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 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:40 am
hi
um, this might seem odd but...
i am new to the pagan path and am looking for anyone who can help teach me things, anything really
and also
i am an author in search of help and a bit of insperation
i'm creating a sshool of magic, think harry potter minus a few...er a lot of things
i could use ideas for classes after school activites teaching methods anything at all
also feed back on the ideas i do have, such as a first level class based around creating a wand
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:47 pm
dain_maxwell hi um, this might seem odd but... i am new to the pagan path and am looking for anyone who can help teach me things, anything really and also i am an author in search of help and a bit of insperation i'm creating a sshool of magic, think harry potter minus a few...er a lot of things i could use ideas for classes after school activites teaching methods anything at all also feed back on the ideas i do have, such as a first level class based around creating a wand Umm...well, we have lessons in here for those who would like to learn.... Also...I don't approve of joining my guild just so that you can get ideas on how to create another guild....I find it rude and disrespectful.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:17 pm
i'm not intending to creat a guild
i haven't the first clue how to even start something like that
i'm writing a book, trying to
at the same time i am trying to learn as much about wicca and paganism as possible
the two ventures are actually unrelated
i'm sorry if i presented it that way
the school i'm making is for a book/books that are set in california and follow a group of students as they learn magic
(also not an rpg though i've been told it sounds like one)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:59 am
also
i'm not sure i'm ready for actual lessons
i'm still trying to figure out if what i beleive is even similare to wicca
a week ago i didn't even know that there WERE pagan guilds on gaia, i just sort of jumped at the chance to be able to talk to people who actually knew about stuff like Gods and Godesss and magic
i don't have anyone where i live
i'm still new to gaia and to guilds
so i might be in the wrong guild to find the help i need,
basicaly i'm first trying to figure out what i am considerd religiously (and get better at my spelling i am sorry about how bad it is)
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:46 pm
dain_maxwell i'm not intending to creat a guild i haven't the first clue how to even start something like that i'm writing a book, trying to at the same time i am trying to learn as much about wicca and paganism as possible the two ventures are actually unrelated i'm sorry if i presented it that way the school i'm making is for a book/books that are set in california and follow a group of students as they learn magic (also not an rpg though i've been told it sounds like one) If you are only now starting to learn about Paganism and Wicca...then you definately aren't ready to start writing a book about it. I'm not trying to stop your dream or anything...but I've been studying for years...and I know I'm not ready to write a book.
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:48 pm
dain_maxwell also i'm not sure i'm ready for actual lessons i'm still trying to figure out if what i beleive is even similare to wicca a week ago i didn't even know that there WERE pagan guilds on gaia, i just sort of jumped at the chance to be able to talk to people who actually knew about stuff like Gods and Godesss and magic i don't have anyone where i live i'm still new to gaia and to guilds so i might be in the wrong guild to find the help i need, basicaly i'm first trying to figure out what i am considerd religiously (and get better at my spelling i am sorry about how bad it is) Then lessons are exactly what you need in order to help you figure out what you believe.
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:10 pm
i'm not writing a book on wicca or paganism, i'm studing them
i'm writing a book about a school of magic, a fictional novel
like the sorcerer's academy or wizard's hall or harry potter
the book isn't centers around a specific religion, there are athiests, christians, muslims, and even a few pagans
but the focus is on the coming of age of the main character not his religion, magic isn't tied to a religion in the book
i'm not using ideas from the books, but the concepts i find in them, such as magic in the ordinary and magic in accepted society,
also, i'm not new to pagans or wicca, i've been studing for nine years, but only just recently have i started on this path
right now i'm not looking for lessons, just information
i'm not sure yet if wicca is the right path,
i beleive in a God and a Godess, i have no choice but to belive in magic, but those beliefs arn't enough for me to just run headlong into any religion
i want to talk to wiccans gather info about wicca and other pagan religions before i make any decision
the reseaon why i mentioned my book is because i wanted freash view on magic and magic schools real and fictional
please don't think i have delusions of grandure, i'm no jkr
i just want to write my book to my satisfaction
i've foud that many wiccans have good eyes for this type of plot
and i've recieved much help from them, and their fresh perspectives
i'm sorry this isn't very coherent but i don't type well and i am very tired, i don't sleep well ever and i get wordy if i get less then 4 hours of sleep
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:47 pm
