Comments | smithing_chick: Chenille

smithing_chick

Chenille

Apr 15, 2008 00:17

This past weekend was the Spring 08 Chenille Retreat at Tredara & it was a blast. I love hanging out with the other women of ADF & talking about what all of us are working on. Last time I went, I got drafted into drawing an illustration of a Hallows for use to send to prisoners. This year I didn't come out with any new projects other than a ( Read more... )

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Comments 5

cissa April 15 2008, 17:49:34 UTC

I, too, am a pagan who is bad with plants. It seems Deeply Wrong somehow to be thus... still, I'm good with beasts. and metal.

smithing_chick April 15 2008, 19:05:54 UTC

Yeah, Mom yelled at me when she went on her last vacation because I completely forgot to water all her plants so they were half-dead when she got back. :-P

dubhlainn April 16 2008, 00:52:32 UTC

I agree completely about the Outsiders... I very much dislike an Outsiders offering that is done as a combatant towards an enemy. Still I think it is important to do an offering.

In my own ritual I state my purpose fisrt thing and follow that immediatly with an offering the outsiders where I clearly and professionally ask them to step aside for the rite if they are not ok with the purpose.

One of the strongest impressions I have ever had in ritual is when one of the outsider nature spirts (I specifically ask spirits who have been harmed or are frightened to go their way) and I felt one of them slink back and set next to me during the rite. It was a wonderful feeling to feel as if I made contact and maybe even offered healing to this spirit.

allmuzedup April 16 2008, 01:30:02 UTC

hot tubs! wooHOOO

lisbet April 16 2008, 05:15:02 UTC

But one thing I did make a point to bring up is that I've felt a number of times that when people were trying to force the Outsiders out, that they were considering me one of the Outsiders & that I've known other people who've felt the same thing (some of whom read this blog). I commented that in some cases, I think it was wording & in others it was definitely attitude. Folks were surprised.Thank you for bringing that up, because I have felt very much the same, often, and I've tried to explain it to my grovemates but they just don't seem to get what I am saying. They're like, "But it's not you! It's the forces of chaos & darkness that we are trying to not have ( ... )