As much as I value and respect Juju's opinion, I'll always be a clueless hick among the so-fist-a-cats.
Maybe some nice lady would take me under her wing and tutor me in the ways of the wicked world.:(

Thanks for the tour of your Coven, Spode. Nice collection of DoDa...er...graven images. Are these old pictures? I don't see your newer/est treasure.:)

Is "wing" the new-fangled term for those?

hehehe, you may want to talk to Brian about that :)

*adjusting her halo*

But I'm like a Mama Bear...I'm sweet and loveable, till you mess with me or the ones I care about :)

Dagney

For the record, I was referring to lovebugz in my first post, and was only kidding in my second post. :)

Juju, I knew that. Just ignore the helicopters.

Wolf, You've got me all wrong. I'm just trying to be congenial and helpful to poor lost souls. Sort of a father..well grandfather figure.:blunt:

Ok, good. :)

Most of the pics are older, yes. We have yet to find an appropriate place for the new altarpiece. As you can see, the room is quite full at present. Witches are horrendous accumulators of 'stuff'...

Yeah, I imagine when 3/4 (or more) of the things you ever see can have some significance to the craft, it accumulates big time.;)

      Cool, thanks Onyx. I actually had wondered if you had left due to the 'shop around' thing you had mentioned. Thanks for the clarification.

      Okay, question for all you Wiccans.       Now, if I understand correctly, balance is a very important issue to you. If there is a universal balance wouldn't your 'increase in abundance' mean that someone else would recieve less? Am I right in the idea that Balance is a major point? If so do you believe in 'Universal balance'? My understanding is likely skewed here which is why I wanted to ask.

The short answer, Whit, is 'yes'. In order for us to increase our own abundance, it does have to reduce abundance elsewhere.

This all part of the ethical dilemma inherent to the "harm none" aspect of our path. It is, in fact, impossible to do something without affecting something else. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

However, it is safe to assume (or so I hope) that abundance exists in excess somewhere else, and so asking for a bit more is a reasonable thing.

Abundance is relative, and the distribution thereof is not really up to the person asking for more. If it exists somewhere and the universe wants you have more, then you'll get it. If not, it won't come to you, because the nature of the spell (asking, rather than demanding) does not wrest abundance to you from somewhere else, it simply redirects the natural flow so it eddies a bit more in your direction.

Sounds like all your asking for is a more equitable distribution.:)

      Interesting. I find I really like the soft approach in use here. I also really like the willingness to accept it if it doesn't come. Seems realistic to me.
      Question: you say "universe wants" do you mean Goddess/God or are you refering to some natural balancing that doesn't actually have a mind per se, just evening things like a scale does. In natural response to weight?

Sounds like communism...bastard pagans!