Paganism

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I was introduced to a friend of a friend at a party there last weekend when we got into our hobbies and interests.

Instead of informing him that I have almost 30,000 posts on an internet forum I was telling him about my other passions (exercising, languages etc) and he told me that he was a pagan witch.

"Excuse me?"

Apparently, it's true. He is a pagan witch of some sort, away with the faeries and dancing in the woods or whatever with the other... witches.

I couldn't stand to be seen with such a loser any more so I let him know his beliefs were complete bobbins and decided to join my other friends for a game of beer pong instead. We lost. Your man probably cursed us.

Anyway. Have you met any witches? Are you a witch? Is this a form of mental illness?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

We've all met some nutjob at some time or another. This one just took the form of a pagan witch.

Such is life.

wp_rathead

Blaire Faithful Swatter wrote: »

I was introduced to a friend of a friend at a party there last weekend when we got into our hobbies and interests.

Instead of informing him that I have almost 30,000 posts on an internet forum I was telling him about my other passions (exercising, languages etc) and he told me that he was a pagan witch.

"Excuse me?"

Apparently, it's true. He is a pagan witch of some sort, away with the faeries and dancing in the woods or whatever with the other... witches.

I couldn't stand to be seen with such a loser any more so I let him know his beliefs were complete bobbins and decided to join my other friends for a game of beer pong instead. We lost. Your man probably cursed us.

Anyway. Have you met any witches? Are you a witch? Is this a form of mental illness?

Brilliant :pac:

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wp_rathead wrote: »

Brilliant :pac:

Well, he definitely would've thought the same thing.

The Adversary

I hope you told him about how you're a Satanic Priest.

NachoBusiness

There was a witch who used to post in AH a lot. Not sure if she still posts. Try here.

I used to have a few DVDs by a band of witches called Rockbitch, who have since broken up.

Not the type of group you'd see booked to play the Bord Gais Theater, that's for sure but maybe if they reunite, you never know. Fingers crossed.

suicide_circus

People who join religions/cults later in life rather than through birth seem to become over zealous eg born again christians or converts to islam. Paganism is basically just sun worship, not unlike christianity. Total pony obviously.

Not a NSA agent

Its as much a mental illness as any other of that religious and spiritual stuff. Never met one but cant be any worse than some of the other religious people Ive met.

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suicide_circus wrote: »

Total pony obviously.

Complete lunacy.

suicide_circus

Blaire Faithful Swatter wrote: »

Complete lunacy.

Was he a crusty?

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suicide_circus wrote: »

Was he a crusty?

A bit crustyish. More like a fat metal dude with long hair and a mental beard.

suicide_circus

suicide_circus wrote: »

People who join religions/cults later in life rather than through birth seem to become over zealous eg born again christians or converts to islam. Paganism is basically just sun worship, not unlike christianity. Total pony obviously.

I'd say you'd get a fair bit of action pretending to be into the whole scene though.

crockholm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd say you'd get a fair bit of action pretending to be into the whole scene though.

Yeah,but probably only with women who have their armpit hair dreadlocked.

suicide_circus

Blaire Faithful Swatter wrote: »

A bit crustyish. More like a fat metal dude with long hair and a mental beard.

A vague whiff of bong water and smegma?

crockholm

crockholm wrote: »

Yeah,but probably only with women who have their armpit hair dreadlocked.

Hopefully!!

Blaire Faithful Swatter

Blaire Faithful Swatter wrote: »

A bit crustyish. More like a fat metal dude with long hair and a mental beard.

You should have told him he's not a witch, but a warlock. Thereby appearing to be well informed in the ancient terminology and polytheistic ways of the Wiccan.

Hande hoche!

suicide_circus wrote: »

A vague whiff of bong water and smegma?

I wretched slightly.

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suicide_circus wrote: »

A vague whiff of bong water and smegma?

Definitely not a stranger to "da herb." He was trying to get me to taste this weird craft beer as well. I declined in case it meant we were married in his religion.

Buona Fortuna

suicide_circus wrote: »

People who join religions/cults later in life rather than through birth seem to become over zealous eg born again christians or converts to islam. Paganism is basically just sun worship, not unlike christianity. Total pony obviously.

It is, but don't they all get their kit off and dance round a fire? Just sounds like a really top BBQ.

