I went back through the old posts to see what still holds true and what doesn't. So far, I have taken the Celtic names off the holidays and decided to stop keeping up with the actual astronomical dates in favor of a static list. I rarely celebrate the holidays anyway, and I am by no means a Celtic Reconstructionist Pagan or Wiccan. I still think the wheel of the year makes for a good holiday schedule, and if I feel the need to celebrate, I'll probably still use the Celtic names when inviting people to said celebrations or inviting myself to someone else's. Which brings up the question: What are YOU doing for Litha? If there is food and/or liquor involved, count me in.
Caedo's Model of Truth still works, but I am less comfortable than ever about my dippy label choices.
To summarize 2009-2010, I spent most of that time trying to define my belief system or dharma. I started out as a Mormon and have since browsed the basic tenets of various religions without finding any with which I want to identify. The animistic and spiritistic (yeah, that's totally not a word) systems, e.g. Shamanism, Voudou/Ifa, Shinto, and Kebatinan, are the ones that appeal to me the most. Buddhism and Hinduism are nice to visit, but I don't want to live there, as both are too philosophically confining for me. I'm sure that many Buddhists and Hindus would find that hard to believe, but that's what I think.
Somewhere along the way, life lost its magic. I abandoned Beauty, who had always been good to me, and instead shacked up with Truth, a spiteful whore who framed me for the deaths of Santa and Jesus and left me alone in a stark, cheerless universe with no way out.
Fuck this. I've had enough. Time to make my own magic.
Fuck this. I've had enough. Time to make my own magic.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Return
Welcome back, you! And by "you," I mean "me." It's been almost two years since the last post*, but I've been busy. Got divorced, slipped a few notches on the socioeconomic ladder, painfully restructured my entire life, went on a date that somehow lasted eight months, and finished up by hurting someone that didn't deserve it. All in all, I think it's time to reflect more and interact less, at least for a while.
*I actually removed most of the previous posts because I felt they didn't offer anything in the way of substance or insight. That implies that the ones that I left do, but I'll leave that up to the reader.
*I actually removed most of the previous posts because I felt they didn't offer anything in the way of substance or insight. That implies that the ones that I left do, but I'll leave that up to the reader.
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