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1a.: Re: Witchcraft in Germany From: barbtrad

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1a.: Re: Witchcraft in Germany

Posted by: "barbtrad" barbtrad@yahoo.com.au barbtrad

Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:43 pm (PST)

Hello Christopher.

Well if that is how you see the world then who am I to try to get you to see it any differently. It would be cruel, a bit like telling a child that there is no Santa.

Bill.

--- In WitchesWorkshop@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Michaels <thoughtful_outsider@...> wrote:
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> Billl spoken like a true warrior... "if not kin then enemy" it is a good expression of enemy mentality, the idea that we should assume that those around us are more likely to be enemies then friends. This is exactl;y what people like George Bush and the Christians use to justify their attacks on people who disagreed with them, who were different... it is a justification for attacking the different, namely us, the counter/alternative cultures...
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> What is an enemy? Someone who wants to hurt you, intentionally... the 'intentionally', to me is important. This means they feel threatened by something about you. Those like the Christians and some types of dictatorial conservatives and radical lefties who believe that being different, even more being other, being unknown, a stranger, is enough for you to be threatening. I prefer to be open to the unknown with a readiness for friend and enemy but assuming on probabilities that majority of people aren't looking for a fight and so are more likely to be friend or neutrally uninterested in me, then assuming people are black or white, either enemy or kin.
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> I think the beauty of polytheism, paganism is that it lets us see things in rainbows of many colours, not simply in black & white terms... there is kin, friend, tribal member, ally, interested neutral, non-interested neutral, accidentally harmful, intentionally and temporarily enemy, permanently and intentionally enemy... for example...
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> Christopher
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> http://deepconnecttantra.com
> http://wildmandrake.deviantart.com
> http://www.myspace.com/wildmandrake
> Skype ID: wildmandrake
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> "to achieve change we must step outside and view the situation from a new angle"
> "life doesn't travel so fast if you're paying attention."
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> from the movie 'stay'- Henry Letham: ...Tristan Rêveur quote about bad art? It's "bad art is more tragically beautiful than good art 'cause it documents human failure."
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