Wow...she is just soaking in New Age-y jargon. 'Once you are free of the limited brain-mind'? I think I'd need illegal substances for that...
She says, 'Astonishingly, it appears that the building blocks that make up atoms are not really particles at all. They are nothing more than energy...
Got one here! XD
Since you're just starting out, Taylor, I'll recommend the authors I turned to when I started walking the path: Scott Cunningham gives an excellent overview of just what Wicca is 'all about', while Starhawk is a very respected Pagan author, specializing in goddess religions and...
There are lots of possible reasons to start, but the primary reason was simple:
Land.
In most cases, the supposed 'witches' were widows, and the land that they owned was, typically, a widow's inheritance or a gift.
When the witch was inevitably found 'guilty', the land was returned to the...
From what I understand of that path (which is, I admit, remarkably little), the idea of 'we are our own gods' is more of a metaphor -- it's kind of saying 'we are, in our own way, ultimately responsible for our own existance'.
It's not a 'literal' belief that we're gods; it says instead (and...
I became Wiccan after I embraced pacifism. I've always had a problem with sticking to my convictions, and I worried that, unless I had some motivating factor to 'ground' me in what I believe, I would just leave it behind in a few months.
It can, indeed, be dangerous -- most Wiccans believe in a form of 'karmic payback' for our actions; if it's 'dark' in intent, then watch out, because karma wears steel-toes! :)
Now, not all Wiccans are 'nice' people -- but neither are all Christians, or members of other faiths.
We generally...
Guilty as charged -- I was a 'scratchy badger' in my younger days, muttering dire imprecations about 'fluffy bunnies' and 'wanna-bes'.
Luckily, I grew out of that phase.
I consider 'fluffy bunnies'to be 'learners' -- and especially so in the case of teenagers, who are heavily influenced by...
I wear mine to work, under my shirt. It's enough to know that it's there, reminding me of my commitment to the Gods.
Wearing it in the open would make many people uncomfortable -- while we've recieved a fair amount of exposure in the past few years (particularly with Roberta Stewart's...