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Subject:  Re: There are many different branches of Wicca |
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Author: Anonymous |
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Date Posted: 00:29:39 07/21/10 Wed In reply to: 's message, "Re: There are many different branches of Wicca" on 00:01:23 07/21/10 Wed Hope everyone is having a wonderful Summer so far. Just thought I'd bring up these articals about the different Wicca branches since its been a while and for those whom might not have had the chance to read them. May everyone be blessed with happiness, love, and health. May our farm fields and gardens bring in boutiful crops this year. ~ Autumn Silver Sky already know. What type of Wicca does one want to Witchcraft in which some new students may or may not >>practice? This is where one really has to do their >>homework. One MUST take the time to do research on >>thier own to figure this one out. Here are many >>examples of the different branches of Wicca and >>Witchcraft: >> >>1. Gardnerian Wicca >>2. Alexandrian Wicca >>3. Dianic Wicca >>4. Eclectic Wicca >>5. Georgian Wicca >>6. Celtic Wicca >>7. 1734 Wicca >>8. British Traditional Druidic Witchcraft...NOT TO BE >>CONFUSED WITH THE DRUID RELIGION. >>9. Chaos Magic >>10. Faery Wicca >>11. Hereditary Witchcraft >>12. Kitchen Witch(Hedge Witch) >>13. Pecti-Wita >>14. Seax-Wica >>15. Strega >>16. Teutonic/Nordic >>17. Sylvan Tradition >>18. Shamanism >>19. Solitary >>20. Witta >> >>There probably are more out there but I just wanted to >>type out a few. Over time I will give a brief >>explanation of each Group. >>Let's start with Gardnerian Wicca: >> >>Gardnerian Wicca was founded by Gerald Gardner, a >>British Civil Servant, in the 1950's after England >>repealed the laws making witchcraft illegal. This >>obviously opened the door for Gardner to become more >>open. Gardner initiated Doreen Valiente into his coven >>as well as Alex Sanders. With Doreen's help they >>reshaped and restructured the covens with a lot of >>influences by the teachings of Charles Godfrey Leland >>and in time took on simularities of Italian Witchcraft >>as well as creations of their own workings. This >>tradition is mainly coven based and follows an >>extremely traditional path with a hierarchical grade >>structure unsuitable for solitary practice. Today it >>still adheres to the old time values of secrecy and >>new initiates are pledge to take oath upon initation. >>In Gardnerian Wicca there are sexual over tones, they >>prefer to go skyclad during circle rituals...meaning >>to go nude. This tradition focuses on the God and >>goddess who are equally balanced and they do celebrate >>the 8 sabbats as well as esbats. Gardner considered >>the occult witchcraft practiced in England to be the >>remnants of ancient earth-based worship system and his >>wiccan tradition was his attempt to restore that >>ancient religious system. Gardnerian Wicca was brought >>to America around approximately 1963 with the help of >>Raymond Buckland. Today Wicca and other traditions are >>on the rise due to many different reasons. The Elders >>in this Country over the years have been fighting very >>hard to receieve the same rights and laws as other >>religions in America. >> >>Finally, a ruling made by our government is allowing >>to recognize the pentagram as one of the many religion >> symbols that will be allowed on grave stones for our >>brave fallen soldiers whom are Wiccan, Pagans, >>neo-Pagans, Druids, Witches...etc. whom fought in wars >>past and present. Before April 2007 the Government >>recognized 38 religion symbols but refused to >>acknowledge the pentagram as one of them, until now. >>I'm very glad to see this was finally done. >> >>I will post more on the different branches of Wicca >>over a period of time. They will be under this section >>so you'll have to click on each "reply" to read them. >> >>Blessed Be, >>~ Autumn Silver Sky [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |