http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org Sacred relationship, higher attunement, self-transformation Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been sitting with the concept of Quintessence as a health strategy for a while now. The basic idea is, make sure that your relationships with each of the elements is as full of Awen/vitality/quintessence/chi (yes I use these words more or less interchangeably) as possible. For instance, I've been drinking ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2010/03/11/fire-awen-and-purity/ I've been thinking a lot lately about the concept of detoxification. So I thought I'd write about it. Basically, I view "detox" as almost more metaphysical than physical, although toxicity definitely manifests in the physical realm. In reading a book called "Raw Emotions," the extraordinary claim is made that one ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/11/10/toxifying-my-detox-process/ OK, Here's an epiphany I had just now. Context: I was standing outside looking at the darkening sky, trying to find motivation to exercise (shovelglove). Finally, I made myself start. I got to thinking. Why the inertia? I haven't exercised much since NY. Why do I get into these ruts? At that ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/20/exercise-causes-fear/ 11 days into my HealthQuest, I'm down 9 pounds in a week. This is quite a relief. I generally don't get too obsessive over the scale, but it was quite a shock seeing 344 on the scale last week. This is about my health, not about my weight. If I do ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/09/boost/ Asthma has been tenacious the past 2 days. Still staying pharm-free as much as possible, though I have indulged in my inhaler twice in the past 2 days. Most of the problems seem to come when I lie down to sleep. Something about being prone seems to trigger an attack. I ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/07/just-breathe-simple-right/ I stopped the blow-by-blow accounting of each dose of Vitamin C over the weekend. At this point, I feel like I've more or less self-regulated. I'm back up to 6000mg doses, when I reduced the dose I noticed symptoms coming back, so I increased it again. So far so good. Great ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/05/finding-the-groove/ It's been a very interesting 4 days. I am making some very fundamental changes. I have not had my asthma inhaler for 4 days now, since I began this program. I have only used the homeopathic asthma medication a handful of times in 4 days. Wow. Wow. In all the things ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/02/observations-musings-and-momentum/ I got to bed late last night (around 4am), and woke up around 7am with really bad allergies. I took a dose of Vitamin C and went back to sleep. Woke up feeling much better, but still not quite right. Took another dose at 11. 7am: 6000mg 11am: 6000mg 2:45pm: 6000mg 6:30pm: 6000mg 10:15pm: 3500mg ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/02/healthquest-day-4/ I feel *amazing* today. Fever is gone, and I woke up with clear lungs, feeling vibrant and alive. :-) 11:45am: 6000mg of ascorbic acid. 12:30pm: smoothie. 1pm: again, at the risk of TMI, seem to have achieved a "bowel tolerant" dose again. This could be the soup I had last night ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/01/healthquest-day-3/ One of the benefits of a raw food diet seems to be that it opens people up spiritually, it helps to put people more in tune with their surroundings. This of course is the same goal that Druids have. I'll leave this short for now, but suffice to say this ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/10/01/druidry-and-raw-foods/ Last night, I woke up shivering with a low-grade fever. This morning the fever was 100.4. Interesting how the day after I start this regimen, I get these symptoms. This screams detox to me. I don't feel great, but I don't feel too badly either. This morning, I got up, ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/09/30/healthquest-day-2/ I've been incommunicado for a while, traveling, etc. But I've been studying various modes of healing, and am ready to undertake a strict regimen. I considered whether or not this is the place for a log of it, but I decided to put it here for 2 reasons. Druidry is all ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/09/29/healing-and-training-regimen/ The subject of this post is stewardship. This concept applies both to the land one occupies, as well as one's own self. As an example, there was a few days ago a fatal car accident less than 100 yards from my home, less than 50 yards from the edge of ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/06/12/stewardship/ I've thought for many years that the next big leap in my own spiritual evolution will only come once I've mastered a daily practice. I spend a lot of time in thought, with abstractions as my companions. I can wax philosophical until the cows come home, and I often apply ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/06/01/training-andor-self-initiation/ It's been an eventful few weeks in this Druid's reality. My main preoccupation lately has been examining my relationship with my own health. This was triggered by a change in my health insurance -- to put it simply, have no health insurance anymore. Therefore I decided to wean myself off ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/05/15/baseline/ So I was sitting here working on my laptop, and happened to look up from where I was sitting. Outside my back window, in a tree branch about 15' from the house, was a hawk that stood about 18" tall! It was mostly white and gray. I slowly stood up ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/05/04/hawk/ Here's another gorgeous shot taken this week: Unbelievable! I think this kind of astrophotography is just way too cool. http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/04/23/speaking-of-the-moon-and-venus/ Tomorrow is the new moon. It's been looking beautiful lately: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="Moon and Venus, by Ted Judah, 22 Apr 2009"][/caption] That's Venus behind the moon, itself a tiny crescent. As a longtime pagan, the new moon (and the moon cycles in general) has good resonance with my soul. It for ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/04/23/new-moon/ I alluded to this in my post yesterday*: change is everywhere. One can feel it. Of course this is the beginning of spring, so I'd expect nothing less. But there is a definite, palpable sense of change in the zeitgeist of our culture. Obama rode this wave to the white house. ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/04/17/can-you-feel-it/ Well, after nearly 2 years of utter inactivity, I'm dusting off this site. I've been inspired lately by the postings of my grovemates Joanne and Snowhawke so I decided to get things going again here. Lots of changes since this site was originally stillborn. I am in a new grove now, ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2009/04/14/a-resurrection/ I started writing Ogham script today with my daughter. She loves secret codes, and handed her an Ogham/English key and a short message (a sentence or two) on an index card. She returned with her own Ogham script on a card within a few minutes, so tonight I wrote out ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2007/05/11/ogham/ This is a question I have to ask myself. Upon reflection, I have to say that I'm not exactly sure - there is for me, a call from outside myself that pulls at the heartstrings of my soul. My Irish heritage is very important to me and I ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2007/05/11/why-druidry/ In my new study of Druidry, I have been struck by the "Indo-European" theory. Basically, the theory is this: as far back as we can see, on the fringes of prehistoric peoples, many of the earliest cultures we know likely come from the same proto-culture, called the Indo-European culture. One example, ... http://druidry.radicalpolytics.org/2007/05/03/the-celts-and-the-indo-europeans/