Comments on: Between Death and Rebirth http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/ Religion, Philosophy, Life Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Witchcraft http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-5379 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:11:47 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-5379 I commend you for having such resolve and will. YOu did something good for yourself, be proud. Wicca is a great religion to look into and relates heavily to your post. I commend you for having such resolve and will. YOu did something good for yourself, be proud.

Wicca is a great religion to look into and relates heavily to your post.

]]> by: Amber Simmons http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-750 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:04:28 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-750 You don't have to apologize; I hear what you're saying. I've felt the same way sometimes. It's good when someone can leave a faith--any faith--and not feel jaded. It took me awhile after leaving the circle, so to speka, to be able to acknowledge that I did learn something from Wicca and that I am better off for having bee part of that community. I think we do ourselves a disservice if we leave something that once enriched us and can no longer see the good in what we had. It might no longer fit, but that doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't good. You don’t have to apologize; I hear what you’re saying. I’ve felt the same way sometimes.

It’s good when someone can leave a faith–any faith–and not feel jaded. It took me awhile after leaving the circle, so to speka, to be able to acknowledge that I did learn something from Wicca and that I am better off for having bee part of that community. I think we do ourselves a disservice if we leave something that once enriched us and can no longer see the good in what we had. It might no longer fit, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t good.

]]> by: Atzi http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-732 Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:21:38 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-732 I must apologize for my blanket statements about all Wiccans. I was speaking only from personal experience, as so many of the Wiccans I knew have left the faith. What I find so inspiring is how much Wicca has enriched the spiritualities of the ex-members I know. Whether they became non-Wiccan pagans, Buddhists, Christians, or whatever, they admit their new spiritual lives have been touched by the freshness and imagination of Wicca. I must apologize for my blanket statements about all Wiccans. I was speaking only from personal experience, as so many of the Wiccans I knew have left the faith.

What I find so inspiring is how much Wicca has enriched the spiritualities of the ex-members I know. Whether they became non-Wiccan pagans, Buddhists, Christians, or whatever, they admit their new spiritual lives have been touched by the freshness and imagination of Wicca.

]]> by: Amber Simmons http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-716 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:04:15 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-716 I dont know if Wicca is losing members or not, and I hesitate to make blanket statements about the maturity of the spirituality of Wiccans. For me personally, one of the things that I liked abotu Wicca was that the flexibility in the mythos and theology allowed me to formulate my own deep interpretation of theology. The problem for me wasn't Wicca per se so much as it was other Wiccans. Yes, there are lots of things about Wicca I either didn't care about or didn't like (magic, polytheism, fertility, to name a few) but on the whole, the lack of dogma was appealing. What drove me away was the name-calling, the "Holier than thou" attitudes, the obstinate belief that Wicca was necessarily one thing and one thing only--that there was no room for ecelectics/Traditionals/lay people/priests etc. TAke your pick. Somebody was always wrong. And I got tired of everyone telling me *I* was wrong. So, fuck it, I took my toys and left. But yes, most Wiccans, in my experience, don't care much abou theology, and have a very immature belief system. But certainly not all. I"ve met some intensely spiritual and intelligent Wiccans. so I guess it really goes for all religions, not just Wicca. *shrug* I dont know if Wicca is losing members or not, and I hesitate to make blanket statements about the maturity of the spirituality of Wiccans. For me personally, one of the things that I liked abotu Wicca was that the flexibility in the mythos and theology allowed me to formulate my own deep interpretation of theology.

The problem for me wasn’t Wicca per se so much as it was other Wiccans. Yes, there are lots of things about Wicca I either didn’t care about or didn’t like (magic, polytheism, fertility, to name a few) but on the whole, the lack of dogma was appealing. What drove me away was the name-calling, the “Holier than thou” attitudes, the obstinate belief that Wicca was necessarily one thing and one thing only–that there was no room for ecelectics/Traditionals/lay people/priests etc. TAke your pick. Somebody was always wrong.

And I got tired of everyone telling me *I* was wrong. So, fuck it, I took my toys and left.

But yes, most Wiccans, in my experience, don’t care much abou theology, and have a very immature belief system. But certainly not all. I”ve met some intensely spiritual and intelligent Wiccans. so I guess it really goes for all religions, not just Wicca. *shrug*

]]> by: Atzi http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-712 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:21:25 +0000 http://breathlessnoon.com/2006/11/13/between-death-and-rebirth/#comment-712 I think the feelings you described in the latter part of your entry is why so many study some form of a nature religion or spirituality in the first place. Many stumble into Wicca and find the Goddess,just as many who are interested in magic stumble into Wicca. I may be cynical, but I believe Wicca is losing members as its practitioners mature in their spiritual growth. I left Wicca early in my studies as I did not completely agree with polytheism. Oh, and the pagan personalities came to be quite irksome at best. I think the feelings you described in the latter part of your entry is why so many study some form of a nature religion or spirituality in the first place. Many stumble into Wicca and find the Goddess,just as many who are interested in magic stumble into Wicca.

I may be cynical, but I believe Wicca is losing members as its practitioners mature in their spiritual growth. I left Wicca early in my studies as I did not completely agree with polytheism. Oh, and the pagan personalities came to be quite irksome at best.

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