There's a lot of ways to travel in life.
A lot of religious beliefs, not to follow, neccesarily...but to walk.
I take the NonTraditional Path, as was taught to me by the Spirits.
Certain aspects of other paths go along very well with Nontradition, other things not so well, and still others, not at all.
Circles, crosses and even closed geometric shapes...not at all.
I was taught that the motion of Nature and the Universe itself move in an outward spiral.
That the Universe (and this is quite provable by science, mind you) is ever expanding, ever changing and growing.
Some paths extol the virtues of sexuality, ie..Tantra...while others practice a sort of hidden agenda in this regard. Personally, while I believe that having a partner (who also practices Ma'at) is quite alright, having a 3rd is unacceptable. In fact, the Nontraditional path is spirituality for spiritualities sake and has nothing whatsoever to do with sex.
In Ancient Egypt, the lay priests were on duty for approx. 3months @ a time, during which they were abstinent and practiced a mostly vegetarian diet. While the High priests, of most sects remained abstinent and vegetarian with the exception of feast days, wherein the animals were offered to the Divine before being consumed.
I'm definitely in favor of what the Japanese call Jii (self relief) I choose to use this word because the greek/roman word "masturbation" means "self pollution" which is just bloody stupid.
The reason for this is quite easily determined. Even then, the governing bodies had already learned that by the idea, by the word, they could suppress peoples natural impulses.
And this I am not at all in favor of....institutionalized sexual repression is a disease. It poisons people from truly enjoying life.
The NonTraditional Path is practiced by intent. Intent matters to the Spirits.
When looking at another religion, I look for @ least 3 things to determine the amount of Water in them;
A. Ancestor worship
B. Nature worship
&
C. Goddess worship
If a path has @ least one of these, then the NonTraditional path can quite gracefully tip it's hat towards them. The more of these things which are practiced, the more Ma'at we can say a belief is.
Ma'at , of course, is the Ancient Egyptian concept of both Truth & Justice. This is a concept which sort of embodies the Buddhist/Hindu concept of both Karma and Dharma. And is not dichotomous in any way.
The Non-Traditional Path acknowledges Goddesses from all cultures, barring only Earth deities and a few specific "divinities" such as the famed "Minoan Snake Goddess"
The NonTraditional Path acknowledges the Spirits as the Ancestors of most cultures, again, barring a few specifics such as Socratic and Post Socratic philosophers. (again with the exception of Thales of Miletus, who taught that the primary element of all things was Water)
The Spirits have taught, for example that the "Virgin Mary" was the true prophet of the christian church and that the churches teaching are absolutely false and poisonous (with the exception that Wine is indeed a sacrament and that Baptism does indeed (with intent) purify the Individual Spirit))
The Non-Traditional Path is, essentially, the worship of Isis as the Supreme Creator, The Great Mother; who is formless (but she's quite fond of her statuary..:) ) Unknowable and Benevolent. Which includes other Goddesses, not because we're hoping to "win everyone over" but to help people understand that the substance of Goddess worship is based on the same principle,
The Water as the foundation of all existence, The Rivers as the supporter of human life.
Water! Life!! Isis!!!
A lot of religious beliefs, not to follow, neccesarily...but to walk.
I take the NonTraditional Path, as was taught to me by the Spirits.
Certain aspects of other paths go along very well with Nontradition, other things not so well, and still others, not at all.
Circles, crosses and even closed geometric shapes...not at all.
I was taught that the motion of Nature and the Universe itself move in an outward spiral.
That the Universe (and this is quite provable by science, mind you) is ever expanding, ever changing and growing.
Some paths extol the virtues of sexuality, ie..Tantra...while others practice a sort of hidden agenda in this regard. Personally, while I believe that having a partner (who also practices Ma'at) is quite alright, having a 3rd is unacceptable. In fact, the Nontraditional path is spirituality for spiritualities sake and has nothing whatsoever to do with sex.
In Ancient Egypt, the lay priests were on duty for approx. 3months @ a time, during which they were abstinent and practiced a mostly vegetarian diet. While the High priests, of most sects remained abstinent and vegetarian with the exception of feast days, wherein the animals were offered to the Divine before being consumed.
I'm definitely in favor of what the Japanese call Jii (self relief) I choose to use this word because the greek/roman word "masturbation" means "self pollution" which is just bloody stupid.
The reason for this is quite easily determined. Even then, the governing bodies had already learned that by the idea, by the word, they could suppress peoples natural impulses.
And this I am not at all in favor of....institutionalized sexual repression is a disease. It poisons people from truly enjoying life.
The NonTraditional Path is practiced by intent. Intent matters to the Spirits.
When looking at another religion, I look for @ least 3 things to determine the amount of Water in them;
A. Ancestor worship
B. Nature worship
&
C. Goddess worship
If a path has @ least one of these, then the NonTraditional path can quite gracefully tip it's hat towards them. The more of these things which are practiced, the more Ma'at we can say a belief is.
Ma'at , of course, is the Ancient Egyptian concept of both Truth & Justice. This is a concept which sort of embodies the Buddhist/Hindu concept of both Karma and Dharma. And is not dichotomous in any way.
The Non-Traditional Path acknowledges Goddesses from all cultures, barring only Earth deities and a few specific "divinities" such as the famed "Minoan Snake Goddess"
The NonTraditional Path acknowledges the Spirits as the Ancestors of most cultures, again, barring a few specifics such as Socratic and Post Socratic philosophers. (again with the exception of Thales of Miletus, who taught that the primary element of all things was Water)
The Spirits have taught, for example that the "Virgin Mary" was the true prophet of the christian church and that the churches teaching are absolutely false and poisonous (with the exception that Wine is indeed a sacrament and that Baptism does indeed (with intent) purify the Individual Spirit))
The Non-Traditional Path is, essentially, the worship of Isis as the Supreme Creator, The Great Mother; who is formless (but she's quite fond of her statuary..:) ) Unknowable and Benevolent. Which includes other Goddesses, not because we're hoping to "win everyone over" but to help people understand that the substance of Goddess worship is based on the same principle,
The Water as the foundation of all existence, The Rivers as the supporter of human life.
Water! Life!! Isis!!!
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