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Post by ksargent91 on May 6, 2014 9:00:42 GMT -8
Hi friends  I'm Karen and I'm from Boston, MA. I study cultural anthropology in college and I'm really interested in gender studies and inferfaith/intercultural relations. I'm about a year into Wicca and I read tarot and will be more than happy to do a reading for anyone if they wish! What else...I'm really into Pagan veiling/headcovering and while I don't cover now (although I do experiment sometimes as my profile picture suggests!) I want to in the future full time That's really it I think! |
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Post by amethyst on May 6, 2014 11:44:30 GMT -8
Welcome! I'm originally from Lowell living in Canada now. Nice to see someone from MA here X) I hope you find this community helpful |
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Post by Sionnach on May 7, 2014 6:26:48 GMT -8
Welcome, Karen! If you feel like sharing at some point, I'd love to hear about the practice of veiling/headcovering in a Pagan context. Sounds interesting!
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Post by ksargent91 on May 7, 2014 19:30:42 GMT -8
Welcome, Karen! If you feel like sharing at some point, I'd love to hear about the practice of veiling/headcovering in a Pagan context. Sounds interesting! I couldn't figure out how to quote multiple people in one post so yay lowell! North shore buddies <3 how's canada? I'm thinking of moving there someday as well! As to pagan veiling, a lot of people seem to be interested in it! There are a lot of spiritual reasons for it, and may pagans who veil do it for Hestia, the goddess of hearth and home who also veiled. I'm not drawn to her but I was drawn to the practice when I was christian at the time and made a Muslim friend. At the time, I liked it because of the more "religious" ideas, like doing it for God because it said so in the Bible. Now, after looking into it in a Pagan context, I feel like it can still apply. There are many spiritual reasons for wearing a veil, like some women feel that their crown chakra should only be uncovered during ritual because it's too powerful otherwise, or because it's a special connection between themselves and Deity, and also it's a literal and figurative "letting one's hair down" and releasing the "wild woman" during ritual. I can get behind that, but I personally think veiling is a really good feminist statement. I feel like covering draws the attention to the words being said and not the amount of clothes covering or not covering the body. I applaud women for dressing however they want, I think some women find it feministic to wear less clothes and I think either way is cool, I personally want to wear more. Some people think this is backwards and oppressive but it's my choice and it's how I feel most comfortable expressing myself. I've worn hijab (the muslim headcovering) a couple times, and I really like it. It's like...having this special thing all to yourself and the power of choosing who to reveal your body to is really empowering imo. Some pagan women consider it a blessing for their partners to see their hair, as for some it's considered the most powerful and beautiful part of a woman. So yeah, that's my opinion, anyway. I tried to mention the opinions from other pagan women as well as include my own! I think it's a really cool thing and I really appreciate questions because without them there'd be so much misunderstanding! |
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Post by Renaissance Pagan on May 13, 2014 7:57:22 GMT -8
Welcome to the forum! I didn't even know Pagan veiling was a thing... I knew it was for more than just the Muslim religion but not very popular throughout others. That's so cool! Thank you for sharing. |
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I'm Karen and I'm from Boston, MA. I study cultural anthropology in college and I'm really interested in gender studies and inferfaith/intercultural relations. I'm about a year into Wicca and I read tarot and will be more than happy to do a reading for anyone if they wish! What else...I'm really into Pagan veiling/headcovering and while I don't cover now (although I do experiment sometimes as my profile picture suggests!) I want to in the future full time 
