Most followers of a Pagan religion were not born or raised following a Pagan path. There are various reasons why one chooses to follow a Pagan religion, just as there are various traditions and practices within the Pagan religion. Among these various traditions and practices are commonly shared beliefs such as respecting all life, honoring male and female energies, a Father God and a Mother Goddess, and that all things in the universe are interconnected. Pagan religions also share an ethic of personal responsibility to do what one chooses, as long as it does not harm anything or anyone. Among the first-hand accounts of a group of practicing Pagans of varying levels and years of experience, most have been raised within the teachings of major world religions such as the Catholic, Baptist, Christian, and Protestant religions. A first-hand account is from someone who might be said to have been born into paganism, Daphne B, a 49-year-old, who feels herself not to be Wiccan or technically a witch, but more Episcopagan, seeing herself as a nature-based mystical type but with Stellati said, “I come from a long line of Appalachian traditional healers and wise herbalists. My ancestors are from the British Isles, France, Germany, Shawnee and Cherokee, my personal motto pretty much sums up my attitude, I hold everything sacred ” Everyone at some point has questioned the beliefs and practices of these major world religions due to feeling that their own beliefs and ideas did not agree with those of the major world religions, Shara H, a Wiccan since her first adolescence, said, “Christianity in general, started to feel off.” Denice Gold, a 64-year-old who grew up in a Baptist family and is currently a congregant