God only comes to them according to their power.  When God gave the Torah to Israel, if He had come to them in the fullness of His power they would not have been able to withstand it.  But He only came to them according to their power.
~Exodus Rabbah 34:1

Power is something we all have to a certain amount.  Each person has it to a different extent ( Read more... )

I just finished watching Christmas with the Cranks again.  He has the idea of going on a cruise instead of celebrating Christmas.  His wife is all excited about it, until his daughter decides to come home, at which point she tells him it was a stupid idea.  He later mentioned that they could still go and she gets after him for being selfish and ( Read more... )

I worked through the Iron Pentacle a while back.  I determined the Passion and Self are strong right now, but the other three points are weak.  I realized that the strong points aren't necessarily strong, just stronger than the other three points.  This imbalance implies that the point opposite, Power, is where the issue is ( Read more... )

Last night, when I was walking in the snow again, I started thinking about the Pearl Pentacle and how it relates to the Tree of Life.  Law, Knowledge, and Wisdom are easy to place.  Love and Liberty are a little harder ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about the Iron Pentacle of Feri Witchcraft when I've been walking that last few times.  Before, I talked about the Iron Pentacle as the lower triad of the Tree of Life.  I've been looking at it in relation to the entire tree ( Read more... )

I decided to do some work with the Iron Pentacle today while I walked.  I found some interesting things.  First of all, what I read said to go from the head as Sex to the right foot as Pride.  When I tried this, it just didn't work.  I couldn't do it that way.  I had to go toward my left foot.  Second, when I tried to work around the points instead ( Read more... )

The first of the three Cauldrons is the Roaring Cauldron, the Cauldron of Motion.  As we discussed this is also Hezekiah's Tunnel, the Cauldron of the Pelvis, the Iron Pentacle, the Fetch/Vivi/Nephesh, and Mem ( Read more... )