tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post3166422843477472857..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Pilgrim's Progress, or Lack ThereofAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-8937509514349717562009-05-16T16:39:00.000-04:002009-05-16T16:39:00.000-04:00I want to visit Andersonville to assure my ancesto...I want to visit Andersonville to assure my ancestors who died there that they are not forgotten among the living. I'm sure the psychic energy there is dreadful, and I'm also certain I'll be given a less-than-warm welcome by the locals if I tell them why I'm there. On the other hand, why would anyone go there except to honor their fallen?Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-22626754241574464092009-05-15T12:14:00.000-04:002009-05-15T12:14:00.000-04:00Read Stephen Oppenheimer: you were probably almost...Read Stephen Oppenheimer: you were probably almost right about the Ice Age. DNA evidence suggests that people walked in from the south and east as soon as the ice melted and while the Channel was dry land.<br /><br />As for Andersonville, I would rather stick my hand in a garbage disposal than visit there. It would be like sticking your head in a psychic garbage disposal, wouldn't it? The energies must be horrible.<br /><br />But if you must,the current issue of FATE has an article about it.Chas S. Cliftonhttp://www.chasclifton.com/blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-47282942298490815992009-05-11T23:59:00.000-04:002009-05-11T23:59:00.000-04:00The most sacred place in the world for me is the l...The most sacred place in the world for me is the lowest branch of the apple tree behind my grandmother's house in Prince Edward Island. That's the house where 200 years worth of my ancestors lived and died. And that tree seems to have been there for most of those years. Of course, pretty much all of PEI is magical.<br /><br /> But I wouldn't mind going to Skye and seeing where my earlier ancestors came from. (Must buy lottery ticket....)Terralunanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-73350035667101040662009-05-11T23:13:00.000-04:002009-05-11T23:13:00.000-04:00The majority of my spirituality is Celtic, and spe...The majority of my spirituality is Celtic, and specifically I love the Irish stuff, so I would love to go to Ireland. But, I don't see that happening in the near future.<br /><br />Closer at hand are volcanoes, which Pele wants me to go to. I don't know why she's attached herself to me...maybe she got bored? Everything else I do is Celtic (with a few local nature spirits thrown in) and then I have this Hawai'ian volcano goddess who took a liking to me when I was in Hawai'i. Anyways...I guess my next pilgrimage will be to a local volcano, of which there are several to choose from. :P<br /><br />ps. Actually, my roots do seem to be in the northwest, where I live, even though my spirituality is Celtic. Of course, going to Ireland just might change my mind (not likely, methinks), but I can't imagine living anyplace other than the great northwest.Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-48134582688117934762009-05-11T23:10:00.000-04:002009-05-11T23:10:00.000-04:00i would love to go to my home land..my my ancestor...i would love to go to my home land..my my ancestors started out as vikings and everywhere they settled they ended up getting thrown out of..tossed out of england, then ireland, then various parts of america...we're all over the place..australia, barbados, wales, scotland, you name it..we've been run out of that country..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-36141614078751810022009-05-11T22:35:00.000-04:002009-05-11T22:35:00.000-04:00...and I love Africa, although my DNA traces back ......and I love Africa, although <I>my</I> DNA traces back to about the same places as yours does, Anne.<br />Blessed are those whose hearts belong outside of civilisation.<br /><br />Love,<br />Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-61679890730094539692009-05-11T22:13:00.000-04:002009-05-11T22:13:00.000-04:00Anne:
I was, as you know, from reading my biograp...Anne:<br /><br />I was, as you know, from reading my biography at the General's place, raised by wolves in a cave near Omaha, NE. I've longed for many years to go back there and then, every time I do, I remember they don't got good barbecue or fresh fish and so I come back to whatever hovel I'm living in. <br /><br />I'm as rootless as a tumbleweed for the most part, except my heart is with my friends and family--anchored like a rock.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-67026895499793915262009-05-11T21:20:00.000-04:002009-05-11T21:20:00.000-04:00I hear you. When I'm away too long, it's as if th...I hear you. When I'm away too long, it's as if there's an undertow pulling me back to the mountains.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-18163101722921567042009-05-11T19:56:00.000-04:002009-05-11T19:56:00.000-04:00Hm. I have lived my entire life at the southern e...Hm. I have lived my entire life at the southern end of the Appalachians, far below the Mason-Dixon line, and have always heard it called Appa-LAY-cha. The only time I hear the short A sound is in the adjective: Appa-LATCH-un.kate petersennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-76944631579308304482009-05-11T17:52:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:52:00.000-04:00It's Appa-LATCH-a south of the Mason-Dixon line, a...It's Appa-LATCH-a south of the Mason-Dixon line, and Appa-LAY-cha everywhere else.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-61604192378045581142009-05-11T17:28:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:28:00.000-04:00So Anne, as such a well-rooted native of the area,...So Anne, as such a well-rooted native of the area, maybe you can settle a debate between me and Jeff... is it pronounced Appa-LAY-SHA (long 'a') or Appa-LATCH-IA (short 'a')?<br /><br />As far as pilgrimages go, I'm rather cut off from any real knowledge of heritage beyond my father's parents because of family quirks (like disinheritance, mental illness and alcoholism)... but I still find myself called back to the landscapes of Ireland and Wales, it seems. Every year, we go north to vacation in Acadia National Park, ME, an island with green forests, cliffs, hills, and foggy ocean shores. It's as close as I've ever gotten to the lands my ancestors come from... so far. ;)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738190874181111086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-25130442661094453772009-05-11T17:10:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:10:00.000-04:00I related to what he said about Culloden because I...I related to what he said about Culloden because I've felt something similar at Gettysburg. And my personal sacred sites are places like: "that apple tree out behind my mom's house" or "the spot along the river with the strange rock formations" or "that boulder cave on the hillside." My personal family roots are firmly planted on this continent. <br /><br />And yet... and yet... I still want to go. As far as I know, I have only the barest smidge of Welsh ancestry - I'm mostly French by way of Acadia, which was a while back - and yet for some reason the mythology and landscape of Wales does something odd to me. I want to see the sites in person and learn more about why, and I want to go with a guide who has some chance of understanding what it is I'm looking for. I might just learn that my sacred pilgramage site really is my mom's backyard, but I'd like the opportunity to go and find out.<br /><br />If I win the lottery anytime soon, I'll bring you along.Nettlehttp://nettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com