Feb 04 2010
Defiance & Regret
I created a Facebook page for this PTH web site today. It was one of those stubborn acts of defiance that has haunted me all these years. Despite every one of us agreeing that the entity we think of as “Pagan Tea House” is dead, I still can’t let it go. There was a time when I thought the Pagan Tea House was a wonderful, much needed compliment to our daily lives. In the early days of the Internet, when people were bandying about phrases such as “virtual community”, we already had a family in the original PTH. So perhaps I’m just an old dreamer for clinging to an out-dated ideal, but I once believe “Pagan Tea House” meant something.
It’s that, if nothing else, that keeps me coming back. I may not be the best steward for this idea, but I am certainly one person who refuses to let it go. If I serve no other purpose, let it be to keep alive our memories of “the history and legacy of a genuinely good idea”.
6 responses so far
Hey man, I have been Dharmais for a long time and a coupke of iterations before that. Great to “see” you again! I still keep in touch with many from those days. Lady Bast, Impress, Blkpnthr and miss many of you! i miss IOpan the most I guess.
The AOL forum was actually the best don’t you think? i know that afterwards there was a room on Yahoo (maybe still is) and the IRC but haven’t seen much in a long time. I shall try to find you on facebook though i loath the format.
B*B! ~~~~~~~~>Dharms
I’ll be honest. I’ve not been online a lot (in a social capacity) in the past few years. I too miss the PTH, and especially the people. I still catch a few people in chat from time to time, and exchange email erratically with a few others. (I even have all the sex-god stuff sent to me, not to mention my Teicon 2000 hat.)
The easiest way I’ve found to keep in contact is to keep the various messenger programs active (AIM, Yahoo and MSN Messenger) and turn em on from time to time. I also check in to my Facebook and MySpace from time to time. They’re all still out there somewhere, and most have kept an online presence in one way or another.
Blessed Be, the Tea house and some of them that where still live. I feared I might be one of the last, All I can say is thank you….
Dharms, Do you rember me, I was part of that same group I was that sill poet, often called yldUnicorn or spUnicorn oe Unikorn or well you get the theme, anyway I miss lady Bast, you say you saty in touch with her, please can you give her my contact information or at least this poems , that she might rember me….
To Thee, Fair Maiden
T’WAS a fair lass
a sad and sullen sight
then came the creature
he of golden light
she of stars, and sky
a smile and a laugh for them
a happy time for all
this creature, a unicorn
fair maiden , T’was his call
a time for joy
a feast they had
now away is the maiden sad
now all that is , a happy cry
a laugh
a giggle
a clear blue sky
and she is happy and so am I
I used to frequent the PTH back in 1996 when the internet was still fairly new and still have many a good friend that I made there, in my life now. Back then my aol screen name was SionedMC and then PrincessSioned. I have no idea if you were in the room then but the other regulars were LadyMimosa, Suzy3D, Deosil, Kita.. goodness… I have forgotten a lot of the names now…. I loved the PTH and miss it even now….
well said