I thought to myself, what a better way to celebrate my paganism by writing an essay on my practices, beliefs and experiences in the Craft.  So, where shall I start?  Well, I'm a 17 year old uni student studying Medical Science.  I've been interested in the Craft for about two years and been seriously practicing for about one year.  My first findings on the Craft was in an article written by Dolly magazine in 1999.  Is was about an 18 year old Wiccan praticing Wicca in the inner suburbs of Sydney.  It was a very insightful look at Witchcraft and my first real taste of what Wicca is really about.

My second look at Wicca was the one that made me start to research this strange religion.  I was watching an episode of Ricki Lake about Teens saying that the are magical and can change the weather and will, and such like.  Well, right at the end of the segment, a real Witch came on the program explaining what a real witch does.  It was amazing!  At first I didn't really believe it, but slowly, after starting to research it, it was starting to make sense to me.  Ok, so it was not as if I was struck by lightning and finally knew what I was, but for some reason, I knew that I had to follow this religion, and still to this day, I'm following it.  For some reason, I can't let go....and I don't want to.

My religion has evolved over time, and I believe that one day I might like to form my own coven.  But at the moment I am very happy to practice by myself, and do the occasional ritual with my boyfriend.  It is sometimes nice to do rituals with other people!  But in the end I think that I will end up practicing solitary for a while.  The best thing about it is that I can cast and close the circle the way I like, perform rituals I want to do and raise energy my way.  You can't do that in a group, as everyone has to agree.

Well, the what sort of things do I believe in?  Well, if you look through my pages, you will see that this is precisely what I believe in.  And if you look in my BOS, that is basically the way I perform rituals, and how I honour the Full Moon and the Sabbats.  Give or take a few things of course!!  But in the end, what I've learned on my path is that it has to come from the heart, or else it won't mean anything.  You have to find the power within before you can find the power without.

Hmmmm...I'm just remembering the first love spell I did.  This was before I knew about karma/law of three.  I made a love charm using classic love ingredients...rose petals, lavendar and lavendar oil.  I also wrote down that I wanted a particular person to fall in love with me.  I did a bit of chanting, but everything in the puch and sealing it up, I placed it in my undies draws.  A while after that, this boy found out that I liked him and totally dissed me.  Like, we didn't become friends again until the next year.  This was two years ago.  At the time I didn't know that my spell actually caused him to diss me, but when I found the charm, unopen for two years in my undies draw a few weeks ago, I knew instantly why all that happened did.  I goes to show that as you get older, your knowledge increases, and that I'm much more smarter now than when I was 15.

Another experience that prominates is when I had just gotten my Moon Goddess tarot cards.  I seperated the Goddess cards (about 12 of them altogether), and as I shuffled them, I ask for which Goddess would help me the most.  I pulled out the card Athene.  I did this another four times and I got Athene four more times.  About a week later, my boyfriend and I were at a park playing around with my cards when I told him about the Athene cards.  He asked me to show him so I did it three times and I got Athene again, three times!  I think that Athene was trying to tell me something!

Another prominate happening in my life is when one night I went outside and I cast a little circle around me using leaves as the circle.  It was a Full Moon and no one was around.  I brought my make-shift wand and a piece of quartz I have affinity to with me.  Then I poured my heart out to the Moon and ask Her to help my with my woos.  Then all of a sudden, the Moon started to shake! I couldn't believe it.  I suffer from focal migranes, so I thought I was having a migrane.  But as I looked closer I knew I wasn't and this was a sign from Goddess!  She had been listening to my woos and would help me on my way.

But through this, witchcraft is not a big band-aid that you can put on and make everything bad go away.  I have been through tough times, and living to see the next day, and feel the warm sun on my skin has made my life so richa nd full of meaning.  All the tough times I've been through have given me lessons to learn and I am now a stronger person because of it.  I had suffered from depression and I still suffer from bouts of it every now and then.  But I am slowly learning that I must take it as a lesson and a reason to become a stronger person.  I have never really used magick to help the situation along, and if I did, I don't think it would have been much use, as I am meant to learn these lessons.

As you can see the magick is all around.  It comes from within, and although I'm not an experienced witch, I know that one day I can look them in the eye and say that I am dedicated and know that this is my trye path, as I have been given so many signs!  Blessed Be all and good luck on your journey!

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