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I'm solitary & feel closest to Goddess Hestia. I don't know if my path will ever find a definition. I'm eclectic & find ideas/inspiration everywhere. There is truth in every kind of spirituality.
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Original post: idir
hey all, new to these forums, thought id dive into the deep end here...
My path is one of a seeker, I look to many places for knowledge. To be a bit more specific I am a witch, following a Celtic path with an emphasis on the Irish Deities. I have had many a twist and turns on my Pagan journey, for e.g. going from monotheism to being a hardcore polytheist, so I never know where it will lead next...but that's the fun part eh !:)
hey all, new to these forums, thought id dive into the deep end here...
My path is one of a seeker, I look to many places for knowledge. To be a bit more specific I am a witch, following a Celtic path with an emphasis on the Irish Deities. I have had many a twist and turns on my Pagan journey, for e.g. going from monotheism to being a hardcore polytheist, so I never know where it will lead next...but that's the fun part eh !:)
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Original post: Tenebrae
As you read, try to keep in mind that I use the term "God" and "Abyss" simply for reference purposes. I don't believe that the Christians, Catholics, ect. fully understand that which they worship, or that even I myself do. Just that the essence of light is worshiped by many...the main two being the Catholics and Christians.
Thereâ??s no term to describe my beliefs, no name to label them that Iâ??m aware of. I wasnâ??t raised to follow any particular religion and chose to look inward first and outward second, after establishing my own personal beliefs... I figured this to be the best way to avoid taint and lies. I found that my views do harbor a sort of "yin and yang" motif if you will, and Iâ??ll explain.
I believe in two equally powerful, yet opposite, aspects who are both needed in order to justify and define one anotherâ??s existence. One of these aspects is the being many, in my eyes, have termed to be the Christian and Catholic God...the embodiment of light and representation of masculinity. His opposite, and the essence I believe myself to originate from, is one whom Iâ??ve come to call the Abyss. The embodiment of darkness and representation of femininity...hence the entire yin and yang comparison that I came to discover upon looking outward.
As is blatantly apparent with itâ??s followers, the light and those who follow it have always desired to rid existence of itâ??s opposite whilst the darkness desires nothing but balance, knowing full well that without one...the other is nothing. Think of it in a predatory nature, why would a carnivore wish itâ??s prey to become extinct when such a thing would cause the extinction of the predator itself? Either way, neither darkness nor light are evil unto themselves, those two terms are nothing more than matters of perception devised by the morals of the masses...what most believe becomes moral law, and all which opposes it becomes sin.
I believe everything to simply be a cosmic "he said, she said" where only one side of the storyâ??s been told, mainly because instead of sending forth messiahs who attempt to convert, the darkness waits patiently for those with dark souls to find their way upon the path they choose willingly and without oppressive influence. Sheâ??s trying to make an example, so to speak, that shows to those who follow the light that even without her direct influence...even with only one side of the story blatantly expressed...darkness will always thrive. When the pointâ??s been proven to her satisfaction...her influence will reassert itself, her presence return to the forefront so that finally both ends of the spectrum are well known. Until then she "sleeps" with a smirk upon her lips, knowing sheâ??s proving her point without having to do a single solitary thing.
Just as "God" has his angels...the "Abyss" has hers.
Those would be my beliefs in a nutshell, Satan, the Egyptian, Norse, Greek, Aztec, and the rest of the pantheons could very well all exist with their own set of morals, beliefs on how existence should be governed, so on and so forth...but in my eyes they lie somewhere inbetween with these two aspects at the head... The two ancients with the younger aspects existing between, either choosing a side or simply following a shade of gray...marching to their own beat.
As you read, try to keep in mind that I use the term "God" and "Abyss" simply for reference purposes. I don't believe that the Christians, Catholics, ect. fully understand that which they worship, or that even I myself do. Just that the essence of light is worshiped by many...the main two being the Catholics and Christians.
Thereâ??s no term to describe my beliefs, no name to label them that Iâ??m aware of. I wasnâ??t raised to follow any particular religion and chose to look inward first and outward second, after establishing my own personal beliefs... I figured this to be the best way to avoid taint and lies. I found that my views do harbor a sort of "yin and yang" motif if you will, and Iâ??ll explain.
I believe in two equally powerful, yet opposite, aspects who are both needed in order to justify and define one anotherâ??s existence. One of these aspects is the being many, in my eyes, have termed to be the Christian and Catholic God...the embodiment of light and representation of masculinity. His opposite, and the essence I believe myself to originate from, is one whom Iâ??ve come to call the Abyss. The embodiment of darkness and representation of femininity...hence the entire yin and yang comparison that I came to discover upon looking outward.
