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1. When you're sworn in in court, you bring your own grimoire.
2. Painting yourself blue, spiking your hair, and dancing naked around a bonfire sounds like large amounts of fun.
3. When asked if you believe in God, you ask, "Which one?"
4. You know what "widdershins" means. You know when to apply it.
5. You think The Mists of Avalon should be a religious text. You use it as such.
6. You have friends who say they are elves. You believe them.
7. You commit blasphemy in the plural.
8. Upon dying, your first thought is, "Darn it, not AGAIN."
9. When you say "Mother Nature," you don't mean it in an anthropomorphic way.
10. You know that there are exceptions to the laws of physics. You've caused them.
11 The first thing your guests say is, "My, that's a nice...altar...you have there."
12. You understand the symbolism behind a maypole.
13. You've ever ended a phone call with "so mote it be."
14. Your children go around telling people that "the Goddess loves you."
15. On Halloween, you yell "Happy New Year!" at passers-by.
16. You know that Christmas trees were originally pagan symbols. That's why you bought one.
17. You have a frequent buyer card at the local antique bookstore. The proprietor of said bookstore picks out anything to do with the Celts and saves it for you.
18. You think Mercedes Lackey should be a cultural icon.
19. Gaia is NOT the lady on Captain Planet.
20. You have an entire spice cabinet and you don't cook. You know that laurel and bay leaves are the same thing.
21. In Religion 100, you were disappointed because they didn't cover YOUR gods.
22. You know that there is a right way and a wrong way to draw a pentacle. You can explain the difference.
23. You've spent the last year and a half looking for a familiar.
24. You talk to trees. They talk back.
25. You know dragons and fae exist. You've seen them.
26. You've been seen talking to cats. They talk back. You understand what they're saying.
27. You've seen "The Craft." You know where they were making stuff up in "The Craft." You have explained this to other people. You can do it better than they did it in "The Craft." You know it's a load of crap.
28. You're reading this page. You understand what it's talking about. You have more to add.
1. When you're sworn in in court, you bring your own grimoire.
2. Painting yourself blue, spiking your hair, and dancing naked around a bonfire sounds like large amounts of fun.
3. When asked if you believe in God, you ask, "Which one?"
4. You know what "widdershins" means. You know when to apply it.
5. You think The Mists of Avalon should be a religious text. You use it as such.
6. You have friends who say they are elves. You believe them.
7. You commit blasphemy in the plural.
8. Upon dying, your first thought is, "Darn it, not AGAIN."
9. When you say "Mother Nature," you don't mean it in an anthropomorphic way.
10. You know that there are exceptions to the laws of physics. You've caused them.
11 The first thing your guests say is, "My, that's a nice...altar...you have there."
12. You understand the symbolism behind a maypole.
13. You've ever ended a phone call with "so mote it be."
14. Your children go around telling people that "the Goddess loves you."
15. On Halloween, you yell "Happy New Year!" at passers-by.
16. You know that Christmas trees were originally pagan symbols. That's why you bought one.
17. You have a frequent buyer card at the local antique bookstore. The proprietor of said bookstore picks out anything to do with the Celts and saves it for you.
18. You think Mercedes Lackey should be a cultural icon.
19. Gaia is NOT the lady on Captain Planet.
20. You have an entire spice cabinet and you don't cook. You know that laurel and bay leaves are the same thing.
21. In Religion 100, you were disappointed because they didn't cover YOUR gods.
22. You know that there is a right way and a wrong way to draw a pentacle. You can explain the difference.
23. You've spent the last year and a half looking for a familiar.
24. You talk to trees. They talk back.
25. You know dragons and fae exist. You've seen them.
26. You've been seen talking to cats. They talk back. You understand what they're saying.
27. You've seen "The Craft." You know where they were making stuff up in "The Craft." You have explained this to other people. You can do it better than they did it in "The Craft." You know it's a load of crap.
28. You're reading this page. You understand what it's talking about. You have more to add.
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, July 18, 2007 - 9:48 AMMy favorite is: 2. Painting yourself blue, spiking your hair, and dancing naked around a bonfire sounds like large amounts of fun.
Anybody know a good body paint (besides woad)? -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, July 18, 2007 - 1:25 PMAnybody know where I can buy woad? Or woad processed ready to be used? -
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Wed, July 18, 2007 - 1:25 PMPS I like dancing naked, painted blue, around bonefires!!! -
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Thu, December 20, 2007 - 8:11 PMAnd of course, you all know the Woad Song? We used to sing it at pagan gatherings back in the 70's...
www.youtube.com/watch
Words here:
druidsegg.reformed-druids.org/new....htm
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Thu, July 19, 2007 - 9:17 AMI'd be VERY afraid of this not washing off when I want it to.
What *would* your co-workers do, if you showed up on Monday slightly blue? -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Thu, July 19, 2007 - 1:21 PMI would of course test it on my body (not face) so if it doesn't come off easily then it won't cause an issue at work. And while I'll try indigo if I can't find woad, I would really like woad. It's not just the blue that I want. Our ancestors used woad and I'm sure ascibed spiritual significance to the plant. I'd like to get some to work with and see if I can intuit the spiritual significance for myself. (working with the plant spirits) -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Fri, July 20, 2007 - 7:12 AMFrom what I heard woad is a hallucinagen and numbed them to pain, making them crazy fighting machines. I just wanted some kinda blue, wash-off-able paint to "wear" for fun. Maybe just the tempra paint or whatever we used in pre-school that came powdered. I think that's what we kid when we were kids out on our land. We didnt know anything about the Celts, we just were having fun, it was hot, we got naked & painted ourselves. -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Fri, July 20, 2007 - 8:47 AM<From what I heard woad is a hallucinagen and numbed them to pain, making them crazy fighting machines>
Interesting - I'd never heard that, but I also haven't done much research. I did learn (when I was on a natural dyes for fabric and wool kick) that woad needs some unusual mordant to BE blue, and it stinks like you wouldn't believe!
