Yes. absolutely. I hereby cordially invite you all to come to Second 
Life and join the ever growing group of academics, pagans, neo-pagans, 
pagan reconstructionists, fluffy bunny 'pagans', pagan academics, 
academically inclined pagans, as well as others who fit into all kinds 
of boxes that are definitely not academic enough to warrant a mention on 
this list... interesting but. Fun is had. And much is learned about the 
way we understand magic and religious activity, both because of the 
limitations of the space and because of the limits it doesn't have. 
Helen, Dan and I are presently making a machinima about our activities 
in Second Life, but you will have to come to our conference if you want 
to see it :) Or you could attend the conference via second life. Ok, so 
maybe we will put it on you tube if you ask nicely. If you need any 
technical help getting set up please feel free to email me and I'll 
gladly help you out.

Regards,

Morgan Leigh


Caroline Tully wrote:
> 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.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David and Jasmine" 
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> 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.
>>>
>>