ponderments
Ugh! been sick the past few days with something between flu and cold but not quite one or the other. I've missed two days of work. I'm expectorating today. yuck.
Also, I won something on Ebay last night. yay for me.
I've been reading lately, things pertaining to witchiness and whatnot, and as it's rare that B&N has anything of any important depth on the subject, the truth that what I practice is not technically Wicca came as a surprise. I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of reading material readily available to newbies that describe differences between traditions, but I'm also overjoyed to know that as a not-wiccan, I'm also a not-gardnerian stuffy butt. now, I have a lot of research to do on the wide array of current traditions, but from what I can tell, I lean toward the Faerie tradition. as I understand it now (and this is open to discussion, as many of you seem more well read on the subject than I am. please leave an opinion or correction or something, as I need input to grow here) Faerie started as an offshoot of feminist critique paganism (sometimes called Dianic tradition?) and was geared more toward gay pagans who not only wanted to focus more on the innate fem/masc. qualities in all of us instead of just primarily female. and I supposed it's moved into a bigger thing for anyone (regardless of orietation) with the goal of using paganism and witchcraft to change gender lines, who find that they tend to get in the way of ceremonial practice, and also blurring the lines between deity and practitioner, focusing less on serving a deity and more on being a part of a deity. does that make sense? this is the impression I've gotten so far from what I've read, and it's right on with my natural outlook. if any of you guys have heard of it or understand the messy web of pagan traditions, can you clarify a bit? (I know that's a big broad query) because reading material is scarce here in auggy. thank goddess for amazon. just when I thought it was making sense, I broke through a wall! so much to muddle through...
Also, I won something on Ebay last night. yay for me.
I've been reading lately, things pertaining to witchiness and whatnot, and as it's rare that B&N has anything of any important depth on the subject, the truth that what I practice is not technically Wicca came as a surprise. I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of reading material readily available to newbies that describe differences between traditions, but I'm also overjoyed to know that as a not-wiccan, I'm also a not-gardnerian stuffy butt. now, I have a lot of research to do on the wide array of current traditions, but from what I can tell, I lean toward the Faerie tradition. as I understand it now (and this is open to discussion, as many of you seem more well read on the subject than I am. please leave an opinion or correction or something, as I need input to grow here) Faerie started as an offshoot of feminist critique paganism (sometimes called Dianic tradition?) and was geared more toward gay pagans who not only wanted to focus more on the innate fem/masc. qualities in all of us instead of just primarily female. and I supposed it's moved into a bigger thing for anyone (regardless of orietation) with the goal of using paganism and witchcraft to change gender lines, who find that they tend to get in the way of ceremonial practice, and also blurring the lines between deity and practitioner, focusing less on serving a deity and more on being a part of a deity. does that make sense? this is the impression I've gotten so far from what I've read, and it's right on with my natural outlook. if any of you guys have heard of it or understand the messy web of pagan traditions, can you clarify a bit? (I know that's a big broad query) because reading material is scarce here in auggy. thank goddess for amazon. just when I thought it was making sense, I broke through a wall! so much to muddle through...