Spiritual Mania

Last updated on: August 3, 2011 at 8:15 pm by John Halstead

Spiritual Mania 2011-08-03T20:15:19-05:00 John Halstead

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Okay, I have to tell you. I am going crazy. Since I started this blog, I have been trying to keep myself from blogging several times a day. I’m trying to space out my posts, so I don’t get burnt out and then ignore the blog for months like so many I see out there. But the fact is that right now, I am going through some kind of spiritual manic phase. I’ve decided that it coincides with the time of the year.

I celebrate the stations on the wheel of the year (I don’t like the term “sabbat”) one station later than other Neopagans. This is because of the seasonal lag here where I live with the Midwest. This means that the hottest day of the year is not the solstice in June, but closer to the traditional date for Lughnasadh. And nothing is being harvested August 1st here. That comes later, around the autumn equinox. And so on. So, what this means is that my Lughnasadh rite looks like a summer solstice rite, not a harvest rite.

I call it the “Burning Tide”. I commemorate the climax of the consummation of the union of the Oak King and the Summer Queen, the immolation of the Oak King (his le petite morte, if you will), and the beginning of the decline of the Oak King. Well, I feel like I am headed rapidly toward my own spiritual climax.

I’m going to be celebrating the Burning Tide with my family here in about a week and a half and my mind is buzzing with ideas.

First of all, I renamed the blog and decided to change the URLs too. Since I only had a half dozen posts, I just cut and pasted them below along with the dates of the original posts. I explained the new name in my last post. And I know I promised to talk about the ADF ritual in the next post, but there is so much I want to talk about:

1. I want to explain why I originally named the blog Temple of the Earth Mother. It seems like an inconspicuous pagan name, but it was unique for reasons I will explain in a future post.

2. I want to talk about the ADF ritual I went to last Sunday, on the heels of the Neo-Wiccan ritual with Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone.

3. I want to share with my rapidly growing spiritual bucket list.

4. I want to talk about nudity and the experience I recently had at Pagan Spirit Gathering with this.

5. I want to talk about this idea of gods as discrete beings that seems to be on the rise in Paganism, and idea of patron deities.

6. I want to share with you my ideas about ritual creation and what I learned from Steve Posch at PSG.

7. I want to talk about my family Burning Tide ritual (afterwards).

8. I want to talk more about silence, especially silence in nature.

9. I want to talk about involving ancestors in my spirituality.

10. And I want to share with you my plans to do a descensus averni ritual starting tomorrow.

See, I wasn’t kidding about the mania. Since the last one is the most urgent, I am going to talk about that in my next post.

Uncategorized

Lughnasadh

Midsummer

Previous Post

August 3, 2011

The New Name: The Allergic Pagan

Next Post

August 3, 2011 Descensus Averni Ritual

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Ritual Scripts Theology Uncategorized

Select a Month January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What was the name of the King who made Esther his queen?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Barnabas Jeremiah Ahasuerus Hezekiah