Comments on: Question of the Week #1

By: Max

Max — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:38:50 +0000

My cat has actually avoided any personal rituals that I have done in my home. I have not barred him from being in the room, but from the moment the first candle is lit, he is gone. Now to be fair to him, he is a recent addition to my home (i.e. I didn’t have him when this question was first posted) and is still adjusting. He also doesn’t have much chance to familiarize himself with the room in general. When I’m not in there, the door is closed. This is simply a practical exercise to me – being a curious cat I can only imagine what he could do in there for 8 hours while I’m at work.

However, should he become comfortable enough and want to be present, I certainly would not stop him from being there. He is a member of the household and that gives him the option to attend or not.

By: Randilin

Randilin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:42:18 +0000

It is a couple days late but my own answer is up at http://betweentheticks.blogspot.com

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to answer this week. The next question is scheduled to drop on Monday see you all then.

By: stacey42

stacey42 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:06:44 +0000

Interesting question. I’ve never given it much thought really. Our coven does ritual outside so animals come & go freely but none really make an impression on my consciousness during or after ritual, except mosquitos….I’ve never shut the cats out of personal rituals in my house. Sometimes they join in and sit & purr with me and sometimes they ignore me. I have one cat who seems to have issues with tarot readings. There is nothing she likes more that watching me layout a Celtic Cross and then leaping into the middle of it and scattering the cards everywhere. I always take that to mean “Please rephrase your question”
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By: Lyon Mercaeant

Lyon Mercaeant — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:27:57 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with Tara’s point about Paganism being about right here, right now. Well said.

Also, good question/prompt! I will try to sit down sometime this week and write this out as a blog prompt, thank you. =)
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By: Tara Swaim

Tara Swaim — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:53:44 +0000

I pay attention to EVERYTHING during ritual, especially my pets. It certainly is not all about the candles or ritual tools, but the happenings,and feelings that are created by those things. My cats often will come up and lay their paws on the altar cloth, and my familiar, my pet snake Flower is so connected to me and my cycles I watch how she acts on a daily basis. I think paganism is not your typical lofty-take-me-outta-this -world religion, but right here,right now. Involvement of pets is a priceless part of that. Good question! Well thought out!