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I came to the religion from the Catholic faith and not with the usual blame and ill will for the Church that I see in so many other 'converts'. I was simply looking for a God who wasn't judgemental and the embodiment of my Father's ideas. It wasn't a rejection of my Father, mind you, just a desire to know another facet. I cried out for that and God(dess) answered. Loudly and unmistakably.
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Jul!a
That's really interesting.
Can you tell us more about your life with Wicca? I know I know virtually nothing about the religion at all.
Can you tell us more about your life with Wicca? I know I know virtually nothing about the religion at all.
I met a lovely woman who introduced me to Wicca through the Scott Cunningham's Solitary Wicca series. I was struck by the balance between male and female in his philosophical lectures and I did more research. I found The Nativist Tradition online and I stayed.
Wicca is simply, at it's core, a belief in the balance between Male and female energy and how the comingling produces life at all levels. There is room here for all lovestyles because there is room here for all expression of life. It is dynamic and should ever be defined though we do share some common beliefs:
God is male and he is imminent. He is here with us in our physical existance. He is the beginning of life and the end of life. He is the created.
Goddess is female and she is the spiritual. She is the striving beyond physical existance and IS life in all it's entirety. She is the creatrix.
We try to live remembering that what we do has consequences, some intended some not. Measuring our words for they have power beyond our intent, and walking lightly. We accept diversity and clelbrate the Gods in all their forms seeing them as a diamond of such immense proportions that it is impossible to describe more than a facet of them at any one time.
We also believe that we live each life to bring understanding to the Goddess about Her creation and that we return to her after death for rest and learning before we move on.
Beyond that Wiccan philosophy is wild, and wooly!
My teacher has a saying: If everyone knows you are pagan and especially if they know, by looking at you, that you are Wiccan; you're doing something wrong! We aren't all that different we just believe that all religion has it's place and is equally right. Religion should suit where you are in life and evolve as you evolve...even if it's to the point where you don't need theology to live a wonderful life!
