|
Since we are speaking of beginnings, I will now explain My Beginning.
As a child I always seemed to have questions about religion, spirituality
and paranormal.
{Paranormal, adjective, 1. Seemingly outside
normal sensory channels. 2. Not in accordance with scientific
laws. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paranormal)}.
To my mother's chagrin, most of the answers I was
given didn't appease me. As I grew to an adolescent disappointments
instilled in me a deep criticism of just about everything.
In January of 2001, I was twenty-three. I lived
in an apartment in Kansas City with my husband and two young children.
I still read quite a bit and one of my favorite authors was Nora
Roberts. I don't remember what book it was, but I read the word
"Wicca". I didn't know what it meant so I did a search on the
Internet. Part of the irony there is that normally I wouldn't
have bothered. I didn't usually take the time to look up a word
I didn't know. I just kept on reading.
Now, in 2001 the pagan revolution had just begun
to hit the Internet and wasn't in full swing yet. There wasn't
nearly the information or resources available that there is now.
Regardless even then when I entered "Wicca" into the search engine
thousands of websites popped up. My curiosity sparked, I spent
a year hitting the books and Internet hard. I've been interested
in religion and Paganism ever since.
By searching for a single word I didn't understand,
I found myself.
|
