The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum

The Rules

This board is for administration issues and announcements pertaining The Cauldron's forum and web site only.

If you are new to our forum, please introduce yourself. We want to get to know you.

Have questions about how to use the forum software or features on our web site? We will try to answer them here. This is also the place to to make suggestions about or give feedback on this board. This is not the place to discuss rules violations or other mod calls, however.

Information and Questions on our chats and on TC's Discord server. Chat Schedules and Chat's Open announcements also.

This is the place for test posts. If you are new to this forum software, you can make test posts here to try posting features, test your sig, etc.

Entering this forum will take you to our old SMF Message Board. It's now read-only, but there are over 275,000 messages full of information. Feel free to bring discussions you find interesting there back here.

Are you new to Pagan religions in general or do you have basic questions about one of the many different Pagan religions? If so, this is the place for you -- beginner level discussions are held here. You may also want to see the Pagan Primer on our web site.

Are you looking for good books, web sites, or other sources or Pagan religions (or magic) -- or wondering if a book or web site you have found is a good source? This is the place to find out.

This is the place for general (non-newbie) discussions of the many different Pagan Religions.

Explore spiritual approaches to reality that are outside the structures normally thought of as religion.

Discussion of Gods and Goddesses (and their mythologies) from all cultures.

Discuss the methods of worship and the rituals of the various Pagan religions.

Discussions relating to the sacred days (holidays and festivals) of Pagan religions.

History influences religion and religion influences history. This area is for discussions regarding history. Warning: revisionist history does not do well on The Cauldron.

How does faith interact with everyday life? How do you deal with the sometimes conflicting requirements of your religion or spirituality and those of the everyday world?

Philosophy involves the systematic examination through reason of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, causality, ethics, and freedom. Most religions have philosophical underpinnings and some knowledge of philosophy is useful for understanding religion.

No religion exists in a vacuum. This area is for discussions of Non-Pagan religions and of interfaith issues and activities.

If a discussion involves religion and does not seem really seem to fit anywhere else, put it here.

Are you new to magic, divination and/or the occult in general or do you have basic questions about the occult or a specific magic or divination system? If so, this is the place for you -- beginner level discussions are held here. If you are looking for spells, you will find a basic selection of spells in our Spell Grimoire and a number of articles on magic on our web site.

Discuss the practical forms of magic (often referred as "Low Magic") such as witchcraft, hoodoo, chaos magic, and folk magic.

Ceremonial magic, Thelema, Enochian magic, Golden Dawn magic and other forms of what is often called "High Magic" in the Western Magical Tradition. This is also the place to discuss lodges, covens, and other magical organizations.

A place to discuss the Divinatory Arts: Astrology, Tarot, Numerology, Scrying, Runes, Geomancy, and more...

Discussion of topics of magical theory and practice at a level beyond the basic. For more complex or advanced subjects rather than introductory material. This is not a beginner forum.

A place to discuss paranormal phenomena: ghosts, energy fields, sleep paralysis, ESP and other psychic abilities, hauntings, cryptozoology, legendary monsters, etc. (and the investigation of the same).

This board is for special topic discussions. Threads are required to stay on topic and can only be started by selected members. See the "About this Folder" sticky message for more information.

The following are general interest SIGs, that is, those SIGS not devoted to a particular religion or philosophy. They are all open to posting by all TC members unless otherwise noted in their descriptions.

The following are religious SIGs, that is, SIGS devoted to a particular religion or philosophy. They are all open to posting by all TC members unless otherwise noted in their descriptions.

These forums are for staff posted specific book and media threads. The first post in each thread will include info about the book/DVD. Members are welcome to review and discuss each book or DVD in its thread. This is intended to be a resource for helping our members choose books. Books will appear first in this main book forum, then be moved to their proper category sub-forum.

This forum is for discussions in areas that traditionally do not do well on a more skeptical/factual based message board like The Cauldron. They have their own area so those who do not wish to even see them can ignore them.

News and politics affects us all and have a long tradition of civil discussion here at The Cauldron. Our discussions take place in the following child boards.

This forum and its child forums are for social discussions. This main social board is for miscellaneous social discussions. If the discussion doesn't belong in one of the social child forums, post it here. Otherwise, use the appropriate child forum.

Need prayers or energy? Please post your prayer and/or energy requests here. This is not a discussion and debate area, please see the special rules for this forum.

Please post information about Pagan Events, Conferences, Conventions, Meetups, etc. here. This is not a discussion and debate area, please see the special rules for this forum.

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