Pagan Corner

[va_angel2u]

Anyway, a smart ass answer not being helpful but attempting to be thought provoking.

If you believe in karma and you believe in connection, then a vampire in your space has some reason to be there, is really my deeper point.

Balance has many ways of finding itself. It's up to you to discover what that is.

sorry, i tend to be a bit literal (sometimes too much so)

 

[gypsywitch]

It was a good moon. A very good moon indeed.

 

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It was a good moon. A very good moon indeed.

Yes, but it held true to it's name...

 

[Dhalgren150]

Yes, but it held true to it's name...

was Frosty indeed the druids mists were even a bit frosted...

 

[gypsywitch]

Strengthof the vortex
Drags me down
to the ground
But I am saved
once again once again

Spiraling in our love now
We cling to our time
And the moment that was yours
and mine still shines

 

[shy slave]

Not a pagan but tracked killi to here.

I am a Spiritualist so I don't do wiccan

That said I work alot with chakras, energies and the pendulumm. A swell as cards and some other stuff.

Will spend time scrolling back and reading,
in the mean time 'Hi' to all here

 

[Le Jacquelope]

I dunno if this was posted here, but......

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9661790/#storyContinued

Hexed: Wiccan priestess loses in high court
She challenged county that won't let her deliver prayer at meetings

Updated: 11:51 a.m. ET Oct. 11, 2005

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Tuesday from a Wiccan priestess angry that local leaders would not let her open their sessions with a prayer.

Instead, clergy from more traditional religions were invited to pray at governmental meetings in Chesterfield County, Va., a suburb of Richmond.

Lawyers for Cynthia Simpson had told justices in a filing that most of the invocations are led by Christians. Simpson said she wanted to offer a generalized prayer to the “creator of the universe.”

Wiccans consider themselves witches, pagans or neo-pagans, and say their religion is based on respect for the Earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons.

Won first round
Simpson sued and initially won before a federal judge who said the county’s policy was unconstitutional because it stated a preference for a set of religious beliefs.

Simpson lost at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the county had changed its policy and directed clerics to avoid invoking the name of Jesus.

The Supreme Court is already hearing one religious case this fall. That case raises the question of whether federal agents can stop a church from using hallucinogenic tea in its religious services. But this case would have provided a better opportunity for the court and new Chief Justice John Roberts to deal with government and religion.

Simpson is a member of a group known as the Broom Riders Association.

Discrimination alleged
The county “issues invitations to deliver prayers to all Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious leaders in the country. It refuses to issue invitations to Native Americans, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Wiccans, or members of any other religion,” justices were told in her appeal by American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Rebecca Glenberg.

The county’s attorney, Steven Micas, said that the county’s practice was in line with the Supreme Court’s endorsement of legislative prayer as long as it did not proselytize, advance or disparage a particular religion.

The case is Simpson v. Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors, 05-195.

In other decisions Tuesday, the Supreme Court:

* Agreed to hear a case over the federal government’s authority to regulate wetlands, and in doing so it will venture into legal territory that it historically has avoided.
* Rejected an appeal from a generic drug company over the patent for the antidepressant Zoloft, in a case that sought to speed up development of a cheaper substitute.
* Refused to reinstate a class-action lawsuit that accused Merrill Lynch and one-time Wall Street darling Henry M. Blodget of misleading investors about Internet stocks.

© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

 

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I dunno if this was posted here, but......

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9661790/#storyContinued


WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Tuesday from a Wiccan priestess angry that local leaders would not let her open their sessions with a prayer.

Instead, clergy from more traditional religions were invited to pray at governmental meetings in Chesterfield County, Va., a suburb of Richmond.

Lawyers for Cynthia Simpson had told justices in a filing that most of the invocations are led by Christians. Simpson said she wanted to offer a generalized prayer to the “creator of the universe.”

Won first round
Simpson sued and initially won before a federal judge who said the county’s policy was unconstitutional because it stated a preference for a set of religious beliefs.

Simpson lost at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the county had changed its policy and directed clerics to avoid invoking the name of Jesus.

Discrimination alleged
The county “issues invitations to deliver prayers to all Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious leaders in the country. It refuses to issue invitations to Native Americans, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Wiccans, or members of any other religion,” justices were told in her appeal by American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Rebecca Glenberg.

