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When I first initiated myself, I thought my path was Wicca and I wrote to Raymond. He sent me back a hand written letter - personally addressed to me - and I was extremely impressed by that! Since then (it was 14 years ago) I have taken to calling myself Pagan as I feel it's more of how I view myself and beliefs. Either way, we are on the same path! Blessed Be and thank you for posting! )O(
I must admit that I do not ALWAYS agree with Buckland's views but...he was my first read on Wicca...Gods, that was at least 16 or 17 years ago. My first book on Wicca was Bucklands good ol' Big Blue Book as I call it. He really is an excelent writer and has a great personality...even if some of his older rituals were a little dry, hehe. Love your works Raymond! Would recommend him to any beginner...along with other authors like Scott Cunningham
Notice when the camera man talks raymond buckland has a look of 100% focus. straight silence. " THE CHRISTAINS who will never except anything but their own beliefs." yes this gets annoying specialy when they try to tell you ur going to hell for not beliving their nonsense.
Raymond Buckland is amazing. i agree with what he said about fluffy bunnies and the dilution of the religion, it does seem after the first few months of my research into the religion, nothing new came out but spells, and it becomes very solitary because almost everyone i run into seems to be only in it for the spell casting, and i'm in it for the spirituality and nature. oh well. thanks for posting this, made me smile
I never cease to be amazed by the closed minds of such well worded people! There are plenty of traditional elements to ANY religion- dress, holidays, ect- so who is anyone to judge anything that anyone does? Who cares if you wear robes? Its so immaturley materialistic to judge something like that!!! Spirituality is found within yourself- not in a robe, spell, church, on a cross or brochure etc-
@jakariDarkstar I was thinking more on the lines of having a war and wipe your kind out, before you wipe us all out, trust me, not all of us pagans are innocent fluffy bunnies, some of us will cut off your balls if you mess with us.....
@elguerreromuisca You would be fun to play with. We could both get knives and seal ourselves in a cage and carve each other up like christmas turkeys ;)
I didn't say I have a problem with pagans. I have a problem with wiccans. Wiccans. You have a nice one.
@jakariDarkstar know my frien, that even thought Im asatruar, Iknow some wiccans that will cut you into pieces for saying stupid stuff like that.........remeber its not the religion, its the stupid fluffy bunnies that are ruining paganism....
@elguerreromuisca they'd have a hell of a hard time trying. and I didn't say anyone was ruining paganism. My issue is with those twits calling themselves wiccans who feel the urge to try to claim a title that isn't theirs and then try to insult me for correcting them and then turn around and try to denounce my own lineage despite documented proof. THOSE are my problem. and this twit is simply helping to further it with his stupidity. Now you have a nice day. Bye bye
You guys know that this Wicca stuff is bullshit right? Wicca is made up, like Christianity and all other religions, so you'd be doing better just avoiding them all.
Fair enough. I'll rephrase - Wiccans' beliefs are delusional, and we can demonstrate that the potions, spells, invocations, whatever, do not work. As far as the theology itself goes, it's just more religious nonsense. In that sense, it's no different from Christianity.
...but at the same time, it's not Christianity, and that's why teenagers are drawn into this particular religion; rebellion. And sadly, that's not just a stereotype of this religion.
@EikC ok, what did I just tell you? I said don't comment....but what you said is fair enough. You see the nice thing about Wiccans is we really don't give a damn what people believe in or for that matter what they think of Wicca. That's cause we're nothing but a vast sea of teenagers...that's why we don't care. Didn't you know adults are not allowed in our silly little religion? And also we dance naked around bonfires smothered in peanutbutter aaaand we talk to little pixies..yaaaaaah!
Do you prefer crunchy or smooth peanut butter in your communion with the Lord and Lady? I find the crunchy goes well with the ritual jam.
On a more serious note...have you noticed that teenagers who say "I don't care" actually do. It's the ones that don't talk about it that really don't care! :)
@EikC I have to agree with you to some extent. I don't follow any religion, but I've always been interested with wicca. Personally, I don't beleive in any of this stuff but I think wicca is more positive than christianity, as the messages are not as confused and muddled as those in the bible, and I think its guidlines are good rules to live ones life by: respect for nature and other beings etc. Still, I personally most of it is the same kind of nonesense we've been seeing for thousands of years.
That's where it gets a bit devious, because religions all have some of this stuff. Christianity in particular has a nice gig going for it where it claims that Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek. Be that as it may, Jesus also commanded his enemies slaughtered. But they focus on the good stuff. What a lot of people forget is that there are superior alternatives like humanism. But humanism isn't a religion, so it doesn't have millions of dollars and people to spread itself likewise.
I'd have to dissagree with the "That's why teenagers are drawn to [Wicca]" statement. That's why MANY are. As a teenager, I was never informed that Witchcraft was in any way evil or rebellious...I'd never heard of it!
I wasn't a Christian ether, I was raised in a non-religious house, and a liberal school. My reasons for my new found Paganism were much more peaceful than that when I was 14! As for spells, no, they don't "work", they bring focus to the mind. Ever heard of Tea Ceremony?
I wish you had asked him about The Magick of Chant-O-Matics book. There's no explanation for it anywhere, really. Why does it work? What is going on? I came to believe it was like the chaos magick principle at work for a time, but have since lost interest in chaos magick theory since it doesn't really make sense to me. Many people have used Chant-O-Matics with GREAT success who weren't even trying and didn't even believe. For me, I got a phone call about a job DURING my first chat (for a job!).
raymond buckland. how could anyone be involved in wicca or witchcraft and not have a special place in their heart for ray buckland.. may he live till hes 200 years old!
Greetings alexei. Witchcraft if like our form of prayer, to simplify the explanation a lot. Just as with more "traditional" prayers, it doesn't work if you don't believe in the person you're asking for assistance.
I'll agree that the Anne Rice version of vampires doesn't exist, but there are a culture of people who refer to themselves as vampires. I assure you, they do exist. They do not, however, fly, turn into bats, or grow big fangs, and they most certainly have a pulse.
