All Things Pagan Thread

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Magna-Carta said:
The Local Pagan Earth Deity, 'Lud':

When I was 16, I walked from Gradbach Mill Youth Hostel to Lud's Church with a group of other 16 year olds. The mill used to be a silk-spinning factory; now it’s a B&B, restaurant, and wedding venue. To me, as a 16 year old, the mill seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. Anyway, we walked at night to Lud's Church, armed only with flashlights.

This Pagan site ('Church') is said to have a sacred, otherworldly atmosphere, with its towering, moss covered walls of rock and the sense of seclusion within a gorge. I remember exploring it in the dark and wondering what ancient rituals and sacrifices might have taken place there, or who had walked these same paths before us. The quietness and stillness were almost overwhelming, and the feeling of being surrounded by something ancient, with its own human history, felt humbling.

Being in the middle of nowhere, there was no light pollution. Before we reached the site, I can remember seeing the Milky Way stretched out clearly across the sky.

Lud's Church -- probably not what you might think. But then again, I don’t know what you think:

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My new favorite cathedral.
 
Trila said:
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Reminds me of a humorous Jewish story in which a man asks his rabbi if he should do ‘x’ and is told he certainly should. Later he has an opportunity to ask another rabbi who is even more highly respected the same question and is told “no, never”. Later he prays to God to know which of the rabbis was correct and receives the answer “they both are correct”.

The troubled man exclaims “but they can’t both be right!” God says you are all three correct.
 
MarkD said:
Reminds me of a humorous Jewish story in which a man asks his rabbi if he should do ‘x’ and is told he certainly should. Later he has an opportunity to ask another rabbi who is even more highly respected the same question and is told “no, never”. Later he prays to God to know which of the rabbis was correct and receives the answer “they both are correct”.

The troubled man exclaims “but they can’t both be right!” God says you are all three correct.
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I appreciate the validity in this. What you believe is true, is, for you.
 
MarkD said:
My new favorite cathedral.
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Then with an imagination like that, and if you and some others have 7 minutes spare, you might like to walk around my part of the world in the county of Staffordshire. The county where I was born & raised. Forget organised beliefs for a while, and just look around with your own imagination -- wherever that imagination might take you.

My earliest memory’s of this location in the video were from the age of six, when my dad would drive me into the nearby Peak District every Sunday. Where even at that young age I developed an appreciationof a landscape that was here before I arrived in this world.

The Roches, a two and half mile walk from Lud's Church. Keep an eye out for the caterpillar, and don't trip over the sheep:



There be dragon's inside them there hills (Peak District):

 
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Paco Dennis said:
Yes, I love that statement and try to see the beauty in everything. I was reminded yesterday that Carl Jung who studied the mind said opposite emotions can exist simultaneously. I have been a little worried that my feelings of sadness was becoming a normal for me, but I also feel joy at the same time. :)
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Yes, I understand. I'm going through the same thing......

Hugs to you, friend!
 
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