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Fluffy Bunny Vs. Hardcore

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Usagi Akumu
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:08 pm


A wonderful article that really deserves to be read.
I thought it was actually nice and made a good point.

http://witchkit.tripod.com/FluffVsHardcore.html

Fluffies are annoying, but fluffies and newbies are two different things.

A second article regarding the issue of "holier than though" Wiccas.

http://www.beneaththehawthorn.com/Pagans.html
PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:29 pm


Yeah, fluffies are annoying. But Newbies are sponges, waiting to absorb and hold in the arcane, and are beautiful in their own way. As for the "Hardcores," they can be just as annoying because a lot of them think they are 100% all knowing, and that they are the only ones that are right. I have become a very very very religious person since I became Wiccan, so I understand that everyone has their own belief, spells, rituals, just about EVERYTHING. And yes it pisses me off when some prep at school claims Wicca or Paganism, just because they think it's "Cool," or when a fluffie doesn't understand the To Be Silent aspect of it, and brag about some spell they did. But Hardcores are just as annoying because, even though they may hold all the values, they all seem to forget one idea. I call it the "All roads lead to Rome" idea. The fact that just because you don't follow EVERY rule, EVERY regulation, EVERY idea, doesn't mean that you aren't Wiccan/Pagan. If you truly, deep in your heart, accept the Goddess, you are a Pagan at the least. If they have done this then they are your equal. Now, I describe two things as "All roads lead to Rome." 1) The afterlife. We all go to the Summer Plains, so let the Christians preach and hate, we can laugh at them later. 2) All magical energies originate from the Goddess, weather it comes from you or a rock. How is it that the Hardcores can forget such a basic concept?

Aalis Liddell
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Aalis Liddell
Vice Captain

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:58 pm


I really enjoyed reading the second article. It reminded me of two of my past lives that I discovered. One was that I was a Roman Pagan crusader, and a captain of my own division. Cool, huh? My other life is as a young thief during the Renaissance, also pagan from an old Druid book after Vagabonding around a little through Europe. Apparently in this life my parents died when I was 12 and live the life of a vagabond/thief for a while. I haven't dreamed through it yet like I did my crusader dream. It may be normal, or it may not be, but I dream through the experiences of my past lives like you read a book. Seemingly chapters at a time. Sorry, doesn't fit the thread, but it fit the article so I posted this anyways.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:43 pm


I haven't read the articles yet because I'm very impatient right now but as soon as I feel more laid back then I will I promise haha biggrin

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