What are you think 2017 to 2020

[anunitu]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

Same old same old.

People head for the stars while rot festers on earth.

Humans!

Gotta love 'em.

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Same old same old.

People head for the stars while rot festers on earth.

Humans!

Gotta love 'em.

found

[volcaniclastic]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I found two morels today! Currently frying them in olive oil and garlic. A tiny, victorious forage.

[B. de Corbin]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high
I was thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie
Thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun

Same old same old.

People head for the stars while rot festers on earth.

Humans!

Gotta love 'em.

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I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high
I was thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie
Thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun

Same old same old.

People head for the stars while rot festers on earth.

Humans!

Gotta love 'em.

[anubisa]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I pulled my back again. The doctor is going to have the spine institute call me. I also went today to see my tattoo artist for a consultation. My fourth tattoo with my tattoo artist is going to be of my dog Trini Belle. It's going to be about 5 inches and on my right shoulder. We had to work some things out and I had to send him the picture by email so he could detail the picture. He's going to do my tattoo at the Tattoo Expo! It's going to be really cool!

[Shahaku]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

Good luck on the job! I'm very sure you will do great on it! On the coven issue, what kind of coven do you think you are going to start?

I want to explore the relationship between the lay and monastic community and how it can be applied to pagan communities. The way we're mostly set up now, if you want any sort of formal training, you have to join a coven and go on the path of becoming a priest/ess. I've seen people flat out say that you can't be pagan and not be a priest/ess. We're sorely lacking in monastic groups willing to support our lay community. That means members of our community who don't feel able to commit to coven level involvement end up being solo and sometimes (probably often) have gaps in their knowledge or experiences.

So I want to build a coven who is a monastic group supporting our local lay community at whatever level they are willing to go. It wouldn't be that different than a CUUP's group with the leadership team, accept that CUUPs has to answer to a local church. That create's issues with funds, leadership roles, access, etc.

In general, we're grateful to the UU for providing us with a free place to meet, but we often feel like a third wheel to the church community, and that they sometimes view us as inferior. That could totally be a local problem with our particular church, but it is a problem in our community.

One way to address all that is to start a coven that would serve a similar function but also would be independent of the restrictions that are involved with being part of the UU.

You'll kill it, I have faith in your abilities.

There's a UU Church in Jackson that has a coven connected to it however I've reached out to them to find out about open rituals and just general information because I would enjoy participating in group rituals but the High Priest really couldn't give me derivatives besides he allowed his coven members to worship whatever pantheon they wanted. So I've decided to stay solitary for a while longer.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm sorry that your local CUUPs High Priest isn't particularly helpful or isn't what you need. I recently joined a group online called Spells of Magic. They have various online covens. I'm not sure it'll work out for me, but I thought it was worth looking into since I haven't really been satisfied with local groups. Maybe if I do go ahead with the above, though that's probably at least a year or so off.

[MaskedOne]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

His exact words were "no I allow my members to choose their own as long as it's not a evil or dangerous path" Like that's how he lead off, and it really really rubbed me wrong that he used the words "ALLOWS his members", and I guess he has that mind set because he is the high priest of the coven that he set up. I should have asked for clarification if he allows them to worship who they want during say full moon ritual but has a set pantheon for ritual but I was trying to quickly exit the conversation. But what you are describing is basically what I envisioned.

I was really looking for an established coven and thats not what I got from him.

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I'm....

Yeah, I got nothin. I mean sure, sure within the ritual space, allowing or disallowing is both relevant and appropriate. A ritual to honor Zeus does not need random Gospel music and one could argue that past a certain point, a given space does not need to be shared by multiple pantheons at all so a given space dedicated toward the Powers of Olympus should never actually see the aforementioned random Gospel music. Outside the ritual space things get murkier. What baffles me is that at first glance, this guy appears to believe that he has the authority to allow or disallow outside the ritual space but can't be assed to use it in the ritual space where it clearly should be used. I'm just confused.

[kalynraye]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

Does the bold mean what I think it does?

If it does then I really want to know what a group ceremony where you have a devotee of the Aztec gods, a Christo-Pagan, a Hellenic Recon and one or two Heathens (and yes, I'm pulling pantheons out of thin air for my example) all in the same ritual space would look like.

His exact words were "no I allow my members to choose their own as long as it's not a evil or dangerous path" Like that's how he lead off, and it really really rubbed me wrong that he used the words "ALLOWS his members", and I guess he has that mind set because he is the high priest of the coven that he set up. I should have asked for clarification if he allows them to worship who they want during say full moon ritual but has a set pantheon for ritual but I was trying to quickly exit the conversation. But what you are describing is basically what I envisioned.

