Wicca is a nature religion‚ its members do believe in the big Goddess and the big God as well as in the power of the nature. In their believes‚ everything belongs together and the whole life is a big running circle. Everything in nature and in life is worshipped. This religion itself is very young and does only exist since the first half of the 20th century‚ but the most of the believes‚ faiths and also rituals do base on very‚ very old traditions‚ that are much older than the popular big religions
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Beltane‚ or also known as Beltaine‚ May Day‚ may Eve and Celtic Summer‚ is celebrated on May 1st in the Northern Hemisphere and October 31st in the Southern Hemisphere. To the Celtics‚ this is one of the two greatest festivals‚ the other being Samhain. Beltane is a fertility festival and also a fire festival. The original Celtic meaning is “Bel-Fire” which has been traced back to the middle eastern god “Baal” which means lord. So Beltane is a celebration of the God of light or fire and also a celebration
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Comparative Witchcraft “I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too”‚ a famous quote from The Wizard of Oz‚ warns Dorothy that she cannot escape from the Wicked Witch of the West’s wrath. A threat that according to the ancient Greek and Roman authors is something to fear and while the witches of their time did not have green skin‚ they were just as horrifying. Apuleius‚ Lucan‚ and Petronius demonstrate the horrors that witches are capable of in their accounts of experiences with Magical women
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In Part One of this series we briefly examined modern and contemporary witchcraft‚ discussing some of the major beliefs of this syncretistic movement. The present article will further expound on witchcraft‚ and also critique it from a biblical‚ metaphysical‚ epistemological‚ and ethical basis. It is essential to keep in mind that this movement encompasses a wide range of practices and beliefs. Consequently some of the critiques presented in this article may require some adaptation or modification
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Orientis (OTO)‚ a magical order of which at one time Crowley held leadership. Crowley had once practiced Witchcraft‚ presumably in one of the Old George Pickingill’s covens. There is speculation that Gardner asked Crowley information about Craft rituals‚ which he might incorporate into his own. According to Patricia C. Crowther‚ wife of Crowther‚ it is known that Gardner admired and was influenced by Crowley‚ but there is no evidence suggesting that Crowley gave him any specific Craft material. Gardner
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Neo-Paganism or Wiccan‚ is said to have no official origins aside from an improvable man‚ Gerald Gardener’s collection of “historical” coven beliefs (Berger 7). Groups of Wiccans who practice their faith together‚ called covens‚ have been passing down their rituals‚ texts‚ and beliefs for hundreds of years (Berger 8). Some scholars believe that through the times of witch hunts and famine‚ many of these traditions were lost. Since Pagan has been such a hidden religion due to misconception and witch hunts‚ most
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abuse from their family and community. These‚ what nonbelievers of witchcraft view as innocent children are denounced as Satan made flesh by powerful pastors and prophetesses. Those children accused of witchcraft may be subjected to violent exorcism rituals by African Pentecostal and Charismatic pastors who mix Christianity with African witchcraft beliefs. Such exorcism may include incarceration‚ starvation and being made to drink hazardous substances. In other cases accused children are expelled and
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into some of their rituals. Belief in magic and witchcraft has been around since the beginning of time. Early man paid tribute to the gods and goddesses that ruled his world and brought healthy crops and mild winters. The idea of magic came about when things weren’t so good: It grew from the chaos that accompanied bad weather‚ sickness and shortages of food. When times were bad‚ shamans‚ medicine people‚ witches and other types of sorcerers would cast spells and perform rituals to harness the power
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place called Borg in-Nadur in Birzebbugia where this guy says the Virgin Mary appears to him every Wednesday and tells him to say the rosary so that people stop doing evil and convert. So even nowadays the concept that one can perform some sort of ritual that manipulates the future or other people’s actions is still strong and not in some remote place practiced by primitive natives but in the middle of our towns by educated
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She and the boy change shapes many times during their chase‚ she gives birth and plans to kill her infant but changes her mind and gives the baby to the sea‚ where he is later rescued. Her ritual pursuit of Gwion signifies the changing of the seasons. It comes as no surprise then‚ that transformation and rebirth are controlled by this powerful goddess. This myth finds its way to me at a most appropriate time. My dear son‚ with whom I have
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