I Surprise Myself
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poliphiloYesterday morning we were in Glastonbury.
Glastonbury is one of the two places I think of as "home".
I climbed the Tor as I always do. Dion Fortune says the air at the top is full of sparkles- and I can't think of a better way of putting it. On this occasion it made me feel very heavy and earthbound. I addressed myself to the genius locii and said, "Guidance would be nice".
I came back down and rejoined Ailz and Ruth in the town- and then I surprised myself. We went down a wynd- and there was a shop there called The Witchcraft Experience or something of the sort- and I insisted we went in- and first I bought a pendant in the shape of a viulva- which I wore for the rest of the day- and then an amber ring for Ailz and a pentacle ring for myself.
Will I wear this to church on Sunday?
But of course.
Because Jesus is not enough. He's the god of the public temple I can get to most easily- so convenience comes into it- but I have to say I've never really loved him. Tipharetic Sun Gods aren't particularly lovable. They're too bright and shiny. Did anyone ever love- as opposed to adore- Apollo? I need other Gods in my life.
Especially I need Her.
They have a Temple of the Goddess in a yard in Glastonbury. You go up wooden steps into an upper room. You take off your shoes- as if it were a mosque- and leave them by the door. There was a woman at the back arranging flowers. The shrine is Hindu or Catholic in its over-the-topness, with incense and taped music and lots and lots of images. The central image is a terracotta statue of Herself as Crone in a cloaked hood carrying Her staff. I could look at images of Jesus all day and feel nothing in particular- except admiration for the artistry- but show me any image of Her....
I lit a couple of candles- and promised I'd rebuild our temple at home- in some form or other.
Glastonbury is one of the two places I think of as "home".
I climbed the Tor as I always do. Dion Fortune says the air at the top is full of sparkles- and I can't think of a better way of putting it. On this occasion it made me feel very heavy and earthbound. I addressed myself to the genius locii and said, "Guidance would be nice".
I came back down and rejoined Ailz and Ruth in the town- and then I surprised myself. We went down a wynd- and there was a shop there called The Witchcraft Experience or something of the sort- and I insisted we went in- and first I bought a pendant in the shape of a viulva- which I wore for the rest of the day- and then an amber ring for Ailz and a pentacle ring for myself.
Will I wear this to church on Sunday?
But of course.
Because Jesus is not enough. He's the god of the public temple I can get to most easily- so convenience comes into it- but I have to say I've never really loved him. Tipharetic Sun Gods aren't particularly lovable. They're too bright and shiny. Did anyone ever love- as opposed to adore- Apollo? I need other Gods in my life.
Especially I need Her.
They have a Temple of the Goddess in a yard in Glastonbury. You go up wooden steps into an upper room. You take off your shoes- as if it were a mosque- and leave them by the door. There was a woman at the back arranging flowers. The shrine is Hindu or Catholic in its over-the-topness, with incense and taped music and lots and lots of images. The central image is a terracotta statue of Herself as Crone in a cloaked hood carrying Her staff. I could look at images of Jesus all day and feel nothing in particular- except admiration for the artistry- but show me any image of Her....
I lit a couple of candles- and promised I'd rebuild our temple at home- in some form or other.
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classic. and on to the moon. visit
Date: 2009-01-21 12:29 pm (UTC)and especially the account of the attack
in the night by a psychic wolf sent by
(she suspected was it mathers or crowley)
which leaped on her.
here budge's dog of defence spell would come
in useful I suspect, or here if anywhere that is...
yes gushy...
as to christ the concept of solar logos means also
that he is the logos for here and someone else can
be for there and so on...it is a rather crude way
of dealing with the universality of the 'godmanhood'
as noted above...
and in general her ,and others', use of cabala seems
to have effect of distancing one from relation to
an personally engaged God.
have you read the delightful green man of kingsly amis
with the monty python style vicar dragged into doing
an exorcism and moaning about a personally engaged deity
having gone out long ago surely etc...
but I do think that if anything is the starting point
God, beyond all the gates and yet responsive to the human
cry, and then as you say the images...and where it all comes
together is for us to find in our way
"a clouded moon is most beautiful" as we say in the trade
excuse the pastoral visit but it is my metier
yrs
+Seraphim