Problems Pagans face

I should probably begin with social problems. I should know all about these because I go to a Catholic school. People are usually afraid of that which they do not know of. If you anounce that you're a pagan then they will be afraid of you, unconciously anyway, and they will defend themselves by jeering at your faith. Their religions (if they have one) or controling faactors (ex. Christianity, not a religion anymore but rather a way of controlling people, or their upbringing) will probably tell them that what they are doing is wrong (usually not the case for Satanists, but then again they usually don't pick on Pagans because so much of their symbols and small things are stolen from Paganism, and they understand what it means to be "crucified" by the Church), but they will justify this for themselves by the fact that your a heathen. This is really an incomplete thought pattern that they set up for themselves. It's quite funny, laugh at it a lot.

One of the things that these racists may do is to laugh at you as a witch. I never thought very highly of witches so this was an insult. It's just a misconception on their part, there is a distinction between witches and Pagans. Their view of witches actually is mostly drawn from the early Hollywood movies. These steriotypes can also be rather humerous. The fear of witches in modern culture is inplanted by the church, the sick part is that there are Jews, Muslims, Athiests and what not that are all effected by this sick joke. Don't forget though, this sick sense of humor cost some 3 MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE their lives (during the witch trials in Europe).

One of the other funny things that you may come across os to be mistaken for a Satanist. Not that I want to be religiously discriminatory, but it is a load of BS that emerged from the Catholic Church somewhere around the late 1700's. Yes it all started from Christianity. It actually didn't have much to do with witchcraft and had absolutly nothing to do with Paganism (except that it silently stole a few symbols and twisted them to their own means). It had more to do with the early occult research that occured within the church, or by professionals in the field of Christianity. I don't see how anyone could make the corrolation between a Pagn and a Satanist, but apparently there is no limit to human ingenuity when the mind is trying to defend itself. If trying to defend yourself from these people just keep in mind they are uneducated on the subject, you have a small advantage, use it well.

FOR NON-SHAMANS You must still live it in if your not a shaman. Simply meditate on it, learn its oath, think of it constantly, read about it a lot, do activities related to it etc. Do this for about 10 days per Rune to get it in, this is not guaranteed to work as well as the Shamanic teqnique. however it is also great in addition to the shamanic tecnique.