As always, thank you for the contribution, LT...

But losing the fourth round because they changed their policy about invoking the name of Jesus? Did they not understand what she was pissed about? It's not about excluding the name of Jesus but about including others...

And this whole government, federal OR local needs all the prayers it can get...

 

[Alt]

And this whole government, federal OR local needs all the prayers it can get...

Especially when it commends heroism upon officers for killing a mentally unstable human.

 

[gypsywitch]

http://www.ricksteves.com/tvr/pledge/xmas/xmas_menu.htm

So I've really enjoyed the PBS special on Christmas in Europe and found the choice of language to be interesting.
It appears that young people are being taught to appreciate things as they were back in Pagan times.
Every mention of Paganism was in the past tense as a part of history but then the Christain slant takes over after that.

My question to you then is; when did Paganism end anyway?

 

[gypsywitch]

ACK ~ deleted double post

 

[Ash86]

My question to you then is; when did Paganism end anyway?

Neverrr!
It is with us everywhere.
Thank the Goddess!

 

[AriaSilverfyre]

http://www.ricksteves.com/tvr/pledge/xmas/xmas_menu.htm

So I've really enjoyed the PBS special on Christmas in Europe and found the choice of language to be interesting.
It appears that young people are being taught to appreciate things as they were back in Pagan times.
Every mention of Paganism was in the past tense as a part of history but then the Christain slant takes over after that.

My question to you then is; when did Paganism end anyway?

It never died. It just went underground to hibernate for a few centuries.

 

[gypsywitch]

OK ~ I've got the giggles.

Lookie what I stole! http://palimpsest.org.uk/images/cock.gif

 

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My question to you then is; when di...and the momentum takes on a life of it's own!

 

[Recidiva]

Since death is part of a cycle and rebirth is part of a cycle, Paganism dying and being reborn is part of the cycle.

Those born with certain memories won't have a problem with dying or being reborn and integrating science, the past, the future, faith and knowledge and the whole deal into a new cycle.

It's insisting on never changing that's the problem.

 

[AriaSilverfyre]

Since death is part of a cycle and rebirth is part of a cycle, Paganism dying and being reborn is part of the cycle.

Those born with certain memories won't have a problem with dying or being reborn and integrating science, the past, the future, faith and knowledge and the whole deal into a new cycle.

It's insisting on never changing that's the problem.

Nicely put. Without change, things tend to stagnate and get left behind and replaced by the things that do change.

 

[gypsywitch]

Last night's gathering was just glorious. So peaceful; so loving... ahhh..

This weekend is just busy! A womyn's only nudie gathering on Saturday and then THREE gatherings to attend on Sunday. A vortex Native American one during the day, then I lead a drum fire at a neighbor's house, then I scoot away quickly for this ~ http://www.starhawk.org/yule.html

Many people want me to go here http://www.harbin.org/ Wednesday night but I'm happier staying home in my own circle here on my land.

Have a good day you guys!

 

[Le Jacquelope]

Somehow I imagined this fitting in as a pagan corner pic...

 

[AriaSilverfyre]

Somehow I imagined this fitting in as a pagan corner pic...

I think you're right on that one.

 

[Image]

Somehow I imagined this fitting in as a pagan corner pic...

Yep, voluptuous and sensual, that's us! Thank you... It has AV potential

I tried to PM and message you but couldn't get through. I don't know if you saw my last response to that banana thread but I made a boo boo with the numbers and wanted to correct it...

It's a 4 for conventionally grown produce
And a 9 for organic

And congratulations again

 

[gypsywitch]

http://img.123greetings.com/eventsnew/edec_wintersolstice/8527-001-08-1047.gif

 

[Le Jacquelope]

Yep, voluptuous and sensual, that's us! Thank you... It has AV potential

I tried to PM and message you but couldn't get through. I don't know if you saw my last response to that banana thread but I made a boo boo with the numbers and wanted to correct it...

It's a 4 for conventionally grown produce
And a 9 for organic

And congratulations again

Oh, much thanks! And that picture made a lot of guys' jaws drop at work. There's an APB out for anyone who knows who she is.

 

[gypsywitch]

*kisses*

http://www.bamm.org.uk/exhibwinter2001/3d0d2360.jpg

 

[AriaSilverfyre]

Blessed Yule all you witchy people. Let us welcome the return of the light.