Idle thought for the moment.
I consider myself pagan - mostly because of the earth-friendly orientation of the 'religion'. I tend to feel some forces guide us, but not in a christian way - to no real purpose or divine goal. More karmic.
And that does most the time, but sometimes...
I dunno, I see witchy-types quite a bit. Very into their spells and preparation. Observe the sabbats and esbats with fervor, etc. And they believe! They feel their spells work.
And who am I to question them?
Yet, at the same time, as a JW, I always thought my prayers 'worked'. Or didn't 'work', but only due to god's will. Obviously, in retrospect, they had no effect at all and only 'worked' or didn't 'work' when what I was praying for was actually going to happen or not - completely independent of my wishes.
Still, especially with the pagan fervor around this time of year -the Last Harvest and into Yule....
I wish I could believe.
You know?
And so many witches are ADAMANT that their spells work, and as a JW, of course, we were taught to fear witches because their spells worked, etc. But...now...I cannot set it.