Second Life is certainly a good way of 'getting together' and discussing some issues. When are you going to join up Caroline? Hope to see you in real life at the conference in August too!
Helen
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From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline Tully
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Intuition
Yes... In fact, as I was saying to Dave Green... email is just *not
sufficient* for discussing such difficult topics. Not at all. But in the
Antipodes, well, as you'd know, we don't have that many people nearby to
talk to, so in that way, email is good... Apparently 'Second Life' is useful
too, eh Morgan and Helen?
Really, really going now to do work!
~Caroline.
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From: "David and Jasmine" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Intuition
> But you have to admit dancing with Iguanas would be just cool!!!
> I think a big part of this too is how we see the gods. Archetypal
> expressions, hard polytheism, geni loci, spiritual manifestations of a
> divine spirit etc etc etc
> Again spiritual and theological questions that need a lot of discussion.
> Cheers
> David
>
>
> Caroline Tully wrote:
>> Greetings Mogg,
>>
>>>> I agree in part but even so - when the neo-pagan makes it up based on
>>>> intuition - giving a god or goddess some new content - aren't they
>>>> acting very much like ancient pagans - who also gave completely
>>>> unhistorical spins to existing deities - isn't this the way religions
>>>> develop?<<
>>
>> I too don't know if I'll ever get any work done either because I can't
>> stop doing email!
>>
>> Mmmm. Yes, I agree that ancient pagans *added to and changed* - and
>> misinterpreted - the nature of deities, which is what I said in my
>> previous post. In the contemporary attempt to re-invogorate "Paganism"
>> which so many of us seem to be involved in, I can't help but think that,
>> not being actually _in_ a pagan society any more, one should research the
>> history of the deity one is interested in before one adds intuition to
>> the mix.
>>
>> It's like if I said this: "I've heard of Mogg. Mogg is a man, he's
>> English. Um.. lets see... I think he's also a giant grasshopper that
>> dances with iguanas. He's flying in the sky, he's driving a peach, he's
>> the king of teddies. I just feel that this is so. I just feel it in my
>> waters."
>>
>> Now not *all* of that is accurate about Mogg, is it?
>>
>> ~Caroline.
>>
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