Greetings and Salutations! Well quite a bit has changed in my life lately and this section of my homepage has definitely seen some neglect(blows the dust off the file)so here I come with the update!
Some of you may already know me from IRC, even though I haven't been there in a while...no time these days you know. I go by the nicks Poet, [Poet] and Warbrite. I mostly frequent #witch, #goth and #Pagan_Tea_House on EFnet and wherever else my mood swings take me.
I started this site in 1997 with no real direction in mind but over the last 4 years it has evolved through many forms into a forum to express my beliefs, reflect my state of mind and to inform the public about paganism in general. I have little time to practice Wicca these days much to my dismay but I feel that if you hold a belief in your heart then you walk that path in your life...the moon still makes me tingle so I feel good :)
Well let's see. I was born on November 11, 1969, which makes me *gasp* 31, in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have a younger sister and a brother, both of whom are married now...I myself though am considered to be the eternal bachelor by my family...will I ever get married? wait and see. My parents divorced when I was 6 and so I grew up moving around Cincinnati and even up to Hamilton, Ohio but despite all that, I am a well adjusted psychopath. I have lived in Colorado and Oregon (I liked Oregon much better than Colorado) and I have been to Utah, South Dakota, Nebraska and a few other places, most of the rest being along I-70 courtesy of Greyhound and Job Corps which I attended in Colorado.
I like a lot of things, I like listening to the rain at night, thunderstorms make me laugh and fear for my life at the same time...quite an interresting combination don't you think? blue skies during the day really cheer me up, I also like to travel, having done quite a bit of it. Goth Girls interrest me...must be the darkness of the Human soul displayed on the surface or something and I consider myself a *closet* Goth but I am very much attracted to them...anybody know any single ones? I like to read and I do quite a bit of it. My favorite authors include Anne Rice, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peirs Anthony, Anne McCaffrey, R.A. Salvatore, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Issac Asimov and Andre Norton just to name a few. I also write and I hope soon to be a published writer. I write poetry and short stories on a variety of subjects. I like all kinds of music, my favorites these days include KMFDM, Godsmack, Incubus, Creed, Depeche Mode, Delerium, Enigma, Megadeth, Metallica, The Offspring, Bear Naked Ladies, Blink182, Fleetwood Mac, Powerman 5000, Rob Zombie, Smash Mouth, Nirvana, Beethoven (listen to it loud and in the dark:), Bach and quite a few others. My musical tastes run with my moods so I like just about anything...except for twangy country and hardcore rap. I also like looking at the stars, someday maybe I'll have a telescope.
I'm also a student of religions. I want to understand how others seek to find diety so I can enrich my own search. My own gods are called Cerridwyn and Belenos, I am an Ecclectic Wiccan loosely following the Celtic path with whatever else appeals to me mixed in. Like other religions there is no one "true" path and it is the same with us. Our highest and really only law is An it harm none, do what thou will and I believe in this law wholeheartedly, it guides me in my practicing and in my daily life. I have been a practicing Witch for some ten years now. I met my first teachers in a job corps center in Colorado and at the time I was very lost, I had no idea where I was going or what I was doing, and he helped me see a wider world. I studied Wicca for several months time before I actually decided it was for me and actively began to observe the Sabbats and Esbats. I did my self dedication in 1995, though I had already dedicated myself to the Goddess, I did the actual ritual in 1995 and that was a magick night, hard to describe what it felt like except to say I felt so alive that night and everything was very vivid...I have a poem about it someplace *rummage* *rumble* *CRASH!!!* okay...I'll look later...after I clean up the mess.
I came from a Christian background, and that was simply not enough for me...there are aspects of the Christian belief system that I simply cannot stomach. My family is still Christian and they really do not understand what I do, but most of them do accept it but of those who know, there are widely differing opinions on the subject. It was very hard to tell my parents, especially my mother and it was touch and go for a while, she thinks it's wrong but she stands behind me in my beliefs so I am happy. Someday I hope to help her completely understand.
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