Gargovic Malkav
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Seeing how you've answered all the other people's questions, I feel excluded...
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Seeing how you've answered all the other people's questions, I feel excluded...
Wildswanderer
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Not enough ice for ice fishing. The water was opening up before this cold snap... I'm in Pennsylvania. Pretty sure we'll have open water by next weekend.
Why didn't you answer @Gargovic Malkav 's question?
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
Seeing how you've answered all the other people's questions, I feel excluded...
I'm sorry
It wasn't intentional. Hang on, let me read what you posted.
Heyo
Veteran Member
Dang! I was hoping to cure your boredom.
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
My religion to me is about reverence for nature, in the form of the God and Goddess, who represent my panentheistic view of nature and the universe as a whole. The God represents earth, knowing, gross forms, the physical. The Goddess represents heaven, the unknowable (ultimatly), causal and subtle forms, the spiritual So you might say that The God is Saguna Brahman (The God that can be seen) and The Goddess is Nirguna Brahman (The God that cannot be seen).
I still carry over some of my beliefs from Hinduism in regards to Brahman, or The All.
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
I always have time to read that strip. There was another one, The Many Moons of Astra, but it seems to have disappeared from the internet. If I find it I'll post it here.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
Do you have a particularly favorite Wiccan author?
Gardnerian or British Traditional? Dianic? Seax?
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
Eclectic, with some Irish Celtic influence. I hesitate to call myself a Celtic Wiccan, just because that can turn into a smorgasbord of appropriated cultural practices. I practice Wicca, but I venerate the Irish deities, and I practice Appalachian folk magic.
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
I really like Scott Cunningham just because he's very down to earth and no nonsense. I also like Raymond Buckland, and I admit I peeked my head into Seax Wicca a bit.
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
I also like Ellen Dugan, because I like Green and Kitchen Witchcraft as well.
Why would it be appropriation? I'm pretty sure most of the practices are considered "open" as opposed to "closed".
Btw.... Don't smudge... That is appropriation.
Can you share more about Appalachian folk magic?
I'm curious about this as well. Even though I'm sure there are books on it.
Edit: @Ashoka do you live in Appalachia?
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
Yes! I live in Appalachia, and it's an open practice anyone can do. A lot of it comes from granny witches who were Christian, but also superstitious and close to the land. One thing that they used to do is an egg cleansing, where you move the egg around your body, and then crack it, to ready the bubbles and what they mean. Bottle trees, which are mostly art now, were used to ward off evil magic, along with witch balls, which are also more used as art. Any time I see a bottle tree I wonder if the person knows the history behind it.
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
Yes I do.
Ashoka
श्री कृष्णा शरणं मम
Oh I know, I have friends who are indigenous, and they have warned me against using white sage or smudging.
You're right, most Celtic practices, like saining, are open. Perhaps I used the wrong word.
I only recently realized the smudging white sage was a native thing. I grew up in the US Southwest where sagebrush grows wild. So I've always like the smell of sage, as it's calming and reminds me of home.
This led to me using it as a smudge, when I'd move into a new home/apartment. But not anymore.