My Inner Child has me as It's Playground

One thing that I did do for myself in the past few months was go to a local Beltane gathering and surround myself with my pagan tribe of family. I long ago realized that family is not always made up of blood relatives,,,, too bad our president doesn't understand this as he continues to bash away at homosexuals in his '''defense'' of family. My family of pagans are the greatest!!!! They are there when I need them like white on rice. This Beltane we gathered and 7 of us got a primitive cabin for the event.
It is held in the same location every year, which is the Kings Mountain State Park in SC. Where many of our forefathers fought in the Revolutionary War for our freedom. The symbolism of the Fight for Freedom is very significant for us all. The park is really wonderful and a must visit for anyone coming to the Carolina's. Friends of mine who are the High Priest and Priestess for the Church of Wicca sponsor the Beltane Brouhaha for the local Pagan and Heathen community, good food, good drumming, song, dance, and magick all in one place. It has become tradition with many of my group to bring the spring in by attending.
This year I actually took a date: Mike.......... whom we will discuss in a later post. Enough to say he has since disappeared into QueerLimboLand. But, for now I will say as a non-pagan, he was very open to everything and said that he enjoyed himself. (Could have been lying and really thinks I am a nut,,,,,???) We arrived and I immediately went to the lake and got naked..
In a past Beltane Brouhaha event my dear friend Huggz and I skinny-dipped while all the other pagans stood on shore. Huggz was one of our close knit groups members who died and I had to honor his memory. So OFF came the clothes and in I went, alone this time,,, but I understand that not everyone can handle low temps,,,, it was only in the 50's or 60's and the water was even colder. But I swam and swam ,, cause I knew Huggz(Fox, Al and Colin too) was there with us.
When I got out of the water, it was just myself and Mike as everyone else went back to the cabin. The sun was setting and I did my personal "Hello I am Back" to the guardians of those woods, and a call to the Grandmother and Grandfather. Mike patiently watched and was respectfully quiet as I opened 'the churchdoors'. A high pitch call came back to me over the water, and Mike turned and we both watched as the biggest Falcon ever flew in and swooped close to the pier I stood on and took off to the woods on the right of us. I began to laugh and thank the spirits of the land for their welcome. I knew the weekend would be very good, and it was so much more than I had anticipated. Raven had already greeted us as we arrived at the park. Power Animals were afoot.
That night was multifaceted and wonderful with many differing experiences. The two big events were the Discordian Ritual and Eclectic Initiation being offered up by our wonderful hosts.
Pictured above is the attire I utilized for the night.
Temps dippin' into the low 40's possibly upper 30's that night.
Yeah Baby!
So,,
The Discordian Ritual was the funniest, most wonderful thing I have experienced in a long time.
The Inner Childs Playground.
I am not going to describe this in total because I may do a whole post on it,,,, but at the end those who wished could recieve Discordian names,,, a real honor. Drumroll.........................
Mine is : Medicine Gym
It really isn't as "Discordian" sounding as others who recieved one that night but it seemed to fit,, at least that night!
My friend Heather#2, or Snooze as we call her wanted to attend the Initiation being offered. I agreed that I too would participate. The High Priest and High Priestess are really good people and being that I really sorta cringe at Wicca stuff alot of times, this may sound hypocritical but I guess I can techniquely be called a witch now. But I really wanted the experience for the Universal meanings of Initiation. It turned out to really be a good thing. Having known both of them for a while I did trust the High Priest and Priestess.
Of course I was still in my loin clothe and everyone else was decked out in robes as the night chilled. I took the event very seriously and utilized it to cement this point of my life as a Person of Transformative inclinations.
So bound and blindfolded a group of 13 (not intentional) went deep into the woods and were formally intiated into the Mysteries. The whole event has been like a supercharge to my transformative abilities. Since then I honestly can say that my ''power'' seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. Since Beltane my 'inner' group has held two regular monthly rituals that were very extroidanary in scope. Last night we held this months Full Moon Event at Mother Rains Home. The "Inner" Child has came out in our group and is Playful and so full of Youthful energy. We all are enjoying the Energy that seems to be the guiding factor for most of us at this time. I am learning that life is more fun if you accept the guidance of your 'inner' child and be playful and less serious all the Time.
Will post again soon more follow ups to my absence.