You know...I never thought that I was odd in my beliefs, or that they were "evil" or "corrupt", but it seems that the naturalistic religion I have followed for a great many years is seen that way wherever I go! I can't even wear a symbol of my faith at my place of work, because almost every customer I help looks at me with total disgust or sympathy. No matter what I wear, the effect is always the same, a pentacle, a beloved stone, a crystal, or even a small bottle of sacred earth. One woman asked me when my "fall from heaven" came about. Defiantly, I said, "I've never fallen from heaven, Ma'am, I merely became one with the Earth." And then people try to give you the "You're a sinner" pamphlets, and look at you like you can't possible know any better than to live in a horrible and evil sin. Honestly? You won't believe how many people blindly follow the so called 'Christian' faith. All they can think about is how great their God is, and how it is the only religion with a great reward awaiting you in the long run. Do these people not consider how much more difficult it is for anyone to have a religion other than theirs? Druids, like me, other pagans, wiccans, agnostics, atheists...everyone else with different beliefs is constantly ridiculed for them. Peoples with an Earth religion especially have a difficult time. We have rituals, blessings, festivals, and other things of the like we must observe. It's getting harder and harder now to find a clan I can join, and more difficult to find a gathering for a festival. Every person not of the Christian faith I have ever met has a good, sound, and more often than not, passionate reasoning for why they think what they do.

Thankfully I have a few close freinds who understand and accept me for what I am and what I can do. My gypsy freind Chris and I constantly go out and look for Fae, and do blessings and cleansings in our area. Brooke, my part wolf freind, has let me assist her in her changes during the full moon, and has helped aid me in my own tiny tranformations. No one in my close freinds doubts what one another can do. We've alll seen it, we beleive it, and we love and abound in it. Fae blood in my family line has gifted me, though it may be greatly diluted, as has other ancient blood in that of my freinds and relatives. Don't judge people before you even get to understand why they choose what they do, or why. If you do, you're just as ignorant as everyone else...