I apologize for running late. I didn’t sleep in or anything like that. In fact, I have been on the internet since 7:30 this morning. I had plans on getting the postings done early and then cleaning house. But instead I have been wandering the internet cooling off.
You see, I got a little upset this morning. I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I respect that. But I sort of took some comments personally, which I should never do. I am a hot-head and I will be the first to admit it. I occasionally fly off the handle, I admit that too. So I needed some time to cool off. The thing that upset me is, I have been getting some criticism about a photo I posted on this site of The Morrighan. Here is the pic……..
This photo has been described as looking like a Victorian secret model. I can guarantee you this is no Victoria secret model. It is an image of a younger Morrighan as the warrior she was known to be. I have several more images of the Morrighan. All of them ranging from when she was very young to very old. Since the Morrighan is my Great Dark Mother, I do not see a problem with posting images of her as I see her. We all see our Gods and Goddesses differently. Who is to say what photo is right or what photo is wrong? It is up to the individual that honors that God or Goddess to portrait them as they see them. I see the Great Morrighan the way other people probably do not. She takes many forms and no one is to say that my way of seeing her is wrong. Nor will I say your way of seeing her is wrong. All that I ask is for a little respect when I post a photo or image of one of my Goddesses.
You know this brings me back to a point of The WOTC’s past. The very first image I posted of a witch was a young, sexy thing, I tell you. And everyone was appalled. I was appalled because they were appalled. I couldn’t image why on earth would anyone object to this pic. It was a young, sexy witch, good grief! Then I was hit with “witches have green skin and long noses with warts.” I couldn’t believe I actually heard that. Well, as you can imagine, I got off on “that was the way Hollywood and cartoons had portrayed witches.” Everyone on the site could look in the mirror and see what a real witch looked like! So why on earth, not show the world what we really look like. I know darn good and well I am not going to put up a photo of myself looking like that. Why should we, it is old stereotyping of us.
The point being, who is to say those old ugly images of our Gods and Goddesses are not also stereotyped? Our religion has been so screwed with, who knows what the Gods and Goddesses might really look like. The ones that messed with their images could have deliberately made them ugly and grotesque so they would not appeal to the masses. Remember, those people would and still will do anything to turn us away from our Religion. Anything!
What it all boils down to, is no one actually knows for sure what any of our Gods or Goddesses looked like. We only have imagines created by some men. Who were these men? Where they Pagans? Probably not.
Last word, the Gods and Goddesses appear to us in different forms and shapes. I will respect your version of how you view the Gods/Goddesses and you respect mine. Deal?
Lady Of The Abyss
Witches Of The Craft® 
I too am a child of the Morrighan, not only are there many images, but there are many spellings as well. To me The Morrighan has blue eyes and red hair. That does not make your image wrong, nor is my image wrong. It is how our great mother presents herself to each of us. After all how can someone tell you that a shapeshifter looks wrong. Does she look wrong as a black raven or a white cow? I think not. She is not only a warrior, but a queen of power and beauty as well. If anyone dislikes an image of beauty, I would think that only shows a sign of insecurity and also a lack of understanding her great powers. Also it makes me wonder if your a witch and think witches must be grotesque, what does that say about your own self view. I’m no super model, but I do not find myself to be grotesque either. All my witch friends are beautiful people inside and out. So the Walt Disney programming of young and adult minds has to go. It’s time we grew up and saw magical beings as the beautiful entities they really are.
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Thank you so much, White Willow Witch. I must add very, very well said. Thank you!
Lady A
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