studies
“If it works, it’s true.”
Thursday, 05Sep2019
“If a pattern of belief or behavior enables a being to survive and to accomplish chosen goals, than that belief or behavior is “true” or “real” or “sensible” on whatever levels of reality are involved.”
It's almost as if I knew what I was talking about
Sunday, 25Aug2019
“Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28”
Saturday, 24Aug2019
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.
Read More...“The Calendar Act of 1750 and eleven lost days”
Thursday, 22Aug2019
“The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27”
Sunday, 18Aug2019
“The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26”
Saturday, 10Aug2019
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.
Read More...“The Modern Shaman: A Guide to Carl Jung”
Saturday, 03Aug2019
“Always work as a team.”
“The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25”
Saturday, 03Aug2019
“Like attracts like; to create a particular reality you must put out energy of a similar sort.”
“That which is sent, returns.”
Thursday, 01Aug2019
Lexicon mini-indexes
Thursday, 25Jul2019
“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”
“The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23”
Saturday, 20Jul2019
“Bend the line, don't break it.”
“Everything contains its opposite.”
Thursday, 18Jul2019
I used to think that this was a silly thing Christians used to hide their own insecurity. And if I had my druthers, I'd put this is a caution box with the red banner and be done with it.
Read More...“Change your perspective.”
Thursday, 11Jul2019
“If anything can go wrong, it will.”
Thursday, 11Jul2019
“Anything can be a person.”
Saturday, 06Jul2019
“Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21”
Saturday, 06Jul2019
“In which John Green teaches you about the beginning of the so-called Age of Discovery. You've probably heard of Christopher Columbus, who "discovered" America in 1492, but what about Vasco da Gama? How about Zheng He? Columbus gets a bad rap from many modern historians, but it turns out he was pretty important as far as the history of the world goes. That said, he wasn't the only pioneer plying the seas in the 1400s. In Portugal, Vasco da Gama was busy integrating Europe into the Indian Ocean Trade by sailing around Africa. Chinese admiral Zheng He was also traveling far and wide in the largest wooden ships ever built. Columbus, whether portrayed as hero or villain, is usually credited as the great sailor of the 15th century, but he definitely wasn't the only contender. What better way to settle this question than with a knock-down, drag-out, no holds barred, old-fashioned battle royal? We were going to make it a cage match, but welding is EXPENSIVE.”
Read More...“Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20”
Saturday, 29Jun2019
“You live in your cosmos and I’ll live in mine.”
Saturday, 29Jun2019
“Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18”
Sunday, 16Jun2019
“Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17”
Saturday, 08Jun2019
“In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally engaged in some light hunting-gathering to being one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world? It turns out Genghis Khan was a pretty big part of it, but you probably already knew that. The more interesting questions might be, what kind of rulers were they, and what effect did their empire have on the world we know today? Find out, as John FINALLY teaches you about the Mongols.”
Read More...“Fairies, Aliens and Demons - Common Evolving Archetypes”
Monday, 03Jun2019
❝The deeper the passion, the harder it is to see beyond our expectations.❞— NeoWayland, pedestal problem
“Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16”
Sunday, 02Jun2019
❝What’s in a name? — Everything!❞
Thursday, 30May2019
“The trouble with dancing naked is that not everything stops when the music does.”Read More...
“The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15”
Saturday, 25May2019
“The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14”
Saturday, 18May2019
“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.”
“Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13”
Saturday, 11May2019
“In which John Green teaches you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu'ran to Muhammad, the five pillars of Islam, how the Islamic empire got its start, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and more. Learn about hadiths, Abu Bakr, and whether the Umma has anything to do with Uma Thurman (spoiler alert: it doesn't). Also, learn a little about the split between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and how to tell if this year's Ramadan is going to be difficult for your Muslim friends. Let's try to keep the flame wars out of this reasoned discussion.”
Read More...“Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11”
Saturday, 20Apr2019
❝If monotheism was all that amazing, it wouldn't have spent centuries trying to suppress alternatives. Still does in the case of some versions of Islam.❞
NeoNote — Mostly
Saturday, 20Apr2019
It means I watch for the exceptions where neither IS nor IS NOT applies. It means our understanding is limited by our perception and assumptions at the moment.
Read More...“The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10”
Saturday, 13Apr2019
“Who Invented Parkour?”
Saturday, 06Apr2019
“Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
“Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8”
Saturday, 06Apr2019
“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
❝Knowledge isn't mastery. Eclecticism depends on discipline.❞
Thursday, 04Apr2019
“We’re developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won’t be able to think.”
“2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7”
Saturday, 30Mar2019
“Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6”
Sunday, 24Mar2019
There is nothing that prevents people from following religious law. But there is nothing that demands others follow those same religious laws.
Read More...Two wolves
Wednesday, 20Mar2019
“An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.
I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.
But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times." He continued, "It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.
But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger,for his anger will change nothing.
Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."
The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?"
The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."”— Two Wolves from First People
Seek wisdom
Thursday, 07Mar2019
“Seek wisdom in books, rare manuscripts, and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones, and fragile herbs, and in the cries of wild birds. Listen to the whisperings of the wind and the roar of water if you would discover magic, for it is here that the old secrets are preserved.”
❝All things are possible, though some are more probable than others.❞
Thursday, 07Mar2019
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
❝I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.❞
Thursday, 07Mar2019
“Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.”
“There’s always something new”
Thursday, 28Feb2019
“The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.”
❝Gods and Goddesses of myth…❞
Thursday, 28Feb2019
“The Gods and Goddesses of myth, legend and fairy tale represent archetypes, real potencies and potentialities deep within the psyche, which, when allowed to flower permit us to be more fully human.”
“Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3”
Saturday, 23Feb2019
“Gods of Arabs before Islam”
Friday, 22Feb2019
❝We don't have a perfect solution. But we don't need one. We just have to make today better than yesterday.❞
❝You can become another.❞
Thursday, 21Feb2019
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
“Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2”
Saturday, 22Dec2018
“The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1”
Saturday, 15Dec2018
“I reject your reality and substitute my own.”
One tripod leg
Thursday, 13Dec2018
❝The lore behind magick is only one tripod leg. Even there it's about real mastery, not rote recitation. I call it moving beyond the recipe. When you can adapt your technique to what is there and what is needed with a minimum of effort, that's mastery. The lore is about core ideas, not specific practices. That's one of the hardest lessons I've had to learn and I am not good enough with it yet.❞— NeoWayland, A Rule of Three
“Freud, Jung, Luke Skywalker, and the Psychology of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #40”
Saturday, 17Nov2018
Ro3 № 15
Friday, 16Nov2018
❝Don’t hold someone responsible unless they were present, of age, and participating. Remember the Practical Grudge Limit.❞
Discovering odd scraps
Thursday, 15Nov2018
“Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.”— Aleister Crowley, The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography
Ro3 № 14
Thursday, 15Nov2018
❝Know what you can do. Know what you're willing to do. Know the price you're willing to pay.❞— NeoWayland, Rules of Three
Ro3 № 12
Tuesday, 13Nov2018
❝What you think you know is not what you need to know. Where you are is not where you need to be. Who you believe you are is not who you were meant to be.❞— NeoWayland, Rules of Three, see also Systematically
Ro3 № 11
Monday, 12Nov2018
“In which Mike Rugnetta teaches you about the stories we tell about witches and hags. It's definitely unfortunate that a lot of social orders have generated stories about evil women with magical powers. Today we're going to look at a few of those stories, and talk a little about why these stories appear, and what they mean.”
Read More...“Witches and Hags: Crash Course World Mythology #39”
Saturday, 10Nov2018
❝Some monotheists think that their religion belongs on top and take offense when you disagree.❞
Ro3 № 10
Friday, 09Nov2018
❝To ease your pain and shame, share it separately with three people you trust.❞— NeoWayland, Rules of Three
Ro3 № 9
Thursday, 08Nov2018
❝Honor expects three warnings before you act.❞— NeoWayland, Rules of Three
Ro3 № 8
Wednesday, 07Nov2018
“This week, Mike is teaching you about the most mythic of mythological creatures: Dragons. Cultures across the world (and across Westeros) tell stories of dragons, and their power to destroy, their power to prop up kings, and their power to cause a nice, refreshing rain shower. ”
Read More...Ro3 № 7
Tuesday, 06Nov2018
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Read More...“Serpents and Dragons: Crash Course World Mythology #38”
Saturday, 03Nov2018
Ro3 № 5
Friday, 02Nov2018
❝If you care for the other person, if you respect them, if you share deep passions with them, then the sex makes all that better.❞
Ro3 № 4
Thursday, 01Nov2018
❝Start by listening. Before you say anything, listen again. Just to make sure you understand, listen some more.❞
Ro3 № 3
Wednesday, 31Oct2018
Ro3 № 2
Tuesday, 30Oct2018
❝The Wheel turns, bringing Bright and Dark Blessings to us all.❞— NeoWayland, Good Journey Isaac
Ro3 № 1
Monday, 29Oct2018
❝Start by listening. Before you say anything, listen again. Just to make sure you understand, listen some more.❞
Another study guide
Wednesday, 24Oct2018
weird
Duality is singularity reflected.
label
Words matter. Actions matter more. Intentions don’t.
sex
Sharing pleasure through sensation.
path versus tradition
Platinum Rule
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst and meanwhile, do everything you can to make things better.”
Old Breed
first law of ecology
“Everything is related to everything else.”
second law of ecology
“Everything must go somewhere.”
third law of ecology
“Nature knows best.”
fourth law of ecology
“Nothing comes from nothing.”
Duality is singularity reflected.
label
Words matter. Actions matter more. Intentions don’t.
sex
Sharing pleasure through sensation.
path versus tradition
Platinum Rule
“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst and meanwhile, do everything you can to make things better.”
Old Breed
first law of ecology
“Everything is related to everything else.”
second law of ecology
“Everything must go somewhere.”
third law of ecology
“Nature knows best.”
fourth law of ecology
“Nothing comes from nothing.”
“Monsters. They're Us, Man: Crash Course World Mythology #36”
Saturday, 20Oct2018
“Cities of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #35”
Saturday, 13Oct2018
Revived 12Oct2018
Friday, 12Oct2018
As always, the most recently converted entries are at the top of the list at the 3rd Yearnings tag page.
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These blog entries have been reformatted and entered into the current directories. Redirect pages have been placed in the old locations.
A Blast from the Past
Faith worthy of freedom
The Magick of Food
Tree Of Life
The Word is Not the Thing
Basking in the moonlight
Study notes
What's in a word?
Revived 05Oct2018
Friday, 05Oct2018
As always, the most recently converted entries are at the top of the list at the 3rd Yearnings tag page.
These blog entries have been reformatted and entered into the current directories. Redirect pages have been placed in the old locations.
These blog entries have been reformatted and entered into the current directories. Redirect pages have been placed in the old locations.
Relics of faith
The Red Book - First Impressions
Charlie's story
Gnosis Journal
On commitment
“Mythical Mountains: Crash Course World Mythology #33”
Saturday, 29Sep2018
“Caesar, The Colosseum, Republic, Nero, geese, plebeians, legions — everything that you once knew, but forgot, in a crash course video by Arzamas.
Narrated by Brian Cox.
"Ancient Rome in 20 minutes" is an English version of a Russian video by Arzamas.”
Read More...“Ancient Rome in 20 minutes”
Thursday, 27Sep2018
“When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings.”
“Mythical Caves and Gardens: Crash Course World Mythology #32”
Saturday, 22Sep2018
“Ma'ui, Oceania's Hero: Crash Course World Mythology #31”
Saturday, 15Sep2018
“The Mwindo Epic: Crash Course World Mythology #29”
Saturday, 01Sep2018
“Galahad, Perceval, and the Holy Grail: Crash Course World Mythology #28”
Saturday, 25Aug2018
An Arizona monsoon storm.
I'm going to go watch it on the patio for a while.
I'm going to go watch it on the patio for a while.
Condemnation of memory
Tuesday, 21Aug2018
“Rama and the Ramayana: Crash Course World Mythology #27”
Saturday, 18Aug2018
Six new pages
Friday, 17Aug2018
❝I learned a long time ago that it's worth the trouble to make sure she's got at least two climaxes for every one of mine.
Keeps her smiling too.❞
Added to the lexicon
Friday, 17Aug2018
“The Epic of Gilgamesh: Crash Course World Mythology #26”
Saturday, 11Aug2018
First day of Harvestpoint
Monday, 06Aug2018
“Ragnarok: Crash Course World Mythology #24”
Saturday, 28Jul2018
“Churches are hospitals for the sinners, not mausoleums for the saints.”
Searching The Wild Hunt
Sunday, 22Jul2018
“Mike Rugnetta is going to tell you stories of death, destruction, divine judgment, damnation, and the occasional happy ending. That's right, this week we're talking about the Apocalypse. Actually we're talking about a bunch of ways the world could end. Prepare for stories of the end times from Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam! It's the (mostly) Abrahamic Apocalypses on Crash Course World Mythology.”
Read More...“The Apocalyspe: Crash Course World Mythology #23”
Saturday, 21Jul2018
“Mike Rugnetta is going to tell you stories of death, destruction, divine judgment, damnation, and the occasional happy ending. That's right, this week we're talking about the Apocalypse. Actually we're talking about a bunch of ways the world could end. Prepare for stories of the end times from Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam! It's the (mostly) Abrahamic Apocalypses on Crash Course World Mythology.”
Read More...“American Floods: Crash Course World Mythology #18”
Saturday, 07Jul2018
“Floods in the Ancient Near East: Crash Course World Mythology #16”
Saturday, 23Jun2018
“Archetypes and Male Divinities: Crash Course World Mythology #15”
Sunday, 17Jun2018
“This week on Crash Course Mythology, Mike is teaching you about the archetypes that are often associated with male divinities. We’re going to talk about Fathers & Sons, Kings & Judges, Saviors & Sages, Shamans, Tricksters, and Lords of Destruction. Along the way, we’ll look at the story of Hwaning, Hwanung, and Dangun from the Korean peninsula, and we’ll learn about Arjuna and all the help he got from Krishna. We’ll also touch on a ton of other myths from around the world. These things play out this way all the time, man.”
Read More...A book fell on my head
Friday, 15Jun2018
“Thou shalt mind thine own damn business.”— David Weber, Torch of Freedom
“Fire and Buffalo Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #14”
Sunday, 10Jun2018
“Great Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #13”
Saturday, 02Jun2018
“Theories of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #12”
Saturday, 26May2018
“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.”
Encyclopædia Brittanica gets it wrong
Sunday, 20May2018
Not once, but twice.
I've been working on version 3 of my lexicon. It's steady work, and helps calm me. I don't write all the definitions, I take clips if I can find well written ones.
So I was looking at Brittanica's Quarter Day page, which actually refers to the Lammas page.
The second mistake is about May Day, and I am pretty sure it's a translation error and misunderstanding about agriculture. I'll just quote my own note here.
I've been working on version 3 of my lexicon. It's steady work, and helps calm me. I don't write all the definitions, I take clips if I can find well written ones.
So I was looking at Brittanica's Quarter Day page, which actually refers to the Lammas page.
““The Quarter Days—Candlemas (February 2), May Day (May 1), Lammas, and All Saints’ Day (November 1)—marked the four quarters of the calendar as observed in the British Isles and elsewhere in northern Europe. ””Every single reference I've ever seen from Valiente forward calls these the cross quarter days, they mark the transitions between the season. The actual quarter days are the solstices and the equinoxes. It helps if you visualize the year as a wheel.
— Encyclopædia Brittanica, Lammas
The second mistake is about May Day, and I am pretty sure it's a translation error and misunderstanding about agriculture. I'll just quote my own note here.
❝Enclyclopædia Britannica has it wrong here, it's a very common mistake. In some European countries especially further north, there were two seasons, winter and summer. May Day traditionally marks the beginning of the growing season, not the beginning of spring. If the summer solstice is midsummer, that makes May Day the beginning of summer.❞I doubt that anyone except a calendar geek or a pagan would have caught it. But when you're both at once, you have to tell people.— NeoWayland, May Day
Growing season
Friday, 18May2018
“A piece of advice if I may be allowed to give it, is that no philosophy, no creed, no God is worth more than the love that one human being may give and receive in their lifetime – this is what is meant by being ‘involved’.”
The magic circle
Thursday, 17May2018
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.
Read More...Purpose of ritual
Thursday, 17May2018
Between that and the floating, it's a pretty good bet that this depicts a psychedelic trip.
Read More...NeoNotes — Women's studies
Sunday, 13May2018
❝Okay, seriously though, and this relates to one of my long standing criticisms of women's studies (and any number of gender studies, skin color studies, etc.)
If these various fields of study have any worth at all, they have to acknowledge that they are only part of the picture. Limiting your studies to one subgroup is going to limit your understanding. Especially if you dismiss without question other subgroups. It's the difference between rigorous study and fantasyland. It's why the theoretical has to cross over with the practical. It's not enough to say how things should work, you have to examine how things actually work together. You have to look outside your preconceptions and expectations for the things you can't explain. Otherwise you never leave the echo chamber.
Or, women's studies without human studies is sh*t.❞
NeoNotes are the selected comments that I made on other boards, in email, or in response to articles where I could not respond directly.
Practical philosophy
Sunday, 13May2018
“This week, we continue our look at various Pantheons, and Mike digs deep into the gods of the ancient Greeks. We're talking Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Artemis, Hephaestos, Ares, and Apollo. We're also talking Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Diana, Vulcan, Mars, and...Apollo. Similar gods, different names. We'll start with the origin stories of the gods, talk about their family relationships, and what exactly their specialties are.”
Read More...“The Greeks and Romans - Pantheons Part 3: Crash Course World Mythology #9”
Saturday, 05May2018
Cauldron
Monday, 30Apr2018
“The cauldron in fact represented a great step forward in civilization. Before men were able to make metal cooking pots, which would withstand fire, they had to be content with thick earthenware pots, which were heated by the laborious process of dropping very hot stones into them. The metal cauldron, over which the woman as head of the household presided, gave men better cooked food, more plentiful hot water to cleanse themselves, and herbal medicines which could be decocted by boiling or infused in boiling water. Hence the cauldron became an instrument of magic, and especially of women’s magic.”— Doreen Valiente, “Cauldron”, An ABC of Witchcraft: Past and Present
Kirlian photography
Monday, 23Apr2018
“In which Mike Rugnetta begins our unit on pantheons, which are families of gods. We further define pantheons and talk about why they're important. Then, we discuss pantheons from the myths of the ancient Mediterranean, starting with ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia. The Egyptian pantheon brings us the story of Osiris and his envious brother Seth. We learn what these two pantheons suggest about the cultures where they originated.” Read More...
“Pantheons of the Ancient Mediterranean: Crash Course World Mythology #7”
Saturday, 21Apr2018
“In the Footsteps of Brasidas”
Saturday, 14Apr2018
❝Faith is a personal choice. It has to be, or it has no meaning.❞
“Humans and Nature and Creation: Crash Course World Mythology #6”
Saturday, 14Apr2018
“In which Mike Rugnetta brings you the final installation of our unit on creation myths. This week, we're talking about human beings and their relationship to the natural world. It turns out foundational stories have a lot to teach us about the ways in which people relate to the physical world around them, and the other organisms that inhabit that world. We'll talk about the Biblical idea that humans have dominion over animals, and we'll talk about Native American stories in which people and nature collaborate to create the world.”
Read More...“Social Orders and Creation Stories: Crash Course World Mythology #5”
Saturday, 07Apr2018
“Earth Mothers and Rebellious Sons - Creation Part 3: Crash Course World Mythology #4”
Saturday, 31Mar2018
“Zeus and Antiope”
Monday, 26Mar2018
❝I think it's vital to have friends outside your faith and outside your work. It helps you to balance. We need people we don't agree with but still trust to keep us out of the ego traps. We need other outlets for our passion just to keep ourselves fresh.❞
Disconnect
Tuesday, 20Mar2018
I don't suppose it's really important in the overall scheme of things, but I find it unnerving.
Read More...NeoNotes — IQ is culture dependent
Monday, 19Mar2018
If the winter solstice is the middle of winter and the summer solstice is the middle of summer, the vernal equinox is the middle of spring and the autumnal equinox is the middle of fall.
Read More...NeoNotes — the middle
Saturday, 17Mar2018
NeoNotes — multiple intelligences
Wednesday, 07Mar2018
❝It's important to understand that The Bell Curve deals with intelligence, not potential ability. As a rough definition, measurable intelligence is the practical knowledge and skills necessary for a given set of problem solving. There are probably multiple intelligences, each with it's own scope and limitations. The upshot of which is that English literature doesn't grant the ability to tune up a motorcycle. "Street smarts" won't help you balance a checkbook.
I did say probably. The theory does have it's detractors, but it is effective. Much of the problem lies in the definition of "intelligence."
Look at it this way. Leg presses build up your torso and leg muscles, but don't do much for your arms or hands. Different muscle groups are used for different things and they aren't all useful for everything. Likewise, different intelligences work for you in different situations.
I've got three problems with Gardner's original model. He didn't allow for as yet undefined intelligences (he fixed that when he added to the original group). And he left out two obvious (to me anyway) intelligences. First, he didn't distinguish between gross motor coordination (a baseball pitcher) and fine motor coordination (a jeweler). Second, he didn't allow for awareness and interaction with the Divine. Historically and across many cultures, there have been examples of this particular intelligence, even if we ourselves don't understand it well. I call it gnostic intelligence, the identifying and labeling is my own small contribution to Gardner's theory.
Jordan Peterson would be the first to tell you not to treat anyone as the absolute authority on everything, including himself. While I admire Peterson's work, my studies and experiences have shown that Gardner's theory does produce practical results. Too many results to dismiss the theory out of hand.
Peterson didn't say IQ, he said intelligence.
I still think much of the problem is in the definition of that word "intelligence." It's not a general problem solving ability. As you pointed out, Gardner used examples who were extremely gifted in one area but deficient in others. That alone means that "intelligence" as it's usually defined is inaccurate.
I just wrote a short piece at my pagan slice-of-life blog going into further detail. I understand if people here don't want to go there, so I'll sum up. An intelligence is a set of mental tools that can solve a problem. What works with one challenge won't work with another, anymore than you could exchange a pipe wrench with a smartphone and expect the same results.
I understand your concerns, but I still think the problem here is in the definition of that word "intelligence."
For example, you might be able to recite Shakespeare, but I'm pretty sure you can't speak Navajo. While those skills are probably related (sort of - the Navajo use different assumptions about time & distance), neither gives you the skill to bake a cake from scratch or help you deal with the loss of a loved one.
We develop patterns of behavior that we use to deal with life. Sometimes we have the patterns we need, sometimes not. But there are patterns that just don't help with other things.
