Another Thursday


The passage of linear time into something else

"It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

You know, I am sitting here and I am really not sure what I want to talk about. Usually I have a topic or two picked out a few days in advance so I can think about it before I actually write.

As much as I would love to blame the person who emailed me about blessings the other day, I really can't do that. It wasn't their fault that I wasn't clear to begin with, and it wasn't their fault that I took offense.

Although there was that snarky piece at the end, so I am not going to apologize.

My mainstream blog is mostly reactive with only the occasional opinion piece. This one is almost all me. It's harder to write.

It's also about a part of me that I don't usually volunteer information about. I have issues with evangelism, that colors my reactions. As long as I am being honest with myself, I have to say that there are certain parts of myself that I keep very much in the shadows. There are times you could be in the same room with me and be totally alone.

Okay, trying again, this time without the maudlin autobiography.

The Story is Not the Journey, but the Story can open the gate to the Journey.

That is what I think I am supposed to do with my Paganism. Sort of like a half-buried sign marker that people trip over on the regular path. Yeah, they could keep going along the main path, but if they listen to me, they might blaze their own trail to that misty mountain over that next hill.

Both online and offline, many of the people I am talking to lately aren't necessarily Pagan, but they are interested in other viewpoints.

I think that American culture is changing. I don't think we are as bound by the labels as we used to be. I don't think the categories are as well defined, and there is a lot of spillover. Sexuality is one example, I don't think the labels "gay" and "straight" are as exclusive as they were a couple of decades back. Likewise, I think that the exclusive religion labels are slipping as well.

And good riddance.

So let me end this post by answering a question.

Just what are my Technopagan Yearnings?

I want a world that accepts gods old and new and remade.

I want science joined with magick to create a new technology.

I want a living past that embraces a brighter future.

I want the birth of Homo astra.

I want to see the dreams manifest.

Posted: Thu - February 12, 2009 at 02:08 PM
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