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A Creation Story

The Essence of Wicce

A lot of Wiccans won't agree with what I am about to say. That's fine. The basic idea of Wicce is that you make your own covenant with the Goddess and follow your inner voice. I believe that many modern Witches have failed to rid themselves of their Judeo-Christian inhibitions. I've heard the term "Barbie Wiccans" used to describe those who would practice the craft while changing nothing in their beliefs. They still feel guilt for their "sins", they still yearn to sit a the feet of a "master" and they are still afraid of the Dark side of everything, including themselves.

For a Wiccan, there is no sin. Nothing to be forgiven, nothing from which you need to be saved. What you give, you get. Whether you believe in the "Three-fold Law" or not, you must acknowledge that you exist within a throbbing sea of energy. It flows through you, and around you and you cannot be separate from it. Send forth a splash and the sea splashes back. Always.

There are no "masters" in Wicce. We are each perfectly connected to the Goddess and need no intermediary. "Masters" have slaves and The Charge of the Goddess states that "Ye shall be free from Slavery." If you were raised in the Dominant Culture in America in the late 19th century, you were taught to be a sheep. To follow the flock, to do what is expected, to never question authority especially when that "authority" takes the form of an enlightened or anointed individual. Flocks are lead to slaughter. To be Wiccan is to be a Wolf in the world of sheep. Why a Wolf and not a Shepherd? Because there is no challenge becoming a shepherd in a world full of sheep. There is nothing positive to be gained. In manifesting the Wolf, you become free, wild and natural, your true self.

Whatever you find your true self to be, you will find that it contains light and dark. We are all familiar with the New Age concept of Light energy as preferable to dark energy. The problem with that is that you have exactly as much power as you have anger and passion. If you are never allowed to express a negative emotion, you can't be fully Human, let alone fully Wiccan. If you can't handle that, stay away from Wicce. Meditate, chant, pray, but don't do ritual and don't call yourself a Witch.