tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post2887183054061880471..comments2024-02-20T09:54:37.105-06:00Comments on Talking About Ritual Magick: Am I a Dinosaur?Frater.Barrabbashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817682567561164198.post-31859101823620265882013-02-26T15:22:11.004-06:002013-02-26T15:22:11.004-06:00Also, the emphasis has changed from experimentatio...<i>Also, the emphasis has changed from experimentation to the conservative preservation of the core practices and beliefs.</i><br /><br />A number of BTW people I know, who date back to the 70s, as you do, I believe, would disagree that this is a change ... their point is that they have always been focused on orthopraxy, and retention of core practices, and ALSO noting where additions have been made to their praxis, and where it diverges from core.<br /><br /><i>When lineages, pedigrees, lineage vouches and staunch, mindless preservation of the lore become far more important than modification, revision and experimentation, then I think that religious conservatism has become the preeminent force in that tradition.</i><br /><br />Again, they would tell you that preservation of the lore, though not mindless preservation, knowing who taught you, and who you taught, are not changes - that they were always there, and that, yes, they are conservative - in that they are conserving, like conservationists, their craft so that it might continue on.<br /><br />Innovation for the sake of innovation is no more commendable than mindless preservation and rote mimicry.MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15904412888243979076noreply@blogger.com