tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post8990812055918587982..comments2023-10-11T03:49:53.934-04:00Comments on The Gold Puppy: Holy DazeReya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-48865443045617786332012-11-25T12:17:27.376-05:002012-11-25T12:17:27.376-05:00I love your clarity, Reya!
Totally agree with you....I love your clarity, Reya!<br />Totally agree with you.<br />For some reason I'm really feeling festive this year<br />(too much hurricane and election and snow storm)<br /><br />JOY to the world and let the consumers do whatever the advertising agencies tell them to<br /><br />we can go for long walks and look at nature instead....<br /><br />oxoxElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-41217319659607601032012-11-25T02:51:24.278-05:002012-11-25T02:51:24.278-05:00We are all pagans at heart, that's true! After...We are all pagans at heart, that's true! After all, look at how church attendance has been diminishing in our societies, but Christmas just gets more and more popular. For all the wrong reasons, I think, but it IS an expression of our inner pagan-ness!<br /><br />If I could opt out of Christmas gifts -- giving and receiving -- I totally would. (I keep it pretty minimal even now!)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-609210376822336282012-11-24T22:17:44.952-05:002012-11-24T22:17:44.952-05:00Yes. We are god. This calls for a much longer conv...Yes. We are god. This calls for a much longer conversation, Tom..Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-91433527055007919192012-11-24T20:51:27.302-05:002012-11-24T20:51:27.302-05:00if we are giving gifts to one another - instead of...if we are giving gifts to one another - instead of our gods - does that mean we consider ourselves gods? Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948978798395906663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-53022356796819315452012-11-24T16:04:31.315-05:002012-11-24T16:04:31.315-05:00There must always be naysayers at any pagan festiv...There must always be naysayers at any pagan festival. They, too, are enacting their shamanic sacred roles in the ritual.<br /><br />Ellen, who likes it? I doubt seriously that even the ancients loved the winter festival. They HAD to do it, to bring back the light. It was necessary. I've been thinking about asking people why they celebrate at all, just to see what kinds of crazy answers we in our clueless society can come up with.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-53596759517423191832012-11-24T13:22:19.829-05:002012-11-24T13:22:19.829-05:00I love how you cut through the bullshit Reya. I&#...I love how you cut through the bullshit Reya. I've never really thought of the extreme christmas frenzies as being a subconscious expression of our pagan roots and celebrations. Of course, they are but ai yi yi! I imagine it will take several thousand years of no dark since the coming of electric light for our unconscious to adapt. still, a little better understanding does not make me less abhorrent of the season. personally I'm already tired of the christmas themed TV shows, the constant christmas carols and songs everywhere you go, and the christmas advertisements of stuff urging you to buy buy buy. it's all christmas all the time. I will hole up til after the new year, as much as I am able.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-24694242908055275652012-11-24T11:39:33.738-05:002012-11-24T11:39:33.738-05:00I very much appreciate your perspective and have b...I very much appreciate your perspective and have been thinking about similar things. <br /><br />I have a Facebook "friend" who has once again begun her rant against the "ridiculous consumerist holiday" of Christmas. While I understand where she's coming from, there is so much more that she's missing about the whole thing. Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.com