The Current Focus Here
It has recently been brought to my attention that the focus of my posts here for the most part has shifted to me and my personal struggles. I’m not entirely certain if the comment in question was specifically about this blog (although that does seem more than likely) but either way I realize that it does apply.
Admittedly, I never did intend for this to only be ruminating about Hermes and the other gods I worship, but to discuss my spiritual life as a whole. There is value in posting about struggles because it is something all of us do but yet few of us speak about; we make posts when things are going well and the connections are running smoothly, when things are disconnecting we’re quiet until it passes. I try to share at least some of my struggles because I’m sure others have the same issues I do and this way both I and they can know we’re not alone in this and perhaps learn from another’s experiences.
However, it never was my intention to have things become so skewed in one direction. I can see why it happened, I began this blog just before I entered a very difficult time in my spiritual life, so much has been struggles for me lately. Naturally my blog would reflect that. And even if things have vastly improved since then I’m not entirely out of the woods yet (though much of my current problems has to do with it being winter, my down season both spiritual wise and health wise) and much of what I’m doing now has involved picking up my relationship again and making a lot of changes to the way I do things, since so much has happened to make the old ways I did it not work any longer.
The comment (if indeed it was about this blog) was not intended to be critical and I didn’t take it that way. And I also know that this is my blog and I’ll write about what I want. But it hit a chord with me and maybe its time for a break from struggles and a few posts about something different.
In the middle of my winter blahs (made worse by the fact that I was in the direct line of the recent Snowstorm of the Apocalypse and currently live in a city that is not equipped to deal with that much snow so clean up has been minimal – which leaves me pretty much trapped in the house 
) the change of tone, not to mention giving me something positive to focus my attention on, might be a good thing.
March 13, 2010 at 2:46 am
I am pretty sure I am the random blogger you are referring to, and I want to apologise. As you said, it wasn’t meant to be critical, but when I realized that you had read it, I suddenly felt very badly. My comment definitely could have been construed as ‘gossip’ or just being bitchy in general, and as silly as it sounds, I didn’t think my small, horribly written blog could attract anyone’s attention. Thank you for this post, now that I realize how small the internet truly is I will take more care in how I word my posts when talking about the Hellenic community.
And I also want to thank you for having a blog that talks about Hermes. Reading through your entries and seeing the impact Hermes has had on you as an individual is worth more than a thousand scholarly texts.
March 13, 2010 at 2:22 pm
I really wouldn’t worry about it. As far as “criticism” goes, it was a very minor one, a genuine one (as opposed to the number of purely spiteful comments) and hell, if I didn’t want people to read and have opinions on what I say I probably shouldn’t put it on the internet.
I’m glad to know people are reading and I’m glad you find something useful here. Also glad to see another blog focusing on Hermes, he needs more attention.
March 13, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Thank you for your graciousness. And Hermes definitely needs more attention! Of course, we may be biased
Are we the only Hermes bloggers out there? I know Sannion has quite a bit of Hermes-related material on his blog/livejournal/whatever other dark corners of the internet he may inhabit, but I don’t really know of any others who have a large or exclusive body of writings to Him.
March 13, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Not that I’m immediately aware of. Kate Winter/Dver works closely with him, I know a couple other people besides that, but no one very focused on him, no one with a large or exclusive body of writings about him. Nothing more than the occasional mention.
It can be lonely being focused on Hermes.