Ah, yes. I'm sure that no person, having suffered great pain, loss or trials, has been comforted by prayer. No person has ever felt that someone was listening to them and found solace.
It would be far more accurate to say that you have never felt comfort or solace. Or perhaps that you have, but felt betrayed at a crucial point. By your language, indicative of anger or animosity, I would hazard a guess that you probably fall into the latter category. Please keep your anger and doubt to yourself.
Grandma was not a Witch, my Aunt and dad were though! :)
I suppose in some ways I am a fundie Wiccan because I believe certain things that I wont budge on and get upset when I meet other Wiccans who dont believe as I do-lol, but the difference is you will rarely hear me tell them so...
I love his books are great I just ordered Spirit Communications I think it's very important to get knowledge from older people because no matter what you will still learn something from it.
I am also the only wiccan in my family and I have to say it's a bit hard .
And as far as dress goes: I think it's the height of flakiness to feel the need to dress in medieval costume when doing pagan things. Is one's religion dependent upon one's clothing? I should hope not! I think the medieval costumes make all Wiccans and all pagans look like children playing at dressing up for halloween!
Give me 21st century clothing all the way, thanks.
To me, its an honour to get to see the actual raymond buckland, but to be honest he looks more like a martini type sophisticated james bond, then a wiccan.
@Blackmage: friend, my rhetorical question was really directed to pilsforboys, who suggested that the way Ray is dressed here, and the way his hair and beard look, is not a "Wiccan look". I knew that there's no guides/restrictions on styles of dress. Me, I actually prefer to stay FAR AWAY from medieval gear unless I'm doing re-enactments, which of course one certainly doesn't have to be a pagan to do. Make sense?
@pilsforboys There are more Martini Wiccans than there are Floaty Dress Wiccans, I'd wager...they are stealthy and subtle and just get on with things.
I am of the floaty dress variety, but that's not to say I don't go undercover in the office!
@loquatiousbadger People are surprised by my appearance as they expect me to dress in black, "flow-y" clothing and wear thick eye-liner. When they see a girl dressed in blue jeans and *gasp* white tank tops (in the Summer, respectably) and little make-up, they are taken aback when they see my Pentacle - which I wear proudly! I just got a compliment on my Pentacle last night while I was at a Wal-greens of all places! lol
Wear your floaty dresses proudly! Blessed be! )O(
Life's too short not to own gothy stuff as well *hehe*. I'm a part-time goth...part-hippy part Fashionista! (I still buy Grazia!). Schizophrenic..no. Well dressed....that's subjectice but I think I look fab, and that's what counts!
wow, under 16,000 veiws... Buckland is the godfather of wicca in the usa, people should know where the foundations of organized wicca came about, gardner, etc. Too many fluffy bunnies out there shadowing the real "wisemen/women" out there. Damn charmed & harry slaughter they blind side the ignorant, oblivious & bring a supernatural 'otherworldly' veiw to good homely magic. Like Ray says "witchcraft is getting diluted to the point where it doesn't really MEAN anything." Sad, yet shamefully true.
there is nothing wrong of obtaining money from magick teaching, its a vocation in life, if priests and preachers do it, why shouldnt sorcerers, withces and magicians do it?????
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Ahh "Dr" Raymond Buckland....a lost and misguided soul...wait a minute...he's cashing in on the Wiccan market by selling books and who knows what else! Misguided? Maaaaybe not! Exxxcelent!
Putting out info is not necessarily "cashing in..." As for Buckland being misguided, I'd say that he does not seem to misguided to me, since that would be to say that there is only one path. They did more research on their books then other books I have read.
RE: demarcor's statement: "Ahh "Dr" Raymond Buckland....cashing in on the Wiccan market by selling books and who knows what else!"
Ah, nice to see that someone is carrying on the old Christian perspective on simony! That has no place in the Craft. The Craft is not Christian. It has nothing to do with Christianity. Witches are Witches, period.
Introducing JESUS The Second Adam The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God For the Messiah also suffered for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty Jesus saith I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I agree, way to many "pop" witches now. I met so many since I began practicing and read so many books it's insane. It would make make someone find another path to not be associated with such. We need more passion like Bucklands.
Who knows genuine information about whether our notorious friend Crowley conspired with Gardner to create a religion (an often lucrative venture) and that the lack of female presence in the renaissance is disturbing? I think Buckland is a man to venerate the femine principle and laud him for it, but this story, which appeared in the BOOK OF LIES says Wicca is the OTO. I make no accusations I am just interested to see if any of you are perspicacious. Blessed be.
Oh, people, please listen to Uncle Bucky and find a way to stop watering Witchcraft down to the point where it's become meaningless, as he describes here. Use the word "Witch." Stop calling it "Wicca" because in modern English "Witch" is the proper word to use.
Very cool to hear the man that has known the grandfather of the Wiccan movement...Gerald Gardner. We have so much to be thankful for from Buckland, Fox, Gardner and so many others. THANK YOU for your courage and persistence!! You all have given me guidance through these years and I am blessed for it. Good journey to you all!!! Kristofer
urkingod: I emailed Ray and asked him a question about something - it was kind of an involved question - and I told him if he ever came back to FL to contact me and I'd gladly buy him a drink. Gave him my cell number too.
He wrote back and told me I had some very interesting ideas, and if he ever did find himself in Florida, he'd contact me and take me up on that drink offer! :D
Everyone should listen to Uncle Ray speak on this video. He says many truthful things concerning Wicca. And he's he's so warm and friendly about it all. I hope I can meet him before too much longer.
I met Mr. Buckland at this event. He is such a gentleman. I attended two of his workshops that weekend, and they were wonderful. He signed a book I purchased there, and I will forever treasure it!
I love his mention of Selena Fox and her push for pentacles on gravesites. I'm going to be moving to Madison. You better bet one of the first places I will visit once there is Circle Sanctuary.
I wrote him one time about signing my "big blue" and he instead sent me a nice big sticker that he personalized and signed so I could stick it inside the front of the book. What a great guy and inspiration. Hail Freya and Woden!
