From: 94sjr@williams.edu (Song Joy River)
Subject: Re: Looking to explore ideas on paganism and ritual
Date: 6 Aug 1993 15:55:14 -0400

I am also a solitary pagan, picking and choosing from Wicca and
Celtic/ Greek trad, but I too have little use for formalized ritual.
I am VERY new to all of this, and would appreciate a discussion if
some others out there have tips for solitary pagans.

My favorite method of ritual is to find some object in nature that has
the property I am looking for and talk to it and myself.  For example,
if I need help facing change, I might go and talk to a river, which is
always in motion.  ("Like the river, change is a part of life. I greet
you, river, etc.")

Might sound weird but heck, it works.  It's like Starhawk's coming to
terms with the "child self."
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THANKS, and brightest blessings,

--Joy