Walking the Path that Fits
We are brainwashed folks. Let’s face it.
We shove size 9 feet into size 7 shoes. We starve ourselves down to fit a specific dress size. We laugh at people wearing socks that don’t match. We assume that just because someone does something a different way than we do, they must think we must do as they do as well.
Conformity runs so deep in our society we do it without thinking.
We are so used to having to fit ourselves into an established institution that we often can’t fathom anything else.
You don’t join Wicca because it’s almost everything you believe, except for a couple of things, and then change those opposing beliefs just to be Wiccan!
Your clothing should fit you, not you fit your clothes. The same goes for your spirituality.
Of course we all want to belong and today you need a label to get anywhere.
“What Trad are you?”
But aside from finding a name, or BrandName, how do you build a spiritual path around … yourself? I suppose this is why Mystery Schools have the words “Know Thyself” abouve the doors eh?
It used to be that we had no choice but be all… Continue reading
If we don’t need tools, why even bother to use them?
So they say the only tools you really need is you, and that is true. But we all still start with tools anyways. This is a good thing. Not only do these tools help us learn to focus our minds and hearts and to help create a ritual atmosphere, they also help give us something to do, something to pick up to hold on to etc during ritual.
But there is another reason why we start with tools. We need to learn the energy of each tool.
If you want to cut something psychically or energetically, like a Circle, using just your hand you will need to know how to use your hand like a knife or how to create a knife with energy to go cutting negative energy surrounding someone. But in order to do that you first need to know, and know well, the feel of a knife in your hand, the energy of a blade, the feel of cutting energy with that tool.
To learn how to cup and pool feminine energy in your hands, you start by holding it in the cup or chalice. You learn the feel of that cup and the energy pooled within,… Continue reading
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