Contemplations Of A Witch

Building a future…..

I’m been thinking recently about several “big” projects that were inspired by something Aimee said about healthcare, something my sister Morgana said about education, and something Isaac Bonewits’ page says about Elders……..
(deep breath for long tirade)

I’ll start with my sister:
I want Pagans to be in the top religions that are “highly educated”. This is a big pipedream where she and I have started to get all of our yahoo group friends, as well as IRL friends to go back to college to better themselves, and provide for their futures. I’m not saying everyone should become doctors (although that would make me seriously chuffed!) but even getting a simple A.A. is a degree. Now this idea bleeds into Aimee’s thought about universal healthcare in the states (since this is the only industrialised country without one is total codswallop….)

When I get done with medical school I’d like to get other Pagans and Wiccans together that are in medical fields to start doing community service by offering free aide in a caravan of sorts. Of course this would have to be localised to each person’s board certified area, but I”ll have to look into how Doctors Without Borders are allowed to practice outside of their jurisdiction. Since I have the sad feeling that it will be a few years off before the states are health covered, and it definitely will be a few years off before even a bunch could have CNA,LPN etc degrees to help out with the medical caravan. And this bleeds into something off of Isaac Bonewits page about Eldercare…..

It’s becoming time that our Pagan and Wiccan Elders are actually becoming elderly. And I’m not talking about Elders of just certain Traditions and Sects….but we need to include Elders of all Traditions….it’s honouring and respecting those that have come before us, because if we set an example to our children that the younger generation takes care of the older generations, then we will be starting the cycle that insures we will be taken care of. This is a set of traditions that need to be written into all Traditions. It makes it evident that Gardnerians and Alexandrians need to stop bickering about “who’s holier or more sanctified”….When it boils down to denominations, Christians have their differences like we do, but when faced with an opposing religion, they tend to come together. and now I am rambling. I’ve been up too long today, and thankfully I have tomorrow off from summer session classes at Uni.