Just resurrecting this topic from the old board.
A reminder that the opinions expressed here will be based on my PERSONAL beliefs. If you have any questions regarding general Wicca, if I know the answer, I'll provide it. If I don't, I can probably look it up. I have a fairly large collection of Wiccan books from Cunningham, the Ferrars and Buckland. What I'm not too sharp on are Gardnerian traditions but I will try to answer any of those questions as well.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not
Yay, thanks for starting this up again, felix
Would you start off with recommending three of you favorite books, and why?
Why do you define your path as Celtic, rather then just Wiccan?
Do you worship any gods? If so, Do you believe them to be real entities?
I was Hadad2008 when I joined Feb 2008.
I became Abdishtar this spring.
Then, after the Great Crash, I was reborn as Spartacandream!
Do you belive in "The One" or just the god and goddess (assuming you belive in them)
are your deities ominipresent,ominipotent, omnipresent?if so are they made of other dieities? Do they have many aspects?are they the culmination of the divine or just part of it?
“They moaned and squealed, and pressed their snouts to the earth. We are sorry, we are sorry.
Sorry you were caught, I said. Sorry that you thought I was weak, but you were wrong.”
-Madeline Miller, Circe
What special days (Sabbats, Estbats) do you celebrate? Are there rituals associated with them?
Wow. Sorry to add to a list of questions, but--
I've struggled with the fact that Wicca has the God and Goddess, which always seemed to me to unreasonably prioritize gender-binary over all the other dynamic binaries along which Wiccan theology could equally easily be organized. For example, why the God and the Goddess instead of Chaos and Order, Night and Day, etc? I realize these other binaries get drawn into the God-Goddess paradigm (Sun-God-Order-Animals-Corn, Moon-Goddess-Chaos-Woodland-Ocean, for example), but why are the deities named by gender rather than by one of the other binaries?
I think I'm beginning to understand the historical reasons for this, and to accept that my concerns over inherent heterosexism in the tradition don't negate the draw the theology has for me. Still, I'm wondering--is this an issue for you? If so how do you address it? Regardless, what do you think of my ramblings?
“If it’s a good idea and it gets you excited, try it, and if it bursts into flames, that’s going to be exciting too. People always ask, ‘What is your greatest failure?’ I always have the same answer — We’re working on it right now, it’s gonna be awesome!”- Jim Coudal
Is the worship of gods/godesses necessary in Wicca, or is one able to practice without such beliefs?
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Is the worship of gods/godesses necessary in Wicca, or is one able to practice without such beliefs?
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In Christianity one is supposed to be kind to his/her neighbors. You can practice that without being a Christian.
There are two major aspects to Wicca, the spiritual/religious beliefs and practices, and the magical beliefs and practices. Nobody is stopping you from practicing the magical techniques. There are a bazillian books on the subject. Some people refer to those techniques as "natural magic," "folk magic," or "low magic" (the magic of people in lower lands).
So sure! Go ahead and practice the magical techniques. If you want, you might even find that some of the spiritual/philosophical/religious techniques interest you.
I would just respectfully remind you that practicing natural magic doesn't make you a Wiccan any more than being kind to your neighbors makes you a Christian.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance
Thank you for the clarification Don!
anyone have a way to contact felix?! he started this thread then left it to die... I'd take over if I knew enough to answer questions.. lol
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