Earth-centered Spirituality: Pagan, Wiccan, Druid, Native American, Other

[Crow]

@Cashew Thank you! This has been my experience but I always thought it was just me. Things in the NW were more sane but the SE groups seem to intensify the craziness. Things look and sound like a fit then it's totally not. I'm starting a meet up for manifesting using an act as if process so maybe I'll meet people I sync with there

 

[Chimera]

Southeastern us is "Bible belt"
Earth based religions here are wonky and control oriented, in my experience. I have friends in the northeast who have lovely practices and link in a more esoteric way, which allows for a lot of energy work and healthy exchange of like thinking and goals. I personally like it this way. I have history with these people and well established trust.
We are not inclusive, there are a core group, with others coming and going, because it is often only focused during times of need or celebration. They are beautiful people.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

I found many years ago that tiger's eye and lapis lazuli made me feel more confident, I wish I still had them. I turned my back on spirituality because my mother (abusive) was into it all. I'm moving past that and reconnecting with the divine now.

 

[Ronin]

Can pictures and other depictions of them help you at least a bit, @Cj77?

I'm aware it's about having the stones materially with you, just wondering if the symbols couldn't boost confidence similarly.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

Yes @Cashew, I looked at some lovely pictures earlier on and they helped me, not the same as having the actual stones but good enough right now :)

 

[Fadeaway]

@CrowFeather Thats not cool. In my group I am one of the few straight and cisgendered people, but the majority in my group are either gay or trans. We all have masculine and feminine energy so femalecentric doesn't jive with me any more malecentric does. For connecting with others, Witchvox is great, athough i have had the best luck with meetup.com

spirituality is for those who want it and religion is for those who are seeking a personal path of spirituality.

I am going to kindly disagree. Spirituality is a personal connection with the divine. Religion is telling someone else how to connect with the divine. Not every one We are all different, and have different personalities, what works for one person is not always going to work for the next. I think the key is to figure out what speaks to you, what draws you. My group (and I use the term group loosely because we are not a coven) is welcoming to all paths.

 

[Whyteferret]

I found many years ago that tiger's eye and lapis lazuli made me feel more confident, I wish I still had t...

@Cj77
There are places to get gems back. If there isn't a shop locally, you can purchase over the Internet.

I found the peace of having a Path I can follow without the strict structure.

 

[Crow]

@Fadeaway thanks for the meet up suggestion. Hadn't thought about it. I really don't want to go back to wicca. Just find like minded folks. There are two mystery schools here but they are very, um; dedicated. I'm comfortable with my connection to the Divine. I love the balance of masculine & feminine. I love diversity of life experience and thought. I'll find something. Eventually.

 

[St.Maybe]

Aloha
Reno here : )

When I was a little girl and I'd get sick, my mom would take me to sit underneath the pines.
I don't subscribe to a particular brand of worship but my path to life as well as healing has been defined by my spirituality as well as my physicality- by my connection to my ancestors and the paths we walk.

 

[ladee]

I have my own Path. I incorporate what feels 'right' to me. Since this thread has started, am trying to read more of different things to try. I say 'trying' to read ,as I am having trouble ingesting and keeping the words long enough for them to have meaning to me. It almost feels as tho if I were with a bunch of people, regardless of how they walk, being an Empath, and on serious overload, would just not be a good thing for me. At least right now. I have to find something for 'cleansing'...am at a turning point in my life, a serious one. To keep going,working on living, or.... I don't know the end of this sentence.
This thread is pure spiritual magic for me.. Can not thank you enough @BloomInWinter, for starting this thread. I can tell by the replies it is very timely.... so thank you from my tired heart, that I get to come here and just be at peace for awhile. Namaste to everyone !!!

 

[BloomInWinter]

One of my great sorrows in life is how many decades the agoraphobia & avoidance has driven me to stay indoors and away from the natural environment I love so very much. I too am terrified of ticks so I don't go out in the woods hardly ever anymore. But I've brought the earth into my home as much as I can so I do not feel so out of touch while I am working to feel comfortable hiking again.

In my kitchen, I have several plants that are very hard to kill. I also have many rocks, pussy willow branches, and hanging herbs and dried flowers. I have statues of toads and toadstools, butterflies, birds, and hang bird feeders outside of my windows so I can sit inside and watch them.

I've put arrangements of silk & dried flowers in each room of my main level. My home is decorated in earth tones which I find soothing. I have bamboo plants which just need water and some basic fertilizer once in awhile. I do have some earth just by itself in some terracotta pots which I can just touch and hold in my hand or dig in for comfort.

I have some nice wood flooring which I love to walk barefoot on. The images I have for decoration tend to be of nature. I have different musical instruments made out of natural woods. I even have a wooden hand frog that has a stick which, when rubbed along the back, makes a frog sound realistic enough that the tree frogs around my home will answer to.

The strange thing is, I had all these things long before I every even considered trying out a non-Christian spiritual path. I suspect this is why once I started reading on all the wonderful varieties of different ways of honoring the divine within and without, it felt like I was coming home.

 

[Whyteferret]

@Fadeaway thanks for the meet up suggestion. Hadn't thought about it. I really d...

@CrowFeather
Most of the Wiccans I have been around aren't about right or wrong. If your path is similar and it's more a social context, most won't have problems. Even spiritual discussion.

I'm not an initiate to a formal mystery religion. I'm more or less Wiccan but incorporate other views into it.

It works