tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post8801268710328522006..comments2023-09-11T11:01:12.221-05:00Comments on Rivergarth: The Northern SpiritUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post-49412917892573532002009-03-17T17:15:00.000-05:002009-03-17T17:15:00.000-05:00Hi, Red, thank you for your comment. I agree that...Hi, Red, thank you for your comment. I agree that Arizona (and the home of the Canaanites) are home to the spirits. What Thoreau (and I and Bjorn) are saying is that different peoples have adopted different ways of connecting to those same spirits.<BR/><BR/>The wisdom of the Northern Way has been preserved in literature, as well as, passed down in our culture--think of folkways like "knocking on wood," erecting gravestones, painting hex signs, etc. If we want to recapture the meaning of those old ways, that wisdom, we can through study. Naturally, we can't do it perfectly. Time and place and winds have altered the trail, but we, at least, discover a path that satisfies the ancestral urges of the North.Morning Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756082722300038196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post-6823078956931570692009-03-17T15:19:00.000-05:002009-03-17T15:19:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't know - Joe used to live in Phoenix, Ar...Oh, I don't know - Joe used to live in Phoenix, Arizona (a place he says feels more like home to him than any other spot on earth) and he definitely felt the presence of the Holy Powers there, as well as the presence of the etin-kind. <BR/><BR/>I've never been there so I don't know what it would be like. Bug on a plate, methinks. LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749535128392129622.post-38115565219400090182009-03-16T19:52:00.000-05:002009-03-16T19:52:00.000-05:00This is wonderful MA! So true. Religions best serv...This is wonderful MA! So true. Religions best serve the peoples and climes those peoples are descended from. The Hebrew and Palestinian folk know genetically or from personal experience the harsh heat of the desert. Their religion was built around that heat and arid wasteland. Their God is austere because their landscape was austere.<BR/><BR/>Our ancestors' lands were harsh and wild, and this can be seen as reflected in many sagas and myths, however we developed a folk-specific mentality about this dark landscape. We learned to overcome and the meet challenges and enemies head on, knowing if we were victorious, we would achieve luxury and riches.<BR/><BR/>I do not see this in the Middle Eastern monotheistic folkways. Those beliefs are alien to our blood and bones!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com