In my bubble....
I have to be honest I do not know that much about Evolution. All I know is that some how scientists have come up with some way that we came from Apes. I do think anything is possible though. It is just not my thing.
I believe there is a yin-yang (my Taoist influence). I believe in a Goddess & God for this reason. I believe in the ‘soul’ of Isis as well as Guya (Mother Earth… most Pagans). As for my God believe in the Father (Christian) but he is also to me Father time… As for my deities they change through out my life; Just as faith always has done.
I also believe that faith like people grows. I used to be a very powerful and faithful Christian; I believe it is what I needed at the time. It helped me through a lot of things. When I first started looking into the Pagan side of things I was focused on Wicca. Then after some research I started to lean towards Shaman. After a while I study into as much as I could about different religions. I don’t not know near enough about religion but I do love the concept of them.
I am now in a point of my life where I am a combination of a lot of things. For example I have a lot of Pagan, Shaman, Wiccian, and Taoist influences. I just believe in protecting the Earth, the Goddess and God. I believe that the creator is a God and a Goddess. Like I said before I believe in Isis and Father Time. I believe that they are my Mother and Father and I treat them as so. I have been pissed at them and I have rejoiced with them. It is a relationship and I feel them everywhere.
So for as to what I am… I am diverse; I am out side the box, not labeled, Versatile and independent. Most of my beliefs steam from Pagan beliefs mixed with a little Shaman.
I believe that Magick is in everything and if we don't take the time to see the beauty in the Earth it will be taken away. I also spell magick with a k (like most Pagans do) so that people know that it is not in reference to the television and entertainment kind of magic.
I believe in Karma whole-heartedly. I believe that you can not use Magick to alter fate or to change someone. Unless they have harmed you or someone you love. I believe it is okie to use magick for better yourself, like your health or to get that amazing new job you want. However as the ol saying goes, “be careful of what you wish for” I feel this way about Magick. If you use it to benefit yourself or someone else and are greedy with it then it can come back on you three fold (three times as much). I don’t believe it is ok to use Magick to better your life in a greedy manner or to use it against someone while having negative feeling with that person or situation.
I believe that if someone else believes something different than me then it is the most beautiful thing in the world because they are following their hearts. I believe in the 5 elements, earth, air, fire, water. I believe in the pentacle symbol, Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and spirit (or self).
There are gifts I have and things I have discovered I am able to do. I sometimes can see and smell spirits. I most of the time can other wise speak to and feel them. I have flashes of things that are about to happen (sometimes with in seconds sometimes longer). I can make it rain if I am pissed, sad enough or just for the hell of it. I can do tarot readings and palm readings. I can heal people. I talk to my cats and understand what they say to me. I always shake someone’s hand because it is how I was taught but also because I can hold someone’s hand and know what he or she is like and if I want them in my life. Sometimes I can tell what they have been through in points of they’re lives. Um, depending on if they let me in some people have been known to block me. I can interpret dreams. I can let my best friends know I need to talk to them with out telling them on the phone or in person. I can send them a message using power and my mind.
I was once told by a high priestess that I’m a natural witch not a 'learned' witch, which I believe to an extent. Reason being, even though I was born with these gifts I have to learn how to use most of them. I know that if I learned how to control and magnify my gifts I could do amazing things! I want to learn so badly how to use my gifts and how to magnify them.
I don't believe in death I believe in continuance.
I believe that what a person believes is true in their reality. For example, my Mom believes she is going to be going to Heaven, well there is no doubt in my mind that she will be. I believe that what a person feels in their soul is what it true to them. It is their reality and it is how the high being gets through to them.
I enjoy the concept that "Goddess is the earth, and the God is the sky..."
(I got this quote and pic from http://www.fluffhouse.org.uk/yves/art_goddess.html )
Pagan/Neo-Pagan/Paganism: Is a term used for followers of polytheistic earth based religion or spiritual paths. The term Pagan means country dweller and was misused by Christian in earlier times. I think of paganism as a term used for those who do not always fit into the belief or status quo of other major religions. So faiths such as Wicca, Druidry, Shamanism and many others are described as 'paths' of Paganism. It is the only religion that isn't organized and that allows you to believe freeing and as you feel you should. It has no boundaries and only has rules if you chose to follow a certain religion in the faith of Paganism. If you want to believe that dragons are your God and Elves are your Goddess you can, if you want to believe that we are created by moss you can. You just need to be open minded and accepting other people’s beliefs. Paganism is anything not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish. Wicca is a branch of Paganism (you know how Baptist is a branch of Christian that is how it works with Paganism too). Wicca is a nature-based path where people believe (not all but most) that there is a God and a Goddess. They believe in the elements, they believe that you have to respect nature and understand that with out it we would not be here, nature is what keeps us alive. They believe that you can NOT do anything to anyone without asking them first and above all knowing that whatever you do good or bad comes back on you three times as much as you gave it. The number one rule in Paganism is to harm no one unless they have hurt you or someone that you love. That is the only thing I can say for sure that everyone that is Pagan follows.
I think that people need to learn it is ok and beautiful to express who you are in every aspect of their lives. I think that a lot of humans need to close there eyes, slow down, take a deep breath, and then slowly open to a new reality. This Earth is all we have with it where would we exist. We talk about animals being extinct and it scares the hell out of me because like the Suenomi (sp) it is headed for us. That is how I believe in Evolution. I believe in the recycling of the Earth. I believe in the recycling in the species. It has happened and it will again. Suenomi is an example of that.