Well rub my butt and call me Carnac!
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trystinnMarch 10th the Wind & Tide will be hosting a tarot reader named Brighid Rowan from 1-5 pm. I've read her pamphlet (a joy onto itself, I assure you) and it mentions she's an initiate of the Chalice Well Tradition. Oddly enough, there's a group by that name from the Berkshires where I studied with the Dianics and I'm wondering if its the same group. The store "Woman of Wands" was owned by their "British Tradition" trained Witch Queen.
But back to our gal -
From her pamphlet:
"I am a High Priestess in the Chalice Well Tradition...My life is dedicated to the Goddess and to serving the community. I am currently studying Shakti Wicca. Shakti Wicca is a tradition of Wicca that draws most of its spiritual inspiration from the Hindu tradition. Bhakti, or loving devotion, is the main form of worship. I will be offering teaching in this tradition in the future."
Now, my first snarky reaction to the last part there is "lucky us", but more interestingly, to the first part "serving the community" my perplexed reaction is "if that's so, where've you been?" I've never seen or heard about this woman on the Island, and as far as I'm aware, I've got the only PNO around. There's a group down south that does incredibly eclectic pagan sabbats that I no longer attend, so possibly she's involved with them. Will ask around soonest.
Justine - Shakti Wicca, any comments? Also, interested in doing a henna session here?
But back to our gal -
From her pamphlet:
"I am a High Priestess in the Chalice Well Tradition...My life is dedicated to the Goddess and to serving the community. I am currently studying Shakti Wicca. Shakti Wicca is a tradition of Wicca that draws most of its spiritual inspiration from the Hindu tradition. Bhakti, or loving devotion, is the main form of worship. I will be offering teaching in this tradition in the future."
Now, my first snarky reaction to the last part there is "lucky us", but more interestingly, to the first part "serving the community" my perplexed reaction is "if that's so, where've you been?" I've never seen or heard about this woman on the Island, and as far as I'm aware, I've got the only PNO around. There's a group down south that does incredibly eclectic pagan sabbats that I no longer attend, so possibly she's involved with them. Will ask around soonest.
Justine - Shakti Wicca, any comments? Also, interested in doing a henna session here?
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Re: the following is my opinions ONLY and very personal
Date: 2006-03-05 01:08 am (UTC)to admit that I am one thing but not the other now....just seems so wrong. how can it be wrong tho. If I mix it all up I become what I feel shouldn't be done. So I don't. Could I ever...wiccan ritual done with hindu deities? quarter calls??? wiccan 'ingredients' for hindu puja?
I can't, I couldn't and I can't see a time when I will. But what I have learned thru all this is, I cannot say anything is for sure.
So you can be both? Can you be both? Personal choice of course. Can you be mashed up? I suppose that's personal choice too. But should you.
My Hindu friends say I am Hindu. And I don't have to justify anything to them, about myself.
Everyone is born Hindu....some saying I read somewhere. Reminiscent of 'everyone is pagan' attitude I know some have. good attitudes.
My Wiccan friends still say I'm Wiccan, and for the most part they think that. But I don't spend face time with them, and I will admit it now...I have not considered myself Wiccan for a few years and I've stopped worshiping at the wheel's turns. Only 2 of my coven siblings know this. Being 220 miles away from HPs/HP (who don't call/write/contact me...I'm supposed to contact them)...and having left the ATC long before I actually left it......
I've been alone w/ my wandering for a long time now. Stranger in a strange land because I no longer belong to one or the other. If you know me personally then you probably have already heard me say that I don't fit in anywhere.
Well after a few years of that very thing continuing to cause pain, I am neither an apple or an orange, it was time to make the admittance.
My clouds have parted, and it's felt good to just stop worrying about things. I have my oaths, I have to live with them in a way that lets me sleep instead of worry at night....and...
I am Hindu