October 27, 2004
A Wiccan's Life
From the outside, I appear to be the perfectly normal college student.
I do well in school, am in a sorority, participate in undergraduate
research, volunteer, write for the school paper and DJ a show on the
campus radio station. There is nothing, from the outside at least, that
indicates I am any less normal than any other Tech student. In a sense,
though, I am very different than many of my peers due to my religious
practices; I'm a witch.
With Halloween drawing so close, I think that it is important to clear
up a few of the all-too-common misconceptions about my faith.
Being a witch, or Wiccan, is not like anything that churches, media or
popular culture have made it out to be. We don't command armies of
zombies or have talking pet cats. Do I believe in magic? Yes. Do I cast
spells? Yes. Do I eat your children? No.