A good starting place....

[technomage]

for Christians striving to understand Wicca ... and for Wiccans trying to understand real Christianity.

Wiccans and Christians: Some Mutual Challenges

[Zeluvia]

Grats on the forum Justin, keep educating us on Real Wicca = )

[headheart]

for Christians striving to understand Wicca ... and for Wiccans trying to understand real Christianity.

Wiccans and Christians: Some Mutual Challenges

As the link no longer works, here what I believe is the same article but at another website: Wiccans and Christians - Some Mutual Challenges

Peace,
headheart

[shunyadragon]

Grats on the forum Justin, keep educating us on Real Wicca = )

The sarcasm needle jumped here. I doubt there is any thing uniform among Wiccans for there to be Real Wicca.

[shunyadragon]

The view by the Baha'i Faith to Witchcraft/Wicca beliefs considers these beliefs to be variations of the forms of ancient Revelation to primitive cultures and their relationship with the Divine. The God(s) and Godessess(s) to the Baha'i would be attributes of God in a similar way the Gods of Hinduism are attributes of the One Brahman. The Baha'i view does not believe in the stigma of Evil and the Demonic of the Christian historical and present dominant view.

[Catholicity]

I doubt there is any thing uniform among Wiccans for there to be Real Wicca.

Paganism (Witchcraft, Wicca, other) has no Orthodoxy to it if thats what you mean. In other words there is no "right" or " wrong" way to practice it, Although my understanding is that Wiccans have specific guidlines for their ritual tools and an actual Rede unlike certain types of paganism

[Durthorin]

Paganism (Witchcraft, Wicca, other) has no Orthodoxy to it if thats what you mean. In other words there is no "right" or " wrong" way to practice it, Although my understanding is that Wiccans have specific guidlines for their ritual tools and an actual Rede unlike certain types of paganism

Saying "Pagan" is somewhat like saying "Religions", Pagan covers everything from Wicca, Druidism, Shamanism, Hinduism, Buddhist.. frankly just about anything that is not considered a "Christian" faith.. is Pagan. Comparing Wicca to Christianity, you get variations .. Alexandrian, Gardenarian (Our version of Catholic and Episcopalians.), Yu get in to Faerie and Reclaiming.. which say they are not really Wiccan but use most of the same canon.. Other types like the Astura have very very fixed rituals/practice etc.

Blessed Be, Dur

[Catholicity]

Saying "Pagan" is somewhat like saying "Religions", Pagan covers everything from Wicca, Druidism, Shamanism, Hinduism, Buddhist.

True

Yu get in to Faerie and Reclaiming.. which say they are not really Wiccan but use most of the same canon.. Other types like the Astura have very very fixed rituals/practice etc.

Good point.
I think i was trying to umm point out to shunya that there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong way of practicing wicca (perhaps I should have specified) It appears to loosely encompass a wide variety of paths none really being right or wrong just according to the person's preference, Then again I've stated before I'm less read on Wicca than other types of paganism

[Durthorin]

True


Good point.
I think i was trying to umm point out to shunya that there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong way of practicing wicca (perhaps I should have specified) It appears to loosely encompass a wide variety of paths none really being right or wrong just according to the person's preference, Then again I've stated before I'm less read on Wicca than other types of paganism

Wicca itself can be rather rigid, depending on the Tradition. (Wicca's version of a denomination) The ones we often joke about being Gardenarians and Alexanderians. which or sort of "High Church" Wicca. An we have had "Witch Wars" that amount to some saying that the other is not "really" a Wiccan.

Blessed Be, Dur

[Catholicity]

Wicca itself can be rather rigid, depending on the Tradition. (Wicca's version of a denomination) The ones we often joke about being Gardenarians and Alexanderians. which or sort of "High Church" Wicca. An we have had "Witch Wars" that amount to some saying that the other is not "really" a Wiccan.

Blessed Be, Dur

So I'm well aware of prior witch wars which are either rather silly in base or meaningful depending on who you talk to.

[Durthorin]

So I'm well aware of prior witch wars which are either rather silly in base or meaningful depending on who you talk to.

I tend to think to anyone outside our faith they all seem "silly". But in some cases they are a NRMs arguments over defining itself which can be very interesting at least.

Blessed Be, Dur

[Catholicity]

I tend to think to anyone outside our faith they all seem "silly". But in some cases they are a NRMs arguments over defining itself which can be very interesting at least.

On that I very much agree. Outsiders looking in don't quite understand rules or meanings or even necessarily why something is happening. Agree also with NRM's establishment being interesting. But its been a while since I've studied any new movements coming up. Not since shyed away from hedgery

[shunyadragon]

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Good point.
I think i was trying to umm point out to shunya that there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong way of practicing wicca (perhaps I should have specified) It appears to loosely encompass a wide variety of paths none really being right or wrong just according to the person's preference, Then again I've stated before I'm less read on Wicca than other types of paganism

Pagan over the millennia has been more of a negative name calling reference to foreign religions. I believe it come from the Latin word referring to a person from the less civilized wilderness of the Roman Empire, or a term used for rural people, something like referring to someone as uncivilized or a country bumpkin. In Christianity it is has historically referred to non-Christian religions, something like 'heathen,' that are called polytheistic in the Christian view sometimes including Hinduism and Buddhism. It is too general a negative word to be meaningful. I believe Wicca is more specific to broad spectrum of ancient European beliefs like those held by Celts.

[Catholicity]

I believe Wicca is more specific to broad spectrum of ancient European beliefs like those held by Celts.

I think you know less about wicca than I do.

[shunyadragon]

I think you know less about wicca than I do.

Please clarify, your objection is not clear. Interesting books related to the topic are . . .

Celtic Traditions: Druids, Faeries, and Wiccan Rituals by Sirona Knight

Celtic Myth & Magick: Harness the Power of the God by Edain McCoy

Other traditions are often blended with Celtic traditions, such as Nordic and Kabbalistic, but the roots remain Celtic.

There is a disconnect between ancient Celtic traditions and modern Wiccans, but nonetheless the holidays, and many of the Wiccan beliefs are either rediscovered or attempts are made to reconstruct Celtic traditions, and mix with other ancient beliefs and traditions..