daily wiccan book of shadows excerpts

[jcribb16]

I love this thread. I didn't want to start an Wicca thread my self because I didn't want people to bash my religion and me, but there is positive with the negative and I like that. I hope this thread goes far. I'll be reading and posting periodically.

No one should be bashed for what they believe.  Especially the person themselves. 

[falcon9]

I love this thread. I didn't want to start an Wicca thread my self because I didn't want people to bash my religion and me, but there is positive with the negative and I like that. I hope this thread goes far. I'll be reading and posting periodically.

No one should be bashed for what they believe.  Especially the person themselves. 

And yet, that's exactly what you've done in this thread; message ID #584596, 585053, 585055, 585087.  Although you make no disctinction between the specious superstitious religious belief and the believer holding such, I do, (albeit a subtle one).

“They (preachers) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live.”
-- Thomas Jefferson

[falcon9]

Don't do that do an Antitheism !

That's a good suggestion for another thread topic thanks, Cuppy.

[Cuppycake]

Don't do that do an Antitheism !

That's a good suggestion for another thread topic thanks, Cuppy.

I would make one myself but I know you would do a much better job of it !

[falcon9]

I would make one myself but I know you would do a much better job of it !

Maybe not ... it just occurred to me that this thread could have pics of "wiccan" shadow puppets and the more subtle distinctions could still be lost for some, (mostly those of 'other' religious beliefs)
 

[falcon9]

'The information that goes in to the any particular "book of shawdows" is chosen by the person who owns it. Not all Books of Shadows contain the same information. The following are some popular items that some Pagans write in their Books of Shadows.
 •Table of contents
 •Spells and other magical workings
 •List of stones and their uses
 •List of colors and their meanings
 •List of herbs and their uses
 •Dedications
 •Recipes
 •Traditions
 •Sabbat information
 •Invocations and rituals
 •The history of the craft
 •Meditations
 •Pagan symbols and their meanings
 
There is a lot more information that can go in to a Book of Shadows and the foregoing is not intended as either all-inclusive or, exclusive of such information.  A Book of Shadows is often used during magical workings, ceremonies, and rituals but, isn't necessary to such practices.'

[falcon9]

Although alchemy isn't strictly a "wiccan" practice, (in fact, it's considered to be 'hermetic magic'), some wiccans employ alchemical methods.

"In the eyes of a variety of esoteric and Hermetic practitioners, the heart of alchemy is spiritual. Transmutation of lead into gold is presented as an analogy for personal transmutation, purification, and perfection. This approach is often termed 'spiritual', 'esoteric', or 'internal' alchemy."

[anthonym1000]

dont think we need wiccan anything posted at all

[falcon9]

dont think we need wiccan anything posted at all

That's your intolerant opinion.  My observation, (substantiated by numerous archived posts of xtian proselytizing), is that we don't need any xtian proselytizing propaganda posted either and yet, the forums are spammed with it.  This is the solitary "wica" subject matter thread.  Only the faith-blinded would be unable to see the difference.

[falcon9]

Tangential segue:

"Q: What is a California Cauldron?
 A: Four Pagans in a Hot tub.

Q: How can you tell a blonde pagan closed the circle?
A: There's white-out on the floor.

Q: Why do witches use Brooms?
A: Because nature abhors a vacuum.

Q: What do ya' call 13 Witches in a hot tub?
A: A Self-Cleaning Coven.

Q: What happens when a Ceremonial Magician gets angry?
A: He goes 'Qua-ballistic'.

Q: What do you get when you cross a Zen Buddhist and a Druid?
A: Someone who worships the tree that is not there.

Q: How do you tell a New Age witch from a NeoPagan Witch?
A: You throw them both in the water. The NeoPagan Witch will float, whereas the New Age Witch will sink under the weight of all their overpriced crystals....

Q: Why did the blond pagan have a lasso?
A: She wanted to draw down the moon.

Q: Why did the blond pagan have a remote control?
A: She wanted to try channelling."

[tzs]

This is interesting, I have always wanted to know about the book of shadows.....

[falcon9]

This is interesting, I have always wanted to know about the book of shadows.....

There can be as many "books of shadows" as there wiccans however, not every wiccan has created their own book of shadows, (there's no 'standard book').  Grimoires, ("spellbooks"), also vary as some "witches" consider themselves as "family traditions" rather than newer age "wica".

[falcon9]

Some witches maintain that 'satanism' is merely inverted xtianity in that the two religions share some common denominators.  Others, such as the original Church of Satan and the Temple of Set, (both separately federally-recognised religions), hold that their religious tenets differ significantly enough from xtianity as to not even have inversion in common.  Peripherally, wiccans sometimes find themselves having to assure xtians that they aren't satanists, (something many xtians conflate, viewing wicca/witchcraft as equivalent to satanism when they are not). 

   Conversely, there are some so-called "white-wiccans" who try to straddle the line between xtianity and wicca by claiming to be both, (allegedly "xtian-witches").  This odd concept seems to be the result of wanting to have it both ways.  Though I'd find the concepts of a 'satanic buddhist', 'xtian-voudoun' or 'mormon-witch' to be peculiar, apparently such self-declared "xtian-witches" do not.

[Cuppycake]

dont think we need wiccan anything posted at all

I don't think we need your opinion at all. Ever.

[falcon9]

dont think we need wiccan anything posted at all

I don't think we need your opinion at all. Ever.

Such xtian bigotry is a damned shame.  What if someone suggested that xtian nonsense didn't need to be posted at all?