Occult Garden Parties

  Take this quiz to see if you better off with a pickle as your occult leader. If your fearless leader . . .  . . . can’t say, “I don’t know” . . . . . . can’t cite their source . . . . . . can’t say, “I changed my mind” . . . . . . can’t say, “I made a mistake” . . . . . . can’t say, “I am sorry” . . . . . . claims to be the only qualified teacher . . . . . . has two sets of rules: One for their allies, and another for everyone else . . . . . . declares events that call their Holiness in question TOP SECRET . . . . . . trademarks terms and names that existed long before your leader was born . . . . . . blames you for their bad behavior . . . . . . starts to make personal, business, and healthcare decisions for you . . . . . . goes out of their way to cut you off from your support network . . . . . . uses their followers to satisfy their Ego, Sexual, and Monetary needs . . . . . . is unwilling to share the spotlight with others . . . . . . believes that t...

For those who are not up-to-date on my latest "burn him at the stake" worthy sin and heresy, I was recently forced to resign from a Wiccan/Pagan Open Ritual Organization that I have been attending for twenty-plus years (volunteering for over a decade--spent seven years as an official administrative member) because I refused to give up my Wiccan Third Degree (as well as Second and First Degrees) and the use of magical rituals when I became an medical marijuana patient. To protect the organization's identity (because They must be Real Witches, thanks to their Community Service time and sensible attitude towards Medical Marijuana and Magick)--I am referring to Them as " Cos-Neo ," for at one point in the month-long drama, I was told by the New Big Giant Head that "We [the Council] have talked about it, and have decided that membership on the Council is about Community Service , and Not Elevating Ourselves Over Others ." The following timeline proves t...