Merry Meet!

Dia Duit and Merry Meet, my wandering friends.

For the last few days, I've had this urge to start a blog devoted to Witchy Things, even though I, honestly, have no idea what I'm going to talk about here. I've simply learned enough recently to know that I really ought to follow my instinct. Especially when I have several gods leaning over me and egging me on. You see, I have a rather...interesting relationship with the gods. In other words, at any given time, I have at least two or three deities crashing in my house. Which makes it rather strange living with my parents (this is totally what I got a college education to do!), who a) don't believe in gods in generally, really and b) don't exactly approve of my being a witch. They don't exactly not approve, either; it's kind of an awkward, implicit "as long as you're not an idiot, I guess we can deal with it" sort of thing. Trust me, though, I do not regret coming out of the broom closet to them. Just think how much more awkward it would be if I hadn't! All that trying to hide my witchy books under my bed (where there is already a rather wide collection of books), and no openly going to the metaphysical store on the weekends. Seems like much too much hassle to me.

So, that's me. Emer ní Brid, back from college and living with my family again, trying to practice my craft without making anyone else uncomfortable, and dealing daily with a plethora of pantheons. Oh, in case you were wondering, the gods that tend to hang around the most are Loki, Brid (obviously, since I'm calling myself "ní Brid," which means "daughter of Brid;" also known as Brigit or Brigid), Mabon, Artemis and, now, Ai (the Irish god of poetry whom no one has ever heard of before). It's like a party around here. A trickster, two warrior women, a sun god and a bard. And me, of course, stuck in the middle.

I suppose this blog will be a place for me to chronicle my learning and my interactions with the various gods. Some posts will be more serious than others, I'm sure. At this point, I've learned my lesson with planning things out too far in advance. So, here goes nothing. The Pantheon and I welcome you to Dancing with the Gods and hope you enjoy your time here!

Blessed be.
Emer ní Brid