Pariah
I was born into a Southern Baptist Protestant home initially. This thought structure is very constricting, full of its own internal laws that are not even founded in the Bible, even within Christianity. I have always had a keen sense of intuition, and an intuition to question everything around me. As far back as I could remember, I KNEW that there is more to the world than is seen or felt. That an individual can reshape their reality from within. Yet due to my birth environment, I kept this side of me a secret for many years.
My life changed forever at the age of 15. Long story short, violent spirits found their way into our family farm home. I had never touched magic or the supernatural before this event, and with my Christian programming, I did not know what to do. Seeking catholic exorcism was out of the question, due to the protestant/catholic historical resentment of each other. This began my search taking matters into my own hands.
The Bible yielded little help, but I found other interesting things relating to lost Christianity. The Gnostic Gospels, The Book of Jasher, The Book of Enoch and many others Finding these showed me that there is/was a historical side to Christianity that is hidden from the traditional organized form of the religion. I then wondered what else was out there for knowledge. What else is forbidden? This was the beginning for my findings away from Christianity. In the process I found methods of releasing the spirits of the home.
I will admit, that I am still in the process of deprogramming myself from the religious beliefs that I was born with. I have been for many years. This has been a long journey. At times it seems like an expanding and detracting rubber band. But I know that the rewards for the perseverance will be worthwhile.
As of late, I have been honing my skills at making my life how I want, based on having faith mixed with emotions, while visualizing what I want. I have had %100 success in this with starting small, I am scaling this up more and more.