Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 142 – The Twilight Path

2010
03.10

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00:56 Correction for Episode 78: 1734 is a number, not a year for 1734 Wicca
01:06 Followup for Episode 33, 3-fold for the win!
01:29 People listen to PCP?
02:49 How we came to decide to do an episode on the Twilight Path
03:02 Confusion between the Twilight Path vs. the theology created in response to the Twilight movies and books.
03:34 Summary and Origins of the Twilight Path
04:14 To truly live, one has to die.
05:03 Gary’s history on the Pagan path.
05:28 Gary’s Near Death Experience and the results of that
05:53 People who have faced death tend to value death more.
06:50 What is Twilight?
09:46 Prioritizing the importance of issues in this life.
10:20 Impact of prioritization on Gary’s life
11:09 Twilight is not morbid, nor is it love and light.
11:53 Death is not the end, it’s a transformation
13:33 Twilight rituals: bath
13:52 Twilight path rituals: staring into the mirror and watching yourself die
14:16 Those who may have suicidal tendencies shouldn’t travel this path.
14:54 Twilight rituals have a “back to life” moment where you learn
15:51 Donning the Death Mask
17:25 Aspects of the Twilight Path in other religions
20:46 Varied views on what happens after death by many religions.
21:15 Santa Muerte and Day of the Dead
22:06 What Santa Muerte represents
22:39 Egyptian Day of the Dead
22:59 Wiccan Samhain
23:48 Death in the gothic format
24:45 Not all Goths like death
24:57 Colors associated with death in various cultures
26:55 Flowers and trees associated with the dead.
28:37 The Twilight Path is a journey into yourself
29:14 Importance of grounding in the Twilight Path
30:33 Accepting death as part of the natural order of things
31:25 Why are we sad when people die?
32:32 Mass burials in Haiti
34:03 When we’re discussing death, we need to discuss what happens to our loved ones
35:11 Funerals are for the living, not the dead.
37:57 How Gary wants to be remembered
38:44 Getting the last laugh with siblings you dislike.
39:25 Celebrity deaths such as Michael Jackson
40:09 How we glorify death
41:41 Do we focus on the negative of death because we do not embrace it more?
42:20 Avoiding a thought builds tension
42:54 Growing up with death on the farm
43:35 You don’t know what you have until it is gone
44:16 Our sense of what is important is skewed
45:15 Are feelings counterintuitive to funerals?
46:04 The increasing buildup of sadness with regards to someone’s death.
48:14 Funerals used to be an honorable thing
49:01 Shell of a loved one
50:00 Your soul is not bio-degradable, but your body is
52:37 No one knows what the afterlife is
53:48 What constitutes respectful attitude towards death?
54:43 Twilight path exercise: write your own epitat
55:44 Fear and Respect
57:41 Why do we fear?
58:56 Why do we worry about the apocalypse?
59:41 Why bother worrying about what happens when/after we die?
1:00:29 Worry about the here and now
1:01:15 Did Gary follow the Twilight Path before learning about it?
1:04:42 The nickname Blackheart Gary