Hello

[WaterMoon]

Merry meet! I am UnderTheWaterMoon, but my real name is Natalie. This is my story and why I joined the board.
The story begins with when I was a Catholic. I was baptized and I attended church every Sunday like all church goers do. I remember telling little white lies here and there, because every child knows that if you get caught doing something bad… Oh, boy. You’re in for it. Anyways, there were several times where I tried to follow every commandment, including being honest. Honesty was the hardest of the commandments. Especially, when one of your girlfriends ask you about the top they are wearing. If it makes them look fat. You obviously don’t want to hurt her feelings, but lying to her face about that’s a sin. It was during those times, when I slipped in and out of Catholic.


I stopped going to church at some point of my life, when I just thought damn… This is really boring. So, I never went and then I went back around the time I was 16 or 17 years old. I didn’t officially stop being a Catholic entirely until I was about 19 years old. I went through a bad breakup resulting into me developing Philopobia. I would have panic attacks or go into some kind of fit when someone asked me out on a date or to be their girlfriend. I’d also have panic attacks when they flirted with me. Of course, that didn’t change my kindness. I just told them no and they left me alone. I thought why would God want me to experience this pain and I didn’t understand the whole, God has another path for you. To this day, I feel like I have absolute no business in dating or seeing someone. I just don’t have a purpose of being with someone. I understand what the intent of dating or seeing someone. I just get really depressed thinking about it. Back to the story, around the same time of my first breakup I saw a lot of ultra-religious people coming on the news telling people how to live their lives. (Mostly just gays and lesbians.) I read stories about straight camps, I was really angry with how people treated others so unfairly. I could rant about gay rights all damn day… I myself, I am straight but I have no right to tell someone what they should believe in or how to live their lives simply because of my own spiritual beliefs. Somewhere along the lines, I just thought being Catholic wasn’t for me and I wanted to learn about different religious faiths.


I remember wanting to learn about Christianity, but it was almost like the universe didn’t want me to be a Christian. Because in my history class, we discussed about men being killed because they uh… well… you know. *blushes* So, I couldn’t for the life of me overlook the history of it… I am the type of person who hates seeing people be treated unfairly or bullied for their beliefs/who they are. But what I found funny was this. Everywhere I went, somehow anything to do with witchcraft found me along with dogs. Of course, this may be seen as my Goddess trying to get my attention. Maybe so, but I see it as the guide for me to join Wicca. I saw my idols/favorite singer wearing a Pentagram necklace. That was where my Wicca journey began.


I believed that there was some good in pentagrams, I didn’t believe in the upside down star pentagram symbol has anything to do with the Devil. I believe that everything we see, man has its own interpretations of what they perceive it to be. So, in my beliefs there really isn’t a symbol itself that represents the Devil. My perception of the upside down star is each of the points represents things to do with rituals. The five points: shielding, grounding, mediating, soul purpose, and the Divine. When surrounded by a circle, it means all these things come together to help work with your will. With it right side up, I believe it to represent all the elements and the coming of them together. Without all the elements, there wouldn’t be a world to live in. Again, back to the story… I ended up doing some research after finding a pentagram on Amazon that I wanted to buy. The title of the item had the word, Wicca in it. Curious, I did some research and decided to get a book on Wicca since I couldn’t find much on the religious aspects. I requested one at my public library. My dad brought it home and he got pretty mad. Asked me what the Hell was this? I explained I wanted to learn more about it. And my parents asked me if I wanted to be a witch and they told me not to cast spells on other people. HAHA! I was slightly a bit upset, but overall I kind of thought there reaction was a bit humorous to me. Is that wrong? Yes. Ok. Moving on.


I fell in love with it. There were parts of Wicca that reminded of PLUR (PLUR represents Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect.) something I picked up on when I learned about Kandi cuffs, which I make sometimes in my spare time. The Wicca Rede and the Threefold rule was just encouraging people to do good to others including themselves basically through all the things that I learned from PLUR or kandi culture. I decided to become Wicca because I like how independent I can be with my life and I can choose to call on the Gods/Goddesses when I need them. I don’t feel like I have to do anything to make them like me so I won’t suffer in hell. I’m a kind soul and I always respect everyone especially the goddesses and the gods. My intent is to not ignore my kind nature and bring havoc into other people’s lives through casting spells. I haven’t really tried to cast any spells… Since I only just started learning about Wicca for almost a month now. It’ll be a month on March 25.


