I walk the line between Dark and Light Paganism. The balance in between both is necessary in order to live a balanced wholeness life as a Pagan. To choose one over the other is a personal choice, but to deny one while embracing the other is dangerous. Balance is important, and even though some may relate to one aspect more than the other, we must always remain open to the other aspects. Life consists of the interplay of these opposites, which naturally complement each other. To discard one aspect is to sacrifice our wholeness and limit our potential. Death, destruction, chaos... these are essential driving forces within nature. Life feeds on life; destruction precedes creation. These are the only true laws, and they are not open to interpretation. Since nature-based religions view the concept of deity in a more polytheistic and/or pantheistic way, the separations of creative/destructive forces are not as well defined. The deities take on aspects of nature or human ideals. Instead of one omnipotent being, we have deities of love, war, beauty, the sun, the moon, the sea... Each deity inherently contains both the creative and destructive forces. It is through the many aspects of the Goddess's and God's that we come to learn more about the universe and ourselves. To shun those aspects we fear inhibits our growth. It is a goal of Dark Paganism to encourage those who hide behind the positive aspects of our deities to embrace their fears and learn. As a life-affirming spirituality, Paganism often focuses on the positive, creative and nurturing forces in nature. It is easy to loose touch with the darker aspects, particularly when we intrinsically fear them. Life begets death and death begets life. Chaos is the fuel of creation. Something must always be destroyed for something to be created. However, despite this harsh side of nature, it is not evil. It also has its share of beauty. The point is, nature encompasses both creative and destructive forces. Ignoring the negative aspects results in an incomplete and dangerous view of nature. It is the goal of Dark Paganism to remind us that there is a darker side to all things and that this darker side is not necessarily harmful and negative. There is beauty in darkness for those who dare enter the shadows to embrace it.
I am a Pagan born and raised. I have been studying Paganism for 29 years. 13 years of it in Priestess training, I was initiated into the Priestess training at 10 by my grandmother, started the actual training at 11. Recieved my Priestess title at 23. The family is Strictly Ancient Paganism, (NO Wicca, Neo Or New Age Nonsense). I am also Strictly Solitary. One More Test Till I Earn My High Priestess Title. Yes, I use witchcraft in my practices. I am a Pagan/Occultist. I study The Occult, Demonology, Vodou, Santeria, Sorcery, Alchelmy, Shamanism, Ceremonial Magic, Chaos Magick, Druidism, Thelema, Native American, Kabbalah, Will soon be Studying The Maergzjirah Cabal. And Draconic, Voudon, Buddhist, Judaism, Hindu, Druid, Celtic, Native American, Romani/y Gypsy, Egyptian, Norse, Greek, Roman, Aztec, Incan, Oceanic, Japanese, Sumerian, Germanic, Asian, African, Persian, Sumeria, Myan, The G-ds of the Dragon Realms, Titan, Greece, Mesopotamian, Olympian, Santerian, Polynesia, Welsh, Anglo-Saxons, Finnish-Ugrian, and tons more.
My Ethnicity: Irish, Scottish,
German, Russian, Hungarian,
Yugosolavian, Egyptian Native
American (Cherokee, Navajo, Lakota
Sioux), Italian, British,
Romanian/Romani/Romany, Dutch,
Canadian. Probably More.
Height: 5'10. Weight: 140. Eyes: Hazel.
Hair: Brunette With Red and Blonde Highlights, Natural.
I'm Bisexual.
**~~ On the frozen tundra he stands. Strong, wild, beautiful.... answering to no man and yet, she asked.... and he came..... and he stayed.... My wolf. My companion. My soul.~~**~~The wolf is neither man's competitor nor his enemy. He is a fellow creature with whom the earth must be shared." -L. David Mech ~~**~~"We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat ~~**~~"How lonely is the night without the howl of a wolf." -Unknown ~~**~~"The gaze of the wolf reaches into our soul." -Barry Lopez ~
