring:

Belly dance by the Afsana Sisters and the Basimah Kamar dance troupes
Improv by the Powderpuff Boyz
music by singer/songwriters Michael James and Robby Briody
poetry by Christa Beverlin

Pagan Pride Follies, a benefit for Twin Cities Pagan Pride
Sunday March 25th- doors at 6, show at 7
Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minehaha Ave S, Minneapolis
Tickets $10- advance tickets available at Magus Books

TC Pagan Pride Benefit!

2007-03-10T13:33:30Z

Got the end of winter, stuck at home watching the snow melt blues? Come out to Patrick's Cabaret on March 25th! Get rid of your cabin fever at the Pagan Pride Follies, a variety show to support Twin Cities Pagan Pride. We've got singers, dancers, and comedians to entertain you and your family as well as wonderful artwork donated by local artists for sale.

Pagan Pride Follies, a benefit for Twin Cities Pagan Pride
Sunday March 25th- doors at 6, show at 7
Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minehaha Ave S, Minneapolis
Tickets $10- advance tickets available at Magus Books

(this message has been cross-posted)

Mobile Magic

2006-12-18T01:48:12Z

(To the people in technopaganism: this isn't a cross-post, although it is inspired by my current mobile adventures. :o) )

After quite a while of not really doing much magical, recently I've been feeling moved to 'get back into it', so to speak. Since my personal path involves lots of technology, gadgets, and toys, the fact that I just got a new Windows Mobile PocketPC phone has spurred this on somewhat.

But this isn't technopaganism, so I'm not going to be all GEEKJOY here. :o) (Although if you want to read the discussion about using a Windows Mobile handset in technopagan ways, it can be found here.)

Instead, I've got a topic for discussion: mobile magic.

Apart from my ideas for using normal computer-based technomagic techniques on a 'smart' mobile device, does anyone use phones in other ways for magic, techno- or not?

Or how about this: in urban environments you can barely throw a stick without hitting a cellular radio transmitter mast. Personally, this makes me happy since more masts means better signal and better signal means faster HSDPA internet access. Some people, however, freak about this stuff. Recent studies have shown that there's no link between mobile phone usage and cancer, but I suspect it still bothers a lot of people to live or work near/opposite/under a transmitter array.

But how does this integrate into your magical working? Do you find that it interferes, helps, has no effect? Has anyone tried using the cellular radio networks as part of a magical working? What did you do, and what happened?

In many cities wifi networks have sprung up in the last few years. Some are paid for (wholly or partly) by the city, some are purely commercial, and there's always a ton of people who just don't know how to secure their router. Does this have any impact on people's magical working?

With things like WiMax down the line, the radio spectrum in urban areas is just going to get more and more crowded - anyone freaked out by this? Anyone looking forward to it? Why, or why not?

And finally, to turn it around: every city, no matter how many antennas are raised, will have deadspots where there's no cellular coverage. Edinburgh (where I live), is packed with these because half the city centre is made of very old, very thick, stone - and is built high. Does anyone seek these spots out, or avoid them? Or create them?

(I figure this community's been really quite of late, so hopefully this can spur some discussion. Remember: if you have any ideas regarding Paganism in urban environments, please share them!)

Pagan Pride Fundraiser

2006-12-01T00:09:53Z

Pagan Pride Fundraiser

When: Thursday December 7th 7-10pm
Where: Betsy's Back Porch Coffee, 5447 Nicollett Ave, Minneapolis
What: An evening of art appreciation featuring the music of Beth Kinderman and Jean Salo, and art for sale by various local artists.
Cost: Five dollar suggested donation

Come and kick off the holiday season and support Pagan Pride with an evening of art and music at Betsy's Back Porch Coffee. Relax by the fire, drink some cocoa (or a glass of wine) and enjoy the fabulous work of local artists.

http://www.tcpaganpride.org/

Call for artists/art owners

2006-10-31T00:16:26Z

Call for artists or art owners.

