Reply #51: Newbie checking in! [View All]

:hi:


I was initiated Wiccan in 1990, worked with a coven then that still exists in looser, geographically scattered form as an umbrella federation. More of a fellowship than a regular working group. Day-to-day, I'm solitary and very eclectic. Neo-Gardnerian, Reclaiming, also interested in Afro-Catholic religion (Mom and her folks are from South America, some relatives very involved with it), Western Esoteric tradition, reconstructionism and some Christian mysticism. Wicca's my base to wander out from, though.

I believe, in a very terrible way, the fundies are right about us being in a state of cultural war. And I know what side I'm on! And I know that as often as I am tempted, I can't use the same destructive weapons they do. Unlike them, I am aware of the damage I cause to the Web of Life. My Goddess will not lift me bodily up to heaven to leave behind a mess for the "sinners" to deal with. My Goddess will never "reassure" me that any nasty crap I pull in this world doesn't matter.