spirits as I know them part one. ps. more later

Has any one seen "Ghost Hunters"? If you haven't. Go and watch it on the scifi channel. Check your local listings. Right now it is in reruns.

How I wish I could juggle my time so that I could work with such individuals. However, such is. After a life time spent talking with spirits. It's is good to see that there is a concerted effort to bring this subject to light in a rational way.

Will this program succeed in this endeavor? Probably not. When you deal with the spiritual. Your essentially dealing with a subject that is, for many, one of religious concern. Though to most people who hear "ghost" they think of a variety of movies. For others it is one of primal fear. Lets face it no one really wants to be reminded of thier mortality.

For people like myself we are confrotented by this fact each and every day. It is an abilty that is at once a curse and gift. I choose to treat it as more of a gift. Even as I type this Blog I can feel at least a dozen spirits and a couple of elementals. Is this recordable? For me it doesn't matter if a piece equipment can pick up what I know is there.

In the tradition that I belong to we recognize three different types of hauntings.

The first type is energy that the object are alway releasing and absorbing. Ie: Some one is seen walking down a hall. This type is more along the lines of watching a scene in a movie replay constantly. A simple everyday cleansing can take care of this. Look in to your Cunninghams for house cleansings.

The second type is spirits of the departed. Most are just lost and trying to come to terms with thier new reality. Think of an accident victim. Most are simply wanting to reassured that they can go through the light and that being dead is not an end, but a new begining.

Some of these spirits can act like the first type. But these spirits of the dead can distinguished by thier energy pattern which has a stable energy pattern.

The third type are pure spirit. This type of spirit has again a different type of energy and cannot be confused with the other two types. These entities are as varied as their agendas. The more beneficial spirits generally work in a more subtle way and will only interact with humans as the need arises.

The more malicious entities are the one that get the publicity more often. Possessions, ect. These entities are more prone to try and hold other spirits to thier will. Namely the second type of spirits for thier own needs or wants. Why should these malicious entities want to do this? Personally, the jury is still out. A variety of theories have been advanced. One such theory postaulates that the said entity gains a form of food.

Yes, many do seemingly feed on fear. Would this be another way to keep up, or even enhance, thier own energies? I personally don't know. What I do know is that for, a lot these entities, that life is a curiosity.

When I have sent these types of entities to the underworld I am left cold and exhausted. At times even in pain from the cold.

There is a fourth type. These elementals are not truly haunting as in the case of the others. In general these entities are can be malicious or beneficial as the mood my strike them. Also how one interacts them can mean a positive or bad experience.

In my own experience I have sent a spirit of a serial killer to the underworld. He lived towards the end of the ninteenth century had killed more than one wife and was never caught. His goal was to become as evil as he could be in the hopes that he would become a demon.

Well I guess we all have have to have hobbies. Did he become a demon? As of this writing he is in the underworld. Not as a demon. Will he become a demon or a malicious spirit? How should I know? There are plenty of stories of a person trying gain godhood or become a demon of one sort or another. Most seem to end badly.

So while TAPS and the program "Ghost Hunters" are trying to break ground in a way that will make sense to the sceptical and disbelieving scientific community. Those of us who deal with this on a constant and continuing basis wish them luck. For it is a journey that can change one in ways that can never be predicted.

Blessed Be

prejudice

Well for those who keep with such things it seems that a lesbian minister, who came out to her superiors and was defrocked by her church, is going to fight.. again this is right here in good old Pennsylvania.

By the way I don't know if this state is uncivilized or just trying to hold on to a golden age that never existed. You know that age. According to the more consertive elements it was back in the nineteen fifties. Mom in the kitchen, preferable pregnant and bare foot.

Men were men. No such thing as a sensitivity training. Nope we all were marching to the same drummer. Fags were just insane and treated as such. Being Homophobic was seen as a good thing. After all if a man had to go home and clean and or cook. What was she suppossed to do? work? Not my wife.

