My Struggle With Society
On this page, I want to tell you my story on how I discovered Wicca, what I first thought of it, how I broke the news to others that I had turned Wicca, and other things like that. If you have any questions about this page or anything else about Wicca, feel free to E-mail me at the address below.
dracost7@hotmail.com
Lets start from the beginning. As a very young child, I was raised a Catholic. My parents did not go to church every Sunday, in fact my entire family went maybe 3 times a year. But it was those 3 days I hated most. I just didn't feel right going to the church. I felt like something was missing, but I didn't say anything, basically because I didn't know there were other religions at that time besides Christianity. It was in seventh grade that I found out about Wicca. I was talking to my best friend, Crimson, and he told me he was a Witch. I laughed at him, and thought he was joking. He then told me he was not kidding, and that he was Wiccan, and he told me that Wiccan's were called Witches. I then left, and read up on it, and the more I read, the more I felt like it was something I believed in. The Wiccan belief on how the world came to be made more sense to me than the Christian belief on how the world came to be. The Wiccan belief that I had read incorporated Science into The Beginning of time, which was more practical to me rather than that all people were made from 2 people. So, after reading about it for a year, I adopted it as my religion. I performed an inititiation ritual, and declared myself a Witch after that. I told my parents immediately that I was Wiccan, and they basically disowned me. They said I was acting idiotic and that I was to smart to believe that I was a Witch, and that they would not let me be around Crimson until I professed to them I was not a Witch. I rebelled against there wishes, until I had a strange dream. In the dream I was on top of a mountain, and I was looking up at the moon. As I was, I saw a beautiful woman dressed in a white dress come down to me. I asked her what I should do about my parents, and then I woke up. I went and told my parents that I was just gonna drop the Wicca subject for awhile, and I secretly learned about Wicca more and more. I thought at least now my parents would not keep me away from my friend Crimson, the one who had told me about Wicca.
There are a few more details that I had left out in the above "story" that I would like to add here:
- When I was in High School, other kids saw me wearing a Pentacle and accused me of being a Satanist, which was definitely not true since Wiccans don't even believe in the existence of Satan.
- When my parents heard the words coven, ritual, witch, and priest they became very skeptical and to this day tell me that Wiccan's do evil rituals, and to this day I ignore them.
- Also I would like to say that I dont dress any different than what most people would consider normal, so parents, dont get the idea that all Wiccans dress "freaky", because I am living proof that they do not.
- I would also like to say that I dont run around telling people I am Wiccan, but if someone were to ask me, I would not be ashamed at all to say that I am a Witch.
- This is just an opinion, but I found that women seem to understand and have more of an open-mind about Wicca rather than men. I am a man myself, so I guess I am just lucky I was blessed with an open-mind about all things, not just Wicca.
- Also, I do not condemn people for doing what they believe in, because if people didnt do that, what would the world be like.
But that is basically where I stand now. I have learned many things about Wicca over the years, and I can honestly say that Wicca still is not openly accepted in society. Of course you can say you are a Witch without getting hung these days, but Wicca still is not acceptable to many people.
Blessed Be
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