Nuadha's Tale

Ignorance can be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. -Thomas Jefferson

Sunday, September 01, 2002

From an Interview with Black Elk
Bert: A lot of us are studying fairy tales. Studying is the wrong word. We're feeling the Spirit in these fairy tales, getting into our hearts.

Black Elk: So they're not cartoons. They're not Mickey Mouse stuff. They're real. But we sort of shy away from it, and try to base everything on material things. Technology. Figures on a piece of paper. We have to have proof.

Bert: But the proof is in the heart, in the Spirit, and in the feeling.


(From Menweb; Link via Meera)

Masculine Spirituality
Meera writes: As much as, "Maiden, Mother, and Crone," became part of the gaming archetypes, the (spiritual) evolution of men becomes mired in neglectful and archaic terminology. Little of it rolls off the tongue, and things like, "Squire, Knight, and King," refer perhaps too much to possessions.

There's a lot of bias. My search engine quest gave me a little over 201 examples of "sacred masculine." (Including Resources for Men as another potential place to look.) That's compared to 1454 results (or so) for "sacred feminine."


There used to be a magazine named Green Man that dealt with men and paganism. I picked it up occasionally and it always had some excellent articles. I don't think it's still in print, but I may be wrong.

One of the things that initially attracted me to paganism is the concept of a male and a female divine aspect, both equally important. By envisioning god as both god and goddess, the religion seemed more balance...in theory. Unfortunately, I realized quickly that the male aspect seems to get underplayed. Perhaps it is a backlash against the patriarchal religions, but I don't think it is any more right.

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