Official Pagan Thread!

[ebwy]

I don't have any advice (not knowing the situation) other than remember to do what's right by your own principles, as you have to face yourself in the mirror each day.

of couse it's sometimes hard to work out what that is

 

[deb1]

Don't do anything that goes against your ethics or be false to yourself, Matthew. I hope that everything works out for you.

 

[colowyo0809]

yay! I created my first page!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Page looks good!! I had a chicken l had a chicken named Houdini. She could get out of pen we put her in. She even used the Morning Glories as a rope to climb over a 6ft high fence.

Friends of mine were married in Vermont back in March. We had another ceremony here in NC 2 weeks later. They were flanked on either side by a family member toting a shotgun and "White Trash Wedding" playing in the background, lol

 

[magickmom]

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Merry Meet. I would suggest that you take the belief-o-matic test at www.beliefnet.com http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx
It is a great tool for helping people find what religion most closely matches what they believe. You answer a series of questions based on your personal beliefs and it gives you a list of religions that align with your beliefs. Everyone I know has found it to be pretty accurate.
There are many good books out there...I love everything by Cunningham, Edain McCoy, Buckland, and Starhawk. I do NOT recommend Silver Ravenwolf's books...in my opionion they are only good for teenage posers.
I have been Wiccan for 10 years now, but grew up in a magickal family. I am involved in a great family of ecclectic covens in Southern Maryland with some wonderful people.
I am just starting to plan for raising chickens when we get moved into our new country home.
Blessings of light and love to all.
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P.S. My kids and I have a very effective spell that we us often...we turn red lights, green. When we approach a red light we say "Red light, red light, don't be mean...Red light, red light, now turn green" It usually works the first time we say it, but has taken up to 3 times for some stubborn lights.

 

[sune42]

I just spent 5 hours at the hardware store (long story) and hope to put some pics of me building my coop on my page soon! Thinking good thoughts for everyone still. I am going to hunt up a candle, bless it, and burn it for all of us. I think we still need it.

 

[sune42]

Thought I would share my results from that belief quiz. Did it just to see.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (86%)
3. Jainism (84%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (83%)
5. Reform Judaism (82%)
6. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
7. Liberal Quakers (76%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (76%)
9. Sikhism (75%)
10. Baha'i Faith (62%)
11. Hinduism (60%)
12. Orthodox Judaism (59%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
14. Secular Humanism (56%)
15. New Thought (53%)
16. Taoism (52%)
17. Scientology (50%)
18. Islam (49%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (48%)
20. Nontheist (33%)
21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (31%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (26%)
23. Jehovah's Witness (21%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%)
25. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (17%)
27. Roman Catholic (17%)

I love that Quaker is in my top 10.

 

[magickmom]

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I don't see to have a problem putting my energy out there... sometimes I can't stop it... flooding.

I have a problem with receiving. Does that make sense? It's like I'm too loud... or too scared... or too self centered... or too something.

Has anyone else experienced this before... and if so, what did you do?

Merry Meet Rainplace.
When I was a child I was frequently overwhelmed by too much energy/feeling, and my grandma taught me how to shield myself so that I was not overwhelmed by what others were feeling...I am very empathic and feel others pain, both physical and emotional. Grandma helped me build up strong shields that now make it difficult for me to receive without really trying, which is a good thing as I am a nurse and could easily be a mess without my shields, but it does make it harder when I want to open myself up more fully.
Blessings to you and yours.
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[CoyoteMagic]

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Here's mine.

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (93%)
3. New Age (90%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
5. Theravada Buddhism (83%)
6. Liberal Quakers (77%)
7. Hinduism (73%)
8. New Thought (67%)
9. Reform Judaism (63%)
10. Jainism (61%)
11. Taoism (61%)
12. Scientology (60%)
13. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)
14. Secular Humanism (56%)
15. Sikhism (53%)
16. Baha'i Faith (52%)
17. Orthodox Quaker (52%)
18. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (50%)
19. Orthodox Judaism (37%)
20. Islam (28%)
21. Nontheist (28%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (24%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (18%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (15%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (12%)
26. Roman Catholic (12%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (12%)

My Southern Baptist Momma would freak! LOL

 

[Wolfwoman]

Where did you post this poll?