Pagan survey! :D

1. What path do you follow?

Just an Eclectic Pagan

2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do)?

Yes, but I tend to use many similar sounding names

3. What is your favorite method of divination?

Automatic writing

4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most?

I don't put polarity on my beliefs, but I am very fascinated by the One Universal Energy and how it works

5. What is your favorite tool?

A staff

6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?

Any time some ignorant person disrespected another, I'd make them have the other's circumstances for a month. You know, like "You retard! *zap* uh... duh... ngngngngbeebeblllelelel... *zap* wow, dude, I'm so sorry I said that, I know how much pain and stuff you go through!"

7. What is your most divine experience?

The time I was swimming in a lake and I went to get up out of the water and it kept pulling me back in with its current like it didn't want me to leave.

8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?

The time I meditated and must've gone lucidly out of body because I was still aware of my bodily surroundings, but I was numb and tingling pins and needles all over and I had to lean forward to break out of it and get back in my body at least, then it was incredibly hard just to try and lay down and stop sweating.

9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why?

I can't say as I've just started alligning with the Wheel of the Year and haven't really celebrated any Sabbats joyously and dedicated myself enough.

10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?

Anything moon-related. The triple-goddess is pretty, but the regular crescent moon is just fine as well.

11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?

I didn't really look at others' answers, but I'm sure that wicca.com and witchvox have been mentioned many times here.

12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?

More attuned to my spirituality, more organised and more dedicated to the path.

13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what?

I've communicated with things that have presented names to me, but because the universe is so vast, it could be anything. I read somewhere about someone using a ouija board once and thinking they came in contact with Queen Elizabeth, but it could've been some other force disguised as Queen Elizabeth.

14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain?

I meditated on the thought of a friend I happened to like a little and now we're boyfriend and girlfriend, but I was very cautious at the same time. I would hate to overdo or overuse anything.

15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?

Whatever comes to anyone's mind. I can go to other Pagan sites to get deeper views if I wish.

16. What are your views on the fae people?

I believe in all kinds of beings, but I have yet to see any or track any actions of any. I don't know if it was a trick of light, but i have seen little sparks of light dance in front of my eyes at times before.

17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?

What are otherkin?

18. What is your totem animal (if you have one)?

The falcon. I'm not much of a hunter in my own personality, and I don't see myself as predatory, so it's hard to materialistically identify, but I once read on a shamanic site that falcons see light after all darkness and I am that way. When a pressing situation comes, more often than not, I'm optimistic.

19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?

I like anywhere with water.

20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?

I would like to add my thoughts to the pages about those who share my belief in One Universal Energy as opposed to deities.

21. Skyclad or clothed?

Whatever works, but most times I'm clothed since I'm a solitary practitioner who lives with parents.

22. What has been your biggest lesson learned?

Not to jump into things all at once. Study little bits over time and listen to the call of the force to pick the times to study and act more. I think in today's busy world, we're all seeking the quick solution and I've learned that this path has none. You have to adapt it to fit your life like sewing your own garment to cover your own body.

23. How long have you been a pagan?

Well... I think since I was... around four or five. I knew there was something real beyond all those faerietales and stories, and "saw the light" when I was about eight, but I was very spiritually apathetic until only a few years ago when I started studying the path.

24. What religion if any were you raised with?

Pretty centered and open people, although still carrying their Christian beliefs of God and Satan and good and evil.

25. How did you discover paganism?

There were a lot of witchy movies popular in the end of the 90's (The Craft, Practical Magic, etc.) and it seemed everyone was getting in circles and communicating with spirits and doing what Hollywood showed them. I had a good friend who was smart enough to read and study those things and she got me started on the research.

26. What is your favourite book on paganism?

I haven't read any yet, but I got one of my divine names from The Mists of Avalon.

27. Ever been to a pagan festival? share your festival story.

Not yet.

28. Pagan music reviews! let's have 'em!

Loreena McKennitt and Enya are awesome for the "stereotypical" music, but Blind Guardian, my favorite band... I'd say they're following the path, though it's never been officially asked.

29. Do you prefer solitary practice or group ritual?

I haven't been drawn to any groups, so I've always been a solitary practitioner, but I wouldn't mind ritualizing with a few open-minded people.

30. How have you dealt with closed-minded people? For example, my parents think Wicca and anything related (even some aspects of Paganism in general) are all mystical bullshit and magic is only sleight-of-hand card trick pulling the rabbit out of the hat crap.

