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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:36 am
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:11 pm
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It really just comes to you. Something manifests itself as true, or you read something that really hits home. It's really hard to define what, well, defines your beliefs.
I don't find it very hard to incorporate anything into my daily routine, it just comes naturally. The only reason I've found myself drawn to the Wiccan religion is the slow, meandering river that is life. It all just sorta, comes to you. I'm more of the atheistic Wiccan (though I'm not fully ready to announce myself as a true Wiccan) in that I find that there are great meanings to many symbols.
I know, I'm somewhat rambling, but that's why I can't fasten myself down to a title, you see? Eheh, but I am following a path, and I see it to be the right one.
What makes it really hard, however, is if you mention anything of the sort of being Wiccan, no one takes you seriously. At all.
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:44 pm
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:43 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:43 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:44 am
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:54 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:25 am
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:01 am
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too2sweet guild home page ABOUT DIETIES Depending upon your point of view, Wicca can be considered a monotheistic, duotheistic, polytheistic, or atheistic religion... atheistic: Some Wiccans view the God and Goddess as symbols, not living entities. Depending upon which definition of the term "Atheist" that you adopt, these Wiccans may be considered Atheists. It's definitely an eclectic view point, but apparently it is out there. http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_intr.htm
I believe that Deborah Lipp would probably classify that under 'Radical' wicca.
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:57 pm
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My first introductions to magick actually came from philosophy. The Greek concept of the elements and the Chinese concept of yin and yang just felt right in comparison to the hell-fire and brimstone I learned from church. From there, I just followed my intuition, struggling along the way to find a path.
I claim eclectic Wicca, but I follow more of the intuitive path of the hedge-witches of old. Everything I do, I try to do with intention, following both the old way of magick and Zen Buddhism. In my mind, all comes to one. So I take new ideas and rework them into the concepts I believe. When I call on a higher power, I say "All Source" to combine the ideas that the divine is in everything and that it all springs from one place. To be honest, it is a little complicated, but it seems to work out fine for me. Even my husband liked my idea of an All Source, though I did tell him I got it from Buddhism and Hindu.
Otherwise, my ideas focus on nature and hearth, with a special focus on animals (both real and mythical). There's also a penchant for stories, legends, music, and the like. It's possibly an ancestral link to my Celtic, Germanic, and Cherokee bloodlines. Although, every ancient culture has a history of music and storytelling.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:59 am
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:27 am
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Well i am eclectic, because i am a believer of the old Celtic ways. I choose to call myself a Eclectic Wiccan, because it has the most things alike with what i believe, yet the other influences used in Gardners book, are not really my thing. I have studied books, and found some somewhat more interesting, like herbal knowledge, and old stones and runes. Also i kinda like the whole 'no personal gain' thing, which Gardner unfortunately does not have. I kinda want to follow my own path in my own way, rather then a path that has been set for me by a book. Experience things on my own level,of which i had my share. My beliefs are based on things, yes i do rituals, and i do believe in gods and goddesses, i do use a athame and a besom, i do use a pentacle and i'm grateful for that, that he made that more available to get in these modern times (tho i am a big fan of making things myself) yet i also believe that these things are far much older then the 1950's
to answer the questions: What exactly makes up your practice from the standpoint of deities, ceremonies, beliefs, etc. ?
Mine are based, on the old Celtic was as mentioned before, tho with 'modern' influences, unfortunately we can not live as we did back then. My dieties, are basically in everything that lives, i feel that everything that has a spirit, or even has a name, is worth to be honored, as would a God or Goddess, i also believe, the God or Goddess lives within you, in your heart. My ceremonies, are usually very simplistic, i mean in a way of not to many conjure this, summon that, invoke him evoke her. I just grab a stick, make a circle, and sweep it with my broom. And i kindly ask, with my heart and soul, what i wanted to reach, and for Her guidance in that, it kinda comes naturally, the words just flow out. Of course i like to give Her something in return like perhaps planting seeds, or caring for the forest.
-and how did you go about forming it? It comes from the heart is a true feeling you can't explain, it's like embracing the mother goddess, in her full glory.
-How do you incorporate new things into your practice as it evolves?
I think i already answered this part ^_^
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:37 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:33 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:23 pm
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