That indigo link was interesting - they seemed to use it as temp tatoos - sorta like henna, so it's *meant* to stain the skin for a period of time - a few days? weeks? that was a very cool green man/forest god on lower legs. -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Fri, July 20, 2007 - 6:37 PMI think it lasts about a week to 10 days...haven't used the blue myself- it takes a couple of layers to get a dark color....I stick to henna.
Thing is, the woad would last as long...it's the same dye molecule in Indigo as in Woad. BTW, you can get woad from natural/herbal dye suppliers if anyone really wants to try it, or email Catherine from the Henna page - there isn't much she can't locate when it comes to textiles OR body art.
Or use Temptu body paint in blue....
And Yep, the "you might be" list hits a little too close to home <g>
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woad the hallucinogen
Wed, December 19, 2007 - 9:57 PMI've heard this before also. if I remember rightly, it was on the history channel once. Unless the intent is a chemical-induced "spiritual" experience, stick with the non-hallucinogen type paints. With practice, dilligence, and focus, we could reach the same spiritual level without chemicals.
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Tue, December 18, 2007 - 10:09 PMSorry, the plant that was used to create woad is extinct. -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Thu, December 20, 2007 - 10:13 PMActually we have yellow woad in Utah.
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 2:20 PMPerhaps you were thinking about something else, or extripated verses extinct from some region. It is a rampant weed like plant. It is not extinct even to its region of use with the celts. It was produced a long time after the celts too! It is magickal in that it is invisible in water, and transforms to blue upon contact with air by oxygenation.
Here is a link that can render more information. I watched this episode, it was awesome! The art of producing it for blue tones came close to extinction though.
www.smartgardeningtv.com/episo...il.php
It does produce yellow flowers that are used for dye as well as the leaves for blue coloring.
Here is some info on Dress and Dyes for celts as well
www.gallica.co.uk/celts/clothing2.htm
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 2:28 PMHere is the only place I know. I think it would be fun to play at painting with it. :)
www.bleu-de-lectoure.com/site/index.php -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 11:42 PMSeems there's a bit of discrepancy among sources about the safety and use of woad as a body paint or dye. One of the references I found was here www.hippy.com/albion/woad.htm by a tattoo artist who experimented with woad and had not so good results.
Still....the idea of "painting" myself blue with spirals and labyrinths does fire the imagination....
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, April 9, 2008 - 10:11 PMThis is about the best site I found on woad. It has lots of information on various uses, including as an anti-cancer fighter. For anyone in the US, check the link to which states have banned growing it.
www.woad.org.uk/
This site has information on cultivating it.
www.botanical.com/botanical...d--28.html
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, July 18, 2007 - 1:26 PMExcellent list, by the way! Thanks! -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Tue, August 7, 2007 - 3:59 PM"I just wanted some kinda blue, wash-off-able paint to "wear" for fun."
Well, if you really don't want to go into berserker mode(which can be a LOT of fun if done right) then good old acrylic paint will do in a pinch.
If your skin is sensitive it might feel a little itchy so do the patch test first. But it washes right off in the shower...
PS but what kind of real pagan DOESN'T want to put on the real thing and then go firedancing, hmmm?? Besides there's all those pesky Romans to go nuts on..
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Fri, October 19, 2007 - 11:42 PMHere you go Coyote.
www.ekmpowershop3.com/ekmps/s...60-p.asp
Good luck and let me know how it works.
Peace,
Otter
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Thu, August 9, 2007 - 6:42 PM26. I enjoy doins so, more than talking to mere humans.
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Tue, August 14, 2007 - 7:14 AMSkyclad - the ONLY way to fly!
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Sat, October 20, 2007 - 12:53 AM1 and 28, with a slight change to 1. I don't bring a grimoire I bring a Raymond Buckland Complete Book of Witchcraft, or just my personal Book of Shadows.
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Tue, October 23, 2007 - 9:01 AMHuzzah for dancing naked and blue around fires!
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, October 24, 2007 - 11:45 AMi know i am defianatly one, cause my familair is a fairy, named marigold, and most of the time when i in the kitchen my herbs keep getting filled,,and animals surround me out of no where, anyway i really like your list, very cute and inspiring.thanks -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Mon, October 29, 2007 - 10:02 AMyou might be.........
24. The trees talk first. -
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Tue, December 18, 2007 - 10:12 PMmebbe when you know what the tree is saying without speaking?
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 1:15 PM29. Your child/neice/nephew says there is a monster in thier closet- you believe them and you break out your smudge stick
30.You know more about herbology than your college professor
31. You're offended when children's shows say "ghosts aren't real"
32. You always have to think for a moment when someone says "Christmas" or "Halloween" or "Easter" or "May Day" because you're used to saying/hearing "Yule" "Samhain" "Ostara" and "Beltane"
33. You can name moon phases off without thinking about it
34. Spirit guides and/or faery popping out of nowhere doesn't even phase you anymore
35. You've ever bought stone drink coasters based on the magickal properties of the stone they're made of
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Re: You might be a pagan if...
Sat, April 26, 2008 - 3:36 PMHaving practiced "The Old Ways" since childhood I loved this. It made me laugh alot as so much of it is very true, but laughter is one of the strongest forces so when the ignorant think that what you practice is a form of devil worship (people have said this to me since I was 14) smile and laugh to spead the joy.