What exactly do mean that we're a coven that operates exclusively online? People who have never considered the possibility before react with everything from excitement to disbelief; we've heard it all at some point. So what are we getting up to over here at JaguarMoon?
First, for clarity let's eliminate a couple things that we aren't. The idea of a "cybercoven" isn't unique to us at all, but many of the groups we've seen online that use this or similar terms for themselves seem more like a special interest club focused on spiritual or metaphysical topics. Nothing wrong with such a club of course, but that's not us. We've seen Facebook groups where joining is the same process as a group about landscape photography. Also not us. There's more than one group that seems to run much like a World of Warcraft group, with a huge membership list and regimented heirarchies. That seems to float their boat, so great, but also also not us. "Ok then," you ask, "so what *are* you?"
We're a coven. As in, except for the addition of computers to the mix, you wouldn't be able to tell us apart from a hundred other covens out there. We have our traditions, many of which are common to other groups out there, but stirred together in our own recipe. We gather for checkins to just share what's going on in our lives. We have book clubs to help each other continue to grow and develop our spiritual paths. Since our founding we've been particularly focused on teaching, to make education in eclectic witchcraft more available for people everywhere. And, of course, we perform ritual together.
That last one is where some people cock their heads skeptically. "How do you share energy across the internet?" To which the answer is, basically, "the same way you do standing next to one another." Is it the same? No, of course not. Then again, if we compare two eclectic covens in the same town to one another, we'd probably find differences in how energy is shared and employed. People come to JaguarMoon for a variety of reasons, but the two most common are 1) they haven't found anyone near them, or at least nobody that they are comfortable with, or else 2) some level of anxiety or discomfort with in-person groups, up to and including just plain preferring to be online. We aren't cyber-truthers rolling our eyes at the meatsacks who gather face-to-face, it just doesn't work for our members for whatever reasons.
Feel free to drop us a line if you have any other questions, or take a look at our Art of Ritual class if you think you'd like to explore the subject in more depth. Blessed be!