Spiritualism, Wicca, and Pagans

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my familys been mostly christain I'm sortta on the fence but I do belive in a god.

i sortta believe in magic somewhat.

that's a very limited belief the extent i belive is that if a so called "rain dance" is performed properly rain will come.

or if you seek revenge a revenge spell will put that person down.

though I never told anyone due to fear of being mocked.

 

 

Edited April 9, 2017 by Nightshroud

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On ‎4‎/‎19‎/‎2015 at 3:03 PM, HopeTheWanderer said:

I am Pagan as well. Mostly eclectic(A combination of Hellenism, Celticism and Shamanism).

 

I find it odd that Wicca is the focus here and it is interesting. But its worth pointing out that of all the branches of Paganism, Wicca is the most recent, having first come up in the 1950s. The oldest branch is most likely Shamanism, as many indigenous tribes, including many Native Americans such as the Lakota, practiced it.

 

As far as the gods go, and I think this is worth mentioning, I don't believe in the gods any less then I believe in the sun and the moon, they are in everything in the natural world, as close as one's own breath. It is different from the Abrahamic faiths.

 

I think Paganism is a good path if you are a nature-lover, vegan and the like, seeing as its always been, at the core, the honoring of our mother, Earth herself.

 

I think this brings to mind the words of three chaps:

 

“Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard.” – Standing Bear

 

“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.” – Chief Sealth

 

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” – Zeno

um I was gona ask what are the signs of being pagen?

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This is really interesting I haven't really had a chance to learn much about pagans and Wicca before 

I would say that they are deeper than I thought I usually thought that witchcraft was kinda like cheating and it comes with great power but you can't really control it properly before it is gone 

But this can offer some more insight on the proper way of harnessing the powers I know some of the principles but I haven't delved much into them as I don't really want to participate in witch craft though it could be useful as Well 

Other side of the coin is important too 

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On ‎12‎/‎2‎/‎2014 at 12:40 PM, Vemillia Nightshade said:

 

Pagans are like wiccans in the sense of power but they study in the darker arts. Those who use such powers can sometimes be referred to as witches but that is touchy to explain. I'm sure you know about or have heard of satanic rituals. Paganisum has relation to such rituals if one who delves that far in to dark magic does such such acts.

INCORRECT!

Pagan refers to anything of, or related to ancient beliefs. In fact, Wicca is a branch of Neopaganism, and not all pagans practice in the dark arts, it depends. Wiccans sometimes indulge in necromancy and shadow work themselves. Were you new to this when you wrote this, because I would just like to say this is very innacurate

On ‎3‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 4:33 PM, Y'ffre the Singer said:

I would say that they are deeper than I thought I usually thought that witchcraft was kinda like cheating and it comes with great power but you can't really control it properly before it is gone 

Power? I wouldn't say it has anything to do with power, at least for me. I don't think it is cheating anything. As a Wiccan, I work with the natural order, not against it. I don't use it for petty things. And the person who started this talking about gifts and spiritual power? No one is "gifted" any more than another. You may be more spiritually attuned, but spiritual power sounds like something pulled out of Naruto. I'm not trying to be mean, but that is not what Wicca is about. I'm sorry, but I had to say something.

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4 hours ago, CrystalBloodMoon said:

INCORRECT!

Pagan refers to anything of, or related to ancient beliefs. In fact, Wicca is a branch of Neopaganism, and not all pagans practice in the dark arts, it depends. Wiccans sometimes indulge in necromancy and shadow work themselves. Were you new to this when you wrote this, because I would just like to say this is very innacurate

Power? I wouldn't say it has anything to do with power, at least for me. I don't think it is cheating anything. As a Wiccan, I work with the natural order, not against it. I don't use it for petty things. And the person who started this talking about gifts and spiritual power? No one is "gifted" any more than another. You may be more spiritually attuned, but spiritual power sounds like something pulled out of Naruto. I'm not trying to be mean, but that is not what Wicca is about. I'm sorry, but I had to say something.

Yeah I was more referring on how narrow minded I used to be and how I would view things back then but these days I try to be more open as I feel there are more to discover on almost everything