quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Are witch and Wiccan interchangeable terms for a practitioner of Wicca? Just curious.
Yes and no. All Wiccans (that I know of) use the term Witch for themselves. For male and female, incidentally. But the word "witch" doesn't necessarily denote a Wiccan. Of course.
And there are Wiccans and Wiccans. Most Wiccans today follow a neo-Pagan practice which, while it may have conceptual/emotional roots in older pagan religion, is certainly a modern reconstruction. But there are others. My partner had a very good friend who was 47th in a line of Wiccan priestesses, for example.
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Yesterday, I vivisted Vicky up at Panpipes in Hollywood. She looked sad.
The Wiccans need to start getting attentive. Times are changing and so must the role of witches. Do what thou willt shall be the whole of the Law isn't cutting it because folks are not really that smart.
I have personally trained my own witches on the Tarot. That's what I do back home, and I feel I am more than conversant in it. But Training Witches is still that ... training. And I feel like witches worldwide need to start getting together and forming real councils and not just potlucks. They need to get down with Budists, Chirstians, Muslims, Jews and find out how they can HELP.
If our modern day witches are not sensitive to feel this urge, maybe they should stop practicing all together. I know a few shamanic circles around and I know they are doing the WORK.
Well, witches need to start getting in on the act and stop eating so much fried chicken!
To work! To work!
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