As for Feri, the Xtian mysticism I pretty much felt fine tossing out,
I have a reluctance regarding tossing things out, even when it's plainly obvious, as is the case with both Wicca and Feri, that a "tradition" is a recent invention. It's a hard thing to explain, why I feel this way, but it has something to do with the desire for an integral whole. If the inclusion of any one thing is arbitrary, if it may be discarded because I don't happen to like it, then everything seems, to me, equally disposable. And I begin to feel as if I'm merely creating my own new syncritization. Which wasn't what I set out to do when all this started. I begin to fear, though, I will be left no other option.
Again, something I've no use for, so I tossed it. Victor's supposed initiation is generally viewed nowadays to have been an astral thing, not so much something that happened on the physical plane (and I've heard that he often didn't clearly seperate such experiences from ordinary physical ones).
That's interesting. I've not encountered this explanation of Victor's "encounter" (but that's not surprising).
Also, I enjoy the individuality, and the freedom to decide on my own about things, figure out what works and what doesn't for myself.
This may come as a shock, but I have a fierce streak of authoritarianism. Indeed, I feel sometimes as though one could represent me as a tug-of-war between Individuality/Rebellion and Authority.
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I have a reluctance regarding tossing things out, even when it's plainly obvious, as is the case with both Wicca and Feri, that a "tradition" is a recent invention. It's a hard thing to explain, why I feel this way, but it has something to do with the desire for an integral whole. If the inclusion of any one thing is arbitrary, if it may be discarded because I don't happen to like it, then everything seems, to me, equally disposable. And I begin to feel as if I'm merely creating my own new syncritization. Which wasn't what I set out to do when all this started. I begin to fear, though, I will be left no other option.
Again, something I've no use for, so I tossed it. Victor's supposed initiation is generally viewed nowadays to have been an astral thing, not so much something that happened on the physical plane (and I've heard that he often didn't clearly seperate such experiences from ordinary physical ones).
That's interesting. I've not encountered this explanation of Victor's "encounter" (but that's not surprising).
Also, I enjoy the individuality, and the freedom to decide on my own about things, figure out what works and what doesn't for myself.
This may come as a shock, but I have a fierce streak of authoritarianism. Indeed, I feel sometimes as though one could represent me as a tug-of-war between Individuality/Rebellion and Authority.