Earth & Magick

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…

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.

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.

Last weekend I made my own cape. I was VERY nervous ’cause the last time I used a sewing machine it took me a long time to get all the damn thread out of my thumbnail. This time I got away with only a smashed finger!

The cape is black, took 6 yards of material, a LOT of bias tape (I now know what bias tape IS) and 10 hours of work (I was determined to get the damn thing done in 1 sitting). Many thanks to Jen and James for the use of their equipment and their patience. But, you know what? I thought sewing was all about sewing. Nooooooooo! It’s all about pinning! No one told me about all the damn pinning! 42 feet of bias tape takes a LOT of pinning! Still, no blood was shed, although it took a whole 6-pack to get through the ordeal.

I’m gonna look GOOD for Samhain! And if I screw up, it’s going to be hard to find me in the dark…

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Also, I Mobified the blog, to make it easier for mobile users to see. Y’all make up almost 10% of the listeners! Thank you!

Well, of course! Some people will listen to ANYTHING. Still, I’m pleased that 99 downloads have occurred. Thank you! I hope to do better job of the show as this ‘cast continues. Please let me know what works, and what doesn’t and I’ll respond as I can.

Meical