Limen: Thoughts from a threshold - Latest Comments

Re: Wicca, censorship, and the library

Jenett — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:38:07 -0000

You're quite right that boards can have a tremendous amount of influence (something I touch on up above, in the "Response to reasonable questions about policy, access, and changes to same." section.)That said - from actually reading the brief, the response of the librarian is not what I'd expect from someone who was being pushed into filtering, but disagreed with it. It comes across much more as the response of someone who is, for whatever reason, reasonably in tune with their board on the issue.

(If it really were a board driven policy, I'd have expect to see a "Our policy, determined by the board, is X" sort of response, not just "I won't do that.")

Which is rather a problem when it goes so directly against the library's own mission statement, and of course, in general.

Re: Wicca, censorship, and the library

Librarian — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:33:08 -0000

In many communities, especially smaller communities, the library, its staff, and its policies may be closely controlled by the board of trustees, usually made up of members of the community. A reallly controlling board can dictate collection development policies, insist on certain types of filtering, decide whether to hire a librarian with professional credentials, and dictate to library staff how they must respond to members of the public on access issues. The story out of Salem is not unusual - we just hear about it readilys thanks to (ironically enough) - internet access.

The librarian is taking a lot of heat over this situation, but I'd bet that the board is at the bottom of the problem.

Re: Cliques and open rituals

BlackCatEmpathy — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:26:13 -0000

Thank You so much! This was very helpful!

Re: Echos over time

Sherry Merriam — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:05:25 -0000

Your story reminds me of when I first moved to Minnesota in 1999, and I had one last long-distance ritual -- near Samhain actually -- with my coven. I had never really tried astral travel before (or since), but OH MY GODS did it work that night. I really felt like I was with my coven sisters in ritual space.

I think your plan of doing ritual prep in advance for stamina reasons is wonderful. I'll remember that, as I try to get back into a regular practice habit, too.

Re: Quick note saying hi

Rian Nepenthe — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:26:33 -0000

If you're still looking for 'motivation'- I'd love to hear your thoughts on intuition. I've been struggling with that a lot lately- sometimes it's so clear, and sometimes there are layers of other wants that muddle the voice.

Re: Quick note saying hi

Sherry Merriam — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:11:32 -0000

Glad to hear from you! Glad things are going relatively well.

They all sound interesting, but the last one on your list is my top choice. I can relate to a lot of it, so I'm especially interested.

Re: Quick note saying hi

Carrie — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:04:26 -0000

Glad to hear the move went well! I would find either the intuition or the maintaining momentum posts very interesting (and potentially very instructive, given how useful I've found similar posts of yours in the past).

Re: A quick note

Ann C. — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:31:57 -0000

Congratulations on your new job and welcome to Maine! Since you live in Minnesota I won't have to warn you about the long winters.

Re: A quick note

Rian — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:05:48 -0000

I am (selfishly) excited as this brings you closer to my home- not a lot closer, but closer. :)
Congrats on the new job!

Re: A quick note

Sherry — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:36:12 -0000

I'm so excited that you have a happy new opportunity for you! And selfishly, I am sad, as the local Pagan and SF communities won't be the same without you. You will be missed. Many bright blessings on your new chapter of life!

Re: New Seeking posts

Amcorbett — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:39:50 -0000

Thank you for your well-written and interesting blog. I especially enjoy your comprehensive "seekers" section. At some point, though, I need to stop reading and researching and actually do something.

Ann C.

Re: Responsible ritual announcing

Jenett — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:54:14 -0000

Thank you so much for the compliment! It's such a complicated issue.

(Comments from friends also lead me to think I'll be doing another post - I hope in the next day or two - about some of the issues from the larger event organisational side. For various reasons, that's a bit more complex for me to write, so I want to make sure I can do it clearly before I post.)

Re: Responsible ritual announcing

Ian 'Cat' Vincent — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:23:49 -0000

I've rarely seen this issue discussed with such intelligence, compassion and practicality. As a cismale who spent a lot of time in queer & pagan spaces in the past, it's a splendid thing to see.

Re: Watch this space

Labrys — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:21:57 -0000

I always enjoy new posts here. You have me beat, lol, I haven't even thought about resolutions for this year in any systematic fashion yet. As you say, addressing health issues and practice issues IS on my radar, but my screen is a bit glitchy as yet.

Re: Protected: Done, done, done – song project

Adele — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:37:43 -0000

Hi! Adele here! Yay, I've gotten in! (I've been wondering what's here for... oh, far too long. i.e. a week, but still)

I really like the melody, especially in the last line and the verse before that. Also, the repetitions of "on, on, on" really draw me - to me it sounds like a bell tolling.

This is quite different to the music that I've listened to before now (yes, I appreciate good music. But I don't really have a taste in it, at the moment.), and I like it.
I hope you're enjoying the composition project! (And that your life won't be on hold for too long.)
Adele.

Re: Health and Craft – more general thoughts

Adele — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:33:13 -0000

Thanks. I've been really enjoying reading the seeking pages, especially as they apply to my position at the moment. Good to hear that nothing majorly bad has happened in your life.

Re: Health and Craft – more general thoughts

Jenett — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:19:20 -0000

Working hard (if a bit slowly) on the http://gleewood.org/seeking pages, and not writing here much yet (I've got some things gelling.) And working on the wonderful world of job hunting, which of course gets priority for my time and focus.

The locked post is related to a creative project: I needed somewhere to stick a file, but I'm not quite ready to have it out in public space yet. (I probably will when it's done.)

Hope to have more stuff up in the not too distant future, but I'm not quite sure when that'll be here: I want to focus on finishing the core writing for the /seeking pages first.

Re: Health and Craft – more general thoughts

Adele — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:35:03 -0000

Jenett - I've been wondering where you've been for the last month or so, due to the lack of posts. A post has gone up today, but it's password protected. Just wondering what's happening, and if you have plans to write more but don't have time right now or what.
Thanks,
Adele.

Re: Access and Pagan Practice

Jenett — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:33:00 -0000

Thanks so much for your nice comments! (And if there's anything you'd love to see me blog about, I'm always open to suggestions.)

Re: Access and Pagan Practice

Crow — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:05:25 -0000

Hi this bit of the HPS living her highest ideals all the time is right on. People expect a lot. And Your Blog on oaths was such a reminder and open minder. thanks. Crow

Re: Friday night ritual

Adele — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:21:30 -0000

Thanks for your help.

Re: Friday night ritual

Jenett — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:08:07 -0000

Thanks for asking - it's offline, and has been for a while. It only had a handful of posts in it, and I had a hard time integrating it into other things.

My current project is off at http://gleewood.org/seeking , which is taking the intro material and material about seeking groups and teachers into its own section. Some of it is things that are currently on the Limen blog (though I'll be taking down the easy links to those once the site is finished), but some of it is new material. Still in progress, so there's a lot not finished yet, though!

Re: Friday night ritual

Adele — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:36:03 -0000

I was wondering - what has happened to your reading blog? I have really enjoyed your writing, so am currently reading through the archives, and am curious about whether it still exists. Has it moved? Or has it been taken off the net?
Thanks for your writing,
Adele.