tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.comments2022-04-01T02:27:46.557-05:00Thicket of a WitchSpanish Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02269668992674283258noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-48078373817782674862015-04-08T18:52:23.246-05:002015-04-08T18:52:23.246-05:00Well-stated, sir!Well-stated, sir!blackhorsedanceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643362876823792271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-83025438025158677992015-04-06T14:53:19.579-05:002015-04-06T14:53:19.579-05:00My gran liked a bit of the drink, I often leave of...My gran liked a bit of the drink, I often leave offerings of liquor on my ancestor altar.. I think it's a beautiful idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-8497273554975424602014-12-27T22:53:47.018-06:002014-12-27T22:53:47.018-06:00No matter how bizarre some beliefs may seem, almos...No matter how bizarre some beliefs may seem, almost all religions/theology share a thread of truth. This common thread is the essence of all spirituality, it is not about morality and ethics. Any theology that simply imposes ethics and morality has nothing of real great importance to speak of. For you can teach morality to a child, but true spiritual teachings belong to the mature. Yet the thread does not move in both directions and the path is not broad, but narrow. No one who holds to having a personal responsibility to themselves but not to others or that they themselves are gods and goddesses can posses it. For this is the path of ignorance, the broad path, the path of many ways, and one which moves against this common thread. Knowledge and virtue is the way. In the words of all the oracles and sages who have passed the light of wisdom down through the ages: Know Thyself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-40531110120568878872014-09-26T08:53:19.218-05:002014-09-26T08:53:19.218-05:00I just found this blog post (for some reason blogg...I just found this blog post (for some reason blogger posts are not feeding into my WP reader) and found it well written. I like the idea of the three harvests which is true at least here where i live. Blessed Autumn Equinox as we slowly slide towards All Hallows Eve. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-4287252641312904292014-08-30T14:20:14.001-05:002014-08-30T14:20:14.001-05:00Another thought I have been having recently that g...Another thought I have been having recently that goes with this post. Is the responsibility of the student and teacher. Students should realize that their teachers can only give so much, are only human etc. I think students can be very needy, needing the constant pat on the back, and the applause for doing well. They deserve it, however they also can be damaging to a teacher when they are too clingy or need too much. Ive learned that on both sides the hard way. The other thing and perhaps this is where the ego check comes in. Sometimes students are just not suited to work with you, or you reach a place where you have nothing else to offer them. The hardest is when a student surpasses you. I've had this happen several times. It is really hard, "they are better than me" or something along those lines. It really hurt me, in dance, and was a HUGE part of my ego death to see the HUGE success of my students. They have gone places I never could have taken them. However about the time dance "came back" I decided to be proud of them. To be proud that they took what I gave them and turned it into some of the most amazing dance talent in Japan and the South West. They have much further to go, and I cant take them there. However I decided that just because I cant teach them anymore, I would sit on the sidelines cheering them on. They can go 100x further with my love and support than without it. What good would I be as teacher if I said. " You have gone too far, gotten too good! now stop, slow down, go at my pace. No that is not my job! Sucky lesson to learn, but now I am free,(from my own fears, short comings etc) and they are amazing dancers! That is what it is all about right? So timely on this post, as I have been examining my role as teacher, and where I will go, and where my students will go. Very timely indeed, Thank you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563514260851929474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-34388917331354736952014-08-30T13:37:19.611-05:002014-08-30T13:37:19.611-05:00This is an awesome post. I am a teacher, it is jus...This is an awesome post. I am a teacher, it is just my calling. I never understood why my dance students come back to class over and over, even when I trip, forget pieces of the Choreography I wrote. I think that people, that truly want to learn understand that a teacher is a human and learning on this path as well. I struggle with those that put me on some pedestal. Im constantly trying to do better, and not let them down. This is good for me, as a teacher. It keeps me learning, and digging into more dance and craft practice. That can be good for the teacher, but bad for the student. Eventually I make a mistake, or forget something important. It goes back to being a baby and learning how to walk. Until you feel the pain of falling, and realize it doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger. I respect your reasons for not taking students, and understand it. However for some of us, we just don't have a choice. It is our calling, in one way or another. Im pretty lucky to have a good friend that ego checks me on a regular basis. This blog still remains a great reminder that with everything there is a circle of life. A death, rebirth, and growth cycle. I have experienced it with dance, the ego death, and the failings. However with time, healing, and new drive it has evolved and Im happy with how it has changed. I never would have made it here without the fall in the first place! Glad to see you blogging again... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563514260851929474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-58667581379644036942014-08-28T14:01:27.555-05:002014-08-28T14:01:27.555-05:00Ah, yes. Talking about the brownie helps resist ea...Ah, yes. Talking about the brownie helps resist eating the brownie!<br /><br />That whole pedestal thing was awful for me in so many ways. Maybe someday I'll get over it and be able to teach again. Interestingly, the Powers-That-Be are giving me a firm "No way and don't even think it" right now, which is a relief.CuriousWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731801258325526536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-64812360103960624992014-08-15T20:47:53.232-05:002014-08-15T20:47:53.232-05:00Well written AM. I have never heard of someone com...Well written AM. I have never heard of someone comparing Gardner's techniques with massage and the movement of Chi, but then he did spend a lot of time in SE Asia. BBAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178477613530820979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-45060024036599747162014-07-30T08:23:17.969-05:002014-07-30T08:23:17.969-05:00Yes i was saddened by the news of her death also, ...Yes i was saddened by the news of her death also, especially at such an age near mine. The elders continue to pass on to the other side and some like mine continue to teach on the astral for those who can tune in. Thank you for this ancestor rite. SM I am going to reblog a link to this tribute and to the one at TWH so TY. L/SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-67859883550671099232013-11-26T13:05:11.823-06:002013-11-26T13:05:11.823-06:00I think perhaps we may be having a linguistic misu...I think perhaps we may be having a linguistic misundersatanding. Or I wasn't overly clear. All I was trying to get at was that the information did not become a part of the mainstream. As you point out, part of reason is because of direct silence on the part of those with the knowledge. Oaths and all that. Also, in retrospect, I think that part of it also has to do with the format of teaching early on in regards to Craft in the States. This is of course speculation. The truth of the matter is probably much more complicted anyway.