Re: 5 spiritual ingredients was Re: Burning Times

In article <3nu2f2F3a71dU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
janet <janetifimust@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nuala wrote:
> > In article <3nojqiF29rc3U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > janet <janetifimust@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Nuala wrote:
> >>> In article <3nmd25F287tuU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>> janet <janetifimust@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
> >>>> Missing - a woman?

> >>> These would be a few of my spiritual ingredients, and I'm quite
> >>> certain that at least one of the things that I am is female. <g>

> >> Yessss..... but are you in, or outside, the system?

> > I'm not convinced that this question has any meaning for me. Er?

> > I *am* the system.

> Nodding - with that I would in some sense agree but you are also an
> observer of the system, are you not?

I'm struggling to interpret the dichotomy, janet.

> Is it not necessary at times to be able to step back and survey?

You're asking the person for whom journeying is a part of every day life
whether they use crow magic?

But the crow is also the system.

I wonder if a Pratchett reference is called for here...

'She Borrowed. You had to be careful. It was like a drug. You could ride
the minds of animals and bird, steering them gently, seeing through their
eyes. Granny Weatherwax had many times flicked through the channels of
consciousness around her. It was, to her, part of the heart of witchcraft.
To see through other eyes...' - Lords and Ladies

> >> Is not a woman inside it needed for balance?

> > 'Needed'?

Where's the need?

> >> Don't bother - I know your answer will be, "Yes". :)

> > And, naturally, no. <eg>

> Well, yes. :)

And no. <smiles>


NP: QOTSA, Little Sister

~Love and blessings~

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