Witchery

"We are all drawn to witchcraft; we all wish for a craft of wishing..."
Erica Jong

Witch: Pagan or Wiccan?
Answering some Questions about:
the difference between Wiccans & Pagans.

Let's start with the meaning of...
The word witch.

There are lots of views about where this word comes from and what it 'actually means', and even more books dedicated to just this subject alone. I'll let you make your own decisions as to where you think it came from.

Boiled down, a Witch is: 'A Person Of Power.'

There are unlimited numbers of 'types' of witches, and new ones are being invented every day.

There are Christian Witches who call the Quarters by naming the Arch Angels asking for their protections, There are 'Satanistic witches', (pretty self-explanatory,) who also fall under the 'Christian Witch' blanket. The powers that both types of witches invoke are all from the same universe / reality tunnel.

There are Jew-witches who utilize the Torah, and there are Voodoo practitioners (basically African/Christian witches.) There are several different types of High Magicians, (a mixture of Christian Witchery and Free-Masonry,) who don't even call themselves 'witch' but hey, they're people too. There are also Pagan Witches who use (read: mix & match,) the Pre-Christian deity forms, (of their choice,) to invoke the powers.

What is the difference between

a Pagan Witch and a Wiccan Witch?

A Pagan, (or heathen,) is someone who does Nature Worship. Pagan Witches use (read: mix & match!) the Pre-Christian deity forms, (of their choice,) to invoke the powers.

According to the established religions, a pagan, (or heathen,) is anyone who doesn't follow the established, (read: their,) religion. Kind of like the word 'infidel.' Originally the Greeks and Romans used the word Pagan (or heathen,) to call someone a 'hick' or 'redneck'. Someone who wasn't sophisticated or educated enough, to know who the Real (city) Gods were.

Wiccans are Pagans that follow the 'New Age' view, (Love & Lighters, we call them,) on top of Pre-Christian Nature Worship. These folks also tend to be 'Dianic'; strictly Goddess Worshipers, almost to the exclusion of a male god-form altogether. Don't get me wrong, there ARE Wiccans who use the Dual God / Goddess forms, but the God is usually of less importance then the Goddess.

Would a Druid be a Pagan Witch?

Yes. Just add some Celtic High Magick to the mix & toss in a few, (13 to be exact,) trees & a couple bushes & you have a Druid.

Where does 'New Age' fit in?

I personally, see 'New Age' as a type of Yuppie Magick. It's a politically correct type of paganism that is soft and gentle, non-aggressive, and safe for the masses.

The term 'New Age' comes from the phrase, 'the Age of Aquarius,' which is supposed to begin after the year 2000. It's a term coined by all those Hippies from the '60's' who were forced to join the work force. (They were in college during the '60's, and are now running the country.) Unitarian churches are 'New Age'.

I thought the New Agers believed
that the gods were in them or that they were gods?

The New Age belief system, (when boiled down,) is this: 'The Spark of Life'; that which makes something alive, (kind of like 'the Force',) is possessed by all living creatures. This is considered proof of the Soul, therefore: All Living Things have a Soul. The Soul is considered an extension, (a spark) of the Divine, so therefore: All Living Things are Divine and should be respected and treated as such. The Earth is considered a Living and conscious Entity in her own right, therefore Divine and worshipped as such.

I myself subscribe to this belief, though I express it differently from the average New Ager. For example, I eat meat.

Many, many pathways...

Not all of them are in the Light, but all of them, even the 'established' ones all agree that "...there is Something out there. We are Not alone..."

My view is that the 'God/dess' (or the Force,) is kind of like a huge multi-faceted crystal. Everyone stands in a different place from everyone else, so everyone's point of view is Different because of where they are standing. One person sees one color (or Mask of the Divine,) while someone else sees a different color (or Mask of the Divine,) from their angle. This doesn't make their view Wrong, just Different.

The Divine is Still the Divine, whether He is male with a long white beard, wearing white robes and sitting on a throne in the clouds, or She is a huge black woman cradling the world in her belly.

It is your right to believe as you see fit. 

No one has the right to tell you that your belief in the Divine is wrong. No One.

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