"So, the Old Ways interest you? Read on and find out about the ancient path I follow...and...Yes, Virginia, the Gods ARE real." --Dragynphyre
I am faced more and more often with ignorant people who don't quite understand that I'm just practicing my faith, much as they practice Christianity or Judaism...I think almost every pagan has heard these words come out of the mouths of people around them. "Pagan? Oh, you mean a Satanist..."
I am a Druid, a "child of the oak", one who worships the old gods and goddesses in a way that reflects the ancient traditions of the Celts, the Norse, and other cultures, as if they had not been interrupted in any way by the Christianization of Europe.
I am not a witch. I do not practice Wicca, although it is a closely related tradition, based on Celtic mythology. However, Wiccans tend to focus upon one Goddess (The Maiden, The Mother, The Crone) and Her Consort (the Year King, the Horned One), while Druids (at least in the ADF school of thought) tend towards venerating an entire pantheon of gods...a true polytheistic view of the world, as it were.
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