en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/716535 Comments by TeNosce http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121622084 Never again will I share a personal opinion about a guy holding a feather. Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:28:09 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121622084 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121217141 Please let me clarify. There are different kinds of authority. I meant the kind that one can feel. I just wasn't feeling it in this guy. That's all I meant. Sorry if I offended. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:53:21 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121217141 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121190574 I'm not allowed to have an opinion after 25 years of my own experience with God and teachers of varied traditions? Okay, I'll stop cause you said so. Hint: You, Zaratha, and people like you are the problem. Indigenous people can be mired in ego like anyone else. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:55:21 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121190574 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121172466 I'll give the organizers of this rally an 'A' for effort, but... By no means an authority on this matter, I routinely sweat with a local tribe at their addiction center. I understand the meme that this guy represents, and that stereotypical "Native American" fashion of prayer delivery. Conversely, I've suffered under the likes of angry minority professors who treated their cultural awareness classes as a sort of dungeon for white guys. Something about this guy made me doubt the depth of his spiritual authority. With the president in attendance, was no REAL medicine man available? Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:55:05 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-attack-on-a-native-american-blessing.html#IDComment121172466 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/going-for-the-occult-angle-in-tucson-shooting.html#IDComment120738432 Potting soil! He's probably an 'orchid person,' and we know how weird and fanatical they are. He should be behind bars. They're almost as bad as bird people. Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:53:35 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/going-for-the-occult-angle-in-tucson-shooting.html#IDComment120738432 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-cross-is-still-secular-except-when-it-isn%e2%80%99t.html#IDComment119882812 Cool. That cross should be on e-bay soon. Add a couple wheels and you've got a great boat trailer. Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:27:01 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2011/01/the-cross-is-still-secular-except-when-it-isn%e2%80%99t.html#IDComment119882812 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/quick-notes-murph-pizza-foreclosures-chas-clifton.html#IDComment118195328 The article says, "...Some people become politically or socially active, like SuSu does with Coldwater Spring, or some people MYA just keep it in their back yard." I cannot help but wondering if the use of MAYA here was a typo or Freudian slip, as in, "some people are socially active, while others indulge in illusion in their backyards." Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:11:48 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/quick-notes-murph-pizza-foreclosures-chas-clifton.html#IDComment118195328 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/counter-point-christians-should-take-back-christmas.html#IDComment117795830 I've struggled with that. Honestly, I think one has to teach kids to occasionally have faith in improbable things. Life as a grown up comes at you fast, and can seem pretty hopeless at times. Ambivalence and cynicism come far too easy in Postmodern culture. Research shows that happy people are actually delusional in a positive direction - - and that this skill is learned. The last time I pondered whether or not my 4 year old was too sophisticated for 'belief' I looked over to find him talking to a stuffed duck, for Christ sake. Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:47:27 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/counter-point-christians-should-take-back-christmas.html#IDComment117795830 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/counter-point-christians-should-take-back-christmas.html#IDComment117686028 I agree. People have been bitching about Christmas starting after Halloween for a long time. Why should I care if people are making money and having fun? Heck, I'm a business owner myself. I'm pretty burnt out on worrying about my carbon footprint. As it is I'm vegetarian and limited myself to two kids. Can't I just enjoy my kids and the pretty lights? Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:03:23 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/counter-point-christians-should-take-back-christmas.html#IDComment117686028 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/counter-point-christians-should-take-back-christmas.html#IDComment117683277 This article reminds me of a joke I once heard - Q: How many vegan feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: That's not funny. The criticism of American culture is a valid one. However, if the question is why do I, as a pagan, have a tree? Why did I watch Polar Express last night with my 2 and 4 year-old? Why does my son believe in elves and hope that Santa brings him a Transformer and an Iron Man mask? Um... 'cause if you have kids it's fun. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:45:44 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/counter-point-christians-should-take-back-christmas.html#IDComment117683277 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/on-faith-is-christmas-christian.html#IDComment117588170 Well put. It really got me to thinking. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:00:06 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/on-faith-is-christmas-christian.html#IDComment117588170 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/quick-note-the-problem-with-majorities.html#IDComment115998484 My whole world changed once I began to look at Christianity as a cult. They are really quite strange - these people wearing torture symbols. By this I mean the cross, drinking his blood, and the random gestures of charity. They have odd buildings with uncomfortable chairs and pointy towers. Anyone who has ever LEFT the church can see brainwashing from the outside in. That stuff used to feel central to my being. If you had questioned it, I would have said, "Like duh, of course we're eating his body. The baby savior was born today!" It's rather embarrassing, really. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:55:44 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/quick-note-the-problem-with-majorities.html#IDComment115998484 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/quick-note-the-problem-with-majorities.html#IDComment115818235 Why are we dealing with the same problems they were dealing with in 4th Century Alexandria? I'm having a hard time liking people today, including myself. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:14:31 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/quick-note-the-problem-with-majorities.html#IDComment115818235 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/a-darker-shade-of-pagan-top-ten-of-2010.html#IDComment115363420 Heh, heh, 'Dead Can Dance' as "Goth infected." Well put indeed. That is what happened to me in the early 90s. We became Goth infected, and for many of us Dead Can Dance was the soundtrack to our lives. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:05:19 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/12/a-darker-shade-of-pagan-top-ten-of-2010.html#IDComment115363420 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pagan-community-notes-women-and-the-changing-face-of-paganism-pagan-health-mount-franklin-gathering-turns-30-and-more.html#IDComment110272953 I'll throw my twig on the fire here as someone who has practiced Wicca since about 1986. People don't even know where the bow tie came from (there are theories only). How can anyone be certain about the origins of a religion? I was raised to the 3rd Degree in Masonry on the 6th of November this year, and am consistently shaken by the parallels between what Wiccans do and what Masons do. When you see a room full of men in tails and 19th Century finery squaring their corners in their monthly fraternal court, it is easy to imagine a guild of wizards in J.K. Rowling's universe... Most pagan men, especially post Harry Potter ones would find much to like in a lodge of so-called Millennial Masons. As a new insider to masonry I can say that there is something REALLY English and masculine about it. When asked I often say that I've joined a pack of wolves, as opposed to a pride of cats, which is the spirit of the Wiccan coven. The introduction of female energy as per Gerald Gardner must surely have caused a magical process in the 1930's- like adding a new herb to Absinthe to make Jagermeister. I can now EASILY see the very masonic Aleistair Crowley saying, "why would I want to be bossed around by a bunch of women?" as Hutton suggests. Since masonry has plenty of mystery cult aspects, including Tarot symbolism, it is not hard to see where much of Wicca came from. Of course, that is to say nothing of hedge witchery, fart bottles, sheep hearts and jars of nails filled with urine... that stuff is probably older than Masonry, to be sure, and speaks of a revealed religion as opposed to a ritual one. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:45:08 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pagan-community-notes-women-and-the-changing-face-of-paganism-pagan-health-mount-franklin-gathering-turns-30-and-more.html#IDComment110272953 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/quick-note-flying-the-wiccan-flag.html#IDComment109095916 I made the same mistake, Li Li!! :D I thought the article said, "Flying the Wiccan Fag." I've been to Faerieworlds a number of times with a lovely gay couple, but I don't think they are broom carrying Wiccans. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:19:55 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/quick-note-flying-the-wiccan-flag.html#IDComment109095916 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pnc-minnesota-rape-survivor-devastated-by-tsa-enhanced-pat-down.html#IDComment108626797 Can a gay person request opposite sex pat downs? Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:46:38 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/11/pnc-minnesota-rape-survivor-devastated-by-tsa-enhanced-pat-down.html#IDComment108626797 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/on-faith-do-we-need-more-faith.html#IDComment106275028 I think the word "Faith" has been hijacked by religion. As a Pagan I have the same "faith" a cat has when it jumps off a roof. The cat is relatively certain that the ground will respond in a certain way, and in this way the Gods are entirely trustworthy. Religion tends to mean "literalism." Literalism is for children, and people who breathe with their mouths open. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:06:07 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/on-faith-do-we-need-more-faith.html#IDComment106275028 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/the-great-samhain-flood-of-news-coverage.html#IDComment105294512 The opening article about Paul Larson confirms the 'Lisa Turns Wiccan' episode of The Simpson's. Buddhism is a gateway drug to Wicca! Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:31:01 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/10/the-great-samhain-flood-of-news-coverage.html#IDComment105294512 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/09/quick-note-halloween-vs-the-recession.html#IDComment101691301 I'm so jealous. I wish we were there. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:52:32 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/09/quick-note-halloween-vs-the-recession.html#IDComment101691301