🌿 Introductions

My journey into the Gnome culture fell onto me in my young youth when I found myself enjoying the program, "The World of David the Gnome" airing in the late 80's. - This program was created right from the pages of the book, "Gnomes" and " Secret of the Gnomes" written by Wil Huygen and Illustrated by Rein Pourtvliet. The world captured in the show and books just seemed so... proper and appropriate for how I felt the world was meant to be, yet the masses stray and i could never understand why.

I was raised Roman Catholic, and had my own crisis of faith at the age of 14. From there, i sought out a new spiritual home for how i felt inside. I bounced to all sorts of Christian-based religions, and some non-Christian faiths too and never really found what i was looking for. I spent time getting into some Buddhists and pagan religions. And they seemed more up my alley, but still not completely. I dug back into some of my ancestral roots, a few generations back, to the Ojibawa people. Much like the Ways of the Gnome, the Native Americans truely had similar beliefs. Take care of and respect the land, water, animals large and small, use what is needed and use everything, waste not. Honor the spirits that are in and around everything. - This is what felt true, and from then on I followed my gut, my instinct, my inner moral compass. Learn from my mistakes and own what I feel is right and true.

My issues with most mainstream 'religions' is that it seems to be more of a Label for folks and not a Lifestyle, or way of life. Its there when its convenient to express a social status, but not when faced with actual circumstances. As easy to flip on and off as a light switch, as easy as putting on a mask. But living it, now thats spiritual, following ones moral guidance, living and breathing it, feeling it down into the bones. That is something... powerful indeed.

From all of my researching beyond the show and books, it really lines up with my core. The 'meddling of men' really irk me quite often and have me shaking my head even more so. The only thing is that i am too tall, but that won't stop me from believing, from aligning myself to some of the more simple things.

I have a small homestead, growing a nice garden, tending to my chickens, ducks, sheep, goats and honey bees. Finding happiness in the small, simple things.

I look forward to sharing some of my practices, philosophy and other paths of my spiritual gnomie journey.

I hope to engage in more conversations here. Until next time,

Slitzweitz, my friends.