I met him last Sept. and what a genuine guy he is. Not only highly intelligent and informative, but just a nice guy to talk with. I had a reading with him and I must say as a skeptic he has been pretty accurate so far.
Oh, one more thing, where can I find out where he may be coming to next? I would so very much like to attend and meet the legend himself in person. :)
Thank you so much for this, Raymond Buckland is an exceptional man. He is both a role model and mentor to me. I have learned all that I know of the Craft through his books, in fact it was his books which convinced me to renounce my old beliefs and convert to Wicca. Mr. Buckland, you shall forever have my gratitude, you're a splendid individual, thank you for all that you have done for this community. :)
I like Ray so much better than people like Oberon Zell, etc. Ray is far more modest and not given to flamboyancy and let's face it - he's basing his information on actual historical lore. Wonderful. Oberon to me is just a flake in a pointy hat.
Ray has the guts not to swallow the entire re writing of Wiccan, as well as pagan history ala Ron Hutton. What floors me most is not just the bashing Wicca gets from Fundies, but from within the Pagan community at large. At least on message boards. I'd like to hear more of what he thinks of that.
malkoik: sometimes the truth is the truth, and quite often Wiccans have shown themselves to be terrible scholars and historians. It's like they act as if history is completely divorced from who we are today and why we do things the way we do today. I myself have even been asked "are you a pagan or a historian" as if the two were mutually exclusive. This is nonsense. But yes, most Wiccans take their mythic history every bit as literally as a Christian takes Genesis.
Oh it's so nice to see this put so clearly! I have a degree in History, and a growing Pagan library. I often skip the "History of Witchcraft" sections in books unless it will help me understand if the authour is a scholar...or deluded!
I don't MIND the deluded ones, because their other philosophies are often quite nice, but It does help me filter my information!
When i made my last comment, i was gonna reccomend you go interview Scott Cunningham, but i forgot he's kinda dead. Can anything be done about him, maybe a biography or something? And is there any way you could dig up stuff on the Golden Dawn? Lots of people dont know where some roots come from.
If I met Buckland, it would be like Wayne's World with the "WE'RE NOT WORTHY!" thing. And to think, the man who first brought Wicca to the US lives to see it accepted as a religion by the pentagon. When he started, there were only a few hundred of us, and now, there are about 450,000 in the US alone! Thanks, Ray!
I like Starhawks books but sometimes it seems like she thinks that if one doesn't have a far-left political position than one cannot be Wiccan. I am a libertarian myself, so I disagree with allot of her politics, but not her theology
Have not pinned her down yet for a Interview. She is on my target list, and I hope to have a chance to be in the same space and interview her next year.
earthlywicca: How about "The Pagan Book of Living and Dying" and "Truth or Dare" and "Dreaming the Dark" and "The Fifth Sacred Thing" etc...those are all Starhawk books that I'm surprised no one has mentioned...
The only problem I have with The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is that the whole idea behind the writing of that book was that pagans don't have customs for death and dying. Um, hello, yes they did! Every culture in pre-Christian times had some kind of tradition of how they dealt with death and burials, etc. It's just a matter of where you look for your information on that kind of thing. But the traditions have ALWAYS been there.
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Sorry but I agree, and I think this man is just a show pony! Cashing in on people who are not well educated in the old ways which is very sad, there will always be people like this unfortunately.
He's a LOT more dignified about it than most; I mean, come on - "Silver Ravenwolf"?? If you, Rhiannon, have even ONE book of "Mama Silver's" in your collection, in my eyes your comment has just totally gone out the window to me.
According to your logic, ANYONE who writes a book on ANY topic is a "show pony" who is "cashing in on people who are not well educated" in pretty much anything.
So should the entire publishing business shut down?
No I dont have any of those books and I follow the old ways, I am nearing the end stage of my life and my Grandmother was also a Witch, what most of my kind of learned has been passed down. All knowledge is great but you have to make sure that its correct knowledge, young people very often read these kinds of books and it influences them in ways it shouldnt.
Oh the "my grandmother was a Witch" story! Doesn't EVERYONE have one of those, except ME?
My grandmothers were Christians. My grandmother on Mom's side was Church of God, and my grandmother on Dad's side was Roman Catholic. Geez, I think I'm the ONLY HUMAN BEING IN THE PAGAN WORLD who does NOT claim I had a witch grandmother!
There are times when it's all I can do to not knock some sense into about 99.9999999% of the dingbats that make up the pagan and Wiccan world.
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i have his book called scottish witchcraft and magik and find him charming,a bit of scottish,living within,okcha 2011
anumpeshi 6 months ago
What a great man that raymond buckland!! I would love to meet him one day!!
tatulover01 6 months ago
Perfect!
777Lucian777 7 months ago
i have a couple of buckland books, and i practice magic, revere the goddess and god, i consider myself more pagan than wiccan, though
thegoochieguy 8 months ago
Buckland is the man!!
JaneJeffer 8 months ago
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NicholeVinwix 9 months ago
When I first initiated myself, I thought my path was Wicca and I wrote to Raymond. He sent me back a hand written letter - personally addressed to me - and I was extremely impressed by that! Since then (it was 14 years ago) I have taken to calling myself Pagan as I feel it's more of how I view myself and beliefs. Either way, we are on the same path! Blessed Be and thank you for posting! )O(
NocturnalAngel77 11 months ago
i love Raymond Buckland.. he is the best. i have many of his books. omg
WonderWomanFan4life 11 months ago
greetings to all,, wonderful video,, after two years in paranormal hunting its great to be back..
