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dreamwidth_pagansName: Harley
Age: 26
I am bi, poly and open in my marriage, and think that these things are all affirmations of my faith. I am a current practitioner and follower of the Goddess Hathor/Sekhmet. I am Her Priestess. I also follow Goddesses that I find that I can learn from, but may not have a mythological or historical basis. (IE: "Fictional" deities)
I try to spread understanding, love and education rather than anger or hate. I know that this is beyond some people (within and outside of Paganism). I'll admit, I'm human, as well as anyone. It bothers me when people aren't honest. I choose to take a stand most times instead of just lie down or 'kill someone with kindness'. If I am anything, it is honest and if I must be anything, it is honest of heart.
I am a High-Intuitive Empath and Reader. I am a Geomancer. This also impacts my faith and how I choose to affect the world. I recycle as much as I can, and own a natural bath and body product business. I try to use my products to help people heal.
I read Tarot and Runes and I'm also a Medium. But I'm also a multiple personality (also, I think, part of my faith and some of Ours as a whole), so this allows me to do many things at once.
I think because of this, people have a hard time understanding me. But I think I'm lucky to have this many points of view. I don't treat this as a 'mental illness' (I was told by a Priestess that I needed mental and psychiatric treatment before I would ever find true spiritual happiness or a true calling by my Goddess), I treat it like something that is as true to myself as my hair or eye color. Yes, these are things that I can change, and if I choose to change them, I create a change within myself.
...This ended up becoming something different than I started out in, so I'll leave it here. If you have any questions, please ask!
Age: 26
I am bi, poly and open in my marriage, and think that these things are all affirmations of my faith. I am a current practitioner and follower of the Goddess Hathor/Sekhmet. I am Her Priestess. I also follow Goddesses that I find that I can learn from, but may not have a mythological or historical basis. (IE: "Fictional" deities)
I try to spread understanding, love and education rather than anger or hate. I know that this is beyond some people (within and outside of Paganism). I'll admit, I'm human, as well as anyone. It bothers me when people aren't honest. I choose to take a stand most times instead of just lie down or 'kill someone with kindness'. If I am anything, it is honest and if I must be anything, it is honest of heart.
I am a High-Intuitive Empath and Reader. I am a Geomancer. This also impacts my faith and how I choose to affect the world. I recycle as much as I can, and own a natural bath and body product business. I try to use my products to help people heal.
I read Tarot and Runes and I'm also a Medium. But I'm also a multiple personality (also, I think, part of my faith and some of Ours as a whole), so this allows me to do many things at once.
I think because of this, people have a hard time understanding me. But I think I'm lucky to have this many points of view. I don't treat this as a 'mental illness' (I was told by a Priestess that I needed mental and psychiatric treatment before I would ever find true spiritual happiness or a true calling by my Goddess), I treat it like something that is as true to myself as my hair or eye color. Yes, these are things that I can change, and if I choose to change them, I create a change within myself.
...This ended up becoming something different than I started out in, so I'll leave it here. If you have any questions, please ask!
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Date: 2012-06-30 06:24 pm (UTC)I only Work with the Greater Wights of Nordic Folk(God/desses, Giants, ex-Humans,etc) but Aknowlege the Validity of those of other Pantheons(I'm Polytheist. They're not Masks that One or two Sexually Diferentiated Beigns where to me). They're just not part of my Path or Practice.
Artificial Elementals(the old Name for Created Beings whether the Intent was Conscious or Un) are not Beigns I've felt comfortable "dealing" with since my 1st incounter back in the 70's. Not bad, just They don't (to Me) have the Depth a Traditionally Existant God/dess has. Besides, I feel awkward toward SOmething that may have started as a project of a Cerremonial Magic lodge and wasn't properly dealt with at the time.
Cheers,
Pat
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Date: 2012-07-01 11:24 pm (UTC)I appreciate your insight.
Are you suggesting I shouldn't try to learn from a 'created' Deity? A lot of the Greek Deities were created for a purpose, and I think some of the Native American -- however, I would also think that They might have been (most likely were) discovered from experiences during meditation and they chose to share them with us.
I believe the same from Deities that are considered 'fictional'. I believe that, with any religion, the Depth is just as much as a person is willing to learn and invest in them.
Prime example -- Christianity. The Christian Bible is a translation from the Torah, is it not? And yet, Christianity is the second largest religion. So perhaps there is something that can be learned there.
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Date: 2012-07-02 01:09 pm (UTC)Cheers,
Pat
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Date: 2012-07-07 08:38 pm (UTC)I'm currently teaching a class myself. I've run into quite a few nasty entities myself, more of which have had the precis of 'helping' me, without any deception intended. So I think my instincts (that I admit in hindsight I should have listened to in the first place) are the best thing to listen to in any circumstance.