daily wiccan book of shadows excerpts

[falcon9]

I'm just curious out of so many, why and how this one is the one you chose to start with.

There was no specific reason to start with wica; alternative topics could have been initiated regarding any non-xtian religion.  As you mention, there are many to choose from so, one was simply chosen.

[jcribb16]

I'm just curious out of so many, why and how this one is the one you chose to start with.

There was no specific reason to start with wica; alternative topics could have been initiated regarding any non-xtian religion.  As you mention, there are many to choose from so, one was simply chosen.

Okay, thank you! 

[falcon9]

I'm just curious out of so many, why and how this one is the one you chose to start with.

There was no specific reason to start with wica; alternative topics could have been initiated regarding any non-xtian religion.  As you mention, there are many to choose from so, one was simply chosen.

Okay, thank you! 

Yep.  There may be a thread on "Zoroastrianism" a a precursor to islam next ... or another parallel.

[remediagirl]

Equal time for all religions I say!  I am not a wiccan but love to study different religions.  Your presentation was well thought out rather than some of the gibberish spewed by 700 Club followers(LOL!). I only have one friend that follows wiccan beliefs and she is dating a strict catholic who is trying to change her ways.  To each his own.  I think that the boyfriend is offensive for wanting to change her beliefs.  Almost as offensive as the door to door religious folk who feel that converting me is their mission in life.  I like to study different religions at my own pace and your approach is well done. Please continue in the future!

I too feel that we should each be able to follow out own religions without others damning us to hell for it!! I am a Gnostic Christian but I have been studying other religions as well. I have a certain respect for Wiccan. I love that they respect nature and that they believe in reincarnation. I too believe in reincarnation and feel that I have had many lives.

[jcribb16]

I'm just curious out of so many, why and how this one is the one you chose to start with.

There was no specific reason to start with wica; alternative topics could have been initiated regarding any non-xtian religion.  As you mention, there are many to choose from so, one was simply chosen.

Okay, thank you! 

Yep.  There may be a thread on "Zoroastrianism" a a precursor to islam next ... or another parallel.

I had to look that one up.  This is one that's not highly heard of, for sure.

[ssmsurvey]

Cool. Bring on the power of nature!!

[falcon9]

I had to look that one up.  This is one that's not highly heard of, for sure.

At one time, Zorastrianism was a major world religion, based in the Persian Empire.  Barring any revivalism, it isn't widely practised in its original form nowadays.

[falcon9]

I am a Gnostic Christian but I have been studying other religions as well. I have a certain respect for Wiccan. I love that they respect nature and that they believe in reincarnation. I too believe in reincarnation and feel that I have had many lives.

Some xtians and non-xtians alike have maintained that wica is "merely xtianity with t-i-t-s".  Though crudely-put, there is some basis for such a contention.  This is largely due to many wiccans being former xtians and being unwillingly to choose one side of the 'fence' and so, keep one foot on either side.

[jowbow]

I am a wiccan and hide it because people think we deal in black majic and some do.  I stay away from the black majic.  Nature needs everyone no matter what your religion you are   

[falcon9]

I am a wiccan and hide it because people think we deal in black majic and some do.  I stay away from the black majic.  Nature needs everyone no matter what your religion you are   

I'm dubious, (mainly because of how your spelled "magic".  Twice).  Are you coven-initiated or, self-initiated?

[falcon9]

The Fall equinox, or Mabon, is one of the sabbats of the Wiccan religion, as well as a key focal point in the traditions of other Pagans.  Originally "the second harvest", Mabon denotes the autumnal seasonal change around September 21st in the northern hemisphere, (and around March 21st in the southern hemisphere).

[jcribb16]

The Fall equinox, or Mabon, is one of the sabbats of the Wiccan religion, as well as a key focal point in the traditions of other Pagans.  Originally "the second harvest", Mabon denotes the autumnal seasonal change around September 21st in the northern hemisphere, (and around March 21st in the southern hemisphere).

Happy Autumn! 

[falcon9]

The Fall equinox, or Mabon, is one of the sabbats of the Wiccan religion, as well as a key focal point in the traditions of other Pagans.  Originally "the second harvest", Mabon denoted the autumnal seasonal change around September 21st in the northern hemisphere, (and around March 21st in the southern hemisphere).

Happy Autumn!  

Here's to gas prices falling like leaves.

[falcon9]

"The medieval church of the 15th through 18th centuries created these myths to convert the followers of the old nature based religions to the church's way of thinking.   By making the Witch into a diabolical character and turning the old religious deities into devils and demons, the missionaries were able to attach fear to these beliefs which aided in the conversion process."

This practice actually had begun much earlier with the hebrews demonizing an Aegyptian neteru, ('g-dform'), "Set-hen" which represented desert storms and foreign borders, (among other aspects), into 'Sa-tan'.  'Set-hen', (or "St-hn", as the Aegyptians didn't use vowels), is translated as "majesty of Set" and had nothing whatsoever to do with the judiac 'satan' concept until well after judio-xtianity began its assimulation and revisionism pogram.

[falcon9]

"Wicca is the largest of the Neopagan religions. Wiccans have great reverence for the Earth and for their g-ddess and her consort, the horned
g-d. Their main rule of behavior is the Wiccan Rede which forbids them from harming people, including themselves, except in some cases of self-defense.

Many, perhaps most, are solitary practitioners. Others form small groups of believers, called covens, groves, etc. Because of centuries of religious propaganda and misinformation, many conservative xtians, and others, associate Wiccans with satanists even though the two belief systems are as different as xtianity and [the non-belief] of atheism.
 
  Wicca is a very decentralized religion; many Wiccans develop their own beliefs, rituals, and other practices. The latter are often not known outside the solitary practitioner or Wiccan coven. Wiccans do not recognise nor worship the xtian satan or, any form similar to such an entity."

-- excerpted from http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_intr.htm