dain_maxwell i'm not writing a book on wicca or paganism, i'm studing them i'm writing a book about a school of magic, a fictional novel like the sorcerer's academy or wizard's hall or harry potterthe book isn't centers around a specific religion, there are athiests, christians, muslims, and even a few pagans but the focus is on the coming of age of the main character not his religion, magic isn't tied to a religion in the book i'm not using ideas from the books, but the concepts i find in them, such as magic in the ordinary and magic in accepted society, also, i'm not new to pagans or wicca, i've been studing for nine years, but only just recently have i started on this path right now i'm not looking for lessons, just information i'm not sure yet if wicca is the right path, i beleive in a God and a Godess, i have no choice but to belive in magic, but those beliefs arn't enough for me to just run headlong into any religion i want to talk to wiccans gather info about wicca and other pagan religions before i make any decision the reseaon why i mentioned my book is because i wanted freash view on magic and magic schools real and fictional please don't think i have delusions of grandure, i'm no jkr i just want to write my book to my satisfaction i've foud that many wiccans have good eyes for this type of plot and i've recieved much help from them, and their fresh perspectives i'm sorry this isn't very coherent but i don't type well and i am very tired, i don't sleep well ever and i get wordy if i get less then 4 hours of sleep The thing that I don't think you understand is that lessons are information. That's all they can be given the fact that this is Gaia, not a classroom. But...oh that's right...lessons in a classroom are just information to. In the end it is always up to you to take what knowledge you can from them. The on only way that we can give information is through "lessons". Have you even looked at the lessons? I mean...it's not like we're going to put them all in a PM for you....how do you know that they aren't what you are looking for if you haven't even looked at them? So...since you aren't new to this, but have just started on "this" path.....what path are you on? What path have you been on? You are right, it is very hard to read your post...but so far, all of your posts in this thread have been difficult to read. I don't do the whole "txt tlk" thing....I find it stupid. We speak English in this guild, and to our best to spell things properly. I understand that not all words will always be spelled properly, and I know I don't always get it right....but I expect that it will at the very least look like you've tried.
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:42 pm
yes i've looked at the lessons
the type of information i'm seekining is more along the lines of what makes wicca different then other pagan religions why do some only worship the Godess not the God
you have a book of shadows for begginers and list of sabbats those would be useful if i became wiccan but i'm still trying to find out where the path i'm on is going
a comparitive look at different pagan paths would be helpful
but i can't find one
as for what path i'm on, that is the stage i'm at, trying to figure out if it is the path of wicca or druidism (probably isn't but i know so vvery little about druidism)
i was raied by six different families, all christian raised to believe that i would burn in hell for the smallest mistake, that is the path i am leaving
the search has proven hard though, sleep depravation and autism make many things difficult
also what is "txt tlk" i've never heard of it
as for my spelling
it is terrrible, my husband usually looks over my things so i can find mistakes but he is busy lately
i can't type and what education i recieved was subpar in many areas, spelling basic grammer any form of science weren't really focused on, keeping students from acting up in class and hurting the teachers was more importatn
but that doesn't really matter
my husband is teaching me most of the english that i missed out on
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:12 am
dain_maxwell yes i've looked at the lessons the type of information i'm seekining is more along the lines of what makes wicca different then other pagan religions why do some only worship the Godess not the God you have a book of shadows for begginers and list of sabbats those would be useful if i became wiccan but i'm still trying to find out where the path i'm on is going a comparitive look at different pagan paths would be helpful but i can't find one as for what path i'm on, that is the stage i'm at, trying to figure out if it is the path of wicca or druidism (probably isn't but i know so vvery little about druidism) i was raied by six different families, all christian raised to believe that i would burn in hell for the smallest mistake, that is the path i am leaving the search has proven hard though, sleep depravation and autism make many things difficult also what is "txt tlk" i've never heard of it as for my spelling it is terrrible, my husband usually looks over my things so i can find mistakes but he is busy lately i can't type and what education i recieved was subpar in many areas, spelling basic grammer any form of science weren't really focused on, keeping students from acting up in class and hurting the teachers was more importatn but that doesn't really matter my husband is teaching me most of the english that i missed out on All Wiccans worship the God. There are Goddess-centred religions and spin-offs from Neo-Wicca such as the Dianic religion. (Which you may find listed as Dianic Wicca but really you can't be a Wiccan if you don't worship the God, so many Dianics are beginning to say that they are not Wiccan.) You need to go and read. We can't tell you an ounce of what's written out there. Go to your library or bookshop and read everything you can. Cunningham's books "Wicca: a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" and "Living Wicca" and Raymond Buckland's book on introductory Wicca (commonly known as his Big Blue Book due to it being big and blue) are a good start. Comparative Pagan religion can be difficult because it's so diverse. And it depends how you define Pagan. Some include the Eastern paths such as Shinto, Hinduism etc. Others do not. Are Native American religions included, or not? It all depends on who you're talking to. So first you need to decide what you're comparing wink But even if you just go for Neo-Paganism, there's still such a wide variety that it's difficult to sum it up. A great deal of research is involved. I mean, take Druidism. Every Druid Order's version of Druidism is different (sometimes to the point where one wonders whether there's actually a definition for "Druidism" beyond generic Neo-Paganism). You can do a comparative look just between different versions of Druidism! So I'm afraid there are no short-cuts. For starters you might want to pick up some books on Paganism (that include a commendable number of paths) such as those by the Higgenbothams. There are others, as well. Check out your local library. Margot Adler's "Drawing Down the Moon" is the classic text of comparative Pagan paths but is unfortunately somewhat out of date at the moment... since it was written, many of the reconstructionist religions have gained in strength and popularity.
