Being a Public Pagan

My personal views and experiences in being openly pagan, from 20 years ago until now.

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• lycian
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• broom
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[illFatedShadow]

I was in a knife fight because of being pagan. This guy went nuts and tried to stab me! >=\. I ended up taking the knife away but his leg was punctured in the process. Mind you I was volunteering at a homeless shelter at the time.. All because he thought my pendant was "satanic". The staff never really treated me the same again. Some people are just rotten. However, I don't let things like that change my peaceful attitude toward others. )O(

[WiccanTexan]

@illFatedShadow Glad to hear you don't let those types of situations color your attitude overall.

[hayleeneal]

I've been married to my christian husband for 5 years, he knew I was pagan before we married. We've never let our difference of religion get in the way. We've openly raised our children allowing them to choose their path for themselves. People can put religious differences aside, we're living proof of that.

[WiccanTexan]

@hayleeneal That's outstanding!

[WhiteDragon1989]

First say I liked the video. I hope I will be able to do the same after I've been an active Druid for more than 20 years. I will say that I am encountering a lot more negative outlooks toward Paganism despite keep the mindset you suggest. They tend to be more dismissive than aggressive. Also, we also need to be aware of cultural attitudes. I was very open in the states. Here in Nicaragua as a Peace Corps volunteer, expressing my religious views, no matter how calmly could be dangerous.

[WiccanTexan]

@WhiteDragon1989 - My suggestions are more geared towards living here in the United States; obviously it's not going to work as well elsewhere. :) All we can do is the best we can with our particular situation and environment in mind.

[windrider2002]

About presenting yourself defensively. My husband made the mistake in the waiting room while I was in a same day surgery of telling a woman what I was. She came back and told her husband (while the nurse was with him) that I wasgetting 'God's punishment'. When the nurse came to me, she dropped her clipboard on my bad leg, talked to me like dirt and blew my vain (and blamed it on me). This is my fault?

[origionalpagan]

i was the only pagan at my school when i was young but nobody really cared. So fr me being open is fairly easy

[crystalline721]

im gay so nobody has really focused on me being pagan XD

[Colton8646]

@illFatedShadow Shame the guy didn't manage.

[KindaIshh]

chickens and do hexes, and i have yet to change her mind. I really do hope my family will somehow in the future accept me as who i am.

[KindaIshh]

Thank you so much for posting this video. This will help me a LOT. As I as making an effort to travel deeper in the Wiccan path, I find there are road bumps. I have "come out of the broom closet" to my mother. But somehow (she or I have not told anyone else) the rest of my family (on my moms side and Christian) now think i worship the devil and tease me about it and say stuff like "Why are you a witch, thats for little kids, its not a fairy tale." My moms mother thinks I sacrifice and hang chi

[illFatedShadow]

@hayleeneal ='D