... DNA wouldn't matter in many cases as clans of our ancestors accepted many outsiders ( not direct ancestors through genes ) as there own family ie ... by...
Is it prejudice, or is it focus? For me, it's focus. There is so much to learn about the real Northern Tradition without bringing in stuff that may not be...
Yet you use a genetic argument to push this. Which strikes me as being inconsistent. That's why I made the point that I don't really know my ancestry. This...
-- Actually Wicca dates to about the 1930s and 40s. Asatru goes back to .....1972. So its technically older. They are both modern attempts to recreate old...
Hello Jake It pays not to make assumptions about other people´s knowledge. I know the origins of Ásatrú and Wicca. I also know the origins of some Ásatrú...
Hi all - group owner here! Haven't posted a lot...well....at all lately! I'm involved in so many things at the moment that I didn't feel I could keep the...
Usually, when I see the diatribe about how modern Wicca is, it tells me two things. • This person is referring to a book by Ronald Hutton called "Triumph of...
... Hi MG, That'll be the skyclad bit ? :-) I've read Hutton's books, and they seem to me to be the most objective accounts that I've seen about the UK...
Jake, You've got some very good points there. My angle on this is that yes, pioneers such as Gerald Gardner did some very important work back then, however, we...
Steinn, thats an interesting point, and yes I agree with you there. Trouble is I've long had this gut feeling that the real Celts had a fierce warrior spirit...
You're absolutely right Steinn, but I prefer to communicate with people who are courageous enough to revere these deities you mention rather than merely just...
... Hi MG, That'll be the skyclad bit ? :-) He he - made me giggle :-) I think you're right - Wicca should be about getting an idea of what our ancestors...
Quite right Robin - I think Gerald's original 'blueprint' was a bit heavy on the ceremony - Doreen Valiente bought a bit of the spontenaity (highly dubious...
Hello Jake It took me a while to find this. It's from another list. And then, of course, there's Von List. It's a mistake to assume that the USA is the...
Hello Anna May This is well-said and I agree with you. However, I have more than once found myself confronted by Wiccans who tried to 'convert' me because they...
So this is me filling out the intro email ;) 1. Are you a practising pagan? If so, give details (providing this doesn't contravene any oaths you have taken)...
This is my two cents (as usual, change given upon request!) I feel that asatru or wicca is not for everyone. It takes a person with a special calling to it. ...
And how many followers did he have? Look at his burial for an example.... If you want to stay in Australia. you can go back even FURTHER than Rud Mills. Look...
I concur with this completely, far too many Wiccans have a huge ego thing going on. And whats with this 'Pagan fashion week' that goes round in Wiccan circles?...
Absolutely Robin - this was one of the things that I found really odd about Wicca. Fine if people want to go along the lines 'All gods are one god and all...
... some Pagan magazines photos as to who can be the most voluptuous looking 'gothic' witch, complete with lush velvet, bright red lipstick, jet black hair and...
I always find Wiccans are very focussed on themselves and what they refer to as 'the burning times' and go on and on about persecution and are then the biggest...
Hi All This is the first time I have posted to this group but feel I had to put in my ‘two penny worth’. I am very; very happily hand fasted to a wiccan...
I know I'm kind of butting in here (sorry), but that's one aspect of wicca I just couldn't stomach - if the parts of the Masculine Divine and Feminine Divine...
You're quite right - it does seem to be the way things are going with a lot of Wiccan groups and I honestly couldn't say why that would be. When I was...
Hi there, Why name them Gray Goose(gús) (Grau Gaus)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Goose_Laws Being naturalist could it be because the fact we receive...
I think the name refers to the farm at which the laws were first written down..either that or the fact that the Xian faith 'migrated' across the Atlantic in...
