Signs That You May be a TechnoPagan
Anon
- If casting the circle changes an (int) to a (float) ...
- If drawing down a circle is a POST (power on self test) ...
- If erecting the temple entails formatting more than 4 disks ...
- If passing the cakes and ale entails using a /me command ...
- If the address of your covenstead begins with http:// ...
- If you calculate the phases of the moon with Windows '95 ...
- If you call the Watch Towers on your cell-tell ...
- If you do cord magick with ethernet ...
- If you do most of your correspondence by email and sign off with Blessed Be ...
- If you don't call it a ritual, you call it a Macro ...
- If you draw down the moon using a light-pen ...
- If you end a circle with Ctl-Alt-Del ...
- If you have ever attached ribbons to a May Pole using a staple gun ...
- If you invite the God and Goddess to come online ...
- If you keep a Disk of Shadows (with encrypted backups) ...
- If you participate in online rituals more than you do FTF ...
- If you refer to deities using 3-letter acronyms (ODN, LKI, THR) ...
- If you refer to eclectic ritual as cross-platforming ...
- If you refer to solitary practice as a stand alone ...
- If you ritually down your server for Samhain ...
- If you tap into the collective unconscious using Netscape ...
- If your Beltane ritual includes more than one news group ...
- If your Book of Shadows has a 6-digit version number ...
- If your OBE's begin with a netsplit ...
- If your Star Trek screen-saver signals when your meditation period is over ...
- If your Yule ritual involves defragmentation ...
- If your altar cloth is a mouse pad ...
- If your altar has a keyboard ...
- If your athame has a SCSI interface ...
- If your candles have batteries ...
- If your cauldron is a crock-pot ...
- If your chimes are electronic ...
- If your circle is a token ring ...
- If your cone of power has a surge suppressor ...
- If your coven is spread over a 12,000 sq. mi. area ...
- If your crystal ball has a horizontal-hold control ...
- If your daemons collect news for you ...
- If your deities include Murphy and Gates ...
- If your drumming is done on a CD player (pre-recorded) ...
- If your familiar is a computer mouse ...
- If your herbs are always mail-ordered (express, overnight) ...
- If your idea of a great retreat has a Computer City, electricity, and a TV nearby ...
- If your incense is by Glade ...
- If your magic wand is a light pen ...
- If your magical name, email address, and online name are all the same ...
- If your magical writing is done in binary code or C++ ...
- If your patron deity has a homepage ...
- If your pentacle is made of computer chips ...
- If your ritual robes conceal a pocket protector ...
- If your search for truth involves regular expressions ...
- If your tarot cards multi-task ...
- If your technician compains about the wax and incense ash on your motherboard ...
- If, instead of asking what tradition someone comes from, you ask what operating system they run ...
- And finally, if, when your quarter candles burn out, the UPS backup system kicks in ...
... well, you just might be a TechnoPagan!
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