Is there a spiritual revolution coming?  If you have to ask that, you might be surprised to know that it's here.

Revolutions do happen when the established order fails to meet the needs of a sufficient percentage of the people.  And if you are listening to this podcast, there is a good chance that your local religious establishment has not met your needs.  You might be looking for something else, but more likely you are looking for something more that will make you feel more fulfilled.  And that's what we're about.

As they said in that TV series "The X-Files", the truth is out there.  And, you can't stop truth. 

Look at the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Found in about 1948, it was decades before folks like you and me got to read their contents.  It wasn't that they were waiting for translation, it was simply that certain people didn't want them circulating among folks like you and me.  But now, it is close to impossible to put a lid on truth.

What does this mean?  Let's do a little exercise.  We'll take a few words that you probably have heard many times, and let's see what those words might actually mean.  I believe that you will  be surprised. 

Some time ago, someone spoke about so-called "liberation theology".  What we have here is genuine liberation.

Look and see.  You'll see what I mean.

Sorry for the delay.  The doctor had me spend Thanksgiving in the hospital.  Details in the podcast.

What makes the Wiccan/ Pagan Sabbats so different from the mundane world's holidays?  It's a secret!

Of course, there are two kinds of secrets.  One kind of secret is the kind that people don't tell other people.  The other kind of secret is the kind that folks just don't bother to notice.  The secret of the Sabbats is one of the latter kind.  We know it if we've taken any kind of a look at the Sabbats, but most mundanes don't even know that there's something to find.

It's in the very nature of the Sabbats, individually and as the full cycle of eight Sabbats.  In fact, without the secret, the Sabbats would not be able to be what they are.

You can "sort of" find the basis of the secret in the mundane holidays, both the religious and the political/ patriotic ones, but most of the mundane folks have not bothered much about it.  In fact, most of them don't even know that there is anything to bother about.  Look at how much "Christmas spirit" there is on December 26th, and you'll see what I mean.  But we have it in our Sabbats.  And the more I see of it, the more I'm able to appreciate each and every Sabbat.

When you see what I'm talking about, you'll see what I mean.

Maybe the others can learn something special from us and our Sabbats.

November 11th is Veterans' Day in the United States.  In many other countries, there is a day set aside for honoring veterans.  And every country has veterans - those men and women who put on a uniform to serve their country.

They put certain aspects of their lives "on hold" for a while.  Perhaps it was for two years, perhaps it might have been for as much as thirty years.  And now, they have taken off their uniforms and become veterans.

I, Aidan Odinson, am a veteran.  So are several others that I know.  And I have a few things to say.

I have listened to Veterans' Day speeches my entire life.  This time I make one, and I make one from the viewpoint of someone who has experience as a veteran.  Don't expect flowery words.

Do expect to be reminded of the Threefold Law, because I find an implication of it in every celebration of Veterans' Day that I see.  You'll see what I mean.

I felt the need to say something about the Southern California wildfires.  If other tragic events are any indicator, I am sure there will be many railing from their pulpits as to why it came to be.

If you're old enough to enjoy this podcast without having Mom or Dad help you, you're old enough to remember 9/11, and you probably have memories of what you were doing when you got word of it.  And you might also recall on Pat Robertson's "700 Club" a few days later, Jerry Falwell made a statement that 9/11 happened because his God had "lifted the veil of protection from the United States" because the country had gotten too tolerant of gay people.  And Robertson agreed!

I can only imagine what pronouncements are going to be made about the Southern California wildfires.  From Malibu to the north of Los Angeles down to past San Diego and to the Mexican border they raged - and they're not really over yet.  So, there's some ripe sermon-fodder there.

So, what's the real situation?  If we go past any possible agendas to look at what really happened, what will we see?

The issue is summed up on one word, and it is a word that is repeatedly misused.  And it takes a while sometimes to see it.  But it's there.

We don't need to be told, we can look.  And when we look, what are we shown?  Let's see.