Halting The Use Of Puppies And Kittens As Shark Bait

[WickedTemptress]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

I *love* the "in the broom closet" line!!! That has always been one of my favorites!!!

Sadly - and in quite an embarrassed way - I admit I haven't read anything in a long time. I've always had a problem with putting things that are important to *me* first in life.

I'd LOVE advice, help, recommended books, just knowing that I can say "Merry Meet!" or "Blessed Be" should I be so moved to do so and not everybody will go "huh?"!! Being a solitary so often sucks.

Samheim is the biggest celebration around here, as it should be. The altar takes up half the kitchen table. The day my husband made a fake hand rolled cigarette to honor his grandfather and put it on the altar reduced me to tears. (One of his fondest childhood memories was sitting at his grandfather's feet watching him roll his own cigarettes.) It was our first Samheim celebration. (I keep misspelling it...but I do pronounce it correctly.) He had been warmly indulgent during my search for what I was and shared my joy at finding out that what I was had an actual name. (We were both raised Catholic...and knew *that* wasn't it.) He's not a "declared Wiccan," but if you list what he believes...he comes so very close it doesn't really need declaring.

My son-in-law is Druid. A very long time ago he asked my daughter what her parents would think. All she could do was laugh and say "trust me on this one!"

There are actually a few of us Wiccans in the business. I've met about a handful so far over the years. *smiles* I know what you mean though.

As for a recommended list of things to read... I recommend "The Witch's Magical Handbook" By Gavin and Yvonne Frost. Really anything by them is good, but the one I recommended is excellent.

I don't know if you know who they are, but they are the ones that started the first church and school of Wicca and the ones that are responsible for getting Wicca recognized by the federal government as a religion.

Also "Buckland's Complete Book Of Witchcraft" By Raymond Buckland is a good one. He also has a video tape called "Witchcraft: Today and Yesterday" that is good.

Oh, and, I was raised Catholic as well. Well, my mom's side of the family is Catholic. My dad is Baptist. My brother and sister are Christian. And, my step-father is Protestant.

So, you could say I had a good mix of all of these growing up.

I'm an Eclectic Wiccan.

Merry Meet and Blessed Be Morgan, my dear