witchykarma 11 months ago
I'd love to go to that Expo! I wonder when it's going to be held in 2011 :D
emilykbisignano 1 year ago
I must admit that I do not ALWAYS agree with Buckland's views but...he was my first read on Wicca...Gods, that was at least 16 or 17 years ago. My first book on Wicca was Bucklands good ol' Big Blue Book as I call it. He really is an excelent writer and has a great personality...even if some of his older rituals were a little dry, hehe. Love your works Raymond! Would recommend him to any beginner...along with other authors like Scott Cunningham
JaidenFoxx 1 year ago
@JaidenFoxx That was my first book as well. Must be 14 years ago now! :)
NocturnalAngel77 11 months ago
Notice when the camera man talks raymond buckland has a look of 100% focus. straight silence. " THE CHRISTAINS who will never except anything but their own beliefs." yes this gets annoying specialy when they try to tell you ur going to hell for not beliving their nonsense.
sunonesol 1 year ago
Raymond Buckland is amazing. i agree with what he said about fluffy bunnies and the dilution of the religion, it does seem after the first few months of my research into the religion, nothing new came out but spells, and it becomes very solitary because almost everyone i run into seems to be only in it for the spell casting, and i'm in it for the spirituality and nature. oh well. thanks for posting this, made me smile
LadyNekoshema 1 year ago 3
woohoo!! its Uncle Bucky!!!
Diegoveloso3 1 year ago 3
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lunar cults are for pussy wiped faggots
noblewulfff 1 year ago
@noblewulfff pussy-WIPED? That sounds like it'd be a _good_ thing.
lesorciercalifornien 1 year ago
@noblewulfff Nice way to prove your point. It sounds like you're on the right path...
NocturnalAngel77 11 months ago
@NocturnalAngel77 blunt truth..its all about the solar cults!!!!!!!!
noblewulfff 8 months ago
@NocturnalAngel77 Just make sure the path is narrow ;)
tiarnan76 8 months ago
@tiarnan76 Indeed! :)
NocturnalAngel77 8 months ago
i wish i ment raymond buckland i love his books!!!!!!!!
MsPlaygirlz 1 year ago
uncle bucky is great blessed be
thibhouse1 1 year ago
Wonderful post...Glad I found this channel...Subscribed
PaulArthur1314 1 year ago
An extraordinary man. extrordinary.
ironmama5 1 year ago
Oh, I love Raymond Buckland, he was the first, wiccan, gypsy, I ever read about !!!
Blessings Love Lil xxx
lillyearth 1 year ago
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I know what you mean, I had the same experience !
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LadyMiles001 1 year ago
I never cease to be amazed by the closed minds of such well worded people! There are plenty of traditional elements to ANY religion- dress, holidays, ect- so who is anyone to judge anything that anyone does? Who cares if you wear robes? Its so immaturley materialistic to judge something like that!!! Spirituality is found within yourself- not in a robe, spell, church, on a cross or brochure etc-
KaleyBearNC 1 year ago
You are so lucky to have been able to talk to him. I'm so envious.
theallseeingoracle 1 year ago
@jakariDarkstar what the hell are you talking about?? calm the fuck down!
WickerWiccan 1 year ago
made this video a fave!
PeterL524 1 year ago
@jakariDarkstar I was thinking more on the lines of having a war and wipe your kind out, before you wipe us all out, trust me, not all of us pagans are innocent fluffy bunnies, some of us will cut off your balls if you mess with us.....
elguerreromuisca 1 year ago 3
@elguerreromuisca You would be fun to play with. We could both get knives and seal ourselves in a cage and carve each other up like christmas turkeys ;)
I didn't say I have a problem with pagans. I have a problem with wiccans. Wiccans. You have a nice one.
jakariDarkstar 1 year ago
@jakariDarkstar know my frien, that even thought Im asatruar, Iknow some wiccans that will cut you into pieces for saying stupid stuff like that.........remeber its not the religion, its the stupid fluffy bunnies that are ruining paganism....
elguerreromuisca 1 year ago
@elguerreromuisca they'd have a hell of a hard time trying. and I didn't say anyone was ruining paganism. My issue is with those twits calling themselves wiccans who feel the urge to try to claim a title that isn't theirs and then try to insult me for correcting them and then turn around and try to denounce my own lineage despite documented proof. THOSE are my problem. and this twit is simply helping to further it with his stupidity. Now you have a nice day. Bye bye
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You guys know that this Wicca stuff is bullshit right? Wicca is made up, like Christianity and all other religions, so you'd be doing better just avoiding them all.
EikC 1 year ago
@EikC uhh no, to me and thousands of others it's not bullshit. Your just better off not commenting at all about the subject.
WickerWiccan 1 year ago
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Fair enough. I'll rephrase - Wiccans' beliefs are delusional, and we can demonstrate that the potions, spells, invocations, whatever, do not work. As far as the theology itself goes, it's just more religious nonsense. In that sense, it's no different from Christianity.
...but at the same time, it's not Christianity, and that's why teenagers are drawn into this particular religion; rebellion. And sadly, that's not just a stereotype of this religion.
EikC 1 year ago
@EikC ok, what did I just tell you? I said don't comment....but what you said is fair enough. You see the nice thing about Wiccans is we really don't give a damn what people believe in or for that matter what they think of Wicca. That's cause we're nothing but a vast sea of teenagers...that's why we don't care. Didn't you know adults are not allowed in our silly little religion? And also we dance naked around bonfires smothered in peanutbutter aaaand we talk to little pixies..yaaaaaah!
WickerWiccan 1 year ago
@WickerWiccan
I see you've been to one of my Sabbats.....*hehe*
Do you prefer crunchy or smooth peanut butter in your communion with the Lord and Lady? I find the crunchy goes well with the ritual jam.
On a more serious note...have you noticed that teenagers who say "I don't care" actually do. It's the ones that don't talk about it that really don't care! :)
loquatiousbadger 1 year ago
@EikC I have to agree with you to some extent. I don't follow any religion, but I've always been interested with wicca. Personally, I don't beleive in any of this stuff but I think wicca is more positive than christianity, as the messages are not as confused and muddled as those in the bible, and I think its guidlines are good rules to live ones life by: respect for nature and other beings etc. Still, I personally most of it is the same kind of nonesense we've been seeing for thousands of years.
MrEzuma 1 year ago
@MrEzuma
That's where it gets a bit devious, because religions all have some of this stuff. Christianity in particular has a nice gig going for it where it claims that Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek. Be that as it may, Jesus also commanded his enemies slaughtered. But they focus on the good stuff. What a lot of people forget is that there are superior alternatives like humanism. But humanism isn't a religion, so it doesn't have millions of dollars and people to spread itself likewise.
EikC 1 year ago
@EikC Can't say I disagree with any of that. Glad to see there are some inteligent people in the world.
MrEzuma 1 year ago
@EikC You have to see it from this perspective: as a kid you played with He-Man toys, right? Right! Imagine never having grown out of it ...
But there's certainly an advantage: wicca girls are extremely "easy", although most of them play poker with five cards ... ;)
It's ever so cute when they try to put a hex or the evil eye on you ... like something they pull out from a Harry Potter novel.
fenriz218 1 year ago
@EikC
I'd have to dissagree with the "That's why teenagers are drawn to [Wicca]" statement. That's why MANY are. As a teenager, I was never informed that Witchcraft was in any way evil or rebellious...I'd never heard of it!
I wasn't a Christian ether, I was raised in a non-religious house, and a liberal school. My reasons for my new found Paganism were much more peaceful than that when I was 14! As for spells, no, they don't "work", they bring focus to the mind. Ever heard of Tea Ceremony?
loquatiousbadger 1 year ago
@WickerWiccan no, EikC is correct.
TheChakri123 1 year ago
He is amazing! Blessed Be Raymond! )O(
xoxVintageStarxox 1 year ago
I Love him sooo much ; )
Blessed Be Raymond
bbassel 1 year ago
I wish you had asked him about The Magick of Chant-O-Matics book. There's no explanation for it anywhere, really. Why does it work? What is going on? I came to believe it was like the chaos magick principle at work for a time, but have since lost interest in chaos magick theory since it doesn't really make sense to me. Many people have used Chant-O-Matics with GREAT success who weren't even trying and didn't even believe. For me, I got a phone call about a job DURING my first chat (for a job!).
PunchinTheMunchkin 1 year ago
raymond buckland. how could anyone be involved in wicca or witchcraft and not have a special place in their heart for ray buckland.. may he live till hes 200 years old!
doriansnape 1 year ago 4
Nicht nur für Seax-Wicaner interessant!
LEIDER, LEIDER sind seine Bücher noch nicht in deutscher Sprache erschienen. Aber vielleicht ändert sich das?
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Akretia
SeaxWica 2 years ago
hallo SeaxWica.
Ich versuche nicht zu sein nicht schön, aber Sie sollten versuchen zu lernen, ein wenig Englisch.
es wird sehr nützlich für Sie! die meisten Buch über Wicca / Heidentum sind in Englisch.
und Sie können nicht erwarten, dass jedes Buch wieder in deine Sprache übersetzt werden.
abgesehen davon, dass jedes Buch übersetzt wird, wird es persönliche Motive haben ...
☽ ◯ ☾ BB
savethelady 1 year ago
hello everyone my name is CANDLEMAGICK i like witchcraft and vampires
TheJulianna88 2 years ago
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hello my name is alexei. witchcraft does not work and vampires do not exist.
AtheistFromHell4 2 years ago
@AtheistFromHell4
Greetings alexei. Witchcraft if like our form of prayer, to simplify the explanation a lot. Just as with more "traditional" prayers, it doesn't work if you don't believe in the person you're asking for assistance.
I'll agree that the Anne Rice version of vampires doesn't exist, but there are a culture of people who refer to themselves as vampires. I assure you, they do exist. They do not, however, fly, turn into bats, or grow big fangs, and they most certainly have a pulse.
TheRealScooter1685 1 year ago 10
Me and my typos, lol. That should be "is like our form of prayer" rather than "if like our form of prayer.
TheRealScooter1685 1 year ago
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I don't think you understand. Prayer, faith, religion, it's all 100% bullshit. It never has done anything good for anyone and it never will.
AtheistFromHell4 1 year ago
Ah, yes. I'm sure that no person, having suffered great pain, loss or trials, has been comforted by prayer. No person has ever felt that someone was listening to them and found solace.
It would be far more accurate to say that you have never felt comfort or solace. Or perhaps that you have, but felt betrayed at a crucial point. By your language, indicative of anger or animosity, I would hazard a guess that you probably fall into the latter category. Please keep your anger and doubt to yourself.
TheRealScooter1685 1 year ago 3
We do not come to your channel and spread animosity and discontent. Please offer us the same courtesy.
If you believe it to be false, that is your decision and your right. Just as it is our right to believe, regardless of how contemptuous you might be.
TheRealScooter1685 1 year ago 20
I love you, Raymond.
xxprojektloserxx 2 years ago
Hi grandfather...
sagewoman1 2 years ago
he is such an amazing man! attended a workshop of his two years ago...amazing!
MoonDancer68 2 years ago
Awesome! you can talk christians can't talk or think!
rsouthern 2 years ago
Buckland...a great legend.
cademars39 2 years ago
This man is my hero. He helped me(through his books) to find my way in life and I've never, ever looked back!
dukesins 2 years ago 2
what a funny accent!
He's the best, after Cunningham...
TheMalewitch 2 years ago
what a truely lovely man.
magickmaker72 2 years ago
Grandma was not a Witch, my Aunt and dad were though! :)
I suppose in some ways I am a fundie Wiccan because I believe certain things that I wont budge on and get upset when I meet other Wiccans who dont believe as I do-lol, but the difference is you will rarely hear me tell them so...
shrugs, off to blog about my frustrations :)
Trauven 2 years ago
I love his books are great I just ordered Spirit Communications I think it's very important to get knowledge from older people because no matter what you will still learn something from it.
I am also the only wiccan in my family and I have to say it's a bit hard .
Alynight66 2 years ago
All I can say is I am sorry for offending anyone, it was not my intention
Rhiannon6064 2 years ago
And as far as dress goes: I think it's the height of flakiness to feel the need to dress in medieval costume when doing pagan things. Is one's religion dependent upon one's clothing? I should hope not! I think the medieval costumes make all Wiccans and all pagans look like children playing at dressing up for halloween!
