Wicca

There have been many published descriptions of Wicca Cults throughout history. Wicca cults are also called “covens”, which are groups of people who believe in a type of magic-as-religion culture. Their worship is polytheistic, and always includes a concept of a Goddess or God as being close to the ultimate level of…

Negative Views by Brandy Mearnic Scientology Cross First, I want to start with my view of the Scientology cross and how I feel about it. I have never been too fond of either the Scientology cross or the religion itself. Why? Because not one single member of the religion believe in vaccinations and it appears that they have very strict rules that include that no one can practice the religion unless they are strictly a member of the religion. I have a problem with both. I am an advocate for…

it means. "Rede is an archaic word meaning, among other things, "counsel" and "advice". It is cognate with Dutch "Rede" and German Rat/raten. Today, the word rede is most often used by Neopagans, especially by followers of Wicca and Ásatrú. Some use the word to refer to a friend." wikipedia, Trede author unknown, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rede Some Other famous redes that are not known to be redes are the ten comments, the golden rules,Code of Hammurabi, the Vedas,…

Lecturing to a freshman-year college religion class, a professor posed the above question to the students. While the majority of the class scoffed and immediately responded with a resounding “no, of course not,” one of the students, Scarlet Decker, hesitantly agreed. She did not necessarily believe in the corporeal manifestation of Witches in the physical world, but rather approached the concept in the context of her belief in the power of thoughts. In the case of magical manifestations, if…

As a representative of Witchcraft and Paganism many of these little misconceptions really irritate me , at times they seem so small and at other times they are so big that I feel like my head is going to explode. Many of these misconceptions are passed around from group to group , solitary to solitary , coven to coven , book to book , word of mouth to mouth .Most of these misconceptions people take as they are truth , and the law of the ways , and they simply are not , they can be…

There are many cultures across the globe that still believe in superstitions, witchcraft, traditional healing, and magic. These beliefs expand throughout generations in some cultures and traditions. Many superstitions are rooted in the belief of old magic and the mystical healing properties of animals and medical herbs. Numerous superstitions were developed to explain events or situations that occurred out of fear of the unknown. These ideas enlightened individuals about why things happened, and…

The word witchcraft sounds like witches casting their mysterious spells. In reality, according to a Professor of International Studies, Robert Priest and his article On the Meaning of the Words “Witch,” “Witchcraft,” and “Sorcery”, he claims, “Under...not only the traditional healer...who has used a charm or amulet...identified as practicing “witchcraft” — and may be suspected of what witches traditionally are thought to do, bringing harm and death to others.” Priest mentions the comings of the…

“Win the Fiery Antidote”: a Feminist Approach to Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market In a time when women did not have major roles in literature or their daily lives, Christina Rossetti’s powerful poem Goblin Market is published to empower women of the Victorian Era. This poem is about two sisters, Lizzie and Laura, who live alone in the middle of the woods. They go into the woods every day to get water from the river, where they encounter goblin men selling fruits. After Laura tries…

Witchcraft means “Craft of the Wise Ones” and is also known as the “Old Religion”. Its practices can be traced to Neolithic (“Stone Age”) cave paintings. In early times, the Witch was the local lawyer, psychiatrist, and doctor. The field of modern medicine can trace its origins to the herbal medicines of the Witch. Witchcraft is a nature religion, not unlike the shamanism of the Native Americans. As the concepts of male and female exist through-out life — indeed, are necessary to create it —…

Some Pagans, treat Satanists/Luciferians as if they are not Pagan. They do not put us in the same category as them. For some Pagans, not all, they do not believe in the existence of Satan/Lucifer and/or assume all Satanists are the same (Atheistic Satanists, such as LaVeyan). Pagan describes all non-Abrahamic religions, and all spirits not associated with Jehovah. Light workers are not associated with Satanism or Paganism in any form. Satan is of the Dark, and Jehovah is of the Light. Jehovah…