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Europa circles Mimas5/6/2023 I first met Europa (f) and Mimas (m) in 1999. Europa worked for the same retailer I did, as a cashier, and my merchandising work meant I was up at the front of the store often.
I'm not entirely certain how or why we started talking to each other. I'm guessing that I noticed her necklace which prompted a discussion on paganism? I'm honestly not certain. Europa would end up becoming a friend and one of two who would introduce me to the world of neo-paganism. Prior to this I had been identifying myself as "spiritual not religious". I believed that there was a divine force at work in our lives but I couldn't accept the Christian myth as the one true story. In the year that followed I commenced celebrating the sabbaths and adopted the belief that there are two "new years" in a persons' life - the New Year (January 1st) and the spiritual New Year (November 1st), which followed the celebration of Samhain. I began to write my resolutions on/before October 31st instead of December 31st. I noticed over time that my resolutions started to include more personal, life changing goals, identifying ways I should improve spiritually versus materialistically. As a neo-Pagan/Wiccan I started appreciating my time spent in nature more. My favourite place to explore was Highbanks Metro Park, located at the intersection of 23 and 750 in Powell, Ohio (Columbus Pike). The Highbanks Metro Park is named for the hundred foot high shale bluff that towers over the Olentangy State Scenic River. The park is at 1,200 acres, which is large, but certainly not the biggest in Ohio (Salt Fork State Park 17,229 acres). Today, though I am Pantheist, I still practice some of my neo-pagan beliefs including celebrating November 1st as New Years Day. Neo-Paganism (not that delusional woke liberal crap you see today) brought a sense of peace and connection into my life again. It came at just the right time. A little over two years later I would face great emotional upheaval through losing my job, a separation, a major move, and a divorce. My friendship with Europa and Mimas grew during those two years. It's been some time, several years, since Mimas and I talked (exchanged emails/letters) but I still consider Mimas to be my soul-brother. I believe we were all part of a soul circle of close minded spirits. If I remember correctly, Mimas say himself as a hippie in a previous life while Europa was a dancer? I think that I was in State law enforcement, in either New Mexico or Arizona (a story for another time). I used to joke that I had arrested Mimas in our past life for being a draft-dodger or something to do with marijuana. But the thing about soul circles is that they can go back literally hundreds of year. There is no awareness for souls regarding the true passage of time, they transcend out of the restraints of both time and space.
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