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I've found that the media generally presents paganism in one of two ways:
Option A; blood, murder, sacrifice, ugly old hags, all the usual propaganda that make you think of Halloween and the wicked witch of the west (of who, by the way, i do a fair imitation ^.^) Option B; even more unrealistic, as practitioners of pagan ways are generally shown as beautiful (in this case either nice or nasty) in the glamour-model sense, able to get anything by wriggling their cute little noses or snapping their fingers or generally pointing at thin air, as in Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Bewitched, etc. Neither are too accurate. Feel free to ask questions and we'll answer to the best of our abilities, most everyone here at some point has faced the "interview" in some way or other. In England, where Tai-chan and i live, Paganism is one of the fastest growing belief systems and a fair number of our police force have recently admitted to believing in at least some of its ways if not practicing them. Nothing i love less about being a witch than being told i don't exist ^.^ |
How interesting. I had no idea about that.
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About what? the media portraits or that i get told i don't exist? :D
On the tea front . . . i only drink it if my boyfriend's made it, not even if i have. Dunno why. |
In England, how it's the fastest growing belief.
I like Black tea, but green tea is good too. Don't think I've had much else. |
I've tried the redbush stuff and that's ok. :)
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Oh yeah? Sounds interesting.
Black tea is most common around here. It's kinda hard to find other stuff unless it's in a bottle. |
Prefer green tea, which i will drink regardless of who made it so long as it contains lemon and honey. Started drinking it to help with acne, it contains a lot of good anti-oxidents, and it just grew on me ^.^
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I need to try green tea. I tried black tea but couldn't get on with it. It's great for a anti flu steam though.
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I've been trying a lot of different types of teas out. I really like chocolate mint tea, Earl Grey, and Chamomile teas.
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How is everyone today :)
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I'm doing well Tai.
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Cool ^_^ I'm sitting, resting my feet and my head. Long day at work was long.
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That sounds like it was long. I'm just getting up.
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Hehe wish I was ^_^
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Yaaaaay, three days off :D
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You've got three days off? From what? Glad to see you though.
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From my dead end job lol. It's nice to have a few days off to chill, see old friends and heal. Stupid shelf¬_¬
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A shelf gave you three days off? That's uhh... Odd.
But, anyways... I have a question. Can someone be aligned elementally to one of the Periodic Elements? |
Naa I had three days off, it just happens that I slammed my head into a shelf, leaving a cut and a very sore head, just before. lol
I've never heard of it before but if we are talking about eastern elements then metal at least is included. |
No... He seems to have a really weird connection to Chlorine. I've never seen anything like it. He's vertually immune to the effects of chlorinated water, and he says that he's actually had a bit of chlorine spilled in his eyes before, and it just sort of itched. The chlorine didn't even affect his eyesight.
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Wow. He's so lucky. That stuff's usually vicious.
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I know... But at the same time I a little worried, he seems to be aligned with a rather nasty thing, and he's both my little brother and one of the nicest people I know... Unless you get him mad, then he's actually really scary.
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sounds a lot like my little brother. he's a great guy, unless you make him mad. then... stay out of his way. he gets real quiet and creepy-like.
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To be honest those personalities strike me as fire elements. :)
They can be a little unstable and often fierce but their hearts are in the right place. |
That's different. One time this kid kept insunuating that my brother was gay, and just pushing his buttons. Now the kid was nearly twice the size of my brother. When my brother lost his temper, he lifted this kid over his head with one hand, and threw him five or six feet through the air. It was kind of terrorfying.
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That's incredible @_@ I'm impressed to be honest.
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Yeah... The really scary thing is that for nearly an hour afterwords, his eyes were red. Not the sclara, but the iris itself.
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i think it's usually the fire elements that have their eyes shift color, cuz my cousin's does it too, when she's really worked up. and, yes, she's a fire element.
i wouldn't be surprised if my little brother's fire, too, honestly. |
Sounds right.
My eyes change colour too with fire as my secondary element. And fire elements are known for their strength also. I'm all about the duality baby. :P |
Isn't chlorine part of most explosives, which could be considered like a sub-thingy of fire?
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It is flammable so I guess you could say that yes ^_^
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That might explain it... And I have another question, can someone who doesn't believe in magic do magic?
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Yes and no. Yes they can change things via will and energy. But no I wouldn't call it "magic" as it's not intentional. It just depends on what you wish to name it really. :)
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Okay... Then my brother also seems good at that. And it's all my fault. I'm so going to get karma all over me for this. *Sigh*
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Why? It's his will. You can't change that. His will, his karma. :)
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But I taught him how to do it. Back before I learned that it was magic, I used it a lot, for all kinds of things... Things would fly from one hand to the other, I made someone forget what they were doing... And when my brother noticed, I explained how I did it, and taught him... It's not that he's using it for bad things, but he uses it alot, mainly doing odd things that would normally be considered breaking various laws of Physics.
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I don't see why that's bad. Sounds like fun to me :)
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Doesn't that like brake some code of conduct or something? I mean it's messing with the very nature of reality... Isn't that dangerous?
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It depends how far you go. Moving things around a room isn't going to hurt anyone. An you could do the same thing with your hand. Embrace the skills and be proud of them is the way I see things.
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I guess... I just hope he keeps it at harmless stuff. I don't want to know what he could do if angered. *shudder*
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