Living a Pagan Life?

[DixieWitch]

What would describe as living a Pagan life? How does your day differ from the non-Pagans? Does your life differ from the non-Pagans? I'm just curious as to how we each live...no specifics on the quewstion...Just being nosey I guess!!!!

[MoonIsis]

I ...Love...Your ...Banner! Hello fellow ISIS fan!

I gotta get back to your question tomorrow. I have to sleep! Can't wait to see what others have to say! I'll add my thoughts tomorrow...

[darastar]

I don't know about other people, since I've pretty much been solitary for almost fifteen years (just over half my life - wow!!)... but I'd say the only things different about my life is that I make a point of taking time out to enjoy nature every single day, and also talk with and honour Yinepu/Anubis. In the morning I usually have ten minutes to meditate, during which I will talk to Yinepu, tell him about my day ahead, ask him to guide and protect me and my family... if I go outside I always spend at least some time just enjoying nature, whether it be feeling the wind on my face, or standing out in my garden when it rains, or spending a couple of minutes feeling the warmth of the sun.

In the evening I usually grab a few minutes to write in my journal, and most nights I light candles and incense, and either do a small ritual to honour Yinepu, or sometimes just meditate or play my drums for Him. I also like to try and spend some time outdoors at night if possible, just sitting and looking at the stars and daydreaming...

Other than that, I have a pretty normal day - I have four kids, so not a great deal of spare time, but I do what I can, when I can.....

[SylverStar]

I don't know if there is anything really different from my life than anyone else. But I wouldn't know what the average person does daily either. I also don't have daily rituals like most people. As of late I try to meditate daily, spend a little time on pagany reasearch, and I try to spend little time outside and such. But I also wake up and take a shower and start my day, hangout with my friends at night and maybe talk about some random subject from boys to the existence of time.

[HorseCrow]

My life differs from non-pagans in that:

I celebrate Esbats and Sabbats.
I use/perform magic.
I gather and use multitudes of herbs as medicine, in cooking and for magic.
I work with power animals/totems, spirit guides and spirits.
I incorporate shamanism in my spiritual work.
I have a patron goddess.
I wear pagan jewellery for protective and magic reasons.
I am part of a witches coven.
Several times a year I seek solitude by leaving home and spending 3- 14 days within a stonecircle in a deserted area of nature.

... I'm sure there are lots more, but I can't remember....

[Pesha]

I am a solitary witch. I follow all the Esbats and Sabbats. I do my own rituals. I try to live my life in a manner that will give people a positve veiw of pagans and witchs. I honour Nature.

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[BC_Druid]

The only thing I find that differs between "normals" and myself, is that I respect nature, and try daily to become more one with It. I also acknowledge the sabbats and try to live each day to its fullest potential (even if that's just roaming MW all day hehehe j/k).

[DixieWitch]

Thanks for all the replies so far! These are the kind of things I'm wanting to hear!!!

[Earthy]

I don't do spells or rituals myself,but i do honour nature and try to spend each day with it in some way,even if just whispering a quiet word to trees or flowers as i pass them.

[frigga]

I think a big thing for me is daily dedication to the Gods, and not only honoring nature, but finding my place in it as well. I think another thing is divination as a way to get your life on the right path. We, as Pagans realize we have control of the could be's and take advantage of that!!

[{Tigress}]

For me, it's being more aware of the world around me. I don't write off unexplainable things as myth, but understand and believe in this thing we call Magick. It's a striving for balance in all things, and an acceptance that there is more than one TRUTH, and that we each must follow our own Path. It's an acceptance that I am special, that I have a purpose, and that my talents are needed on this Earth, at this time. It's the feeling that we are part of something greater than ourselves, and that by being a part of it, we are making it better.

[Lady Jade]

For me, it's being more aware of the world around me. I don't write off unexplainable things as myth, but understand and believe in this thing we call Magick. It's a striving for balance in all things, and an acceptance that there is more than one TRUTH, and that we each must follow our own Path. It's an acceptance that I am special, that I have a purpose, and that my talents are needed on this Earth, at this time. It's the feeling that we are part of something greater than ourselves, and that by being a part of it, we are making it better.


Yes, me too. I also spend a great deal of time studying things relative to my path, gardening my own flowers/herbs for remedies. I thinks about things differently now, everything is about magick in my life. I meditate daily, journal weekly, and spend one day a week in training (lately Reiki) toward my path goals.

[Aidron]

What's so different about my day-to-day life from those who are not Pagan? My perception of the world, which is the most important and rather obvious of them all. However, mine is very different from most Pagans as well, so you should just go ahead and include them too. Outside of that, I perform magic often and in fact more than once in any given day.

