My Tarot studies are in a bit of a slump right now. I think it is partly due to some of those shoulds that I wrote about yesterday. I feel that I should use Tarot for something more then “simple fortunetelling”, like say for meditation or self-discovery or something. And I feel that I should study both the Marseilles Tarot (which I can’t stand!) and the Thoth Tarot (which just doesn’t do anything for me) to get a fuller understanding of all the Tarot traditions. When I first got started with Tarot, I was passionate about it. I read for…
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Here is an interesting news story about teens asking for the right to vote earlier: CBC News: Court rejects teens’ appeal to lower voting age I will admit to not voting all that often. When I lived at home I think I only voted once, in a federal election. In my riding, Hamilton East, both the Federal and Provincial seats where sewn up. Voting for anyone else was just throwing that vote away (sort of like a vote for Nader). When we moved to London, I did vote in the Provincial election, mostly because I got a chance to talk…
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Today I made a deal to trade away the last of my Tarot decks that I don’t get along with–The Osho Zen Tarot. I really wanted to like this deck. I bought it after reading a great deal about it on Aeclectic Tarot Forum. Many of the members there seemed to really love this deck, saying it was excellent for personal, spiritual readings. And, when I first got it, I did find the readings to be quite good. But… the more I worked with it the less I liked it. The messages just didn’t seem right; they didn’t fit with…
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I wrote the following yesterday while on the subway: Should I put down the title of Wiccan and take up the title of Pagan? I feel like I am searching for something more then the tame, sedate Wicca that I have been finding and practicing. I need something more primal, more visceral. I need to feel that I am a devotee of the God and Goddess. I need to see Their faces. Wicca, as I was practicing it, didn’t give me that. I need to dance with the Gods, to feel more alive. I know that I am Wiccan because…
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Sometimes the online Pagan community drives me nuts. I will honestly admit to being a bit of a loner. I don’t generally join groups, but when I do I try my best to get along. It is in my nature to be a people-pleaser and a smoother-of-ways. Anyway, I’ve been poking around the online community lately, looking for new blogs to read and a forum or two to join. I like to lurk for a long time before I make the jump of becoming a member and getting involved in discussions. So, I come across a forum that looks like…
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I just wanted to say Thank You! to everyone who left Beltane greetings for me. Today has turned out to be super busy and I’m heading out of town tomorrow, so I haven’t had a chance to go around and leave my own. You all have really lifted my spirits. 🙂 Thank you! :love:
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Happy Beltane to everyone of the Pagan persuasion, and Happy May to those of you who are not. May is my favourite month. I’m not sure if it is because of my birthday (which I am becoming less fond of), or because the trees finally come into leaf, or because I can wear sandals! 🙂 Quite frankly, I’m not really in a Beltane celebrating sort of mood today. My PMS has turned me into a raging beast this month, and I am having a horrible time controlling it. So, I’m going to try to make today a quiet one. If…
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I did something pretty tough yesterday–I left both Delphi and CFFN. Truthfully, leaving CFFN wasn’t that difficult. While I have learned a good deal and still feel it is an excellent course, I felt that it was really lacking something for me. The only reason I was sticking it out was because I felt that I should. I felt that I needed the proof that I know what I know, which would come from finishing this course. But I got to wonder who I am trying to prove things to. In the end, I felt that it was better for…
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I’ve had a busy day today–laundry, writing, reading, and eating. It’s getting nearer to “that time of the month” (yes, TMI) and I am starving, as I usually am around now. I wish I knew why. It is actually pretty annoying. A good portion of my day has been spent typing up some new articles for The Lotus Pond. Generally I write them all by hand, usually on the sofa at night while watching TV, and then type them up the next day. I’ve been especially prolific lately, and hadn’t gotten around to typing everything up. And there is still…
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Adopt-a-Deity is new project of Delphi Coven, one of the online groups that I am a part of. The idea is to research a deity that you are unfamiliar with and present your findings to the group so that everyone can learn a little bit about a new god or goddess. Since I am totally enamored with the Egyptian pantheon, I chose an Egyptian goddess. My A-a-D piece is below. Heqet (also Heqtit, Heket, Hekat) is the Egyptian frog-headed goddess of childbirth. To Ancient Egyptians, who at certain times of the year witnessed thousands of frogs along the banks of…