Pathworking is something I enjoy tremendously.  In fact, I enjoyed pathworking for longer than I've been a Wiccan.  I say that because of some other spiritual exercises which amount to pretty much exactly the same thing, but they are conducted in the context of other paths.  More than one, but there was one I came to know and love because of the visions.  And I'm so glad to have them now.

Of course, pathworking does take a time and a place that is set aside, preferably with people knowing not to disturb you.  But we can take the principle and adopt it elsewhere.

It's kind of like taking a vacation.  For a vacation, I'll take a week or two and forget that the office exists.  But I also need evenings, weekends and an occasional holiday in addition to the vacation time.  Otherwise, I'd be a basket case by the time I had vacation time coming to me.  And in this case also, there is something basic that I can take with me and apply it with what appears to be the everyday.

Begin with finding The Divine when you are in a very mundane situation.  When you are being spiritual is a good time for this, especially in the beginning.

And what are you doing?  You're adding more dimension and depth to your own spirituality.  Not only that, you're developing a way to see the divine in every aspect of your life.

And from there, you can really grow!

Blessed Be!

Unity?  Unity?

There probably are fewer words which have a definition more slippery than "Unity".  Especially where religion and spiritual matters are concerned, "unity" is one of those words batted around in some circles almost like patriotic words on a holiday that is patriotic in origin.  The problem is, "unity" seems to be a word that can have any number of meanings, depending on what is going on in the mind of the speaker.

So, what is unity?  Does it mean giving up your spiritual path for some supposed "greater good"?  Does it mean nitpicking, laughing at, and ostracizing those whose paths are at variance with the "authorized way" until they get themselves in line?  Does it mean "cafeteria spirituality" where you pick and choose which aspects of a path you will do?  Of course not!

As a matter of fact, if you have a tradition, you need to follow it.  That's one reason why some things might be all right if one person does it, but not if another does.  I am on a path that says that there are many paths, and so I say so.  Someone who is on a path in which there is supposed to be only one path is under a different set of rules.  Which does not mean that we can't give each other's paths mutual respect in the degree we would like to receive.  And there is the beginning.  And we can build from that.

And once we figure that out, there is no limit to what we can accomplish!

Blessed Be!

Last week, we celebrated this podcast's third anniversary.  This week, we look forward to see where it's going.

This is something that we all need to do from time to time:  look back to where we've been, and look forward to where we're heading.  There are a number of reasons for this, one of which is to insure that we are in fact on the course which we set out on initially.  We have all probably seen people and groups who have forgotten to do so.  I can think of a church that became so much of a social agency that worship services were neglected.  I can also think of a military unit that seemed more focused on social engagements than they were on being a military unit.  And, there was the savings and loan association in which people were much more focused on how people were dressed than they were on anything resembling what an "S&L" supposedly did - which might have something to do with why that particular savings and loan association is no longer in business.

To share this concept with you, I broke one of my own personal rules.  Where computers are concerned, I generally don't tell many folks what I am up to until it is done and in-place.  But I felt the need to make an exception because there was a need to do so. 

There's also something to share here about what we're here about.  And that, I am glad to say, has not changed. 

And there is more to come.

Blessed Be!

Yes, it has been three years that this podcast has been coming to you, and there are 159 episodes (including this one) to prove it!  It was in April of 2006 when the first one came out.  As I recall, it was my oft-repeated question as to why we can't get along.

Much has happened since then.  The first that comes to mind is that Jerome Birnbaum, who trained and ordained Lady Stormy and then me, finally had a Pentacle-inscribed veteran's headstone for his grave.  And people seem to be becoming more aware of Tempest Smith's tragic story.  Lord Pan, the four-footed patriarch of our little family here, crossed over into the Summerland.  I'm not claiming credit for anything other than these were some of the things we've shared over the past three years. 

It might be said that it began with my own hunger and thirst.  And when I found myself not only spiritually hungry and spiritually thirsty but also spiritually abandoned, I looked for a new home, new food and new drink.  And it seemed right that while I should not proclaim this food and drink to be the only ones, I would be remiss if I did not offer them to those who might wish to avail themselves of them. 

It might also be said that it grew from what I learned and discovered.  Imagine us as a thread in a beautiful and infinite fabric.  The problems come when we find a thread which thinks that it is the entire fabric!

And so, let's take a moment and celebrate that we've made it through these three years, and let's have a vision of what lies ahead for us. 

I'm looking forward to it. 

And thanks for sharing these three years with me.

Blessed Be!