patience and love- it is interesting that you say "the power of covering" that is what it really is for me. My head scarf or covering is like a power object, ok lets see if i can hash these ideas out while the baby is napping without me. When i cover it is like putting on my armour or a sheild to negative pschic energy (baby up so excuse typing) i suffer a lot from anxiety and stress, i hate dealing with people i dont know, so for me putting on a covering is puting an extra layer between them and me. I feel at peace when i wear it, kind of grounded and more at a nutural energy point rather then being in a constant state or fight or flee. Throughout time head coverings have been a sign of power and prestige rather than that of modesty, think of royalty and their crowns or the pope and his err pope hat? sorry dont know the name. For me another facet is setting myself apart, saying this is me, i am one with power, and i deserve respect. Which is really true for all of us, but as it carries through in my bearing others tend to follow the lead. Since covering i have been getting a lot more respect, men open doors for me, ladies have helped me with my shopping and so on.
Sorry this is so disjointed i really havent thought about this before so i am trying to work it out in my own head as i type. I am wondering how much of this has to do with my becoming a mother? making the move from maiden to mother. In a lot of cultures women begin to cover or wear a different style of covering when they become maried. for me mariage really didnt herald any change in my energy, however becoming a mother has hugely affected me, this is a whole new state of being one i cant ignore. So i put my "mum hat" on so to speak, to show that is what i am currently doing. I also notice that in a lot of imagry mary is shown covered, as i grew up catholic i think this might be playing a role, she is the holy mother, and she covers, so now i am a mother i seak to imitate?
I am one who still struggles with my old faith, although honestly i didnt really feel catholic when i was, i just didnt want to upset my mum. The one peice of catholicism that i do miss is mary, and the rituals surrounding her. I never really "dug" jesus. I love rosaries, i have lots and lots, the only thing i dont like is the cross, that imagry doesnt resonate with me. Where i live covering is really only asociated with islam, we have a very very small jewish comunity and a very very small covering christian community, so there is not really that link for me bck to my old faith.
i too wonder why more pagans dont cover? or more to the point would be so against it? i was looking some picture books i have of fairy tales, and most of the witches have head coverings, genrally a shall thrown over their heads. I wonder at which point this became lost? i even think of other images when i think of say a fortune teller and again i think of a woman with a head covering, am i the only one?
i still have a lot more to type :LOL: but this is getting long. This seems like something i need to work out in my head at some point.
Sorry this is so disjointed i really havent thought about this before so i am trying to work it out in my own head as i type. I am wondering how much of this has to do with my becoming a mother? making the move from maiden to mother. In a lot of cultures women begin to cover or wear a different style of covering when they become maried. for me mariage really didnt herald any change in my energy, however becoming a mother has hugely affected me, this is a whole new state of being one i cant ignore. So i put my "mum hat" on so to speak, to show that is what i am currently doing. I also notice that in a lot of imagry mary is shown covered, as i grew up catholic i think this might be playing a role, she is the holy mother, and she covers, so now i am a mother i seak to imitate?
I am one who still struggles with my old faith, although honestly i didnt really feel catholic when i was, i just didnt want to upset my mum. The one peice of catholicism that i do miss is mary, and the rituals surrounding her. I never really "dug" jesus. I love rosaries, i have lots and lots, the only thing i dont like is the cross, that imagry doesnt resonate with me. Where i live covering is really only asociated with islam, we have a very very small jewish comunity and a very very small covering christian community, so there is not really that link for me bck to my old faith.
i too wonder why more pagans dont cover? or more to the point would be so against it? i was looking some picture books i have of fairy tales, and most of the witches have head coverings, genrally a shall thrown over their heads. I wonder at which point this became lost? i even think of other images when i think of say a fortune teller and again i think of a woman with a head covering, am i the only one?
i still have a lot more to type :LOL: but this is getting long. This seems like something i need to work out in my head at some point.
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Your post must've been on the next page, which I didn't realize existed hehehe. I shall go read it now and hopefully have something much more intelligent to contribute than a 
I remember feeling somewhat excluded from it, and still drawn to it. It was... interesting.
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