I started this journey at the beginning of 2020 and have just now gotten to the point of really delving deep into my Pagan journey. I have been trying to find a good place to start: podcasts to listen too, books to read, stone/gems to get ... a journal to jot all my notes into and look at later on.
In my beginning research, I came across a blog named Round the Cauldron by Megan Black, she has been the only one that claimed to want to help in people's journey into paganism and actually helped me get started. It all started with a simple email requesting a beginners guide into the path of paganism. She suggested a book called Paganism for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Nature Based Spirituality for Every New Seeker by Althaea Sebastian I found it on Amazon (click links to get to the book and to the authors profile on Amazon). This book is free on Unlimited and has an Audiobook version too, which is what I started with, then got the physical copy to add to my book collection. This book helped me figure out where my affinity lies within the Pagan community and I found it super helpful with how she broke down the various different chapters of paganism. This journey has helped me find my spiritual connection again and it feel like I am on the right path for the first time in a long time. This is a journey I am doing all on my own and for myself, I'm not expecting anyone else to follow my path, this is all just for me and it feels so good. I am not a religious person, so organized religion has never been my thing, I tried it (wrote up my journey into that in a previous blog) and it's just not for me. But I do believe in spirituality, more specifically, universal spirituality. Which isn't based around organized religion. My pagan affinity I am drawn to is Heathenry, more specifically Asatru (Norse Pagan). I am also a Eclectic, Solitaire pagan.
Next, I have started getting back into my astrological side of things. I read my daily horoscopes and read up on different things in my Chinese zodiac and my Astrological star signs. I opened my Astrology book I have for the first time in years a few weeks ago and have been reacquainting myself to my star signs. I used to be really into my astrology in general when I was growing up and in my early adulthood, but something happened and I stopped following it. I'm not sure or even remember why I stopped following my astrology but I recently discovered there has been several pieces of myself missing and this is just one part of myself I have been working on getting back. Getting universally centered is a big deal for me and once I started back on following my astrology, I am feeling more in tune with myself again.
Finally, have gotten back into my crystal healing. I bought a decent starter kit off of Amazon, because where I live there isn't really a crystal shop or holistic healing place to go to that isn't based around yoga. I want to find a good crystal shop that is all about divinity and spiritual healing and guidance. There used to be a place I went too in my early adulthood back in 1996-97, when I was living in South Dakota ( I don't think the shop exists anymore), I am looking for a place like that again. This place had a medium in it and they cleansed my aura and healed my spirit. I don't talk about this healing very often, because people look at me funny when I do, but this healing saved me. It helped me heal deep wounds that I never thought I would be able to heal. This is what I am looking for again. There has been so much toxic energies over the years that have surrounded me and contaminated my aura and soul. I have always tried to keep the toxicity to a minimum, but there is only so much journaling and crafting you can do to combat the negative energies in your life. The starter crystal set I bought off of Amazon is a Healing Crystal Set I bought this one because it specifically had the white sage in it, which is something I wanted to cleanse my house and self. But the set itself is a chakra crystals box of "standard" healing crystals. Like I said it's a good starter kit and it came with a little journal to write down daily affirmations or whatever you feel like using it for. I will be upgrading and acquiring different stones once I get myself to a semi-connected spot and feel like I can identify which crystals are a must for me.
What I am going to get into next will be reading up on Norse Mythos and the beginnings of Asatru. I have already researched and come across a website that seems like it will be helpful on a brief glance called the Asatru Alliance, which I am excited to delve into and read up on things. I have also been reading The Wild Hunt. I am also going to make/acquire some runes and pick up a few Norse Mythology books so I can learn about the deities and such that are apart of this path. Being of Scandinavian decent, this path seems so natural to me, I just wish I knew more of a place to start to look more into my heritage and learn about the Asatru practice that seems to draw me in more and more. My journey is just starting and I am looking forward to where it takes me.
Again, thank you for reading and I look forward to writing more as I go through my journey!
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