"THIS IS MY HOUSE, FREAK"

[orangecrush]

A message for Christo Fascists everywhere.

"This is my house, freak. I grew the grasses long and stained the windows so no one will pray for me when I dance naked in the afternoon light or snuff out candles with my tongue. I planted black tourmaline stones and sprinkled salt along the property line so only the kind-hearted may step into my space, and I bled on the ground in my garden to bid the sultry Goddess and twisted horned God to bless my small piece of our wounded Earth with their ecstatic union.

This is my house, freak. I built it deep within the depths of hell for a reason. Here, I can watch Inanna pass by window on her way to the Underworld. Here, I am a voyeur eyeing the demons as they make love and hearing the shadow creatures croon hymns to the descended masters. Here, I am not alone in my quest for the raw and the real, and these black-eyed monsters know me better than those to whom I was born.

This is my house, freak. Come in, and sit for a spell. Let me show you where I scry the future out of found bones and shed antlers stained with moon-blood. This is my altar where I kneel, weep, and wail for planet Earth, and this is my table where only those who have gone into the depths of their psyches and faced their own black, dripping darkness are welcome. Here is where I burn poison roots and beg the holy feminine to rise out of the hidden, damp caverns where She has been crouching these last long years. Here is where I write my verses of the wild Witch, and here is where I sleep only to commune with the otherworld, only to see dream-visions of intergalactic webs steeped in pink-gold light, only to hold hands with the numinous infinite and hear promises of humanity’s divine destiny.

This is my house, freak. Only the weirdest and wildest are welcome, and, to you, my door is always open. I have no time for those who come to gawk or sell me prepackaged spiritual solutions. You cannot vacation in the Underworld, and my home is no place for a tourist. This is the house of the wily, wayward Witch, and I am only here when I crave a soulful rootedness the top-side world does not offer. Knock on my door, but don’t flinch when I answer it bare-breasted holding a candelabra. If I do not answer at all, wait for me on the porch and have the fallen angels make you a cup of tea until I return with blood on my face and the bones of who I used to be in my bag."

https://thehouseoftwigs.com/2017/03/31/this-is-my-house-freak-a-witchs-house-rules/

[slightlv]

1. I love this essay!

One of my favorite books is "Wild Witches don't Get the Blues." Now that I've entered the Crone years, the wildness has settled down and the blues get to me sometimes... but still we carry on. Houseful of Pagans here, and proud of it. Been that way for 40+ years, and I'll have a Pentacle placed on my gravestone at the Military Cemetery here in my town when I meet Hekate, my alignment for these last years. Coven is still a working group, after 30 years. That's a nice long run for one group of people! I'm proud of them!

[orangecrush]

2. Thanks for the post

And your service.

[Nigrum Cattus]

3. Well done

The founding fathers left England to get away from these extremists.
Sadly, they have regrouped in the 21st century. The first right we have
is freedom from religion.
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/

[orangecrush]

6. Well put

Thanks!

[Dear_Prudence]

4. Bookmarked.

I will have to read this thru again and again. Soul food. Following the link you provided, I found others of this poet's poems online. Thank you for the introduction. For christofascists, some more direct message might sometimes be needed, like "Get the hell out, and don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you."

[orangecrush]

5. I'll second that

Glad you enjoyed!