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A feeling of overwhelming loneliness has come upon me as the longest night of the year proceeds. The sun is fully set. The Mother will labor to bring forth a new sun in the morning and I realize that my spiritual life is devoid of everything. I don't feel disconnected from Mother Earth, but from others of like minded beliefs.
There seems to be few, if any, active pagan/Wiccan groups on the area where I live. The ones that were here seem to have succumbed to apathy and inactivity of members. I have seen written on other sites that there is a serious lack of pagan leaders in our community. There seems to be a serious lack of pagans in the community, as well.
People need contact with others who believe like they do, who feel the same connections, spiritual and material, as they do. When this contact is gone, then the feeling of being cut adrift becomes a serious one. Without human contact, the human spirit shrivels and dies. I have felt mine shriveling for a long time, now, and wonder how much more shrivel it can take before there is a void inside me that cannot be easily refilled.
Pagans are not freaks. They are not devil worshippers and they certainly are not demons incarnate. They, we, are humans. Humans who feel a deep connection to the earth, to the cycles of the year and who adhere to a system of beliefs that encompass those feelings and desires. We, too, need to feel the touch of others, the warmth of a hug, the gentle touch of a hand upon the arm.
At this time of year, the feeling is deepened as the earth is cold, the air brisk and the nights long. A circle is only a circle so long as it is unbroken and expands to allow others into it. My circle, my Sacred Space is open. The way is lit.
There seems to be few, if any, active pagan/Wiccan groups on the area where I live. The ones that were here seem to have succumbed to apathy and inactivity of members. I have seen written on other sites that there is a serious lack of pagan leaders in our community. There seems to be a serious lack of pagans in the community, as well.
People need contact with others who believe like they do, who feel the same connections, spiritual and material, as they do. When this contact is gone, then the feeling of being cut adrift becomes a serious one. Without human contact, the human spirit shrivels and dies. I have felt mine shriveling for a long time, now, and wonder how much more shrivel it can take before there is a void inside me that cannot be easily refilled.
Pagans are not freaks. They are not devil worshippers and they certainly are not demons incarnate. They, we, are humans. Humans who feel a deep connection to the earth, to the cycles of the year and who adhere to a system of beliefs that encompass those feelings and desires. We, too, need to feel the touch of others, the warmth of a hug, the gentle touch of a hand upon the arm.
At this time of year, the feeling is deepened as the earth is cold, the air brisk and the nights long. A circle is only a circle so long as it is unbroken and expands to allow others into it. My circle, my Sacred Space is open. The way is lit.
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