Greetings everyone!
I'm Emerald Enchantress and I was born on a Friday, the 25th of August, 1978. I'm on the Leo-Virgo cusp, so I usually tell people that I'm the perfect show-off. I was born in Alton, Illinois and later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where I had all of my basic education. I currently reside in a small town in the Netherlands called Zevenbergen. I live in a small house with my soul mate, whom I've known since December 1998. I've been living here since May of 2000.
Zevenbergen is loosely translated to mean Seven Mountains, but that's not the true translation. First of all, there are no mountains here, there are barely any hills. Just one where most of the shops in town sit on. The town was a one time a harbor town. The parts of the river that flowed through the center have since been filled. The root word bergen can be confused for the plural form of mountain. Bergen means to store or put away. There was at one time, seven small harbors where boats were stored. So that's a bit of trivia about this small town in Holland.
I met my soul mate in a chat room in 1998. We hit it off almost immediately. We would spend hours talking to each other and it would feel like we had maybe spent a half hour chatting. As we came to know each other better, something more affectionate blossomed. I made the decision of meeting him in person, as I felt I would regret it, had I not. Our first meeting was only 3 days long, but we were inseparable after we both got over our nerves. After visiting Europe for the first time in his homeland of Holland, I made the biggest decision ever. I dropped everything and moved. So, here I am, almost half a world away from where my life started.
My magickal journey began years ago, and I'm not sure I can pinpoint a date. I personally do not find it important to say I've been a follower of magick for some specific number of years. Years of experience doesn't necessarily make one better, but it does make one wiser.
When I was born, my mother decided that it should be my choice to find my own path, instead of growing up only knowing one. For most of my life, I only knew one. When I would have visits to grandma's house, I would go to church with her. Nine times out of ten, I fell asleep during the congregations. Of course at such a young age, my grandmother would not dare leave me alone at her apartment. I didn't really mind going as all the people were nice to me. I just kinda felt out of place.
I'd known for a few years after trying different churches that Christianity did not exactly go with what I really wanted out of life. It bothered me that every time I switched churches, the ones I stopped visiting would come to my house, practically begging me to come back. I refused to become someone that had to beg people to come visit me. If people don't like me, it's their problem and they have every right to avoid me.
In the beginning of 1998, I began doing random searches on the internet for different subjects just to pass the time. I decided to look up wicca and poof! I found this site. I mostly stuck to the chat room and got to know people who have since come and gone. Long after the chat room had been closed, I applied to become a council member and I was accepted. I really enjoy this site and I am more than willing to help get it to its potential. I consider this place my online home.
Outside of TCC and magick, I have loads of hobbies. I enjoy all kinds of arts and crafts. I can paint, sculpt, draw, and take photographs. I work with beads and even make some of my own out of Fimo. My inner child likes to show off once in a while and build something out of Lego. I have a bookkeeping diploma, I can use any program from Microsoft, and I can speak Dutch fluently. My favorite color is obviously green.
May the stars shine for you always,
Emerald Enchantress