Twin Cities Pagan Pride is holding a fundraising event On December 7th, a Salon Night.

I am seeking volunteer performers to provide some entertainment – acoustic musicians, writers/poets, performance artists, maybe a belly dancer or two.

I am also seeking donations of art to show and sell that night. Paintings, sculptures, jewelry, or pottery- any kind of art is welcome. It does NOT have to be “Pagan” art. If you own a piece of art you would like to donate for the sale, that’s wonderful. If you make art and would like to donate something that’s wonderful. If you make art for a living and would prefer to split the proceeds, that’s also wonderful.

Art submissions need to be in to me by December first.

Performers please contact me right away, as I would like to have the performance schedule finalized by December first as well.

Thank you!

Crystal Therese
Fundraising Events Coordinator, Twin Cities Pagan Pride
crystal dot therese at gmail dot com

This message has been cross-posted. Please pass it on. =)

Coops and City Gardens

2006-09-05T17:48:39Z

General about plant life in urban environments

I've been trying (and failing) to find a community garden to participate in, and it's also that season in Minnesota where the wild herbs on roadsides and train tracks are just begging for harvest.

My solution to my first part, on the community gardens, is a bizarre little vision I have: I'd like to persuade owners of skyscrapers in the area to allow some type of garden on their rooftops ala greenroofing (possibly by allowing for tax cuts). Is this even viable? Aside from the random idiot pitching over the edge, what types of issues might come up?

On the second part, I have a more general question. When out in rural/wild areas, I leave a small offering of tobacco when I harvest plants. In the city, however, there's always the outside chance I'll get a ticket for littering if I do this. Are there any alternatives in the form of prayer/energy giving that others have tried while engaging in herb havesting?

new place

2006-08-15T14:00:56Z

so we are moving to a new place in the next few days...it is even more urban than where we currently are if that makes sense

and while I do have a few things that I do, I was looking to see what other folks who live in the city do

what do you guys reccomend for cleansing the home and making it your own?

CyberPagan

2006-08-03T14:27:51Z

If the Stargoddess fills the empty vacuum between the stars, then she must be present in the blank screen between urls.

The web is a place, a realm, comparable to the astral. You need special tools to get here (like some otherworlds need strange chemicals to reach), and the skills for navigating this realm have to be learned here... some few skills translate, but very few. Some people wander around in one portion of the web for years before they realize how *big* it is... and then they get scared, and try to lock away the rest of it. Others think they have mastered "the web" if they're mentioned on three sites they've never visited. (This is rather like white men thinking they've mastered Africa because they're known in villages 100 miles away from any they've visited.)

It's a strange place, is cyberspace. The rules are different. People are visible through a filter, of sorts; meeting people here is like looking at them through a stained glass window... you have to learn how to compensate. Most people don't bother; they either assume "what you see is the truth" (which can cause them real damage if they're not careful) or "it's impossible to know someone through the web." Both concepts are false, half-truths at best. You can know people here. But it takes understanding the filter.

The code is not the filter. The map is not the territory.

Mad H4X0R ski11z don't necessarily make someone who really *connects* to other people online. Speaking fluent C++ or coding HTML & java in your sleep won't make you able to reach into people's hearts or feel the resonance of their souls as they interact online. (They're often related skills, in the way that knowing the terrain and the weather in an area can let you know the people who live there. But just as universities are full of natural scientists who can't hold a romance together, the web is full of coders who aren't sure they themselves are people, much less anyone else.)

I am fluent in webspeak. Some of you are fluent in webspeak.
That's not to say that we know all the 733T jargon, or that we drop vowels and abbreviate short words to single letters. But we know how to communicate online; we do it well; we each come across as a person, and the person we come across as isn't incompatible with the one people know face-to-face. (I'm not claiming we're unique with this skill; it's not too common, but it's certainly not unknown.)

