Hello!

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Lady Angelfire on October 22, 2012 at 5:09pm

Hi Heather, welcome to PS.  I'm Wiccan as well.  The best advise I can give you is just take your time, do lots of research and talk to people, and you will find where you feel the most comfortable.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Hillary on October 22, 2012 at 7:24pm

Hello Heather, just a note on the Wiccan Rede: "rede" is a Middle English word that means "council" or "advice." The Rede isn't a commandment to be followed, it's simply some wisdom to be taken into consideration. To paraphrase Captain Barbossa, it's more what you'd call a "guideline" than an actual rule. :)

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Aurelia Pontia on October 22, 2012 at 7:26pm

LOL

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Heather Rivero on October 22, 2012 at 11:28pm

I know. It's not necessarily just the Wiccan Rede that I have trouble with. I have trouble with some particular Wiccans and the way they keep shoving the way their own coven does things down my throat, as if it's the only true way of doing things.

No me gusta.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Christina on October 23, 2012 at 3:08pm

You don't have to stay with that coven. You could practice on your own. Unfortunately there is always going to be people like that, you just need to separate yourself from them and find your own path :)

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Anthony on October 22, 2012 at 8:40pm

Run from Wicca.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Victor Night on October 23, 2012 at 2:04am

I guess the question is what do you believe in, ethically or otherwise, that runs counter to Wicca?

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Heather Rivero on October 23, 2012 at 5:47pm

Well, I'm also not sure what my concept of deity is: One God and One Goddess with many facets for each? Or many different, separate gods? I'm just not sure. I have my own patron deities that have revealed themselves to me, but I don't know the precise NATURE of deity as a whole.

If that makes any sense.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Victor Night on October 24, 2012 at 1:10am

An interesting question. I always got the impression that some Wiccans would be forgiving about this sort of things, but I've also heard that some covens are kind of "our way or the highway." Which is kind of the point of a coven, establishing dogma (as much as people shy away from the "d" word, it does have value).

Did you ask your patron deities what they thought?

• ▶ Reply