Isaac
Bonewits, 1949-2010
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of the
iconic Isaac
Bonewits, who died after a long battle with cancer. He was
60 years old. He was the founder of ADF,
a writer, blogger, and an inspiration to myriads of Neo-Druids,
including those of us in the Reformed
Druids of Gaia. He will be greatly missed by all of us. Like
Obi Wan Kenobi, I believe he will be greater in death than he
was in life, as his books and writings will live on for millennia
to come.
This
is from Oberon
Zell's Facebook page:
"Please
send love, peace, and healing to Phaedra. She's totally devastated.
She told me that she finally found her true soulmate, and was
looking forward to a long life of companionship with him - as
MG and I have had. And to have him taken from her so soon - she’s
shattered. And of course, there is Isaac’s son, Arthur,
who ...has grown into a fine young man. And now to lose his father
just as he is coming of age…"
Farmville
I'm addicted to Farmville.
I play every day, sometimes, well, many times, more than once.
Most of the players in my group are Pagan and many are Druids.
So it comes as quite a shock to me that many of my fellow players
don't reflect Pagan values in their farms. "It's just
a game," you might say. Is it 'just a game?'
I personally try to reflect my Pagan values, towards the environment,
towards animal justice, etc., in my farm. For example, I limit
my animals to barns, and don't try to assemble as many as possible
into as small a space as possible. I also allow the ones I have
outside of barns to walk freely. It's a lot less profitable that
way, but I think much more rewarding to exercise one's spiritual
values even in a virtual world. Of course, as always,
ymmv.
Another
game I started is Frontierville,
another game by Zynga offered
to the Facebook community.
The object here is that you are building a frontier town in the
old west. I only lasted about two weeks, as the game kept insisting
that I clearcut the trees on my little property. As a Druid I
just can't do that, so I quit.
Net
Neutrality
Since Google
has decided to throw us all under the bus, and enter into an unholy
alliance with Verizon, I've decided I can no longer support Google.
As of now my blog, "Views
From the Redwood Coast" has now moved to a Wordpress
blog on mithrilstar.org.
I will also be gradually eliminating all of my other Google accounts
as well. I hope you will join me.
May
the FOREST be with you always,
And may you never thirst for the waters of life.
Druid
Sybok Pendderwydd, Patriarch
Order of the Mithril Star
Hook
up with Sybok on Facebook: http://
facebook.com/redwood.eagle
Sybok's
Blog: http://mithrilstar.org/el/
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