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> why not just pay the price for your faith? Open practice is not a requirement of all faiths, nor at all stages of the evolution of particular faiths. In other words, different faiths have different prices and since every one is not on the same system, it is not possible to accurately compare the cost of Christianity with the cost of Wicca, nor their relative benefits. I would no more discuss my religious beliefs and practices with my students than I would discuss my sex life. It's just too intimate. Not only that, I do not want to make converts nor to appear as though I am trying to make converts. This may be more of a concern in the U.S. than in some other countries, although even if I were in a less religiously repressive culture, I don't think that I would want to make converts. I also have concerns that if I tell people my religion, they will automatically believe that they know me when they actually have no idea. Now this is rather hypocritical, since I do research in religion. Here I am asking people all about their religion but refusing to share my own in any but the vaguest sense. It's one of the contradictions I live with. Thanks to those who gave me leads on the "herbal lore" thread. Carolyn