that was quick...

So in my post yesterday I was talking about the Pagan community, or lack thereof, near where I live.

I seriously networked my ass off yesterday, until about 11:30 at night. I sent probably 15 e-mails out to people that had similar Spiritual Paths as myself. Then I remembered a girl I had met at a camp I volunteer for. We had the same Mala beads and I thought she was pretty chill, so I went out on a limb and asked her, "Hey, I know this shit's totally random...but do you know anything about Wicca or Paganism?" AND GUESS WHAT SHE SAID BACK!

Guess...

Woah, forgot I have no followers ;-) 

Anyway! She said, "Ha! Makes sense, since I'm always wearing Buddhist Mala's... I couldn't give a history lesson on either of them.." One thing led to another, and she said, "I've always wanted to learn more about Wicca, do you go to any festivals?" I couldn't say yes and lie to her. I've never been to a festival in my life...unless you count that belly dancing class I went to for Samhain like 2 years ago, which we won't.

I'm honestly pretty excited about this whole email correspondence thing I've got going on with her right now. It's crazy how just talking about my beliefs makes me feel better when I've had a crappy day. I'm really hoping that I hear back from some of the other people I've emailed. Although to be honest, I think there's something wrong with the Witchvox email system, because I clicked on the little box that read "Have a copy of this email sent to you for reference." but I never received a copy of said email(s). Hmmm...

the Arm-Pit

Since 2007, I've been practicing as a Solitary. 2007 was also my freshman year of high school. My friend Becca had first introduced me to Wicca when we were younger when she found a book about runes on her mother's book shelf. She didn't take Wicca seriously, though. Ever. She was more concerned with finding spells to attract a lover (which is absolute crap) or banishing said lover because he'd told his friends about their...ahem...endeavors? I figured if she was the only person I could practice with, I'd be better off by myself. So, that's what I did.  I've been really happy on my Solitary Path, until a little over a year ago. 

I logged onto my WitchVox account and saw that there was a Summer Solstice Festival happening the next week. My heart swelled with excitement at the thought of actually meeting with other Wiccans. So I clicked on the link to the event and my heart sank...it was in Cleveland. Freakin' Cleveland. I live allllll the way down on the Ohio River, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The Ohio Valley. Or, as we Natives call it, the Arm-Pit of Ohio. I checked the only city within 100 miles in either direction - Cincinnati. And there was nothing. No-thing. NOthing. noTHING. "Where's this big, Pagan community I keep reading about? Seriously?" is all I could think to myself.

After a year of searching, reading about covens in the area (one of which was named after an Egyptian goddess....but focused on Celtic/Germanic deities...um...what?) I finally got tired of coming up with nill...sooooo I mustered up some courage (more like opened my big mouth) and sent some e-mails to Wiccans and Pagans in the area that seem to share the same Spiritual Interests as me. Let's see how this goes.....