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Do Spirits Age?

6/26/2019

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​I was watching a video featuring The Long Island Medium the other morning and she was answering questions that she’d been asked by her audience one of which was, “does spirit age?” and her response to that question was yes, they do. She relayed her own experience with spirits of children who died and how they appeared to her as years older and grown. While I cannot validate or refute her experiences with my own understanding of the nature of spirit and through my own interactions with spiritual entities including the Beloved Dead, I strongly disagree. 

​​Aging is a process in which the physical body becomes older, showing indications of the time in which that specific body has resided on earth. Age is a measurement that human beings use to determine the length of an individual’s existence extending from their birth (manifestation) to the current moment in which their age is being determined. This measurement is a human notion and relies on the concept of time, which is just another manmade construct. We have created the concept of time so that we are able to organize our lives, but time is not as linear as we believe it to be. We perceive time as linear here on the physical plane of Earth, but beyond this limiting reality it does not exist.

Unlike human beings living on the physical plane of Earth, Spirit is not bound by the human construct of time and once a human being is released from the restrictions of physical life and transition to pure spiritual energy, that person does not recognize time unless he or she chooses to do so through the lens of their human experience. All spiritual entities that have been manifested into physical reality through the birth process have an understanding of time and aging, but those who were never manifested into a physical body or vessel may have difficulty understanding this human construct.
 
In pure ethereal form, spirit is energy and in being such it is limitless and ageless. What we perceive as the spirit of our Beloved Dead is merely a projection of the personality of our Aunt Jane or Grandpa Joe or the residual energy of their personality lingering at a specific location or a remnant of them still undergoing the death process. The part of Aunt Jane that you recognize as her is in actuality how you perceive the totality of her, but it is not her Authentic Self or her Spirit, which is connected to everything and everyone (limitless) and has the ability to reincarnate (ageless). It is this projected, residual, or processing personality that Mediums connect with when communicating with our Beloved Dead and often times if there is concern that the message will not be believed Uncle Joe may project an image of himself that you remembered or would easily recognize so that you will be open and willing to hear what information he has to share with you, but this projection is not his Authentic Self. It is instead the image of their physical body that we recognize from photographic images and within our own memories.
 
From my perspective spirit does not age and to believe that it does limits the wisdom that the messages given to us from our Beloved Dead or any other spirit guide or entity through the assistance from a Medium possess. 
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Simon
8/20/2019 10:29:36 pm

I agree with you completely. There are multiple contradictions for a disembodied spirit that ages with time. Not the least of which is the concept of spirits existing as spiritual entities which are by definition ageless and and timeless.

On the other hand, I do question why you would hold the perspective of this person in a position of regard. That sort of psychic thinks in terms of spiritualism. A person with emphasis on the spiritual pursuit of enlightenment thinks in terms of spirituality.

That's like comparing a talk show host with a Buddhist monk. The two are both knowledgeable, but their perspectives will be wildly different.

Note: I am a big fan. I suspect that years ago we walked the same path. But somewhere along the way, you went one way and I went the other. We have never met nor spoken, but knowing your path, I know you. It would be a pleasure to overlap. You don't bite do you? If you do, then forget I mentioned it. ~BB~

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CricketSong
8/21/2019 07:21:44 am

Honestly I don’t hold her in a position of regard though I know a number of Spiritualists and was a regular Tarot Reader at a Psychic Fair hosted by the local Spiritualist Church back in Massachusetts. While I was on YouTube watching videos by individuals I am subscribed to, The Long Island Medium’s video showed up as a recommendation for me and I was curious so I watched it and I thought it was an interesting topic to discuss so I did in this blog post. I tend to blog about things that I have opinions on and this was one of those topics.

Thank you for commenting, Simon. I am always willing to interact with others who share a common interests and beliefs. My own path has definitely shifted, evolved, and transformed over time and with the move last year from the East Coast to the West Coast it has become something new.

Oh … and I only bite (and scratch) if attacked; you know, the self-defense thing. Much love!

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SImon
8/21/2019 11:20:05 am

Congratulations on the move. I hope it goes well for you. I'm betting you find that the witchcraft out there is different too.

As I understand it, the west coast was not nearly as influenced by BTW like the east coast was. New York state went BTW, Chicago went Paganism, California went its own direction. You can almost call it American Traditional Witchcraft. They did borrow a bit from Alexandrian, but they really disliked BTW and that went on to fuel the "Witch Wars" of the 1970s.

Admittedly, that was 50 years ago (hides face with hand for being old), but that sort of foundation sticks in an area.

You might find that your Pagan Witch fits in pretty well. I see your path as being strong on folk-magick, almost rebellious in the embrace of polytheism, as well as being both strong and quite practical on divination. That sounds a lot like their ATW.

I suspect the differences you will find are that you are significantly more hardcore in terms of intensity, and they lean a little more to the darker side. *laugh* Like one can generalize the practices of a civilization based on a few books that they wrote many years ago.

Let me venture a guess, or in other terms my intuition. I think you were into BTW influenced Wicca, and it didn't feel right, and the structure including the people were too restrictive, and eventually the situation was too much to cope with, and you said screw this, and forked. (Yay, I set a new world record for excessive use of "and")

That freedom set off the evolution of your beliefs and practices.

If you are curious, I'm not BTW either, and if I'm right on your backstory, mine is just about the same except for the direction.

And no worry about me attacking. If I did, it was almost certainly that something from my rambling stepped on a taboo. Please don't be don't be put off by rambles. I'm not here to teach, or impose my will, or to show off my falsely inflated self-esteem. You are far more hardcore than I am, or will ever be.

I'm here because in my reclusiveness I have seriously lost touch with what could be termed the Witchcraft-Wicca-Paganism society. Things are getting really really strange. I have a rather large project, and I could really use some advice, so I tried to get your attention. Maybe you could help a guy out.

Well, that's not entirely true. I'm also here because I like your work, the determination and energy, and you might be the only person on the planet who makes sense anymore.

CricketSong
8/21/2019 03:14:15 pm

The individuals that I have met do not practice the Craft as I have or currently do. I have encountered more New Agers than Witches here and while my own practice has some New Age concepts within it, I am still Witch.

My path is strong on folk-magick and most definitely divination. I have found that I am now much less structured than I once was and tend to me more chaotic and primal. I have been lurking amongst the Shadows as of late. Yes, I did practice more BTW Wicca, but once the Coven dissolved I was free to experiment with my own practice without concern that I would be influencing others who were less practiced and experienced.

If I can offer advice or help you with your project I will. If you’d like you can send me an email and I will gladly read it.

And I'm glad I make sense to someone!!

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Simon
8/21/2019 11:24:24 pm

Mail is sent. Thank you.

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