Thank you, loverOfTruth. I've never really read too far into Islam, beyond some basic tenets and concepts within it. I'll have to explore it some more, before I know whether it's right for me :)
This is a really good idea. And your point is very true. I tend to forget about the natural syncreticism that most people do in some form. I can be a little OCD about keeping things demarcated - which doesn't really work out in reality much of the time.
Thanks!
This is an interesting idea; one I used to do to some degree, but fell out of the habit of. Perhaps I should try it again, I might get something different out of it now. :D
Well, if memory serves, the flygja was usually a domestic animal when it appeared, or as a woman. The form itself wasn't really important, but it does seem to have been connected with a person's disposition and mannerisms. I recall one mention of a young boy in an Icelandic saga who tripped and...
That's an interesting idea. I've read about chaos magic before, but never really got into it. I like to have some certainty, and when I looked at the extreme postmodern and relativist attitudes in chaos magic I was put off.
Do you have any books or websites you find helpful in learning more...
I hear you on that. At times I feel like I should resign to/embrace being a seeker. There's a lot of freedom in it. But all the same, I feel pulled in a million different directions, and you can't walk 12 paths at once - or at least I don't think i can. :D
I can be slightly syncretic. So I'm open to a singular religion, or a fusion of two or more.
And I'd say that I tend to sympathize with pagan-esque philosophies and beliefs. So I tend to use that as a touch stone - since my Christian roots aren't the most confidence-inspiring.
Alright, I really dislike making threads of this nature - but I really could use some advice or pointers.
For quite a few years I've been studying, exploring and even practicing various religions in some form or another. I was raised as a general Protestant Christian and considered myself to...
This isn't entirely true. Neopaganism, that is, modern paganisms, are linked together tenuously at times. There's much more to it than simple Wiccan or generic forms of neopaganism; it's a label that encompasses all kinds of religions - like the religio Romana, Asatru, Slavic polytheism, etc...
I've not read it; but I've heard really good things about it: Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many
My own knowledge - the Egyptians conception of the Divine changed quite a bit, but (excluding Akhenaten's reign) they remained polytheistic with varying degrees of hardness...
I think they would definitely be a minority. I, for one, would love to know their reasoning behind rejecting it :D It is worth noting though that atheism has existed long before the theory of evolution itself was formulated. But I suspect many historical atheists would have little problem in...