Swapping Deities, Has Druid-Visit, Playing God
Last weekend I participated in a 9 hour intensive on Peer Counseling at the Grove.
Today we held a Deity Swap workshop at the Grove, hosted by my dearest friend Anna, where members were to pick a deity of significance with them, and talk about how they have influenced their life. I originally thought it was going to be a workshop where we would break-off into groups of two, explain our deity of choice to our partner, and in turn our partner would talk about what they learned about said deity to the group.
Turns out, however, that it was just one big group discussion, and each person went through their deity in turn. This, of course, made the workshop span a lot longer than I anticipated, as you know how people like to talk about themselves. And unfortunately I abhor group discussions, and avoid them whenever possible for this simple reason. That and when decisions have to be made with in the group (such as Witan meetings, ritual planning meetings) that everyone has to get the “me too’s” in and you’re stuck there for hours on end. Hardly anything gets accomplished.
But, I stuck it out because I really was interested in hearing from other people, and I wanted to support my friend. I did not speak about everything I wanted to, I kept it short and sweet. Perhaps I will write up my thoughts concerning Athena at another time for those interested.
I also have several thoughts on my particular spiritual mindset that I might delve into later.
Yesterday I changed the oil in my car, scrubbed the bathroom, and started some cleaning for some potential guests tomorrow or Tuesday. My good friend Art from Hemlock Vales Protogrove and his wife may be able to stop in for a visit while in town from northern PA. I look forward to seeing them, as I haven’t seen Art since Trillium. If the plans go through, I will probably take off work early one day to hang out with them.
Tonight is a “Me” night, spent on web projects, MUD chaos, and my dedicant’s program. Earlier I was able to play God and brought down fire from the sky, plagued the streets with demonic rats, and sent tidalwaves over the city, washing citizens of the city (players included) down the street, half-drowned.
It’s dangerous when I get frisky 
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