It all started with Wicca. I first picked up the book The Truth About Witchcraft Today by Scott Cunningham around and about 2 and 1/2 yrs ago. The rest is magickal history, so to speak. I was raised a chirstian and of course had many reservations about reading anything to do with witchcraft. I read the back. I remember it said something about how withces don't kill, burn and mame, that they just wanted to live their lives and let people know the truth. I also purchased at that time Living Wicca also by Scott Cunnningham. I had no clue what Wicca was and figured nothing had ever been said in church about Wicca, so it was ok to read about it. I am really glad I did. I recalll a certain point in my life I no longer really was of the chirstian faith. I could never understand how a god who loved and protected you could be so cruel and violent. I found that Wicca matched my beliefs to a sharp point.
Well, since that fateful day I have read as much as I could, visited sites I found interesting, ect. I have beeen flipping back a nd forth with types of religions (as of paganism). I am starting to become rather unhappy with things I have read about Wicca. No correction no with things I have read, just unhappy with the people who wrote them. What I really enjoy about Scott Cunningham's books is he will repeat in it quite often that you must never do anything you don't want to. I have found many books say things such as "you must do this this way and you must do that that way". I don't see how you can group people together like that. To me that is no better than those horoscopes you read in the newspapers. There is a book I live that has open a wonderful door for me into astral travel. The only thing I do not like about it is she says things like if you do this in astral travel I can promise you that this will happen. Bull!! Just because it happened to her does not mean it will or will not happen to me. I tend to get very definsive when I read things like that and feel that the author is really rating themselves a bit high. Maybe I am over reacting but I can't help it.
What do I do now? Well, I dabble in this and in that. (all "white" of course or maybe slightly grey, I don't get into that dark crap, it's just not for me). I am getting more and more interested in ceremonial magick and I really like hexcraft (it's a Penn. (as in the state) dutch magick) and a bit of earth magick. I am not sure where I am at in my life as far as religion but I do consider myself a witch.
Yes I do believe in unicorns, fairies, elves, and the alike. I am starting to recall a conversation with a fairy I had when I was quite young. I believe they are all around us. I also believe that we were since childhood trained to ignore such things. Tell me, can you honest not recall one time you saw, felt, knew something when you were young and adults just told you it was your imagination. I do think children have great imaginations but not entirely over active imaginations.
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