Anyone Wiccan?

[mjoolnir]

Hey everyone, I don't know if this should be in the garbage/rants section but I was wondering if anyone else was Wiccan. Blessed Be.

[Xebi]

can't say I am, though I admit I've been having interests in what being a wiccan is about and all the includings of it.

[mjoolnir]

Well if you want some info I can recommend some websites.

http://wiccanet.us/

http://www.wicca.com/

http://www.wicca.com/celtic/wicca/wicca0.htm
here is a good page for learning what its about.

[tristanelf]

Though I am not a full-fledged, practicioner, I've included some of the tenets and ideas in my personal belief system. And Blessed Be to you, as well.

[mjoolnir]

also, I carve pentagrams and other Wiccan symbols, boxes, ect. I was wondering if you would buy them if I started selling them(also people at the renissance festival), since I really would like to get some things and I'm a bit sort on money due to the new computer...

[esfan38]

No, but I did date a witch, a Dianic Wiccan if I recall correctly, for a short while and learned a little bit about it. If she hadn't left the area, I might have done more.

[dragon001]

also, I carve pentagrams and other Wiccan symbols, boxes, ect. I was wondering if you would buy them if I started selling them(also people at the renissance festival), since I really would like to get some things and I'm a bit sort on money due to the new computer...
Nope not me but i know a few :)

[Blood_Raven]

ive dabbled in the subject, bought a few books, still looking into the subject, although its hard with a christian mother.
although i believe im more of a modern satanist, or so a religious test dictates
i believe that were our own gods, we create our own afterlives, and yet I dont believe in one right religion, ever religion suites a certain group of people

[Ariavel]

Well, one of my old girlfriends was a wiccan, although she never really talked much about the details.

[Avychan]

Well, for a short answer... yes.

[tommy hobbes]

lol what a joke this stuff is. wasn't it invented by some british dude in the 40s or something?
i mean if you're going for this junk at least pick an old one with origins shrouded in mystery, not one where the historical record can clearly demonstrate it was made by some loon looking to make a quick buck.
i mean this was all the rage back in the middle ages, you can probably find something good

even Mormanism has more credibility

[Blood_Raven]

you need to check your sources before making such a clearly rude and ignorant statement about wicca, i disapprove just for straight out stupidity
this is certainly not the place to put down anyone's religion
thankyou for insulting me and the faith i derive many of my beliefs from

[Michel000]

hi
does this wicca have anything to do with Avalon(glastonbury)? :confused:
or am is mistaking i took a quick look at the site and a saw some phrases whit the goddes in it... so...
i thought there might be a connection between avalon and wicca
greets

[tommy hobbes]

you need to check your sources before making such a clearly rude and ignorant statement about wicca, i disapprove just for straight out stupidity
this is certainly not the place to put down anyone's religion
thankyou for insulting me and the faith i derive many of my beliefs from

ok i apologize. i thought this was more of a hobby than a religion.
but what is ignorant about that, was it not made by some english dude in the 40s?

[Avychan]

You're refering to Gerald Gardner, who didn't "make" the religion. He simply revived and modernized old practices and beliefs. There were tons of people who were doing the same before him, like Crowley, who was doing his work back in the late 1800's. There was also a lot of practice of this going on the 1500's and 1600's. What Gardner did was collect some of the traditions and practices and adapted them to the modern world.

And ignorance is defined as not knowing or not having an understanding, and since you don't even know the name of the person to whom you were refering, nor do you have an understanding of what he did, what you made was an ignorant statement.

[Blood_Raven]

i couldnt have said it better avychan
thankyou for setting everything straight

sorry if i got a little worked up, but ignorance is one of my biggest pet peeves, especially when it comes to any religion

[Fredrick2003]

Yeah people should research a subject before saying whatever comes to their mind...

[Kalis]

Blood Raven:
you're a neo-pagan, not a satanist :)
A satanist either worships the devil, or they call themselves that because Satan is their symbol for anti-christian protests.

I always believed in evolution, so I never found any religion that I believed in.
I went from Buddhist, to neo-pagan, to wiccan (of sorts). Now I'm an agnostic (which is different from atheism). Simply put, my belief is that just as people in 4000 B.C. can't understand (let alone imagine) any of our technology if they got their hands on it, we can't understand anything about the higher powers, if they exist.

from what I remember, the wicca religion is basically a modernized version of the old pre-christian religions in England, Ireland, and Scotland. This includes the druidic religion, and the celtic religions / mythology (which deals with Goddesses, the Sidhe or Tuatha de Danaan (spelling is probably wrong, but they are what the modern elves are based upon). It also includes the religion of the witches during the 1500-1600s. It's a religion based mainly on nature, but includes many things such as:

The Lord and the Lady (The Hunter and Mother Earth, or the Lady Goddess).
The 4 elements (water, fire, air, earth).
The seasons and the moon / lunar cycle

The pentacle is sort of a visual representation of the religion. It represents many things, but the most common that the bottom 4 points represent the elements, while the point at the top represents the "spirit". The circle represents the unity of everything, the "oneness/wholeness".

As a religion, it's quite sane, although less so than Buddhism. Of course, since Buddhism doesn't have the idea of a creating God, some argue that Buddhism isn't a religion, but a way of life.