Comments on: If we don’t need tools, why even bother to use them? http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/2009/09/if-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-tools-why-even-bother-to-use-them/ Sun, 20 May 2012 09:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ananta Androscoggin http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/2009/09/if-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-tools-why-even-bother-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-19765 Ananta Androscoggin Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:32:39 +0000 http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/?p=1117#comment-19765 Yep, training wheels for the Pagan. Yep, training wheels for the Pagan.

]]> By: Pitch313 http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/2009/09/if-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-tools-why-even-bother-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-19709 Pitch313 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:48:08 +0000 http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/?p=1117#comment-19709 Typically, I've heard that remark about not needing tools made as a nudge against wanting tools as goods, as magical bling. But it's true that practitioners do not rely on tools but on skills. FWIW, I did not learn any tool-using magic until I was some years into my own practice. I learned personal energy skills first. But even then, I suppose that I did have familiar tools in mind as models of working. Typically, I’ve heard that remark about not needing tools made as a nudge against wanting tools as goods, as magical bling. But it’s true that practitioners do not rely on tools but on skills.

FWIW, I did not learn any tool-using magic until I was some years into my own practice. I learned personal energy skills first. But even then, I suppose that I did have familiar tools in mind as models of working.

]]> By: FaerieKat http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/2009/09/if-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-tools-why-even-bother-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-19702 FaerieKat Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:50:39 +0000 http://walkingthehedge.net/blog/?p=1117#comment-19702 What lovely explanations! I've always told younger, upcoming witches that tools help to train and mold your will until they are no longer needed (although some can be used to store energy), but your explanations of HOW they do so are stunningly beautiful--extending the microcosmic to the macrocosmic. Even a kid of 50 can gain a fresh perspective! What lovely explanations! I’ve always told younger, upcoming witches that tools help to train and mold your will until they are no longer needed (although some can be used to store energy), but your explanations of HOW they do so are stunningly beautiful–extending the microcosmic to the macrocosmic. Even a kid of 50 can gain a fresh perspective!

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