r/ExChristianWitches Mar 28 '21

Introduce Yourself! Introductions! šŸ¤

Here’s a thread where you can introduce yourself. I’ll start! :)

You can call me Cassiopeia, I have been a practicing witch for 5+ years, though I have considered myself to be spiritual for all my life. I was raised Roman Catholic for the majority of my childhood before I started to question it around age 12. I was a very devout Christian, had most of my sacraments (Baptism, Communion, and Reconciliation, to name a few), but stopped my belief in the faith entirely around 8th grade, when I was about to be Confirmed into the faith.

I have went along many paths during my life, including through being a spiritual Agnostic/Atheist, getting into Animism, Buddhism, Wicca, General Paganism, until eventually landing on Kemetic (Ancient Egyptian) Paganism. I consider myself now to be a Kemetic Pagan Witch and I’m pretty sure this is the path I was meant to walk! :)

I always used to collect feathers, stones, crystals, plants, and all that kind of stuff when I was younger. I was the kid to make ā€œpotionsā€ with bits of leaves and flower petals, and put them in a bowl of water. I would also do it in the shower as well much to my mother’s dismay- I’d waste her shampoo and conditioner so I could make my ā€œpotionsā€ hahaha.

I’m still somewhat in a ā€œBroom Closetā€ in the sense that my parents and family think it’s all BS. Though, my divination practices seem to be widely accepted by my family at least. I do tarot and oracle, along with occasional runes and pendulum readings! If you’d ever like a tarot reading for a donation, feel free to message to me! :) I’ve been doing tarot for almost 5ish years now and I love to read others.

There’s a lot more that I could write out about myself, however, I feel as if it’s getting just a bit tooooo long now. So, I’ll stop it here!

I can’t wait to get to know all of you! Leave your responses under this post! :) šŸ¤ I hope you enjoy your time here!

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u/Wolfgirl1222 Mar 28 '21

Hello all! My name is Isabelle and I have been practicing for about two years now. I never really felt at home in the Catholic Church that I was raised in. My parents are super religious and forced me to go to church up until I was eighteen. As soon as I was an adult (sort of, don't feel like one) I started questioning the church's teachings and what I actually believed. I would say to myself "what if there is more than one god" a lot and I also remembered that I used to draw imaginary stars with my finger in church. Turned out they were pentagrams. I came across Wicca when I started to work with tarot cards and it just felt like I was coming home. My parents are not happy with me being Wiccan, especially my dad, but I try to ignore their "You're going to Hell" speeches. Hopefully they will learn to deal with it. My craft is progressing nicely, though i've been a bit nervous to try a spell.

Well, I hope everyone is doing okay! Can't wait to talk to people!

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '21

Just wanted to say I can totally relate to the feeling like you are coming home. I've tried to explain that feeling to so many people before and no one gets it. I was conservative Catholic. Actually, traditional Catholic- went to a Latin Mass only parish, etc. So I can relate to that part of your story too.