Currently, I am sitting at my kitchen table watching over the food I am preparing for myself. The month of October is approaching and I want to get a few good meaty meals in before it's finally here. Why is this you may ask?
For the month of October I go vegetarian but there's more to it than that. It's not required in my religion of Wicca nor do I think there's any mention of it, but I do this a form of purification and cleansing of my body.
As every Witch knows, October is the month that houses the third Harvest Festival of the year known as Samhain or Halloween to most. Ah, so you've heard of it.
During this month I show my reverence to our Great Mother by eating foods from the Earth. I mostly consume raw foods because I feel as though I'm able to draw Her essence into myself. By the time Samhain is here, I am completely filled with Her.
Most people wouldn't understand this outside of the Wiccan Tradition but for those who aren't from this religion think of it as a sort of Fasting or even Lent. Those are probably examples that most people can identify with.
I've been doing this for a few years and I'm not going to lie and say it's easy. It takes dedication and strength, especially when your college roommates are cooking very delicious and tempting meals for themselves. However, my roommates are very supportive of me during this upcoming month.
They identify themselves as Christain although they aren't practicing. They actually think it's pretty cool to have a Witch as their roommate and best friend.
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