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I am constantly astounded by the sheer hubris of the baptists. In reading through various baptist websites to see how they respond to fuckwad (eg Pat Robertson), I read the following:

“Second, the Haitians are suffering because we are fallen people living on a fallen planet. In the Garden of Eden, this tragedy would not have occurred. In God’s perfect plan there would have been no Hurricane Katrina, no tsunami in Southeast Asia, no cancer or heart disease or
earthquakes. But when we fell into sin, the entire planet was affected. As a result, “the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time” (Rom. 8:22). The earthquake is not the Haitians’ fault. God cares for their pain as his own.“

(http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4730/9/ – paragraph 7).

So, do I take it to mean that the batpuppies think humanity is the cause of plate tectonics?!

Tectonic Plates

(note that Haiti lies on the Caribbean plate margin)

Before I get too dismayed by their presumption, let me see if I can put it in terms that my simple mind can understand…

Eve wanted some fun and tempted Adam and they coupled, which caused “the Fall”, and plate tectonics resulted.

Whoa! Way to go Eve! Talk about making the earth shake…

A Pagan Converts

i poured a libation to The Mary today
honey mead to her robe, and her toes
she smiled to me when i added sweet grapes
from the land where the red wine flows

i asked the priests to show me her ass
so that I could properly praise her
but they cackled and squawked,
and called for the guards, and I had to leave her

i gave the priests gold to soften their ire
but none was left for The Mary
so, i looked till i found Her smile in a girl
cold and barefoot, filthy and hairy

and i took that girl home to my good mother
who washed her and taught her to weave
and i became to my Mary a husband to love her
better than gold on some jealous priest’s sleeve

now, to the priests and their soldiers
i can in truth say, that i worship the son and the lass
he’s a bright bonny boy and wiser than I
and she, She has such a fine ass.

Photos from Samhain Ritual – 2009.

Posted by permission of Photographer/Anthropologist, April Field.

We chose to create a Circle for the Dead, intersecting with the permanent Circle, to the West. We had a Samhain Altar in BlackBerry Circle, and an Altar to the Dead in the Circle for the Dead. We paid homage to our Honored Ancestors at the altar to the Dead. The atmosphere was amazing.

Earth & Magick #3 Index

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Show Notes for Episode #3 – Earth & Bones

Welcome to Earth & Magick, where Earth Science and the Craft meet! I am your host, Meical abAwen.

Episode 3, Earth & Bones:

Welcome to Earth & Magick, where Earth Science and the Craft meet! I am your host, Meical ab Awen.

This is episode 3, Earth & Bones, a narrative episode in which I relate what can happen when you assume that this good earth is solid underfoot.  I also provide a brief glimpse into the social complexity of a simple fossil hunt with family; and then there’s the dogs.

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Show Notes for Episode #2 – Deep Time

Welcome to Earth & Magick, where Earth Science and the Craft meet! I am your host, Meical abAwen.

Episode 2, Lost in Time aka Deep Time :sigh:

Although this is the second episode in this series, it is the first in what I call “investigative style”. In this episode I will introduce the geologic concept of “deep time” and talk a bit about how that idea has impacted us.

It won’t be all science, though. To break things up I’ll play some music from some great pagan and non-pagan musicians, and some promos of other podcasts that I listen to and enjoy. And I’ll include a parable from Blackberry Circle, the teaching circle of which I am a student.

So, sit back and listen. I hope you enjoy the show.

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I’m using Audacity and Celtx as my audio editor and scriptwriting tools, respectively. They both take a bit of learning, but are far easier than high-end software, and they’re both FREE!

While I’m researching the subjects of the ‘casts on the web, I use Evernote to clip the information I think I’ll use later. Then, once I’m ready to start brainstorming the essays, I use MindManager to play with the ideas and create a logical order to the ideas and information floating around my all-too-chaotic mind.

I am still working on the second podcast, and will get it completed in October, but thought I would take an hour or two and write a Halloween poem.

Hope you enjoy it!

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