The problem isn't with multiple intelligences, the problem is with a badly defined word that doesn't really do what we are asking.❞
NeoNotes are the selected comments that I made on other boards, in email, or in response to articles where I could not respond directly.
Okay, this is a terrible oversimplification, but I have to explain if I expect people to understand.
I said above that much of the problem is in that word "intelligence." Understand, the word is not the thing. Just because you have a symbol for something doesn't mean you have the thing itself. Manipulating the symbol doesn't let you manipulate the thing unless unless you've built the framework and links. Your cell phone is the front end of a very complex network, pressing 7 on the phone does nothing unless you are connected to the network.
And yes, magick works the same way. The symbol is not the thing.
Intelligence in it's strictest sense is not something easily measured. We know it's an approximation. We use chronological age to calculate the intelligence quotient. We know it's not linear. We know that gaining intelligence has to do with the plasticity of the brain. That slows down after the age of 25 or so. We know that older people find it difficult to gain new intelligence and adjust behavior patterns, especially if those behavior patterns have generated passion in the past.
Not success, but passion. Your brain doesn't care if it's "bad" or "good," "successful" or "failure." The feedback mechanism isn't designed to distinguish between positive or negative, only the amount of passion.
And yes, obviously that means that the more you focus on how bad you failed, the less likely you are to achieve your result.
Gods, I could write pages on the passion feedback loop, but it really does boil down to three words. Amount, not polarity.
With that in mind, let's refine the definition from my NeoNote above. Measurable intelligence is the practical knowledge and skills necessary for a given set of problem solving AND the ability to change the knowledge and skills as needed.
In other words, it's not enough to succeed. You need to adjust your thinking and skills as needed for new situations.
Intelligence IS NOT general problem solving. The ability to compose a song does not translate to the ability to weave a rug. A sledge hammer doesn't work as a screwdriver. A pry bar won't start a fire.
So let's refine the definition again. Remember, this is still only an approximation. An intelligence is a set of mental tools that can solve a problem.
With that definition, it's easier to accept that you use one mental toolkit for English literature and another for algebra. Hence, different intelligences.
One last thing, the picture above is not complete. I already wrote about the differences between gross motor coordination and fine motor coordination. And of course there's gnostic intelligence. There are almost certainly intelligences that haven't been identified yet.
An intelligence is a set of mental tools that can solve a problem.
I said above that much of the problem is in that word "intelligence." Understand, the word is not the thing. Just because you have a symbol for something doesn't mean you have the thing itself. Manipulating the symbol doesn't let you manipulate the thing unless unless you've built the framework and links. Your cell phone is the front end of a very complex network, pressing 7 on the phone does nothing unless you are connected to the network.
And yes, magick works the same way. The symbol is not the thing.
Intelligence in it's strictest sense is not something easily measured. We know it's an approximation. We use chronological age to calculate the intelligence quotient. We know it's not linear. We know that gaining intelligence has to do with the plasticity of the brain. That slows down after the age of 25 or so. We know that older people find it difficult to gain new intelligence and adjust behavior patterns, especially if those behavior patterns have generated passion in the past.
Not success, but passion. Your brain doesn't care if it's "bad" or "good," "successful" or "failure." The feedback mechanism isn't designed to distinguish between positive or negative, only the amount of passion.
And yes, obviously that means that the more you focus on how bad you failed, the less likely you are to achieve your result.
Gods, I could write pages on the passion feedback loop, but it really does boil down to three words. Amount, not polarity.
With that in mind, let's refine the definition from my NeoNote above. Measurable intelligence is the practical knowledge and skills necessary for a given set of problem solving AND the ability to change the knowledge and skills as needed.
In other words, it's not enough to succeed. You need to adjust your thinking and skills as needed for new situations.
Intelligence IS NOT general problem solving. The ability to compose a song does not translate to the ability to weave a rug. A sledge hammer doesn't work as a screwdriver. A pry bar won't start a fire.
So let's refine the definition again. Remember, this is still only an approximation. An intelligence is a set of mental tools that can solve a problem.
With that definition, it's easier to accept that you use one mental toolkit for English literature and another for algebra. Hence, different intelligences.
One last thing, the picture above is not complete. I already wrote about the differences between gross motor coordination and fine motor coordination. And of course there's gnostic intelligence. There are almost certainly intelligences that haven't been identified yet.
An intelligence is a set of mental tools that can solve a problem.
In defense of Bonewits' work
Monday, 15Jan2018
Since the reddit comments on my blog entry saying that I don't think Isaac Bonewits abused Moria Greyland, this site has been labeled as "supporting abusers."
Over the years I've developed a small reputation for straight talk and honest answers about sex, particularly sex in a pagan context. My two personal carved-in-stone sex rules are consenting adults and you're off limits if you promised to be someone else's "one and only." I believe that those two rules cover most of the sexual issues in American society. I've recently added two more. "Regret does not equal rape." "Acknowledge but not celebrate." These are personal rules, they affect me. I can't impose them on anyone else. But honestly, the first two cover so much of what is wrong with American sexuality that I often use them in discussions to show how messes could have been avoided. If it's not consent, it's not right. Now I could go into the why and wherefore, but that is not really relevant here. I will say that my sex category on this blog doesn't include porn. There are essays on ethical pagan sex and how responsible sex can fit into paganism. I also point out frequently that sex is not love, nudity is not sex, and love isn't nudity.
The site gallery does include nudes. With a couple of exceptions it does not include sexual nudes. And you will not find photos of nude children anywhere on the site. Many of my vintage nudes are classical pieces of art where I point out things that the artist was trying to convey.
I discourage sexual abuse and sexual misunderstanding. I condone truth, I do not condone abuse. Before the accusations against Bonewits, no one questioned that.
