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Date: 12-01-88 23:42
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From: Sourdough Jackson
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To: Paul Seymour
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Subj: Re: gays in traditional craft
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***** Quoting message from Paul Seymour to Michael Harismides *****
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In my experience of observing may circles, the ones that included "gay"
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people without careful attention to the balancing of energies between them
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had some serious problems. While my somewhat limited experience may have
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little bearing on the subject, it has suggested something that has not been
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discussed thoroughly: The necessity of a balancing of male vs. female
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energies in a circle, regardless of sexual preferences. Any body want to get
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into this one?
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***** End Quote *****
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In my experience, a 'balancing of energies' can take a number of forms.
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One of them that seems to work no matter how the circle is composed is a
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matching of resonances. Everyone grounds & centers first, and then either
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the circle is cast and everyone matches resonances or you do it the other way
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around. To match resonances: stand or sit in a ring with hands nearly
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touching, with each person's right hand directly above the left hand of the
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person's neighbor to the right, to the point where each person can feel
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his/her neighbor's energy field. Let a GENTLE current flow (sorry, this is
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the only way I know how to describe this) deosil until everyone feels in
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balance. You are just trying to balance the energy of the circle, not raise
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any power just yet. We don't always do this in Birdsnest; last time, a
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simple kiss on the cheek passed deosil with the words "Perfect love and
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perfect trust. Blessed be." was sufficient. However, Birdsnest is the
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barest minimum size for a coven (3), and we are a well-matched psychic
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circle. Non-psychic circles may have more difficulty matching resonances,
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and may have to resort to other more symbolic ways of balancing the energies.
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Try various methods and see what works. My guess is that any method that
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will balance the energies of a circle for Dianics ought to work for anyone,
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as we are supposed ;-) to be inherently unbalanced. Incidentally, I learned
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how to match resonances from a Christian psychic, and she learned it from a
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touch therapy course. Talk about non-sectarianism!
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BB, Sourdough
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PS--The original message had to do with balancing of male & female energies.
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I might add that we have REAL case of potential unbalance in Birdsnest, as
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all three of us are lovers of women--and when I am in circle, my anima is
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doing most of the work for me. This seems to create no problems whatever for
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us. The one time we did have problems, we broke every rule in the book
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because we were doing an emergency working when we were all physically and
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emotionally messed up with initial grief shock.
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--- Gnome v1.20
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* Origin: The Lizard King-"I am the Lizard King; I can do
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anything."(1:104/45.5)
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