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November 24 Curses and EthicsI'm a Germanic heathen. I see vengeance and retribution as perfectly valid things.....if you're willing to deal with the repercussions. See everything in my path, ethically speaking, comes down to personal responsibility. Now I've seen a LOT of pagan paths pay lip service to this one, but more often then not they prop it up with some kind of scare tactic; be it Karma or Harm None or that this or that god doesn't' approve of X and spiritually smack your bottom if you step out of line or the council of witches is going to get the wrong doers...
Having such threats defeats the whole point of personal responsibility. You do (or don't do something) because its RIGHT, not because of a fear of retaliation.
Take the example of curses. I've done that. I find them very effective. And I'm always willing to deal with the fall out (if there is in, a well crafted curse doesn't have blow back) should it come. And as a result I've had a lot of people decry my "witchiness" because of it, telling me what a horrible person I am for using curses.
But what really gets me is that they are judging my doings when they don't know WHY or HOW it was done. I shouldn't interfere with someones free will, they say. But it's just fine for them to condemn me. It boggles the mind.
Anyhow. I'm not the ethics Nazi. If you want to curse someone and are ready to deal with what results from you actions (and if you don't know what you're doing it probably won't be pretty) then more power to you. It's your life and magick is just one of many tools at your disposal. Use it wisely. November 05 Sacred sites...in your back yard?When people talk about sacred sites, they seem to be talking about things like Stone Henge or the Great Pyramids. You know those megaliths from ages gone by. But in doing so, they seem all to ready to discount what we have in this time.
Tomorrow I'm going to climb the local hill. It's beautifully wooded and overgrown. There are walking paths, but it's no manicured in any way. And there are lots of neat places just off the trails to explore and enjoy.
I've done more then a few rituals on that hill, and to be honest they were very powerful for me (on par with having yule at the wide whipped sea). So I think it's safe to say that Bear Hill is indeed a sacred site, even if only for me.
when was the last time you looked around and really opened yourself up the power that is in your own back yard?
As a side note, if it's not raining (AGAIN) tomorrow,I'll take my digital camera with me and get some new pictures to put up on the slide show :) |
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