| Gods of the Wisteria |
Know that the gods need our worship, even as we need food and drink. We are not merely their
servants - We are co-creators. We work WITH them. They do not work for us, we do not order
them, neither are we subservient to them, for we carry the divine spark. We respect the Gods
and give them honor and love, as we give the Godhood within others and ourselves respect. Do
not blame the sorrows of life upon the gods, for it is humankind, which creates the despair on
Earth.
Do not doubt the reality of the gods, for they do exist, they have been since long before people
walked upon the Earth. We are capable of striving to understand and honor them because they
are the personifications and the images, which we have established. The gods do respond to us
through these things, for we are linked to them by virtue of our yearning toward a higher
nature.
The gods are attracted to our rituals because of the sacred signs that we use, and because of our
worship (which is vitality). They are attracted by the ritual fires and incense, and by the love in
our hearts. They give and take the vital essences that we both need, through the sacred power
we raise in our rites and devotions. As we give to them energy and love,
so it is returned to us through them and so the power that we give is returned.
The personal gods that we are connected to call us,sometimes it takes years of study to connect
to that pantheon. In the Wisteria we have the Tradition Pantheon that we honor and celebrate,
but each member of the Wisteria has the right to follow the Gods of their individual spirit. The
Wisteria Gods are ancient and primordial from Gaea who was also called Rhea, who with
Chaos, also called Ouranos: from the darkness of space birthed Time, called Chronos;
Time-Chronos and Gaea-Rhea brought forth Gods and Man.
These are the First Parents through which our Gods came and through which man was birthed.
servants - We are co-creators. We work WITH them. They do not work for us, we do not order
them, neither are we subservient to them, for we carry the divine spark. We respect the Gods
and give them honor and love, as we give the Godhood within others and ourselves respect. Do
not blame the sorrows of life upon the gods, for it is humankind, which creates the despair on
Earth.
Do not doubt the reality of the gods, for they do exist, they have been since long before people
walked upon the Earth. We are capable of striving to understand and honor them because they
are the personifications and the images, which we have established. The gods do respond to us
through these things, for we are linked to them by virtue of our yearning toward a higher
nature.
The gods are attracted to our rituals because of the sacred signs that we use, and because of our
worship (which is vitality). They are attracted by the ritual fires and incense, and by the love in
our hearts. They give and take the vital essences that we both need, through the sacred power
we raise in our rites and devotions. As we give to them energy and love,
so it is returned to us through them and so the power that we give is returned.
The personal gods that we are connected to call us,sometimes it takes years of study to connect
to that pantheon. In the Wisteria we have the Tradition Pantheon that we honor and celebrate,
but each member of the Wisteria has the right to follow the Gods of their individual spirit. The
Wisteria Gods are ancient and primordial from Gaea who was also called Rhea, who with
Chaos, also called Ouranos: from the darkness of space birthed Time, called Chronos;
Time-Chronos and Gaea-Rhea brought forth Gods and Man.
These are the First Parents through which our Gods came and through which man was birthed.
Conservationists, restorationists and healers. Teachers, activists and defenders. Artists, ritualists
and celebrants, all rare conduits of clarity in an age of blinding noise and neon. We're the
reinhabitants of Ectopia and Katuah, the verdant Northeast and the mountains and deserts of the
mystical Southwest, of watersheds and wildernesses, sacred groves and organic farms. In tryst with
rivers and forests, promised to a particular valley, or courting all the Earth in a gypsy's search for
home. We're returning to an older way of being as well, to the great mystery, humbled by our place
in the awesome harmonic Whole. We're determined to dance out our individual dances, never
losing step with that greater choreography of which we are a part. Like the fabled Alice, we each
pursue furtive magic through the openings in the roots of trees and the imaginations of children.
Getting down on our hands and knees, we make our way back to that Gaian Wonderland we can
never really leave.
and celebrants, all rare conduits of clarity in an age of blinding noise and neon. We're the
reinhabitants of Ectopia and Katuah, the verdant Northeast and the mountains and deserts of the
mystical Southwest, of watersheds and wildernesses, sacred groves and organic farms. In tryst with
rivers and forests, promised to a particular valley, or courting all the Earth in a gypsy's search for
home. We're returning to an older way of being as well, to the great mystery, humbled by our place
in the awesome harmonic Whole. We're determined to dance out our individual dances, never
losing step with that greater choreography of which we are a part. Like the fabled Alice, we each
pursue furtive magic through the openings in the roots of trees and the imaginations of children.
Getting down on our hands and knees, we make our way back to that Gaian Wonderland we can
never really leave.
| The Wisteria Tradition |
| The Wisteria Tradition |
Quote from The Enchanted Loom
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
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