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2009-05-29T23:51:00.001-06:00

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The Sea Witches Blog

2009-05-29T17:48:00.000-06:00

Fellow pagans and open-minded folk, please visit and support Wendy, the Sea Witch of Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Wendy does a lot of good things for homeless animals. She has also endured a lot of prejudice, not only as someone with alternative beliefs but as someone who lives with Aspberger's Syndrome. Whether your support takes the form of a positive comment or purchasing some of her artwork to support the feeding and care of homeless animals, it will be greatly appreciated.

The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-05-22T04:33:00.001-06:00

"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it’s lovely to be silly at the right moment."

-- Horace

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Wormwood

2009-05-02T02:52:00.002-06:00

I'm not trying to be a prophet of doom but this is interesting. I found it on the "Ghost Town" website featuring pictures and information about the town of Chernobyl, abandoned after the nuclear reactor accident.

In Ukrainian language ( where we don't like to say "the") Chernobyl is the name of a grass, wormwood (absinth). This word scares the holy bejesus out of people here. Maybe part of the reason for that among religious people is because the Bible mentions Wormwood in the book of the revelatons - which fortells the end of the world....

REV 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

REV 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Also, in our language, if you break the name up, "chorno" means "black" and "byl" means "pain."

Crown of Creation Chats

2009-04-17T08:47:00.001-06:00

http://www.friendfeed.com/…f-creation

Two Crown of Creation meetings planned. Sunday April 26 from 6-7 PM and Monday April 27 from 5-6 PM. Both times are US Mountain (UTC-7)

The Crown of Creation is a chat room for creative spirits. Discussions of favorite authors/artists/movies, our creative processes, busting through writers' block, whatever floats your artistic boat!

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Meet Me in the Rest Room

2009-04-17T08:40:00.001-06:00

http://www.friendfeed.com/…-rest-room

Chat planned for Tuesday April 21 from 5-6 PM US Mountain Time. (UTC-7)

The Rest Room is a general topics chat room. You can bring up anything you want, from the book to affiliate marketing to ??? It's a free-for-all! The only rule is courtesy.

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Transcript from Wednesday's Obsessed Asylum chat

2009-04-15T18:16:00.000-06:00

Read from the bottom up.
http://www.friendfeed.com/rooms/obsessed-asylum

You

“Hope to see some of you next time. We'll get the time thing figured out. And hopefully a few more participants! Later daze. Its time for Kitchen Nightmares.”

5 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Well, Me, it's been nice talking to myself. A credit to dementia.”

5 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I have gotten really off topic. But as usual...”

6 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I'm just glad my spectral friends don't need to eat. They'd end up with indigestion if I was doing the cooking!”

6 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Oh yay--Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is coming up! If he stepped into my kitchen, that would be a real nightmare! ;-)”

6 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Global warming is real. If we all don't change some things we're going to fuck our planet. And its the only one we have.”

8 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Weird weather we're having. Very warm and sunny today but it is supposed to snow by Friday.”

9 minutes ago - Comment - More

“And to issue this caution. Don't be afraid of ghosts. Most of them don't mean anyone any harm. But do exercise caution in contacting them. Because when you open the door, less savory things can step through too.”

9 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Well, lets see. I reckon maybe I should adopt a motto of some kind. Like the Ghostbusters motto maybe. "We're ready to believe you."”

10 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I'm either too stubborn or too stupid to quit. Or both.”

11 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Feel a bit bittersweet at the moment. Its like playing to an empty room. But you play anyway. And hope that eventually the word will get out.”

11 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Went out for a nice dinner with an old friend last night. Wish I had someone to go to dinner with tonight but I reckon I'll settle for a quesadilla. I know you care.”

12 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Even as jaded as I am, sometimes the readings will really amaze me.”

13 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I owe one person a reading for buying the book and am waiting on a check from another.”

14 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I'm back. Did you miss me?”

14 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Potty break...”

21 minutes ago - Comment - More

“We get a little weird around here if left to our own devices. Thats why it would be nice to have some of y'all step in and take us outside our own little insular group of nut wads!”