I have this habit of pointing out truths, even when they are uncomfortable. Look at the motto of this site. I firmly believe that I am called for veritas.
My introduction to Isaac Bonewits was in Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon. For a seminary dropout with magickal experience but very little formal training, it was eye-opening. His ABCDEF talked about how people were treated. Bonewits didn't focus on the "correct" Deity or if the priesthood/leadership had special "rights" beyond the membership.
Of course Bonewits wasn't the first to focus on how people were treated. But it was the first that I have ever seen that didn't start with a religion-specific context. I wore out my first copy of DDTM because I used to copy that chapter for minister friends when they asked for help. There was no web addy to hand out in those days.
Real Magic wasn't my next purchase, but I did buy it within a year or two. Rural location, a lot of road trips, no real bookstore, no internet, yeah, it took a couple of years. When I started studying, I was hooked. Here were explanations that actually fit in the real world. Bonewits credits Sir James Frazer with isolating the laws, but points out that anthropologists don't acknowledge him. Still, here was a framework where I could hang my own studies. Even when I goofed up and had to backtrack, I never had to throw out Bonewits. His stuff was just too damn useful.
That should be a law. Oh wait, it is. Bonewits calls it the Law of Pragmatism.
Were the Laws of Magic as defined by Bonewits absolute? No. But he allows for that too.
To this day, I've a poster of the laws hanging near the altar in my sanctum.
So here's the question. Now that P.E.I. Bonewits has been "shown" to have questionable character, should his work be forgotten? Should his name never again be mentioned in polite pagan company? Should we conduct a cultural scrubbing and remove any influence that Bonewits might have had?
No. I don't think so.
He was a flawed man. How flawed is still open to discussion. But his contribution to neopaganism and anthropology can't be denied. We can accept the work without accepting his sexual activities. And if his work can't stand on it's own, people will find something else.
I think removing him and his work is very close to what a fundamentalist Christian would do. I don't think the world is either/or, and neither did he. I tell people that if they tell you the choice is black or white, you should go for the fuzzy. Or maybe the minty. Reducing the choice to all or nothing means you probably overlooked some things.
For ourselves, for our understanding, we should keep Bonewits' work.
Over the years I've developed a small reputation for straight talk and honest answers about sex, particularly sex in a pagan context. My two personal carved-in-stone sex rules are consenting adults and you're off limits if you promised to be someone else's "one and only." I believe that those two rules cover most of the sexual issues in American society. I've recently added two more. "Regret does not equal rape." "Acknowledge but not celebrate." These are personal rules, they affect me. I can't impose them on anyone else. But honestly, the first two cover so much of what is wrong with American sexuality that I often use them in discussions to show how messes could have been avoided. If it's not consent, it's not right. Now I could go into the why and wherefore, but that is not really relevant here. I will say that my sex category on this blog doesn't include porn. There are essays on ethical pagan sex and how responsible sex can fit into paganism. I also point out frequently that sex is not love, nudity is not sex, and love isn't nudity.
The site gallery does include nudes. With a couple of exceptions it does not include sexual nudes. And you will not find photos of nude children anywhere on the site. Many of my vintage nudes are classical pieces of art where I point out things that the artist was trying to convey.
I discourage sexual abuse and sexual misunderstanding. I condone truth, I do not condone abuse. Before the accusations against Bonewits, no one questioned that.
I have this habit of pointing out truths, even when they are uncomfortable. Look at the motto of this site. I firmly believe that I am called for veritas.
My introduction to Isaac Bonewits was in Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon. For a seminary dropout with magickal experience but very little formal training, it was eye-opening. His ABCDEF talked about how people were treated. Bonewits didn't focus on the "correct" Deity or if the priesthood/leadership had special "rights" beyond the membership.
Of course Bonewits wasn't the first to focus on how people were treated. But it was the first that I have ever seen that didn't start with a religion-specific context. I wore out my first copy of DDTM because I used to copy that chapter for minister friends when they asked for help. There was no web addy to hand out in those days.
Real Magic wasn't my next purchase, but I did buy it within a year or two. Rural location, a lot of road trips, no real bookstore, no internet, yeah, it took a couple of years. When I started studying, I was hooked. Here were explanations that actually fit in the real world. Bonewits credits Sir James Frazer with isolating the laws, but points out that anthropologists don't acknowledge him. Still, here was a framework where I could hang my own studies. Even when I goofed up and had to backtrack, I never had to throw out Bonewits. His stuff was just too damn useful.
That should be a law. Oh wait, it is. Bonewits calls it the Law of Pragmatism.
Were the Laws of Magic as defined by Bonewits absolute? No. But he allows for that too.
To this day, I've a poster of the laws hanging near the altar in my sanctum.
So here's the question. Now that P.E.I. Bonewits has been "shown" to have questionable character, should his work be forgotten? Should his name never again be mentioned in polite pagan company? Should we conduct a cultural scrubbing and remove any influence that Bonewits might have had?
No. I don't think so.
He was a flawed man. How flawed is still open to discussion. But his contribution to neopaganism and anthropology can't be denied. We can accept the work without accepting his sexual activities. And if his work can't stand on it's own, people will find something else.
I think removing him and his work is very close to what a fundamentalist Christian would do. I don't think the world is either/or, and neither did he. I tell people that if they tell you the choice is black or white, you should go for the fuzzy. Or maybe the minty. Reducing the choice to all or nothing means you probably overlooked some things.
For ourselves, for our understanding, we should keep Bonewits' work.
Think you know
Saturday, 25Nov2017
“Nina Paley's haunting, mesmerizing, and life-affirming God-Mother animation”
Sunday, 03Sep2017
“In which Mike teaches you about the creation of the universe, with sex. This week we're talking about creations stories from Egypt, West Africa, Greece, China, and Persia that have a lot in common with human sexual reproduction. And also some castration and puking, to boot. We've got your cosmic eggs, right here!”
