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Monsters Revisited

I had a pretty uneventful few days off. I finally found a copy of Mirrormask on saturday and loved it. Surreal and visually stunning.

I also started working on the basement on Saturday. My plan is to waterproof it this year and build my sanctuary. A toy and games room in the front and my library/alter in the back bedroom. I put up a bookshelf and a desk in the library and carted out most of the old furniture from down there. Physically exhausting.

I also got my books!! I started reading The Heart of Wicca on sunday night and find it a little "preachy" right now, but the writers make some valid points. My problem so far, and it's a conclusion that I came to a long time ago, is that religion exists for those who hold the beliefs but don't have the capacity to do the work, to become their own spiritual leaders. Sadly, most people need to be led. Now the catch 22: do we, the enlightened few, who complain about the butchery and misinterpretation of our spiritual paths, take the time to teach those who are willing to follow and dispel most of these misconceptions? Or do we turn further to solitary practice or smaller initiate groups? On the one hand, we risk diluting the spiritual experience, of turning it into a mere work-a-day religion. On the other, we remove our rights to publicly brow-beat the uninspired, under-educated masses. Personally, I don't talk about my spirituality outside the constructs of my blogs. I study quietly, and at my own pace, and I practice unobtrusively. I prefer not to have to deal with the inane questions, the "hollywood", pop-culture attitudes, the superstition.

Hmmm. Today's the day... Vera exciting.

posted by September @ 8:11 AM