21 minutes ago - Comment - More

“But in all seriousness, its expending the energy to make a difference for others, to lessen the suffering in all worlds.”

22 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Some of these smart asses are cutting in with remarks like "It's booze! It's weed!"”

23 minutes ago - Comment - More

“It isn't being perceived as good looking. It isn't being rich. It isn't being "the greatest whatever." It isn't being adulated.”

23 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I am told that "you would be surprised what is found to be important when one has the perspective outside a body. It is not what you might expect."”

24 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I had to be guided not to cling to my Earthbound friends so much. I love working with them but was putting too great of a burden on them. And because several of them care about me (thank you!) they did not want to leave me alone. But I was stunting their healing.”

25 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Folks, it is necessary that we instead call on higher powers to fill these needs. These higher powers have boundless energy. They will not get drained like our Earthbound friends. They can give us what we need.”

26 minutes ago - Comment - More

“My friends do feel sad that there are people who desperately need guidance and companionship. These people take a liking to these friends and constantly call on them. Its sad because really the Earthbound spirits can't fulfill this terrible longing. And they feel awful because they can't.”

27 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Earthbound spirits often have a real need to make contributions that they feel will affect positive change in the world. This helps them heal and atone.”

29 minutes ago - Comment - More

You

“Contacts are generally about an hour at a time unless working with someone experienced who is able to "keep the door" open for longer. Usually both parties are focused on something.”

30 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Bon Scott came to him and said "don't worry, I'll help you." And they worked together for about an hour, according to Brian. I love that story. It puts chills up my spine--in a good way. Its also a really, really good illustration of how an Earthbound spirit works.”

31 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I'm sure a lot of you have heard Brian Johnson's account of how when he was working on Back in Black he started to have a lot of doubts and came to ask himself "what the hell made me think I could do this? What right do I have to do this?'”

32 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Generally speaking, I really like working with ghosts. It can be frustrating at times. Especially when I start to doubt.”

33 minutes ago - Comment - More

“The way to deal with most human spirits is the same way you deal with a living human. Be kind.”

33 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I explained to him that I in no way wanted him to depart and never return but that he couldn't constantly cling to me because it wasn't healthy for either of us. I explained that I liked him very much and loved working with him but we had to do it in a healthier way.”

34 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I experienced a bit of this with the Dead (protector personality) aspect of my friend's soul complex. He was so very lonely and unhappy that there was a period of time when he clung to the first sympathetic conduit that he came across--me.”

35 minutes ago - Comment - More

“If the spirit one is dealing with is basically a nice person, it can usually be explained to them that their constant presence becomes draining and is not healthy.”

36 minutes ago - Comment - More

“The problem is, such people can drain their incarnate contacts.”

36 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I find it necessary to point out that there are also spirits who take advantage of sympathetic humans. These people may or may not have been psychic vampires in life. Sometimes its simply a person who is recently dead and they are very, very unhappy and maybe somewhat frightened.”

37 minutes ago - Comment - More

“They love to work on creative stuff. If you're working on something and one of them steps in to help you out, its a really nice feeling. Plus its a give and take exchange rather than just one person taking from another.”

39 minutes ago - Comment - More

“The spirits I work with are mostly creative people. Probably because like attracts like.”

40 minutes ago - Comment - More

“So it is our duty as their friends not to drain them and to allow them to do their healing work.”

40 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Just like in life, some of these folks find it hard to say "no" when people are calling on them for help.”

41 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Here's the thing: an earthbound spirit is earthbound because he or she has stuff they still need to work out. They need to work on themselves, on healing, on their goals that they hope to accomplish.”

41 minutes ago - Comment - More

“We expect them to be available to us and bestow their mighty wisdom on us. we grant them demi-god status.”

44 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Seems to me we tend to have similar expectations of ghosts and celebrities.”

44 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I think this is a fair way to handle things. But if anyone has other thoughts, let me know.”

45 minutes ago - Comment - More

“That way when people have questions that are outside the scope of the reading they will receive when they buy their autographed copy, or are more in depth than just something really quick, they can bring it here and we'll discuss it.”

