tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85002019378179942682024-02-06T20:19:35.918-08:00The Faerie Faith DruidSeamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007933552679807867noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500201937817994268.post-39903112021397718082014-12-05T19:48:00.003-08:002014-12-05T19:48:26.875-08:00Faerie Faith Origins <h4>
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How I got involved</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I was introduced to paganism and witchcraft sometime in 1985, when I met Chris at an SCA event. Actually, it would be more correct to say that my friend D. met Chris and I happened to be there. She (Chris) said once, that at first she thought I was a regular jock, but by the end of the event she said I was an "Old Soul". Pretty cool. When D. told me that Chris was a Witch, I remember how I told him to stay away, that Witches were "Evil"! Ironic.</span><br />
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How I ended up in The Faerie Faith</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I remember, when reading Drawing Down the Moon, that I really felt a connection to the Dianics. Only one problem - I'm a guy. and a straight guy, at that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">So it was kismet that, </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">through some of the same SCA friends, that I joined up with them and a teacher of the Faerie Faith, a Dianic tradition. We formed The Garden Club. It was one of the most influential 5 years of my life.</span></span></div>
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What is the Faerie Faith? </span></h4>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Faerie Faith is a Mystery School descended from The McFarland
Dianics (More on that later) basing studies on The Huna System (The Secret
Science), The Celtic Mystery Trees, and belief in the Faerie Folk, (including
studying their Lessons.) For more info, a good place to start is <a href="http://www.faeriefaith.net/WhatisFF.html"><span style="color: #993322; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Linda's Faerie Faith page</span></a>.
I'll also post a lot more on this very subject in a future blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">It all started in 1970... Well, actually the timing is a bit unclear to me. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">I have heard from different sources various timelines. It started with Mark Roberts, seen here with my teacher, Epona: </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mark was part of, or started, a couple different traditions in Texas, mainly Hyperborea, and the MacFarland Dianics. Mark shows up in the classic book, Drawing Down the Moon, and looking back on it, it was his writings on the Dianics that drew me to them. (It's amazing that I ended up learning from Epona.) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">I have heard, from a very reliable source, that Mark and his group were in contact with Thomas Maughan to start a </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Druidic group in Texas. (This may have been the start of Hyperborea.) We also know that Mark was, at one point, married to one of Gardner's New Forest coven High Priestesses. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Mark left her, or they split up in some manner, and Mark met and later married Epona. With Epona, they started teaching The Faerie Faith. </span></span>According to our lore, Mark had learned The Faerie Faith from Margaret Lumely-Brown, who gave him the Tenets (discussed in detail <a href="http://faeriefaithdruid.blogspot.com/2013/01/tenets-of-faerie-faith.html" target="_blank">over here </a>.) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As mentioned above, he also supposedly studied with The Arch Druid, Thomas Maughan. We were also told that there are connections to old OBOD. (By 'old OBOD', I mean OBOD back before Phillip Carr-Gomm was the chosen chief.) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, in speaking with Rhuddlwm Gawr of Dynion Mwyn, Mark had also spoken with, or learned from Rhuddlwm (in some shape or manner) about Welsh Witchcraft. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">When Epona and Mark broke up, Epona took The Faerie Faith and built on it, adding in The Huna work, and further developing the Tree mysteries. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">In the mid to late 80s, The Garden Club was started, and over a five year period, we studied The Faerie Faith as a mystery school, learning the mysteries as well as much practical and metaphysical lore and applications. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">The Faerie Faith is a Dianic system, often with reverence to one Feminine Deity. (However, many Goddesses and aspects of Goddesses are revered and show up in our lore.) This can be tied back to Mark's work with starting the MacFarland Dianics. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">The ritual framework reminds me of Gardnerian style rituals, with the Faerie Faith being a Witchcraft tradition. This could be related to Mark being a Gardarian high Priest (or at least being married to a Gardnerian at one point), or it could tie back further in the lore - it is hard to say. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">The Faerie Faith uses the Celtic Mystery trees as framework for the Mysteries, the cycle of the year, and understanding of the energies of the year. This both ties back to Hyperboria, but also was further developed by Epona. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much of our lore of the celtic trees originated with Robert Graves' The White Goddess. It was later expanded upon, and clarified through much study. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem here is that Graves' work on this, and much of the work on the celtic trees is not seen as 'authentic' and the idea that the celts themselves had a tree calendar has been discredited by many. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, we know that it works. Through our studies we see the reality in the poetry. (We'll look at that in much more detail over many blog posts.