{"id":6217,"date":"2017-03-14T06:25:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2017-03-14T06:45:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:45:07","slug":"whats-changing-world-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/johnbeckett\/2017\/03\/whats-changing-world-us.html","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Changing: The World or Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Any time you make a definitive statement about spiritual matters, someone will challenge you. Sometimes these are skeptics or trolls who don\u2019t like what you have to say but who don\u2019t have the knowledge or the skills to make an intelligent rebuttal. Those are easy to ignore (or to delete, if they\u2019re sarcastic and abusive).<\/p>\n

Other times, people you know and respect make intelligent observations that force you to reconsider your way of thinking. This happened with last week\u2019s post The Re-emergence of the Fair Folk in the Ordinary World<\/a>. DverWinter of the A Forest Door<\/a> blog (which, sadly, just went on hiatus) suggested that what I and others are experiencing are changes in our own awareness, not changes in the activities of the Fair Folk or in the boundaries between the worlds.<\/p>\n

Could it be that instead of pointing towards any recent external shift in the spiritual energies of the world, your experiences are indicative of a change in consciousness within those who are also sharing those experiences \u2013 in other words, you and those you know are becoming more mystically-inclined, and therefore tapping into things that were always there?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kim Kirner, an anthropology professor and a fellow OBOD Druid, left a longer comment that went into more detail, suggesting I\u2019m speaking universally about what may be limited to contemporary Western culture.<\/p>\n

Many other cultures have never lost their connection to what might be loosely called the fae, and they have different ways of understanding that relationship, as well as our own alienation from the earth, each other, and the spirit world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

People have revived older worldviews and epistemologies, and they are shifting the acceptability of public discourse to include greater supernatural experience and explanation \u2026 We are \u201cwaking up\u201d but not because of some woo-woo spiritual era, but rather because we are reviving and reconstructing worldviews that seek to re-enchant our world and to re-connect us to nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like to say \u201cpractice deeply but hold loosely\u201d \u2013 explore your unprovable beliefs passionately and diligently, rather than saying \u201cI can\u2019t know for sure so I\u2019m not going to bother.\u201d But always remain open to new experiences and new ways of thinking. Our internal models of how the world works should be under constant revision.<\/p>\n

And right now I think I need to revise mine\u2026 at least a little.<\/p>\n

\"tree<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fair Folk Never Really Went Away<\/h1>\n

In 1926, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem titled \u201cVery Many People.<\/a>\u201d It begins<\/p>\n

On the Downs, in the Weald, on the Marshes, <\/em>
\nI heard the Old Gods say:<\/em>
\n\u201cHere come Very Many People: <\/em>
\nWe must go away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The idea that Very Many People have driven the Gods and fae underhill is ancient. Human migration has displaced countless natural beings \u2013 it\u2019s not much of a stretch to think we\u2019ve displaced supernatural beings as well.<\/p>\n

Yet when you read the available literature, it\u2019s clear that people still experienced the fae and interacted with them continuously from ancient times right up through today. And there have always been people especially skilled in seeing, hearing, and feeling Otherworldly beings. On our trip to Ireland in 2014, I enjoyed listening to our very Catholic bus driver talk about how a road had to be re-routed around an old tree because the Fair Folk kept damaging construction equipment that was being used to knock it down.<\/p>\n

Whether the fae have been less present in our world or whether we simply stopped noticing them is a question that\u2019s impossible to answer. But they never completely went away.<\/p>\n

I Am Not Unbiased<\/h1>\n

Some people believe humanity is in the early stages of a mass \u201cconsciousness raising\u201d where we will suddenly \u201cevolve\u201d (an idea that\u2019s a misuse of the theory of evolution) and become more \u201cspiritual\u201d \u2013 which is generally assumed to mean passive, peaceful, and politically liberal. I think that\u2019s wishful thinking at best. I see zero evidence our species as a whole is at the beginning of some great shift in consciousness \u2013 quite the contrary.<\/p>\n

So when someone suggests that the reason more people are seeing high strangeness is that people are becoming more aware, I\u2019m inclined to dismiss them. To be clear, neither Dver nor Kim made such an argument \u2013 this is not a rebuttal to them. Rather, it\u2019s a personal bias I\u2019m disclosing to you as a way of reminding myself of its existence.<\/p>\n

Now, I have<\/em> become more aware of spirits and Otherworldly activity. I had a few mild encounters as a small child that I can barely remember \u2013 like so many, I rationalized them away. It took decades for me to be able to see them again. I know I\u2019ve changed, so it stands to reason others have changed too.<\/p>\n

So, is it possible the big changes I\u2019m seeing and hearing about are people changing their worldview in greater numbers, as opposed to a big shift in external reality? Absolutely. Is it the main reason? I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

Why I Think Reality Has Shifted<\/h1>\n

If it was just me, or just people like me who once were \u201ccement heads\u201d who now have first hand experiences of God and spirits and see things that don\u2019t belong in our world, I\u2019d be inclined to believe that we\u2019re just lucky (or unlucky, depending on what we\u2019re seeing \u2013 it\u2019s not all bright and glorious). But it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hearing these same stories from people who\u2019ve dealt with fae and spirits all their lives. People who didn\u2019t rationalize away their childhood experiences but who accepted them and explored them into adulthood. People whose skills in these matters are as far above mine as mine are above where I was fifteen years ago. They\u2019re telling me the Veil is shredded too (or at least some of them are).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also hearing these same stories from ordinary people living ordinary lives (i.e. \u2013 not Pagan, not magical) who\u2019ve never experienced the first bit of \u201cwoo\u201d\u2026 until now.<\/p>\n

