The Pagan Heart
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July-August 2005 Issue
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Inside the Pagan Mind
By Jase Price
It is my honest belief that you don't choose your spiritual path, it chooses you. I started out - as so many other fellow pagans - as something else. I was raised Southern Baptist but as I grew older I came to realize it didn't suit my lifestyle. In 1996 while I was in high school I stumbled upon paganism, quite literally. At the town library I happened to trip over a book on paganism and I've been hooked every since. I started off with Wicca but soon felt that it wasn't quite right for me. From there I started studying Scottish Witchcraft seeing as how I am of Scottish descent. It hit a little closer to home but it didn't fit perfectly, I felt something was still missing. Not long afterwards I found my way into Norse paganism. To this day I am a practicing Asatru. What pulled me to settle on Asatru you may ask? For starters my deities aren't all-powerful all-knowing deities. They make mistakes; they do not hold sway over anything and everything. My gods are viewed basically as humans but on a much higher level. Each god doesn't have just one role but several responsibilities. As an Asatru I feel more at home with my beliefs and my patrons are familiar to me, even though some can be a little more demanding than others. Sometimes Odin as a patron can be a blessing and a curse. My patrons speak to me, guiding me on my life's path through the good and the bad. Odin provides me with insight and knowledge during my rune casts to help guide my life, Thor grants me the strength to fight for what I believe in and to protect what truly matters to me, Loki to provide spice and to suit my more mischievous nature. For ten years now I have followed the pagan path through many aspects until I felt at one with myself and my spirituality. There are many paths for many different people, so I ask you the reader, what path chose you? |
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