Overcoming the 8 and 9 of Swords

The Robin Wood deck calls the 9 of Swords "Night Terrors." It represents the fears that rise to prey on us when we're vulnerable and tired. Very often they don't represent real threats or issues. They cause needless pain and suffering.

The 9 of Swords is closely related to the 8 of Swords. It represents being limited and confined by one's own thoughts and beliefs rather than the oppression of others.



( Last night, during a conversation with my teacher, I realized that I'd been faced several issues in my life where I was experiencing unnecessary grief and pain due to my thoughts, and was successful in changing them. )

The interesting thing about this kind of work -- for me, at least -- is that overcoming the challenges of Swords cards requires the use of a Sword. The phantoms of the mind, the self-defeating patterns of the mind, are best met and conquered by the use of the mature, rational, perceptive mind.

Taking Lee Harrington's "Sacred Kink" Class Online

I was excited to find out this morning that Lee Harrington, aka passionandsoul, is offering a class called Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM through the Power Play Academy.

It's an online class that starts July 2nd. Tuition is usually $147, but only $97 with the code on the link above.

Lee has an excellent reputation as a sexuality and kink educator, and I enjoyed his session at the last Pantheacon on knot and fiber magic, even though it ended up being a bit outside my core interests.

While I would rather take the course in person, this is a great opportunity to increase my undrestanding of the possibilities of blending kink and spirituality.

It is also an opportunity to for me to better understand how my own perspective differs from what's already out there as I further develop my own workshop, "Feral Holiness: BDSM and the Sacred."

Twitter Humor

This is in response to sannion's video Twitter post.


"Sinfest" comic


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