I have a bias against a mass shift in consciousness and I have multiple confirmations that reality has shifted. So I\u2019m inclined to believe that reality has shifted.<\/p>\n

But none of this proves<\/em> anything.<\/p>\n

The Problem of Limited Scope and Cultural Bias<\/h1>\n

The criticism that bothers me most is Kim Kirner\u2019s comment that my post \u201cimposes a Western view on a purportedly global phenomenon.\u201d That certainly wasn\u2019t my intent, but she\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n

We frequently speak of \u201cthe world\u201d when what we mean is \u201cour world\u201d and our ideas about the way the world works. We ignore \u2013 and sometimes actively deny \u2013 the fact that other people in other places see and experience the world very differently. Sometimes one view is right and the other is wrong, but most times they\u2019re simply different.<\/p>\n

What would someone in another part of the world say about the increasing high strangeness? I\u2019d like to find people like me in places like China, India, Brazil, and Nigeria and ask them. What are they seeing and feeling? Is it the same as always? Or are they experiencing shifts in reality just as I am?<\/p>\n

Even if they came back and said \u201cnope, business as usual\u201d all that would prove (to the extent anything metaphysical can be proved) is that reality hasn\u2019t shifted in their parts of the world. It\u2019s entirely possible the intersection of the ordinary world and the Otherworld has shifted in the West but has remained the same elsewhere.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have contacts with people in those regions, and such a project is beyond the scope of my religious duties. But I would certainly be interested in hearing from them.<\/p>\n

\"bird<\/a><\/p>\n

Good News For Those Who Want To See<\/h1>\n

The one thing that\u2019s most encouraging in these criticisms is the idea that more people are noticing fae, spirits, and general weirdness because they\u2019re doing the kind of things that build such skills. Kim says \u201cWe\u2019re shifting our cultural models, which changes our perceptual capacity and our ways of making meaning of our life\u2019s experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

While not quite the same thing, this isn\u2019t that far from the suggestions I made last year for beginning a devotional practice<\/a>. If you do the right things in the right way, the results will follow. Change your worldview \u2013 your foundational assumptions about the way the world works and what is and isn\u2019t possible \u2013 and a whole new world will open up to you.<\/p>\n

Toward a New Consensus Reality<\/h1>\n

I\u2019ll leave the question of whether or not there is an objective reality to the philosophers. What we commonly call reality is actually consensus reality \u2013 the metaphysical assumptions and cultural norms the wider society informally agrees are real\u2026 and that mystics and heretics challenge on an on-going basis.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how I came to the conclusion that the veil between the worlds is shredded<\/a>. I experienced an increase in Otherworldly activity. I talked about it with some of my witchy and Pagan friends, who were experiencing the same thing. It seemed to match what many of us have experienced at Beltane and especially at Samhain, when the veil is said to be at its thinnest. We came to the consensus that the veil is now permanently thin, or in some places, simply gone.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way to prove \u2013 or to disprove \u2013 if this is objectively true. Proof isn\u2019t the goal\u2026 which is a good thing, since such matters are beyond proof<\/a>. Instead, the goal is to build a mental model of the way the world works. Such a model helps us understand the world and our place in it, but it is always a tentative model, subject to revision when new evidence and new ways of thinking emerge.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still convinced the Otherworld is becoming more present in the ordinary world, however you care to imagine that might work in practice. This model matches my experiences and the experiences of those I know and trust. I believe the world \u2013 or at least, the part of it I live in \u2013 is changing.<\/p>\n

But I now have to expand my model to include the experiences of those who see changing worldviews and a rejection of consumer culture enabling ordinary people to see, hear, and feel extraordinary things. This trend is a good thing for the ordinary world, whatever it does or doesn\u2019t mean for the Otherworld.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s changing: the world or us? I\u2019ve been arguing it\u2019s the world, but I now think it\u2019s a combination of the two.<\/p>\n

Is my revised model of the world \u201cright\u201d? No, but it\u2019s a little less wrong.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all we can expect.<\/p>\n

\n

Morgan Daimler \u2013 who knows far more about the fae and Otherworldly experiences\u00a0than I do \u2013 is running a survey on Otherworldly Activity Experiences<\/a>. Morgan says:<\/p>\n

My plan at this point is to gather the anecdotal data \u2013\u00a0which is being collected anonymously \u2013\u00a0and to share the results without interpretation to allow anyone who is interested to draw their own conclusions. <\/span><\/p>\n

What will be presented when the survey is closed, basically, is the geographic range of the replies, the religious\/spiritual paths, cultural frameworks, and the overall impressions of people as to activity levels of Otherworldly beings in our world, the nature of those interactions, and perceptions of decrease, stasis, or increases in activity as well as perceptions relating to a time frame if applicable.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not a peer-reviewed survey but an attempt to collect anecdotal data to get an idea of larger patterns, if any exist, of Otherworldly activity intersecting with our own world.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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