My Religious History
Posted by Cobalt Witch on Feb 15, 2009
A bit about me, since it helps to know where stuff is coming from. (I was bogged down writing a complete history, when I realized that you just needed the facts. Here they are.)
- I spent the first 20+ years of my life as a Christian (Lutheran). Moving away from home, I started investigating other things.
- I read The Spiral Dance in 1985, and it felt like coming home. (I’ve read the Revised Edition, but didn’t like it nearly so much.)
- In the 90s, when people started defining Wiccan Doctrine, I stopped calling myself Wiccan.
- I’ve delved into various types of magic and witchcraft, shamanism, asatru, divination (cards, runes, dice, astrology, numerology, and others), Zen and Tao, and have incorporated pieces of them into my personal spirituality.
- My patron Goddess is Freya, and I love the Norse pantheon, but could never fully fit into an Asatru group.
- I love the parody religions (especially Discordianism).
- If I were to recommend one book, it would be Real Magic by PEI Bonewitz.
- My religion is listed on Facebook as “Eclectic Taoist Heathen Hedge-Witch.”
You can ask any questions in the comments! I’ll do my best to come up with an answer fit for public consumption.