Ask A Wiccan

[felixtcat]

Just resurrecting this topic from the old board.

A reminder that the opinions expressed here will be based on my PERSONAL beliefs. If you have any questions regarding general Wicca, if I know the answer, I'll provide it. If I don't, I can probably look it up. I have a fairly large collection of Wiccan books from Cunningham, the Ferrars and Buckland. What I'm not too sharp on are Gardnerian traditions but I will try to answer any of those questions as well.

Let it fly...

[Dez]

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Yay, thanks for starting this up again, felix

Would you start off with recommending three of you favorite books, and why?

Why do you define your path as Celtic, rather then just Wiccan?

[spartacandream]

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Do you worship any gods? If so, Do you believe them to be real entities?

[Corvus]

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Do you belive in "The One" or just the god and goddess (assuming you belive in them)
are your deities ominipresent,ominipotent, omnipresent?if so are they made of other dieities? Do they have many aspects?are they the culmination of the divine or just part of it?

[PharaohKatt]

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What special days (Sabbats, Estbats) do you celebrate? Are there rituals associated with them?

[Gwen]

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Wow. Sorry to add to a list of questions, but--
I've struggled with the fact that Wicca has the God and Goddess, which always seemed to me to unreasonably prioritize gender-binary over all the other dynamic binaries along which Wiccan theology could equally easily be organized. For example, why the God and the Goddess instead of Chaos and Order, Night and Day, etc? I realize these other binaries get drawn into the God-Goddess paradigm (Sun-God-Order-Animals-Corn, Moon-Goddess-Chaos-Woodland-Ocean, for example), but why are the deities named by gender rather than by one of the other binaries?

I think I'm beginning to understand the historical reasons for this, and to accept that my concerns over inherent heterosexism in the tradition don't negate the draw the theology has for me. Still, I'm wondering--is this an issue for you? If so how do you address it? Regardless, what do you think of my ramblings?

[Lis]

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Is the worship of gods/godesses necessary in Wicca, or is one able to practice without such beliefs?

[don108]

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[quote author=Lis link=topic=277.msg6102#msg6102 date=1287865035]
Is the worship of gods/godesses necessary in Wicca, or is one able to practice without such beliefs?
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In Christianity one is supposed to be kind to his/her neighbors. You can practice that without being a Christian.

There are two major aspects to Wicca, the spiritual/religious beliefs and practices, and the magical beliefs and practices. Nobody is stopping you from practicing the magical techniques. There are a bazillian books on the subject. Some people refer to those techniques as "natural magic," "folk magic," or "low magic" (the magic of people in lower lands).

So sure! Go ahead and practice the magical techniques. If you want, you might even find that some of the spiritual/philosophical/religious techniques interest you.

I would just respectfully remind you that practicing natural magic doesn't make you a Wiccan any more than being kind to your neighbors makes you a Christian.

[Lis]

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Thank you for the clarification Don!

[Dufonce]

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anyone have a way to contact felix?! he started this thread then left it to die... I'd take over if I knew enough to answer questions.. lol

[thalassa]

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[quote author=Dufonce link=topic=277.msg6174#msg6174 date=1287881005]
anyone have a way to contact felix?! he started this thread then left it to die... I'd take over if I knew enough to answer questions.. lol
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He pops in and out, just not on a daily basis...give him a wee bit of time!!

[felixtcat]

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Oh for goodness sake! I set this up so that I'd receive an e-mail whenever someone replied to it.
I haven't gotten a single e-mail! Shit! I'm sorry!

Over the next couple of days, I will respond to all of your questions. Right now, I can't but I promise you that by Monday, you'll all have your answers!

[Nyx]

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On another forum I follow, many of the members are insistent that true Wicca is performed in covens, that "Solitary Wicca" is actually based on misinformation, and that in order to be Wiccan one must be initiated into a coven that can be traced back to Gardener.

The thread that I'm referring to can be found here:

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=17613519

I'm curious about your opinion on this.

[Dufonce]

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you really using a childish looking game's forum to judge .. well... anything? hehe.. technically Wicca itself yes was brought out into the open by Gardner but that doesnt mean that that is the only tradition. its his coven's traditions. Solitary Wiccans can also perform a self-dedication. and honestly I've noticed that most people start out with Wicca, and then "graduate" for a lack of a better term into a different type of pagan beliefs. I've been pagan since I was 12, thats 14 years now, and started as a fluffy bunny wiccan like most people that young end up being... then as I learned I evolved. theres no wrong way to be spiritual. I think its more important to be spiritual than to choose a religious title.

[Nyx]

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[quote author=Dufonce link=topic=277.msg8377#msg8377 date=1288460653]
you really using a childish looking game's forum to judge .. well... anything? hehe.. technically Wicca itself yes was brought out into the open by Gardner but that doesnt mean that that is the only tradition. its his coven's traditions. Solitary Wiccans can also perform a self-dedication. and honestly I've noticed that most people start out with Wicca, and then "graduate" for a lack of a better term into a different type of pagan beliefs. I've been pagan since I was 12, thats 14 years now, and started as a fluffy bunny wiccan like most people that young end up being... then as I learned I evolved. theres no wrong way to be spiritual. I think its more important to be spiritual than to choose a religious title.
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Eh, don't judge the forum by it's appearance. Yes, it is an RPG site with a high population of young ones, but that particular forum/guild has quite a lot of members around my age (25). I guess what I'm getting at is that they dismiss Solitary Wicca altogether and insist that one cannot dedicate themselves. It's an interesting perspective but strikes me as a bit... elitist... at times.