Pagan Corner

[Kassiana]

Anyone else out there with a semi-Discordian take on Paganism?

The great thing about being a Pagan is that you can write your own ceremonies for just about anything, including funerals.

 

[Image]

Re: Funerals

I was wondering if there were any cermonies, etc. for funerals. I'm looking for personal cermonies; ones that i would do by myself, for myself.

thank you

WE meet again.... this time with a few more words to a post but I'm loving that game!

Death is a part of the cycle of life... you cannot have birth without it. I'll write more on this topic later... Today of all days this question has special meaning to me. I'll explain later...

A good book by Starhawk "The Pagan Book of Living and Dying". Excellent reference for rituals, prayers, blessings and meditations for crossing over to the Summerlands.

ExistentialLuv thanks for that info... The telescope will be coming out tonight. So from now until then Mars will be getting bigger and bigger in our view? And I loved your poetry... was that yours?

Kassiana, I have heard of Discordians before but I don't really know what it is... can you enlighten me? I think I heard Dillinger mention it in one of his posts or threads and made a note to myself to find out what it's about...

Wishing you all a magickal journey today... gotta run )0(


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Image

 

[Kassiana]

Read this later, when you have time. http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~tilt/principia/

 

[Kiyoshi]

Thank you Image... I'll look for her book... i already have "The Spiral Dance" by her, though i haven't read it in about six years.

 

[Image]

Thank you Image... I'll look for her book... i already have "The Spiral Dance" by her, though i haven't read it in about six years.

Wow... I've got copy of The Spiral Dance not 10 inches from my hands right now. I'm reading the chapter on initiation again... This Saturday I'm participating in one

 

[Kiyoshi]

Wow... I've got copy of The Spiral Dance not 10 inches from my hands right now. I'm reading the chapter on initiation again... This Saturday I'm participating in one

I read the book in college and later purchased a copy. I had almost forgotten about the book until you mentioned her. I'll have to read through it again.

 

[ExistentialLuv]

Hi Image, your welcome for the mars info. Here are a few more facts I dug up and a website to check out on the Mars opposition. Also thanx for the kind words on my poetry. I write a lot of pagen poetry for my girlfriend, she is my inspirational enchantress.

http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/mars-oppositions.html

Subject: Mark your calendars
>
>
> This is interesting:
> The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is
> catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest
> approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars
> may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on
> Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars
> has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be
> as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.
> The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within
> 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest
> object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will
> appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars
> will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy
> to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m.
> and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
> By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at
> nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's
> pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in
> recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to
> see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.
> Share this with your children and grandchildren. NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL
> EVER SEE THIS AGAIN !!

 

[Image]

This is great... I can't wait for tonight to start viewing!

In spite of what may seem contrary, we live in truly miraculous times if we would only open our eyes. If more people would "keep looking up" (Jack Horkheimer ), instead of looking at ways to conquer this planet, they would notice.

Luv, your inspirational enchantress is one lucky Goddess... any chance of putting some of them up on this thread?

 

[ExistentialLuv]

I truelly am the lucky one to have her in my life and by my side. She has such a special esoteric spirit that has connected with mine.

Here is a short one I wrote her. The rest are pretty long, if she does not mind me posting them I will submit them in the poetry corner, or just give you a few lines from them.


Who's Reality

What is reality you ask
People say it is as plain as the nose on your face
Clear as sun rise is to sun set
Stares intensly into the depths of your eyes
Never giving peace of mind
Makes you want to shrivel up and die
Instead you become close minded
What if you are one of the esoteric few
With a strong starry eyed day dreaming side
Do you see reality as scheme or illusion
Oblique and thin
Free of sin
No guilt or shame
Dancing in the acid rain
Sailing on the waves of erotic morbid blissfulness
My enchantress with me in this moronic fantasy called life
With Hecate and the Milky Way taking us for a ride
Our own reality expressed in the stars at night



you my tiger

 

[pollyjean]

I truelly am the lucky one to have her in my life and by my side. She has such a special esoteric spirit that has connected with mine.


you my tiger

No I am the lucky one.

