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> Felicia: > Oh, but I do *so* love the image of a "Blazing Mirror" that Tendrych > suggests. I may begin using it on my lonesome as a name for a newly > created imp I've been contemplating creating... heh... > > Tom LoL. Why does this transport me back 30 years to a game of D&D in the basement of a neurosurgeon? He pulled out some plastic figures he stated were the Hounds of Tindalos - make a saving throw! Whereupon, the lab tech to my right picked one up and pronounced they looked like "five dolla' hounds" to him. ;-> > Great question, Ty. > > I personally think "no, the etymology doesn't matter so much as usage > and context. Unlessssss...." and here's where it gets sticky. I am > both an academician AND a practitioner, which means that lots of what > gets ladled out as pop-pagan isn't acceptible to my level of academic > integrity. I can understand the usage and the context of words like > Dryhten, but can't participate in it fully because of my background. > And, since I think I'm representative of a fairly large sub-population > of Witches, things like etymology become necessary if one is working > toward credibility in the spiritual sphere. > > Tom Have to agree. > After all, does the chemical makeup of a rock matter so > much as the fact that someone is using it to represent the naughty > bits of Shiva? Yes. If it's talc, it won't work. ;-> Felicia