<br /><br />Thank you for the comment and valid point. <br /><br />Blessings!Spanish Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269668992674283258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-61088638903290594982013-11-26T12:50:47.928-06:002013-11-26T12:50:47.928-06:00"much of the other lore associated with cycle..."much of the other lore associated with cycles of time were left to the side"<br /><br />Well, no, I am not sure if it was left to the other side. May I suggest that it was never known by the bulk of American Pagandom because it it belonged to British Tradition Wicca, and therefore, of course, was privileged information for those groups only? I.e., not shared?Anna Munda at Enchanted Bodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642107108935171680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-7071695824519282222013-11-21T12:07:51.753-06:002013-11-21T12:07:51.753-06:00It is good to have roots, and great you were dedic...It is good to have roots, and great you were dedicated enough to save the money to go the whole way out there, and it seems to have been good for your soul too. For most witches my age our initiators have passed on, and can only be glimpsed in vision or in dream. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-64887320028879070112013-10-02T08:15:03.022-05:002013-10-02T08:15:03.022-05:00Well written SM. Well written SM. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-66711822979046307162013-09-22T11:20:34.832-05:002013-09-22T11:20:34.832-05:00Well written, brother witch, and Blessed Autumnal ...Well written, brother witch, and Blessed Autumnal Equinox to you and yours also. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-7583053731226066302013-09-18T06:20:41.762-05:002013-09-18T06:20:41.762-05:00Well written SM. Yes I quite agree "The title...<br />Well written SM. Yes I quite agree "The title of Witch may be conveyed by a group, but the heart of the Witch begins beating at the touch of the divine; the ecstatic experience of which enlivens and thickens the Witch-blood." We may experience these Ah-Ha moments in group ritual, or in initiation, but I think mostly in our own individual contacts with the God/ess. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-8641832819641991512013-09-14T13:35:12.536-05:002013-09-14T13:35:12.536-05:00Two thoughts:
(1) It's harder on ya'll &#...Two thoughts:<br /><br />(1) It's harder on ya'll 'cause there isn't a roadmap. But how awesome that you did not dismiss her perceptions out of hand, like 99% of other Western families.<br /><br />(2) 'Out of the mouths of babes.' She is SO RIGHT about the corners of a room. Wow. Some instinct, hmmm?Anna Munda at Enchanted Bodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642107108935171680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-23870278042964316962013-09-14T10:12:06.439-05:002013-09-14T10:12:06.439-05:00I think part of what's hard is that, especiall...I think part of what's hard is that, especially at bed time, there's the inkling of idea that maybe she's just dragging her feet to not want to go to bed. Yet, she goes willingly and peacefully 363 nights of the year. It's hard to remember that sometimes, especially after a long hard day. Also, if truth be told, my parents would have just said "ghosts aren't real, get your butt in bed." There really isn't a roadmap for this stuff...Iona Kellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12404069318815054451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-6029735730192450312013-09-07T16:50:38.216-05:002013-09-07T16:50:38.216-05:00So what does this mean to you? you can email me if...So what does this mean to you? you can email me if you don't want to post it here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-344070056654786202013-09-06T18:42:34.949-05:002013-09-06T18:42:34.949-05:00You are having such dreams as well. The veil is th...You are having such dreams as well. The veil is thinning.Ravenous.Sarcasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185076904305548603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-2107653238257587172013-07-18T15:56:14.654-05:002013-07-18T15:56:14.654-05:00Sounds like a cross between Chinese Taoist inner c...Sounds like a cross between Chinese Taoist inner cauldron alchemy, Crowley/Grant substance empowerment, and imbibing the essence of one's elemental allies. I guess it is like a Catholic taking communion during a mass for a particular patron saint, or like a Voodooist eating a meal consecrated to a particular Loa or Santos. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-65503352601076554732013-04-21T19:35:35.734-05:002013-04-21T19:35:35.734-05:00SM - i was wondering where you have been of late, ...SM - i was wondering where you have been of late, having missed your posts which i follow with much interest. So where are you going? Are you shutting down this blog? You know my email addy. Blessings to your future path. Lee ShawnusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-46615273683283463102013-04-20T22:21:14.246-05:002013-04-20T22:21:14.246-05:00Your work is so beautifully poetic and inspiring, ...Your work is so beautifully poetic and inspiring, thank you for such beautiful entries for all to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-46774911967873115952013-04-20T22:07:39.775-05:002013-04-20T22:07:39.775-05:00This is deeply beautiful, many happy adventures on...This is deeply beautiful, many happy adventures on where you are taken in life. <br /><br />-SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-91674277909377797002013-03-13T11:10:25.665-05:002013-03-13T11:10:25.665-05:00Again with the resonance this morning! Is this a C...Again with the resonance this morning! Is this a Cancerian thing? LOL As I LBRP'ed this morning, thinking about yesterday's discussion, I was aware of each tiny step and substep as an entire meditation or practice unto itself, and how one could rest for minutes even just on the "getting bigger" part, or bringing the Light into each center, or enjoying the cross of light within, etc.CuriousWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731801258325526536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2581526970771599336.post-81500632548515777192013-03-03T15:41:10.213-06:002013-03-03T15:41:10.213-06:00Beautiful and well done. I have always loved that ...Beautiful and well done. I have always loved that poem also. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com