Post by khara on Feb 10, 2012 23:21:20 GMT 1
Hi, thanks for letting me join your board. I really hate these things, but I’ve had this one worked up for a while now so I’m just going to share it.
First off a little bit of my background.... I'm a single mom of three wonderful little blessings from the goddess. I say little, they are all bigger than me now, 17, 15 and 12. I live in St. Louis and I'm just your typical witch. I’m going to share a bit of my history from my blog from a few years ago’..
Thursday, January 08, 1998
A History of Me
My first love in divination is scrying, with tarot coming next. I have spent the greater part of my life researching the various paths, beliefs and pantheons.
As a hereditary witch, I went through my year and a day on every level. If I was still close enough to my family mileage close, not love close, now that I am a mother myself, and therefore in my families eyes, leading my own "little coven", I would be allowed (and can if I choose to move or fly up north all the time) to sit in with the Elders of my family coven and have a vote on any particular family matters and or events.
Growing up on the Path was not easy. I had to learn a lot of stuff that reminded me of advanced trigonometry at the time. They were lessons. While I appreciate them now, at the time..... school is school is school no matter what the subject. The only books I studied from were books on herbs, stones and Gaelic until I was 13.
At that age according to family tradition, I had achieved the point of being a working member. This meant I could use magic unsupervised, perform my own extensive rituals, write and submit rituals for family occasions and act as handmaiden to the senior family members who were the equal to a HP or HPS. In my family you keep this status until you are married. Once married, you may sit in on certain Elder meetings, but not all. Having children is the family catalyst. Surprisingly, we all have our children in our late 20's or later up into our 30's and 40's. As a mother in my family it is my responsibility to raise my children the way I was raised. To be an actual Elder means you have grandchildren.
Now, this may seem very hierarchical to many, but, it is the tradition my family has lived by for centuries. It allows people to grow and learn and move into the Path completely aware of where they are going and why. All Elders are open to all that are younger to answer any questions. They also act as surrogate parents as children are sent out in the summer to all over the world. To spend time with the family members there and learn from them. It is like a student exchange program except you could get your butt swatted and no one would do anything! One thing stressed always was to learn anything and everything you could about different ideas, cultures, and pantheons anything of the Path was considered knowledge to be used, shared and recorded. This is my inheritance, my Path, my culture, the way I was raised.
In early 2004 I became seriously disillusioned with my Path. I began to question everything about what I believed, what I had been taught, basically everything I was and knew. At that time I discovered that Eris, a goddess I already worked with regularly, had an entire group of followers I had been unaware of. That they were all part of this ‘joke’ religion called Discordia. While I may not be a good Discordian, I still find that a lot of what they believe has opened my eyes to where I needed to be on my Path. So I again evolved and have put myself into the category of Discordian Witch. Then in the last year or so I’ve really begun to re-think it all again. I’ve found myself searching out my roots and going back to the ways I was raised. It has brought me a peace I have not had in a very very long time.
And so we come to today’.. Warning, a lot of what you read next is not nice, but it is honest and that, for me, is the best way for people to realize I mean exactly what I say.
I'm sure I know a lot of the members here from one place or another.
I'm Doom Monkey or Siochain or Khara among a lot of other screen names I have used over the years. If any of you remember Eternal Fyre then yes, I’m THAT Khara.
I'm going to be brutally honest, if I've pissed you off elsewhere, I really don't care.
I am not a nice person, I am the bitch I appear to be. Just because I might have been sympathetic to you at one time does not make you my friend nor does it mean I like you.
To avoid confusion however, I am very clear with the people I dislike and they are always well aware of that.
I have zero tolerance for the following....
Stupidity - This should not be confused with ignorance for which I have a slight tolerance.
Whining - If you can fix it do so, if you can't stfu and deal with it, do not continue on and on and on about the same damn thing in multiple threads all over the damn board.
Your sex life - I don't care, don't want to know and will shamefully give you complete and total hell if I read about the same thing more than once. YAY you are getting laid. YIPPEE!!! WOOHOO!!!! I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FLICK!!!!!
Otherwise, I'm fairly tolerant and will, on occasion, add serious content or worthwhile opinions as I see where they might be of some use.
I’m not here to be anyone’s mentor. I am here because I’m still learning and I enjoy having likeminded people to talk to about a variety of ideas. While I did 5 years with a Wiccan coven in North Carolina in the late 80’s, it was not for me. I’m a witch first and foremost.
