Ursus
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More money + more power = yeah baby!
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My personal theory is that it has to do with the Republican primaries.
Pat Robertson and the Republican primaries have a certain connection these days. I really doubt the libertarians and the moderates will win the party back from the neocons.
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I have a Pentacostal Cousin who says much the same thing. Must be what Pat Robertson is telling his flock.
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Having officially Come of Age, Lost Warrior now spends her free time worshipping her naked body with oils and scents.
We can rest assured this is one Mystery our enterprising archaeologist, Pantagathus, shall judiciously investigate.
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Co-workers, suck. I know. Especially the umedicated, super deranged bi-polar women, of which there seem to be no end these days. But get in good with your bosses; if they like you then what your co-workers think of you is irrelevant.
I never liked the Cauldron. There are forums on MySpace, Livejournal and Yahoo you may wish to explore.
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What's up, doc?
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We shall miss you. May you be safe and happy in those months.
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To me, the song isn't really anti-god so much as its an expression of that terrifying point at which you've lost your basis for reality.
This is why I've become anti-philosophical to some extent in the last few years. The more developed the worldview, the harder is falls when it is finally shattered. When I was in my early twenties I studied a lot of religions and philosophies, and none of them seemed a a good map to "reality." I prefer to keep to a very few general principles and go through life with a practical eye on a case by case basis. Make the Map as you go along, I suppose.
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My Christian upbringing was nominal at best, so I left it with a minimum of rancor. I can understand why people with a more serious upbringing could feel betrayed.
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Good luck with your period.
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Well that's tragic, Flavius, and I am sorry. But the fact is 99% of Americans had never heard of your country before Americans started coming home in body bags from it. Its geopolitical significance was no where near the industrial centers of West Europe and Asia, and consequently a lot of armchchair students of geopolitics feel the American government should never have committed itself to its defense in the first place.
I don't apologize for thinking in terms, not when my father could have easily been sent there to die. Cheers.
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I actually preferred Kennan's original containment thesis - keep Communism out of the industrial centers of Europe and Asia, but don't worry about eradicating it from every corner of the globe. When we strayed from that original thesis, we got bogged down in idiot third world countries.
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Maybe Dell is the way to go, then. I am using a seven year old Gateway, and thinking of getting something else.
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I do wish you luck. I'm sure we;ll be calling you professor.
My birthday is actually the day after that. When I have a drink I'll toast your success.
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Seems like a durable item.
After working at a call center for the last 3 years, I have developed an aversion to cell phones, and refuse to have one.
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They are a bunch of Huns!
Wealthy Huns. They are the economic backbone of Italy, and they know it.
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I thought the sun wheel had four spokes instead of six, like a chariot wheel. At least, from what I've seen, most wheel coins from Thrace to Gaul had four spokes, which I assume is for a sun god who rides a chariot.
The four spoke is much more universal, but in the region of the Alps it seems a 6 spoke wheel was used. It is called "the sun of the Alps."
In fact, secessionists in Northern Italy, who promote their Celtic heritage at the expense of Roman heritage, actually use that symbol as a flag for their proposed independent state of "Padania."
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The Celtic sun wheel? I know it as a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign...
Well, before the Amish used it for a hex sign, the Celts were using it as a solar symbol. Given your Celtic interests, I thought you knew.
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I just light scented tea candles. Perhaps not the most traditional offering, but with my present living arrangements it is a lot easier to clean up than charcoal and incense.
Hey, I've noticed you have been using the Celtic sun wheel for your forum avatar. ANy special story behind that?
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'Pagan' has such an irreligious connotation to me...
And not to mention the term is essentially meaningless these days, given the variety of strange postmodern groups that have usurped it. :bash:
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I always did wonder why you weren't devoted to Poseidon, but I figured you had your reasons.
Congratulations. I don't think the Earth Shaker has many followers these days, but quality over quantity, I say, and he certainly has quality in the likes of you, my friend.
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Indeed.
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I suggest combining activities to save time.
sleep and/or rest + go out into the garden and play in the dirt == sleep in the dirt.
have a pot of tea + take a walk = drink tea while walking
eat + play with Bella the Feline = eat Bella the Feline (in a playful manner)
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I explored LaVeyan Satanism before coming to Paganism. Like Nephele I thought those 11 rules made good sense. La Vey basically combined Nietzsche with Rand and added the the theatrics of the Devil concept to make a "new" philosophy of rational hedonism.
Rational hedonism is not such a bad guide to life. There are certainly worse.
I don't like most of the LeVeyans I have met, though. Most of them are pretentious as hell, and if you have an inkling at all toward a belief in deity they think you are insanely stupid.
Pagan Pride (and a few other things)
in Lost_Warrior's Blog
A blog by Lost_Warrior in General
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I hope you find a sense of community you're seeking. Neopaganism is a lot more common than it was even a few years ago. Every college that isn't specifically Judeo-Christian will probably have a pagan club.