Official Pagan Thread!

[ptig78d]

Aww...so sorry to hear of the troubles with your friend, CC! I am sending positive healing energies their way!
Blessings,
Dave

 

[ptig78d]

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Wow! I never knew there was a book by a Wiccan who was in the military and a police officer! I was in the USN for 8 years, and I'm currently attending University College of Bangor for an A.S. in Criminal Justice. That's definitely a book I'm gonna have to check out!

 

[CoopCrazy]

ON another note.. I wanted to ask some advice from you awesome folks.. I have always beena Psychic and Clairvoyant.. I was able to attune myself with my ablilties many years ago.. But since the Housefire 5 years ago it has been very difficult to turn on my abilities.. I am still very intuitive but it seems that when I want to read someone (with their permission) it just seems next to impossible to access that part of me again..I even have issues with speaking to spirits. which I have never had an issue with.. I know alot of this is from the fire and the negative energies that were attacking me after the fire ( My own fault).. I just wonder if any of you have any insight or guidance for me. I fully give my permission for anyone to read me as they see fit..

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

How often do you take time to charge your spiritual energies? I have found that when my mundane life overwhelms me and I do not take the time I need to attune myself to the REAL world that I stop being able to function on a spritual level. I neglect that part of me and it starves without the energy I should be absorbing from the world. If you aren't meditating (in whatever form that takes for you- I like weeding and pruning and harvesting plants as my form of meditation) then I wouldn't be surprized if you can't do the things you used to. I don't know about anyone else, but I get cranky and depressed if I don't take time to see to the balance of my life. During a particularyly stressful time I even began suffering frequent dizzy spell which continued to worsen to the point of almost fainting until one day I was struck with this dizziness while outside. I leaned against a tree for support so I would not fall and felt as if warm arms wrapped around me to steady me. I was filled with the relief like you get when you finally get get a drink after being thirsty. I stayed there as long as I was able, just feeling the love of that tree, and the next day I was no longer dizzy at all! I felt good, I slept better, and I was able to resume talking to my non-human friends as I had so often enjoyed before I let myself get too busy for them.
So my advice, for what it is worth, is to find what fills you with light and energy and take the time to nourish yourself as often as you can. Loosing abilities in my opinion is often a symptom of a deeper problem, not the problem its self. Find a place where you can feel at peace and love everything around you. When you are spiritually healthy again, what you lost will be able to return.
And I would be happy to tell you what I know about preserving things. The key is rock salt, and lots of it! The wings I preserved were twist-tied to chopsticks to hold them open in the position I wanted, then laid in a (clean!) pizza delivery box which I had packing taped the vent holes shut. I laid the wings inside and poured in a box of rock salt. I then taped the box shut and left it in the spare room for at least 3 weeks. I have yet to wrap the handle part in leather, but that will finish the fans.
The feet I pose around semi-precious stones and hold in place with rubber bands. (this takes manual dexterity and practice, don't get discouraged!) They can be air dried if it you have a warm, dry place, or put in salt. I also shove a piece of wire up under the skin as far as I can and leave about 6" haning out the end. The skin will shrink around it to keep it in place and it can later be bent into a loop to hang, or you can drill a hole into a stick to hold it as a wand. In either event the wire is neither pretty nor secure, but when you wrap it it looks pretty good and the wire helps a lot while you work with it.

 

[farmerlor]

Excellent post Tamra! I've been ill for the last seven weeks following my surgery and now that I'm not compromised by narcotics I've been meditating and grounding everyday. It makes me feel so much better in so many ways.

 

[Organics North]

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I process my own animals as well. I try to always honor the animals in some way.. Sometimes I have given a Smoke offering and others I have just said a small prayer for them .. I would love to get some more info from you on how to care for the wings and feet for making toiols as this is something I want to do as well..

As a spiritual individual who follows my own path. I am sensitive to the energy of everything around me. Taking a life, cutting a tree, moving a rock all changes the flux of nature. That said ..we are part of that nature, we are living beings, by design we must kill to live. I must say I really dislike killing and the older I get the greater the dislike. Some day when I am elderly I l may be vegetarian, as my body will not require the powerful nutrition found in meats. Currently, I still "need" meats as do my children. SO.. I do it. I kill. I deer hunt, I fish, I butcher livestock. I simply humbly recognize my physical place on earth as just another hungry animal. I say no prayers, but I be sure to do the deed with respect and dignity Also I try and utilize the whole animal as best I can.

I too am interested in hearing how more of you "deal with" the natural process of slaughter.

ON

 

[feathersnuggles]

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Tamra, thanks for that insight and perspective!

 

[MagsC]

Just wanted to check back in on this thread. Makes very good reading. Such awesome people!!!

 

[Organics North]

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OK, Thank you.
Your aura is a strong one! Bursting at the seams with lots of energy. However that energy is like sand in your hand. The tighter you squeeze the faster it runs out............ Let go! Relax your grip. More sand may fall out but who cares. You don't need it.... And if you do you know where to get more.

You have been busy for a long time "collecting tools-preparing-planing" Placing these "tools" in your backpack as you walk your path in life at a comfortable timely pace. In your case I see Fire as a powerful accelerator. I feel it has pushed you forward and left you standing at a fork in your path. You see which trail to follow, but because of the accelerator, it is just so soon to let the backpack go as it is not needed on the new path.

Let go relax take your time. It is a beautiful morning in your meadow where the fork in the path is. Continue teaching and sharing the fruits of your backpack with others. Enjoy the gifts you give. When you are ready, maybe days maybe decades, your next trail looks challenging but wonderful, taking you to new heights beyond imagination. On the new trail there will be plenty of wonderful gifts for you.

(Yes, I cried when I got to the meadow and saw the fork in the path. It was a happy cry.)

on

 

[deb1]

Here is something funny that happened to me. My hubby and I were in Books A Million. A man walked up to us and asked, "Are you all pagans?" I am in the south so I thought, "Oh no, he is going to try to evagenlize me." I told him that I was just looking into paganism. He explained that his girlfriend was pagan and he wanted to know which books were good for her. I told him that I was probably not a good judge of books for her. But that was the first time anyone had ever asked me that.