Give me 21st century clothing all the way, thanks.
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago 5
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Good ole Ray, the sick pseudo gypsy who enjoyed sitting nude with his nude daughter upon his lap for his "ritual."
thetoadsbool 2 years ago
To me, its an honour to get to see the actual raymond buckland, but to be honest he looks more like a martini type sophisticated james bond, then a wiccan.
pilsforboys 2 years ago
I'm curious...what is a Wiccan/Witch supposed to look/dress like?
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago 2
lol
We can wear whatever we want to! As long as it doesnt violate a government law of some sort! =)
WinterWind21 2 years ago
Winterwind: pls see my response to Blackmage
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago
Sure thing! Just send me the link!
WinterWind21 2 years ago
However we feel appropriate. There's absolutely no guidelines or restrictions on something like that.
Blackmage777 2 years ago 2
@Blackmage: friend, my rhetorical question was really directed to pilsforboys, who suggested that the way Ray is dressed here, and the way his hair and beard look, is not a "Wiccan look". I knew that there's no guides/restrictions on styles of dress. Me, I actually prefer to stay FAR AWAY from medieval gear unless I'm doing re-enactments, which of course one certainly doesn't have to be a pagan to do. Make sense?
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago 3
@pilsforboys lol
Greeman3 1 year ago
@pilsforboys There are more Martini Wiccans than there are Floaty Dress Wiccans, I'd wager...they are stealthy and subtle and just get on with things.
I am of the floaty dress variety, but that's not to say I don't go undercover in the office!
loquatiousbadger 1 year ago
@loquatiousbadger People are surprised by my appearance as they expect me to dress in black, "flow-y" clothing and wear thick eye-liner. When they see a girl dressed in blue jeans and *gasp* white tank tops (in the Summer, respectably) and little make-up, they are taken aback when they see my Pentacle - which I wear proudly! I just got a compliment on my Pentacle last night while I was at a Wal-greens of all places! lol
Wear your floaty dresses proudly! Blessed be! )O(
NocturnalAngel77 11 months ago
@NocturnalAngel77
Life's too short not to own gothy stuff as well *hehe*. I'm a part-time goth...part-hippy part Fashionista! (I still buy Grazia!). Schizophrenic..no. Well dressed....that's subjectice but I think I look fab, and that's what counts!
loquatiousbadger 11 months ago
@loquatiousbadger Oh, I own some gothy stuff! I just don't wear it all a daily basis. lol
You're right, looking awesome (especially if *you* think you look great) is what truly counts! :D
NocturnalAngel77 11 months ago
I really would like to hear what he thinks about Aleister Crowley's influence on Gardener, and his possible involvement in the creation of wicca.
ozzzz156 2 years ago
@ozzzz156 Oh me too!
Greeman3 1 year ago
wow, under 16,000 veiws... Buckland is the godfather of wicca in the usa, people should know where the foundations of organized wicca came about, gardner, etc. Too many fluffy bunnies out there shadowing the real "wisemen/women" out there. Damn charmed & harry slaughter they blind side the ignorant, oblivious & bring a supernatural 'otherworldly' veiw to good homely magic. Like Ray says "witchcraft is getting diluted to the point where it doesn't really MEAN anything." Sad, yet shamefully true.
ARCDBEACH 2 years ago 2
ARCDBEACH,
Very insightfull and true responce.
Thank you.
elmonious 2 years ago
I want to go there. I'm near Cleveland, why haven't I been there?
cutewitch772 2 years ago
oh believe me I am. As I type this my manhood is resting on my seet.
nickruffolo 2 years ago
wow, he is getting old!!!the first time I saw him his beard was shorter, and his hair was still brown, with a couple of gray hairs....
elguerreromuisca 2 years ago
there is nothing wrong of obtaining money from magick teaching, its a vocation in life, if priests and preachers do it, why shouldnt sorcerers, withces and magicians do it?????
elguerreromuisca 2 years ago 2
@elguerreromuisca Exactly!
Greeman3 1 year ago
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Ahh "Dr" Raymond Buckland....a lost and misguided soul...wait a minute...he's cashing in on the Wiccan market by selling books and who knows what else! Misguided? Maaaaybe not! Exxxcelent!
demarcor38 2 years ago
Wicca is not a path easily "cashed in" on. I can tell you that after my expirence for over a decade the pay and hours suck!
You want cashing in ? Look at the Osteens and Warrens, respectfully.
maulhoik 2 years ago 3
Osteens & Warrens? I take it they are christian ministers? Yes now that def is "cashin in!"
demarcor38 2 years ago 2
There are thieves in every religion. I admit, especially in my beloved Catholic Church, there are many thieves. But thieves do not degrade saints.
acjpb 2 years ago 2
Putting out info is not necessarily "cashing in..." As for Buckland being misguided, I'd say that he does not seem to misguided to me, since that would be to say that there is only one path. They did more research on their books then other books I have read.
SeramiNefera 2 years ago 2
Relax...it wasn't a serious statement. If that's something you believe in & follow that is your choice.
demarcor38 2 years ago
ahhh ... lol
ProfessorZaroff 2 years ago
Why not? Since he basically MADE the Wiccan market.
ProfessorZaroff 2 years ago
RE: demarcor's statement: "Ahh "Dr" Raymond Buckland....cashing in on the Wiccan market by selling books and who knows what else!"
Ah, nice to see that someone is carrying on the old Christian perspective on simony! That has no place in the Craft. The Craft is not Christian. It has nothing to do with Christianity. Witches are Witches, period.
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago
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wichcraft will take you to HELL
Introducing JESUS The Second Adam The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God For the Messiah also suffered for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty Jesus saith I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
valu777 2 years ago
skyclad is a natural part of life its natural part of being part of the earth. dont be so closed mineded
nickruffolo 2 years ago 2
well then...whip off those clothes and start walking around naked...it is "natural" afterall.
demarcor38 2 years ago
Twelve years old detected.
carloscream 2 years ago
I agree, way to many "pop" witches now. I met so many since I began practicing and read so many books it's insane. It would make make someone find another path to not be associated with such. We need more passion like Bucklands.