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot of effort has been put forth to discredit Mark and his claims. You can read much of it And much doubt has been thrown on the validity of The Faerie Faith as a spiritual tradition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, as a student of The Faerie Faith, I find it is extremely important to ask, How does this effect my path? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not, "Was it made up?", not "Is my path false?", not "Does that mean this is all invalid?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I must ask - How does this effect me? Here and Now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me side track a minute (not really). Recently, I was listening to a conversation between the Chosen Chief of OBOD, Phillip Carr-Gomm, and The Grand Arch Druid, John Michael Greer. on the topic of Authenticity and Validity. (Excellent conversation - you can hear it here: <a href="http://www.paganmusic.co.uk/druidcast-a-druid-podcast-episode-68/" target="_blank">Druidcast 68 </a>.) Basically it boils down to this: Because a system is Authentic (really really old in most cases), doesn't mean it works. And a system that works doesn't have to be ancient. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to John Michael Greer, and I agree wholeheartedly, "...In fact, a tradition can be gray with the dust of centuries and completely useless. And in fact, a tradition that was made up over pizza last Thursday, can be a powerful valid system of spiritual development." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I come back to my question - How does our lore about Mark effect my path? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I know that the system we use works. It works damn well. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does it matter if Mark "Made it up"? Nope. Something I like to tell my students, is that all religion is "Made up." Someone made it all up (or if you like, it was 'revealed to them') at some point in time. See my brief note on this <a href="http://towardsanewtheology.blogspot.com/2014/04/towards-new-theology.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does it really matter if Gerald Gardner made it up, or Doreen Valiente, or Margaret Lumely-Brown? Does it really matter if it was instead Mark or Epona (or even me)? I find the answer to be no. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's nice to have those big names in the Lineage, but none of that makes it any more or less valid. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, what if Mark 'stole' the traditions? According to others, even the lessons of the Faerie Faith were taken from magazine articles. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK, so what? Does that mean they are any less valid? Any less moving? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Michael Greer talks about this in the above podcast. He says, and I love this comment, "Spiritual traditions always grow by theft. The oldest magical-spiritual tradition in the world is that of stealing anything that isn't nailed down and carrying a crow-bar for the things that are." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, we have The Faerie Faith. A Mystery Tradition that I find to be completely valid and transformational.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lore is that the system came from the Great Arch Druid Thomas Maughan (as mentioned above) and the successor to Dion Fortune, Margaret Lumely-Brown. That we have some connections to the old OBOD (More likely The Druid Order), and have a system of study based on the Celtic Mystery Trees. We could even have a direct line, from Epona to Mark to one of Mark's Ex's to Ol' Gerald.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of this is some great history, and part of our own shared mythology and lore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is important to look at this, and examine the validity of this path, but to keep an open mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And to those that would find fault in our wonderful lore, as an old friend once said, "Never let the Truth get in the way of a good story." </span><br />
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Seamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007933552679807867noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500201937817994268.post-12312843633752482962014-12-05T08:53:00.002-08:002014-12-05T08:53:54.003-08:00Reading ListsWhile I am still working on my own recommended reading list(s), I would like to share a few that are worth your perusal.<br /><br />
First is Linda's Faerie Faith reading list, which includes many of the books we encountered in The Garden Club. I find this list a very good one to start with:<br />
<a href="http://www.faeriefaith.net/readinglist.html" target="_blank">Faerie Faith Reading List</a><br />
This will keep you busy for a little while.<br />
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Personally, I've also found a more Druidic focus helpful. The reading list from ADF is a good place to start: <a href="https://www.adf.org/training/resources/reading.html" target="_blank">ADF Dedicant Reading List </a><br />
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It's only fair to also include the somewhat more extensive (although as they say, out of date) list from OBOD: <a href="http://library.druidry.org/" target="_blank">OBOD Library </a><br />
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Now, if you happen to be drawn to a more Celtic Christian path, as I have been in the past, Then I would suggest checking out this list from Ceile De: <a href="http://www.ceilede.co.uk/news/good-books" target="_blank">Ceile De Recommended Reading </a><br />
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Or, if you are looking for an exploration into Jungian Psychology or Mythology, I would recommend checking out Pacifica Institute. Here is a list of their reading lists : <a href="http://alumni.pacifica.edu/?x1=special&x2=reading_lists" target="_blank">Pacifica Recommended Reading</a> (might take a bit to load.)<br />
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Finally, because I feel that everyone is better off learning from mythology, I love Joseph Campbell's works. But, not only are his own writings exceptional (and in many of the above lists), but his own recommended reading list is available here : <a href="http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php?categoryid=29" target="_blank">Joseph Campbell Recommended Reading </a><br />
