Welcome to my Paganism Page!
My whole life I have felt at odds with my Christian upbringing. I never felt comfortable in church or doing religious related activities. I have always been drawn to paganism. I have NO idea why, but ever since the 4th grade (or there abouts) I started devouring every book I could find on the subject. I would spend hours at the library pouring over the skant offerings on the history of Witchcraft and herbal home remedies. Since then I have continued to read all I could. With the rise of the internet it opened new doors to where I could actually TALK to other people like myself.
I have nothing against Christians or people of any other faith as long as they can be respectful of my rights to worship (or not) as I choose. I have no problem whatsoever with Christians being able to display their angels and stars and little churchy children singing Silent Night at Christmas time. I just think that other religions with holidays during the same time period should have fair representation and their children should be allowed to opt out of Christmas programs with no penalties. My family does celebrate Christmas, but not as a religious holiday. We celebrate it as a time of family traditions and togetherness. I am so glad that my husband's views on religion are in alignment with my own and we have no conflict over them.
To spite all of my study and research I have yet to narrow down exactly WHICH sect of Paganism I wish to follow. We have leanings in so many directions it is hard to chose... perhaps we are Eclectic Solitary Practitioners. I have yet to get really involved in the pagan community because of my inability to chose a specific path. I feel like I need to say "I am THIS". to be able to participate. I know the others don't feel that way, it is just the last remains of convential religion haunting my brain. lol.
I have nothing against Christians or people of any other faith as long as they can be respectful of my rights to worship (or not) as I choose. I have no problem whatsoever with Christians being able to display their angels and stars and little churchy children singing Silent Night at Christmas time. I just think that other religions with holidays during the same time period should have fair representation and their children should be allowed to opt out of Christmas programs with no penalties. My family does celebrate Christmas, but not as a religious holiday. We celebrate it as a time of family traditions and togetherness. I am so glad that my husband's views on religion are in alignment with my own and we have no conflict over them.
To spite all of my study and research I have yet to narrow down exactly WHICH sect of Paganism I wish to follow. We have leanings in so many directions it is hard to chose... perhaps we are Eclectic Solitary Practitioners. I have yet to get really involved in the pagan community because of my inability to chose a specific path. I feel like I need to say "I am THIS". to be able to participate. I know the others don't feel that way, it is just the last remains of convential religion haunting my brain. lol.