Sometimes I feel like I am only paying lip service to my beliefs. If you were to ask me about any of them, I would clearly lay them out. But, deep down, sometimes I’m not sure if I real believe what I say I believe. Take reincarnation for example. I say that I believe in reincarnation. I believe that we live multiple lives here on Earth. We are supposed to work through a different set of lessons each lifetime, and eventually we progress through all the lessons and reunite with the divine. I also believe that we get a bit…
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The Major Arcana card associated with my Zodiac sign, Taurus, is the Hierophant. Quite honestly, I’ve always had trouble relating to it. In the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck, the de facto standard for many Tarot readers, the card shows a cold figure that, to me, conjures up images of organized religion and stifling tradition. The key words associated with the Hierophant include “Preference for outer forms of religion, the ritual, the creed, the ceremony. The importance of social approval; the need to conform to society.1 Hmmmm… come to think of it, maybe that is me. Anyway, a lot of decks present…
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I’ve always been a bit confused about how the moon fitted into Wicca. Some Wiccans gather on the Full Moon, some on the New Moon, and some whenever there is need. Some see the Goddess personified in the Moon, and other don’t. Throughout the world, many goddess are associated with the Moon, but many are associated with the Sun or other heavenly bodies or even just the Earth, or none at all. So where does the Moon fit in with Wicca? Well, what if it didn’t? Some recent reading has pointed out that Moon “worship” is sort of an add-on…
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Sometimes I feel a little unsure of my faith. I question whether I am a good Wiccan or even a good person. I wonder if I am doing the right thing, and what I else I can do to make myself and the world better. I know I don’t recycle as much as I should. I spend too much money on myself and don’t donate enough to worthy causes. But even after all this questioning, I still know, deep deep down, that I am loved. I am loved by my parents, even though we argue over silly things. I am…
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I’ve been Wiccan for probably 13 years or so now, but I still consider myself a student. I like to learn as much as I can about different theologies (and thealogies), rituals, ethics, myth cycles, etc. I do most of my learning through books and websites, and I generally keep to myself. However, I do read a couple of message boards. There is one type of question, asked by newcomers and old hands (often those of a more… sweetness and light variety) alike that just gets my goat. “My bratty sister touched my Tarot cards and now they won’t work!…
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Does anyone know of a Pagan forum where I can find some intelligent dicussions about Pagan issues? (And not Bnet!) I’ve been searching for one for ages, but the ones I find are generally full of idle chat, Christian bashing, or too much sweetness and light. I’m sort of looking for the Pagan equivalent of Aeclectic Tarot’s forum. Some place with a friendly atmosphere and lots of on topic dicussions.
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As a way to amuse myself this afternoon, and hopefully lift my mood, I did a Google for some pagan humour. This cute Fluffy Pagan Test turned up. It is actually pretty funny, without being overly mean to “fluffy pagans.” I scored a -17. Looking over the questions, I’m not sure I was ever as fluffy as I thought I was. Maybe that’s because I hold a pretty cynical worldview.
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Glossy News has a very cute article about the Bush Admin’s newest target – New Threat to American Security Revealed; Tarot-ism.
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Pagan Speak February 2004 – Topic 1: Divination What are your favourite (if any) forms of divination? Tarot? Pendulums? Other Oracle Cards? Runes? Witch Stones? I Ching? Give us a little history behind your favourite oracle, why you like to use it, how often you use it, do you do readings for other people or just yourself? etc. I am a big fan of divination. I have used many methods – runes, oracles, pendulum. But my favourite method by far is the Tarot. I’ve been studying the Tarot, off and on, for approximately 14 years. In 1990, I had managed…
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As I think I mention earlier, I’ve joined the new CFFN. I’ve been speeding through the First Circle lessons at the rate of one a week. (This is in an effort to be placed back in the Second Circle, where I was before CFFN changed.) In the course of doing these lessons, I’ve finally read some books that I’ve always meant to get around to. I’ve read Gardner’s Witchcraft Today (highly questionable), Murray’s Witch-Cult in Western Europe (pure garbage) (read it at The Internet Sacred Texts archive), Lethbridges’s The Witches (not half bad, but still a lot of questionable history),…