What is Your Path?
Wiccan, Santeria / Vodou, Kitchen / Hedge Witch, Shaman, Witch
About Me
I have had many names, they seem to come and go as I need them, such is Our way. Right now, I'm CopperFox. I used to be Pan, but then I went and fell in love and got all monogamous, so that name left with the old life it was associated with.
I am an Out Court Gardnerian, and working towards Priesthood. I have been a Priest most of my life, and I have sought out the Gradnerian Tradition for further enlightenment and formal training.
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Music
Trance, Dance, Folk, Gospel, Punk, Alternative, Goth, Classical, Classic Rock, Disco, Pop, Boy Bands, Panic! at the Disco, Nora Jone, Emerald Rose, Spiral Rhythm, Spiral Dance, Dreamtrybe, The Cranberries, Groove Coverage, Flogging Molly, A Perfect Circle, Cascada, Ian VanDal, Darude, Finger Eleven, Three Days Grace; among many many others.
Movies
Perfume: the Story of a Murderer, Nine Dead Gay Guys, Boondock Saints, V for Vendetta, The Matrix Triology, Fight Club, Moulin Rouge, The Producers, Bedazzled, Cowboys and Angels, Nightmare on Elm Street (All of them), Labyrinth, Legend, The Order, Queen of the Damned, Angel Heart,Skeleton Key, Wicker Man (the old one, NOT the Nick Cage version), to name a few.
TV
Showtime's Dexter, Food Network's Good Eats, Iron Cheif (both Japanese and American), Buffy and Angel will always have a special place in my heart, Charmed (which I am sometimes embarrassed to admit), and any number of shows on HGTV, the History Channel, Nat Geo, and so forth.
Books
Poppy Z. Brite:
Lost Souls?, Drawing Blood (my favorite book of all time), Exquisite Corpse, and her short story collections.
Neil Gaiman:
American Gods, Aninasi Boys, Star Dust, Sandman Comics and their spin offs.
Jim Butcher:
Mostly his Dresden Files, I haven't read anything else by him yet.
J. K. Rowling:
Well, erm, DUH!
Deborah Lipp:
Elements of Ritual, The Way of Four and it companion book, and her blog.
Isaac Bonewits:
Though I may not always agree with it, I will respect just about anything this man puts his name on.
Ray Malbourgh:
His writing style and organization makes me want to gouge my eyes out, but the information on hoodoo in his books are valuable nonetheless.
A. Murphy-Hiscock:
Solitary Wicca For Life really gave my practice depth. She knows Our Craft well.
Mara Freeman:
Kindling the Celtic Spirit got me back in touch with the Green and Gold within my soul.
S. Cunningham:
Earth, Air, Fire, Water. Ah, as if he were a first love.
Likes
Coming Soon along with all of the other fields that are not filled in.
Vices
Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth, Wrath.
I give into them all. I try to keep them in check, but I think gluttony gets the better of me. I just have to have...consume...
Wrath gets its nod when I deal with incompetents.
Envy and Gluttony tend to go hand-and-hand with me. If I can't have it, I want it and I often dislike those that have and do not appreciate.
Perhaps Greed is one I deal with the least, as I rarely want something so much as to exclude others from having it, save perhaps my boyfriend's attention and affection.
Pride and Envy are often attached as well, as is Wrath.
Sloth is a close and personal friend of mine. When I am tasked with something, I do it, but if I need to do it for myself, it may never get done.
Lust, of course, for I have a fire in my loin that will not ever quench, and now I am monogamous and that is a trial, I assure you.
But on that note, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I barely drink and I don't play video games.
I do consider sex, sleep and tea to be among my greatest vices, but chocolate, starches, and reruns are certain my lessers.
What is Pagan Fashion to you? Have you ever thought of the concept of Our Religion and Spirituality being expressed through what we choose to wear?
A lot of us do express our beliefs, be they spiritual, political or philosophical, through the clothing and accessories we put on. I was a Teen Witch. I started my practices around 14 and I wore a lot of black and stars to show how different I was. A lot of folks new to the craft do this, and have since the 60's and 70's.
When it comes to Pagan Fashion there really is only two complete fashions that we can draw from in an non-festival environment. Goth and Hippy. We either go the black and darkness route or the broom skirt and fantasy graphic tees. At festivals we can be a little more open with our clothing, or eccentric might be a better word.
Paganism is a religion of Personal Expression, of Ritual Drama and of Mystery. Our choice of expressive clothing is often just silly. When I think of Pagan Clothing I get images of Ren Faires, long robes, cloaks, sarongs, and classical era costumes. Those are all well and good, but I assure you not many people will walk down the street every day wearing something like that unless they want attention.
What garments come to mind when you think of Pagan Clothing?
What do you like the wear to express your spirituality?
What do you wear at festival?
What are some things you would like to see if someone set out to make clothing for Pagans?
What sort of themes would you expect or like to see from a modern Pagan fashion designer who wanted to do both an Urban line as well as a Festival line?
What sort of clothing do you wear on a day-to-day basis that you think could be given something of a Pagan flair? How? Simple graphic or texture? Some embroidery?
I look forward to your comments. Please pass this blog along to others you think may have an interest in Pagan Fashion. I really would like some input in this areana.
I am the young scholarly type, and with that comes a lot of re-thinking what Wicca is. Coming from a lost standing tradionally religion that fed me lines about the sin and taboo of questioning religion, I often find that I have a great fire for it.
I have, in the past, blogged about such contenplation in an open forum of sorts, on a personal blog with the hopes of having members of the Pagan Community speak on these topics.
Today, here on CovenSpace I will repost one of those topics, and perhaps, if it does well, I will repost other such blogs. If all of those get enough turn around, perhaps I will then contenue to post them.
With that being said, I give you, "An it Harm None"
I know this is an exhausted topic, so bear with me. NeoWicca holds this more as a Tenet than Traditional Wicca, but NeoWicca is growing to the point that this topic is on the minds of we young in the Craft. Some extremist (which I realize are the crazies of any religion) use this half of the Rede as a prime excuse to be spectators in the world, fearing to act for the inevitability of causing harm. On occasion they forget the second half, "do what you Will" in which the scholarly claim that it harkens to us from Thelema's law of True Will. (Honestly, I don't know. I've heard that the two are in no way related, which I think is silly to say.) Others have gone on, like the Lycian Tradition in Southwest America, and added further clauses such as "If it harm, do what you must." Yet still some do not take heed of this at all saying that magic is a tool to be used. If you piss off a witch and she lashes back, it's your own damn fault. That is of course to say that the witch lashes out in defense or retaliation as opposed to being the one that struck first, or if the retribution was even warranted. So, dear contributors, I ask you for your wisdom on this. One thing I love about being Pagan is that my Elders generally don't turn to the old, "Because that is what the Bible says."
I personally prefer to live by another line in the poem, "Live and let live; Fairly take and fairly give." But does this line talk about retribution or only favor?
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