Welcome to the Wonderful World of Witchcraft and Shamanism




Welcome to the Witch's world
where magick wands of often twirled
and spells are cast and circles hurled
and dreams of love become unfurled

The Witch's art is quite the craft
in spite of those who think it's daft
though Witch's suffered in their wrath
they've survived the aftermath

The Witch's way is quite alive
in modern times it's been revived
so don't ignore or be deprived
of ancient wisdom that's survived

Don't be fooled by pious creeds
self-righteous fools who plant their seeds
for evil lurks within their deeds
and all they sow are bigot weeds

So join our thread of loving ways
and add your fervor to the blaze
post your thoughts for days and days
to give the Goddess all you praise







~~~
"Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell.
Spirituality is for people who have already been there."
~~~

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Witchcraft and Shamanism





Please note:

We discuss all manner of the following.

Witchcraft
Shamanism
Law of Attraction
Eastern Mysticism
The Way of the Wizard
Yoga

And basically anything else of interest.

Any and all comments, contributions or questions are welcome.

I'm a tenderfoot shaman just starting out on the path of witchcraft.

And as always, it's nice to just drop in to "Just Say Hi!".

blessed be....

Well, at least this is more fitting for who is actually in here.

Okay fair enough. I think the term Paganism puts people off sometimes because they associate it with Witches dancing naked around a bonfire.

Toltecs are Shamans. So, Hi.

welcome

Ive been reading about Tantra lately. Its kind of interesting.

yeah it can get quite interesting all right.

See, we got two new people already just by changing the thread title.

We need to furnishings now:

I know everyone doesn't worship a Moon Goddess, but if there are no objections I offer the following altar as decor if nothing else.

What Goddess statue is that pictured there or it just called "The Moon Goddess" or is it a Witch?

I think the woman on the thrown is supposed to be the Moon Goddess in the crone form. Clearly this is an elderly woman.

From my understanding there are many different names for the Moon Goddess. It also gets quite interesting because various pantheons treat the deity of the Moon Goddess differently.

The Moon Goddess is typically seen as a trinity of personas, even when she is viewed as a single diety. The Virgin Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone (or elderly wise Goddess).

For example, the Celtics worship Cerridwen as being all three. Just one Goddess that can take all three forms.

Other cultures have used separate Goddesses to present the three forms.

I perfer the latter.

I have created my own pantheon and I have given the Moon Goddesses the following names:

Leah = the young maiden
Naomi = the mother
Dorthia = the crone

Why did I make up my own pantheon, you might ask?

Because I view all deities as existing in our own psychic. This doesn't make them any less real. For they are as real as our psychic!

I have a very unique view of the witchcraft traditions. My view is based on Eastern Mysicism, European History, and other Indigenous tribes such as the North American Indians as well as the Australian Aborigenes, and any other culture that has good ideas.

I take any ideas that work for me, and use them intuitively.

Above all else I am a human on planet Earth. I will consider what any humans have to say. If it makes sense to me and I find it intuitively appealing I use it. If it makes no sense to me or has a bitter taste I reject it.

I don't believe that God is bitter.

So I only take what's sweet.

So in my pantheon the statue in the picture would represent Dorthia to me. If it represents Cerridwin to someone else, that's fine too. I won't quibble over deities because we create our own deities. They are merely a psychic communiqué with the Great Spirit.

Everyone worships the Great Spirit ultimately. Even the people who are lost in the Mediterranean mythology. They are trying to worship the Great Spirit, but they are so busy worshiping the mythology instead of the spirit that they've truly lost their way.

It's of no consequence in the end though because it's impossible to lose our way from the Great Spirit. Just because they have confused the mythology with the God doesn't make them evil, it just makes them blind.

Thats a nice philosophy and a good way to look at it. I also find elements of Aboriginal religion and culture interesting. They seem like the very first people. They can find water in the middle of the Australian Outback. They can create life from nothing in what would appear like deserted wasteland to us. They also go on "walkabouts" Ive been reading about some of that so that stood out in your description. I guess its just coincidence though They have also been nearly destroyed in Australia. Its very sad.

I like the altar, James. To me she would represent Hecate, who is also a Triple Goddess.

Is here a sign post anywhere?
I lost my way and nearly landed in the wrong thread

Actually, yes. James posted a link in the other thread. I'm going to go move it to the last post so people can find us.

Does really matter?

No matter where you go you will always be invisible to us.