As is blatantly apparent with itâ??s followers, the light and those who follow it have always desired to rid existence of itâ??s opposite whilst the darkness desires nothing but balance, knowing full well that without one...the other is nothing. Think of it in a predatory nature, why would a carnivore wish itâ??s prey to become extinct when such a thing would cause the extinction of the predator itself? Either way, neither darkness nor light are evil unto themselves, those two terms are nothing more than matters of perception devised by the morals of the masses...what most believe becomes moral law, and all which opposes it becomes sin.
I believe everything to simply be a cosmic "he said, she said" where only one side of the storyâ??s been told, mainly because instead of sending forth messiahs who attempt to convert, the darkness waits patiently for those with dark souls to find their way upon the path they choose willingly and without oppressive influence. Sheâ??s trying to make an example, so to speak, that shows to those who follow the light that even without her direct influence...even with only one side of the story blatantly expressed...darkness will always thrive. When the pointâ??s been proven to her satisfaction...her influence will reassert itself, her presence return to the forefront so that finally both ends of the spectrum are well known. Until then she "sleeps" with a smirk upon her lips, knowing sheâ??s proving her point without having to do a single solitary thing.
Just as "God" has his angels...the "Abyss" has hers.
Those would be my beliefs in a nutshell, Satan, the Egyptian, Norse, Greek, Aztec, and the rest of the pantheons could very well all exist with their own set of morals, beliefs on how existence should be governed, so on and so forth...but in my eyes they lie somewhere inbetween with these two aspects at the head... The two ancients with the younger aspects existing between, either choosing a side or simply following a shade of gray...marching to their own beat.
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Original post: Azzerac
[QUOTE=HecatesDarkWitch;342150]Mine is Dark Neo-paganism. What's yours?
There's so many paths that you can follow, that it is so unbelieveable.
LOL[/QUOTE]
Through 31 years, I've walked Gardnerian, Enochian, Thelema, Golden Dawn (Yes, there is a difference! ~L~), & Shamanism, to start.
I still have my Rosicrucian Membership Card, as I look at the world through eyes both Zen & Tao.
I have pondered the Runes while hung from the boughs, and was scarred by my power animal, as I lay buried 10 feet below the ground.
I have communed with the essence of the elementals, and sought council with Ashura and been embraced through the 50 Names.
I started by seeking the discoveries behind the Iron Curtain, and inside the Orgone Accumulator.
I have smoked with the Inuit, and pound drums with the Celts. I have harvested & harnessed Chi through the Movements, drawn kundalini from the Root of The World, and was forced-open as a Reiki for being the only friend to Honor Their Word.
I have traced the Paths of Brahman Pilgrims until they turned into The Irish, and excavated Tantra from it's Mahayana Buddhist history, and found it had become the Way of The Magi.
All of that changed the day I died, put to death & brought back.
Everything is Much Different than visible from the thin veils we think we peer so deeply into.
[QUOTE=HecatesDarkWitch;342150]Mine is Dark Neo-paganism. What's yours?
There's so many paths that you can follow, that it is so unbelieveable.
LOL[/QUOTE]
Through 31 years, I've walked Gardnerian, Enochian, Thelema, Golden Dawn (Yes, there is a difference! ~L~), & Shamanism, to start.
I still have my Rosicrucian Membership Card, as I look at the world through eyes both Zen & Tao.
I have pondered the Runes while hung from the boughs, and was scarred by my power animal, as I lay buried 10 feet below the ground.
I have communed with the essence of the elementals, and sought council with Ashura and been embraced through the 50 Names.
I started by seeking the discoveries behind the Iron Curtain, and inside the Orgone Accumulator.
I have smoked with the Inuit, and pound drums with the Celts. I have harvested & harnessed Chi through the Movements, drawn kundalini from the Root of The World, and was forced-open as a Reiki for being the only friend to Honor Their Word.
I have traced the Paths of Brahman Pilgrims until they turned into The Irish, and excavated Tantra from it's Mahayana Buddhist history, and found it had become the Way of The Magi.
All of that changed the day I died, put to death & brought back.
Everything is Much Different than visible from the thin veils we think we peer so deeply into.
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Original post: Venefica
I do not have one path. I pick and choose from the paths I like. I do have experience with Wicca and take allot from there, but I also use other paths like Ã?satru, the religion that worship the old Norse Gods, and many others. At heart I am a Chaote so mixing and matching paths, systems and elements is something I enjoy doing. But my true passion is for Energy systems. The Energy model truly speak to me, through I have been involved with most of the other models to.
I do not have one path. I pick and choose from the paths I like. I do have experience with Wicca and take allot from there, but I also use other paths like Ã?satru, the religion that worship the old Norse Gods, and many others. At heart I am a Chaote so mixing and matching paths, systems and elements is something I enjoy doing. But my true passion is for Energy systems. The Energy model truly speak to me, through I have been involved with most of the other models to.
