Hello, I'm The Wolfpup. Some also know me as Midnight Grey Wolfpup. I inherited a wonderful little newsletter about a year ago called Cauldrons and Broomsticks. With the help of an award winning staff, we publish a wonderful Ezine for the Pagan and Wiccan community. Over 7,000 solitary Wiccans and Pagans all over the world look to our publication for the meaning behind the holidays, ideas and crafts for the holidays, rituals, humor, and just to know they aren't alone in their beliefs. As the publisher and editor, I'm mostly looked to as a Wiccan Elder in the community. But as we've found in most of the online world, and especially in the world of magic, things aren't always as they appear.

I don't consider myself a Pagan nor a Wiccan. Oh, that's where I started years ago ... but in the last three years that I have been *living* my beliefs I've found I needed a more ritualistic path. More structured. I turned to the Golden Dawn. Yep, I'm a Wizard and a Ceremonial Magician, not a Witch. With my staff behind me at Cauldrons and Broomsticks, and real life rituals with my group in the Fellowship of Isis, I stay firmly grounded in the Wiccan community. But when I do my daily rituals at 5am, it's the Lesser Banishing Ritual of The Pentagram, Banishing Ritual of The Hexagram, Middle Pillar Ritual, and Enocian magic that I use. Usually Wizards and Wiccans don't always get along, and it's mostly due to the Wizards, but thanks to my family at RunningWaters I don't stand a chance of that. The Fellowship of Isis also shows me that ritualistic High Magic, Enocian magic and the study of the Kabalah isn't necessarily the only path to perfection. Just one of many, and one that works for me.

Yes, the path of the Wizard works very well for me at this time, and the endless study keeps me very occupied ... but the real magic begins in my home. Yes, things there aren't always as they appear there either. :-)

I have been married to the most beautiful woman in the world for 19 years this year, and have three strong and loving sons. My wife Debbie considers her path a Spiritual Christian, and my sons are also being raised in the Christian faith. We have our own United Nations Federation on religious understanding here in our own home. :-) Complete with crosses, pentagrams, angels, Enocian scripts, rituals, Communions and Confirmations. We live in "perfect love and perfect trust", and acceptance of each others paths and faith. We don't always understand, and the agreement on beliefs aren't always there, but we're living proof that different faiths *can* respect each other, and each others beliefs in "perfect love and perfect trust". All it takes is an open mind, a will to live and let live, and an overwhelming need to walk this life side by side. Love can sometimes conquer all.

Well, these are my deepest thoughts. Most have never been shared with anyone .... but this is me and this is my life. I am so proud of my family here at home, and my family in RunningWaters. They have accepted me and loved me. Even during the times I have a hard time accepting and loving myself. No matter the path that I follow, I can't picture myself traveling that path without any of them.

Blessings, warmth and love .....

The Wolfpup