Facebook Note 6

For Those Facebookers Who are Interested in Pagansim and Wiccaby Witchie Vee on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 10:39pm
This is a note on those who are interested in Paganism and Wicca.

What is Paganism and Wicca?

Part One

First I personally don’t see how Eclectic Paganism and Wicca differ. I always see myself as Pagan, but only sometimes Wiccan. (reason I will post later)All Wiccans are Pagans, but not all Pagans are Wiccans. There are Native American Paths, Shamanism, Druidry, Native Austrialian and African Paths. Voodoo, and Pagan Paths of South America, some call Buddhism and Hinduism Pagan.

The Pagan Path I am talking about the most common when someone refers to themselves as Pagan or Wiccan. Is a Nature- Based Path, Spirituality and maybe Religion.

We see Nature as Sacred, and Earth Based Pagans honor the Wheel of the Year, following the Suns Cycle, aka the Solar Calendar, called Sabbats, right now we are in Ostara, the Spring Equinox, following that will be Mayday, then Litha(Midsummer, Summer Solstice), the Lammas, then Mabon (Fall Equinox), then Samhaim, then Yule (Winter Solstice) then Imbolc.. Following the Sun in her time in the Thriving, Living Season and then her Resting Time…

Some may follow and celebrate the Moon Cycle, Esbats. In my practice I have just started on the Esbats but personally dislike the Full Moon, you DO NOT need to FOLLOW me in that belief. In Paganism you have Power to Believe all you want as long as its positive and respectful towards life and harms none. Nature speaks to us differently and the Gods as well. I like Celebrating the New Moon for Beginnings, My Two Witchie Moons (Crescent), and the Dark Moon for reflection.

The Gods of Paganism and Wicca.

If the Nature path calls to you, but you don’t want to work or believe in the Gods that’s fine, you can be an Atheist Pagan. But I don’t think you can be an Atheist Wiccan.

The Gods of Paganism and Wicca, are whatever you want them to be, it can be simple as referring to God as Source, but most of the time it is in a God and Goddess form. Honoring the Duality and both Sexes. Or Duality in a more Polytheistic Form (a belief in more than one, for me its more than two Gods) I honor and believe in the Polytheistic form, and call on such.

There is No Evil God in Paganism and Wicca. No person to blame for our mistakes but ourselves.



The Ethics in Paganism. And Communicating with the Gods of your Choosing… next