tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.comments2023-04-19T12:37:59.608-07:00'New Age Mormon Pagans': Mormonism and the New SpiritualityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00165696105698812361noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-75137125939933804002010-12-19T20:04:25.851-07:002010-12-19T20:04:25.851-07:00Doe, I linked to your blog from Wheat & Tares....Doe, I linked to your blog from Wheat & Tares. I find your research fascinating. This describes me:<br />"That may mean a woman chooses to appear as "normal" as possible while pursuing alternative spiritual practices on the side and/or on the sly."<br />Thus, my "anon for this" on the other blog. I'm going to go back and read the rest of your posts. Thank you for writing this. It's nice to know that I'm not some freak of nature, or, if I am, there are others out there too.CatherineWOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705461017408503798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-66660113386404859332010-10-02T16:25:49.048-07:002010-10-02T16:25:49.048-07:00Great post! `Normal means embracing one's auth...Great post! `Normal means embracing one's authentic self.' Denying our authentic self in order to fit in is something we've all had an experience of, but it does feel wonderful to be true to ourselves. Party on!!!Samantha Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218597870828432263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-88814316487254098522010-10-02T12:33:57.900-07:002010-10-02T12:33:57.900-07:00Hi, just got your comment over at A College Witch&...Hi, just got your comment over at A College Witch's Experiences. Currently I'm taking a break from school after the loss of my grandmother, but I attend a certain University here in Texas. I don't make it public where I am just for my own safety but if you would like I have no problems emailing you about it and such. I am an English Major. Originally I wanted to teach High School English (and I still might) but my passion is writing. Email me at silverwillow19@gmail.com and we can talk about this some more if you like! Brightest blessings!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736353881183757411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-51075806891509881312010-10-01T12:30:27.443-07:002010-10-01T12:30:27.443-07:00*
.*
.*.*
.*.+.+.
+.+**+*.*.*.*+.*
.*.+*.**+*...*<br /><br />.*<br /><br />.*.*<br /><br />.*.+.+.<br /><br />+.+**+*.*.*.*+.*<br /><br />.*.+*.**+*.**+<br /><br />****.+.*.+<br /><br />..*.*+*.+*.+<br /><br />*+*+<br /><br />***.+.+.+.+.+.+<br /><br />..*.*.*.*.<br /><br />*.+.****.<br /><br />+.**<br /><br />.+.<br /><br />*Papillon Bleuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15003351554230649928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-21103823187251465372010-09-30T22:41:02.773-07:002010-09-30T22:41:02.773-07:00Most Intriquing, thank you.
peace,
SusanMost Intriquing, thank you.<br />peace,<br />SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04623256635644408139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-64159643324067910552010-09-28T21:56:51.023-07:002010-09-28T21:56:51.023-07:00Magical Post -We are still flying around looking a...Magical Post -We are still flying around looking at the 200 some odd parties, havent yet made them all! - what fun! Ours will still be up at ! <a href="http://lenorita-lenoramoore.blogspot.com/2010/09/practical-magic-blogparty-2010.html" rel="nofollow">Practical Magic - How To Make A Magic Wand</a> http://lenorita-lenoramoore.blogspot.com/2010/09/practical-magic-blogparty-2010.htmlLenorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523570885159399658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-17945257878778144302010-09-27T21:50:46.736-07:002010-09-27T21:50:46.736-07:00My goodness this was a very dissertation type post...My goodness this was a very dissertation type post. <br /><br />Brightest Blessings,<br />PennyPellie / Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528703820943252311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-14185146553764337682010-09-26T21:28:39.240-07:002010-09-26T21:28:39.240-07:00Great post! Now instead of "put de lime n de ...Great post! Now instead of "put de lime n de coconut" I have "put de lime n de Coke Zero" stuck in my head ;)Aimee Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528195875082903214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-30367953326129373732010-09-26T20:37:18.927-07:002010-09-26T20:37:18.927-07:00Wonderful post! Thanks so much for sharing and giv...Wonderful post! Thanks so much for sharing and giving us food for thought ! Brightest Blessings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-41170147530307824642010-09-26T15:32:00.185-07:002010-09-26T15:32:00.185-07:00Bravo is right. You deserve a hundred toasts...Wel...Bravo is right. You deserve a hundred toasts...Well said. If only I had the courage to stand up for myself when I was young.<br />Pleaase visit me:<br />momentsinaneye.blogspot.comLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907603427328148580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-26406337641830591802010-09-26T09:57:02.032-07:002010-09-26T09:57:02.032-07:00Thank you for such an informative and thought prov...Thank you for such an informative and thought provoking post! I had a nice time here at your blog party and I hope you'll visit mine, too!