The Pagan Experience - January Weeks 1-4

Week 1: Resolutions

Spirituality (Spirit):

• Start a coven
• Become active in the pagan community
• Practice daily

Career and Work (Air):

• Find a full time job
• Find a job in my field of work
• Find a job I enjoy

Relationships (Fire):

• Have date nights
• Celebrate 1 year anniversary
• Get married

Health and Fitness (Water):

• Exercise daily
• Learn to love my body
• Get to 150 lbs

Home and Hearth (Earth):

• Pay all bills by myself
• Move out of my parent's house
• Decorate with spirituality

Week 2: Personal Practice

I am 21 years old, and almost starting a new for the umpteenth time in my life. Over the past summer, I did a lot of internal searching, for what, I’m still not sure. But I redefined my beliefs, realizing that I may not even be Wiccan, but that my beliefs ran parallel to it. Tis all well and good in the end as I would rather not be bound to one organized religion. I have my own way of praying, thinking, thanking, and living. I don’t wish for those things to be dictated by the set belief system of a given religion. So I’ve come to the point of simply saying I’m an Eclectic Pagan. It is about as far as I can simplify it. My views are very parallel to Wicca, and it is comforting to know that the past nine years of my life haven’t been in complete vain. I continue my studies of Wicca because quite frankly, I can still feel at peace with calling myself as such, despite the internal knowledge of knowing that I’m not 100% there.

This summer, after a lot of soul searching and redefining my faith and beliefs, the world became brighter, more colorful. I could see every shade of every color. I could see the colors combined to make new colors. Everything is beautiful and I’ve been in complete awe since.

The August after I redefined it all, for the first time, I prayed specifically to my Goddess. As I stood naked in the shower, the water falling warm, yet cool on my skin, I asked her to wash away my sins. I closed my eyes and imagined all the flaws, impurities and sins slipping down by body and then down the drain. I got out of the shower, not feeling much different. I was sad, hoping to feel lighter, happier, and I wondered if it had worked at all. I went to bed quiet and lost in my thoughts of my prayer.

Week 3: Deity and the Divine

The Goddess:

I believe the Goddess is the creator of right brain activities, such as art, music, nature, creativity, inspiration, etc. I believe that people who have an active right brain are closer to the Goddess than to other deities.

Week 4: A and B

A:

• Athame
• Alchemy
• Altar
• Amulet
• Arcana
• Aura
• Astral
• Astrology
• Abracadabra
• Attune
• Augury

B:

• Bonfire
• Bane
• Banish
• Beltane
• Besom
• Binding
• Blessed Be
• Bloodstone
• Bloodmoon
• Bolline
• Black
• Book of Shadows
• Broom
• Broom Closet
• Burning Times