Polytheistwitch

I know almost all his posts sre either to shock or to appeal to someone. I have no tattoos, so tattoos don't impress me.

There are all kinds of religions that have nothing to do with forgiveness because they don't have sin in them. And there is nothing about those religions that are centered around forgiveness. They might have some sort of tenant that relates to forgiving others just because it's healthy, but not because you need to do it to not have sin. And if there's no a god to pass judgment, why would you need forgiveness. You're having a hard time separating out what's monotheism and what's not.

It's not impressive. It's a regular pagan practice if you're engaged in it, and if you're not, then you got bigger issues than whether or not i'm impressed.

I love how no one ever questions that not a single time in the history of the Jewish religion is there a demi god born half man, half human. Yet, in the Greek religion of the time, demigods were all over the place. I love how no one ever questions that we celebrate Jesus's birthday on a pagan Greek holiday. Christianity is the pagan religion applied to a single deity. And then for some reason, they just stuck the jewish god on top of it. Not a single word did Christ speak that goes back to anything Judaism teaches.

As someone who's had a NDE i didn't have any visual the experience. The hospital OD me on fentanyl. I basically went to sleep and woke up. I had to be narcan, and they even use the paddles. They had pretty much called everyone and said, if you want to see her, you better show up because she might not make it. One of the first things I thought as I looked around the room, was my pastor who was crying, would be even more upset when I told him I didn't believe in god anymore. So while I didn't actually remenber experiencing anything, I have absolutely no doubt there was some kind of experience. As with anything spiritual, it's completely a personal opinion thing, there's really no way to scientifically say this is what happened at this point. And you're gonna get the same naysayers.

I was raised by two atheists. The only time we ever went to church was when we stayed with my grandmother. If you know anything about Presbyterians at least in the US they're pretty laid back. The services were always uplifting, and I didn't even know Hell in Christian mythology existed till I was 12. I don't think believing or not believing in a deity has anything to do with how you're raised or who raised you. You're either called to it or not.

Well, if you have a farm leaving offerings for the elements and the land spirits of your particular piece of property are a great idea. They'll do the work for you.

I don't wear any symbols at all. I also don't generally use spells or crystals just for walking around. One of the things I first learned when I started doing spell work was circles of protection involving either imagining light or glass or brick wall, anything like that that will block other people's energy. Sometimes I'll carry hematite if i'm going into a big crowd because it pulls your aura in but in general, I don't walk around feeling like I need to protect myself. I do have protections that I set up and renew every month in my home but they're pretty simple. The average person isn't practicing witchcraft, so bumping into someone who's actually going to try something is pretty slim. And when they do, you usually notice if you're doing any type of energy work. Most of my symbol work involves spells. I did recently create a symbol to work with King Asmodeus because I was uncomfortable using the one in the Key of Solomon because it was basically used as a trap. The symbol I use the most is a Thor's Hammer. I actually have an engraved piece of steel with one that hangs in my front yard, and I have a necklace. Though, again, I don't wear it very often.

You seem pretty worried that you need to have like that many protective symbols on.

I'm not sure why someones sight would affect them having a spiritual experience or not. An OBE isn't actually that rare per se. That is basically what astral travel is, and since astral travel involves your third eye, there's no reason you wouldn't be able to see. An NDE may involve an out of body experience during it, but they are two different animals. Again, there's no reason why you might not be able to see: your spirit, body and your physical body are two different things.

Says who? The people who used it to oppress other people.

The religions seem to be doing fine without the growth that you're asking about. They have managed to survive the convert or die tactics of Christianity. While they are not preserved exactly as they were originally performed, the relationships with the gods that people have are as strong as ever. There are all kinds of ways to be social.You don't need your religion to be. Religion is first and foremost about your relationship with the deity or with the spiritual realm. As a polytheist, I don't have to worship every god there is, but I certainly would not abandon the gods I do a worship because i'm lonely. I've been a solitary practitioner for the last 17 years. And even though I have a spiritual based business, I am still basically a solo practitioner. I'm not saying people can't start going to Christian churches because it's more open or because it's more social, but why is that the option instead of being open about your beliefs, opening up a space for people to come and worship the gods you work with and bringing your social circle to you. If you're too afraid to do that again, why are you in that religion? Why are you ashamed of your gods?

Buddhism, Jainism, some Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto do not have a god in them. Also, some Unitarian Universalism and Satanism are also considered non-theistic or atheistic. In the US atheism is a protected belief system. The same as a religion with a deity in it.

Personally I believe Christianity and Islam are made up and appropiation of the Jewish god. But I do believe that Christ and the Holy Spirit are real beings. The political structure in place saw an opportunity to create rules and a power structure around what should have been a more Buddhist type practice.

Same as with the abracadabra triangle. The great thing about symbols is pretty much anyone can use them.It's just putting your intent in what you're doing. It's great beginner, witchcraft, and it's easy to hide if you're in a household where you're not allowed to do that kind of thing.

Since you actually like to draw, i'm going to recommend hermetic symbols. They're actually a lot of fun. You might need to get a compass to make the circles nice or use a cup or something. But there's a lot of writing in them and then you can color them. You're able to put a lot of intent in them. I did a circle of Saturn to help attract money to my shop. I'll post the link to the site that I use on youtube when i'm looking for symbols, you'll really like his stuff.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDi9K2RECQTb23kdgkNxYGBRkK_CLqysG&si=5_37sNWUKO0_QNsy

Atheism is simply a lack of belief iin a deity of any kind. There are plenty of atheists involved in spiritual practices. There's all kinds of woo woo yoi can get involved in that doesn't involve a god of any kind.

If loneliness is all it takes for you to convert religions, I have to wonder how strong your religious convictions are.

It depends on what your intent is. Are you trying to manifest something specific??

My comment has nothing to do with the what you prefer or like. It also has nothing to do with who or what you worship.It's about reporting things accurately about a religion most people might not be aware of. Passing off handmade bind runes as actual Elder Futhark runes is dishonest.

The last thing pagans and polytheists need is to become more like standard religions. Even though a culture may have worshipped pagan gods, families had individual practices and relationships with those deities. Many of those religions also have practices like ancestor worship, blessing or enchanting farming equipment, sacrifice of animals that were done by families for individual needs. Since a few people who are polytheist or pagan believe in witnessing or spreading the faith, I doubt they'll get much bigger than they are now. And as society moves away from religion, you'll probably get things set up more like the temple in iceland that was built to the Norse gods. They're open that they are atheists, and do not believe that deity exists.They simply have set up a temple for a connection to their ancestral past. They wanted to provide an alternative for people who didn't want to get married, have funerals or celebrations for holidays in Christian churches.

The top three images are not runes, rather, they are not the classic ruins. They're what are called bind runes and they're combining more than one rune together. You should try to be more accurate. Not everybody uses the runes the same way.