Shaking out the cobwebs

Gods and Goddesses, has it been THREE YEARS since I last posted? Apparently so.

Much has happened to this old one since last we spoke... I have connected with a GREAT Pagan group in the Denver area, Living Earth and have been asked to join the Steering Committee... thank you Joy & Walden (the High Priestess and High Priest of LE). I have also, since LE is an actual legal (in the State of Colorado) religious organization, been granted Ordination, so now it is official... I am officially the Reverend Shadow MoonDragon.

What? You didn't know about the name change? Well..........

As part of my Path of Discovery, I found out that my Blessed Goddess, Mac'ha, was not only the daughter of, but also an Aspect of... The Morrigan. Only the Queen of the Celtic Pantheon. Blown away I was. Yeesssssssss. (As Yoda would say it) So, I now Kneel to Her (which I have absolutely zero issues with :) And, after FURTHER learnings, I discovered the Masculine Balance... none other than The Daghda Himself. Yes, the brown-kilt with the two continually roasting pigs and the harp that one sees on each and every bottle of Guiness.

So. I now have a Lord and Lady. All is brilliant. Mostly.

My direction now is to get the Coven of the Shadows off of the ground. Back to that in a minute.

The Name thing. As those who know me personally will attest, my neckware consists of two interlocking pieces, a moonstone Celtic thing (gifted to me by a Bhuddist monk, who said that "the other half will appear when you and it are ready."), and a Dragon Pentagram (the afore-mentioned "other half"). So, after prayers, meditations, and consult, I have been told that the MoonDragon name fits me quite well. For a 'first' name, I took Shadow... then was later told that "Shadow" for me was not a name, but in fact, a Title.

One with the Title of Shadow is one who practices the Shadow-Magicks... which is what I have been teaching and practicising over the years (and lifetimes, or so I am told). So, the Deities Assembled have apparently been all cool with this and were waiting for me to pull my head from out of my.... well, you know... there.

Hence, now the name-in-Circle: Shadow MoonDragon... or the Rev. Shadow MoonDragon.

Now, in order to be a Pastor, there needs to be a flock. Which is where Coven of the Shadows comes in. I am always on the lookout for those who want to learn of both the Light-Magicks and the Dark-Magicks, and learn the use of them in Balance. It's a tricky deal, yes, but can be done. I also desire that CoTS train in the ways of Radical Paganism, which may be scary to some, but hear me out.

Radical Paganism is basically Devotion to your God and/or Goddess over the societal crap foisted upon us (us as in Pagans) by the mortal world. Radical Paganism is also Devotion to those within the Circle, in the meeting of all needs of those within. Circle... Tribe... call it what you will, but with the upcoming Dark Times (I'll post about that in the very near future...) rapidly approaching, I am called more and more to reach out and find those who would be worthy to wear the Title of Shadow. Mayhaps this posting is a step in that direction? I certainly hope so...

What else has the grey-haired one been doing...

I have finished a manuscript for a full-length urban fantasy novel (Pagan-centric, of course), and am awaiting the right editor to go through it in hopes that one day it can be published. The working title is "The Sisterhood: Deep Elum Blues"... and, yes, it is intended as first-in-a-series. The other book, the historical fantasy "Skorpion's Wake" (also Pagan-centric), is slowly being worked on, it's about 3/4 done. It'll get finished... sometime...

I'm also working on a couple of non-fiction things, an adaptation of the Tao Te Ching for the Mage, as well as a book about the Spirituality of Drumming. That and I have started on a book of short stories, inspired by some songs that I really enjoy. More on those as they develop.

Well, I think I have blathered on enough for today... I promise that the next entry will be sooner than three years.

Peace, Love, and the Blessings of your God and Goddess be upon you always.

Shadow