tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949173349258617391.post868941281421673848..comments2023-11-02T09:50:27.072-04:00Comments on The Gods' Mouths: Claimed by the GodsFire Tashlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05277762340348719003noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949173349258617391.post-77737435623246414942009-03-09T16:17:00.000-04:002009-03-09T16:17:00.000-04:00Hi Winter,The way that I intended it in the articl...Hi Winter,<BR/><BR/>The way that I intended it in the article (and probably didn't come off too clear, lol), "Compulsion for service" allows for things like "I do the Work because I'm afraid of what will happen if I don't" because then you are really being compelled into doing it. I do think that doing the Work out of fear is more of a minority thing but it is enough to be of note and something that wannabe shamans/spirit-workers should keep in mind. The Gods love, but the Gods have funny ways of showing it. Heh...<BR/><BR/>And I totally agree about recons (which would be my religious tradition) missing the boat about the modern day.<BR/><BR/>-SiggyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949173349258617391.post-81451303241602411432009-03-09T11:22:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:22:00.000-04:00I really enjoyed your article and the way that you...I really enjoyed your article and the way that you've used modern mythology (the StarTrek pantheon if you will) to give context to what we as spirit workers do. I think that there is a strong tendency, especially but not exclusively among re-constructionists to ignore the accomplishments and surroundings of the world we live in today. <BR/><BR/>There is one point though that I had some problem with. You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"all of us get re-wired with the compulsion for service" <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that this is true. I think that some of us come to this work already wired for service, most of us get re-wired more or less, and some people do the work out of fear (RBK for instance has talked about doing the work because his Boss will kick his ass otherwise) or self interest. <BR/><BR/>Just my thoughts.Wintersong Tashlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09557607866207172124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949173349258617391.post-7757871102908019192009-03-09T08:47:00.000-04:002009-03-09T08:47:00.000-04:00I never thought about Sisko like an spirit-worker,...I never thought about Sisko like an spirit-worker, but you're very right with this, I see it very clear now(I have to rewatch DS9 :P).<BR/><BR/>I have found some people that see the God/Goddesses like friends or some type of "older brother". They don't have respect for Them, and they say that the God/Goddesses don't need this respect, that they honor Them like friends on the same status.... I can't tell them how wrong they are because they are close-minded to every vision that isn't their own.<BR/>Of course, they don't understand spirit-work or any kind of magic, so I don't spend my time trying to explain my own experiences to them because it's a total waste of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949173349258617391.post-61925134926871813502009-03-08T22:50:00.000-04:002009-03-08T22:50:00.000-04:00Thank you, Galina.And you touched upon it exactly ...Thank you, Galina.<BR/><BR/>And you touched upon it exactly - even as we are broken, we are loved in our brokenness. The Gods often have funny ways of showing Their love, and some come across as colder or "tougher" than others. But our struggle, and the need of the people, is never lost on Them, and nothing is wasted.<BR/><BR/>-SiggyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949173349258617391.post-48594373946004105262009-03-08T22:29:00.000-04:002009-03-08T22:29:00.000-04:00It is not popular or comfortable to think of our G...<I>It is not popular or comfortable to think of our Gods as Beings who love Their people and their home so much that They would take a handful of people and break them apart for the greater good, yet that is exactly what is happening.</I><BR/><BR/>Beautifully put. I often think that spiritworkers and shamans in the midst of that breaking process forget that they are immensely loved and cherished by Their Gods. The harm, the pain, the sacrifices, the struggle isn't something foisted off on us for the pleasure of any Being. It is necessary for a greater good. And the Gods number our every tear.Galina Krasskovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926374525306007900noreply@blogger.com