So , I ' m Wiccan . First of all , I believe everything in the universe is connected in some way , and that the Universe itself has a rudimentary kind of awareness . Moving on to the Gods . Humans can instinctivly pick up the spiritual nature of the world . Now , we can ' t comprehend the nature and spirit of the entire world , not any more than fish in an aquarium can comprehend the existence of humans . But what we can do is to reach out as much as we can , and find ways to interpretate that '' thing '' into something understandable . Which is what all religions try to do , to varying degrees of success . How successful one is vs the other is a matter of individual judgement , although I confess to being skeptical of the Abrahamic common belevers ' beliefs . What high theology , the one that priests learn , says , is another matter . Now , Wiccans view this '' thing '' through the a God and Goddess . Because life in nature comes from a man and a woman , so does life in this universe come from a God and Goddess . We believe in them as entities with their own awareness , ideas , desires and powers , but who are not omniescent , nor are they allpowerful . They are the next element between us and the Universe so to speak , and as Nature itself , deserve our worship . Then , there comes the way of life itself . Life is like a pendulum , you go up high and down low . Now , nobody can stop that . Meaning , that ' s life . We can control our lives to a certain degree , but nobody can have a life with only upsides or only downsides . Now , what is the best course ? You have to learn to swing with life , so to speak . Accept the bad AND the good . Become one with the concept , get to the point where you can intuitively tell when it ' s going to swing up and when it ' s going to swing down . And one day , you ' ll be able to stop this pendulum from hitting violently , and stabilise your life . Stabilise the good and bad , so to speak , by accepting both . We can ' t stop natural disasters or cancer yet . They are the making of the natural laws as much as the influence of the darker pare of the Gods . Prayer won ' t do shit . The Universe won ' t listen . What we can do is say '' Okay , this shit happens . Why does it happen ? Can we solve the cause ? Good , let ' s try . Can ' t we ? Then we have to accept it ' s part of life sometimes . '' Feel free to ask more .