The House of Goonery

I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up with the Shamanism (Transcultural) forumon Pagan Nation, but, if not, let me bring you up to speed. I am the Moderator of the forum, and I’ve been trying to come up with several topics to discuss to keep the conversation going. The trouble is, I can’t think […]

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Well, I got the Shamanism (Transcultural) forum to moderate. Yay! It was originally my suggestion, so I was fortunate to actually get the duties to moderate it. To everyone who voted me in, thanks. I really do appriciate it.
Here is my solemn promise to perform my duties with alacrity and aplomb. I want Shamanism […]

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Discussion
At the above link, Solstice asked a very good series of questions related to our spiritual path. I gave my answer there in the thread, and won’t repeat it here, but I wanted to expound a little.
Which I will do when I am not asleep and my keyboard.

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For awhile now, I’ve been thinking on the concept of Deity. Do the Gods exist? Are they simply creations to control the population? A distraction for oppertunistic polititians who want to inspire wars? An excuse to kill?
I don’t know.
What I do know is I feel a deep kinship with the earth, with nature as […]

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In my, admitedly, short time researching Wicca and Shamanism, I came to the conclusion that, perhaps, I should mix in a little of Bhuddism as well. I am very attracted to the idea of self-enlightenment; a basic non-relience on outside entities. I think this last comes from an. . . uncertainty. . . concerning religion […]

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Today, My Bride was kind enough to buy for me a book, which I’ve wanted for awhile, called Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham. We found it in a small shop called Mystic Dreams here in town. I knew of the shop, from about a decade plus ago, but had not […]

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Sounds like a book title, doesn’t it?
Anyway, I tried to do some astral travel last night. I followed the advice given in Solitary Witch: The Ultimate Book of Shadows for the New Generation by Silver RavenWolf, in which she lays out a procedure for entering Astral space. (For those interested, it’s on pages 176-179 of […]

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I had a strange dream last night. I dreamt I was somewhere in the Southwest, maybe Arizona or New Mexico. I was at a trading post run by two Native Americans; you know, the tourist trap type who sell “authentic Native American treasures,” most of which were recently made. At least, that’s what I thought […]

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