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So Close!
...And Yet So Far?
Part 8 "Wicca NeoPaganism"
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A friendly study of all the worlds religious
scriptures is the sacred duty of every
person. Mahatma Ghandi
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You and I, each and every one of us without
exception, can be defined as an aching need for
the infinite. Some people realize this some do
not. Thomas Dubay, The Evidential Power Of
Beauty
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About (neo-)paganism
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The interest in Paganism today in the UK and USA
may be interpreted as a response to an increased
dissatisfaction with the way the world is going
ecologically, spiritually and materially people
are disillusioned by mainstream religion and the
realization that materialism leaves an internal
emptiness. Charlotte Hardman, Pagan
Misconceptions
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When one defines oneself as Pagan, it means she
or he follows an earth or nature religion, one
that sees the divine manifest in all creation.
The cycles of nature are our holy days, the earth
is our temple, its plants and creatures our
partners and teachers. We worship a deity that is
both male and female, a mother Goddess and father
God, who together created all that is, was, or
will be. Edain McCoy, Pagan
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About God
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Most Witches don't believe in the Christian
concept of God. As one Wiccan teacher put it, My
God does not have a beard nor does it hate
women. They believe in an unknowable Ultimate
Deity. Church School of Wicca home page
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About Lifestyle
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If it harm none, do what you will. Wiccan
Code Of Ethics
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About Truth
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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing
in it, doesn't go away". Philip K. Dick ,
philosopher
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Pagans believe that no one belief system is
correct and that each person should have the
freedom to chose the path that is right for
them. Charlotte Hardman Gram Harvey,
"Paganism Today Introduction
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There area a multitude of appropriate
religious paths and never will there be a single
religious truth. Margot Adler, Wiccan author
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Who cares how old it is? It works. Ron
Jaffe, Wiccan When dealing with the issue of the
ancient or modern roots of Wicca
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Although it has many tried and true rituals
and ways, the Craft remains experimental and ever
growing. In short -- if it works, we use it.
Church School of Wicca homepage
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About Wicca
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Wicca is a celebration of the life-forces of
nature as personified by the Goddess and her
consort, the God. We do not believe that Wicca
is the only way, only that it is our way.
Wicca Web Site
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When a person performs a spell, often the
desired result does not occur. Why is this?
Ultimately, only the person performing the spell
knows why. We have learned that if your life is
out of balance and you are more interested in
pragmatic results from the practice of Witchcraft
then you will never see the spiritual results.
Church School of Wicca home page
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Magic is real and it works. My message is like
the warning on a pack of cigarettes. Wicca is
dangerous and could be hazardous to your
health. Kathleen Atchason, former Wiccan
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About Christianity
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Paganism is making a comeback. Someday people
may speak of the past 2000 years as the Christian
interlude. Tom Williams, Wiccan Priest
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I know that everything God does will remain
forever. Ecclesiastes 314 (NASB)
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There is no accepted scientific evidence to
support he existence of past lives let alone the
validity of past life regression therapy. Dr.
Mel Sabshin, American Psychological Association
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A dead leaf on the ground is no longer
something just to rake, but instead it is part of
a cycle of life that has just finished and which
will begin anew by providing nourishment to the
trees so that other leaves may be born and
flourish. Ron Jaffe, Wiccan
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Go to the ant, oh sluggard, Observe her ways,
and be wise. Proverbs 66 (NASB)
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There is no concern these days more important
than the environment not gun control, violence
in the media, campaign-finance reform, not even
poverty, war, refugees or the curing of fatal
diseases. Time, Spring 2000
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When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a
teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an
interpretation. Let all things be done for
edification. 1 Corinthians 1426 (NASB)
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If it harm none, do what you will. Wiccan
Code Of Ethics
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He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities. Isaiah
535 (NASB)
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When a person performs a spell, often the
desired result does not occur. Why is this?
Ultimately, only the person performing the spell
knows why. We have learned that if your life is
out of balance and you are more interested in
pragmatic results from the practice of Witchcraft
then you will never see the spiritual results.
Church School of Wicca home page
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Do not let your people practice fortune-telling
or sorcery, or allow them to interpret omens, or
engage in witchcraft, or cast spells or
function as mediums or psychics, or call forth
the spirits of the dead. Deuteronomy 1810-11
(NLT)
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Most Witches don't believe in the Christian
concept of God. As one Wiccan teacher put it, My
God does not have a beard nor does it hate
women. They believe in an unknowable Ultimate
Deity. Church School of Wicca home page
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So Close!
...And Yet So Far?
Part 8 "Wicca NeoPaganism"
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