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You pay for what has value to you in this and anything else. I've been Pagan for decades and spent very little money on it. I will occasionally buy a book if it really interests me. Often I've read the library copy first and just want to purchase my own. It is not necessary at all to spend large sums of money to be Pagan or Wiccan or anything else. Being closer to Nature is not expensive. Those who purchase an astrology app do so because they value the information.
There is no rule against making money.
Want to add, some of us have a much broader range of interests other than science.
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We can waste our money whichever way we decide to waste it. But, like a placebo, many are apparently coming away from this new (but old) 'religion' feeling it is helping their lives. They are willing to convert others. I suspect that maybe the sexual revolution has helped promote witchcraft directly or indirectly; but I do not know. I am an outsider looking in.
I would like to know if there is any proof that any of this exist? I know that there are coincidences; but how do you know that you actually had 'results' from your witchcraft?
We can waste our money whichever way we decide to waste it. But, like a placebo, many are apparently coming away from this new (but old) 'religion' feeling it is helping their lives. They are willing to convert others. I suspect that maybe the sexual revolution has helped promote witchcraft directly or indirectly; but I do not know. I am an outsider looking in.
I would like to know if there is any proof that any of this exist? I know that there are coincidences; but how do you know that you actually had 'results' from your witchcraft?
First as I said I am a Pagan. I am interested in Womens Spirituality and the Goddess. I have found tremendous healing in it. And appreciation for Nature and animals and the female body that I did not find in organized religion. I follow the seasons, what we called the Wheel of the Year. I am not really involved with spellcraft. Although any and all prayer is a "spell" whether that is in traditional religions or not. I am interested in womens spiritual herstory.
We do not convert others. We do not proselytize.
People are leaving rigid structures. They don't want to be told what to believe and not believe. They are so done with that. That isn't just within religion either. They are aware of science but it is not offering them what they need. If it did they wouldn't look outside it. Any structure that contains such rigidity is doomed to fail.
First as I said I am a Pagan. I am interested in Womens Spirituality and the Goddess. I have found tremendous healing in it. And appreciation for Nature and animals and the female body that I did not find in organized religion. I follow the seasons, what we called the Wheel of the Year. I am not really involved with spellcraft. Although any and all prayer is a "spell" whether that is in traditional religions or not. I am interested in womens spiritual herstory...
Witchcraft is what anthropologists call transactional religion in which the person makes a deal with a spirit of some sort. The deal involves giving the spirit something that he or she desires in return for something that the human desires. This is very different from ordinary religions which demand unconditional worship in return for some vague future reward. Some spirits are good; some are evil; many are in between. Their emotions are very much like human emotions.
Witchcraft is what anthropologists call transactional religion in which the person makes a deal with a spirit of some sort. The deal involves giving the spirit something that he or she desires in return for something that the human desires. This is very different from ordinary religions which demand unconditional worship in return for some vague future reward. Some spirits are good; some are evil; many are in between. Their emotions are very much like human emotions.
Thats fine. I don't necessarily agree though. People in organized religions bargain with God quite often. They ask the God/Jesus spirit to heal someone in return for something such as swearing they'll start praying the Rosary more often or going back to church, etc. I think that would fall into your transactional religion wouldn't it?
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