tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post4471044365700601..comments2023-10-05T06:20:40.173-04:00Comments on Quaker Pagan Reflections: Meeting for Worship for WoodsCat C-B (and/or Peter B)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-43033115124717637492009-09-21T11:38:18.651-04:002009-09-21T11:38:18.651-04:00Blessed be.
Sacred geography, yes. One of the ...Blessed be. <br /><br />Sacred geography, yes. One of the things that made me so sad when we embarked on this itinerant phase of our life was leaving the landscape of my heart, where I <i>know</i> the Goddess. I'd met Her in other landscapes I'd visited, but it was somehow still another metaphor...<br /><br />Meeting Lake Michigan, and spending a little time with Her, was very powerful.<br /><br />Living in the Puget Sound area, with mountains, trees, <i>and</i> water -- and those specific mountains, trees, and water -- was pretty amazing. <br /><br />Now I'm back in the kind of landscape where I grew up, where the Goddess first spoke to me, and I haven't quite readjusted and relaxed back into yet. It definitely speaks to me differently than any other landscape, even others which I love. :)Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-45642850394998118132009-09-18T12:46:41.696-04:002009-09-18T12:46:41.696-04:00"I'm not much of a monotheist. I'm no..."I'm not much of a monotheist. I'm not much of a polytheist either, or even an animist. I'm a nicely mushy blend of all three, but, because these are such distinct ways of experiencing and thinking about the world, there are days when I might feel or look as if I was entirely one or the other."<br /><br />Let's hear it for Mushy Blend!<br /><br />I agree with Snoozepossum (wonderful name!).<br /><br />Michael Bright CrowBright Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678898117491633098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-18614644253326249572009-09-17T10:37:02.248-04:002009-09-17T10:37:02.248-04:00Gorgeous way to spend a morning!
I think all of u...Gorgeous way to spend a morning!<br /><br />I think all of us can use times where we quit bugging about definitions of divinity, let IT fool with sorting all the uniforms and name tags, and just appreciate that IT exists, period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-26153864968761422882009-09-15T20:22:59.092-04:002009-09-15T20:22:59.092-04:00I am so pleased that this post spoke to you all! ...I am so pleased that this post spoke to you all! And interested that there is so much synchronicity going on just now. I know when there's that kind of thread running through vocal ministry in my Quaker meeting, we're inclined to think perhaps it means it was a "gathered" meeting--one particularly led by Spirit, guiding us all gently to a similar place.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />I do find myself wishing I'd been at that local bar with you guys, Ali, Jeff. It sounds to have been a wonderful, rich conversation. (And to everyone else: if you haven't read it yet, go visit Ali's blog and read what she has to say about it over at <a href="http://meadowsweet-myrrh.blogspot.com/2009/09/three-humans-walk-into-bar-language.html?showComment=1253060299993#c204362258077665728" rel="nofollow">Three Humans Walk Into a Bar: Language, Labels, and Naming Spirit</a>Cat C-B (and/or Peter B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-79764577536009052062009-09-15T16:19:52.486-04:002009-09-15T16:19:52.486-04:00The idea of sacred geography is important to me. ...The idea of sacred geography is important to me. Mine is a God/dess of the Finger Lakes who is embodied in the natural forms and ancestral memories of the place I call home.Hysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-41358562761097057912009-09-13T23:15:29.106-04:002009-09-13T23:15:29.106-04:00Mmmm... this post just makes me happy. Thank you!...Mmmm... this post just makes me happy. Thank you! Sometimes I think the only way I can describe what I believe in is to point to a tree...Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084509066376979793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-88126719410971931312009-09-13T23:01:23.325-04:002009-09-13T23:01:23.325-04:00Beautiful post, Cat.
"The gods are many. The ...Beautiful post, Cat.<br />"The gods are many. The gods are one"; yes, and the gods are you.<br /><br />Love,<br />Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-8243583401924885692009-09-13T22:31:02.044-04:002009-09-13T22:31:02.044-04:00Thank you for sharing as much as you could of your...Thank you for sharing as much as you could of your meeting for worship, and you do it well. That sharing is a different kind of community isn't it?Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07004334102672210987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-44012989838193644892009-09-13T21:09:18.131-04:002009-09-13T21:09:18.131-04:00Just beautiful! This touched me very deeply and I...Just beautiful! This touched me very deeply and I thank you for sharing it.Mama Kellyhttp://2witches.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-24684514900870895422009-09-13T20:35:50.233-04:002009-09-13T20:35:50.233-04:00Just gorgeous, Cat. Freaking awesome. :-)
My fa...Just gorgeous, Cat. Freaking awesome. :-)<br /><br />My favorite metaphor for the one-is-many-ness-of-divinity is water. All the water in the world is water, it's ALL water, and yet there are lakes and streams and oceans and rivers, each of which are very different and undeniably real things in and of themselves. Is there one water or many waters? A senseless question.<br /><br />Come to think of it, I should have mentioned this to Ray...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358942133639236705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25987874.post-70338000808104823812009-09-13T20:30:32.374-04:002009-09-13T20:30:32.374-04:00Speaking of synchronicity! :) Jeff and I just spen...Speaking of synchronicity! :) Jeff and I just spent several hours with our friend, Raymond, discussing monotheism, polytheism, animism and personal experiences of divinity in the local bar (true Druid fashion ;). I've forwarded this post (which is lovely, btw!) to Ray, as you say so eloquently some things that I have only been able to guess at so far. I think I'm still working through the "gods feel like imaginary friends I don't quite believe in" stage.... wondering if I'm missing out on something and trying to open up to new possibilities.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.com