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beanside, but put under a cut because I got long-winded.
1. Are you a Maiden, Mother, Queen or Crone?
I'm too much a mama for my own good.
2. How do you define yourself? (i.e.: Dianic, Wiccan etc)
Eclectic Wiccan, with a concentration in Gardnerian and Celtic traditions.
3. With which Goddess archetype do you most identify?
Mother/Warrior, though as my body revolts I'm also starting to explore the Crone.
4. Which do you prefer: indoor or outdoor rituals?
Indoor unless fire is involved. We learned that less from a scorched ceiling fan.
5. What is your favorite seasonal celebration?
Definitely Samhain. After that, my favorite is Beltane.
6. Are you a solitary or part of the group?
I'm in a coven. Otherwise known as my family.
7. Do you keep a magical journal?
I'm planning to start one now that I have my afternoons back for meditation.
8. What is your favourite element?
Fire.
9. What is your favorite piece of Goddess jewelery?
It's a toss-up between a pendant my mom got me with two women holding hands, their bodies entwined in a sort of knot-work; and a silver hourglass pendant I wear when I need to knock some heads together.
10. Do you have a totem animal? Share if you choose.
I'll echo T's not as such, with the caveat that I do tend to be followed around by cats. I'm dedicated to Bast. I tend to hear purring when I meditate. After we were mugged in Montreal, which was before I dedicated, a ginger cat walked us safely back to the car. And atjustsonya's old house, I used to catch sight of a black cat outside the circle, watching. So. Yeah. Not as such, but I do think somebody's keeping an eye on me.
11. Will you be celebrating the Full Moon?
Yes.
12. What is your favourite Goddess spirituality book?
Robin Wood's When, Why, If for the ethical implications of modern paganism. I love that book mostly because it's very... wise, I guess? It discusses the Harm None tenant as it relates to harming yourself, harming others by inaction, etc. I think I need to reread it, come to think of it.
Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton. It's a bitch to plow through, very dense, but it's also a great down-to-earth study of the history of modern Paganism. It explains some of the politics (why some traditional Gardnerians don't think T and I should be a couple, for example, and how the Alexandrian tradition expanded the Wicca movement for gays and lesbians) and puts down the whole "Wicca was created exactly as it is presented now by our ancestors in the caves" theory. Academia is love.
And, if you're a blog reader like me, try Dianne Sylvan's Dancing Down the Moon. I don't agree with her all the time, but she writes intelligently and poetically about modern Wicca.
13. When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
I see myself not where I wanted to be when I was wrong, but where I need to be before I grow old. I'm here, now, and it's my responsibility to find or create the divine in that moment. And also, I have righteous tits.
beanside, but put under a cut because I got long-winded. 1. Are you a Maiden, Mother, Queen or Crone?
I'm too much a mama for my own good.
2. How do you define yourself? (i.e.: Dianic, Wiccan etc)
Eclectic Wiccan, with a concentration in Gardnerian and Celtic traditions.
3. With which Goddess archetype do you most identify?
Mother/Warrior, though as my body revolts I'm also starting to explore the Crone.
4. Which do you prefer: indoor or outdoor rituals?
Indoor unless fire is involved. We learned that less from a scorched ceiling fan.
5. What is your favorite seasonal celebration?
Definitely Samhain. After that, my favorite is Beltane.
6. Are you a solitary or part of the group?
I'm in a coven. Otherwise known as my family.
7. Do you keep a magical journal?
I'm planning to start one now that I have my afternoons back for meditation.
8. What is your favourite element?
Fire.
9. What is your favorite piece of Goddess jewelery?
It's a toss-up between a pendant my mom got me with two women holding hands, their bodies entwined in a sort of knot-work; and a silver hourglass pendant I wear when I need to knock some heads together.
10. Do you have a totem animal? Share if you choose.
I'll echo T's not as such, with the caveat that I do tend to be followed around by cats. I'm dedicated to Bast. I tend to hear purring when I meditate. After we were mugged in Montreal, which was before I dedicated, a ginger cat walked us safely back to the car. And at
justsonya's old house, I used to catch sight of a black cat outside the circle, watching. So. Yeah. Not as such, but I do think somebody's keeping an eye on me. 11. Will you be celebrating the Full Moon?
Yes.
12. What is your favourite Goddess spirituality book?
Robin Wood's When, Why, If for the ethical implications of modern paganism. I love that book mostly because it's very... wise, I guess? It discusses the Harm None tenant as it relates to harming yourself, harming others by inaction, etc. I think I need to reread it, come to think of it.
Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton. It's a bitch to plow through, very dense, but it's also a great down-to-earth study of the history of modern Paganism. It explains some of the politics (why some traditional Gardnerians don't think T and I should be a couple, for example, and how the Alexandrian tradition expanded the Wicca movement for gays and lesbians) and puts down the whole "Wicca was created exactly as it is presented now by our ancestors in the caves" theory. Academia is love.
And, if you're a blog reader like me, try Dianne Sylvan's Dancing Down the Moon. I don't agree with her all the time, but she writes intelligently and poetically about modern Wicca.
13. When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
I see myself not where I wanted to be when I was wrong, but where I need to be before I grow old. I'm here, now, and it's my responsibility to find or create the divine in that moment. And also, I have righteous tits.