We are committed to providing you with a supportive, safe, and competent environment in which to learn, grow, and practice your spiritual life. For this reason, you might like to know a bit about the life path of each of us. Also, we do take time to get to know each prospective member, and we do everything possible to make certain of a proper match within this path and this particular coven -- for your sake and for ours. If you do not find your spiritual home here, we will help you contact other groups and other paths.
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Merry Meet!
I am Aria.
My spiritual journey began many years ago in my early teens. Always my effort has been toward total commitment and dedication. Being brought up in a Roman Catholic household, that effort led to several years in convent life which I eventually left in order to live those “monastic” practices, values, and inner life -- in the outside world.
Along the way, I studied multiple “new age” and eastern spiritualities very deeply and spent about two years in a Hindu ashram-type setting. I have taught meditation techniques, manifestation principles, and many of the healing arts for well over thirty years. I am a certified massage therapist and hold certifications in numerous other alternative modalities.
In 1991, while on a flight from Milwaukee back to my home in Philadelphia, I was browsing through the airline magazine only to find an article on witches in Wisconsin. As I read the article I said to myself, “That’s what I really am -- a witch!” From then on, I studied and practiced, very, very privately as a solitary. If asked, I usually described my self as a gnostic or metaphysician, or something very general, but true -- and belonged to no wiccan groups or coven. For professional reasons, this part of my life remained a very personal and private matter, totally secret.
Eventually my husband and I moved back to the Midwest to be near family and to take up a new phase of our lives. Upon relocating to the Topeka area, I had hoped to find and become part of a working coven. After search and study, in local traditions, I still longed for a very deep, traditional, even British approach. I turned back to Philadelphia, to Lady Kaleah and Lord Dagda of Sacred Crossroads Coven -- whom I had known and respected for many years -- and whom I trust completely. They graciously agreed to train me. There I found the depth of practice and tradition that enables me to live, within the Craft, the total commitment and dedication which has always been a part of my life. I have been elevated to 3rd degree and High Priestess in the Gardnerian tradition.
Professionally, I hold an undergraduate degree and have done graduate studies in theology. My Ph.D. is in philosophy. My academic interest has always been at the nexus between these two fields -- particularly as they blossom into an experiential, mystical life. I have taught philosophy and served as a university dean for many years. I now devote my time and energy to family, to our animals and tiny farm in Kansas, to life within the Craft -- and to the formation of Coven Ancora Imparo.
Blessings to you -- in all you do!
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Greetings.
I am CymruKansa (Welsh Southwind).
Born October 6, 1964 to Welsh-Irish parents, I grew up in Topeka, Kansas, near the old fairgrounds and have always been interested in animals.
I moved to Leavenworth after High School and moved back to Topeka in 1997, but miss Leavenworth dearly.
However, now I am on a new path and will always be learning my Wiccan faith.
I love storms and blue sky.
Blessed be to all.
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Merry Meet!
My craft name is LilithSolana.
I am a divorced mother of two teenagers, all of us born and raised here in Topeka, Kansas. I am a trained paralegal, but currently work in the kitchen of the Meals on Wheels program serving meals to the homebound and elderly. I have two seal point Siamese cats which I adore and I enjoy reading books and surfing the internet in my spare time.
I feel I have been drawn to the path since childhood. I was raised to believe that America is the melting pot where all races, religions and creeds have the right to worship whomever and however they choose. Growing up there were questions I had that the Christian faith refused to answer for me. Those questions persisted in my mind until adulthood and the advent of the internet. I found the church to be resistive and judgmental of earth religions and the people who practice them. I finally decided to stop "posing" as a good Christian and learn about other religions. I started studying various earth religions in the early nineties, finding Wicca intrigued me most. I began studying online, reading books by famous Wiccan authors, and started collecting the tools and implements for an altar.
I am now working through my year and a day in the Gardnerian Tradition so that I may be initiated into the Craft. I look forward to my initiation and intend on continuing to practice and study Wicca for the rest of my life.
Contact us anytime to inquire about an open ritual.
Blessings.
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Greetings,
I am Croi Faolehu (Wolf Heart).
I have been investigating the pagan path since I was 14. I first began my journey down the path working with a Cherokee Medicine Man. I have always found a strong aattraction to the energies in nature.
I have worked for many years in emergency services, primarily in Fire and EMS. I earned my degree in Emergency Medical Technology.
Even though I had to hide my Wiccan beliefs for many years, I continued to work as a solitary. I am especially drawn to crystals and aroma work.
Now I have been blessed to find a coven where I can practice openly and feed my spirit.
Blessed be.
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Merry Meet.
I am SiogKajr (Fairy Fire),
I have walked a variety of spiritual paths to arrive at my current destination of coven enlightenment. Previously, I studied as a solitary for several years. Solitary study, while very enlightening, was not fulfilling to me.
I have also been exposed to Jevoha's Witness and Southern Baptist religions.
In the world of work, I am a cook, going to school to earn a Bachelor's degree in computer information systems. I also have a certificate in massage therapy.
In the journey I am taking now, I am reaching a new degree of wisdom and fellowship that is constantly growing.
Blessings.
