Research or Knowledge?

[Keistera]

There are several different versions of the Rede, each posted in different places. I was recommended to do some research... let me dig up my links here...
*digs*

http://www.waningmoon.com/ethics/rede.shtml

http://www.waningmoon.com/ethics/

http://realmagick.com/articles/66/1566.html

http://realmagick.com/articles/67/1567.html

http://www.ecauldron.com/opedrede.php

http://www.ecauldron.com/opedindex.php

http://www.faulksbooks.co.uk/greyhouseinthewoods/elem.htm

I'm not even through all of them. O.o; So... much... reading. *lesigh* I need to do more research on everything myself.
the very first link is a decent article, if I recall correctly, and has some of the different redes scattered throughout.  

[toboetsukasa]

Rakei

The full Rede can be found here: http://www.witch-crafted.com/lesn1.htm#2

Thank you soo much sorry everyone hes right. I didn't know that ther was another version.. Thank you soo much..  

[toboetsukasa]

Keistera

There are several different versions of the Rede, each posted in different places. I was recommended to do some research... let me dig up my links here...
*digs*

http://www.waningmoon.com/ethics/rede.shtml

http://www.waningmoon.com/ethics/

http://realmagick.com/articles/66/1566.html

http://realmagick.com/articles/67/1567.html

http://www.ecauldron.com/opedrede.php

http://www.ecauldron.com/opedindex.php

http://www.faulksbooks.co.uk/greyhouseinthewoods/elem.htm

I'm not even through all of them. O.o; So... much... reading. *lesigh* I need to do more research on everything myself.
the very first link is a decent article, if I recall correctly, and has some of the different redes scattered throughout.

Thank you I knew there were several versions. Thank you soo much for all the websites i will be checking them out thank you.... Blessed be and Merry Part  

[Rakei]

toboetsukasa

Rakei

The full Rede can be found here: http://www.witch-crafted.com/lesn1.htm#2

Thank you soo much sorry everyone hes right. I didn't know that ther was another version.. Thank you soo much..

oh that was nothing I knew I'd seen the full one somewhere and I had xd  

[toboetsukasa]

Rakei

toboetsukasa

Rakei

The full Rede can be found here: http://www.witch-crafted.com/lesn1.htm#2

Thank you soo much sorry everyone hes right. I didn't know that ther was another version.. Thank you soo much..

oh that was nothing I knew I'd seen the full one somewhere and I had xd

Well sorry im not the brightest crayon in the box T_T ;)  

[Ivy_tsuki]

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[Atma311]

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[Keistera]

Ivy_tsuki

My mom is Wiccan

I like your story. You're very fortunate!! biggrin

(Only partially quoted, since the entire post has been quoted already... hehe. Atma beat me to it! Darn! blaugh )  

[Atma311]

Keistera

Ivy_tsuki

My mom is Wiccan

I like your story. You're very fortunate!! biggrin

(Only partially quoted, since the entire post has been quoted already... hehe. Atma beat me to it! Darn! blaugh )

Heh. Maybe next time. I actually would have posted that an hour ago, but I got side-tracked trying to open another file that apparently doesn't like me crying  

[Rakei]

toboetsukasa

Rakei

toboetsukasa

Rakei

The full Rede can be found here: http://www.witch-crafted.com/lesn1.htm#2

Thank you soo much sorry everyone hes right. I didn't know that ther was another version.. Thank you soo much..

oh that was nothing I knew I'd seen the full one somewhere and I had xd

Well sorry im not the brightest crayon in the box T_T ;)

bah humbug! there aren't alot of people who knows about the full rede and the Wiccan rede is sufficent and easier to remember. whee  

[The Bookwyrm]

I was probably in the 6th or 7th grade when I had my first introduction to what Wicca and Paganism were. It was through a documentary I had recorded on TLC one night on "Vampires and Witches." The documentary was wonderful, discussing the traditional views on both groups, and the fanatical church sponsored hunts to eliminate both. It was objective, and the first objective view I had ever come across. It also went on to discuss modern day Witches and vampires. So I started researching. I saw The Craft, researched more. I've been researching off and on since I was about 13, and I'm 21 one now and still doing the same. I'm actually practicing now, though, and I'm looking into more ecclectic things that I can incorperate into my practices to personalize it more, to customize it so that it fits me, which is just one of the many wonderful things about Wicca and Paganism that I found so welcoming after "One size fits all" Catholocism which really just didn't jive with me.  

