Tag: pagan

“The Medium is the Massage” with apologies to Marshall McLuchan.

This blog isn’t about the book, although it was required reading when I was a teachers college in the nineteen seventies. I actually chose it because I just couldn’t think of an appropriate title for this blog. I have avoided reading or watching the… Continue Reading ““The Medium is the Massage” with apologies to Marshall McLuchan.”

Magic

From “on line” Dictionary – magic “/ˈmadʒɪk/Submit noun 1. the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. “suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open” ****************** The first page of my Book of Shadows which was started in… Continue Reading “Magic”

Magic

From “on line” Dictionary – magic “/ˈmadʒɪk/Submit noun 1. the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. “suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open” ****************** The first page of my Book of Shadows which was started in… Continue Reading “Magic”

Magic

From “on line” Dictionary – magic “/ˈmadʒɪk/Submit noun 1. the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. “suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open” ****************** The first page of my Book of Shadows which was started in… Continue Reading “Magic”

MID WINTER

It is Mid Summer here = Litha and Mid Winter – Yule  in the northern hemisphere. The Wheel Of The Year: pagan festivals celebrating the seasons:  solstices and equinoxes. When the Romans and Christianity took over they could not get rid of these festivals:… Continue Reading “MID WINTER”

Yule

This information is just to inform not undermine your spiritual beliefs : Christmas was originally the pagan festival of Yule — Mid Winter — moved a few days: Every church festival was originally a pagan festival. The church of Rome incorporated them because they… Continue Reading “Yule”

Thank God I am an Atheist: Pun Intended

Say religion: say fascism Karl Marx said : “Religion is the opiate of the masses”– (Long long ago (In the 1970’s) I wrote a sociology paper on communism.  Unfortunately I am unable to remember all my research and “googling” does not always give accurate… Continue Reading “Thank God I am an Atheist: Pun Intended”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”(Hamlet act 1, scene 3)

This was the first blog that I wrote in April 2012. A friend and I were talking about honesty recently: I said that I had never stolen anything and that I don’t tell lies: She said “same”. Being true to ones self is much… Continue Reading ““This above all: to thine own self be true.”(Hamlet act 1, scene 3)”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”(Hamlet act 1, scene 3)

This was the first blog that I wrote in April 2012. A friend and I were talking about honesty recently: I said that I had never stolen anything and that I don’t tell lies: She said “same”. Being true to ones self is much… Continue Reading ““This above all: to thine own self be true.”(Hamlet act 1, scene 3)”

ELDER’S LIBERATION

. It is time for Elders Liberation! Before the Industrial Revolution one’s status went up with one’s age. Elders were respected! Post-Industrial Revolution we see new things as good and old things as no good and this transfers to people. My generation brought about… Continue Reading “ELDER’S LIBERATION”