OAK Do you believe in Magic, and the power of a word? In the Shining Stars above, and the living Earth below? Beware Child, those thoughts will change your world. © Oak The Call of the Goddess is a powerful and scary thing. It's also an incredibly beautiful thing. When I first felt that call, I did my best to ignore it. After all Magic wasn't real. How long have I been "Pagan"? Like most, all my life, I just never knew what to call it. I first started to understand my beliefs and my connection to the Gods and the world when I was 17. I started to study Shamanism. When I went to University, I encountered a group of people who helped me to understand that Magic is a type of energy manipulation and that yes, Magic is real. I'll never be hurling lightening bolts from my fingers, but being able to see the way a flower grows is cool in it's own right. I was never much for the 'trappings' of Paganism, until in 1997 while traveling through Ireland, I was given my Craftname. Craft Title, would be a better description. When that ended I came back to Toronto and decided that I was going to be a solitary practitioner. That was until I encountered Lady Aislinn and the people who formed Coven of the Mists. After spending the first Kaleidoscope Gathering with Branwen and Gwen, I knew I had found a place where I belonged. Wheels turn, Paths change and our COTM became Caer Avalon. This is my home, my family and my Tribe. I'm Celtic, I'm Pagan and above all I'm a part of this crazy-wonderful collection of people called Caer Avalon. I'm proud to be walking this path with them. Member Notes Oak was dedicated into the Tribe in November of 1997. He later received his Tree initiation on October 1/03. Oak is now walking the spiral path of the Well. < Back to the Tribe Members © Caer Avalon