Although at this point, I’m mostly just learning about the history of Wicca before I start doing any rituals or spellcasting. I want to establish and work on discovering my beliefs, since with Wicca there isn’t a set of beliefs or an absolute this is what it is. With learning, I have mainly at this point just used books from the library and the internet to elaborate on certain aspects that the authors didn’t really go in depth with.


The first book I ever read about Wicca was “Wicca for Beginners” by Thea Sabin. At the end of her book, she gave advice on how to further educate myself on Wicca. One of them was I believe joining a message board, or maybe that was my idea… LOL! Can’t remember… So, I decided to join to further educate myself on things I need help understanding and hopefully share/gather new perspectives of the world around me.


Some other things about myself that I couldn’t really fit within my story… I am a college student studying to become a music producer. I just got my Associates degree and I’m working on hopefully getting accepted into the music department to the University I got accepted into, in the hopes to work on my Bachelor’s degree in Music Media. I love animals especially DOGS; in fact my mother says I have a special bond with animals. In that they seem to be really relaxed around me. I can coax frighten animals to making them calm and relax. I am a Scorpio and was born on a Monday, thus I chose WaterMoon as my magick name and username. I personally don’t mind sharing my magick name, because it’s a part of who I am and I have nothing to hide. (I do respect those who choose to not share their magick names.)I added the UnderThe part in my username, since the moon is in the sky and stating the obvious here we are under the moon. I am a very creative soul. I write stories, lyrics, and poetry. I love doing arts and crafts such as loom knitting, latch hook rugs, and making kandi cuffs. Stating the obvious here, I am a music lover. I love to sing! I was in my high school choir and was a varsity member my senior year. Voice is my primary instrument for those who are curious and my secondary instrument is the piano. I could never find the words to describe why I like playing the piano, until now… I like being able to feel the energy in my hands that the notes contain. It helps me create a better understanding of how the song or the artist felt when he or she wrote it.


The kind of music I enjoy listening to is EDM (Electronic Dance Music), pop, rock, screamo, and well pretty much anything that isn’t country or rap. I also love to read young adult, paranormal, fantasy, and non-fiction novels. I also love playing video games that have to do with goals or missions. My favorite video game series to play is Pokemon and The Sims. Lastly, I enjoy watching TV and movies. That’s all.

Sorry for my long introduction. Bright blessings everyone,
UnderTheWaterMoon


`EDIT: 3/26/15 I've changed my username now to simply WaterMoon. Thank you all for the happy greetings! Hope to talk to you all soon.

[Veronica_Rose]

Hi WaterMoon, your name is very pretty

I was also raised Catholic, and had a part of my life where I really tried to be devote and serious about it........ Admittedly, I was doing it kinda because I had a crush on a guy who was really Catholic. It's so silly and stupid, I know. >.<
But, It just didn't work out for me either. It didn't stick; I didn't have the real connection I craved for. I also really hate how much my parents judge others who they don't agree with, and they do it constantly. And, hardcore Christians/Catholics who spit fire and brimstone to gays and anyone who isn't like them just irritate me so much too. I don't think they get that that's probably not the best way to try to get someone to convert..........

Anyway, warm welcome to the forums!
Blessings to you too xx <3

[RosieMoonflower]

Hello and welcome! There are many things in your intro that I relate to. Christian upbring, studying different religions, music, animals (DOGS especially), I'm glad you've found this site, I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me!

Rosie [GREEN HEART]

[AdastraJunction]

Cheers! Hope you enjoy it here. Please feel free to jump in anywhere you fancy and ask questions, we are all happy to help.

[Vesca]

Welcome to the forum.

[Thistle]

Hi and welcome!

[Blackthorn]

Welcome! I always enjoy reading about others' journeys. Hope to see you around the forums.

[WaterMoon]

Thank you all for welcoming me to the forms. I look forward to reading your posts and chatting with you all.

[Aesiryth]

Welcome to the forum! I know you'll enjoy it here as much as I am. I used to be a Catholic too and attended church and all that stuff. If you ever want to talk old Catholic to old Catholic I'm open anytime! I actually found it funny how much I have in common with you, same kind of music taste and I have the same sort of talent with animals as you, but yours sounds more intimate. As if you've practiced, doesn't seem like I'm as good as you lol. Nice to meet you and again welcome to the forum.

-Aesiryth

[SnowCat]

Hello and welcome. I'm also a former Catholic. I think most everything was a sin when I was growing up Catholic. Your comment about dogs made me think immediately of Anubis. I work with him occasionally. Mostly I'm a cat person.

Snow