Well...um...Happy Samhain then! And have fun wiggling your nose and hiding your magic from your nosy neighbours!

This is fascinating. I have to ask, how is it that your religious practices haven't come up before now? I'm assuming you've been a witch for more than a few months. How and Why has this knowledge not somehow already trickled down?

I admit to not having kids of my own, but my spiritual path affects everything I do, it is a fundamental part of who I am. There is nobody in my life who spends real time with me who has not seen me cast a spell, or throw the runes, or invoke the name of a God or Goddess in protection or frustration.

Hi Theo. I don't think we've 'met,' have we?

It's just not something she's been really interested in. She's seen my tarot cards and she likes to play with them, but she doesn't know what they are and is too young to understand. Otherwise, in my day-to-day life it's something that affects my behaviour and actions but I don't talk about it much. And Frances has not shown much interest in religion or spiritual matters to date. She doesn't even know what God is, let alone any particular god or goddess. Which is fine, I want her to be able to find her own way.

The only time it's ever come up is when I tell her someone can't play with her right now because they're at church, and she asks me what church is, and I tell her it's a place some people go to talk to god. But she's so far been content with that answer and hasn't shown any further curiosity. And religion in any aspect isn't something I want to push on her.

no Andrea, we haven't met. I stumbled upon this blog from an aggregator somewhere. ;) That makes sense, and I don't deal with young kids so I don't always know what age to expect those questions at. It just seems so strange to me.

Then again, I live in an apartment with three other witches, belong to a large non-profit neo-pagan religious group, and identify my religious experience as one of the most important aspects of who I am and what I do in the world. So for me, someone *not* knowing that I'm a witch just seems very foreign, even if they're a child.

I'm glad you aren't pushing religion on her, I respect that greatly. Having been raised agnostic, the lack of religion in my household provided a good honest basis for me to be true to myself when I eventually found myself called to Spirit. I didn't have too many preconceptions to get around.

Wow. YOu definitely live in a different environment than I do. But it sounds great.

Wicca is very important to me, but I guess I don't expect it to be important to other people in their dealings with me.

It's nice to meet you, and thanks for speaking up.