I just had a wonderful conversation - it really made me think. What path do I follow? What do I know about what I do and why I do it? Nyanah Thank you - I needed to revisit who I am tonight.
I've gone from saying I am Cherokee to saying I am an eclectic pagan. I can't gather and present my path as organized thoughts, but then, most times I am pretty scattered. ADD and dyslexia do that to me. My path isn't Wicca, it isn't cherokee anymore. I do a lot of study using the teachings of Wicca - and I AM Cherokee.
I believe in Positive thinking. I think there is magic in everything we touch and we have the ability to visualize and manipulate ENERGY. I believe in the power of the Feminine and I acknowledge the male and female in all aspects of creation.
I annoint candles and burn them - I use colors and correspondences. I use cords and knots and tie them with intention.
I am learning about oils and stones and herbs -
I drum to call the energy for healing. I sing in the old manner - my voice has a vibration coupled with the vowels and the drum that is very powerful.
I know my power animals - I use divination on occassion.
I say witch because it is a label in a list - but a wise woman tradition is probably most accurate.
I am mother, lover, teacher, wife - singer, gardener, seamstress, cooking enthusiast, performer and historian. I am a nice woman. I honor the earth and the sky. I am a healer. I am an enthusiast and a persuader.
I look back on pain - and embrace it as the vehiclel that made me who I am. I try to understand that guilt has no place in my life because I chose this set of circumstances before I was even born. I believe in predestination and reincarnation.
I am most thankful for the present - and fairly unafraid of the future.
I believe being thankful is the starting place for a happy EVERYTHING.
I realize I don't follow a specifically named PATH. I am ok with that.
I am pagan even if I don't know all the in and outs and history behind it. I see the Goddess clearly and I know the footsteps I walk in are Hers.
Maybe one day she will reveal her name to me. Right now, she is Mother and Grandmother - She is ME.