Oh. Is that what that is.

[kiya]

A little disconnected here . . .

My recon studies have led to me more or less neglecting my work as a witch. I've been thrashing around towards correcting that but not making any progress that I'd call progress. (Nominal stuff that I can pretend is progress, sure, but not real progress considered honestly. I need to see about actually registering for the Three Souls course . . .)

I noticed someone new had started looking at my journal; I went to see who it was (hi loreleyjacob!) and read some of the entries.

Working the Iron Pentacle. Working the Iron Pentacle. There were entries about working the Iron Pentacle.

I said hm. I said hm and hit Google and got to Storm Faerywolf's Iron Pentacle essay. And I ran through it a bit, and . . .

. . . dove for my bookcase with The Spiral Dance in and looked up what Starhawk had to say about the Iron Pentacle . . .

. . . and it's a centering technique, a centering technique, a power-raising centering technique and . . .

. . . and it works . . .

. . . and maybe I can fix some of my head . . .

. . . working the Iron Pentacle.

Comments

[jenett]

You might also take a look at "Twelve Wild Swans" - Starhawk and Hilary Valentine - more stuff in there, I'm pretty sure, and some other exercises and stuff that if you're going in that direction, you may find useful.

Possibly Heretical IP exercise

[elf]

Iron Pent
© Erica Frank 2004; Tune: London Bridges
A group exercise for experienced Feris or young children.

Iron Pent is inside you, Inside you, inside you. Iron Pent is inside you;	Hold hands in a circle; ring to the left (deosil).
Is it balanced?	Guide (for this round) drops left hand, raises right.
Run the current thru the points Thru the points, thru the points Run the current thru the points	Thread the Needle: Person next to guide goes through the arch; leads everyone around the circle.
O Star Goddess.	Drop hands, turn around & face away from each other.
Feel your body, touch your Sex, Touch your Sex, touch your Sex Feel your body, touch your Sex,	--solo actions, personal choice--
O Star Goddess.	Turn around & take hands in circle again.
Sex alone is lust and greed, Lust and greed, lust and greed Sex alone is lust and greed,	Sway back & forth; sing to each other.
O be careful.
Chorus: Iron Pent… Run the current…	Ring left, then Thread the Needle. New guide: the one who was guide last time drops *right* hand, and leads the group through the arch.
O Star Goddess	Drop hands, turn around & face away from each other.
Stand up tall and claim your Pride, Claim your Pride, claim your Pride. Stand up tall and claim your Pride	--solo actions, personal choice--
O Star Goddess.	(etc.)

Arrogance is Pride unchecked,
Pride unchecked, Pride unchecked,
Arrogance is Pride unchecked,
O be careful.

Chorus: (Iron Pent… Run the Current)

Find your center, be your Self
Be your Self, be your Self
Find your center, be your Self
O Star Goddess.

Egotism you must shun,
You must shun, you must shun.
Egotism you must shun,
O be careful.

Chorus: (Iron Pent… Run the Current)

Fill yourself with Power rush
Power rush, Power rush
Fill yourself with Power rush
O Star Goddess.

Guard yourself and don't use force,
Don't use force, don't use force;
Guard yourself and don't use force,
O be careful.

Chorus: (Iron Pent… Run the Current)

Let your Passion make you move,
Make you move, make you move;
Let your Passion make you move,
O Star Goddess.

Push obsession far away
Far away, far away.
Push obsession far away
O be careful

Chorus: (Iron Pent… Run the Current)

Re: Possibly Heretical IP exercise

[loreleyjacob.livejournal.com]

"Is it balanced?" is such loaded question ;)

Re: balance

[elf]

umm, yeah.

In some of the bits I've seen about the IP, like Starhawk's mention of it in Spiral Dance, it mentions noting which points are "too weak" or "too strong." (Possibly not a quote from SD; I'm talking concepts.)

I play with the idea that there's no such thing as "too strong," just "not in balance." If all the points are equal (whatever that means), none of them could be too strong... if you have one that's noticeably more intense than the others, you have a choice: Tone it down to match the rest, or bring everything else up to the higher level.

It's a bit frightening to think of it that way; I'm not always sure I want to live at that intensity level. But sometimes it seems it'd be easier to "max" everything, and tone it all down at once, than try to play with individual energy differences.

(Disclaimer: My perceptions only. Not official Feri™ Teaching Material. Play with it, ignore it, decide I'm hopelessly skewed, at your own risk. YMMV, AFAIK, IMHO, and all that.)

Re: Possibly Heretical IP exercise

[kiya]

You put your Sex in
You take your Greed out
You put your Sex in
And you shake it all about
You do the Iron Penta and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about!

You put your Pride in
You take your Arrogance out
You put your Pride in
And you shake it all about
You do the Iron Penta and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about!

You put your Self in
You take your Egotism out
You put your Self in
And you shake it all about
You do the Iron Penta and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about!

You put your Power in
You take your Tresspassing out
You put your Power in
And you shake it all about
You do the Iron Penta and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about!

You put your Passion in
You take your Addiction out
Your put your Passion in
And you shake it all about
You do the Iron Penta and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about!

[shaddragon.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should review that one. You're sounding like me on a bad day. (Gah! Head fuzzed! All fluttered! Where was left again???)