RESPECTING NATURE - DE-STEREOTYPING PAGANISM:.Many hear the word PAGANISM and immediately think witchcraft, moon-howling and casting of runes. While many pagans  enjoy these, and many more, activities, it is with PAGANISM as with any other 'religion': some take it further than others..I am not here to preach or advocate ANY TYPE OF religion or worship. Instead I am looking at QUALITIES, STEREOTYPES and WAYS OF LIVING! And today I choose to focus on Paganism, and perhaps put some loosely pre-conceived ideas to rest..In its CORE FORM, Paganism is:. - a love for and kinship with nature, REVERENCE for the LIFE FORCE and its ever-renewing cycles of life and death. - a POSITIVE…