Penny and the Quest

[thirteenrocks]

This one time at gay camp....

Penny decided to go on a vision quest. He had conversed with Dragon (of all people), and he took the naked Penny into the woods with 1 wool blanket, and 2 buckets of water. Far into the woods, where only he knew his where-abouts.

The problem with the weather in Minnesota, is that it can change without warning. That night it rained, the temp droped significantly. Other fellow faeries started to get concerned.

Questions on ethics, recoving "the body", and the significance of the quest, to the point where a circle was called, and eventually after 2 days, someone went and found Penny. He was fine.

On the fourth day he returned.

What did Penny learn from the quest, and what he experienced is only answered by Penny, and even at that, at best, wouldn't be the full experience, when one strips naked and ventures into the wood for 4 days.

It is the idea of the quest I find facinating. The process of going on a journey, and not knowing the outcome, or knowing the outcome eventually, and yet still partaking on the quest.

imyaj when you board that plane tomarrow, when you let go of any type of security, and certainity, I hope you find what your looking for, enjoy the journey, and are able to continue on any type of journey your heart desires.

Comments

[copperlove.livejournal.com]

naked in the woods for four days by choice, totally does not sound like my cup of tea - but in a car with no map (and clothes) for four days - i'm there! LOL!! I'm glad he had the courage to do such a thing. I'm sure he really self reflected alot, and probably shivered his timbers off too!

What he learned

[thirteenrocks.livejournal.com]

Having not lived the experience, I can't fathom what it was like. I did talk to him about it, because I found it facinating. He had a squirill that came in under the blanket with him for awhile. And that he commented that he was bored alot of the time. 8-)

Re: What he learned

[copperlove.livejournal.com]

wow, you would think he would talk about all this self reflecting, how mother nature totally has it all together...the meaning to life...something! Unless he's bottled it all up and will write a best seller, "naked in the woods" :oP

Re: What he learned

[thirteenrocks.livejournal.com]

I totally see where you are comming from. Because the experience was so personal and the circumstances extremly odd, it doesn't surprise me that he didn't have much to say, because there possibly wasn't that much to be told. What I mean, is that I'm sure he went in and out of conscience (spelling?), and at times was so awlfully bored that he didn't know what to do, or how long to stay out. I don't know how he got back to the gathering point. THat is one question I'd like to answer.. if he found his own way, or if someone eventually went back out and got him. I have a feeling he walked back.

The reason (and I'm babbling here), why I don't think he has much to say on the topic, is that when I went into the woods and was alone, I thought about alot of bizzare complicated topics that would be difficult to try to communicate to others....