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Post by garrett on Oct 10, 2011 9:43:36 GMT -5
what does it mean to be a witch in this day and age? curious..... we're a pretty tolerant group of diversified rednecks here...smiles hoping this topic isn't too controversial? but lotsa intrest i think? will be watching this one with a careful eye.kinda a litmus test..... if it gets too hot i'll pull the plug...smilles.... if anybody wants to share? never saw this openly discussed before in a forum....? ;D
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Post by w8n4dave on Oct 10, 2011 15:45:57 GMT -5
What does it mean?? If you ask me it's the lady across the street that screams dirty words to her 10 year old kid constantly!! Loud enuf for the whole neighborhood to hear! Now if she isn't a witch then what is?? She also screams and hollers at her husband all the time to. While she sits in here chair and doesn't help either one of them do anything, she just screams and hollers and cusses at them.
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Post by mythkat on Oct 13, 2011 16:40:17 GMT -5
Usually when someone says they are a witch they are Wiccan, which is an earthbased belief. Paganism is the broad term that encompasses earthbased beliefs. Most of us don't refer to our beliefs as a religion but a craft, something you keep practicing. We are all quite different. My craft is goddess oriented with her consort the horned god (more like a stag, not the devil). The group I am loosely associated with has lots of pot lucks and celebratory rituals. Yes we cast spells but that isn't really any different than praying or wishing. We're focusing our energy and asking a higher power for help. We try to live by "do as you will but harm none." We're not looking for converts and we don't have issues with other's beliefs. Mostly we try to improve life around us by helping people, animals, improving the land, making as little impact as possible on our environment, and connecting with the divine. But as with any large group there are always some who take a negative path. Most of us are pretty average, boring in my case. This is just my perspective, another pagan would probably explain it completely differently. Celebrate the differences. ;D
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Post by auntyemerald on Oct 13, 2011 17:07:58 GMT -5
Well I am one of those folks who does take exception at people mistaking the witch for the word bitch--they are not interchangeable!!! While Witch is acceptable, I also like Wiccan. I don't care for the word pagan tho.. to me it brings up the idea that we are less than civilized folks. Just cuz there are times I like to wear my sky clothes does not mean I am a backwards ignorant person!! But I loves you all anyhooo! ;D
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Post by mythkat on Oct 13, 2011 17:28:52 GMT -5
See, just as many explainations as witches. lol ;D
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 22, 2011 9:03:36 GMT -5
What does it mean?? If you ask me it's the lady across the street that screams dirty words to her 10 year old kid constantly!! Loud enuf for the whole neighborhood to hear! Now if she isn't a witch then what is?? She also screams and hollers at her husband all the time to. While she sits in here chair and doesn't help either one of them do anything, she just screams and hollers and cusses at them. No she's just a witch with a capital B
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 6:18:41 GMT -5
FWIW catching witches was a very profitable buisiness for the inquisition. The inquisitor and the local duke split up the estate. Sorta like the nursing home industry today.
It helped if you were old and female, and owned your own house...
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Post by leasure0911 on Jan 10, 2012 15:37:31 GMT -5
Whereas I won't classify myself as a 'member' of any religion, I have done quite a bit of studying on the topic of religion and have many friends that are Pagan. Like Mythcat said, this a broad term. There are many 'sub-categories', although Wiccan being the predominant. Paganism can encompass a wide varying of 'old world' beliefs that span the entire globe. Anything from Native American religions, old Norse, Celtic, Egyptian, etc. Basically, a polytheistic religion and often a focus on Nature/natural explanations.
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Post by garrett on Jan 15, 2012 4:36:07 GMT -5
interesting.......
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Post by geminijim on Jan 19, 2012 15:22:49 GMT -5
"Witch" comes from the same root as "wise" and "wizard." 20th century occultists used the old Anglo-Saxon word "Wicca" distinguish their practice from the modern sinister connotations of "witch," but others have embraced and reclaimed the modern word. "Pagan" comes from the Latin for country-dwellers, who were the last to convert to Christianity in the late Roman Empire. The word stuck to refer to anyone who wasn't part of the Abrahamic religions. Modern nature-based traditions are often called "neo-pagan." "Heathen" has a similar history in English.
If you're interested in exploring the subject further, Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler is a great book.
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Post by garrett on Jan 23, 2012 3:07:05 GMT -5
thanks jim.
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