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:51 am
Sanguina-chan dain_maxwell yes i've looked at the lessons the type of information i'm seekining is more along the lines of what makes wicca different then other pagan religions why do some only worship the Godess not the God you have a book of shadows for begginers and list of sabbats those would be useful if i became wiccan but i'm still trying to find out where the path i'm on is going a comparitive look at different pagan paths would be helpful but i can't find one as for what path i'm on, that is the stage i'm at, trying to figure out if it is the path of wicca or druidism (probably isn't but i know so vvery little about druidism) i was raied by six different families, all christian raised to believe that i would burn in hell for the smallest mistake, that is the path i am leaving the search has proven hard though, sleep depravation and autism make many things difficult also what is "txt tlk" i've never heard of it as for my spelling it is terrrible, my husband usually looks over my things so i can find mistakes but he is busy lately i can't type and what education i recieved was subpar in many areas, spelling basic grammer any form of science weren't really focused on, keeping students from acting up in class and hurting the teachers was more importatn but that doesn't really matter my husband is teaching me most of the english that i missed out on All Wiccans worship the God. There are Goddess-centred religions and spin-offs from Neo-Wicca such as the Dianic religion. (Which you may find listed as Dianic Wicca but really you can't be a Wiccan if you don't worship the God, so many Dianics are beginning to say that they are not Wiccan.) You need to go and read. We can't tell you an ounce of what's written out there. Go to your library or bookshop and read everything you can. Cunningham's books "Wicca: a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" and "Living Wicca" and Raymond Buckland's book on introductory Wicca (commonly known as his Big Blue Book due to it being big and blue) are a good start. Comparative Pagan religion can be difficult because it's so diverse. And it depends how you define Pagan. Some include the Eastern paths such as Shinto, Hinduism etc. Others do not. Are Native American religions included, or not? It all depends on who you're talking to. So first you need to decide what you're comparing wink But even if you just go for Neo-Paganism, there's still such a wide variety that it's difficult to sum it up. A great deal of research is involved. I mean, take Druidism. Every Druid Order's version of Druidism is different (sometimes to the point where one wonders whether there's actually a definition for "Druidism" beyond generic Neo-Paganism). You can do a comparative look just between different versions of Druidism! So I'm afraid there are no short-cuts. For starters you might want to pick up some books on Paganism (that include a commendable number of paths) such as those by the Higgenbothams. There are others, as well. Check out your local library. Margot Adler's "Drawing Down the Moon" is the classic text of comparative Pagan paths but is unfortunately somewhat out of date at the moment... since it was written, many of the reconstructionist religions have gained in strength and popularity. She is right. It certainly looks like you are looking for a shortcut, and there just isn't one. You need to read, A LOT.... If you have specific questions, ask them in the "Questions about Wicca" subforum...I titled it that way cause I only have so much space to name them...but you can ask any Wiccan or Pagan related questions in there.... You know, for book recommendations we also have a thread in the main forum called "The Library" which has loads of books in it. I am sorry that I don't have more lessons up right now...it's just that since my car was broken into last year (I was moving and a bunch of my stuff was stolen), I also had to leave progressively more behind the 3 times I moved acrossed the country in the last year. I just don't have much left at the moment, the books I was using to write the lessons are gone. I'm working on getting more, except that I really have to wait until Raevin leaves for Iraq. I'll be getting a job then and I'll be able to afford more. Even then, it's going to take some time because I need to pace myself with my shopping. About the spelling issues....what internet browser do you use? What operating system do you run? I am a HUGE fan of Mozilla Firefox, it has a lot of features that IE doesn't have....like spellcheck. At the moment I can't use Firefox though because for some reason it seems to be having issues running on my new computer which has Vista....and before I had XP.... So if you have spelling issues, try using Firefox and turning the spellcheck on. It will tell you what words you've spelled wrong, and when you right click on the words it underlines in red, it will give you suggestions on how to fix it. I used to love it for the words that I always seem to spell wrong. "txt tlk" is the way people type at times when they text message or IM a lot. They remove vowels from words....abbreviate everything....and it can be almost impossible for people to read.