I was really looking for an established coven and thats not what I got from him.

[MaskedOne]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

You'll kill it, I have faith in your abilities.

There's a UU Church in Jackson that has a coven connected to it however I've reached out to them to find out about open rituals and just general information because I would enjoy participating in group rituals but the High Priest really couldn't give me derivatives besides he allowed his coven members to worship whatever pantheon they wanted. So I've decided to stay solitary for a while longer.

Does the bold mean what I think it does?

If it does then I really want to know what a group ceremony where you have a devotee of the Aztec gods, a Christo-Pagan, a Hellenic Recon and one or two Heathens (and yes, I'm pulling pantheons out of thin air for my example) all in the same ritual space would look like.

[kalynraye]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I started a new job this week. Back in central sterile, mostly I'll be doing endoscopes. I'm going to be a lead tech, so I'll be coming in basically in charge of one location's CS department. Where I'm training at now, it sounds like it's a bit of a cluster. Nobody out there is really doing things the way they're supposed to. Skipping steps, etc. I'm getting nervous, cause if I'm responsible for getting them back in shape I'm probably going to be in the midst of a tense workplace for awhile.

On another note, I've been tempted to start a coven of sorts lately. It's been on my mind a lot. Idk. I might try it.

You'll kill it, I have faith in your abilities.

There's a UU Church in Jackson that has a coven connected to it however I've reached out to them to find out about open rituals and just general information because I would enjoy participating in group rituals but the High Priest really couldn't give me derivatives besides he allowed his coven members to worship whatever pantheon they wanted. So I've decided to stay solitary for a while longer.

[anubisa]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I started a new job this week. Back in central sterile, mostly I'll be doing endoscopes. I'm going to be a lead tech, so I'll be coming in basically in charge of one location's CS department. Where I'm training at now, it sounds like it's a bit of a cluster. Nobody out there is really doing things the way they're supposed to. Skipping steps, etc. I'm getting nervous, cause if I'm responsible for getting them back in shape I'm probably going to be in the midst of a tense workplace for awhile.

On another note, I've been tempted to start a coven of sorts lately. It's been on my mind a lot. Idk. I might try it.

Good luck on the job! I'm very sure you will do great on it! On the coven issue, what kind of coven do you think you are going to start?

[Sean R. R.]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I started a new job this week. Back in central sterile, mostly I'll be doing endoscopes. I'm going to be a lead tech, so I'll be coming in basically in charge of one location's CS department. Where I'm training at now, it sounds like it's a bit of a cluster. Nobody out there is really doing things the way they're supposed to. Skipping steps, etc. I'm getting nervous, cause if I'm responsible for getting them back in shape I'm probably going to be in the midst of a tense workplace for awhile.

On another note, I've been tempted to start a coven of sorts lately. It's been on my mind a lot. Idk. I might try it.

Congrats on the new job! Sounds tough but I'm sure you can pull it off.
Coven stuff has been on my mind for a couple of years now, but as a Satanist, presiding a more generic witchcraft/occult coven just seems like something many people would not be on board with.

[Shahaku]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

I started a new job this week. Back in central sterile, mostly I'll be doing endoscopes. I'm going to be a lead tech, so I'll be coming in basically in charge of one location's CS department. Where I'm training at now, it sounds like it's a bit of a cluster. Nobody out there is really doing things the way they're supposed to. Skipping steps, etc. I'm getting nervous, cause if I'm responsible for getting them back in shape I'm probably going to be in the midst of a tense workplace for awhile.

On another note, I've been tempted to start a coven of sorts lately. It's been on my mind a lot. Idk. I might try it.

[anubisa]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

Well I finally found a place in Charleston that does the lap band surgery and takes Medicaid and Medicare insurance. Lap band is pretty much my only surgery option because of my medicine issues. I got an appointment and will be going to see the doctor on June 4th. I am hoping the doctor will give me some hope. I know it's not just about getting the surgery, it's a lifestyle change. However, I really need some help. I've tried a lot of things and I hope this will go through.

[anubisa]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

Sounds like depression.

Not to intrude on your personal life, but medication mostly works for my issues.

It's okay. You're not intruding. Thing is that I'm taking depression medication. Maybe I need to talk to schedule a visit with my doctor.

[Juniper]

Re: Whatcha thinking about now? (v2)

Found the #homecoming section on Tik Tok. Spent half an hour crying at all the reunion videos.