Read More...“Creation from the Void: Crash Course World Mythology #2”
Sunday, 06Aug2017
❝You should beware the politician who wraps himself in faith and the minister who wraps himself with the flag.❞
— from the private journal of NeoWayland, 01Mar2002
Absolutely maybe sort of - updated
Tuesday, 01Aug2017
Now, should I reject Bonewits and all he stood for because he and I didn't agree?
Read More...“What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1””
Sunday, 30Jul2017
I let my ego off the chain last weekend. It was a vain and foolish thing to do. And it had consequences.
Read More...“As a pagan…”
Saturday, 29Jul2017
❝You know the problem with these massive conspiracy theories are that there are never enough conspirators and never enough victims.❞Read More...
Ego-trapped
Tuesday, 25Jul2017
“As a pagan, I've found that 99% of my practices and worshiping consists of just going outside, sitting still, shutting up, and listening.”Read More...
NeoNotes — Satanic sacrifice
Tuesday, 25Jul2017
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.”— Dale Carnegie
NeoNotes — Judaism
Monday, 24Jul2017
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”— Roald Dahl
“Tricksters: An Introduction: Crash Course World Mythology 20”
Sunday, 23Jul2017
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.
Read More...Transcribing Faith
Monday, 17Jul2017
❝Know yourself. Know what you can do. Know what you're willing to do. Know the price you're willing to pay.❞
— NeoWayland, Quick notes to a new seeker
Penetration into the darkness
Thursday, 22Jun2017
❝As a rule, absolutes don't.❞— NeoWayland, as a rule, absolutes don’t
Question
Wednesday, 21Jun2017
❝Modern American pagans are especially bad, we tend to celebrate some of our worse nutcases as gifts from the gods.❞— NeoWayland, Depression and the Modern Pagan
Science and Paganism
Monday, 05Jun2017
❝Love begins at home❞
Thursday, 20Apr2017
❝Lose your own center…❞
Monday, 03Apr2017
❝If something changes the universe, it can be measured. If it can be measured, it can be analyzed. If it can be analyzed, experiments can be performed.❞Read More...
Mosaics
Monday, 28Nov2016
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream.
Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams.
World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams.
Yet we are movers and the shakers of the world forever it seems.”— Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
Point of view
Tuesday, 08Nov2016
❝We define the labels, the labels should not define us.❞
— from the journal of NeoWayland
I don’t believe I should use this blog to teach.
I think the best teachers are the ones you see face to face. That personal relationship helps you learn faster.
But we live in an age of wonders connected digitally across the planet. Even if it’s not my place to teach, maybe sometimes I can tell beginners where to start looking for their own answers and their own path.
So I’m answering my email again, indirectly.
I’m using ideas that I work with most. My WebTree path (not a tradition) draws heavily on Celtic Reconstructionism and modern Druidry with just a smidge more Wiccanism than I am comfortable admitting.
Yule - around December 21
Imbolc - February 2
Ostera - around March 21
Beltane - April 30
Litha - around June 21
Lughnasad - August 1
Mabon - around September 21
Samhain - October 31
You’ve probably seen that list a few hundred times before. It’s obviously the neopagan sabbats. But what the list doesn’t tell you is how those dates interrelate. For that, you need an eight pointed star. I just happen to have one on file.
Concentrate on the list alone and you can miss the relationships. The power isn’t in the list. The power is in how the ideas weave together.
Put Yule at the top point of the star.
Technically you don’t need the star, but it sure helps you see the connections. You can see that the winter solstice is opposite the summer solstice and that the equinoxes are opposite each other.
Yes, I’ve covered this before. Please bear with me.
You can also see that the cross quarter days are really the gateways between seasons. And you can see that the solstices and the equinoxes are really the peak moments and middle of the seasons.
Cross quarter days are High Holidays for my path. The equinoxes and solstices are Solar Festivals.
Now I could explain that in three or four pages. Or I can show you with a single picture and a few sentences.
It’s not enough to know the seasons, you have to know the connections and the relationships.
This isn’t something that is commonly taught in paganism these days. Absolutely I am not teaching it. I’m just telling you where you might begin.
I will point out that the eight-pointed star is just a start. Before the digital age, many traditions would expect you to draw something like this.
That’s a lot more complex.
Notice the relationships.
You just couldn’t draw that right at first.You’d have to start over and over again. You’d frustrate yourself because it should be easy for you. You’re passionate about your faith and you WANT to learn. You’d make many tries. Some of the hardest attempts would be with your teacher watching closely over your shoulder while you got it almost perfect. The slightest flaw means the whole picture has to be destroyed. You’d have to start over again until you could draw it on demand. By the time you were done, you could visualize the connections without the diagram.
You’d understand.
The power is not the drawing. The power is you understanding the connections.
Sure, you could get that from a list, but it would take much longer.
The tools we use shape our thought.
This isn't one of mine. But think about the work that went into this even if you don't agree with the assumptions.
Let me give you another example.
Before WWII and quick mix boxes, recipes were usually by ratios. Sure, you can memorize individual recipies that use 1 cup of that mixed with 2/3 cups of this, but it won’t teach you the relationships.
If you stood in a kitchen full of ingredients but without the pre-measured portions and the oh so precise instuctions, you’d be stuck. You wouldn’t know the relationships.
You wouldn’t know what separated a bread from a cake.
You wouldn’t know what made a soup or a sauce.
One look at a grocery store tells you that there are entire industries devoted to your ignorance and willing to sell you easy to use products so you don’t have to think about it too hard.
Someone doesn’t want you thinking about it too hard. Someone profits from you not thinking hard.
Something really simple looks enormously complicated because you’re stuck with one perspective.
Hmm, that sounds familiar. Somebody out to impress you with what they know and what they can show. Like one of Shaw’s experts.
