these are the woods
the journey of a twenty-something gentleman, making his way onto the Pagan path
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This is what you said after Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University freshman, killed himself after his roommate used a hidden cam to live-stream him making out with another guy:
- “I’m just beyond sad — I’m crushed. And also compelled to act (after seeing) gay bullying and (kids) being harassed in school because people might think that they’re gay.”
Well, Perez, it turns out you make a living doing the exact same thing, except with a much bigger audience than Clementi’s roommate’s 148 Twitter followers.Here’s what MSNBC wrote when you bragged about outing Lance Bass:
- Lance was forced to make a very public statement on the cover of People after Perez Hilton started posting articles in September 2005, outing Lance on his Web site.
(Hilton says) “It upsets me that people think what I’m doing is a bad thing. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. If you know something to be a fact, why not report it?“
“If I have to drag some people screaming out of the closet, then I will.”
And then there’s Dustin Lance Black, the gay screenwriter who won an Academy Award in ‘08 for Milk. You posted private pictures of him having sex. (You’ve since removed the link, but in the comments underneath we can see that you did post the pictures.)
Oh, and don’t forget about Matt Dallas, star of the ABC Family show ‘Kyle XY.’ You take perverse pleasure in calling him a “fag,” even nicknaming him ‘Kyle KY.’ (Dallas is only rumored to be gay.)
You posted a picture of Dallas “celebrating his birthday in fagulous style” here, and, in keeping with the witty “fagulous” theme, you wrote, “The fagulous Kyle KY star debuted his new ‘do at the Family TV Awards in LA on Thursday night.”
So, Perez, tell me who it is that’s doing the cyber-bullying.
And if you’re having a hard time figuring it out, let me help: it’s you.
These are only a few examples of what you’ve done over the years, and you treat women the same way — like nothing more than a piece of meat.
I’d really like to see your explanation, so I’m e-mailing this to you. I’ll be awaiting your response.
Until then, to anyone else out there with a heart: I’m asking you to stop going to his website. Unfollow him on Twitter. Stop supporting his hypocrisy. Stop funding his hate.
(Source: ilikesmywine)
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Lonely Nights
Jason PurcellUp until now, all of my music has been heard only by those closest to me, so this is something of an experiment. This is a song that I wrote tonight. I hope that everyone who watches and listens knows how grateful I am to them for doing so. Thank you, and I hope that you enjoy it.
© 2010 Jason Purcell
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Care for something life-changing?
‘Anastasia, the first book of the Ringing Cedars Series, tells the story of entrepreneur Vladimir Megré’s trade trip to the Siberian taiga in 1995, where he witnessed incredible spiritual phenomena connected with sacred “ringing cedar” trees. Here he discovered a beautiful young woman named Anastasia, living alone deep in the forest. He spent three days with her during which she displayed the most extraordinary physical, mental and psychic powers.
She also shared with him her unique outlook on a vast range of subjects as diverse as happiness,co-creation, spirituality, sexuality, child-rearing, healing, gardening, nature and environmental issues, planetary change and much more.
This wilderness experience affected Vladimir so deeply that he abandoned his commercial plans and went to Moscow to fulfill Anastasia’s request to write a book about what he had witnessed and the insights she had shared with him. She told him she would imbue his books with an energy that would uplift the spirit and cause them to sell in the millions. True to her promise this life-changing book has become an international bestseller and is now touching the hearts of millions of people world-wide.’ -
I’ve always been comfortable in and attracted to nature, and my earliest memories were of being left alone to explore outdoors. I remember mixing dried leaves from the ground with grasses and sweeping areas with pine branches. In all seasons, I found solace outside with nature.
These early instincts to combine parts of nature and focussing intent never left me, though I had been told they were child’s play and so I suppressed them. As a child, I continued to play in nature and ‘imagine’ that I were able to feel the energies of nature. When I turned twelve, I began to believe that I could really experience energies, and also was able to focus my mind and was able to find that I could achieve inner harmony. I was always (and still am, being only twenty) told that I am an old soul. I have always had an interest in religions, customs and mythology of other cultures, and in conjunction with my feeling of belonging in nature, the notion of Christianity was deemed an impossibility in my life. Thankfully, religion was never stressed in my family, so I was left to explore on my own.
By the time I was thirteen or fourteen, I somehow was led to Wicca. It was just an urge I had, and it led me to discover Scott Cunningham’s Wicca: A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner. When I finished this book - almost immediately - there was an article in my city’s local newspaper - a small city, of French Catholic origin - about a New Age store that was opening.
I went with my best friend, and eventually it became ‘our store’. From the ages of 13 to 16, I read and explored, but for some reason I did not feel ready to commit to a religious or spiritual path, and so I quietly stopped. At 16 I was hired at this New Age store, and have spent the past 3 years working there and observing, reading and exploring.
But this past month, I’ve been feeling a very serious and very strong pull back towards Wicca. I feel I have settled and am ready. I look forward to learning and to growing and to becoming myself.
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“Structure of brain cell and Universe almost indentical”
