My name is Elliot! I'm an 18 year old college student studying psychology. I like science fiction, card games, and I'm a big Pokemon fan (if you couldn't tell from my avatar).
I'm a pantheistic pagan. I'm sort of still finding my path and figuring out what I believe. It's kind of a weird, eclectic mix of things, but I think the end result bears some rough semblance to a pantheistic version of a Wiccan path...? Probably because I was inspired by Kabbalah and the mystical texts of my Jewish heritage, which were influences in the creation of Wicca as well. I would say my beliefs also have ties to naturalistic humanism / humanistic paganism.
Some beliefs and attributes I would ascribe to my own path would be:
I'm not a classic theist, and definitely not a monotheist (I'm probably closer to a duotheist), so I wouldn't class myself as religiously Jewish. I would say this is paganism, but with heavy Jewish inspiration. At the very least, it's closer to paganism than to anything else that's out there.
I've always thought pagans to be, as a group, an interesting bunch of people as well as generally open-minded, so I figure it couldn't hurt to discuss and learn about various traditions and my own beliefs. I'd also particularly like to meet other college students here!
Nice to meet you all!
I'm a pantheistic pagan. I'm sort of still finding my path and figuring out what I believe. It's kind of a weird, eclectic mix of things, but I think the end result bears some rough semblance to a pantheistic version of a Wiccan path...? Probably because I was inspired by Kabbalah and the mystical texts of my Jewish heritage, which were influences in the creation of Wicca as well. I would say my beliefs also have ties to naturalistic humanism / humanistic paganism.
Some beliefs and attributes I would ascribe to my own path would be:
- Pantheistic (Ein Sof -- the infinite)
- Nature-based, follows the Wheel of the Year
- Roughly naturalistic; the Ein Sof cannot be interacted with except by tangible means
- Two divine "faces" within the infinite, a masculine and a feminine (zachar and nekeva); complementary natures present in all things, though not distinct entities
- Reincarnation, past lives, totems...
- Karmic law / Law of Threefold Return
- Other Kabbalah concepts -- like the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. I'm still learning!
I'm not a classic theist, and definitely not a monotheist (I'm probably closer to a duotheist), so I wouldn't class myself as religiously Jewish. I would say this is paganism, but with heavy Jewish inspiration. At the very least, it's closer to paganism than to anything else that's out there.
I've always thought pagans to be, as a group, an interesting bunch of people as well as generally open-minded, so I figure it couldn't hurt to discuss and learn about various traditions and my own beliefs. I'd also particularly like to meet other college students here!
Nice to meet you all!
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