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  • The tree thing reminds me of an analagy history teacher said one person may say its a tree anouther may say its a willow or the name in anouther language but in its essance its still going to be the same thing no matter the name its down to interpritation to name it

  • @MssCupcakekat ah ha! you see I'm not crazy ;) 

  • This is so much something I needed to see. Blaze Lee Dragon, thank you so much for this posting. I love the heck out of you for taking the time to share this beautiful bit of wisdom.

    Brilliant and beautiful blessings to you.

  • hi can you give me an advice??i can feel energies and recognize people by it .recently i wont to explore this more and know how or wich path shoud i go to improve my self can you give me some tips ??

  • @blesseditbe as far as path, you have to find what calls to you there are many many good paths out there. I would advise to find a teacher. this would be your best bet.

  • @BlazeLeeDragon i will try but its not easy to find one i had one that give me the basic knowledge about spirituality taro ect but unfortunately she died and soon after there were many changes in my life and now i find my self a little drift where to start ... but thanks for answering kisses

  • @blesseditbe that is my best recommendation. but you have to work with what you have too...it's possible to teach yourself or learn from books, but the best method is always a teacher. have you looked on witchvox.com?

  • @BlazeLeeDragon nope im goona explore the site today kisses ;)

  • And yeah..btw I saw those details on paganspace.. LOL ^_^

  • @blazeleedragon

    Its totally cool dude. Well I'm on Facebook. I did send you a request few days back. My full name is "Andrew Lyngwa" :-)

  • One of the most beautiful verbal descriptions I have ever heard explaining why we should just be and live and learn from each other. May 2012 bring you many blessings. : )

  • Oh... cool. I just asked because in a pagan social networking site I saw that you are a pagan, witch....et al and druid. But I'm clear now. Anyway, dude.. seriously you are kinda my idol. I mean I'm greatly influenced. BTW, I'm from India. Name is Andrew. Namaste dude.

  • @Megaheadcrusher Thank you kindly I am honored, however I always find it best to move beyond idols, dont' get me wrong inspiration is GREAT :) but just be Namaste.

    What social sight?

  • Blaze... Are you a Druid then? o_O

  • @Megaheadcrusher I am eclectic blend of a multitude of faiths and dont' like to classify myself as one path. Granted I have a few paths that influence me more so then others. but I still blend from a great variety

  • I reallllly got no idea about all this...but sure sounds good..

  • Are you familiar with the Holographic Universe Blaze?

  • I love your video .This really hit home when you use the term eclectic,I use this to describe myself on a regular basis. I believe all religions have beauty and wisdom in their teachings,which makes it very difficult to talk to anyone person about my beliefs because most that i have ran across are set in one direction or the other and have no in between.

  • I'am a PaganWitch who journey is Witchcraft period...Enough said!!! I couldn't hear the content of the video...The sound is not working thought I would let ya know...

    Have a Magickal Week!

    btw!)o(666~69

  • you clarify these paths---and that is good for society. there is much misinformation in the media

  • brillaint--thanks

  • I agree to what u say I wish evryone would think somewhat like this.

  • We all know that Gerald Gardner used the already-existent term of Wicca to define his tradition; however, he claimed to have had roots dating back to 1610, when a witch named Grissell Gardner was burned at the stake in Newburgh. Now, if he had witchcraft roots such as this, wouldn't it be safe to assume that what he "created" in the here and now, had already existed for untold centuries? If so, there is little difference between Wicca, and Witchcraft, right? A never-ending argument, so it seems.

  • @OneWiccanHighPriest most certainly debateable, however this would be simular to myself, I am trained in the shaolin tradition, if I took there technique and philosphy and added my own twist to it and called it (randomly but not the actual name) Shen-Wu, it would then be Shen-Wu not shaolin, though most of it's essence is shaolin, it's still a new path. that and all the others who do shaolin are not shen-wu

  • @BlazeLeeDragon So your saying that what Gerald Gardner created is no longer Witchcraft, but is now Wicca and no longer Witchcraft? That doesn't make any sense. Witchcraft is as I have said before: the use of the latent powers in the mind, to create change in accordance with will; Wicca is the ritualistic expression of this power. So while Wicca is ALWAYS Witchcraft, Witchcraft is NOT ALWAYS Wicca. Wicca is an initiatory path, a way inward to the Center of Being. But I digress again :) Cheers!

