The world is full of places to fill your life with Christianity because the Christian community supports these spiritual workers. I know that we will more than likely continue to be a smaller community than the Christian ones but it seems as though every pagan position is held by a volunteer. Whether that’s a teacher at cherry hill seminary (a graduate school for pagans) or the leader of a coven, they all seem to be unpaid positions which strongly limits the amount of time and energy the individual can put into the position.

Please excuse any typos, I’m currently on my phone.

The trouble I have run into personally is not so much that every career I would choose isn’t directly related to being Pagan, but that every career I would choose that COULD be mystically motivated (but is mainstream) is limited by the common fear of Pagans. If we could all become public school teachers, aside from the intense limitations of that job that current public school practices create, and put our pentagram out to share that we were doing the work of the mystical soul, it would dramatically increase our ability to find meaningful work that validated who we want to be.

Not sure you would ever be able to wear your t-shirt that declares “Oil drilling for Magick” even if no one was bothered by it, but it’s something to make you chuckle at least.

On the other hand, if we go beyond labels and the opportunity to be “out of the broom closet” while working, anything that relates to your archetypal role in your own beliefs could be a powerful and validating career that lent itself to being pagan in nature.

That’s my two cents anyhow, I’ve always had an interest in shamanism, most of my knowledge on this subject comes from the perspective of a self-exploring spiritualist who happens to have a life-long obsession with neurotoxins, tryptamines, and other psychoactive compounds, mostly organic and naturally occurring ones at that.