Treading the Dragon's Path

I pray two orisons daily based on my two traditions. The first is the Lover's Call to the Angel of Witchblood, written by Andrew Chumbley, and is rooted in the Sabbatic Tradition of Traditional Witchcraft. The second is the orison from the Grimore Verum  I, however, say them in accordance with the Liturgy of the Hours instead of the hours presented in the Verum. The hours that I use are as follows;  Lauds around sunrise  Terce around 9am  Sext around 11-noon  None around 1600-1700 Vespers around sunset Midnight I think this hits close to the hours in the Verum which is presented as follows;  "During the three days study the book and during this time pray five times during the day and four times each night – or as others say, at sunrise once, at three hours after twice, at midday three times at three hours after four times, at sunset five times, and six times before going to rest."    Ablutions  Say prior to washing your hands and face;  ...

This is a section of principles purposed by Kurdish socialist revolutionary Abdullah Ocalan in Volume 3 of his Manifesto for a Democratic Society. I think these are worth considering from a more radical interpretation of UU principles  d) While ethical studies are tasks within the intellectual area, and democratic politics relate to the political area, neither can play its role if it does not become a united whole with moral society. Morality denotes the reality of a society where the tasks related to both of these areas have been implemented. Within its democratic scope, there is an identity between religion and morality. Thus, places of worship must be the institutions where social morality is most thoroughly instilled. Houses of worship, in particular churches and mosques, should be regarded as practical moral institutions, and therefore it would be good to utilize them in building moral society. It is especially important for mosques to regain their role as moral ce...