  • @OneWiccanHighPriest Yes that is what I am saying. From my point of view, I can see both sides, however on this topic my view differs from yours on wicca not on witchcraft. You definition of witchcraft is simular to my definition of magic. "To bring change through the use of will". But I think we can at least agree that not all witchcraft is wicca and that wicca and witchcraft is a trained tradition?

  • @BlazeLeeDragon Wicca and Witchcraft, enacted together inside of our Sacred Space, is a trained tradition, yes. More often than not, the participants come to us through birthright, sometimes not; but our Goddess has charged us with a mission to always keep an eye out for who She calls Her Hidden Children, and this is even in Gerald's version of the Laws from his Book of Shadows. I myself am one of Her Hidden Children :) ".....for behold! I have been with thee from the beginning......"

  • Awesome man, I learned a lot from your videos, and checking your profile, I see you are into computers. I'm starting my 3rd year of college, pursuing my BS in Computer Science ;). Fun stuff.

  • @FearedBliss fun stuff indeed :D I am currently working on my bachelors in network and communication management.

  • id just say some druids of the old age still exist

  • It never ceases to amaze me how simple facts, or truths, when conveyed by human language always comes out sounding so corny and, well, funny! But “just be” is the heart of this video – the rest is commentary. And of course, thanks for sharing - I agree. :)

  • Having also learned from many traditions,I can honestly say I'm everything BUT a monotheist.

  • @teufelstaub everything huh? hindu? shinto? strega? for a few examples of those less heard of ;)

  • @BlazeLeeDragon As I near my 52nd year,and over 4 decades of comparative religious study,I can say that I've studied/ tried on most of the spiritual approaches in that time span,including the ones you mentioned,as well as Mongolian shamanism,Satanism and others too numerous to enumerate here.Monotheism failed to appeal from my earliest age,although I've read all the important writings of each faith.Egyptian and "Hindu" writings were the earliest,deepest and best for me,though.Cheers!

  • @teufelstaub very cool :) I couldn't help but ask, many have not heard of strega or shinto, so had to ask :D

  • @BlazeLeeDragon Yes,I had read Raven Grimassi's terrific book on Italian witchcraft years ago,and enjoyed it immensely,plus there's the Strega liquore and other things.Shinto informs so much of Japanese architecture,ritual and everyday life...I've long been a great fan of that nation and their amazing traditions,warfare,arms and arts.Read the Go Rin no Sho long ago after having become spellbound by the series Miyamoto Musashi (and Koji Yakusho).Love him still!(I'm a female,btw)Great channel btw!

  • I have a question do u need to be wiccan, or need to participate in witch craft to do magic?

  • @iizso1337 not at all :) wicca is a religion not magic and witchcraft is just a type of magic

  • Very powerful words eloquently spoken. It is refreshing to find someone who genuinely speaks their truth. I hope you don't mind if I share this. Thank you. Namaste.

  • @knottlisadales not at all, but thank you for asking :) displayed publically for public to see :D

  • I have been studying, learning, feeling, trying to open my mind more to the visions that began when I was little, and evolved deeper. Last Saturday I gave in to my heart and began this journey. I believe not in one god, but more as one spirit of life. Neither male nor female, the spirit is life. In every tree, rolling river, stone, and star, the Spirit is present., I feel so strongly about this path, but I'm shy. I feel magic within me but how do I use it? I'm so confused. Sorry to be so lengthy

  • Dear Blaze,

    Thank you for the beautiful words of wisdom. My story is one that I would love to share with you, but in fact that would take too long on this post. I am Rose Abella, I was raised a Christian, but believed something different. Ever since I was little I was different. I would love to share this story with you, maybe you could help me. It hit me like lightning striking the Earth when I realized my path, as of one week ago tomorrow. I'm beginning on an unknown journey. Please help me.

  • Very true! Good Job!

  • You make me dizzy. O.o lol :)

  • I've always said "to hell with labels. but be/do what feels right to you". =)

  • While I totally agree with the statements you make in this video, I (and you as well) must know that in general people are looking to be defined. For many, if not most, it is the label that defines themself more than the beauty of being an individual. How many people have you met that defined themselves as Wiccan that truly have no idea of what that title entails? Wearing the virtual 'badge' of the religion seems to carry more weight for some than the ideals of the faith they claim as their own.

