A religion and spiritual path is a belief and a way of life.
How do you honor your beliefs?
Do you "practice what you preach"?
Below are some questions for you to answer and by doing so will help you to see how you, yourself honor your religious spiritual beliefs.

 

Honoring Your Path - Part I: Your Personal Beliefs

1) What exactly do you call your spiritual belief / path? (name / belief)

2) Describe what your spiritual belief / path actual is.

3) Do you have a personal altar?

4) Do you clean your altar regularly?

5) How often do you change your altar?

6) How do you Honor your spiritual belief / path? (how or what do you do)

7) Looking at your answers above, do you honor your beliefs?

8) Looking at your answers above, what can you do to better honor your beliefs?

 

Honoring Your Path Path II: God & Goddess

1) What do you call your God and Goddess? Do you use specific names, overall or in certain workings?

2) Do you have an altar for your God/Goddess?

3) Do you keep your God/Goddess altar clean?

4) Do you change it now and then as necessary?

5) What do you do to Honor your God/Goddess? Describe what and how you show your Honor.

6) Looking back at your answers in this section, what can you do to better honor the God/Goddess?

 

Honoring your Path Part III: The Ritual Circle

1) How often do you do a ritual circle?

2) Do you plan your ritual according to:

a) The season or sabbat?
b) The day of the week?
c) The time of the day?
d) The phase of the moon?
e) Do you do any of the above according to the ritual need?
f) Do you, or have you done, a ritual circle just for connecting to the God and / or the Goddess or to give them your thanks and blessings?

3) Do you do ritual circles the same each time?

4) If you answered no to #3 please answer the following:

a) Do you cleanse your ritual circle the same way each time? (using the same method, tools, oils, herbs, etc.) If not, please explain what different ways you do them and why.
b) Do you cast your circle the same way each time? If not, please explain what different ways you do it and why.
c) Do you have a specific place you hold all your ritual circles?
d) Do you call or demand the elements, guardians, watchtowers, etc.?
e) Do you call or demand the God and Goddess's presence?
f) Do you use specific names of God/Goddess or does it depend on your working?

5) How often do you do ritual circles in a year?

6) If you do regular circles and / or ritual work, do you ever just do a special circle to give Love, Blessings and Thanks to your God/Goddess without asking for anything?

7) List how many ritual circles you yourself have done this year and what they were for.

8) List how many ritual circles you attended this year, and what they were for.

9) When attending other ritual circles, do you ask the group leader or circle leader what the specific ritual need is for that circle and what things you may need to know before going into that circle?

10) When attending other ritual circles, do you offer to help before, during or after?

11) When attending other ritual circles, do you take a blessing gift for the circle leader?

12) When attending other ritual circles, do you take an offering gift for the main altar, such as a token or flower, etc.?

13) Looking back over each of the other rituals you have attended, how did they make you feel?

14) Looking back over all your answers for this section, what can you do to better yourself, your rituals and other rituals you attend in the future?

 

Honoring Your Path Path IV: Honoring Our Ancestors

1) Do you know the history of Paganism and Witchcraft?

2) Have you studied about the "Burning Times"?

3) Do you honor our ancestors?

4) If you answered yes to #3, please explain how you honor our ancestors.

5) How often do you do ritual to honor our ancestors?

6) Looking back over your answers to this section, how can you better go about honoring our ancestors?

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Last updated April 8, 2012

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