This has taken a bit longer to put together than I anticipated given the length of the book, as indicated by the title A Short History of Ethics, but I hope I've done it justice, and as usual, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
So, a commenter pointed out an oversight on my part a few weeks ago - I put up a blog post and forgot to create a dreamwidth entry for comments, so here it is!
If anyone's been holding off, now's your chance, or, more likely, if you find your way here after reading the post sometime after it was originally posted, here we are.
If anyone's been holding off, now's your chance, or, more likely, if you find your way here after reading the post sometime after it was originally posted, here we are.
Sorry for going a bit without a substantive post. This time, I share my thoughts on David Spangler's Blessing: the Art and the Practice, and as always, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Another year, another end of year post. Not much that will be new, though if you haven't been keeping a tally, you're likely not sure how many posts I put up this year, and I seriously hope you don't already know how many books I read.
As mentioned in an earlier post, I recently read Shadow Tech by Colin E. Davis and Melissa Mari, and now I've put my thoughts together on it. Altogether, a helpful book, but as is often the case, I found myself wanting more straightforwardly hands-on advice than I found here (but that might be a personal failing).
This week, a fairly quick rundown of my thoughts on Devotional Polytheism by Galina Krasskova.
As always, let me know what you think!
As always, let me know what you think!
I am so very, very close to having all of the bedes of the "Heathen Rosary" at least to a stead where you can say the whole thing, but the draft of the closing bede still feels a bit "flat," and so once again, I am asking for your help in working out what I might change about it.
Your thoughts on the "Hail Idun" and "All-Father" have been very worthwhile and truly helped them take shape, so even more so than usual, kindly share them on this one as well so I can have a full set of prayers I'm happy with and get to working out the "mysteries" to go with them.
Thanks ahead of time if you choose to share any and all thoughts, big or small.
Your thoughts on the "Hail Idun" and "All-Father" have been very worthwhile and truly helped them take shape, so even more so than usual, kindly share them on this one as well so I can have a full set of prayers I'm happy with and get to working out the "mysteries" to go with them.
Thanks ahead of time if you choose to share any and all thoughts, big or small.
This week I've written up my thoughts on Pierre Pradervand's The Gentle Art of Blessing. If you're already familiar with the Modern Order of Essenes blessing work, you might not find a ton new here, but if not, this is a pretty ready practice that can be added onto just about any religious approach without too much trouble.
This week, my thoughts on a short, but very well done book. If you read much of what I write, you'll likely like this one rather well.
For this week, I thought I'd just dip my toe into a little bit of light theology, attempting to take the model of the planes we discussed a few weeks back and applying it to understanding what's going on in religious experiences. I'd love to know what y'all think, as always.
I've put together four more tries at the "All Father" prayer. I'm getting closer, but still not totally happy with what I have, so even more so than usual, I welcome and ask for comments on how these might be stronger.
Thank you if you feel called to share!
Thank you if you feel called to share!
This week, I've put together a very basic primer on the model of the planes of being taught in the occult philosophy I currently study. This is as much to gather my thoughts and make them clearer to myself as anything, and I'm still pretty new at this, so even more so than usual, I welcome corrections and thoughts.
After getting into an interesting discussion in the comments on one of ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
causticus 's recent posts, I wanted to expand a bit on my thoughts on "social technology" as a metaphor, and whether and how it might be useful in a non-pejorative sense.
causticus 's recent posts, I wanted to expand a bit on my thoughts on "social technology" as a metaphor, and whether and how it might be useful in a non-pejorative sense.
[Main Blog Post] Let's Talk about LGOPs
Jul. 14th, 2024 01:38 pmWell, despite all the craziness going on in both my personal world and the wider world of news, I've got a post that looks into something from WWII that I've long been interested in: Little Groups of Paratroopers, or LGOPs.
As always, please let me know what you think in the comments below!
As always, please let me know what you think in the comments below!
Alright, after a lot of poetic stagnation, I've pulled two drafts of an "All Father" prayer for the Heathen Rosary out of, well, somewhere (let's hope it's from the mead that made it to Asgard, and not that which was "lost" upon the way!). Even more than usual, I'd very much appreciate your thoughts on these, as I can tell neither is "there" yet, but in working out the "Hail Idun," your input was invaluable.
Oh, and I also realized I hadn't posted my "Tree Creed" which I've been using in my daily prayer for nearly a year now, so I've put that in here too.
Again, thoughts very much welcome!
Oh, and I also realized I hadn't posted my "Tree Creed" which I've been using in my daily prayer for nearly a year now, so I've put that in here too.
Again, thoughts very much welcome!
[Main Blog Post] [Book] Prayer: A History
Jun. 12th, 2024 02:01 pmI've been meaning to move to posting on Wednesdays for a while now, so I reckoned I'd use my sloth in wrapping up my latest book as a good excuse to do that. As such, please enjoy my thoughts on Prayer: A History by Philip and Carol Zaleski.
As always, your thoughts are most welcome, and if you'd prefer to get my posts more directly than via dreamwidth updates, please shoot me an email to sign up to get my posts emailed to you.
Cheers,
Jeff
As always, your thoughts are most welcome, and if you'd prefer to get my posts more directly than via dreamwidth updates, please shoot me an email to sign up to get my posts emailed to you.
Cheers,
Jeff
This week, after the possibly synchronicity of folks asking about working with Jung's concept of the Shadow on JMG's Magic Monday right after having read an excerpt of a book on the Shadow, I decided to give it a read. It's called Transforming Darkness, and I found it interesting and helpful, though if you've read much on the subject or done much of such work, you might not find much new here.
As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts here or through email.
As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts here or through email.
[Book] Paths to Immortality
May. 19th, 2024 11:19 pmAs I mentioned last time, I'm going a bit out of order here, with my new review of Paths to Immortality by Johann Baptist Krebs, which not only came out before The Rebirth, but was written by its author's teacher.
At any rate, what I found most helpful here was its depiction of a skeptic becoming a believer, not through a sudden opening of the heavens, but through stubborn hard work at the direction of a trusted friend.
Let me know what you think!
At any rate, what I found most helpful here was its depiction of a skeptic becoming a believer, not through a sudden opening of the heavens, but through stubborn hard work at the direction of a trusted friend.
Let me know what you think!
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[Main Blog Post] On Spiritual Dryness
Apr. 21st, 2024 11:17 pmI put together a few thoughts on spiritual dryness based on some recent experiences of mine, though I certainly don't claim to be an expert.
This week's post comes mostly as a response to a question by causticus on last week's Magic Monday by JMG. It was spinning around in my thoughts all week, and I decided to share the expanded thoughts here. As always, your thoughts are welcome, and let me know if you'd like to be on the mailing list.
causticus on last week's Magic Monday by JMG. It was spinning around in my thoughts all week, and I decided to share the expanded thoughts here. As always, your thoughts are welcome, and let me know if you'd like to be on the mailing list.
