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[@PrincessWhatsername]

Honestly it's refreshing and comforting to hear your experience as a skeptic in magical and spiritual practice. It's a facet of my personality and path that can make me feel quite isolated at times (though probably self-induced because it's just not something I feel comfortable talking about much when my main circles are full of either scientific, atheistic nihilists and hardcore theists/deists who believe fully in all the claires and vibrations and destiny...meanwhile, I'm over here like, "YES TO ALL OF IT, BUT ALSO NO, BUT VERY MUCH MAYBE" lol). I feel like coming from a very Christian background, and then subsequently having a lot of atheist friends as an adult, there's this part of me that feels like I'm "supposed" to be "sure" about "something", to the point I feel anxious and guilty at times, but really I feel like it's dishonest of me to say that I *know* anything, and even the things I "know" have exceptions, and that "truth" is ultimately a subjective and malleable concept. I honestly wish that this level of agnosticism and/or skepticism was talked about more often in spiritual communities. I feel like a majority (in my experience) tend to lean more towards, if not fully subscribe to, theism/deism, or on the opposite end of things, atheism, and then there's all the other "woo" beliefs or lack thereof that can fit in between those identities that people feel very strongly about. I feel (much like bisexuality), agnosticism is often misunderstood and mis-characterized by those who don't really understand the experience of it. I want to clarify that I'm not meaning to give you a label you haven't yourself may not have openly subscribed to (to my knowledge), but what you described very much echos my own chaotic and skeptical spiritual wanderings as someone who, so far, can only identify myself as agnostic and has no other better term at this point to describe my spiritual path. When you said that you see your skepticism as both a cause for frustration at times, but also an asset, you hit the nail right on the head.

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

I love that you distinguish between unpopular opinions and opinions that are agreed on widely, but just can be divisive - very good point! Many of these ideas and opinions are very nuanced and several things can be true at once! Love these conversations. Thank you for sharing James 🙏

[@jamesfeeney623]

You are too kind! Many thanks for watching friend 💚

[@thewavesofyoursoul]

Loved this video ,& i am 100%with you on remaining sceptic. I consider myself a faithful skeptic lol I will go at everything with a heavy dose of reservation & sceptism but at the same time keep an open mind & heart always ready to be surprised 😉

[@jamesfeeney623]

I love that, cheers to healthy skepticism 😂💖🥂

[@thewavesofyoursoul]

@@jamesfeeney623 🥂

[@RootsAndWaves]

I could listen to you talk all day long. :) I find you very interesting and I love hearing about your practices and what you are learning/diving into. Consciousness and discernment are intriguing to me. Thanks for sharing your opinions, James. I enjoyed this video. Much love! xo

[@jamesfeeney623]

Oh wow, that's got to be the nicest thing anyone has said to me in a long time, thank you so much ☺️ I'm glad the topics were interesting, much love your way friend 🧡🧡🧡

[@fierceandpretty1365]

Uuuuu sir James! Juicy! Open and honest conversations are something that I wish would be out there more! Todays climate is so touchy that it mostly just makes my brain boil. I really hold you dear and I LOVED hearing things that we disagree to some degree! And also the ones that I agree with you. For example I love working with the natural world and plants, sabbats have become a major highlights of my year etc. But I don't care the slightest that they don't mean the same thing to you. Do you get what I mean? I agree to the eclectic thing on certain level. And I understood what you meant. I dislike the term Wicca 😅 BUT I'm really into the traditional initiatory Brittish witchcraft 🤣 so it's not the thing itself that I dislike but just the word. It carries negative vibes to me like certain names of people. Like who would wan't to be Karen these days in US. This was great. I just kept on thinking that I wish I get to hear you do the same vidoe when you are 40! I'd love to hear your thoughts then. Remind me to remind you then. I'll be so old by then that I might forget to ask 😂🤣💚

[@jamesfeeney623]

Ha! Spicy opinions all around 😆 I absolutely love you for your path and practices and definitely envy your affinity for the natural world! I get exactly what you mean, I think I almost value paths and opinions different than my own more, or at least I find them more interesting to try and understand 🤪 I want to hear some of your unpopular opinions, I'm sure they are very exciting! And I will most definitely get back to you when I am 40; I'm sure you will have the sharpest memory ever and be in your prime with a lively magical practice 💖💖💖

[@fierceandpretty1365]

@@jamesfeeney623 I'll have to see if some unpopular brain farts come out some day 🤓 if I'll do a little VR

[@Heather_Tarot]

This was such a great video James 💜 I am not sure I agreed with every opinion, but I am not sure I completely disagreed with any of them either. You’ve definitely given me some food for thought with this one 🙂

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much, Heather ☺💖

[@thesomaticsorercess]

Thanks for the fun video; it was thought provoking. I would love for you share when different tarot systems or lineages (as I think of them) are better or worse for a given situation or reading. That seems like a very rich topic for future videos and I’d love to hear your experience.

