Describe Your Path

[Jen]

I'm curious to hear what everyone's religious/spiritual paths are here.

[Jen]

Outside of forums no-one has ever asked me what my religious beliefs are, not that that's a problem as I find it hard to describe in words what my beliefs are.

I am not religious as I have never found a religion that is completely suited to me. I am a deeply spiritual person however. I am on my path to personal and spiritual growth. I identify with nature and revere nature and mother Earth, I feel connected to the universe as we are one. My path is one of personal revelation and responsibility and I am in touch with the male and female aspects of myself (well, I'm learning to be more in touch with the male). I see balance and harmony in all things and the Yin Yang symbol is very important to me.
Witchcraft to me, is tuning in to the subtle energies that are around us and manipulating them to do my will-a bit like the power of positive thinking. I don't perform rituals that often, mainly on the Sabbaths as the wheel of the year is important to me, and I practice magic daily in the form of meditation, grounding and sheilding. Spells I do rarely.

[circemoon]

That is awesome Hedge! You are wise beyond your years!
When pushed to the wall, I call myself a "mystic" or "lightworker"--sometimes a "spiritualist." But these terms are never really accurate. I avidly study the orthodox religions as well as the occult. These days I prefer occult studies and myth. I meditate a lot and do spells (for lack of a better term) quite often. I perform crystal healing on select clients and am continuously developing more healing techniques and capabilities. My forte is most likely astrology as I have been doing this the longest, and I have been reading Tarot's for many years. Essentially, Light and Love are my true Goddesses. I resist "systems" as best as I can, although astrology can be said to be a system, albeit a dynamic one. Divinity happens "NOW" and cannot be confound to systems dreamed up by others in times and places long ago. However, I do enjoy studying up on many, many religious systems and incorporating things form those systems that resonate with me. Spiritually, I suppose I am a melting pot--or cauldron!

My overall goal is to share the light! If you would like some astrological analysis from me and haven't already received some, feel free to ask--I am not in this for profit and if you belong to Hedge's awesome group here, then you receive the benefit of free astrology from me! Blessings to you all!

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[Jen]

Circe you're AWESOME!!!!

[angeleyes]

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well outsitde this forum i'm still actually catholic.. but i have done a few religions but i just couldnt find my place in any of them i did find my self happy with catholic teaching but i have always had a thing about wiccan things for as long as i rememberd..
i like hedge am on the spiritual and personal growth path i just wanna be the great at what ever i do.

i know i will never be perfect but i can give it a good shot...

[angelis]

well lets get down to my little world how I far all around with spirital and religion based on this world. Well I am what you call a wondering spirit. I have always been able to do astral projection with little to no problem. Always knowing that I could and knowing how long I have gone through the ages of time. I mean a a spirital man I believe in the elementals and that there are god's and goddess and all but I mean I am open to learning that is what my spirit inside me wants to know. How to do something and I am not just closed in a box and look at things one sided. I mean I don't hate other religions I just don't see the purpose behind a lot of them the christian faith. Sorry to say it is a load of shit and basket that has no bottom. I mean I know I am a healer in a way as well. Maybe not the whole medicine thing and all but I mean I heal in my way of listen and helping out others if I can. I know that my lifetime I will come back again in a different body and learn again. Seems my soul will never rest till I find what in the past I never did finish as promise or a pleaed to someone. Sorry for all the rambling I am just lost in thought of late so I may jumped a little off topic. Sorry if you had to read my ramble on this matter.

[blackenedrose]

I am an open minded, exploring teenager who, I feel, has found her chosen path. I believe that eveyone has a right to their own religion, because in the end they all lead back to a desire to do good with the time that is given to us. I think that all religions are not an extension of a higher power, but an extendion of ourselves, as God, or Allah, or whatever, is just a collective view of things - and that is why there are so many religions, each developed to fit in with one particular founder's specific beliefs and continued by a group of like-minded people. However, I have chosen to follow Paganism as it allows free expression within a group - making me feel wanted among like-minded friends - without the ultimatums created by bigger religions.

I believe in the sun, the rain and the wind. I believe that everyone is a blank canvas at birth, free to make their own choices which make them good or evil. I believe that there is no one path to enlightenment and one must hear everyone's opinions to understand the truth. I believe that I am the only person who I will ever understand, and I may never even do that.

[nikita]

Well im a Spiritualist and im wiccan lol im a Healer but not reconised by the SNU so no certificate yet lol and Learning about Shamanism,
so my religion is simple, my religion is Kindness

[angelis]

I like that saying that my religion is kindness. Well I think nikita you are a kind and well loved spirit and anyone would not hate to be around you since your may give people something to smile about each day at least. Or my happy butt may be wrong who knows.

[riverman]

In 1977 my uncle Alexander asked me what my thoughts were on the Catholic religion that we practiced. i told him i was not sure as i always felt there was something missing in it. He then proceeded to show me a book which detailed our Irish heritage, and our ancestors belief in Druidism, i read the book and felt a sense of understanding that to this day i can not describe. It turned out my uncle was a member of a Grove and introduced me to the spiritual path i still live today. and like many i do not feel it is a "religion" but more a spiritual lifestyle.

[fenrir]

I work with my wife Tracy and together in coven work.

After exploring and searching I found Seax Wica, ti was oath free, with no degrees and could be practiced solitary, it was a starting point on a path I still am venturing down.
I incorporate many aspects in the Seax coven, we uses many old English deities, and draw our knowledge or at least try to from Our Saxon past, sometimes using the saxon language.
I see my path as a progressive one, and I adapt.

I'm very interested in anything that is traditional to Britain, that has its roots here.
From older traditions to new ones starting up based on British culture.

[zafeira]

very traditional coming from the family, with a celtic basis, exploring a bit too, not keen on complicated rituals as Ive been brought up with simple ways - I just do what I feels right

[watershield]

Well, just to scratch the surface...
I don't disbelieve that there is a "God", I just strongly doubt it.
I believe that all things have an energy within and that all things are connected.
With the power of our own minds we have the ability to connect to that energy and impose our will. To effect change. I don't believe in good or evil. These are only just different perspectives of the same thing, depending for example weather your giving or receiving. Obviously, I don't believe in the rule of three. I believe in the Multi Universe concept of existance and of the Spheres of Existance.

[riverman]

I believe in a multiplicity of Gods and Goddesses, as well as lesser beings,many of whom are worthy of respect, love and worship. We neo-pagan druids have a wide variety of non exclusive concepts as to the nature of those entities. While some may belive in a supreme being, Neopagan Druidism is emphayically polytheistic. And we also have no figure of ultimate evil.

[pixiedust]

As I said in my intro, I'm what you'd call a Celtic reconstructionalist, this is difficult to describe but I'll try.
As we know the Celts were a race of people active through Britain and Europe around the bronze age. The Celts were a tribal race so the whole of the Celtic peoples did not worship the same deities is the same way. However if you look at one Deity worshiped in one part of Celtic Britain you can find another very similar one in another part. This brings me to believe that while the names are different for deities throughout Britain the basic make up of the religion is essentially the same. So my path basically means reading loads of history books to find out how the Celts worshiped, How many names a Deity for a given purpose has, what rituals they would have performed.......it goes on.
So my spiritual path is also a kind of history project. I like it because when I reach a conclusion about something it's my own deduction not something that is laid down as a rule in one specific book. ;D