By John Beckett
Shamans and witches have long been said to walk between the worlds – to move back and forth between the world of the living and the world of the Gods and ancestors. As Pagans, we live in the ordinary world, in trance and dreams we visit the Otherworld, and in our circles we stand liminally between the worlds.
We also walk between the worlds in our daily lives.
Part of our work as Pagans is to honor the Gods, ancestors, and spirits of Nature. We pray and meditate, we make offerings and sacrifices, we read Their stories and we tell them again and again. Call it worship, call it piety, call it rendering due honor; this work is about building and maintaining relationships with the spiritual beings who participate in the great work of the Universe. Metaphorically, this work is part of the Otherworld.
