My Journey into Witchcraft started when I was very small. I was interested in magick because of "I Dream of Jeannie" and because of "Bewitched." I wanted to do magick and pretended I could do magick all the time.
The Goddess played a role in my life when I joined Rainbow Girls at the age of 13. I felt connected to something larger and female and it really touched me and would carry me through the years.
The occult also played a part. At the time I was in Rainbow Girls I was also interested in fictional occult novels. I read Stephen King among others and "The Omen" series. My mother ended up throwing away my books because she was a fundamentalist Christian, but the occult stayed in my mind for a long time.
It was a long time later before something significant happened that would influence me to becoming a Witch. I met a Witch in the Air Force and instinctively knew what she did and that she was a good person. She became one of my closest friends. But I still hadn't made that critical step into Witchcraft yet.
I married my husband and he was into Numerology and Tarot and I became interested too. I became quite adept at Tarot and almost all of my readings panned out. As of now I've been doing Tarot for 21 years.
I got away from Christianity and felt something missing for most of the years of my marriage. I developed my own ideas about the universe and spirituality and how everything was connected. I shied away from religions and called myself an agnostic.
In college, I learned a lot about different religions in a course on Comparative Religions. I felt some kinship with Buddhism, but not much.
Then I was stationed overseas in Germany with my husband. I met a wonderful woman, named, Marion. She was learning about Witchcraft and kept saying that I was pretty witchy. I insisted I was an agnostic and wanted no part of religion.
Eventually, we returned to the states and my daughter indicated she was interested in Witchcraft. Bells and whistles went off in my head. If she was going to learn this stuff, then I had better learn it too. So I bought my first book, "To Ride A Silver Broomstick," by Silver Ravenwolf.
I was astonished. It was everything I had come to believe in when I developed my own spirituality. It was Rainbow Girls again and being in touch with the Goddess. It was the occult and magick all over again. And most importantly, it connectedness with all things. I had come home.
I continued my study and practiced Witchcraft for a year and a day, to see if it really felt right. And Oh Boy, Did It!
I waited until my year and a day were up then gave myself a magical name that the Goddess had given to me through my friend, Marion. I felt blessed and could now proudly call myself a Witch.
Since then I've continued to study and practice and have added other forms of magick to my repertoire besides basic Witchcraft. I now do High Magic, ChaosMagick and advanced Witchcraft.
My magickal name has changed several times, like shifts in the weather and some of my beliefs have changed as well. But I still enjoy Witchcraft and today can hold my head up high when someone notices I am a Witch.

For questions about Witchcraft or about me, please email me at hobbittmom@aol.com