I personally have had a great fascination with Wicca, an until-now, very closetted religion.
They basically worship the Earth- The God and the Goddess, two elemental forces of Nature, which are supposedly redundant in all aspects of the Universe. Thier beleifs are very similar to Native American paganism.
Supposedly, witches claim that thier religion goes back 50,000 years (well, from what I have heard, nothing I have officially found to be fact).
I do love and admire the religion, however.
Originally posted by Lara
thankyou for that insight but I was being serious lolI'm in a state of transition and wish to disguss it with others who have similar experience.
the facts are the facts but we are here in the present and not in the past no offence to any one. 😄
maybe ask something a little less ambigious than "anyone else on a green path" under the title "paganism"
well paganism and wicca come under many titles by many ppl.
I'm currently stil searching for my specific path on the pagan route but am in the process of setting up my altar and was wondering if there was any one else here that has any advice they could give me as to wether equipment has to specific or is ok to be adjusted to other objects at hand
and to the placement of the items on the altar.
thats all 😄
When I first stopped being a christian I actually looked into wicca. I never practiced any of the spells or whatever because I have never believed in magic, but it does put forth a really nice metaphor about the world and how to treat eachother.
I don't like how it was started and marketed in the 70s though...
Most religions can have some beautiful and relevant metaphors for our lives and struggles, and paganism is no exception. I don't know anyone who actually believes in pagan gods (except Christians...Zing!) or that the magic stuff is real (it's usually a combination of chemistry for concoctions, self-fulfilling prophecies, self-delusion, and selective interpretation and confirmation bias into believing the results of "magic"😉 but there's obviously an appeal to it.
Had I not found science and reason while searching for new stuff, I'd likely have ended up as a flower child following the principles of the forest god Artemis...or something similarly ridiculous. Harmless and quaint, but nothing that's any better than any of the other myths and practices in various religions.
Originally posted by Lara
thankyou for that insight but I was being serious lol
1) So was I
2) Wiccans don't beleive in "real" magic, but they do beleive in the God and Goddess, they do beleive in Reincarnation, they do beleive in the power of Earth and the Moon.
It's more of a discipline than a manifesto of spells. People tend to get Wicca confused with "black magic", voodoo, and the like. But Wicca isn't related.
The most similar beleif system to Wicca would be Native American paganism.
I've been a Pagan for many years.... but our form of "paganism" is not as green as a lot of the others.... a number of modern pagan movements (and yes, I include wicca and druidism in amongst them) are preoccupied with environmental issues, and could be classed as green movements rather than religious groups... the form of paganism I follow, sometimes called Asatru or Odinism, is one of the older pagan groups... worshipped from at least the fifth century ad up until the 15th century in europe, and surviving in Iceland and Greenland up to the present day (along with Christianity, it is the official religion of Iceland) we are concerned more with bravery, honesty and wisdom... our gods are numerous, and as fallible as us... while our ideals of honour stop most of us from raping the land and sea (Odin tells us that a good man leaves places so that he is welcome to return) we are far from being an environmental group.... which has brought us into conflict with neo-pagan groups... we are far more confrontational than they are, and more likely to stand up and fight than sit down and protest.... despite their occasional animosity towards us, we staunchly defend other pagans against the forces that rail against them.. a lot of pagans don't seem to understand how we can be pagan and warlike... most people do have this stereotypical view of pagans as tree hugging hippys and wispy witches.... but thats noit us.... history shows that pagan religions were never like that... it was the Victorian "druids" who began that.... remember, some of us still mourn the loss of human sacrifice... i know of plenty of people who should fly to Odin on the wings of the bloody eagle!! Despite the outcry from many pagan groups about the film "The Wicker Man" that film is closer to true paganism than Wicca.... and to be honest, I could see no problem with the way of life on the island (and I'm talking mainly about the original, rather than the Nic Cage one) other than the fact that the sacrifice should have been voluntary or of a criminal... hope this helps....ps.. if going into Wicca (which is just as valid a choice as any) remember that tools found intuitively or in a strange manner are far more powerful than any others.... regardless of what the shopkeeper tells you, a red handled knife found while out on a walk will work better than the most ornate black handled one for $199.99...
thankyou Kirk.
I too believe that you should only take what you need and respect what nature provides and not to take it for granted as many do.
"to live in harmony with nature" rather than "to be in control of nature"
to treat others how I wish to be treated and to leave nature as I found it, love, nurture, provide and care for nature as nature, as nature loves, nurtures, provides and cares for us.
My studies consist of herbalism, aromatherapy, crystals, healing and mediumship. so I'm not part of green peace or anything like that, I believe that you shouldnt force your views upon others.
so there is no problem with using a stainless steel balti dish instead of a proper cauldron then? 😂