Merry meet everyone ^.~!! I'm setting up this thread as a haven for those on this site who are Wiccan (as I have found there are more then I thought). So if you want to ask a question or just discuss the religion feel free to come and talk! I too have questions so please join us!!

Blessed Be everyone!!!

Warning! All those who oppose the religion Wicca or feel the sudden urge to post in this thread anything insulting of Wiccas or the religion please shove the impulse back down cause it will not be tolerated. This is a thread to have calm and friendly talk not an area for debate. If you really do have the need to ask insulting questions ask in pm, but do not post them here! You know... just don't slam religions at all. Friendly area!! ^.^

BiWiccanAndProud

lol ya, really i find the reason behind the bunny really funny XD but it is nice to know. I wondered all the time when I was growing up mormon why there was a bunny on that day. I told my sister though and she said I was lying >.<

Roy02780

Merry Meet all.
I am a wiccan that started out on my own. I taught myself. read every book that i could get my hands on. I live Im Ma. and In my Area there is a very large following. I am of the Saligon tradition with its lineage is the Cabot tradition. I was a solitary for like 5 years but was around the Salgion Coven members so when i felt i needed to know more and needed to see a ritual i got my self invited to there open circles. I went to them all for ab out a year until i felt i was ready and that i found out enough about the coven to actually join. My Advise is not too join just any coven. research it out fully. get to know the people involved it them. Anyone can call them a high preistest or Hi priest . Be leary of anyone that asks for money to join. There usually are coven dues but they are like 5 bucks a month and used for supplies within the coven. There are a lot of people out there trying to make a quick buck by teaching classes when the best teacher is yourself. you know what feels right and you know what you should be doing. HARM NONE. is what you should base all your magick on. Which means do as you want as long as you are not Manipulating anyone or hurting anyone. and the self gain thing is perfectly ok. just ask for only what you need and dont be greedy because greed comes with a cost as well. I hope this helps.

Roy02780

That is nonsense, All wiccans have family that are not wiccan and of course we induldge in Christmas ( yule) and easter (ostara) Hollowen (saimhain) .Actually were lucky we have two holidays per there one. Party party. and if you read a lot of books all these holidays All these holidays were orig pagan holidays but they changed the name to easter and christmas when the Catholic religion was formed. as a matter of fact there symbol was a star . On some old churches you will even see gogoyles and other pagan symbols. most of the really old churches were built by pagans.

Synnen

Roy...I never said spells didn't work.

I said they didn't work like they do in the movies and that people should be VERY wary of who they're asking to do spells for them, and who they are doing spells for.

Please read more carefully.

I've been a practicing witch, both solitary and in covens, for the last 15 years. I've read, I've worked with different covens, and I've learned a LOT over the years.

Roy02780

im sorry i must have missunderstood or mabey i read it to fast. my bad. your right they don't work like they do in movies. but you know i find the more you know the harder it is to work a spell. to many factors. i remember when i first started out. they worked like a charm but the more factors you add to them the harder they are to work. Do you find that the more you know the harder it is to work a spell?

Synnen

Aside from self protection, Circle casting, purifying, and banishing spells---I hardly work them anymore.

I've had a couple backlash on me with unintended results--bad phrasing on my part in the casting. I've had one where Karma was a b!tch to me. And while I've had many successful spells, I just find the effort of most spells isn't worth it. Simple spells are easy, I can whisk most of those off with barely a thought and a phrased word--disspelling, self-protection (like Mirror spells), cleansing (basic stuff, on myself and others), good-will (like blessing the guy in the car that cut me off with a better day)--stuff like that is easy.

When I want a pretty specific outcome, though--that's where I fumble. Too many thoughts, and you're restricting the scope and power of the spell. Too few thoughts on it, and it's basically uncontrollable--you end up unleashing any doubts you have along with the spell, and since you KNOW what can go wrong with it, you end up having doubts of some kind even if you try not to.

So...I've learned that words and elbow grease tend to work better most of the time for the kinds of things that people always want you to cast spells for--money, love, fame, blah blah blah.

I've gotten to the point where when my friends ask me for a spell as a boost for whatever--aside from "I'm having a really bad day can you just send some good energy my way"--I just have a series of small amulets I cast the equivalent of a self-confidence spell on, and give THAT to them. They then have more faith that they can do it, and so they DO do it.

Roy02780

I never have done a spell for anyone. it only works good when you have the need for it and i really dont have the need or the feelings to work a spell for anyone else. and i agree with you fully. i dont do spells anymore either. i find its to much work. simple ones are ok but ive also had a bad outcome on a spell that went bad. we learn from out mistakes...

LostCity

Wiccan and proud here also!!! FYI!!!