Friday, June 25, 2004
What would it look like ...
... if I made two blog posts in one day?
I'm avoiding work, trying not to miss my sister (put her on the airplane to Texas yesterday), getting some seriously-needed, non-functional, alone time (did the functional bit earlier today), and I'm regretting that I can't join the goddess crowd tonight in either of the two Madison cinemas that have braved the pressure and are showing Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. We were going to go, really we were, but when I went online this morning all the tickets had been bought up !!!!!! That's a pretty decent response to all the corporate types whose fear cost them some opening-weekend bucks.
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I'm avoiding work, trying not to miss my sister (put her on the airplane to Texas yesterday), getting some seriously-needed, non-functional, alone time (did the functional bit earlier today), and I'm regretting that I can't join the goddess crowd tonight in either of the two Madison cinemas that have braved the pressure and are showing Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. We were going to go, really we were, but when I went online this morning all the tickets had been bought up !!!!!! That's a pretty decent response to all the corporate types whose fear cost them some opening-weekend bucks.
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"neo"paganism
While tripping through the blogosphere, I found a well-written, informative article on Thealogy at Wikipedia, which led me to Wikipedia's Goddess article. What caught my eye, today, was this:
Now, I didn't know that most Pagans detest the term neopagan, which means I just probably don't get out and about enough! Even so, I've often thought about which is a more accurate reflection of what I'm about, in terms of the pagan roots of my spirituality. The above argument against neo is a compelling one.
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Many academics favour the neologism 'Neopagan' which most Pagans detest, pointing out that modern forms of a faith obviously differ from historical or prehistoric forms. We do not, for example, generally speak of 'Neotantra' or 'Neobuddhism'.
Now, I didn't know that most Pagans detest the term neopagan, which means I just probably don't get out and about enough! Even so, I've often thought about which is a more accurate reflection of what I'm about, in terms of the pagan roots of my spirituality. The above argument against neo is a compelling one.
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Thursday, June 24, 2004
3 million people
Robert Brady (Pure Land Mountain ) is a word artist, a nature guy (what my nephew would have called him), a grandfather, an American living in Japan, and a prolific blogger whose varied interests are reflected in his posts and his 25 categories of "finest quality" links (what a hoot! -- remember The Joy Luck Club, anyone?). In my 15 minutes of free time on the computer this week, I started catching up on my favorite blogs, and his June 18 What a Way to Start a Millenium spoke to my condition.
He quoted Neal Pollack's essay, Church & State:
Finally, Neal Pollack refers to his new website, Pray for Reason, where he tells us that "nearly 3 million people (are) praying for George W. Bush every day." He calls on "Americans of all religions and belief systems who want to see their country's policies at home and abroad based on facts, history, and reasonable thought processes" to join him in a pledge-pray-vote campaign to return reason and reasonable leadership to the White House.
I say A M E N.
Visit his website to read his prayer, or others submitted there. Better yet, submit your own!
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He quoted Neal Pollack's essay, Church & State:
A lunatic Christian cult has the run of the White House and the ear of the president. What do they want? The end of the world. Be afraid.
...the president meets with the members of a radical, far-right millennialist Christian sect three weeks before he counteracts all known international law and opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. That sect, known as the Apostolic Congress, opposes any deal with the Palestinians because it believes that Christ won't return to Earth until all of Israel belongs to the Jews and Solomon's temple is rebuilt.
...even if Reagan believed in Armageddon, he didn't actively try to bring it about. You can't say the same about George W. Bush.
I implore Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Wiccans, Protestants, Catholics, and even evangelical Christians to pray for a new president. Why should George W. Bush supporters hold a monopoly on prayer?
...the president meets with the members of a radical, far-right millennialist Christian sect three weeks before he counteracts all known international law and opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. That sect, known as the Apostolic Congress, opposes any deal with the Palestinians because it believes that Christ won't return to Earth until all of Israel belongs to the Jews and Solomon's temple is rebuilt.
...even if Reagan believed in Armageddon, he didn't actively try to bring it about. You can't say the same about George W. Bush.
I implore Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Wiccans, Protestants, Catholics, and even evangelical Christians to pray for a new president. Why should George W. Bush supporters hold a monopoly on prayer?
Finally, Neal Pollack refers to his new website, Pray for Reason, where he tells us that "nearly 3 million people (are) praying for George W. Bush every day." He calls on "Americans of all religions and belief systems who want to see their country's policies at home and abroad based on facts, history, and reasonable thought processes" to join him in a pledge-pray-vote campaign to return reason and reasonable leadership to the White House.
I say A M E N.
Visit his website to read his prayer, or others submitted there. Better yet, submit your own!
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Conflict Transformation
I'm having a wonderful visit with my sister. Renewing, healing. She's keeping the house full of cut flowers from our yard. We're feeding her Wisconsin pizza and taking her shopping at Land's End Outlet stores and Madison's west-side St. Vinnie's. I've made her several pieces of jewelry and have two more ready to go. We'll pick up lobster-claw clasps tomorrow at the bead store.
We abandoned her this past weekend, though, for a trip to Milwaukee to the National Women's Studies Association meeting. My partner and I sang with our choir for the conference opening, and we and our collective/support-group members presented an experiential panel on the importance of conflict in consciousness, community and classroom. We had a small number of attendees but excellent evaluations of our work, and we've been invited to do another presentation at a state WSA gathering.
We're in the early stages of putting together a web site on our work, but here's the flow chart I did recently to be included in our handouts:
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We abandoned her this past weekend, though, for a trip to Milwaukee to the National Women's Studies Association meeting. My partner and I sang with our choir for the conference opening, and we and our collective/support-group members presented an experiential panel on the importance of conflict in consciousness, community and classroom. We had a small number of attendees but excellent evaluations of our work, and we've been invited to do another presentation at a state WSA gathering.
We're in the early stages of putting together a web site on our work, but here's the flow chart I did recently to be included in our handouts:
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Celtic Sacred Hours (3, 6, 9, 12 am/pm) Healing Practice:
What does my body need?
What does my spirit need?
Where is the flow? What wants to happen right now?