  • @lycosa2001 excellent point, very well stated and great point :) but I can try ;)

  • @BlazeLeeDragon And... you absolutely should try. Perhaps people will leave from this video a little bit more enlightened and better from it. I'd love to see more people delving into what spirituality means to themselves on a personal level than merely donning the uniform. While I try not to judge people for their choices, it seems a rather limited and unfufilling choice. Perhaps you could make a video on ways to avoid that pitfall. Food for thought... Keep up the good work(s).

  • No names, no religion, just a practitioner works for me. Undefined and unlimited, unioversaly it allows one to do without judgement or biasness. Keep up the work Blaze.

  • Well said, know thyself.

  • NAMASTE I LOVE YOU!!!!

  • @hotmess3858 Namaste :)

  • WOW! thank you do much i have been trying to figure out if I'm christian or Wicca or witchcraft and dis helped me so much.

  • @CandyHoney24 you are most welcome :) I am glad you found it helpful

  • Good job.

  • your a very good narrator and have evolved (scuse the pun?) over time with your videos. on target with what i believe (my profile description ) and, well said. just a point that came to mind while listening to this; we still needed some kind of bridge and some kind of structure and anyone who has gone beyond attachment etc mastered the rudimentary first. we still need some kind of nomenclature. think the problem is knowing at what point to leave the "comfort zone" but it is, still needed:) BB

  • Very profound! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and point of view. Expanding world views is always key in finding what works best for ones self.

  • this is one of my favorites by you Blaze, great video. looking forward to the others to come Blessed be ! Jill

  • oh and how can you grow as a person if you put limitations on yourself?

  • I absolutely love this video and the way you think. I call myself a pagan but it has more to do with defining what I'm not rather than what I am. Life is too short for labels and all labels do is put limitations on things.

  • I am thankful beyond measure for this video. Just this morning I was having this mental dialogue about being LOST and now finally finding acceptance of whatever path I CHOOSE to take and feel deeply in my heart that it's okay... Thank you!

  • @reshape2dropweight you are most welcome, that is why I posted it :D

  • You are very wise beyond your years. Love it!

  • @EndoraRhoswen03 thank you for the kind words :D

  • Hey blaze.... This was a wonderful video... Very uplifting and for that i want to thank you.

  • @coconut390 excellent I am glad you enjoyed it and you are welcome

  • I am me :)

    Woo *dances*

    I would percieve most can be put under "energy worker". That usually works from a vampire perspective *chuckle*

  • a rose by any other name...

  • Thank you BlazeLeeDragon. You have given me inspiration, hope and belief in "just to be"

    Penny

  • @denarius12 you are most welcome Penny may your personal path be fruitful and open to you

  • a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet

  • Just found you today, I agree with you. I am very unique and incorporate everything that I feel good and right about into my life. I follow no religion.

  • Wow!!! you are such a opened mined man,that was awesome!!! an very helpful to, thank you!!! :)

  • @MrDragonwars1 thank you kindly for the compliments and I am glad you enjoyed it :)

  • Brilliant mate , ive always had my own ideas about what is "religion" and have started to look down the path of wiccan teachings , HOWEVER ive been looking for the right path for me and guees what . . . . theres 100s but non fit all my beliefs . after watching this you made me realise . The path i should be choosing is MY PATH , The path that fits me is the one im already on !

  • @Djdw69 excellent, that's my idea anyway ;) I have found most of those that are strong in there path are confident in there personal path and that most of the time they have pieaces of many paths and simply are :D

  • You are so wise. Except I sadly didn't find this before I figured it out on my own.

  • Very well spoken. Blessed Be.

  • The Amazons followed Artemis, the Warriors followed Ares, the Healers followed..um..crap, i can't remember his name.

  • I really enjoy your videos. You're such a positive person.

  • very good! wise words. 

  • Thank you so much. You are an amazing person. I will recommend this video to every person that seeks a path, a label or name for what they do.

  • inspiring! you are very articulate. I would love you speak with you

    brhooton@yahoo.com

  • We love labels in America we also like pre-sliced fake cheese. ifs its easy and yellow it must be good lol There are three things you are. what you think you are what others think you are, and what you really are.

  • Ok u could say I watch to much Buffy an charmed but that's still not gonna change the way I feel and it shouldn't. I'm not sum "fantasy crazed fanboy " or whatever name ppl can drum up. I believe power like I explained does exist nut I guess my problem is knowing if it does really and how to get to that point and not waste my time... U understand wht I'm saying please Ames me ur thoughts on this I want to know

  • Practice martial arts so long u get physical advancements. How come with magick u cannot? And it's not like I want these capabilities to show them off it's the self empowerment of knowing I can do this stuff and I believe in it so much. And crave and want it. I've had vivid dreams I've had such power and strength

  • So it is not possible to invoke the elements? Levitate something or yourself with magick? I'm not talking about something extreme like hurlin huge ass fireballs. Or electrical bolts out the palms of ur hands... But then again y not. If u practice magick for so long I elieve u should get certain abilities and capabilities

  • Thank you. I agree. I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way.

