Witch way now?
Haha, you may think that the title of this post is a mistake, but it is not ;o)
I have, after many years of searching, investigating and, meditating etc, i find myself on a fulfilling and wonderful spiritual path. This path is in the nature religions.
I have in the past looked at many different religions discarding the chaff as it were, to find the universal pearls of truth. At the moment i am following the Wiccan path, many people think that it is evil or devil worship, this cannot be further from the truth!! This is just a story as told by the middle-ages church to keep people away from finding out the truth for themselves!, to control them and keep the money coming in and keeping them rich! The Wiccan path is one of self-realization which teaches personal lessons of such depth and truth, that one can really understand what godliness is and how we too are godly. We are often persecuted for the use of magic.. What did Jesus do? That too was magic, through the love of God he did miracles, but he also said to us, "You too can do all these things i do, and MORE!" So what is the problem?! Wiccans and witches are totally accepting of all religions, aknowledging the necessity for each person to walk his or her own individual path. We all come to the light in the end, we all learn our lessons eventually and become 'concious' or 'divine' or sit with God or however you wish to decribe it. Individual lessons that eventually lead us home.
The truths that are to be found in witchcraft are truly personal yet universal ones, there is no-one standing there telling you what you should experience or how to do it, it is a journey within oneself, looking so deeply into oneself, lets one see the very middle of the universe, lets one understand creation and godliness...You can smooth out your rough edges to become the whole person you really are, to function from your higher self, to be and live the connection with God/Gods/Goddess... There is not only one way to the divine as we are individuals and as such need different things and ways to find it.
The journey is what gives one the capacity to be able to see above and beyond dogma and see the beauty and true message that each religion offers, without the limitations of fear or of punishment for doing wrong.
I believe that the church as a body, has distorted the true meaning of Christ's words. They were words of empowerment, of setting people free, of growing spiritually as an individual..The church crushed these things into a controlling totalitarian state, which to this day holds people through fear in its grip...