What does it mean to be a druid in today society?
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it means that we are the only smart ones left.
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An individual is 'marked' by class and how they carry themselves in a situation... Society in general makes conclusions based on appearance .  Hence if you are dressing and acting as most of the college aged girls I have seen lately. You would probably fit well into the catgory of easy.  Not to say you are but....thats the world as it is today!\nMake yourself stand out.  In a memorable way...Use your intelligence and charm not your body, looks or know how in certain unmentionable fields.
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It means that you are a witch.\n\nwitches is a heredatory thing.\n\ndo you have any people in your family that were burned in the past, or who had similar experiances.\n\nAll in all this is a blessing.\n\nSee if you can use it with other peoples dreams,\nyou could make money out of it.\n\nyou could get more details on dreams if you catch them\n\nset the alarm for a time ,that you think dreams occur.\n\nand when you wake up write them down.\n\nAre these experiences bad,or extra-ordinairy \n\nor are they just normal things.\n\nIt is the difference of wether you are a Seer or a Prophet.\n\nBut it is safe to say that you ´probably are a Witch
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Don't kid me. There will be hell to pay for this kind of activity. Sorry, I am not trying to horn in. Your question reminds me of the Tom Hanks/ Dan Ankroid( did I spell that right?) movie "Dragnet". Don't be a Pagan, be a druid.
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You're not a Druid, so you don't have to.
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You're meant to be in House Slytherin.  :-)\n\nSeriously, though...\n\nIn Eastern mythologies the serpent is a symbol for healing or new life.  It can also symbolize sexuality, psychic energy, the power of Nature, intuitive wisdom, or the unconscious.\n\nThose who believe in dream interpretations also say that, if the snake is guarding something, it may symbolize either your true and total self or something you need for the next stage of personal development.
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*Muttering for some of my better answers this last week got caught in those deletions*\nI myself am a rather strange mixture of eastern (mostly Buddhist), druidic and shamanistic beliefs. As to information sources, this one seems pretty good for a one stop comparison of most major religions including wicca. http://www.religionfacts.com
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Your destiny is what you make it.  You  father saying that he was a "warlock" is prolly just trying to get your gaot.  Warlock is derived from the scottish were (oath) loager (lier) or transliterated into oath-breaker or traitor... all of the witches i know (Male & Female) take thier oaths very seriously. We all have prophetic dreams, but not everyone rememebers them, and the dead will talk to anyone who will listen.  If you choose to be a witch then you are a witch, not because destiny made you a witch or family lineage & so-forth.  But a concerted effort & decision on YOUR part. Being a witch is hard work, and it just gets harder.  If you dont want to be a witch, don't practice.  You can't turn off your natural gifts, but you can choose not to develop them.  Everyone has some level of psychic acumen in some area, some dream true, some sense emotions, some have an uncommon link or bond with a friend or relative. These are all natural things, just unproven by science.
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Paganism is a catch all term for people who believe in spirits and gods. They can follow different pantheons that have nothing in common, but are grouped together because they fall outside the main monotheist religions. Paganism can range from animism in the Americas, through to shamanism in Siberia, and druidry in Europe. All are different. I have included a few websites, which will show some of the diversity in paganism as a whole, but there is far more diversity than just these.
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I consider myself Wiccan.  To me, it's an emerging movement that is still in the process of defining itself- initial trends included negative-definition (wicca is defined be what it is not, commonly "'wicca is not christianity' or 'wicca is not devil-worship' etc), non-definition (either because the group is too eclectic to attempt a definition, or out of a desire to maintain a hands-off approach), victim-definition (victimization, or the self-marginalization produced by emphasis on 'burning times' or historical religious persecution; irrelevant to modern practice, but it seems to be a popular method of forging ones identity, and there's alot of rumor-mongering in the pagan community to support this theory), and pseudo-historical-definition (claims to a prehistoric origin, etc).  \n\nNone of these cut it for creating a spiritual identity; Luckily, Wicca is moving away from these, as well as its habit of 'borrowing' (heritage theft, put shortly) and developing its own symbols, myths, jargon, and even deities.  There is getting to be less pressure for validation (via lineage, accounts of intolerance, etc).  Also a good sign- people need to feel confident that they are what they believe they are and not need to defend themselves to other Wiccans.\n\nA fend-for-yourself attitude in regard to dogma might be appealing if we want a truly open and freeform religion, but if Wicca doesn't provide something truly solid for people going through tough or troubled times it will fail as a religion.  Spells and magic aren't enough- Wicca needs to work on developing its philosophy and actually ask some of the harder questions.  But its starting to happen.  I am blessed to be living at a time when my religion is kicking its way out of the universal womb- ten or twenty years from now we'll have the first real generation of Wiccans who were raised in the tradition (current demographics are between 92 and 99% converts).  I look forward to hearing what they have to say about it.\n\nWicca has a few things that have been established- the importance of elemental divisions, duality in divinity, emphasis on systems of correspondences, the Magic Circle as both battery and sacred space.  All good tools; it's a starting point.  There is a current trend of wiccans turning to or creating particular Trads; I think that will continue, because the generic 'wicca' identifier is too big and unwieldy to provide as strong a sense of community.  We hesitate to come up with statements about who we are for fear of leaving some members out- how often do we have to qualify that most wiccans are nature worshippers but some aren't, that most use the god-goddess model but some don't, that some wiccans cast spells but some don't?  I'm all in support of breaking Wicca into smaller sects, so that people can actually feel like they know something about their fellow practitioners.\n\nSo, Wicca is an opportunity for creativity.  No religion can stay undefined for long and still survive, but for now, we are the ones who will help to shape what Wicca becomes.  Tis both an exhilerating and humbling thought.\n\n(NOTE- my ideas of Wicca being in transition are my opinion, and only that- I don't mean to offend people that feel they already have a solid community identity or that come from an actual hereditary tradition that recently adopted the name 'wiccan', or anyone else.  But I'm all about the chaos.  :)
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from all i know it means he is a natural born witch,(warlock in the case of a male)he should learn to use his abilities, he shouldn't waste such a gift, i have five point stars on both my palms.
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sleepy....I chose not to be a sheep long ago.\nIs paganism ol' tyme enough for you?
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They feel the need to warn you that you're going to their hell when you die because they "care" about you. They don't realize that Druidism and all other forms of Paganism have been around thousands and thousands of years, pre-dating Jesus by a long-shot. The concept of hell and heaven were forgin! \n\nIt's only been recently that the Christian church, especially the Catholic church, have labeled our beliefs as evil, even though there's no proof to support that theory other than a fallible book written by man.
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Modern-day, a Pagan is a person who is polytheistic and/or follows an earth-based religion.\n\nBack a few years, a Pagan was anybody not of the Judeo-Christian faith.\n\nBack a while more, it was a person who lived in the country.\n\nFarther back, it was used by the Romans to describe people in villages who worshipped their local deities.\n\n\nPeople use the first example most often. :)
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thats nice but I am druid and don't believe you!
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It means being able to live in a meling pot society, and accepting others religions and cultures without being judgemental. Maybe even taking some of their beliefs and seeing how they fit into your life.
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Paganism is a general term referring to most earth-revering religions and ideologies that often also admire/worship multiple gods and practice magick.  Actually, neo-paganism more accurately describes most modern forms, but it's a bit cumbersome to say and write.  Pagans are those who see the earth as the giver of life, sometimes representing a spiritual being with the same purpose.  Pagans can fall into many categories.  One of these is Wicca.\n\nWicca is a religion that was started by Gerald Gardener in the middle of the last century.  Wiccans see the form of the Deity that controls everything as having two aspects, male and female.  It is a religion that teaches the balance among all things living.  Also, reincarnation is believed by most Wiccans because of the cycles of life, death and rebirth that occur in nature.  Wiccans believe, as many pagans do, in the power of our minds to influence the world around us through ritual and spells.  We appeal to the Goddess and God and the elements for help with this.  \n\nTo find out more, go to http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm\n\nNow, agnostics believe that there is "something out there," but that no religions created by humans have the capability to fully explain what that is and what it wants from us.  Most believe that if they live good lives, that should be enough, which I don't see why it shouldn't be.  \n\nAtheists, btw, believe that there is NOT anything out there controlling the universe and its occupants.  They attribute everything to scientific explanations.