It was on my Dad's side of the family, and my interest in everything eclectic comes from my Mum's side.
I was taught by some elders / uncles in the family on my Dad's side when I was much younger, but I haven't had anything like real contact for some years now. I also haven't really sought it out, and aside from some recent emails, I don't really seek it out either. I don't have a speaking relationship with my father, and his parents are uninterested, preferring the path of less resistence (i.e. Russian Orthodoxy).
My Grandma on my Mum's side on the other hand believes in ghosts, is a medium, has practiced Wicca / Buddhism / Goddess Spirituality / Taoism / Spiritual Christianity etc. She is a tarot reader, a Reiki master, and god knows what else. It is through her that I had contact with Western shamans, contemporary shamanists and other spiritualists from a very early age (11).
Because I have had more exposure to my Grandma and her 'working groups' throughout my lifetime, I am significantly eclectic despite being a custodian of some of the Vilturj stories and customs. I think... I've had a bit of a strange upbringing! Lol. My sister is an athiest, my stepdad is Anglican, my Mum is agnostic, my brother is Anglican but believes in reincarnation... my Aunt on my Mum's side is coven-bound Wiccan...
Hm. I know about that to some extent. My family - Gods, my uncle and his family, and my mother, are atheists. The other uncle and his family to the best of my knowledge just deny religion exists, so - secular humanist? My beloved Granny a lay-Anglican and her ex-husband a Thai Buddhist. Dad is Irish Pagan, but a lot of it has slithered out of him. He celebrates the Sabbats with me in an absent kind of way, and keeps his altar though I doubt even he knows that's what it is, and believes a lot of the Irish "folk" ways. It's funny how religion weaves in and out of the family, and who picks up what. Your Grandma sounds like an awesome lady. It always pissed me off that there was so little left of religion in my family by the time I arrived that there was no one to teach me anything at all. Not that I'll ever have children, but I'd like to think that kind of oversite wouldn't be repeated by me. *Shrug*
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Date: 2007-04-15 10:57 am (UTC)I was taught by some elders / uncles in the family on my Dad's side when I was much younger, but I haven't had anything like real contact for some years now. I also haven't really sought it out, and aside from some recent emails, I don't really seek it out either. I don't have a speaking relationship with my father, and his parents are uninterested, preferring the path of less resistence (i.e. Russian Orthodoxy).
My Grandma on my Mum's side on the other hand believes in ghosts, is a medium, has practiced Wicca / Buddhism / Goddess Spirituality / Taoism / Spiritual Christianity etc. She is a tarot reader, a Reiki master, and god knows what else. It is through her that I had contact with Western shamans, contemporary shamanists and other spiritualists from a very early age (11).
Because I have had more exposure to my Grandma and her 'working groups' throughout my lifetime, I am significantly eclectic despite being a custodian of some of the Vilturj stories and customs. I think... I've had a bit of a strange upbringing! Lol. My sister is an athiest, my stepdad is Anglican, my Mum is agnostic, my brother is Anglican but believes in reincarnation... my Aunt on my Mum's side is coven-bound Wiccan...
We're all just a strange bunch really.
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Date: 2007-04-15 11:27 am (UTC)Dad is Irish Pagan, but a lot of it has slithered out of him. He celebrates the Sabbats with me in an absent kind of way, and keeps his altar though I doubt even he knows that's what it is, and believes a lot of the Irish "folk" ways.
It's funny how religion weaves in and out of the family, and who picks up what. Your Grandma sounds like an awesome lady. It always pissed me off that there was so little left of religion in my family by the time I arrived that there was no one to teach me anything at all. Not that I'll ever have children, but I'd like to think that kind of oversite wouldn't be repeated by me. *Shrug*
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