Breaking the Spell of Superiority
I wrote this at 63. I'm 70 now. I shared it on a my local Reclaiming Facebook page. As per usual, I got private messages lauding me and thanking me. Publicly I was lambasted and there was a move to ban me from the page. As per usual, critical thought was perceived as ar vicious personal attack. Sigh. I stand by every word. And... someone recently told me the tagline about extraordinary people at the local camp has been taken down. I'll take that as a win. I am a Witch. I became a Witch almost 5 decades ago, when as a 23-year-old feminist, I turned to nature for healing after three sudden familial deaths within three months. It was the only spirituality that made sense. I found solace in the idea of Goddesses, as opposed to the punitive father God I had grown up with. Holding nature as sacred, being comforted by her cycles, having a personal relationship with all the elements of life, and tuning into the Divine Feminine, this is what drew me to the path and keeps me walking i...