It's a little past official Mabon in my time zone, but for some of you, it still is Mabon. Hey, on my end, 'tis near as dammit. It'll do.

At this sacred time of Equinox, or "Equal Night", when we ponder and celebrate themes of balance, contrasts, and opposites/complements, among other themes, I, the Grand High Priestess Pooh-bah of Know-It-All Aquarianism, fondly bid you all BEWARE of the dogmatic "Half-and-Halfism" so often in our midst where the Goddess and God are concerned. It doesn't work for everyone, it's not really wildly magical (dogma never is), and sometimes it's very, very far from truly being "balanced", in my view.

Why? Because being drawn to a deity (as opposed to being hit over the head with one via somebody's thou-shalt-not-ridden clay tablets or sanctimonious scrolls) is like falling and being in love. REAL deity love can't be forced or reasoned out. You either feel for a god or goddess, or you don't. You either need a god or goddess, or you don't. Now, sometimes your needs change along the way, especially when you finally recover from any such above-mentioned "sacred" scroll-inflicted blows on the head. But I don't believe we are OBLIGATED to worship any deity. Obligation is not what deity is really all about. We've heard that story before. Zzzzzzzzz... ho-hum....

[A sudden thunderbolt from On High wakes Dizzy Aura back up with a jolt.] Uh... let's see... where was I... OH yeah.  What can I say. If you're passionately drawn to the Goddess but not the God, for example, as many women and some men are, that's what YOU want and need. It doesn't mean you're "unbalanced", as some dogmatic Wiccans and Pagans so energetically and self-righteously like to claim. In fact, it might be just what you personally require to REGAIN balance after years of following (as so many have done) patriarchal religions with overbearing Big Daddy deities. Deities, I might add, that SOME folks may actually have been or be "in love" with, though I majorly tend to doubt whether said deities would have been so enthusiastically embraced had they not been forced down so many people's throats over so long a time by frenzied factions of power-mongering control freaks. "When will they ever learn?" to quote the old protest song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" When, indeed.

But enough of this gay banter, to quote Monty Python. Me, I love an assortment of aspects of both the Goddess and the God. And please note: there are BOTH Goddess and God symbols in the background of the above photo. [wink] But what can I say: the Great Goddess, the Creatrix, the Cosmic Womb, the First Principle, for me predominates, even so. She just does. Yes, Her Son and Consort is Her Second Self. And yes, from there on in it takes two to tango. But the fact remains that it only took ONE to start the dance, and it only takes one to finish the dance. If ya know what I mean. ;-)

BTW, those of you who missed my two "Nancy Druid" posts from the 21st, parts I & II of "The Mystery of the Mistaken Mabon", please check 'em out in my blog roster!

Happy Witches' Thanksgiving, all my Broomstick Buddies and Pagan Pals!