Well we can't have a conversation if you don't read what I have to say..

I can take a hint sheesh

The whole 3 fold rule, and also that you have a spirit animal, guardian angel to guide and watch over you. Those are the best examples I can give.

As for my looks...you're off your rocker.

Dun call me baby!  I maybe only 5'3" but damnit...I am not baby size!

So none of the crazy pagan sex rites?

Blood sugar baby?  sex magick?

fertility rites roolzor XD

On the issue of my religious preference: I am not "brave" for admitting my choice nor do I push it on others. The mind set I have is to let people choose their own path of belief system. Being open about this topic is part of helping society evolve past petty differences (one can only hope for this).

Originally, I was christened Roman Cath. For about 13 or so years I went to church with my mother as often as she went. As I grew up my views of the church and their belief system just didn't mesh with mine. So, I went looking around at Celtic (I am part Irish) and older beliefs. Found Wicca. Now, Wicca is a newer system...but based on the older statues set back in midevil times before Christianity took a larger hold on the toniculations of that time period.

No, I do not practice in a coven. I'm considered a solitary practitioner. Spells and such could be cast, however to do "spells" you do not always need the extra bells and whistles. A simple candle or paper can do. Meditation works as well. Mind you, I use the term Wicca for my belief system because it covers the smaller part of my system. I mix a lot of different "pagan" beliefs as well as others into what makes up my system.

I hope the above made sense.  

Well I guess I'm just scared of large groups of christians preaching..  It makes me reactionary ;P

FYI wicca is 2 seperate belief systems, modern and ancient.  It is generally thought to be based on the celtic (not just scot/ire, most of mid-northern and south-western europe held celts) traditions from not midieval times, but nearly the stone age.  Druidry was one form of these celtic traditions, and many of the refinements you see in modern wicca stem from druidry.  Modern wicca is a streamlined set of principles by which authors who study the ancient ways can translate these ways so they can be understood and practiced by modern people.  Important differences include availablity of reagents for spells vs being forced to grow or make your own, and the ability to copy spells from others easily via the internet or published books vs having to belong to a coven or become an apprentice to learn the rituals.

Also, I wonder exactly what you think of your intentions and the actual properties of the results of the spells that you cast..  How do you think of these things?

I think ancient people embraced the communal ritualism, the power to focus everyone's thoughts together to help achieve goals..

I think magick is little understood, another word for it is biofeedback.  This phenomenon, which some very intelligent people have been promoting, is the idea that positive thinking (whether through counseling, prayer, meditation, spells, or whatever) and relaxation is the best cure for cancer - recently some have been applying it to all illness.  It turns out that there is some evidence that you can measure the difference in outcomes of similar cases based on the mindset of the patient.  If this ability can be studied further and refined scientifically, I think that meditation and ritual will develop a whole new respect for having done it first..  ..just ask the 110+ year old monks, right?

*edited the 1st paragraph for clarity*

I don't like how in wow you have to have a certain combination of people to take down a given boss..

Let me clarify:

In eq, the devs would design a cool monster and then wildly increase the strength to make it a raid mob..you had to strategize how to use your people efficiently, and after a couple wipes you would get a strategy (or borrow someone elses strategy, but some person could just have a good idea and save the raid) that would deeat that mob with *the people that you have*  In wow, the devs had a specific strategy and combination of people in mind to defeat the monster and variation from that strat is almost impossible without the benefit of being overpowered for the encounter.  Don't get me wrong, going through the motions is fun and everything, but not enough fun to keep me for longer than one or two raids in bwl

I'm Wiccan. So, either way...nah. I like having this allergy, really do.

No shit?  You're pretty brave to admit that in this crowd lol, you must be hawt..  ..sendpixplsthxla~

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I went through a wicca phase in my teen years.  Being generally curious and of Irish ethnic descent, I studied the druids of ancient Ireland which naturally led me to the study of wicca, which many people believe is the most similar to ancient druidry.  Are you deep into wicca or more of a personal believer who follows some of the general rituals..  ..more specifically, are you part of a wicca group?  I liked wicca because it seemed to not try and put a finger on the divine, but rather stresses your actions and thought patterns.  A lot of people think that the rituals are strange, but the way I see it, they act to focus your thoughts.  I see a lot of similarities in the outcome of wicca and zen buddhism, but of course the methods to achieve these outcomes are vastly different.  Personally, I like all of the accoutrements too (fire, water, daggers, wands, pentacles, colors, bowls, etc.), because they represent something specific yet abstract enough to apply to disparate situations or methods of thinking.

3x 2u

Alas it all ended with the moon expansion, and uber-guild-politics killed any fun that eq used to be..

WoW started with the guild politics bit and then worked its way out from there, so it is inherantly not as cool to be in a guild when thats what you're supposed to do in such a structured way (set # 20 and 40 man raids) vs joining a guild toniculated with people you like and trying to either run zones underpowered or with a massive amount of people

*blinks and reads the  in a confused state*

Smoke the joint first, it helps.

Never fear, I will waddle at him from behind that tree he is running towards!

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Yeah if I end up in hell, satan will most likely just hand me a whip..

If I get there ahead of you...I'll be in charge. And I dunno you well enough to deem you worthy of a   position. Maybe just a   position.

Maybe I could just talk at people who disagree with me?  What do you guys think...an eternity of debate vs me as a devil or an eternity of (not-the-fun-kind-of) whippings from Tala?

Yeah if I end up in hell, satan will most likely just hand me a whip..