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I ask that any of my Wiccan sisters
and brothers correct me if I make misstatements about Wicca.
1) Wiccans generally accept all deities as aspects of two - Lady & Lord.
I accept all deities as discrete, individual personalities who emanate
from our Lady and Lord as PERCEIVED source... and Lady and Lord as discrete,
individual deities who emanate from the ONE source - NOTHINGNESS.
2) Wiccans generally believe that three-fold return means (in extremely
simplistic terms) that if you give a dollar, you get back three. I find
that rather nonsensical - the entire universe would spiral out of control
(with regard to both good and evil) were that the working modus operandi.
While I do accept the Law of Three, I learned it FAR differently than
what I hear from my Wiccan friends and acquaintances (please see
On the Law of Threefold Returns for a detailed exposition.
3) Wiccans generally accept the Wiccan Rede as a commandment, or damn
near to one. I accept "Harm none" as wise council, no more. And, by
the way, "wise council" is the literal meaning of rede.
rede
v. tr. red·ed, red·ing, redes. To give advice to; counsel. To interpret;
explain.
n. Advice or counsel.
Archaic, from Middle English reden, via Old English raedan.
per the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition
4) Wiccans (those who accept reincarnation, anyway) generally believe
that the point of reincarnation is to learn and progress until we no
longer need to return here - rather like the Buddhist model. I don't...
If the entire cosmos is the divine result of our Lady's and Lord's lovemaking,
what's the exact point of seeking release (again, please see
on the Transmigration of Souls, or Reincarnation for a more complete
discussion.
5) Wiccans, regardless of the teachings of their religion, generally
accept Wicca as an organized, hierarchical religion (hence 1st, 2nd
& 3rd level initiates; priests and priestesses; and high priests and
high priestesses). I experience Witchcraft as an essentially shamanic
religion. And expounding upon that will take pages and pages (but I
don't have a web page which does that, yet).
Hope this was helpful... but it's just the beginning!
Blessings
Bright & Dark
Red
Deer
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