Welcome

Am I the first!? No way! Let's start by welcoming all pagans and others interested. Out of your broom closets, people, c'mon!

I suppose technically I might have been the first out-of-family member to say something here, but SOMEONE was being naughty and the whole thing was deleted.

Is there an emoticon for a fire-breathing dragon blowing warning smoke rings at Error?

no but I'll look for one and give him a clip across the ear hole for now lol

I'm outta the broom closet everyone knows lol
most people are quite accepting even though i do sometimes feel that my parent are just humouring me lol
they will soon figure out that its not just a phase
my dads pretty good i just think he doesn't know enough about paganism to comment and i just get funny looks from my mam lol

Only my nearest & Dearest Know & a couple of very trusted friends. Apart from my wonderful partner & my lovely children, I don't think the rest think its serious! They think I will get over it!!! Ha HA.
My partner ( not Wiccan but is into spiritual healing) he has good healing hands, helps me make my Tools!

I was raised by hippie parents who were very much involved in alternative healing, which made school pretty miserable. But now, all those things kids made fun of me for, are big dollar popular now. I went to my 20 year High School reunion a couple of years ago. Many people looked very old, I look exactly the same. (ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaa, haaaa) I guess they shouldn't have made fun of me!

i went to catholic school

my family are being really good about it but the church was another story

i had been to mass every Sunday since i was born and my family had been going to the same church long before that

when i stopped going to church i got home visits, phone calls father Andrews even tried to tell me that god was making me ill to punish me and that i will get better if i came back (my parents went mad about this)

he was kinda stumped when i said that god has punished me since birth then since i was born with the condition lol

i don't care about the church they made me feel like a leper for most of my life that's no way to live

i have no ill feeling towards them though hopefully they will one day realise that they have no right to try to trap people using fear

I'm sooooo much better off for finding Wicca

Melinda wrote:father Andrews even tried to tell me that god was making me ill to punish me and that i will get better if i came back

I hate thoddos like this. They make God sound like some spoiled brat, then start talking about God's wisdom and compassion in the same sentence.

I'm not Wiccan, but I do take an interest in it for my fiction. I have a few shaman characters, and I try to keep it close to real shamanism (except for one, but he was initially created for a TV show, and I had to make a little leeway for the viewers sake)

Krumm wrote:They make God sound like some spoiled brat, then start talking about God's wisdom and compassion in the same sentence.

this is one of the reasons i became discontent with the church

Krumm wrote:I'm not Wiccan, but I do take an interest in it for my fiction.

you dont have to be pagan to discuss it
everyone is welcome in this section no matter what path they follow

as long as they stay on topic
and are respectful of others personal choices

mel i like it that ur wiccan i can understnad u much better now and mam nd dad is happy that u fond sumthink that u realy beleve in but thay don't understand it like dad don't understand anythink enless its on TV and i think mam is just looking for a easy life lol but me and kieran thinks its cool

thanks kate

your a brilliant sister you know that?

Meliest, you are so lucky to have the family you have.

I don't even talk to mine.

I like this emote

i know my family is great

mikey says he wants to marry me so he can have my gran parents as he loves them so much lol

and you would like that emote you random person you lol

obtuse. I'm obtuse.

better to be obtuse than obese like me. and you're not obtuse, you're obstinate. it's different.

lol letting the big words fly today are we lol

Maybe a little.

edit: of both, big words and I'm obstinate.

this might make me sound really dumb but what the hell wer all friends here lol

what does obstinate mean?

i know abstinent but i know your not that lol

stubborn.

it means her, but in big capital letters.

It means him when he's talking politics,....I've just never said it.

the word you're looking for to describe me is CORRECT.

Or at least convinced of such: obstinate.

lol thanks

then snort your definitely that! lol

ha! melinda knows who is right! proof of an observant mind.