First REAL Post

I've been contemplating a second blog where I can write mostly about druidic studies and anything I think is related, and decided to go for it today. I really debated it for a while because I prefer everything to be integrated in my life. But the additional thinking required for whether or not I should put something through the druid filter, separating parts of thoughts into public or private, etc., was getting in the way of my thought processes.

I have a lot going on now, especially having just added the 90% Reduction challenge. So most everything else will stay over in my LJ.

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Been doing tons of reading today and the first part of the week. Mostly The Archdruid Report (including his stories from last fall/winter), Casaubon's Book, stuff on Cyclone Gonu, and Earth Path stuff.

Tomorrow I need to spend most of my time offline. Way too much time online today, even though I learned a lot and thought a lot.

I'm thinking of doing another I Ching reading tomorrow. I did one yesterday... I'd been thinking of doing them daily, but really the I Ching is better suited (and so am I) to having more time between readings. Twice in one week, since yesterday's reading was a general "what's up?", is all right.

I'm not a big tool user, so it's an interesting experience using any tool more than a few times/year. Some good coming out of it though.... but in general my feeling about tools is that they're just there to help you focus on the work at hand.

I'm not much for regular formal rituals either (I'm more of a whatever feels right at the time person), but doing the SoP has been a good experience also. I try out different things, and how much time I spend on formalities generally depends on my schedule and how things are feeling that day. I like to be leisurely at times -- seems more polite, you know? Other times I have a lot of work to do, so I pretty much do the Elemental Cross and the SoP simultaneously, visualizing the deities, lines, rotating spheres, symbols, gates, awen circles, and intent at once. It's kind of like flying and/or like swimming underwater. Hm, not sure that explains it very clearly. One is grounded, but not burdened by the weight and worry of the world, even when that may be specifically what you're going to be working on.

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Today Carw Gwynt came into the house and as he was going up the stairs, something startled him. Said it was dark colored and flew very quickly, sort of toward our bedroom... could be we have new 'company'.

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That's it for now.