anyways growing up ive always felt like an old soul even before i knew what that meant and i probably got my interest in the occult because of my grams. she was like my second mom cause mine worked and went to school full time. shes just a natural spirit and me and my sis loved books so wed read all the books she had; hauntings, books on crystals, runes, the seven wonders of the world, divination...you name it i could find it there. and she LOVED crystals...and kept all her perfume bottles lol. so thats where my interest was sparked and soon i was getting books from the library and the first one i ever checked out was The Spiral Dance by Starhawk i think i was like 9 or 10.
Since then ive read and researched probably every occult/new age topic there is. but ive never dabbled cause ive always doubted myself. i am my worst critic. so i took a lil break from the spiritual side in me and concentrated on other stuff but after about 7 months i was brought right back into it cause one of my best friends of 4 years is cuban and her family practices santeria and from there is how i found hoodoo.
So the past 3 years my main area of focus has been natural magic, rootwork and hedge witchcraft and it feels good that ive finally found something i can really connect with. it makes me think about that old soul feeling i get and after learning everything i have its kind of evolved and i now think of it as a natural primal kind of energy.
A week ago i bought Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic and The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook from amazon because i noticed they could be bought in a bundle. i got Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic but the other one i just found out was received by someone else :/ so i should be getting it replaced on tuesday.
I hope to be able to take catherine yronwode's course soon but until then i'll be getting my hands wet on my own and hope to learn a lot from everyone.
-david
