Monday, August 13, 2007

Wibble

Ok it's Monday and I am having a Garfield day. Feeling sorry for myself cos I can't shake this miserable flu and it's getting worse by the day. Robbie cheered me up though by sending me 3 donkies, two pumpkins and a garden gnome for my facebook garden - done in the same style as the Badger mushroom song from www.blackalbinosheep.com which is one of our long standing favourite jokes. The South African Pagan Council are having the very first all group meeting in South Africa on 8 September in Johannesburg. I am going of course. Cannot wait to see some old friends and to meet some new ones. It's also Jimmy's birthday on the 9th so I will no doubt have supper with him - I think we are past the wild parties these days. Now we tend to remember when we used to stay at the Doors until sunrise and if we see sunrise these days its because we got up early. The mind is willing but the body is unable :)

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Americans get it wrong

I am wondering if Americans ever think there are Pagans in South Africa even. I have been reading several righteous comments about Traditional African Witchcraft - mostly pretty inaccurate actually and not well researched. It would appear that Americans think this is the only witchcraft there is in South Africa - and it's not at all like Wicca in America. Hello America!!! there are plenty of Wiccans in South Africa too. I even read one racist twit try to make this into a black/ white issue stating there are more Black Witches and that whites should butt out of this. Wrong again - to be a Traditional African Witch (what ever colour you may be) is something secretive and probably not a very large number at all. Pagans, Wiccans and Witches on the other hand (who are all colours) happen to exist in large numbers and are very open about practicing witchcraft. Yes it is a totally different kind of witchcraft but thanks to the English language using one description fits all. If anything the Traditional African Witchcraft is actually the minority here and the poor sangomas and traditional healers are actually taking the brunt of the whole badly proposed witchcraft supression Act. And those are the good guys.

Face Book

Well I have given into the new fad - Face book. I can see why it is addictive. I can find all the Pagans and Pagan groups I could possibly want. Am currently having fun with Filth Book - a 500 question questionaire Purity Test. There are so many things on it I still yet have to achieve - hope I don't end up prissy :) Have found a group against the Mpumalanga Witchraft Supression Bill and also a group of just Pagans. It is so weird to see people by the real names though instead of their craft names - I don't hardly recognize them.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Should Pagans have Plastic Surgery

I have lots of friends from different circles - some who are so Earth orientated they do not even have electricity. Others have mansions and regularly have plastic surgery - a face lift here and there - a tummy tuck. One has even had lipo suction. It made me think - if we are natural children of Mother Earth - should we consider plastic surgery. If the answer is yes - then how far is acceptable - removing of bags under the eyes - a nose job if you have a huge conk. If the answer is no - what about those kids who have big noses and skew teeth. Would a nose job and orthopedic dentistry be a good thing which would give them self confidence or would it be a bad thing that teaches people to move away from nature and into the plastic shallow self indulgent realm. Would plastic surgery be more of a new age thing rather than a Pagan thing?

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

mesothelioma

Ok this is not Pagan - its self pity - got flu and coughing my lungs out and decided rather than feel sorry for me - be glad I don't have mesothelioma - I hear you say - what? Well here is what wikipedia says about it

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products. Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking.

Now my flu looks really paltry and I can stop whining :)

First Attempt

Ok - here goes. Firstly I have no idea what I am really doing. Just tackled my own website - www.natalpagans.net using a website builder and now I'm ready to expand into a little more technology. It's fun to play around and see if I can do it.

Right now most of my thoughts are focused on stopping the Witchcraft Supression Act of 2007 - an outdated and horrifically inconstitutional bill that they are proposing in Mpumalanga. SAPRA (South African Pagan Rights Alliance) have come up with a far better option - a people's protection Act. It's far more suitable for modern times. Sign the petition agains this act. Show you care about having your freedom. First they stop this - where does it end? Once they get away with one infringement they will soon start on another and before you know it all your rights have gone. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-witchcraft-suppression-bill