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:58 am
Sanguina-chan dain_maxwell yes i've looked at the lessons the type of information i'm seekining is more along the lines of what makes wicca different then other pagan religions why do some only worship the Godess not the God you have a book of shadows for begginers and list of sabbats those would be useful if i became wiccan but i'm still trying to find out where the path i'm on is going a comparitive look at different pagan paths would be helpful but i can't find one as for what path i'm on, that is the stage i'm at, trying to figure out if it is the path of wicca or druidism (probably isn't but i know so vvery little about druidism) i was raied by six different families, all christian raised to believe that i would burn in hell for the smallest mistake, that is the path i am leaving the search has proven hard though, sleep depravation and autism make many things difficult also what is "txt tlk" i've never heard of it as for my spelling it is terrrible, my husband usually looks over my things so i can find mistakes but he is busy lately i can't type and what education i recieved was subpar in many areas, spelling basic grammer any form of science weren't really focused on, keeping students from acting up in class and hurting the teachers was more importatn but that doesn't really matter my husband is teaching me most of the english that i missed out on All Wiccans worship the God. There are Goddess-centred religions and spin-offs from Neo-Wicca such as the Dianic religion. (Which you may find listed as Dianic Wicca but really you can't be a Wiccan if you don't worship the God, so many Dianics are beginning to say that they are not Wiccan.) You need to go and read. We can't tell you an ounce of what's written out there. Go to your library or bookshop and read everything you can. Cunningham's books "Wicca: a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" and "Living Wicca" and Raymond Buckland's book on introductory Wicca (commonly known as his Big Blue Book due to it being big and blue) are a good start. Comparative Pagan religion can be difficult because it's so diverse. And it depends how you define Pagan. Some include the Eastern paths such as Shinto, Hinduism etc. Others do not. Are Native American religions included, or not? It all depends on who you're talking to. So first you need to decide what you're comparing wink But even if you just go for Neo-Paganism, there's still such a wide variety that it's difficult to sum it up. A great deal of research is involved. I mean, take Druidism. Every Druid Order's version of Druidism is different (sometimes to the point where one wonders whether there's actually a definition for "Druidism" beyond generic Neo-Paganism). You can do a comparative look just between different versions of Druidism! So I'm afraid there are no short-cuts. For starters you might want to pick up some books on Paganism (that include a commendable number of paths) such as those by the Higgenbothams. There are others, as well. Check out your local library. Margot Adler's "Drawing Down the Moon" is the classic text of comparative Pagan paths but is unfortunately somewhat out of date at the moment... since it was written, many of the reconstructionist religions have gained in strength and popularity. have cunninghams books, most of them anyway, tried to read buckland, and wasn't able to really understand drawing down the moon, thank you for the answer about the God though, that was very helpful, definition mostly about ehat isn't wicca and what is how do i define pagansim? that is a really good question i will think on it and find and answer, the reason i'm trying this is my collection of wicca and pagan books can't answer questions like a real person can, which i thank you for
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:15 am
DragonLady2006 Sanguina-chan dain_maxwell yes i've looked at the lessons the type of information i'm seekining is more along the lines of what makes wicca different then other pagan religions why do some only worship the Godess not the God you have a book of shadows for begginers and list of sabbats those would be useful if i became wiccan but i'm still trying to find out where the path i'm on is going a comparitive look at different pagan paths would be helpful but i can't find one as for what path i'm on, that is the stage i'm at, trying to figure out if it is the path of wicca or druidism (probably isn't but i know so vvery little about druidism) i was raied by six different families, all christian raised to believe that i would burn in hell for the smallest mistake, that is the path i am leaving the search has proven hard though, sleep depravation and autism make many things difficult also what is "txt tlk" i've never heard of it as for my spelling it is terrrible, my husband usually looks over my things so i can find mistakes but he is busy lately i can't type and what education i recieved was subpar in many areas, spelling basic grammer any form of science weren't really focused on, keeping students from acting up in class and hurting the teachers was more importatn but that doesn't really matter my husband is teaching me most of the english that i missed out on All Wiccans worship the God. There are Goddess-centred religions and spin-offs from Neo-Wicca such as the Dianic religion. (Which you may find listed as Dianic Wicca but really you can't be a Wiccan if you don't worship the God, so many Dianics are beginning to say that they are not Wiccan.) You