  • Your eloquence is inspiring. I hope you teach, as your wolf medicine is rather strong.

    Thank you.

  • Great stuff mate

  • Is it me or as American's possibly Canadians as well have an identity crisis; do to the lack of history and deep foundations of culture? I am an American witch and have felt this on my walk before. I do agree with labels causing at times confusion.

  • I like all your vids bro blessed be :)

  • this is a great video and i completely agree. for a time I was very concerned with what to call myself. i've always been spiritual and have believed in things and ideas from a few different paths, so i finally decided to give up on a name and just study and practice the things that call to me without the stress of a label.

  • Blaze

    I run a site called Witchcraft Calling the Universal Energies of the Earth Child and i will be feachering your vids on the site witchcraftcalling.ning.com

    Please lets have a few more :)

  • this is great...ive been denying myself different things because i wanted to fit into a name although i felt these aspects of spirituality calling me. thanks you so much :)

  • Ya know, what I think, is very good about your teachings in this video itself? You have incorporated a narrative speech. As a writer, I am quite embraced by it itself. However I shut that part out, by just noticing it, to really consider what you're saying without just enjoying how you said it. And to be honest I think you are doing a great job. You have not demeaned anything in anyway, by telling your opinion. Thanks.

  • Thanks. You articulated a lot of great points with ease. Nice to watch.

  • Thank you. You are a very compassionate person. This was exactly what I needed to hear today.

  • @jamespatricio you are most welcome, that's hwy I post them

  • @jamespatricio you are most welcome that is why I post them :)

  • I can't hear you? =/

  • I like your in sites and wisdom you have employed here on this video, great teaching and decorum.

    This is what should be revel to those whom are in some state of spiritual flux, You mush continual you mystical commentary for I know you will help open the eyes of many in this field of endeavors, peace, love and power.

  • This is An AWESOME Vid!  TY for doing this! =) This Helps Me so much.......

  • @Nataleena07 you are most welcome, that is what it is here for :D

  • I'm a mystic Christian I just found out by my girlfriend's friend who is one. You're right Blaze we should set aside our differences. What I have researched over the years of Christianity, Wicca, and Witchcraft that I believe there isn't anything bad in Wicca and Witchcraft. I guess it was all just lies that religion leaders(not saying all Religion leaders do) say so they can keep their followers and/or recruit more. Thanks for explaining this to me now I do understand. :D

  • @Alucard054 you are most welcome.

  • I am glad you enjoyed it :D

  • OMG! SOO Happy You made this Vid! Awesome!

  • Great video! :)

  • Huzzah!

  • Hi ^-^ I've been looking for something like this for a while now. A lot of my friends ask me to explain myself and you've described it better than I ever could. Though I choose to associate myself with the Wiccan religion, I found that a lot of the things I've felt and believed since I was small were mirrored in your video. Thank you for the amazing video. =)

  • you are most welcome. many of us are at a loss for words when asked to decribe what we are...and asides from the spinning this video does fairly well :D

  • @BlazeLeeDragon Indeed it does, and I even enjoyed the spinning! It's more movement than I see in a lot of videos! Gave it character. ^-^

  • u are a vibrating being!!

    really enjoyed ur words..

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  • Super attractive and intelligent can't get much better than that :)!! Great videos, I really enjoy them.

  • thank you for your kind words casie. :D

  • how did you become a healer?

  • through choice, I was born with the gift and continued to train myself, went to classes, read books etc.

  • very inspirational just made my day =D

    thank you for uploading this

  • So true.  Thanks for video.

  • Profound conversation (so to speak).Thanks!

  • I realy enjoyed watching your video:) So true...We just are! Thanks for sharing

  • This is such a fantastic and educational video...everything you have said is so true. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I wish you would make more videos lol Blessings xxx

  • I am glad you enjoyed it :D once I get my new computer I may start doing them more often :)

  • Great! cant wait :) xxxxxxxxx

  • very well said! :)

  • Excellent video!! I do not fit neatly within one path or another, so, I just am.....

