Mad Mad House

I wanted to blog about “Mad Mad House,” which I’ve watched almost from the beginning. I missed the first episode. When I saw it advertised, I wanted to make a point of watching to see how witchcraft was portrayed. I was a couple of episodes in before I realize that Fiona is that Fiona. I’ve never read her book but I heard it was good, accessible w/o being fluffy.

I was hoping to learn more about some of the other Alt lifestyles, esp. voodoo. I don’t really buy Don, the “vampire.” I try to believe that he’s made a lifestyle choice, same as the other alts, but I feel like the vampire thing is a put-on. I guess it’s b/c I feel like the other lifestyles are ones that can carry for the rest of their lives. I don’t see Don being 50 years old and sleeping in his coffin and wearing his contacts. I do love Don though. He's one of the few (if not the only) who is clear-thinking and practical.

One thing that comes to mind as I watch the series is that I like the Alts and I find them infinitely more interesting than the guests, who are more like the people you see every day. I would maybe be classified an “Alt,” being of the witchy persuasion and all. But I don’t know any other alts, even other witches, in real life.

As a witch, I’m learning a lot from watching the show. Last week the women did a goddess ritual, smearing clay on each other (signifying ties to the Mother Earth, I assume). It made me think about being a solitary and I wondered if there might be benefit to coven practice.

Also, where we’re living now I don’t have a good space to do anything. I had my own room for witchcraft practice in our house before. Now if I want to do anything, I have to do it in the basement. The positive is that there’s plenty of room and I can face all directions comfortably. Negatives are a lack of light and privacy. Ideally, I would like to be able to set something up in what was Baby Z’s room. However, we have a constantly barking dog outside the north wall and there’s very little space (and a stinky diaper pail) in there.

Tonight’s episode (eliminating Bonnie) showed Fiona doing a morning ritual. It’s not something I can do right away b/c my morning begins w/ Baby Z’s breakfast bottle. However, she’s happy playing by herself for short periods and I could probably do something. There would be some difficulty being able to relax as completely as I do during meditation but Hawk is off two days, on two days and during those two days when he can watch her, I could do deeper meditation.

What I’m saying is that Fiona is inspiring me to get back to the point I was w/ craftwork before the baby was born. When I have been regular about doing ritual and spellwork, I find that more aspects of life go well. There is some negativity in my life these days that I would like to dispel. I’ve found that ritual provides an equilibrium that I could use these days. And I want Baby Z to know that meditation, at least, is a normal part of everyday life.