I'm new to paganism and at times it's difficult to learn I have researched And learned and found the path I would like to fallow and researched the gods and goddesses. What's next?
I'm new to paganism and at times it's difficult to learn I have researched And learned and found the path I would like to fallow and researched the gods and goddesses. What's next?
Well, what's next is really up to you. Since you've got a path that you have chosen to follow, you've got yourself a great start. I'd suggest maybe your next step would be to try to "connect" with those deities through prayer and maybe a little offering, and see where that goes.
Don't get discouraged if they don't respond right away (or even, at all) or if you realize later that you might not have chosen the right path after all. I'm pretty sure that's happened to all of us, in one form or another.
Whatever you please! I envy you being a new pagan, you have a lot of interesting and fresh experiences ahead of you. And its up to you where you go, study, experience, practice, or do nothing. All up to you.
White and Red 'till I'm cold and dead.
In Days of yore,
From Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
And planted firm Britannia's flag
On Canada's fair domain.
Here may it wave,
Our boast, our pride
And joined in love together,
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
Finding likeminded people to discuss your research and thoughts is a good next step. Exchange experiences, find out techniques used by others who follow said path...
“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
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If you believe that you have found a belief system that you wish to follow, then I would recommend that you go ahead and practice it for a time. Try it out for a few months, and make sure that it is all that you thought it would be. This way you get a good feeling as to whether the belief system you have chosen is right for you.Originally Posted by Laneshep
Other than this it is important that you continue to research and find out as much as you can about the Gods and Goddesses. From what you said it sounds like you are seeking to practice Wicca, or a Wiccan-based spirituality, so learn as much as you can about your path, communicate with other Pagans and just continually seek to expand your understanding of your faith and spirituality. Joining a community of other Pagans through medians like forums like this one are also good at providing information and a place to talk about our faiths.
Welcome to the community though, and welcome to the forum as I see this is your first post.
So...this is pretty much my standard advice. Its basically this, over and over and over.
“You have never answered but you did not need to. If I stand at the ocean I can hear you with your thousand voices. Sometimes you shout, hilarious laughter that taunts all questions. Other nights you are silent as death, a mirror in which the stars show themselves. Then I think you want to tell me something, but you never do. Of course I know I have written letters to no-one. But what if I find a trident tomorrow?" ~~Letters to Poseidon, Cees Nooteboom
“We still carry this primal relationship to the Earth within our consciousness, even if we have long forgotten it. It is a primal recognition of the wonder, beauty, and divine nature of the Earth. It is a felt reverence for all that exists. Once we bring this foundational quality into our consciousness, we will be able to respond to our present man-made crisis from a place of balance, in which our actions will be grounded in an attitude of respect for all of life. This is the nature of real sustainability.”
~~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
"We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes--one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximal freedom to thrive, or to fail, in our own chosen way."
~~Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Humans are not rational creatures. Now, logic and rationality are very helpful tools, but there’s also a place for embracing our subjectivity and thinking symbolically. Sometimes what our so-called higher thinking can’t or won’t see, our older, more primitive intuition will." John Beckett
Pagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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