Forum: Philosophy and Metaphysics

In the "Gods, Goddesses and Mythology" section I asked this very same question. Now, I'm asking the same question without the deities in it. So,...

Sorry for my absence in the Cauldron. That's because I've been really busy, but it has not affected in my spiritual life. I'd like to hear your...

I've just begun reading a compendium of Neitzche's writings so I am not at all well versed in his ideas. So far there are things I have read that I...

To my understanding the idea of a Soul is not a universal concept so I suppose this is only for those of you who believe in some definition of a...

While engaging in a, rather heated, debate about scientific illiteracy, I used the word "delusional." (Okay I called someone The White Knight of the...

Some think plants have spirits. I believe plants do because they emanate an energy. What about Mushrooms? Shrooms?

It is said that words have power. I believe this to be true. But how exactly do we define that? Often in discussions one will see the...

Forgive the poor terminology here but I trust/hope you will be able to derive my meaning. Are we the sum of our actions? Are we what we do. Or are...

I don't actually have much to say here, I'm stuck at this question. What do you believe about it?

This is a question that I have often pondered for about a year now and I'm wanting to hear some feedback about it. Ok now I've come to the...

There has recently been a very interesting thread on the Asatru Lore forum regarding the nature of deities. ...

I just saw the new Hobbit movie which has a wicked Necromancer. I don't understand why so many games and movies portray Necromancy as evil and a dark...

So my military friend has asked me about Genies. I told him that I knew a lot about them.. In The Qua'ran they're called Djinn. He said some native...

Ok So last night my friend said something in passing that made me think. She had been asked why she was so focused on her geneology and heratige. Her...

In a recent online discussion I made mention of something being "soul sucking". I meant it as a general generic term for the issue at hand being...

Humans have gender (e.g. male/female -- in the least complex classification). Do our souls have gender?

Not sure where to put this. I understand the question to be a philosophical one. Not one of practicing religion. from...

Another thread evolved into a discussion about personal boundaries and autonomy and whether it is okay to do something that infringes on those...