DarkHarlequin21 2 years ago 2
Who knows genuine information about whether our notorious friend Crowley conspired with Gardner to create a religion (an often lucrative venture) and that the lack of female presence in the renaissance is disturbing? I think Buckland is a man to venerate the femine principle and laud him for it, but this story, which appeared in the BOOK OF LIES says Wicca is the OTO. I make no accusations I am just interested to see if any of you are perspicacious. Blessed be.
ArgoLupus 2 years ago
Some say Gardenr was a drity old man,going skyclad,the great rite ect ect. LOL
I agree Alex Sanders, most people look better with thier cloths on. lol
TheWickerman48 2 years ago
Buckland, através do seu trabalho,é que realmente, encontrei-me dentro da Religião, há alguns anos atras.
alanamorgana 2 years ago
Raymond Buckland is a really nice guy, a very genuine individual who is very responsive to inquiries despite what must be a hectic schedule.
originalwizbang 2 years ago 2
I would like to see Samhain to be a recognized holiday. Even though my job allows me to have that holiday off, some aren't so lucky.
ShoryoTombo 3 years ago
Oh, people, please listen to Uncle Bucky and find a way to stop watering Witchcraft down to the point where it's become meaningless, as he describes here. Use the word "Witch." Stop calling it "Wicca" because in modern English "Witch" is the proper word to use.
autumnrayne9 3 years ago 17
I became involded with Wicca in 73 and things have changed sense then, alot of pop witchs now.lol
And it hurt none, do as yea will .
Blessed be
TheWickerman48 2 years ago 3
Very nice!
cynthiacaton 3 years ago
Inspiration to the wiccan way. thanx ray buckland!
justindasilvabarnard 3 years ago
Good ole Raymond, Im not a Wiccan but Ive read a few of his books. A good author and an even nicer guy, long life to Mr Buckland.
AlannahBabalon156 3 years ago
Please come to West Palm Beach Florida
PhrozenCorn 3 years ago
Very cool to hear the man that has known the grandfather of the Wiccan movement...Gerald Gardner. We have so much to be thankful for from Buckland, Fox, Gardner and so many others. THANK YOU for your courage and persistence!! You all have given me guidance through these years and I am blessed for it. Good journey to you all!!! Kristofer
Krakon2006 3 years ago 3
PLEASE come to Tampa, Florida~!!!!!! or Orlando, Florida~!!!!!!!!
urkingod 3 years ago
urkingod: I emailed Ray and asked him a question about something - it was kind of an involved question - and I told him if he ever came back to FL to contact me and I'd gladly buy him a drink. Gave him my cell number too.
He wrote back and told me I had some very interesting ideas, and if he ever did find himself in Florida, he'd contact me and take me up on that drink offer! :D
I'll do it too, if he ever contacts me.
autumnrayne9 2 years ago 3
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What a goofball
sdvma 3 years ago
Happy Birthday Ray!
BrightonWhiteRaven 3 years ago
Everyone should listen to Uncle Ray speak on this video. He says many truthful things concerning Wicca. And he's he's so warm and friendly about it all. I hope I can meet him before too much longer.
Zysahn777 3 years ago 8
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You mean the wicked life,I'm sure.
vrghiks 3 years ago
Raymond Buckland! what a wonderful man to talk to you...
Norn 3 years ago 3
I met Mr. Buckland at this event. He is such a gentleman. I attended two of his workshops that weekend, and they were wonderful. He signed a book I purchased there, and I will forever treasure it!
araglin61 3 years ago 4
i finally get to hear what buckland sounds like after reading his books
grimraper666 3 years ago 3
Ahhh a treasure trove of knowledge!
saphopoem 3 years ago 4
I love his mention of Selena Fox and her push for pentacles on gravesites. I'm going to be moving to Madison. You better bet one of the first places I will visit once there is Circle Sanctuary.
aremisasling 3 years ago 2
I wrote him one time about signing my "big blue" and he instead sent me a nice big sticker that he personalized and signed so I could stick it inside the front of the book. What a great guy and inspiration. Hail Freya and Woden!
seafenix 3 years ago 5
I met him last Sept. and what a genuine guy he is. Not only highly intelligent and informative, but just a nice guy to talk with. I had a reading with him and I must say as a skeptic he has been pretty accurate so far.
dacfan 3 years ago
Oh, one more thing, where can I find out where he may be coming to next? I would so very much like to attend and meet the legend himself in person. :)
SunGodRa 3 years ago
I'm betting he's gonna be at Pagan Spirit Gathering.
BlueFireWitch 3 years ago
Thank you so much for this, Raymond Buckland is an exceptional man. He is both a role model and mentor to me. I have learned all that I know of the Craft through his books, in fact it was his books which convinced me to renounce my old beliefs and convert to Wicca. Mr. Buckland, you shall forever have my gratitude, you're a splendid individual, thank you for all that you have done for this community. :)
)O( Blessed be!
SunGodRa 3 years ago 4
i want wicca conventions on mexico!
eagyg18 3 years ago
"Witchcraft is getting diluted to the point where it doesn't mean anything."
I'm so glad he said that.
floridaredhead 3 years ago 12
This will make some who think they know me shit themselves, but I respect Buckland a great deal.
PDValentine 3 years ago
I like Ray so much better than people like Oberon Zell, etc. Ray is far more modest and not given to flamboyancy and let's face it - he's basing his information on actual historical lore. Wonderful. Oberon to me is just a flake in a pointy hat.
floridaredhead 3 years ago 13
this is great! these are the types of interviews i search for. thanks
skyclad007 3 years ago 2
Thanks for all the information you've provided through the years for new and old Wiccans both in age and in their stage of learning!
