It's been awhile, and I'm mostly on the Hellenic pagan wavelength now, but I'm going to slip on my amethyst ring for a second and say something about this Christmas thing: So the idea is that God gave Christ to the world as a gift, the gift that offers the world a way out of its fallen state to the New Jerusalem. That's also what is being represented by the gifts of the Magi. So. just my little, little opinion here, but the right way to approach this is the Dion Fortune way of visualizing and *working toward* what you want to accomplish. So, instead of getting swept up in the tidal wave of bad feeling about the consumerism of Christmas, just give gifts, meaningful gifts, that come from you as an impulse of the heart just to give something to somebody because it will make them happy, with no other expectation of anything. Only the generous outflowing that, you know, really is a theurgic gesture of imitation of God's unbounded and loving generosity in giving gifts to God's creation. Just the same impulse and flow of the Blessing Walk in the MOE instructions. And just because to give makes you happy, because it makes them happy. It doesn't have to be diamond rings and sable coats. It just has to be the honest expression of your inner wish to give something to someone to make them even just a little bit happier. And, of course, f**k the people who are trying to tell you that it's not meaningful if it isn't a big ticket item. Given with thought, care and love, a Pez dispenser might be a great gift. Sorry to go on. I just re-read "A Christmas Carol" and I think this might have been a large part of the point, and I'm feeling strongly about it this year...
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So the idea is that God gave Christ to the world as a gift, the gift that offers the world a way out of its fallen state to the New Jerusalem. That's also what is being represented by the gifts of the Magi. So. just my little, little opinion here, but the right way to approach this is the Dion Fortune way of visualizing and *working toward* what you want to accomplish. So, instead of getting swept up in the tidal wave of bad feeling about the consumerism of Christmas, just give gifts, meaningful gifts, that come from you as an impulse of the heart just to give something to somebody because it will make them happy, with no other expectation of anything. Only the generous outflowing that, you know, really is a theurgic gesture of imitation of God's unbounded and loving generosity in giving gifts to God's creation. Just the same impulse and flow of the Blessing Walk in the MOE instructions. And just because to give makes you happy, because it makes them happy. It doesn't have to be diamond rings and sable coats. It just has to be the honest expression of your inner wish to give something to someone to make them even just a little bit happier. And, of course, f**k the people who are trying to tell you that it's not meaningful if it isn't a big ticket item. Given with thought, care and love, a Pez dispenser might be a great gift.
Sorry to go on. I just re-read "A Christmas Carol" and I think this might have been a large part of the point, and I'm feeling strongly about it this year...