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freebubbles you are a blast! Here big lochy lochy LOL.

My husband and son can pick out ever single instrument. They can do the same with seasonings in foods and hubby can pick up those subliminal messages that were big on the drive-in and move screens. They are both dyslexic, "The Gift of Dyslexia" is a great book.

I just looked up and am wondering if I am confused, or if we just posted to the wrong message.... I think time traveled from the time travel board LOL.

oops i was hoping know one would notice lol. i must be tired. i have read the gift of dyselxia it helped be understand alot about what i do and why. it just did not help my spelling...well it is better then it use to be!!!

oh yea what holydays do Wiccan/pagians celabrate and why?

Wiccans tend to follow a seasonal calendar of holidays that mark the changing seasons and the cycle of the Earth. An article I wrote for the Pagan site about Wicca does a pretty good job of showing the holidays:

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art18591.asp

thank you for the articales I read every one of them. i went in to Mobon and its a low carb diet...? anyways just thought i would let you know. I have a question in Lammas what is the Green Man and do you sacrifisy people and0r animals? I dont mean to offend im just confused!?!?!

Thanks for spotting that typo... one little number off and people wind up at who knows what article?.....

From your question, you sound like you've seen the movie THE WICKER MAN, starring Christopher Lee. Great movie as far as entertainment goes, but not very accurate as far as a portrayal of Paganism goes.

There is a very interesting story about the Bible and Pagans and it touches upon the subject of animal sacrifice. This was experienced and then written by a man I know named Oberon Zell-Ravenheart. It's called We Are The Other People and I think you'll like how it explains stuff.

I read the artical and i think i posted on another site and i do like the actical. I have not seen the Wicker Man, I wasnt sure if i was reading the actical right or not and i just wondered if the green man was a real man or ifhe was made of corn/ wicker or anamil?. Sorry somethings i just cant wrappe my head around so i ask questions.

Some people who say the Green Man is an Earth or Harvest spirit, some might say he was an icon representing the harvest. I was recently reading a book on Druids and there was a wonderful quote, "Ask any three druids and you'll get six answers." I thought that was a good statement about Paganism too.

i knew you had said before that most Pagans follow the Wiccan Rede so I kinda knew that the scarafing for animal or other wise was not done today but i was not sure about back years ago.

" see i remembered sorry i phrased the question badly and didnt chach it.

ok the computer stole the quote!!!so here we go again

The Wiccan Rede sometimes is a phrase used to refer to the main tenant of Pagan/neoPagan/Wiccan spiritual beliefs, which is summed up as "An it harm none, do as ye will." As Fiona mentioned, it refers to not only not harming onesself, but all life and creatures, on emotional, spiritual and mental levels. The Wiccan Rede goes with The Law of Three, which is expressed as the belief that all energy you put out into the universe will come back to you threefold.

If you read the Bible, there are a lot of animal sacrifices. There are no Pagan documents that have survived that record animal sacrifice, and yet, you'll find a lot of Christians who believe it not only went on, but still goes on.

I've learned that in Christianity, some Christians try and only read books with a Christian focus by Christian-oriented authors, but then they say that the books about Pagans and Wiccans produced under those conditiosn are utterly and absolutely true. So far, the folks I've met who've chosen to limit their knowledge that way are the only ones who seem really insistent that Pagans make blood and animal sacrifices.