Feedback on a "Pagan Way of Living and Dying"evilwolfyAugust 17 2006, 14:22:37 UTC
You have a good starter document. Now it's time to break it apart. I think you have the material here for a few separate essays, and I think you might want to seriously step back and consider that route.
Essay 1: The Role of the Priest in Modern Neo-Paganism. I made the quip in LJ that "Pagan men need to take their balls back from their priestesses". While that was a very tongue in cheek, your essay did touch on multiple "lines" given about Priests. I think that subject needs to really be given more focus because I really don't see that many Priests stepping up to the plate. Why is that? What do Priests in our local community think? That right there is the foundation for survey of Priests and Priestesses. What questions should we ask of one another? What do we see as the reason for the imbalance? What are our personal experiences? What kind of plan can we put into place to insure a balanced clergy? The division of powers and the lack of balance are massive powderkegs, but someone has to ask the questions that no one wants to hear
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Re: Feedback on a "Pagan Way of Living and Dying"sabre_hawkeAugust 17 2006, 18:35:46 UTC
Wow. Thank you for some really great insights. I've already had another suggest (by email) that I need to write a book. I already know of one book in process (that someone else is writing -- a priest of years of experience) on the role(s) of the priest in Paganism, in Wicca in particular -- but he and I have talked extensively and his model I think is applicable elseewhere. But as I said, it's still in process. I hadn't realized how heavily influenced by his work I was until your first paragraph, though.
I think you are right that it needs to be broken down and expanded. I wrote the paper/article as a basis for a workshop -- one I've taught once before and am teaching again this weekend as the SS Harvest Gathering. (It's been about a year since the last time I taught it.)
Thank you so much! How about this -- as an Asatraur of experience, and a student of Wicca, how do you see yourself in terms of your priesthood and what are your answers to these questions?
Essay 1: The Role of the Priest in Modern Neo-Paganism. I made the quip in LJ that "Pagan men need to take their balls back from their priestesses". While that was a very tongue in cheek, your essay did touch on multiple "lines" given about Priests. I think that subject needs to really be given more focus because I really don't see that many Priests stepping up to the plate. Why is that? What do Priests in our local community think? That right there is the foundation for survey of Priests and Priestesses. What questions should we ask of one another? What do we see as the reason for the imbalance? What are our personal experiences? What kind of plan can we put into place to insure a balanced clergy? The division of powers and the lack of balance are massive powderkegs, but someone has to ask the questions that no one wants to hear ( ... )
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I think you are right that it needs to be broken down and expanded. I wrote the paper/article as a basis for a workshop -- one I've taught once before and am teaching again this weekend as the SS Harvest Gathering. (It's been about a year since the last time I taught it.)
Thank you so much! How about this -- as an Asatraur of experience, and a student of Wicca, how do you see yourself in terms of your priesthood and what are your answers to these questions?
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