Dear self,

Just as there is a dance style and dance partners, that you simply intuitively click and flow with, so to is there a way of living and life partners with whom you will intuitively click and flow with.

You may need to learn a little about the dance style but mostly it will be so intuitive that it will flow with the greatest of ease. The life you are meant to be living is one of beautiful organic aligned flow.

Of course there is a dance style and dance partner in existence that fits you. Just because your dance partners are awkward now, doesn’t mean they will always be. Just finish out the song and choose a new partner, it will be ok.

Hello good people of Reddit! I am currently in the works of a wiccan iceberg video and I am wondering if anyone can give me some help in the form of obscure or lesser known facts about this beautiful religion? I have about 5 tiers out of 6 done but I am willing to accept any information given to me. Please and thank you!

Tips? Rituals? Prayers? Experiences ? Tell me everything you know on this topic pls!

I opened my third a few year back but for some reason it’s blocked and it kinda hurts a little like think of the feeling of an eyelash in your eye that you can’t get out but bigger anyone know how to fix this issue I’ve been trying to seek help but different people are pointing me in different directions some said it was a Trauma block, some say someone is blocking it on purpose etc. I just want a straight forward answer that actually helps me clear it.

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Hello friends! I’m fairly new to neopaganism and I was wondering if anyone could help me identify if a deity is reaching out to me.

Recently, I’ve been feeling drawn to the Triple Goddess, and I did some tarot to discern. I only used the major arcana because I thought it would be easier, but I’m drawing blanks.

My pulls were: The Empress, The World, The Lovers, The Star, The Chariot, and finally The Moon.

Any guidance/resources would be super helpful!!

I had this item come into my shop recently. The photographer seems to think it’s Green Man, but Green Man doesn’t have horns. I found the same finial online and that listing said it was the Sun God Ra, but I’m convinced. There does appear to be a sun around the figure, but this doesn’t even look Egyptian and Ra doesn’t have horns (and is a bird). So my only guess is that this is perhaps a Neopagan or Wiccan deity. Anyone have any guesses?

hello! so i’m going to start with saying i’m new to all of this. i’ve recently been researching my family line/ancestors and found some things. my last name is “shawley” and it’s a surname from the anglo saxons of Britain. I saw online that anglo saxons practiced neo-paganism before they converted. soooo couple questions….

• does that mean paganism is in my family line? • are the anglo saxons my ancestors?

i’m just a little confused lol. any advice would be appreciated!

Has anyone here worked with Itzpapalotl? She has been with me from the start of my journey but i have no idea how to communicate with her

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Hello everyone, before asking the question I want to give you guys smth of and introduction to myself, Im a 22 year old from Portugal, born and raised in a Christian family although they didnt really force that on me, I didnt really know what i believed exactly, only that i felt a really strong spiritual connection with and while in nature, I never talked about it a lot since i thought people would find it silly, i basically believe all life is conected through some kind of bond part of something bigger than ourselves. Recently i discovered neo-paganism and its variants. And found some stuff I can relate with, I dont really know with which neo-pagan variant Im more inclined towards to, Im definitely not polytheist, and as I said i always feel that deep conection with nature itself, from which I began thinking about it almost as a person or deity not even a year ago. I was wondering if you guys have any advice for me to which variant i might relate to more and also any good books on it? If you want to help me and want more info on what i feel just ask on the comments! Thank you!

The easisest way for me is to carve a sigil on the candle and then , in a place without wind, ask the sigil's spirit to answer yes/ no questions by the direction or shape of the flame. Has anyone tried this method ?

My ways:

- Count breaths backward from 100 to 0

- Have sex ( also alone, perhaps that is the best)

- Listen to Music ( especially shamanic drums)

- Make music (especially rythmic percussions, could also be two sticks one against other)

- Forest bathing

- Dance

- CBD tea

-Fasting is usually helpful , also darkness is.

Your personal methods?

Any suggestions? I look for a simple Ritual involving Gods/ Goddesses .

Generally I just lay my hands on water imagining Light energizing it . Sometimes i add some pink salt. That is all. But if you can suggest something a bit more elaborated , WELCOME .

So there are different kinds of neopagens right? And even though you may practice similar things it's not like the same thing?

What are all of the symbols? Some of them I want to know more of but I'm struggling with finding anything about the.

There are texts in different languages right? From what I know there aren't that much but I would live to understand which languages.

