Brandi's Page

I've written a very comprehensive blog entry about the spiritual journey that has led me to where I am today in my studies and my spiritual development, but just to add some additional information that's off the spiritual topic, I'd say that my first and foremost description of myself would be sci-fi/fantasy geek, followed closely by anthropology and language geek, feminist, and activist.

What Didn't I Say in My Blog?

I'm easily at home in the middle of a forest or standing waist-deep in the ocean waves, and I am given great strength by the shining sun during the day and the silver moon at night. The sound of the birds singing in the mornings or the crickets chirping at night is a beautiful symphony to me, and the morning mist rising over the mountains of the Peak District where I live is like the Goddess herself rising from the earth to greet me. Have you ever stood waist-deep in the sea as the full moon rose to one side of you and the blazing sun set on the other, seemingly frozen parallel in the sky with one another, a time truly in between night and day, the ancient rhythms of the sea surrounding you, the magic of the moment caught forever in your memory, recorded in your head and in your heart? That is the magic of the Goddess in action, primordial and immanent.

How I Might Like to Merge My Career With My Spirituality

I am an anthropologist (well, a PhD student currently writing my dissertation/thesis), and my area of specialization is how heritage tourism affects local lives and local identities in the areas where it takes place. I've been thinking of applying the same sort of study methods I used in my PhD research to a Pagan context, researching the impact of Pagan tourism in the very Pagan-identified towns of Glastonbury, England, and Salem, Massachusetts, if I can get any funding to do this research anyway.

That's about all I can think of to write at the moment, but I may add more later. Thanks!

B.