Pantheism and My Celtic origins

I am scots/irish and swedish and have a strong sense of celtic spiritualism.
After reading what I have about different thoughts on Pantheism, it melds quite nicely with my ingrain celtic spirtuality. This makes me very happy, and again with that feeling of relief.

I am so in awe of nature. Not just my local natural habitats, but Gaia, the moon and planets, and all the wonders that go on in the cosmos. And since Nature does not do things in ones, it naturally follows that there are more than one universe. I mean, look at the number of planets, stars and galaxies in just our universe.

All this validates Science as my religion and Nature as supreme.

I believe in prayer as a way to express my soul via releasing energy, or adsorbing energy that I need for health, strenght and soul food. This is the Celitic in me.

I wear my Celtic spiral pendent as one would a cross, Star of David, or the Pentagram. The spiral stands for life, death, and rebirth, in the way of Nature.

I feel joyous.

Pantheism - who would have thought!

I just found out that I am a Pantheist. Pantheism basically means "all" and "god". As per Wikipedia " Although there are divergences within Pantheism, the central ideas found in almost all versions are the Cosmos as an all-encompassing unity and the sacredness of Nature."

This sums up my feelings! I will have to do more research on this. But its funny because I finally feel relief. Weird. Hopefully now, I can say I am a Pantheist, not pagan, not atheist, etc.

Once I do some legit research on this, I will post it.

Meshing Science and Spirituality

Most people would consider me a pagan. But I am not. Neither am I agnostic. Just to be clear, agnostics are Christians, its just that they view Jesus differently and are more Mystical. Pagan means, someone of the country, who works the earth. Therefore, one can be Judeo/Christian, Muslim and pagan. I am pagan because I live in the country and work the earth when it suits me. I am not pagan because I do not believe in gods and goddesses.

I believe in Geology, Physics, Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrophysics; in other wards, Science. I do not believe in Astrology; it is not measurable, repeatable; so it is not science.

So, my "religion" is science, and if pushed to name a "deity", I would have to say Nature.

This poses a problem for me because, even tho my spiritual side does not believe in deities, it still feels more comfortable to give a name to Nature. Lady and Mother does not bother me. I do feel a connection with the earth (Gaia/Mother), the moon (Sister/Lady) and the Universe(s) (Grandmother/Goddess). So I do use these in spiritual prayer.

If I do not believe, then why do I pray? Prayer to me is sending out my energy in the form I need it to be sent. Without prayer there is no hope. We must remember that we are made of the stuff of stars. Therefore, to me, prayer is energy that becomes hope, healing, comfort, and so much more that feeds my Spirit needs.

All that we see -
the universe, the earth, and all that fills it -
all these things
are the external garments of Nature.

(adapted from verse by Rabbi Shneur Zalman)