I've been creative around them. Instead of having pentacles and other "evil" symbols, I collect a lot of suns, moons, stars, and natural things, and they say I have good taste for it. I also choose words carefully. I'm not turning my dresser into an altar, I'm decorating my room. I found a walking stick, not a staff.

 

1. What path do you follow?

a spiritual one, I'm still not sure what to label it yet.

2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do )?

no, but I hope to find one

3. What is your favorite method of divination?

astrology

4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most?

I don't know enough yet to pick one.

5. What is your favorite tool?

crystals

6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?

nothing but good.

7. What is your most divine experience?

coming into contact with ghosts

8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?

feeling that sick feeling of not being wanted there when walking around a graveyard.

9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why?

ostara, a time of huge energy. and samhain a close second.

10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?

dont have one.

11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?

www.modernwiccan.com

12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?

living in texas, on lots of land doing our dog rescue.

13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what?

i've envoked the 4 elements

14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain?

i agree that all magic is used for personal gain, but i've never done anything that i feel i'll have bad karma for.

15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?

I like the idea of having an on-line coven.

16. What are your views on the fae people?

I'm very open-minded, anything is possible.

17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?

not sure...

18. What is your totemanimal (if you have one)?

i'm trying to meditate to find mine.

19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?

in a forest sitting next to a creek, I've always felt so good surrounded by trees, listening to the flowing water.

20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?

more buddhism ideas.

My question is: What is the one thing you love most about being involved with the craft?

How natural it feels, as if being a witch was ment to be.



Much love to you all! Hollie* Blessed be*

 

1. What path do you follow?
I typically follow the hermetic path of the ancient Celtic sages

2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do )?
Nope

3. What is your favorite method of divination?
Tarot cards and/or skrying in a black mirror

4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most?
Mona

5. What is your favorite tool?
The pentagram of my best friend and genius conjurer who passed away. He still helps me perform rituals even after his physical life ended.

6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?
Send Bush back in time to Woodstock...

7. What is your most divine experience?
My time with Jeffery when we at shrooms and meditated and saw the exact same thing in the future of one girl. It came true before we came down off of the shrooms, and it was awesome.

8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?
Gathering graveyard dust at night under a full moon.

9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why?
Beltane- it's the perfect image of the union b/w the divine forces of nature. Even my Old Testament professor says that sex is the perfect image of God.

10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?
The Veve de Papa Legba-Voodoo

11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?
Not really.

12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?
A hermit.

13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what?
My best friend, Jeffery.

14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain?
Really now, who hasn't in some way or another?

15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?
Ones involving voodoo and hoodoo, or "swamp magick" in general.

16. What are your views on the fae people?
They're there, but I don't think that people understand them so well

17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?
The same with these folk too

18. What is your totemanimal (if you have one)?
Hawk

19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?
SWAMP!!!

20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?
I would want it to include Aliester Crowley in the Old Testament, and then Scott Cuningham and Raymond Buckland in the New Testament to say the least.

 

1. What path do you follow?
My own. If you want a label I'm a Pagan Druid.
2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do )?
No.
3. What is your favorite method of divination?
Common sense coupled with a good dose of intuition.
4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most?
Herne.
5. What is your favorite tool?
My brain.
6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?
Abolish absolute power.
7. What is your most divine experience?
Giving birth.
8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?
Giving birth.
9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why?
Lammas. Time to kick back for a while and enjoy the fruits.
10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?
Tree with roots.
11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?
http://www.druidnetwork.org or maybe http://gewessi.faithweb.com/
12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?
Still me. Just more life experience (plus more wrinkles and grey hairs).
13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what?
No.
14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain?
No.
15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?
Less naval-gazing introspection and more practical hands-on discussion.
16. What are your views on the fae people?
The jury failed to reach a verdict.
17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?
The jury failed to reach a verdict.
18. What is your totemanimal (if you have one)?
Badger.
19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?
Anywhere wild.
20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?
Simply the words 'Please put this book down and go out into the world. Explore, play, feel, learn, create, live. Everything you need to know is out there, not in these pages. The end.'

 

1. What path do you follow? Celtic. currently studying up on various native american practices
2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do )? Yes I do
3. What is your favorite method of divination? water scrying and meditation
4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most? Kali of the Hindu religion
5. What is your favorite tool? my mind
6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it? open every one's mind to understanding
7. What is your most divine experience? the dream that brought me my true name
8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience? various encounters with malicious ghosts and poltergeists
9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why? the Harvest! food and merriment!
10. What is your favorite (related) symbol? they're all wonderful
11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?
12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years? hopefully living in a less urban area with those whom i love
13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what? no, but i once came upon people trying to who didn't know what they were doing, so i had to take control
14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain? only healing for health reasons
15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum? more discussions that are educational about what Paganism really is
16. What are your views on the fae people? mysterious and mischevious indeed!
17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?
18. What is your totemanimal (if you have one)? i have few animal guides, Spider, Wolf, Horse, and Hummingbird
19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)? forest and mountians
20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include? oh this would be for the Gods to decide, not me

 

I found this site through this survey, so I figured I might as well post it here.

