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I am pagan with druid leanings, don't really do magic, as I feel magic all around in the trees and in the air, the water, the stones etc etc. I have been called an ecopagan, guess that sounds right!

Hi Kaz

I'm pagan too. I don't really do any ritual at the moment (don't have the energy for it). However, like you I feel the magic all around me and that deepens my experience of being pagan more than anything.

I'm not sure if it is just me, but h2g2 seems more pagan friendly than it used to. Not that it was unfriendly before, just that it seems there are more of us visible here now maybe.

I agree, it seems to be difficult getting pagan chat going. In some ways for me it is a personal thing so I haven't posted alot about it on hootoo. What do you feel like talking about?


chamomille
kea.

Hi Kea

I am off to bed now, but as for things to talk about, I am interested in anything! I'll have a think!

Hiya

I've had pagan leanings for some years,and also psychic and empathic abilities but didnt do too much about it..more tried to get way from it s i guess it maybe scared me a little. I've also been learning the tarot on of for some time. Ive been practising witchcraft for about a year now and at new years eve took affirmation and decided on that as my path.I'm very lucky to hav the guidance and experience of a very experienced witch to draw on as im learning.



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Hi Serephina
when I first got into tarot, I was so obsessed and did it everyday! Your affirmation sounds interesting, was it on your own or with a coven? I dedicated myself to the goddess in a ritual I read in a book when I was younger. It was amazing, a real experience. Since then though I have not really been into ritual, thats why I think of myself as more following the druid path. I am more interested in feeling the world around me.

Hi Kea
have you used tarot then? Do you feel there is two groups in paganism, the ones who use magic and the ones who don't. I think Serephina and myself are in those two different groups! Paganism is very inclusive, but I do sometimes wonder whether people who do magic and ritual understand the people who don't, any thoughts?

Hiya Kaz.. It was on my own.. more me saying, this is the path I chose if you'll have me..and dedicating as you said.I do feel magic all around me..its the air we breathe, the water, the sun, everything. To me ritual at the sabbats etc is more of a personal thank you than anything else..at the moment its like im waking up to the world around me and its really lovely.The magic is in all of us,in everything ,its just finding a way to focus n work with it.Maybe all witches dont see it that way..but i do.

..and if some people can do that without feeling the need for ritual and spellcraft (for healing,helping etc) good for them! ..its all too personal to say is a right way or a wrong way.

Hi Serephina, that sounds a lot like my dedication. You are quite right that we can all do it our own way, but I thought it was an interesting topic, as there is such a split between the two. Maybe others don't agree with that, maybe they don't see the two camps like I do, that would be interesting to know though.

I recently had a chat with a witch who knew I was more a druid but talked as though the witch initiation was the only way forward. He didn't seem to think there could be another way. That was what got me thinking about this topic.

Maybe the world needs both!

Of course it does! Theres never just one way to do anything..life wouldn't be alive if there was.

Greetings one and all

I must admit I was somewhat pleasantly surprised with the number of pagan members of hootoo, I have been a solitary witch (apart from teaching) for 20 odd years now.

There is magic in everything around us, I do use spellcasting and pathwork a lot, but believe one of the witches main goal is to mend the rift that has grown between 'mankind' and mother nature.

I think I have been truely blessed with talented and thoughtful students down the years.....

With love and light, Blessed be

Jonathan <./>ACE</.>

Afternoon Jon ?

Afternoon Sandra,that would be nice

Evening all

chamomille

I'm off to bed

kea good night
may the goddess watch over you and your loved ones

Hi Jonathon. I seem to have gotten sidetracked. It's getting on for dawn and there is the most amazing full moon setting. I'm off to bask in the glow.


kea.

enjoy the 'smile' of the goddess, it's a beautiful sight

Indeed it is..even Josh comments on it now.

hes far too interested in such thins for one so young at times. he'll be wanting a telescope before long!