This post isn’t necessarily about one incident or one religion or whatever. It’s more of a general post about a variety of things that I’ve observed, mostly within pagan groups. It’s just annoying me at the moment, and I feel a need to say something about it.
Now, I know religion can be a touchy subject for some, and for those who are Pagan of some sort, it can be a subject they are unwilling to talk about due to a fear of harrassment. I get it. However, I don’t think that can really justify the notion that all these little pagan groups need to cut themselves off from anyone who doesn’t agree with them, as if somehow an alternative experience or view point might be the cause of the apocalypse.
‘They’re just a troll, ignore them’. I find this excuse somewhat pathetic. Sure, some might be genuine trolls, and fair enough, if they’re genuine trolls, so be it. But if it’s more of an issue of someone saying something you don’t like, or maybe expressing a belief that’s not necessarily one you hold, I am not inclined to call troll. I don’t think cutting yourself off from alternative perspectives helps anyone, and I think it gives the perception of a closed community, one that is conformist and not accepting of differing views.
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Posted by: Sobekemiti in Aset, Djehuty, Ganesha, Heru-sa-Aset, Kwan Yin, Sobek, Wepwawet, intro, spiritual practice, spirituality, the divine
I think, perhaps, that one of the new things I want to do with this site is better utilise this blog thing. More posts on my religious musings and such, especially while I rewrite the pages the site used to have and update links and info. Cos, you know, I was always going to redo the site, it’s just now I have a reason to. XD
Anyway. A re-intro for everyone, since the last was eaten. I am Sobekemiti, a Kemetic Orthodox Shemu and eclectic Pagan. I’m 25 years old, live in Australia, and adore cats. (And crocodiles, adds Sobek.) I was divined three years ago as a child of Sobek, and a Beloved of Heru-sa-Aset, Aset, Djehuty and Wepwawet. I also have a soft spot for Bast(-Mut), who has taken to guarding my altar. I was named Sobekemiti, which means ‘Sobek is my Daddy.’
I also have another name, IbDjehuty, which was given to me before my divination by Djehuty in a dream. It means ‘Djehuty’s heart’. In Kemetic thought, the heart was the seat of intelligence, the brain, the heart, the imagination, the mind. I am somehow not surprised Djehuty ‘owns’ my heart, and I have often drawn Him with an ib hieroglyph to represent this.
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