tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387040683278149816.post1423212038980363719..comments2020-12-10T05:45:36.748-08:00Comments on The Witchy Kitty: Self-responsibility: My Pagan ValueKittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04075832365665700839noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387040683278149816.post-7274973175912145482011-06-30T08:16:29.194-07:002011-06-30T08:16:29.194-07:00Yeah, some of yours have influenced mine as well :...Yeah, some of yours have influenced mine as well :)<br /><br />I know what you mean, it's the difference between a text being considered holy, definitive and authoritative, and it being considered advisory, more of a guide than an explicit manual. <br /><br />And yeah, they all have wisdom in them, and truths, amongst the crap... but then, you can say the same of an episode of Eastenders, but we don't form religions round them do we? Well, I dunno about some people, but... lolLocal Yokelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444086315580313085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387040683278149816.post-29442849274464235672011-06-30T06:09:18.626-07:002011-06-30T06:09:18.626-07:00Sgnr. P: I think when I speak of a guiding text I ...Sgnr. P: I think when I speak of a guiding text I mean a central book of some sort (I suppose like the Christian Bible or the Torah). I personally read many different texts and listen to the wisdom of all of them weighed against my own opinions and experiences. I used to say that I read everything and take what feels useful but that is too simplistic really. <br /><br />Incidentally, I have yet to read the Havamal but shall now be adding it to my list :) Interestingly, your last post about your visit to see Odin helped shape this post. I love the way that happens!Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075832365665700839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387040683278149816.post-645180221907706672011-06-30T05:55:06.218-07:002011-06-30T05:55:06.218-07:00Oh, but thanks btw for a very good post which has ...Oh, but thanks btw for a very good post which has made something suddenly click in my head as to my own "articles of faith", which I've long been trying to find ways of articulating in words.Local Yokelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444086315580313085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387040683278149816.post-36542396145416034482011-06-30T05:52:27.209-07:002011-06-30T05:52:27.209-07:00I agree entirely with this value and principle. It...I agree entirely with this value and principle. It's why I've been so antipathetic towards the predestination based philosophies and religions.<br /><br />This idea of Pagan with a capital P being an actual religion is new to me, and I'm yet to learn how it corresponds to what I know as paganism in the historical sense, which is where I'm loosely coming from. <br /><br />So, forgive me if it sounds really ignorant to you when I ask whether you would consider such things as the Havamal as a "guiding text", as I do?Local Yokelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444086315580313085noreply@blogger.com