Reply #2

The Cauldron's server is expensive and requires monthly payments. Please become a Bronze, Silver or Gold Donor if you can. Donations are needed every month. Without member support, we can't afford the server.

Or donate directly via Paypal

This message board is The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum's SMF Archive Board. It is closed to new memberships and to posting, but there are over 250,000 messages here that you can still search and read -- many full of interesting and useful information. (This board was open from February 2007 through June 2011).

Our new vBulletin discussion board is located at http://www.ecauldron.com/forum/ -- if you would like to participate in discussions like those you see here, please visit our new vBulletin message board, register an account and join in our discussions. We hope you will find the information in this message archive useful and will consider joining us on our new board.

[SilverWillow]

I think we've bumped into each other on here before! :] Im about a year younger than you, and in the EXACT same boat!  Im just finally reading up on Paganism and finding out what fits me best.  One of the things I learned whilist worrying about which path to take, another Pagan (I think she was Hellenic) said, "The easiest way to start is to ask yourself what you believe in.  Not who, but what."  I think what she meant is things like, reincarnation, and just generally the universe and how things work.  I think that would be a good place to start!

As for that book by Kate West, no I havent read it, but I have seen it in the bookstore.  Currently I am reading Scott Cunningham's Wicca: for the solitary practitioner.  I dont think I can call myself Wiccan...I think for a while now I have been leaning towards Eclectic Pagan, but I am also searching this site for Heathen, Hellenic, and Druid links. :]

Oh, I hope my post helped a bit.  Good luck on your path! Feel free to PM me if you ever just wanna chat. :]

Hi! Thanks for your reply. It's good to know someone who is in the same position as me .  I know what I believe in, I feel a bit overwhelmed at the moment because there's so much to get my head round but i'm sure in time it will all slot into place.

I believe that the Divine is the energy within everything, and therefore we are surrounded by the Divine and have immediate access to it.  I believe that everything is interconnected and that the smallest thing can affect something else.  Because everything is interconnected I strongly believe what goes around comes around, karma if you will.  I believe that we are on this Earth to learn and grow, and each have specific lessons/tasks to accomplish in our lifetimes.  When we move onto the next plane of existance I believe we get to review our lives and identify new learning needs, and have the opportunity to reincarnate in order to accomplish these.
I believe in magic because I believe that the energy within our minds isn't seperate from the energy in the physical world, it's interconnected.  So when you visualise an event, you form energy patterns.  These can affect the conditions of the physical world when directed towards a desired outcome - magic!

I think that nature is magical and should always be respected and celebrated.

Same goes for you - feel free to PM me!  Good luck on your path too, though I get the feeling we'll be helping eachother out alot more

SilverWillow

Xx

[Tags:]

Jump to: Please select a destination: ----------------------------- About The Cauldron ----------------------------- => Rules and Regulations => Cauldron Announcements ===> Volunteers Needed: Site Assistants and Projects => Introductions => Board Questions, Suggestions, and Feedback => Chat and CauldronMUX Support => Test Board ----------------------------- Religion and Philosophy ----------------------------- => Paganism For Beginners => Books and Other Resources => Pagan Religions => Pagan Spirituality => Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology => Worship and Ritual => Holidays and Festivals => History and Religion => Faith in Everyday Life => Philosophy and Metaphysics => Non-Pagan Religions and Interfaith Discussions => Miscellaneous Religious Discussions ----------------------------- Magic and the Occult ----------------------------- => Magic and the Occult for Beginners => Witchcraft, Hoodoo, and Folk Magic => The Western Magical Tradition => Chaos Magic => Lodges and Other Magic Organizations => Miscellaneous Magical Discussions ----------------------------- Special Interest Groups & Special Discussions ----------------------------- => Special Topic Discussions => Chavi Memorial Chronic Illness SIG => General SIGS ===> College Pagans SIG ===> Cooking SIG ===> Divination SIG ===> Home and Garden SIG ===> Pagan Parents SIG ===> Teen Pagans SIG => Religious SIGS ===> Asatru and Heathenry SIG ===> Cauldron Cill ===> FlameKeeping SIG ===> Hazel and Oak: A Celtic Polytheism SIG ===> Neo-Druidry SIG ===> Reformed Kemeticism SIG ===> Ta Hiera Hellenic Polytheism SIG => Book/Media Discussion Boards ===> Academic Book Discussions ===> Pagan Religion Book Discussions ===> Magick Book Discussions ===> Fiction Book Discussions ===> DVD/Video Discussions ----------------------------- Life, the Universe, and Everything Else ----------------------------- => Pagan Announcements => Prayer and Energy Requests => News and Politics ===> Religious News ===> Non-Religious News ===> Political Discussions => Social Discussion Boards ===> Art, Poetry and Writing ===> Books ===> Computers and the Internet ===> Crafts and Hobbies ===> Family Life ===> Gaming ===> Health and Medicine ===> Humor and Quizzes ===> Music, Television, and Film ===> Pets ===> Science and Technology ===> Sports and Recreation