[@Earth-Realms-Readings]

You have raised some good points here and like you there are many things I also don’t do. I don’t cleanse my tarot decks and neither do I cleanse my space prior to and after a reading. I do work with herbs to an extent but I can’t stand the smell of chamomile so I don’t work with it. I also don’t believe in ghosts or life after death but I am open to it, I just want proof and will look for a logical explanation. Because I am a tarot reader this seems to get to people so much and like you am a skeptic. Thanks for sharing this

[@jamesfeeney623]

A kindred spirit, it sounds like we have some similar opinions and ideas on spirituality. Many thanks for watching and sharing a bit of your own worldview, best wishes 😆✨

[@FirestyledSamaurai]

Great topic. Awareness is the biggest reason. As long as you are aware its fine, but I know there us accusations. I love that "it changes when I feel it changes." That's exactly it for me too. They just happen to fall on those times. Clear or cleanse deck? Interesting last point. I'll have to chew on that for a but.

[@jamesfeeney623]

I like the way you think! 💖

[@FirestyledSamaurai]

@@jamesfeeney623 💜

[@AstralLadyTarot]

My reaction within two seconds: Ooooooooooh :D James, we agree on so many things, actually everything you've shared here. My my, even the things I claim I "know", it's almost because I chose I believe those. (Which of course holds an immense amount of power) Great video and I must say, I felt thrilled to see you put up an unpopular opinions video. Well done!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Ah, thank you so much friend ☺️ The power of choosing to believe something, I love that! 😆🔥🧡 Cheers 🥂

[@Pantons36]

I also love all the three systems: Thot, Raider Waite & 'Tarot de Marseille'.. Thank you for your insigts 🤩

[@MaryGraceFahrun]

What a fun video! I am in good company then because I share so many of your unpopular opinions, lol. Much love to you, friend. xo

[@jamesfeeney623]

I love it, thank you friend!

[@willowsweepingtarot3386]

I practice Obeah, which is a West Indian eclectic system of magic, so I think that’s one of the ways of going about using a practice that’s quilted. Finding one that already has a system for making patches.

[@jamesfeeney623]

I love that analogy, such a beautiful way to approach things ☺💚

[@deckharlot]

Thanks James. I really like hearing different opinions than my own, although I agree with several of yours. I hear you about lavender. I don’t mind it, but mint and chamomile, I react to as well, and rare is the herbal tea blend that doesn’t include one of them because they are cheap.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Ah, some of those herbs are getting the better of us! 😂 Many thanks for watching 💕

[@KateyFlowers]

I enjoyed this so much! Thank you for exploring some of these touchy topics and giving us lots to think about! I don't think you said anything that I particularly disagreed with, but you did give me lots to think about and I appreciated getting to learn a bit more about your approaches and beliefs. Love this video!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Ah, your videos are always an inspiration! Many thanks for stopping by and for your kind and supportive words, much love your way friend 💖💖💖

[@beanbaghagwag]

I very much agree with your veiw on "eclectic ". This was so fun to listen to.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you! 😆💛

[@wren1019]

well, we realize that the most important thing about being a witch is doing things one's own way. by the way, i am not a green witch, i'm not a kitchen witch. i am not a fan of the wilderness (too much dirt, poop, and things that will kill you). i never cleanse my decks. i think that if one gives oneself a title, that's fine and it can be anything one wants it to be. "aclectic" could very easily mean that one has a lot of knowledge with regard to several paths. then, once fully versed, one can choose those aspects from various traditions which work for that person.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Wonderful points! Thank you for sharing a bit of your own practice and some wisdom as well, your perspective is something I value 💚

[@davidbligh6077]

Hi James, as always a great video. Right, so what is one mans path is not another’s, each one of us walks his or hers path, you like driftwood and seashells, stones all of this is Mother Earth and spiritual who to what is right or wrong for you. Your opinions are how you feel and are honest and I for one respect them. Blessings David

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you David!

