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The Story In The Song Lemon Jelly Nice Weather For Ducks

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Oct 18

A real oddity of a song from 2003 with just a single line, "All The Ducks Are Swimming In The Water", followed by a catchy tune that seems both simple and complex. It draws on and samples refrains from the mind of John...

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Calling All Pagans, Witches, Practitioners of Witchcraft, and other Nature/Earth Faiths

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8876) • United Kingdom 10 Feb 17

Dear Friends, I am writing a book. The working title is 'The Revered, The Reviled, and The Reveller'. The intention is to write about how Paganism, etc. has been viewed throughout society over time. My book is very Anglocentric...

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The holy grail? what is it really?

PikaPals11 @PikaPals11 (63) • United States 14 Mar 13

I have heard the holy grail is a vessel that jesus used at the last supper. I have heard that the holy grail is actually the bloodline or jesus not actually an object... So what exactly is it? I think that it is both... Well not...

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What's your view on pagansm? Devil religion, just another religion, etc.?

PikaPals11 @PikaPals11 (63) • United States 27 Feb 13

I have my views on religions and other aspects of life. I have seen Christians become hypocrits on their own religion and pagans turn agaisnt their true meaning. Buddists go against their karma beliefs and such. But pagansm has...

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How do you celebrate Imbolc?

blummus @blummus (451) • United States 9 Jan 13

I would like to decorate and perhaps host a small celebration for Imbolc. If you celebrate this, what would you suggest for decor in an area where Winter is the real growing season despite night time freezes now and then?

What is the truth about christianity ?

iuliuxd @iuliuxd (4453) • Romania 10 Dec 11

"The church has picked December 25th as a date to celebrate Christmas to replace the pagan Yule festival " This is one of the things we are told all the time from people who have a problem with the christianity. What is the...

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Chaos for the Masses

catriana13 @catriana13 (245) • United States 9 Sep 11

I have been "pagan" for well over 20 years, but recently I discovered that I hadn't even really found my true path yet.. until I met someone who introduced me to Chaos. Chaos is much misunderstood, even in the pagan community....

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Respect = DISrespect!!

wonttakelong @wonttakelong (3555) • United States 25 Jan 11

My husband and I are two diferent religions and for 12 years we have made it work pretty well. That is, until tonight! My husband is Christian and I am a Witch. I have always respected his religion and never pushed my beliefs off...

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Question for Pagans.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 21 Nov 10

I read of the deities of the various paths of paganism. The gods are about forces of nature, emotions, activities, phases of life.. etc. My question is, do pagans believe these dieties are actual beings? Or are they more like the...

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Pagans on the march-

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 15 Nov 10

The following article was posted recently in another area that I chat on and I wanted to share it here for discussion:...

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Pagan Topic

wickedspies @wickedspies (965) • United States 13 Aug 10

i have been thinking a lot about the association between witchcraft and being a witch, and what got me thinking of this was something I read in a book awhile ago. Can one practice witchcraft without being a witch? I think...

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A Word of Warning

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 26 Jul 10

"The occult in any form is not universally well thought of, and so must essentially remain a private affair. It is not a subject that one can with confidence introduce into general conversation, and an interest in it will not...

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Passing it on.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 16 Jun 10

Why is it that some of the longer lived, more popular pagan and esoteric belief are those that don't prosthelytise, don't go recruiting and do not admit children? Trads such as Wicca (big W) have survived with limits on...

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Pagan police officers granted right to festival holidays.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 11 May 10

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1276921/Pagan-police-win-right-time-festivals.html This is good news and brings it in line with various other faiths who can claim time off for their holy days. However the comment...

unintentionally funny

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Teaching stuff they don't understand.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 20 Apr 10

I've just been passed an e-mail where someone I know is offering workshops in runes and describing himself as "knowledgeable". Now either this guy has been on some kind of intensive study of the runes since I last spoke to him...

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I do NOT worship nature.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 3 Feb 10

Just wanted to clear that up 'cause there's just been a "debate" on the TV where the presenter said that all pagans did and that we would all be celebrating Imbolg on Tuesday. ARGH! Paganism is an umbrealla term for a lot of...

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Funny Fluffies, Magick is for Grown Ups

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 11 Nov 09

Okay, so get this: some kid who's admitted he doesn't know the first thing about Wicca--hasn't even read Gardener, let alone Crowley--is now acting big in the britches and calling me the "fluffy bunny"! Isn't that just priceless?...

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Paganism...... Is it a hot property these days?

cannibal @cannibal (650) • India 8 Nov 09

Well, in all honesty I don't really know what exactly Paganism is. I just know it is kind of pantheistic and also polytheistic. But it seems to be the 'buzz religion' in the west. I have also seen my Pagan myLotters. A site...

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It is about ME, not you!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 28 Oct 09

For a number of reasons, I'm taking a sabbatical from my local pagan group. No-one had done anything to upset me or anything like that, I just needed a break and wanted time to devote to personal stuff and figure out where I...

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Is there anyone who would like to learn more about Paganism?

Link @BambooPanda13 (867) • United States 19 Oct 09

I have practiced Paganism for 11 years and I have a website with free classes in Paganism. You have to join the site to take the classes but it is free ( click on Lesson Two and it will prompt you to sign up). And I don't share...

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