45 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Thing is, I do have some health problems and I get too drained if I just allow ad-lib contact. That's why I made this room.”

46 minutes ago - Comment - More

“There is a fine line of what I think I can reveal about the new book. I get excited when really new ideas come but I don't want to leak too much.”

47 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I was studying about Yggdrasil today.”

49 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Make that BY myself. This ain't that kind of chat room!”

49 minutes ago - Comment - More

“So, hot dawg! Eventually I will get some friends. In the meantime I guess I'll just play with myself.”

50 minutes ago - Comment - More

You

“I've been hammering on us incarnates about our tendency to expect our spirit friends to be omniscient and omnipotent. THEY ARE NOT! To put it bluntly, these people have issues, or they wouldn't be Earthbound. They need to work on these issues and we need to let them.”

32 minutes ago - Comment - More

Eh? - 63Mago

Oh gosh, didn't see you there! What I mean is that some folks expect spirits to have answers for them or special powers. They have a bit more perspective on certain things, but they don't necessarily have the answer one is seeking. And they certainly aren't omnipotent. They are just human beings. - You (edit | delete)

63Mago

“I think "celebrities" are just normal human beings that are treated and used by the media - and fullfill a certain need in society. I do not believe that they have anything in common with spirits.”

34 minutes ago - Comment - Like - More

Well, one day we'll all be spirits. Even Brad and Angelina! :-) - You (edit | delete)

“Celebrities?”

38 minutes ago - Comment - Like - More

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You

“But they are not demi-gods. They are just people. In fact, they are flawed people. Unlike me, of course. ;-)”

38 minutes ago - Comment - More

63Mago liked this

You

“Found myself wondering why these Norse types can't come up with easy names to spell. Like "Joe's place."”

43 minutes ago - Comment - More

Slögenkögen? - 63Mago

Heh--I couldn't spell that either without looking right at it! - You (edit | delete)

I am sadly deficient in knowledge of most languages. I can read Spanish but it takes me a while. - You (edit | delete)

You

“Let me address the issue of the new contact rules. I really hate having to come up with stuff like that. http://www.lilystrange.com/con...”

41 minutes ago - Comment - More

1 related entry from you

You

“Suspension between practical concerns and matters of the spirit learns the wisdom of secret teachings and hidden truths upon the quest with perfection of circumstances causing true joy.”

45 minutes ago - Comment - More

Hä? - 63Mago

Probably means more to me than to anyone else. To me it means that I am learning things I need to know and it will lead to positive feelings. - You (edit | delete)

You

“To expand, a sentence forms.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“I'm laughing because the hanged man means I'm sitting here waiting, the hermit means by myself. The three of cups indicates companionship. So I'm sitting here waiting for companionship.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“The cards are: the hanged man, the hermit, and the three of cups.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Here's an example of a yes-no Tarot reading. My question is, will I ever get enough members to have an actual chat going on here?”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“I've been working on some dream cycle chapters. Those are some of my favorites. Incarnate people meet interesting mythological beings.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Even if I got no-one else here I want to come up with some more interesting topics than my browser issues.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Don't know why, but when using Internet Exploder I have to POUND THE HELL out of the keys.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“AM SWITCHING TO FIREFOX!”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Ah gorry. I”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Not sure why but there's a real strong free-floating anxiety building up. That indicates for me that something is in the offing.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Doing a numerology. These are a little more confusing than a straight card reading”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

Uber Duh

2009-04-12T00:19:00.001-06:00

http://www.friendfeed.com/rooms/obsessed-asylum
CORRECTION: Next chat date is Wednesday April 15, not April 18! Sorry about that!

Transcript from tonight's Obsessed Aslylum chat

2009-04-11T19:02:00.001-06:00

Read from the bottom up.
http://www.friendfeed.com/rooms/obsessed-asylum

“Good night! Next meeting is Wednesday April 18 from 5-6 PM US Mountain time!”

6 seconds ago - Comment - More

“The new room description rules!”

2 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Well, I think I'll manage the room description and then I'm peace-ing out to eat my quesadilla.”

