Comments on: This Is Just Depressing

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:14:56 +0000

They’ve taken what should be “magickal” things and made them commercial. It’s as bad as the “Native American” objects made in Asia. People aren’t just paying for the object, they are buying into the “magick”.

I am not Catholic, but when I’m buying something for someone who is, I buy from Catholic sources, not the local evangelical sources. I have spent a lot of time in Europe waiting to buy things at various pilgrimage locations for family and friends, as well as buying things in small markets in other areas so I could in good conscience say they were authentic. To find this stuff at major churches is truly depressing.

Even if I don’t believe, I don’t benefit when the belief of others is cheapened in this fashion, without even addressing my personal anger at the labor practices.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:30:20 +0000

Also, hello to Michael. Boy this could get confusing.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:27:00 +0000

(Unless that is the point and you're meditating, but I mean if you want to interact in the world at all then you have to be conscious of it and that means the real world as it is outwardly perceivable.)

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:24:31 +0000

Blind faith, however, isn’t the point nor is it very effective, especially if you also ignore your ears and other senses.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:23:02 +0000

There is real power in faith, fallenmonk.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:59:50 +0000

You still can buy religious articles from monasteries. Most monasteries and convents have a line of something they make and sell to help support themselves and their order. And while they aren't crucifixes, I bought a number of beautiful olivewood crosses in various forms from an elderly nun on the grounds of the Benedictine convent on the Mount of the Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee on my first aliyah in 1998.

By: fallenmonk

fallenmonk — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:45:32 +0000

It might be because people don’t believe in “magick” anymore. All the mystery and wonder available in the world is vacant from their lives. It is a shame though, because the world can be”magickal”. Crucifixes from monasteries have “magick” and those from China are just cheap crap.

Note: “Magic” is the stuff you see on the stage, “Magick” is the real thing.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:48:55 +0000

Made in China along with “Support the Troops” magnets and flags, no doubt.