<br /><br />http://scrapvamp.blogspot.comScrap Vamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949467823381484100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-3548914465301882262010-09-26T07:32:50.585-07:002010-09-26T07:32:50.585-07:00I'm a bit late getting here but... Thank you ...I'm a bit late getting here but... Thank you for your Practical Magic post. A very interesting post, in deed!<br /><br />Gentle hugs,<br />'Auntie,' who is being "Sweet Aunt Bridget" for the weekendAuntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-10894188865606048952010-09-25T15:14:54.574-07:002010-09-25T15:14:54.574-07:00I have learned so much here! Thanx! Magical Post! ...I have learned so much here! Thanx! Magical Post! If you care come and join us for ours! More Practical Magic at <a href="http://lenorita-lenoramoore.blogspot.com/2010/09/practical-magic-blogparty-2010.html" rel="nofollow">Practical Magic - How To Make A Magic Wand</a><br />http://lenorita-lenoramoore.blogspot.com/2010/09/practical-magic-blogparty-2010.htmlLenorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523570885159399658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-20268545100874925702010-09-25T10:25:43.259-07:002010-09-25T10:25:43.259-07:00Bravo! What a great (PM party) post!Bravo! What a great (PM party) post!Bloomin'Chick Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655635228669237336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-17673894465179121122010-09-24T11:46:47.179-07:002010-09-24T11:46:47.179-07:00Thanks for your very informative post, and I raise...Thanks for your very informative post, and I raise a glass back at you and wish us all the courage to live by our choices, whatever they mey be :)Susan Says (Stupid Stuff)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10789602817158490943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-19386583808797555562010-09-14T20:29:39.995-07:002010-09-14T20:29:39.995-07:00What I find nearly without fail is that devout and...What I find nearly without fail is that devout and extremely active mormons don't necessarily know all that much about their religion. I will go so far as to say that unless a person strays from 'lessons' and sanctioned literature to look outside the proverbial mormon box there is little chance that they could prevail in a barrage of 'hard questions'.<br /><br />I recently had a conversation with my mother and three sisters that was wonderful, and quite frankly unbelievable! I explained to them the esoteric knowledge I have gained throughout my life, and discussed with them the place the mormon church has in the universe, and presented to them all my hypotheses regarding the church.<br /><br />Now that the stigma against the occult, esoteric or magical is all but gone in society, and LDS is one of the major religions of the world, members of the church need to really realize 'who they are and what they stand for'. As a religion, they hold the knowledge of the masons, rooted in theosophical teachings of the 1800's. <br /><br />Awakening mormons will find that the true meaning of the church, I don't believe, does not come from headquarters in SLC, in fact, Ezra Taft Benson is directly related by blood to the Russel family, one of the 13 families of the illuminati.<br /><br />The leadership of the church is no different than the leadership of the country, and the world. Perpetrators of a great deception and operating with nefarious greed and entitlement. It is a corporation nested in corporations, a for profit organization. Open your mind, remember these things, and seek-all the answers are out there if you wish to find them. <br /><br />Join with the millions of awakening and enlightened beings in embarking on a new age of life on our blue-green planet, a 'telestial kingdom'.<br /><br /> Universal laws, the Law of One and the multitude of channeled information being received and the teachings of the church are strikingly similar, it becomes very apparent to a student of esoteric and universal knowledge where the teachings are hijacked by the leaders of the religion.<br /><br />I encourage awakening neo-pagan mormons to become 'prepared' and share with the member in their lives, you may be suprised at the reaction!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09306647925820735941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-36531889562395595072010-08-09T21:33:00.033-07:002010-08-09T21:33:00.033-07:00Doe, This is a brilliant and generous-hearted resp...Doe, This is a brilliant and generous-hearted response to this article. Thanks for taking time to analyze it and respond so eloquently on your blog. I have nothing to add other than, "here! here!"Laura Bushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152525504244795406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-56590864921155488722010-08-09T05:07:05.384-07:002010-08-09T05:07:05.384-07:00Any time your goal is only friends to convert, the...Any time your goal is only friends to convert, then friendship more than likely will never be achieved. I have a lot of good non member friends. If they ever get more curious about my religion, fine, I will share. I think example does more than preaching & teaching.Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037751758789568572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-60987017033914387532010-04-23T16:26:29.491-07:002010-04-23T16:26:29.491-07:00Thanks so much, John. It's wonderful to hear f...Thanks so much, John. It's wonderful to hear from you! Yes, I've gotten very clear on my work and this blog, and I intend to write frequently, so I hope I'll see you here. Will you be attending Sunstone this year? If so, I would love to meet you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165696105698812361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-55463359273983888042010-04-23T15:40:47.721-07:002010-04-23T15:40:47.721-07:00Wow! I haven't been on your blog since it was ...Wow! I haven't been on your blog since it was in a prior format, and stagnant for quite some time. It's great to see a new look, and current activity! I hope the PhD is going well. In your experience and research I find a coming together of my two primary research topics!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448917215751194418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-90384632011083580532010-04-21T18:31:43.309-07:002010-04-21T18:31:43.309-07:00Joseph, I appreciate your question. Like all theor...Joseph, I appreciate your question. Like all theories, it works well in some/many contexts and provides a really interesting way of seeing religious commitment. Rational choice is compelling, given that people have self-reported numerous reasons for why a religious tradition/church appeals to them, apart from the issue of Ultimate Truth. People report being motivated by everything from the social support and sense of belonging they get from participation; the economic benefits that accrue because of the Church's particular structure and commitments (its way of being in the world and what it deems important); and/or the fact that the Church gives expression to their preexisting sense of how the world works (e.g. attitudes about heaven or God, etc.). <br /><br />What interests me is how religious identity changes over time. Having been a religious convert myself, I can now appreciate the many complicated reasons for my own conversion to Mormonism at the age of 16. My understanding of that conversion has evolved, of course. I would include that I had a naive belief in the Church, as well as the desire to believe in the Church as "true," but I would also have to admit to other motivations that had little to do with a belief in or search for "Truth." I suspect that I'm no different from other converts to this and other religions. As time goes on, however, regardless of the complexity of their motivations, converts are socialized to express themselves in church contexts so that their complex reasons for coming and then staying are always expressed as a testimony of the Church's truth. <br /><br />I've heard church members state various reasons for maintaining their memberships, despite their lack of belief, just as I've heard others cite their continued belief and commitment as deriving from their expectation of eternal rewards. <br /><br />I see my work as responding to Stark and Finke's theory that secularization is self-limiting. Crudely put, as a religion assimilates, some adherents will long for a more pure or more "something" experience and will break away to pursue that project. In this historical moment and for a variety of possible reasons, the LDS Church has "secularized" itself/become more pluralistic, through the intentional act of using all its resources to emphasize its similarities with other American denominations instead of highlighting their differences. While many of its members are clearly relieved to let go of their historical otherness as "peculiar people," others aren't quite sure how to be in their new protestantized skins. I argue that some of them supplement, integrate, or replace Mormonism with elements of the New Spirituality for just that reason.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165696105698812361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-2119916888835051772010-04-21T13:25:39.849-07:002010-04-21T13:25:39.849-07:00Doe ~ this is a brilliant analysis of how Beck may...Doe ~ this is a brilliant analysis of how Beck may indeed function in unconscious ways for many church members. Thanks for in-sighting on this topic. ~ MaxineMHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06149978663792054471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-6378700504565433612010-04-21T13:24:13.043-07:002010-04-21T13:24:13.043-07:00Doe, this is a brilliant analysis of Beck, thanks ...Doe, this is a brilliant analysis of Beck, thanks for in-sighting on this topic. ~ MaxineMHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06149978663792054471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-2122720428327059432010-04-20T22:08:04.427-07:002010-04-20T22:08:04.427-07:00Nice post, Doe. Just curious, though -- you say yo...Nice post, Doe. Just curious, though -- you say you find it interesting the way sociological research of the 60's and 70's segued into the whole rational choice trend. But I couldn't get a sense of your take on that. Do you take issue with that perspective or see your work as reacting against the rational choice school of thinking about religion?Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965020240286472603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818574397256873614.post-20690805848494246892009-06-16T12:15:25.112-07:002009-06-16T12:15:25.112-07:00HaHAH! I found you! This is Becca from the retreat...HaHAH! I found you! This is Becca from the retreat!<br />I hope you get an e-mail alert when you get a comment!<br />send me an e-mail silly goose! beccarockswilcox at gmail dot comHouse of Wilcox Rock!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17185088535817666858noreply@blogger.com