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Today is Samhain. I am little sad. We went to the Unitarian Universalist church yesterday morning. I don't recall if I've mentioned how we've been going to services there. Mainly to meet people with similar spiritual and political views. To meet new people period. Zephyrhills is about as metropolitan as a barnyard, after all. They had an
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It's exactly those politics and the passion for social reform that drew me to them. I'm unfortunately not too well versed in their history--for example, I didn't know they were once considered a Christian denomination.
I'm familiar with most of what's available locally, unfortunately I don't have time to devote to my personal spiritual practices, let alone on a social level, lol.
The article you've linked here is intriguing! (As they usually are, kick-ass-link-man.)
I find it to be much to my advatnge that at this time, when it seems I am in the process of another philosophical metamorphis, you happen to be hear to stoke the flames of change. As I've mentioned before, the idea of Anarchy, since I began looking at it as an ideology rather than a chaotic-destructive force (thank you ignorant gutterpunks of my youths), is really starting grow on me . . . actually, it's more like I'm realizing that there is a name for what I've already begun to formulate in my mind.
In all sincerity though, since my time is limited, it's difficult for me do heavy reading on the net--plus (hey, I'm a writer) I'm still a sucker for the scent of paper pages . . . Therefore, do you have a reading list on Anarchism you recommend I begin with? I do plan on paying off my library fine soon . . .
The term "Reclaiming" sounds very familiar . . . ah . . . just clicked the link. Yes, that's pretty much what I believe, although my opinions on social responsibility differ somewhat.
Starhawk was one of the first authors I became familiar with when I began studying the Craft. She's an valuable source of information for pagans, although she's a little too feminist for my personal liking. I am for gender equality, and while in her work she claims this too, I tend to get a sense that she believes the feminine gender to be superior, and that irks me a little.
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