Now You Do It! *poke*
The Witchy/Pagan meme that newbies probably wouldn’t be able to do! *evil laugh here*
Please describe briefly your Path:
Hedgewitch. Shamanic, Nature and animal oriented, some Hearth Craft as well. My practice has a weird flow to it, a push and pull; I focus more on different things at different times. Celtic, some interest in Anglo-Saxon as well.
Please describe briefly how you practice it:
Lots of little things, such as simple around-the-house-magick, a fair amount of spirit work. Ancestors worship, working with the Land, devotional work with my god. Seasonal rites (now often with my ritual group). Working with animals in one form or another. Meditation, trance and shamanic work, mostly for my own self though as I don’t feel quite advanced enough to offer my services to others. Divination. Observation. Making incense and such. Always learning.
When did you first commit to your Path?
In my mid teens and again in my early twenties.
How is your practice different now than it was then?
So many ways! I started as a silly young solitary Wiccan. My practice is much more slow and careful in some cases and much more bold and brazen in others. I know enough to… Continue reading
Building a Better Meme
(I’ll post answers my answers in a little while)
Please describe briefly your Path:
Please describe briefly how you practice it:
When did you first commit to your Path?
How is your practice different now than it was then?
Is your practice different today than how you thought it would be back then?
Does your Path and core belief system differ now than how it was when you first started?
What is your heritage and how does this inform your Path?
What are your main influences for your Path?
Which do you do more: practice or research?
Do you feel that one is more important than the other?
What values and ethics are important on your Path and in your practice?
What sort of cycles do you feel your practice goes through?
What is one of the greatest obstacles or struggles you have had to over come?
How do you see yourself practicing in ten years?
How do you incorporate your practice into your life?
Has walking your Path changed you as a person?
Do you consider yourself to be a priest/ess? How so?
A witch? How so?
A shaman? How so?
Which matters more: getting the vocabulary right or… Continue reading
Jumping on the Bandwagon
Feeling lazy, so I figured I’d do the meme as well.
B A S I C S
Do you have a magical/Pagan name?
Yep. Juniper is part of (but not all of) it.
How did you find Paganism?
I didn’t, it was always an option. There were friends of the family and the family of friends who were Pagan from the time I was little. We attended a few small gatherings with said friends but my folks did not practice. I didn’t find Paganism; I just decided to join up one day.
I was also informed by my father as a young child that “there are many different people, so there are many different gods and religions”. I used to picture the various deities all sitting at a conference table in the clouds ala the Care Bears. For a time Santa, Mrs. Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny also attended these meetings. Until I learned they weren’t real.
How long have you been practising?
Officially, since about the age of 14 or so, some years more than others. I’m 30 now.
Solitary or group practitioner?
Both. Group practice (other than the odd public ritual) is still somewhat new… Continue reading
Are You Scared Yet?
I was wandering around the bloggo-sphere the other day when I came across a blog by someone discussing their frustration with ritual (I honestly forget which blog it was which is too bad or I’d be replying to them!).
They just haven’t gotten “it” … they aren’t feeling “it”. “It” is out of their grasp. They aren’t sure anything is happening. You know what I mean, I don’t have to articulate it anymore than that.
The blogger in question spoke of feeling like they should fake it until they made it, just keep plugging away and going through the motions on the hope that they will have a break through.
On account of my suffering from a mild fever all I have in response mostly comes in the form of questions and ranting. (Read: I am slightly out of my mind right now)
First of all I am no longer a big fan of the fake until you make it system. I worry that by doing so we are training our selves to play pretend. Brains especially like routine, not just in actions but in thought and feeling, so I wonder at the possibility of training the brain to fake… Continue reading
To Fly By Night
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