Pagan Thoughts

At the end of the day on Saturday, go outside and face east. As the sun sets behind your back, a red Moon will rise before your eyes–fantastic! Maximum eclipse is at 6:21 p.m. EST.

This is another idea I formed after watching a reality show where the father was moving his home business outside. He put up a fairly large, plastic, snap together shed in the yard. This, combined with an article I’d read about a woman who built her own little building for spiritual purposes, added to my enthusiasm. Make an outdoor shrine to spend time meditating & doing yoga in. I’m looking at WalMart sheds right now…I suppose a tent would be somewhat sufficient except in winter & windy weather.

This tent-like thing is 168$

And this shed is 198$

"Take day long holidays, let the children play"

I had an pretty decent meditation today. I listened to "Riders on the Storm" again, this time with the cats locked out of the room. I did this thing where I focused on all of the sounds in the room and then focused on each one specifically (the ice melting/sleet outside, the hum & occasional drip of the fountain, the hum of Nick’s computer, and the song playing on mine), and then tried to push all of those thoughts out of my awareness. I kept getting images of different people in my head, though, and I have no clue who these people are or where I may have seen them. But I just went with it. First, my mind went blank & I could see a grey screen like on a tv. Then I saw a teenage boy as he was sitting down on a couch/chair, looking up at someone; the scenery kind of looked like my living room, looking at the view from the closest french door. Then I saw a woman with her dark hair flowing, a black transvestite, a carnie, a wizard, a cartoon wizard… Then, Ollie was trying to get in the room, so I could see him in the doorway with the door open & the light on in the kitchen. It looked like one of those tv memories, where the light was glowing & such. And then I saw Chloe in the same scenario. Then, 4 different things made noise (a paper fell, Nick’s computer made a noise, his phone vibrated, etc), and I lost my concentration & decided to stop. The song had just ended anyways. So, it lasted a good 7 minutes.

Before all this, I did my usual yoga. When I closed my eyes at the beginning of the session, I saw a cobra with its fangs exposed. Just like the picture provided, but real (hehe)…

I’ve been interested in the idea of a commune for a few years now. Not that I’d want to / be able to live in one, as I’ve been & enjoy being spoiled by modern society LOL. But the idea of it is interesting. Since watching the movie "The Beach", I’ve been thinking about writing a short story about a commune, possibly one that practices paganism, or has a group of people livin there that parctice such. I began a topic in my "Hippie Witces" group on Coven Space, asking if anyone else was interested in communes, and one person provided us with a couple of sites, which I posted below. The second site shows an example of a "low-impact home", which looks pretty neat. The first is a website about a "woodland community", and shows pictures of their "benders" or "dwellings". This "bender" idea inspired me to think about perhaps buying a small piece of land in the (far) future to have for camping & gardening, and build my own bender. I don’t yet know what I would do about a floor, or about keeping the place standing during windy or snowy months, but I could look into that anytime. It looks as though they just bend a bunch of large, thick, sturdy (but flexible) tree branches to make a dome frame, and then lay some type of fabric over top. (Tarpaulin/tarp - often cloth such as canvas coated with plastic or latex)

http://www.stewardwood.org/
http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm 

Apparently, this community is in Devon, England. Reading the information on their website has me even more interested in the idea for an "escape" area I love it!!

And, well, I figured I’d just add some of the pictures on here - the first few are of the low impact wodland home, and then some of the community’s homes…

The following picture shows a burner used to heat the bender, as well as the blankets put up to help with insulation: