tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post8707565595600001912..comments2024-03-28T02:44:22.875-04:00Comments on Hecate: As If It MatteredHecatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-57224774768113183072010-07-16T10:46:23.015-04:002010-07-16T10:46:23.015-04:00When I do Ritual, I channel my grandfather and gre...When I do Ritual, I channel my grandfather and great-grandfather, for whom harvests were indeed a matter of health or starvation. As we become removed from our agrarian roots, Rituals have become symbolic and metaphorical. But it doesn't hurt to have a healthy dose of reality. Through our own actions, or through the vagaries of Gaia, we may all face famine some day.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-49352399442524337082010-07-15T18:18:43.107-04:002010-07-15T18:18:43.107-04:00Vivienne,
Love your comments. Sometimes, what we...Vivienne,<br /><br />Love your comments. Sometimes, what we do begins to seem "mundane" and we forget that we are invoking vast powers, participating in sacred mysteries, approaching a place between the worlds and a time outside of time.<br /><br />What we do between them, affects them all. <br /><br />Merely meditating upon that, for a few moments, should really give us pause. <br /><br />It's why, IMHO, all the ritual, symbols, costumes, and paraphernalia that we can bring to bear, in order to impress upon Younger Self that THIS IS THE REAL THING -- matters. <br /><br />Others mileage may vary, and, Goddess knows, I've done some damn good magic w/o anything but salt water and the naive belief in those involved that I honestly could invoke the Elements. (And, my Sister, E.)Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-64998121131892982622010-07-15T17:58:34.969-04:002010-07-15T17:58:34.969-04:00Indeed, how would we do this as if it mattered, an...Indeed, how would we do this as if it mattered, and why do we think it does not? This unwillingness to put energy into our worship on the part of many pagans is the primary reason I work as a solitary. I don't wish to be "the passionate one" in a sea of apathy.<br /><br />The word verification prompt I was given was "spera," which is a form of the Greek verb "to hope." Maybe some still exists for us.Vivienne Graingernoreply@blogger.com