I have been reading quite a bit recently, in preparation for future classes, and to cause myself to do a bit of a deep dive in regards to the subjects I think I know. Every now and again, this sort of thing needs to be done, you have to challenge ideas about your past so that you can further evolve them. Seemingly unrelated subjects, but very much in the milieu of this, I got to thinking about my beginnings as a practitioner. My parents were New Agers. My siblings and I carried crystals as children, we spent time in the garden, we knew astrological signs, we read the Llewellyn calendar to determine when to plant our plants, and when to buy cars and make wise business decisions. Add in my autism, (which back then the traits were tied to my learning disability of "Dyspraxia Nervosa") and you have a really weird kid. I was concerned about the movements of the clouds, the trees, the stars and knew when my bedroom door swung open at 3am it was probably my Grandma coming to che...