So my journey on the path of Paganism started many many many
moons ago. So many moons it kind of scares me to think about it. I thought it
would be good to talk about where I started and how I got to the point of where
I am. Perhaps this will help people understand my points of views on things.
So I was born in April 1974, at just the right time to have
both my sun and moon to be in Taurus… yes… that means I am doubly stubborn and
at times totally unmovable about things. I come from a family that from the
outside view are Southern Baptists but also practice Appalachian ‘mountain
medicine’. Some see this as a form of Witchcraft and I could not disagree with
that at all. So I grew up with learning about herbs and home remedies for
health issues.
I was one of those children that were way too smart for
their own good. It didn’t help that it appeared at a very early age I had a
prophetic ability. I never met a stranger and still really do not. I am a very
open accepting friendly person with an unnatural ability to charm people and
animals a like. Thanks Gran!
So being too smart for my own good I asked far too many
questions at the local Baptist church my mother took me to. So it was asked at
one point that since I was so disruptive, please not bring me back. I guess my
little child questions broached to adult of topics for them. So I really didn’t
have much ‘Church’ growing up, which was ok because there was just so much I
learned about Christianity that I did not agree with. I knew it was not for me.
Then in middle school we had world history where we covered
the topic of the Witchcraft trails in America. That really made me start
spending time in the library doing research on Witchcraft. That led me to
researching Paganism. Well, before long I had found a religious/spiritual path
that really called to me.
So I found a local group with practiced Ceremonial magick. I
studied with them, some of which were friends I knew from High School. That of
course led me to finding Wicca when I was in high school myself. So I studied
Wicca for a long time while still searching for that I was looking for.
In 2005 I had joined a Yahoo spiritual group for gay men…
well they were such a Mystery that no one could even find each other. Someone
from that group private messaged me and asked me what I was looking for. This
started a very long conversation and friend that I cherish greatly. Later we
found out we were from the same small town in north Georgia and were distant
cousins.
Well he ran a local ADF Druid Gove, which he introduced me
too. My ritual made the largest impact on me than any other religious
experience ever had. Being from a Ceremonial Magick and Wiccan background I was
very use to the casting of circles before any activity started. That was NOT
the case at this ritual which made me a bit nervous. One of the members had
explained that offerings where made to beings called the Outdwellers and this
prevented any issues from occurring during the rite. I was so skeptical I
nearly cast a small circle around myself just encase. The offering was made to
the Outdwellers and you could FEEL all the energy and beings moving to the
offerings. And there they stayed until the end of the ritual. I joined them for
several more rituals before realizing that this was for me!
So I joined ADF officially on May 31st of 2006. I
completed my Dedicant Path Program on December 27th 2007. Very
shortly after that I joined the Clergy Training Program which I am still
working through. So that is my spiritual evolution in a nutshell. So you can
see I moved through different beliefs, many too short a time to even mention,
before I got to where I currently am.
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