Blessed Be
Senrysa 4 years ago
Ray has the guts not to swallow the entire re writing of Wiccan, as well as pagan history ala Ron Hutton. What floors me most is not just the bashing Wicca gets from Fundies, but from within the Pagan community at large. At least on message boards. I'd like to hear more of what he thinks of that.
maulhoik 4 years ago 2
You are absolutely right on that.
MagickTv 3 years ago
malkoik: sometimes the truth is the truth, and quite often Wiccans have shown themselves to be terrible scholars and historians. It's like they act as if history is completely divorced from who we are today and why we do things the way we do today. I myself have even been asked "are you a pagan or a historian" as if the two were mutually exclusive. This is nonsense. But yes, most Wiccans take their mythic history every bit as literally as a Christian takes Genesis.
chalicechiq 2 years ago 2
@chalicechiq
*HERE HERE*
Oh it's so nice to see this put so clearly! I have a degree in History, and a growing Pagan library. I often skip the "History of Witchcraft" sections in books unless it will help me understand if the authour is a scholar...or deluded!
I don't MIND the deluded ones, because their other philosophies are often quite nice, but It does help me filter my information!
loquatiousbadger 1 year ago
Maybe you can pen down Ed Fitch. He is in a clip called 'Beyond Lemaria'. He has a myspace as well. Ed was one of the orig members of the NY Coven.
BB
witchman1 4 years ago
I would like to see an interview with Starhawk. I'm reading Spiral Dance at the moment.
I gotta get Buckland's book.
natcheche 4 years ago
When i made my last comment, i was gonna reccomend you go interview Scott Cunningham, but i forgot he's kinda dead. Can anything be done about him, maybe a biography or something? And is there any way you could dig up stuff on the Golden Dawn? Lots of people dont know where some roots come from.
Aslayn 4 years ago 3
Seance, maybe? Actually Cunningham believed only in reincarnation and not in ghosts or spirits, but it'd still be worth a shot.
BlueFireWitch 4 years ago
He has a biography. It's called "Whispers of the Moon" and it was written by David Harrington and deTraci Regula.
NachtPhoenix 4 years ago
Whispers of the Moon is the story of the Life of Scott Cunningham
sylvanus93 3 years ago
I know that, I was answering someone's comment about Scott. ;)
NachtPhoenix 3 years ago
If I met Buckland, it would be like Wayne's World with the "WE'RE NOT WORTHY!" thing. And to think, the man who first brought Wicca to the US lives to see it accepted as a religion by the pentagon. When he started, there were only a few hundred of us, and now, there are about 450,000 in the US alone! Thanks, Ray!
lager1776 4 years ago 2
He's actually amazingly down to earth. I've met him IRL. He's such a sprite at times too! LOL Especially when he's in a kilt. ROFL!
chaoticpix93 4 years ago
Awesome! Thank you so much for putting this online. I can't wait to read his autobiography.
kineticpsi 4 years ago
Thats the first time ive seen Mr. Buckland in a posted video on the internet. Most impressive.
Aslayn 4 years ago
<3 Raymond Buckland is the best. Eh, I can't think of anything better to say, but that about sums it up! ^^
byakuyametalfangirl 4 years ago
what about starhawk?
earthlywicca 4 years ago
I like Starhawks books but sometimes it seems like she thinks that if one doesn't have a far-left political position than one cannot be Wiccan. I am a libertarian myself, so I disagree with allot of her politics, but not her theology
lager1776 4 years ago 2
Have not pinned her down yet for a Interview. She is on my target list, and I hope to have a chance to be in the same space and interview her next year.
MagickTv 4 years ago
what other books are out? i have only read spiral dance and 12 swans
earthlywicca 4 years ago
earthlywicca: How about "The Pagan Book of Living and Dying" and "Truth or Dare" and "Dreaming the Dark" and "The Fifth Sacred Thing" etc...those are all Starhawk books that I'm surprised no one has mentioned...
tlh215 2 years ago 3
The only problem I have with The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is that the whole idea behind the writing of that book was that pagans don't have customs for death and dying. Um, hello, yes they did! Every culture in pre-Christian times had some kind of tradition of how they dealt with death and burials, etc. It's just a matter of where you look for your information on that kind of thing. But the traditions have ALWAYS been there.
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago 5
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Sorry but I agree, and I think this man is just a show pony! Cashing in on people who are not well educated in the old ways which is very sad, there will always be people like this unfortunately.
Rhiannon6064 2 years ago
He's a LOT more dignified about it than most; I mean, come on - "Silver Ravenwolf"?? If you, Rhiannon, have even ONE book of "Mama Silver's" in your collection, in my eyes your comment has just totally gone out the window to me.
According to your logic, ANYONE who writes a book on ANY topic is a "show pony" who is "cashing in on people who are not well educated" in pretty much anything.
So should the entire publishing business shut down?
chalicechiq 2 years ago 2
No I dont have any of those books and I follow the old ways, I am nearing the end stage of my life and my Grandmother was also a Witch, what most of my kind of learned has been passed down. All knowledge is great but you have to make sure that its correct knowledge, young people very often read these kinds of books and it influences them in ways it shouldnt.
Rhiannon6064 2 years ago
Oh the "my grandmother was a Witch" story! Doesn't EVERYONE have one of those, except ME?
My grandmothers were Christians. My grandmother on Mom's side was Church of God, and my grandmother on Dad's side was Roman Catholic. Geez, I think I'm the ONLY HUMAN BEING IN THE PAGAN WORLD who does NOT claim I had a witch grandmother!
There are times when it's all I can do to not knock some sense into about 99.9999999% of the dingbats that make up the pagan and Wiccan world.
hildegardvinlander 2 years ago 3
I feel the same way both of my grandmother are Christians, but i'm the only one in my whole family who is Wiccan.
soldeen 2 years ago
tho i dont agree with your last sentence, the rest of my family are christians. now i really miss my 'complete book of witchcraft' by him
sexinesswithfangs 2 years ago
I'm from a buddhist line but am a pagan. : ) Don't know if that makes you feel better. XD