The Eclectic Witch

Aha, the first post to a blog starting anew. If this is your first time tuning in, my initial attempt at blogging on EclecticWitch.com was… well, it was a failed venture in many ways. Admittedly, I lost some momentum while attempting a project (the infamous “44-Days of Witchery” challenge). I won’t go into the dynamics of why I became indifferent (the questions were uninspiring, the topics were lazy, the tone was saturated with obnoxious amounts of ‘pop-culture, Charmed-flavored Wicca’… ), but I nixed the whole thing after some reflection.

Today is a new day, but I figured on staying with the original ‘first post, let’s talk about me’ topic. However, this is the ’2.0 version’ – lovingly condensed for your convenience:

How I Came To Be

I completely (and lovingly) blame my parents. When my mother left Korea in the 70′s, her culture (which also had a lot of Chinese influence) came with her; this included things like Zen Buddhism, ancestor veneration, divination, martial arts, and Feng Shui. On the other hand, my father was half Irish and half German, and he brought in an appreciation for nature, history, and religion – specifically Catholicism. Love, marriage, and a baby-carriage produced moi.

My childhood was a healthy mix of culture and religious upbringing. But ultimately Catholicism didn’t work out for me; there was a life-long difference of opinions involved and things naturally progressed into apathy. College, my own marriage, and years of spiritual anorexia followed, as did an 18-month deployment. Eventually, I began to take stock of how things were progressing.

That started a personal crusade. I began to research. I didn’t have any particular plan in regards of what to research; I just started reading up on anything remotely interesting – ancient history, musical theory, medical advances, food science, etc. Eventually, I gave birth to my son and later happened upon both nature-based religions and witchcraft. I found that the two made excellent sense and mirrored my own philosophies and sense of theology. And so the rest is (as they say) history.

Yes, there’s a lot more involved. Yes, I’m glazing over some interesting details and an instance of existential awareness. And yes, it’s extremely hollow and uninspiring because of its oversimplification. But I’m okay with that. The important thing is that I finished another dreaded ‘first post’ entry, and I can now move on with the rest of my blogging (not really) career.

Namaste,
Ellery Faye