Pagan Responsibilities

When I first started publishing my newsletter under the name of "The Wanderer's Network," I got permission to republish an article written by Breid Foxsong. I'm curious to know now how many of the Pagan's would respond to the article and what they perceive their responsibilities to be within the communities to which they belong. I will relist her ideas of what responsibilities we should all have as individuals and members of the Pagan community. [Each item is preceded by "I have the responsibility," I have replaced that phrase with elipses."]

... to question; what is right for another may not be right for me.

... to keep my word (especially to myself).

... to accept the consequenses of my own actions.

... to respect other people's Paths and their choice to follow it [including an individual's choice of religion].

... to Mind My Own Business. [Curiosity is no excuse.]

... to not display my own ignorance.

... to respect the privacy of others.

... to keep learning, and growing along my own path.

... to pay my own way - financially, emotionally, and intellectually.

... to behave in an ethical fashion.

... to learn the Laws and Customs of my group and/or teacher.

... to resolve differences or problems within my own group if possible, keeping in mind my responsibility to mind my own business.

... to maintain silence about a group's activities unless authorized to do talk about them.

... to say "No," if that is how I feel and do not allow myself to be pressured into something I do not want to do.

... to accept "No," for an answer - in any area.

... to contain gossip until the truth is known.

... to assume the best of my brothers and sisters in the community.

... to remember that I am human and that I will make mistakes; and not to let those mistakes interfere with my progress.

... to my group, as with any relationship, to tell them if I am visiting another group.

... to, if I chose to leave the group, tell them as soon as my decision is made.

... to keep my private life out of any group I join, and to allow the other members to do the same.

... for my group's reputation. Outsiders will assume that all members of the group behave as I do.

I will have the courtesy to expect the rest of the Pagan community to behave likewise adn the grace to not rub it in when they don't.

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I think these rules of thumb deserve consideration in the least and many of them application in my life at the most. I have grown concerned with

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