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Twilight’s Insights: A Weekly Kaleidoscope of Magical Perceptions Post
***This is a topic that may incite some anger in some people, so I want to start this post by reminding everyone that not only do I welcome your opinions and your discourse, it must be handled with respect for anyone you are speaking to, yourself included. Sometimes I will post my opinion or something I believe to be fact, and some of you might disagree. This post may be one of those times. Remember that each of us has a different perspective and we must not belittle one another.***
So, can we have a conversation? A real one? This topic is near and dear to my heart, and I saw some things on the interwebs today that reminded me of it, so I thought I would make my Twilight’s Insights post about it.
First off, a little background on my personal perspective , path, and belief system:
I am an Eclectic Omnist Kitchen Witch. Basically, I think everyone is right, noone is wrong, all religions are simply a different cultural point of view on the same subject matter. I come from an atheist family, so tend to lean heavily to the side of cynicism and science, and don't go for the fluffy bunny woo-woo that some do (I don’t mean that in an insulting way). I don’t do reiki, or energy work, or pyramids and aliens. If there are ghosts, I sure can’t see or hear them, but I do believe I MAY have seen the havoc a mischievous one has caused. I don’t do rituals, but have been known to cast a spell here and there. I mostly do talismanic work, using sigils or making jewelry that I load up with intent. I don't believe in reincarnation or karma or go in for past life studies. I seriously question all that manifestation and vibration stuff. I love this planet, and want it to endure, and am fairly certain that there is more out there than I can see or have evidence of. I am fascinated by all forms of divination. Art is my religion more than being a witch is, but it is also part of my religion to do art, and part of my art is to do religion.
All that being said, I also believe that magick and science have a thin line between them. I have issue with pseudoscience being passed off as fact, but will happily accept it after I can see thorough studies have been made and the science behind it proven. My magickal life is one filled with suspended disbelief and a heavy, heavy helping of cynicism and critical thinking. Do I believe that certain crystals have special magickal properties that can affect us? Mmmmaybe. I like to think they do, but the science isn’t there yet. I will operate under the assumption that science will catch up, eventually. Same for ghosts and energy work. It’s hard, with magick, because so often we cannot see positive, immediate results when we work our crafts. I keep my feet firmly on the ground. It’s why, early on when I joined this group, many of my posts were comments on other people’s posts, panicking about things like spells and whatnot being posted without any warnings about what dangerous herbs they might have contained, or with little thought to the level of understanding our readers may or may not have on the subject matter.
Our spirituality is very important to all of us. But I hope that we do not become spiritual fanatics, mirroring the blind acceptance of those in other religious groups. Just because something says it is pagan or magickal or Wiccan, does not make it so. Each of us has a responsibility to decide what we will or will not accept is true. There are people out there who will use us and our blind acceptance to take advantage of us in a variety of ways. There’s charlatan readers out there, in all forms of divination, who will tell you whatever it is you WANT to hear, as long as you pay the fee. There are people out there, The David Avocado Wolfe -s of the internet world, who take advantage of the rise in new-age thinking, and try not only take your money by selling products that will do absolutely nothing to help you (‘earthing’ sheet sets that connect your sheets to the ground so you can ‘earth’ in your sleep - only $250.00!) while with the other hand promote bad science and flat out fake science as fact and the way to be spiritual. They fill your feeds with fun catchy memes and feel-good affirmations, but for every three or four innocent posts, there’s the ones that that aim to steer you toward a rabbit hole of deceit.
Remember, my friends, that we must never set aside our brains and give up critical thought. Don’t believe everything you read, at least, not on the first read.
Don’t even take MY word for it!
Think for yourselves, grow both spiritually AND intellectually.
Twilight’s Insights: A Weekly Kaleidoscope of Magical Perceptions Post
***This is a topic that may incite some anger in some people, so I want to start this post by reminding everyone that not only do I welcome your opinions and your discourse, it must be handled with respect for anyone you are speaking to, yourself included. Sometimes I will post my opinion or something I believe to be fact, and some of you might disagree. This post may be one of those times. Remember that each of us has a different perspective and we must not belittle one another.***
So, can we have a conversation? A real one? This topic is near and dear to my heart, and I saw some things on the interwebs today that reminded me of it, so I thought I would make my Twilight’s Insights post about it.
First off, a little background on my personal perspective , path, and belief system:
I am an Eclectic Omnist Kitchen Witch. Basically, I think everyone is right, noone is wrong, all religions are simply a different cultural point of view on the same subject matter. I come from an atheist family, so tend to lean heavily to the side of cynicism and science, and don't go for the fluffy bunny woo-woo that some do (I don’t mean that in an insulting way). I don’t do reiki, or energy work, or pyramids and aliens. If there are ghosts, I sure can’t see or hear them, but I do believe I MAY have seen the havoc a mischievous one has caused. I don’t do rituals, but have been known to cast a spell here and there. I mostly do talismanic work, using sigils or making jewelry that I load up with intent. I don't believe in reincarnation or karma or go in for past life studies. I seriously question all that manifestation and vibration stuff. I love this planet, and want it to endure, and am fairly certain that there is more out there than I can see or have evidence of. I am fascinated by all forms of divination. Art is my religion more than being a witch is, but it is also part of my religion to do art, and part of my art is to do religion.
All that being said, I also believe that magick and science have a thin line between them. I have issue with pseudoscience being passed off as fact, but will happily accept it after I can see thorough studies have been made and the science behind it proven. My magickal life is one filled with suspended disbelief and a heavy, heavy helping of cynicism and critical thinking. Do I believe that certain crystals have special magickal properties that can affect us? Mmmmaybe. I like to think they do, but the science isn’t there yet. I will operate under the assumption that science will catch up, eventually. Same for ghosts and energy work. It’s hard, with magick, because so often we cannot see positive, immediate results when we work our crafts. I keep my feet firmly on the ground. It’s why, early on when I joined this group, many of my posts were comments on other people’s posts, panicking about things like spells and whatnot being posted without any warnings about what dangerous herbs they might have contained, or with little thought to the level of understanding our readers may or may not have on the subject matter.
Our spirituality is very important to all of us. But I hope that we do not become spiritual fanatics, mirroring the blind acceptance of those in other religious groups. Just because something says it is pagan or magickal or Wiccan, does not make it so. Each of us has a responsibility to decide what we will or will not accept is true. There are people out there who will use us and our blind acceptance to take advantage of us in a variety of ways. There’s charlatan readers out there, in all forms of divination, who will tell you whatever it is you WANT to hear, as long as you pay the fee. There are people out there, The David Avocado Wolfe -s of the internet world, who take advantage of the rise in new-age thinking, and try not only take your money by selling products that will do absolutely nothing to help you (‘earthing’ sheet sets that connect your sheets to the ground so you can ‘earth’ in your sleep - only $250.00!) while with the other hand promote bad science and flat out fake science as fact and the way to be spiritual. They fill your feeds with fun catchy memes and feel-good affirmations, but for every three or four innocent posts, there’s the ones that that aim to steer you toward a rabbit hole of deceit.
Remember, my friends, that we must never set aside our brains and give up critical thought. Don’t believe everything you read, at least, not on the first read.
Don’t even take MY word for it!
Think for yourselves, grow both spiritually AND intellectually.
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