|
|
Not that it matters. We shoot the crap anyway, authentic interest be damned. There's another example. I damn things a lot. And I don't believe in damnation or hell or other such eternal punishments.
I am a witch (lowercase letter) in the sense that I research, write, play with, and perform acts of magic (note the traditional, non-uptight spelling) both formally and randomly, all in hopes of encouraging the growth of some more goodness in the world.
(By the who, I define "good" as what makes you want to smile, and "bad" as what you want to get away from. Yes, I like my definitions simple, childish, and highly arguable: just like me. Insert charming grin here.)
Neither would I mind more balance in the world. Then again, we may very well already be in perfect balance with every thing and event, and the idea of becoming balanced is as kooky as the idea of becoming a buddha. You can't become what you already are, you overachiever you. But I could be utterly wrong at this. Therein lies the stuff that makes philosophers' heads ache.
If you're still reading, congratulations. Not many people can handle me when I start off in a stream of consciousness. Not even me. Which is probably why I don't have many friends. (Yes, that was a corny and weak attempt at gaining sympathy from people who are a million zillion miles away and who therefore might as well not exist in my world on most given days. Ahem.)
If I'm a Wiccan, I am a very casual one. Very casual. But I'm just as much a Wiccan as I am a Zen-Taoist, or an eclectic shamanist, or a Buddhist, or a Methodist Christian. Or an atheist, for that matter. No, I'm not kidding. I have seriously applied myself to each of these religions at some point in my pretty-short-so-far life. Obviously, I didn't stay too very long. Not formally, anyway. I can't stand that fenced-in feeling of calling myself by only one religion when there are so many absolutely awesome others out there. Example:
But I do do magic. And I feel like sharing some of the useful tidbits I've picked up from myself or others, and some of the spells that I've written that I think are just too good to keep a secret between myself and the forces I work with. Yes, I'm indulging my arrogance in a very shallow way. Shameslessly. I never claimed to be serene.
