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Was she "the one"?
I was in a relationship for several years with a woman who practiced new age, woo woo spirituality. I have to admit, I'm pretty judgmental about these things, even more so than traditional religion. Even when I was a New Thought minister, I despised new age magical thinking. In my religion, there was said to be a single source for everything. In new age, every-damned-thing is a source for something, and there's an endless and contradictory maze of things with special powers. To me, it's the deepest crazy there is....and I loved her.
As a New Thought minister, I taught that the "single source" is you, and the only thing that matters in the world is self reliance, stemming from self realization. This isn't the traditional interpretation of the religion I was brought up in, but as metaphor I can see every religion unfolding this way, rather than literal interpretation (which is insanity).
But every time she went to some workshop to learn about magical powers from special crystals or magic beans it made me cringe...and I enjoyed her company immensely anyway.

JustKip 7 Oct 22
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It depends on degree of involvement I suppose, and if they insist you partake.
I had a 20 year relationship with a man who was into chaos magick.
I was more in open an atheist than he was his beliefs. My atheism only came up as an issue a couple of times.
There were a couple of weird coincidences in our time together, but I didn't let it control my mindset as it did his, and that's where his fixation stemmed, to control his existence.

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Were you being fair to string her along knowing how you felt about her religion?

The woman I lost my virginity too in the dim and distant past now makes a killing running a reiki and meditation retreat. If she was single these days I guess I'd shut up and accept it. I still have demonstrated how much I've improved 😉

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I’ve dated several witches, dating one now... it’s near irrelevant. I love when they think I’m with them because they put a spell on me. Life should not be taken all that serious, I see it as a happy accedent. I am amused by the rationalization a witch goes through when a spell doesn’t work... somthing like, “Oh well, gave it my best shot, goddess must not have wanted it”... and I’m like, where do you want to eat?

It will be very lonely at 70

@Marine the girl I’m with now feels the same about marrige as me... neither of us are married or alone. So I don’t see why I would need to be alone just because I don’t want to get married... My cousin Sulvester is 94 years old and lives with his girlfriend, they have no plans to get married.

@ArdentAtheist He is lucky as I know of many 70 plus who would do anything for a companion.

@Marine yea, my cousin is pretty cool... 🙂 ... marrige is the leading cause of divorce, also people die... none of us knows the future, and marrige can cause you to be alone as well as prevent it.. since my dad died my Mom is alone... and I’m not looking for everyone to do as I do, perhaps marrige is perfect for you, my opinion need not be yours, I hope you find what you need and that you are happy, marrige or not.

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I get it; it's a beautiful thing when differences like that don't obviate or mangle a good relationship.

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