I mostly just filled it out so I could look back on it and laugh when I'm much more experienced in this area. I'm still a bit of a know-nothing.

1. What path do you follo​w?​ Senis​trogn​ata .... I think​.​


2. Do you have anoth​er name (​apart​ from your birth​name/​forum​name)​ that you use for '​divin​e'​ purpo​ses (​just a yes or no will do )? Heck yes.

3. What is your favor​ite metho​d of divin​ation​?​ Haven​'​t tried​ that yet.

4. Which​ God(​dess)​ fasci​nates​ you the most?​ Queee​eeen Maaab​!​ *​gets struc​k by light​ning*​

5. What is your favor​ite tool?​ Does a cryst​al ball count​?​ Other​wise,​ I love my cryst​al wand.​ <3

6. If you had absol​ute power​,​ what would​ you do with it? Make my realm​ real to my eyes and disap​pear into it.

7. What is your most divin​e exper​ience​?​ ... A dream​.​ That is all I shall​ say.

8. What is your most scary​ (​topic​ relat​ed)​ exper​ience​?​ Have yet to have one.

9. What is your favor​ite pagan​ holid​ay?​ Why? Hallo​ween -​does that count​?​ Becau​se I do an aweso​me speci​al medit​ation​ cerem​ony with candl​es and cryst​als and all those​ nice thing​s.​

10. What is your favor​ite (​relat​ed)​ symbo​l?​ Penta​cle,​ of cours​e - I draw it anywh​ere and anypl​ace.​

11. Is there​ a (​relat​ed)​ websi​te you'​d like to share​?​ All About​ Mab

12. How do you see yours​elf in about​ 10 years​?​ Hopef​ully more exper​ience​d and knowl​edgea​ble in the magic​ area.​

13. Did you ever summo​n someo​ne/​somet​hing?​ Who/​what?​ Tried​,​ but I am still​ a novic​e.​

14. Have you ever used magic​ for perso​nal gain?​ .​.​.​.​.​ I shan'​t say.

15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum? I haven't been here long enough.

16. What are your views​ on the fae peopl​e?​ They exist​,​ and I love them all.

17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Other​kin?​ I haven​'​t heard​ of that term but they proba​bly exist​ too.

18. What is your totem​anima​l (if you have one)​?​ Wolf

19. What kind of natur​al envir​onmen​t do you prefe​r (​sea,​ dunes​,​ meado​w,​ fores​t,​ mount​ain,​ etc. etc.)? Fores​t

20. If pagan​s had one Holy Book (​like the bible​)​,​ what would​ you want to inclu​de?​ Can'​t think​ of anyth​ing bette​r than what many pagan​s/​wicca​ns have said about​ every​thing​.​

 

1. What path do you follow?
My own. Oneness with the Earth is the principle goal

2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do )?
No

3. What is your favorite method of divination?
Watching a creek, stream or river

4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most?
Gaia

5. What is your favorite tool?
My heart

6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?
Spread love

7. What is your most divine experience?
When I first experieced Oneness

8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?
See above

9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why?
Ostara, Spring has sprung

10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?
Don't have one

11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?
mysticwicks.com

12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?
achiving my dream life on this plane of being

13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what?
No

14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain?
Of course, finding a job, a house, etc...

15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?
Responsible use of Magick

16. What are your views on the fae people?
Their around

17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?
Not so sure

18. What is your totemanimal (if you have one)?
Hawk, Butterfly, Snake

19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?
The forest and the mountains

20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?
The Earth has elected us to take care of Her. Please do it wisely.

