Re: Thoughts on Christo-paganism? Or Christ centered Paganism?
Based on my own experience of mixing Christian stuff with other things:
When I realized I no more fit into framework of classic Christianity, I first felt that I should abandon the Christian-concept entirely and seek for something else. That didn't work out for me. After being so long influenced by Christianity, too much of my symbol universe is related to that religion to just get rid of it in one day. And since my departure with Christianity was peaceful, I had no urgent need to get rid of it. I ended up keeping up my practises and thinking in Christian terms, but just opened the doors, letting other things evolve alongside of it and see what would happen.
I've found out that this has been most constructive approach for myself. I find it important to not mess my head up by going for all-in and trying to re-define and deny everything old overnight. Very likely the outcome of that would be that I would make up subconsiciously something thats practically same stuff with different names. In process of moving away from ones old path, I see it as important thing to not just see startpoint and endpoint between leaving old religion and finding new one. I want to be at peace with the whole process of being religious mutant while being halfway there.
What I'm saying might not be so much about Christo-pagans, but generally about idea of having Christianity-influenced elements in ones new path, whatever that path is. I'm fully aware that everyones story and preferences are different, but I don't think for myself, having Christian twist to my spirituality is something negative, or clinging into old. It's aswell part of my path as are new things I've found since then.
Based on my own experience of mixing Christian stuff with other things:
When I realized I no more fit into framework of classic Christianity, I first felt that I should abandon the Christian-concept entirely and seek for something else. That didn't work out for me. After being so long influenced by Christianity, too much of my symbol universe is related to that religion to just get rid of it in one day. And since my departure with Christianity was peaceful, I had no urgent need to get rid of it. I ended up keeping up my practises and thinking in Christian terms, but just opened the doors, letting other things evolve alongside of it and see what would happen.
I've found out that this has been most constructive approach for myself. I find it important to not mess my head up by going for all-in and trying to re-define and deny everything old overnight. Very likely the outcome of that would be that I would make up subconsiciously something thats practically same stuff with different names. In process of moving away from ones old path, I see it as important thing to not just see startpoint and endpoint between leaving old religion and finding new one. I want to be at peace with the whole process of being religious mutant while being halfway there.
What I'm saying might not be so much about Christo-pagans, but generally about idea of having Christianity-influenced elements in ones new path, whatever that path is. I'm fully aware that everyones story and preferences are different, but I don't think for myself, having Christian twist to my spirituality is something negative, or clinging into old. It's aswell part of my path as are new things I've found since then.
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