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Nate shares how he recently visited a local pagan market with various vendor booths set up - and for clarification, pagan doesn't mean blood sacrifices, but a rather broad spectrum of non-christians. 

There were many craftsmen present - wood workers, jewelry makers, bakers, food trucks and various other booths.  There was also a booth with members from the Houston church of satan (followers of the satanic bible by Anton LeVey). 

After reading the outrage on social media by christians who wandered in and discovered this, Nate decided to look into this church's belief beyond what the name would suggest. Pretty interesting and not what you'd think. Listen as Mason reads their bylaws...and sins.

Resources mentioned:

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

What we drank on the show:

• Modelo Especial
• Pinnacle Whipped Vodka + Big Dan's Hemporium 50mg Shot of Pineapple Express
  • Shout out to Brian & Ryan with Big Dan's Hemporium! It was great to meet you at the Polk County Pagan Market :)

Some of the other vendors we met at the Polk County Pagan Market:

• Nae's Pink Market
• Fragrant Formulas
• The Bee's Knee's Apothecary
• Kut up Knives
• Crystal Moon Crystals & Gems
• Outlaw Designs

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Happy 1st Birthday to Rettals' Pub! Join us as we talk about the past year plus plans for the next. We also manage to weave a bit of spirituality in and around laughs.

Mason shares about a recent road trip he and his wife just took to New Mexico. And just like in life, while the mountains were beautiful, sometimes the valleys were more desirable.

Want to recreate our birthday cocktail?

Birthday Cocktail Recipe:
1 oz Pinnacle Vodka Cake
1 oz Pinnacle Vodka Whipped
1.5 oz half & half
Pillsbury Funfetti Bold Purple Vanilla frosting

Dip cocktail glass in softened frosting, then in sprinkles. Add a dollop of frosting & some sprinkles to bottom of glass. Combine both vodka flavors + half & half in an ice-filled shaker and shake well. Strain into cocktail glass.

*Inspiration for this cocktail found at dailydishrecipes.com/birthday-cake-cocktails/
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We wrap up part 4 of listener questions by discussing that attachment brings suffering & pain, so your ego must 'die daily', as Paul said. If you've followed our podcast for a while, you'll find this is not a new topic, as many things circle back to this concept.

Resources mentioned:

1. The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
2. Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland
3. Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass
4. The Complete Introduction to Magic by Julius Evola
5. The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts by Julius Evola
6. Discovering Christian Witchcraft: A Beginner's Guide for Everyday Practice by Sara Raztresen

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We dive into part 3 of listener questions:

"Do souls actually choose a plan to incarnate and live a life of pure evil? To torture and rape and murder the innocent, to wreak unspeakable horrors and take delight in these things? Is this a sick, twisted version of "ordered steps"?

Or could it be the human spirit was rotten and overrode the soul's plan? Or maybe evil humans operate without a soul like NPCs?"

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We dive into part 2 of listener questions:

"The Bible makes the distinction several times between the soul and the spirit. Is the spirit our "human spirit", the fleshly part of us that has inherited DNA which defines our very characteristics? Can this human spirit make choices not in alignment with the soul's plan? (In church speak this would have been considered "out of the will of god").

I believe there are 2 distinct beings at play here during each incarnation. The soul. And the human spirit. I guess I'm struggling with the concept that the human has no choice but what an external, eternal entity who has 'possessed' it, decides."

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We received the below questions/comments from a listener:

I've always been very much an individual who believes in free will. That there are good and bad consequences to every decision I make. That I'm ultimately in charge of where my path leads.

You speak of "ordered steps", which is also referenced in scripture. This sounds like predestination, which eliminates personal choice. 

I've heard Dolores Cannon say that before your incarnation, you plan out your path with other players (ie your soul family), but while you're living said incarnation, you can change the plan. 

Many have compared each incarnation to a play where each soul plays a character according to a script. This script would be your "ordered steps". However, sometimes plays have improvisation, because an actor forgot the lines, or an actor had to quit and a substitute actor stepped in, or maybe an actor was funny and added his own dialogue, etc. 

How detailed is the soul's plan for said incarnation? Do you think it's like putting Dallas TX in Google maps, and then choosing the best route depending on what I need to accomplish on the trip? But a wreck or road construction or a last minute change could cause me to reroute. So while there are many ways to get to Dallas, there may be a "best" way that I can choose to take or not.

The Bible makes the distinction several times between the soul and the spirit. Is the spirit our "human spirit", the fleshly part of us that has inherited DNA which defines our very characteristics? Can this human spirit make choices not in alignment with the soul's plan? (In church speak this would have been considered "out of the will of god").

I believe there are 2 distinct beings at play here during each incarnation. The soul. And the human spirit. I guess I'm struggling with the concept that the human has no choice but what an external, eternal entity who has 'possessed' it, decides.

Along these same lines, do soul's actually choose a plan to incarnate and live a life of pure evil? To torture and rape and murder the innocent, to wreak unspeakable horrors and take delight in these things? Is this a sick twisted version of "ordered steps"

Or could it be the human spirit was rotten and overrode the soul's plan? Or maybe evil humans operate without a soul like NPCs?

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We discuss how its harder, but more rewarding, to work out your own spirituality (without it becoming legalism); how it's easy to follow someone else's laundry list of do's/don'ts & be spoon-fed their version of 'god' but it shortchanges our souls; that being surrounded by nature is its own kind of 'church'; and that sometimes you just need to be able to let a good 'curse word' out :)

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Amanda talks about dreams of past lives; her spiritual (supernatural) abilities, even as a small child, that were hidden rather than celebrated; her first invitation to attend a small group reading by a Medium, and how a beyond-the-grave apology brought her and her husband joy and peace rather than fear.

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We finally get to talk with Amanda!  

She talks about her exit from the UPC and all the cool stuff that were the catalysts of that as well as the peace found outside the UPC.

Let us know how we're doing or if you'd like to get a message to Amanda do so at https://rettals.pub/contact-us.  

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Nate, a capitalist, blames the state of the nation on the Boomer generation because of their unfettered consumption and by putting their own needs and desires ahead of all others.

Do you agree?  Disagree?  Let him know at https://rettals.pub/contact-us.  

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