I can read people online--I can feel the hidden thoughts behind the posts, just as some folks can read people in person. It's not something that can be explained--just as you might say, "I know she was hiding something by the way her voice sounded," I sometimes say, "I know she was hiding something by the way she phrased things." It's not 100% accurate. It works better on people already known; of course--just as in face-to-face encounters, you've got a better chance telling when a friend is lying to you than a total stranger. (Online is full of strangers.) I can tell when someone "gets it," and when they don't. (At least, as well as anyone can tell in person. There are always scam artists.)

So... here we are, ready to attempt making Craft connections in one of the strangest realms ever; ruled by math and electron jumbles and inhabited by persons of all shapes and flavors, and stalked by bots and plagued by viruses. And it's very intellectual; that works against us... OTOH, it was created by subversive, strong-willed people who ignored "the impossible" and just did what they could to bring science, information, fun and bizarreness to each other, across the miles and without regard to nationality, color, sexual orientation or religion.

As soon as there was ascii text, there was ascii art. As soon as there was email, there were signatures: a tag of personal flavor added to an impersonal and regimented medium.

And because I know that, I trust that there *is* a way to connect to paganism online, through technology (which some people seem to think is "not natural," as if human creations are somehow less natural than beehives and rabbit warrens) that this can be one way to begin that connection--for some people, for those who move freely in this realm. (Just as some would-be students won't connect with some teachers, and some only learn one-on-one while others prefer small group settings, some won't be able to connect here, even if they really are pagan, even if they really are witches, even if they're really fluent online.)

I am so looking forward to playing this game.

Conversation at a Handfasting

2006-08-02T14:32:31Z

This past Saturday I attended and participated in a friend's handfasting. It was held outside and afterwards everybody was sitting around on the patio drinking punch and holding random discussions.

I wore my pair of cute heeled sandals that are absolutely adorable but uncomfortable to stand in for long periods of time. I had taken off my sandals and was wiggling my toes to show off my freshly painted toenails.

Woman 1: Your feet are so cute!

Me: I know! I bought this nail polish today, just to match my outfit!

Woman 2: My feet are ugly, I go barefoot a lot and probably have broken each one of my toes at one time or another. (displays for all to see the bumps from broken toes)

Me: I dont go barefoot all that often anymore. I actually dont go outside all that often, either. My skin is so fair, it doesn't take much for me to burn, even through sunscreen. I'm already feeling pink.

Woman 3: What kind of Pagan doesn't go outside in nature?

{beat}

Me: A Technopagan.

{another beat}

Woman 1: She's right, you know.

Comments?

2006-06-30T20:36:03Z

Are We Pagani or Urbani?

discussion: technopaganism and urban paganism

2006-06-21T15:22:54Z

Thus far I'm not too lost in my foray into urban magic research, and from reading wibbble's wiki, it seems like there's a pretty heavy link between technology and urban paganism. Why is this? I know you can get cell phones, cable and Internet access on most farms these days, as long as you're not in too remote a place, and I'm guessing a huge part of technological advances have gone towards agriculture. So why is technology so closely associated with the urban?

a somewhat more useful urban paganism link

2006-06-20T20:44:06Z

Found on Christopher Penczak's site.

Twin Cities Magic Project

2006-06-10T19:06:35Z

Broken links are now corrected.

So I'll be starting this grand experiment, which I've already been told by some locals is "weird." I'll take that as a compliment.
We'll be doing a guided meditation at the city hall steps, and a conscious journey on the train to get there.

I'm planning on blogging this on my website and I've also opened up a wiki dedicated to the project. Along with the wiki wibbble put up, I found another wiki that seems to have a little bit of meat on it. I will let you know here when there's been an experiment and an update (unless advised not to).

Here's to having fun!

Witch's Voice Essay

2006-06-04T15:55:49Z

Entitled Meditations on the Mysteries for Urban Pagans. Unfortunately, this seems to read as another "well, if you're stuck in the city..." type.