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January 2nd, 2011 (502 Days Ago)
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My ego has a considerable lot to say on this subject......mainly being that I do not deserve the name Priestess. Somehow, the way I view being a Priestess, I would be in touch with a lot more pagain people in the area I live in.....after all, they are not all hiding in broom closets (and I totally understand WHY people DO hide in broom closets, it's still dangerous out there for huge numbers of us Witches) however, they are not that easy to find, either. I talked with my nurse pratitioner's assistant who is not often in her office, she usually works an hour north of us. I wrote a blog about my having just missed an Isis gathering in my area. It breaks my heart that I missed this gathereing, and although I gave this assistant my home phone number, etc. I have yet to hear from anyone related to this. Since the assistant generally doesn't work in this end of the county, I cannot very easily contact HER to find out if she passed my name and number on. Ok, so I just have to wait and trust to the Goddess that this woman is as good as her word.
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There is another person I have been in touch with for about 3 years as well. She has an entirely different take on the whole issue. She says I am, as far as she is concerned, a High Priestess. She says that if I were not, my forehead tattoo wouldn't have come out clear, beautiful and very well healed. She told me of people she knew who had tried to wear what she considered to be inappropriate Goddess symbols on themselves and what happened to them or becasue of them......mainly, the terrible scarring and basically the eradication of the tattoos in question. The way she sees it, is that I have the mark of the Goddess on my forehead, and that means the Goddess has accepted me as Her High Priestess. She says she has ALWAYS seen me this way, beginning with our time together on Covenspace.
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Now if I have issues about calling myself a Priestess, you probably have a clue about how I feel being labeled a High Priestess. To my mind, a High Priestess belongs to, or creates a coven, and helps teach those in that coven, or new potential coveners. She also told me that when she saw me on Covenspace, she believed she didn't DESERVE to be a friend of mine! That disturbed me HUGELY to hear......whatever I may call myself, just seeing my tattoo and labeling herself unworthy to be my friend is something I NEVER would have wanted. I love this woman, and she has been so kind and responsive to me and has helped me emotionally when I have reached out to her, or when I write a blog about being in pain or confusion.
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I am writing this blog because of my confusion on this issue, and I keep remembering the woman in my Dr.'s office who, when I went to shake her hand, took my hand and KISSED IT!!! What a hell of a surprise that was!!! This woman is probably in her 80s and we had a wonderful conversation in the lobby at the Dr.'s office before I went for my blood draw. We talked about the Goddess, duality, and her trip to Nepal, and how she loved the region and the people living there. I had honestly expected her to be willing to shake my hand, I NEVER expected her to kiss it!!! Now I am wondering what in the world moved her to kiss my hand?????
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Somehow it helps me every time I share my confusion, problems, rages, fears, ad nauseum, so I am hoping to gain some insight from people reading this blog and commenting. If you feel you don't want to comment on this blog publicly, feel free to PM me and I can't tell you how much I hope and pray you good People WILL talk to me about this.
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Thank you for listening, yet again, People. Talk to me.
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BWitch wrote 498 Days Ago (positive) 1How I love controversy. Firstly let me say that it was myself that has had the tattoo experience and in my experience I have no need to doubt it....the "pathetic individuals" that wear the Goddess markings....well to me that in itself is a "Christianly" attitude, and THAT DH is what puts you in the HIGH Priestess catagory to me, I`ve never heard you judge someone like that. Judgement is a Christian trait not that of a Witch, nor a Pagan...none that I know anyway. The High Priestess energy I see and feel from you isn`t that of a Coven leader, it`s that of an ascended Soul...one who has lived, loved, learned, teaches and still seeks. YOU are PURE, you are honest and you are TRUE. Your energy reeks of it...the tattoo just backs it up to me, if you weren`t meant to sprout it, you wouldn`t. I don`t believe High Priestess IS a title...it`s an energy and it just is. I speak from my Soul and my heart, the things I see and feel and as far as I`m concerned, YOU are a High Priestess. Maybe in your last life you were a leader of a Coven, maybe you were a simple peasant...whatever you were, you carry the energy of a highly evolved Soul. I haven`t based my opinion on the Wiccan belief, or a Coven mind set, nor on judgement...it`s not about a title or who fits it, it`s about YOU and what *I* feel from you. The Goddess devotion YOU show even shines through your sexuality, you WORSHIP the female in every form....Goddess worship is Divine and you know what sweet one...I can`t fault you AT ALL, so to me, you ARE worthy of the "title" if you chose to use it, but regardless of introductions and labels, you ARE a High Priestess. AND if you want a coven honey, my hands raised to be your first initiate! LOVE YOU!0 points
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Jynxie wrote 501 Days Ago (positive) 1well my dearest Dancing, you know that I am so new to all of this, so these titles don't have clear meanings for me personally. I hope you follow your heart and hear what the Goddess is trying to tell you, and may your journey be full of love and light! I know I already told you this, but again, I felt really drawn to you from day one. I love that you embrace who you are, and are as dedicated to your beliefs as you are. If you come upon a title that you feel fits you, I would be 100% supportive of that. Sorry I am not always very eloquent with my words, but point blank, I like you and respect you no matter your title :D0 points -
Darkflight wrote 502 Days Ago (neutral) 0Witchfire said what I believe: We are our own Priest/esses, as there's no middle man between us and our deities. No one said that a Priest/ess has all the answers, nor do they say that we have learned all there is to learn. I am a Priest. I have the ordinations. I have passed the required 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Degree classes and tests. (Just not the actual initiations) Do I feel like a Priest? No. Do I act like one? Not in my view. Others may see me in a different light, as they probably see you in a different light than you see yourself. Do I have more to learn? Yes. The more I learn, the more I realize that I don't know. Are you a Priestess? That is up to you, and your Divinity's. Do you Call your own Circles? Do you sanctify your own tools and altar? Do you sometimes teach others? Then, in my opinion, you are a Priestess. My two cents worth, and worth at least what you paid to read it.0 points -
Bedazzlecat wrote 502 Days Ago (positive) 1To me, what makes a Priestess is that she serves a deity in a very devoted fashion, whether in a group, or with others at all, or by herself. There's a woman I know who constructed a labyrinth with much sweat and tears and possibly blood (heavy stones) and does rituals to her Goddess and for the soldiers who've died in war. She's incredibly devoted to her calling of service, and that's what makes her a Priestess in my eyes. A high priestess is someone who leads a coven. To me, if you are a 3rd degree muckety muck, you aren't a high anything until you are leader in your own coven. The presence of a tatoo ... Well, I've seen some goddess symbols on some pretty pathetic individuals. Yours is there for all to see, and so much the better that it didn't scar, and it is BEAUTIFUL, but the idea that you are "better" because of it is that person's belief. I mean, what if a person is just allergic to ink? Personally, I think you are priestess by the way you conduct yourself, your example, and your devotion to the Goddess, not by the external.0 points
  
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