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Do you have a go-to list when researching a topic? Do you have a set of books that you feel everyone should read? Share it! :)Seamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007933552679807867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500201937817994268.post-72069251540234260662013-01-13T19:39:00.003-08:002013-01-13T19:40:27.031-08:00What is Huna or The Secret Science?<div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.4in; margin-top: 4pt; text-indent: -0.28in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Early in the
20th century, Max Freedom Long became fascinated by stories
of Miracles being performed by the native </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Kahunas</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">.
Especially fascinating was Fire-walking, where the natives would walk across
burning lava without harm. He also was intrigued by other stories of the </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Kahuna</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> -
miraculous healing, seeing the future (and changing the future!), and
even a "Death Prayer". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">This started his investigation into how they did these things. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">After several years of study, he stumbled
upon a way to discover the how and why of these miracles. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">He traced it
back to the language. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Using his work with the language, and the work
of Dr. Brigham, who studied the </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Kahuna</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> for 40
years prior to meeting Max Freedom Long, he developed the Huna system. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">In the 80s, another
important milestone in Huna work happened. This is when Serge </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Kahlil</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> King
started to produce his works on Huna. He move more toward Huna as a type of
Shamanism, and incorporated extensive visualization work, as well as Shamanic
concepts and practices to the System, including the four worlds, and the seven
principles. </span></div>
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finally, about 6 or 7 years ago, a student of his, </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Pohaku</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">, did
a marvelous pod-cast exploring this work, and bringing the ideas to a whole new
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Max Freedom
Long traced Huna ideas back to Egypt around 5000-6000 years ago.
He also found Huna concepts and root words in ancient Greek. (He
postulates that they may have originated in Atlantis, but take that
as you may.) He found that Hawaiians came to the islands around 2000
years ago, or about the time of Christ, who he also felt was initiated
into The Secret Science. As a matter of fact, he found a great many references
to Huna teachings in the Gospels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">There was a modern
genetics study done, which indicates that they actually did arrive in Hawaii
around 2200 years ago. “… Polynesians left S.E. Asia 11,500 years ago and
departed from the Taiwan area 6000 years ago. They spent 3,800 years in
Alaska/Canada before travelling South West to Hawai'i 2,200 years ago…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> So, in essence,
there was a great system of belief that was remarkable for its use or totems,
and taboo magic. It was codified by the original </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Kahunas</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> and
recorded in a pre-</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">polynesian</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> language so that it
would not be lost. We know it influenced Egypt, the middle east, and possibly
many other cultures and their religions.</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Low Self – </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Unahipili</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">, Ku </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Middle Self – </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Uhane</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Lono</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">High self - </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Aumakua</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Aka Body </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Aka Cords</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Later Additions</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: 'Wingdings 3';">}</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Seven Shamanic
Principles</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">The
World Is What You Think It Is.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">There
are no limits.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">Energy
Flows Where Attention Goes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">Now
Is The Moment Of Power. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">To
Love Is To Be Happy With (someone or something). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">All
Power Comes From Within. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold;">Effectiveness
Is The Measure Of Truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: 'Wingdings 3';">}</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Four Levels of
reality</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Objective reality
- physical world</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Subjective / Psychic
reality - everything is alive</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Symbolic reality -
when we look at the world as a dream / Dream world</span></div>
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everything is going to work out fine - everything is working out perfectly</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: 'Wingdings 3';">}</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Max Freedom Long</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">The Secret Science
