tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post4095633607048738067..comments2023-06-01T08:13:34.393-07:00Comments on The Eye of the Storm: Feri is...Storm Faerywolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168678792107487150noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-76442177472953887242011-01-11T15:52:59.000-08:002011-01-11T15:52:59.000-08:00if you don't like the Lore, go out and make so...<i>if you don't like the Lore, go out and make some of your own.</i> --meveedubhttp://veedub.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-55430309553755417692011-01-12T00:05:01.000-08:002011-01-12T00:05:01.000-08:00I find it interesting that in many different conte...I find it interesting that in many different contexts, those who are least at peace with their own beliefs/practices/whatever have a strong tendency to criticize the different-ness of others. (A person who is 100% secure in their Christianity may try to convert me, or pray for my soul, or whatever, but they aren't going to go nuts and feel threatened because I believe something completely different.) <br>I've seen this in a variety of religious settings (e.g. one type of protestant v. another; protestant v. catholic; christian v. muslim; muslim v. animist; feri v. feri; thelemite v. thelemite; tradcraft v. wicca...) but also academic contexts, legal contexts, sexual contexts...and worse, people try to make those who resemble Switzerland choose up sides. It's like when two people engage in a bitter divorce and each tell a distorted version of truth, and expect to divide up the friends like old silverware.<br>So crazy. I'm just going to be over here, Be-ing and Live-ing my Truth, my Will, and my Self.royalbananafishhttp://royalbananafish.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-10364359750062501732011-01-12T02:15:43.000-08:002011-01-12T02:15:43.000-08:00Thank you! This feels like a good and necessary co...Thank you! This feels like a good and necessary comment on these things.<br>bb*<br>Gwydiongwydion1987http://gwydion1987.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-18351426052734657362011-01-12T06:51:42.000-08:002011-01-12T06:51:42.000-08:00A schism a day keeps the doldrums away.I guess I s...A schism a day keeps the doldrums away.<br>I guess I should go and read all of those email posts that have been accumulating in my feri lists. Looks like I missed a party.<br>Thanks for your comments, Storm.thorn_plutoniushttp://thorn_plutonius.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-45219762552618857302011-01-12T08:04:10.000-08:002011-01-12T08:04:10.000-08:00My own personal opinion on this subject is that pe...My own personal opinion on this subject is that people who spend all of their time trying to define themselves in terms of who or what they are NOT really don't seem all that sure of or comfortable with what they ARE. Those who sit on high issuing pronouncements generally appear to be too busy straining at gnats (or at the stool) to do any actual work. Their own lives and practices are often in shambles because they spend too much time trying to argue or prove why all those other people are just so, so fucked up. In other words, they should focus on their own shit and let others focus on theirs. Anyway, my advice is take the high road, walk the talk, do right by your students, your friends, your family, your community, and your Gods, and let (to paraphrase Spiro Agnew) the "nattering naysayers" deal with their own shit.garan_duhttp://garan_du.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-62247779774002824792011-01-12T12:42:14.000-08:002011-01-12T12:42:14.000-08:00I am sorry that they are yanking chains of people ...I am sorry that they are yanking chains of people that have been working hard and sincerely at the real deal for many years now. And I am sorry that those folks feel so stung that they must explain themselves yet again.<br>I am sorry that all this is going on, and that people won't recognize a genuine practitioner and teacher when they see one. I am sorry that people do not recognize or feel their own mastery of themselves, let alone others' mastery of skills, of themselves.<br>But it appears to be a smear campaign, and has little to do with genuine preservation of a treasured tradition of secrecy, since it's, you know, ON THE INTERNET. Just keep on doin' your thing brother.rideout_dbzahttp://rideout_dbza.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-90481977206413067852011-01-12T12:44:45.000-08:002011-01-12T12:44:45.000-08:00^ this, a thousand times this^ this, a thousand times thisrideout_dbzahttp://rideout_dbza.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-75487710991069887852011-01-12T14:18:28.000-08:002011-01-12T14:18:28.000-08:00Feri TraditionThanks for all that you taught me in...Feri Tradition<br>Thanks for all that you taught me in my brief period as one of your students. Keep up the good work.myrddin7http://myrddin7.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13919887.post-61346849699719619122011-01-13T04:30:08.000-08:002011-01-13T04:30:08.000-08:00"May the Beauty we love be what we do, there ..."May the Beauty we love be what we do, there are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." ~Rumi<br>And I won't criticize you for putting your left knee in front of your right knee or having them exactly even. <br>Love You!adcougarhttp://adcougar.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com