 

[Pinnochio]

Howdy all, am new to this Pagan stuff and thought I'd post here. I'd love to meet Pagan women for new friendships and maybe more. I have been to a Pagan wedding and I have now began reading up on Wicca. I have always been interested in it but have never really looked closer until now.

Hugs
Pinnochio

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Welcom 'Chio, just start asking questions, posting your thoughts, and you'll be fitting in just fine in no time!

 

[Pinnochio]

Well, just wanted to say hi and stuff. I am not really sure what to ask. I really enjoyed the Pagan wedding I went; or a handfasting is I think what they called it. The only thing that confused me was the jumping over the broom. They gave me the rope the used to tie their hands together because I signed as a witness to their union.
I think family is very important,I am 25 and still live at home; which isn't a big issue for me because my parents are also my friends. I hope one day I will have my own family; kids, a house, etc.

Cheers
Pinnochio

 

[Image]

Well, just wanted to say hi and stuff. I am not really sure what to ask. I really enjoyed the Pagan wedding I went; or a handfasting is I think what they called it. The only thing that confused me was the jumping over the broom. They gave me the rope the used to tie their hands together because I signed as a witness to their union.
I think family is very important,I am 25 and still live at home; which isn't a big issue for me because my parents are also my friends. I hope one day I will have my own family; kids, a house, etc.

Cheers
Pinnochio

Good day Pinnochio... I'm glad you found this thread. Hang around for awhile, will you?
That is quite significant that the couple gave you their cord... You must be very special to them.

And congratulations on getting an AV... You're handsome

 

[ozraven]

Wicca (e) is just one path of many within what is referred to as neo-paganism today. Paganism in the past incorporated many different roads.... While the practice of witchcraft is an ancient one, Wicca is not.

Wicca was born in the 1950's through a man named Gerald Gardner. It appears (many people disagree) that he took a lot of different ideas and created a "new religion". Paganism isn't a religion per se, it is more like a lifestyle...

Hi Image, all that was new to me, can you define the pagan lifestyle for me?

At this point I am most likely to be labled an agnostic or an athiest, depending upon my mood and the interpretation.....

Wicca had always interested me as a concept, because I thought it to be an earth based non "one holy being" type of faith.......

I am genuinely interested to hear your take on the Pagan lifestyle.

 

[Pinnochio]

Honestly, women who dress up in those mediaeval century dresses and gowns drive me completely nuts.

I will definately hang around; I give hugs out all the time, just ask and one is yours.

Hugs
Pinnochio

 

[sensualpilgrim]

Hi Image, all that was new to me, can you define the pagan lifestyle for me?

At this point I am most likely to be labled an agnostic or an athiest, depending upon my mood and the interpretation.....

Wicca had always interested me as a concept, because I thought it to be an earth based non "one holy being" type of faith.......

I am genuinely interested to hear your take on the Pagan lifestyle.

Oz, there is a group at yahoogroups called rational pagans of which I'm a member of. I considers myself to be more like the pagan thinkers rather than wiccan or shaman.

 

[Image]

Hi Image, all that was new to me, can you define the pagan lifestyle for me?

At this point I am most likely to be labled an agnostic or an athiest, depending upon my mood and the interpretation.....

Wicca had always interested me as a concept, because I thought it to be an earth based non "one holy being" type of faith.......

I am genuinely interested to hear your take on the Pagan lifestyle.

Morning All... And what a beautiful Sunday morning in the mountains it is!

Oz, Paganism takes many different forms... Originally (and the root word, Pagani) simply meant country folk, then someone who was anything but Christian...

It is an Earth based spirituality. Deity manifests as male and female, not exclusively God... also Goddess. And though our views are polytheistic, they are just manifestations of the one. All gods are one god and all goddesses are one goddess.

The one common belief that all pagans share is the connectivity of all life in the universe. Paganism is not really a religion, (though Wicce is) it is more of a way of life. We are animists, in that everything, rocks, trees and all inanimate objects have life, different from ours perhaps, but non the less...