But the way of the master means do more with less. To do that you need to understand how things interrelate. It’s not about one cup of that mixed with 2/3 cup of this, it’s about three parts of that mixed with two parts of this. The measure isn’t what you need, the ratio is.
It’s about the relationships and the connections. Think in those terms and you’ve expanded what you can do. Do more with less complication.
One last bit.
Environmentalism is about control. Control of the surroundings, control of human behavior, control of the lifeforms, everything carefully monitored and measured.
But that is not the way the world works.
Ecology is about the relationships and tradeoffs.
Guess which works better longer.
Understanding is the key. You can’t go poking around with the primal forces of the universe without understanding.
Well, you could, but it’s much safer if you understand the connections.
Change your perspective, change the world.
Change youself.
As above, so below.
Change.
❝Only the Natural❞
Thursday, 03Nov2016
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”— anonymous, often attributed to Roald Dahl
NeoNotes — Witchcraft as rebellion
Saturday, 15Oct2016
NeoNotes — Nothing supernatural exists
Thursday, 08Sep2016
NeoNotes — Origin of Wicca
Tuesday, 05Jul2016
Rhythm Of Life
Friday, 01Jul2016
Coding your mind
Tuesday, 28Jun2016
Interconnections
Tuesday, 14Jun2016
Since I don't have much time this week, I thought talk about the daily things we sometimes overlook.
Read More...Intuition & Inspiration
Tuesday, 03May2016
According to popular culture, magick is about breaking the rules and molding reality.
Nope.
Read More...The Lady Always Chooses
Tuesday, 15Mar2016
Totems I have known
Wednesday, 30Dec2015
It’s a day of contrasts and promises. Even as winter is at it’s greatest, light is born again. Read More...
Religion
Tuesday, 07Jul2015
Do Be Do Be Do
Tuesday, 17Mar2015
From classic philosophy to classic virtue, Paganism's best hope depends on what we choose to put out in the World - updated
Read More...Voices
Thursday, 12Mar2015
I first started keeping notes in a three ring binder. It worked, sort of, as long as I kept the index up to date.
Read More...Gods make you stretch
Tuesday, 10Mar2015
Almost four years on this blog and I hadn't answered these questions yet - UPDATED
Read More...Right or Write
Tuesday, 24Aug2010
Charlie's story
Tuesday, 01Dec2009
These blog entries have been reformatted and entered into the current directories. Redirect pages have been placed in the old locations.
Read More...Love
Tuesday, 17Nov2009
❝You're so determined to struggle nobly against dark forces that you can't see what is casting the shadow.❞— NeoWayland
How to convince me you're a poseur before I've finished the first page of the preface of your book - UPDATED
Wednesday, 14Oct2009
“We are the Pagans who have moved on”
Sunday, 02Aug2009
These blog entries have been reformatted and entered into the current directories. Redirect pages have been placed in the old locations.
Read More...Relics of faith
Tuesday, 30Jun2009
“Our mythical places series continues, and this week Mike Rugnetta is talking about some stories that revolve around mountains. Mountains loom large in human stories, not least because mountains are, well, large. So ascend with us to the lofty peaks of The Ten Thousand Treasure Mountain in China, and Mount Fuji in Japan.”
Read More...A little slice of mind
Thursday, 18Jun2009
Snap out of it!
Thursday, 11Jun2009
❝Master the discipline or be mastered by the victimhood.❞— NeoWayland, Discipline, the Modern Pagan, and power from victimhood
Taking full measure
Tuesday, 26May2009
Dream a little dream for me
Thursday, 09Apr2009
Strings of universes that work
Thursday, 20Nov2008
Transcending the label
Wednesday, 03Sep2008
Knot truth
Tuesday, 03Apr2007
Invoking passion for failure or success?
Thursday, 15Mar2007
Lost Wonderers
Tuesday, 13Feb2007
“When you think of “driftwood” you usually don’t imagine a hollow log big enough to stand up inside.”
Read More...Why the internet may suppress thought
Saturday, 27Jan2007
Does the origin determine validity?
Wednesday, 13Dec2006
When things are messy, actions and answers aren't clear cut. That is when you need faith in yourself.
Read More...Mulling over the nature of Deity
Sunday, 01Oct2006
Male or female?
Saturday, 22Jul2006
In the moment
Tuesday, 31Jan2006
The price
Friday, 27Jan2006
What's in a word?
Monday, 12Sep2005
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather just different kinds of good weather.”
Study notes
Monday, 05Sep2005
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
Some thoughts from my
WebTree tradition path - updated
WebTree tradition path - updated
Sunday, 31Jul2005
Calling yourself pagan
Monday, 16May2005
A narrow slice of life, but now and again pondering American neopaganism, modern adult pagans & the World.
A narrow slice of life, but now and again pondering American neopaganism, modern adult pagans & the World.
Pagan philosopher, libertarian, and part-time trouble maker, NeoWayland keeps truths alive despite a wash of nonsense. But don't be surprised when he's doing the “nekkid pagan guy” thing.
There are pagan news & opinion sites. Technopagan Yearnings is not one. It’s more like a digital binder with interesting pagan stuff. And nudity. Don’t forget the nudity.
Since Wren Walker retired the Wren’s Nest of The Witches’ Voice, there is not really a pagan news site anymore.
The Pagan Vigil Reader is a pagan news aggregator.
You won’t find porn or erotica here. I do discuss nudity & sex, but I do not describe sexual events. As a naturist I admire the human body so you will find nudes here. You will not find photos of sex. There is some art showing sex and orgasms in a ritual or mythical context.
Updated weekdays when possible, otherwise irregularly as circumstances permit and the mood strikes.
This is the fourth major version of Technopagan Yearnings. I still have № 3 on file with it’s comments. I’ll convert that bit by bit as I get the chance. This version uses
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