Wicca

During 2011 Allie has become interested in Wicca. None of our family go to church and when we had Allie Christened we skipped the church bit and went straight to the family party at which my dad followed the Arabic tradition where the male head of the family introduced the child to the family (we probably strayed off the Arabic traditions after that as we also toasted her arrival with champagne!)

She has “Guiding Lights” rather than God Parents and we picked people who do go to Church so that in the future if she wanted to know about God and the Church she could ask them. As she has grown up I have told her that her religion is her choice and she can be whatever she wants to be so she has decided to follow Wicca.

I have to admit there is an influence from me because Wicca and the surrounding paganism is something I too have always been interested in and there are quite a few books in the house about it but Allie has actually taken the time to find out about it all properly and to follow it correctly.

Now before you all throw your hands up in horror and declare her a witch following the occult, she has done her research properly and is treating this as her chosen religion. She is worshipping the ceremonies such as Yule and Beltane, has a beautiful alter to the Goddess in her bedroom and is respecting nature and the world around her. I am quite proud at how “grown up” she is being about it and I hope it is a faith that she finds helps her through her life.