Today, I declare my independence from the world of industrial civilization and dying empire.
At no point in my life has it been so clear what I need to do. It is time to implement my plan, beginning at this moment.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
I Live in Two Worlds
I live in two worlds.
One is coming to an end, crumbling as we watch.
It is industrial civilization, powered by petroleum, mediated by electronics, ruled by financiers.
With each passing day, it becomes more brittle and reveals more of its essential inhumanity.
I do what I must to satisfy the demands of this world, but no more.
Unacknowledged by many, another world is beginning to emerge.
For now, much is unknown, but it is clear that our culture will shape this new world.
I seek to build a culture that is life affirming, just, and humane.
This is my most important work.
I live in two worlds.
One is coming to an end, crumbling as we watch.
It is industrial civilization, powered by petroleum, mediated by electronics, ruled by financiers.
With each passing day, it becomes more brittle and reveals more of its essential inhumanity.
I do what I must to satisfy the demands of this world, but no more.
Unacknowledged by many, another world is beginning to emerge.
For now, much is unknown, but it is clear that our culture will shape this new world.
I seek to build a culture that is life affirming, just, and humane.
This is my most important work.
I live in two worlds.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Awen Passes to Humanity
The first of all wise beings was of the race we now know as the Sasquatch. Nobody now living knows his name, so we will call him by the name Primus.
When the world was young, Primus beheld three rays of light emanating from the sky, and heard a word of three syllables, the true name of the hidden spirit of life that creates all things. In the rays of light and in that first word was all the wisdom that ever was or will be. Upon witnessing these rays, Primus took three staves of red alder and carved all knowledge upon them. But when other beings saw the staves, they misunderstood and worshiped the staves as idols, rather than learning the knowledge written upon them. Primus was so upset and angry at this that his heart failed and he died.
When a year and a day had passed after Primus's death, a human (whose name we also do not know) came upon the skull of Primus, and saw that the three alder staves had taken root inside it and were growing out of its mouth and eyes. Taking the staves, the human learned to read the writing on them and became famous for his wisdom. From him, the lore of the alder staves passed to other ancient loremasters and ultimately from them to the wisdom teachers of our own age. Thus the wisdom that first shone forth in the three great rays of light and the first word of creation passed through many minds and hands and now forms the wisdom of the traditions we follow today.
When the world was young, Primus beheld three rays of light emanating from the sky, and heard a word of three syllables, the true name of the hidden spirit of life that creates all things. In the rays of light and in that first word was all the wisdom that ever was or will be. Upon witnessing these rays, Primus took three staves of red alder and carved all knowledge upon them. But when other beings saw the staves, they misunderstood and worshiped the staves as idols, rather than learning the knowledge written upon them. Primus was so upset and angry at this that his heart failed and he died.
When a year and a day had passed after Primus's death, a human (whose name we also do not know) came upon the skull of Primus, and saw that the three alder staves had taken root inside it and were growing out of its mouth and eyes. Taking the staves, the human learned to read the writing on them and became famous for his wisdom. From him, the lore of the alder staves passed to other ancient loremasters and ultimately from them to the wisdom teachers of our own age. Thus the wisdom that first shone forth in the three great rays of light and the first word of creation passed through many minds and hands and now forms the wisdom of the traditions we follow today.
- adapted from the tale of Einigen the Giant
as told by John Michael Greer in The Druidry Handbook.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
My Objective
The objective that I am aiming for in my spiritual practice is a synthesis of Christian and Druid practice. I am less concerned with doctrinal issues (in fact, I mostly consider those to be distractions) and more interested in praxis and practical results.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Introduction
The purpose of this blog is to be the publicly available aspect of my druid and magical journals. I keep my actual journal offline, but from time to time there are materials that I may wish to share with the world, and I will post them here.
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