Do you think its ok to charge people to teach them about neopaganism? Is it ok because it costs money to run courses maybe or is it taboo because somethings should be sacred?
The scandal of charging for neopagan lessons comes up fairly regularly this time of year, usually someone nobody knows starts charging for something they cant provide. It can be pretty severe like those shamans that died in a sweat lodge a few years ago... This years is less mad, an online site is offering initiation into a wicca through a group associated with Janet Farrar for the low price of 150 USD. The Alexandrian Wiccans are going mad about it here and needless to say Janet Farrar (a major figure in Eclectic witchcraft but also Alexandrian Wicca) has nothing to do with the paying for initiation thing.
The charlatan element aside I personally think its not ok to charge for neopaganism even if you are providing a service for 2 reasons. One to me some things are sacred and I feel strongly its in bad taste to put a monetary value on them and two if you can just buy something without really earning it what value does it really have? Like a diploma from some college where money comes before standards... having it on your cv is meaningless.
The scandal of charging for neopagan lessons comes up fairly regularly this time of year, usually someone nobody knows starts charging for something they cant provide. It can be pretty severe like those shamans that died in a sweat lodge a few years ago... This years is less mad, an online site is offering initiation into a wicca through a group associated with Janet Farrar for the low price of 150 USD. The Alexandrian Wiccans are going mad about it here and needless to say Janet Farrar (a major figure in Eclectic witchcraft but also Alexandrian Wicca) has nothing to do with the paying for initiation thing.
The charlatan element aside I personally think its not ok to charge for neopaganism even if you are providing a service for 2 reasons. One to me some things are sacred and I feel strongly its in bad taste to put a monetary value on them and two if you can just buy something without really earning it what value does it really have? Like a diploma from some college where money comes before standards... having it on your cv is meaningless.
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