I've been thinking deeply lately about my spiritual beliefs / cosmology [View all]

I've been drawn to Wicca/Goddess-worship/Paganism/Witchcraft as long as I can remember, despite being raised by Christian fundamentalists.

But, I've never been quite 100% comfortable with it, and have also felt very drawn by the atheistic beliefs of Buddhism as well.

I think, because I was raised by Christian fundamentalists, I was given a blueprint of a cosmos that is ruled by a supreme deity that is all-knowing and all-powerful. I was trying to fit a Great Goddess into the mold of the God of Abraham.

But, my skepticism in the face of obvious flaws in making that switch persisted. How could an all-powerful God or Goddess, who is also presumed to be Good, allow evil to go unpunished? (Amongst other things).

Then, suddenly, I had a breakthrough that felt so obvious, I'm almost embarrassed.

So, I'm stating it here, as my personal belief, take it for what it's worth: I do believe in multiple higher spiritual powers of various kinds. Call them gods, goddesses, angels, fairies, daemons, kami, what have you. I firmly believe the Earth is a Goddess, and is sentient.

But they are NOT all-powerful or all-knowing. They are powerful, and wise, and old (but not eternal). They can be killed (we are actively killing our Mother Earth right now, for example).

Together, we all co-create the universe. Some people are bad, and the good must resist them, but it's an ongoing struggle that will
always exist. There is no CREATOR in the sense of the Abrahamic God, or if there is, it is indifferent to concepts of good and evil. It just IS.

I could go on, but that's the gist of it. Like I said, when it came to me, I felt kind of like the answer had been staring me in the face for decades, but I had been unable to see it for some reason.

Oh well.

Blessed be, all!

Coventina