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Original post: ObscureThoughts
I'm a Heathen. But, to make it easy on people who don't totally understand that, I claim to be Asatru, but not of the Troth. That typically just gets a smile and nod, and I'm on my merry way.
I'm close to Freyja and Freyr, but I have a special spot in my heart for Odin and Frigga. Everyone else in the pantheon is cool, but I just don't have that bond with them, like I do my main gods, kwim?
I'm a Heathen. But, to make it easy on people who don't totally understand that, I claim to be Asatru, but not of the Troth. That typically just gets a smile and nod, and I'm on my merry way.
I'm close to Freyja and Freyr, but I have a special spot in my heart for Odin and Frigga. Everyone else in the pantheon is cool, but I just don't have that bond with them, like I do my main gods, kwim?
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Original post: Venefica
I wonder if other cultures think it is just as strange to see their God's names Englished as we do in Norway. Like Freyja is in Norway Frøya and her brother is Frøy. Frigga is Frigg, Thor is Tor and so on. It is nothing wrong with it, but it is strange to see. But then again to the old Norse the modern way to say the names probably would have sounded strange to, so who am I to comment on this.
I wonder if other cultures think it is just as strange to see their God's names Englished as we do in Norway. Like Freyja is in Norway Frøya and her brother is Frøy. Frigga is Frigg, Thor is Tor and so on. It is nothing wrong with it, but it is strange to see. But then again to the old Norse the modern way to say the names probably would have sounded strange to, so who am I to comment on this.
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Original post: enlilki
My belief is with the Gods of the first civilisation, Sumerian
Not the simon/lovecraft necronomicon way of life
My belief is with the Gods of the first civilisation, Sumerian
Not the simon/lovecraft necronomicon way of life
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Original post: Ashnook
I worship the gods of mesopotamia with an emphasis on sumerian and babylonian forces. I am a member of the Order of the Necronomicon: Disciples of Enki, which as MatthewK mentioned places more emphasis on personal development than on grades and memorization. In this group, the Necronomicon is used as a key to unlock certain primal states of mind needed to connect with mesopotamian forces.
I worship the gods of mesopotamia with an emphasis on sumerian and babylonian forces. I am a member of the Order of the Necronomicon: Disciples of Enki, which as MatthewK mentioned places more emphasis on personal development than on grades and memorization. In this group, the Necronomicon is used as a key to unlock certain primal states of mind needed to connect with mesopotamian forces.
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Original post: enlilki
fancy sigil's and clothing isn't needed to make contact with mesopotamian gods. As people back in their day never had a copy of the book to work from, more practical ways are used.
But it's the way of the necronomicon and people who wish to follow it will do such things.
fancy sigil's and clothing isn't needed to make contact with mesopotamian gods. As people back in their day never had a copy of the book to work from, more practical ways are used.
But it's the way of the necronomicon and people who wish to follow it will do such things.
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Original post: Frater_IOXUL
My path is myself. DNA is the gateway and path to beyond Big Bang and evolution, it connects me to my ancestors and to everything surrounding me, yet at the same time it cuts me from the objective, sets me into "Nowness" and gives me my own voice, finger print, personality, choices... I believe in Change and that all things are connected to each other. I don't worship or blame any external force or deity.
But there are three Gods that are my favorite ones:
- Odin: "If I see a hanged man swinging from a tree, with his heels above my head, I can cut and colour the runes so that he will come down and talk to me."
I was born on vernal equinox (actually pretty close to be correct), over a week after the counted time, hanged in the umbilical cord (it was tied two times over my neck and it was even in over hand knot). And my left rib is still in a funny position... So there's no doubt who saw me swinging in my tree of life...
[And I have had a lot of good luck in battles.]
- Nature, it is my mirror to see what I am, what's inside me and I'm part of it. There is a spirit in every plant. Nature's spirits are God everywhere, and who ever harms Nature harms himself at the very same time. And who harms himself or others harms directly nature.
- Set is fascinating being and an example how I am external. When I first time read Seth, God of Confusion by H. Te Velde I immediately recognized myself.
My path is myself. DNA is the gateway and path to beyond Big Bang and evolution, it connects me to my ancestors and to everything surrounding me, yet at the same time it cuts me from the objective, sets me into "Nowness" and gives me my own voice, finger print, personality, choices... I believe in Change and that all things are connected to each other. I don't worship or blame any external force or deity.
But there are three Gods that are my favorite ones:
- Odin: "If I see a hanged man swinging from a tree, with his heels above my head, I can cut and colour the runes so that he will come down and talk to me."
I was born on vernal equinox (actually pretty close to be correct), over a week after the counted time, hanged in the umbilical cord (it was tied two times over my neck and it was even in over hand knot). And my left rib is still in a funny position... So there's no doubt who saw me swinging in my tree of life...
