The Cliffs of Insanity

Anne Strieber is looking for Wiccans and Pagans in Southern California to be a part of a documentary about the Pagan movement in America. If you're located there, you should go visit the blurb at Unknowncountry. Here 'tis!

Even though I'm obviously not in Southern California, I wrote her anyway because I believe the documentary may benefit from including the American Paganry of the Bible Belt. Here's what I wrote:

Dear Anne,

 

I read at Unknowncountry that you're looking for Pagans and Wiccans (yeah, there's a difference) in the Southern California area.  Sadly, I am not in Southern California; however, I am located in an area that you may want to consider including in your documentary.  I live in the Upstate of South Carolina which is pretty much the buckle of the Bible Belt (my High Elder always said it wasn't the Bible Belt, but the Girdle of the Goddess).  I have been out of the Broom Closet since the early 90s and you can't imagine the experiences I've had being a Wiccan priestess in a Right Wing Fundamentalist stronghold.  They've been both surprisingly positive and understandably negative, but all of them have been intense.  Should you want to or are able to expand your documentary to include those of us "behind enemy lines" as 't'were, I'd be happy to participate in your program.  I've long been an admirer of both you and your husband and a keen student of All Things Gray since reading Mr. Strieber's Communion in 1987.  It would be an honour to offer any insight I can on the subject of American Paganism and the Wiccan Priesthood.

 

Peace and Bright Blessings,

Tracy A. Evans (Lady Tinhuviel Artanis)

I doubt I'll get a reply and I strongly doubt I'll be invited to part of the program, but at least I put my best foot forward and I got to express a tiny bit of my appreciation for the Striebers, so I feel good about the letter. We'll see where it takes us, if it takes us anywhere.