Wicca

[GeminiSong]

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming pagan all of the sudden?

It's a fad brah, like atheism or bisexuality.

stare Paganism is not a fad. Nor is bisexuality. Please step off my lifestyles thank you.

I don't like you being a part of my lifestyles, you please step off. Thanks. heart

[Miss Rupa]

Prophet of Poison

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming pagan all of the sudden?

It's a fad brah, like atheism or bisexuality.

stare Paganism is not a fad. Nor is bisexuality. Please step off my lifestyles thank you.

I don't like you being a part of my lifestyles, you please step off. Thanks. heart

I just want to know why everyone is suddenly deciding to take up wicca.
My dad is basically the only pagan/wiccan person I know but all of the sudden I see dozens of topics about it. :l

[Loona Wynd]

Sevashtyn

I'm sorry, but you're operating under the misconception that you can't be a part of a religion if you're not surrounding yourself with members of the same religion. You can be a Christian, and study Christianity, and not belong to a Church, per se. The same goes for Wicca. Please, read my first (and second) post.

Not at all. Wicca ia about proper practice and the like. You can not properly practice the rites and rituals of Wicca with out initiation into a linneaged coven that traces it's linneage via training and iniation to Gerald Gardner in some manner or form.

[GeminiSong]

The Pirate Soldier

Prophet of Poison

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming pagan all of the sudden?

It's a fad brah, like atheism or bisexuality.

stare Paganism is not a fad. Nor is bisexuality. Please step off my lifestyles thank you.

I don't like you being a part of my lifestyles, you please step off. Thanks. heart

I just want to know why everyone is suddenly deciding to take up wicca.
My dad is basically the only pagan/wiccan person I know but all of the sudden I see dozens of topics about it. :l

Like I said, beliefs become trendy just like fashions.

[Artistic Genocide]

The Pirate Soldier

Prophet of Poison

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming pagan all of the sudden?

It's a fad brah, like atheism or bisexuality.

stare Paganism is not a fad. Nor is bisexuality. Please step off my lifestyles thank you.

I don't like you being a part of my lifestyles, you please step off. Thanks. heart

I just want to know why everyone is suddenly deciding to take up wicca.
My dad is basically the only pagan/wiccan person I know but all of the sudden I see dozens of topics about it. :l

A lot of the 'wicca' stuff is related to teens and kids because they want to act out on their parents and such,
but most of us on here are genuine about our beliefs, and it helps to bring up topics so we can discuss certain things if we need help. I'm Not wiccan, probably will never be, but i get help for somethings related to my religion and i get advice from people who have been pagan much longer then i have through these topics.

[Loona Wynd]

Decora Goddess Of Ice

You can be a solitary practitioner in Wicca.

I don't see how. The rites and rituals of Wicca can only be properly performed in a coven. You can only learn those rites and rituals through proper iniation. As such you can not be a solitary wiccan. The only solitary wiccans are those who have for some reason been unable to practice with their Coven. At which point they are still Wiccan but no longer practice Wicca as Wicca is only properly practiced in a coven.

Decora Goddess Of Ice

You don't have to belong to a coven.

Yes you do. The rites and rituals of Wicca are only performed properly with in the context of a coven. You can be a witch and a pagan solitary but not Wicca. The Gods of Wicca declared that the rites be performed a specific way. Are you going to tell me that they are suddenly changing their mind (in less than 100 years?).

Decora Goddess Of Ice

Either way, I agree with Sevashtyn; she seems to be the only one actually giving you real information.

No she's not. She has information from a source who never completed all the training to become a teacher of the Wiccan religion. Cunningham did not have access to all the mysteries and teachings of Wicca. As such he only had a basic understanding of the religion. He was not qualified to teach or even write a book on the subject. Hell what he did write can't be Wicca because of the oaths that Wiccans take upon iniation (otherwise he's rotting in hell away from the love of the Goddess and God and not allowed to reincarnate).

Decora Goddess Of Ice

For future reference, listen to actual Wiccans.

Which is where we get our information from. There are a handful of Wiccans on Gaia, and they all agree with me. I'm going to trust some one whose been in Wicca for over 20 years thankx.

Decora Goddess Of Ice

Paganism can be close, but it's not Wicca, so what they say won't necessarily be as accurate as talking to an actual Wiccan. Good luck.

Wicca is a pagan religion.

[x-y1p33y0-x]

Wiccan is just a stupid thing to be in regardless. But AT LEAST wait until your 18, because while your a teenager, being Wiccan is just how you fit in with all the other angst kids.

[Loona Wynd]

Lulakai

The way I was brought to understand how one became a wiccan was that you went through a year and a day apprenticeship with another wiccan well informed in the arts.

Nope. The year and a day isn;t accurate, Wiccan training takes a while, and you really only start to learn about Wicca's rites and practices after you have already become initiated. This is due to the rites and rituals of wicca being oath bound.

Lulakai

A coven was not an essential part of the practice.

It is though. Wicca is about practicing the rites and rituals in a specific way. You can not properly practice the rites and rituals of Wicca with out a coven. To do so is not how the Gods intended. They don't care what you believ, but how you practice.

Lulakai

After you successfully completed the apprenticeship, then you are a wiccan.

When the HP or HPS (depending if you are male or female) decided you are ready they will talk to you about initiation. Only with initiation are you considered a Wiccan. There are 3 degrees of initiation, and each one reveals new aspects of the mysteries and the practices.

Lulakai

This is what I did and while I don't actively practice at the moment, I still consider myself one even though I am not a member of a coven.

Then you are not Wiccan. The rites and rituals of wicca must be practiced a specific way. Otherwise they are not Wiccan rites any more.

Lulakai

On a personal note, the whole thing in books and movies about being born a wiccan because your parents were is just b.s.

Thats true. No child will ever be Wiccan. The initiation rites of Wicca and all rites of Wicca for that matter are sexual in nature. To initiate a child would count as molestation, which is why no Coven initiates some one unless they are 18 years or older. Linneage in Wicca refers to who trained and initiated you. Not blood.

Lulakai

However, about the whole Jewish thing, my friend, who is half Jewish had told me that as long as your mother is Jewish, then you are Jewish as well. It seems to me that Judaism is much more then just a belief, it is also a practice.

I don't know. I do think there are specific rites that make you Jewish, so maybe it's a mixture of both.

[the fast sunset]

Sevashtyn

*sigh*


Please read Scott Cunningham's "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner"

according to the people in the ED, hes wrong.

[Loona Wynd]

Prophet of Poison

Wicca is: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, who gives a s**t. What you call yourself changes nothing.

Actually it does. Upon initiation Wiccans swear an oath to uphold and defend the rites, rituals, and practices of Wicca. Thus when some one who is uninitiated calls them selves Wiccan they are bound by their oaths to explain to them why they are not Wiccan.

[Artistic Genocide]

Genuine Addiction

Sevashtyn

*sigh*


Please read Scott Cunningham's "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner"

according to the people in the ED, hes wrong.

He isn't wrong, persay.
It's just what he writes is not Wicca.
It's more like your standard neo-paganism.
*nods*

[Loona Wynd]

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming wicca all of the sudden?

I've been a pagan for a long time. I think many teens look to paganism as they try and explore what they believe and practice. I start training in my tradition in the Fall. However I have been reading books on the subject and exploring my spirituality (both Christianity and Paganism) since I was 13, and that was 10 years ago.

[Loona Wynd]

Prophet of Poison

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming pagan all of the sudden?

It's a fad brah, like atheism or bisexuality.

stare Paganism is not a fad. Nor is bisexuality. Please step off my lifestyles thank you.

I don't like you being a part of my lifestyles, you please step off. Thanks. heart

How old are you?

[Artistic Genocide]

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

The Pirate Soldier

Why is every single person becoming pagan all of the sudden?

It's a fad brah, like atheism or bisexuality.

stare Paganism is not a fad. Nor is bisexuality. Please step off my lifestyles thank you.

I don't like you being a part of my lifestyles, you please step off. Thanks. heart

How old are you?

He's probably 15 or something.xD

[GeminiSong]

neko wyndy wytch

Prophet of Poison

Wicca is: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, who gives a s**t. What you call yourself changes nothing.

Actually it does. Upon initiation Wiccans swear an oath to uphold and defend the rites, rituals, and practices of Wicca. Thus when some one who is uninitiated calls them selves Wiccan they are bound by their oaths to explain to them why they are not Wiccan.

It still changes nothing. The Wiccan is still the same person and the 'Wiccan' is still the same person. Also, having to defend a label is a pretty dumb oath.