Saturday 24th July saw the start of 'The Goddess Festival 2010' in Canterbury, Kent; it started off with a cute little parade up the city's High Street, Pagan Pride banner in hand.
But please tell me! Why the fancy-dress costumes? Repressed childhood fantasies of becoming Gandalf or the next Tinkerbell bursting out maybe? Seeing that amount of middle-aged 'faeries' all in one place was a first (and hopefully a last!!). Possibly a genuine display of inhibition, in all probability it's a lack of self-respect.
This is proof enough that the 'old ways' should remain under the stewardship of select groups and individuals.
Look how Neo-Paganism is treating itself; with unhealthy doses of crushed velvet and costume wings, give an inch and not only is a mile taken but also the piss is taken too! Neo-paganism and mass-marketed Wicca, Pandora's Box is well and truly open and there is no closing it for you.
There's no hiding in plain sight with fluorescent pink, glittery tutus I'm afraid, your magic is fading. Then again, I'm just a rambling outcast, though humble steward of hidden mysteries and lore long forgotten.
Nice effort getting the public attention and taking their minds' away from the monotony of the McDonald's mainstream way of living, showing an alternative, but not quite the way to go about things I'm afraid.