The Path
Where do I begin...I'll begin like most of my conversations and stories do with a conversation with my son Gabriel..
He asked me why I follow the Gods....Why I call myself a Heathen and a Wiccan. I told him that I don't follow ANY Gods. The Gods live inside me and I in them. They can help me walk down the path I'm on but don't lead me down it. They can guide me and often do but it's up to me to notice when that happens. I actually don't like calling myself a Wiccan or a Heathen. I don't really care for either terms. I'm a Witch and a High Priest because I studied to be one. I'm also a first year student in another tradition coven. But that doesn't define my path. I define my path by my actions and mine alone. I do call on the Gods when I need help. I do ask them for their wisdom and guidance when I'm unsure or feel like I've lost my way. And the Gods know that I'm theirs to do with what they will.
In the Wiccan community it's kind of strange. I feel like coven should be private. That people shouldn't know who's in a coven. It's just how I feel about iniatory paths. That does not mean that I don't honor my covens wishes and practices or that of any other. The "Barnes and Nobles" Wiccans can make me crazy too but if it weren't for books on the subject I never would have found my path.
When I look at the Heathen community....and I'm an outsider in every one of them by choice...I don't much care for what I see. I don't see to many of them walking the path. I don't see them living the life of a warrior. I don't mean they have to go around and pillage the neighboring towns but some..not all mind you..don't seem to attack life! To go at it with the gusto of a warrior! For me that is the life of a Warrior. To Never back down from life, from adversity, from a challenge! To Never let fear rule your life! To acknowledge your pain and drive on from there. Weather it's emotional, physical, mental or spiritual. Warriors don't fucking whine about how life is so hard and that this person or that institution is keeping them down! The break through barriers! We'd rather die than let live a life where we toe the line!
Ok,that's enough out of me for now.
Hagen