 

1. What path do you follow?
[ lakota , Wicca
2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do )?
yes
3. What is your favorite method of divination?
Bones as they are called , tho i am wanting to learn about others , i am good at cards too
4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most?
White Buffalo Calf Woman
5. What is your favorite tool?
chalice
6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?
i would not use it to control , but i would use it for GOOD Medience like black elk and others . just like i have been told by elders of nation power can crurpt
7. What is your most divine experience?
one : sweet lodge 2: When white Buffalo Calf Woman came to me when i had misscargge and said i am of nation , i am a pipe carrier , i am of the Good Medicene Road , i am walking the red road .
8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?
just not knowing if tommorw i can lay my head down and sleep in a house will i be dead or will i be wandering out on the streets.
9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Summer Solstice Why? i guess it is that it is the fact that it honors the Sun and reminds us that we all come from the earth
10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?
the Wolf
11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share?
www.peyoteways.com www.drstandley.com
12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?
it is up to creator
13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what? no
14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain? yes
15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?
low magic
16. What are your views on the fae people?
they are always around , just like lil people of the natives
17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin? the lil people that meander and try to trick u into touching there heads then they test u if u are medince , they get u lost .
18. What is your totemanimal (if you have one)?
White Dove , White Wolf , Red Hawk , White Buffalo , 4 colors of eagle
19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?
that were i am safe , that were a lodge can be buit for a ppl were , food can be caught and grown , were medience can be found
20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?
the storys of all indigious ppl , beucase pgans are indgious to the whites , but what about the other who have there own , they are pagan now days compared to modern socity standards

Don't forget to add a few questions of your own![/QUOTE]

 

1. What path do you follow?

Eclectic pagan with Caya COven

2. Do you have another name (apart from your birthname/forumname) that you use for 'divine' purposes (just a yes or no will do)?

Yes

3. What is your favorite method of divination? Nature, or tarot but they are all wonderful and good for different things



4. Which God(dess) fascinates you the most? There are many


5. What is your favorite tool?

I use my bell everyday, but I do like my athame

6. If you had absolute power, what would you do with it?

That would take alot of thinking. I would fix things I suppose
7. What is your most divine experience?

Life

8. What is your most scary (topic related) experience?

Speaking to the dead can get a little frightening at times.

9. What is your favorite pagan holiday? Why?

Samhain is very special to me, but so is Winter Solstice

10. What is your favorite (related) symbol?

Pentacle, Moons, Snakes.

11. Is there a (related) website you'd like to share? cayacoven.org for my coven



12. How do you see yourself in about 10 years?
living on the beach someplace on the edge of society.

13. Did you ever summon someone/something? Who/what?

Yes, most recently Hecate for Samhain

14. Have you ever used magic for personal gain?

Sure but it always takes some amount of energy from someplace. I try not to be greedy.

15. What kinds of topics would you like to see more in this forum?
I just wish people would respect each other more and accept that we all have different beliefs,

16. What are your views on the fae people?

I can see them from under my fig tree and they have been getting into my jewelry box lately.

17. ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Otherkin?

same as above.

18. What is your totem animal (if you have one)?
Birds seem to send me messages. Not a particular one but mostly Hummingbirds, ravens, falcons, and Snowy Egrets. They come to me in dreams. I have a Hummingbird tattoo that reminds me to live life to the fullest (enjoy the sweetness)

19. What kind of natural environment do you prefer (sea, dunes, meadow, forest, mountain, etc. etc.)?

I feel like i need to be by the sea. Maybe not across the street from it but where I can smell it. I think living on the coast in some redwoods would be perfect.

20. If pagans had one Holy Book (like the bible), what would you want to include?
Respect.

21. Skyclad or clothed?
It all depends on the workings and who you are with.


22. What has been your biggest lesson learned?

Trust.

23. How long have you been a pagan?
I feel like I have always been pagan. I think learning and sharing experiences with a group increases knowledge.

24. What religion if any were you raised with?
I was raised in a roman catholic house

25. How did you discover paganism?

Thats like saying how did I discover my mother or father, its there, always.

26. What is your favourite book on paganism?

I don't have a favorite but I can recommend Elements of Ritual, Jambalaya, and any books by Z budapest

27. Ever been to a pagan festival? share your festival story.

Lots of them. I take my son to The Pagan Festival in Berkeley every year, we've been there 3 times so far.

28. Pagan music reviews! let's have 'em!

Hmmm I have to say I love Dead can Dance, Unto Ashes is good, but I think if you can play your own music you will do well.

29. Do you prefer solitary practice or group ritual?

I do like groups but I also like solitary. I think Getting into a Good group can make the experience so much better.

30. How have you dealt with closed-minded people? For example, my parents think Wicca and anything related (even some aspects of Paganism in general) are all mystical bullshit and magic is only sleight-of-hand card trick pulling the rabbit out of the hat crap.

My grandma saw me making soap and said it was witchcraft. I asked her if she thought soap was witchcraft and she said when I make it it is. I was very happy but she seemed worried. Soap is EEEViiiiL!

 

Wow I just went back and noticed I posted in this thread twice. It looks like I posted a few years ago. It's interesting to see where I've been and where I am now!