DaisyPup
22-05-2014, 08:38 PM
Hello, since I'm new here and this is my first real issue thread of my own I suppose I should introduce myself. Please, call me Daisy. I have been Spiritualist without understanding for mostly my whole life. As a child I lived and died by karma and respect for all living things; animals, plants, and people, despite my parents being non-religious (they believed in a god but we never attended church as a family).
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Now that I am older and have delved into finding a name for my beliefs and coming up successful I've learned that I am Spiritualist. However a close friend of mine (a studying Pagan) and I were chatting recently about our beliefs as we often do when I expressed to her that, despite my understanding of Spirit and (somewhat) contentment with my practice, I felt the need for something more physical. A ritualistic practice of prayer/chant, a relationship with nature, something. It was then that she suggested to me adopting Pagan rituals into my routine to fulfill my desire.
I'd like to go on for a moment to say that this friend was not at all trying to convert me. She understands that it is up to people to find their path on their own. However I would like a little feedback from others on this. Is there anyone else out there that have combined the two beliefs for themselves? What do you do? Are there any particular chants that you find go well with Spiritualism? Do you grow plants? I have added some Pagan chants to my journal in which I keep steps and processes on different meditations I like to work on, however they all honor different Gods or Ancients. This doesn't make me uncomfortable but I do feel a little bad for speaking to deities that I haven't set myself on honoring.
Thoughts and comments welcome. Please and thank you for your time.
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Now that I am older and have delved into finding a name for my beliefs and coming up successful I've learned that I am Spiritualist. However a close friend of mine (a studying Pagan) and I were chatting recently about our beliefs as we often do when I expressed to her that, despite my understanding of Spirit and (somewhat) contentment with my practice, I felt the need for something more physical. A ritualistic practice of prayer/chant, a relationship with nature, something. It was then that she suggested to me adopting Pagan rituals into my routine to fulfill my desire.
I'd like to go on for a moment to say that this friend was not at all trying to convert me. She understands that it is up to people to find their path on their own. However I would like a little feedback from others on this. Is there anyone else out there that have combined the two beliefs for themselves? What do you do? Are there any particular chants that you find go well with Spiritualism? Do you grow plants? I have added some Pagan chants to my journal in which I keep steps and processes on different meditations I like to work on, however they all honor different Gods or Ancients. This doesn't make me uncomfortable but I do feel a little bad for speaking to deities that I haven't set myself on honoring.
Thoughts and comments welcome. Please and thank you for your time.