Guidance?

[YveofDawn]

Hi, my name is Yve and I need to know if Wicca is right for me. I've been searching for a religion that's right for me, and I've always felt a connection to Wicca. In what I've read, the beliefs seem true, but I don't know if I'm interested in the magical aspect of the religion or the beliefs. I don't want to be part of "Generation Hex", I want to be a believer. I don't know if anyone can help, but if you can, please do. This is probably a question for the individual, but right now I'm seeking guidance in any form.
-Yve

[Asch]

Only you can answer that. Do research and ask questions but no one else can ever declare that you are perfect for Wicca but you.

[YveofDawn]

Thank you. I've been thinking that, but oddly enough it helps when I hear it from someone else

[JuniperBerry]

I think I know what you mean. It wasn't the magical aspect that drew me into a pagan path but the potential depth of spirituality and tradition that I felt I lacking in my life. I did the wiccan thing for awhile, which was good for dropping old concepts and embracing new ones (i.e. polytheism), but it still didn't have the sense of religion that I was looking for. I eventually found heathenry, the religion of my germanic ancestors and it was what I had been looking for. Heathenry isnt the only path that provides that though. Reconstructed celtism (soft or hard) is about a way of life, a world view, a culture with gods and meaning. There are many paths and religions and cultures. Look at what you're interested in, keep yourself open and keep looking. You'll find what you need eventually. It actually took me several years to turn to heathenry even though I knew about it for awhile. I never gave it a chance until I had a certain experience and I looked into it again and had the...right eyes to see it for what it was that time, I guess.

[branwenwillow]

I very much agree with you JuniperBerry. I am where you were. The journey I started were for the same reasons as you. I was raised a christian for my whole life. My family are devout catholics. But one day I wondered why? That simple word lead to why are we here? The bible didn't fit that question.
I started from the beginning and researched the crap out of history and theology. One thing lead to another and here I am. The part I am missing is religion. My beliefs don't mesh with atheism. I just don't know who my God is. I just know there's one there. But I have no doubt that I will find out.

[JuniperBerry]

You'll find out.

I used to look up at the sky and picture a nameless face looking back down at me and would just feel incredible frustration that I didn't have a name or a mythology to connect to it. But I just kept on keeping on until it all fell into place. One day I was in the car and the mountains were on the side of me and I felt an over-whelming sense of silence. But there was so much said and felt within that silence. I felt removed form everything, like I was standing in the middle of the nowhere, with no noise from cities, or music, just me and that mountain. It was incredibly moving, and when I went home I did some poking around and found the heathen god Vidar the silent, whose mother is Grid the giantess in the desert wilderness. The rest is history.

[branwenwillow]

I know I will figure it out. In the mean time, I am having a lot of fun!

[MsMollimizz]

I was pagn for a long time before Isis made Herself known to me...