The word Witch

Witch

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[kh22912]

I am offended by the fact that she thinks only Witches exist and Wicca is nothing. The true fact is that BOTH exist, but I don't consider them entirely synonymous because Wicca is a religion, Witchcraft is a practice. They are 2 very different things. Being a Solitary Wiccan, I use both names to describe myself because it's who I am. I don't use one above the other, and I'm sad that Laurie would even say that.

[LaurieCabotOfficial]

@kh22912 Do not be offended, all I have tried to do is clarify an important point as I see it. If Wicca is a specific religion then please explain the roots of it, the liturgy, the established practices as any true religion must have. Gardner seem to provide the roots for most, and he was a Witch. Witchcraft is a life path that we teach as art, science, philosophy and religion. There are several traditions and a lot of bickering, but in the end, we are all one.

[Bridie189]

Are you a pagan?

Are you a witch?

Do you know what the fuck you are on about?

I'm pretty sure I no the answers!!

If you are not all of the above then you have no right to tell us we don't exist!!!!!

[LaurieCabotOfficial]

@Bridie189 yes.....yes.....I should think so....I'm not so sure about that one.....and I would never tell anyone they do not exist, I am simply trying to find the correct terminology for what is very much out there but not properly named, I can call myself a unicorn, but that will not make me one and in the process I fail to work on what and who I really am.

If we can avoid the profanity that would be nice too. Blessings.

[Shadowp03]

Well, wicca now means a religion, so your really just going to have to get over it. fact of the matter is words change meaning all the time and can change how we apply them also. i do agree however that maybe the religion should have found a better word to suit it, honestly though its to late for it to change and the way we see the word will never be the same again, so why not embraces it and teach how the word came about and the changes it went through, rather then try to change it back.

[LaurieCabotOfficial]

@Shadowp03 Wicca now mean a lot of things but not one specific religion. There is no accepted practice or liturgy, but I agree with you on the fact that it has become a term that encompasses many thing including Witches. What I do not need to do is to lose the focus of my own tradition, we are part of the Wiccan community. Keep in mind that I was one of the first Witches, not Celtic priestess or anything else when I came into the public view. That was what changed the way of things in the US

[Stonehengeblue]

William Shakespeare wrote these immortal words: " What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."

What matters is what something is, not what it is called.

The debate is settled once and for all! LOL!

Laurie Cabot is the Sweetest Rose in Salem.

[LaurieCabotOfficial]

@ktok13 I find more concrete information about Star Trek than I find agreement between any two Wiccans. The reason is that there is a script and a history that can be verified. You know who all the crew members were and what happened. I would never try and tell anyone anything, but neither will I allow incorrect definitions to affect what we do. Anyone is free to believe as they wish, but as a teacher and a student of history lets use the correct words, those help everyone I think.

[idkrandomnumbers]

i just want to say that thought the word wicca used to mean and still can mean male wise person (male witch) but now since gardner chopped it up it is NOW a new religion almost entirely derived from witchcraft. eclectic, celtic, fairie, anything not traditional (wicca) is also even newer so it is the newest religion. witchcraft is similar but much much older. please like this so it doesnt get lost in pages. i was trying to keep it short?!

[GLEERAMOSVALLE1974]

MADAMME LAURIE..S.O.S.

[thesagebrushkid]

I am a Witch and I am Pagan but I am not Wiccan. To be Wiccan means to adhere under the terms of the Wiccan rede and 13 amendments. Something I can not do because I have met far too many Wiccan's that chants the rede but do not follow it. I have been robbed by Wiccans, even stealing my holy itams and take advantage of my services. There is one Wiccan in Tucson AZ that claims to be a high priest and yet demansd his members to sleep with him. This is why I can not claim myself Wiccan.

[amaranthsnow]

Oh my Goddess!!! People get the hang of it! Our whole goal in this religion is to attempt to get closer to the Old Ways. Well guess what! The Old Ways didn't have anything called Wicca least of all their religion!!! Show thanks to the word for making it so we could be accepted by the government I suppose, BUT KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY A WITCH AND THAT'S THAT!!! Blessed be! )O(

[firestorm8925]

Agreed!

[MySameLove]

I think the word Wicca/Wiccan is use to make the word "Witch" not sound scary and to be more accepting.... Personal I don't mind being called The Witch!! )0(