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thank you. It's funny. My high school seems to be a perfect example of 'like attracts like'. The psychic and pagan kids all somehow migrated to each other. You're right; it is a cycle. That's what I love most about our community, how there's a sense of continuity.•random rant alert•
I was raised Jewish, and the thing that I always was connected to was the physical scroll on which the Jewish Bible, the Torah, was written. The shine of the ink on the parchment, the smell of the parchment, the solidity of the wooden handles, it's weight in my arms... I loved it all, and mostly because the basic form has been unchanged for thousands of years. The parchment had always smelled that way, the ink always shone, whether under fluorescent lights in a modern synagogue, or under the flame of an oil lantern in a temple ages ago.
What means so much to me about Paganism is how intrinsically similar it is to the Torah scroll, and yet how different. The basic ideas have come down to us through thousands of years of tradition, from Druidic priests or Native Shamans, from Norse warriors or Hindu wise men. The core ideas and ideals to which we as Pagans aspire really aren't that different from those of our ancestors: honor of tradition, reverence for the gods, respect and love for our fellow men.
But there's a difference. We as Pagans evolve. We embrace the progression of Time, the Wheel of Change. And in that evolution is our strength. For we can receive those who wish to join us with open arms, open minds, and open hearts. Anyone who comes in a spirit of desire to learn and to grow is welcome among us. We aren't the exact same tradition we were a thousand years ago, or a hundred, or even ten or five or one. We cherish the metamorphosis of our faith. And EUTM is a perfect example of that.
I am honored to be a part of something so permanent, and yet so transient. This is why I pass on what little I know to those who ask. What we are, what we believe; it's a perfect reflection of the human nature. So I learn it, and live it, and love it, and teach it, and honor it.
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I think I might post other writings as I find them... I just found my old portfolios, so... YAY for discoveries!