Neopaganism in some places I read is used as a blanket term, so is it just used to describe things like wica and heathens? [Sorry if I spelt those wrong]

Religion is something I have struggled with for a long time as my family is Christian but I didn't believe in christianity. I still believe in religion I just dont know which one.

Here are some more personal questions that if possible I would really appreciate if you had insight on.

I have firmly believed in reincarnation, multiple gods, and have had a strange fascination with Egyptian gods and Iceland. Idk why. I've tried to learn icelandic and am trying to pick it up again. And with Egypt I honestly dont know either, but their gods always fascinated me. Same with other stories or tales of gods/goddesses. Same with some of the symbols I saw while trying to research neopaganism. I really want to learn more about them but I dont know where to go.

Is that weird?

Is it ok to join a religion you weren't born into?

If I do is it culture appropriation? How do I avoid this?

Is it normal to almost feel drawn to certaint things I have read about gods/goddesses in this religion[s]? I feel kinda silly-

Do neopagans remember past lifes? Or do you not believe in it. Personally I remember some of mine

I dont want to make it seem like I'm trying to force myself and my beliefs into ya'lls religion. If something I said was offensive dont be afraid to correct me! And dont worry I wont be offended, I see truths in all religions. I just haven't found one that fits me yet.

Angels, demons and human beings

ANGELS, DEMONS, HUMAN BEINGS

Qualitative and Quantitative Predominance of Qualities

Swami replied: The three fundamental qualities (sattvam, rajas,tamas ) are inherent in all aspects of creation. In the context of the components of creation, sattvam is awareness, rajas is inert energy and tamas is matter. In the context of mental qualities, sattvam means knowledge, rajas means activity and tamas means ignorance. The Gita says “Ūrdhvam gacchanti sattvasthāḥ…”, which means that in the upper world, sattvam is predominant. In the middle world, rajas is predominant, and in the lower world, tamas is predominant.

The middle world means the Martya Loka containing human beings. The upper world is the abode of angels while the lower world is the abode of demons. Actually, the bodies of angels are made of inert energy. The awareness in all beings including them is also a work-form of energy. Energy is rajas. So, rajas alone is predominant in them in quantity and they should have been said to be rājasic. But angels are more sāttvic in their nature than humans. It means that predominance need not be understood in the sense of quantity alone. It can also be understood in the sense of quality. Angels having energetic bodies are said to predominantly have the quality of sattvam. This means that divine knowledge predominates in them.

Angels are also said to be more powerful than humans. Actually, the inert energy present in the body of an angel is quantitatively lower than that of a human. But angels have tremendous miraculous powers associated with them. So, they are said to be more powerful. The word ‘more powerful’ does not mean that the angels have more amount of inert energy in their bodies compared to humans. It means that the inert energy of the bodies of angels is associated with the more valuable miraculous power granted by God.

The quantity of inert energy in the body of a human being is higher than the quantity of inert energy in the body of an angel. But the quality of inert energy of the angel is greater than the quality of the inert energy of the human being. This is because the former is associated with a lot of divine miraculous power. Since the inert energy in a human being is quantitatively more than that of an angel, the human being is said to be more rājasic than the angel. On the other hand, awareness is qualitatively superior in the case of an angel as compared to a human being since the angel’s awareness is associated with the miraculous power granted by God. Hence, the angel is more sāttvic than the human being, qualitatively.

If you take the demons of the lower world, the quantity of matter is greater in the body of a demon as compared to the body of a human being. Hence, the demons are more tāmasic than human beings. Of course, the demons in the lower world are not visible to the human eye due to the will of God. Due to the same will of God, the angels in the upper world are also not visible to the human eye. There is more free inert energy in the body of a human being than in the body of a demon. The activity of the body of a human being is greater than the activity of the body of a demon. Inactivity and laziness, which are the properties of tamas, are more in the demon than in the human being. The human being has quantitatively more kinetic energy than a demon. Hence, the human being is said to be more rājasic than the demon.

