Comments on: Into The Aethyr – The Thinning of the Veil http://www.rendingtheveil.com/aethyr-thinning-veil/ Occult Resources for Magicians Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:14:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: RTV Admin http://www.rendingtheveil.com/aethyr-thinning-veil/comment-page-1/#comment-356 RTV Admin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:05:14 +0000 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1967#comment-356 Your experiences felt genuine to me from the first time you described them. And while it's good to always maintain enough skepticism that we can weigh our experiences rationally as well as purely subjectively (emotions, etc), doubt can be so painful as to scare some people away from spirit contact forever. On the other end of the spectrum from pure skepticism (as described in detail in other articles this issue), we have those who accept everything that happens, including stuff they (increasingly) make up. Early on in <i>many, many</i> people's adjustment (it's not a conversion, imho) to a pagan or New Age spiritual perspective, they stay on the very light-oriented side of the path, and are what we old-timers term "fluffy." As you grow and learn and weigh and measure and so on, you begin to accept both darker and more rational aspects. It's damn hard to explain, now that I'm trying to do it. There's nothing whatever evil about it -- you certainly know I'm not evil, and neither is Meridjet, but we damn sure have our dark sides. It's like that. One person once said about him, "Meridjet brings light while understanding darkness." Anyway, the fluffier folks out there are the "go into the light" people. You and I both know that the light and the "other side" are right there, all the time. There's no distance between it and them, or between them and us. :) -- Sheta Your experiences felt genuine to me from the first time you described them. And while it’s good to always maintain enough skepticism that we can weigh our experiences rationally as well as purely subjectively (emotions, etc), doubt can be so painful as to scare some people away from spirit contact forever.

On the other end of the spectrum from pure skepticism (as described in detail in other articles this issue), we have those who accept everything that happens, including stuff they (increasingly) make up. Early on in many, many people’s adjustment (it’s not a conversion, imho) to a pagan or New Age spiritual perspective, they stay on the very light-oriented side of the path, and are what we old-timers term “fluffy.” As you grow and learn and weigh and measure and so on, you begin to accept both darker and more rational aspects. It’s damn hard to explain, now that I’m trying to do it. There’s nothing whatever evil about it — you certainly know I’m not evil, and neither is Meridjet, but we damn sure have our dark sides. It’s like that. One person once said about him, “Meridjet brings light while understanding darkness.”

Anyway, the fluffier folks out there are the “go into the light” people. You and I both know that the light and the “other side” are right there, all the time. There’s no distance between it and them, or between them and us. :)

– Sheta

]]> By: Hummingbird http://www.rendingtheveil.com/aethyr-thinning-veil/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Hummingbird Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:58:43 +0000 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1967#comment-354 It was the death of my son that has convinced me of spiritual connections. Several days after his death when everyone was gone (those friends who stayed with us to help us thru the initial struggle) he let me know about the spirit world - it is real and all around us - right with us. I was receiving messages and passing them along to my husband who thought I was losing it - I started writing things down - it was amazing to me and brought a peace to me that no one could understand. This connection lasted about a week (he let me know it was only going to be a short while).I also know that I have always had a guardian spirit - not sure why or who but I know this to be real because of how really messed up my life would have been and it involves my past life somehow. I want to keep an open mind and some day hope to understand more about it all. It was the death of my son that has convinced me of spiritual connections. Several days after his death when everyone was gone (those friends who stayed with us to help us thru the initial struggle) he let me know about the spirit world – it is real and all around us – right with us. I was receiving messages and passing them along to my husband who thought I was losing it – I started writing things down – it was amazing to me and brought a peace to me that no one could understand. This connection lasted about a week (he let me know it was only going to be a short while).I also know that I have always had a guardian spirit – not sure why or who but I know this to be real because of how really messed up my life would have been and it involves my past life somehow. I want to keep an open mind and some day hope to understand more about it all.

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