I'm the ghost of the broom closet. Merry meet you all!
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 1:29 pm
Finally I'm in. I waited a bit for my account to be activated which wasn't too bad actually. I have been lurking in the shadows here for a good while now.
I've been in a search of an active witchcraft forum and it seems I might have found my place. I have been reading probably hundreds of threads already and I truly like what I've seen so far. Its not the first forum of this sort on which a witch feels at home. The vibe here is very nice, I hope I'm not mistaken on it. To get to know me will take more than just an introduction, but I'll try to throw some things out here to give you an idea. I'm from Finland, 34 years old, male. Born on 23.1.1984. And yep, for those horoscope nutters out there, I'm very much an aquarius. Some of the personality sort things really hold the water (Yep. blue_laugh ) about me.
I'm a musician, I also do other art, I draw, photoshop and I handcraft things when ever I find time for it and I also renovate vintage bicycles, also when ever I find time for it. Music is my main thing though, I would love to make my living from it, but heavy metal pays quite badly. Its more like a way of life than a hobby anyway.
Then on to the interesting stuff. I would say I'm an eclectic witch of sorts. I really like some things about Wicca, but I don't feel like I would settle into a coven very well as I have my on doing things and I like to experiment, break the rules and try stuff out. And I'm also on the fence about deities, or how should I put it, undecided which ones are "my thing". I'm also into Finnish religion / ancient tradition / deities and so on. Actually Finnish deities and spirits have been close to my heart for a long time in a way or another.
My interest in witchcraft started a long time ago, getting into heavy metal music and finding suitable friends helped a ton on it, mostly teenage stuff, but that set the path for me. (That was also my introduction to Wicca among other things.) Then as time went by I slipped on a VERY dark path and I have done some things that would probably frighten people to bits. It took its toll on me and I'm still fighting my own past in a way. My mental health got severely beaten and not only because what I practised, but also because of other nasty things that happened to me.
Finally I was able to struggle my way out of it and all that dark stuff was quite a growing experience, I'm much more mature and smarter with magick these days. And I've "switched sides" completely. Which brings in what's up right now. I have had major changes in my life lately and that has made me reflect on the past and think about the future... To handle all the stress I started to practise meditation again. And soon enough something happened that made me interested in witchcraft again, and I mean full blast interested. (I've been doing rituals etc. on and off for years.) I even started writing my Book of Shadows, finally. I've thought of that for years and now I'm on it. I experienced kind of a wake up call of sorts and for the first time I've been reading a lot about witchcraft, funnily enough, a lot of it came as a confirmation on things I've learned myself without anybody teaching me.
Spending time here reading on what you guys have been posting for last +10 years has been a lot of fun, I hope chiming in will also work like a charm. What a way to start the new moon.
So merry meet you fine people here, and that vampire, bunch of fairies and the grinning gargoyle in the corner.
Blessed be.
I've been in a search of an active witchcraft forum and it seems I might have found my place. I have been reading probably hundreds of threads already and I truly like what I've seen so far. Its not the first forum of this sort on which a witch feels at home. The vibe here is very nice, I hope I'm not mistaken on it. To get to know me will take more than just an introduction, but I'll try to throw some things out here to give you an idea. I'm from Finland, 34 years old, male. Born on 23.1.1984. And yep, for those horoscope nutters out there, I'm very much an aquarius. Some of the personality sort things really hold the water (Yep. blue_laugh ) about me.
I'm a musician, I also do other art, I draw, photoshop and I handcraft things when ever I find time for it and I also renovate vintage bicycles, also when ever I find time for it. Music is my main thing though, I would love to make my living from it, but heavy metal pays quite badly. Its more like a way of life than a hobby anyway.
Then on to the interesting stuff. I would say I'm an eclectic witch of sorts. I really like some things about Wicca, but I don't feel like I would settle into a coven very well as I have my on doing things and I like to experiment, break the rules and try stuff out. And I'm also on the fence about deities, or how should I put it, undecided which ones are "my thing". I'm also into Finnish religion / ancient tradition / deities and so on. Actually Finnish deities and spirits have been close to my heart for a long time in a way or another.
My interest in witchcraft started a long time ago, getting into heavy metal music and finding suitable friends helped a ton on it, mostly teenage stuff, but that set the path for me. (That was also my introduction to Wicca among other things.) Then as time went by I slipped on a VERY dark path and I have done some things that would probably frighten people to bits. It took its toll on me and I'm still fighting my own past in a way. My mental health got severely beaten and not only because what I practised, but also because of other nasty things that happened to me.
Finally I was able to struggle my way out of it and all that dark stuff was quite a growing experience, I'm much more mature and smarter with magick these days. And I've "switched sides" completely. Which brings in what's up right now. I have had major changes in my life lately and that has made me reflect on the past and think about the future... To handle all the stress I started to practise meditation again. And soon enough something happened that made me interested in witchcraft again, and I mean full blast interested. (I've been doing rituals etc. on and off for years.) I even started writing my Book of Shadows, finally. I've thought of that for years and now I'm on it. I experienced kind of a wake up call of sorts and for the first time I've been reading a lot about witchcraft, funnily enough, a lot of it came as a confirmation on things I've learned myself without anybody teaching me.
Spending time here reading on what you guys have been posting for last +10 years has been a lot of fun, I hope chiming in will also work like a charm. What a way to start the new moon.
So merry meet you fine people here, and that vampire, bunch of fairies and the grinning gargoyle in the corner.
Blessed be.