[@rockwitch2114]

FUN and honest! I have always been a non-conformist. I love witchcraft, divination and all the things, but if I felt that I had to celebrate a wheel of the year or do some kind of ritual with every phase of the moon I would be exhausted and probably pissed off.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Haha, a very good point to make! Cheers to a practice that works with our own rhythms 😆💚🥂

[@justinmichaeltarot]

I’m not a lavender fan either.. I use peppermint oil with cleansing old cards and I often add it in my homage glue.. I enjoyed listening to your pet peeves 😂💙

[@jamesfeeney623]

Oooh, love peppermint oil, much better scent in my opinion 😂💚

[@StrengthReversed]

I agree with almost all of your unpopular opinions and adore that you said them out loud.💜

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you friend, your honest and wise voice in the community is always an inspiration! 💖

[@simonfernandes6809]

'Find your limits' Check. I am studying the Ars Goetia with a view to demon invocation constrained by the Shemhamporash angels (modern version The Demons of Magick published by the Gallery of Magick). It's surprising how many limits I thought I had that I've brushed past. I read RWS, Thoth and Marseille but for professional reading the RWS is the hands down winner.

[@jamesfeeney623]

I like the sound of all of that! Many thanks for watching and sharing some of your own opinions and practice. Best wishes friend 💚

[@magickalmooncat]

Keepin it real, love it! Actually I find myself agreeing with a lot of the points made!

[@jamesfeeney623]

I'm glad, many thanks for watching and for your kind words! 💖

[@JICKY2.0]

I... Love lavender but also I love you.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Ha! I appreciate the love! 😆

[@sleepycalico]

I relate to your lavender situation! lol Chamomile makes my heart race. I almost passed out once. I had to lie down on the floor. People want to convince me it's relaxing. Hah! In fact, a friend once gave me chamomile tea without my knowledge because she was convinced I didn't know what I was talking about. After she saw the reaction, forever after at parties, she would yell out to people: Don't give her any tea!!! And I would say, I'm fine with tea--I just have to make sure there's no chamomile. lol

[@jamesfeeney623]

Oh wow, that's awful! At least now everyone is abundantly clear on your reaction to chamomile. Cheers to tea, just not with certain ingredients 😂💕

[@MysticSunchild]

I found myself nodding along in agreement this whole video 💕🌻💕

[@jamesfeeney623]

I'm glad, many thanks for stopping by friend ☺️💛✨

[@VLoveCrystals]

Thanks for sharing your points. I'll have to take a crack at this in my video response!! :) hope you do more tags. I just did my "No disclaimers tarot tag" if you'd like to check it out sometime. much love!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Oooh, can't wait to watch! 💚

[@LesenundTee]

What a fun and really interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I agree on most points 👍 for future videos: I would love to hear how you work with Marseille or Thoth. How do you interpret the cards? Do you go for numerology, the elements oder with the symbolic at a first point? What are your tipps and practices for diving deep with a deck ("wellknown" or new)? What are your favorit spreads or do you "fly free"? I'm curious ... 😁

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much for these suggestions! I've written them down and will definitely see about making videos on them in the future ☺️ Best wishes your way friend 🧡🔥

[@HazelJaneTarot]

Oh yes - there's no one correct way but there are wrong ways. This applies to so much! In literature for example there's lots of different ways to read a metaphor correctly, but you could misinterpret it! Also, I hear you on the nature thing. I am not really connected to animals and I'm not green fingered although I do like plants and use oils and herbs. But I have wondered whether I can be a "proper" witch if I'm not more connected with nature. Oooh James the eclectic witch thing! 🔥 🙈 That's something for me to consider. I think I am skating around on the surface at times and don't claim any title. But I think I'm searching still. Maybe I always will be. But I hear you on that.

