Pheonix Rysen

 I am an avid follower of Thorn Moony and her blog on Patheos.com/pagan, so naturally when she published a book it is in the must read column for me even though we do disagree an quite a few things.  Thorn set out to write an updated book for those seeking to join the Gardnerian Tradition, so they had an idea of what to expect. To this end she has mostly succeeded if you are looking for a sales pitch...  As people who are all long time members and learned witchcraft from the Gardnerian Tradition, Thorn is still dismissive of those who are not in her tradition in her writing. This dismissive attitude goes both ways really. Those not in a Tradition dismiss because "all the secrets" are on the internet. Thorn and those in the Tradition dismiss because without their way of doing things, initiation, elevation etc. they claim you are not getting all the secrets. Really that sounds like the Tradition brain washes people....  anyway ... It is rather hilarious that just recently Thor

 I am reading the pdf book "Advanced Goddess Theology" by Esra Free of the Cosmic Goddess Coven which is approximately 104 pages long.  The first thoughts that I had about the book was that this was/is a High Priestess I will either get along famously with or have some serious heavy debates with, but either way someone I would want to meet.  This book is an excellent one for delineating exactly the differences between the Wiccan point of view and the Middle Eastern point of view on deity. As Above, So Below is to be kept in mind for all things. Meaning that just as we would remove troublesome things from our bodies, so to will the Goddess remove troublesome things from herself. The other way around in regards to things that benefit. So to live "Correctly" according to this is to live in a manner that is a benefit to the Goddess. (I am using quotations on "Correctly" as everyone will interpret it differently based on their life experience and I am not wanti

 Just a little ramble that entered my head. Just what is the difference between keeping confidence or keeping a harmful secret? My opinion is in the words themselves. A secret is bad when it causes harm. However different people have different concepts on what is harmful, which causes no end of confusion. All I can do is share my go by. If it is not my story it is not mine to share