Saturday, March 13, 2010
The Birth of NeoWicca
Wicca is an initiatory mystery tradition/religion. You would have to be initiated in order to be part of the religion. And self-initiation is not possible. You would have to be initiated by someone else or a group. Very much like a Fraternity. No one is going to do a solitary self-initiation into the Fraternity and tell everybody that they are part of it. Wicca has become something that it’s' not. It has become NeoWicca! It’s a simple solution to the "You're not a Wiccan-Yes I am!" argument. Let’s face it, this ridiculous way to solve this problem. Wicca is only 50 years old; to call a branch of Wicca "new" hurts my brains. But what should we do? We can't tell all of the non-initiated self-described Wiccans that they can't be Wiccan is just mean. What about Eclectic Wicca is there such a thing? Wiccan traditions are oath-bound, only the vague skeletal structure of Trad Wicca remains in open books. So what now? I am not sure. I just wanted to write blog about it. Let the Trad and the self-described Wiccans chit-chat about it.
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I looked into wicca when I was first getting away from christianity, and while I liked some of the things it had to offer, I didnt feel like it was right for me. I didnt like the initiation thing, and a lot of the words like 'spells' seemed kinda hinkey to me... or the expectation that you could never harm anything. I mightn not go on killing sprees but shit happens right?
ReplyDeleteI looked more into shamanism and druidism and finally decided that not all of any of them were right but some of all of them were... if you follow. I decided after reading about many other paths that I could only be happy with a mixture of all of the elements that fit me best.
I suppose Im just a religious mut... full of contradictions, on many paths...but im just happy that way I guess lol!
thanks for getting my mind going!
Peace,
Em
Thanks for commenting!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first came upon my own path I cam across Wicca (we all do). I was in love with it, now I have just grown out of it. I don't believe in the whole hamr none deal (same reasoning) and Karma. Never really grapsed that. I decided that I wanted to create my own spirituality and religion. I knew I still wanted to be Pagan and a Witch (Witches can be in different religions). I create and follow my own set path as I see fit (of course within the confines of Paganism). Its not a matter of: am I doing this right? I would have to say that you are an Eclectic Pagan or (if you do spells and rituals) Witch or both. Do what you think is right on your path.
Blessed Be