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       I am a very religious person; I pray and leave offerings to my gods nearly every day. I truly believe, with the utmost certainty, that the gods exist. But I was a practicing pagan for nearly a decade before I actually believed in it. I see this quite a bit in paganism and occultism. Many of us started as teens after watching movies about witchcraft, and it was just for fun, nothing serious. Then, the more you practice and build experiences, shit starts to get real. A game becomes a hobby, which becomes a persuit of knowledge, which becomes part of one's identity. That's not to say that everyone who practices paganism will end up believing in gods and magick. Faith in paganism takes many forms: faith that we are part of nature, that all nature is connected, that we can influence the world around us. But unlike some other religious traditions, the faith doesn't come first, its built by experiential evidence. Ironically, believing in paganism is not a requirement of paganism. We don't have to try and convince anyone of its efficacy, because we recognize that if someone puts the time in, they'll get there on their own. #paganism