Firesong

Warmest greetings, and welcome to the Celtic Connection!  I hope you’ll take the time to look around a bit, and make yourself at home.  I’m sure you’ll discover, as I did, that it’s a community unlike any other on the web, and I couldn’t be prouder of having been given the opportunity to work with Kardia, the other Council members, and Moderators, whose commitment and teamwork make all of this possible.

I was born to a military family, slightly more than a half century ago, in Washington DC.  We moved around a great deal, spending time in Colorado, Japan, Alabama, Ohio, and Virginia.  We moved back to Colorado, in 1968, when my father was sent to Vietnam, and I’ve been here ever since.

My upbringing was such that I was endowed with a strong love and respect for nature and Her creatures, and as far back as I can remember, I’ve always been drawn to the wild places, where my connection to my spiritual side invariably seemed the strongest.  As I grew up, nearly all of my spare time was spent exploring a creek bed, or walking in the woods, looking for whatever was around the next bend, or beyond the next stand of trees.  It was that connection which formed the basis for nearly all of my spiritual beliefs and practices, which, for the most part, are very much the same today.

In my late teens, I spent some time studying Nichirn Shohou Buddhism, based on the teachings of Nichirn Daishonen, and later, Hindu philosophy.  I quickly developed a passion for comparative religion, concentrating more on similarities than differences, and in 1997, began my journey into the world of the Witch.

My current interests lie in Kabbalah, and Jewish mysticism, as well as the spiritual beliefs, practices, and history of the indigenous tribal people of the Americas.

Employed as a technical support specialist in the telecommunications industry in Denver, I live in Colorado Springs, with my wife, daughter, two cats, two parakeets, three ferrets, and two horses.   On the lighter side, I make jewelry, play guitar and Native American flute, write songs and poetry, and bang on my djembe (an African drum).