Greetings to all!
I have been a Pagan for most of my life; I just did not know
what to call it as I grew up.
I was born in the mid-west, here in
My Maternal grandmother lived in town, and she also had a yard
that defied description. She worked a full time job during the early morning to
early afternoon, and would come home and start in on her laundry service. She specialized
in cleaning/repairing Lace, I mean like very fine, expensive Irish, Spanish lace.
She was Methodist.
My Father was in the Air Force, we moved quite often, usually
every 1.5-2 years. He was tall, an officer and a pilot. It was great! I got to go
inside of nearly every model of Air force craft by the time I was 10!! Dad was,
well I am not sure even today, but definitely a Christian path.
My Mother was a gentle woman, and would have preferred to stay
home with her family, but helped my father run 4 Pizza restaurants. She loved to
cook and when my father and she divorced (in the mid-60's this was NOT something
that one did in the mid-west) she worked a fulltime job and baked/decorated cakes
for extra income.
As a small child, I can remember taking bits of plants and 'making'
magic with them. But I was not raised to that path. Instead, I was baptized 3 different
times, once as Methodist, once as Christian, and one time which I do not remember
the Faith name of. By the time I was 10 years old, I had read the bible at least
3 times, both Testaments. I had also found that the hypocrisy that I found prevalent
in Christianity was not for me.
By the time I was a teen, I did not practice any belief system,
I was an atheist. I was fascinated by Arcane/Occult knowledge, but finding any at
the public library was not easy. In fact, the closest I got to books on magic, were
SciFi/Fantasy books.
In my 20's, I was an agnostic, but still had not found a path
of my own. I had found many books on paranormal topics and had found astrology.
It was great! But still no path of faith called to me.
In my 30's, that was when I first found magic! Scott Cunningham
was one of the greatest things to happen to me! I dived into magic with an unbounded
energy, until things came to a point where I needed to withdraw from actively practicing
magic.
In my 40's, I once again came to a point where I was ready to
open my life to magic again. Em prodded me into going to one Pagan meetup, I think
in April or May of last year. I have been attending at least 1 pagan meetup a month.
I have a large library, am a member of the Society for Creative
Anachronism for close to 20 years. I like plants, rocks, animals, and most people.
I have a wide range of skills in various arts and sciences and enjoy reading. I
am a computer geek, and often visit 100s of websites a day. I think this time we
live in is the greatest age so far, and I am excited to be alive and here with all
of you!
Disa is the Vice President of Flinthills Pagans Alliance.
Disa can be reached at pat1farrell@cox.net