An important influence on Paganism is the Anglo-Saxon
concept of wyrd. The word is derived
from ‘weorpan’, which has no exact translation into modern English; it means to
become, yet is held within the notion of nature’s ever-turning cycles, thus the
term implies the process of constant emergence, transformation, death and
rebirth. As such, it brings an image of the cyclicity of nature into the soul
of each individual.
Offering a sense of connection through time, it is extended
by the idea of the web of wyrd, the flow that is the perpetual process of
nature’s changing state, everything is constantly affecting everything. Nothing
is separate. Every thought, every action, vibrates through the web. Taken by
some as a powerful insight into magic, by others simply as an expression of
true nature, it has become a core concept within much of modern Pagan thought.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one
thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are
bound together. All things connect.
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