Sangathor’s Hideout

So for the last several weeks I’ve been debating with myself on whether or not I should be involved with the Sacrifice of Caring. My very first gut reaction to this topic was that it may be more negative than I would be comfortable with. And no matter the amount of obvious clues and assurances left lying around to the contrary, I was still unsure as to whether I wanted to lend my energy to such a task. All I really wanted to know was what was going to take place, so I could decide for myself. In the last few days there has been quite a bit of posting that has made me question whether I should stand by and watch or take a more active roll.

I have seen countless people that I respect say that they wouldn’t be involved in anything like what was being rumored in the many blog sites across the internet and still I hesitated; and yet they were still on the ritual staff.

Tonight I went to the monthly Reiki Community Gathering at a local pagan shop (Goddess Blessed in Lakewood has been holding them for the last 9 months) and after a night of sharing our experiences and doing a massive energy send to those in need, we retired to the bar to further discuss.

The owner of the shop asked if I was going to Starwood this year. I laughed and said no. Then I went into a night-long diatribe about the Frosts and their twisted view on Wicca and all the other bizarre facts I have learned about. To my surprise, none of the people in my group had every heard of the Frosts, much less their “Wiccan Bible”. Not even Kathy, the owner of GB was familiar with them or any of their “works”. I already knew she didn’t sell any of their books (I checked a long time ago ), but I was surprised she had never heard of them.

Being fairly new to this path, these are people who I have always looked to for support and guidance. To find that none of them even knew the Frost name made me somewhat happy and sad at the same time.

I then went into a 2 hour long rant on their little gem “The Witches Bible” and their distorted and sick take on Wicca. These people where shocked. And my good friend who owns the shop, who I thought might be against all the talk of sacrifice in effigy and who has attended Starwood for the last two years, said “Good for AJ!” She wasn’t planning on going to Starwood this year and hasn’t been pleased with their lack of response to unrelated topics of her membership. Her membership has recently expired and she says she will never renew it. She couldn’t believe that she had never heard of the Frosts and was very thankful that she had not ever stocked any of their books. Even after I told her about the withdrawal of all the Llewellyn authors and the lack of ritual details, she was still adamant that this was a good thing.

Between this and some recent postings by other friends, I have decided I shouldn’t sit by and let this happen without me. I am a father to a bright and beautifu 16 year old girl. Although her Mom and I have been divorced for 7 years, our daughter splits time between both of us and we raise her raise her together. She has shown some interest in what I have been getting into and has joined the “Mother/Daughter Coven at Goddess Blessed, with the owner acting as a surrogate mother. I shudder to think what could have happened if I wasn’t around and she had found the Frost’s book first.

So in short, I apologize, AJ, for not trusting in you from the start. I’ve always been with you on the cause, but wasn’t sure if the method would be right for me. But the more I spread the word about the Frosts, the more I see it needs to be spread.

Although, I’m fortunate enough to say I’ve never been a victim of any kind of abuse, I would be honored to assist you in your Sacrifice of Caring at the Real Witches Ball, 2007, even if it’s just as a drummer.