Talking about that TED Talk #1 (Ash Beckam, Closets)

If anyone has not been exposed to a TED Talk, you are missing out! It offers so much intelligence and little bits of wisdom, I am sure that everyone could do better from it! Just this one video has made me feel all the much better about my position as a witch that lives in a broom closet currently with my family. Most of my personal friends know that I am a witch, but I have kept very quiet about it with everyone else to avoid any ridiculous questions or sweeping accusations about my new faith, and will slowly come out as I better understand my position on this specific part of my life. I'm new as a witch, and have just begun reaching out to my fellow community members recently, enrolled in an online school (Magic Circle School, its great so if you are curious or looking for a place to learn more about your faith, click the link here), and have made my Facebook page Tarot Daily. All of this social experimentation has allowed me to delve a little deeper into my faith and learn more about why I was so drawn to everything. Now that I understand it better, I can see there has always been a little witch spirit inside me reaching for the rocks, touching all the herbs, dreaming of the magick, and feeling the spiritual energy flow around me.

Even though I'm inside the closet now, and might not be altogether better for it, at least I have satisfied my inner desires and realized my capacity to live in doing so. If anyone is running into any significant issues as a witch or otherwise, trust me, I can empathize at least a little bit with being a part of the "deviant culture" that exists apart from the much bigger mainstream. But this is just a part of who we are--everyone is so extremely unique and different in their own way, it is ridiculous to assume that there could be any platform where we all are consistent in opinion and forethought completely. Everyone has a different little spirit inside of them, colored different, flowing different, sharing energy different; it is a crime and sign of lack of respect to restrict everyone to little cubicles of identity when we could all be free and unrestricted in our expression of who we are. I like to think of myself as tolerant, but since I am human and make mistakes I do believe that there might be something I could be hypocritical about. Although that may be the case, I swear to everyone that keeps up with this blog that I will attempt to understand and empathize with every spirit I come into contact with--if that means hunkering down and learning a little bit first, I am in every sense of the phrase "willing to try."

Thanks for those of you for keeping up with me, and I look forward to some more development and learning to be had in the future as I make my way through this wondrous and fantastic life. I will make sure to share any other TED talks I find on the web I believe to be helpful and unique. Also, I will do my best to learn every day something new, and add it to the colorful view of the experience around me (good thing for you, getting to read all about it on my blog!). What I have yet to experience, and what I look forward to understanding as of yet are the dreams that peek at me from shadows and beckon me to my enlightenment.

Blessed be.