4 minutes ago - Comment - More

“When I'm a ghost, I need to have something to haunt. Any suggestions?”

5 minutes ago - Comment - More

“But most importantly, my quesadilla is ready.”

7 minutes ago - Comment - More

“One needs to pursue one's true passion. Pursuing what someone else chooses for you doesn't work and it will eventually kill you. Believe me, I know.”

7 minutes ago - Comment - More

“There are many stress-related diseases. Heart attacks, strokes, ulcers, even cancer. But also problems like adrenal crash can lead to worse problems, like Addison's disease. When I found that out I was thinking "hell, I'm a huge candidate for that!"”

7 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Being overworked and too drained: this isn't just about me, its about anyone who overworks themselves.”

9 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I actually try to live a very ethical life. But when it comes to how I live mine, I prefer to make my own rules, so long as they don't harm others.”

10 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I don't really hate my job but I do hate being at the mercy of others' rules.”

11 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I think I will go back to bed for a while when I get done here. My schedule is rough.”

11 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Why would anyone do something so ugly? It is an emptiness within the self.”

12 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I have the ability to sense people's emotions, and to know what to say to them based on this. I try to use this to help them, either to feel better or to be encouraged. But in the past, I am ashamed to admit, I have used this ability to really hurt people.”

12 minutes ago - Comment - More

“One must become aware, so one uses one's abilities for positive more often than negative outcomes.”

13 minutes ago - Comment - More

“But people who become extremely needy inadvertently (or deliberately) drain others to the point where they begin to suffer.”

14 minutes ago - Comment - More

“"Are you an energy vampire?" We all give and take with energy to a degree.”

15 minutes ago - Comment - More

“When my energies are drained and there are holes in my aura, I start becoming more paranoid too. Then my relationships with people suffer.”

15 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Any suggestions on how to do this without coming off like a rude ass would be much appreciated.”

16 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I always answer emails, but what I need to do is learn to put limits on being quite so freely available.”

17 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I also need to learn how to say no. I'm bad at that. Which is why I put this message up on my official site. http://www.lilystrange.com/con...”

18 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Like with most things I do, I'm pretty much self-taught with psychic matters. I have an innate ability to sense energies and communicate with spirits. But I learned on my own through trial and error (a hell of a lot of error) to make use of it.”

19 minutes ago - Comment - More

“For someone who deals in psychic matters, I really need to learn to protect myself better. People with disturbing energies or who are so needy that they become psychic vampires are especially disruptive to me.”

20 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I wonder about promoting this room--well, duh, I should put a big fat link to it on my home page. Uber duh!”

21 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I did start a new chapter this morning. Had to do a fair bit of research on the British rule in India for this one. But that's as much as I'm gonna leak!”

22 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Uh...crap! Forgot what I was going to say. I'm very tired most of the time. It makes it hard to focus.”

23 minutes ago - Comment - More

You

“I've got to say that I'm really not focusing--let me try to change that.”

24 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I'm not going to get discouraged though. It takes time to build something up.”

24 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Well Me, its been nice talking to myself, a credit to dementia...”

25 minutes ago - Comment - More

“Hey, me, I'm back! Did you miss me?”

25 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I'm gonna go put a Quesadilla in the countertop convection oven!”

27 minutes ago - Comment - More

“This is exactly the kind of update that my friend the business analyst abhors:”

28 minutes ago - Comment - More

“http://hipgnostic.blogspot.com... Here's my new essay on the Gnutty Gnostic blog. Just popped it off for ya!”

32 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I wish these phucquers with their cam-scams would quit bothering me on their Yahoo messenger. NO, I don't want to see your boobs! Ain't there a law about harassing people?”

33 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I don't think I lived there in a previous life. I don't get that sense. It was just really, really interesting. But I don't romanticize it. Tombstone in its heyday was very violent.”