If there was a branch nearby I'd join.

failinis

I know a troubled girl who is a witch as such - she likes spells and crystals and all that.
She is not doing any harm to be fair to her.
I think its all horse shíte, but if its harmless for the person/not hurting others its like any other religion.

nullzero

I'm sure he's desperately upset that you're not going to be his friend the loser.

Custardpi

To be honest if you're going to get into the whole "spirituality" malarkey anyway Wicca is probably one of the least harmful of belief systems you could choose. I'd be far more worried about someone getting into radical Islam, evangelical Christianity etc. So long as he's not trying to terrorise people into dressing a particular way or trying to prevent people getting married to those they love etc I'd say more power to him & let him at it. It's bollocks of course, but so long as it doesn't impinge on anyone else's liberties what of it?

The_Valeyard

I'd take a pagan over a vegan any day.

I know a self-professed witch. She abandoned the irrational and unreasonable belief system of traditional Christianity to embrace the altogether more reasonable and rational belief system of Wicca, with it's many gods, magic spells, and reliance on props.

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Candie wrote: »

I know a self-professed witch. She abandoned the irrational and unreasonable belief system of traditional Christianity to embrace the altogether more reasonable and rational belief system of Wicca, with it's many gods, magic spells, and reliance on props.

Sister Carrot Top, Princess of the Forest.

If anything was going to convert me to Wicca, it'd be the outfits.

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I'd look good in Witchy dresses. I already have the laugh and the cauldron.

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Candie wrote: »

If anything was going to convert me to Wicca, it'd be the outfits.

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I'd look good in Witchy dresses. I already have the laugh and the cauldron.

And the warts.

Cold War Kid

Candie wrote: »

If anything was going to convert me to Wicca, it'd be the outfits.

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I'd look good in Witchy dresses. I already have the laugh and the cauldron.

Yeah I love those Hammer Horror movie chicks' outfits from the 60s/70s.

Vurry sexy.

Candie

Candie wrote: »

I know a self-professed witch. She abandoned the irrational and unreasonable belief system of traditional Christianity to embrace the altogether more reasonable and rational belief system of Wicca, with it's many gods, magic spells, and reliance on props.

Who doesn't rely on props once in a while though, eh?

I wouldn't mind a cloak either. Its a versatile item, you can play Batman or Jane Austen or Little Red Riding Hood. Of course it has to be red for the last one.

Candie

Candie wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a cloak either. Its a versatile item, you can play Batman or Jane Austen or Little Red Riding Hood. Of course it has to be red for the last one.

Batman or Jane Austen. Hmmmmm lemme think.

donegaLroad

I have met a couple of witches.. but not of the broomstick variety. They told me they practiced a 'pagan' religion which involved directing various forms of positive energy into their bodies. They also worked a lot with wild herbs.

I also knew a guy that trained in the ancient craft of druidism.. there was a course in North Donegal about 10 years ago where you could become a druid.


Imo it is no different to the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus on the alter, and the burning of incense and rubbing black ashes on everyones forehead on ash Wednesday, and the angelus every day at 12 noon and 6pm... bong, bong.

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Candie wrote: »

I wouldn't mind a cloak either. Its a versatile item, you can play Batman or Jane Austen or Little Red Riding Hood. Of course it has to be red for the last one.

What's the smell version of an invisibility cloak? I wish your man I met the other night had one of those. He stank of sweat and class C narcotics.

Blaire Faithful Swatter

Blaire Faithful Swatter wrote: »

What's the smell version of an invisibility cloak? I wish your man I met the other night had one of those. He stank of sweat and class C narcotics.

It's called soap and water.

Blaire Faithful Swatter

Blaire Faithful Swatter wrote: »

What's the smell version of an invisibility cloak? I wish your man I met the other night had one of those. He stank of sweat and class C narcotics.

Lynx

Buzz Meeks

NachoBusiness wrote: »

There was a witch who used to post in AH a lot.

Thaedyal

Buona Fortuna

donegaLroad wrote: »

I have met a couple of witches.. but not of the broomstick variety. .

My mother in law's a witch - still goes to mass every sunday though

FouxDaFaFa

Bit of dancing, thanking the sun for doing its job, great jewellery.

I could be up for that.

Plus there's a better chance of promotion for my womanly self than in the Catholic church where I'd be stuck arranging flowers for the rest of my life.

