What Traditions Do You Belong to?

[Lark]

Just thought I'd throw that question out there...

What traditions are you all in/have studied in?

Or maybe you're not really part of a "trad". How do you lean or identify?

-Lark-

[Lark]

I suppose I ought to answer my own question here.

I am Wiccan and have been for nearly 20 years.  I trained in the Oak, Ash and Thorn Tradition which is a 3-degreed initiatory Trad centered here in Tennessee.  We are a bit eclectic and a bit traditional...but probably more towards the traditional side.  We're not British Traditional Wicca but our BTW friends say that we're sort of distant cousins on the wrong side of the blanket. in that we can't trace a valid lineage back to Gardner.  When the HPS that trained me retired in 2003 she passed the hat as Trad HPS to me.  We now have two covens here in Tennessee and an incipient coven in Michigan.

-Lark-

[Beith]

Solitary hedge witch with Celtic leanings & a smattering of just about everything else!

Not a terribly precise answer, but as a global citizen with some Celtic, some Asian & various other European roots & being born in Africa ... I guess it's to be expected!

[Rin]

My best answer is that I'm a Dionysian. Or at least a training one. If that makes sense.

I'm really not much of a witch (I doubt I'll ever be, but I've learned to never say never), but I'm still trying to learn to trust in prayer (which is a bit difficult for me).

[Fillionous]

I have no 'formal' training in any tradition. I have never been part of an organised coven and only briefly had contact with a sort of working group / society (while at University). Which was nominally open pagan, but had strong wiccan leanings with a dash of Northen traditions and a very fluffy out-look.

I fairly well found my path by myself, through my own research outside, watching nature both in the garden and the local woodlands, backed up by my science training and a huge amount of reading on subjects as diverse as geology, biology and astronomy, through cooking, gardening, herbals and traditional crafts, to British myth and legend, quite a bit of history including what is now called reconstructive archology, with a fair amount of philosophy and theology thrown in (but not a single 101 pagan book). I also did a fair amount of bush craft, camping, stalking and tracking. There was also quite a lot of guidance and input from the real Fillionous (and that is a WHOLE different topic!)
I am a real seeker.
I developed my own markers for the changes of the seasons and created rituals to give praise to the powers, the Divine in my life. I worked magics to hide, to heal, to see, to dream, to protect.

By the time I found out the names for what I was doing and met people who identified as Pagan, (this was when I got to University) I was already surprisingly familer with such concepts as casting a circle, quarters, the conections between things, (earth, salt, stone, north, colours of brown and green etc.) grounding, meditation, divination, balance, duality and the concepts of self responsibility, respect for nature and the wider world and guidelines such as the rede and the three fold law.
I was using self discovered variations on all of these. I had developed my own words / names and subtle differances from the 'published / difinitive' Wiccan ways. I was quite amazed that these things that I had discovered and thought unique, was infact widely know about, had organised followings, defined variations and many books publised on the topics!

While not shutting my mind to other paths. I am more than happy with the systems I have worked out and continue to refine and define them. I have a computer full of notes and files (E-Bos) and I continue to avidly read on a diverse range of subjects. The internet has allowed me to exchange further with those who have similar interests... bushcraft to pagan, theology and phiosophy to re-enactment and historical studies.
I guess if you have to pigion hole me I am solitery eclectic hedge / kitchen witch... following something of the traditions of wise-women and cunning men and the heritage of these isles... creating my own path as I go along.
Prehaps in time others may wish to follow... then maybe (if I can be so egotistical) someone might call it a tradition.

Be bright, be bold
Fillionous

[Zenon]

i' was part of a coven, for about a year, that was creating its own tradition at the moment.  the founding members traced their lineage to raven grimassi, who initiated the coven's founder, who in turn initiated most of the people who had been in the group for more than 10 years.  the coven itself was very eclectic and there wasn't a "defined" tradition other than a book a shadows which is a collection of lessons.  right now I am receiving training in one of the feri lines and that is probably the most "traditional" stuff i've been exposed to yet.

besides that I am the most eclectic person I know.

[Night_Raven]

I practice traditional Wicce, but have studied some of the Hedge and Celtic ways, also explored Asian Buddhism, Islam(never again) and looked into Wicca, but decided it wasn't for me!

A few others, but not in of great enough deal to give in my answer!

[Still Kate]

This is a bit complicated for me to answer .....    I started off in a Coven learning traditional Witchcraft, some would say Pagan. And an emphasis on the Goddess, Oak King and Holly King depending on the time of year. So Ritual Witchcraft.
I have been working on my own since and pretty much stuck with the traditional ways, adding lots of herbal folklore, emphasising on nature and the wheel of the year.
I don't often have the accessability to do my rituals, due to the children being around all the time and Millie being so young but I celebrate them in other ways. Tonight we are having a dinner party (a week late) for the Autumn Equinox but never the less. We'll have good seasonal food, good wine and good company. Sometime's I'll perform a full ritual and at other times light some special candles and meditate or quietly pray to the Goddess and meditate.
Blessings
Kate.