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Recent content by Elfwreck

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    Question for Wiccans

    Most Wiccans either believe in the Summerlands, or reincarnation, or some combination of the two (reincarnating until you've "earned" the summerlands, or visiting the summerlands in between reincarnations.) However, in Wicca, that's not important. "What happens to the conscious mind after we...
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    To ALL Wiccas

    wcc.on.ca/faq/ has a good deal of info about "What is Wicca?" The origins are a bit blurry--those who are most knowledgeble aren't much into talking about it. (Add w-w-w-. to the front; I can't post links yet.) religioustolerance.org/wic_hist.htm has a basic overview. Wicca is understood...
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    To ALL Wiccas

    There isn't an exact definition. What a lot of dictionaries fall back on is, "any religion that isn't Christainity, Judaism, or Islam," i.e. the ones that don't follow the God of Abraham. As a definition, that's pretty worthless. It includes all the pre-JCI religions, and all the tribal...
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    To ALL Wiccas

    "Occult" means "hidden," or secret. Wicca includes a lot of what used to be hidden lore; I suppose you could call it an occult religion. Thelema's a lot more occultic these days, though. The initiatory lines of Wicca, and other pagan religious witchcraft, have many occult elements. Most of...
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    How does Paganism work?

    I found these forums through a google search (for something entirely different--some of the current topics had the keywords I was looking for) and since I know something about the subject, I figured I'd register & answer. First--paganism is not "a religion." It's a broad term covering dozens...