Hope For Peace, Love, Understanding

I am constantly surprised at how many people visit the various pagan and Wiccan rituals and religious observances in Olympia expecting something from a Brothers Grimm tale. I guess I shouldn't be surprised when they leave disappointed and I never see them again.

Having chosen this belief nearly 20 years ago, I have faced prejudice, discrimination and outright hatred in a time and a culture that prides itself on being civilized. It's painful and frustrating trying to explain for the third time in a given day that Wicca is a peaceful and civilized religious choice just like any other and we are not to be feared. But it's something that needs to be done, because even in a beautiful place such as Olympia, peace, love and understanding must to be worked at, not assumed. Full Story

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