[Aelfoak]

I spend my Pagan life by going outdoors alot and worshipping nature around me, i'll be doing the Offa's Dyke walk in Wales next month on my own and i'll be treating this as a spiritual break, and to also get equanted with nature a bit more while i'm on my walk. All i can advise Isis is that you should celebrate being a Pagan in your own personal and spiritual way, it is what is so wonderful about being a Pagan, you can believe in your own way and not follow what everyone else is doing or telling you to do, just live your Pagan life what is comfortably right for you.

Blessings

[Convallaria]

As earthchild71 said, whispering a quiet word to trees or flowers as i pass them, makes me a little different.

But other things that I think of as what makes me different aren't my actions, but my intentions. I drink a specific kind of herbal tea because it's not processed, and is all natural, which makes me feel grounded and at peace, while others may drink it because it tastes good. I swim like any other person, but when I swim I think of the element of water, and all the astrological signs that fall under water, and the importance of water in nature. I think of the same things when I see fire, or when I garden, or when the wind blows. How is it all linked together in the web of life? What are the magikal properties of nature... I experience the same things as all people, but my thoughts and beliefs make me different.

[Bran83]

Well I have a couple of religious friends that have to remember what they can and can not eat during what time of the months.....and to me their religion is more like a diet then a spiritual fullfillment.

Its also like...you cant "dirty" or allow this and that into a place of worship.... yet they liter and pollute the earth. They also have to be consciencious of certain rules and regulations that conform them to an idea of what some "god" wants them to be.

And, as a wise elder told me, to be pagan is to have a great responcibility, more so then most religions. Most of us are not subjected to a diet, nor are we forced to abide by tenets or creeds save one, "An it harm none."

Notice I did not add in the "... do what ye will", because the first part is, to me, the most important. Because as pagans we called to respect. REspect the earth, our brothers and sisters, our elders and our community, but above all else....to respect ourselves and our bodies.

Because while most religions will try you to conform to a cookie cutter image, paganism dares you to walk into the night of your own being and discover who you are as an individual. Because we cant really ask for forgiveness from our deities through an intervention of a priest....we have to answer to them directly in ritual and we have only ourselves to blame when we screw up.

And while these morals and ehtics are building blocks.... we as pagans recognize that we cant walk in the foot prints of a guru because we cant all be perfect, we cant all be the same... we can only become who we are meant be and the only way to do that is by making our own path and getting lost a little along the way.

So living as a pagan is just that..... living, loving and experienceing all that life has to offer while learning a few lessons along the way.

[Gracecat]

I don't believe my day is any different. I'm more aware of spiritual matters, moreso than I ever had been as a child and young adult in the Christian church but I don't believe that would be any different from anyone that found the belief system that means the most to them.

[{Tigress}]

And, as a wise elder told me, to be pagan is to have a great responcibility, more so then most religions. Most of us are not subjected to a diet, nor are we forced to abide by tenets or creeds save one, "An it harm none."

Notice I did not add in the "... do what ye will", because the first part is, to me, the most important. Because as pagans we called to respect. REspect the earth, our brothers and sisters, our elders and our community, but above all else....to respect ourselves and our bodies.


So right! I get so upset when I hear non-Pagans go off on the Rede and claim it's just giving Pagans a free run to wreck havoc without guilt. I'd like to see THEM try to live by that for one day. Just one!

[Lala]

What's so different about my day-to-day life from those who are not Pagan? My perception of the world, which is the most important and rather obvious of them all. However, mine is very different from most Pagans as well, so you should just go ahead and include them too. Outside of that, I perform magic often and in fact more than once in any given day.

Although always interested in a Pagan path, I found since I've really immersed myself I am much more aware of the beautiful earth around me. The dew on the leaves literally stopped me in my path two days ago on the way to work. I think more then anything I differ because my faith centers around an appreciation for the Goddess and the God and all they provide to us. I think non-practioners seem to have forgotten things like that. Maybe ya'll won't agree, but it's just me.

[SylverStar]

Ah perception is a big one. And I agree with frigga, Unlike others I know I have complete control of life and am responsible for everything that happens to me. A hard concept for my friends to grasp and most I've met.

[Aidron]

Although always interested in a Pagan path, I found since I've really immersed myself I am much more aware of the beautiful earth around me. The dew on the leaves literally stopped me in my path two days ago on the way to work. I think more then anything I differ because my faith centers around an appreciation for the Goddess and the God and all they provide to us. I think non-practioners seem to have forgotten things like that. Maybe ya'll won't agree, but it's just me.


The earth can be beautiful, but it can also be repellent, sadistic, and completely lack beauty, just like anything else.

The fact that you appreciate all that the God and Goddess, as you label divinity, provides and has given does not make you different in my eyes. That is the foundation for every religion. :eyebrow:

So no, I don't agree with anything you said.