GRYPHONS NEST PAGAN FEST

Oh i am so excited. Gryphons nest is a Wiccan coven who respects and honors all paths including those like mine who lean more towards traditional ways. i spent a day with them for Ostara and i have to say, i was a little out of place not knowing the customs of Wicca as well as i should, however that was on me, i was welcomed with open arms and accepted as is and even got involved with a couple of really in depth conversations with the coven leader.

They are having a Pagan Festival Memorial Day weekend and they are having everything from real voodoo and dejembe classes all the way to the sky clad activities. my suggestion of having a burning of the Boog was even taken in as a good idea to have. YAY.

If you can make it here, bring your camping gear and swim suits....this is going to be an event to behold!!!!

Heathen or Pagan?

This morning i woke up to someones blog on Heathenism. The royal poobah and self proclaimed keeper of the blah blah blah was posting on what he is and what he isnt.

I have no problem with people and their beliefs. I adore the idea of gods as helpers or ones who make you stumble. the idea of being a mouse in their lives of cat like behavior is amusing to me. I would love to think i am being laughed at somewhere and this life is amusing.

however, when someone goes off on a tangent saying they are of the "old" ways and they are not neo this or that and they have the right to tell me what i am because i dont fit into their idea of what i say i am I WILL SCREAM from the rooftops.

!st of all, IF YOU ARE LIVING IN THIS DAY AND AGE YOU HAVE TO BE NEO!!!!! you have no choice. your soul and spirit might not like it but thats just the way it is. you were born in this day and age and you will die in this day and age and there is nothing you can do about it.

2nd of all. there is no way you can resurrect the ways of old without interjecting NEO thoughts and ideas into it. YOU ARE NEO. The ways of old have either died or morphed to stay alive in this NEO AGE. for gods sakes man you are posting a blog on the internet, do you think the vikings of old actually did that? fuck, most of them didnt even know how to write out their own runes. that was left to the scholars in the kindred.

3rd of all, If you seriously think you are of a way, i dare you to look up the definition. look up the word Heathen. then look up the word Pagan. hell look up every word you think you might fit into...do you really fit? even the Catholics dont practice the ways they used to, THEY HAD TO ADAPT

why is it trads always claim to "know" shit there is no way they could possibly know? its not like some book or something was uncovered that only they know about. good gods *holding head in hands* you people give me a headache.

i am so glad to be solitary in this day and age. it would seem that the general population has lost their minds. i know some of you are really quite wonderful people but the vast majority of you i would repel with garlic, a crucifix, fluffy words, wards of magic or a gun which ever would make you run faster.

its like swatting flies in a massive bug storm!! good gods the fruit loops are coming out of the woodwork this spring.

if you think you are a dragon and have super powers of x-men please keep that info to yourself. if you are seeking information to write a book and want to extract that information and not quote or give credit for it GO AWAY! if you are into something so different from society or a group of people you hang around, instead of spreading your info as "the only way to be" try finding a common thread in the group and focus on that! good gods people get a fucking grip!!!! spring is springing up, it doesnt mean you have to lose your minds! i know its been a long winter but you are bound to make the summer miserable for the rest of us if you keep it up.

Blessings to the Irish!

The history of the Irish in New Orleans is both rich and heartbreaking. People starving in their home land came to New Orleans hoping for a new start. What they found was not so wonderful. Put into slavery and treated worse than slaves and thought of as "expendable", the Irish immigrants in 1832 built the railways and canal that made New Orleans what it is today.

It is estimated that 30,000 Irish men died of malaria, accident, drowning, snake bites and eaten by alligators building a part of this city.

Because of the Irish peoples needs, a church was built to supply the people with religious comfort. That church is New Orleans' most famous building to date. Standing majestic in the center of the city, it is a sign of the hope, courage, and determination of a very stout people.

My first stop into the city six years go, was a place called Pat O'Briens. i didnt know the history and importance then, but i learned quickly.

Go rabh maith agaibh for your culture, your time, your traditions, and your lives. On a day where you celebrate your saint, i celebrate you.

Beannachtai na F'eile P'adraig oraibh

what to do?

....what does one do with talents so obscure? how do I put them in practice and make it matter? this is so frustrating. gah!