Society of Seekers

Of the University of Illinois at Chicago

President: Jessica G Contact

Path: Pagan with interest in British Traditional Wicca.
On this path since: December 2004
Year: Class of 2011
Major: Anthropology and history
Minor: French
Sign: Scorpio
Hobbies: Singing, Chamber Choir, Lake Affects, Tarot Reading.
Random facts: I'm related to Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson Davis

Vice President: Rosa Contact

Path: Wiccan
On this path since: 2002
Year: Class of 2010
Major: Psychology and Philosophy
Sign: Cancer
Hobbies: I like to discuss philosophy with anybody. At the moment I'm trying to learn how to dance hip-hop, I'm also interested in the Korean culture.
Random facts: I love K-Pop, meaningless music with a good beat.
Personal Belief: At the moment i have to say that I do not want to commit myself to any religion. I do find myself leaning towards New Age and Eastern religions, specifically Buddhism. But mostly, my beliefs tend to border on the atheistic side, but I'm not close minded to the possibility of the existence of the divine.

Treasurer: Mary D. Contact

Path: Seeker
On this path since: Fall 2007
Year: Class of 2011
Major: Secondary education the teaching of history
Sign: Sagittarius
Hobbies: Singing, dancing, acting, role playing, cosplaying, reading, writing (poetry), and drawing
Random facts: I'm related to Commodore John Berry, the man who founded the American Navy

Faculty Advisor: Scott Johnson Contact

On this path since: Since Time Immemorial, but with renewed vigor since October 2007
Year/Status: Lecturer, First-Year Writing Program (Dept. of English); Graduate Student, MA in Linguistics/TESOL
Sign: Cancer
Hobbies: Reading and writing speculative fiction
Random facts: I once made a clumsy pass at Joely Richardson (of “Nip/Tuck,” and Vanessa Redgrave 's daughter)
Personal Belief: After taking the “What Religion Are You?” test on belief.net, I was only mildly surprised to find that a. the only mainstream religion even to come close to my own positions was Reformed Judaism (at 75%), and b. the closest match was Neopaganism (at 100%). I'm somewhere between agnostic and irreligious. It's not that I don't believe in the existence of god(s) as much that I'm wary of them--but that may just be because I can't get Astarte/Ishtar and Loki to stop teasin' me. More than anything else, I'm interested in divination, empathy/intuition, and magic that's connected to language and narrative--but I also have some more-than-passing interest in Scottish/Pictish Reconstructionist practices and Discordianism .

Web Mistress: America Q. Contact

Path: Wiccan
On this Path Since: October 2007
Hobbies: TKD, Family Ancestry