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Originally Posted by Techno
It's less interesting than you'd think. The misunderstandings can be quite tiresome in fact. As an example, I recently applied for a job, and on the form filled out the religion box with: "Pagan - shamanistic tradition". Next time I'm down in the office, everyone's acting a little odd so I interrogate a random employee and get "Oh it's because you're a warlock". Needless to say, I'm not working there.
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Ah, but Techno, this is exactly why I find it 'conflicting and interesting'. This is what I meant about people making assumptions based on a label, when in fact you cannot make a particular judgement about this 'label'.
Unfortunate in your stated case above, but see how quick people are to judge a label. Is that not conflicting and interesting?
Perhaps you should have just written Pagan? I'm not sure if that would be 'shortchanging' your perspective on your path, but perhaps the extention of 'shamanistic tradition' was just a little too much information for those who have no understanding.
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This would be an assumption given that I'm just trying to work this all out - no harm meant, OK?