[discuss] What do you classify yourself as?

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ρℓαgυε яαтs αη∂ вℓσσ∂ч cяυмρεтs...

Just wondering what "label" everyone puts on themselves as far as religion.
Examples: Wiccan, Pagan, Chaos Witch, etc

The term I stick on myself is Eclectic Solitary Witch.

Status >in want of arts

 

[Civilian13]

Similiar for me, only i generally associate the term witch with wicca. though if you call me a witch i don't care. eclectic solitary pagan. with some buddist leanings. and i'm not quite solitary either. i have a coven, but each member have a different path. and i'm a member of an open circle outside of that.  

[PookaWitch]

Extravagantly Yours

The term I stick on myself is Eclectic Solitary Witch.

Ditto. XD

Although I often add in that I mostly use a mixture of gods worship (mostly Khemetic, Norse, Greek, Celtic), gardinarian wicca, faerie wicca and shamanism (both native and celtic).  

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ρℓαgυε яαтs αη∂ вℓσσ∂ч cяυмρεтs...

Oh I take from all sorts of paths. I love Celtic Traditions as well as Norse/Nordic Traditions.
I also use a lot of Egyptian symbols and sigils.

I used to attach myself to the term 'Wicca" but I stopped when people started to jump on me about Traditional Wicca and how if I wasn't in a proper coven and taught a certain way i wasn't really Wiccan.
Which I understand -shrug-

Plus I like witch over wiccan, sounds cooler xd

Status >in want of arts

 

[Adalyna]

Eclectic Solitary Witch prolly fits me too. I feel personally, calling myself Wicca would be insulting to those who actually have been initiated in a Wiccan coven, and it takes a lot of time and effort and is kind of like insulting their credentials as a Priestess. That said I know a lot of people are kind of used to the title by now, so its difficult to tell each and everyone what to call themselves too : sweatdrop  

[Neferet -House of Night-]

I guess you could call me a Seeker. As I'm not really practicing just seeking information.  

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Dark Angel Rai

I guess you could call me a Seeker. As I'm not really practicing just seeking information.

ρℓαgυε яαтs αη∂ вℓσσ∂ч cяυмρεтs...

I guess that's what I was from about ages 13 to 16. I just crammed my head full of information xd
I stil do, only I practice now as well

Status >in want of arts

 

[Jagger-Wolf]

She laughed a wicked laugh and said...

I don't like any words like Wiccan, Witch, or anything like that. I'm a magician, literally one who practices magic. I wonder why no one else wants to use this term. stressed

"Come here, let me clip your wings"

 

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ρℓαgυε яαтs αη∂ вℓσσ∂ч cяυмρεтs...

I don't have anything against the term magician really
I just don't like that it makes me sound like some kind of Houdini

Status >in want of arts

 

[Sanguina Cruenta]

"Magician" implies ceremonial magic. I dislike ceremonial magic and I'm not a member of a ceremonial order like the Rosicrucians or anything, so the term doesn't apply to me wink

I'm a witch, hedgewitch specifically, but if someone asks my religion I say "eclectic Pagan". I'm becoming more comfortable referring to myself as a Heathen, but I'm not sure I'd use that word if someone asked me what religion I was.  

[Adalyna]

Sanguina Cruenta

"Magician" implies ceremonial magic. I dislike ceremonial magic and I'm not a member of a ceremonial order like the Rosicrucians or anything, so the term doesn't apply to me wink

I'm a witch, hedgewitch specifically, but if someone asks my religion I say "eclectic Pagan". I'm becoming more comfortable referring to myself as a Heathen, but I'm not sure I'd use that word if someone asked me what religion I was.

what exactly does ceremonial magic refer to in contrast to "folk magic" and "ritual magic" ? I'm still in the early days of my research

also what exactly is a hedgewitch? sweatdrop I'm still new to a lot of the terminology  

[Sanguina Cruenta]

Asahi Sara

what exactly does ceremonial magic refer to in contrast to "folk magic" and "ritual magic" ? I'm still in the early days of my research

also what exactly is a hedgewitch? sweatdrop I'm still new to a lot of the terminology

Ceremonial Magic is a path in its own right. Wicca incorporates quite a bit of Ceremonialism because that's an aspect of things Gardner was really into. So, for an example, check out the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. ^_^

A hedgewitch is a witch who practises a form of "shamanism". It's a Germanic sort of thing, I guess. You go "walking the hedge" wink I also associate it with "border country" and things involving threshold or liminal states.  

[Simim]

I'm a total Atheist.

However, I practice paradigm piracy, so I revert back to atheism as my "natural state." I've incorporated LaVeyan Satanism into my spirituality, as well as occasional bout of chaos magick.

I'm anxious as ******** about tonight. Beltane ritual. ^_^

 

[Thos Phoenix]

I consider myself a Wiccan because of the books that I read when I was learning about magic and the religion behind it. I follow the wheel of the year and the moon cycles, and am big on ceremonial magic.

 

[Adalyna]

Sanguina Cruenta

Asahi Sara

what exactly does ceremonial magic refer to in contrast to "folk magic" and "ritual magic" ? I'm still in the early days of my research

also what exactly is a hedgewitch? sweatdrop I'm still new to a lot of the terminology

Ceremonial Magic is a path in its own right. Wicca incorporates quite a bit of Ceremonialism because that's an aspect of things Gardner was really into. So, for an example, check out the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. ^_^

A hedgewitch is a witch who practises a form of "shamanism". It's a Germanic sort of thing, I guess. You go "walking the hedge" wink I also associate it with "border country" and things involving threshold or liminal states.

I see, I think I have some ideas of what you're talking about.