We must shove those long hair hippie, faggot, pinko, psuedo-intellectual type right out. Becuase it was thier fault society is in the mess it is in. No one had to question the way thing were. Men worked and woman stayed home to cook and clean. Take care of the kids as god had ordained. What was wrong with that?

Well everything and yes things do need to be questioned even today.

The biggest wrong was that the Fifties were not all that good. Lets face it when the blacks (excuse me african american) had to sit in the back of a bus. It showed an ill that was going to destroy society unless it was addressed. Today some would deny a people the right to even a civil union. This is still wrong.

How far have we moved from those mythical fifties? Brother, I am here to tell you we haven't moved far at all. So while some white protestant males lament the loss of a priviledge they never rightly had to begin with. The prejudice is still with us and we are just as far away from Martin Luther Kings speech of "I have a Dream".

Now we face another ill facing us as a society, accepting a people as full citizens. Instead of seeing thier differences as being somehow perverted or wrong. We should be celebrating the fact they want participate as full members of this country.

So while I am Wiccan, I am hoping that this minister will prevail. Every victory brings us one step closer to that dream that Martin Luther King spoke about so long ago.

Blessed Be

a rant about hiding in the broom closet

I went over to witchvox.com, and to the link above, today and right here in my almost backyard, a woman up in Carbon County is sueing the local university. It seems she is sueing over what she feels is religious discrimination. I hope she wins. As this is the same county where a judge a yanked a womans kids because she happened to be pagan/wiccan.

While I have never really been in the "broom closet" . I am quite open about who and what I am. If you check the post that I left you will see that in part of a response to a Witch who has been in the broom closet for 25 years.

Personally, I don't understand such thinking. If you cann't deal with assholes of the world then find a differrent religion. Is that harsh? Probably to most of you it is. As I am currently dealing with a narrow minded fundie at work, I feel my attitude is warranted.

She at first was very friendly and we would eat lunch with a group of others. Somewhere along the line figured out that I was happy being Pagan. Had no desire to convert to christianity nor would I even entertain the thought. Suddenly I was evil and now she mutters under her breath whenever I am near her.

Any attempt on my part to actually find out why she suddenly hates me is met with a glare and walking away from me. People wonder why I get tired of bible thumping fools? This is why.

If a christain befriends me this scenerio is always in the back of my mind. First being friendly. Second building my trust in the friendship. Then the shoe drops. Well if your not going to convert then your damned to hell and I wont be your friend.

Bah!! I say good riddance to you then. I have bigger worries. Like, are they actually going to bring "Farscape" back... One can hope.

To get back to the point of this rant.

We all have people we must deal with regardless of ones beliefs. To hide your beliefs shows as much insecurity as the fundies trying to convert you. Stand up and fight for your beliefs. Sure you may not always win.

But if you don't make the attempt then you have assuredly lost. But this is my opinion; do as you want.

Blessed Be

Hello out there

Well Yule/Christmas is over for another year. MiLady and I spent the day as I'm sure many of you did. Visiting family and friends.

This is going to a short opening. As to who I am. Well I am a Wiccan Priest/Witch

I have been Wiccan for Seventeen years. I have Started two Covens. Been apart of another and have belong to at least three different groups. Most of my early training was literally on the streets. I rode the rails for a lot of years as well followed the Grateful Dead. Went to Rainbow Gatherings. I have sat and talked and learned from Amerindian Shamans as well as some Witches who were on various places on the path.

Though I did my 101 in Denver, Colorado with two very fine teachers. By then I was off the street with a real address and job. My tradition is a very Eclectic Celtic. We use "The Spriral Dance" as a study guide. Personally, I like Starhawks magical theory. Just not real fond of some her politics.

Though if you are christian hoping to convert me. sorry it wont work and any one posting such things or emailing me with it will find themselves blocked and your post summarly deleted.

Will Post a topic later in the day or two and we will see if this experment is going to go anywhere... Blessed Be