and not twitch when people say things like "feel the energy of the earth." She assured me that I would not have to say that, so I expect that I'll be fine.
I'm at best a secular pagan, akin to being a secular jew, and fairly skeptical. I've rarely had to "put my church face on". They keep the language pretty generic.

I'm currently playing a lot with thinking about natural systems and connections, and how people fit into those. Mythical archetypes are useful as placeholders for thinking about a number of things, both personal and systemic, and that's how I'm thinking about them, here.

Hmm, never thought about at it from that perspective! I'll be interested to read your observations afterward.

I also expect to find a lot of the people annoying and overly wifty for my tastes, but that happens at parties here in Camberville, too, so big deal.
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