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		<title>By: kaplah</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Wicca is a religion...
Why don&#039;t you have anything about Gods, ritual, liturgy???

Also note, Wiccan &quot;karma&quot; is VERY different from the established, Eastern definition of karma.</description>
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<p>Wicca is a religion&#8230;<br />
Why don&#8217;t you have anything about Gods, ritual, liturgy???</p>
<p>Also note, Wiccan &#8220;karma&#8221; is VERY different from the established, Eastern definition of karma.</p>
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		<title>By: LabGrrl RIPACC :(</title>
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		<dc:creator>LabGrrl RIPACC :(</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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I agree with Phoenix, Nightwind and the others. You&#039;re very confused.

Read the 101 at

That alone is enough info to get going with.</description>
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<p>I agree with Phoenix, Nightwind and the others. You&#8217;re very confused.</p>
<p>Read the 101 at</p>
<p>That alone is enough info to get going with.</p>
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		<title>By: Nightwind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Point number 1:  Wicca is a polytheistic religion.  Wiccans worship gods.  At least two of them.  

Wiccans acknowledge the existence of magic, but they do not necessarily work spellcraft.  Please don&#039;t put in your report that Wiccans cast spells.  (If you think of yourself as &quot;sorta Wiccan&quot; because you work spells, you are very much mistaken as to what Wicca is.)

Wiccans believe in karma, but only a portion express it as being threefold.

Visions, palm reading, auras and other &quot;talents&quot; have absolutely nothing to do with Wicca.

Wiccans view the world as comprised of five elements.  They also view the world as the result of a yin-yang type of polarity represented by the relationship of god and goddess.

Wiccans are informed by the Wiccan Rede, which says that any harmless things can be done freely.

More info can be found here:

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Please don&#039;t focus on the fact that &quot;Wicca isn&#039;t Satanic.&quot;  Telling people what we aren&#039;t isn&#039;t informative. It&#039;s also overly defensive and rather rude toward Satanism, unless you&#039;re also planning on saying &quot;Wicca isn&#039;t Christian&quot; &quot;Wicca isn&#039;t Jewish&quot; &quot;Wicca isn&#039;t Zorotastrian&quot; etc.</description>
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<p>Point number 1:  Wicca is a polytheistic religion.  Wiccans worship gods.  At least two of them.  </p>
<p>Wiccans acknowledge the existence of magic, but they do not necessarily work spellcraft.  Please don&#8217;t put in your report that Wiccans cast spells.  (If you think of yourself as &#8220;sorta Wiccan&#8221; because you work spells, you are very much mistaken as to what Wicca is.)</p>
<p>Wiccans believe in karma, but only a portion express it as being threefold.</p>
<p>Visions, palm reading, auras and other &#8220;talents&#8221; have absolutely nothing to do with Wicca.</p>
<p>Wiccans view the world as comprised of five elements.  They also view the world as the result of a yin-yang type of polarity represented by the relationship of god and goddess.</p>
<p>Wiccans are informed by the Wiccan Rede, which says that any harmless things can be done freely.</p>
<p>More info can be found here:</p>
<p>edit:<br />
Please don&#8217;t focus on the fact that &#8220;Wicca isn&#8217;t Satanic.&#8221;  Telling people what we aren&#8217;t isn&#8217;t informative. It&#8217;s also overly defensive and rather rude toward Satanism, unless you&#8217;re also planning on saying &#8220;Wicca isn&#8217;t Christian&#8221; &#8220;Wicca isn&#8217;t Jewish&#8221; &#8220;Wicca isn&#8217;t Zorotastrian&#8221; etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal Dolphin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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I agree with Phoenix.  The things you have listed here are not necessarily Wiccan,  (other than the three fold law which is included in of some versions of the Wiccan Rede - but then, some believe what you send out returns to you 10-fold, and some simply believe in the law of return, not multiplied, as Phoenix pointed out.)  

Magic and divination are practices of witchcraft - these aren&#039;t necessarily &quot;talents&quot; as they are skills that one develops.   Witchcraft is an accepted practice within the religion of Wicca, but not the central focal point, and not required to be Wiccan.  Also, one can practice witchcraft and not follow the Wiccan religion.

Read through the links that Phoenix provided as they are good for basic info on Wiccan beliefs that should be included in your report.  Also, you may want to include summaries/info about the Sabbats - the wheel of the year.


And perhaps include some examples of different Wiccan traditions (much like there are different denominations of Christianity.)  You wouldn&#039;t be able to cover them all, but you could possibly summarize a few of the more well-known traditions as examples.


Blessings.</description>
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<p>I agree with Phoenix.  The things you have listed here are not necessarily Wiccan,  (other than the three fold law which is included in of some versions of the Wiccan Rede &#8211; but then, some believe what you send out returns to you 10-fold, and some simply believe in the law of return, not multiplied, as Phoenix pointed out.)  </p>
<p>Magic and divination are practices of witchcraft &#8211; these aren&#8217;t necessarily &#8220;talents&#8221; as they are skills that one develops.   Witchcraft is an accepted practice within the religion of Wicca, but not the central focal point, and not required to be Wiccan.  Also, one can practice witchcraft and not follow the Wiccan religion.</p>
<p>Read through the links that Phoenix provided as they are good for basic info on Wiccan beliefs that should be included in your report.  Also, you may want to include summaries/info about the Sabbats &#8211; the wheel of the year.</p>
<p>And perhaps include some examples of different Wiccan traditions (much like there are different denominations of Christianity.)  You wouldn&#8217;t be able to cover them all, but you could possibly summarize a few of the more well-known traditions as examples.</p>
<p>Blessings.</p>
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		<title>By: kymm r</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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first of all you cant be christian if you want to follow the wiccan religion. Wiccans are not witches, they follow the three fold law, visions etc are abilities that some people have naturally, 
there is a lot to wicca email me if you want more info (I am a teacher of the Wiccan religion, pagan and celtic traditions)</description>
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<p>first of all you cant be christian if you want to follow the wiccan religion. Wiccans are not witches, they follow the three fold law, visions etc are abilities that some people have naturally,<br />
there is a lot to wicca email me if you want more info (I am a teacher of the Wiccan religion, pagan and celtic traditions)</p>
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