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Permalink Reply by Bryan McManus on September 2, 2010 at 1:13am

I've never heard of that term. The most recent one I've had to look up is "nova monkey."

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on September 2, 2010 at 2:24am

Wossa "nova monkey"?

Permalink Reply by Jack Matirko on September 2, 2010 at 1:57am

What was the context? Chaos faery sounds like some kind of Wicca/Eris mashup.

I came across "valkerie angel" not too long ago, that's just as weird a combination I guess.

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on September 2, 2010 at 2:30am

Some woman describes herself as a "chaos faery".

hahaha! "Valkerie angel!"

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on September 8, 2010 at 7:39am

Chaos faery kind of sounds like either some trickster spirit that people attribute to household mishaps, or like "drama queen", someone who comes in and gets everything in disarray, or someone who thrives in chaotic situations. Those are just the first things it brings to my mind.

Permalink Reply by Allison Rodriguez on September 22, 2010 at 8:26pm

I would have to agree with this interpretation... someone who sees it as their karmic duty to screw things up so that everyone can "learn spiritual lessons". ;)
~Allison

Permalink Reply by Sarah Walton on September 24, 2010 at 2:49pm

I'm sure you're all familiar with the term "magick", that bothered me and I never used, even when I was a neo-pagan. I have seen the word get fucked up even more in the hands of the woomeisters online; I think the worst was m'jyk. Not kidding.

Permalink Reply by exwiccan on October 11, 2010 at 9:03am

My favourite is when people start using terms from science fiction shows like Star Trek as metaphysical terms. I've heard "putting my shields up", among others.

Do pagans in the rest of the world frequently quote science fiction movies? I mean, I love the movies, but the incessant quoting got a bit tiresome. I think I've heard every line from "The Wrath of Khan" used in conversations rather than just in the movie.

Permalink Reply by Sarah Walton on October 11, 2010 at 10:15am

I think that's more a sign of being a huge nerd than a woomeister. I should know; we can smell our own. ;)

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on October 12, 2010 at 3:09pm

Brainwave Entrainment Techniques? Is that psuedoscience, or just brainwashing?

Its really nice when you are sitting next to the most skeptical guy in the group as the night time ritual starts. When the demons really do show up stomping through the woods, bending trees, snapping branches and stepping out into the firelight to stare you down, eyes ablaze and salivating for your blood…

…well its just nice to have that skeptical, level-headed and intelligent guy be the first person to ask the question, “Do you see and hear that too?”

I was always the most skeptical person. (There's something wrong with being skeptical, level headed and intelligent?) And I have yet to have this kind of thing happen.

Permalink Reply by exwiccan on October 12, 2010 at 3:18pm

I love those types. One of the craziest people I ever met in Wicca was convinced that someone we barely knew from another city was causing the debilitating illness of our high priestess. I told him he was being ridiculous and this made him very angry. He insisted that she was under "psychic attack". We aren't talking about a little rash here, the lady was dying, and she was one of my dearest friends and lovers.

He then hijacked a ritual I was leading in her absence claiming that a spirit or some shit was coming over him and tried to get the group to focus on shielding her from psychic attack. I told him that the situation was bad enough without him adding to it with that crap and he backed down, but it was just nuts.

Of course I was also nuts for leading a Wiccan ritual, but I'm better now.

Permalink Reply by Sarah Walton on October 13, 2010 at 9:16am

Gotta love the guys who never figured out that Wiccan rituals aren't LARPing.