[@jamesfeeney623]

I like your analogy with literature and metaphors! And it sounds like your connection to the natural world is lovely and lively ☺️ And about that eclectic thing, I am right there with you at times just jumping around from one thing to the next and never truly settling in, nothing wrong with that 😆 Best wishes to you friend on what I am sure is a deep and rich journey 💚💚💚

[@rickigill5206]

I enjoyed this video I agree alot with your answers

[@Bloesemregen]

I'm a big beviever in a 'you do you' philosophy in regard to practising spirituality. I really don't like putting titels on who I am or follow a bunch of set rules in this regard. I'm just who I am and I do what feels right for me. I would not want anyone else to do exactly as I do. That would not feel authentic. I do like hearing and reading about other people's practises because they can and do inspire me a lot. Somethimes I do something for a few months or even years but when it doesn't feel right anymore, I stop or change it. I also like the 'not knowing' in my spirituality. If I knew everything, I don't think I would need be here. That does make it hard for me to talk about about my spirituality with other people in my daily life because I get questions about what and why I do these things. Most I can say is ... I don't know, because it feels right to me, ... So I mostly just stay private about it. What does make it lonely at times . Very ineresting video. I also can't keep plants alive, get rashes from oils and am very sensitive to smell. I do like working with soundfrequenties at times. I do like the wheel of the year but kinda do my own thing with it. I feel very connected with the energy of the seasons but the exact dates of the Sabbats don't really matter to me. As long as it works for the person I thinkit's all good. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Lots of love 🙏🏻🍂

[@LennanSmith]

I hear you on the herbs. We all must be mindful when sharing that not ALL witchy/spiritual peeps can be around them for multiple reasons. If I could suggest a video idea, I would love for you to share how you might 'relax', maybe spiritually, without the naturalist point. Like what do you put in baths, drink... 🌱 And then you spit on eclecticism!! 🤣 Right on. Let's dive, not put a name on it. There is, definitely, a "if you like then you should've put a name on it" Beyonce mindset going on! Skepticism is so important to me. With blind faith having been rammed in the brain during childhood, I hold it in high regards. Always questioning! It helps me to form my path and keep me walking it! I could keep commenting but... love to you, James. Thank you for sharing. 😘❤

[@nicnaknoc]

.... And then we call it eclectic 😂 🤣

[@jamesfeeney623]

😆😂🤪

[@olnuzola]

What a freeing title; unpopulair opinions 😄 I enjoyed listening to you even tho we have different opinions. Many things are just very personal, I mean.. we are all individuals. To me it’s about being authentic to who you are that counts, and I can tell you are very in tune with your self. Wonderful. Are you a Libra?

[@jamesfeeney623]

I love your way of thinking, I totally agree that being authentic and knowing who you are matters most! And cheers to all of the various opinions out there ☺️ I am a Sagittarius sun, but my moon is in Libra 😆 What are you? Best wishes friend 💖

[@olnuzola]

@@jamesfeeney623 Ooh! 😄 My Moon is in Libra too! 🙌🏼 My Sun is in Gemini.

[@RoseHoneyRitual]

I dont agree with some of these lol but thats fun!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Many thanks for watching, nonetheless friend 💕

[@aquamarine18]

I think of us as having quite different practices but I definitely agree with you on a number of points / see some commonalities. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts as always. I feel you re: plants -- I have allergies and I've reacted badly to so many things. Herbalism will never be my area. I work with tree symbolism (in learning ogham divination) but not with plants themselves really: my "nature based" path has always been way more "me getting outside" than it has ever been "me bringing the outdoors into my house." 🤣I do have a tiny veggie garden but I cannot say I have a green thumb either. I don't think of myself as observing the 'wheel of the year' either. I do observe the changing seasons at solstice/equinox. For me they're not so much "magical workings" times as they are times to observe, appreciate, and realign myself with my environment. When others are celebrating Beltane, I'm celebrating May Day (with its international labour solidarity connotations).❤😊

[@jamesfeeney623]

I love it! I also imagine us having very different practices, but I do like that we also have some wonderful common threads ☺️ Your way of working with the natural world sounds so creative and catered to your needs, very mindful and aware! Integrating your values and knowing what works for you is such a powerful way to cultivate a practice that yields results. As always, I find myself thinking I might need to borrow a page or two from your book 😆 Much love and best wishes to you friend 🧡🧡🧡

[@joeyluna8438]

You like contradictions but you have a problem with eclectic witches. interesting haha

[@joeyluna8438]

really liked your video. stirring the pot is very Mabon

[@jamesfeeney623]

Perhaps that's another contradiction? 🧐😂

[@jamesfeeney623]

@@joeyluna8438 Thank you! 😄✨

[@joeyluna8438]

@@jamesfeeney623 big fan of contradictions. For me they leave space for debate and critical thinking and that means growth. The term Eclectic also rubs me the wrong way.. it takes the Magic out of a profoundly transformational path. One would not call Leonardo da Vinci an eclectic. It would be the tip of the iceberg haha please make more videos.