We revere nature in everything and try to live in harmony with the cycles of life, the changing of the seasons, etc. We are pantheists, in that we see deity in everything, ourselves included.

The Pagan lifestyle is one that tries to exist in harmony and respectfully with all life forms. With no harm to any being, whether it be animal, vegetable or mineral or on any plane. Living consciously and aware of yourself and your actions and the effects those actions have on everything else... and not just in this lifetime.

Anyway, too long... but that doesn't even scratch the surface. Hope I answered a bit of your question. Keep talking... we all learn from each other.

You see, even if one is agnostic or atheist that has nothing to do with living in tune with the natural world... whether you believe in a "God" or not you can't deny the concretness of the world around you, no matter how you believe it came into existence.

Peace all

 

[pollyjean]

The one common belief that all pagans share is the connectivity of all life in the universe. Paganism is not really a religion, (though Wicce is) it is more of a way of life. We are animists, in that everything, rocks, trees and all inanimate objects have life, different from ours perhaps, but non the less...

Hi Image, you have me curious in paganism. I have been studing Fairy Wicca for about 5 years now along with the Native American beliefs. I am not into casting spells though, but believemore in the energy of all things and what doors that energy can open up for you. The only thing I really do not care for is that Wiccan is a religion. I do not want to belong to religion just have my own beliefs, principles, and spiritualism. I work a lot with crystals and stones (healer), can communicate with certain wildlife, and have a very uncanny sixth sense, I also believe in Karma (works so fast in my life that I dare do nothing wrong), and that there is no heaven and hell only good and bad. I worship the great godess Etain(moongodess) for the moon speaks to me. I would like to chat with you more on your principles and beliefs. I think paganism might be the path for me instead of Wicca.

By the way did you enjoy that last poem that I posted?

Thanx

 

[ExistentialLuv]

IMAGE, THE ABOVE POST IS EXISTENTIALLUV

Hey Image the above reply from pollyjean was actually my reply. Forgot to sign my GF out before I started replying.

 

[J.B.]

anyone heard about the purple ribbon thing? Thoughts?
http://www.fote.org/ribbon.htm

 

[ExistentialLuv]

anyone heard about the purple ribbon thing? Thoughts?

Thanx for that site JB. I had not heard of that campaign. I wear purple all the time, and now will add a purple ribbon to my wardrobe. Thanx.

Have you glanced at mars in the sky at night, if not get a look before it is to late. Once in a lifetime phenomenon happening.

 

[J.B.]

I'd heard about Mars but hadn't had a chance to pick it out of the sky. Though I'm always glancing up.

 

[ExistentialLuv]

It is in the SW sky. You can not mistake it for a star, it is the brightest object next to the moon. During the full moon, the moon was chasing mars across the sky. Hope you get a chance to see it. In one of my above replys I listed a site to check out telling about the opposition, you should take a glance at it. Very interesting.

Well I am in OR so it is SW to me.

 

[Pinnochio]

I found this written in one of my journals an figured it may help some of you with your questions.

Definitions of Wicca, Pagan & Witchcraft


Wicca: A modern Pagan religion with spiritual roots in the earliest expressions of reverence for nature. Some major identifying motifs are: reverence for both the Goddess and God; acceptance of reincarnation and magick; ritual observance of astronomical and agricultural phenomena; and the use of magickal circles for ritual purposes.

Wicce: Synonymous with Wicca. In some circles, Wicce is used for women and Wicca is used for men.

Witch: A practitioner of folk magick, particularly that kind relating to herbs, stones, colors, wells, rivers, etc. It is used by some Wiccans to describe themselves. This term has nothing to do with Satanism.

Witchcraft: The craft of the witch - magick, especially magick utilizing personal power in conjunction with the energies within stones, herbs, colors, and other natural objects. This belief system also has nothing to do with Satanism.

Pagan/Neo-Pagan/Paganism: General term for followers of Wicca and other magickal, shamanistic, and polytheistic Earth-based religions. Also used to refer to pre-Christian religious and Spiritual belief systems.


Cheers
Pinnochio