50 minutes ago - Comment - More

“I have such a fascination with the history of Tombstone. I've actually looked at the idea of owning land around there. Not seriously because I'm totally broke. But when daydreaming.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“I would love to go hang out in Tombstone at night.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Watching a program on the Biography channel about the ghosts of Tombstone.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“Going to go begin my essay on sending energy. It isn't too late to join in and be part of the discussion, if you wish. Or if you come by later, feel free to post a comment.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“I was having trouble understanding this issue.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“I was enlightened today on how spirits can make themselves seem to be many places at once. They project positive thought at their targets. Thus they can make their energy felt in more than one place at a time. This ability is not unique to discarnate souls, but it is more easy for them to use.”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

“I'm here if anyone else is. Don't see anyone in the room but me yet!”

1 hour ago - Comment - More

Respect the Ghost

2009-04-11T18:08:00.004-06:00

I was enlightened today on how spirits can make themselves seem to be many places at once. They project positive thought at their targets. Thus they can make their energy felt in more than one place at a time. This ability is not unique to discarnate souls, but it is more easy for them to use.
What got me wondering about this was the fact that many people claim that my co-author is with them, sometimes for long periods of time. I'm thinking, well, he can't be with all y'all all of the time. I decided to ask him about this. He explained that if someone makes a (psychic) contact that he feels, he will usually send energy to them. He does make occasional visits to people, but neither he nor any other human spirit are going to be with any person for long periods of time unless they are working with the person on something or have a serious message to impart. It would simply take too much of their energy to keep focusing on being sensed that way. They get tired too, even though they don't have to sleep.
This makes me realize that we need to be considerate of our spectral friends. I have at various times in my life been desperate and clingy with them the way I've been at other times with incarnate people. Doing this drains their energy. Now I simply say hello to my spectral friends when I wake up and before I go to sleep, along with the Powers that Be. Sometimes one will pop in to say hello, but usually its just positive energy coming back at me, and I'm ok with that. When one of them is working with me on something, they'll be around for longer.
It isn't that they don't care, but like incarnate humans, Earthbound spirits have obligations. I am guilty of taking advantage of the kindness of my spectral friends at various times and calling on them to help me fix problems that I could fix myself, or that I should have called on higher powers to help me with. Earthbound spirits are not powers, they are people. Certain psychic abilities that we all have are easier for them to use, but they are not omnipotent nor omniscient. It is unfair of us to expect them to be.
It is better to call upon angels, elementals, higher spirits, or deities to help us with troubling issues. For our human spirit friends, we need to allow them to work on their own issues. Earthbound spirits are often troubled people who are trying to heal. We wouldn't walk into a rehab hospital and hound our brother, sister, or friend (I hope.) But yet we feel all right doing this to our discarnate friends.
I'm saying this as much to myself as anyone else because sometimes I've given my discarnate pals shit for "ignoring me" and this makes them feel bad. I'm the one that should feel like the horse's ass, though. Please forgive me, Guys. I just got enlightened to the truth today--and I've been talking to ghosts all my life.
We can all help each other heal better by sending each other positive energy and good thoughts, and then appreciating each other when we at last are able to take time out of our busy lives (and afterlives) and spend a little time together. The same rules apply to our living contacts. We need to appreciate--not drain--each other. We're all trying to heal and grow. Let's support each other in this.
I love and appreciate my friends, both living and in spirit.
As I like to say, though it's cliche, I mean it though:
"I love ya, Man!"

Check Yourself Before you Wreck Yourself!

2009-04-11T03:45:00.002-06:00

Push the glowing green Caution button to read the page I added to my website addressing the need to proceed with open-minded skepticism when working with spirits and and to never, ever, ever take at face value any entity claiming to be your "master" or your "lover." Unless the entity introduces itself as Master Bates, Sociopathic Supernatural Bisexual Gigolo from Fucktopia. Then by all means, damn the torpedoes, and full speed ahead!

How Much Separation of Church and State is there Really?

2009-04-05T19:31:00.003-06:00

This was a response to a friend who stated that she felt there really isn't as much separation of church and state in the United States as people tend to claim.
I hear you. The United States is very puritanical in many ways in spite of the blatant in-your-face displays of sex in films/TV/advertising. I don't want people trying to tell me what to believe either. I think spirituality is too personal.
The "Satanic Panics" about hard rock music did not happen in other countries. Only in the United States. Where people feel that its ok to force certain religious values on everyone else and people also don't understand theatrics. I'm not saying the US is as bad as for instance some Muslim countries in enforcing a certain religion but I fear some fundamentalist types would be happy to be that hardcore if they could get away with it.

