Progress. . .
Feb. 25th, 2010 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosI'm finding that "progress" in my priestess studies manifests in a variety of ways. One of the most satisfying to a Queen of Swords like myself is realizing that I am comprehending a text which previously caused my eyes to cross.
My copy of John Michael Greer's Paths of Wisdom is falling apart from hard use, so I don't take it anywhere. Instead, I pulled my copy of William G. Gray's Ladder of Lights off my shelf this morning for lunch break reading, bracing myself for a serious challenge. The last time I tried to read this (at least six months ago, and possibly as long as a year), it was very slow going and I thought my head was going to explode from the sheer bulk of utterly alien concepts.
What a pleasant surprise to discover that the first two chapters now make perfect sense! I don't claim to fully understand all the concepts or their implications, but this book no longer reads like a foreign language. For example: I still have trouble remembering which of the four worlds has which name, but I *get* the four worlds and their differences. (Imperfectly, to be sure, but it's now part of my understanding.)
This is me doing my Queen of Swords happy dance!
(And if anyone can create an effective Queen-of-Swords-Happy-Dance icon you'll have my eternal gratitude and some kind of gift! Bonus points for animation. . . )
My copy of John Michael Greer's Paths of Wisdom is falling apart from hard use, so I don't take it anywhere. Instead, I pulled my copy of William G. Gray's Ladder of Lights off my shelf this morning for lunch break reading, bracing myself for a serious challenge. The last time I tried to read this (at least six months ago, and possibly as long as a year), it was very slow going and I thought my head was going to explode from the sheer bulk of utterly alien concepts.
What a pleasant surprise to discover that the first two chapters now make perfect sense! I don't claim to fully understand all the concepts or their implications, but this book no longer reads like a foreign language. For example: I still have trouble remembering which of the four worlds has which name, but I *get* the four worlds and their differences. (Imperfectly, to be sure, but it's now part of my understanding.)
This is me doing my Queen of Swords happy dance!
(And if anyone can create an effective Queen-of-Swords-Happy-Dance icon you'll have my eternal gratitude and some kind of gift! Bonus points for animation. . . )
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Date: 2010-02-25 07:42 pm (UTC)I wish I could draw. You know who just gave me an image of you in full Highland woman's kit, doing a dance over two crossed claymores... *g*
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Date: 2010-02-25 07:51 pm (UTC)But that gives me ideas. . .
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Date: 2010-02-25 07:54 pm (UTC)(He said, "Uh-oh" and ducked. *g*)
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Date: 2010-02-25 08:15 pm (UTC)Hugs