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Judge not by the label

Tuesday, 20Aug2019

I'm pagan.

In America today, that's commonly accepted to mean that I am progressive, anti-anthropogenic warming, a rabid environmentalist, a male feminist, and an activist for alternative sexual practices.

But I am none of those things.

I'm not progressive. More than anything else, I am anti-government and especially anti-expanding government. I'm libertarian. I learned that most pagans do not share my political views and some think it's a betrayal. For these reasons, I try to separate faith and politics. And I especially try to separate magick and politics.

I don't believe that there is an anthropogenic climate crisis. I think it's an ongoing attempt to politically control other people. In all the time I've been reading about it, no one has given a Plan except give technocrats money and do not ask questions.

I am not an environmentalist. Environmentalism is a political ideology, and not one based in science. Although it does (mis)use the language of science. No true scientist will tell you the science is settled. And no one with the slightest interest in science will tell you to stop asking questions.

I am not a male feminist. I admire women. I seek the Divine in every woman I meet. I don't always find it, sometimes that is my fault. I am drawn to and aroused by strong women. And no, I do not mean shouting females who proclaim their victimhood. But I do not support making men subservient. I do not support making men into something against their nature. There is a Sacred Feminine. But that doesn't mean male must defer to female. Just as it doesn't mean female must defer to male. That strikes me as more politics using guilt to acquire what someone doesn't have the character to share truth and trust.

As long as it is consenting adults, I don't care who you fuck. But I am really big on that first part. There are damn good reasons why that is my first sex rule and one of the two that are carved-in-stone-unbreakable. I don't think you should force it on anyone else. Making it public policy is just politics again.

Recognize a theme yet?

We live in a political age. Blazes, politics is second nature to us. We want to control other people.

But for me, politics is not a part of paganism. Things don't go well when faith and politics are mixed. So I am saying that politics has nothing to do with the sunrise of the bright Moon. You can't find politics in an infant's laugh or in the call of a coyote.

And I won't put it there.

Years ago, I came up with a phrase to deal with Christians who told me what a wonderful thing their faith was. Tain't mine. I think I am going to use it anytime someone tries to mix politics with faith.

These may be amazing causes that we really need to do something about. But they aren't my causes.

Tain't mine.

Tags: ugh-politics & pagan & libertarian & ecology & Christian

Occasionally I wandered in where I was not wanted and gave truthful answers.Sometimes I even did it deliberately. A little disruption now can prevent disaster later.

Then I realized I was going to have to define intelligence.Yeah. Okay.What we call intelligence is actually three things that interconnect. Well, at least three things.

In passing, I mentioned some of the differences between a Story and a Journey.

There are just all sorts of thirteens in my blogs. And there are about to be more.

So I am going to talk about the retreat I'd like to build if money were not an object.

We've gotten so used to hiding ourselves that the default assumption is that the only reason you see someone nude is because you are about to get it on. It's not true.

I made a mistake this last Tuesday.

Truth is winning in a small way. I've been finding people that I agree with online.

I've had three deaths in the past month. One a friend, one an uncle, and one person who I did not get along with.

They want to know why they should even consider your faith when their faith is absolutest.

Rain in my desert always makes me think.

Reading is a dying art, especially the way I do it.

It's the mix, it's the argument, it's the conflict that will give us some of our best new ideas.

It's snowing right now.

I'd stop blogging for a while, but I think that's one thing keeping me going.

I got to do the internet frustration thing again.

I need a break from the nonsense.

I'd rather talk about the pagan stuff.

My time has not been my own.

I'm doing things behind the scenes that you may not notice.

I don't really do many holidays. It's a long story.

Sometimes when you're feeling down, one of the best things you can do is do for others.

It's hard to find energy so I can do things.

Still, I missed some things.

Lately when my articles have been good enough, I've experimented with posting links at reddit. The response has been a little mixed.

So I've learned to do small pleasures.

I think I'm spending more time trying to sleep than actually sleeping.

As something suitable for the ages, the websites work as they are. As something that I can update and tweak, I need programs to manage.

Yes, sometimes you can taste the Moonlight in the predawn. It's full of promise and hope and wonder, with the ever so slight tartness of regret.

My high desert has been absolutely gorgeous.

I'm typing this on my patio and one of my neighbor's pigeons is giving me the eye.

I love watching ladies sunbathing in the summer. It's purely sexual.

Last night I wrapped myself in the blanket and spent a long time watching the flames in my small fire.

In a little while I am going to go plant my tree. I can't get away this weekend so I am starting Summergate a little early.

I didn't plan to become a pagan sex advisor on ethics, but looking at my writings on sex, that's exactly what I have become.

I've been up all night with the sound of the night in my ears. Also aroused. And no companion around.

This week I got back into my discipline.

I am keeping the baseball hats though…

I can let it warp my life, or I can do the thing I decided years ago.

The best thing I can do is find a way to channel the passion.

No, it wasn’t responsible. No, I’m not proud of it. And yes, it lasted longer than it should have with me.

It’s one of the few sexual labels that I bother with. It’s not that I disapprove of labels like gay, lesbian, transgender, and all the others. It’s just hard to see how the label applies to me unless we have sex.

I am a sensualist. I’m telling you this because all too often pagans forget we’re supposed to bridge worlds.

Separation of faith and politics

Look around and see the wonders

Beware the Egos

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The decline of the written language

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Occasionally I wandered in where I was not wanted and gave truthful answers.
Sometimes I even did it deliberately. A little disruption now can prevent disaster later.

Then I realized I was going to have to define intelligence.

Yeah. Okay.

What we call intelligence is actually three things that interconnect. Well, at least three things.