Re: Things you wish you knew when you first started your path?
I wish I'd understood that being able to reel off book-knowledge, or recite The Charge or Rede by heart, didn't make me a good witch. That being in a coven didn't make me superior to those who weren't. I wish I hadn't sneered at anyone who piped up 'oh I see you're wearing a pentacle.. I'm a witch too', and instantly judge them as a wannabe charmed girl, or just out for attention. Gods forbid there may be other people as sincere and worthy as I!! Gah, I was horrid.
And I wish I'd learnt much sooner, that not everyone who can prove lineage to Gardner, is a good witch, or even a decent human being. That even tw*ts can brown nose their way into the priesthood. Of course, I've had the pleasure of knowing an amazing HPS and HP couple, who were initiated by Janet Farrer and were, in my opinion, the embodiment of what good wiccans should be (as is Janet, through and through!), but sadly, I've come across too many people who think lineage gives them the right to be ignorant to everyone outside of their inner circle.. Yeah, cos it's not like initiations were being handed out like candy to anyone with a pulse at pagan conferences in the States during the late 60s/early 70s.. oh wait, yes they were..
I wish I'd focused more on living up to my true spiritual values, instead of wasting so many years trying to prove that I was special in the eyes of others, and worthy of respect. I wish I'd had a community like Pagan Forum when I was in my teens. I think I'd have set out on a very different path indeed.
I wish I'd understood that being able to reel off book-knowledge, or recite The Charge or Rede by heart, didn't make me a good witch. That being in a coven didn't make me superior to those who weren't. I wish I hadn't sneered at anyone who piped up 'oh I see you're wearing a pentacle.. I'm a witch too', and instantly judge them as a wannabe charmed girl, or just out for attention. Gods forbid there may be other people as sincere and worthy as I!! Gah, I was horrid.
And I wish I'd learnt much sooner, that not everyone who can prove lineage to Gardner, is a good witch, or even a decent human being. That even tw*ts can brown nose their way into the priesthood. Of course, I've had the pleasure of knowing an amazing HPS and HP couple, who were initiated by Janet Farrer and were, in my opinion, the embodiment of what good wiccans should be (as is Janet, through and through!), but sadly, I've come across too many people who think lineage gives them the right to be ignorant to everyone outside of their inner circle.. Yeah, cos it's not like initiations were being handed out like candy to anyone with a pulse at pagan conferences in the States during the late 60s/early 70s.. oh wait, yes they were..
I wish I'd focused more on living up to my true spiritual values, instead of wasting so many years trying to prove that I was special in the eyes of others, and worthy of respect. I wish I'd had a community like Pagan Forum when I was in my teens. I think I'd have set out on a very different path indeed.
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