  • i needed this==thank you)O(

  • you are most welcome

  • Well done!

    Like Shakespeare said:

    "What is in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word, would smell just as sweet."

  • I am pleased you enjoyed it :D and indeed much like shakespeare's saying :D

  • I must say, very well said! Methinks that there are lables out there just so people can identify to others where they belong. Kind of like soup cans... Would you honestly open let alone eat anything from an unmarked soup can?

    Very well said, though, the camera turning kind of made me dizzy...

  • I do appologies for the shaky camera after watching I diddn't realize how bad it was when I was making it.

    I am glade you enjoyed it, and the soup can anaology is very good :D I like that

  • well said. i had a wiccan girl ask me one time what path i followed...i told her "that i follow the path that gets me to where im going" ;) she wasnt ammused lol.

  • lol, I think of all religion the same way as a moutain, and at it's peak is the devine, we all walk different roads to get there, but we are all heading in the same direction :D

  • You are a truly wise and kindred spirit and sensei. I feel fortunate to have learned from you and I hope I shall learn more from you in the future. I have had trouble in finding my place- a name to call myself. Thank you for making me see that my different beliefs do not need to be bounded by one name, but can simply be and change as I grow older and learn more about what is around me and beyond.

  • you are most welcome, our soceity has forced names on everything but a name can not sum up a life time of seeking, nor can it sum up what lies with in. Just be my friend just be ...

  • I loved this video. I cant stand when ppl ask me what religion I am like they are begging for me to give myself a label or title. Then If Im uncertain on a title they think Im not all together. I just dont have a title. I am all of the above. lol. Any time I've stayed focused on one area, It's just not all for me. I dont have a belief/beliefs that can be condensed into one type. Great vid.

  • I am pleased you enjoyed the video and that was it's intent to remind everyone that we are beyond titles and labels...we simple are :D

  • hey blaze how are ya doin`, this was a really interseting video,and you are right we do label ourselves all the time, i am constantly telling people that im not a witch im a wiccan!!!,great vid.love Rebeccaxx

  • I am pleased you enjoyed it :D

  • Great, Great video! Five stars!! The world evolves so people should evolve along with it.

    Why try to define yourself with a few words. I'm certainly not the same pagan I was 10 years ago and may not be the same one ten years from now.

  • I am pleased you enjoyed it :)

  • Your video is excellent! I follow my family traditions, being my family were Gypsy Travellers whom practiced witchcraft, yet it was there own. It dosen't have a label, its what they did and passed it on.

    Good job! 5/5

  • excellent, most family practices are still alive today but many do not speak of them. :D thank you for your kind words

  • more of us of the Old ways should be so eloquent in educating from the heart as you have friend. The gods have definately empowered you to educate and represent the less addressed areas of the craft.. pointed hat goes off to you brother =D

  • I thank you for your kind words. I follow the path of the guide, teacher and healer and these videos are recieved well.

    it would seem they are :D

  • "The Truth is simple but the Way of Man is hard. First you must learn to control your Self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes."

    Thank you for your video, respect and Truth.

  • you are most welcome, and I thank you for your words.

  • The only qualifies te4acher is the one who ever remains the student. In a universe of duality.. ones opposite begets the other...

    the teacher who refuses to be the student under the dillusion of "mastery" becomes ignorant and shut off from the mystreries.. for one cannot master the infinite.. only become it =D.. The gods ever guide you onward ... in their name...

  • being a hereditary old world strega I can relate to a lot of your vids =D

  • that is my aim to guide those who are lose and relate to those who feel alone :)

  • you are a witch of the old world indeed m8.. rare and dying breed.. =D

  • well put m8! Is how i define "old world" witchcraft.. In the old days, what we were would be looked upon these modern days as ecclectic. Nice to hear someone else epxplain even the axioms good and evil the same as i do.. well met kindred!

  • this is true, and yes it is always good to meet others of like mindedness :)

  • A rose by any other name...

    Great video.

  • indeed, the same concept as a rose by any other name and tank you :D

  • Well said!

  • Bravo....well said.

  • thank you

  • Lovely description!

  • thank you for the kind words, I do felt I may have repeated myself and rambled abit but I wanted to get allof my thoughts out :D

  • They came across very eloquently. I often have a difficult time meeting the expectations of labels when it comes to some of the titles, names and categories of modern paganism. I understood perfectly what you were getting at :)

  • That was simply beautiful.

  • thank, I felt it needed to be said