Personal Thoughts:
I was raised as a Southern Baptist, intent on entering the ministry until the ripe old age of seventeen. That’s when I realized I didn’t have the Christian faith necessary to minister to a congregation. What happened? Was I now a lost soul? According to the Southern Baptists, the definite answer was yes.
All religions boil down to asking some of the same questions. Who are we? What is life? How did life start on this planet? How should we live our lives?
We need not understand aircraft structure and engine design to hop on an airliner, and most of us enjoy the ride without knowing the basic concepts of flight. Likewise, we can accept the precious gift of life without knowing how or why this gift was bestowed upon us.
Paganism is rising in the United States, but one census says only 0.4% of us are pagans. Most of us know little to nothing about paganism, and it’s no wonder we have preconceived, erroneous ideas about pagans.
Bible belt churches are unkind to religions different than their own, and paganism is particularly caustic to many Christians. Some ministers in our area have charged their congregations with seeking out pagans and doing what is necessary to eliminate them. Only our prejudice overshadows our stupidity.
Enter Elaanie S and “The Witch’s Journey”:
As we approach Halloween 2022, the notion of the word witch conjures up images of women dressed in black, wearing a pointed black wide-brim hat, and riding a broomstick. Elaanie describes witches as people very different from the typical stereotype. In her world, witches are men and women on a journey to spiritual enlightenment. Elaanie travels on life’s journey attempting to answer questions not fully explained or poorly explained in Christian dogma. Elaanie seeks an understanding of her true self and purpose in relation to the rest of creation.
Like many of us, her parents raised her in the Christian church. Christian faith can be a great comfort. Elaanie doesn’t look down on Christians, and she affords them the right to worship in their way. All she asks is that Christians allow others the same right. Too often, freedom of religion to a Christian means freedom for Christians to practice their religion. That freedom doesn’t extend to others with different faiths. Christian churches in the United States lobby politicians to force all citizens to bow to Christian values.
The Pagan notion of everything being connected by energy isn’t far-fetched. It’s a well-known and undisputed fact the human body radiates on the order of 100 watts of infrared power. Scientists who have taken the time to explore this phenomenon say there’s too much thermal noise for any detectable signal. Just because they can’t detect it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
Scientists are limited by technology and knowledge within the timeframe of their existence. Who’s to say what we will learn about ourselves and nature in the future? Maybe Elaanie and other Witches have already figured it out.
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