A Rant About “True” and “Authentic” Traditions (The Deepest Well)

….OR “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”

Ever notice there is an energy around the blog world that seems to be contagious, and suddenly everyone is writing about the same thing? Yes I guess we are connected! And not only through a wireless internet feed!

 Lately I have started realizing not only how  so very tired I am of the argument over what is the “authentic, real, original , ancient,”  way to practice (insert tradition of Paganism here ) but also how ridiculous this argument is.  I truly do not understand why some people feel they need to announce that they possess the real knowledge or practice the real whatever, because (insert anything here, from lineage, to education, to certificate, to initiation….)  I mean, I have to hope, if there were such a thing as a real, authentic, older-than-dirt Pagan, this person would be way too spiritually evolved to walk around boasting about it.  Wouldn’t he/she have better things to do?  I mean, have you seen what a mess the world is lately?  Geez.

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