[Jewelry making - Article 00934] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry and "Cultural Property"

[Lisa Orlando]

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Hi Daniel,

    There are actually quite a few pagans around, and a surprising
    number of Orchidians are pagans--I guess it's obvious that I'm one of
    them. I have known people, mostly Irish and Hungarian, who are
    members of families that maintained the traditions of the Old
    Religion for many generations, and I can't speak for them. As a born
    again pagan, however, I'm quite happy to see non-pagan artists using
    pagan symbols, as long as they're being respectful. So, as a
    Priestess, I give you my permission (for what it's worth) to use
    Celtic knots and runes, as long as you know their meanings and
    respect them. If you're that attracted to them, you might even find
    yourself attracted to paganism. 

    While there are certainly people in all religious traditions who feel
    that it's sacrilegious for "outsiders' to use their symbols, there
    are sometimes people in the very same traditions who disagree. I once
    worked for "News from Native California" and witnessed some of this
    controversy. There are even "legitimate" (i.e. they have the
    "correct" amount of blood) Native artists who get conflicting
    opinions from their own people about *how* they are using tribal
    symbols. 

    The whole thing is a can of worms... 

Lisa Orlando
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