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Within polytheism there is a lot of variety of belief as well. There are two main categories of polytheists: Hard polytheists, who believe that deities are individual beings and are not interchangeable (i.e. deities are not seen as manifestations of a larger Divine Being) Soft...

I'm an eclectic Wiccan and have been practicing this particular spiritual path since my early teens -- I'm in my forties now. Here's a bit I wrote about why I follow this path that was published on Witchvox in May 2007. *** Why I Am A Polytheist. To me polytheism doesn’t just mean that I...

Another way to think of it (that is more scientific) is that space is nothingness, and it is infinite. Things that exist, though, are matter and matter is finite. Our universe is a clump of finite matter floating in an infinite void. Is the Divine the void or the sum total of the matter...

I'm not convinced that deja vu needs to be explained through quantum physics (which is a stretch really.) Neuroscientists have gone a long way towards pinpointing exactly what part of the brain in involved with deja vu experiences, as well as explaining why it happens. It's possible that...

There's more information about the concept of reincarnation and how it has appeared in various cultures throughout history at Reincarnation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I understand that there is also evidence that reincarnation was a part of at least some ancient Celtic cultures...

Happy spring equinox everyone! I'm in Minnesota, and while it's supposed to be spring here now too you'd never know it the way the weather is today. We're in the middle of a big snowstorm with lots of the white fluffy stuff clinging to everything. It's very pretty but it isn't spring-like...

Path of One explained it pretty well. Keep in mind though that animism is a type of religious expression and in itself is not a particular religion (as is Christianity, or Judaism, or Islam.) Paganism is really just a generic term and is not a specific religion. But it is true that Pagan...

I hadn't heard that the Delphic Oracle ladies were particularly old... The article about the Pythia at wikipedia mentions that she could be rich or poor, old or young, educated or not. On the topic of "know thyself" I'm reminded of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes. There are a number of...

***Moderator Note*** This thread has been closed to further posts due to how quickly the discussion degenerated and moved into violation of our Code of Conduct. Everyone involved should review the Code of Conduct, particularly items #1 and #2. The offending posts have also been removed. I...

Perhaps some salespeople need to rely on their customers not knowing there are alternatives... but I've seen many good salespeople who actually rely on the quality of their product rather than trying to win customers over with false claims.

Sometimes I [the Buddha] spoke of myself, sometimes of others; sometimes I presented myself, sometimes others; sometimes I showed my own actions, sometimes those of others. All my doctrines are true and none are false. - Buddhism. Lotus Sutra 16 As men approach Me, so I receive them. All...

Nice imagery -- but it's a completely inaccurate metaphor with regard to either the cunning arts or magickal spirituality. It's like dismissing scientists who specialize in a particular field or even a particular topic because it's supposedly the equivalent of "staring at the sun" or wasting...

This reminds me of the Pinocchio character in "Shrek 3" (which I just watched this weekend with the kids.) There's a scene where the bad guy has Pinocchio captured and is demanding to be told where Shrek has gone. Pinocchio gives a response that would have made many a lawyer beam with pride...

Interesting opinions, Eclectic Mystic, but personally I don't agree with much of what you posted just now. I'm not sure where you picked up the impression that studying the cunning arts, or magickal spirituality in general, is like "studying the chemical analysis of water so that you can...

It could be argued that any influx of newcomers to the British Isles wasn't "really" an invasion. Regardless what we call it, it still means that a new cultural group came to the shores of the British Isles and had an impact on the people who lived there. It's also part of the historical...

I thought the Christian teaching about death was that souls continue on, and that the worthy exist for an eternity in heaven? If messages from invisible beings are invariably from evil spirits, then why should anyone put trust in prayer? How should we know the responses to prayer are not...

For those who are interested, there is an interesting website at Web Ouija that provides a bit of history and further discussion about Ouija or "talking boards." They have a neat gallery showing different boards as sold over the years, starting with the one that began it all in 1891.

On a related tangent, check out this interesting news article about a surfer dude (who happens to have a PhD) who has come up with a surprisingly simple "theory of everything" that is wowing the physicist crowd. And to make it more interesting, the new theory comes down to the following little...

Ummmm... what about Rome, and the Roman Catholic Church? That's in Italy, which is part of Europe the last time I checked. Christianity existed in Rome even when Rome was officially Pagan. There's lots of historical evidence about the early Christians being persecuted in Rome -- for...

Does it really matter when they happened? The point was that Christianity brought plenty of bloodshed with it. The conversion of Britain to Christianity, regardless which sect you look at, seems to have involved bloodshed. Actually, the worship of other gods was one of the primary...