A mile stone

After much thought, work, frustration, and faith I have found my magical name. It not only is equal numerically to my birth number but is also the plant that rules my star sign. It is a perfect fit for me. I am pleased to introduce my self to you as Mercury. Merry Meet my friends!

A little more about me

I remember from a young age I had frequent Dasha view moments. According to my mom it happened to everyone and it was nothing abnormal. By the time I hit high school I had just accepted it as something that happened to everyone. That all changed my sophomore year when I started having dreams about my grandfather dying. I just blew it off as something I ate because the dreams were completely weird and not even possible. For example in one my grandpa was driving a mini go cart on a roller coaster in large purple star glasses and he fell of the track. Then in March I had one again and when I woke up to go to school my mom said that they had taken my grandpa to the hospital in the middle of the night. In my last class the office TA told me that my uncle was there to pick me up. One of my best friends was in the class with me and asked what was up and I told her my grandpa had died. No one had to tell me I knew. Even if my dreams had seemed completely bogus one part wasn't. One day after everyone had gotten through their grief I said something to my mom and my aunt. My aunt told me that days before sep. 11 she had had a dream in which a lion attacked and killed a sheep. After 9-11 she made the connection. I am interested in ways to develop this talent. I think it runs in my family.

How I got started on the Wiccian Path

Though my parents claimed Christianity as our family religion we weren't religious people. We didn't go to church we didn't pray before meals or before bed. In middle school I became very religious even though my family wasn't. My cousin would bring me workbooks from her Sunday school class so that I could study the bible. I didn't go to church because I couldn't drive myself and my parents wouldn't take me. Though I was Christian I did not limit myself to religious media. I read and listened to many things most Christians wouldn't. I remember reading Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. This is where I had my first encounter with paganism. At this point I had always had a thirst to read about the Greeks and their gods and goddesses I could name them all from a very young age. In Rice's books Pandora and Blood and Gold it talks about how the Egyptians worshiped the goddess Akasha as Isis. The book talked about their practices and rites to Isis and I remember being mad because as a Christian I couldn't pay tribute to Isis. Later while reading the Da Vinchi Code I realized just how sexist the Christian religion was. I began to research Mary Magdalene and the holy grail and in my research came across many things about the goddess. By my sophomore year of high school I had converted to Wicca and I have been a witch ever since. In the Wiccian religion I find what Christianity could never offer me.

Handfasting

I brought up the idea of becoming hand-fasted to my boyfriend of two and a half years and he loved the idea, so did his roommate. So now not only am I trying to figure out what to do for my handfasting I am trying to help another couple plan their hand-fasting. At this point I would like to inform you that I have never done one before nor do i have an exact idea of what to do. Everything I can find is for a permanent ceremony and we both want the traditional year and a day ceremony as a practice run for marriage. This may be harder than what I initially thought.