I am a witch. I know that's a straight in your face introduction...LOL...I'd figure what the hell. How many times do I get a chance to introduce myself in that fashion when I'm meeting people.
I am a multiracial (African, Native American, and Middle Eastern) witch which can make for an interesting blend of beliefs that I hold for myself. I am a solitary multiracial eclectic witch to be more exact. Still trying to figure out the eclectic part...is that the hippie, tree-hugging spirit that I possess...idk...oh well...if having a strong connection to the spirit of Mama Earth and the Universe or Multiverses is eclectic then yes I am.
I am trying to find my place in this lifetime. I sometimes feel like a square amongst round circles or a circle amongst squares depending on what side of the bed I get out of in the morning. How did I know I was a witch? I think I knew I was different when I started being aware of my own existence as a child. I was a "weird" little one. I was told by family that I lived in my head a lot. It was hard to reach me at times. My imgaination was my connection to the spirit world, but I didn't know that at the time. As children, we are emotional and visual...we see it and feel it as it is...our communication to the world is far different than how we communicate as adults with extensive complex vocabulary. Children communicate through feeling because the spirit is still connected to Source energy (Goddess/God Energy).
I would see spirits like I would see anyone else in a room. I remember as a child a woman dressed in white would look over my brother and I as we slept. She never spoke just looked at us. I didn't feel fear; I was just curious about her. I'd also dreamed about people and situations. I'd even dreamed the death of my beloved grandmother. My mother started to tell me to keep things to myself out of her own sanity and also to protect me from being made fun of or misunderstood. It was hard to fit into any family or school dynamic when people in your immediate circle don't have these "strange" occurrences. My love of books introduced me to withcraft. I was 8 years old when I had a word for what I felt like: WITCH. Those stories that I would read about the supernatural, the moon waxing and wanning felt so familiar to me. I felt I was home.
Witch for me is more than black cats, brooms, Halloween, etc. It is the wisdom that is grown through life experiences and the spiritual connection to the Creator of all of this. Being a child born from an American mother of black, native american, and caucasian ancestry and a father from West Africa (Liberia to be more exact) who is of African and Middle Eastern ancestry, my witchydom...yeah...you'll see I like to make up crazy words...LOL...my witchydom may not be something that would be familiar like Wiccan or Pagan religions. I do pull from my ancestors and my cultures. Being a solitary witch is easy for me. I don't want to be boxed into certain ways of beliefs my spirit is too broad and expansive to be pinned down to any one belief system. The best advice I'd received is follow your spirit.
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