The demon is said to be more powerful than the human being due to the greater mass of the body. Of course, demons also acquire miraculous powers from God including the ability to change their forms. So, they can be said to be more powerful than humans even in the sense of having more miraculous powers. Thus, when it is said that demons are ‘more powerful’ than angels and humans, it refers to the greater miraculous powers acquired by the demons as compared to the other two. It is due to these miraculous powers that we sometimes even find demons gaining victory over angels in the Purāṇas. The word powerful in this context can mean two things. One meaning is possessing a large quantity of inert energy since energy and power are similar in meaning. The other meaning is possessing a lot of miraculous power. In the case of demons, the miraculous powers possessed by them is vastly greater than the quantity of inert energy in their bodies. The greater power of demons as compared to humans should therefore be understood in the sense of their miraculous power. If we only go by the inert energy possessed by them, there will certainly be a misunderstanding.

Even though the father of both angels and demons is the same sage Kaśyapa, their mothers are different. The two mothers were different in their qualities and in the extent of God’s grace on them. Angels never did penance to attain supernatural miraculous powers, whereas demons did a lot of penance to attain the supernatural powers. Due to the good qualities of angels, God Himself gave miraculous powers to the angels even without any effort from their side. Due to the bad qualities of demons, God gave miraculous powers to them only after a lot of effort from their side. As a result of the mixed qualities of human beings, they can get a certain amount of miraculous powers from God by some effort.

Profile of Qualities

Angels

Sattvam or knowledge is predominant in angels as a result of the God’s grace. They possess divine knowledge, which is qualitatively greater than the knowledge of human beings and demons. Angels are not much caught up in the illusion of performing worldly activities with an ambition for attaining the fruits of the actions (rajas). Ego, greed, ambition, and worldly activity are the characteristics of rajas, which are very low in angels. Tamas or matter is almost nil in them. Their bodies are not made of matter but are made of inert energy or light. Yet, it cannot be said that the energetic bodies of angels have absolutely no tamas or matter-like inertia. Tamas exists even in the bodies of angels, but in a negligible amount. Energy in the form of light or radiation comes in packets of energy called photons. The only matter-like inertia in angels is corresponding to the rest mass of the photons which constitute their energetic bodies. So, all the three qualities exist even in angels. In fact, the three qualities always exist everywhere; only their proportions differ.

Since the bodies of angels are made of inert energy, the characteristics of rajas must also exist even though to only a slight extent. The evidence for this is from the Purāṇas, when angels had once become proud after their victory over the demons and they had to be corrected by God. Even though the bodies of angels are made out of inert energy, there is quantitatively more inert energy in human bodies. Angels are said to be more powerful than both humans and demons due to the higher quality of their energy. The higher quality of their energy means that their energetic bodies have divine grace in the form of supernatural miraculous powers. It also means that their energetic bodies have divine grace in the form of divine knowledge. Angels’ bodies are made of energy. Knowledge or mind is made of awareness, which is also a work-form of energy. So, their body and mind mix easily since both are basically forms of energy. Thus, in terms of energy or rajas, angels are superior to both humans and demons. However, it is the supreme knowledge which is the most significant characteristic of angels. Thus, angels are said to be embodiments of sattvam.

Humans

Sattvam is lower in humans than in angels due to the absence of God’s grace. Humans only possess knowledge related to worldly activities, which are done due to ambition and greed. Hence, the sattvam in humans is of a lower quality than angels. Even though the inert energy in the body of a human being is quantitatively greater than that of an angel, it is not associated with God’s grace which gives miraculous powers. Hence, the rajas of humans is qualitatively lower than that of angels. In the sense of the better quality of rajas, angels are more powerful than humans. In the sense of the quantity of rajas, humans are more rājasic than angels. However, humans have more of the inherent qualities of rajas, like worldly activities, greed and ego, since these inherent qualities are always related to the quantity of rajas. The human body is made of matter and hence, more of the inherent qualities of tamas are also found in humans as compared to angels.

Demons

Demons have a lot of tamas in the form of the large amount of matter in their bodies. The inherent qualities of tamas like laziness, ignorance, sleep etc., are also found to a larger extent in demons as compared to both humans and angels. The body of a demon is not very active because of a lower quantity of inert energy in it. The lower quantity of inert energy is seen as the lesser kinetic energy of the movement of the limbs of a demon’s body. Humans are more rājasic than demons due to the higher quantity of kinetic energy in the human body. As a result of the lower kinetic energy of their bodies, demons are less involved in multiple worldly activities as compared to humans. The rājasic activities in demons are, thus, mild due to the predominance of tamas.

As regards the existence of life in the form of material beings on other planets, it is not a scientifically established fact yet. Even if such life exists, whether it is expressed fully as human beings, is another doubt. At present, there is not the slightest trace of practical proof.

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