On Tradition
My great-grandmother used to say that tradition was tending a flame, not worshiping ashes. She also used to say that just because something was always done, didn’t mean it was always right.
Just because tradition says that there are strict gender roles in your religion, doesn’t mean you have to accept that. Just because tradition says that the divine expects this or that of you, doesn’t mean you have to agree to that.
When people cite tradition, sometimes they’re really saying, “We don’t have a good reason, except that it’s always been this way.”
Fight for what you want your religion or your magickal tradition to be. Don’t just accept that because it has always been one way it must always be that way.
You want to be a High Priestess but everyone says you can’t be because you’re trans? Do it anyway. You want to hold the so-called “masculine divine” inside you at a ritual, but you’re a cis-gendered woman? Do it anyway.
Make a new fire and tend that one. Don’t worship their ashes.
