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<\/a>In the past year, I’ve come to terms – mostly – with being associated with Chaos Magic. People who have known me a long time, as well as people who have only known me recently, seem to have a “well, duh!” moment. I’m never the one to make the claim. I still don’t know enough about it yet to be able to say something like that. I have a book or three to read, and people to ask.<\/p>\nI’ve had hints and leanings and bludgeoning that have pointed toward the Feri tradition. I’ve read Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition<\/a>, but it felt like half of a conversation. I don’t know what the book’s author was responding to, and I don’t really want to know. I’ve read some websites, and the tradition seems to be as varied and diverse as I was told. Most of what I’ve seen makes me want to break it apart from the inside. There are a few gems of “Yes, that resonates, exactly!” Though I’ve been in San Francisco, the birthplace of the tradition, I’ve yet to run into any of its practitioners that I know of. I’m loathe to ask to meet a friend of a friend. It seems to me that a chance meeting would be far more meaningful.<\/p>\n My anti-anxiety medication has changed things a bit. The energies that were nearly always present are now at least an arm’s reach away. Things that were like flexing a muscle before now require intent and effort. I feel a bit less like a force of nature and more like an expression of that force.<\/p>\n I realize how vague, cryptic, and confusing this must be, and I apologize. Perhaps writing about my spirituality will come more easily to me over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I may share more than I usually do here. If you’re not interested in spirituality (specifically neo-Paganism), or are only interested in your own, I’d advise skipping this one. In the past year, I’ve come to terms – mostly – … Continue reading