{"id":3610,"date":"2010-05-01T01:10:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2010-04-26T17:42:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T22:42:23","slug":"a-witchs-view-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/05\/01\/a-witchs-view-5\/","title":{"rendered":"A Witch’s View"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love going to new age and metaphysical shops to see what’s new on the market. Over the years you can notice trends coming and going with whatever is in vogue at the time.\u00a0 Sometimes you’ll find an abundance of Native American items and at other times there will be Celtic lore galore.<\/p>\n

I’ve noticed it can be extremely difficult, if not impossible to find books about local folklore or traditions.\u00a0 Often, here in England, our own home grown histories and roots are put aside so popular categories can take centre stage.\u00a0 This is a shame because our history is diverse and with a little effort you can trace the locations and artifacts which are nothing less than magickal.\u00a0 Aside from the ‘big’ attractions like Stonehenge and Avebury there are many smaller scale places to connect with heritage and Pagan roots.\u00a0 It requires some digging and patience – either online or in the library – but it can be done!<\/p>\n

I’ve written before about churches here in England which very often have been built on ley lines or old pagan worshipping sites.\u00a0 You don’t have to be a Christian to enjoy the magickal aspect of the land!\u00a0 There are ley lines themselves which can be traced and walked.\u00a0 Forests which still remain usually have folk tales attached to them or even fairy sightings.<\/p>\n

Often in the past I’ve neglected my magickal roots.\u00a0 I’ve been dazzled by the ancient traditions of other cultures and wowed by their sacred sites.\u00a0 But there’s something special about learning and appreciating where you live – wherever that may be – and understanding the land and the past which has shaped the present.\u00a0 It’s really worth investing some time researching and, if you’re able, getting out and about in the place in which you live.\u00a0 You never know what you’ll uncover and what Pagan connections you may find.
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I love going to new age and metaphysical shops to see what’s new on the market. Over the years you can notice trends coming and going with whatever is in vogue at the time.\u00a0 Sometimes you’ll find an abundance of Native American items and at other times there will be Celtic lore galore. I’ve noticed it can be extremely difficult, if not impossible to find books about local folklore or traditions.\u00a0 Often, here in England, our own home grown histories and roots are put aside so popular categories can take centre stage.\u00a0 This is a shame because our history is diverse and with a little effort you can trace the locations and artifacts which are nothing less than magickal.\u00a0 Aside from the ‘big’ attractions like Stonehenge and Avebury there are many smaller scale places to connect with heritage and Pagan roots.\u00a0 It requires some digging and patience – either online or in the library – but it can be done! I’ve written before about churches here in England which very often have been built on ley lines or old pagan worshipping sites.\u00a0 You don’t have to be a Christian to enjoy the magickal aspect of the land!\u00a0 There are ley lines themselves which can be traced and walked.\u00a0 Forests which still remain usually have folk tales attached to them or even fairy sightings. Often in the past I’ve neglected my magickal roots.\u00a0 I’ve been dazzled by the ancient traditions of other cultures and wowed by their sacred sites.\u00a0 But there’s something special about learning and appreciating where you live – wherever that may be – and understanding the land and the past which has shaped the present.\u00a0 It’s really worth investing some time researching and, if you’re able, getting out and about in the place in which you live.\u00a0 You never know what you’ll uncover and what Pagan connections you may find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}