Wicca Anyone?

[Plain Old Petunia]

Is there anyone here of the Wiccan persuasion?

I have long been curious about the belief.

[weltschmerz]

I have a nice wicca patio set with floral cushions. Does that help?

[jemima]

Wicca me not.

[Deleted]

Wicca pedia

[chiver78]

Wiccan, no, but I do tend toward Pagan beliefs. some similarities between the two though.

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[Deleted]

Wicca one?

Hmmm.. Nah. I'll pass.

[Jaguar]

Apr 24, 2012 7:10:04 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Wiccan, no, but I do tend toward Pagan beliefs. some similarities between the two though.

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Me as well. I go for the more spiritual rather than structured. I'm into the Bhagavad-Gita right now.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

There's different levels of Wicca - some more extreme, perhaps.

Most Wiccans are into the spiritual aspect of the practice, which is more into finding your spiritual path, embracing nature, meditation, peace, etc. Many are firm believers in our spirits being reincarnated.

Many have symbols, like the Ankh, crystals, candles, incense, etc.

(Wccans are often mistaken as practicing witchcraft - which isn't the case)

(Now I miss MDW again)

[Deleted]

Mar 30, 2012 16:15:34 GMT -5 Plain Old Petunia said:

Is there anyone here of the Wiccan persuasion?

I have long been curious about the belief.

It is an interesting subject, try reading up on it.
I don't know a lot of wiccans but I do know one or two.

[diamonds]

Apr 24, 2012 12:06:52 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

There's different levels of Wicca - some more extreme, perhaps.

Most Wiccans are into the spiritual aspect of the practice, which is more into finding your spiritual path, embracing nature, meditation, peace, etc. Many are firm believers in our spirits being reincarnated.

Many have symbols, like the Ankh, crystals, candles, incense, etc.

(Wccans are often mistaken as practicing witchcraft - which isn't the case)

(Now I miss MDW again)

I agree SL, so many little things remind me of him so often. Somehow, I still feel his presence closeby. I remember when he wrote me a long note on here about Pranic Healing. It was a form of meditation and visiualization to practice on how to cut away the bad experiences from the past with imaginary scissors. You visualize long threads and cut them to little pieces and then sweep them down a hole with a broom. I'm sorry I didn't keep that PM to look back on as I deleleted a lot of his posts as I was upset with him for not replying towards the end. I regret that now.

here ya go!

[Tiny]

I know a few Pagans, I don't think any of them consider themselves Wiccan though. Two follow a Norse based tradition and the third is more Nature based. They don't usually use "wiccan" or "wicca" when refering to themselves or their beliefs.

ADDED: 'spirituality' and finding the path or the journey of life seems to be the themes my Pagan friends refer to. They seem rather unconcerned by my atheism. I think they'd say something like 'we are all on our own journey' so atheism is my journey and doesn't threaten their 'universe/world view' in any way.

[Plain Old Petunia]

I'm agnostic. A "religious" or "spiritual" belief system based on nature is the only sort which I could see accepting, at least in part. I don't know any pagans or wiccans. I have Googled about the subject, but it seems to be huge and I find it hard to digest much.

[Jaguar]

Petunia, do you do any type of meditation ? Start with some type of meditation so clears up your energy.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Good point Petunia. Something to consider POP..

Jesus said,

"If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.

Harvesting Energy From Humans
The next big thing in alternative energy: your body. Wasted energy from your movements may not be enough to power your house, but it will be charging your cellphone and more within the next decade
www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-01/harvesting-energy-humans

The human body contains enormous quantities of energy. In fact, the average adult has as much energy stored in fat as a one-ton battery

[reader79]

May 6, 2012 17:04:11 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Petunia, do you do any type of meditation ? Start with some type of meditation so clear up your energy.

Just make sure you do it skyclad

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Petunia: Modern Wicca is more a spiritual lifestyle - largely based on more ancient Pagan and Celtic rituals and/or beliefs.

This includes many things, including meditation, nature, animals, amulets, natural foods, etc.

Some people think that Wicca is witchcraft, which is untrue. (That's because some people who believe in and practice witchcraft call it Wicca - giving it a bad name).

Think of it more spiritual lifestyle - like the early Native Americans lived. There's a lot of information you can get about Modern Wicca at bookstores, or the library. There's even some good sites online with more detailed desscriptions of Modern Wicca. (Just be cautious of sites that promote Wicca as "spells and voodoo").

[Jaguar]

May 7, 2012 0:36:12 GMT -5 reader79 said:

May 6, 2012 17:04:11 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Petunia, do you do any type of meditation ? Start with some type of meditation so clear up your energy.

Just make sure you do it skyclad

I don't meditate skyclad, maybe bare feet sometimes, but that's the extent of it.

[Plain Old Petunia]

May 6, 2012 17:04:11 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Petunia, do you do any type of meditation ? Start with some type of meditation so clears up your energy.

I contemplate my existence a lot.

[Plain Old Petunia]

May 7, 2012 1:16:48 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

Petunia: Modern Wicca is more a spiritual lifestyle - largely based on more ancient Pagan and Celtic rituals and/or beliefs.

This includes many things, including meditation, nature, animals, amulets, natural foods, etc.

Some people think that Wicca is witchcraft, which is untrue. (That's because some people who believe in and practice witchcraft call it Wicca - giving it a bad name).

Think of it more spiritual lifestyle - like the early Native Americans lived. There's a lot of information you can get about Modern Wicca at bookstores, or the library. There's even some good sites online with more detailed desscriptions of Modern Wicca. (Just be cautious of sites that promote Wicca as "spells and voodoo").

Thank you, Scottish Lassie. This helps.

[Plain Old Petunia]

May 7, 2012 0:06:06 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

Good point Petunia. Something to consider POP..

Jesus said,

"If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.

Harvesting Energy From Humans
The next big thing in alternative energy: your body. Wasted energy from your movements may not be enough to power your house, but it will be charging your cellphone and more within the next decade
www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-01/harvesting-energy-humans

The human body contains enormous quantities of energy. In fact, the average adult has as much energy stored in fat as a one-ton battery

I wasn't making a point, I was asking a question.

It is unclear to me how what Jesus said could possibly be relevant to my question about Wicca.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

It's about religion POP, it's about the spirit(God) or "energy" and how it's everywhere. How realizing that you carry the spirit in you is all you need in life and that not living like this can lead to depression and angst(poverty).

[Plain Old Petunia]

May 8, 2012 23:59:56 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

It's about religion POP, it's about the spirit(God) or "energy" and how it's everywhere. How realizing that you carry the spirit in you is all you need in life and that not living like this can lead to depression and angst(poverty).

Thanks for the clarification, Ahamburger. I'm interested in what you have to say; I'm not really interested in what the Bible reports Jesus has to say. If I sounded snippy, that was why.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I didn't take it that way at all mam'. Sorry it's been a crazy few days I have meant to get back to you. Thank you for the compliment, the more we share the more we learn IMO.

IDK if you had a chance to read this tread or not, but the factual history in the story is what I find interesting...

notmsnmoney.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=religion&action=display&thread=21032