tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post112354843509612719..comments2023-05-23T07:44:00.067-04:00Comments on At the end of desire: Some notes for future bloggingInannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16117834687295375810noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1123624006732822392005-08-09T17:46:00.000-04:002005-08-09T17:46:00.000-04:00I wasn't old enough for a tattoo until I turned 36...I wasn't old enough for a tattoo until I turned 36. *lol*<BR/><BR/>I think simplicity in spiritual practice is sometimes best. I started out my Craft reading so much about the ritual, the props, the ceremony, etc.; but now that I have a clearer picture of my personal path, I find that I have really simplified, and its just as powerful of an experience for me.Turtlehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943151416742196757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1123597307270460872005-08-09T10:21:00.000-04:002005-08-09T10:21:00.000-04:00Andy, what kind of tattoo did you get?I think ther...Andy, what kind of tattoo did you get?<BR/><BR/>I think there is a lot of potential for Pagan clergy, but they need professional training and a way to support themselves (or be supported by their communities). I know Cherry Hill Seminary has a degree program, and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley has the Starr King School, which is a UU seminary. I think we need to ask ourselves how we expect clergy to serve our communities. As chaplains and counselors? As representatives in interfaith work? As keepers of Goddess temples? All of the above? <BR/><BR/>Or are Pagans too anarchistic in spirit for any of this?Inannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117834687295375810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11449606.post-1123589725023040172005-08-09T08:15:00.000-04:002005-08-09T08:15:00.000-04:00You have some good questions there. Our clergy is...You have some good questions there. Our clergy is actually in a rather sad state. It seems that most clergy either invent their standing (<I>I come from a line of hereditary witches...</I>), pay for a mail order degree, or simply become clergy by default when they wind up de facto leaders of covens. There is little uniform training and the training I have seen has not impressed me.<BR/><BR/>Think on the tattoo for a while. Took me thirty-one years to decide and I'm glad I waited.Andy Ternayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182298889983391784noreply@blogger.com