How did you become pagan (rituals, soul, pagans, pray)

[budamus]

When I was 15 I had no religion, It just didnt feel right, then in an msn group I found a friend theyanna, who then became my teacher. everything then just felt right, I had a feeling of holeness

Then after months of searching I found out that pagans meet every week in a pub just down the road from me lol
and now I have people to do rituals with and have a massive libary of books to read on all kinds of subjects.

how did you all start of for you ? ? ?

[Feathers in Hair]

Hmm... Tricky question! I think I started out as a Pagan, though Christianity was what I was raised with and what I believed. I grew up aware that I (and many others) had the ability to do things that were explained by that religion. At about 20 or so, I became aware that I was being called along the shamanic path. (Or, really, that I'd always been called, but had somehow only just learned to listen.) Paganism, specifically for me Dianic and Pictish Paganism, was what suited me as a 'category' to fall in to. *grin*

[blb01]

I was a Christian for a while, but I didn't feel like I was at the right place. I started to look at other religions. That is when I became Wiccan. However, I learned about Wicca before pagansim. I wasn't at my right place there either. That is when I finally converted to paganism.

[BFD_Zayl]

well, for me it took a long time of soul searching, and web surfing.. lol, nothing felt right at first, then i came across Asatru and everything seemed to click and it felt great, although its hard because theres almost no Asatruars in the state im in. but i manage by my own when i can. the gods understand.

[Circle_One]

Like Feathers, I think I've just always been Pagan. It always called to me, but again, like her, never understood what it was that was calling, never had the ability to listen, until I was about 14. I've never converted from another religion. From the beginning, I've always just been Kemetic. Before I even knew what Kemeticism or Kemetic Reconstructionism was, I was Kemetic. The anicient Egyptian ways have always just called to me, since I was very little.

It sounds odd, to non-believers, but I've known things about ancient Egyptian history and religion and culture before I even began to read about it or study it. It's always just been an innate knowledge to me.

[Shadow Wolf]

After being Christian for 16 years, I started to question things, and I had alot of problems with it. I prayed the right religion would be revealed to me, and after much searching, and many lessons, Druidism was revealed to me, and it's basic teachings and philosophies felt like what I had been searching for. After about a year of that, and looking into Wicca and Shamanism, and not feeling the same strong pull, I answered the call of the night.

[MaddLlama]

I wasn't really raised in religion, so I had no conversion really. In my early teen years I became friends with a girl who was raised Wiccan, and we all went to ritual at her house. It was pretty cool. I don't consider myself a Wiccan now, but that exeperience was certainly a great foundation.

[Lemon]

My story is almost the same as MaddLlama's, I wasn't really raised with any religion. In my early teens my older sister became interested in Wicca, so I read a few books about it. For a few years I considered myself Wiccan, however this year I decided that wasn't the path for me. Now, I'm an Eclectic Pagan with influences from Hindu, Celtic, and Egyptian religions.

[DyingAsylum]

My mother was /still is a High Priestess so I grew up with Paganism. That wasn't all I was exposed to though. I attened Synogog with my friend Joey and his family, my grandfather's Catholic Church, and a local Buddhist temple. I kept coming back to Paganism and as I got older it just stuck with me. Now I am who I am and I like it!

Peace,
Dying Asylum

[Freedomelf]

I was raised in the Catholic faith, went to Catholic schools and spent time in a convent as a postulant. When I became an adult, I switched to Episcopalian, and taught Sunday School for about a dozen years. After that I turned from Christianity and kept searching, but my inherent "brainwashing" that paganism was Satanism and automatically evil prevented me from finding my true path until about 2 years ago.

When I finally did, it was like a millstone that I had been wearing all my life was removed, and I was free and happy.

I still love Christians dearly, as most of my family is still Christian. I am just glad I found my own road, and wish them well on theirs.