[And I have had a lot of good luck in battles.]- Nature, it is my mirror to see what I am, what's inside me and I'm part of it. There is a spirit in every plant. Nature's spirits are God everywhere, and who ever harms Nature harms himself at the very same time. And who harms himself or others harms directly nature.
- Set is fascinating being and an example how I am external. When I first time read Seth, God of Confusion by H. Te Velde I immediately recognized myself.
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Original post: Ashnook
Myself and those I work with are of the opinion that those fancy sigils and clothing in the Necronomicon are used to bring us back to an earlier time, our minds at least. It is just a tool and I feel you and I do not disagree on much other than semantics and style, for we have the same masters my friend.
enlilki;360325 wrote:fancy sigil's and clothing isn't needed to make contact with mesopotamian gods. As people back in their day never had a copy of the book to work from, more practical ways are used.
But it's the way of the necronomicon and people who wish to follow it will do such things.
Myself and those I work with are of the opinion that those fancy sigils and clothing in the Necronomicon are used to bring us back to an earlier time, our minds at least. It is just a tool and I feel you and I do not disagree on much other than semantics and style, for we have the same masters my friend.
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Original post: Whitewolf
The main Goddesses I honor are Freya, Sekhmet, Bast and Morrigan. I don't really honor Pele, Kali and Epona. I am just fascinated by them and feel a connection to them. I have leanings towards Shamanism/animism. One of my beliefs is that all the Gods/Goddesses are separate distinct individuals.Whitewolf;349555 wrote:I'm also pretty eclectic. Some of the Gods I feel a closeness to:
-Set [being the main one]
-Odin
-Loki
-Thor
-Anubis
The Goddesses I connect with or honor:
-Sekhmet
-Kali
-Freya
-The Morrigan
-Bast
-Pele
-Epona
Set is the first God that I was absolutely fascinated with. I still am. He is the one who comes to me in my dreams. I also believe in Nature spirits, like faeries and totem animals. Some of my beliefs lean towards Native American spirituality.
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Original post: Vindictus
Okay, I'm more into my own kinda thing... I like the nature worshipping thing, but think that modern society has gelded it. Nature is NOT the fluffy bunny way of life that most ppl seem to view it as- it can be as warm and gentle as a spring day, as angry at everything as the worst hurricane, and as cold and cruel as the most fridgid winter. Just thought I would say this, cause if I just said 'I like nature worship' everyone would probably think of me as a hippy tree-hugger. I also like the concept of a hunter god, but I havent been able to find any in real world mythos- they are more focused on war gods. therefore, I have actually considered worshipping video game entities- Hercine from the elder scrolls for example. I am not sure if I could actually gain the benifits having a 'genuine' god would though.
And btw, this is just my main philosiphy. I might change it once I get more practice in magick, or if one day it doesnt speak to me the same way anymore.
Okay, I'm more into my own kinda thing... I like the nature worshipping thing, but think that modern society has gelded it. Nature is NOT the fluffy bunny way of life that most ppl seem to view it as- it can be as warm and gentle as a spring day, as angry at everything as the worst hurricane, and as cold and cruel as the most fridgid winter. Just thought I would say this, cause if I just said 'I like nature worship' everyone would probably think of me as a hippy tree-hugger. I also like the concept of a hunter god, but I havent been able to find any in real world mythos- they are more focused on war gods. therefore, I have actually considered worshipping video game entities- Hercine from the elder scrolls for example. I am not sure if I could actually gain the benifits having a 'genuine' god would though.
And btw, this is just my main philosiphy. I might change it once I get more practice in magick, or if one day it doesnt speak to me the same way anymore.
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The gods hate those who are into inter-racial miscegenation. It's fine to build friendships between races, but it's never okay to intrude upon them (Slavs and Germanics are hardly different).
My Gods don't hate other ethnicities and as far as I 'm concerned there is only one race,The Human Race.Skin colour is not that important to me or mine." Inter Racial Miscegenation" is a term confined to scholars these days,when referring to practices of the past, it is generally accepted as a perjorative term these days and rightly so.
So it's ok to mix Slav and Germanic 'ethnicites', but not others, how can you justify that and not other mixes,I 'm curious to know?
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I am not your friend and please don't try to associate me with your pseudosceintific nonsense regarding Race Theories.I highly disagree. Humans are separated by racial groups, and even further, subraces and tribal differences. Every race developed differently over time. Just because an Asian is human doesn't make him part of your race. There are many reasons why he looks a hell of a lot different than you do. The difference is much deeper than his skin. Also, religions are different for many reasons, not just simply by opinion.
When it comes down to Slavic and Germanic ethnic groups, it's a question of subraces. The Caucasian race is not very different when it comes to subraces. All areas occupied by Slavs and Germanics share the same subracial groups. Nordics, Dinarids, Baltids, and Alpinids. The differences between these groups hardly varies. It's a rather simple science my friend.
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