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 Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:50 pm
Wow I can believe how fast I got excepted! It only took like 5 minutes after I applied!
What do you like to be called: On Gaia Inu works nicely
Interests: Physiology, Love, Learning, Cooking, cute flash games
Religion: Wiccan (loosely)
How long have you been a (religion): Well Wiccan only about a year, but pagan around 3 years.
Random fact about yourself: I have a lovely spork collection and an amazing boyfriend who wants to learn more about my religion
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:50 pm
Excessive Sexual Tension Thank you, Raven. Is there another name you go by here or is Raven ok? Raven's good.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:54 pm
inuyashahoty22 Wow I can believe how fast I got excepted! It only took like 5 minutes after I applied! Welcome to the guild ^_^ Yeah, I'm on the ball today cool The guild's been pretty active today, which is fun, so I've been floating around.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:14 pm
roller-chick361 I only really claim to be a Wiccan with my friends, since any of them that are also Wiccans are in the same boat I am. Have you and your other friend perhaps though about starting your own coven? Also, some solitary Wiccans choose to do a self-dedication.There are many Wiccans say you HAVE to be part of a coven to call yourself a Wiccan, but many are okay with solitary witches who do self-dedications. Especially in an area where there is not a coven to join.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:17 pm
inuyashahoty22 Have you and your other friend perhaps though about starting your own coven? Also, some solitary Wiccans choose to do a self-dedication.There are many Wiccans say you HAVE to be part of a coven to call yourself a Wiccan, but many are okay with solitary witches who do self-dedications. Especially in an area where there is not a coven to join. Solitary witches are fine, but Wicca is rather a different animal. We have a sticky thread detailing the word "Wicca" and how it is used within this guild. You can start your own coven, which is fine, but it wouldn't be a Wiccan coven. You do have to be in a coven in order to be a Wiccan, but it's not the being in a coven in a general sense that makes it so: it's the mysteries and secrets imparted through initiation into a Wiccan coven that does the trick. The sticky should answer any questions you may have. ^_^
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:42 pm
Quote: inuyashahoty22 Wrote: Wow I can believe how fast I got excepted! It only took like 5 minutes after I applied! Welcome to the guild ^_^ Yeah, I'm on the ball today The guild's been pretty active today, which is fun, so I've been floating around. Indeed you are! What time is it where you live? (I'm in Kansas, US. It's a little after midnight here) Sanguina Cruenta inuyashahoty22 Have you and your other friend perhaps though about starting your own coven? Also, some solitary Wiccans choose to do a self-dedication.There are many Wiccans say you HAVE to be part of a coven to call yourself a Wiccan, but many are okay with solitary witches who do self-dedications. Especially in an area where there is not a coven to join. Solitary witches are fine, but Wicca is rather a different animal. We have a sticky thread detailing the word "Wicca" and how it is used within this guild. You can start your own coven, which is fine, but it wouldn't be a Wiccan coven. You do have to be in a coven in order to be a Wiccan, but it's not the being in a coven in a general sense that makes it so: it's the mysteries and secrets imparted through initiation into a Wiccan coven that does the trick. The sticky should answer any questions you may have. ^_^ Well to each there own. I do understand the importance of being initiated, it an amazing thing. But I mean if they could find a High Priestess to initiated and train them, starting there own Wiccan coven would be very possible, right? I will definitely go read the stick right away so I know what the guild rule say about the use of the word (I had never even heard the word Seeker until tonight in fact). And sorry if my posting takes a while, my internet is wacking out =P
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:45 pm
inuyashahoty22 Well to each there own. I do understand the importance of being initiated, it an amazing thing. But I mean if they could find a High Priestess to initiated and train them, starting there own Wiccan coven would be very possible, right? Reading the sticky will answer a lot of the basic questions- but the short answer is it isn't possible because of what Wicca is.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:47 pm
inuyashahoty22 Well to each there own. I do understand the importance of being initiated, it an amazing thing. But I mean if they could find a High Priestess to initiated and train them, starting there own Wiccan coven would be very possible, right? If you're initiated to the second degree, you can form your own coven under the supervision of the parent coven. If you're third degree, you can form your own autonomous coven. Quote: I will definitely go read the stick right away so I know what the guild rule say about the use of the word (I had never even heard the word Seeker until tonight in fact). Thank you ^_^ There's a lot of misleading info out there about Wicca, to the point that it's easier to find stuff erroneously using the word "Wicca" than stuff actually about Wicca. Much of what is termed "Wicca" is more properly different forms of Eclectic Neo-Paganism, or in some cases, separate Neo-Pagan witchcraft religions in their own right, like Cunningham's Standing Stone or even Buckland's Seax.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:25 am
