What's your progression?

[Ventus]

Re: What's your progression?

Christian (luther) ---- Atheist --- Agnostic --- wiccan --- Satanist --- Luciferian --- Open-minded pagan with LHP teachings

[jcaternolo]

Re: What's your progression?

Just recently went back to Christianity, only to drop Christianity again. I figured that I could either believe in Jesus or faeries, but not both, and there is no way I will drop my faerie belief, especially since I think I've been getting faerie visits in my dreams recently. Plus, when I went back to Christianity I just didn't feel that connection that I was expecting. I believe the Bible has a lot of wisdom and truth, but I can't stay true to his laws. I'm just drawn to magick I guess.

[LuThorgh]

Re: What's your progression?

Christian(Episcopalian)>atheism>laveyan satanism>buddhist atheist>buddhist neo-pagan.

Changed a lot, but for the first time I actually have a real good sense of who I am and what I believe now, so I doubt this will change again, but you never know what might happen between now and whenever.

I also always kind of had a liking for the Buddha, tho. I fell out of favor with the hedonist approach that Anton Lavey espoused, and became more inclined toward the buddhist/taoist philosophical view, in my later teens and obviously has now stretched into my twenties. The only real constant.


I do find it ironic, that as a laveyan satanist, I did not believe in magick, and only just recently have come to believe in it, because of chaos theory.(non-linear dynamics) as well as the writings of Austin Osmin Spare.

That's part of the ongoing battle I have between being strictly scientific and being more philosophical/spiritual, because my first instinct is to view things objectively in strict scientific terms, while at the same time realizing that there is still a lot unexplained and very real possibilities that science hasn't explained yet.(that is why I am a fan of chaos magick, because it can be backed up somewhat by chaos theory, which is science/math)

[Charlie]

Re: What's your progression?

*Childhood*
Pantheist without knowing there was a word to describe my beliefs

*Teens, twenties*
Atheist, for lack of a better description. This led to identifying with not being religious, and judging other people in a way i never felt comfortable with. Also, i felt the need to "do someting" with the beliefs that have never changed and have been there for as long as i can remember.
Atheism and my personal attachments to this word did not allow this for me.

*From age 30* (I turn 31 on Ostara)
Knowing there is a combination of words describing my beliefs.
This helped me with the "Doing something" i had missed out on, and made me comfortable with the word "Religion".
Feeling love and respect for others I had previously judged out of fear.

[Devin]

Re: What's your progression?

Catholic -> Wiccan -> Neopagan -> Christian -> Anabaptist Christian -> Messianic -> Deist -> ???

Frankly I have no idea where I'm at right now, which is why I'm here.

[mbw1064]

Re: What's your progression?

Baptist Christian - Agnostic

[callmeclemens]

Re: What's your progression?

As life moves forward, and my spirituality progresses, I often feel my path is a frustrating circle.

I bounce from old comfortable practices.

today I would say

Catholic-Heathen-Catholic-Wicca- Druidic- Druid with Wicca influence- Spiritual Druid- Catholic Mysticism with Heavy Druidic Influence- Spiritually Attached to Nature/lost

[orangeloon]

Re: What's your progression?

During my childhood, I was a reluctant Christian obsessed with mythology and "supernatural". Then, around 9 I was introduced to buddhism by equally reluctant older sister, but it didn't give me that aha moment. I then discovered wicca around 12 but it never felt right, so I gave up for a few years while still fondly reading many pagan texts of many varieties before just becoming frustrated with what people are allowed to publish.
Then in college, after a brief time of supreessing spiritual seeking, I discovered panentheism and went back to my roots in mythology and things evolved from there. I don't know what I am now, it seems rather contradictory until explained at length, but I'm happy. Thats part of why im here, but im not too worried about what I am.
In short, I can see what I am, but I can only say what I've been.

[jcaternolo]

Re: What's your progression?

I've recently went back and forth between Christian and Agnostic, now I mostly just follow the principles of light and love, might give one of the nature based religions a try soon since I'll likely be developing a tulpa soon, so I'll want my tulpa to experience the beauty of nature. Also might as well look into buddhism since tulpas originated from tibetian monks, but not sure yet.

[LunarHarvest]

Re: What's your progression?

I was raised in a family which was, and still is, very religiously Roman Catholic, so throughout my childhood I was a devout Catholic. This remained the case until about a year and a half ago, when I began to enter into a serious sceptism and questioning after seeing a multiplicity of moral, philosophical and spiritual issues in the Bible, and the Christian faith in general. This led to me undertaking a massive philosophical inquiry into both my own spiritual views and the Christian faith, and within half a year I had deconverted from the faith.

I then became an Agnostic Theist and strived to see what I believed and had come to understand about the spiritual world around me. In this time I began to be influenced towards Dualism by the theology of Zoroastrianism, and this would slowly but surely develop into a polytheistic view. In my own search and contemplation on what I believed, I began to be influenced greatly by my findings and their seemingly similarities to Shinto. I currently am now an agnostic polytheist, but I am greatly leaning towards Shinto.

[ThunderWolf]

Re: What's your progression?

Christian (Lutheran) -> Agnostic/Atheist -> General New Age -> Wiccan -> Eclectic Pagan/Wiccan

[SilverSerenity]

Re: What's your progression?

Methodist Christian -> Agnostic -> Fluffy (Wiccan flavoured) -> Agnostic -> Confused -> More determinedly Pagan (Wiccan flavoured) -> Agnostic -> Pagan (of the still exploring, non-denominational but with interests in Celtic and Herb lore type)

[AutumnFox]

Re: What's your progression?

Catholic - Deserter - Agnostic - tried being Christian again but non-denominational - Agnostic again - Non-denominational newbie pagan maybe still a little agnostic but not sure because I'm still learning

[Neomeniae]

Re: What's your progression?

Atheist - Polytheist Pagan. It was nearly an immediate switch, but I did go through a short stint of utter confusion and questioning.

[Rhaethe]

Re: What's your progression?

Catholic --> Wiccan/NeoPagan --> Quaker --> Southern Baptist --> Quaker --> NeoPagan --> Polytheist Pagan