Comments on: Are urban Pagans at a disadvantage if they have no fireplace in their apartment or other dwelling place?

By: Witchy

Witchy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:02:59 +0000

I live in a large city and we have a home with a fireplace. I'm not disadvantaged at all. Before we bought this house I lived in an apartment without a fireplace and I got along just fine without it. But now that I have one, I love it. The first and last fires of the year are very special to us and although we don't use it as an altar, we do use it for religious acts of honor.
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By: HCElder

HCElder — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:13:59 +0000

As a Pagan? No.
As a human who enjoys a toasty fire in the comfort of their home on a cold winter night? Yes.
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Biased Wiccan with a fireplace.

By: great_wiccan_god

great_wiccan_god — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:33:59 +0000

Don't know what I'd need a fireplace for in my practice that my stove, hibachi, or a candle couldn't handle.
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By: ~Heathen Daughter~

~Heathen Daughter~ — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:53:59 +0000

No. Most people don’t use a fireplace as thier alter anyhow. Any one that I’ve met that does is a Heathen LOL
You can use candles for your flames. It’s symbolic nothing more. You work with what you have.
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By: LabGrrl Nonatheist

LabGrrl Nonatheist — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:44:59 +0000

Not in the slightest. Why do you ask?
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By: Nightwind

Nightwind — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:14:59 +0000

No, I'm not even sure what you think we'd need a fireplace for, so I can't give further explanation without clarification from you.
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By: goddessyscorpio

goddessyscorpio — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:39:59 +0000

No…Light candles if you need fire energy….
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By: thunor

thunor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:12:59 +0000

Of course not. Fireplaces are not the beginning or the end of being a pagan.
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