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 Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:00 pm
I am wondering, during your studies down whatever path you follow, have any words ever struck a cord with you, that when you read them - you were drawn to them, or felt a little pull. Words that you got stuck in your head or felt nice to say, words that you immediately, for whatever reason - you identified with.
If this has happened to you, did further investigation into the meaning or history of these subjects not disappoint? Did you feel the very same way after reading on the matters, do you think the discovery of these words helped shape your path a little?
I am wondering because I have been doing a lot of reading lately and have fallen in love with two words in the way I previously described, one word being "Mercury" and the other word being: "Artemis". I haven't delved into to much investigation of either yet - because I'm already laden with a lot of reading material at the moment but I have been thinking said investigating should occur next in my pagan adventures.
I also think it's particularly interesting, as someone who hasn't defined her path yet and as someone who has never particularly regarded Greek mythology to heavily that her name would strike me in such a definite manner.
Should I put any weight into these occurrences?
If you've experienced these things, what words, or subjects in your readings caused you to feel the way I described?
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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:21 am
This happens to me all the time. Either individual words, or phrases, will stick out to me. It gets complicated in my case because of my synesthesia, where words and concepts get tangled up in different senses - I get smells and colours and textures and emotions alongside those words or phrases, and it influences how I approach them.
Sometimes I'll read or hear a word or phrase. Some of them have come to me in dreams. It's always worth pursuing them - sometimes they're deeply meaningful and lead to epiphany or unique experiences, others they're just interesting curiosities. I'm a deeply curious person, so it's not really possible for me to ignore them - I always dig in, even if they lead me strange places. Very often I end up having experiences with entities or concepts that I otherwise would not have, and it helps broaden my horizons.
It's worth remembering, though, that the experiences or encounters you have may not be intended to be permanent, or deeply meaningful. It may simply be a way of initiating contact, to feel you out, and then decide what's what. But that shouldn't put you off making that contact or exploring a subject.
I don't think I can recount the number of things that have come to me this way in the last 20-odd years.
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:40 pm
Morgandria This happens to me all the time. Either individual words, or phrases, will stick out to me. It gets complicated in my case because of my synesthesia, where words and concepts get tangled up in different senses - I get smells and colours and textures and emotions alongside those words or phrases, and it influences how I approach them. Sometimes I'll read or hear a word or phrase. Some of them have come to me in dreams. It's always worth pursuing them - sometimes they're deeply meaningful and lead to epiphany or unique experiences, others they're just interesting curiosities. I'm a deeply curious person, so it's not really possible for me to ignore them - I always dig in, even if they lead me strange places. Very often I end up having experiences with entities or concepts that I otherwise would not have, and it helps broaden my horizons. It's worth remembering, though, that the experiences or encounters you have may not be intended to be permanent, or deeply meaningful. It may simply be a way of initiating contact, to feel you out, and then decide what's what. But that shouldn't put you off making that contact or exploring a subject. I don't think I can recount the number of things that have come to me this way in the last 20-odd years.
Thanks for the input, you've been a big help as always.
Also - if you remember I asked you some literature related questions on Tumblr.
I will be following your suggestions as well as some instincts of my own, for example: you said Drawing Down the Moon was a worthwhile read but perhaps outdated by this point so I bought the completely revised and updated version - in which Margot Adler went in and tucked and nipped away the now less relevant and moved them to the appendixes and updated resources and histories on the different scholars, writers, journalists she write about originally as well as adding new information she's stumbled across throughout the years etc.
So I hope to in this, avoid any problems I would have had with the first version.
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:48 am
bee pollen Thanks for the input, you've been a big help as always.
Also - if you remember I asked you some literature related questions on Tumblr.
I will be following your suggestions as well as some instincts of my own, for example: you said Drawing Down the Moon was a worthwhile read but perhaps outdated by this point so I bought the completely revised and updated version - in which Margot Adler went in and tucked and nipped away the now less relevant and moved them to the appendixes and updated resources and histories on the different scholars, writers, journalists she write about originally as well as adding new information she's stumbled across throughout the years etc.
So I hope to in this, avoid any problems I would have had with the first version. I do remember. smile And I'm glad you found the updated version of DDTM. I'm never sure if folks are getting new books or if they are doing what I did (and still do), which is prowl the used book stores looking for things.
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Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:03 pm
Morgandria bee pollen Thanks for the input, you've been a big help as always.
Also - if you remember I asked you some literature related questions on Tumblr.
I will be following your suggestions as well as some instincts of my own, for example: you said Drawing Down the Moon was a worthwhile read but perhaps outdated by this point so I bought the completely revised and updated version - in which Margot Adler went in and tucked and nipped away the now less relevant and moved them to the appendixes and updated resources and histories on the different scholars, writers, journalists she write about originally as well as adding new information she's stumbled across throughout the years etc.
So I hope to in this, avoid any problems I would have had with the first version. I do remember. smile And I'm glad you found the updated version of DDTM. I'm never sure if folks are getting new books or if they are doing what I did (and still do), which is prowl the used book stores looking for things. I'm an avid reader, and get attatched to my books so it's difficult for me to borrow, so I usually just buy. I get great satisfaction in adding another book to my collection and that saying have quite an impressive feminist-lit, sci-fi, and classical library going, and NOW I am expanding it's 'new age' section.
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