need to go and read. We can't tell you an ounce of what's written out there. Go to your library or bookshop and read everything you can. Cunningham's books "Wicca: a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" and "Living Wicca" and Raymond Buckland's book on introductory Wicca (commonly known as his Big Blue Book due to it being big and blue) are a good start. Comparative Pagan religion can be difficult because it's so diverse. And it depends how you define Pagan. Some include the Eastern paths such as Shinto, Hinduism etc. Others do not. Are Native American religions included, or not? It all depends on who you're talking to. So first you need to decide what you're comparing wink But even if you just go for Neo-Paganism, there's still such a wide variety that it's difficult to sum it up. A great deal of research is involved. I mean, take Druidism. Every Druid Order's version of Druidism is different (sometimes to the point where one wonders whether there's actually a definition for "Druidism" beyond generic Neo-Paganism). You can do a comparative look just between different versions of Druidism! So I'm afraid there are no short-cuts. For starters you might want to pick up some books on Paganism (that include a commendable number of paths) such as those by the Higgenbothams. There are others, as well. Check out your local library. Margot Adler's "Drawing Down the Moon" is the classic text of comparative Pagan paths but is unfortunately somewhat out of date at the moment... since it was written, many of the reconstructionist religions have gained in strength and popularity. She is right. It certainly looks like you are looking for a shortcut, and there just isn't one. You need to read, A LOT.... If you have specific questions, ask them in the "Questions about Wicca" subforum...I titled it that way cause I only have so much space to name them...but you can ask any Wiccan or Pagan related questions in there.... You know, for book recommendations we also have a thread in the main forum called "The Library" which has loads of books in it. I am sorry that I don't have more lessons up right now...it's just that since my car was broken into last year (I was moving and a bunch of my stuff was stolen), I also had to leave progressively more behind the 3 times I moved acrossed the country in the last year. I just don't have much left at the moment, the books I was using to write the lessons are gone. I'm working on getting more, except that I really have to wait until Raevin leaves for Iraq. I'll be getting a job then and I'll be able to afford more. Even then, it's going to take some time because I need to pace myself with my shopping. About the spelling issues....what internet browser do you use? What operating system do you run? I am a HUGE fan of Mozilla Firefox, it has a lot of features that IE doesn't have....like spellcheck. At the moment I can't use Firefox though because for some reason it seems to be having issues running on my new computer which has Vista....and before I had XP.... So if you have spelling issues, try using Firefox and turning the spellcheck on. It will tell you what words you've spelled wrong, and when you right click on the words it underlines in red, it will give you suggestions on how to fix it. I used to love it for the words that I always seem to spell wrong. "txt tlk" is the way people type at times when they text message or IM a lot. They remove vowels from words....abbreviate everything....and it can be almost impossible for people to read. txt tlk sound confusing, i have a hard enough time reading as it is also i do read a lot, my main problems with it is my books can't answer questions they raise and my comprehension is getting worse, i use to have really good reading and comprehesion bur my mind is deterating slowly it seems my autism doesn't help either, it's high functioning but there are still complications, mild dyslexia for one and a hard time focusing my eyes and understand what i'm seeing i don't have questions specifically about wicca ywr, i did notice the thread (i think their called that) i was planing to make use of it as soon as i had some questions your lessons are interesting and there are a fair bit of them but they seem more how to type things, my mind is still trying to understand the theory so i don't think i should be doing things till i understand more, i stopped doing predictions for a smillare reason, also i was really tired of being right to begin with, i think i'm blocking it right now, not sure i undersand about the moving when i lost my apartment i was only able to about half my things stored at a freinds apartment, then i got engaged and my husband helped me move to california where he was studing languages for the air force, i had 3 suitcases and 2 very small duffle bags, when i moved from there to his new base i had to leave mmost of that, i had a three dufflebags, but he's been gettig me more stuff to replace what i've had to leave the computer is my husbands, it has internet explorer but i'm not sure what operating system, also i liked firefox too but i'm not allowed to put it on his computer, i can use it as long as i don't put things on it, i'm not very good with technology type things so i have to be very careful so i don't break it i tried copy and past to windows works word, but it won't do it and i can't figure out why the forum is still better than a book right now, may take me a while to figure out the repiles but at least i can ask further questions
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