Of all the aspects of my personal identity, the one that has probably had the most profound effect on my spiritual experience, and indeed life in general is being autistic. I was a highly verbal and intelligent child yet my parents and others could tell there was something rather odd about me. I got upset [...]
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Autism and Spiritual Experience
Posted in Disability/Autism, Health, tagged aspergers syndrome, autism, disability, meditation, spiritual experience on October 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Standing at the Crossroads
Posted in Health, tagged adulthood, change, liminality, mental health, rites of passage on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I stand at the crossroads- a magical place, between the mists. I stand at a fork in the road, not knowing what path to take. I know what I must do, yet I am paralyzed with fear.
Every few years I go through a period of great change. Usually this involves a lot of maturing on [...]
Mental Illness in the Pagan Community
Posted in Health, Pagan Community on September 10, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I suspect that a _significant_ portion of the Pagan community suffers from various forms of mental illness. Of course a large portion of the American population suffers from depression and other disorders, but in some ways Pagans are uniquely predisposed to depression. Many people are undiagnosed and untreated, or inadequately treated.
(I also think a [...]
