“If I reach in you will bite off my hand,” replied the fisherman. “I can cut the line though and let you go if you promise not to hurt me.”

Dear Mother, I loved you cause I should

My bed my own A retreat for my vessel Where it rests from weariness and ecstasy equal

To understand the path meant for you you have to understand all the things that have been presented thus far. And not just what was presented in this series alone, but also what was presented in the Foundations Series. To know your path is to know yourself and how you fit into the grand puzzle of existence. 

The Path Forward I cannot teach you how to get there. No one can. All I or any guide can do is help you light your torch. You have to carry it. You have to walk the path and do the work of balancing each component of your being.

But some of it isn’t just there for entertainment purposes. Some of it is there to protect a practice from dying out. By, in subtle ways, teaching others the basics around the practice.

While this sounds dramatic, it maintains accuracy for the discussion ahead. But before we unpack that we need to go through a few things. This post, I apologize in advance, will be long. I will try to break up sections into easily digestible formats.

The past happened. There is nothing we can do about that now. It is something we all have to live with, remember, and move forward from. We have to learn from the past. That is how we can start becoming something more rather than circling the drain of what we have been. 

When I say I am protecting my peace to someone else I’m not up and running. When I say it, I am about to let loose on them. What I’ve felt, observed, experienced, etc. They are going to know where I stand. They can choose to run or stand and settle up with me.

We now have a general understanding of the three basic styles of belief; animism, polytheism, and monotheism. But what have those led to in terms of the evolution of belief? Animism Animism led to simpler practices that were predominantly personal or locally communal in nature. The example given earlier was the “umbrella” term of shamanism. But animism is also the style that fostered the growth of folk traditions, Gaelic Fae traditions, Celtic Druidry, witchcraft, etc. Each o

Whether you want to say we started in Africa or Asia, the fact remains that we have been able to trace various nomadic routes across all continents. Today we are improving that with Genome and DNA testing showing where specific lineages originated as defined by Haplogroups.

In the last post, things could easily have gotten heated from the talk about appropriation. Appropriation is a huge buzzword in our society today and it is largely used unjustly. To understand appropriation we have to understand two other topics. Culture and Ancestry.