When I was a baby, I was adopted by a good Utah Mormon family. I don't know the meaning of childhood, but I remember that from the early stages of my cognition, I have never been satisfied with the teachings of Mormonism. When I passed the Mormon faith at the age of 23 through the pre-communication method, it was obvious that this was a blessing of disguise.
I remember that my first contact with the Wiccan faith was very good because it was definitely what I thought was before fate. I was studying at the University of Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah, and started a course on religious sociology. I knew from the beginning that there was a Jewish professor and an open gay woman. This class would be fun. We have all been given the task of researching and reporting on religion. The only problem is that you can't believe that you are a member, know or have participated before. My attention was captured and I was very interested in this idea. I started to search hard, and after going through more than 100 different beliefs, I was completely and totally depressed. Which one do I choose? I don't have to wait a long time to get the answer... no one.
A few days after my search, I walked through SUU's campus and was stopped by a very simple young lady I had never seen before. She said, "This book is for you." I was taken aback, I just accepted it and thanked her without asking any questions. She quickly left. Since that day, I have never seen her again... inside and outside the school. That book will prove to be the turning point in my discovery of today's faith.
Is there a problem with this book? Raymond Buckland's Witchcraft Complete Works. It's dilapidated, I can say that it has been read many times, however, it is complete in all respects... including all the workbook parts that have not yet been written. So my research started. The more I study, the more I read, the more I am interested and enlightened. I am like a lighted fireworks. Not only did I do my research papers and reported my beliefs, but I continued to be a good student for the next three years. Is this belief always under my nose? Ok, a little bit. I learned very early that this belief is in line with my thoughts and my belief system. However, I also learned that it is still very hidden. As a legitimate person, I am still now, I asked what is going on? How can people still hide their beliefs in the public? I know that Wicca has no illegal or unethical behavior, so why is it so difficult to find someone else's beliefs?
I became a text activist and started [quietly] playing me as a volunteer for my third year of study after I was Wiccan. I wore a pendant necklace with a five-pointed star and a shirt with the words "Wiccan Proud". I'm very proud! I still do today. Soon after I started doing this, I started to leave a script on my car [the bumper sticker on it, indicating the same pride]. I started receiving threatening emails and phone calls, and I quickly understood why so many...too...still hidden in this great free country we call the United States of America. From that day on, for me, as much as possible to announce and bring out the broom closet and many other Wiccans is a crusade. For pure ignorance and fear, I refuse to accept my rights. I started a group of pagan students at SUU and once again fought hard with the student union and some of the management departments at the time.
Then there is the turning point. I met with then-President Gerald Sherat and approved the Pagan Students' Union in a week. Although it did exist for the past 13 years, it does exist, and many people are beginning to realize the existence of this belief. I didn't pass it at that time, and soon I found more and more wizards in most parts of Utah, and even small towns in Utah soon caught the public's attention. Not because I am doing it, but because the social relationship between the Internet and other places allows us to be ourselves. Soon after, I decided that there was really no business for us other than SLC, which was too much for many of us to travel to get the necessary ritual [prayer] tools and supplies.
I got this idea after graduating from college. I will open a shop at home with the necessary herbs and supplies. The store was called The Witches Haven and was founded in 2004. It's a bit of a quarrel to get a business license again, and it's been cleaned up by the city council. Coincidentally, the former principal of the university has become the mayor, and after the meeting with him, the permit was approved. It has been quite successful for about 3 years, I finally sold it to a young friend of mine, so that she can cater to younger and younger followers, and then I can support my family.
To illustrate this long story, I am Wiccan today. Through the former destiny, choice or chance. In the end it really doesn't matter. My family is still a devout Mormon, they have accepted the facts I believe and the fact that it is different from their beliefs does not cause any friction or heartache. I really like some Christian lyrics, and my favorite is my feeling of turning from Mormon to witchcraft. "I have lost it, but now I have found it." Give each of you peace and bright blessings, be kind to others, be yourself!
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