Spiritual Disconnection

2009-04-03T06:13:00.001-06:00

This was a response to a friend's post on his blog.
Forgive any inane blather as I was unable to sleep all night (as I usually work nights) and now have to be somewhere at 8 AM. May I just say *&%$!
I like the term Attention Connection specialist. And I'm interested in the spiritual connection question. I find it easier to be connected to the higher power and to my own spiritual/psychic power when I don't have too much mental chatter going on. For some, meditation helps and for some its prayer, and I don't really think it matters much. Larry Dossey postulated a similar thing in his books about the healing power of prayer.
This world is very full of mental static and I think more and more people are becoming disconnected, not only from a higher power but from their own spirit. So there are a lot of people who are essentially zombies buzzing about like so many bees. Though I think bees are probably much more at peace than these folks. At some level we all need to be in touch with our spiritual nature. I know it distresses me when I start feeling like a hamster on a wheel. We have a world of harried, unhappy people due to this constant buzzing.
I hope that made some semblance of sense. Shoot...I hope I can pass the test I have to take this morning if I'm able to ramble on that incoherently!
I'm always impressed with the questions that you pose about these sort of things. They're really worth taking the time to ponder.

Righteous!

2009-03-24T18:43:00.002-06:00

Make your own Zing!

In case you were wondering how Jerry Falwell was doing in the afterlife, here's a picture update!

Repeat after me: Organized Religion sucks!

2009-03-20T17:59:00.002-06:00

This includes Wicca.

Because most Wiccans are just puritans who are fed up with Christianity. But they try to apply the same puritanical ideas to witchcraft.
I stumbled upon this Wiccan forum and I thought I'd just entered the Vatican with all the intolerance that assailed my brain! Plus the number of know-it-alls boggled the mind.
This is why if someone were invite me to join them for their Beltane or Christmas or Hannukah or whatever celebration, I just might, and I might even have a good time, but I ain't never joining your club.
This is why I'm a solitary mystic or Pagan who studies all religions and philosophies and incorporates what fits. I may never be able to be considered an adept, but at least I'm not constrained by any rules except the one we should all be follow. Treat each other with decency and courtesy, and don't be an asshole.
If someone who is interested in your particular philosophy approaches you with questions, it does NOT behoove you to act like a snob, mmmmkay?
If it's your way or the highway, I'm hitting the highway--to hell or wherever it may lead.
The one common threat I've found in all organized religion is intolerance. Which is why I despise organized religion.

Transcript from Haunted Outhouse session

2009-03-15T22:23:00.001-06:00

*The chat begins at the end of the document*

“Now I just reckon nobody will come to tea, so to speak, and I use it as an hour to brainstorm.”

13 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“But then I would be terribly disappointed if it didn't happen.”

13 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“Before getting on Lithium I often used to imagine the most magical of alliances happening. For instance I would imagine

someone wonderful coming in on a chat such as this one and some miraculous thing coming of the alliance.”

14 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“That is very important to me, more than I can convey.”

16 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“Its always hard to interpret a reading for oneself due to the inability to be objective. However my sense is that while

monetarily I may not be any better off I will get some satisfaction creatively.”

16 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“Summary: Strength sustaining the will and supporting the resolve, conveying the intention successfully to its destination

with joy replenishing the wellspring of creative abundance.”

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“The third card is the ace of cups. Joy replenishing the wellspring of creative abundance.”

18 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“The second card is the eight of clubs. Conveying the intention successfully to its destination.”

19 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“This is a basic three-card reading. The first card is the nine of clubs.Strength sustaining the will and supporting the

resolve.”

20 minutes ago - Comment - Like - Hide - More

“Always pay attention to jumping cards.”

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“The reading that I'm going to do comes right to the point. I'm going to ask a very basic question which is, will my finances

improve during this coming year.”

