June 05, 2005

Witches Weekly

Yep, meme time. Hey, I submitted the questions, I oughta answer 'em, eh?

  • What type of theistic structure do you follow? God and/or Goddess, gods, or some form of everything/all is god?
  • Everything has a spirit, and to some degree they're all connected. Each human spirit (soul) is part of a group spirit that's basically the spirit of humanity. A cat has a spirit that's part of the greater Cat group soul/group consciousness. There was a group Ape consciousness, but humanity moved away from that and became something separate. The group spirit evolved, so the physical form adapted to follow.

    Now, those group souls/group consciousness is part of a larger whole, which is basically the group consciousness of being. That's what I think of as "god".

    Although I understand the idea of calling upon aspects of that group strength, and using names/"gods" to represent aspects of it, I've never felt the need to personify it. I don't see a divine divided into masculine and femine aspects. Masculine and feminine are qualities, not defining characteristics, and anyone/anything can show those qualities.

  • Have you ever felt his/her/its/their presence directly?
  • As the whole? Not in current memory. But in part? Yes.
    While I was in Canada I felt and communed with the spirit of the river there (I was at a cabin on an island in a river). I very much felt as if we were both aware of each other, and there was a shared understanding that wasn't about communicating with words, almost more straight to the heart than that.

  • How and where do you pray to or honor him/her/it/them?
  • Sometimes I joke to people that I go to church every day, that everywhere outside is my church. Sometimes I'm not joking when I say it. When I've got a quiet moment outside I sit and listen. When I'm done, before I get up, I offer a silent thank you. I pray by appreciating it all, and not taking it for granted. I do it by remembering that I'm a part of it all, and it's all a part of me.

    I'm reminded of a Native American saying I saw at the Elgin Public Museum yesterday (we were there for BubbleFest...):

    We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.

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