There, now no one can say they were not warned..... ;D
First off a little bit of my background.... I'm a single mom of three wonderful little blessings from the goddess. I say little, they are all bigger than me now, 17, 15 and 12. I live in St. Louis and I'm just your typical witch. I’m going to share a bit of my history from my blog from a few years ago’..
Thursday, January 08, 1998
A History of Me
My first love in divination is scrying, with tarot coming next. I have spent the greater part of my life researching the various paths, beliefs and pantheons.
As a hereditary witch, I went through my year and a day on every level. If I was still close enough to my family mileage close, not love close, now that I am a mother myself, and therefore in my families eyes, leading my own "little coven", I would be allowed (and can if I choose to move or fly up north all the time) to sit in with the Elders of my family coven and have a vote on any particular family matters and or events.
Growing up on the Path was not easy. I had to learn a lot of stuff that reminded me of advanced trigonometry at the time. They were lessons. While I appreciate them now, at the time..... school is school is school no matter what the subject. The only books I studied from were books on herbs, stones and Gaelic until I was 13.
At that age according to family tradition, I had achieved the point of being a working member. This meant I could use magic unsupervised, perform my own extensive rituals, write and submit rituals for family occasions and act as handmaiden to the senior family members who were the equal to a HP or HPS. In my family you keep this status until you are married. Once married, you may sit in on certain Elder meetings, but not all. Having children is the family catalyst. Surprisingly, we all have our children in our late 20's or later up into our 30's and 40's. As a mother in my family it is my responsibility to raise my children the way I was raised. To be an actual Elder means you have grandchildren.
Now, this may seem very hierarchical to many, but, it is the tradition my family has lived by for centuries. It allows people to grow and learn and move into the Path completely aware of where they are going and why. All Elders are open to all that are younger to answer any questions. They also act as surrogate parents as children are sent out in the summer to all over the world. To spend time with the family members there and learn from them. It is like a student exchange program except you could get your butt swatted and no one would do anything! One thing stressed always was to learn anything and everything you could about different ideas, cultures, and pantheons anything of the Path was considered knowledge to be used, shared and recorded. This is my inheritance, my Path, my culture, the way I was raised.
In early 2004 I became seriously disillusioned with my Path. I began to question everything about what I believed, what I had been taught, basically everything I was and knew. At that time I discovered that Eris, a goddess I already worked with regularly, had an entire group of followers I had been unaware of. That they were all part of this ‘joke’ religion called Discordia. While I may not be a good Discordian, I still find that a lot of what they believe has opened my eyes to where I needed to be on my Path. So I again evolved and have put myself into the category of Discordian Witch. Then in the last year or so I’ve really begun to re-think it all again. I’ve found myself searching out my roots and going back to the ways I was raised. It has brought me a peace I have not had in a very very long time.
And so we come to today’.. Warning, a lot of what you read next is not nice, but it is honest and that, for me, is the best way for people to realize I mean exactly what I say.
I'm sure I know a lot of the members here from one place or another.
I'm Doom Monkey or Siochain or Khara among a lot of other screen names I have used over the years. If any of you remember Eternal Fyre then yes, I’m THAT Khara.
I'm going to be brutally honest, if I've pissed you off elsewhere, I really don't care.
I am not a nice person, I am the bitch I appear to be. Just because I might have been sympathetic to you at one time does not make you my friend nor does it mean I like you.
To avoid confusion however, I am very clear with the people I dislike and they are always well aware of that.
I have zero tolerance for the following....
Stupidity - This should not be confused with ignorance for which I have a slight tolerance.
Whining - If you can fix it do so, if you can't stfu and deal with it, do not continue on and on and on about the same damn thing in multiple threads all over the damn board.
Your sex life - I don't care, don't want to know and will shamefully give you complete and total hell if I read about the same thing more than once. YAY you are getting laid. YIPPEE!!! WOOHOO!!!! I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FLICK!!!!!
Otherwise, I'm fairly tolerant and will, on occasion, add serious content or worthwhile opinions as I see where they might be of some use.
I’m not here to be anyone’s mentor. I am here because I’m still learning and I enjoy having likeminded people to talk to about a variety of ideas. While I did 5 years with a Wiccan coven in North Carolina in the late 80’s, it was not for me. I’m a witch first and foremost.
There, now no one can say they were not warned..... ;D
