Sylph Moon

A Journey Through Mystics

Category: Pagan 101 Series (Page 2 of 2)

Part 2 To Finding You To Finding The Way

Welcome back to Pagan 101 with Sylph Moon.  This week is lesson 1 pt 2, it will be digging deeper into finding yourself.

We talked last week about our goods, our bad and how they come to be affecting our lives.  Today we dig that shovel into the deep roots of you, your morals, your ethics, and beliefs.

We need to know and understand why we believe or don’t believe in certain topics. For an example: Deforestation, meat eating, abortion, genetic engineering, separation of state and church. Anybody can have an opinion but to walk the pagan path requires us to think deep.    “It’s all well and good to say ” I don’t eat meat because it violates the Rede, which says Harm None.” But a thinking pagan will realize that vegetables are no less alive than animals. A thinking Pagan might come to the conclusion that perhaps the Rede is meant for the human social interaction, and means “harm no Humans.” Or a thinking pagan might consider that perhaps the Rede is not meant to be taken as a literally, since eating harms SOMETHING and not eating harms self. How it is viewed is determined by personal ethics and morals.” -Celeste Moondancer

Celeste put those words so perfect I couldn’t write anything better.

To really understand this lesson first step is to research the following words TRUE definition : Ethics, Moral

The Wiccan Rede is an ethical/moral guideline for living well. (The full Rede will be posted separate)   “An it harm none, do as you will.” or from those from a christian background Gods rule: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”

Read Scott Cunninghams “The Law” for some pagan morals and ethics.

Assignment

  • What do you like about yourself/ why?
  • What do you dislike about yourself/why?
  • Using the terms above, are you ethical, and moral? why?
  • Scott Cunningham says,” Harm None. This, the oldest law is not open for interpretation pr change”  Do you agree or disagree> why?  How is this an impossibility?
  • Are there any of his Laws that you disagree with,why?
  • What is your favorite law?
  • Does the Rede, the rule, and laws fit your morals/ethics? Help shape them?

 

Figuring Out Your Boundaries

To begin any new journey we have to begin at our roots. So what does that mean our roots?

Finding are roots are simple by looking at who you are what you stand for. We started last week with the first lesson, what we want.

This week we are going to dig a little deeper by finding our morals, standards, and lastly our own boundaries.

Watch out for Lesson #2 in the Pagan 101 series.

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The Charge Of The Goddess

 

The Charge of The Goddess

Doreen Valiente

 

Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess
The dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven
She whose body encircles the universe.
I am the beauty of the green earth
And the white moon amongst the stars
And the mystery of the waters
And the desire in human hearts
Call unto your soul
Arise and come unto me
For I am the soul of nature
Who gives life to the universe
From me all things proceed
And unto me all things must return
Before my face, beloved of all
Let your divine innermost self be enfolded
In the rapture of the infinite
Let my worship be in the heart that rejoices
For behold, all acts of love and pleasure
Are my rituals
And therefore, let there be beauty
And strength and power
And compassion
Honor and pride
Mirth and reverence
Within you
And you who think to seek for me
Know your seeking and yearning
Shall avail you not, lest you know the mystery
That if you seek me and find me not within you
You will never find me without
For behold, I have been with you from the beginning
And I am with you endlessly …

Who are you? Pagan 1o1 LS 1

Who are you? What do you stand for?

Our first lesson is about finding ourselves by looking in to our foundation of who we are and what we believe in.  One of my firm beliefs is that for you to know your path you must know yourself.

When we are asked to list the “good or bad” of ourselves, most of us have long list of negative things. 90%  of those things are not true or real.  Sometimes our good habits or attributes are what makes the bad and vi versa.  Our first step is accepting that we aren’t perfect and acknowledging that the bad is here to stay but we can use it to make ourselves better from it.

How does this go with paganism? witchcraft?  To know yourself truly, we will not be posers or wannabees for any religion, but real. Being true to yourself of who you are allows us to see where us and the divine meet, where they split.  If we know ourselves, if we believe in ourselves and what we stand for, we can then interpret omens, divination, oracles better by knowing what is there, separate from how we feel.

Go and read the Charge of The Goddess (See my post), I assure you that there is a purpose to reading it.

  • For this lesson, write down your “good and your bad” habits/aspects.  Don’t try to fool yourself, be truthful in this. Take your time with this and really look at yourself.
  • For every good quality, tell yourself how it can be, or has been, a source of trouble in your life. For every bad quality, tell yourself how it can be or has been, of benefit of your life. (Don’t leave anyone of them out)
  • Ask yourself are you happy with your life? Why, why not? What would you need to be happy?

 

Till next time, love and light and blessed it be.

 

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