The Wandering

Everyone has a past. Everyone has experiences, opinions, culture, and a self that is their’s and only their’s.

Not everyone is sure about what that past means to their present. It’s a wandering road, a winding path.

The first step that should be taken is to find out where you are. What do you know, what is your location?

From there, you need to look around with wide open eyes. What do you see? Which path is the true one? It doesn’t have to be carved out already. It can be brand new. One that you make all for yourself.

What matters is that it’s your path. Worn or new, it’s the one that you will follow for the rest of your life. You can pretend to walk on someone else’s path, but eventually you will only get lost again. The only way to truly find yourself is to pick your own path.

~Cami

Project Pagan Enough

I’m sure I’m not the only one who keeps coming across websites that say you have to do certain things to be pagan or that there’s no such thing as your type of paganism. That’s why I love Project Pagan Enough, and wanted to share it first and foremost.

Here’s a little snippit of information about the project:

“It is a movement, a cause, a Harmonious Riot that includes bloggers, podcasters, authors, shop owners, radio personalities, pagans, non-pagans, me, you, and (hopefully) the whole pagan community. It is my hope that the Project Pagan Enough logo continues to be a beacon of peace, progress, and change for our community. By using the Project Pagan Enough logo, you’re making a set of promises:

  1. You are Pagan Enough, because you try fervently to explore what it means to be pagan and apply it to your life, despite your physical appearance, personal tastes, level of experience, or other factor that others might use to say you are not pagan.
  2. You recognize others are Pagan Enough despite how they may look, act, or believe, as long as that person feels they are fervently seeking the divine on a pagan path.
  3. You attempt to debate those that have opposing viewpoints, learning from one another despite how passionate the debate becomes, instead of simply writing others off for not being up to your standard of ‘pagan’.
  4. You welcome, befriend, and encourage others in the pagan community despite their physical appearance, level of experience, age, or other physical or superficial characteristic.
  5. You promise to treat members of other religions and spiritual paths with equality, fairness, and grace, setting a good example for the Pagan community both in and out of the community, not judging the individuals based on fringe members of their same faith.

Like the points of the pentacle, these 5 tenets of Project Pagan Enough work together and will, I hope, launch our community into a new era of tolerance, love, and peace. Our community cannot become cohesive if we are constantly judging one another or pulling apart.”

This is something I would like everyone to try to keep in mind while exploring these pages. Tolerance is the key (the back of my laptop even says so).

Welcome!

Welcome to my humble blog! I’ll  start by saying I have no idea how to begin, so here goes:

My name is Crimsette, and I’m a 19 year old university sophomore. I’m majoring in English, with either a double major or a minor in humanities. I might also pick up another minor, but I’m not sure yet. I’m a total animal lover. I have three cats (Jasper, Jezza, and Malachi) and two rats (Kiwi and Micah). I’ll add more about them on my about page later. Some of my other interests include photography, mythology, religion, anime, and musicals.

I decided to start this blog to keep a record of my adventures and thoughts as I explore my religion: Paganism.

I’ll try to be rather consistent in my posts, but it honestly depends on my workload and if I have anything to actually say. I highly encourage comments and would love to hear feedback from anyone. I do ask, however, that you respect my opinions and I will do the same for you.

One topic I’d like to cover rather extensively is surviving college/university as a pagan student, which may or may not be easy depending on someone’s specific situation. I’ll do my best to give my view on the matter and tips as I come across them. My university is very liberal which makes things a little easier on me.

 

Well, that’s the general idea anyway.

 

~Crimsette