behind Miracles</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">The Secret Science at
Work</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">The Huna Code in
Religions</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: 'Wingdings 3';">}</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Serge </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Kahili</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> King,
Ph. D.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Urban Shaman</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Mastering your Hidden
Self</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: 'Wingdings 3';">}</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Hank </span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Wesselman</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">, Ph.D.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">The Bowl of Light</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: 'Wingdings 3';">}</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">Pohaku</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><a href="http://www.hunatrainer.com/">http://www.hunatrainer.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';">
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<span style="color: #2da2bf; font-family: Verdana; mso-color-index: 4; mso-special-format: bullet;">◦</span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"><a href="http://users.on.net/~mkfenn/page5.htm">http://users.on.net/~mkfenn/page5.htm</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode';"> :
Genetic Evidence on the Origins of the Polynesians</span></div>
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Seamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007933552679807867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500201937817994268.post-14361288783158177752013-01-13T19:17:00.000-08:002013-01-13T19:36:51.526-08:00Tenets of the Faerie Faith <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our tenets are these:<br />
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<li>There should be a sensitivity, a belief in the Spiritual Reality behind what we refer to as Nature.</li>
<li>There should be a sincere love of Earth herself, and a desire to communicate with Her other children. </li>
<li>There should be a belief in the individual life of this planet and a certainty that it permeates the whole world.</li>
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So, what do these mean to me? </div>
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Let me pause a second and define Nature. </div>
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We have the macrocosm, the great uncharted unknown of space –
star systems. Planets, galaxies, and all sorts of things out there in the
greater universe. (I also see us having many universes existing simultaneously
with this one we are focused on, truly making the world we live in a
Multi-verse. But, I digress.) This is all part of Nature – this is all part of
the Goddess – the great one we, as human beings cannot hope to understand. </div>
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We also have the microcosm. We have subatomic particles,
waves, and wave-icles. We have string theory, and Higgs-Boson. We see so much
happening down at these levels that touch on the profoundly spiritual. Things
like Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle – the idea that the observer impacts
the results of the observation; and the idea of Quantum Entanglement where
things that act on one object, affect an associated object. (And if these
things are not the beginning of science seeing Magic, I don’t know what is.) But
these are also all part of Nature. </div>
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And then we have the great visible universe. We have Nature
as we interact with it every day. The trees, and the forest, the ocean and the
mountains. The air, and water, fire and earth. All of these are also nature. </div>
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And within Nature, is the Goddess, the Great Lady. You can
feel her touch when walking in the woods. You can see her act in the movement
of a tree branch. You can feel her move with the waves of the ocean or the
gusts of the wind. She is in all things and touches on all of us. </div>
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But, let me move on to the second tenet. </div>
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A sincere Love of Earth Herself. We see her in Nature, and
we should love her, as a mother, and as the Goddess that she is. </div>
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I remember reading long ago an interesting idea. If we look
at the history of man on this planet, for thousands of years we have been at
the mercy of Nature. We have depended on her for livelihood, and we have been
in fear of death at her hands, all at the same time. We have lived in this
manner for thousands of years. Evolutionary Psychologists would say this is the
state of Savannah Man. (Our last great evolutionary advancement.) But, we’ve
won. In the past hundred years, Man has won the battle with nature. It’s over,
we won. Now, we have to understand this, and we have to see the earth and we
have to stop fighting her. We have to take our role as steward and consort and
we have to nurture and protect nature. This is what I see as being a sincere
love of the Earth, Herself. </div>
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And a desire to communicate with her other kindred… </div>
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Well, what other kindred are we referring to? On the one
hand this is the plant and animal kingdoms. We have much to learn from our Tree
mysteries, and from the great animal totems. This also touches on the work with
the over-souls and the Nature spirits. We can see this also as the Faerie
Kingdoms. We must work with these, her other kindred, and not against them. </div>
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Finally, the Tenets wrap up with a re-iteration, a grounding
of our belief in the Gestalt. The individual life of Mother Earth, Gaia, Danu.
