Guess what?

I almost caught the house on fire last night! Whee. I left a votive candle burning in the fire-pot on my altar when I went to sleep. As the fire-pot is made out of clay, I didn't think that this would particularly be a problem. At least, not until I woke up at 4 a.m. with the strong urge to stick my head around the corner and look at the altar, at which point, I discovered that the side of the fire-pot was on fire. So I blew it out, and went back to bed. I managed to catch it before it even scorched the altar-cloth, but the fire-pot is going to have to be replaced (more for safety reasons than for damage).

So, thank you to who- or what- ever woke me up this morning. Please let me know who favors are owed to... thanks.

Guess what?

I almost caught the house on fire last night! Whee. I left a votive candle burning in the fire-pot on my altar when I went to sleep. As the fire-pot is made out of clay, I didn't think that this would particularly be a problem. At least, not until I woke up at 4 a.m. with the strong urge to stick my head around the corner and look at the altar, at which point, I discovered that the side of the fire-pot was on fire. So I blew it out, and went back to bed. I managed to catch it before it even scorched the altar-cloth, but the fire-pot is going to have to be replaced (more for safety reasons than for damage).

So, thank you to who- or what- ever woke me up this morning. Please let me know who favors are owed to... thanks.

What do *you* want?

Came across a passage I found worth noting... From Queen Maeve and Her Lovers, Sylvia Perera. Perera is a Jungian analyst, and the book is focused on Jungian approaches to addiction and recovery therapy - it's quite interesting so far.

In this passage, she has just talked about Cuchulain receiving three wishes from Scathach, as long as he could name them on the spot, in one breath.

"...the goddess of desirousness...does not seek repression of passionate hungers, but rewards the partner who can appropriately respond to her demands and transform raw need into desires specifically related to time, place and person .... To be able to name three wants suddenly on demand and in expectation of their fulfillment requires freely flowing, spontaneous access to passion, and a clear, articulated sense of entitlement. Such thrice-focused desire is remarkably difficult for modern rational consciousness, which is often too far removed from its repressed libidinous sources or in distorted relation to them through learned fear and addictive patterns. How far removed is easy to see. All we have to do at any moment is to ask ourselves the goddess [Scathach]'s question: what three things do I want most, now and here? Where there is a limp sense of entitlement, asking oneself and seeking to answer the question exercises a necessary psychological muscle."

Having the aforementioned limp sense of entitlement myself, this was of interest...

What do *you* want?

Came across a passage I found worth noting... From Queen Maeve and Her Lovers, Sylvia Perera. Perera is a Jungian analyst, and the book is focused on Jungian approaches to addiction and recovery therapy - it's quite interesting so far.

In this passage, she has just talked about Cuchulain receiving three wishes from Scathach, as long as he could name them on the spot, in one breath.

"...the goddess of desirousness...does not seek repression of passionate hungers, but rewards the partner who can appropriately respond to her demands and transform raw need into desires specifically related to time, place and person .... To be able to name three wants suddenly on demand and in expectation of their fulfillment requires freely flowing, spontaneous access to passion, and a clear, articulated sense of entitlement. Such thrice-focused desire is remarkably difficult for modern rational consciousness, which is often too far removed from its repressed libidinous sources or in distorted relation to them through learned fear and addictive patterns. How far removed is easy to see. All we have to do at any moment is to ask ourselves the goddess [Scathach]'s question: what three things do I want most, now and here? Where there is a limp sense of entitlement, asking oneself and seeking to answer the question exercises a necessary psychological muscle."

Having the aforementioned limp sense of entitlement myself, this was of interest...

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

I just renewed my fotki account, so I can put the flaunt pictures back up!
*Kermit cheer*

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

I just renewed my fotki account, so I can put the flaunt pictures back up!
*Kermit cheer*

Everybody needs a monkey.

Or some monkey stuff. Don't they?

Everybody needs a monkey.

Or some monkey stuff. Don't they?