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Craft update
9 July 2019 15:15Guys I think I'm a Druid?
All the stuff I was trying to do in Fencraft is in Druidry. All. of It. It's land-oriented, no-gender paganism, blending up some historic stuff and some nature stuff, AND it uses a primary division of land/sea/sky which is where I'd kinda got towards too
(I use Solar/Lunar/Stellar, but their physical manifestation is as the earth, sky and sea, so...)
I am super psyched about this. I'm certainly not going to stop developing my stuff, because personal practice is valuable; BUT I'm excited for it too, because it gives me a tradition of people and writing of the kinds of ideas, content, prayer and reflections I can work with? AND I guess it takes the pressure/need off to "create" a new thing, because so much of what I was doing is already there.
The only problem I'm encountering so far is, there's a definite vagueness (love, light, justice) which i'm struggling to find specific enough in core Druid liturgy? But that's easily worked through. I definitely feel like embracing that label wholesale isn't quite for me yet. And I'm similarly hesitant to formally enrol - even though a monthly package of learning would be so awesome for my brain. I guess historic roles like lawgivers, historians and peacemakers don't jam with my vibe as much as the a-moral/libertarian slants of witchcraft do. At the same time, i have been yearning for something a bit more...guidance, blessings and light, than the "yer on yer own kid" attitude of tradcraft.
So I think wrt Fencraft, I'm going to position Druidry as the face of the Sun path, just as I've positioned traditional witchcraft or occultism as the face of the Moon path.
Other good personal development news is: I've joined some things. We've befriended the Druid in the next valley, who's invited us to join him for things; and the Druids in our valley, who also do periodic things.
AND, of all the strangest things. We went out dancing, and a lady came up and introduced herself. She told us the pub owner had spotted us and *telephoned her* to let her know and to come over and meet us, and she runs the local holistic shop and she's a witch with a coven and would we be interested?
Which is I guess what happens when you're an older woman* with dyed hair who wears ivy in public, dating a slightly overweight bearded long-haired Viking dude in a black band t-shirt.
And we're interested oh yes! But small towns are weird. Like, I am so very, very excited to have been quasi-invited to join the local coven, but simultaneously anxious about being out about genderweird in an environment which is self-evidently closeknit and gossipy.
I think what I've decided is, though, that I'm unwilling to compromise on my genderweird in a religious/sacred context; and I can't think of any situation in which it would be appropriate to enter into a circle of fellowship and trust while lying about something so fundamental.
All the stuff I was trying to do in Fencraft is in Druidry. All. of It. It's land-oriented, no-gender paganism, blending up some historic stuff and some nature stuff, AND it uses a primary division of land/sea/sky which is where I'd kinda got towards too
(I use Solar/Lunar/Stellar, but their physical manifestation is as the earth, sky and sea, so...)
I am super psyched about this. I'm certainly not going to stop developing my stuff, because personal practice is valuable; BUT I'm excited for it too, because it gives me a tradition of people and writing of the kinds of ideas, content, prayer and reflections I can work with? AND I guess it takes the pressure/need off to "create" a new thing, because so much of what I was doing is already there.
The only problem I'm encountering so far is, there's a definite vagueness (love, light, justice) which i'm struggling to find specific enough in core Druid liturgy? But that's easily worked through. I definitely feel like embracing that label wholesale isn't quite for me yet. And I'm similarly hesitant to formally enrol - even though a monthly package of learning would be so awesome for my brain. I guess historic roles like lawgivers, historians and peacemakers don't jam with my vibe as much as the a-moral/libertarian slants of witchcraft do. At the same time, i have been yearning for something a bit more...guidance, blessings and light, than the "yer on yer own kid" attitude of tradcraft.
So I think wrt Fencraft, I'm going to position Druidry as the face of the Sun path, just as I've positioned traditional witchcraft or occultism as the face of the Moon path.
Other good personal development news is: I've joined some things. We've befriended the Druid in the next valley, who's invited us to join him for things; and the Druids in our valley, who also do periodic things.
AND, of all the strangest things. We went out dancing, and a lady came up and introduced herself. She told us the pub owner had spotted us and *telephoned her* to let her know and to come over and meet us, and she runs the local holistic shop and she's a witch with a coven and would we be interested?
Which is I guess what happens when you're an older woman* with dyed hair who wears ivy in public, dating a slightly overweight bearded long-haired Viking dude in a black band t-shirt.
And we're interested oh yes! But small towns are weird. Like, I am so very, very excited to have been quasi-invited to join the local coven, but simultaneously anxious about being out about genderweird in an environment which is self-evidently closeknit and gossipy.
I think what I've decided is, though, that I'm unwilling to compromise on my genderweird in a religious/sacred context; and I can't think of any situation in which it would be appropriate to enter into a circle of fellowship and trust while lying about something so fundamental.
