Spirituality
« Previous Entries Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Beltane Celebration Video: A Lovely, Spiritual Video
Beltane is one of the main eight sabbats on the Wheel of The Year. This festival is held on May 1st, though some will light bonfires on the evening before.
Beltane is a joyful celebration of life, Spring, light and renewal. Songs, dancing, fire jumping, and the wrapping of the May Pole are all […]
Dreams & Childhood Religions
Last night’s dream makes me think of primal fears and I wonder, just how deeply rooted are the religious ideals taught to us as children?
This isn’t the time to get into detail about the dream because I have to leave this morning, but the general idea is that there was a stereotypical demon that had […]
When Does “Religion” Become “Mythology”?
I ran across a very good question the other day at ecauldron.net entitled, “When does ‘religion’ become ‘mythology’?”
Out of respect for the original poster I will not reproduce their entire post here (I haven’t been given the permission to do so). Besides, the thread itself has some thoughtful, interesting, and maybe even insightful responses […]
Must We, As A Species, Accept Death To Move On?
I was having a conversation this morning and the subject of death was brought up in an offhanded way, but it made me think about our situation as a species.
Religion is something that has always put its greatest effort into holding back the human race. When it was discovered that the Earth is not […]
Theories of The True Form of The Divine
Some time back I began to ponder the question, “What could be the true form of the divine?” I asked this question because, despite the many myths of the gods/esses, it doesn’t seem to make logical sense that a deity would be a gender. This lead to other questions, such as, “Why would […]
Monday, March 26th, 2007Impressions & Poems
Strong as any wind,
tempered, mighty, consistent.
Bright and warm as the sun,
my golden lady.
Gentle and comforting as the moon,
m’lady of waters.
As giving & bountiful as the earth,
she is as a joyous Prana.
Patient as any wave,
guiding & loving mother.
Proud, strong, wise.
My goddess Aine
A realization came to me as images and emotions flowed through my mind. “The […]
What Is Worship?
What is worship? Or perhaps this article is better opened with, “Do you (I) worship Aine?”. We’ll get into the question of “worship” in a moment.
As an aside: what a beautiful name, “Aine” (AWN-yuh).
I have mulled over this question considerably, and each time I come to the same answer: “No, I […]
Questioning Deity
It’s been some time since I’ve updated with any actual content. To confess, that’s because I’ve been lazy ever since class began.
“Questioning Deity” is a subject that has been on my mind for some time now. Obviously, with a blog such as this, it’s safe to assume that I take the position that […]
Deities, Symbolism, & A Cautious Direction
This is a post that I’ve been intending to write for the last few days but I have had some difficulty in deciding how to start it. I’ve had the idea of what I’ve wanted to say, but figuring out how to approach it has been difficult.
Figuring out who m’lady is is taking awhile, […]
A Perfect World
A Perfect World. What exactly is that? Is it the promise that religion makes to us when it says that lions will eat grass and sleep with lambs? Or is it heaven (or a heaven-like place) that we go to in the after life?
I say that it’s unrealistic to believe in either […]