Quote of the Day

"Is it better to out-monster the monster, or be quietly devoured?" -Nietzsche

Mr. Bonewits

Hats off to Isaac Bonewits who passed recently after a bout with cancer. To a life well done sir.

What Must Be Done

An ideal will not wrap you in its arms nor warm you when you're cold. It will not fill your stomach when you're hungry. An ideal will not raise the dead. No ideal will lay down its life for you. It will not watch over you when you sleep or even put gas in your car.

I say all that to say this.

Do what must be done and then if you still can, do what should be done.

I Call Upon the Wh... Who are you Again?

Don't you hate it when you're calling the quarters and you turn the wrong way? Oh well, seems to have worked anyway. Dammed work stealing my brain...

God and Goddess Life and Death

God and Goddess, death and life, pleasure and pain. New inspiration in very old ideas.

On Weakness

It's becoming more and more clear to me that in our modern society, and not just in this country, people are confusing piouty with weakness. It's in the news, on television shows, and in the mall. Nevermind the abusive parent/husband at the grocery store. Nevermind the trashtalking punk at the restaraunt. Be the bigger person and walk away. That's what the police are for. People feed these lies to themselves, and worse, their children regularly.

Allowing yourself and those around you to be victimized is not righteous nor is it strong. It is weakness of the foules kind and empowers the scum that drag the rest of us down with them. It's not holy for a man who can't pay his bills to keep feeding money to his church. The belief that if I just give away everything that means something to me and sacrifice my pleasure for God, or my country, or my friends, or whatever status then it will all be worth it in the end is a dangerous dellusion.

Live YOUR life, defend YOUR familiy, give YOUR money to YOURself. If you suffer let it be to better yourself for your own ends. Sacrficing to protect and provide for your own child and wife/husband should come from a place of strength not servitude. If you don't have the courage to take control of your life someone will.

King Leonidas didn't become famous for placating the Persians. The pacificst lives only so long as he is tolerated by the warrior. Carpe diem.

Back in the Saddle

Well, in the face of my last post I have gotten back on the magical horse so to speak. Due to an excessively harty schedule I have altered my approach somewhat. Rather than physically going through the steps and laying out the candles and drawing the circle and donning all other props I've taken a more intrensic approach as of late.

I enter a deep meditative state, and enter an intrensic ritual space. In my mind I cast my circle, if need be, call upon the thought forms that suit me and go from there. If the sword and chalice are indeed only props than an internal sword and chalice ought to do just fine by my reckoning. Will I get the same zip I may get by using the actual physical ingredients? I guess we'll find out.