{"id":2238,"date":"2016-12-23T14:16:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/?page_id=2238"},"modified":"2020-10-10T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T16:24:06","slug":"concepts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page talks about important concepts that come up a lot when talking about Paganism, religious witchcraft, and related topics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concepts-header.png\" alt=\"concepts: key on a brown background\" class=\"wp-image-3958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concepts-header.png 900w, https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concepts-header-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concepts-header-768x102.png 768w, https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/concepts-header-150x20.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/a-few-useful-terms\/\"><strong>Common terms<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0: commonly used words when talking about Pagan religions<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/what-is-witchcraft\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4384\"><strong>What is witchcraft? <\/strong><\/a>My personal take on it. <\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/deities\/\"><strong>Deities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0: different ways Pagans look at and talk about deity.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/ethics\/\"><strong>Ethics<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0: a brief look at some ethical concepts in religious witchcraft<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/magic\/\"><strong>Magic<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0: different approaches to and philosophies about magic.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/doing\/energy-and-you\/\"><strong>Energy and you<\/strong><\/a> : an overview of energy and the ideas of centreing, grounding, and shielding.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/correspondences\/\"><strong>Correspondences<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0: an introduction to the idea of using correspondences in ritual and magic.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/doing\/what-is-ritual\/\">Ritual<\/a> <\/strong>: An introduction to key ideas about ritual.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/doing\/divination\/\"><strong>Divination<\/strong><\/a> : what it is and isn&#8217;t.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page talks about important concepts that come up a lot when talking about Paganism, religious witchcraft, and related topics. Common terms\u00a0: commonly used words when talking about Pagan religions What is witchcraft? My personal take on it. Deities\u00a0: different ways Pagans look at and talk about deity. Ethics\u00a0: a\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/concepts\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3967,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2238","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P11EQH-A6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2273,"url":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/beginning\/","url_meta":{"origin":2238,"position":0},"title":"Beginning","author":"jenett","date":"December 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Are you curious about Paganism? 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