)O( A Formal Introduction )O(

This world swirls with misconceptions, stigmas, dogmas, stereotypes, dilutions, delusions, abbreviations, and other obfuscations of truth.  Otherization and polarization are weaponized tools of mass media and organized religion alike.  One of my favorite examples of how long these problems have existed in human society is how patriarchal retellings of matriarchal myths have shaped our cultural identities.  For example, Queen Hera of Greece was not originally depicted as a stuck up bitch of a mother-in-law, hellbent on reining in her pathologically promiscuous husband.  Instead, she was worshiped as the wise and powerful mother of Gods.  Isn't it interesting how the position of Mother-in-Law in our current society is demonized?  Isn't it also interesting that many mothers make horrible mother-in-laws by way of being controlling to a fault?  Doesn't it strike you as fascinating that Zeus was applauded for mindlessly chasing tail the same way current male celebrities are?  There's a lot going on that has already been going on for thousands of years.  I'm interested in viewing it that way, consistently.  
As a child, I was raised in an interracial fundamentalist Christian alcoholic hellscape.  I had my first dream of the Golden Buddha at age five, and was frequently snatched by the arm and scolded for becoming riveted to the idols of him I saw at Chinese restaurants and stores.  I began to pray to "The Lady who wears the Night Sky like a Dress" when I was about 6 years old.  I can vividly remember laying in my little bed in the Long Beach, California hood back in the early 90s, looking up at the few stars I could see, somehow knowing that there was an Ultimate Feminine Presence above me.  When I turned 13, Lucifer the Questioning Angel became my primary focus and guiding light away from mind-numbing dogma.  By the time I was 15, I was a full-fledged theistic Satanist with neo-Kemetic leanings.  I also ran away from home at 15. No coincidence there.
From age 16-28 I intentionally sought out various mystery schools, became involved, learned everything I could, and then parted ways with each.  I do not represent any specific school of thought but my own.  I am not the disciple of a particular teacher, nor do I believe that any one prophet foretold all that is true.  In my experiences with shamans, scholars, and sorceresses, one thing remains true in every situation.  These people are human beings, and as such are fallible, limited, and unable to fully articulate the expansive concepts of unfiltered reality.  Myself completely included, dear reader.  My greatest hope is to be an honest and thorough approximation of what I have seen and experienced for myself.
At age 28, I performed the most profound ritual I have ever executed in my life, to date.  My beloved lifemate Deven, an intersexed Druidic mystery, died in my arms and then I performed his funeral and wake.  His incredibly well-written last will and testament was carried out to the fullest.  His body lay in state in my living room for 7 days, the longest in-home funeral in the State of California ever held at the time.  He requested that I be blessed with the remains of his skull after cremation, and that request was honored by the crematorium.  I plan to have each fragment dipped in a titanium-silver alloy and then I will personally inscribe each one with ancient gaelic words and Celtic runes.  
I am an activist as well as an occultist, as you might be able to glean from this story.  In my life, I have personally witnessed riots, catastrophic natural disasters, dogmatic misogyny involving extreme violence, sex trafficking, murder, poverty, animal abuse, racism, oppression, alienation, systemic corruption, and more.  My adventures include most regions of the United States.  Now that I'm in my mid-thirties, I'm looking forward to making my way across the ocean to the Old World.  It is my dream to die Dutch.