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I Only Have Time for a Quickie

Category: Mama Kelly's Musings, Mind Body & Spirit | Written by Mama Kelly

My father still believes that God is a white-haired fellow with blue eyes, almost exactly like himself. My God is more amorphous, more of a universal constant, like gravity or magnetism. This constant doesn’t pick favorites; it simply flows into any opening we make for it. If Hitler had a kindly moment, a moment when, say, he felt like saving a kitten from a flood, I believe that God–barred from Adolf’s mind in so many other moments–would have poured into the kindness of that moment and helped the mass murderer reach the kitty. I believe that the line between good and evil doesn’t separate human beings into different categories; it runs through every one of us, and every moment is a choice: heal or destroy.

~Martha Beck
from her memoir
Leaving the Saints:
How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith

(emphasis mine)

Found this on Dianne Sylvan’s blog Dancing Down the Moon and just had to share it. As a Wiccan I identify with the Divine as God and Goddess. I use names that most of the population only use when speaking in terms of mythology or multi-culturalism to call upon It. But that certainly doesn’t mean that I literally believe a woman with flowers woven in her hair is traipsing on the clouds with her horned lover.

The imagery that I use is merely a tool that allows me to more easily commune with and connect to the Divine. I am fond of saying that God simply Is, and I am a fan of the Starhawk quote (and I am paraphrasing here) in which she replies “Do you believe in rocks?” to the person who asks if she actually believes in the Goddess.

In my heart I truly believe in a Divine force that supports us, and inspires us, and reaches out to us, and speaks to us. I believe that it is a guiding force in the Universe and is something that is far beyond the comprehension of us mere mortals.

May the Divine bless you today, no matter what name you use to call upon It.

Mama Kelly

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4 Responses to “I Only Have Time for a Quickie”

By Michele on Jul 2, 2009 |

Thank you that is just what I needed.

Blessed be.

By Nydia on Jul 2, 2009 |

Hello, mama Kelli! How long I last came here… I agree so much with you in this subject! I believe that everything we use in magick is a tool to better focus and connect with the divine. I like to think about Gaia, Hesti, etc, as sides of the same diamond/force. It’s easier to visualize forces like this, and not that there’s actually a lady in glooming vests around. I love Starhawk, specially her Fifth Sacfed Thing book, one of the best for me.

Thanks for always finding time to stop by at my page, you’re lovely.

Kisses & bright blessings fromus.

Nydia´s last blog post..

By Anne on Jul 2, 2009 |

That is a great quote. So many believe in an all-good God and all-evil Devil without seeing the possibility of a fair and just god who is both and neither. I was [loosely] brought up Catholic, which I believe had a direct influence on my current spiritual beliefs. Even my mother prays to god and mother god (she does not say goddess). Me, I just prefer to see the spirituality in nature and all its glory! Thank you.

By Green Witch on Jul 5, 2009 |

I agree with you when you say : “The imagery that I use is merely a tool that allows me to more easily commune with and connect to the Divine.” I feel the same way !
Blessed be Mama Kelly )O(