well, for a long time i have had an intrest in paganism. i started reading about wicca, and for a time, i felt that wicca was for me, but that eventually ended. although, wicca still calls, but i never answer. but i still cant shake the calling that comes from paganism, or better yet, a way of life/religion that will help me attune myself with nature and god (for simplicity, i will refer to god as a being beyond gender, multiple incarnations and all the other facades and such) i have thought about just making my own path, but i feel the need for guidance i have noticed a trend that most people here make their path based on their heritage at times i feel as if i am limited to that, and i dislike it but for what its worth, i inherited irish,dutch,cherokee and french blood from my mother, and mexican/spanish and italian from my father so, with all of that, any and all advice is appreciated what can you suggest i look into, whether one of the paths in paganism are really what im looking for
I'm pretty much the same way, or was for a while, it's a constantly evolving thing so who can tell. Well I don't know you, or which elements of your ancestry you feel a draw towards; but it's a good place to start researching those aspects. Ultimatly though it's your path and you have to find what suits you. Could well be you end up working with a totally diffrent path. So keeping learning and looking for signs is always good. For me there wasn't really a problem alinging my path with my heritage; I've always been drawn to that sense of history, belonging, and perhaps felt it gave a sense of 'authenticity'. Also I'm quite lucky that it's so straightforward [Anglo-Saxon/Germanic, Scottish, Welsh ... generically British], my folks clearly have never been big on epic voyages and integration. That said I've been facinated by the vikings for years but shied away from the Norse path because I'm not Scandinavian. But I got signs and decided to embrace it (well saying no to Odin didn't seem like a good idea). Of course I then discovered the huge overlaps between Norse, Germanic and Celtic paganism. So the whole thing works really well, it's sort of embarassing that it took years to figure it out. Hope that helps, good luck
well, i am fond of the celtic mythology behind the seasons, and in general, i have been attracted to the celtic religion for sometime, even druidism, however, for that i dont know of any groups i could learn from, but there are others that attract me an intrest in asatru has secretly been growing with in me, mostly because of the virtues promoted in asatru, although, like sage, i have no scandinavian blood in me. the reverance of nature in most native american spirituality has also seduced me, but again, my blood is not purely native even though i have tried to abandon the idea that heritage is best in finding ones path, i still am infleunced obviously i have entertained the idea that most religions/belief systems are pretty similar, but i still remain lost in the mix of things i have researched hinduism and buddhism, but despite my fondness of some of the teachings, and even after adopting some of the beliefs, i never oficcially became "buddhist" or "hindu" but, thank you for the advice
wow action you sound a lot like me.... I was first drawn to Wicca, and then I wanted something more that I could relate to that wasnt thought up within the last century so I got into Irish Polytheism. Here lately I have been drawn to the germanic gods which fits in with my heritage because my great-great grandpa was born in Germany and I dont think he spoke much English. Also Ireland and much of Great Britain had a lot of viking contact so there was a lot of intermixing. So all of that fits together quite well without using all the fluff and picking deities from every pantheon. However, I still fill the need to honor my Cherokee ancestors and their gods and spirits. As far as I know they mainly panentheists but had weather gods as well.