This great mother that we all depend on.
But more than a belief, it is certainty that she is in all things, and
thru all the world. From the most distant star to the smallest particle, from
the ninth wave to the pinnacle of the Mount, she is there. And she is here, in
our hearts. </div>
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<br />Seamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007933552679807867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500201937817994268.post-83616973197210932062012-12-27T22:23:00.002-08:002012-12-27T22:40:40.117-08:00What is the Faerie Faith?<h2>
<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-size: large;">Introduction</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Faerie Faith Tradition is by definition, eclectic, pulling on Dianic Wicca, Druidry, Huna, Eastern and Western alternative medicine, Native American traditions, and a broad spectrum of energy methodologies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Throughout the teachings, there is a focus on personal development and a deep reverence for Nature and the Goddess. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ritual elements are derived from MacFarland Dianic Wicca while the Deep reverence for the Earth and her mysteries shows signs of Druidic influence. Not only does The Faerie Faith encompass this spirituality, but it also is a Mystery tradition focusing on personal development through a pervasive study of the Celtic Tree Mysteries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These tenants define our practice, enhance our spirituality and guide our beliefs:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tenets of the Faerie Faith</span></b></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>There should be a sensitivity, a belief, of the spiritual reality behind what we refer to as Nature.</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>There should be a sincere love of Earth Herself, and a desire to communicate with Her other children.</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>There should be a belief in the individual life of this planet, and a certainty that it permeates the whole world.</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">The Faerie Faith Tradition is built on three equal areas of study and development:</span><span style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">The Faerie Folk</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-weight: normal;">With utmost respect and humility, we revere and seek communion with the Faerie Folk. We embrace the Spirits of Nature and what they have to teach us. We see the Faerie Realm as our version of the Imaginal Realms, and strive to work within that sphere.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-weight: normal;">We also see personal development as one of our paramount goals and work to better understand ourselves and each other through the teachings of the Good Neighbors (The Fairy Tales.) We use Jungian concepts and personal experience as methods to better understand these teachings.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><b>The Celtic Tree Mysteries</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">The Celtic Tree mysteries provide the backbone of our teaching and the cycles for the sacred year. We are guided through each lunar and solar event and festival, learning the cycles of the year, the movement of the energies of the Earth and how to better prepare for the esoteric changes that occur around and within us as the year progresses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">The Mysteries of the Trees also teach us about ourselves and our environment. When truly understood, the Celtic Tree Mysteries also bring about profound personal change and a deepening of our spiritual core.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><b>The Secret Science</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">In order to better understand ourselves, and the world around us, we use the basic methodology and common language found in the Huna System, or Secret Science. This system gives us the concepts and terminology to better understand and work with the magical world around us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">The Secret Science touches most, if not all, major spiritual traditions. As it builds on common themes (or perhaps is the basis for those common themes), it gives us an understanding of basic human spirituality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">We also use the Secret Science as a key to understanding The Faerie Teachings, the Tree Mysteries, and other myths and lore related to our beliefs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">As part of the spiritual work of The Faerie Faith, we have an additional practical focus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">Our studies touch on several healing modalities, including Herbology, Bach Flower remedies and other homeopathics, as well as several forms of Energy work. We also learn some basic acupressure points and first aid techniques. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">As part of the work, we work with students to have a better understanding of their own survival in various settings. We see that a person may be in situations, both in the wild and closer to home where a deeper understanding of the earth and her other children can directly impact our survival. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">As we see that this planet, and all of us creatures on her, work together to form a great community, we work to conserve in order to better the planet. When we see our environment as Our Great Mother, it is only right that we use our resources with understanding and discretion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif;">The Faerie Faith is a Transformational System of belief and understanding that is highly personal, and encompasses both intellectual and experiential learning and development. </span></div>
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