I'm a Birdbrain

Elspode · 08-19-2003, 10:53 PM

Luvbugz, as stated before, I'm happy to engage in any sort of discussion about my particular path. However, Paganism encompasses a great many differing paths, and I'm by no means an expert on all of them. Like most endeavors, the moment you think you know all you need to know about your religion, you probably should immediately cease practicing it, because you'll be wrong.

Above all else, Wicca is an internal journey. All of the external trappings (lots of cool robes, magickal tools, graven images...all the stuff that the Bible says is bad) mean absolutely nothing in and of themselves. They are tools, just like any other tool, something you use in connection with your spiritual knowledge and efforts, to achieve a state of consciousness.

Wicca, as practiced by my coven, is a path that allows the practitioner much latitude in choice of deity, form of visualization, and source of energies from which to draw. However, like all religious paths, there is no one true form of Wicca. It has permutated since its codification in the early 50's since being brought into being by Gerald Gardner, and there are as many forms of the same basic religion now as there are of Christianity, as far as I can tell.

Most variations have a couple of things in common...first and foremost, Wicca is a religion of personal responsibility. You can't fuck up and blame someone else for it, and no one is going to forgive you. You have to make up for your wrongs. If you intentionally commit harm, you will expect that to be returned to you thrice over. Tends to keep one on the straight and narrow, if you accept that concept to be true.

Anyway, please feel free to throw questions my way. If you want to start a separate thread, please do shoot me a PM with the location and title as I sometimes have to browse The Cellar rather hurriedly, and I'd hate to overlook a topic in which I was supposed to be participating.

Oh...and there *are* a lot of Pagan assholes...probably at least as many as there are in the mundane world, because, in the end, Pagans are people first, and Pagans second. However, *I* am one of the nice ones.

08-19-2003, 10:53 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Paganism, Witches and Sacrificing Virgins Luvbugz, as stated before, I'm happy to engage in any sort of discussion about my particular path. However, Paganism encompasses a great many differing paths, and I'm by no means an expert on all of them. Like most endeavors, the moment you think you know all you need to know about your religion, you probably should immediately cease practicing it, because you'll be wrong. Above all else, Wicca is an internal journey. All of the external trappings (lots of cool robes, magickal tools, graven images...all the stuff that the Bible says is bad) mean absolutely nothing in and of themselves. They are tools, just like any other tool, something you use in connection with your spiritual knowledge and efforts, to achieve a state of consciousness. Wicca, as practiced by my coven, is a path that allows the practitioner much latitude in choice of deity, form of visualization, and source of energies from which to draw. However, like all religious paths, there is no one true form of Wicca. It has permutated since its codification in the early 50's since being brought into being by Gerald Gardner, and there are as many forms of the same basic religion now as there are of Christianity, as far as I can tell. Most variations have a couple of things in common...first and foremost, Wicca is a religion of personal responsibility. You can't fuck up and blame someone else for it, and no one is going to forgive you. You have to make up for your wrongs. If you intentionally commit harm, you will expect that to be returned to you thrice over. Tends to keep one on the straight and narrow, if you accept that concept to be true. Anyway, please feel free to throw questions my way. If you want to start a separate thread, please do shoot me a PM with the location and title as I sometimes have to browse The Cellar rather hurriedly, and I'd hate to overlook a topic in which I was supposed to be participating. Oh...and there are a lot of Pagan assholes...probably at least as many as there are in the mundane world, because, in the end, Pagans are people first, and Pagans second. However, I am one of the nice ones. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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