I'm Pagan, but in Eldon I faced a lot of crap because I openly identified myself as a witch. Blah blah blah. In Eldon (which is where I'm from, it's a town of around 5,000 in the heart of Missouri) I didn't expect much, but I started not caring after awhile... I realized there was just no way for me to fit in there, so why not piss people off and stand out? I wanted to be true to myself. I don't identify as Wiccan anymore, because I did further research on Gerald Gardner and I am pissed off at him because he tried to bill Wicca as a true, historical and very old religion (it has roots in old religions but they're very small ones) and I understand all religions kind of share ideas but it's just annoying thinking that someone tried to bill their religion as fully legit & already fully structured from thousands of years ago just to get publicity... and tried to make it seem to span back thousands of years by constructing fake "cauldrons" and all sorts of crap.. ugh.. makes me nauseated.. lmao...
That's why I call myself "eccletic pagan". Some people in the community may not take this as "serious" because I don't have a particular demoniation, etc but with religion there are some elements that work from a variety of places that I like to incorporate. I just wish I had friends near me who at least were pagan or shared ideals with me.
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