FouxDaFaFa

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Bit of dancing, thanking the sun for doing its job, great jewellery.

I could be up for that.

Plus there's a better chance of promotion for my womanly self than in the Catholic church where I'd be stuck arranging flowers for the rest of my life.

Equal opportunity brainwashing for all!

You're right about the jewelry too.

Conall Cernach

I can't understand how anyone can believe rubbish like this. Aren't all druidic and witchcraft ceremonies and beliefs just 19th and 20th century inventions. Wicca was invented in the mid 20th century by an English bloke with a penchant for nakedness.

c_man

I pray to the Old Gods and the New.

wp_rathead

c_man wrote: »

I pray to the Old Gods and the New.

WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIIIEEEEEE

lizzyman

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I can't understand how anyone can believe rubbish like this. Aren't all druidic and witchcraft ceremonies and beliefs just 19th and 20th century inventions. Wicca was invented in the mid 20th century by an English bloke with a penchant for nakedness.

Yep. So is Christianity, Islam and every other religion. All makey-uppy nonsense.

Anyone who disagrees with me is welcome to offer one shred of evidence for any form of supernatural deity and I'll recant and change my sinful ways.

Yeah, didn't think so.

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lizzyman wrote: »

Yep. So is Christianity, Islam and every other religion. All makey-uppy nonsense.

Anyone who disagrees with me is welcome to offer one shred of evidence for any form of supernatural deity and I'll recant and change my sinful ways.

Yeah, didn't think so.

What do they have to do with anything?

lizzyman

c_man wrote: »

I pray to the Old Gods and the New.

Is the god of fire included in those?

Custardpi

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I can't understand how anyone can believe rubbish like this. Aren't all druidic and witchcraft ceremonies and beliefs just 19th and 20th century inventions. Wicca was invented in the mid 20th century by an English bloke with a penchant for nakedness.

So you're saying that one should judge the credibility of a belief system on the basis of its longevity? Not sure that necessarily follows. As regards modern Wicca having a single origin in the teachings of Aleister Crowley I'm not too sure on that, you might be giving him a little too much credit. Even if it was solely down to him, there's probably worse people to be inspired by. The guy had a reputation for throwing one hell of a party.

anncoates

I never seem to end up at parties with pagan witches.





Thanks be to fcuk.

anncoates

lizzyman wrote: »

Yep. So is Christianity, Islam and every other religion. All makey-uppy nonsense.

Anyone who disagrees with me is welcome to offer one shred of evidence for any form of supernatural deity and I'll recant and change my sinful ways.

Yeah, didn't think so.

Please be careful. You'll just annoy atheists into joining the priesthood from a perverse sense of annoyance.

candy-gal1

Well Ive been a Wiccan since I was 17, but took my 20s to really know what it was about without the showiness etc that you would hear, nothing major about it - like everything its as showy or big as you make it
I dont advertise myself as such, unless specifically asked what faith I am/have chosen, I wouldnt call it a reiligon though, imho its more a faith based on morals which make sense believing in some kind of magick in the air/around us, thats it really, to me anyway

wp_rathead

lizzyman wrote: »

Is the god of fire included in those?

No just The God of Tits and Wine

Conall Cernach

Custardpi wrote: »

So you're saying that one should judge the credibility of a belief system on the basis of its longevity? Not sure that necessarily follows. As regards modern Wicca having a single origin in the teachings of Aleister Crowley I'm not too sure on that, you might be giving him a little too much credit. Even if it was solely down to him, there's probably worse people to be inspired by. The guy had a reputation for throwing one hell of a party.

No, I'm saying that claiming to be a pagan or Druid and that you are taking part in an ancient form of worship is bull**** as those religions were invented pretty recently. No one knows for sure what the historic pagans believed or what their rituals consisted of so all of their ceremonial stuff has just been made up recently. We have a fair idea of the names of some of their gods and that they practiced sacrifice and held ceremonies around particular solar events but we have no idea what they chanted, if they did at all, or what else these ceremonies consisted of at least we don't know enough specific details that you could say you are performing the same rituals as they did.

I was referring to a guy called Gerard Gardner not Aleister Crowley who made Wicca up. He had a couple of dozen middle class types who used to come up to the woods near his house to get naked and he based a religion around this while claiming it was ancient.