OUT

Keeping the Faith

MAGNOLIA POLARIS MULTIPLE FAITHS

y spirituality is so individual that I don’t expect anyone to really understand it. I grew up half-Hindu and half-Catholic. When my father was 17, he read and decided he wanted to raise his kids in a faith different from traditional Chrisitianity. My mother was raised Catholic. I was essentially praying to the Virgin Mary, and to Krishna, but I had the ability to navigate through my own spirituality. At 10 years old, I discovered Wicca. My dad was cool, but my mom freaked out. I later found the Self-Realization Fellowship, a religion often called “The Church of All Churches.” It helps you feel peace with whatever you’re going through. My spiritual practices are a part of the way I express my love for life through my body. Now, I’m in a place in my life where I am in love with myself and I can say it. It’s about realizing this is the only temple we

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from OUT

OUT2 min read
California Dream Men
The special California edition of Crotch has Sam Smith to thank for its existence. Frank Strachan, the magazine’s editor in chief, is a London-based stylist and creative director who was touring with the “Unholy” singer through the West Coast last ye
OUT2 min read
Moving On
Vice President Kamala Harris’s longtime close policy advisor, Isaac “Ike” D. Irby, officially left the White House on January 31, concluding a significant chapter in a partnership that profoundly influenced policy during Harris’s tenure as U.S. senat
OUT2 min read
Every Body Say Love
These words resonated with me. Scrolling through social media nowadays can indeed feel like a heartless deluge of AI and algorithms. Where is the authenticity, the realness in a world increasingly dominated by the artificial? In the face of this cris

Related Books & Audiobooks