Intentions for this blog

I have many blogs, they say different things according to the group of people who read them. None of them are written without a particular audience in mind.

This is the blog for that and I think it's needed as much as possible.

I am not a happy sunshine person, I do not want anyone to make the mistake from reading one optimistic post that this is so and be disappointed when the next one is soaked in misery juice.

People insist these days that we must be optimistic at all times and push those darker parts of ourselves away, believing it damages us. I am of the mind that all things need an equal and opposite balance. That there must be paradox within all things in this universe - for one thing to be true then it's opposite exists as well, you cannot have one without the other.

I have been diagnosed with mental illnesses, a plethora of labels have been stuck on me over the years. I am starting to realize that it is simply the way of the age and that I am being labeled for being very different from the status quo.

I'm honest, I tell you how I feel and what's going on with me - what you do with it and how you subjectively interpret it is up to you and you alone. I have no control over it.

I am ordained as a 3rd degree Ecclectic Wiccan, specializing as a Dianic Priestess - though I am no man hater by a long shot nor a feminist of that flavor - I believe in being equally human, no matter what our reproductive parts are. I have also studied Druidism and Celtic Shamanism, some Hindu and Buddhist beliefs, some Tao. I have left off labeling my spiritual path and when asked say it is Paradoxical Nonconformity. I take what rings true for me and add it to my beliefs. I do not believe in forcing this down someone's throat and do not procelytize. Please respect me in the same manner. I do not appreciate being witnessed to by Christians, I can argue you into a corner using your own religion - my father is a Baptist minister and I was raised in the church.

I've studied world religions on my own time, world mythology and legendry, I have studied Christian History and done comparative studies between the major religions of the world.

This blog will be a mix of many things, whatever pours out of me during the writing process.
Much of it will be stream of consciousness, some in prose or poetic form.

You are welcome to write to me, add comments, ask questions, debate - whatever floats your boat. I must warn, I am practiced at being snarky towards flamers - years as a moderator, flame at your own risk. ;)

That is all for this introduction.

Dusty Sneezes and Pickle Juice,
Moon