H+E: Witchcraft Report

Early sunday morning reportage on spirituality discusses Witchcraft, its attraction to young women, and Paganism in general.

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[sexybeast1958]

"The entire basis of Christianity is fear, and they shall keep people afraid at any cost, as that is how they keep believers".

And Wicca is based on perpetual victimhood. How empowering is that?

[EclecticBadger]

Whilst some sections of the occult fraternity are indeed female centric to the exclusion of the male aspect, the majority of Wiccan branches respect the dual aspects of male and female - the empowerment comes through over-coming inhibitions about connecting with the Divine directly rather than through a third party (ie. usually male clergy figure).

[sexybeast1958]

Yeah, I was in wicca in the 1980's. I used to say all that stuff about Christians too. I used to sling as much s**t as possible at them because that's what they were doing to me.

I left in the end though because I got sick of these bombastic, large women ranting on about MEN! and PATRIARCHY! What they call "empowerment" is actually female egotism. As for the "Perfect Love and Perfect Trust" bit - your having a laugh! Sexism goes both ways.

[EclecticBadger]

Wicca does not automatically mean feminism, even though the majority of its followers are female. And Witchcraft is NOT about slinging shit at other faiths, it is about manipulating natural energy. Unfortunately it reads as though you found yourself amongst the politicalists - not everyone should be tarred with the same brush.

[yaoipete]

magick is not a religion. its a system.

[EclecticBadger]

Absolutely correct. Much is mistranslated within the media sound-bite.

[bakagaijin00]

So... believing that you are empowered leads to mental problems, but believing there's a giant man in the sky watching you're every move and waiting for you to screw up so he can throw you into a pit of fire DOESN'T? Huh...

[iggy23]

"can it branch into mental problems?"

ask those kids abused by priests, terrified of going to hell for doing something the church doesn't like

"is it about power?"

the "Church" definately is. Organised religion is about control, always has been.

[Hecatean]

@sexybeast1958 It'scertainly true that Neo - Paganism Wicca ect suffer from something of a victim complex I think that's slowly but surely dying out, first encouraging sign being the publication of 'Triumph of the Moon' by Professor Ronald Hutton some years ago.

[Theiasember]

Any religious practice taken to an extreme and that includes Christianity can cause mental problems. That is why many Pagan practices include exercises to discover a person's psychological depths and personal boundaries etc Unquestioning fundamentalism is the problem here not exploration.

[SuperWhiteFrog]

What is being said in this Doc I can easily apply to Christians. When your dealing with the Human Ego its easy to apply these words to any faith.

Even Adam in the Bible was to dress and keep the Earth. All I know is since I was a small child I could feel the changing of the seasons long before the temperature changed. I can feel the energy of Mother around me, welling up through my feet. she's not oppressive but expressive. Nature is Balance, not control.

[Greeman3]

Physical problems? Wicca about power?.... wow, so i guess this is the negative segment?... I will say that the avaliable information, that is put out for the younger pagans is mostly terrible.

[Nnapulitano73]

A psychological problem? Really? How do you know your Christian religion - claiming that you are the only right religion and you are better than everyone else - isn't giving everyone a psychological complex making them think that they are always right.?

[zeldaofarel]

Just a note on Buffy. The character herself is not a witch. She's a vampire slayer. Two other characters, Willow and Tara are witches. The others do perform magic from time to time, but only to help out and under the instruction of the two women.