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		<title>&#8230;The Elusive Balance &#8211; Part II&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a few weeks back, i wrote about the elusive balance and how it relates to the lightness/darkness polarity within pagan practice.  the problem with using light and dark as a metaphor for moral behavior is that it doesn&#8217;t quite give any concrete guideposts or criteria for what we aught to do vs. what we aught [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;Of Circles and Watchtowers &#8211; Part I&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[most forms of paganism involve some aspect of circlecraft, whether it be for personal spellwork or for ritual use.   one of the most common elements of circlecraft is acknowledging and working with cartesian compass directions that usually have elemental correspondences.  we divide our circle into quarters, corners, and quadrangles and associate qualities and energies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/18/of-circles-and-watchtowers-part-1/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;Self-Determination and Co-Creation&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[one of the biggest concerns within the eclectic community is the idea that when it comes to our expressions of god, we&#8217;re just &#8216;making it all up&#8217;, or even worse, &#8216;stealing it&#8217; from some other culture without any regard or sensitivity to the context from which those expressions come. the subtext to this argument is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/15/self-determination-and-co-creation/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;What the Hell&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[generally, i think that the ultimate end-game is the same for everyone. you know (cue scary music)&#8230; the &#8216;END GAME&#8217;&#8230; but neither death, nor the post-death experience, is that end-game. can people go to heaven? sure, if the factors and conditions for going to heaven are all present and accounted for. can people be reborn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/09/what-the-hell/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;Five Action-Steps to Being &#8216;Taken Seriously&#8217; as Pagans&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[in terms of being &#8216;taken seriously&#8217;, i think its more an internal affair then an external affair. within the pagan community there are a few things i would like to see happen as being representative of moving toward spiritual maturity: education standardization and training opportunities for pagan clergy establishment of higher education facilities and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/08/five-possible-steps-to-being-taken-seriously-as-pagans/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;The Heart Sutra&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Heart Sutra Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when deeply practicing prajna-paramita, clearly saw that the five skandas are all empty, and was saved from all suffering and distress. Sariputra, form is no different to emptiness, emptiness no different to form. That which is form is emptiness, that which is emptiness, form.  Sensations, perceptions, impressions, and consciousness are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/07/the-heart-sutra/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;Words&#8230;Wicca/Witchcraft and Lineage&#8230;Do They Really Mean Anything?&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿words matter. they serve as identifiers and carry with them a host of associations and dependencies that make communication possible. stretch their meaning too far too quickly, and they become useless as linguistic tools, since the common associations to which we can all identify are broken and are no longer common. words should be chosen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/06/words-wiccawitchcraft-and-lineage-do-they-really-mean-anything/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;Of Oaths and Secrecy&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[so i&#8217;ve been thinking about oathbound traditions and the nature of secrecy in craft knowledge. for those who have taken oaths, what are the boundaries of your tradition&#8217;s particular oaths? what is acceptable to speak about and what constitutes &#8216;oathbound&#8217; material? when dialoguing about your practice, how closely do you find yourself coming to that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/05/of-oaths-and-secrecy/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;The Craving for Faith&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[so reflecting upon past &#8216;phases&#8217; of my life,  i noticed that one of the recurring themes seems to be what is essentially a need for faith &#8211; a deep seated craving to be part of something bigger and better then my current incarnation. i noticed a pattern that when things were balanced and flowing smoothly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/07/01/the-craving-for-faith/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;Collective Consciousness of the Pagan Community&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[one philosophical idea that i find intriguing is the concept of egregore &#8211; a &#8216;group mind&#8217; that arises from the pooled conscious proclivities of a community that results in an independent, autonomous psychic entity.  i believe that every religion, given enough time and participation, develops such an egregore, and that tapping into this collective consciousness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://volusiapaganpride.com/wordpress/2010/06/27/collective-consciousness-of-the-pagan-community/</link>
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