[MaddLlama]

My story is really nothing special, so I won't bore you. But, I do think you should take it slow - you don't have to jump in head first and within a week of dedicating yourself you pick out a name and a God. Really, those are things that should find you, not the other way around. If you rush things, it will complicate your practice in the end. Just be patient and learn, and everything will eventually fall into place.
And, don't forget to read more than just books on Wicca. There's a lot to be said for books in the mythology and history section as well.  

[Jishin]

toboetsukasa, I really agree with Amabael. Names and deities find you, not the other way around. And when you find out to whom and what you are called, you may or may not be happy with it. wink

I would recommend, since your family sounds like they'd be uncomfortable with general Wicca/paganism books, that you bring home books on mythology and world religions. They are exceptionally helpful in their own right, and will give you a much stronger grounding than any Wiccan book alone.  

[toboetsukasa]

Sorry that it has been so long since I have posted in here. I have been really busy with school letting out and stuff. I also have met a few new friends and some fellow Wiccans.. So my summer hasn't been too bad.. I miss you guys and I will try to be on more often.. mrgreen  

[WebenBanu]

I was raised Christian, like many of us.^_^ But I found a lot of the aspects of the religion to be a bit morbid, and the way that it was taught focused a little too much on fear of punishment for my taste- the punishments also seemed to be extremely unreasonable, and were inconsistent with the concept of a loving God, and many of that god's actions (as claimed in the texts, anyway) didn't seem compatible with the concept of an omnipotent or omniscient God, as He was supposed to be. But I didn't really know anything else was out there- I loved mythology, because I have always loved a good story- but they were taught to me as stories, and it honestly didn't register with me that there was anything out there besides Christianity. So I was spiritually apathetic for a while- that's probably the best way to describe it. My parents noticed this (I think I played sick to avoid church more frequently than I attempted to stay home from school^_^'), and my mother hoped to trigger my spiritual development by letting me look around and chose my own religion (read: my own brand of Christianity). We were going to go to all the different churches in town, but the first one which we hit on had a really nice preacher who was well versed in the mythology and philosophy of many religions- not just Christianity- and he was willing to discuss them with me in a respectful manner. I figured this was as good as it was going to get, and decided to stick with this church- I even became something of a "Born Again" Christian because I liked this priest very much and wanted to make him feel that he had done well by me. I still had a lot of conflicts with the faith, but this priest was willing to stay after church and discuss these with me privately- sometimes for quite some time- and as long as I could talk with him I was able to hold it together. But it was a Methodist church, and Methodists rotate their priests every few years. So this priest eventually left, and another one came in his place- while I was helping the new priest to move into the church office I found an abandoned kitten in the back parking lot. This kitten would later grow into something of a guide, whom I believe was sent to me by Bast, as the time when I would start seriously seeking was coming up.

The new preacher delivered a sermon which, to me, highlighted all the things that I found incompatible in Christianity, and I came home frustrated and in tears and knowing that I couldn't go back there; I didn't have the resources to do the kind of maintenance that it took for me to repair the damage these conflicts dealt to my spiritual relationship. In a bout of depression, I went out walking, wandered into a book store, and found Cunningham's Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. I bought it out of curiosity, at first- I'd never heard of this religion, and I was amazed by what I read. Little by little I learned about this style of religion and found many points which made exquisite sense to me. I started practicing, and took a special interest in magical theory- even though I couldn't seem to find much of a use for it, at the time.^_^' But as my spiritual relationship thrived and developed, my focus was gradually shifting. I didn't even notice it at first, and when I realized something was definitely up, I had changed the framework of my beliefs in a way which no longer reflected Wiccan theology- I had become a reconstructionist.

I thought I was being novel and creative at the time, lol. I went online looking for resources on ancient Egyptian religion and found the modern Kemetic community. At first I learned from the Kemetic Orthodox sect, then gradually moved on through the other temple traditions, picking up many useful lessons as I went. And here I am.^_^