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		<title>Reflections of the Gathering: Day One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I journeyed up to Canada, and into the beautiful, wet, misty mountains of Vancouver to enjoy the delights of a Gathering of Pagans. I arrived a day early and stayed with the McLeods. I am forever grateful for the time that Mr. McLeod took to come down to Seattle and pick me [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=802&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Unwritten Letter to the Straight Boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first saw you, My heart skipped out for my entire High school career. As though Cupid had come down, Plucked the bloody drum from my chest, And lost it for three years. &#160; Your kindness gave me a kindling hope. It blossomed in my bosom. Falsifying and blinding me To the fact That [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=796&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You are Destined for Greatness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 05:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was young, I was told that I was destined for greatness. “Why?” I would reply. “Because, pet, everything you touch becomes beautiful.” I believed that. How could I not? I loved her. I’m still in this cesspool. A big fish, surrounded by tadpoles Who are deluded into thinking That these tiny streams lead [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=793&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Familiars, Faery-Mates, and the Other Self: Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never wake a sleeping sorcerer&#8230;&#8221; Part I, Part II In my previous posts, we discussed the Familiar and the Faery-Mate. Now, I shall write about the Other Self. The Other Self is, quite simply, the astral self. Though I am loathe to use the term astral, it is easier to explain it as such. It [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=785&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Familiars, Faery-Mates, and the Other Self: Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part I, Part III Continuing our discussion, and because I can not sleep right now&#8230;. In my last post I discussed Familiar Spirits, what they are, and a few ways of discovering this part of the soul. There is another part of the soul, and that is the Faery-Mate, the Fetch-Bride/Groom, Faery-Wife/Husband, the Incubus/Succubus, et [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=782&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Familiars, Faery-Mates, and the Other Self: Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the familiar spirit of the place; It judges, presides, inspires Everything in its empire; It is perhaps a fairy or a god? When my eyes, drawn like a magnet To this cat that I love… ~Charles Baudelaire Part II, Part III Throughout the existence of witches, they have usually been accompanied by familiar [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=763&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beltane is a-coming, and the ground is covered in snow&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though it snowed here in my little town last night (-.-), I can still feel the stirrings of Spring and Summer under my feet and in the air. The Crows are breaking small branches off of Rowan trees, and flying away to build their nests. Robins are pecking at the thawing earth in search of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=761&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be away in London this week, so I will have to put a hold on the planetary powers sequence.  I will tell all of my tales upon returning!  Ta ta! <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=759&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Planetary Powers: Mercury</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planet: Mercury Other Names:  Swift One, Messenger of the Gods, Quicksilver Spirit, Spirit of Sorcery Day of the Week: Wednesday Influential Powers: Mercury rules over the powers of communication, travel, messages, and general sorcery. Mercury has influence over trickery, artifice, intelligence, and all around ingenuity. It is the thinking planet. I always thinking of the colour yellow when I dwell [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=756&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Planetary Powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jeffords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the stars. I love staring up at them, and imagining what the sky would look like if I lived in a place with less light pollution. When I was living in Spokane I couldn&#8217;t see the stars at one time, and it seriously freaked me out! And with stars come planets, and I love [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=throughthehiddendoor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=16698336&#038;post=747&#038;subd=throughthehiddendoor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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