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It's Very Hard...

Discussion in 'Paganism' started by Mitok, Feb 5, 2008.

  1. Mitok

    Mitok Senior Member

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    ...to continue on as an atheist in my shoes.
    Dreams are a very important deal for me. They are my greatest creative inspiration, and I see them as the world's first, and most perfect magic. Dreams give a distorted, exciting reality that could never happen on Earth.
    But with dreams as vivid and continuing as mine, I have started to believe that there is some message or spiritual connection through these dreams (or, mostly something of an odd nightmare). Some dreams have continued off of those of previous nights, or even those years ago. In my dreams I've seen the Judaeo-Christian heaven, several other afterlives. I've seen spirits and demons and other such fanciful creatures that my brother (who is some sort of psychic, and currently becoming a Pagan priest) and his roommate (a high priest and very dedicated Pagan) have described to me. Most sects of Paganism, I see, are definitely more left-hand, and therefore I hold no grudge nor hostility towards the group of religions, but I must ask if this is nonsense or some sort of channeling or communication.
    Once again i feel I must state that the dreams that stick out are very fantasy-based and extremely vivid and detailed and seem exactly as if I were awake, and many of them deal with afterlife, or dying from strange occurences (mythical beasts, strange spirits, etc.)
    What is your take on it, from a spiritual perspective?
     
  2. nynysuts

    nynysuts No Gods, No Masters

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    I belive my dreams are important but they never show me anything spirtually, my dreams are true to life and that leads me towards a path of athiesm. Yet, I ahve a strong connection with earth and a real sense of caring towards others. So I am maybe more of a humanist with pagan influences, really.
     
  3. Mitok

    Mitok Senior Member

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    Of course, we've all got Pagan iunfluences, even if indirectly.
    My dreams have definitely led me to disbelieve the Judea-Chrislam god, and I guess any real god itself, but have led me toward the belief of spirits.
    Or my subconscious is just trippy.
     
  4. Dark||Nomad

    Dark||Nomad Member

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    I believe some dreams are important, but they are all in your head.

    I had a dream that I was riding my bike up into the woods one time and I came across this little cabin. I went inside and there was an old lady there that said she was going to give me a Porsche(sp??? I'm talking about the sports car). I went outside on the front porch and she came back out with a little wicker basket and smiled real big and went back inside.

    I was like wtf.

    Anyways I start walking with the wicker basket outside and I begin to float, I let go of it and I fall back down to the ground. I pick it up again and think about flying and I zoom off into the sky and fly around the rest of the dream.

    What that means... I have no fucking idea but it was cool as hell.
     
  5. nynysuts

    nynysuts No Gods, No Masters

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    I'm not even going into the dream I had last night, I wouln't call it spiritual...
     
  6. Mitok

    Mitok Senior Member

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    Fuck me full of dread and kill curious curious, I just been knocked off the Pagan horse. I won't go into details bout it, but yippy skippy I'm off the fence!
     
  7. dead_head_0000

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    Uhhh...... wtf?
     
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