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“Let's see--I'm going to do a brief reading for myself to give an idea of the sort of thing I can do. I really have to revamp

my readings page at http://www.mysticvision.org/ because I want to offer a variety of services.”

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“It sucks that I probably will never get any co-conversants in my chat rooms. But on the plus side, knowing that no-one is

listening tends to make me very honest.”

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“Now here is a haunting that no-one wants. The falafel and hummus wrap that I ate for lunch around 4:00 this afternoon has

given me one heinous case of indigestion. Its sitting in my stomach like a rock, refusing to digest.”

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“Myself, I'd kind of like to feel the love while I'm alive. Or at least the evil glee of having a bunch of Bible thumpers

burning my books.”

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“My co-author says that posthumous fame is fine by him. But he can't exactly have any other kind! Smart ass ghost!”

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“I have this fear/hope that one day in the future the books will be discovered and get something of a cult following. That's

what happened to Lovecraft. Posthumous fame.”

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“both he and I had to deal with the disappointment that the story we created was not at all well received. But we are

creating a second one anyway because we're both assholes like that.”

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“He states that "they are now worshiping an image of someone who never was. Even when I, in all my various selfs, did live,

this thing that they imagine was a character. To worship this or any image is folly."”

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“He rolls his eyes when considering those who may have only just been born at the point when his life ended but who are just

discovering the phenomenon that was created in the music scene by himself and his contemporaries.”

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“Anyone with mediumistic abilities who chose to talk to my co-author at this point would likely be struck by how rational he

seems at this point. He has, in fact, healed a great deal.”

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“A place with such a negative energy would have a bad effect on someone who was psychically sensitive and also

psychologically troubled, such as my co-author.”

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“I have never been to this place and I do not know if that building still exists. However, as I sense energies from

photographs and film, I sensed an energy from that area. It was a negative energy.”

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“It doesn't matter if the building in which the incident took place exists any longer or not. The energy remains in that

spot.”

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“He in fact said that after about five days, he departed that place and has not been back since. However, this was such a

psychically powerful occurrence that it is likely a haunted place at this point. This energy will remain until dispelled.”

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“My spectral friend who wrote the book with me put it this way. "Why would I hang around the place where I ended my life and

relive that moment each day? That would be stupid! This is not something that I would ever do."”

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“A spirit is best described as the personality. Human spirits can be reasoned with about as well as they could have in life.

The basic personality doesn't change. Human spirits may hang about a place but contrary to popular belief, they are not

imprisoned there.”

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“The difference between a haunting and an autonomous ghost or spirit is most easily qualified thusly. A haunting is an

expenditure of emotional energy that was so powerful that it disrupted the atmosphere of the place where it happened. There

is no intelligent presence.”

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“The Scary but True program is on the Chiller network. They are investigating an old prison, Seacoast Theatre where a lot of

people died of illnesses such as tuberculosis.”

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2009-03-15T21:05:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/i5mrU

I will be in the Haunted Outhouse for the next hour if anyone cares to join me.

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-03-14T19:00:00.001-06:00

http://ping.fm/i5mrU Chat room for open minded types interested in the paranormal. Open 1hr tomorrow 6 PM MST.

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-03-03T22:51:00.001-07:00

Please read this article! It makes too much sense! http://ping.fm/NhJuB

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2009-02-28T18:04:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/6Y0mK and more ...

http://ping.fm/BJqpO

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-02-27T22:35:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/wJ3Si Recent blog post. Strong language and opinions.

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-02-27T22:31:00.001-07:00

I think its pretty hilarious that Adsense is putting all these Catholic oriented ads on my blogs which are decidedly mystic/metaphysical.

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-02-25T15:58:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/XxpS1 Latest Care2 Share describes my mission and gives links to ways you can help make it a reality

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-02-25T15:54:00.001-07:00

I keep an open mind about stuff. Its possible we could someday find a "lost continent" under the sea. Why not consider all possibilities?

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The Gnutty Gnostic

2009-02-25T14:56:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/VlJk7 Just created this page so there is only one entry thus far. Just Pandora, all by her lonesome.

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