From:    Grendel                                Area: Night Side
To:      The Moonshadow                          3 Aug 92 22:51:00
Subject: "Fuzzy Bunny Wiccans"                  UpdReq 

 > |NF> the heavy morality that many wiccan groups put of their
 > |NF> members is not much different than run-o-the-mill
 > actually, i think it is.  i believe they are that way because they're
 > not sure what they're doing, so they're terrified of doing something
 > wrong.  imho, this is why they deny their dark sides, never thinking
 > that this attitude may be as "wrong" as exercising it.
 Sorry to but in here, guys, but there is only so much BS that I can tolerate. 
I am not a practicing Wiccan anymore but I am trained and I am around them 
more than a bit. You guys are generalizing more about them than they do about 
magicians. I, personally, know plenty of Wiccans who work with the "Dark" 
side of their natures and dark gods. Not everyone out there is superficial 
and smurf loving. Can you keep this in mind while you bash their religion on 
a network that they helped found?

 -= Grendel =-
 P.S. I'm Asatru (Germanic pagan) if you are wondering. I also happen to be 
pretty ecelectic when it comes to magical work. That's why I am in the 
"Ceremonial" echoes.


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From:    Grendel                                Area: Night Side
To:      The Moonshadow                          3 Aug 92 22:53:00
Subject: Wiccans.                               UpdReq 

 > having run into many wiccan wannabees, i agree with yer statement
 > about form vs. substance.  most of the questions i've heard from them
 > are along the lines of "how do you do...?"  i really hate to sound
 > like a nike ad, but with the exception of a few precautions (& those
 > are usually subjective), just do it!!
 Funny, in the Thelema echo in the last few months, most of the people there 
were agreeing that the Wiccans tend to do a lot more actual ritual while the 
ceremonialists like to sit around and BS about the Qabalah forever. Go figure.

 -= Grendel =-


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