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1/27/2007
7:37:29 am EST
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Many Roads Exist On Way To Spirituality
Author: Mary Adamski, View from the Pew Source: Star Bulletin (HI)
Title: MANY ROADS EXIST ON WAY TO SPIRITUALITY
Stories and pictures of people attempting to revive that old-time religion made the news this week.
About two dozen believers serious about their roots, proud of their culture, tried to relive their history. They draped themselves in togas and congregated at a formerly sacred site in a formerly holy season to sing and dance and chant homage to old gods.
Makahiki season, 21st century style? Nope. But the self-proclaimed Greek pagans who honored Zeus at an Athens temple do have some things in common with Hawaiians who have revived the practice of giving reverence to the god Lono at Makua Valley and elsewhere.
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| If | Jan 29th. at 10:42:24 pm EST
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Terry (Irvington, Virginia) - Email Me
If this author is some form of xtian, she comes across as an equal opportunity blasphemer, ridiculing the ridiculous in many religions. She seems more concerned with the issues of purity, tampering, and historic versus modern forms, comparing Hawaii's historic progression with that of Greece, and forms of xtian history which are more like many Neopagan paths than are most large corporate Abrahamic business model based "religions". Jews get the slight, with a slap on the side over silly beanies.
This author reminds me of some of the cowens who surfaced on PODSnet, the old Pagan Occult Distribution System private international BBS network, where some of us now active as online pagans served as SYSOPs or net admins, developing roots of modern teleconnected pagan infrastructures. In general, xtians there were liberal and only present because of pagan friends, hate cult predators who found themselves unceremoniously torn to shreds rapidly, or of pre-Vatican paths which in many ways became a mutual lesson in how some of them were far closer to several Neopagan paths than they were to most people today who identify as that X-dogma religion, but act like theological frauds relative to what they claim. Some of those relationships and shared learning experiences survived for many years, unlike dogmatic xtians who only respect each other when everyone stays in lock step and avoids asking the tough questions.
Then there was the Breslover Jewish Rabbi, who suddenly disappeared. Too bad, as his presence and invitation to ask him about his lesser known Jewish path was well received by many. He apparently couldn't deal with sincere and relevant questions on some issues, like whether his sect of Jews retained the Judaic laws about pork or shellfish despite microbiology obseleting the historic health basis for them, and what religious meaning such things had for his sect.
Though she didn't go into more than a few general examples, this article's author impresses me as better grounded in religious change over history issues than that Rabbi. Those are tough issues for people who claim to be far more of experts than this author openly did, if they lack some depth of perspective and grounding in more than one narrow splinter of personal faith. They're also issues which confuse word semantics and underlying memes, when xtian almost equals pagan in one case, and xtian is mortal enemy of pagan in another, or is irrelevant in a third.
My impression is that she's both lamenting loss of some pagan culture formerly native to Hawaii, at the same time as being thankful for much of the change between the good old days, and modern lifestyle aspects she'd not easily give back. I could be wrong, but I suspect she is one of those people who aren't Christo-pagans, but a little of each in ways where distinguishing how or why isn't important, while honoring roots.
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| ... | Jan 27th. at 1:06:36 pm EST
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web
The author, obviously a self-proclaimed christian, didn't even try to write the article fairly.
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| Zeae | Jan 27th. at 11:20:41 am EST
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
Which Zeus were they worshipping: Zeus Pater; Zeus Cupisciid; Zeus Hermes? 'Zeus' simply referes to a Bright One, as any of the Mighty Dead, and 'Diana' is simply the Feminine. I suppose, for this party, the Reclamatoire was for Zeus Pater, or Jupiter (Dis Pitr) . Who says it wasn't a Toga Party? Maybe that Jew, Peter, wanted a Toga Party.
"As for those who believe that theirs is the one, true God, who wants all souls in the same fold, it would be helpful to read the subtext in their scriptures. He didn't say force the flock into pens; he said teach, lead and love them.
Jesus told his followers that "my Father's house has many mansions." Does anyone else wonder if one of those mansions might not be on Mount Olympus?"
A few, but we'd rather not spend all our time locked away in Myth.
I don't believe that Jesus was teaching Universal Tyrany, by forcing all Families to worship him as a Roman God, but merely renewed the Solomonic Peace Corp, by asking that the Big Souls be converted, amongst the various Tribes, Nations and Classes. The Shamanic Initiation of Drowning and Resusication was not something you'd wish upon a Friend, or Enemy, but was a Profound Religious Experience. St. Agnes ended her carreer as Catechumen, by being eaten by a Rock Python, 'though her Bishop had never needed Baptism.
Arawn
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| Take A Look At The Photo From 7 Days Ago | Jan 27th. at 9:55:49 am EST
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Lady Huath (Orlando, Florida) - Email Me
There was a nice article about this event on WitchVox (maybe a link can be attached?) showing a photo of the High Priestess in front of the temple ruins--she is FULLY clothed in a beautiful, long sleeved white dress with a high collar. The 34 members of the recognized religion are academics, lawyers, and other professional people. For the writer of this article to ridicule this historic event (first celebration in 1400 years!) and describe the participants as though they were at a toga party is soooo rude and condescending that words fail me. Perhaps her insulting, demeaning article underlies a genuine fear of the revival of the Old Religion--no quotes and in caps!
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