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INTERVIEW WITH STEVEN CRAIG HICKMAN, WEBMASTER
of THE WISDOM of THE EARTH HOME PAGE
conducted by Sharida Rizzuto
Q)
How did you develop your
interest in the occult?
Actually it was my fascination with books that lead me to a knowledge of the underbelly of Western Traditions. At the age of 22, I suddenly began reading for pleasure for the first time in my life. During my early school years I hated to read unless forced to. The Occult, per-say, was a part of the drift of the Sixties era. I guess many kids of that time were into the magical scene for one reason or another. No one had any specific reason behind the fascination: it was probably our way of rebelling against everything our parents believed. Now I know differently. Now I know that there were layers of memory and imagination hiding in our fascination with the hidden mysteries. But that is another story . . .
Q) What motivated you to create
your website?
I have always dreamed of creating in Light! About two years ago I bought
my first computer and suddenly immersed myself in all the latest technology
that goes with it. I beta tested the GNN Software for free during this
time and was able to gain a working knowledge of the web as it grew from
its early stages. With it I began to utilize the graphic and html editors
that are the standards in the industry. Photoshop and Fractal Painter
are my preferred tools of choice for graphics. And FrontPage and Homesite
by Dexter my only HTML editors . . .
Q) What areas of interest do
you prefer and why?
I am into almost anything that humans have explored. I am a curious
creature. If a human has done something I want to know why . . . I
am an explorer of the human world. A reader of souls and ages, I travel
the mind-fields of our past, present, and future to find answers to the simple
things of everyday existence. I'm closer to the Zen Monk: the
moment lived to the fullest . . .
Q) What are your website audience's
current interests? And, is the response good?
Many visitors from Canada, Europe, and Australia visit my site. Most
come for the Live Chat and Message Board. But others seem enamored
of the Myth, Mysteries, and Goddess worlds . . . You only need to take a
look at my Guest Book to see the Response: Yes, most are delighted
by the Graphics, sounds, and information .
Q) Your site is huge and
well-organized. How did you manage putting it together?
A secret! No, really, I have been working slowly on my site for two
years: it is in continuous revision . . . as I come up with new ideas,
styles, programming techniques . . . the site changes with them!
Q) Do you find the occult community
at large (on the net as well as elsewhere) to be basically unified against
those who would oppose it?
Tell you the truth: I do not think the Occult Community thinks in those
simplistic terms . . . We are all part of a multi-cultural heritage . . .
we're all part of traditions of caring, earth-centric, and joyful existence.
We do not oppose others . . . what we oppose are those that would not
let us worship and live at peace on this green earth.
Q) Explain in laymen's terms
some of the more popular systems of magic (in a few sentences or less).
The Journey into Light that has brought me to a knowledge of the Old Ways
of the Earth began long ago . . .
The dancer in the sun sings
with a voice of fight
to the Enchantress of soft hue, the Moon.
The wild ones of the forest run free
in realms of pure imagining
as the earth grows old with human kind.
And, we, the inheritors of truths grown cold
gather in a spiraling circle of light
to witness the miracle of transformation
as the Lady and Lord of Life
enter our sacred grove clothed in golden robes fire
to reveal to us the measure and the truth
that is our ancient birthright:
the right to walk free on earth;
to listen to the stillness of flowers
and humming bees in spring;
to breathe the salt of oceans,
and gather mushrooms in the wet glens at dawn;
and see the white mountains of winter sparkle,
and black sands of summer gleam;
to know and be at peace in the center of this great mystery!
Does that say it? I am a creature of the earth . . . there are no systems,
there is Life!
Q) What do you think the new
millennium will bring? And, how will your website reflect it?
The idea of the millennium is a fiction, a myth . . . I live in this moment
. . . with my eyes turned toward the fight of this time, this earth. I
do not think of the new millennium. Let it bring what it will!
NOTE: Visit the webmaster at
http://www.earthwisdom.com/
MORE INTERVIEWS TO COME!
