| I was 13 when I got my first job in a library. For months I poured over all kinds of books. I decided at one point to start reading the none fiction books, and started in a religion section because it was first in this tiny place. I remember reading book after book that compared many world religions, and all of them referred to Witchcraft in a fairly negative light. Each book I put down I got more and more upset about, and I wasn't even sure why. Most of my life up until that point I'd been going to all kinds of different churches with my father. He was on a journey himself, trying to figure out what fit him. I discovered fairly quickly I was on the same journey. A few months later I discovered a book called The Mists of Avalon, and right there in those pages, I knew what path I was supposed to follow. For the next 5 years my religious education consisted of what books I could get my hands on in our small town. When I went to college, I met who I consider to be my first teacher. There would be a group of us who would get together and talk about whatever came to mind. One day people started talking about religion and he delighted in telling me I was a witch, as it takes one to know one :) He introduced me to the first book I officially read on the Craft which was Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler. To this day whenever anyone asks what books to read, that is the first one I recommend. After college I was all moved out, and discovering old high school friends who had moved away were interested in the same things as I was. I still hadn't done anything specific until one day a group of us went to see The Craft, and afterwards talked all night long, and discovered we were ALL interested. My first circle was with these people, and the feelings that I experienced that night I still remember to this day. Flash forward to today. I had been solitary so long, but understood the need for Witches to know there were other Witches around. I started our little local group, and within probably the first couple of months I met Lady Qyzida! We all got to know each other over time, and recently I noticed quite a change in her. More confident, more radiant, she reminded me of that wonderful first time in a circle. I wanted that! That is when I joined Light and Shadows, and I am SO glad that I did!!! |
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