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Wicca!? For centuries people have dubbed devotees of faiths other than their own as heretics and infidels. Most often this is due to some misunderstanding about
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For centuries people have dubbed devotees of faiths other than their own as heretics and infidels. Most often this is due to some misunderstanding about the practices and beliefs of the offending religion. Wicca, the modern religion of witchcraft, is probably the most misunderstood of our time. Many assume it to be a religion based of devil worship and having very shallow roots, historically. Wicca is believed to have an ethical system based on self aggrandizement and egocentrism. In truth, Wicca and witchcraft have their beginnings in the earliest human beliefs and practices. The Wiccan moral system is based on the same “Golden Rule” ascribed to by the Christian layperson. As for accusations of devil worship, this is an impossibility. Wiccan theology maintains that a separate entity devoted entirely to evil cannot exist, therefore there is no devil.
Modern Wicca is based mainly on two ideas. First, humans are part of the natural, living world. Common western religious thought maintains that humans are not part of the natural world, they are above it. Humans are the masters and keepers of the earth. They have an authority and a divine right to rule lesser forms of life. Wiccans believe that while humans have great i
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In the Lascaux Mountains of France, and many other places around the world, archaeologists have discovered crude paining depicting large herds of animals. This being is ultimately good and compassionate, but this being is so far removed from humanity and of such lofty intelligence that it is beyond human comprehension. In actuality they believe in one supreme being who is omnipotent and omniscient. This is because nature itself is a duality. Often these deities are referred to in their most generalized titles of the Lord and Lady. Of course there are certain grey areas, such as using certain low consequence narcotics on a very rare basis wherein the overall effect may even promote health.
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