: About Me

History is my main focal point. As a student of history I have written about the Occult, literature, mythology, women's history, and social and religious issues. In addition, I am also very passionate about religious faith from an experiential perspective. I balance my writing style with doses of historical analysis and spiritual or personal experience. One of my greatest weaknesses, ergo an important writing goal of mine is to become more fluid with my ability to use language to paint a picture that accurately portrays my emotions and perspectives.

My work has been published in at least one university journal and numerous literary and Pagan-related zines. I currently hold a BA in Psychology and an MA in History. I am very passionate about experiential, interpretive, theoretical and historical perspectives of Witchcraft, Paganism, Religion, Spirituality, and Mythology. My current academic interests include Roman and Ancient Near Eastern mythologies, Greco-Roman Paganism and Early Christianity in Late Antiquity and Eschatological or End-of-the-world concerns in the Classical Mediterranean World.

I have also written poetry for over a decade, and enjoy drawing parallels between readings of poetry and prayer. I have explored different approaches to drafting a thoughtful poem over the years. Some of my non-academic interests include the subject of the paranormal, gourmet cooking, digital artistry, knitting, seasonal jewelry-making, gardening and bowling. One of my goals is to pursue a doctoral degree in Religious studies of Late Antiquity.

My passion is ...

ancient civilizations, magic, and the occult.

My parents always told me ...

Look beyond the stars.

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a writer.

My favorite memory ...

Laying on top of the hood of a neighbor's car with my brother and identifying clouds as shapes of things before sunset on a summer day

Why I write ...

to solve mysteries and to understand how I am feeling about a particular event.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Jesus Mysteries

My first job ...

Wal-Mart Shoe Department Representative

My inspiration ...

usually comes from a really moving song or wordy epic language.

Religion & Spirituality > Wicca & Witchcraft Magic as compared to prayer

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Magic or Miracle? When Moses transformed his staff into a snake and the Pharaoh could not, the implicit message was that Moses' methodology was more powerful because he acted as a beacon through which the divine spirit of God could act on the material world. Modern Christian meditations on this allegory continue to reverberate the ideology that Yahweh was indeed more powerful than the Egyptian gods because Pharaoh's results were not the same. However, Christians as a whole are less likely to claim that Moses' methodology was a magical one, and attribute it to the miraculous hand of God. Me...

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