Esiris Granny Earth Sorry, but I'll have to disagree on this one. I know Ms. Conway personally, and she has the best info concerning the Celtic people and their faith. I think I know of a few anthropologists who have better info on the Celts, especially the Gael. Conway even had to publish a new book as an apology to the Celtic pagans- Fire In the Head. There is a lot of stuff she published in that book that doesn't make it past the most basic of cultural understandings in an introduction to the different branches of the Celts. She may be a nice person, but she isn't an expert on the Celts. You mentioned you were Wiccan- may I ask which tradition? 'Nuff said about Ms. Conway, please. About my tradition, the closest I can come to explaining how I do is Garderian. My gods vary, but my Goddess is almost always Gaia. My beliefs are Earth based, in other words, I don't see Mother in the moon. She's all around me in the ground, the trees, the oceans. I can touch Her and feel Her presence all around me.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:33 am
Sanguina Cruenta CalledTheRaven Granny Earth What do you like to be called: Granny, since I'm 57 years old. ...As time goes by I'll tell you more about your Granny. I'm sorry but I'm gonna have some trouble with that, considering my dad is older than you and my mom not much younger. Also, I consider family ties and those friendships that are as close as family to be very important and using a title that implies such a relationship (calling yourself my/our Granny) with someone I don't even know in an internet sense is not something I'll be doing. Indeed... I already have a granny. And Granny as a title earned, as in "Weatherwax", is not something I'm likely to use unless one is Esme herself. Granny Earth was a name I was given by my coven members. Whether or not you chose to call me that is not of any concern. It is, however, also my Gaian name and so you can call me that as a name and not a title. I have never met so many stuck up people in my life. This guild is more a battle of who knows more that a group of pagans who just want to hang out together. If you want me to leave, just say the word.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:28 am
Granny Earth I have never met so many stuck up people in my life. This guild is more a battle of who knows more that a group of pagans who just want to hang out together. If you want me to leave, just say the word. I don't really think people here are stuck up- I just think that some of the things you've said haven't taken into account how other people might feel about it. User name or otherwise- my Grams means a lot to me and I don't associate what I call her with other people at all- so it was kind of a big assumption to be asked to be called that for me- and it seems like for a lot of other people too. You're not being kicked out or banned, but if you do something people dislike- they'll let you know. Being passive aggressive or silent about it isn't healthy- you know? I think a person of your maturity can understand that, right? I am still curious as to which tradition of Wicca you were initiated into though. I'm a Seeker myself- so I like to ask a lot of questions.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:29 am
Granny Earth About my tradition, the closest I can come to explaining how I do is Garderian. My gods vary, but my Goddess is almost always Gaia. My beliefs are Earth based, in other words, I don't see Mother in the moon. She's all around me in the ground, the trees, the oceans. I can touch Her and feel Her presence all around me. So- you were initiated into a Gard coven? I'm studying under one myself.
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:32 pm
Esiris Granny Earth About my tradition, the closest I can come to explaining how I do is Garderian. My gods vary, but my Goddess is almost always Gaia. My beliefs are Earth based, in other words, I don't see Mother in the moon. She's all around me in the ground, the trees, the oceans. I can touch Her and feel Her presence all around me. So- you were initiated into a Gard coven? I'm studying under one myself.
I'm going to assume that she isn't/wasn't initiated judged on the rest of her post after that.
"Damn my blood... I scorn to do anyone a mischief, when it is not for my advantage."
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:59 pm
Calelith Esiris Granny Earth About my tradition, the closest I can come to explaining how I do is Garderian. My gods vary, but my Goddess is almost always Gaia. My beliefs are Earth based, in other words, I don't see Mother in the moon. She's all around me in the ground, the trees, the oceans. I can touch Her and feel Her presence all around me. So- you were initiated into a Gard coven? I'm studying under one myself.
I'm going to assume that she isn't/wasn't initiated judged on the rest of her post after that.
"Damn my blood... I scorn to do anyone a mischief, when it is not for my advantage."
There's a chance she was initiated Gard, then left and changed religions. *Shrugs* I don't know so I figured I wouldn't guess.
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